Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 837 The Showdown for Supremacy

"What's going on over there?"

On the desolate Gobi Desert, Rick used his umbrella as a walking stick, carrying Xiao Yan on his back as he struggled forward.

"Let's go take a look," Xiao Yan said.

"Hey? When did you wake up?!" Rick dropped Xiao Yan, his hands on his knees, bent over and panting heavily.

"I woke up very early and thought you were trying to carry me on your back." Xiao Yan stood up and patted the dust off her bottom.

"I...you really don't know how to be considerate of an old person at all." Rick was so angry that he almost couldn't catch his breath after a bout of coughing.

One of the costs of becoming a half-zombie is that he lost the strong physique that young humans should have. Especially without sufficient protein intake, his physical fitness will decline sharply, even though he was not very good at sports when he was still human.

Anyway, the hungry zombie Rick is neither as good as a human nor as good as a real zombie.

"I'm 140 years old, how about you?" Xiao Yan blinked and asked.

"I...I won't tell you!"

Rick picked up the umbrella and continued forward.

...

"Hey...where are we going?" Xiao Yan was still injured and couldn't walk very fast, but she could keep up with Rick's middle-aged and elderly walking pace.

"Let's go check out the front."

Rick was pointing towards the magnificent ancient buildings atop the distant mountains.

"Can't you travel from one place to another? I don't want to go to the castle, I want to find Yan. Can you take me back to him?" Xiao Yan followed Rick with small, shuffling steps, chattering on and on.

“You kid…” Rick coughed heavily twice and said solemnly to Xiao Yan, “You can’t use that move all the time, you need to rest, understand?”

"Then we'll wait here until you've rested enough before going back. How long do you need to rest?" (The Flame Demon scratches his head)

"72 hours!" (The zombie is getting impatient)

"How long will that take?" (The Flame Demon pressed.)

"Three days!" (The zombie grew even more impatient)

"Then let's go check out that castle. Don't be afraid, I'll protect you." (The Flame Demon vowed confidently.)

"..."

...

……

The Golden Kingdom of Dreamland.

"I will protect you."

It was the voice of the sorcerer scholar Colin, who had just emerged from the underground prison, accompanied by a dozen other strange background noises.

Colin was no longer the clean-cut young man he once was.

His scholar's robes were tattered, with countless twisted roots growing out of his body, piercing through his flesh, skin, and the left side of his face.

Colin's appearance at this moment was somewhat reminiscent of Milo under the Blood Moon, referring to Milo when the Holy Communion Order was cursed by the Roots.

The difference is that Colin did not see it as a curse, but as a gift.

...

Colin, emerging from the underground prison, finds himself in command of all the creatures of the Deep.

He believed himself to be fully conscious, but in his eyes, the abyss was not black, and the roots on his body still shimmered with the holy light of the golden blessing. He was guided by the golden will and would purge all sinners who violated the law.

At this moment, his inner faith was both extremely sublime and extremely distorted.

The people of gold, the golden masses, were, in his eyes, transformed into dark, mysterious creations.

Even when the blade of law he admired came right in front of him, he didn't recognize it.

Byrne is not strong enough to participate in this war.

She is more like a vessel for some kind of belief.

Byrne paused for a second when he recognized the half of Colin's face on the non-human creature in front of him.

Then Colin's hand, entwined with countless sharp roots, gripped her throat.

...

Colin's unfamiliar eyes were filled with a jumble of chaotic thoughts.

But he kept repeating the same phrase—

"I will protect you."

...

The roots, like countless small snakes with their own consciousness, squeezed out of Colin's flesh and blood, clustered together and crawled onto Byrne's body, beginning to bite and erode.

Byrne was utterly astonished, only to find that he was too weak to resist.

The longsword in her hand barely left a scratch on Colin's body.

...

"Save Fengren!"

"Help her!!!"

"Save that child!!"

laugh! ! !
Byrne's setback ignited a fierce rage among the Golden Army on the battlefield.

The knight, the black-bladed assassin, and the sorcerer all rushed towards the area in mid-air where the two of them were.

Even the elders were no exception, and so was Lu Kui.

They didn't care whether Byrne lived or died. It didn't matter if they sent her to Woti Ig or her father. Blade could die or live, but she absolutely could not die so openly in front of all the Golden People, especially at this critical moment.

The older generation of high-ranking individuals were even faster, with the Broken Armor Knights being the first to be targeted.

…whoosh—

A piercing sound tore through the air, creating a spatial rift.

Colin's left hand was also severed along with that patch of air.

