Chapter Seventy-Three: Boiling Blood
The pitch-black thing suppressed the blazing white fireworks, and the demons retreated in fear, hiding not far away and watching the battle like jackals.
The heat couldn't shake it, and the deadly black sword was so striking in the blazing white pure flame that it pierced Ed completely.
"So...... Were you teasing me before?"
This is the power to turn the tide of battle, and with the awakening of Lorenzo's secret blood, Eddard's defenselessness is powerless.
"No, I just don't think it's necessary, because the Evangelical Church will find out if the level of Secret Blood Awakening is too high, and like you said, Order Thirteen has been carried out, and the Templar Knights will never stop until all the Secret Blood is recovered. ”
Lorenzo was just troublesome, he had hidden a lot in Old Dunling, and no one had discovered him for six years, not even that anyone was qualified to let him awaken the secret blood to such an extent.
The Demon Hunters are dead, but the Evangelical Church remains, and in the name of their faith they have assembled an armed force called the Templars, and all the faithful will become their eagle dogs. The secret blood is a precious treasure for which the Evangelical Church will not be allowed to wander.
"So what's it now, I've finally made you face it?"
Ed gripped the razor-sharp black sword, the rising heat trying to fuse it.
Lorenzo's face was completely hidden under the visor, and only the blazing fireworks poured out of the cracks, swaying slightly, leaving a white trail.
"Not really, it's just that there's something more worthwhile for me to do, so I don't have time for you to hang out here. ”
Holding the black sword with his backhand in his hand, he pulled it out again, and the burning blood swayed, and the next moment Ed also raised the mottled nail sword, and slashed it down with fireworks.
The collapse of metal sparkled in a chaotic manner.
Like a burning beast, Eddard slashed wildly with his blade, and on top of the burning body, more metal began to precipitate, like raised spikes, blazing white and pitch black together, and then shaking into the clump of blood.
There was a sharp warning in my ears, a cold voice, like a machine.
It's the silver bolt, the damn thing is screaming in his ear, it's a technique from the Order, witchers are the hunting dogs, but every hound needs its own collar.
Ed had broken through the threshold, and the secret blood was multiplying wildly in his body, spreading continuously, filling his body with power and ominousness.
Repeated slashes, Ed could even see Lorenzo's state clearly, all he had left in his mind was the slash, every metal impact would make him happy, he hit Lorenzo, as long as this continued, no matter how hard the armor was, it would shatter under his own attack.
He was so happy, not only did Lorenzo finally show his power, but more because it was the source of this power, a power that Ed had never seen before, maybe it had something to do with Advent night? he was getting closer and closer to that nightmare answer, getting closer and closer to it......
A sudden sting interrupted Eddard's thoughts, and the blade swung like a jammed machine, stuck in mid-air, never moving again.
"So...... What is this?"
He looked at the witcher in front of him, the pitch-black armor not only covering himself, but also expanding outward, like a savagely growing branch, hanging from the body, and then merging into the clump of blood, so the pitch-black thorns whipped up from the earth at Lorenzo's feet, and whipped Ed fiercely, leaving a large blood stain in his mouth.
Under the heavy sword blow, the armor was slightly torn, and a gray-blue eye appeared under it.
Lorenzo's counterattack began, like a simple turn-based game, until one side couldn't hold it anymore, and the thorns bounced violently, as if the spear was piercing through the fireworks.
Ed clenched his sword and slashed down at the oncoming Lorenzo, the screeching of the lightning and flint causing the air to stir.
The Burning Shadow charged for some distance, and finally came to a slow stop, not having the will to attack again, he stood alone in place, his head bowed.
It was the blade that had been fighting with Ed for a long time, and after losing the support of the Order, this mass-produced nail sword became Ed's only sustenance for the past, and he witnessed everything about Ed in these crazy six years.
But now it was already full of cracks, and now it finally broke, in fact, Ed realized this a long time ago, the blade is a consumable, and no matter how he takes care of it, it will break one day, just like the witcher.
Slowly turning his head, he held a broken blade in his hand, and there were dozens of small wounds in his mouth, as if Lorenzo swung his sword dozens of times at the moment of the confrontation, which was extraordinary speed, but with Lorenzo's strength, he obviously couldn't do it.
It's the jet-black sword.
The black sword in his hand hung low, and sharp thorns were entwined around it, like a poisonous snake swimming on a stone pillar, and it was it that scratched Ed at the moment of the confrontation.
"Stop, Eddard, you can't win against me, and if you let the secret blood increase in value, you'll trigger the melting of the Silver Bolt. ”
There was a heavy sound from under the pitch-black armor, the iron armor seemed to be wrapped in a blazing white star, and faint fireworks poured out from the gap where the iron armor intersected, like breathing, rising and weakening.
"No...... It's not over yet. ”
Eddard gripped the broken blade tightly, ignoring the frenzied warnings in his mind, and more silver-white metal precipitated from under his body, like iron forged in a furnace under the scorching flame, and it flowed down his arm, connecting the broken blade, and solidifying into a new sword above the fracture.
[Warning, the secret blood has awakened 67%, and the critical value has been broken.] 】
[The Bolt of Silver Melts 13%]
[You have ninety seconds to act under the Scabbard Treaty, after which you are advised to disarm and wait for the Templars to recover them, as any resistance will be judged hostile.] 】
The sound of chirping was non-stop, and the toxin called Holy Silver was spreading in the body with the awakening of the secret blood, and Ed was about to die, but it was also more powerful than ever.
Now he didn't care about anything, he just wanted to get the answer, the answer that destroyed all dreams.
Ed was such a comrade-in-arms that they should have enjoyed honor and cheers, but they died in the shadow of history, unknown and remembered.
[Warning! Warning!]
The Pure Flame rose again, burning more and more fiercely.
The secret blood came from demons, and now the proportion of Eddard's part of the human body began to decrease, and the effect called erosion was acting on him, followed by the mutation of blood, and finally the blazing pure flame burned along with his blood.
[Warning! Warning!]
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As the last boundaries were breached, the damn sound finally disappeared.
The Black Knight looked at the burning shadow like a falling meteor, the last moment before it faded, and it was also the brightest moment.
"It's sad. ”
He whispered, swooping down with his sword and thorns. u