Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 813 - 698: Soul Sucking and Rescue

Crack! Crack!...

The ground shook violently, and the sound of shattering mirrored surfaces echoed continuously in their ears.

Seeing the faint sky light above gradually penetrating the [Dark Side of the World], the two Tier 3 Deceitful Dream Cultists standing on top of the [Dream Guard] looked a bit uncertain.

"Abid, what's happening?"

"Jamel, don't worry about it, let's finish this quickly! We still have several targets assigned to us, we can't waste too much time here!"

Even with the entire Tier 3 Bishop team of the "Deceitful Dream Sect" mobilized, handling these wizards, who occupy the pinnacle of the contempt chain in the Extraordinary World due to their versatile means, was proving to be somewhat challenging.

They could only meticulously select key targets and initiate a concentrated, collaborative capture with limited manpower.

But even so, with the help of two Tier 3 Deceitful Dream Cultists, a Tier 3 Corrupted Insectoid, two Tier 2 Peak Blasphemous Cultists, and a group of ordinary ghouls, they nearly let that "Snake Witch" slip away.

Even as attendants of a powerful Ancient God, they couldn't help but marvel at the strength of an Upper-Rank Wizard, especially after having gathered vast amounts of intelligence and gaining a certain understanding of her.

Through their innate telepathy, the two Deceitful Dream Cultists quickly communicated, and the divine skill that had been interrupted was restarted.

Pop——!

Dim ripples like mist quickly spread from the purple-black tips of their glowing, tendrilled hands.

The air seemed to turn solid and rapidly decayed, then began to peel away like wallpaper, revealing a dark, foggy, unknown space behind.

It was obvious without guessing that falling into it would not be a pleasant experience.

[Divine Skill: Dream Erosion]

In the subject's perception, it confuses reality and dreams; if carelessly swallowed into it, one would fall into a dream beast cage controlled by the "Deceitful Dream Sect," becoming a helpless lamb at others' mercy.

Suddenly.

Thump thump... thump...

The giant mottled snake beneath the feet of the three witches gradually came to a stop, its belly sounding like a large drum beginning to beat inappropriately in this life-or-death crisis.

Yet, with the drumbeat, the advance of [Dream Erosion] miraculously stalled.

The Snake-eyed Witch took out a bottle of magic potion and poured it down her throat, taking advantage of her slightly recovered status to gently push aside her two supporting students and step forward to face the pursuers alone.

"La la la... la la..."

In tune with the drumbeat, a gentle song like a stream flowing through the woods emerged from the witch's mouth.

Watching the approaching pursuers, the beautiful veiled witch's eyes glimmered, letting her previously tied-back hair fall loose. She stood on hook-tipped, enchantingly black-painted toes, swaying her hips like a dancing serpent.

Wearing revealing, sensual attire, with a short black top strung together like shed snake skin, and light, sheer silk balloon pants. The waistband of the silk pants sits below the navel and above the hips, perfectly showing off a soft, slender waist.

As her slender waist swayed, a glistening ruby pendant swayed gently too, capturing everyone's attention irresistibly.

A V-shaped velvet belt girdled her slim waist, hanging with long strands of golden bead chains below.

Jingle jingle...

As the witch spun and swung her hips, the bead chains clashed, producing an enchanting melody.

The side slit of the black pantaloons ran up to her ankle, teasing with fleeting glimpses of her snow-white alluring legs as she danced.

The style seemed to be a sacrificial dance from the Desert Kingdom of Heimar, praying to the True God "Brilliant Starry Night," yet this dance obviously had some potent effects.

The four or five gray-white large octopuses pursuing them close to the ground, along with the pursuers atop them, all displayed signs of infatuation in their eyes. They gradually ceased their spellcasting and lowered their weapons, instinctively unwilling to cause her any harm.

Simultaneously.

Including all three Tier 3 Transcendents present, everyone couldn't help but focus their gaze on the beautiful witch dancing. Particularly fixated on those diabolically dangerous yet alluring snake-like yellow vertical pupils, not blinking at all.

Although the witch's gaze was as passionate as her dance, there was no hint of a smile on her face beneath the veil.

She knew well this was her last chance to launch an effective counterattack after being caught off guard. If this high-cost spell didn't work, she and her two students might not escape today's calamity.

Even if she couldn't counter-kill them, she needed to hold out until the [Dark Side] completely shattered, giving Clareesa and Leonara a chance to escape.

A trace of self-mockery flickered across the witch's exquisite face:

'Ha, alive for hundreds of years, I've been escaping all my life.

Always hiding on the Old Continent, fleeing during the Black Sea escape, avoiding monsters, evil spirits, hostile human extraordinaries at the Broken Star Islands, and even fleeing from evil god cultists now.

But... I'm tired of such days and don't want to escape anymore!'

A yellow key-shaped mark flashed between her brows, having activated the Upper-Rank Wizard's ultimate power [True Name Liberation], with a faint, obscure yellow Extraordinary Spiritual Light starting to flicker in her vertically slit snake eyes.

When the drumbeat beneath reached its peak, the witch's cascading hair suddenly transformed into writhing venomous snakes, switching from extreme beauty to extreme terror in an instant.

