Chapter 11: The Heart of the Tree of Life
There was no time to think about anything else, and when Joshua saw the artifact longsword that had appeared on the battlefield of the Abyss and swept away an entire Burning Blade Demon Legion with one blow, the attack was already unavoidable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The reason why it was impossible to dodge was not karma, nor was it some qi lock-on, the attack range of the Ember Sword was too wide, and the warrior could not leave the opponent's aiming range until the opponent's corona-like energy flow was converging.
After all, this is the 'Earth Divine Sword' that claims to be able to reshape the surface of the earth and return the lofty mountains to the Ember Plains!
When the tip of its sword was aimed at Joshua, the energy condensed, the space shook, and an inexplicable illusion appeared in the sky over the western part of the entire sacred mountain—burning earth, erupting volcanoes, lava-covered fields, and all kinds of visions full of the savage atmosphere at the beginning of the birth of the world flashed, making the air scorching, and countless Martian rains fell one after another.
The terrifying coercion spread in all directions, countless wyverns fell from the sky with a wail, even the other dragons who were fighting with the Extreme Intention Rank Priests couldn't help but shudder, and the paladins and priests were the same, they all stopped their attacks and turned their heads to look at the quaint and unpretentious long sword in mid-air.
Evian's face was pale, he could feel his magic, his life, his blood and soul being endlessly absorbed by this terrifying sword, if it was the heyday of his dragon form, it might have been a serious illness, but now, the red dragon smelled the imminent death of death.
But so what?
The ferocity that lurked in the depths of the blood was stimulated, Evian's eyes burned with golden-red fire, and the red dragon did not hesitate to tear apart and stir the soul and magic into the long sword in his hand, no longer caring about his own life.
Death is never terrible, what is terrible is that life is worthless, the life of the red dragon should be like fire, like a volcano, and when it erupts, it is the last glory.
He wants that human to die before him!
"Joshua, return to nothingness with me—"
The red dragon's last roar came to an abrupt end, and the humanoid body turned into nothingness with a burst of magical light, returning to the scarred body of the dragon, and the red dragon's body quickly turned gray, and then turned into dust, completely disappearing from the world.
And the Ember Earth Sword was suspended in mid-air, the tip of the sword shining.
Under the crisis of life and death, Joshua didn't have any nonsense, and his whole body's fighting spirit was gathered in his heart, he knew that it was life and death at this time, and if he couldn't block this blow, he would be wiped out like the red dragon.
Boom!
The heart was agitated, the thunder roared, all the latent power in the body exploded in an instant, the warrior's chest bulged rapidly, he raised his arms and crossed the top of his head, and the surging life energy was compressed and transmitted to the whole body with the heart as the core, and finally converged on the arms that had turned into gold, iron and steel armor. Flickering runes mixed with divine bones enveloped the warrior's entire body and the weapons in his hands.
At the same time, a little inspiration that had just been comprehended from the self-explosion of the Molten Core Star was also rapidly prompted-in front of the warrior's crossed arms, a golden-red fiery fireball was rapidly condensing, and the life-changing life energy simulated the power of the sun with a high-temperature impact, and the fighting spirit poured into it like a torrent of torrents.
In the next moment, high in the sky, the scorching heat of the center of the earth spreads.
Including the ashes of the red dragon, the dust in the air was ignited, and the flames in the sky were overwhelming like stars, and then turned into a mighty whirlpool, all in one place, condensing into a single light.
At this moment, the entire battlefield of the Holy Mountain seemed to be still, and there was a trace of throbbing in the hearts of every living and soulful being, which was the shock when witnessing the incredible power, they raised their heads and looked at the sky, and the powerful energy even changed the celestial phenomena of this sky, the clouds collapsed into rain, the sun suddenly dimmed, the day turned into the night sky, and the sky was full of stars.
I saw a red star shining among the starlight in the sky, and it quickly fell and enlarged, turning into a pillar of light that penetrated the sky and the earth, and fell on the lava earth.
