Chapter 875: The Messenger of Terrifying Gospel 4k
With the guidance of massive mana, the air in the arena visibly became more humid.
A torrent of water elements formed a huge vortex in the air, illuminating half of the arena with a deep blue glow.
Silas Andy’s sharp gaze allowed him to swiftly complete the summoning of the field card.
【Deep Sea World】 was a type of water attribute field card.
But unlike ordinary water attribute field cards, it also possessed additional traits compatible with the deck in his hand.
One of these traits was the increase of the “Deep Sea Terror” effect.
This made even land-based creatures and those in shallow waters feel fear.
The ultimate skill of 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】—【Terrifying Lantern】—would be enhanced by this!
“Feel the fear of the deep sea!”
Silas Andy waved his mana spirit card, and the torrent of water elements in the air rushed down towards the arena.
His red side field was quickly engulfed by waves within seconds, followed by even fiercer waves surging towards the blue side field, as if thousands of horses were roaring in unison.
At this moment, the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 in the blue side summoning zone was trembling.
The 【Moon Beast】 had just materialized from the summoning light.
The one leading the charge was immediately hit by the green light of the 【Terrifying Lantern】.
The already tearful 【Moon Beast】 covered its head with its large ears, tears streaming from its eyes.
“Moon Beast!”
Dark attempted to call out, but the fear effect caused by the ultimate skill was indeed not easy to dispel.
Whether it was the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 or the 【Moon Beast】, they both lost their ability to act at this moment.
On the red side competitors’ platform, Silas Andy watched this scene and sneered inwardly.
When it came to abnormal states, they were usually “poisoned”, “paralyzed”, “asleep”, “frozen”, or “charmed”. Abnormal states like “fear” were relatively rare and harder to deal with.
His 【Deep Sea】 deck was built around “terror” as its core, originally reserved as a trump card for facing stronger opponents.
If not for envy… he would never have used this deck against a second-year student!
“Deep Sea Anglerfish! Ocean Demon!”
Silas Andy waved his hand again, issuing an order.
The eyes of that 【Deep Sea】 creature instantly released blood-red light.
Its demon horn emerged from beneath the fish scales on its forehead.
In that instant, its body stretched out, its fins moved upward, revealing two bony arms from its abdomen, transforming it into a grotesque fish-man with a top-heavy appearance.
Then, this “demonized” 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 shot out towards the blue side field along the surging current!
Its body was enveloped in a bloody radiance, making its speed in the water even faster than before.
At the same time, its mana decreased while its attack power surged, far exceeding the range of a three-star mana spirit.
Moreover, 【Deep Sea World】 had the usual effects of a water attribute field, increasing the attack power of deep-sea fish species and water attribute mana spirits, as well as enhancing the power of water attribute ultimate skills.
With all these factors combined, the attack power of the 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 could even break through the defense of the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】!
If it were the 【Moon Beast】, it might even be killed outright!
“Mia mia mia!”
Facing the surging ocean waves, the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 let out a panicked cry.
Dark reached out during this brief moment, pulling the blue side mana guidance ball high into the sky first.
His expression was unusually grave, his mind racing as he held the 【Bliss III·Moon】 in his hand.
Contrary to Silas Andy’s imagination, he wasn’t worried about “terror.” With any of the 【Bliss】 series of capital sin decks, he could easily counteract such an abnormal state.
Even if the green light of the 【Terrifying Lantern】 continued to shine, he could still effectively avoid it with certain measures.
What worried him was Silas Andy’s 【Deep Sea World】.
Once 【Deep Sea World】 was fully deployed, this arena would become Silas Andy’s domain!
“In the name of Dark Demon, Mana Summoning—【Bliss III·Moon】!”
No matter what, he still summoned and activated this third mana spirit card before being swallowed up by the 【Deep Sea World】 in the blue side half-field!
Moonlight immediately showered down from the sky.
Brilliant blissful light burst forth from the mana spirit card of 【Bliss III·Moon】.
Under his control, the power of 【Bliss】 transformed into a pink light column, enveloping both the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 and the 【Moon Beast】 in the blue side summoning zone.
“Moon Beast!”
He called out the name of the 【Moon Beast】 once more.
