Chapter 1209 No Way Out

Chapter 1209 No Way Out

The Sin of Solace was a Transcendent Memory, and one that had an enchantment enhancing the material of the blade, at that. And yet, as soon as the creature grabbed the white jade, Sunny felt that it was moments away from breaking.

He had been planning to deliver the follow-up strike while augmenting the cursed sword with all five of his shadows, but it felt like if he did, there would be no sword for him to augment.

Cursing, Sunny hurriedly dismissed the jade blade and staggered back.

At the same time, Master Xu moved, and Saint was suddenly flying back. She hit the wall of the chamber with a deafening boom, shattering the black stones and creating a deep crater. White sand flowed from the cracks, falling on her broken armor.

A split second later, Jet brought her glaive down on the harrowing creature. Its ghostly blade passed through the abomination's dead flesh unimpeded, cutting straight into its soul... then, a net of black cracks spread through the enchanted steel, and it exploded into countless fragments. Startled, Soul Reaper lost her balance.

Seishan's delicate hands were like demonic claws, easily slicing through the creature's neck.

But the creature was still smiling.

The wound on its chest that the Sin of Solace had left behind had already closed. The deep cut delivered by Saint's sword was gone, too. As Sunny, Jet, and Seishan watched in horror, the mangled neck of Master Xu rippled and healed, with not a speck left on his skin.

"W—what..."

Seishan's voice suddenly sounded small.

At the same time, she sent Sunny a tense mental message:

[What do we do?]

He was the one who had informed her about the nature of the newcomer, so Seishan must have hoped that Sunny knew something about how to deal with the creature.

However, he did not. He only knew that fighting it was suicidal.

Sunny did not hesitate at all. Dismissing Saint, he dashed back and shouted:

"Run!"

In the next moment, the whirlwind of sparks filling the chamber finally coalesced into a lumbering, monstrous figure. A bestial hand exploded forward, swatting Master Xu aside and slamming him against the wall.

The Spell whispered into Sunny's ears:

[Your Echo has been destroyed.]

He staggered and gritted his teeth.

'Just... just like that?'

Sunny knew that the Echo of Dire Fang would not be able to defeat the harrowing creature, but still... he had not expected it to be destroyed in mere seconds.

He had just gotten that Echo. And now, it was gone.

Just what kind of horror was wearing the body of Master Xu?

...No matter what it was, the three of them were not capable of fighting it.

Even if Dire Fang himself had been here — or all the other Saints of the great clans — Sunny was not sure that the abomination could have been stopped.

Summoning Nightmare, he shouted to Jet and Seishan:

"Get on!"

Soul Reaper stared at him for a split second.

"But... but I still don't know how to ride a horse!"

Sunny was already running away.

"Figure it out, if you want to live!"

A moment later, both Jet and Seishan climbed onto Nightmare. The black steed instantly rushed away from the narrow fissure in the stone floor.

Sunny was just a step or two ahead, turning into a swift shadow.

Together, the four of them flew out of the ruin...

And plunged into the dreadful havoc of the eternal battle.