Chapter 59: Twilight’s Curtain Call
Just as the spear was about to thrust towards Li Wen, she hurriedly summoned The Primordial Codex of Ending and began casting spells.
The chains did not hinder her spellcasting. Several light and shadow phenomena appeared above her head, first a Traveler in vibrant clothing, then a Tower struck by lightning, and finally an apparition of a white-robed angel holding golden goblets in both hands, which was the ability Li Wen desired.
Gift of Temperance!
This ability could clear all positive and negative effects. The chains’ binding was a type of spell, so it was naturally included.
Not only that, but even the effects granted by Poem of Paradise, which were Fool’s Praise and the ruin of the Tower, also disappeared. Even the levitation effect from Emerald Star Cloak was purified along with them.
According to the ability description, Poem of Paradise’s target did not include the caster. However, descriptions were just descriptions. This was, after all, the real world, and who a spell affected was determined by the caster’s will.
Just like Prayer, which had different effects on friendly and enemy units, determining who was friend and who was foe was not some ephemeral power or the game AI Sophia, but the caster’s own will.
The skill description not including oneself merely meant that by default, the caster would not be selected. Under Li Wen’s own will, she could forcefully use Poem of Paradise on herself.
The ethereal chains shattered under the power of Temperance. Li Wen controlled her descent and landed safely in Witch Form.
The demon Tilroghzakh was also within the range of Temperance, and his magic shield was also purified.
His expression was cold and stiff, and his mood was exceptionally bad. A move he was sure of was so easily resolved.
The demon chanted an incantation to recall the Spear of Cursed Death. However, the spear, affected by Gift of Temperance, did not obey his command. Instead, it fell to the ground powerlessly, stuck in the earth at an angle.
Li Wen would not give the demon another chance to use his weapon. As soon as she landed and steadied herself, she rushed forward with her short sword.
Tilroghzakh attempted to block the attack with his goat horns while simultaneously consuming his life force to cast a spell on Li Wen.
Pain Curse! Blood-Draining Curse!
Two curses hit consecutively. Li Wen grunted, black blood flowing from her nose and mouth, but her movements remained unchanged. She dodged the goat horns and thrust the Bone-Corroding Short Sword into the demon, then immediately activated Spell-less Arc Light.
After his plan failed, the demon immediately switched from blocking to piercing, directly poking Li Wen’s forehead with his goat horns.
Although it seemed like a light tap, Li Wen felt as if she had been hit by a heavy hammer. She was sent flying backward, her head buzzing. Not only did she miss her Spell-less Arc Light, which could have cut the demon in half, but her erosion level also soared, surpassing 30% and approaching 40%.
Trading blows was supposed to be Li Wen’s advantage, but unexpectedly, she was completely at a disadvantage.
The demon did not miss this opportunity. He immediately crushed his goat horns and scattered the powder onto Li Wen.
A red inverted pentagram appeared beneath her feet. Within this pentagram, she was unable to cast spells.
After confirming that Li Wen had no room for resistance, the demon recalled the spear with an incantation and cast the Curse of Death technique again.
Ethereal chains bound Li Wen, and the ominous, sharp tip of the Spear of Cursed Death pointed at her.
“This time, I win,” Tilroghzakh concluded.
The spear flew out, pierced Li Wen’s heart, and carried her body, nailing her to the fire wall of the ruined church behind her.
The Twilight Erosion progress surged significantly, stopping just short of 75%.
Li Wen endured the pain and struggled to pull out the spear. However, the incantation on the spear glowed brilliantly, and even touching it caused astonishing pain and burning sensations.
She’s not dead yet?
Tilroghzakh was completely stunned. Not to mention the certainly fatal Spear of Cursed Death, his previous curses and attacks were enough to kill any Transcendent of the same level.
At this moment, he began to doubt who the truly life-force powerful Purgatory demon was.
“If one Cursed Death isn’t enough, then two!”
Tilroghzakh’s eyes were fierce. He bit off a piece of flesh from his arm and used it as a sacrifice to cast the curse of the Spear of Cursed Death again.
The black chains on the spear cracked layer by layer, revealing thorns even more vibrant than blood.
These scarlet thorns burrowed into Li Wen’s body along the spear, then grew rapidly by absorbing blood. Finally, satiated with blood, the thorns emerged from every inch of Li Wen’s skin, forming a blood-red thorny tree as tall as the church, with her as its foundation.
Even so, Li Wen did not die immediately.
Twilight Erosion reached 95% and was still slowly rising.
The thorns of the Spear of Cursed Death had invaded her internal organs and even her brain. Now, she only had enough strength to watch the Twilight Erosion progress slowly climb.
96%…
97%…
98%…
99%…
As the erosion was about to reach 100%, Li Wen activated the last ability of Emerald Star Cloak.
When Li Wen first obtained the Emerald Star Cloak, she only guessed from its mana consumption that it wouldn’t be very weak. But looking at it now, this ability was not just strong; it was heaven-defying!
Twilight’s Curtain Call: Consume 50% of your own maximum mana to reset the calculation of Twilight Erosion.
Li Wen felt her mana surge into Emerald Star Cloak, and the erosion progress, which should have reached 100%, jumped to 0%.
Is this what it means to be a Witch?
She pulled out her hands, entangled by thorns, and gripped the Spear of Cursed Death on her body. The intense pain and burning sensations were no longer worth mentioning. Li Wen exerted force, pulling the spear out inch by inch.
Finally, the entire Spear of Cursed Death was pulled out by her. Losing its source of power, the blood-red thorny tree collapsed instantly, turning into ashes and scattering with the flames.
The wounds and cracks on Li Wen and Emerald Star Cloak instantly healed under the effect of Twilight’s Eternal Power, as if reborn.
Holding the Spear of Cursed Death, she looked at the speechless and horrified demon and murmured.
“Even this level of damage couldn’t instantly kill me in Witch Form. Even the path of Flesh and Blood, known for its vitality, would likely be limited to this.”I have completed the upper limit test for Witch Form. Now it’s time to end this farce.
Tilroghzakh found it unbelievable. He couldn’t believe that a low-level Transcendent could withstand the double curse of the Spear of Cursed Death; it was no longer explainable by mere tenacity.
He had a premonition that if he didn’t kill Li Wen now, she might become a formidable enemy for Dark Dawn and even Siswell.
But now, he found it difficult even to cast a spell first. It had been more than five minutes since Li Wen released Thirst for Light, and Tilroghzakh’s condition had entered its second phase.
He could not look directly at the shadows in the corners or the darkness in the distance of the church. It made him fearful and anxious. More than the approaching enemy, his attention was focused on the firelight.
Any light fascinated him.
