Chapter 83 Natural Disasters Join Forces
Chapter 83 Natural Disasters Join Forces
Dark purple flames surged and tumbled, turning Montagu Manor into a living hell.
As soon as Anastasia entered the dark purple sea of fire, she was hit hard by mental pollution and psychological shock.
The murmurs that filled her ears became clearer, the syllables, unlike anything human could understand, whispered softly again and again, constantly eroding her sanity.
Hallucinations also appeared before her eyes. She seemed to have returned to that desolate town and saw those who died by her sword come back to life and gather around her little by little.
"Why did you kill me?"
"Why did you kill us?"
Accompanied by increasingly clear murmurs, those who had long since died repeatedly questioned him.
It felt like countless mosquitoes were buzzing in my ear, making me so annoyed and unable to stay calm.
"I'll kill you, you traitor!"
"Let's hunt down this failure, this damn failure!"
Those who died in the desolate town suddenly became ferocious, screaming and howling.
Anastasia frowned, her head throbbing as if it were about to explode, her will repeatedly assaulted by mutterings and roars.
Dark purple flames suddenly erupted, swirling towards Anastasia's ankles. Taking advantage of her being caught between illusion and reality, the dark purple flames launched an attack, attempting to pull Anastasia into the sea of fire.
With nowhere to stand and nowhere to exert force while suspended in mid-air, Anastasia suddenly leaped upwards, narrowly avoiding the flames that were engulfing her ankles. The dark purple flames still wouldn't give up, and a hand suddenly emerged from the leaping flames.
Immediately afterwards, more and more hands, some long, some short, some thick, some thin, stretched out from the dark purple flames, numbering in the hundreds.
Giant hands formed from flames swirled toward Anastasia, pulling at her ankles and licking the hem of her clothes, all intent on dragging her into the sea of fire.
Anastasia's figure rose higher again, and she turned around and slashed with her sword. The surging giant hand was instantly dispersed, and the raging flames were also forced back, revealing the scorching earth covered with crystals.
Anastasia deflected the flames with a single sword strike and landed on the ground. She wielded her sword repeatedly, and although the dark purple flames were fierce, they could not get close. Anastasia used her slender sword to cut a path through the towering sea of fire.
The heat was intense and oppressive; Anastasia's lungs began to give way, and the thin air made her feel dizzy and lightheaded.
At this moment, Anastasia leaped into the air again, stepping on the dark purple flames as she rushed towards the source of the fire.
At the site of the original main building of the manor, a huge dark purple crystal, resembling a blooming flower, continuously spews flames into the night sky like a volcano.
In a small clearing in front of the enormous dark purple crystal, Catherine Capulet stood pale-faced, her chest heaving violently, yet the exquisitely crafted pistol in her hand was still firing, thorns and roses climbing up the handle and onto Capulet's arm.
Catherine Caplet was suppressing the dark purple flames. With each bullet fired, the raging flames would recede like the tide, and Caplet used this method to clear a place to stand.
On this small clearing, the tall and strong Holden, wielding a two-handed sword over a meter long, used all his strength to cleave the huge, flower-like crystal.
Every time Holden swung his two-handed sword with all his might, the flower-like crystals would emit a mournful cry.
The sound was mournful and heartbreaking, enough to break anyone's heart, but Holden remained unmoved and continued to swing his sword.
Holden was like a stubborn lumberjack, single-mindedly focused on felling the flower-shaped dark purple crystal, his every strike precisely hitting the same spot.
Outside the manor, Father Lawrence single-handedly stopped the raging inferno; inside the manor, Caplette and Holden worked together, one blocking the flames from engulfing them, the other attacking the source of the pollution.
Thanks to the combined efforts of the three Calamity-level Transcendent beings, the pollution outbreak was temporarily suppressed, preventing it from spreading further and avoiding a greater disaster.
"Hurry up!" Catherine Caplet urged impatiently.
The continuous eruption of dark purple flames put immense pressure on Caplet, and the frequency of gunfire decreased.
