HCB Chapter 548 The Black-Clad Swordsman
Chapter 548 The Black-Clad Swordsman
Upon hearing Ceres's words, both humans and the beast showed expressions of shock.
Is this really something a Titan could say? And a rational Titan at that?
"Lord Serhis, this, isn't it a bit...?" Xia Die didn't know how to put it.
“It’s nothing,” Serhis said with a slight smile.
"What's wrong with protecting our people, preserving our heritage, and safeguarding our homeland?"
"Besides, I'm not just cheering you on. Once the spark is forged, I'll be able to test its power."
"Your Majesty, Tree King, would you grant me this request?" Cecis asked Eve.
Although she spoke in a joking tone, Cecilia was truly at her wit's end.
Eve's arrival gave her hope.
The unparalleled power emanating from her was something Cecilia had never seen before.
At the same time, Cecilia could clearly sense from Eve's story that she was her lover.
That's why she made this request.
Instead of answering Cecilia immediately, Eve asked her a question.
"Have all the scholars from Shuting evacuated?"
“Most of them have already evacuated and are currently on their way to Ohma, but unfortunately, despite my best efforts, a small number of scholars have not yet evacuated,” Serhis sighed.
Then, Eve looked at Xiaodie.
"What kind of person is that teacher?"
Xia Die thought for a moment, "At that time, Teacher Xia was very strict and had high standards for everything, but he was a very good teacher."
“Okay.” Eve nodded.
She turned to Serhith.
"I grant your request."
“Thank you…” Sersis bowed slightly in gratitude.
"Then, climb up to the throne."
"Let the 'Golden Bough Oath' become kindling, reigniting the flame of reason..."
"I wish you good luck."
After Cecilia finished speaking, her figure gradually disappeared into the air.
At this moment, Xia Die walked up to Eve's side.
"Mom, this..."
“She is also a goddess of love, only a little shy,” Eve said softly.
Looking at Ceres, she seemed to see a reflection of her former self.
"Lord Serhis said that the black-clad swordsman seems to be very powerful," Xia Die said with some worry.
"Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth."
"How will you know if you don't try?" Eve smiled slightly, her face full of composure.
It was this smile that gradually calmed Xia Die's tense heart.
However, Xia Die still felt a little ashamed, after all, she had misunderstood her mother for so long, and more importantly, her mother had mentioned more than once that she was not a rational Titan, but she had fooled her all of this.
Ah, this is so embarrassing...
Xia Die was so ashamed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
"I didn't expect you to be so amazing, Little Fu!" Tian's expression was full of anticipation.
"Mimi~ As expected of the person I chose."
Mimi, perched atop Eve's head, spoke proudly.
At that moment, Eve gently flicked Mimi's little head.
"It was Oronis who entrusted you to me."
"Mimi~" Mimi hummed softly.
...............
The Throne of Enlightenment.
"The Throne of Enlightenment lies ahead..."
For some reason, Xia Die's voice trembled slightly.
"And so it is... the battlefield we are about to step onto."
An entity capable of annihilating the entire Tree Garden must be extremely powerful.
She knew perfectly well that her mother was very strong, but she still couldn't help but worry.
"Ah, guys, can you feel it?"
Mimi, who was perched on Eve's head, suddenly flew up.
"Little Mimi, what's wrong?" Tian couldn't help but ask.
"The memories here have a very strong scent..." Mimi sniffed the air carefully.
"This is the scent of rushes, flying sand, and blazing sun."
The group quickly stepped forward and saw a man with green hair and an eye patch.
He sat on the throne with his head bowed, and in front of him stood the black-clad swordsman in a black cloak.
"This is......."
“At that moment, Teacher Xia…” Xia Die recognized her at a glance.
“Cersei was right, he really is here.”
Xia lowered his head at that moment, but his voice remained firm, showing no sign of yielding.
"Oh... I can't see anymore..."
"It's alright... as long as this body is placed at the core of the formation..."
"For Onpharos... die with me, Titan."
"Mimi? Ah..." Mimi looked completely bewildered.
