Chapter 162 "A Corner of Night"

The tentacles of the Proclaimer of Eternal Night instantly submerged the area.

For a moment, it seemed as if the sky was falling and the earth was splitting apart. The original hillside terrain turned into uneven land with gullies. No one's shouting could be heard. In the face of such a huge gap, no matter what three or two people did, it would be of no use.

The beam of light was directly shattered by the tentacles. After the light dissipated, a long, dark piece of debris fell from mid-air and pierced into the ground below.

In the distance, Lyme struggled to crawl out of the rubble, coughing continuously.

"Ahem...Your Holiness!" She looked around hurriedly.

After the tentacles swept through a wave, they calmed down a little. Most of them were retracted, leaving a few thicker ones that seemed to be searching for something on the ground.

Suddenly, she felt a chill in her heart and quickly dodged to the side.

The hunting sword slashed her side, taking away a piece of flesh, but at least she avoided the same fate as her Holiness the Pope.

I didn't expect that even in this chaotic state, a sneak attack with pursuit attached could be sensed.

After all, he is a branch bishop who can follow Livnis to the end like Ikli, and it is unlikely that he doesn't have some skills.

But just as Lime dodged the backstab of the hunting sword, the small sickle in Anti's other hand quickly approached and swung continuously.

The small sickle was originally Livnis's weapon. Lime certainly knew how terrifying this weapon was, so he didn't dare to be careless. He didn't even have the intention of fighting back, and only focused on dodging and retreating.

Anti held a weapon in each hand, with his tongue sticking out of his big mouth. In this state, he once again took on the responsibility of holding a lantern to illuminate the Herald of Eternal Night.

At this moment, a tentacle of the Proclaimer of Eternal Night swept over from a distance.

The noise was so loud that Anti and Lime would definitely notice it.

Anti quickly withdrew his hand, distanced himself from Lime, and quickly retreated.

Boom!

It was like a high-speed train whizzing past, the wind pressure created almost sucked people over, and huge rocks flew down like rain in all directions.

However, Lime did not relax his vigilance at all because of the distance. He must not be careless in the face of the pursuer. After all, even the Pope was accidentally attacked...

As she was thinking this, the flying sand and rocks suddenly moved strangely in the midst of the dazzling sight.

Lime drew his sword and blocked it in front of him.

Ding!
It's the invisible sword energy!

Indeed, the invisible sword energy in the chaos would be more difficult for most people to judge, but for Lime, her delicate sensing ability made it easier for her to perceive the impact of the flying sword energy on things along the way and respond accordingly.

The other party's attempt failed!

Suddenly, Lime felt that starlight flashed in the smoke and dust in front of him? !
Stars...star miracles!
In the blink of an eye, several dark purple stars appeared in front of Lime. They were connected to each other and were no longer just chains, but almost formed a big net!
Star Chain!
But it's not just the Star Chain, the ominous dark purple power obviously comes from the blessing of the small sickle!
Lime wanted to escape from the range of the Star Link network, but this time it was too late.

The dark purple star chain net changed rapidly the moment it touched her body, sticking to her torso and directly imprisoning her body.

As a result, Lime lost his balance while running and fell down.

And she reacted at this moment, using all her strength to perform the Night Miracle to sweep around at all costs, to prevent Anti from taking this opportunity to get close to the final blow.

Pfft!

A sound was heard, and it turned out that the hunting sword directly pierced through the night substance she released. At the same time, the tip of the small sickle also pierced into the crack, and together with the sword, it tore her night miracle apart.

The abyssal power of the small sickle briefly ignored the miracle of the night, and Anti completely broke into her protective net.

Lime struggled to move his body, and the Star Chain loosened slightly.

But it was too late at such a close distance.

Anti stepped down hard, pressing the opponent's head directly into the mud below.

The greatsword was raised slightly and stabbed down.

Lime's body stiffened.

