Lord of Prayer - Chapter 379 - 247: Insidious and Cunning (3)

Next, Yao Hu summoned a gorgeously crafted Golden Long Sword, plunging it into the Demon’s chest as easily as a hot knife through butter.

Single-use Alchemy Tool – Light Protection Sealing Sword.

Artifact Effect: Seals 40% of the target’s Power. If the target is a Darkness creature, the effect is increased to 60% and applies a Continuous Burning effect.

From the moment Natas began to master its abilities, Yao Hu had no intention of abiding by the Sword Forging Competition’s rules. Now, he had finally found an opportunity to use an Extraordinary Artifact.

Natas was burned beyond recognition, resembling a charred husk. It screamed in agony and struggled violently within the radiant flames, but it was still connected to the endless stream of sinful power from Akita Town. With enough time, it could recover to its peak condition.

Now was the best time to kill it.

Behind Yao Hu, the Golden Soul emerged, as solemn and majestic as a Vajra Bright King. At that moment, his aura reached an unprecedented peak.

“Magnetic Field Rotation! Full Power!”

The Magnetic Gloves operated at full power, gathering Thunder Magnetic Energy into his arm. His tyrannical aura surged without limit, causing the air to practically solidify. All of this power was finally concentrated into his red-hot Vajra Iron Fist, and he punched!

BOOM!!!

The terrifying power of the punch was unleashed, surging into the Demon’s body. It instantly shattered its physical form, blasting it into a cloud of fragments. The Thunder Magnetism then erupted over a wide area, creating a magnetic storm that shredded every last piece of sludge and debris.

Just as Yao Hu thought it was all over, a sudden sense of dread washed over him.

Beneath his feet, deep within the cracked earth, a few insignificant specks of black ooze began to stir. In an instant, they absorbed enough sinful power, transforming into deadly spikes that shot up from the ground to impale him.

His body, fortified by the Vajra Transformation, was incredibly durable. The pitch-black spikes, which should have pierced clean through him, only managed to penetrate an inch. But that one inch was enough to form a bridge, allowing a potent, dream-weaving venom to be injected into him.

Yao Hu’s vision went black, and he collapsed.

A mass of black ooze squeezed out from a crack in the ground, gradually expanding and taking the form of the Demon.

Early on in the battle, Natas had hidden a small part of itself in a fissure as a contingency. It hadn’t expected to actually rely on this ploy to turn the tables in the end.

It looked at Yao Hu, lost in a beautiful dream, and went for the kill without hesitation, plunging its dagger-sharp claws toward his heart.

But in the very instant it struck, Yao Hu vanished from the spot.

The boo-filled Glory Colosseum also grew increasingly illusory before fading away entirely.

Natas reappeared in the sky above Akita Town, and before it could even get its bearings, a massive, pale Fireball came crashing toward it.

’What a pity. Yao Hu was so close. To think that sly bastard still had a trick up its sleeve…’

Zhou Chen steeled himself and took over.

Although he, Liu Ling, and Chengzi had already decided to abandon this cycle, planning to let the explorers in the next cycle make a direct push for a happy ending.

But it was too early. It was only 7:30 in the evening, and there were likely still several hours before the Akita Town Reboot. If they didn’t stop Natas now, it could kill everyone in that time—including Old Jack, who couldn’t be Rebooted.

The other townspeople could Reboot, but Old Jack couldn’t. He only had one life.

Old Jack had become this way in his effort to save Akita Town. For both sentimental and logical reasons, Zhou Chen refused to let such an admirable man die like this.

So, they needed to stall for time until the Akita Town Reboot.