213: Once the formation starts, no one will survive!

“Explode, all of you!” One-Eyed Dragon roared, throwing the crystal bottles containing ordinary Howlers towards the Wraith Aggregate in the sky!

This was his last gamble!

On the rooftop, Bai Lingyue took it all in.

“The struggles of ants are rather interesting.”

Just as the mercenaries were slaughtered and One-Eyed Dragon was about to be beheaded by a Judgment Knights’s greatsword.

The sky suddenly changed!

The crystal bottles thrown up by One-Eyed Dragon exploded with a bang the moment they approached the Wraith Aggregate!

The Howler Souls imprisoned within, as if finding their destination, frantically merged into the Aggregate’s body.

Roar—!

An earth-shattering roar came from the center of the vortex!

Having absorbed new Souls, the Wraith Aggregate’s size swelled, and its pair of scarlet giant eyes became even more violent and bloodthirsty.

The wounds on its body, seared by Holy Light, healed rapidly.

What was even more terrifying was that, besides the resentment it emitted, there was also intelligent cunning deep within its eyes.

It no longer directly resisted the Holy Light, but instead contracted its body, condensing all the black mist into an incomparably sharp black spear!

“Not good!” Father Leo’s expression finally changed.

He could feel that this spear was not targeting the mercenaries who were almost dead, but himself!

The black spear tore through the air, arriving in an instant with a terrifying power capable of piercing through Souls!

Father Leo could no longer maintain his elegance and arrogance; he shrieked and plunged the scepter in his hand into the ground.

“Holy Light Barrier!”

Buzz—!

A golden light shield, even thicker than before, firmly protected him and the church personnel behind him.

Boom!!!

The black spear and the golden barrier collided with a thunderous crash!

The terrifying energy shockwave, like a Category 12 hurricane, swept out in all directions.

The ground slabs were peeled back layer by layer, and the surrounding houses were torn to shreds like paper!

One-Eyed Dragon was sent flying by the shockwave, rolling more than a dozen times on the ground before stopping, his bones almost falling apart.

But he ignored the pain, scrambling to hide behind a broken wall, his face filled with the ecstasy of surviving a disaster.

The opportunity had come!

Father Leo and the four Judgment Knightss were exerting all their strength to maintain the tottering Holy Light Barrier, enduring immense pressure.

They were now unable to move!

One-Eyed Dragon silently pulled a poisoned dagger from his boot, its blade glowing with a faint green light in the dim light.

He crouched down like a preying leopard, using the cover of the broken walls and ruins, and silently pounced towards Father Leo!

“Father! Watch out!” A sharp-eyed Knight saw One-Eyed Dragon’s movement and roared with splitting eyes.

However, they simply couldn't free their hands!

The Holy Light Barrier, under the continuous impact of the Wraith Aggregate, had already developed fine cracks.

If any one of them let go, the barrier would instantly collapse, and everyone would be torn to shreds by the resentment!

They could only watch helplessly as the dark figure pounced on their revered Father.

“Damn bug!” Father Leo was both shocked and enraged.

He never expected that this ant, which he could crush with a casual flick of his hand, would dare to bite back at such a moment!

Pfft!

Father Leo’s body stiffened, and sharp pain came from his back; he could feel a cold power frantically eroding his body through the wound.

The energy output maintaining the Holy Light Barrier instantly became slightly chaotic.

Crack!

Roar!

The Wraith Aggregate seized this opportunity and roared.

Its massive body suddenly pressed down, and endless black mist enveloped everyone below!

“No—!” Father Leo shrieked in despair.

However, something even more terrifying happened.

The Wraith Aggregate did not directly devour them.

It was like a well-fed beast, beginning to toy with its prey.

Its massive body floated above the town, opening its “mouth” composed of countless Howler arms, and inhaled sharply!

In the town, the Souls of the residents who had just died in the shockwave, before they could dissipate, were drawn out of their corpses by an invisible force, turning into streaks of light that flew into the Aggregate’s mouth.

With each Soul absorbed, the Aggregate’s aura grew stronger.

And that wasn't all!

It felt this wasn't enough, constantly drawing and compressing the black mist pervading the town.

Clumps of black mist condensed and took shape before it.

Under the stone slabs of the town streets, countless pale arms actually stretched out!

Immediately after, Resentment wrapped in dense black mist struggled out from underground, their hollow eye sockets burning with scarlet ghostly flames, tightly clutching bone spears made from their own ribs.

They lacked the etherealness of Howlers; their bodies were solid, their movements swift, and the aura they emitted was far stronger than that of ordinary Howlers.

Elite monsters!

“It… it’s creating an army!” A Judgment Knights watched this terrifying scene, his voice trembling.

One-Eyed Dragon was also dumbfounded.

He just wanted to create chaos to give himself a chance to escape, but he didn't expect to create a monster army!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of black mist Resentment had filled the town streets.

They surrounded Father Leo’s group and One-Eyed Dragon, a cold killing intent locking onto all living things in this area.

It’s over.

This was the only thought in everyone’s mind.

“No! We can’t hold on!” Father Leo ignored the wound on his back, increasing his magic output, his face as pale as paper, “Retreat! Quickly retreat to the church! As long as we enter the church and activate the Advanced Holy Light barrier, we’ll be safe!”

He just wanted to live now; tasks and merits could go to hell!

The four Judgment Knightss felt as if they had received a great pardon, protecting Father Leo as they broke through towards the church.

The church door was within reach; it was their only way out!

However, just as they were about to rush out of the Resentment encirclement.

A lazy, yet somewhat playful female voice, sounded above their heads.

“Trying to leave? Did I allow it?”

Father Leo and the others suddenly looked up.

On the roof of the inn they had previously ignored, a peerlessly beautiful silver-haired woman stood there, no one knew when she had arrived.

She just stood there quietly.

“Who are you?!” Father Leo demanded, his voice outwardly fierce but inwardly weak.

Bai Lingyue did not answer him, but merely raised her delicate hand and gently clenched it towards their direction.

“Formation, rise.”

Buzz—!

A pale blue light curtain rose from the ground, like an inverted giant bowl, encompassing the entire battlefield, including the Wraith Aggregate, within it!

The church door, which was within reach, began to twist and stretch in their eyes, as if separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

“Illusion Formation?!” Father Leo’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Now, they truly were turtles in a jar.

After doing all this, Bai Lingyue’s figure flickered, appearing beside One-Eyed Dragon.

One-Eyed Dragon only felt a chill on his neck, and before he could react, he was lifted up.

“You… you…”

“Shh, don’t make a sound.” Bai Lingyue smiled charmingly at him, “My Lord wants to see you.”

Before she finished speaking, One-Eyed Dragon’s vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

Bai Lingyue carried the unconscious One-Eyed Dragon, and with a few leaps, returned to the inn room.

She casually threw One-Eyed Dragon onto the ground, and slightly bowed towards the figure by the window who had been quietly observing the battle.

“My Lord, the person has been brought back.”

Mo Yan turned around, a satisfied smile on his face.

“Well done.”

He glanced at the church squad outside the window, trapped in the Formation, being frantically besieged by the Resentment army and the Wraith Aggregate, struggling to cope, and said faintly:

“Perfect, saves us the trouble of finding them one by one.”

“Tonight, we can uproot this stronghold.”