Chapter 246: Have a Sweet Dream, Miss Cecilia

When Ryan opened his eyes, what appeared in his eyes was the dark night and the blood moon hanging quietly in the sky.

"I'm back..."

Ryan exhaled lightly and stood up slowly.

His goal for this trip was to refine new weapons and protective gear.

Since it has been completed, there is no need to stay too long.

However, when leaving, Ryan specifically told Archbishop Luca to vigorously promote the three swordsmanships of Storm, Azure and Burning Flame in the sphere of influence of the former Bronze Church and the current Yellow Church.

And, let Quinn carry the bone fragment to transmit the base point to the Royal City-Saint Glass-the destination of the final form of the Gray Erosion Disease, "Pilgrim".

The water of the new world is very deep, and there are countless powerful people hidden in it, and the Royal City-Saint Glass is a place where heroes gather.

From the Yellow Church's sphere of influence to the Royal City-Saint Glass, the journey is long and it takes a lot of time to rush. For Ryan, it is not worth spending time on the road.

The bone fragment transmission base point is the positioning anchor point of the bone fragment, a transmission item. As long as Quinn arrives at the Royal City-Saint Glass and puts it down, Ryan can be directly teleported to the Royal City through the bone fragment when he enters a new travel world next time, saving a lot of time.

Thinking back, Ryan raised his head and looked at the ninth-level death pillar in front of him.

Although the travel clone has not been upgraded during this travel, the newly acquired protective gear and greatsword have greatly improved his combat effectiveness.

By challenging with this, even when facing the "Lord of the Dead Moon", he can be more confident.

The ninth-level death pillar is 900 meters high and nearly 900 meters in diameter. This place is the closest place to the blood moon in the sky in the entire Tree Back·Dark Cemetery.

Ryan stepped on this highest-level pillar, and to his surprise, he did not see any signs of living creatures on the vast platform.

Where is the guardian?

Ryan's eyes condensed slightly.

Perception expanded and radiated all around. With his current spirituality, the domain was enough to cover the entire ninth-level dead pillar.

But even so, he still didn't notice any signs.

Seeing this, Ryan looked up and looked at the blood moon in the sky.

I don't know if it's because of the special nature of this place. When Ryan looked up at the blood moon, he felt that the other party was also looking down at him.

Soon, Ryan knew that this was not an illusion.

Because——

The blood moon is falling!

"Boom!"

In just a few seconds, the blood moon with a blood-colored tail flame fell on the ninth-level dead pillar.

The spreading air wave, like an exploded ring sound barrier, rushed to Ryan.

In the smoke and dust, a vigorous and perfect body slowly emerged.

She half-knelt on the ground, holding the blood-colored rapier inserted into the ground with one hand, wearing a female armor woven with the blood moon's brilliance, and her blood-colored hair flew back in the strong wind.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Ryan sighed, but there was not much surprise in his eyes.

Just as there are two sides of the same coin, the Azure Dragon and the Princess of the Forest, in the Capital of the Tree Kingdom, it is not surprising that there is such a presence in the Dark Cemetery of the Tree Back.

Having climbed all the way up, Ryan knew that Miss Wolf Girl was probably trapped here without seeing Cecilia.

As the inheritor of the Moon Wolf King, if Cecilia was normal, she would definitely not allow the existence of a strange moon like the Blood Moon.

Even if she is not the opponent of the Lord of the Dead Moon, at least she will continue to work hard on the road of challenge, rather than being silent like this.

Of course, the Blood Moon incarnation with the same appearance as Cecilia is not Cecilia herself. Although the bond with Miss Wolf Girl is not as good as Freni, Ryan will not make a mistake.

At best, this Blood Moon incarnation should be a brand new individual created by combining the soul breath leaked by Cecilia after she failed to challenge the Pillar of Death in the Dark Cemetery and the power of the Blood Moon.

As for where is Cecilia's true body?

Ryan estimated that with Miss Wolf's character, if she could not successfully challenge the Ladder of Death, she should continue to challenge and hunt wandering souls in the Dark Cemetery as a "wandering soul" to strengthen herself.

And what Ryan needs to do is to kill all the enemies in front of him!

In the light blood-colored smoke and dust, the Blood Moon incarnation slowly stood up. With her movements, the blood-colored thorn sword inserted into the ground was pulled up little by little, and finally, the dazzling edge of its tip was revealed, which even caused ripples in the space.

The quality of this blood thorn sword is definitely at the level of a divine weapon!

This thought emerged in Ryan's mind, and then, the fighting spirit in the depths of his eyes became more and more full.

If I can't try out the newly acquired weapon [Cinder Sword·God Devourer] and protective gear [Stainless Dragon Armor], wouldn't it be a shame for the hard work of the refining process?

The purple-black sword was slowly pulled out, and red cracks spread on the sword.

