Devil's Bible

Chapter 57 Take this, teacher!

Isabella suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit.

The damage to her mental strength reappeared once again.

“Spell…no, divine hijacking!” Isabella knew there was a gap between them, but she never imagined the gap would be this large.

The so-called spell hijacking occurs when, after a spell is cast, its control is to some extent detached from the mind's power. Only a portion of the mind's power remains to control the spell's direction, but it can no longer control the spell's changes.

If another powerful and stable mental force intervenes at this time, precisely piercing into the spell's structural model, then it can hijack the spell, manipulate it, and even change the spell's target.

This is a super skill that most spellcasters will never master in their lifetime.

The old priest took this a step further and achieved divine hijacking.

Because divine magic incorporates the power of faith, its structure becomes more complex.

The difference between hijacking spells and hijacking divine spells is like the difference between shooting an arrow at a coin that bounces far away and shooting at the center of the coin that bounces far away.

This requires a strong understanding of divine magic and extremely precise control.

This shows that the old pastor had also completely outmaneuvered him in terms of skill.

The statue moved, and one arm swung out to grab Isabella.

“Furthermore, besides divine magic hijacking, there is also magical fusion.” Isabella endured the discomfort caused by her mental trauma, dodging and analyzing whether she still had a chance of winning.

However, the result was not satisfactory.

As the power of Judgment and the manipulation of illusions merged together, the old priest's spells became increasingly difficult to execute.

Not only would it be difficult to break through with ordinary divine magic, but the opponent's illusion would also become more realistic.

Although Isabella knew that the statue was just an illusion and the real statue remained motionless in the same place.

However, because it is combined with divine magic, once caught, one's mind will inevitably be 'harmed' by the divine magic, and once injured, one will inevitably be further suggested that these illusions are real.

This is the case with perception-based spells, especially illusions. The more the recipient believes in the illusion, the more real it becomes, eventually even causing real harm.

The problem lies in the fact that avoiding illusions also means instinctively treating them as reality, and the subconscious will unconsciously deepen the trust in the illusions.

One is an immediate death, the other is a slow death.

The result will be no different.

"As expected, I was too arrogant."

"After casting Holy Fire, I cast Holy Intervention, and then simultaneously controlled the power of Judgment. With my energy divided into three parts, I gave the old priest the opportunity to kidnap him."

If it were Isabella today, she would understand that in that situation, not fighting meant certain death, and fighting also meant certain death.

Therefore, Divine Intervention was an unnecessary divine spell; she should have just unleashed the full power of Judgment and gone straight for the old priest.

Without any magical protection, he could be killed by the old priest's spells, but at least his Judgment Power could still harm the old priest and clear a path for Nemus.

Better than now, slowly walking towards death.

At this moment, the surrounding environment had completely changed, and he found himself in the church's inquisition.

The circular structure resembled a gladiatorial arena, and he was positioned at the very bottom of the building, on the judgment platform, with numerous chains binding him.

High above, on the judge's bench, were judges whose faces were obscured, dressed in bishop's robes.

And on the top of the building is that statue of a god.

The illusion has entered the next stage.

Isabella gritted her teeth and dodged backward, but as the chains approached, they suddenly encountered some fluctuations, igniting holy fire and dripping molten iron. The chains could only continue to spiral, waiting for an opportunity to get closer.

"You audacious criminal, how dare you resist?!" The judge's rebuke rang out from the dock, his voice filled with the authority of his verdict.

Isabella knew things were going badly.

The sacred fire only burns the physical, while the chains, which are merely illusions, are now being ignited.

This indicates that the illusion is penetrating rapidly and has begun to hijack one's mind and senses, thereby interfering with the divine spells already cast.

Following this process, one's divine magic will soon be interfered with by illusions and then become ineffective. One's perception of the illusions will also be rapidly altered, making one truly believe that one is a criminal being judged, thus becoming trapped in the illusion and unable to escape.

At this point, Isabella realized that there was no way to change the situation, and that her remaining senses and perceptions were her last vestige of freedom.

Isabella closed her eyes, seemingly giving up the fight.

"The criminal Isabella violated church rules, stole church secrets, and interfered with the normal operation of the church. The following sentence is hereby imposed."

"Seale their senses, place them in the abyss of breath, and subject them to the torment of the eerie winds!"

The chains spun once more, heading straight for Isabella.

Isabella did not react, and the sacred fire no longer shone.

Just as the chains were about to touch her, Isabella opened her eyes, and a magic circle appeared on her body.

"Boom!"

Divine Art - Divine Intervention.

Everything before my eyes is being torn apart, and the illusion is shattered.

The real, half-collapsed church appeared before Isabella once again.

What was about to touch her was not chains, but thin black veins.

At that moment, these black lines quickly burned, transforming into clusters of sacred fire.

"Mixing genuine information with counterfeit information to interfere with judgment."

"You've taught me a lesson, teacher!"

Before despair, Isabella strengthened her resolve and discovered the flaw in the old priest's illusion.

The other party's illusions interfered with him too quickly, which did not fit the old pastor's characteristic of insufficient mental activity.

So Isabella realized that the reason the chains burned when they came into contact with the holy fire was not because the illusion had penetrated her mind and begun to hijack and interfere with her mind and divine magic.

Rather, it's because those chains weren't illusions, but rather black lines that were replaced with an additional layer of chain illusion.

The old pastor used this method to break down Isabella's psychological defenses.

"You're not bad either, Isabella. I fused the power of Judgment with the manipulation of illusions, and you immediately learned this spell fusion and transformed it into a divine spell fusion," the old priest's voice of praise rang out.

Divine Intervention can only defend against energy-based attacks, but Isabella had previously pretended to give up and withdrawn the divine structure of Holy Fire, attaching it to the unreleased Divine Intervention.

This allowed the divine intervention to resist the black line and ignite it into a divine fire.

"Take this, teacher!"

"I unleash my full power, a holy fire that erupts indiscriminately with the aim of mutual destruction!"

The next instant, pure white flames burst forth!

　Prepare to be challenged, fellow readers!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)