Her pair of serpent eyes glowed with a bright yellow light like burning torches!

[Talent Magic: Petrifying Gaze]

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...

Eyeing those snake eyes closely, the weakest ghouls among them, serving as the vanguard, found their bodies paralyzed nearly immediately and dropped straight off the [Dream Guard], smashing into pieces upon hitting the ground.

Then followed the [Dream Guard], having a mere Tier 2 strength itself.

But even though the others had already fallen to the ground, they still couldn't bear to take their eyes off the witch's eyes, and were about to follow in the footsteps of the two before them.

Suddenly.

Hiss—

The witch's face changed dramatically, the malicious corruption infused by the [Delusional Heart Sound] in her spirituality suddenly flared up again, and five or six venomous snakes from her snake hair lamented and broke off, dissolving into black liquid on the ground.

She spat out a mouthful of foul-smelling blood, which corroded her black veil, revealing a slightly sharp yet stunningly beautiful face. Her seductive dance steps also had to come to a halt.

"Teacher!"

Two somewhat panicked disciples hurriedly stepped forward to support their barely-standing teacher.

Feeling the last bit of strength drained from her body, the snake-eyed witch gritted her teeth, bitterly resenting that if it weren't for being ambushed during the battle with the Evil Spirit, she could have killed these people effortlessly on her own.

But... there was no chance now.

"Ah! The body I fought so hard to take, I'll kill you!"

The two strongest "Deceitful Dream Cultists" were the first to come to their senses. Among them, Jamel, who was most enthralled by the witch's dance, had half of his body as stiff as stone, having broken a leg and half an arm when he fell.

The rest of his body was experiencing progressive numbness, and it was uncertain how much function remained.

The other cultist, Abid, fared slightly better, with only a broken left arm.

Fortunately, as beings of the Spirit Realm, they had no vital points in a strict sense apart from their spiritual core. Even if part of their body was removed, they could still function normally through psychic ability.

Bang—!

The two Evil God Bishops, striking with hatred, had tentacles waving on their faces. With one [Force Field Impact] and [Human Immobilization], they easily subdued the twin sisters.

The next moment.

The force field ripple beneath their feet exploded.

The two had already soared into the air, rushing swiftly to the front of the snake-eyed witch.

One was in charge of suppressing the huge snake that still wanted to resist, while the other sneered, suddenly extending eight purple-black slippery tentacles that kept bulging.

The witch, who had no strength to resist, was easily bound by the purple-black tentacles, suspending her by her arms and slender waist.

Then, an illusory tentacle, like lightning, pierced into her brow adorned with a gemstone forehead ornament.

"Ah—!"

Even with a steadfast mind, the witch, who had lived for hundreds of years, couldn't help but let out an extremely shrill scream.

Slurping... Slurping...

With no physical form, the sound was eerily like that of drinking water.

Her alabaster bare feet suddenly tightened, struggling like suffocating fish. The pupils of her yellow snake eyes gradually enlarged, the eyeballs slowly rolled upwards, her throat emitting unconcealable painful gasps of "hah hah hah."

Her facial features lost control, tears at the corners of her eyes and saliva at the corners of her lips flowed incessantly. She appeared extremely disheveled, far from her earlier state of an alluring, charming dancer.

[Divine Skill: Soul Sucking]

When there is spiritual power, it would first absorb the spiritual power of the opponent; when there is no spiritual power, it would then draw the original essence of the opponent's soul. It is a hundred times more painful than inserting a straw into a human body to extract marrow from bones.

After enduring such torture, even if one was not dead, they were highly prone to mental collapse.

Given the casting intensity at present, it could drain a physical-side Official Transcendent in five seconds, and even with the strong spiritual power of an Upper-Rank Wizard, they would not last long when already severely injured.

Beside, another "Deceitful Dream Cultist," Abid, who had subdued the dappled giant python, saw that their task target was almost losing consciousness. Seeing his companion not stopping, he quickly intervened to stop:

"Hey, Jamel, calm down! This is a Great Wizard who can be transformed into one of us with [Corrupting Blood]! Do you really want to kill her? Think of the consequences of failing the mission!"

But Jamel remained completely unfazed, his eyes red as a vampire entranced by a blood craving. Even as he received the benefit of a Great Wizard's spiritual power, his aura faintly expanded.

The surviving Tier 3 Insectoid and two "Blasphemous Cultists" who had also discarded part of their bodies saw the target subdued and began to gather slowly.

Just then.

Crack!

The intensely shaken [Dark Side] finally completely collapsed, and they returned to the Material World, the sunlight overhead suddenly dazzlingly bright.

"Jamel, let go!"

With the persistent persuasion of his companion, reason began returning to the red eyes of the Blasphemous Cultist using [Soul Sucking].

However, in the next moment.

Sizzle—

A dazzling white sword light abruptly appeared in the scene, severing all his eight tentacles. The witch, freed from torture, fell from mid-air, and was instantly engulfed by a shadow rising from the ground.

"Ah!"

In the more disastrous wails of the Deceitful Dream Cultists, a leisurely voice suddenly sounded in their ears:

"Treating a beautiful lady in such a manner is not what a gentleman should do!"