Shadow Slave Novel Chapter 258 Herald of the Crimson Terror

Chapter 258 Herald of the Crimson Terror

Sunny had already faced off against a Spire ssenger once.

Back then, the vile creature had killed several experienced hunters in a span of just a few seconds, and the rest had only been spared this fate because of Effie's strength…

That and the fact that the ssenger had no need to fight them and chose to retreat and search for easier prey.

There was nowhere to retreat in this hidden cavern. Sunny didn't even know how the flying abomination had gotten here in the first place.

However, he was not the sa inexperienced kid he had been all those months ago, either.

Sunny had grown considerably stronger. His arsenal of mories was better now. His skill and technique were far beyond what he had known in the past, and his kill count had crossed a hundred Nightmare Creatures a long ti ago.

There was the Stone Saint, too.

But, most importantly, his mories were empowered by the Crown of Dawn.

Theoretically, Sunny could stack three augntations on the Midnight Shard — one from his shadow, one from the miraculous crown, and one from the Blood Blossom, as long as soone managed to make the ssenger bleed.

Hopefully, that would be enough to breach the gap between a dormant human and a Fallen Beast and allow him to actually wound the abomination, unlike the previous two tis he had tried to cut into the flesh of similar horrors — Corpse Eater and the giant eel that had tried to hitch a ride on the ancient colossus.

…But first, he had to survive.

Judging that the Puppeteer's Shroud had a decent chance of withstanding a blow from the ssenger thanks to the enhancent of the Dawn Shard, but also not even reamotely willing to put that to the test, Sunny dove to the side.

A mont later, the massive abomination collided against two shields — one belonging to Effie, the other to the Stone Saint. The terrible beak ca down, aiming at the huntress…

If it was before, the round shield that protected Effie from knee to shoulder would have been easily pierced and torn apart, as if it was made out of paper instead of tal. But due to the empowering aura that emanated from the Dawn Shard, it sohow held.

The force of the impact, however, still threw both of them back. Even Shadow Saint, whose flesh was made of stone and weighed accordingly, was launched into the air like a doll made of feathers and rags.

But they had bought the cohort the precious second to regroup and counterattack.

As Kai and Cassie flew in different directions, creating so distance between them and the ferocious abomination, Nephis and Caster attacked from the sides. One sword shined with brilliant white radiance, while the other glead with ghostly green light.

However, the ssenger was still terrifyingly formidable. The mories wielded by the cohort might have been enhanced, but their masters remained the sa. They couldn't compete with a Fallen creature in terms of raw power and speed.

Two of the beast's six front limbs swiped forward, deflecting the swords. Two more shot at the attacking humans, forcing them to retreat while barely staying alive.

…Then, the ssenger twisted its neck and caught Kai in its sight.

Its powerful black wings lashed down, creating a small hurricane that threw Nephis and Caster aside. Using powerful hind legs to throw itself into the air, the abomination lunged at the retreating archer, who twisted his body in a desperate attempt to aim his bow.

...And then, suddenly, a triangular blade cut an arc around one of the legs and tied an invisible string around it.

'Crap!'

That was all Sunny had ti to think before his hand was jerked forward with incredible force.

However, this was exactly what he wanted.

With the Dark Wing turning into a blur behind his back, Sunny used the montum of the pull to turn his laughably slow levitation into real flight.

In fact, he shot in the direction of the ssenger as though soone had launched him from a cannon.

The Midnight Shard flashed through the air and bit into the abomination's flesh.

'Do it!'

Indeed, with both the shadow and the Dawn Shard augnting it, the stalwart blade was able to cut into the flesh of the Fallen Beast. Granted, it felt as though he was trying to cut stone.

But it was enough.

Sunny aid at the base of the ssenger's wing. With all the speed given to him by the combination of using the Dark Wing to levitate and the Prowling Thorn to create montum, the blow Sunny had delivered was truly devastating. In fact, it was so forceful that every bone in his hand almost shattered.

But he wasn't the one on the sharp end of the sword.

The Midnight Shard cut deep into the wing of the vile abomination, sending rivers of blood streaming down its pale body. As soon as they did, the enchantnt of the Blood Blossom awakened, making the blade even sharper. The elegant tachi tore through the wing, crippling it.

The ssenger suddenly lost control of its flight and crashed back to the ground.

'Eat dust, bastard!'

After a mont of glee, however, Sunny hurriedly dismissed the Dark Wing and plumted down, landing on the sand so distance away from the monstrous beast.

While gliding all the way back to the floor of the cavern would have been more comfortable, he wasn't going to beco a sitting duck. Crippled wing or not, the ssenger could still jump and use the other one.

Maybe...

At the sa ti as Sunny hit the ground and rolled, a nacing black arrow suddenly fell from above, piercing the second wing of the fearso creature. There was no blood coming from the wound, though — the arrow greedily drank it, preventing the Blood Blossom augntation from growing a bit stronger.

The abomination did not stagger and slowly turn into a mummy like the iron spiders had, however. It simply shook its body, causing the arrow to shatter and crumble into a stream of white sparks.

But Sunny didn't see any of that.

With his back to the ssenger, he was already running toward to giant statue with all the speed he had.