The countless Dou Qi shields and positions constructed by the warriors were shattered in front of this incomparably pure red pillar of light, and it was remarkable that a defense constructed by a single person could actually resist such a great force, but all of this was still useless in the end. The red light fell, and the black figure seemed to be roaring, and he waved the giant sword in his hand, as if he wanted to split something, but was immediately engulfed by the light.
It's over.
This is the idea of all people and dragons, under such a blow, no one under the legend can survive, this is a blow to move mountains and mountains, enough to cut a majestic peak in two, crush a high mountain into a plain, no matter how strong Joshua is, he will inevitably be taken to eternal sleep by the blow of the red dragon's life.
Boom Boom Boom !!!!Boom
The endless shock wave spread, and the entire crater lava field suddenly bulged under this impact, as if it had risen several times in an instant, but in an instant, it turned into burning ashes under the impact of extremely powerful energy.
But an unexpected scene happened - after this earth-shattering roar, a slightly lower explosion sounded, and the pillar of light that originally fell vertically was tilted a little because of this violent explosion, and under the impact of the powerful energy flow, this little bit immediately turned into a non-negligible error, and the crimson pillar of light kept shaking, and finally slashed diagonally towards the distant tide.
With the movement of the pillar of light, the earth shattered, the western part of the holy mountain let out a rumbling roar, the ground sank a few feet in an instant, and a huge sword crack composed of lava took the crater as the starting point, like a straight line spread towards the far sea for more than ten kilometers, where it passed, the tide separated left and right, turning into two parallel waterfalls, the hurricane and rain stopped, and the sky was cloudless.
In mid-air, the black long sword shattered and turned into smoke and dust, and the imitation artifact long sword only had the power of one blow, and after one blow, it returned to the earth.
The liquid lava was swept into the air by the terrifying shock wave, and it fell like rain, and the hot rock vapor mixed with the endless white mist turned into a tornado in an instant, enveloping the entire western sea, and the entire Eda Gray Island shook violently, and the earth cracked one after another huge cracks.
Although the magic circuit in the temple area was affected by such a vibration, it still played a stable role, and layers of pale golden holy light shields rose, blocking most of the lava rain and shock waves, but the vertical and horizontal ground cracks were not something they could stop, and many temples were temporarily paralyzed because of these cracks, allowing the black-gold high-temperature magma to overwhelm the sky.
However, the other wyverns present did not have this kind of defense, most of the wyverns and dragons near the battlefield were blown away by the violent shock wave, and the dragons that were more than twenty meters long were not much better than a fly under this kind of power, and the entire dragon army in the west of the island and the surrounding areas was almost completely wiped out in an instant, and was completely burned to the ground by the lava rain.
This war was temporarily stopped, and all the dragons of extreme intent who were fighting with the priests of the Holy Mountain immediately got rid of their opponents, and they hurried back to rescue the dragons who were swept away by the aftermath of the Ember Sword, the five-colored dragon clan was sparsely populated, and the adult dragons who participated in the war were the backbone of the clan, and they could not allow these seeds to die so meaninglessly.
And the priests led by Robzek also had no intention of continuing to fight with the dragons, the lives of the dragons were precious, and the same was true of the priests in the holy mountain, they turned into holy light one by one, and flew towards the temples that had lost their defensive barriers.
If you wield it at the holy mountain...... It only takes one blow to destroy the entire defense line in the western direction, right?
But a pale golden light flew out of a temple, and in the very center of the pillar of light, the area that had become a lava lake flew rapidly.
Loranda's brow furrowed, neither the priesthood nor the dragon had time to worry about it, and were busy rescuing their own members. They seemed to acquiesce in Joshua's death, but the blonde paladin didn't think so, and he was keenly aware of the process of condensing the energy of the Ember Sword until the pillar of light fell, and at the moment when the pillar of light actually hit the crater, a force that made him feel familiar exploded in an instant, pushing the pillar of light away a little.
If it was a direct attack from the artifact, even Lolanda would not doubt Joshua's death, but since it deviated, then the paladin would never believe that the warrior who could still survive under the direct attack of the Scourge Evil God would die in such a place!
Never!
