Chapter 1531: Counterattack

Chapter 1531: Chapter 1531: Counterattack

The lava, rolling in like a tsunami, crashed into the bright protective shield erected by the three Knights, like waves slamming against a dike, producing a massive roar. The intense heat of the lava and its inherent corrosive magic rapidly diminished the protection of the wall of light, but no matter how much it consumed, the damaged parts would immediately restore the next second, making this line of defense unbreakable once more.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Accompanying the lava was a series of explosions caused by artillery bombardments, creating loud blasts. Before the lava could slide off the shield, electromagnetic cannon shots penetrated the layer of lava and struck the shield, greatly accelerating its consumption under the double assault.

In the face of crisis, Meilin remained very calm. Holding the magic staff, he flew into the air and pointed at Pei Yan, whereupon four rings on his hand lit up with strange light clusters one after another.

Forbidden Curse Rings! One of them should be dark, while the other three are ice, fire, and light. Is he going to activate four completely opposite Forbidden Curse Rings at once?

Recognizing the power represented by the Forbidden Curse Rings in Meilin’s hands, Pei Yan was puzzled but understood through the earlier series of battles? Meilin’s exquisite use of magic, so he dared not be complacent. Even if it seemed unreasonable, he must treat it with caution.

Bang! Bang! Two thick clouds of black fog flashed out from Meilin’s rings, passing through the shield and appearing out of thin air on Pei Yan’s left and right, tracking him with the remaining lava in the field. Pei Yan knew this was a dark Forbidden Curse, and once these two clouds touched his body, his consciousness would be swallowed into darkness. Those with lower realms and weak consciousness would be trapped in the eternal night until unconsciousness or physical death, even the strong would have their consciousness trapped, separated for a while, giving the caster a chance to attack the enemy’s body.

This magic is a very effective control-type Forbidden Curse. However, the flaw is also quite apparent: the two clouds are too conspicuous, and although the movement speed of the fog is not slow, against the high-speed moving silhouettes of anyone in the top realms of Heavenly Dao with even slight body technique training, it seems insufficient. That’s why when Pei Jin launched a surprise attack, he caught the unprepared Annie Witch off guard, but with Pei Yan’s ability to foresee, those two clouds wouldn’t come near him.

The activation of a Forbidden Curse is time-limited. If the target can’t be captured within a long time, the power of the curse will gradually fade until it vanishes. Pei Yan didn’t need to waste effort destroying the curse, providing the opponent a chance to control and get close for a counterattack. He could easily evade the black fog’s capture with his superior body technique and the predictive power of the artificial intelligence Suzi, forcing Meilin to either voluntarily cancel the spell, wasting a chance for casting a Forbidden Curse, or continue expending his own source Qi in futile efforts.

Pei Yan didn’t bother thinking about what Meilin would do. He passed through the chasing and interception of the lava and the black fog and disregarded the Meteor Fire Rain falling all over the sky, letting the hail-sized burning debris crash against his body with a crackling sound. Pei Yan activated lightning abilities to push his body once more towards the protection shield. He had many attacking methods, but if he wanted to kill an enemy like Meilin in one hit, he needed to get close enough to use them. Letting the opponent stay hidden in the turtle shell while attacking him passively would only be a disadvantage. He must quickly resolve someone to open the situation.

In the sky above the battlefield, Pei Yan dashed straight for the protective shield erected by the three Knights, and behind him were the Hecate Witch manipulating the rolling, roaring lava and the two dark Forbidden Curse black clouds relentlessly pursuing him. At this moment, Meilin gently pulled his pinky, activating the Forbidden Curse on the second ring.

Light system, is it? Watching the attribute power bursting from the ring, Pei Yan frowned. If he remembered correctly, this ring’s Forbidden Curse should be light-based soul purification. Once activated, it could invoke the power of faith in the believers of the Bright Church, forcibly purifying a person’s soul, altering their thoughts to become faithful followers of the light.

The spell could be frightening because once the target’s will is altered, the process is irreversible. Still, this spell was useless against Pei Yan. Once he had faced this spell head-on, and its only effect on him was to bathe his soul in Holy Light, temporarily losing control of his body amidst the faith energy’s cleansing.

Interestingly, if Pei Yan were hit by the pursuing black Forbidden Curse of Eternal Night Sealing and then immediately by the Light God’s baptism, the power of light would break through the constraints of the dark curse, rescuing Pei Yan’s consciousness from the darkness. Through the countering and consumption against the dark Forbidden Curse, the power of the light Forbidden Curse would be significantly reduced, causing no harm to Pei Yan.

Of course, Pei Yan wouldn’t foolishly prove this by actively getting hit by the black fog’s attack. Who knew what Meilin intended by using mutually consuming moves like that? Regardless of his schemes, as long as Pei Yan didn’t fall for them, there wouldn’t be a problem, so the measure he took was still to dodge.

The light-based beam shot out at an extremely fast speed, unlike the black Forbidden Curse’s two clouds of black fog, which were easier to evade. To hide, sacrifices needed to be made. Considering this, Pei Yan gestured and summoned over a dozen mechanical replicas, which rushed in front of him. The power of the light Forbidden Curse could penetrate source Qi and solid defenses to purify the soul, but this penetration had limits. If one mechanical replica wasn’t enough to weaken the curse’s force, then two. If two weren’t enough, then ten! If ten weren’t enough, Pei Yan would work up a hundred! He was never short of mechanical replica sacrifices.

Fortunately, the power of the light Forbidden Curse didn’t require a hundred replicas to resist excessively. By the time the light penetrated the seventh replica, its power had dwindled to where it wasn’t frightening anymore. Observing this, Pei Yan let out a cold snort as such straightforward attacks were too easy to defend and evade.

After a cold sneer, Pei Yan continued to rush towards the target through the lineup of mechanical replicas. As Pei Yan brushed past his mechanical replicas, he saw the light Forbidden Curse still fulfilling its mission, penetrating non-existent targets. By the time he passed the eighth mechanical replica, the layer of light attribute Qi wrapped around had completely dissipated, exposing its true nature hidden within.

Wind!

Unexpectedly, it was a wind-based Forbidden Curse with very rare attack power! The layer of light power wrapped outside was just pure, massive quantities of light attribute source Qi, with no offensive properties whatsoever. From the beginning, Meilin was setting a trap for him! He had disguised those rings with different attributes on the outside, concealing the rings’ true attributes!

Feeling the powerful wind attribute magic source Qi about to erupt, Pei Yan realized the cause, but it was too late.