Chapter 1219 Silver Solar
Seishan’s crimson magic stills the creature, however one other looms. Sunny understands “life was conflict,” and hope, a robust “longing,” could possibly be their solely weapon. Sunny acknowledges Nephis’s flame, potent towards the abominations, as their greatest likelihood for survival. He connects the minds of the seven Masters with the Blessing of Nightfall, relaying the grim actuality: “We have to destroy the creature in entrance of us earlier than the one behind catches up.”
A determined plan kinds, six Masters restrain the abomination, whereas Nephis offers the killing blow. Sunny is aware of that the hole between their Ranks is huge, however not absolute, that “there was nothing indestructible on this planet.” Sunny trusts her to kill the vessel of the Gate Guardian barring their path. With grim resolve, Sunny sacrifices the shadows round him to empower Nephis, turning her white flame colder and extra menacing. “Ah. And issues had been simply getting enjoyable,” a imprecise determine clicked its tongue in disappointment.
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Collectively, the Masters launch a coordinated assault. A black arrow pierces an eye fixed, adopted by a white one destroying the opposite. Shurikens shred its chest, crippling its mobility. Effie’s spear and Morgan’s sword goal the knees, whereas Seishan tears aside its left shoulder and elbow. Lastly, the Sin of Solace falls, hissing by means of the air, aimed on the creature’s head, will the assault be sufficient to defeat the creature?
Chapter 1220 Indestructible
A bonfire of pristine flames envelops Nephis and the vessel, its magnificence masking incinerating warmth. Sunny staggers again, the flames one way or the other making him really feel dreadfully chilly, reminding him of the Antarctic Middle. He realizes that whereas he shares a bond with Nephis, he can’t survive her flames like she will be able to, the Sin of Solace trapped in a cycle of burning agony. He hears a distorted shriek from the blaze, but it surely’s swallowed by the roar. “Curse it…” he thinks, figuring out he can’t deal with Nephis whereas one other abomination approaches.
Seishan is crippled, Morgan wounded, and Effie’s protect destroyed. Sunny, Effie, and Kai are the one ones left standing. He senses motion within the shadows, realizing, “Right here it comes!” A darkish blur lunges, just for Effie to hurl her spear with lethal precision, obliterating the vessel’s higher torso. The mutilated corpse flies ahead, a stream of crimson liquid trailing behind. Earlier than the physique can reform, a flaming arrow hits, destroying its left facet.
But, the Gate Guardian stays undisturbed. The mangled corpse calmly walks ahead, its flesh regenerating, shattered ribs reforming, and a mocking eye showing from the destroyed face. Sunny feels a chill, questioning, “What… what the hell…” The sight is terrifying, virtually ludicrous, because the abomination defies dying with horrifying ease.
Chapter 1221 Unstoppable
Sunny feels more and more overwhelmed by the relentless battle towards the Gate Guardian’s vessel. Exhaustion threatens to defeat him even when the abomination doesn’t. He marvels at how the six Masters and he himself, a Shadow, are holding their very own towards the seemingly unstoppable foe, stored at bay by the fixed onslaught. Every Ascended fights with out reservation, figuring out retreat isn’t an possibility. Jet, although mangled, persists. Morgan absorbs grievous harm, her therapeutic means strained. Seishan, arms damaged, resorts to determined measures, utilizing her monstrous tooth. Effie maintains a long way together with her spear. Collectively, they combat, making an attempt to forestall the creature from reaching Nephis’s purifying flames.
“Die, die… why gained’t you die!” Sunny thinks, because the Sin of Solace barely scratches the vessel. He isn’t quick sufficient to dodge the following assault, a pointy ache piercing his facet as his Shroud of Nightfall tears. Bone Weave saves him from a deadly blow because the abomination’s strike cracks his ribs. “Rattling it, rattling it, rattling it…” Sunny thinks, rising shakily. Morgan’s essence dwindles, her therapeutic faltering. Jet slows, her Side hindered by the singular, overwhelming enemy.
Catastrophe strikes as Seishan falls. Effie is left alone, the creature seizing her spear and pulling her off stability. Simply because it prepares to ship a deadly blow, Kai slams into the abomination, pushing it again. The corpse retaliates, crushing Kai’s backbone. “Curse all of it!” Sunny cries, lunging ahead alongside Saint, his injured facet throbbing, bone weary.
