Chapter 974
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The devil suit had its own unique use . The stone statue soldiers were not as powerful as elemental stone statue soldiers, but they could control their own size . If the elemental stone statue soldiers were to shrink themselves to two yards in height, then they would only be left with their elemental cores . Although their offensive abilities would remain the same, their defenses would weaken tremendously . It was just like a warrior losing all their armor .
Nicholas heeded Saleen's suggestion . Nailisi put Gray Memory away as well . Although it was a powerful weapon, it was also very demanding on her mental strength . She pulled out her Sword of Rules instead .
The disadvantage of the Sword of Rules was that any target it struck would be completely useless . When the transparent creatures were killed by the Sword of Rules, their souls would be smashed . Even the blood soul tower would have a hard time restoring them . Any equipment that was damaged by the Sword of Rules could never be repaired again . It'd be easier for someone to make new equipment rather than try and restore one destroyed by the Sword of Rules .
Gray Memory would only destroy souls, but at least the materials that were left behind could still be used . The Sword of Rules was clearly a piece of equipment built to destroy .
Saleen kept monitoring the other end of the corridor . He noticed that the 32 grade-9 creatures had doubled in number!
That should've been impossible! Saleen looked carefully with his elemental eyes again and discovered more grade-9 creatures that had just appeared, but they turned out only to be images . If his elemental eyes had not advanced, he would not have been able to tell the difference .
That was because each image's movement was exactly the same as the original creature . Such similarity even extended to traces of elements on the surface of the images .
Saleen laughed coldly . The images might have some combat abilities, but they were no match for the images of his devil suit . The images could not even move independently . That just proved that the person that created the images might be of a very high grade, but their combat experience was nowhere near the level of Joey .
All of a sudden, Saleen saw something that took him by surprise . 32 souls were infused into the 32 images . The images became livelier and no longer moved the same way as the original bodies .
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When Saleen's second batch of stone statue soldiers was created, the number of grade-9 creatures on the other end of the corridor had already reached 128, and half of them were images .
Through her connection with Saleen, Nailisi realized that something was amiss . Just as she was about to charge into the corridor, Saleen stopped her .
"Let it continue . I want to see how many grade-9 creatures it can create!" Saleen decided that he would not attack the corridor anymore . He commanded his 12 stone statue soldiers to retreat and gather together at the narrowest part of the corridor .
Saleen had learned about the rule of balance of energy before, so he knew that there was nothing in this world that possessed unlimited energy . It did not make sense for their opponent to be able to create grade-9 creatures .
A mage must think and study anything that was not logical . That would be how one could discover an entirely new field of study . Saleen's original intention for coming there was not to look for a temple anyway . He was feeling terrible after the massacre in the city, and he just wanted to get away from everything for a while . He was still young, and he started off as a commoner . Compared to Lex, he was less able to accept such events .
On the other side of the corridor, the number of grade-9 creatures was increasing, but Saleen became calmer . He refused to believe that the grade-9 creatures could continue to multiply . If that was the case, the person multiplying them was truly invincible .
Even the ancient humans were not capable of having all their soldiers advance to grade-9 . Grade-9 soldiers were considered the cream of the crop back then . Saleen was not afraid of being outnumbered because Nailisi still had 100,000 demons in her Purgatory of Devils .
There were now 256 grade-9 creatures at that point, but half of them were images . That was when Nailisi felt more at ease . She could not help but admire her Master's patience .
"Nailisi, do you understand now?"
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Nailisi shook her head so Saleen continued, "I don't believe our enemy can continue a technique like this for an extended period of time . Let's rest here for a while…"
He said that on purpose so that the person on the opposite side could hear it . Indeed, immediately after what Saleen said that the grade-9 creatures went berserk and more than 10 of them entered the corridor . The six stone statue soldiers charged forward . That batch of stone statue soldiers would be the first to disappear . More than 20 minutes had passed and there were already 18 stone statue soldiers in the corridor and the fourth batch was about to appear anytime .
Saleen displayed the patience of a mage . The six stone statue soldiers were easily defeated by the monsters, while only three of the monsters died in the exchange . Even though Saleen was losing his stone statue soldiers at a ratio of two to one, he continued to wait patiently and refused to attack recklessly .
The second batch of stone statue soldiers charged forward to stop the grade-9 creatures . Saleen did not even bother to give commands to those stone statue soldiers . Instead, he secretly summoned 36 elemental stone statue soldiers that were all 20 yards tall . The Goddess' temple was such a towering monument to be able to hold them, an ordinary house would not be able to contain the elemental creatures .
The 36 elemental stone statue creatures split into two rows . Nailisi stood in front of the corridor with a shield in her left hand and a sword in her right as she waited for the corridor to broken through .
