Chapter 1516: Shifting Targets

Chapter 1516: Chapter 1516: Shifting Targets

To witness this scene, naturally Aleister and his companions were burning with anger, and the few Plane Envoys watching the battle also glanced at each other. They had no doubt that even if Pei Yan did not act this way, he had the strength to battle the three supreme masters of the Heavenly Dao. So why did he choose this action, which is criticized as the strong bullying the weak? Was it just for revenge?

At this moment, Xila, who stood accompanying the Demon God and watched the battle through the light screen, vaguely sensed what Pei Yan was doing. She focused on the light screen, furrowing her brows in confusion and asked, "Father! Can his actions succeed?"

"If unexpected, it could be a one-shot success; it depends on whether Aleister and the others can detect it," the Demon God said absentmindedly, sensing the situation inside the Holy City.

"Go kill his Symbiotic Divine Beast!" Seeing his students and subordinates falling in heaps, Aleister clenched his teeth and flew towards Hu Jiu. Perhaps their original target was wrong; if they had first joined forces to attack Hu Jiu, Pei Yan would now be a dead man.

I was still too cautious! And underestimated Pei Yan’s ability too much! The caution was due to the concern of trapping Hu Jiu, while Pei Yan stood outside, having free reign to massacre fifteen immobilized Heavenly Dao masters at will. The underestimation was in not fully grasping Pei Yan’s defensive and self-healing ability, which allowed him to survive the joint attack of fifteen masters.

There was no time for Aleister to regret his choice now. The only thing he could do was to quickly surround and kill Hu Jiu, even if unable to kill him, forcing Pei Yan to end his reckless behavior and come back to rescue.

"Mental. Spiritual Disturbance!" Witch Hecate was the first to act upon reaching the battle circle; she did not directly charge but cast a spell, sought to be used on Pei Yan for a long time, from the periphery onto Hu Jiu.

They witnessed the toughness of Pei Yan’s physique firsthand; causing deadly damage in this respect was too difficult, so attacks on the soul and spirit were undoubtedly the best choice. Hecate used high-level spells combining these two types of attacks on Hu Jiu. Although it was not as deadly as more advanced forbidden curses of the same type, the spell was covert and acted fast in effectiveness.

The result was as Hecate foresaw. Initially battling a Holy Mage and a Bright Church Holy Knight, Hu Jiu felt the distant approach of the aura of three masters. But before he could react, the surrounding world became chaotic, strange colors exploded around him, his opponent’s actions turned distorted, and as dizziness and heaviness surged through his mind, a hidden pain from deep in his soul alerted him that his soul was being eroded.

Facing the sudden change, Hu Jiu’s first reaction was to maximize his source energy defense and healing power. Next, he inspected his body to find the source energy intertwining his soul, seeking ways to resolve this enemy spell.

An instant lapse in a master showdown can be deadly; with five masters besieging him, the chaos in sensing surrounding abilities plunged Hu Jiu, lacking rich solo combat experience, into a momentary panic—a voice then reverberated in his mind to calm his agitated mood.

"Leave your body’s management to me!"

This was information transmitted from a symbiotic contract, impossible to fake. Upon hearing the voice, Hu Jiu immediately quieted down, allowing Pei Yan to unconsciously take over his consciousness.

All this completed in a flash, precisely at the moment Urban and Aleister coordinated with two others to launch their killing move.

Spatial confinement, elemental prohibition, magic source interference; in the moment of attack, Aleister imposed multiple negative effects on Hu Jiu, restricting Spatial Teleportation and to some extent curtailing Divine Artifact and damage-transfer spells.

At the same time, the light from Urban’s Holy Sword shone at its peak, attaching attributes of light, holy fire, and soul purification onto the Holy Sword. Once the sword pierces, not only does it physically harm the victim, but their soul is scorched and purified by the holy fire; prolonged exposure leads to irreversible damage. Even without being pierced, in the midst of combat, one’s soul undergoes constant purification by light, subtly affecting consciousness, and if not cautious, results in brainwashing into a light-praising puppet.

Pfft!

As the Holy Sword pierced Hu Jiu’s chest at that instant, Urban’s face displayed excitement—they succeeded! Despite many negative influences, Hu Jiu evaded the other two’s attacks but ultimately fell to Urban’s single sword through the chest. Urban felt the Holy Sword penetrate Hu Jiu, yet the wound rapidly healed, awed by the life-origin self-healing effect. Hastily, Urban activated the Holy Sword to severely damage Hu Jiu’s soul.

Unexpectedly, Hu Jiu didn’t dodge. Instead, he grabbed the Holy Sword embedded in his chest and charged forward. Amidst a grating bone crunch, Hu Jiu reached Urban and clutched his hands tightly around the sword.

Anomalous! Other men might not understand Hu Jiu’s motives, yet it was clearly not a good sign! The other Holy Knight quickly swung his sword at Hu Jiu’s neck, attempting a lethal strike, while the three others simultaneously attacked Hu Jiu.

Boom!

"Uh~ah!"

In the roar of explosions, the Holy Knight’s longsword failed to cut off Hu Jiu’s head as Hu Jiu completed mechanization around his neck, nearly tripling the armor in a split second. The Longsword shattered three layers of defense, ultimately wedged, its blade held by Hu Jiu’s tilted head.

Meanwhile, Aleister and Hecate’s attacks also exploded on Hu Jiu, using the single-target forbidden curse! Hecate released a water-based forbidden curse, Bone-Erosion and Soul-Melting. Acidic substances showered on Hu Jiu’s form, rapidly corroding and dissipating source energy wherever touched—the seemingly unbreakable Mecha left pockmarked rust. More fearsome, the acid seems endless; as it nears dissolution, new acid forms at the point of contact, continuing to erode Hu Jiu’s body, expanding damage.

Aleister and another Holy Mage, Anthony, still opted for the most effective soul attack against Hu Jiu. Coordinating smoothly, they simultaneously invoked Soul Cross—after Hecate’s curse breached Hu Jiu’s source energy defense, Aleister drove more than ten spiritual spikes into Hu Jiu. As Aleister manipulated Magic propelling the spiritual spikes, Hu Jiu’s soul was steadily pushed from within, gradually separating from his body!