Chapter 1222 Towards All Hope
Beastmaster, enraged on the creature’s assault on her sister, tears her fist from its chest earlier than launching it throughout the battlefield. The vessel rises once more, eerily calm, even smiling. “What’s mercy?” it asks, a query that hangs within the air, chilling Sunny to the bone. He struggles to face, assessing the remaining survivors, all severely injured. Morgan and Saint, together with a pained Effie, seem the one ones able to combating, though their effectiveness is questionable given their situation. Nephis’ situation stays unknown, making Sunny marvel if even Bestmaster can prevail alone.
The query turns into moot when a determine of pure radiance strikes the vessel from behind, revealing Sir Gilead, Summer season Knight, had arrived. The 2 Transcendents now combat in live performance towards the Gate Guardian’s vessel. Sunny checks to verify Nephis remains to be alive and collapses onto the sand, counting on shadow sense to comply with the battle. He notes that wounds inflicted by Beastmaster are unusually sluggish to heal, leaving the creature perpetually weakened.
He senses a fourth shadow at a distance, slender and acquainted. *Cassie*? It was Cassie who guided the Saints to their support. The vessel, regardless of its energy, proves no match for the mixed may of Beastmaster and Summer season Knight, notably attributable to Bestmaster’s distinctive model of injury. Sunny feels some pressure drain from his mangled physique figuring out Cassie has introduced support.
Chapter 1223 Diverging Targets
The setting solar casts lengthy shadows because the battered survivors limp towards a towering spoil, searching for refuge from the approaching evening. Saint carries the unconscious Nephis, wrapped in Cassie’s seawave cloak after her armor was incinerated. Jet, regardless of her personal mangled kind, managed to soak up some soul essence, showing barely improved after slaying a Nightmare Creature. Seishan leans closely on Beastmaster, whereas a pale Kai hovers in ache, his backbone broken. Effie limps, and Morgan seems completely spent. Sunny, augmenting himself together with his shadows, manages to hobble alongside, showing like a “rag doll that had been uncared for for many years after which completely chewed by an animal or two.”
Cassie walks beside Sunny, the one one who doesn’t appear bodily battered, although clearly drained. Her personal armor is riddled with dents and bloodstains from her personal current battles, towards many Woke up, enthralled abominations, and Masters of Clan Music. Sunny expresses his gratitude. “By the best way… you had been simply in time. Thanks,” he says quietly. Cassie dismisses it as a “lucky coincidence,” however Sunny is aware of higher.
His expression darkens. “In regards to the Gates,” Sunny presses, “That was why you instructed me to jot down a message to Rain… you knew that we had been going to get caught on this damned desert for an extended, very long time. You knew that Antarctica was going to be destroyed, too.” Cassie turns her blind eyes towards him, her expression calm. “I do know nothing,” she says, however Sunny stays unconvinced, sensing a deeper sport is afoot. What secrets and techniques does she maintain, and what future has she foreseen for all of them?
Chapter 1224 Second Evening
The survivors attain an enormous, palatial spoil, separated from the Nightmare Desert by a subject of black glass. Sunny speculates on the unusual nature of the ruins, questioning in the event that they fell from the sky or drowned beneath a forgotten sea. Contained in the corridor, Beastmaster roasts monster meat, her relaxed demeanor contrasting with the others’ tense vigilance. They’re conscious about the hazard she represents, as Beastmaster’s delicate thoughts management is an ever-present menace.
Summer season Knight glares at Beastmaster, and she or he returns the look, smiling sweetly. “Gods. Are you able to cease drilling a gap in my brow, Gilead?” she asks, her voice honeyed. “I do know I’m fairly… however nonetheless, a knight like you need to have some manners. Cease staring.” Gilead retorts “Have been fairly. Have you ever regarded within the mirror just lately?”, reminding her of her disfigurement. Beastmaster traces the bleeding wound on her face, a memento from the Whispering Blade, and taunts him about failing to guard his liege. Morgan, consumed by fury, spits out “You vile witch…” to which Beastmaster solely laughs.
Regardless of the stress, Beastmaster presents meals, her smile momentarily stirring one thing inside Sunny. He steels himself, reminding himself of her previous atrocities. Nonetheless, he accepts the meat, and as he eats, Beastmaster watches him with an unsettling curiosity. Sunny is aware of he should solely really feel contempt for her, at the same time as his feelings threaten to betray his higher judgement.