Saleen's mindset has influenced Nailisi, who had regained her composure . By nature, demons were creatures with patience as they would sometimes take half a month to stalk prey .
Four batches of stone statue soldiers had been defeated by the grade-9 creatures . A blue humanoid creature charged out of the corridor and went straight for Saleen with a slender sword . The sword was bubbling with powerful elements and was almost glowing with something similar to sword aura .
The elemental stone statue soldiers on both sides of the corridor attacked with their magic war hammers . One of them struck air while the other accurately smashed the grade-9 creature's head into pieces . Nailisi attacked with her Sword of Rules and deflected the creature's sword . Then, with a sweep of her skeletal shield, the grade-9 creature was cut into two at the waist .
Unlike the stone statue soldiers, Nailisi had a lot of combat experience . Although the monster no longer had its brain, its sword aura had yet to dissipate, so Nailisi knew it would continue to attack .
Even after being cut into half, the lower half of the body leaped up and tried to pounce on Saleen . Nailisi stepped on it and sent it into the Purgatory of the Fallen .
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"Master, its weakness is in its heart," Nailisi reminded Saleen .
There was a flash of blue light in the corridor . A humanoid creature suddenly increased its speed, dashing past the pair of magic warhammers guarding the entrance of the corridor and was in front of Saleen in an instant . All of a sudden, a Midnight Fang appeared in front of Saleen . The Midnight Fang's elemental dagger stabbed straight into the humanoid creature's heart .
Nicholas was taken aback . His fallen staff fell to the floor and gray light filled the entire temple . The third humanoid creature that dashed out of the corridor immediately slowed down and by doing so, it was immediately smashed into minced meat by the magic war hammers .
Nicholas' gray light had caused the humanoid creatures to slow down by more than twice their original speed . Saleen's elemental creatures' speed did not seem to be affected though . All the grade-9 creatures that managed to reach the zone that was lit up by the gray light were all smashed to death by the elemental stone statue soldiers . On the other side of the corridor, the mysterious being could not take it anymore .
"Blasphemers, all of you must die!"
The moment Saleen heard that he burst out laughing . "You are the real blasphemer . Do you really think you are Myers?"
The ground of the temple trembled violently as if there was an earthquake . Saleen remained calm as he made the six elemental stone statue soldiers expand their bodies . They transformed into thick pillars while Saleen and the rest took cover under them .
"If you are Myers, then who do you think this is?" Saleen unleashed a gigantic fireball, which floated into the air and lit up Nailisi's face . Nailisi had based her appearance on the image of the Goddess of Myers . Saleen's enemy seemed to be aggravated by what Saleen did . After a loud and high-pitched scream, Saleen saw the collapse of all the grade nine creatures in the temple . They turned into hundreds of beams of blue light, disappearing into the darkness .
"You blasphemers…"
"Master, what is it saying?" Nailisi's voice was louder and she could tell that the creature inside was not totally sane . If it was provoked a little more, it would definitely charge out and fight Saleen .
Huge rocks began to crumble as the corridor widened gradually . The two temples were more than a thousand yards apart and magic was the reason why they could see the other end clearly . The thousand-yard long corridor had been destroyed and a crack that was more than 20 yards wide appeared right in front of Saleen .
If not for the six elemental stone statues turning themselves into huge stone pillars, Saleen and the rest would have been buried alive in the temple .
Saleen calmly increased the number of Midnight Fangs he had out to 36, and they patrolled the surrounding area . The body of a Midnight Fang was different from other elemental creatures because it could conceal itself in any shadows . That was its natural ability . The falling rocks had no effects on the Midnight Fangs . The way they attacked was to unleash their full force in a single strike .
There were only six elemental stone statue soldiers left to guard the opening of the corridor . The others were surrounded Saleen, ready to block the enemy's attack . Saleen was secretly thankful for his elemental badge . If he had brought along the ancient warriors instead, he would have had been forced to take on a more passive approach .
The crack grew bigger, revealing a bottomless pit . The top had already collapsed, and seawater was already seeping in . In the blink of an eye, a huge hole appeared on top of the crack and due to the high pressure, seawater instantly gushed in and collapsed the temple .
"That's pretty powerful . " Saleen teased as he could already see what was happening at the temple opposite them .
A mile away from them was a gigantic main temple .
The altar of the main temple was surrounded by 24 pillars with a naked woman bound to the middle . Twenty-four chains pierced through her body and each of them was tied to a pillar .
The woman was wriggling frantically as if she could feel no pain . The 24 pillars were simply too sturdy, and they showed no signs of crack despite the violent trembling of the altar .
Saleen looked closely at the woman and she looked exactly like Goddess of Myers .