Chapter 404: Chapter 400: Trial of Light

The battle next door caught the attention of all the transcendent creatures. But before they could approach, they saw the Judgement Angel and Bright Light Beast battling in their direction.

Above their heads, a radiant crystal wafted in mid-air, glowing with eerie light.

Light Blessing!

Upon seeing this, the transcendent beings dashed towards the Light Blessing without hesitation.

Crack…

Accompanied by a series of shattering sounds, the Light Blessing turned into fragments and completely vanished. The Judgement Angel and Bright Light Beast, in the middle of brawling over the Light Blessing, also shattered with it.

Moreover, these gathered transcendent creatures were shocked to find out that their seemingly close rivals were just mere projections.

“An illusion? Or just simple light projection?”

The same question arose in the minds of the transcendent beings. The twelve Guardians, who understood the principle behind it, all revealed their knowing smiles.

If they considered the Aurora Giant as a mindless brute because of its appearance, they would find themselves being played until the very end.

After the failure, the transcendent creatures became aware of the strangeness and began to doubt everything that was once clearly visible around them.

Seeing did not necessarily mean believing at that point.

Soon, a transcendent creature could no longer hold back, and erupted a white flame straight at an image in front of it.

Flames, sacred and gleaming with blinding white light, reflected directly to the other side just as they were about to hit the target.

Then, the flame kept refracting upon hitting the mirror, only stopping when an innocent watching creature was hit.

Roar!

The innocent creature who was injured instantly retaliated, but it too, couldn’t hit its target and ended up hurting another beast on the side instead.

Conflicts often started without signs, and the coordinated transcendent creatures who were carefully searching for the Light Blessing were dragged into the battle inexplicably.

Ka pu ka pu?

(What’s wrong with them?)

Gamma, which had been following them silently, although somewhat confused about the sudden outbreak of fights among the transcendent creatures, quietly shrunk into a corner.

As a lord-level creature, despite having defeated king-level creatures, Gamma was not foolhardy enough to ask for a beating in front of all these King creatures.

Luckily, those king-level creatures were too busy with retaliation and hunting for the elusive Light Blessings to care about Gamma, a lord-level creature.

“Ah… Lele, when are you planning to stop fighting?”

Watching the Crystal Palace below emitting dazzling light from time to time, Wang Chuan yawned and asked Jiang Lele who was next to him.

“The structure of this Crystal Palace is a bit complicated, and the location of the Light Blessing is quite elusive.”

Jiang Lele looked serious, her eyes unconsciously gazing towards Lilith.

She often felt she was about to seize the Light Blessing, but was always disrupted by Lilith.

Right now, the only thing that could pose a threat to her was Lilith’s Judgement Angel.

As for Bai Qi, she had completely dismissed him.

“You better seize the time. If it drags on for too long and the Life Guardian doesn’t want to give out the blessing anymore, we will suffer a big loss.”

Wang Chuan languidly lay on the stand, absentmindedly turning his head towards Bai Qi, but did not see any signs of agitation on his face.

Oddly enough, he even had the mood to eat something.

“Has he really given up?”

Wang Chuan was confused. Meanwhile, Bai Qi, who was relishing his food, was carefully checking on Gamma’s condition.

“Gamma, how’s the energy absorption going?”

Ka pu ka pu.

(Master, all of Gamma’s split bodies have absorbed energy to full capacity. If we continue absorbing, we might be discovered.)

“Then let’s start.”

Bai Qi put down the food in his hand and issued a new command to Gamma.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions arose from different corners of the crystal maze. The transcendent creatures who had already been fatigued from the extensive fighting were caught off guard.

The explosions were not particularly powerful. If they were in their prime, it wouldn’t have made any difference.

But in their current battered state, they suffered some damage.

Unfortunately, due to the interference from the crystal light mirrors, they couldn’t determine who had launched the attacks on them.

“Tsk tsk…it is really tough.”

Seeing that Gamma’s self-explosion had failed to cause any harm to the mirror, Bai Qi couldn’t help but click his tongue. However, he wasn’t surprised.

If the mirrors could be destroyed so easily, the Aurora Giant wouldn’t qualify to be listed among the Twelve Guardians.

However, it was enough.

Bai Qi closed his eyes, decomposing and reorganizing the information Gamma’s split-body transmitted before the explosion, slowly constructing a diagram of the Crystal Palace in his mind.

Of course, this wasn’t any kind of superpower, but rather a required course for every machine warrior, model construction.

Certainly, with Bai Qi’s spirit power as a Fifth Stage Beastmaster and the bonus of long-term rune research, the result was bound to be much better.

Finally, after all Gamma’s split-bodies had exploded, Bai Qi had also constructed a simple maze model in his mind.