In an instant, Loranda had come to the original crater, and now above the lava lake, the astonishing heat was still spreading, and the terrifying energy fluctuations reverberated back and forth in this place, slamming the holy light shield around the paladin's body. He lowered his head, his eyes scanning the surging magma, as if trying to see through the presence behind it.
After a few moments, the paladin's face was shocked and happy.
At the same time, the surface of the lava bloomed with rays of light, and the liquid rock seemed to be dispersed by some force, and a black shadow shrouded in a hazy light shrouded in light emerged from it.
When an extreme dragon saw this scene, it exhaled a breath, almost suffocated in place without taking a breath, and after relieving itself, the white dragon suddenly let out a huge roar of surprise and anger: "It's not dead?!" ”
"How could he not die?!"
It is true that Joshua is not dead.
He held a silver greatsword and kept the gesture of splitting something, while the face of the great axe tilted against his chest, blocking some of the power, and the warrior seemed to roar in anger, and the burning sparks erupted from his mouth, turning into a rushing current, announcing his survival.
As early as when the Molten Core Star blew itself up, the clothes on the warrior's body turned into flying ashes, leaving only the armor formed by the fighting qi as a shield, and at this time, the fighting energy wrapped around his body was almost gone, almost all of it was gone, and the surface of his body was full of cracks burning with sparks like burning charcoal, and the blood was burned dry.
But no matter how embarrassed he was, Joshua didn't die, he still clutched the weapon in his hand.
His muscles were scorched, his eyes were charred, his arms were even scorched, his arms were even visible, the runes of divinity were circulating on them, and the outer skin of the warrior had already vaporized under the explosion of high temperatures, and most of his flesh and blood were gone.
Even with the vitality of a warrior, it was about to end at this time, and the Azure Orb at the mouth of the heart was bright and dark, releasing a dim light, and the continuous high-speed regeneration exceeded its load limit for a while, and it was about to strike.
But Joshua is still alive.
That's more than anything.
"Want to take me along?"
Dou Qi replaced the throat and shook the atmosphere, and Joshua had turned into a pair of eyes that were deeply sunken and still flashed with black and red Dou Qi in the depths of his eyes, and he raised his head and 'stared' at the sky, as if he was mocking.
"You're not qualified enough!"
After the Ember Sword struck out, Joshua simply split the ball of light that was suspended in front of him, and he used to simulate the self-detonation of the Molten Star.
Two close contacts, one use, one experience, the warrior is already very familiar with the power of the Molten Core Star, but even so, this ball of light is still very unstable, but it just so happens that what Joshua wants is instability, and the divine machine of the Hotaru incarnation burst out with a sword, and the unstable fireball immediately exploded, forming an explosion that was even more violent than the Molten Core Star that Evian had exploded before.
The energy of the geometric multiplier reaction exceeded the warrior's ability to control it in an instant, and it struck a blow at the artifact that fell above his head.
There is no doubt that even such a powerful self-detonation could not compete with the blow sent by the Red Dragon's life-burning urging artifact, but it tilted this incomparable power a little bit like the reactive armor self-explosion to resist the armor-piercing projectile.
In the end, Joshua only suffered a small part of the direct attack of the artifact, and most of his current miserable appearance was caused by his own self-detonation energy.
The paladin hurriedly came to the warrior's side, Lolanda simply supported the warrior's shoulder, and quickly carried it away from the lava field, and in the next second, the furious attack from the dragon's side had already descended on the lava lake, like an aurora descending on the earth, countless spells of all kinds almost blew up the huge magma lake nearly a thousand meters in size, and a new round of lava rain fell.
After Robzek and the others saw Joshua who was still alive, they were also so shocked that they almost lost their ability to think, even if he had seen the warriors resist Mandagar's various powerful spell attacks, he couldn't believe that Joshua could survive such a desperate situation, this is simply incredible, a miracle of miracles!
But no matter how surprised he was, after seeing Lolanda help Joshua fly to the temple area, the silver-haired paladin didn't say a word, and immediately led the other Extreme Will-level priests to guard, the dragons' attacks were indeed powerful against the surface of the ground without the ability to resist, but they could only ripple in circles under the overlapping resonance of the holy light defense, and when the holy light guarding the warriors entered the central area of the holy mountain, no matter how unwilling the dragons were, they could only stop attacking in anger.
