227: Spatial nodes connecting to hell

The old man cried for a long time and tried to slam his head against the wall, but Xu Le grabbed him.

"Old man, I don't know how to comfort people. I only want to ask if you want to see the culprit pay a blood price?"

"Can you do it?"

"Let's give it a try."

Xu Le didn't make a promise that he would definitely succeed, but his eyes revealed a strong sincerity—a sincerity so deep it made people believe he would surely achieve it.

Sometimes, a single look is worth more than a thousand words.

The old man nodded heavily. "Please, you must take me with you. If I can see the demon who destroyed my family die within my lifetime, I will remember it for eternity."

Xu Le nodded and patted the Wolf King, who was lying flat on the ground.

The Wolf King wanted to cry but had no tears. With a height of three meters, he was forced to squeeze into a two-meter-high floor, feeling exceptionally stifled.

'Damn Formation Demon, don't let me find you, or I'll tear the flesh right off your bones!'

The Wolf King twitched his nose and quickly rushed into a cellar.

The Formation Demon put down the book in his hand and said with some dissatisfaction, "This time, you are... more than I imagined... Fuck!"

Before he could finish, five terrifying beams of Holy Light roared towards him. The Formation Demon hurriedly activated the Teleportation Array beneath his feet, and with a flash of light, he vanished instantly.

"Did we hit him?"

The four knights leading the way rushed to the side of the Formation but found nothing, feeling somewhat disappointed.

Xu Le smiled. "He's dead!"

"Huh?"

Xu Le didn't explain much. He patted the Wolf King. As the Wolf King turned to leave, he found that the cellar door had been closed, and billowing Devilish Qi was emerging from the depths of the cellar.

In the previous instant, the Formation Demon had actually activated a hidden Formation.

A breached Hell node was hidden here, and billowing Devilish Qi was seeping through from the other side.

Now that everyone was trapped in the cellar, it wouldn't be long before they were all contaminated by the Devilish Qi and turned into mindless Demonic Corpses.

What a ruthless conspiracy!

Xu Le cast a Holy Light Shield on both the Wolf King and the old man to protect them from contamination.

Then he walked to the source of the Devilish Qi leak. His Divine Soul peered through the soil and saw a punctured space node ten meters underground.

He had two experiences with shattering space nodes: once when entering the Xiaoyao Realm from the Void Realm, and once when watching the Kunpeng shatter the space node from the Xiaoyao Realm to the Blue Star.

But as for repairing a space node, Xu Le searched his memory and had no experience at all.

At least he was certain it couldn't be fixed with the Holy Light Healing Spell.

Although the other knights also knew a few Light Spells, they were mainly designed to complement the Knight class; he couldn't rely on them.

Xu Le's Divine Soul entered the Contract Space and asked around about his problem, obtaining two methods.

Kunpeng: "Shatter it. After a few crossings, it will naturally close."

Qin Siyuan: "Set up a Formation to Seal the Devilish Qi, and the node will slowly heal itself."

Qin Siyuan's method was good, but Xu Le only knew the Contract Array for now. Furthermore, based on Spu's experiences, he had never encountered Formations at all. OUT!

Kunpeng's suggestion seemed very unreliable, but Xu Le remembered that when the void node was opened back then, it was forced closed by the laws of heaven and earth after a few people crossed through.

It's feasible!

Let's give it a go!

The only thing to guard against was the demons rushing from the other side. If he were more cold-hearted, he could simply let the knights beside him charge through.

Xu Le warned everyone: "This is a space node connecting to Hell. Watch out for demons coming from the other side. Everyone, on high alert!"

He used his Rapid Spellcasting Skill to summon ten guardians of light to block the front before using Holy Light Spells to completely destroy the node.

The Devilish Qi became increasingly dense. The knights all had Holy Light mana within them, so they wouldn't be contaminated until their mana was exhausted.

"Jie jie jie, lovely sweethearts, Uncle Horn is here. Are you ready?"

