1879 Killing Purgatory Beasts
On the aircraft, Guna was able to witness the changes transpiring outside the window. She screamed, "Guya activated Purgatory Heaven?"
"What is Purgatory Heaven?" Wang Yuhang asked Guna.
When Han Sen left, Wang Yuhang, Han Meng'er, and Lady Chef were tasked with watching Guna, in case she got up to any mischief during his absence.
Guna gave a wry smile, and she shook her head. "It looks as if the Gana cannot be saved, after all. It is good, I suppose, that we all die here. No one shall live now."
As Guna was speaking, a noise came from outside.
Wang Yuhang wanted to take a look at what was going on, but before he reached the door, an arm shot up from the floor. It shocked Wang Yuhang, and he quickly leaped up on the nearest table.
"What the hell is that?" Wang Yuhang could see that those same arms were starting to pop up all across the floor. Only the bed was devoid of hands, so he jumped over to it for safety.
Han Meng'er and Lady Chef went to the bed, as well. Lady Chef drew out her cleaver and tried to hack the hands. But it wasn't long before one of her hands was grabbed.
Luckily, Lady Chef was able to pull back quickly. If she hadn't, she'd have been pulled forward and been a goner.
"What was that? Please don't tell me you don't know," Wang Yuhang asked Guna.
Guna, looking all cocky, said, "Have you heard of the deified item of the Guna? It's Purgatory Heaven."
"No, I haven't." Wang Yuhang and the others were confused. They had just arrived there, after all, so it was extremely unlikely they'd know about it.
Guna rolled her eyes and said, "Ignorance! How can you guys know nothing about our famous deified item? Anyway... That item has been activated. So, we are now all going to die."
Wang Yuhang smiled and said, "I don't think so. If it is an item of your race, there must be a way for you to deal with it." "No." Guna shook her head.
"If you don't have a way, then why are the arms unable to close in on your proximity?" Wang Yuhang did not believe what Guna was telling him, and so he gave her a smug smile.
Guna rolled her eyes and said, "I have the blood of the Gana Goddess. So, I can hold them off for a little while. It's not very effective, though. Purgatory Heaven has just started, so this benefits me a little. When the Purgatory Beasts come, however, I can assure you it'll be useless."
"What Purgatory Beasts?" Wang Yuhang asked.
Guna didn't bother answering, and then, they heard a growling noise inside the room. When the growl came, Guna's face changed, and her radiance increased to light up the room with a warmer glow.
A black beast with two heads crawled out of the ground. The ship's floor was no longer alloy. It was like mud.
Now, she no longer needed to explain what a Purgatory Beast was.
Dragon Lady summoned a big fork. Holding it, she drove it forward to strike the beast.
The fork went right through its body, and it was as if she was trying to fork a shadow. The beast was still coming.
"It's useless. The Purgatory Beast has been generated by a deified item. It is still early, so they are relatively weak right now. But even so, they have deified powers. Ordinary powers won't hurt them in the least."
Before Guna finished speaking, a black arrow went flying into the beast's head. The beast squealed as the arrow pierced the phantom flesh of the body. The power was so strong, the creature was pinned to the ground and exploded. The beast's pieces then dissolved into black smoke.
Guna's eyes opened wide, and she looked at the black-clothed lady. She tried moving her lips to speak, but words could not come.
Han Meng'er had oh-so-simply killed a Purgatory Beast. And it wasn't long before another appeared. Han Meng'er drew a black arrow and blew up the head of the next Purgatory Beast that revealed itself.
"What is up with this woman? She is just a Baron! How could she kill a Purgatory Beast? Although these Purgatory Beasts are weak, it should still take a King class elite to kill one. They are born from the powers of a deified item." Guna was flabbergasted, watching Han Meng'er slay the Purgatory Beasts with arrows.
No beast was able to show up in the room for long, as each one was killed by Han Meng'er.
"No wonder she is called Death Goddess! Only Han Sen can compete with her." Wang Yuhang spoke fondly, after seeing the Purgatory Beasts get killed so quickly. He gave her a big thumbs-up, too.
Out on the streets, Han Sen, Icebird Duke, and the Gana Holy Lady were surrounded by a legion of Purgatory Beasts. Icebird Duke's body was brimming with an icy power, and she cast her scary icebird to try to freeze all the beasts.
But the icy birds went right through the bodies of the beasts and didn't hurt them at all.