Ryan raised his head and looked at the dark red eyes of the Blood Moon Incarnation.

When the four eyes met, time seemed to have stopped.

The moonlight fell on the sword in Ryan's hand, reflecting a hazy light.

At this moment, the Blood Moon Incarnation moved.

Silently, the Blood Thorn Sword had already attacked Ryan, and a long black line appeared on its forward track, silently revealing a chilling coldness.

Ryan's eyes were as calm as ice, without a trace of panic. Under the dual observation of his compressed sword field and anger field, every inch of the Blood Thorn Sword's progress was as clear as if it was observed through a magnifying glass.

"Qiang!"

The big sword was lifted up, and the sword edge accurately touched the front of the stabbing sword.

"boom!"

The next moment the two came into contact, the incarnation of Blood Moon felt as if it had been hit hard, and its entire body flew backwards.

Ryan's seemingly ordinary move not only contains the "triple charge" technique, but also combines the "special sword skill and defensive collision", which has extremely terrifying counterattack power.

The stabbing sword is a type of weapon whose attack method is mainly thrusting and has a strong armor-piercing effect. Therefore, its performance emphasizes sharpness.

As a great sword, [Ember-Severing Great Sword·God-Eating Sword] is mainly characterized by thickness and toughness. The quality of its apex artifact is much higher than that of the Blood Stabbing Sword, which is also an artifact. It cannot be penetrated by the Blood Stabbing Sword at all. On the contrary, the blood stabbing sword was damaged during the collision due to the characteristics of the great sword itself.

With just one collision, Ryan had an estimate of the strength of Blood Moon's incarnation.

Not surprisingly, he is a peak demigod.

If before weapons and protective gear were updated, Ryan's sword would not be able to resist the stabbing blows of the blood moon so easily. 】On the contrary, there is a possibility of collapse first, and compared to the sword, the protective gear is more precarious.

It will be an extremely difficult battle, and even Ryan is not sure whether it can win.

But now...

The incarnation of Blood Moon who wields a stabbing sword is an "assassin", while Ryan, holding a sword and wearing armor, is a "warrior". With the same strength and the same equipment, if an "assassin" encounters a "warrior", the possibility of victory is extremely slim.

And the incarnation of Blood Moon in the distance seemed to be aware of this.

After landing, blazing blood flames ignited all over her body, forming a pair of blood bat wings, and the blood stabbing sword in her hand became thicker and longer, changing from a stabbing sword to a spear.

"Silk--"

The blood wings shook, and the figure of the blood moon disappeared in an instant.

When she reappeared, she was already a thousand meters away in the sky, making a gesture of raising her hands and bending her body to accumulate strength.

The rich bloody moonlight gathered on the spear, and in a very short period of time, the light reached its peak.

In the next moment, the spear of blood was thrown from the hand of Blood Moon's incarnation, turning into a bright meteor that penetrated the sky. Its speed was so fast that even the field could not lock it.

"It's kind of interesting..."

Ryan's eyes showed excitement. This time, he did not choose to block with his big sword.

The blood was thick and the blood barrier was raised.

However, under the penetration of the blood-colored spear, the blood barrier only lasted for less than 0.1 seconds before falling apart and falling onto the armor on Ryan's chest.

"clang--!"

Violent tremors resounded in all directions, and Ryan took three steps back, each step leaving a deep footprint on the solid platform.

Ryan lowered his head and looked at the slightly concave white mark that appeared on his chest armor.

Under his gaze, this shallow mark repaired itself at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But in the blink of an eye, the scene returned to its original state.

Its defensive power is so terrifying that it has simply reached a sensational level.

"It is worthy of being a protective gear that is only a little short of being promoted to a true divine weapon. While its defensive performance is outrageous, it also has a certain degree of self-healing function..."

Ryan sighed in his heart, and then he raised his head and smiled at the incarnation of the blood moon standing high in the sky: "I've been beaten by you. Next, it's my turn."

He twisted his neck.

After testing the performance of the sword and protective gear, it was time to get down to business.

Even with one explosive blow, it was unable to break through the enemy's defense. At this sight, even the incarnation of Blood Moon was stunned for a moment.

But before she could make the next reaction, blue light circulated, and Ryan had already arrived in front of the incarnation of Blood Moon.

An illusory crown of power appeared on top of Ryan's head, causing the blood moon incarnation's eyes to become distracted as he looked directly at Ryan.

——[Saints Crown]!

And in this brief absence of concentration, Ryan's "God Splitting" strike had already landed on the incarnation of Blood Moon.

"Boom!"

A sonic boom cloud exploded in mid-air.

A figure fell rapidly from the center of the sonic boom cloud and crashed into the ground of the platform.

Smoke and dust swept across, and the platform cracked.

Ryan's figure was like a falling meteorite, rushing straight into it before the smoke and dust dispersed.

"clang!"

