The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 617

Chapter 616
Human Warrior Bursting Out from the Eye
Yasperton Pankor.
A greatly aged old giant, the biological brother of the Shadow Heavenly Envoy, and the paternal uncle of the Candlemaster Disciple “Eternal Vanguard,” Kastenning Pankor.
The generation of giants he belonged to had long since perished, and even the generation younger than him was already dead. Yet, he still lived.
Yasperton was a member of the giant royal family, a true pure-blood giant with bear-like fur!
Although Yasperton’s title was “Giant Chieftain,” and he had indeed been a member of the royal family, he was not the Giant King. “Giant Chieftain” was a title he had bestowed upon himself.
He could be considered an uncle to a certain generation of Giant Kings, and an ancestor to the current generation’s Giant King.
Intense pain could not mask his astonishment.
—And on the other side, “Eivass” was instantly shattered by the light cannon!
His body crumbled like a shattered mirror. The remaining light stream struck the ceiling, instantly piercing it!
He suddenly realized something and turned back to glare at the Night Demon.
Under her cursed gaze, the red markings on Yasperton’s body rapidly spread, covering his entire body.
The Night Demon simply shielded herself with her wings, and the black shield coalescing before her easily blocked the blow.
Yasperton remained in a posture with his back on the ground, his arms spread wide and raised upwards.
Undoubtedly, his final, glorious strike missed.
And at this moment, “Eivass,” who had just been shattered, turned into a black smoke, circling in the air for a long time.
Under the infusion of blood, the interior of the black sin thorns turned red. It shone with a red light, complementing its originally black shell.
Fire rose like a tunnel, slowly spreading within his body—upwards towards his head.
Two dim yellow light cannons pierced the atmosphere and roared towards them!
The immense recoil caused the ground to rumble incessantly, as if an overloaded mud truck had passed by; the ground trembled slightly as if experiencing a minor earthquake. If his arms had not petrified, this single light cannon blast would have been enough to snap his own arms.
Waves of surging heat washed over him like a tide. Eivass suddenly felt a pain in his eye sockets and let out a low groan, “Ah…”
In an instant, black mist spread from her body, filling and contaminating the white mist that had previously filled the air.
And that was not a giant hammer, but Yasperton’s back!
Finally, Yasperton’s entire body convulsed violently, and fire spewed from his seven orifices.
The Night Demon’s voice, filled with malice, echoed throughout the space, its direction indistinguishable: “Come to think of it, Kastenning in the Material Realm can only reach the Sixth Tier. And you had to collude with that slut’s betrayal, poisoning, and assassination just to defeat him when he was unarmed. You must be… inferior to him.”
Afterward, the mirror continuously replicated and split, forming a phantom mirror wall, steaming with black smoke.
It was like heated glass being suddenly submerged in ice-cold water. His body directly cracked and shattered, and countless drops of blood burst from his skin.
And at this moment, the burning human youth roared and leaped up!
As he leaped high—the holy lance, like fine needles, precisely struck Yasperton’s freshly ruptured wound!
Between the two of them was the demon cauldron that had just been broken and was continuously shattering.
Lines like veins, or perhaps like a spiderweb, spread from his shattered chest. As new curses spread within his body, the burning pain continued to increase.
Above the sky, there was no noon sunlight.
A ball of scorching flame suddenly ignited in his chest.
Above the shrine, the entire stone ceiling writhed like trembling tofu and then broke apart into countless tiny stones, like falling rain.
—Agonizing pain.
Kastenning of the past was also a member of the royal family. He abandoned the giant royal family surname and renamed himself Kastenning Pankor. Yasperton’s wife was also Kastenning’s wife in the past. He inherited the surname “Pankor” and the shrine from his wife.
A scorching stream of light shot into the gap from the fissure, exploding a large circular hole from the other end of Yasperton’s body!
Countless splashing juices spilled onto the ground, like a tsunami. But as they landed, they hissed and evaporated, disappearing on their own. The garnets embedded in the demon cauldron were shattering one by one, and countless white souls were released from the jewels, mixing with the steaming white vapor.
Numerous black sin thorns spread from the hilt of the holy lance, contorting in the air before bending back and piercing the human warrior’s back.
It looked like two wings made of sin thorns.
The Night Demon let out an increasingly sharp cry mingled with metallic sounds.
As Yasperton was engulfed by the black mist, red glowing patterns appeared on his body.
That was…
As long as its medium remained light, it would still be easily swallowed by the night.
Again and again, again and again, he struck his own chest!
Striking his throat, his face, his ears!
At this moment, the Night Demon suddenly attacked Yasperton.
