Chapter 41

“Ahhhhhhhhhh!!”

Hit by the white beam, the Son of Chaos let out a roar of fury. Right at the same time, Fang Zheng noticed several cracks in the space around him like glass being hit with a rock. And with crackling sounds, these cracks continued to grow bigger until the space around the Son of Chaos shattered with a loud bang. A hole immediately appeared in the next moment, madly sucking in everyone and everything around like a vacuum.

What the f***!

Fang Zheng hurriedly thrust his sword into the ground, holding Skybreaker firmly with both hands. He had never thought that this so-called Exile would not differentiate between friends and enemies. Wasn’t the so-called demon and devil expelling magic in the novels unidirectional?

The others weren’t faring any better. Shidon and Marth were doing everything they could to keep the sarcophagus lid erect, from which a dazzling beam of white light was being shot, maintaining the rift in space. The few templars were lying on the ground; they didn’t dare to get up. They were holding tight to anything they could hold on to. Fang Zheng himself wasn’t faring any better; his body was already lifted in the air. Had he not had dove Skybreaker into the ground firmly, perhaps he would have already been sucked in by the huge ‘vacuum cleaner.’

But that wasn’t the point. The most troublesome thing was the damn Son of Chaos. Although half its body had been sucked in by the rifts in space, he was still clinging to the edges of the rift with his hands and feet, trying to get out of the rift.

“Kid, grab my hand!”

Shidon, holding the stone slab, stretched his hand out to Fang Zheng. But instead of grabbing Shidon’s hand, Fang Zheng swept a glance at the Son of Chaos before turning his glance at the coffin lid. The holy glow has already begun to weaken. Shidon and Marth look tired. I guess, they won’t be able to hold on for long. But that Son of Chaos sure looks he could hold the fort for longer.

If this goes on, we will all end up dead.

Fang Zheng immediately made a judgment, giving it no more thoughts. The Son of Chaos seemed to be able to resist the suction from the space crack. He eventually began to crawl out, bit by bit. What’s more, the rift was starting to become unstable. Fang Zheng didn’t know how long Marth and Shidon could hold on but judging from their appearances, it was quite straining for them.

There is only one way.

Fang Zheng pondered for a moment, thinking of this. He had learned to survive in dire straits in the world of Dark Souls. As far as he was concerned, this little adventure was nothing. Furthermore, Fang Zhang had his own ace in the hole.

Having thought of this, Fang Zheng raised his head and glanced at the system interface. On it, the cooldown of the teleportation option had already entered a countdown.

10 seconds.

“Fang Zheng, what are you doing?”

Shidon shouted again, seeing that Fang Zheng wasn’t answering. But Fang Zheng just glanced at him and gave him a smile. Then, he suddenly pulled out the Skybreaker inserted into the ground, flipped in the air, and flew straight towards the rift.

“Kid, what are you doing?”

Shidon was left completely shocked by this scene. He tried to stand up to stop him but that immense wind pressure forced Shidon to squat back down. All he could do was watch Fang Zheng fly through the cavern like a bird as his glowing white sword pierced straight into the body of the Son of Chaos.

“—!!”

Sensing the oncoming danger, the Son of Chao let out a roar. Although his limbs were preoccupied with holding down his body, it did not mean that the Son of Chaos was helpless. Suddenly, the armor on its chest flipped open as two long arms reached out from inside, reaching towards Fang Zhang.

In the face of the oncoming sharp claws, Fang Zheng raised the Skybreaker in his hand up high and slashed it down hard. The blade clashed with the sharp claws that were as hard as iron itself with a deep and low clang. And at the same time, the holiness of the sarcophagus lid seemed to have been finally exhausted; the white beam maintaining the rift quietly disappeared. The rifts in space gradually began to shrink, without the holy power’s support. The Son of Chaos immediately let out a furious roar as its limbs reached out and pulled hard. Immediately, half its body emerged from the rift in space. As long as it pulled again, it would live to see another day…

But in the next moment, a glaring flash blinded him, prompting him to close his eyes.