“Who is that guy in the black robe…?” Tian asked.
“Mimi…this person, it is the source of that scent, that memory…no, it is the memory itself!” Mimi’s fur stood on end.
For some reason, she felt a little scared.
"A burning fairyland, a shattered sun, and..."
“Killing, death, and destruction.”
At this moment, the black-clad swordsman turned to them.
Xia Die immediately became alert. "Be prepared...it must be the hunter that Cesis mentioned earlier, the one that emerged from the Black Tide."
“A black sword and a black cloak…”
"The owner of that wisp of gauze... brought the north wind of the dead fog of Senatos."
A scythe appeared in Xia Die's hand.
The black-clad swordsman murmured, "Not... a demigod."
"Step back. Or die."
The black-clad swordsman vanished in the next second.
"Oh no! Little..."
Before Xia Die could finish speaking, the black-clad swordsman appeared behind Tian.
His first target was actually Tian, a demigod.
Before Tian could react, a green barrier blocked the black-clad swordsman's sword.
"W-what happened...?"
It wasn't until Tian saw the black-clad swordsman's blade through the barrier that he realized what had just happened.
The black-clad swordsman was incredibly fast.
"Retreat."
Eve maintained the barrier and slowly advanced, while in response, Xia Die immediately organized Tian and Mimi to retreat.
Although Xia Die was worried about Eve, she also knew that this level of combat was beyond her ability to intervene, and staying here would only cause trouble for her mother.
Because the black-clad swordsman was too powerful, and his speed was so fast that she couldn't even see his sudden advance.
Luckily, Mom was there, otherwise Lord Tian would have been in danger.
The black-clad swordsman looked up at Eve as she slowly approached.
"Not Titan..."
"Mother of the Gods..."
The black-clad swordsman sheathed his sword and instead created distance between them.
"For the sake of...$@%@$..."
The black-clad swordsman muttered something, but to Eve it was just gibberish.
Eve did not underestimate the black-clad swordsman at this moment, because his aura was full of decay.
"Intelligence Engine Activated."
"The Forest Book of the Sages".
Eve held a virtual forest book in her left hand and a simulated terminal with a floating intelligence engine in her right.
The monocle in the left eye had already performed hundreds of millions of simulations and analyses on the black-clad swordsman in front of him.
At this moment, the black-clad swordsman made another move.
He sheathed his sword and pulled out a ring-like instrument of torture from thin air.
"Three cuts are enough."
The black-clad swordsman vanished once more, and everyone's hearts clenched.
The next second, the black-clad swordsman appeared above Eve.
But then, a beam of green light struck, and Eve's figure had already vanished from the spot.
The black-clad swordsman was startled and immediately retreated, barely managing to dodge the beam of light.
"With your soul's breath... offer it as a sacrifice to the fire."
The black-clad swordsman suddenly unleashed an incredibly powerful force once again.
Eve's Forest Book transformed into white branches and was collected; "bang bang bang," three shots were fired.
The high-speed bullet sliced through the air, leaving a green trail in its mouth.
But the next second, the black-clad swordsman suddenly increased his speed again, dodging the three bullets with a single flip.
Immediately afterwards, the black-clad swordsman charged forward, heading straight for Eve's face.
Eve's intelligence engine immediately simulated the ancient times, and just as the black-clad swordsman fell, Eve swung her sword fiercely.
With a "bang".
The extreme power erupted, and the aftershocks from the clash of the two swords made everyone lose their footing.
"So strong..."
Xia Die covered her ears, sighing with emotion.
"The wisdom and brilliance of the forest."
Suddenly, Eve's body lit up with a shimmering light.
With a loud "boom," the black-clad swordsman was knocked back, his body flying dozens of meters away until he crashed into the trunk of a large tree.
"Turn into... ashes!"
The black-clad swordsman pulled himself out of the tree trunk.
He was about to make a further move when he suddenly looked up.
Before he knew it, Eve was suddenly on top of him.
"You have no chance."
In the sky, a huge magic circle instantly formed.