Until the end, she was trying to break free, but Anti's legs did not loosen. He adjusted the hunting sword that had pierced her heart from behind, pulled it upwards, and cut it out from her neck. Some fragments of internal organs were brought out, and Lime was completely dead. Anti then put away the sword.

Putting away the sickle, Antikon picked up the sword that Lime had dropped aside.

Lime's Eternal Night Crystal is embedded in the sword. It seems that the slightly more powerful branch bishops do not like to be restricted by the form of a scepter.

The surrounding night matter disintegrated with the death of its owner.

Anti raised his head and without hesitation performed the Starlight Miracle to illuminate the surroundings.

With the presence of the Herald of Eternal Night, there are no other Eternal Night creatures nearby. Even though the huge light column created by the Night Chasers made such a loud noise before, no other monsters come near now.

Of course, it is also possible that it came closer and was crushed by the Herald of Eternal Night.

The twinkling stars illuminate the surrounding darkness. Although they are not very bright, they do cover a large area.

At this time, Anti heard heavy footsteps.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Livnis, with disheveled hair and a dishevelled appearance, slowly walking towards him.

Livnis was in a very bad condition. She was even very close to the light column before, so she tried her best but failed to completely avoid the first wave of attacks from the Proclaimer of Eternal Night, and suffered further damage.

Her chest was torn by the wound inflicted by Anti's back, and blood dripped onto the ground along her footsteps.

However, although she was in a mess, she managed to get the black and slender pillar fragment that was as tall as a person in the chaos.

When you get closer, you can see that the texture of the fragment looks like rough stone, and the outline is not very regular. It can barely be used as a spear in the hand.

When the starlight came out, she also saw Anti in the light.

His eyes only swept over Anti, and finally moved back and forth between the still warm body behind Anti, and the sword in Anti's hand.

"Ah... Lime... finally, left too?" Although her tone was flat and her expression did not change, her trembling voice still exuded a hint of sadness.

After saying that, Livnis coughed up a few pieces of blood, then straightened her chest again: "Back then... the first Night Chaser, the leader who founded our church, gathered the power of humans and beasts to defeat the former Hunter."

Anti was stunned.

The person who used himself as bait to gather strength to kill the hunter should be... the owner of the Night Eyes of that generation.

"He left behind a lot of advice for future generations, but unfortunately most of it has been forgotten. To this day, I don't know if the path we are taking is the same as his original intention... and among those advices, the warnings reminding us to pay attention to the hunters are particularly important."

The sound of the Eternal Night's Proclaimer's tentacles was still rumbling in the background, but fortunately it had not yet gotten close to the two.

Livnis's voice was weak, but Anti could still hear it clearly.

"The Wandering God is immortal. The victory at the beginning was only a temporary success. The Stalker will one day awaken again and continue hunting. He once said so, but we have forgotten too much. The Pathfinder who followed in his footsteps has become the factor for the Stalker's rebirth, but..."

Having said this, Livnis paused for a moment, as if she was sighing.

Then she took a step and walked towards Anti.

"You...are not a stalker."

Anti didn't answer.

"I was indeed confused in a hurry when I was attacked for the first time, but the second time I basically confirmed my doubts. You are not a stalker. However, you killed the stalker and gained its power. Then, you are standing here not to pursue illusory knowledge and certain power, but because of... your own other wishes."

Livnis held up the broken pillar in her hand. The wind and sand blew her tattered dress, and the red and black intertwined, forming a strange beauty.

"Your origin is more terrible than that beast. And now, my life is almost over. I will use all my remaining strength to make you die here... For our 'Night'..."

The fragments of the pillars glowed again, as if resonating with Livnis.

[“A Corner of Night”, Livnis: The pope of the Night Chaser Church, she embarked on the journey not for power or knowledge, but because she was intoxicated by the night itself. Now that all her followers have fallen, she finally resonates with the fragments of “night” and has made up her mind.]

Anti's expression did not change, he just crouched slightly and opened his stance.

(End of this chapter)