Amidst the dust and smoke, the ground suddenly collapsed and shattered.
A battered human warrior, with almost all his bones broken, covered in blood and engulfed in flames, staggered and crawled out from under his eyelids.
“…I thought you were so strong, yet you can’t even reach the Sixth Tier.”
And facing the enraged Yasperton was a handsome and resolute human warrior holding a holy lance.
One hand pointed at the Night Demon, the other at Eivass beside her.
Yasperton’s brain was instantly overwhelmed by pain.
If this strike hit Arthur, there was no doubt he would be instantly smashed into mince. And the inertia from his sudden backward fall would tightly stick Arthur, who was attacking from his back, onto him!
Under the resonance of that power, Eivass’s vision suddenly blurred—
The human warrior had clearly seen the appearance of Eivass and the Night Demon.
His body was cursed, and if he broke free from the petrification again, it would shatter completely… But if he removed the petrification, he might even let go of his last enemy.
Amidst Yasperton’s heart-wrenching roar, he removed the petrification and clenched his hand into a fist.
If not for the petrifying gaze petrifying his own eyes in the first place, breaking his own petrifying gaze… this strike would have been enough to completely petrify himself!
The Night Demon’s voices overlapped, repeating like a stuck gramophone.
He was not foolish like his wife during the Ascension Ritual—who tried to shake off the enemy holding a holy lance and engage in close combat.
The petrifying gaze was instantly reflected, spread, and then concentrated by these mirrors, turning back and hitting Yasperton himself!
Then, the holy lance in his hand burned fiercely, emitting an extremely sacred and brilliant rainbow radiance—
It didn’t matter if this strike missed Arthur—
This was the first powerful enemy she had encountered after deciding to lend all her strength to Eivass. However, Eivass could not fully accommodate her shadow power at the time, so she could only desperately dodge and flee.
—This is the Pankor Shrine, the former Candlemaster Shrine!
For Viness, this was also a humiliating memory.
Yasperton was stung by these words, and his entire body erupted in rage—but as he forcefully tried to shatter the petrified traces on his body, the mirrors shattered out of thin air, revealing countless scarlet pupils.
That was “Shattering Beam,” an ability that merged the Twilight Path and the Path of Power!
He had to take at least one with him!
And at this moment.
That was the Night Demon’s curse!
But the instant his body became brittle, it turned into a vicious self-destruction!
His body was instantly covered in cracks—
—That was the location of Yasperton’s heart!
Then, it turned into scarlet black smoke—condensing into a sharp long spear, it descended fiercely!
It turned into a cursed spear and plunged into Yasperton’s shattered heart region!
That was a curse that reduced resistance while making the body fragile and lowering defense!
Yasperton’s action of shattering the petrified traces on himself might have originally only caused these stones to detach from his body, which was still strong despite his old age.
Instead, there was only a dim blood-red sky.
Even with the blessing and protection of Divine Blood, even though it was his own attack, under the Night Demon’s “Gaze Reflection” ability, his upper body instantly showed extensive petrified marks.
But even though his heart was burst by the holy lance, Yasperton did not stop his actions.
… Where is that elf?!
Yasperton had originally thought he could take at least two enemies with him before dying, a glorious death—but the current situation made his eyes wide with rage.
It was a radiance even more brilliant than when Eivass had activated before.
“You are inferior to him!
“You are inferior to him!
“You are inferior to him…”
Torrential blood rain poured down, and being half-petrified, he couldn’t even dodge, only enduring the scraping as if being drawn and quartered.
“—The tables have turned, Yasperton!”
—Petrifying Gaze!
The Night Demon merely sneered. Before he could attack, she grabbed Eivass and teleported away instantly, leaving only a mirror image in her place.
Pure white flames roared—spreading from the holy lance to the human warrior’s entire body, engulfing him heavily and turning him into a fiery humanoid.
He battered himself with blood, but still could not stop the flames from slowly and steadily spreading.
He didn’t breathe a sigh of relief; quite the opposite, he became serious, tightened his grip on the Holy Lance Rungömniade, and warily looked at the Night Demon.
His back, close to the ground, gradually petrified, connecting with the earth. The petrification reached half a meter high, his shell completely sealed to the ground. His raised arms also gradually petrified.
Yasperton suddenly exerted force, and his body shot backward like lightning!
And now…
It was like a heavy giant hammer smashing onto the stone slab!
As Yasperton fell backward, the human youth directly broke through his back and drilled into the shattered heart that had just been blown open, forcefully carving a passage within him!
And now, he emerged from it—bursting out from its eye!
(End of Chapter)