And at this time, the state of the fighters is very bad.
The thunderous heartbeat is gradually weakening, the fire-like mind is cooling, the spirit is like falling into the abyss, and the darkness is rapidly oppressing. All the flesh and blood of the whole body except for the heart and brain were completely scorched, and this kind of injury, even the Azure Orb, would take several hours to grow from scratch and initially regenerate flesh and blood that could support basic life, and now Joshua was so close to these hours.
He didn't live more than five minutes.
Moved into the most solemn hall of the underground fortress of the Holy Mountain, Joshua was placed on the stone slab in the center of the temple, surrounded by more than four Extreme Priests, and one after another healing holy light was injected into the warrior's body, urging the regeneration of flesh and blood - but at this time, there was no active flesh and blood in his body, and the surging power of the holy light could only barely maintain the life of the warrior.
At this time, in the center of this magnificent and ancient underground hall, the black charred-like flesh became as bright as a black gem under the injection of holy light, and there was even residual fire discharge, forming a little ember-like light pattern, although this appearance was gorgeous, with a trace of tragic beauty, but there was no breath of life.
"This won't work!"
In the center of the square solemn hall, the abbot of the White Rose Monastery, Grand Sister Bessana, frowned, and the kind-faced old woman's voice carried a hint of anxiety: "The Holy Light can regenerate flesh and blood, rebuild vitality, and it is based on the fact that the recipient still has an intact body and does not resist, Count Radcliffe only has his heart still alive, but that is his energy center, even if he allows it, we can't introduce the Holy Light into it at all!" ”
"At this time, pure life energy is needed, and the Holy Light is not enough!"
Another Extreme Will-level priest, Priest Garcia, who had been injured by the legendary dragon's raid, immediately responded, this old man with dwarven blood remained calm at this time, and his mind was quick: "A heart of dinosaurs, or ......"
"Your Excellency Master Nature, this warrior is the key to your ability to find the Father of Nature."
Suddenly, behind all the extremely powerful people, there was a somewhat erratic voice of an old man.
Loranda, who had been watching from the sidelines, turned to look, and then her eyes widened suddenly: "Godfather...... His Majesty the Pope?! ”
On the walls of the main hall, in front of those exquisite frescoes and reliefs, two hazy figures seemed to condense from the distance, and the powerful energy light emitted from their bodies even illuminated the dome.
Pope Iger's body at this time was composed of a mist of mist of holy light, and he seemed to be temporarily distracted, so in the face of everyone's shocked eyes, he only smiled slightly, and then disappeared silently, and beside him was a beautiful elven lady composed of green natural energy.
The lady was dressed in a garment made of blades of grass and a crown of verdant oak leaves, and after the shadow of Pope Eagle's holy light disappeared, she walked towards Joshua's place, and all the extremely strong people subconsciously retreated, respectfully making way for this lady.
Because that is the leader of the elven clan, the great drew, the mentor of the way of nature, and one of the leaders of all the elves in this world.
"It's still alive......"
Approaching the warrior and seeing Joshua's state at this time, the natural mentor couldn't help but let out a light sigh, she shook her head, and then smiled a little helplessly: "Eagle called me to deal with the five-colored dragon with a word, and now he wants me to save people......"
"Well, if you really do what he says, it's the key to finding the Father......
At this point, the elf lady took out a ball of light that shimmered with a warm green color out of nowhere, and in the center of the ball of light, there was a small piece of crystal clear translucent substance, which was like a crystal, but the texture was less rigid than the ore, more soft, and filled with a strong and incomparably rich breath of life.
"The heart of the tree of life!"
Everyone present was immediately amazed, but the Mentor of Nature was not affected by this amazement, she came to the warrior's side, and without the slightest hesitation, pressed the heart of the tree to Joshua's heart.
Green light flashes.
The sound of a heavy heartbeat resounded throughout the hall again.