Flames scorched her flesh, pollution assaulted her mind, and unease, fear, anger... all sorts of negative emotions were eroding Catherine Caplet's sanity.
Worse still, Capulet's hallucinations became increasingly severe. She saw her past, the past she least wanted to confront; she saw her parents fall one after another in front of her; she saw that gleaming saber held high...
"what!"
Catherine Caplet roared angrily, and the frequency of gunshots suddenly increased.
The exquisite revolver, like a work of art, roared continuously, the roses on its barrel blooming more and more profusely, and thorns climbing up Capulet's arm and shoulder.
Holden repeatedly raised his two-handed sword, which was over a meter long, and slashed at the dark purple crystal that resembled a flower.
He said to Capulet haltingly, "Just a little longer, and I'm about to shatter the outer shell!"
The enormous dark purple crystal is the outer shell of the pollution source; only by breaking through the outer shell's defenses can the core of the pollution source be reached.
After leading the team into the manor, Holden quickly located the source of the contamination and saw Caplett attacking the outer shell of the contamination source while suppressing the dark purple flames.
Holden didn't recognize Capulet and even mistook her for Anastasia.
Who else could be the young female Calamity-level Transcendent who appeared at Montagu Manor besides Anastasia Angel?
It doesn't matter if he doesn't know Catherine Capulet, or if he mistakes someone for Anastasia; all Holden needs to know is that she's here to solve a problem.
Holden decisively stepped forward and took on the important task of attacking the exoskeleton of the contaminant.
Catherine Capulet's burden was lightened, and all she needed to do now was suppress the flames.
Neither of them expected that the defensive capabilities of the polluted exoskeleton of Montagu Manor would be so astonishing; the repeated slashes from the two-handed swords only caused it to develop fine cracks.
If it weren't for the persistent mental pollution and increasingly severe hallucinations, Catherine Caplette would have wanted to ask Holden: Dude, are you even capable?
Just as Capulet was gritting her teeth and persevering, and Holden was transforming into a stubborn lumberjack, Anastasia finally made her long-awaited appearance.
Anastasia leaped high into the air, soaring into the sky. High in the air, she adjusted her posture and swooped down towards the huge crystal that resembled a blooming flower.
Anastasia named this move "Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens." Although the name of the move was a bit long and difficult to pronounce, she thought it was excellent.
But in Caplette and Holden's eyes, Anastasia, who fell from the sky, was not some celestial being, but a meteorite that had traveled across mountains and rivers to take their lives!
Boom!
The explosion from the impact was deafening, drowning out even the whispers around us.
The scorching hot earth shook violently, the raging wind swept away everything in its path, and the dark purple flames lay prostrate on the ground like grass blown by a strong wind.
Holden plunged his two-handed sword deep into the ground, and with lightning speed, he grabbed Catherine Capulet, preventing the two from being thrown out by the shockwave and turning into plants in the scorched earth.
Click!
The ringing in my ears from the explosion was mixed with extremely faint cracking sounds.
Then, a series of crisp sounds, like shattering glass, followed as the dark purple crystals covering the scorched earth of the manor all crumbled!
Immediately afterwards, the pollutant exoskeleton, which resembled a blooming flower, emitted a crisp "crack" sound, and the fine lines left by Holden's repeated slashes spread and proliferated at a visible speed.
In the blink of an eye, cracks spread across the huge crystal, making the source of pollution look like it was surrounded by a dense spider web.
Click!
Another crisp, cracking sound rang out.
The protective shell protecting the source of pollution could no longer hold, and dark purple crystals scattered all over the ground.
The all-consuming dark purple flames vanished instantly, as if they had never existed, and the night sky finally returned to its original state.
Anastasia, after using the Celestial Ascent technique, lost her balance and swayed. She shook her head, wondering if the impact had given her a concussion.
No, this trick needs improvement. Using it once gives you a concussion; who can stand that!
Anastasia shook her head again. She vaguely heard someone shouting something—someone was shouting "Watch out!" Watch out for what?
With a muffled thud, Anastasia, who appeared to have suffered a concussion, flew out like a kite with a broken string.
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