He let out painful howls and roars, and reached out his other hand to grab Byrne as he fell.

But the crippled knight stopped him.

All the tendrils on Colin's body seemed to be tied to his emotions, and they began to tremble violently.

The knight's swordsmanship was fierce and unparalleled. After striking Colin hard with his armor, he smoothly withdrew his sword and slashed upwards.

The longsword pierced through Colin's chest, the blade protruding from behind.

But the next second, the person the knight was pressing against with the hilt of his sword turned into withered vines without warning, and the humanoid woven fabric shattered.

At the same time, a new humanoid silhouette was torn from behind the shattered figure, and Colin appeared in a higher area.

The number of roots on his body had increased significantly, almost covering 80% of his limbs.

...

Colin's mental state is also different from before.

He who was howling and roaring just a second ago suddenly calmed down. He no longer glanced at the Law Blade falling from the sky, but ignored the armored knight at his feet who was still holding his sword in an upward thrusting posture.

A strange and subtle change is quietly taking place in Colin.

He made a flicking gesture with his finger towards the knight.

But this is by no means a useless provocation.

The instant his fingers bent, the space behind the knight suddenly tore open, and a large number of grotesque, barbed roots surged out, quickly wrapping around his armor.

The vine seemed to possess immense destructive power. The moment the knight was entangled, his metal armor began to emit a terrifying sound of being squeezed and twisted, and even the helmet that completely covered his head was deformed by the pressure!
...

hum! ! !
Perhaps due to some unavoidable choice, a large amount of scorching magma surged from inside the knight's tattered armor. Before the roots could crush him and his armor, he managed to destroy his armor and escape successfully.

Of course, the consequence of doing so was that his true nature, which he had hidden for thousands of years, was exposed...

...

Even the Golden Army, who had been charging straight at Colin to form an encirclement, froze in mid-air.

"He...he's actually the Flame Demon?"

The true form of the mysterious ancient knight who served the Golden Tree for countless years was actually a demon who had been expelled by the Golden Clan before the laws were established?!

Many people probably can't accept this fact.

No one knew what kind of history was hidden behind this; they were simply shocked that the law would allow such a creature, defined as evil, to exist in the temple.

To put it bluntly, quite a few people on the battlefield have already started losing sanity.

...

However, the other higher-ups who had been keeping a low profile, especially the former higher-ups, did not react at all.

They were probably all in the know.

This also applies to elders like Luque and Hastings who reached the top of the temple.

...

Shocked as they may be, the battle must continue.

The falling blade was caught by the chorus nuns and immediately surrounded and protected by members of the Knights.

The aerial siege against Corrupted Kolin continues.

...

Colin could tear through space with every move he made, creating roots and various derivatives out of thin air to join the battle.

Furthermore, his true form seemed to be forever unselectable; each time he appeared to be struck hard, a new afterimage would instantly tear out, leaving behind a shattered shell on the spot.

A profound creation swept in.

The gold sorcerers swore an oath high in the sky, directly and forcibly creating a sealing field even greater than the Fog Wall.

Then, the high-ranking followers of the Golden Tree God began to display their unique abilities.

Flames and electric arcs appeared alternately.

A ghostly shadow emerged from behind Colin, launching a silent attack. However, the invisible black blade failed to pierce Colin's brow, instead being entangled and pulled back by roots in mid-air.

Then came the endless incantations pouring down from the clouds along with the light curtain. Each incantation possessed a thousand times the power of the old seal, capable of being carved into the long river of space and time.

But when it touched Colin's body, it showed no reaction, as if returning to its roots...

The old day that released the spell was thus torn from the gloom of the high sky by Colin, and half of its body was ripped off.

But as it fled, the opponent unleashed a new curse, imprinting all the old blood spilled from its mangled body onto Colin's body. The intense stench of blood quickly attracted another beast roosting under the golden tree's shade.

A furious roar came from the ground.

A wild beast suddenly appeared, swooping down on Colin from the sky and tearing him apart.

It was moving so fast that there wasn't even a moment when you could see the beast in its entirety; all you could see was that its body was constantly flashing with blinding arcs of electricity.

Along with Colin, half of the unfortunate old body that had previously released the spell was torn apart and crushed into a ball by the fangs.

He kept howling and cursing the beast.

But the beast did not stop its frenzied actions.

Until the true golden radiance appears.

Dillah Shaw pressed down on the beast's head, reached into its mouth and dragged Colin's body out of the mangled flesh, then punched him in the forehead.

bang——

This was a spectacular yet down-to-earth battle among those in positions of power.

(End of this chapter)