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Chapter 230 - 230: Captured Alive
The old sage stared intently at Asha'ria.
But to her disappointment, the other party refused.
Asha'ria shook her head and said regretfully, "I've already examined his body. It's being increasingly corroded by the Light Element. His life force, like yours, is on a countdown."
"Unless the angels of the Holy City intervene and even bestow their angelic soul upon him, teaching him how to inherit it, only then would he have a chance of mastering this Light Element and surviving."
Upon hearing this, the old sage widened his eyes and said with a trembling voice, "Doesn't even Parthenon Temple's Healing Magic work?"
"Heh, ever since the Resurrection Goddess Soul disappeared, Parthenon Temple has long since become a hollow name. Its healing blessings have drastically weakened. Right now, only a few old Forbidden Curse Mages remain."
Asha'ria sneered coldly, "Compared to the other seven top-tier forces, it's so fragile it could be shattered with a poke."
"Never expected what happened back then would deal such a heavy blow to the temple. I deserve to die."
The old sage blamed herself, filled with despair.
"Sigh." Asha'ria looked at the white-haired boy with pity. A half-Calamity One could become a true Calamity One at any moment. When that happened, his already eroded body would collapse in an instant.
Secondly, there was the threat from the Holy City. Even if she wanted to bear the burden, the pressure would still be immense.
Lastly, she was naturally averse to Light aura it was the nature of the Dark Angel Divine Soul.
These three reasons, combined with the cost-benefit ratio, made Asha'ria unwilling to help someone unrelated to her.
The old woman still wanted to struggle, pleading, "Saintess, can we hand him over to the Holy City?"
Asha'ria almost burst into laughter, mocking, "The Holy City? Regardless of whether you're a Light-type or any other type of Calamity One, they want to exterminate you. Do you really think they're just?"
"Just his Chinese heritage alone disqualifies him, not to mention all the other restrictions. You'd basically be delivering him to his death."
Upon hearing this, the old sage's last hope shattered. Her hunched figure staggered and collapsed to the ground.
"Grandma." The white-haired boy, even upon hearing this hopelessness, still smiled gently and said, "It's okay. I can stay behind and keep you company."
"Wei Xi... Wei Xi..."
The old woman chanted the boy's name, her whole body losing strength, trembling violently.
The two had depended on each other for survival. The old sage had long treated Wei Xi as her own grandson. The more the boy was like this, the more pain she felt.
Hidden nearby, Lu Jun, using Psychic Probing, heard every word clearly, secretly surprised.
So Asha'ria's "colleague" she wanted to see was actually this old sage.
"Wei Xi, huh? A Light-element half-Calamity One, yet born in the darkest of regions... Extreme Yin gives birth to Yang, life and death counteract each other."
Lu Jun murmured about the two. In his perception, the white-haired boy named Wei Xi indeed had a life force as weak as a flickering candle.
Compared to Mo Ningxue, Qin Yu'er, and Ding Yuming those perfect Calamity Ones—this one had far greater flaws.
But thinking back, it made sense. Later on, there weren't really any others like Wei Xi, which meant he must have died prematurely.
Asha'ria was about to leave, but then she heard the white-haired boy whisper in a choked voice behind her, "Grandma."
She paused, turned back to glance, and saw the old sage's withered body lying on the ground, breath extinguished.
The old sage had been hanging on by a thread just to meet Saintess Asha'ria. Now, she had truly reached her limit.
Seeing this, Asha'ria didn't feel a trace of pity. Her expression was blank. For someone like her, dying of old age like this was already the best ending.
She looked at the white-haired boy beside her, deciding to take him back to the Ancient Capital and let him fend for himself.
Just then, Asha'ria became alert and shouted, "Who's there!"
Lu Jun stepped out unhurriedly. He had been right beside them, but his sudden appearance felt jarringly out of place, his presence starkly incompatible with the world.
Asha'ria was startled into a cold sweat. She stared closely and recognized the intruder.
She revealed a seductive smile and said, "Oh, so it's you. I wondered who it was. Secretly following me is it because you've fallen for me? That's not very gentlemanly, you know."
As she spoke, she secretly manipulated her Star Constellation, ready to attack at any moment.