It wasn't because her ice birds weren't powerful; the Purgatory Beasts were simply too high-level. No one without special powers could damage them.
Apparently, Icebird Duke was not capable of doing this. She couldn't restrict the Purgatory Beasts.freeweɓnovel.cøm
Han Sen brought out his Ghost Teeth Knife. He tried attacking one of the creatures that drew near, but even the Ghost Teeth Knife was slicing clean through without hurting the foe.
Teeth power was useless against Purgatory Beasts. Unless Ghost Teeth Knife had been activated to its fullest, like when he was in the Raven palace, it was a useless tool to wield.
The knife had only been activated back then because the sun raven was too powerful. These Purgatory Beasts weren't that powerful, and they simply smelled like death. And because of this, the true strength of Ghost Teeth Knife could not activate.
The Holy Lady Guya kept swinging her hands. She cast blood to attack and end the beasts, but she could not do this for that long. There was a limit to how much blood she could part with. She couldn't deal with them all.
Guya knew a lot about death, so she wasn't upset about the prospect of dying. What did make her sad, though, was not being able to see Guna one last time.
Han Sen gathered up some power of his own. He used the godlight from Jadeskin, which was at Viscount class, but it still wasn't enough to work on the beasts.
As Han Sen frowned and fell into thought, he heard the sound of a gunshot. A white armored person with two revolvers appeared, repeatedly pulling at the triggers.
Each bullet came out to strike a Purgatory Beast, transforming each and every one into a puff of black smoke.
1880 The Only Way Ou
Spell's body moved with the revolver's recoil. She kept firing her gun without reprieve, as muzzle flashes ignited the end of the barrel with fire. It wasn't long before all of the Purgatory Beasts before them had been killed.
Others were coming out of the darkness, headed right for them.
Han Sen felt depressed, but Spell looked as if she was having genuine fun. Spell had infinite ammo, and it was all based on Han Sen's power. Her shots cost him a lot of his energy. But being able to kill the Purgatory Beasts in exchange for some energy was a more than fair trade.
"Let's go! I hope Guna and the guys on the ship are okay." Han Sun hurried Guya on.
When Guya heard him calling, it was as if she had snapped out of a daze. She still looked to be in shock. She had never seen a geno armament like Spell before. She couldn't believe a Baron geno armament had what it took to take down Purgatory Beasts with such ease.
There was no time for her to dwell on these matters right now, of course. So, she got moving. Wherever she went, the arms disappeared.
Spell kept firing at the Purgatory Beasts that crawled out of the ground along their path. None of those creatures were able to get close.
Icebird Duke looked conflicted with this, as well. This was her first time seeing Han Sen's geno armament. She had heard Yisha say that his geno armament was something special, but this blew all her expectations out of the water. It was beyond. Spell looked like a living, sentient being. It wasn't a mere armament.
The scariest thing about it all was that Icebird Duke's own powers could not inflict damage on the beasts. But this armament could. That meant Spell's power had to be something supremely special.
"How many secrets does this guy have? It is no wonder that Queen accepted him as a student. I have clearly underestimated him, and her, too. I always wondered why she accepted someone who initially appeared so useless," Icebird Duke thought to herself.
The three of them worked their way down to the south. Luckily, they didn't have to go very far. And along the way, Spell diligently kept them protected. It wasn't long before they found themselves standing at the awning of an aircraft.
"Meng'er! Dragon Lady! Little Uncle! Are you guys still there?" Han Sen shouted up at the airship. The airship was coated entirely in darkness, though, and his voice could not carry through the obstructing black. He didn't get a response.
"It is useless to shout from here. Where's Guna? I want to see her one last time," Guya said, as they all boarded the ship.
A while later, many more Purgatory Beasts began to spawn at once. Although Guna had the same powers as her sister, her blood would probably run dry before killing all of them in that wave.
Guya did not have much hope for survival, even still. She expected the worst.
Han Sen pointed in the direction she should go, and Guya took off running. There was not a single person in the airship they could see so far. The crew had probably been consumed by the darkness.
Han Sen was nervous, and he was worried something bad might have happened to Meng'er. He hurried Guya to go faster through the ship.
Guya was heavily injured, though, and she couldn't go too quickly. She tried going as fast as she could, but eventually, her wounds cracked wider and started to bleed. She had lost a fair amount of blood just dealing with the Purgatory Beasts earlier, so her legs were quivering as she walked. She looked as if she was on the verge of falling over.