Chapter 1225 Brief Respite
Stress hangs heavy within the air after the meal. Exhausted but cautious, the group stays throughout the crumbling spoil, trapped not solely by the looming menace of the Gate Guardian, but in addition the presence of the 2 Saints, Summer season Knight and Beastmaster. Sunny, weary of the stalemate, breaks the silence, suggesting they merely go away so the others can relaxation. Gilead expresses shock at his composure, anticipating concern or pleas for rescue. Sunny shrugs off the implication, stating, “I’m too drained to be fearful.”
Beastmaster reveals the rationale for his or her continued presence. “The rationale why we haven’t left could be very easy… there are situations that need to be met to be able to return to the waking world.” She explains that the pull of the Nightmare Desert’s Seeds have an effect on their anchors within the waking world, that means they should discover a place the place the affect is weaker, “They don’t seem to be too onerous to search out, although. I’m prepared to guess that we’ll encounter no less than one tomorrow.” Studying that neither Saint can depart instantly, Sunny nonchalantly declares, “Okay. You stand guard, then,” and promptly falls asleep. Quickly, the others comply with, leaving Summer season Knight and Beastmaster as the one sentinels.
Sunny awakens to pale daylight filtering by means of the spoil’s cracks, nonetheless battered however considerably restored. His shadows stay vigilant, however the risks posed by Saints and abominations surpass their capabilities. He finds the others sleeping, their destiny hanging within the stability as they search respite within the coronary heart of the Nightmare Desert.
Chapter 1226 Alluring Supply
Leaving the spoil, the group ventures again into the Nightmare Desert, their tempo improved attributable to relaxation and Nephis’ therapeutic. Sunny notes Nephis’s hidden exhaustion from utilizing her Side. Regardless of her situation, Nephis insists on therapeutic everybody, even Seishan. Beastmaster’s wound, inflicted by Whispering Blade, resists Nephis’s energy. Sunny permits Nephis to heal him, setting apart his reservations for the sake of their survival.
Guided by Cassie’s heightened instinct, the group navigates the treacherous panorama, avoiding lethal pitfalls and monstrous abominations. Summer season Knight and Beastmaster’s safety retains the Ascended protected. Because the solar begins to set, they arrive at a ruined construction, an obsidian husk the place the affect of the Seeds is weak sufficient for the Saints to go away.
Inside, Beastmaster proclaims her departure with Seishan, extending a suggestion to 1 extra. “Granted, I can take another individual with me… I may also help one in all you escape this bothersome predicament.” Her calculated look hints at owing her a debt. Effie breaks the tense silence with uncharacteristic somberness, “I’m sorry. My mother instructed me to not comply with unusual girls.” Kai and Sunny silently help Effie’s determination. Beastmaster laughs it off, and departs with Seishan, leaving Sunny with a sophisticated mixture of remorse and resolve, figuring out he couldn’t abandon his pals, even to save lots of himself.
Chapter 1227 A Pleasant Invitation
The group’s greatest hope for escape lies in reaching the Tomb of Ariel, a black pyramid and one of many important causes for the clans’ arrival in Antarctica, now seemingly inside their attain because of Summer season Knight and Morgan. Nevertheless, a sinister presence intrudes on Sunny’s ideas: Mordret. The Prince of Nothing seems as a battered, virtually corpse-like reflection, lacking an eye fixed and a hand. The communication is solely in Sunny’s thoughts, hidden from the others.
Sunny, cautious and unwilling, reluctantly acknowledges Mordret’s presence with a silent nod, utilizing the Blessing of Nightfall on the reflection. He instantly makes an attempt to close Mordret down, firing a psychological message: “[How about you get out of my head and go die someplace else? No matter what you’re scheming, I’m not interested.]” Mordret, unfazed by Sunny’s hostility, claims innocence within the occasions that led to their predicament. He easily dodges blame, even going as far as to accuse Sunny of mendacity about his disdain for the nice clans.
Mordret, with a maddening smile, declares, “I forgive you, Sunless… no must even point out it!” Sunny, more and more exasperated by Mordret’s twisted logic, wonders if the Prince of Nothing has fully misplaced his thoughts. The surprising look of Mordret throws uncertainty into their possibilities of escaping the Nightmare Desert.
