Free Web NovelChapter 484: Chapter 351: When the Fish and the Clam Fight, a King Descends from the Skies (Part 2)
The voice’s owner—the Deer King—lifted its slender and graceful neck, raising its head high.
Even though it was female, a pair of large antlers resembling ancient tree branches grew atop its head, elegantly sprawling upwards. The antlers shone with a warm and holy white light, more concentrated and dazzling than the gentle halo flowing around its body.
The holy light spread from it as if it was tangible.
Beasts and magical creatures bathed in its radiance had all their battle-inflicted injuries healing at a visible pace.
This was a Holy Spirit Deer.
It was a naturally holy creature, possessing intelligence comparable to humans, inherently able to wield and utilize pure Divine Energy.
The essential life limit of a Holy Spirit Deer cannot match that of a true Dragon Race, unable to naturally become Legendary Creatures simply by aging.
However, they are not weak.
Any Holy Spirit Deer that grows smoothly can easily reach a life level of 16 or above, with outstanding individuals steadily stepping into the threshold of level 20.
Exceptionally excellent ones even have a chance to become Legendary.
This creature is almost the top-tier of magical creatures beneath the Dragon Race.
The Deer King deeply knew that most troops under the Eye Demon were enslaved by Spiritual Power, not truly followers.
The fastest way to end this war was to slay the Eye Demon as the control core, liberating those pitiable creatures.
Buzz, buzz, buzz —!
Intense holy energy rapidly gathered and shone between the Deer King’s massive antlers, eventually transforming into a pure white lightning that shattered the gloom. It pierced through the dense rain curtain in a blink, sweeping towards the Eye Demon with a purifying wrath.
"Foolish creatures of the Material Realm! Submit to my spiritual will, your only destination!"
The Eye Demon’s huge body abruptly turned illusory in a bizarre twist.
It reappeared instantly several tens of meters away in another location, evading the coverage of the holy lightning. Simultaneously, its voice, like cold needles, invaded the Deer King’s mind, confusing its thoughts.
The Deer King’s movements froze momentarily, its gaze becoming somewhat dazed and scattered.
Seizing the chance, the Eye Demon’s massive main eye suddenly shone with an eerie light.
A gray-white disintegration beam shot out from it, aimed straight at the sluggish Deer King.
Before being hit, the Deer King broke free from the mental disturbance with its strong will.
Its four hooves ignited with pure white flames, moving with unmatched agility and elegance, as if defying gravity, speeding through the air, barely avoiding the edge of the disintegration beam.
The attack missed, and the Eye Demon’s main eye flickered.
The disintegration beam disappeared abruptly.
Its eyeball rotated, focusing on a large Griffin above the battlefield.
The Griffin’s body stiffened suddenly, a glimpse of struggle flashed in its eyes, soon replaced by complete madness.
It let out a sharp cry, suddenly abandoning its current enemies, and recklessly launched a suicidal charge at the swiftly moving Deer King with its massive wings.
The Deer King’s body leaped lightly in mid-air, its right front hoof stepping on the Griffin’s head.
Bang!
As if struck by a catapult, the Griffin let out a wail, and its massive body plummeted like a cannonball, crashing into the earth, raising a wave of mud.
Simultaneously, the Deer King tilted its head, a flash of light glittering on its antlers.
Countless dense blades of light materialized at a speed too fast for the eye to catch, once again enveloping the Eye Demon like pouring rain.
The Eye Demon reused the technique, employing Spiritual Flash again to evade, but because the Deer King’s attack was swifter and more violent this time, it remained a fraction slow.
The edge of its sphere body was grazed by several blades of light, leaving black scorched marks that emitted wisps of white smoke.
Sticky body fluids seeped out slowly.
The Eye Demon did not get angry from these minor flesh wounds; rather, its gaze grew uncommonly calm, widening its main eye. Numerous intricate and eerie runes surfaced within its deep pupil, staring intensely at the Deer King.
——Weakness Curse!
While casting the spell, its idle eyestalks simultaneously rotated, targeting the Deer King’s possible evasive trajectory.
[Frozen Beam], [Searing Beam], [Petrification Beam]... Various types and differing nature of Magic Beams, like deadly lasers, crazily swept through the airspace where the Deer King was, carving deep gashes in the ground below, successfully scoring a few hits on the fast-moving Deer King, leaving scorch marks, frost, and petrification... all sorts of spots on its snow-white fur.
However, although the battle scene remained exceptionally intense, with energy clashes and glowing effects occurring intermittently, neither side could subdue the other for the time being.
Typically, close combat could settle the score faster.
But both Holy Spirit Deer and Eye Demon excel in mid-to-long-range attacks and control.
One commands Divine Energy, agile yet not specialized in melee; the other relies on Spiritual Power and evil spells where close-range attacks are its absolute weakness.
Though the Deer King had the urge to decapitate and assassinate the Eye Demon, its lack of immediate lethal burst methods held it back.
The Eye Demon also kept seeking opportunities to thoroughly control or kill the Deer King. Yet, the Deer King’s formidable willpower and divine resistance defied its attempts.
Their power level stood evenly matched, unable to swiftly resolve the battle.
Ultimately, it relied on who possessed greater depth and who could persist longer.
Meanwhile, their respective armies engaged in a brutal war of attrition, with blood staining the soil, pooling into shocking puddles, soon washed away into countless pale-red streams by relentless downpours, seeping into the ground.
