Chapter 97

A dark red glow blossomed on the platform, and a massive figure suddenly appeared before everyone.

The thing looked very strange, roughly human in shape, but its face was blurry, with only a pair of glowing eyes. Its limbs were slender, and four wing-like appendages sprouted from its back... but these wings had neither feathers nor membranes!

They were just a few bony structures, covered in a dark red skin, like the rest of its body. All of this made the thing look incredibly bizarre and gave people a bone-chilling feeling.

After appearing, the thing immediately let out a silent roar, then spread its two arms and the four wings on its back, and charged directly at the tall mechanical puppet!

"Divine Messenger! Our god is invincible!" Seeing the thing appear, the True God believers all seemed to be on a high, roaring madly, and their combat power surged! The dozen or so remaining True God believers charged at the two remaining mechanical puppets!

With the Divine Messenger's addition, the large mechanical puppet was immediately tied up. The Divine Messenger's body was incredibly strange; no matter how the mechanical puppet attacked, no matter how many wounds it inflicted, it never retreated. Moreover, its wounds would slowly heal over time. Its attacks were incredibly powerful, even leaving marks on the large mechanical puppet's body!

Without any special skills or spells, the Divine Messenger was enough to match the large mechanical puppet evenly just with its strange body!

The other two mechanical puppets were also very powerful, but the True God believers, charging forward without regard for their own safety, prevented the two mechanical puppets from doing much in the short term. This gave Morse enough time to break through the defense of the Eye of Wisdom.

"Let me see, it's like this. It's linked to another place, so breaking just one part isn't enough. The person who set up this defense is a genius, the internal structure is so intricate... but who made you meet the great Lord Morse... ha ha, with the true god's blessing, breaking this defense is a piece of cake!" Morse looked at the blue defensive shield, his face filled with fervor.

In fact, this blue defensive shield was quite similar to the defense of the outer gate, and its strength was even slightly weaker. After all, maintaining these defenses consumed a lot of energy, and even a great cause couldn't afford it.

Morse breaking through the blue defensive shield, as he said, was blessed by the true god. A rather energy-consuming divine spell made his thoughts much clearer, greatly improving his concentration and indirectly enhancing his intelligence. Combined with his experience breaking the outer gate's defense, his speed increased significantly.

The battle between the large mechanical puppet and the Divine Messenger became more intense. With the help of the two elemental cannons, the large mechanical puppet sent the Divine Messenger flying all over the platform, but it couldn't inflict any fatal damage. Even though two cannon shots could create huge craters in the Divine Messenger's body, and a sweeping sword strike could send it flying and crashing to the ground, it couldn't stop the Divine Messenger from jumping up and charging at it again!

It was clear that the Divine Messenger's strength was far inferior to the mechanical puppet, but with its undying body, it could easily tie up the large mechanical puppet.

However, Ji Ran and Anya now had a problem.

The battle between the Divine Messenger and the large mechanical puppet affected the entire platform. Occasionally, they would be hit by the shockwaves at the edge of the platform. Although the edge was protected by a barrier, preventing them from falling, the vibrations were unavoidable. They had been lucky so far, not being affected, but who knew if the next time the Divine Messenger would be hit toward them?

Even hiding behind the jar might not prevent them from being harmed...

The two exchanged a glance, and they both saw deep worry in each other's eyes.

And often, things in this world tend to go to the worst.

In the next moment, the Divine Messenger was hit by the large mechanical puppet's sword and flew directly toward Ji Ran and Anya!

The two exchanged another glance and simultaneously drew their long swords. Since they couldn't avoid being discovered, they might as well try to make a difference!

The Divine Messenger's massive body crashed onto the large jar. But the jar was extremely sturdy, protected by a magical barrier, and only shook without being damaged. Ji Ran and Anya immediately sprang up, each raising their swords, gathering斗气 (martial energy) and剑气 (sword energy), and thrusting them into the Divine Messenger's back!

