Golden light surged from all over Dustin, like a blazing sun hanging over the swamp.
Faced with the blood-red cage conjured by
Bloodhand, the vortex of venomous insects from Poisonheart, and the bone
needles fired by Bonemask, he didn’t retreat --- instead, he advanced, a cold
sneer curving at the corner of his lips.
“Such petty tricks, and you dare show them off
before me?”
Before his words even faded, Dustin spread his
arms wide.
In an instant, countless strands of golden
light burst from within him, forming a vast golden net that swept out in all
directions.
Just as Bloodhand’s blood prison was about to
close in, it was ensnared by the golden threads.
What seemed like an indestructible blood
lattice was torn apart as easily as cobwebs.
Seeing this, Bloodhand’s expression changed
dramatically. He tried to recall the blood lances, but those golden threads
acted as if alive --- racing along the tendrils straight toward his arms.
“Not good!”
His face went pale. He quickly tried to sever
the blood threads with his inner force --- but it was too late.
The golden threads crawled up his entire arm in
the blink of an eye. Wherever they passed, the red drained away, revealing
stark white bone.
“AAAHHH --- !”
A piercing scream tore from Bloodhand’s throat
as he watched his arm disintegrate into ash --- without a trace left behind.
Meanwhile, the vortex of venomous insects
summoned by Poisonheart met the same fate.
The golden threads sliced through the swarm
like blades. The fierce bugs turned to ash upon contact.
Poisonheart was horrified. She had never
witnessed such overwhelming power. Desperately, she urged all her insects to
fight back --- but it was useless.
The golden threads swept through the swarm like
a gust in autumn, eradicating them all. Then they surged straight for
Poisonheart.
Terrified, she turned and tried to flee.
But Dustin
merely snorted and flicked his fingers. A beam of golden light shot through the
air and struck Poisonheart squarely in the back.
Her body went rigid and then slowly crumpled,
disintegrating under the burning light until there was nothing left.
As for the bone needles from Bonemask, they
couldn’t even get within three feet of Dustin before they were blocked by an
invisible golden barrier and disintegrated into powder.
Watching his companions die one after another,
Bonemask’s eyes filled with terror. He dared not act again. Instead, he turned
and tried to escape into the earth.
“You think you can run?”
Dustin’s voice rang out calmly, not loud, but
brimming with authority.
He pointed with two fingers, and a thick golden
pillar of light shot up from the ground, trapping Bonemask just as he was about
to disappear into it.
Bonemask struggled furiously, but the pillar’s
power was immense. No matter how he fought, he couldn’t move.
“Who are you?! Why do you possess such
terrifying power?!” Bonemask screamed, his mask of broken bones trembling with
fear.
“Hmph! A bunch of evil heretics. Today, I’ll
make sure you vanish without a trace!”
Dustin raised his hand, fingers slowly curling
into a fist. The golden pillar began to contract.
Bonemask let out a blood-curdling scream as his
body was gradually crushed by the pillar until it vanished --- without even
ashes left behind.
The three chief enforcers of the Bone Cult --- all
Grandmaster-level foes --- were completely powerless in front of Dustin.
After finishing them off, Dustin turned his
gaze toward the altar not far away.
It was built entirely from bones, emitting a
dense stench of blood and dark energy. Strange runes still glimmered faintly
atop it.
Dustin narrowed his eyes and flashed over to
the altar in an instant.
He quickly formed a series of hand seals,
chanting in a low voice.
As he recited the spell, countless golden runes
flew from his body like a meteor shower, landing on the altar.
BOOM!
A loud explosion shook the swamp as the altar
began to collapse under the force of the golden runes.
Bones crumbled, and the dark runes were
gradually extinguished by the golden light.
Not long after, the entire altar lay in ruins
--- reduced to a pile of rubble.
After sweeping his gaze across the surroundings
and finding no sign of survivors, Dustin tapped his foot lightly and soared
into the sky like a falling star, flying swiftly into the distance.
Moments later ---
Within the ruins of the altar, an elderly man
wrapped in bandages slowly crawled out from the dirt.
Once he confirmed the coast was clear, he let
out a long sigh of relief.
“To think they’d come all the way here... Good
thing I hid in time, or I’d be nothing but dust.”
“No, this must be reported to the Grand Elder
immediately. A Landed Celestial has taken notice of us. We must stop all
operations at once --- continuing risks bringing total annihilation.”
Without hesitation, the bandaged elder formed a
seal with one hand and chanted a spell. His body began to sink into the ground,
vanishing swiftly.
He had used an Earth Escape technique.
However, the old man failed to notice that high above the clouds, a white figure silently watched his every move. - Ton
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