Chapter 433: The Bishop
“David…the members of the church here are all elites, difficult to deal with.
All you need to do is hold them off until the ‘monster’ that is chasing us arrives at this level, then naturally, they will be dealt with.”
Han Dong turns to Kelvin, a young man who has reached the “G2” Phase.
“Kelvin, come with me… let’s go straight to this hidden bishop.”
Releasing a swarm of crows carrying Kelvin, they, along with Han Dong, charge the bishop directly.
The instructors below barely react to the infiltrators flying overhead… it seems the bishop has telepathically informed all instructors that he will personally handle the fresh offerings that have come to his door.
This bishop corresponds to the highest difficulty omen of this “Mist”.
At the same time, he himself is tied to a rather peculiar attribute – the “Void”.
According to the deputy bishop’s intelligence, this Bishop Wilcotts, also known as the Zealot, through a special method, draws energy from every aspect and thus, unexpectedly, touches upon the realm of the void.
Compared to some original lifeforms in the void, he is not weak at all.
He is even a level beyond Nicole, who is a deep-sea diver from the royal family.
The following is the information provided by the auxiliary bishop:
“The bishop has offered half of his body to the void. In return, the void created a half-physical body for him.
If compared with the branch churches all over the world.
The void energy the Bishop currently possesses, is enough to integrate him into the Church as a whole, but greed keeps him here, trying to acquire more potent power.
The power of the void allows the bishop to cause essential damage directly to various life forms, and it is also unpredictable, even a soul body like mine can easily be killed by the bishop.
At the same time, the Void is a double-edged sword… if one is not careful, the bishop himself will never be reincarnated.”
“A characteristic of the Void… let me try.”
As soon as Han Dong was in range, he attacked.
A plague technique unique to Han Dong, a fusion of plague, black magic, and pollution… upon contact with any living organism, the beam of the Black Plague would simultaneously corrode their physical being and consciousness.
The bishop lifts a void-purple-spotted right hand and gently swipes.
Hum~ A miniature void mouth is torn open seemingly out of thin air.
The Black Plague is completely sucked into it.
“Hmm!? He can tear the void unidirectionally… How about this?”
Han Dong raises his left arm.
The stone ground around the bishop immediately disintegrates into sand and binds into over ten sand cones piercing towards the bishop’s body.
As the sand cones touch the bishop’s deep purple gown, a phenomenon of spatial jumping occurs immediately… what they pierce is only the void, not the inside of the gown.
“A Void Robe? So why does he need to draw a Void Passage when confronted with the Black Plague? This implies, this kind of gown is not omnipotent… some attacks cannot be avoided.
To defeat this bishop, we must first break his magical robe.
The settings of ‘Mist’ are quite troublesome, completely weakening the various magical abilities I possess, how could the yellow sand ability from Imhotep be so weak.”
Distracted by his thoughts, Han Dong suddenly feels a sense of danger. The two crows on his shoulder immediately caw in warning.
From under the bishop’s sleeve, a tangible yet intangible purple arm swiftly swipes… Whoosh!
It grazes past Han Dong’s body, leaving a void rupture at the place of its swipe… if it had made direct contact, his flesh might have been stripped in an instant.
A few spiral bone arrows are shot from different angles towards the bishop… Kelvin comes to assist, hoping to take some pressure off Han Dong.
But the outcome remains the same.
Even an arrow that looked like it could penetrate directly through the bishop’s hood’s mouth was hijacked into the void.
If we cannot break this spell robe, physical attacks will be futile.
“Maintain constant attacks, anticipate the bishop’s attacks in advance…”
Han Dong’s instructions are transmitted directly into Kelvin’s ears through a crow.
Kelvin instantly propped himself up with one hand, swiftly rolling to the side and successfully evading the Void Arm attempting to grab him from the side.
His high mobility and the keen observational skills of a shooter are why Han Dong chose to bring this young man along.
If other townsfolk faced the bishop, the symbol of the most unfavorable omen, they would be stripped away by the Void and meet their deaths within three seconds.
Han Dong did not use any deep level powers, only contending with Yellow Sand and the plague.
His goal was simple, just to buy some time.
However, the battle situation at the rear was not looking good.
The Zombie Corps led by the protagonist was completely at a disadvantage when fighting against the elite instructors below.
They were only hanging on due to the ultra-strong regeneration of the G Virus, and weren’t even able to confront them head-on.
Up till now, two villagers had had their ‘heads’ shattered and their consciousness dispersing.
This caused the G Virus to spiral out of control, catalyzing the body to proliferate wildly, forming a giant fleshy lump filled with sharp-teethed mouths… If this continued, they wouldn’t last much longer.
A heavy footstep echoed from the entrance.
This made Han Dong, who was flying in the air, smile.
“Finally arrived… This thing can’t activate ‘Spatial Movement’ without a target. It’s really slow.”
The long-awaited Chimera Monster had finally arrived at the bottommost floor.
After sensing the breath of living beings, it instantly teleported in front of a red-robed instructor.
This red-robed instructor itself wasn’t weak.
He had fused with a crab-like life-form boasting immense defense power and an impenetrable body. His two giant front claws easily snapped a villager’s body.
But… such attacks and defenses were useless in front of the monster.
Innumerable arms, feet, and even some organs quickly clung to the crab instructor’s body.
His giant claws could snap off only a few arms, completely incapable of hindering the monster’s movements.
In an instant, he was swallowed by the monster.
The next second, a giant crab’s claw sprouted from the creature’s side, and parts of its body began to develop durable crab shell structures.
The area turned into chaos due to the monster’s appearance, instructors panicking and becoming vigilant.
Even the bishop, who was hell-bent on winning, was affected to some extent.
In the instant his attention was diverted…
Han Dong swung his right arm with full strength.
In a moment, his forearm disintegrated rapidly into four spotted tentacles.
Ignoring the effects of the Void, the tentacles wrapped around the bishop’s gown and forcibly tore off the gown enveloping his body.
However, once the gown was removed from the bishop, it lost its ‘form’ and turned into a kind of purple liquid originating from the Void.
The liquid was extremely corrosive, leaving a few large purple holes on the tentacle’s surface.
The pain caused veins to bulge on Han Dong’s forehead, his whole body convulsing.
The pain from the tentacle wound was as if his soul had been hurt… it was excruciating.
He swiftly consumed some energy to repair the large purple wounds on the tentacle’s surface.
“This guy isn’t human anymore, is he?”
Hidden under the gown, the bishop who ruled this church branch- Wilcotts, the Zealot, was a bald individual donning a tightly fitting outfit in the style of Prometheus (Origin of Aliens).
Black circular structures and several layers of internal pipes were connected to multiple parts of his body.
A flexible black neck support wrapped around his neck and the back of his head.
Other than his skull, all exposed parts of his body’s skin were covered in Void patterning.
A Void Gem was embedded between the eyebrows on his bald skull.
His pupils were entirely Void-like, seemingly capable of penetrating deeply into matter.
The bishop slightly bent his knees, making a ceremonial greeting movement towards Han Dong:
“Messenger… I welcome your arrival.”