The sharp sword energy and martial energy immediately created two large holes in the Divine Messenger's back, causing its body to convulse. After landing a successful strike, Anya immediately pulled out her sword and rolled to the side to avoid the Divine Messenger's struggle. But Ji Ran was a bit greedier; as he retreated, he swung his sword, and the sword energy materialized into a sharp tip, slashing at the Divine Messenger's wings!

Ji Ran's sword energy was incredibly sharp, and when materialized, it was comparable to divine weapons. The Divine Messenger's body wasn't particularly hard, just extremely regenerative. This strike actually cut off one of its wings!

Of course, it was just a segment of bone-like material. The severed wing even wriggled and crawled toward the Divine Messenger, as if trying to reattach. Ji Ran, quick and agile, rolled over, grabbed the severed wing, and tossed it into his backpack space!

No matter how closely connected you are, once you're thrown into a space with different laws from this world, you can't come out!

Sure enough, the Divine Messenger's wing wriggled in the backpack space for a moment and then stopped moving completely.

While Ji Ran was busy with the wing, the Divine Messenger was going berserk.

Its regenerative ability was extremely strong; even if it was cut into a thousand pieces, it could reassemble. Only certain specific spells or massive amounts of martial energy could destroy its body. Now, a part of its body had disappeared without being destroyed!

The pain of losing a part of its body made it go berserk!

It no longer focused on the large mechanical puppet; everything that moved near it became a target!

The first to suffer was a True God believer. Thinking the Divine Messenger wouldn't attack them, they were unexpectedly pierced through the body by its arm!

The Divine Messenger, with a bloodied corpse hanging from its arm, let out a silent roar and threw the corpse away, then charged at the nearest moving object!

While it was wreaking havoc, Morse seemed to sense something.

"Hmm, there are two little rats... I don't know how you got in, but you won't be leaving. Become sacrifices to the true god!" He turned around, his eyes following the two people desperately hiding behind the large jar!

"Divine Light, Punish the Heretics!" A light ball suddenly appeared in the air, rotating and stopping above Ji Ran and Anya. Dark red beams of light continuously rained down on them!

Jumping! Rolling! The two did their best to dodge the beams. A level 7 priest's divine spell was gold-tier, not something they could easily withstand!

Fortunately, the light ball's reaction was a bit slow, and the large jars provided some cover, allowing them to dodge several beams. But Morse was clearly getting impatient.

"Take care of them! I'm busy here!" Morse waved his hand, enhancing the True God believers with a status effect, then turned back to the Eye of Wisdom's defense.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" The True God believers, unable to speak, could only howl to express their emotions. They abandoned the two mechanical puppets and charged at the two people!

The berserk level 5 and 6 True God believers were incredibly dangerous.

Anya was the first to be surrounded by several True God believers. Although her face was pale, she didn't panic. She drew her sword, gathered martial energy, and swept it forward!

She immediately jumped back, slashing several intersecting cuts in the air. The martial energy in these cuts formed a net, flying toward the charging True God believers!

The martial energy net provided some resistance to the True God believers, but they were all level 5 and 6. Two of them immediately infused their weapons with martial energy and charged at the net. Two more True God believers cast spells from the air, aiming at Anya!

Anya's situation was extremely dangerous.

At this moment, Ji Ran rushed over.

Flowing Wind! His figure turned into a gust of wind, dashing into the midst of the True God believers. His sword swung continuously, moving quickly among them, striking each one's vital points!

The True God believers had lost some of their rationality and cared little for defense, focusing only on attacking. Therefore, none of Ji Ran's strikes missed, all hitting the True God believers!

One True God believer was immediately decapitated by Ji Ran, falling to the ground with wide eyes, clutching his neck. The others were also seriously injured. Combined with the damage from the two mechanical puppets, they were already covered in wounds.

But the True God believers, enhanced by Morse's divine spell, were still fiercely aggressive. Ji Ran's appearance alleviated Anya's crisis, but the two were still in great danger!