There were more and more Purgatory Beasts around. And while Spell would be able to kill them all, Han Sen found himself getting exhausted.
Finally, Han Sen reached his room. The door was shut, so he felt pretty nervous.
He had asked the others to watch over Guna during his absence, and he didn't know if they had done their part. If they were too far from Guna, they'd likely be dead.
Taking a deep breath, Han Sen kicked the door open. Spell raised her guns and aimed into the room.
Inside the room, the black-haired lady had her bow drawn to the door.
"Father!" Han Meng'er saw Han Sen, but she did not lower her bow. She fired it.
Whoosh!
The black arrow brushed right past Han Sen's face and perforated a Purgatory Beast that had snuck up behind him. Pang! Pang! Pang!
Spell fired her guns at the beasts that were showing up across the room.
"Are you okay?" Han Sen was delighted to see them all safe and sound. He brought Guya into the room.
"Why would you expect us to have any trouble? With Meng'er here, she keeps shooting each and every dog that shows up. She's having a lot of fun, I think." Wang Yuhang smiled.
"Guna! Sister!" Guya and Guna embraced each other with a hug.
When they came together, the radiance of their glow increased. It prevented the arms from spawning across half of the room.
The darkness still had Purgatory Beasts prowling within it, though. Guna and Guya's Gana blood wasn't as useful as it had been earlier.
"We can save the chit-chat for later. Do you have a way for us to escape Planet Crooked Rock? We're all in the same airship here; can you tell us how to leave?" Han Sen asked Guya and Guna. Han Sen and Wang Yuhang could easily nip back to the sanctuary, but Dragon Lady and Meng'er had geno armaments. They'd be prohibited from returning by the sanctuary.
"It is impossible! We are not the masters of Purgatory Heaven. We can activate it, maybe, but we cannot control it. It might stop once the entire planet has been consumed," Guya said.
Guna gritted her teeth. "I might have one way of getting out of this, but I am not sure if it'll work."
"Have you noticed that things are going rather badly here? Tell us, already! Even if it doesn't seem likely that it'll work, we have to try whatever we can," Wang Yuhang said.
Guna looked at Guya and said, "Sister? Did you use a spell to activate Purgatory Heaven?"
Guya nodded. She did not know what Guya was going to suggest, either.
After that, Guna said, "If you activated the spell, that means we really do have Gana Goddess' genes. We are of her bloodline."
"Um, you guys are Gana, so of course you two have the goddess' blood," Wang Yuhang said.
Guya shook her head. "Not really. We are an old race. When the Gana lit our lantern in the geno hall, ten thousand of the other lamps had not been ignited yet. There was no need to fight for a position at that point. We had no deified elites at the time. We didn't get one until later on, and that person came to be known as Gana Goddess. Not all the Gana have the goddess' blood."
Guya looked at Guna and said, "It's useless even if we have the Goddess' blood, though. It's so weak, and we are just Viscounts. There is no way we can control Purgatory Heaven."
Chapter 1881: Killing Hell
"If we can get back to Purgatory Heaven, maybe I can try," Guna said.
"How?" everyone asked at the same time.
"It is too late for me to spend time explaining here. Let us return first. Right now, Purgatory Heaven is not under the control of anyone, but the power is increasing over time. Soon, more and more Purgatory Beasts will be showing up. It is difficult to tell if we can reach the Goddess' statue before then. So, let's get there first." Guna stood up and gestured for Guya to follow her.
Han Sen knew that time was tight and they could not afford any delays. Wang Yuhang and the others followed, too.
Guna and Guya went together. While the pool of light was brighter, it still had a very limited reach. Han Sen and the others had to stay as close as they could to them.
Han Meng'er and Spell kept firing at the Purgatory Beasts that tried coming for them. It surprised Han Sen a lot to learn that Han Meng'er could shoot and kill the Purgatory Beasts.
Han Meng'er's powers were special, there was no doubt about that. Her genes originated in those of a god and a destructive goddess. A part of it was Han Sen, too. The death destructive power that she had gained was very unique.
"If Meng'er can kill Purgatory Beasts, that means Purgatory Beasts and Purgatory Heaven are somehow connected to Death powers," Han Sen thought.
Han Sen could guess the element of the Purgatory Beasts, but with the elements that could be used to counter them, it looked like something Spell could do, too.
It was a shame that Spell was only Baron class. She could still do battle now, but when Purgatory Heaven became stronger, Baron class skills might not be of much help.
