บท 147: Hatred

The illusory bats constantly attacked the branch with their claws that had mysterious symbols and patterns, tearing it apart in the blink of an eye.

Immediately after, the group of bats carried Captain Kuhn's body, which had fallen off from the branches, and cleverly avoided the other branches that were dancing around the flower, slowly landing on the ground.

Watching the bats gradually converge into a handsome man with black hair and red eyes, the originally desperate Kuhn finally heaved a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Thank you, Forsaken."

With that, he looked at the Demoness with hatred. Since he wasn't dead, he had to avenge Robert.

The handsome man who saved Kuhn was naturally Cullen, who had quickly rushed over after noticing the eruption of the evil aura. He looked at the huge strange flower with a grave expression.

On the other side, Ray did not seem surprised by Cullen's appearance. The corner of her mouth even curled up, but it quickly disappeared.

"Kill them!" Ray pointed and ordered the giant flower.

The flower's petals turned red again, swinging dozens of branches toward Cullen and Kuhn.

However, at that moment, countless vines suddenly grew out from the ground. They quickly weaved into a net to block the whipping path of the branches. Although they were shattered, they successfully stopped the twitching branches.

Behind the large web woven with vines, Judy revealed herself. She looked at the giant flower, which was constantly using the branches to jump forward. She beckoned to the ground, and immediately after, clumps of thorns rose from the ground, drowning the giant flower from all directions, and stabbing the spikes on her body into the flower stems.

Seeing this, Ray only chuckled and ignored it, but her eyes were on an open space on the other side of the vineyard.

As expected, the thorns that pierced into the roots of the giant flower quickly turned yellow and withered, quickly turning into dust.

"Hiss… This flower's poison is even more powerful than my thorns! No, that's not poison, that's pollution!" Judy narrowed her eyes and observed for a moment before waving her hand to remove the other plants she had cultivated.

The Primordial Moon's corruption was too effective against her creation. Such contact with it was a waste.

After destroying many of the thorns, the flower seemed to become increasingly agitated. It opened its mouth and spat out countless white pollen.

"That is… Don't let the pollen touch you. It will let you passively reproduce its offspring!" With just a glance, Judy could tell the effect of the pollen and immediately reminded her.

"Leave it to me!" As a Potions Professor who had been teaching for a hundred years, Cullen was already prepared for the Primordial Moon's tricks. As he spoke, he threw out several bottles of potions.

The medicinal liquid sprinkled in the air like raindrops on the pollen, instantly combining with it. Then, with an indignant illusory roar, most of the pollen was neutralized and destroyed. Only a small portion of it landed on the ground and began to grow crazily after coming into contact with the grass or other plants.

To this, Judy simply waved her hand again and created a sharp-toothed thornbush that gnawed at the plant. She ate all of the plants that had been infected by the pollen. Finally, she had Cullen pour the potion over the thornbush and kill it.

And at the same time, behind the giant flower, a giant that was even taller than the giant flower appeared out of thin air. His entire body was covered in silver-white armor. He raised a broadsword condensed from the light of dawn with both hands and rapidly slashed forward.

Crack!

As expected, the huge flower was split in half from its stamen to its roots!

"Captain!" Cullen and Judy exclaimed in surprise when they saw this scene.

This silver-armored giant, who was nearly four meters tall, looked like Captain Asenov after he wore the contract of a Holy Artifact. Unfortunately, this state was too much of a burden for the Captain who was still a Guardian. It couldn't last long.

"Holy Artifact of the Silver Knight's ability? It seems to only be able to use the Sword of Dawn and 'borrow light to hide'? But… this isn't enough…" Seeing the giant flower beheaded, Ray was still not moved at all. She even had the leisure to comment on it, but towards the end, her voice had a tinge of regret.

Her attitude instantly put everyone on alert.

As expected, under the crimson moonlight, the giant flower rapidly recovered as though it had never been hurt by the Silver Knight.

It opened the huge mouthpiece in the stamen, roared, and waved its branches to fight the silver-armored knight that was even larger than it.

Undying bodies? But Beyonders of the Warrior pathway could weaken the mystery of their opponents. With the augmentation of a Holy Artifact, even those "undying" creatures shouldn't be able to recover…

Seeing this scene, Cullen couldn't help but frown. If they couldn't find a way to break the "regeneration" of that flower, when the Captain's burden reached its limit, the few of them would probably have to run away.

"I know what's going on! That witch! That flower's original form is actually the tattoo on the witch's back! That's why she took off her clothes because she needs moonlight to shine on her tattoo." Kuhn recalled the various actions of the witch, and his heart stirred as he blurted out.

Tattoo… Cullen carefully sized up Ray, and the latter clearly sensed his gaze but did not mind at all. She even deliberately puffed out her chest and winked at him.

So confident? Are you sure we can't do anything to her?

At the thought of this, Cullen suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already behind the Demoness.

At this moment, a silver-white revolver with a long barrel appeared in his hand.

This was the Sealed Artifact that Cullen had grasped. It was called Red Peach A, and it was forged with the Beyonder characteristic of Light Sacrifice. It could produce bullets condensed from Holy Light.

With a loud bang, a magnificent and pure beam of light shot out from the barrel and hit the ice wall around the Demoness.

Under the scorching heat of the sun, the ice on the periphery quickly melted, but the bullet condensed from Holy Light was still unable to penetrate the final layer of frost that clung to the Demoness.

Cullen fired a few shots at the same spot but was unable to achieve any results. At this moment, the Demoness seemed to have "finally" reacted. She revealed a charming smile, and immediately after, five transparent frost spears stabbed into Cullen's body.

Cullen's body rapidly turned incorporeal as it was tainted with a faint red color, turning into a hazy moonlight. The moonlight instantly shattered, turning into red scales that dissipated on the spot and rapidly reformed in the distance. This was the Moonlight Transformation ability of a Scarlet Scholar.

"No… The frost around her seems to have been strengthened by the tattoo. Attacks below the level of a saint are useless," Cullen said to Judy with a frown. He knew that Judy's Beyonder items likely still had a few demigod powers.

"Although the abilities of 'Record' are close to that of a demigod, without the augmentation of a demigod's level, they are only slightly stronger than your revolver. They might not be useful." Judy shook her head.

At this moment, Captain Kuhn, who had picked up the "Timed Disaster", said, "I can launch an attack to break the layer of ice, but it will take 10 seconds to prepare…"

"Are you crazy? I've also heard of that holy relic of yours. 10 seconds… I'm afraid your body won't be able to hold on for much longer," Cullen said in surprise.

"To me, killing her is more important than my life!" The fury in Kuhn's eyes burned, and the hatred in his voice was almost tangible.