Mystery Paradise: Wishing Power Demon

Chapter 197: Chapter 196: The Temple Reemerges

Chapter 197 -196: The Temple Reemerges

Vance White seemed to realize that even if he were to block the device at close range, he would still be in for a rough time. The moment the Russian fired, he had already propelled the black stripes on his back forward, and at a position thirty meters in front of him, they spread out to form a pair of interlocked “palms.”

The next second, a deafening explosion suddenly echoed through the mine, the reverberation of the sound causing the ground to tremble!

The dust from this explosion took a full minute to clear.

Vance’s black palms were no longer intact—they had been blown open with two noticeable gaps, the result of the shreds tearing and forming holes.

“Knew I should’ve used armor-piercing rounds!” Anthony spat. Since they were dealing with heretics this time, he had exchanged for high-explosive grenades, not anticipating that the enemy’s black stripes could morph and defend like armor in front of him. If they were shaped-charge armor-piercing rounds, he reckoned the metal jets alone would have turned the enemy into a sieve.

Vance White sensed the danger.

This weapon, though fired by a single infantryman, was no less powerful than an army artillery piece. The Mark of Death granted by divinities could regenerate quickly, but it couldn’t withstand the continuous bombardments of the enemy. Judging from their firing intervals just now, it was possible they could injure his true body.

Death was not the end, but it shouldn’t be now.

Besides, after dragging this out so long, there was enough time.

With the holy emblem of the Order of Causality as a primer and the will of divinities as fuel, it was sufficient to create a miracle that would capture the attention of the world!

“Of the questions you just asked, I can answer the last one.” He retracted the tentacles in front of him, spread his arms out, and said, “I’m here to welcome my lord.”

“You mean the Evil God?” Cui Zhen’en shouted.

“The distinction between good and evil in humans has no meaning for the Primordial Gods. Its existence is significance itself; once you merge with it, you will naturally understand everything I’ve said.”

After saying this, he turned and retreated back into the cave.

“Trying to run?” Anthony had already loaded the last grenade and immediately gave chase when he saw Vance retreat.

“Wait… never mind, let’s follow!” Zhang Zhiyuan, realizing his words of persuasion were futile, could only switch to his rifle and pursue as well.

But before the group had run halfway, they saw a strange light suddenly burst within the cave—those lights no longer moved in a straight line but slithered out like countless thin snakes, each beam leaving an almost blood-red trail wherever it passed.

Zhang Zhiyuan’s heart sank.

For the area covered by this light was much like the stern of the M.S. Joy Goddess the night before!

He tried to dodge, but how could light be avoided? Moreover, the snake-like light clung to the ground and left no shadow in the uneven terrain!

Almost instantly, their location was enveloped by these serpentine beams of light—forming a rapidly expanding circle with the Glowing Stone cave at its center.

Then Zhang Zhiyuan saw Anthony’s head burst open again.

Damn it, not again!?

He raised his gun to shoot at the brains of his companions that were emerging, but he too lost consciousness the next second.

In fact, when the red light swept over everyone, Anthony, Qianyuan Mingzi, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Zhou Zhi’s heads exploded in succession, and like mice, their brains scurried fearfully towards the outside of the mine.

At the same time, the ground began to shake, and the rock layers split open with fissures hundreds of meters wide!

On the surface, it resulted in a sudden earthquake!

“An earthquake?” Ailuodi slammed on the brakes.

Even though they were still some distance from the Huiqiu Mine Area, they could feel the intense trembling; the ground undulated like waves, and not far away, the railways were directly torn apart.

If even here was shaking, one could only imagine the situation in the underground mine area.

“What about Zhang Zhiyuan and the others?”

“Gone,” Chao said somberly, “It’s exactly the same as what happened on the ship, except the area affected is much larger this time.”

The aft deck of the “Joyful Goddess” spanned over five hundred square meters, yet the massive cavern at the bottom of the mine was at least tens of thousands of square meters in size—the two were not even in the same league!

And judging from where the serpentine red light was emitted, that bizarre thing in the depths was the source of the anomalies!

If even the range of an RPG couldn’t effectively threaten the source of the red light, and personnel would immediately turn into monsters upon approaching, then what methods did they have left to counter the enemy?

“Damn it!” Leisk, sitting in the back row, suddenly cried out, “I sense an extremely strong evil presence to the east! But this intensity… How is it possible?”

“Is it of a very high level?”

“We can’t even describe it as high anymore… I can only say it’s unprecedented,” Leisk muttered, “Even the mist is starting to give way to it…”

Chaoyang was taken aback. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

And Ailuodi had already exclaimed, “Look over there, the mist is dispersing!”

He looked in the direction the Angel was pointing and saw, for the first time, a gap in the sky that had been shrouded in layers of mist. Beyond the gap was a blue sky with white clouds, and sunlight streamed in, casting several golden columns of light on the wall of mist. It should have been an incredibly beautiful sight, but the thought that it was instigated by the Heretical Cult made Chaoyang’s scalp tingle.

Leisk couldn’t help but pull out the Fog Horn.

“This won’t do… If new mist isn’t put in place, this will become a breach for the Evil God to contaminate the world. I’m sorry, I must call upon the Envoy of Mist now!”

“Wait, it’s not time for that yet,” Chaoyang quickly urged, “You promised me, you wouldn’t blow the horn unless it was absolutely necessary.”

Leisk hesitated, his hand stopping, “But…”

“I will come up with a way, trust me.”

Magnificent Castle was his main stronghold of wishing power, after all. He had worked so hard to build it to its current state; how could he possibly hand it over to the enemy so easily? Whether or not he ultimately had a way, he had to appear resolutely confident at this moment.

Chaoyang had considered persuading the Yeni Temple to relocate to the Old Continent, but firstly, convincing all the nuns to agree would be extremely difficult, and secondly, if the Paradise Master couldn’t even protect a small sanctuary, the appeal of following the faith would definitely plummet. What’s more, if there were Heretical Cult activities in the New Continent, wouldn’t there be any in the Old Continent? The live example of the City of Defense was right before their eyes; they surely couldn’t just move home every time they encountered the Heretical Cult, could they?

The boy hesitated for a moment, but finally lowered his hand that was holding the horn.

Meanwhile, the surface of the mine had been shaken to pieces, with large rock faces rising from the depths, carrying with them many houses, train carriages, and mining equipment off the ground, slowly ascending into the sky. The Meyer Temple, long sealed underground, was finally seeing the light of day once more!

…

“What’s going on here?” Woody was so shocked by the sight before his eyes that he was dumbfounded—the mine had flown into the sky!?

He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.

A mountain range, almost half the size of a city block, was slowly rising into the sky, with groundwater flowing from the mountain, creating thin waterfalls. The hundreds of mining tunnels excavated by Gaotian Company were like “windows” in the mountain, and he could even see the cross-sections of these tunnels clearly.

The City Defense soldiers who had already breached the mine were ascending with the mountain. Some who were not careful fell and met their fate by plunging into the huge pits that appeared below, shattered to pieces!

“Commander, what do we do?”

“Commander!”

“Lord Woody!”

Voices trembling with fear kept calling out around him.

He slowly turned his head, looking at the fifty or so people who stayed by his side—in their eyes, filled with fright and confusion, Woody saw his own expression mirrored back at him.

“All forces… retreat.”

That was the only answer he could come up with.

Just then, a ring of blood-red light caught Woody’s eye. They twisted like snakes, emerging from the bottom of the pit, fangs bared and claws dancing as they lunged toward them.