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Underground hall.

Facing Alonso, the bird-man creature flapping its wings as it swiftly attacked.

Rein pulled out a scroll surging with air energy from within his chest, which was the Sorcery Scroll 'Summon Hurricane' he had obtained from Adams and had long possessed.

As Rein tore the scroll, instantly, a hurricane containing powerful energy swept towards Alonso, the newly transformed bird-man.

Since Alonso had just been affected by the power of the Evil God and had become one with wings, his body was still adapting to the control of the wings. He could accelerate quickly in straight lines, but to fly agilely up and down would take some time.

Instantly, under the strong influence of the hurricane, the bird-man Alonso was struck and rolled 360 degrees in the air, his entire body buffeted wildly by the wind.

"Swoosh!"

Just as he barely stabilized his form, a silver arc of sword light flashed by!

At this moment Alonso, although still in mid-air, had his wings beginning to stall.

A gash appeared from his left neck, slanting down across his chest and abdomen, all the way to his right flank!

With a "sssst" sound, like that of a high-pressure water gun firing, blood gushed out!

"Plop! Plop!"

What followed were two sounds of heavy objects hitting the ground!

The bisected corpse fell almost simultaneously to the floor... with various body fluids and organs scattered all around!

And the two segments of the body that had fallen to the ground seemed unwilling, as if they wanted to do something more, but what followed was merely violent twitching of some limbs!

However...

As life ebbed away, the power of the Evil God seemed to dissipate as well, and Alonso's pitch-black eyes began to change, showing whites once again.

At the same time, something like clarity seemed to return to his eyes.

He managed to give Rein a look, his eyes filled with a mixture of resentfulness, regret, and frustration, and the next second, his lips muttered twice before he took his last breath...

Rein glanced at the dead Alonso and immediately refocused his attention on the Black Flame High Priest, whose aura was undergoing dramatic changes!

Because Rein could clearly feel that the opponent's aura was escalating, erupting like a volcano.

At the same time, the originally stout body of the Black Flame High Priest, over two meters tall, was rapidly expanding...

Two meters fifty...

Three meters...

Three meters fifty...

Suddenly, the intensity of this aura surpassed everyone Rein had ever met, including Captain Baron, Count Habs, and other Peak Knights, seemingly stepping into a higher realm all at once!

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Outside the black energy barrier.

The shield-bearing strongman gestured to Rudolph, "Don't waste your scrolls, leave it to me!"

The strongman suddenly unstrapped the shield on his back, revealing a secret: embedded within the interior of the shield was a platinum-colored staff about 1.2 meters in length. Find adventures on My Virtual Library Empire

Holding the platinum staff, he muttered something and then hurled it at the black barrier with all his might!

In an instant, the platinum staff burst into a dazzling white light, and a mighty and majestic aura spread out, completely countering the just-a-bit of the Evil God's will!

Watching the staff resembling a streak of white lightning strike the black energy barrier, Rudolph was shocked!

He murmured as he watched this spectacle, "Could this be the Imperial Staff?"

"Of course not, this is just a replica of the staff of His Majesty the Emperor," said the man holding a short wand nonchalantly.

"Compared to the true Imperial Staff, its power is less than one percent, but it's more than enough to deal with this projection of the Evil God's will!"

"Crack!" The platinum staff effortlessly pierced through the defense of the black barrier, as simply as a hammer shattering an egg.

Then everyone watched as the platinum staff, like a meteor streaking across the sky, shot with incredible speed toward a certain spot underground!

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At that moment, Rein took out the leaf from his chest that he had kept but never used.

This leaf, which one could feel surging with potent life energy when held, was actually a special Sorcery Scroll, a gift from Anna's aunt, the Elf Lady.

Rein positioned it in the most accessible spot.

Suddenly, the Lyth battle hound 'Cookie' quickly ran to Rein's side. Rein thought for a moment, then picked up his battle bow again and drew one of the two remaining steel arrows.

Clearly, it was best to see if he could interrupt whatever was happening with the Black Flame High Priest in his current state.

Approaching with the greatsword for melee combat was too dangerous, whereas if he attacked from a distance, it was worth an attempt.

In fact, Rein had always been hesitant about how to allocate his newly acquired Skill Points as a Pharmacist. Should he enhance his Giant Bear Sword Technique or Blood Fury Archery?

On one hand, the Giant Bear Sword Technique was the first Combat Skill he had learned as a Transcendent, and he was very fond of it.

But ever since he mastered the secret technique level of Tokkal Hammer Technique, from the perspective of combat versatility, investing Skill Points into a similar melee combat skill would yield lower returns.

On the other hand, upgrading Blood Fury Archery, a ranged attack skill, could not only patch up his shortcoming in ranged combat but also, given the current circumstances, using archery to interrupt the Black Flame High Priest's augmentation was the safest option.