“As expected, although influenced by the mirrors, the inside of the maze is indeed larger than the outside,” he thought.

Bai Qi carefully confirmed the accuracy of the model before he started directing Gamma.

Sure enough, there were still some errors, but with Bai Qi’s help, Gamma was moving smoothly upward, quickly surpassing other King Creatures to reach the top floor of the Crystal Palace.

Here, Gamma also saw the Judgement Angel and Bright Light Beast entwined in battle.

Perhaps it was due to their opposing natures, the fight between the two transcendent creatures was fierce. The Bright Light Beast showed no sign of losing ground against the Judgement Angel, a mythical species, but it was only barely holding out.

Ka-pu, Ka-pu!

(Master, Gamma has found the Light Blessing!)

Gamma quietly avoided the battle area of the twin pets, and after taking a look around, finally found the crystal of light on the ceiling, sparkling brightly.

“It feels a bit too easy,” Bai Qi muttered.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qi frowned slightly. When he saw Gamma spring to fetch the Light Blessing, neither the Judgement Angel nor the Bright Light Beast made any move, which made him even more suspicious.

Pa!

An invisible barrier blocked Gamma’s way. The Light Blessing, once in close proximity, suddenly disappeared, reappearing elsewhere.

“Hmph! If it had been that easy, would I have waited for you to come?” sneered Lilith.

Jiang Lele’s also showed disdain.

The real Light Blessing had never appeared or rather wasn’t fixed in one place. The main reason for their mutual competition was to not let the other seize the opportunity when the real body appeared.

It really wasn’t going to be that easy to seize…

Bai Qi murmured quietly, and with a thought, Gamma immediately switched to the Holy Light State and once again lunged for the Light Blessing.

But, it was still unsuccessful.

“It’s the Light Blessing, yet it won’t allow a creature of light to approach,” Bai Qi grumbled, looking at the Light Blessing dispersing into the distance under the refraction of the Holy Light.

According to the current trend, one way to obtain the Light Blessing was to find a way to make it appear. The other was to directly eliminate all the opponents present.

Regardless of which method, neither were easy.

“Since I can’t find the real body of the Light Blessing for now, it seems that there’s only the second way,” Bai Qi sighed helplessly, looking at the vigorously fighting Judgement Angel and Bright Light Beast. “Gamma, let’s deal with these two first.”

Ka-pu, Ka-pu.

(Gamma understands.)

Gamma nodded, its green body stretching rapidly. A vicious green flame burned from Gamma’s body, the scorching energy slowly spreading into the Crystal Palace. This evil aura from the abyss immediately attracted the attention of all creatures.

Evil Energy – Scorched Earth.

Following the deployment of the Scorched Earth, the Judgement Angel was reminded of some unfortunate memories and immediately attacked Gamma while leaving its enemy behind. However, Gamma had no fear at this moment and didn’t summon the Holy Light Split-body, but instead single-handedly seized the Judgement Angel’s spear.

“This is impossible!” Lilith exclaimed, surprised. Although the Judgement Angel’s divinity was damaged, it had mostly healed, and was even stronger than before. And now, this Lord-level creature had seized the Judgment Angel’s attack?

Moreover, it seemed that the evil power was eroding the Judgement Spear?

The Judgment Angel immediately pulled back and retreated, but Gamma didn’t show the slightest intention of letting it go. The demon’s figure stomped on the ground and chased after the Judgment Angel.

Although its evolution was interrupted, Gamma was, in some sense, already considered a King Creature. It just hadn’t comprehended its force field skills yet.

At least, it was enough to beat the Judgement Angel.

Perhaps it was the inherent disgust of light-based entities towards evil energy, or maybe it was the unwillingness to let Bai Qi claim another victory. The Bright Light Beast also left behind its former disputes and came to support the Judgement Angel.

Upon seeing this, Gamma remained calm. He opened his mouth and vomitted out two green serpents. When they landed, they coiled into a statue-like shape. Two dark green rings of light immediately filled the top floor of the Crystal Palace.

Evil Energy – Plague Totem.

The sudden appearance of the Plague Totem posed a great threat to the two light-based entities. The light power within their bodies instinctively tried to resist the plague energy that was continuously eroding them, and the force of their attacks against Gamma abruptly weakened.

Of course, Gamma wouldn’t miss such an opportunity. With the full deployment of Scorched Earth and Plague Totem, heat and plague intersected, instantly turning into strands of green poisonous mist that spread around.

Then, it gradually spread to the lower floors.

For this kind of attack, the mirrors in the Crystal Palace were completely useless. They could only allow the green poisonous mist to fill the entire Crystal Palace. If not for Fenrir immediately closing the entrance of the Crystal Palace, perhaps even Eden would have been corrupted by the poisonous mist.