This time, the 【Moon Beast】 finally responded to his call.
The mana spirit, resembling a cute moon rabbit under the illumination of the 【Blissful Light】, suddenly raised its head, its tears disappearing instantly, and the fear in its eyes turning into joy.
【Moon Beast】 → Evolution → 【Rex Beast】!
【Rex Beast】 was a rabbit-type mana spirit. Its slender body had strong lower limbs and possessed astonishing jumping power. It wore fingerless gloves named 【Moon Gloves】 on its hands, and had six tentacles resembling a tail sprouting from its back, looking like a seasoned warrior.
However, it did not have a fighting attribute; instead, it was a mana spirit of the 【Dark Attribute】 and 【Water Attribute】!
“Indeed!”
Dark whispered.
After the evolution of the 【Moon Beast】 into the 【Rex Beast】, the effect of 【Bliss III·Moon】 still remained, preventing it from being affected by the 【Terrifying Lantern】.
But the 【Rex Beast】… was not enough!
“Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit, Fairy Tale Armed!”
Dark’s voice suddenly became intense, causing the audience’s attention to instantly focus on the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 behind the 【Rex Beast】.
Without using the 【Call Companions】 skill, Dark directly summoned the 【Fairy Tale Armed】!
And in everyone’s astonished gazes, a six-pointed star summoning array suddenly appeared under the feet of the little rabbit holding the stump.
Without needing to drive the summoning, a giant machine towering six meters tall, wielding the powers of fire and earth—the 【Light Emissary】—slowly emerged from the summoning array.
The 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 sat atop the head of the 【Light Emissary】, its previously fearful face now filled with frenzied joy.
“Mia—”
It let out a scream, sliding down from the head of the 【Light Emissary】 and diving into the 【Heart Shield】 in its chest, entering the cockpit!
“Oh my God!”
Announcer Kingsley’s exclamation suddenly rang out.
Tonja’s eyes also revealed shock.
The 【Saint Son】 Evan Pearson in the spectator ring asked Edvin Clarissa with confusion, “What are they so surprised about?”
Edvin suppressed his surprise and quickly said, “They are likely surprised by how deeply Dark has been hiding!”
Evan Pearson: “What?”
He still didn’t understand.
Wasn’t it just a powerful ultimate skill for summoning a vehicle-type armed unit?
Although the vehicle-type armed unit looked impressive, what use was a two-star mana spirit with zero attack summoning such a unit?
Ultimately, with only 1000 mana points, how long could it last?
Evan Pearson wanted to ask more, but Edvin’s attention was no longer on him.
…
The waves of the 【Deep Sea World】 completely engulfed the entire arena, forming a gigantic water tank over five meters deep under the control of mana.
The water level was almost at the front of the competitors’ platform.
The 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 that had already undergone “demonization” charged straight at the 【Rex Beast]—as if it had never died before!
【Rex Beast】 stood in the water. At the moment when the 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 opened its blood-filled mouth to bite, it struck straight ahead with a punch.
“Boom!”
The seawater instantly exploded.
【Rex Beast】 frowned, sensing an unusual resistance.
But his heavy punch, amplified by the fixed 300 points of attack from the 【Moon Gloves】, reached an astounding 3300 points.
Even weakened by the resistance of the seawater, there was no doubt that the punch shattered the head of the 【Deep Sea Anglerfish].
Instant kill!
…
A six-star mana spirit killing a three-star mana spirit was nothing out of the ordinary.
But in the current situation, it seemed somewhat strange.
Dark did not relax his guard because of this.
In fact, when he activated the 【Bliss III·Moon】, he had already noticed that the mana spirit card summoned simultaneously by Silas Andy had not been activated.
“Is it a secret rite card?”
His eyelids slightly closed, his right fingers tapping on the spellboard.
“If I haven’t miscalculated, this is a secret rite card of the ‘death upon death’ type.”
As if to confirm his guess, the mana spirit card in Silas Andy’s hand lit up at the moment the 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 died!
This was not an extraordinary tactic.
If Dark had not used the 【Bliss III·Moon】, the 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 would at least have been able to kill the 【Moon Beast].
And if the attempt failed, it would have led to its own demise.
