NOVEL NEXT Chapter 417 Angel
Around the altar stood five four-meter-high ice pillars.
One of the ice pillars was broken in the middle, hollow inside, with blue liquid within.
The broken half lay on the ground, its portion beyond the altar's area covered by fine snow, and the blue liquid inside had already vanished.
The angelic figure stepped into the altar, standing at its edge, fearfully yet greedily eyeing the grand clock.
Taking a shallow breath to stabilize her emotions, she knelt before the altar, clasping her fingers together before her chest, and began to chant as if in prayer.
"You bless me as Your people, I am overjoyed."
"Those who defy Your will, not of Your people, those who turn a blind eye to You, I shall cast into the Abyss, their blood and that of their kin spilled upon the snow."
"My actions are ordained by law of Heaven and Earth."
"For I am Your people."
"I bear Your will."
"I belong to You, thus, my deeds must be righteous."
The five ice pillars, including the broken one, glowed faintly under the angelic figure's chanting.
Suddenly, the space above the altar skewed, shattering like a mirror.
From the rift came the sound of a great river rushing; it was the torrent of time.
The five ice pillars twisted space and time, and through the angelic figure's prayer, communicated with a certain Saint whose location and time were unknown.
On the Abyss Land, the bluish light emitted by the five ice pillars was small but intensely present, and the angelic figure kneeling at its edge was as pure as a Holy Daughter.
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Feathery snowflakes drifted down, while the Black Box spider rampaged across the Earth.
{Your teammates are temporarily safe, your current task is to go kill the angelic figure.}
"Over there!" The little ice person pulled on Li Changzhou's collar, pointing him in a more precise direction.
The Black Box spider kicked with its left four legs, propelling its entire body to the right.
In that moment of leaping, the Black Box spider rapidly shrank, and Li Changzhou donned the Black Armor once more, flying like a black streak across the powder-snow-covered Abyss Land.
{Foolish!}
{The angelic figure is praying, the Saint could arrive at any moment!}
{Do you think you can survive?}
{Yes, indeed, the Saint is not interested in a Player like you, but the Saint also is not interested in this planet either, do you know how He will take 'me'?}
{How do you pan for gold from a heap of gravel? Pick them out one by one?}
{No, directly sift through them in water—the Saint will crush this planet completely, more than the snow beneath your feet! The only thing left intact will be me!}
{Li Changzhou! Are you listening!?}
Li Changzhou coldly replied, "What does it matter to me if this planet shatters? Little ice person, tell your master to go back, say I said so!"
"Yes!"
Three seconds later, the little ice person tugged at his collar, shouting loudly, "Master said, in the midst of battle, will talk with you… with you later?"
As the sentence dragged on, it got confused.
Darkness pierced through Li Changzhou's legs, replacing his flesh and bones.
Freed from the limitations of mortal flesh, his speed increased sharply, the Black Armor left no trace on the snow, truly becoming a streak of black light.
"Listen!" Li Changzhou bore the excruciating pain, saying to the little ice person, "The truth of the Abyss is the body of the 'Prophet' Saint..."
Yang Qinglan had already obtained 'Unapproachable', ready to leave at any moment.
He also knew the truth of the Abyss, only needed to convey it through the little ice person to Turquoise Pool, Li Qianxia, Si, without needing to go personally, they could exit the task!
"You, you speak slower, a bit less." The little ice person said confusedly, like a child using fingers to calculate 9+2, with a face full of bewilderment.
After all, just a little person made from a grain of ice, with limited thinking ability, mostly loyal to Yang Qinglan (commendably), asking it to relay the Abyss truth was like watching movies on a 2G network, a quite poor experience.
Li Changzhou had no choice but to repeat sentence by sentence.
The 'Prophet's' voice vanished, seeming to watch indifferently, to see how Li Changzhou would be crushed along with this planet by the Saint.
Boom!
The Earth trembled, light appeared bit by bit in the lightless Abyss, like fireflies, or a brilliant galaxy.
The same glow shone on the rapidly moving Li Changzhou, it was the 'Air Weapon' and 'Blood Arrow' given to him by Si.
The voice rang again, now calm: {The strength belonging to that Saint has awakened.}
"What do you mean?" Even if Li Changzhou closed his eyes, his eyelids were still illuminated by the endless light points.
{He is sensing.} The voice said, {Across space and time, He cannot descend in person, but a single thought from the Saint can traverse space and time, shattering a planet not in his era, to take me away.}
{To your teammate, you need two minutes; to the altar, to kill the angelic figure, you need one minute.}
{The Saint's intention might descend at any moment.}
{Make your own choice.}
"Guide me!"
{Right.}
Boom!
Powdered snow exploded, forming a large crater, and using this push, the Black Armor changed direction, once more becoming a black line skimming over the snow.
"What are the angelic figure's abilities?" Li Changzhou asked in a deep voice.
{On Earth, who are called angels?}
"Cut the crap."
{It's not nonsense, it's to help you understand better.}
The voice seemed not at all rushed now.
{Angels, not because they have wings, but because they are messengers of God. In ancient Xia Country, the Emperor's messengers were also called angels, so-called angels declare edicts on behalf of Heaven, their words become law.}
{The angelic figure's abilities are of course not that strong, at the same time can only issue one decree.}
{Of course, that was before.}
"Before?"
{The Saint's power has already awakened, naturally as an angel, she would gain the right to command an army; she can freely use the forces on Earth.}