novelonline Chapter 3527 Purpose and Consumption
Chapter 3527 Purpose and Consumption
Chapter 3527 Purpose and Consumption
To mark the way for future reinforcements, Shad would unleash Moonfire to continuously burn the surrounding flesh and blood as Ellie walked through the corridors or ran up the stairs. However, the constant use of pure Moonfire also caused his spirit to be consumed quite quickly.
Ellie, on the contrary, grew more and more energetic as she ran, as if she were gradually regaining her fighting instincts, and the horn on her forehead became brighter and brighter. After Shad had been forced to drink a mouthful of pink essence, and only a third of the pink liquid remained in the small bottle, Ellie finally stopped running.
It hesitated for a moment before crashing through the wall in front of it. Behind the wall was a five-meter-long corridor with no doors on either side. At the end of the gap was a blood-red door.
Ellie let out a soft "Aww~", and then the maid who had been following behind Shad whispered:
"Ellie said that her friend was behind this door."
The unicorn took two steps back, then sped along the corridor, trying to crash into the front. But the corridor seemed to stretch endlessly after the unicorn stepped in, and Shad on the unicorn's back immediately used "Spatial Stability Aura".
Ellie's unicorn crashed into the blood-red door with a loud bang, and the unicorn and Shad were thrown away by the recoil.
The door was riddled with cracks where it had touched Ellie's unicorn horn, like glass struck by bullets, but the door still wouldn't break open. Shad scrambled to his feet, flicking the blood from his hands on the red carpet. After confirming Ellie was alright, just a little dizzy from the impact, he crossed his arms in front of him and charged towards the blood-stained door.
"Moonlight Slash!"
The silver moonlight shone in the blood-red corridor, and with a loud bang, Shad was actually thrown back. This was a rare instance where the fourth form's "Moonlight Slash" failed to take effect.
But two intersecting cracks were now clearly visible on the blood-red door, with silvery moonlight lingering within them. Combined with the cracks Ellie had created when she crashed into it, the door was now close to being completely destroyed.
Ellie wanted to rush forward, but Shad stopped her:
"I'll just come."
As he spoke, he was about to unleash Moonfire again, but ripples appeared on the surface of the blood-red door, and then the face of the fourth-stage pseudo-human resembling a male servant emerged from the door.
It spoke:
"I was originally waiting for you in the core room. The reason I've appeared is to ask you a question."
It looked inquisitively at Shad, or rather, at Ellie beside Shad:
"Everything in the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] is guiding you deeper into the world. The location of the room where the unicorn is being held is constantly changing, but the unicorn beside you can always sense the location of this room."
I know a unicorn's horn can breach the walls of this building, but I've never heard of a unicorn overcoming the spatial confusion within. Summoner, how did your unicorn manage that? Or have you actually completely uncovered our secrets?
Shad didn't know how Ellie did it. Either Chloe really had a unique method for raising unicorns, or Ellie really had a unique sense of smell or inspiration, just like Mia.
Of course, he wouldn't discuss this kind of topic with the other party:
"Now that I've found my unicorn friend, I consider myself the winner of this game."
Shad said:
"While I don't expect you to just open the exit and let us leave, I'm genuinely curious, what makes you so confident that you can keep me here this time?"
The servant's face remained calm.
"The probability that you will be able to use the power of the old gods again is no more than 30%. If you enter the core room again, you will not be able to escape so easily this time."
But Xia De asked:
“I have seen your deepest secrets, and even know about the ‘firstborn flesh and blood.’ Do you think I would be completely unprepared in the past two weeks? What exactly have you prepared to welcome me?”
The male servant's face gradually disappeared from the blood-red doorway:
“Caller of the gods, you will be pleasantly surprised.”
Its face was completely gone, but unless "desire" swam in that pool of blood, Shad would never feel "surprised".
The "Moonlight Ray," having been charged up, finally pierced through the door. The maid, Winnie, realized that Shad was quite exhausted, so she used her magic to break open the door through the hole.
"Ang~"
Ellie was the first to rush in. She hadn't gone to the wrong room; little Leona was curled up in the "unicorn's den" as if she were fast asleep.
According to Xia De's estimation, the group is currently located in the inner middle circle of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans]. Therefore, although the unicorn's den looks similar to the one in the snow mountain hall, there is flesh and blood writhing everywhere on the walls, floor, and ceiling.