A red-skinned Horned Demon suddenly appeared, laughing weirdly. But when he saw the fully armed crowd, his smile instantly froze.

He hurriedly waved the staff in his hand, sending four head-sized blue fireballs toward the group, only to be turned into a sieve by ten light swords and a dozen spears.

Even more knights didn't even get to touch him. Their strict Knight's Code didn't allow them to stab a corpse, so they could only stay focused and prepare for the next wave of attack.

Xu Le thought to himself that this was bad. That demon just now was a warlock-type, the weakest kind in Hell, and there was only one. If everyone remained this careless, they would surely fall into a trap.

So he asked Andre to help command.

Andre quickly divided everyone into four groups surrounding the node. One group was responsible for attacking, one for defense, and the other two for cleaning up, then they would rotate.

The space vibrated as two majestic demons, over five meters tall and two meters wide, appeared, holding greatswords that were at least three meters long.

Fortunately, because the two demons were too tall, they got stuck in the floor of the wooden house, but it wouldn't hold them for long.

"Attack simultaneously!" Andre roared.

The Spells Xu Le had prepared were unleashed at the same time. Five Holy Light Demon Destruction Spells struck one demon's abdomen simultaneously, blasting him into two halves.

The upper half of that demon's body fell from the floor, and with a forceful swing of his greatsword, the floorboards above were turned to ash.

The other demon was hit by more than twenty spears, but he swung his greatsword. In less than three seconds, the two demons had smashed the entire small building to pieces.

"Retreat!"

As the small building was blown apart, the Formation was also destroyed. Everyone hurriedly retreated from the cabin. Amidst the flying dust, two demons—one tall and one short—stood in the center.

They actually didn't plan to pursue but instead stood their ground, waiting for more demons to crawl through.

"Son of God, let's charge them!" Andre gritted his teeth.

The knights had never seen those two demons before. They had easily smashed the Formation left by the Formation Demon with their swords. One could imagine how powerful they were; it certainly wasn't something they could block with shields.

Even though one demon had been blasted into two halves, his movements showed no sign of weakness, and his vitality was extremely formidable.

If they didn't kill them now, the battle would only become harder as the two demons gathered more subordinates.

Xu Le shook his head and didn't speak, but his lips were moving rapidly.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat: The Son of God has a way!

Five beams of Holy Light bloomed from Xu Le's staff. There was no dazzling brilliance or grand momentum—just five ordinary-looking beams of light shining onto the tall demon.

The light rays solidified, and the five beams converged into one, binding the demon from head to toe like a mummy.

"Holy Light Prison!"

This was a Spell that required Level 9 Faith to learn. If one's faith rose another level, they could learn the only Level 10 Spell in the Church—Summon Angel.

Not only had the Son of God learned Holy Light Prison, but he could even chant the incantation while fleeing. Such talent and brilliance—in the entire Beidian Continent, not a single person could match him.

Following such a Son of God, one would have no regrets even in death!

The knights didn't need any orders; they spontaneously charged forward.

At this moment, they didn't think of sacrifice, dedication, responsibility, mission, or anything else.

They believed that the two demons would surely die under their spears!

Kill!

The other demon, who had been blown in half, wanted to save his companion but had no idea how. Seeing the knights charging, he swung his greatsword frantically.

Although only half a body remained, he was still 1.8 meters tall—no shorter than the knights present. His only flaw was his inability to move easily.

Sensing a fatal threat from behind, he held his greatsword with both hands and swept it backward. Feeling a body being crushed by his sword, a smile appeared on his face, only to find a dense thicket of spears shooting toward him from the front.

They weren't shot at the same time but in four waves, one after another, with a delay of about 0.2 seconds between them.

He could block one wave, maybe two at most, but he couldn't block the third or fourth.

White Holy Light bloomed on the spearheads. The demon swept away two waves with his greatsword, but was then impaled by more than ten spears infused with Holy Light.

"Kill!" Having succeeded in their strike, the knights pulled out their greatswords, gathered Holy Light Sword Qi, and charged forward fiercely.