The bride under the Moonlight was pretty, wearing a white veil and a white dress that perfectly fit her figure, with a cinched waist that showed her slenderness.
Her carefully styled hair hung down her back, and she wore a pair of black high heels.
A rough estimate showed that she was a bit taller than Iluna when wearing high heels.
The reason Xia De believed she was a “corpse bride” was because, judging by her physique and blurry face, she was clearly the “fiancée” he had just seen in the house.
“Can you tell me what kind of relic it is?”
Xia De asked Iluna, who was beside him, and the girl from the Orthodox Church replied with some annoyance:
“There are too many relics that can make a corpse move.
Unless we determine its characteristics more precisely, I cannot give you an answer.”
The fish training ring that Xia De currently possessed also had the ability to “resurrect” corpses, but putting that fish training ring on a dead person’s finger and chanting a spell would result in more than just the dead coming back to life.
“In any case, let’s test her strength first.”
Xia De said, and Iluna nodded beside him, standing shoulder to shoulder with him:
“Let’s finish this quickly.
There are other residents on this street, and the silence spell isn’t effective in such an open environment, so remember not to make too much noise.”
The corpse bride did not attack during their conversation; instead, she stood quietly in the middle of the street under the Moonlight, as if unaccustomed to the environment.
It was only when Xia De drew the Moonlight Greatsword from the air and golden lightning flickered in Iluna’s palm that she began to move with stiff limbs.
Wielding the sharp knife that gleamed with cold light in her right hand, she charged towards the two standing figures as if gliding.
Before this, Xia De could not have imagined a scene of a bride in high heels charging with a sharp knife in the night.
“Maybe this could be material for Dorothy’s novel.”
He thought wildly to himself.
“Sunlight Gun!”
Iluna said softly, and the projected spear did not make a loud crackling sound because its power was deliberately controlled.
The golden lightning struck directly through the bride’s veil, and she swung the sharp knife in her hand to slash.
The metal blade collided with the lightning, and a part of the Sunlight Gun, whose power was reduced, dissipated, but most of the golden lightning followed the blade and spread towards the bride’s body.
the moment the corpse bride’s movements suddenly stiffened, Xia De’s figure appeared above her.
“Raglai’s Leap!”
Xia De, holding the sword with both hands, slashed down at the bride’s head, but at the last moment, the bride, recovering from paralysis, raised her hand and swung the sharp knife upwards.
The knife and sword collided, and silver Moonlight fragments splattered with a clang.
Xia De, holding the sword with both hands, used the downward slash to forcefully press down on the corpse bride’s knife.
The knife, whose material was unknown, only had a chip in its blade after colliding with the Moonlight Greatsword.
“Good opportunity, Iluna!”
Xia De whispered.
“Here I come!”
A black vortex appeared beside Xia De, and Iluna’s hand quickly extended, holding up the Sunlight Gun, striking directly at the bride’s face from close range.
The Sun Church’s high-level Miracle, Sunlight Gun, was said to be more powerful the closer it was.
In a situation where the target was hit almost point-blank, even if Iluna reduced its power for silence, it was enough to destroy most targets.
But the target in front of them was clearly not normal.
Even with her face pierced by the Sunlight Gun, and even a large hole appearing in her veil, the corpse remained active.
Her high-heeled foot kicked Xia De away, and then she surprisingly disappeared into the air, only to reappear behind Iluna, holding the knife.
“The Sunlight Gun, which restrains the undead, doesn’t seem to cause significant damage to it, and was that spatial movement just now?”
Xia De couldn’t understand what could create such a terrifying undead.
Iluna, on the other side, also sensed the wind behind her.
Her combat experience was quite rich; she didn’t dodge at all, but instead summoned her Destiny Ring.
The sound of bells and whistles when the Destiny Ring appeared could only be heard clearly at close range.
The golden Destiny Ring, emerging from the high-temperature steam mist, forcibly repelled the corpse behind Iluna.
For ordinary Ring術士, the Destiny Ring could not be used as a weapon, but the Chosen One was different; in the Crystal Forest, she even held the Balance in the Darkness, protecting Xia De and Tifa.
“Space Stabilization Aura!”
Xia De’s figure also appeared behind Iluna, and then he immediately activated the Miracle that prevented enemies from spatial movement.
He swung his sword again, and again it was blocked by the sharp blade in the corpse bride’s hand, leaving another chip on that knife.
This time, Xia De noticed a wedding ring on the bride’s right hand, but unfortunately, the ring was also an ordinary item and not the relic causing the corpse to move.
“Balance!”
As the golden ripples spread, Xia De, who was holding the greatsword and contending with the corpse bride, clearly felt the opponent’s strength rapidly weakening.
At the same time, looking closely at the veil, which already had a small opening, Xia De also clearly saw the face behind the veil.
The damage caused by the Sunlight Gun had disappeared; the bride’s face was indeed that of the missing third corpse, Annie Yulian.
“What exactly does her brother want to do?”
He forcefully pressed down with both hands, completely pushing the bride’s knife back against her front.
As the bride continuously retreated, Xia De pressed forward without backing down.
Suddenly, from behind the veil, a mouth with bright red lipstick opened, and then a bright red tongue, like a snake, was spat out.