Ellie lowered her head and rubbed her cheek against little Leona's face. Seeing that little Leona still didn't open her eyes, she touched little Leona's horn with her own horn. Then, pure white light was transmitted through the contact between the horns.
This is the unique healing method that Emilia mentioned for unicorns. Unicorns themselves have a powerful racial talent for dispelling curses, and this talent is even more powerful when healing their own kind.
But little Leona still didn't wake up.
The Ice Maid silently released a chilling mist that froze the entire room, slightly isolating the unicorns from the environment. Shad then calmed the anxious Ellie before kneeling beside them.
The red straw beneath his knees had a soft, eerie feel, but Shad didn't pay it any mind for the time being. He reached out and touched little Leanna's furry face, then lifted her eyelids to check her eyes. Combined with the examination "she" had conducted, he roughly understood little Leanna's current condition:
"Its body was implanted with the flesh and blood of a pseudo-human, but the unicorn's talent is so great that even the pseudo-human flesh and blood couldn't erode Little Leona's body in a short time. However, Little Leona is not yet an adult, and most of its power is being used to purify the unclean things in its body, which is why its consciousness has fallen into a deep sleep."
Don't worry, I'll heal it.
Shad spoke softly to Ellie, reaching out to touch little Leanna's body a few times, trying to pinpoint the exact location of the implanted pseudo-human flesh, but without success.
Considering he couldn't stay there any longer, and glancing at Ellie, who was lying there worriedly, and little Leona, who had her eyes closed, Shad summoned Moonfire.
The ice maid standing behind him, watching him treat the patient, said:
"Although this method can cure it, it will consume a lot of your energy, right? I roughly understand the pseudo-humans' thinking. They want to exhaust you as much as possible, no matter what methods they have prepared. The worse your condition is, the more beneficial it is for them."
The reason they didn't kill the unicorn outright, but let you find it, is because of this. After reviving it, you'll continue to expend spirit energy to protect it—it's clearly a conspiracy.
"But this is also a conspiracy I have to face."
As he spoke, Shad placed his right hand, burning with moonfire, on little Leanna's forehead. Ellie stared blankly at the flames so close to her, the silver flames reflected in her azure eyes. The maid had already frozen all the walls of the house, making it look somewhat like an ice castle.
"When I entered here, the witch followers who lived in the castle had already gone to contact reinforcements, and others will appear soon."
That mass of pseudo-human flesh was quite peculiar; it hid very well inside little Leona's body. It took Shad a full three minutes, almost setting the entire unicorn ablaze, to find and burn it.
The advantage of doing this is that Little Leona's entire body has been purified by Shad, so not only will she not be affected by this incident afterward, but any unhealthy parts of her body will also be healed. The disadvantage, of course, is that Shad's spirit is once again severely depleted. Moonfire is definitely not a technique that can be used as an ordinary magic spell. The Ice Maid's analysis is correct; the pseudo-people are trying to wear Shad down.
After a while, little Leona opened her eyes; Moonfire's healing had fully restored her. She first looked around in confusion, then stood up and nuzzled against Ellie, expressing her joy.
"We should leave now. Can we find our way back?"
The walls that I broke through on my way here have healed, at least the walls of the initial section of the road have healed. To leave, I need to break through a new road.
Shad's question was directed at the two unicorns. Little Leona, who had just woken up, looked quite bewildered, while Ellie sniffed around and then made a very uncertain sound.
"It's okay, just keep going in the direction you think is right."
Shad gently stroked its forehead, but this time he flipped over and mounted little Leona. After taking a deep breath, moonlight rippled across his body, and then gradually spread to little Leona—a basic application of the "Light Spell."
Of course, light magic alone was not enough. To help little Leanna resist the power of flesh-corroding, a portion of moonfire was also mixed into the moonlight:
"Ellie, Winnie, let's go."
The ice maid was still floating behind Shad. Ellie sniffed around, found her bearings, glanced back at little Leona carrying Shad, and then, just as she had come, rammed headlong into the front.
Ellie showed no sign of slowing down because she had to take care of little Leona, and little Leona kept up closely with Ellie once she started running. The two white figures passed through layers of walls, and no matter how fast they went, Winnie, the elemental maid, was always able to keep up.
Shad kept observing his surroundings. At first, the crimson color did fade as the unicorns moved forward, indicating that they were moving towards the outer edge of the building. But soon the crimson color in the surrounding space became more and more intense.
Ellie also noticed the anomaly, stopped hesitantly, sniffed around again, and then tried to change direction to break through the wall again.
(End of this chapter)