Chapter 1228 Unattainable Mirage
Sunny faces a grim actuality within the Nightmare Desert: dying appears inevitable, providing solely two paths, following Morgan to the Tomb of Ariel or Mordret into the Third Nightmare, each equally harmful. Finally, Sunny delays his determination, pinning his hopes on Morgan reaching the black pyramid inside 4 days, else he’ll be compelled to just accept Mordret’s invitation. Mordret, wanting Sunny’s cohort’s energy, begrudgingly agrees. Sunny is aware of Masters like them select willingly to bear the Second Nightmare, not like Woke up who solely survive to Ascend, making him fear extra in regards to the Third. “Gods. How did I find yourself being compelled to place all my hopes in these two?” Sunny thinks as they progress, and he realizes increasingly that Mordret was telling the reality.
Led by Morgan and Sir Gilead, the group ventures deeper into the desert, assailed by torturous warmth that drains their will to dwell. Sleepless nights add to their woes, haunted by the nightly cataclysmic battles the place terrifying creatures rise from the sands. The ruins they shelter in grow to be more and more fragile, threatening to break down.
Their daytime battles additionally intensify, with Nightmare Creatures rising extra highly effective. Initially, Sir Gilead handles them alone, however quickly struggles even with the assistance of the Ascended. Summer season Knight grows cautious, forcing the group to tread cautiously. With every passing second, Sunny appears increasingly sure that he will likely be compelled to descend into the Third Nightmare.
Chapter 1229 Seventh Evening
Nephis returns on her tenebrous stallion after luring a titan in the direction of the Skinwalker’s vessel, solely to search out the group battered and exhausted after a brutal combat towards corrupted abominations. Sunny, hidden within the shadow of a useless creature, observes her arrival with a mixture of aid and trepidation. Summer season Knight is severely wounded, and their victory feels hole amidst the relentless hazard. “I lured that titan towards the Skinwalker’s vessel. They fought, however extra vessels confirmed up,” Nephis informs Morgan, delivering the grim information that their pursuers is not going to be delayed for lengthy.
Because the fourth day dawns with out progress, Sir Gilead urges Morgan to just accept actuality, reminding her, “Girl Morgan… that is the fourth day. I promised to present you time, however we’ve made no progress. That you must settle for actuality.” Morgan relents, agreeing to retreat to Antarctica at sundown, however solely after searching for Cassie’s assist to discover a appropriate spot for inter-world journey. Sunny, unusually calm, gazes on the black pyramid, a thought stirring inside him that maybe they will solely strategy the daemon’s tomb through the lethal evening, a notion he dismisses as unattainable.
Because the solar dips under the horizon, portray the black pyramid with its dying mild, the group seeks shelter in an underground chamber, marking their seventh evening within the desert. Morgan, nursing a damaged arm and simmering with resentment, isolates herself from the remaining. Sunny, nevertheless, approaches her together with his typical lack of tact, his gaze lingering on the ever-present Tomb of Ariel, fueling a determined hope within the face of unattainable odds.
Chapter 1230 Hell Is Empty
Blasted by a blinding sandstorm, Sunny leads his group by means of the white inferno, guided by Mordret’s ominous presence in his black glass. The Skinwalker pursues relentlessly, threatening to overhaul them. Sunny remembers Nephis’ grim phrases: “The weak will die. The sturdy will die, too. And people who stay gained’t be the identical… comply with me… and you’ll by no means be slaves…” as he struggles towards the weather, considering the irony of doubtless succumbing to the tough setting.
A colossal, tilted block of black stone emerges from the storm – a Seed of Nightmare, cracked and broken, but emanating a ghostly darkness. Beneath its shelter lies a monstrous, winged abomination, guarding the doorway. The creature disgorges a small human physique – Mordret, the Prince of Nothing, who rises and, with a bloody stump for a hand, warns: “Run! The Skinwalker is sort of right here!”
With out hesitation, Sunny and the others race in the direction of the Seed of Nightmare. They’re conscious that they are going to be getting into the nightmare with their bodily our bodies this time; there is no such thing as a distinction between the physique within the waking world and the one within the Dream Realm as soon as one turned an Ascended. They’ve mentioned the dangers and the unknowns, they know they’re working out of time. With the Skinwalker closing in, Sunny glances at Nephis, then, with out losing time, reaches Mordret and enters the Nightmare.