"Dense forest and countless stars."
As Eve's voice faded, countless light projectiles poured out from the magic circle, bombarding the location of the black-clad swordsman like a nuclear bomb.
The explosions continued incessantly, and even Cecis, who had just retrieved the fire seed, regained his power, and possessed Naksha's body, was stunned by the scene.
"Such destructive power..."
When the explosions stopped and the smoke cleared, everything within the bombing range was razed to the ground.
At the center point was a black-clad swordsman kneeling on the ground, his cloak tattered and his weapon half-broken.
"Great! I got it!" Mimi exclaimed, soaring through the air with joy.
"No, it's not that simple."
Serhis's voice rang out.
She possessed Naksha's body and came to the side of everyone.
"You are... Lord Serhis?" Xiaodie recognized him.
"Yes."
"It seems that all I can do now is cheer and shout."
Serhis's gaze remained fixed on the black-clad swordsman.
But she knew that she could only watch from the sidelines in this level of combat.
At this moment, neither Eve in the sky nor the kneeling black-clad swordsman made any movement, both staring at each other.
Suddenly, the black-clad swordsman twitched his finger.
The next second, a loud "boom" and an echo from the forest suddenly struck.
The black-clad swordsman suddenly transformed into a black shadow and merged into the ground.
After the echoes from the forest shattered the tree trunks, the black-clad swordsman's aura vanished without a trace.
"Did you defeat him?" Tian couldn't help but ask.
"No!" Serhith suddenly realized something and immediately shielded everyone.
Suddenly, a dark shadow rose from beneath Sersis's feet, and the black-clad swordsman's dagger shot straight toward Sersis's chest.
"Oh no!" Xia Die's eyes widened, a warning screaming in her mind.
It turns out that his goal had always been the spark!
Don't try to ignore me.
Just as the blade was about to pierce Ceres' chest, four vines quietly climbed up the black-clad swordsman's limbs and pulled him back abruptly.
"You guys retreat quickly."
Eve's expression turned serious.
This man in black is far stronger than Titan; he just took a hit from the Forest Stars and was barely hurt.
The black-clad swordsman then severed the vines with a single stroke and walked towards Eve.
Suddenly, a coin appeared in his hand.
The moment the coin fell, the black-clad swordsman moved like a ghost, at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
Eve frowned slightly, her eyes darting around as she tried to pinpoint the location of the black-clad swordsman.
"I saw it clearly..."
In the last second before the black-clad swordsman was about to strike, Eve finally locked onto his figure.
With a clang, the ear-piercing sound of metal colliding rang out.
Eve, wielding the virtual Cang Gu, clashed fiercely with the black-clad swordsman's cleaver.
"flaw."
Suddenly, the sound of turning pages came from behind the black-clad swordsman.
The next second, an echo from the forest came from behind him.
The black-clad swordsman immediately dodged, but a hole was still ripped open in his left abdomen.
Eve was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when a rainbow suddenly emanated from the black-clad swordsman's wound.
In the blink of an eye, the serious injury he had just suffered had completely healed.
“How is that possible?” Eve frowned.
The abilities that the black-clad swordsman has demonstrated so far include super speed, healing, invisibility, and immortality.
That's pretty tricky.
"We need to control him first."
Eve immediately analyzed the best course of action.
The black-clad swordsman's strength wasn't particularly great, but his abilities were extremely troublesome.
"Imaginary number cage".
Suddenly, a cage descended from the sky, trapping the black-clad swordsman inside.
First, control him, then find a way to defeat him.
But the next second, a black tide surged out from the black-clad swordsman's body, and the imaginary cage was covered by countless black cubes, which were then completely eroded away in the blink of an eye.
"The power of the Black Tide..."
Eve finally realized just how dangerous this guy was.
"Looks like I can't keep wasting my time with you."
At this moment, Eve's entire body began to radiate light.
The once pristine dress began to blur, transforming into a white, tight-fitting leather suit that covered Eve's entire body; technologically simulated particle armor appeared on her body.
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