“That’s…”

At this moment, the templars in the rear were dumbfounded. They thought that they had failed when they saw the Son of Chaos break free from the shackles of the space rift. But then Fang Zheng’s next move surprised everyone. Just as he gripped the long sword and thrust forward, the silver-white long sword burst with a dazzling brilliance that everyone was unable to look straight at it. The next moment, the white holy glow shot out from it, turning into a streaking glow of silver; a winged human figure rushed straight towards the Son of Chaos’ bare body, bypassing its defense.

“Angel…!”

Marth screamed out loud. At this moment, the Son of Chaos had no time to defend; all it could do was helplessly watch the figure congealed from light and the man with the sword rushed straight to its chest. The sword of light pierced through its chest without any resistance, slamming into the Son of Chaos with a huge impact. Finally, the Son of Chaos could not hold on anymore. His body that was about to escape from the sea of misery was knocked back again. This time, the Son of Chaos could not gain his footing anymore. He screamed as his hands and feet lost their grip; his figure flipped over and was sucked into the rift. But obviously, the Son of Chaos was not willing to give up just like that. Its two claws pounced fiercely at Fang Zheng, trying to counterattack before its death.

CLANG!

Fang Zheng blocked the Son of Chaos’ final blow with a turn of his longsword. Meanwhile, the angel reverted back to radiance and returned to Skybreaker whereas the Son of Chaos disappeared into the void with a scream.

But as far as Fang Zheng was concerned, the crisis looming over his head wasn’t resolved yet.

The rift was like a black hole that had surrounded everything around. Fang Zheng was now flying towards the rift like a fish caught in a whirlpool.

Three more seconds.

At this moment, the rift in space was only the size of half a man. And Fang Zheng was less than a meter away from it. In just the blink of an eye, he would be completely sucked in or worse, would be cut into two by the rift if it closed up.

Zero.

Be that as it may, Fang Zheng wasn’t paying attention to it. All his attention was focused on the system information in front of him. He quickly reached out and pressed the transmission button just as its color changed. Soon, a dazzling white portal appeared before him, swallowing him directly.

And right at this moment, the rift in space had closed up, disappearing into thin air.

“…”

For a moment, the entire cavern sunk into a deathly silence. The templars, who had watched all this, were completely at a loss, and they didn’t know what to say. It was almost like a dream for them. But everyone knew that it wasn’t a dream.

“Damn it!”

Shidon punched the ground, his face filled with regret. He might not have clearly seen Fang Zheng’s last course of action but the young man’s absence had already explained the problem.

“Shidon, tell me, who the hell is this Fang Zheng?”

Marth had also noticed that something was wrong. Previously, he had thought that the opposite party was just young and promising, but when he saw the angel emerge, Marth realized at last that the situation wasn’t as simple as he thought.

“Don’t ask, I can’t say in any case. Sigh…”

Nonetheless, Shidon didn’t answer Marth. He heaved a long sigh and stared at the empty ground with a complicated expression.

“This kid… is really…”

“Well, Shidon, relax. I think he will be alright.”

Marth, watching Shidon’s expression, reached out and patted his shoulder.

“Since he can summon the angel, he is definitely favored by the goddess, the goddess will not let him be harmed.”

“I hope so. This kid is still so young… sigh, if I had known this, I would have…”

RUMBLE…

Shidon didn’t finish his sentence as the cavern started shaking at this moment; obvious cracks appeared on the walls. From time to time, bits and pieces of rocks along with dust fell down from the roof. Perhaps it was because of the loss of seal power or the previous battle caused too much impact, the cavern had obviously lost its stability and could not continue standing. Everyone was shocked.

“Damn it, we must get out of here as soon as possible!”

The remaining templars evacuated the cavern under Marth and Shidon’s lead. Behind them, bits and pieces of rocks mixed with dust crashed down like a tide, burying the entire cavern.