The tongue seemed to want to pierce Xia De’s throat, but Xia De, who had just been sprayed with Darkness by Darkness not long ago, had already prepared for this move from the enemy.
Holding the sword in his right hand, he sharply pulled his left hand from the upper right to the lower left.
The slanted Moonlight slashed out, severing the slender tongue, leaving a crack on the pure white wedding dress, and then a huge wound on the corpse.
No blood flowed from the wound, as if the flesh had been scorched, and even if it was cut, it was just cut.
He continued to suppress with his right hand holding the sword, and directly pressed his left hand onto the opponent’s face:
“Felianna’s Witch Light!”
Brilliant yellow halos spread out layer by layer from under his hand.
Under Xia De’s control, the scope of the Miracle’s effect was limited to the area under his hand.
The cold skin of the face first melted like lard under his palm, followed by layers of flesh beneath the skin, down to the hard skull.
In just a breath’s time, Xia De’s hand, pressed against the bride’s face, was like a burning coal falling into butter, melting most of this face.
At the same time, dark, filthy chains flew out from Xia De’s sleeve, wrapping around the bride’s body along her neck.
But the corpse bride still didn’t stop moving; it abandoned the weapon in its hand and escaped from the chains like an ethereal shadow.
That shadow, which seemed to glide, retreated dozens of steps before standing motionless again in the center of the street under the Moonlight.
“Xia De, look!”
Iluna pointed to the wound on the corpse caused by Xia De’s Moonlight; the wound was repairing, but slowly.
“We must create a large-scale wound all at once to make her stop moving.”
Xia De also understood:
“The opponent can not only move through space but also utilize shadows, and the corpse itself is extremely hard.
Iluna, can you make her stand still for at least three seconds?”
“Yes, although I haven’t learned that Witch’s Law series of Miracles, I think I understand its principle.
Xia De, only one second!”
Saying this, the seventeen-year-old girl quickly walked towards the corpse.
Xia De threw the frog leg and leaped, lightly jumping onto the roof of the two-story shop facing the street.
He looked up at the silver Moon above his head, then drew intersecting silver light traces in the air in front of him with both arms.
The intersecting Moonlight remained in the air.
Xia De calculated the distance and angle, then spread his hand and threw a stack of 54 rhode cards into the night sky.
The rhode cards overlapped, forming a two-palm-sized square in the air under the effect of the Miracle, Treasured Possessions.
“Now!”
The golden Destiny Ring behind Iluna, like molten gold liquid, reformed into a golden Balance behind her:
“Law!”
She whispered, her eyes wide as she looked at the corpse wearing a wedding dress and veil under the Moonlight.
She clasped her hands together and pointed her middle finger at it:
“Stop!”
Turning quickly to look at the night sky, Xia De under the Moonlight spread his arms and leaped under the Moonlight.
He lightly rose into mid-air, reached out to press the rhode cards high above, adjusted the direction of his feet using the opposing force, and then forcefully pressed down with both hands to kick.
His body tilted downwards, touching the intersecting light traces suspended in the air.
Then his feet stepped on the center of the intersecting Moonlight, tilting downwards.
Silently, the corpse bride was split into four uneven sections from her right shoulder by the charged Moonlight descending from the sky.
Xia De’s feet landed, leaving intersecting depressions on the street pavement, while the four neatly cut sections of the corpse surprisingly turned into flying Ashes and disappeared behind him.
The Ashes, like slender trickles, flew into the crack of the tightly closed general store’s door.
Xia De didn’t turn around, but stared at the marks on the ground, stunned:
“Breath of Years!”
He took a deep breath, and as an invisible airflow rose from the ground and entered Xia De’s nostrils, the damaged paving stones under his feet flowed back in time, returning to their complete state from three seconds ago.
Iluna, who had rushed over, saw this scene but didn’t say much:
“The opponent seems to have disappeared due to severe injury.
Let’s take this time to quickly go in and apprehend Toby Yulian.
Whatever that was just now, it’s definitely related to him!”
“Look at the window on the top left.”
Xia De looked up at the third-floor window of Mr. Yulian’s house.
The third floor was not lit.
In the dim Moonlight, behind the corridor’s glass window, the corpse bride, with her veil lifted, slowly retreated, her lifeless eyes and body disappearing into the Darkness.
“I really hope I don’t have nightmares tonight.”
Xia De thought again:
“Third floor, the opponent is on the third floor.”
The two walked towards the general store’s door.
Xia De unlocked it and entered the store.
Xia De walked in front, holding the Moonlight Greatsword, while Iluna followed cautiously behind, preventing any sneak attacks from the rear.
When the Ashes flowed in the air just now, they left extremely faint traces of the whisper element.
Following these traces, the two came from the first floor to the third floor.
The third-floor corridor was not lit.
In the dimness, Xia De looked at the spot where the corpse bride had just appeared:
“This way, the room at the end.”
The two walked quietly side by side along the corridor.
Without knocking, Xia De touched the door lock with his finger.
Such a purely physical door without any protection posed no obstacle to him.
Taking a deep breath, Xia De suddenly leaned sideways and pushed open the door.
As he rushed into the equally unlit room, a shout came from the wall beside the door:
“No one can stop me, you all die!”
