bookandnovel Chapter 167 The Final Defense! The Knights Templar Have Arrived!
Chapter 167 The Final Defense! The Knights Templar Have Arrived!
With the massive consumption of Abyss magic, the attributes of the Abyss Thorn Spirit and the Abyss Glutton Spirit have doubled.
Currently, the strongest demon that has arrived is a Rank 4 boss, and its attributes are being overwhelmed by the magic-empowered state of the Plant Life Heart.
Several demon bosses realized that their opponent's strength had skyrocketed and wanted to retreat temporarily, but it was already too late.
Chen Yu did not give them a chance to survive, controlling the Plant Life Heart and quickly killing them.
In less than two minutes, this group of demons was dealt with, and then three waves of demon bosses appeared from three different directions.
In the distance, you could vaguely see more demons.
The Abyss Lily Spirit continued to release weakening skills.
Before the enemy even approached, their combat power was already weakened.
Immediately after, there was the merciless beating from the Abyss Thorn Spirit and the Abyss Glutton Spirit.
Chen Yu's control over the Plant Life Heart in battle became more and more proficient.
Rank Four demons initially required careful handling, and even the little Saintess was seriously injured.
Now, it was a set of combo moves that could take them down without explanation.
The waves of demon bosses kept coming.
At first, there was a little interval.
But later on, they joined the battle continuously.
Often, before the previous batch was resolved, the next batch had already arrived.
In the battle, the number of Plant Life Hearts increased from a dozen to over a hundred.
Due to the continuous killing of demons, the Abyss magic could support it, but vitality and mental power were struggling to keep up.
Even with the constant supply of power from the path to rebirth and the World Tree, it couldn't make up for such a huge consumption.
Chen Yu closed his eyes tightly, his face pale, and sweat pouring down like rain.
Every bit of his mind was focused on controlling the Plant Life Hearts, to the point where he couldn't even control himself.
The Plant Life Hearts were an extension of his own body, and controlling one or a few was still manageable.
But with over a hundred, it became a bit overwhelming.
If it weren't for the abundant Abyss magic and the suppression of the fully empowered attributes of all members, the battle line would have collapsed long ago.
The most critical issue was that the vision of over a hundred Plant Life Hearts shattered the images in his mind.
A few seconds or tens of seconds were fine.
As time went on, a strong sense of disconnection and intense dizziness began to constantly assail him.
Chen Yu could only rely on his willpower to persist.
Soon, the dizziness turned into intense pain.
It felt as if someone was continuously piercing his brain with a sharp knife.
This was a sign of excessive mental exhaustion.
For Chen Yu, every second now was a torture-like torment.
He collapsed to the ground, his face twisted in pain.
The little Saintess was at a loss, holding Chen Yu's head tightly, desperately squeezing out her own potential, searching for the last trace of holy power in her body, trying to heal Chen Yu.
But her efforts were in vain.
The damage Chen Yu suffered was mental, not physical.
In the battlefield, Plant Life Hearts kept shattering and disappearing because they lost control.
The number of Abyss demons continued to increase.
It was no longer possible to quickly eliminate them.
Helplessly, Chen Yu had to retract most of the Plant Life Hearts and rely on the defense of the vines of nearly 30 Abyss Thorn Vines to persist.
"What should I do? Do I have to use that move?" Chen Yu pondered with his remaining consciousness.
In fact, he had one ultimate move, which was to use the World Tree Heart.
Even if he couldn't manifest the entire World Tree.
Just a branch would be enough to easily solve the current situation.
However, the consumption of the World Tree Heart was too enormous.
When he was in the Unsurpassable Sacred Ground, he had tried it before.
Using the World Tree Heart for a low-level attack would consume nearly half of his vitality attribute.
Now, his vitality attribute had already been consumed by more than half.
This was mainly because the Plant Life Heart's battle relied heavily on Abyss magic.
If he used the World Tree Heart, he could solve the current problem, but the demons that would come later would be impossible to deal with.
If he didn't use it, when his mind collapsed, this group of demons would take away the little Saintess.
"He can't hold on any longer, kill him!"
"Kill! Kill!"
Hundreds of Abyss demons let out piercing roars.
"Boom—"
Countless crimson light pillars descended.
Seven plant life hearts were directly shattered.
Chen Yu groaned, blood seeping from the corners of his eyes and nostrils.
"How are you?" Little Saintess anxiously asked, desperately concentrating her remaining holy power to release a healing spell for Chen Yu.
"I'm fine."
Chen Yu forced a smile, pushing aside Little Saintess and struggling to get up.
"I can still protect you."
At this moment, outside the protective net formed by the Abyss Thorn Spirits, over two hundred Rank Four Abyss demon bosses had already gathered.
With such a lineup, it was estimated that they could break through a small city like River Sun City in an instant.
Chen Yu could only rely on the passive defense of the plant life hearts, barely holding on.
Attacks continued to fall on the protective net.
The plant life hearts were constantly being shattered.
Controlling the life hearts relied on his mental power.
If the life hearts were shattered, it was equivalent to Chen Yu suffering a mental attack.
However, he couldn't retreat his mental power before the attacks landed again.
Because once his mental power withdrew, the life hearts would directly disappear.
As a result, every time a life heart burst, Chen Yu felt like someone had smashed his head with a sledgehammer.
"Give up! Let me out!" Little Saintess suddenly said.
Chen Yu twisted Little Saintess's cheek fiercely, not saying a word.
"I'm not joking." Little Saintess tried to maintain her calm.
"I am a Saintess of the Holy See. Even if I am captured by demons, they won't kill me immediately."
"The Temple Knights will arrive shortly, and they will rescue me."
"Perhaps this will hurt your pride."
"But the power of the Temple Knights is beyond your imagination."
"Everything you are doing now is meaningless in their eyes."
"Because once they determine my location, they will definitely be able to save me."
"Do you believe this yourself?" Chen Yu forced a smile and said, "I promised to protect your safety, so I will!"
"But..."
"But..."
"If this continues, you will die!" Little Saintess's expression finally lost control.
She choked up, tears the size of beans falling down her delicate cheeks.
"You will die because your soul will shatter!" Little Saintess cried out, "I know you don't belong in this world!"
"I know you can resurrect even after death!"
"But a shattered soul cannot be saved, do you know that?!"
"No matter which world, such power is impossible!"
"Heh, really?" Chen Yu sneered, summoning another batch of life hearts to block the attacks.
The native Saintess of the mission world was so short-sighted.
What's the big deal about a shattered soul? A few levels of fatal injuries?
Can't you just easily save them on the path to rebirth?
"Please, stop it!" Little Saintess clung to Chen Yu's thigh, sobbing softly.
"I'll be fine no matter what!"
"Whether I fall into the Abyss or get sacrificed to the Demon God."
"..."
"Boom rumble—"
Just then, the earth trembled.
A thunderous sound of hooves approached from afar.
A holy white light that pierced through the heavens and the earth.
Powerful and intense, the holy power unleashed its might, announcing its arrival!
"Temple Knights, listen up!"
"Kill the demons and protect the Saintess!"