Unlike others’ expectations, whether the 【Moon Beast】 was killed or the 【Deep Sea Anglerfish】 was killed, Silas Andy’s 【Secret Rite Card】 could still be activated!
The souls of the dead in the deep sea would eventually be consumed by the terror of the deep sea, ultimately becoming lost souls spreading terror.
Secret Rite Card—【Terrifying Gospel】!
A chilling melody suddenly played, and a vortex of death surged from the depths of the “deep sea.”
The lost soul spreading terror—the 【Deep Sea Lost Soul】—slowly emerged from the vortex.
It was a six-star mana spirit wearing a pitch-black water robe, carrying a huge scythe, resembling a “Death” figure!
The ritual conditions for 【Terrifying Gospel】 were not strict, so the summoned 【Deep Sea Lost Soul】 naturally could not be a third-tier mana spirit.
Its black robe fluttered with the flow of water, revealing a skeleton with a fish head and human body.
Once it emerged from the vortex, it spread open the Book of Terrifying Gospel in its hand, spontaneously beginning to spread the gospel of terror—manifested by the release of dark ripples from the book.
These rapidly spreading dark ripples instantly covered the entire arena.
Both the 【Rex Beast】 and the 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 inside the 【Light Emissary】 were affected by the dark ripples.
The 【Rex Beast】 successfully resisted the pollution of the terrifying gospel.
The 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】, however, was once again enveloped by terror!
Standing in the seawater, the 【Light Emissary】 was in a state where it could not move.
…
Both sides completed several exchanges in just one round.
But there was no clear advantage in the overall situation.
Dark’s trusted 【Fairy Tale Animal·Little Rabbit】 could not escape the “terror” pollution.
The 【Deep Sea Lost Soul】 summoned by Silas Andy was also only a six-star, similar to the 【Rex Beast】.
Before they officially clashed, no one could confirm their strength.
And Silas Andy, who had boasted of a “one-round quick kill” at the start, certainly wouldn’t be satisfied with the current situation.
Even after confirming the successful summoning of the 【Deep Sea Lost Soul】, he immediately initiated his fourth summon in this first round!
Dark, after rapid contemplation, was just about to give an offensive command to the 【Rex Beast], when he sensed an increasingly turbulent water element in the arena!
He suddenly looked up, staring at the opposite Silas Andy.
Silas Andy wore a mocking smile, his lips moving rapidly. The incantation, almost seamlessly connected in tone, flowed quickly from his mouth.
This was a special summoning spell that Dark had never encountered before, distinct from both regular summoning spells and sacrificial summoning spells.
“Reverse Flow Summoning!”
Dark immediately understood.
He sharply turned his gaze to the arena.
Due to the presence of the 【Deep Sea World】, an abnormally large amount of water elements had gathered in this arena.
If there were water element creatures with an 【Elemental Eye】 or an 【Elemental Heart】, they could summon them immediately using special summoning techniques.
But in this case, Silas Andy preferred to use the secret rite card 【Terrifying Gospel】 to summon the 【Deep Sea Lost Soul】 from the secret rite card, rather than summon water element creatures. This meant that the probability of having a water element mana spirit in his hand was extremely low.
Given this, the basic effect of the 【Reverse Flow Summoning】 had largely lost its meaning.
Yet Silas Andy was still using the 【Reverse Flow Summoning】!
This could only mean that his true purpose in using the 【Reverse Flow Summoning】 was to meet the conditions of some special ritual!
Just as Dark learned from Senior Pandora, Silas Andy must have mana spirit cards capable of responding to such summons.
Furthermore, the mana spirit summoned by the secret rite triggered by the disintegration of a six-star mana spirit would necessarily be a third-tier mana spirit!
Silas Andy’s forced summoning regardless of efficiency was clearly aimed at summoning a third-tier mana spirit in the first round to achieve a “one-round quick kill.”
Such a petulant behavior was indeed unwise!
The power of the 【Deep Sea Lost Soul】 had yet to be fully displayed, but it was about to become a sacrifice.
The entire flow of water in the 【Deep Sea World】 actually began to rotate counterclockwise under the guidance of the 【Reverse Flow Summoning】.