The blood spear and the purple-black sword collided one after another in the smoke and dust. Every time they clashed, the strong backlash caused a crack to appear on the surface of the blood spear.

After nearly a hundred collisions, the accumulated cracks have reached the limit. With a crisp "bang" sound, the blood spear exploded into light spots all over the sky. Then, Ryan's big sword slashed into the incarnation of the blood moon. On the chest.

"Crack!"

With the blessing of 15 points of sharpness in [Ingenuity lv.6], even a sword that is not known for its sharpness is extremely sharp. The armor of the blood moon is not of artifact quality, and it explodes with just one attack. Come.

"Snapped!"

The heavy sword slash was like a mountain crashing down. Without protection, the Blood Moon Avatar who was hit directly on the body immediately exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

The blood mist flows and gathers, forming the body of Blood Moon's incarnation not far away.

Compared with before, the burning blood inflammation on her body became more raging, and there was a gap between her eyebrows and forehead, and there was an eye shaped like a blood-colored full moon.

A strange feeling of threat emerged from Ryan's heart.

There's something wrong with this bloody eye!

Realizing this, Ryan immediately stopped his idea of ​​"playing around".

The green light flowed, "Broken Wind" was performed, and Ryan's figure disappeared from the spot. Just the next moment he completed this action, a blood light shot out from the blood eye of the Blood Moon Avatar, piercing his previous position.

"Ding——"

Ryan came behind the Blood Moon Avatar, and without waiting for the Blood Moon Avatar to react, [Silent Realm] and [Thread of Sloth] were activated.

Imprisonment + stun, the dual control means combined, made the body of the Blood Moon Avatar suddenly stiffen in mid-air.

Then, behind Ryan, the blue flame expanded, forming a hideous beast, and pounced on the Blood Moon Avatar.

[Blue King], explode!

A large real explosion made the body of the Blood Moon Avatar become tattered, and even a "blood core" as small as dust hidden in its body was blown out.

Ryan didn't know about the existence of the "blood core", but for him, it didn't matter whether he knew it or not.

With the opening of [Raging Reversal], all his skills have been cooled down, including the "Blue King" that he had just used.

The blue flames rose again, and the ferocious beast pounced on the Blood Moon Avatar again.

At this time, although the Blood Moon Avatar's vitality was extremely weak, it finally got rid of control, and its blood eye on its forehead was facing Ryan.

"Puff!"

The blood-colored light column penetrated the sky and fell on Ryan's brow, blocked by the helmet.

Even with the protection of [Immaculate Dragon Armor], Ryan could still feel the cold erosion.

He raised his hand, aimed at the direction of the Blood Moon Avatar, and grabbed it hard.

[Good News], Explode!

The dark purple lines spread all over the body, the Blood Moon Avatar let out a sharp hiss, and the "blood core" in its body shone brightly. When all this fell into silence with the scythe in the hands of the Death Shadow,

During the fall, the body of the Blood Moon Incarnation turned into a little bit of broken ash and dissipated in the air.

——The ninth-level guardian of the Pillar of Death, the Blood Moon Incarnation, has been killed!

Ryan looked up and looked at the blood moon in the sky, his eyes becoming more solemn.

He never forgot that his real enemy was not the Blood Moon Incarnation, but the "Lord of the Death Moon".

Time became quiet.

Under Ryan's surprised gaze, the color of the moon in the night sky actually changed from the original blood color to white little by little.

During this process, Ryan could "feel" the struggle of the blood color, but in the end, he still couldn't stop it.

Accompanied by a faint wail, the moon completely turned white, and a figure surrounded by countless moonlight particles appeared in front of Ryan.

She closed her eyes tightly, curled up her body, and was protected by the moonlight.

Looking at the person in front of him, Ryan smiled.

"Wish you a good dream, Miss Cecilia."

The changes in front of him let Ryan know that Miss Wolf Girl's test did not require him to defeat the "Lord of the Dead Moon".

To be precise, the "Lord of the Dead Moon" is Cecilia herself, but she has not yet completed the incubation.

When Cecilia failed in her first challenge to the Pillar of Death, she was captured by the Blood Moon, who tried to transform her into the "Lord of the Dead Moon". Cecilia naturally resisted.

However, with her spiritual will, without the help of external forces, she will eventually fail as time goes by.

In fact, the Blood Moon incarnation that Ryan just defeated was the Blood Moon's last and strongest resistance to him as an outsider.

And with the death of the Blood Moon incarnation, Cecilia's crisis and test naturally collapsed.

Compared to the World Tree Capital of Freni's test, Cecilia's tree back is relatively more direct. As long as the strength is enough, she can break through directly like Ryan.

A few seconds later, the world in front of Ryan's eyes began to ripple.

With a shake, he returned to the real world.

——

(Thanks to the big guy "late summer is not late summer" for the reward!)