The only skill he had at Viscount level was Jadeskin. It did not work on Purgatory Beasts, and that made him depressed.
Icebird Duke followed Han Sen and looked rather shy. She had the highest rank, but she was one of the most useless people there. She could only follow.
Guna and Guya were surprised with Han Sen's Spell geno armament and Han Meng'er's power. It was rare to encounter any that could kill the fiends they were up against.
They entered the city, and then their greatest worry appeared. They heard a cow, bellowing like thunder. And then, heavy footsteps trotted toward them from the dark.
Han Sen's eyes couldn't see in the dark, so he could only hear the scary Purgatory Beast heading for them.
"Be careful! A high-level Purgatory Beast has emerged," Guna warned them.
There was no need for such warning, though. Spell and Han Meng'er had their weapons drawn and aimed at whatever was coming. They could not dodge, and they could not leave. Without Guna and Guya by their side, the arms would claim them as soon the dark reached them.
Moo!
A cow's bellow came echoing out of the sky, rocking the darkness around them. A black Hell Cow emerged from the blur, churning its legs to sprint towards them.
Spell and Han Meng'er struck at the same time, with a fusion of black arrows and white bullets.
Dong!
A black arrow hit the black Hell Cow. It was dealt minor wounds, but none of the hits were able to break its flesh. The bullets lodged inside the skin, but that was where their flights ended.
"Get out of the way!" Han Sen saw that the cow was still coming. Spell and Han Meng'er would be unable to block it. He pushed Guna towards Wang Yuhang and Dragon Lady.
Han Sen held onto Guya and pulled her and Han Meng'er back.
Icebird Duke could not deal damage to the latest hellish beast, but she reacted quickly to the commands barked by Han Sen.
Everyone split up, just as the cow came rushing down the middle of their swift parting. It didn't hit any of them, but the near-miss had most certainly given them a cold sweat.
Han Meng'er and Spell kept shooting at the cow, but it wasn't accomplishing much. They were only Barons, so it made sense that they could not damage the black Hell Cow all that much.
The black Hell Cow decided on a new target, and that person was Wang Yuhang.
"Little Uncle! Catch!" Han Sen threw his Marquise armor to him.
Out of everyone there, the person in the most danger was certainly Wang Yuhang. Wang Yuhang knew the Purgatory Beast would end up going for him.
Wang Yuhang caught the armor and put it on with haste. The black Hell Cow was quick to start chasing after him.
Pang!
Wang Yuhang was unable to dodge in time. He took a nasty hit, but the Marquise armor was strong. The plating had prevented the cow from piercing the armor with its strike.
The force knocked him to the ground, though. Guna's light was weak, and it only worked for a proximity of two steps.
Wang Yuhang fell down next to the ghoulish arms on the ground.
Han Sen started attacking the arms next to Wang Yuhang, trying to slice the arms that came for him. No matter how sturdy the Marquise armor was, it couldn't stop the things from pulling Wang Yuhang into a hole.
Ghost Teeth Knife and Teeth power were useless under these circumstances. Han Sen found himself tightly gripping another knife, and he managed to hew down a few of the arms when he tried with that one. He was surprised by the result.
Han Sen noticed it was the Knife Blank from Planet Knife Grave. The Knife Blank was like a steel rod. It did not possess the edge of a blade, but even so, he was able to slice through the arms that not even a Duke's power could cut down.
Of course, there was no time to mull this over right now. So, Han Sen got back to work by swinging the Knife Blank. He cut every arm that had grabbed on to Wang Yuhang and pulled the man out of the ground.
Guya and Guna were unable to close their mouths. If someone could kill Purgatory Beasts, then that meant they were strong. But the arms were the energy of Purgatory Heaven. Not even King class folks could kill those arms. So, how was the stick-like item Han Sen wielded able to cut them down with such ease?
A few seconds later, the black Hell Cow came speeding over to Wang Yuhang again.
"Old Han, help!" Wang Yuhang was shaking, and he did not dare run. If he moved, he'd fall into the arms. That was just as bad as getting run over by the cow.
Seeing the black Hell Cow almost reach Wang Yuhang, Han Sen pushed him over to Guna and swiped at the cow with his Knife Blank.
A black cow's head barreled through the sky.
Boom!
The headless cow's body ran for a while before coming to an end atop the arms. They both became black smoke and disappeared.
Guya and Guna's eyes were open wide. They peered at Han Sen, thinking how unbelievable the entire thing had been.