Chapter 1231 As soon as Extra, With Feeling
Contained in the Nightmare, Sunny’s consciousness shatters on the sight of a colossal black pyramid comprised of thousands and thousands of Seeds of Nightmare, every a possible world of terror. He experiences a second of temporal distortion earlier than his thoughts dissolves. Sunny finds himself falling, hitting water with a splash, and sighs, “‘Right here we go once more…’” He notes the unusual freshwater and remembers the large black stone, recognizing it as a fraction of the pyramid and suspects ulterior motives from Mordret.
The Essence Pearl materializes, permitting him to breathe, however he finds himself submerged in a robust present. Resurfacing, Sunny emerges right into a world shrouded in somber twilight and a thick mist, dulling even his shadow sense. No fast threats are detected so, “‘I ought to be grateful, I suppose,’” Sunny thinks numbly, exhausted from the fixed pressure.
Recognizing a imprecise form within the distance, Sunny swims towards it and discovers a big, flat piece of wooden, like a damaged hull. Hauling himself onto the makeshift raft, he sprawls out, wanting up on the swirling mist. He muses in regards to the becoming title of the Nightmare Desert, relishing the respite from the warmth as weariness consumes him.
Chapter 1232 Misplaced In The Mist
Sunny’s respite is shattered when an ideal copy of himself materializes a number of meters away, its malice evident. “Gods. You look so pathetic,” the apparition taunts, confirming Sunny’s concern: it’s the manifestation of the Sin of Solace. A chilling realization washes over him – the sword stays unsheathed inside his soul, but its spirit stands earlier than him. “Ah, how enjoyable. I’ll offer you some credit score, Misplaced from Mild… you by no means fail to amuse, no less than. What, are you afraid of me now?” it asks, its tone laced with chilling amusement.
Regardless of the instinctive concern, Sunny steels himself. He remembers the harmful affect of the sword, the numerous corrupted Nightmare Creatures felled by its energy and the insidious whispers he had dismissed. He acknowledges a lingering query: How might it seem earlier than him with out him even holding the cursed sword? “Afraid of you? Nonsense! In fact not,” Sunny declares, feigning indifference, however the Sin of Solace merely counters with a bone-chilling, “Oh… however I believe you need to.”
Decided, Sunny challenges the apparition, revealing his deduction. It’s not an actual being, however a tiny, insignificant a part of his thoughts turned towards him. “There’s no level in pretending to be one thing that you’re not. And what you aren’t is an actual being.” Sunny claims that he realized it the primary time he couldn’t reply all the Sin of Solace’s annoying questions. The apparition considers Sunny’s phrases, earlier than lastly admitting defeat with a sigh. “Alright, you caught me. I’m not actual. Certainly, I’m only a figment of your creativeness”.
Chapter 1233 Coming To Phrases With The Finish Of The World
Ignoring the defeated Sin of Solace, Sunny focuses on a rune carved into the traditional wooden of his raft. The crude, uneven grooves, as if scratched by fingernails in a match of insanity, depict a well-recognized image: “Want”. It additionally means want, craving, even hope. He wonders who carved it, when, and what they wished for. Sunny scratches on the wooden, confirming its uncommon toughness. “What are you doing?” the Sin of Solace asks, wanting bewildered.
Sunny, suspicious, factors on the rune. “Have been you making an attempt to cover it from me?” he accuses, however the apparition feigns ignorance. “Disguise what?” Irritated, Sunny explodes, “Cease messing with me, you pale bastard! You could have been standing right here this entire time, as if making an attempt to forestall me from noticing the rune!” Nevertheless, he feels a sliver of doubt. Is he imagining issues? The Sin of Solace laughs. “Gods… your expression, it’s priceless. What in regards to the rune? So there’s a rune. Why would I care? In actual fact, why do you care? You appear fully beside your self.”
Sunny frowns and falls silent. Why *does* he care a couple of single rune? It would trace at hope, but it surely reveals nothing concrete. Possibly he’s bored and making a fuss. Or perhaps he’s determined to keep away from fascinated about East Antarctica, Rain, or his personal unsure future. With a sigh, Sunny sprawls on the traditional wooden, staring blankly into the mist, leaving the thriller of the rune unresolved.
