Chapter 131: Falling Into a Desperate Situation, One Can Only Rely on Oneself

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Falling Into a Desperate Situation, One Can Only Rely on Oneself

The dragon wings were pierced by the wind blades. Dense pain and the feeling of off-balance freefall crashed over simultaneously.

Jeremy looked at the gap of survival that had just been sealed shut. All emotional fluctuations when despair struck transformed into a stillness.

In this world, there is no eternal support. When danger strikes, there is no savior falling from the sky like in fictional stories.

Falling into a desperate situation, one can only rely on oneself.

Jeremy calmly made his final decision.

The overlapping power of multiple tier-four magic tools was enough to break this dual skill. But he himself, standing inside, would certainly bear the full brunt.

The defensive magic tools in the spatial bracelet all belonged to the high-tier category. Furthermore, this world prioritized the balance of power, so the vast majority of magic tools and magical artifacts required a certain amount of magic power to activate. With his current realm, he could at most activate items tier five and below. Anything higher, even if he wanted to, he couldn’t.

Not to mention, under the restriction of this secret realm, even types that didn’t require magic power couldn’t be used.

Two-thirds of the magic power in his body had vanished. Even if he poured the remainder entirely into defense, it wouldn’t be enough to block the power of the magic tools.

Seriously speaking, he would likely die without an intact corpse.

But right now, he had to gamble.

After the caster left, the existence time of all skills had a limit. But this cyclone clearly had to close completely before it would dissipate.

The howling wind, the growling of the slimy green monster were deafening.

Seeing the vortex of blades about to slice into his flesh, Jeremy downed a strengthening recovery potion. Following his will, a series of tier-four magic tools appeared around him.

Condensing the meager bit of remaining magic power into a shield wrapping around himself, he unhesitatingly flipped the switch on all the magic tools simultaneously.

A bizarre cracking sound rang out. The lotus-shaped magic tools bloomed violently. Lightning flashed, boundless pressure crashed down.

Their outer rings separated from the bodies, transforming into countless sharp blades lunging straight into the cyclone.

Two streams of power collided. The entire vortex became even more chaotic.

"Cough..."

Jeremy’s body took the full brunt of the aftershocks, severely injured. The shield condensed from magic power only played the role of dampening the shock, unable to grant immunity to the damage.

Blood sprayed out. His body was battered by the chaotic air current to the point where standing steady was difficult.

And this was only the first layer. The magic tools had a total of three layers of mechanisms. The final layer was a destructive large-scale explosion.

His body already torn to shreds by the wind blades and magical remnants, Jeremy drank another magic power recovery potion and a hemostatic potion.

To be honest, he wasn’t certain of the outcome either. At this moment, there was still some apprehension in his heart.

But... having reached this point, there was no turning back.

During the time Jeremy tangled with the black-cloaked figure’s true body and got trapped in the cyclone, the other four each guarded one direction, having to both fend off the clones and being trapped by the collapsing glacier river.

By the time they went all out to clear the clones and escape the shattered ice blocks, they only managed to see Jeremy entirely swallowed by the cultist’s skill storm.

The glacier river’s collapse speed quickened by the second. The cracks had spread from deep inside all the way to the entrance, the pitch-black void in the middle still expanding incessantly.

Evelyn rapidly assessed the situation. The six wings in her beastification form unfurled, and she lunged towards Jeremy.

But that black-cloaked figure clearly had no intention of leaving them a way out.

Before leaving, aside from the two skills thrown at Jeremy, he also erected a wicked matrix capable of summoning evil spirits on the outer perimeter.

Deliberately using that soul-devouring dark art so they would die in prolonged agony.

Wordless evil spirits descended, swarming like a sea of devils blanketing the sky, blocking Evelyn’s path.

Their speed was dizzyingly fast. In less than half a breath, she was completely surrounded.

Evelyn’s complexion darkened. Her hand gripping the Cyan Spirit Bow jerked upwards.

The bow was suspended in mid-air by magic power. She used her soul as a connecting string, letting it fire automatically.

The price paid was double the magic power. But the most important thing right now was to escape.

Three skills: Parasitism, Sky-Rending Arrow, and Cleansing Spirit Arrow Domain fired simultaneously.

Evelyn did not stop, a white jade short sword appearing in her hand.

When a segment of evil spirits used their comrades’ corpses as shields, tearing through the rain of arrows to charge forward, Evelyn stood her ground. The aura around her plummeted to the freezing point.

Icy killing intent accompanied a figure so fast only afterimages remained, flashing continuously amidst the space sealed by vines and the rain of arrows.

Wherever she passed, agonizing screams rang out along with splattering blood.

The power in her body rioted frantically due to high-intensity consumption, her internal organs aching dully. But Evelyn didn’t pause for half a beat.

The white jade short sword had been dyed dark red with blood. And her emerald eyes, under the reflection of the blazing red glacier river, carried an extra layer of killing intent entirely different from usual.

Light intertwined. A crescent moon-shaped chakram abruptly appeared.

Following its master’s command, the lunar blade tore through the evil spirits’ encirclement with immense force, slashing mercilessly from the outside in.

A flash of blood. A path was forcibly opened right in front of her.

Glancing at Leon on the opposite side, Evelyn offered a flat word of thanks, then without hesitation, flapped her wings forcefully. She raised her hand to summon the Cyan Spirit Bow back, slicing through the evil spirits intending to charge again, and flew straight into the air to observe the situation.

Leon, on the other end, seeing her cooperate like that, swallowed back the words he was about to say, beckoned his fingers to recall the lunar blade, and continued dealing with the endlessly surging evil spirits.

At the same time, Lucius had successfully broken through the encirclement, vanishing into the black mist.

When he reappeared, his chain blade was in a completely different direction.

Right at the moment Phoenix was about to be swallowed, the chain blade shrieked ear-piercingly through the wind, slicing off and dismembering the evil spirits intending to swallow him alive.

Lucius did not stop. With a flick of his wrist, the twenty-six segments of the chain erupted with a destructive aura.

The Ghost Slayer skill activated in a flash, sweeping clean all remaining evil spirits in the vicinity.

In that second, the usual lazy, nonchalant demeanor on him vanished without a trace. On that face, exquisite to the point of overshadowing its sharp coldness, appeared a few traces of rare ruthlessness.

"Start setting up the teleportation matrix. I’m going to pull the captain out."

His voice betrayed no emotion, but his speaking speed was slightly faster than usual. Before Phoenix could reply, that figure was reduced to an afterimage.

At this time, Evelyn, who had just escaped in the distance, while observing the situation didn’t forget to shoot out a vine to wrap around Phoenix’s waist, pulling him from the edge of the widening void crack to a safe area.

Right as Phoenix was lifted, the spot he had just stood on was entirely swallowed by the pitch-black void, leaving no foothold.

He didn’t panic, summoning his wings to hover in mid-air.

Then channeling magic power into the undead staff, following exactly the arrangement Lucius left behind, he began stacking his third skill to construct the teleportation matrix.

Seeing he was unharmed, Evelyn retracted the vine, drawing her bow once more.

The fired arrow, under the effect of the second skill, Sky-Rending Arrow, split from one into a hundred, transforming into a rain of arrows, successfully helping Leon escape.