Lu Jun's tone was calm and gentle. "Should I call you Ye Meng'e, or the adopted daughter of Wentai and Salan, the Parthenon Saintess Asha'ria?"
As soon as he said that, Asha'ria's heart was shaken not only had her identity been exposed, but even the true identity of Red Cardinal Salan of the Black Vatican was known to him.
Her gaze turned sharp. "You know everything?!"
"Yes." Lu Jun reached out his hand, calm and composed. "So I'd like to invite you to the Ancient Capital—as a witness to Salan's true identity."
"That won't do. I have nothing to do with Salan. I'm a Parthenon Saintess, after all."
Asha'ruiya relaxed her posture and blatantly lied with her eyes wide open.
"Then I'm sorry."
Lu Jun shook his head and struck without hesitation, casting the high-tier Curse Element spell [Ghost Punishment: Mother Ghost Execution]!
At the same time, the Night Thunder Dream Beast beside him turned into a blur of shadows, charging straight toward Asha'ruiya.
"Dark Contract, Night Cavalier!"
Asha'ruiya released the Summoning Element spell she had already prepared. A crescent-moon-colored rift spread out around her.
Da-da-da-da~~~~
From within the cracks came the urgent sound of galloping hooves, growing rapidly closer...
In the next moment, Lu Jun saw a pitch-black phantom horse emerge from the pale moon rift. It was tall and mighty, its entire body covered in dense black fur. As its mane fluttered, dark mist swirled through the air.
On the horse's head was a single black horn, flickering with black lightning.
And upon the back of this horned phantom horse sat a hulking figure clad in shining black armor, with a humanoid frame.
But within that heavy European-style armor—there was nothing inside!
The Night Cavalier—at the very least a Commander-level being. The horse beneath it was a sub-species of the six-legged Nightmare Beast.
However, limited by Asha'ruiya's cultivation, it only displayed the strength of an Advanced Warrior.
The Night Thunder Dream Beast, powerful and muscular, remained unafraid. Its massive claws sparked with violent black thunder as it slammed them down on the knight's heavy armor.
Boom!
With a thunderous crash, the Night Cavalier was knocked back, horse and rider flying over ten meters completely overwhelmed.
Asha'ruiya gritted her teeth, her entire body surging with shadow energy. Chart after chart of pitch-black star maps manifested, vaguely forming a vast constellation.
Unfortunately, she had only recently advanced her Shadow Element to the High Tier. The High Tier spell [Dominion of Night] had yet to be fully mastered, and her control was sporadic and unstable.
Only halfway through casting, Lu Jun's [Mother Ghost Execution] was already unleashed.
Buzz—Buzz—Buzz!
Behind the figure of the darkly alluring woman, the netherworld opened. Layer upon layer of black-red spiderwebs tore open a corner of the world.
A tall and graceful ghostly woman climbed out, limbs clinging to the walls, moving swiftly. Her eyes sparkled with cruelty and cunning as she extended both arms and viciously wrapped them around her enemy's neck.
In an instant, Asha'ruiya's body froze. Even though her layers of focus-type magical equipment shone with brilliant light, they were easily corroded and torn apart by the Mother Ghost Execution.
"Damn it!"
She cursed and pulled out her trump card from her bosom—[Teleportation Spell Scroll]!
This was the true reason she dared to meet with a member of the Black Vatican alone—Salan's successor, the one who had escaped from the Nine Nether Realm—the source of her confidence.
Then Asha'ruiya's eyes lit up with a faint silver glow, intending to use her newly awakened third element—Space—to activate the scroll.
Trying to run?! Lu Jun sneered. Under the Nightmare Domain cast by the Night Thunder Dream Beast, he called forth his star map with a single thought. A flood of pure silver brilliance burst forth, illuminating half the sky.
Mid-Tier Level Four Space Magic—[Spatial Rhythm:Dimensional Anchor]!
A majestic silver hill came crashing down from the sky, enveloping a radius of several dozen meters around Asha'ruiya, along with the massive Mother Ghost Execution behind her.
In the next instant, the silver scroll in Asha'ruiya's hand, which had been reacting intensely, suddenly dimmed completely extinguished.
She was dumbfounded. "How is this possible?!"
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