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Chapter 515 - 300 The Locust Crossing_1

Chapter 515: Chapter 300 The Locust Crossing_1

Encouraged by the duration of the Dark World, the three Sons of Heaven launched a series of long-range attacks.

Based on the Son of Heaven’s previous behavior, he couldn’t see past the magic spells circle into the darkness. Thus, he was in the dark while his enemies knew his position, leaving him only with the option to take a defensive role.

"Barrier!"

The Son of Heaven was now stationary, relying on the transparent barrier to block all incoming attacks.

All magic would automatically fail the moment it came into contact with the barrier. It was truly an ultimate defense. However, the price was the rapid depletion of the Son of Heaven’s magic power, due to the tremendous cost of maintaining such a defense.

In less than half a minute, half of the Son of Heaven’s nearly ten-thousand magic power had evaporated. His control over magic spells was powerful, and if used wisely, could change his destiny. But here, ’wise use’ certainly didn’t mean acting like a punching bag, unable to fight back.

The Son of Heaven had no choice but to change strategy. He gave up his flawless defense and endured some ordinary attacks, blocking only the high-damage magic attacks. He began to move towards Mu You and the others, preparing to fight back.

With this shift, the depletion of his magic power did slow down, but wounds began to rapidly accumulate on his body.

"Heal!"

The Son of Heaven used his magic spells again, instantly recuperating from his injuries.

But at that moment, a blade of light suddenly struck him from the side. With his extraordinary perception within his territory, he was immediately aware of it, recognizing that it was from the woman with the scythe.

But he didn’t dodge this blade with magic spells. His purpose in being here wasn’t to fight to the death, but to gather intelligence. Feeling the strength of his enemies’ attack was a crucial part of that.

The Son of Heaven moved aside using his physical skills. Although he couldn’t dodge entirely, he avoided any fatal injuries.

The scythe skimmed over his shoulder, leaving a barely noticeable trail of blood.

Lin Xue maintained her combat habit of striking and retreating—after a successful hit, she immediately withdrew from the magic spells range.

The Son of Heaven didn’t pay much attention, assuming it was a normal attack and defense.

However, next he noticed a skull-shaped mark at the spot on his shoulder where he had been struck.

Although the mark didn’t bring him any physical negative effects, the sight of it instantly made the Son of Heaven feel an inner sense of nausea and terror.

The Son of Heaven didn’t know what it was, but he felt that if he didn’t remove it from his body as soon as possible, he might face unbearable consequences...

Almost instinctively, the Son of Heaven used his magic spells to remove the mark: "Erase!"

As expected, the mark slowly faded.

However, the cost of removing it was startling to the Son of Heaven.

The remaining half of his magic power disappeared into thin air, draining him to the bottom at once!

Just a simple ’Erase’ spell consumed nearly four-thousand points of his magic power?

"Whoosh whoosh..."

As the Son of Heaven was distracted, Mu You’s attacks did not stop.

The magic-depleted Son of Heaven temporarily lost his chance to use his magic spells again. As a result, he was instantly struck by several Wind Blades, blood gushed from his body, and his life dropped sharply.

However, just as Mu You was about to strike when the iron was hot and continue his attack, he heard the Son of Heaven, who had fallen in the distance, clearly murmur two words.

"Self-destruct."

The next instant, a large burst of fire suddenly engulfed him on the spot, and amidst the explosion, the Son of Heaven’s body turned into dust and disappeared.

"Self-destruct again..."

The Son of Heaven’s self-destruction didn’t harm anyone, but Mu You could only watch as the Son of Heaven disappeared and couldn’t do anything was about it.

It was no wonder that he dared to come alone given his magic spells shield and self-destruction as a means of teleportation. This combination was a tough nut to crack.

Shaking his head, Mu You walked forward and picked up the map piece that had been left on the ground where the Son of Heaven had disappeared.

The Son of Heaven had died during the half-hour time slot predetermined by the Phantom Thief’s letter. During this time, the map pieces were guaranteed to drop upon death, saving Mu You the effort of marking them on the list.

After the battle ended, Lin Xue and Little Ya, seeing Mu You pick up the piece, gathered around.

"Which one?" Lin Xue asked.

"Number one..."

Mu You looked at the number on the piece and sighed silently.

He had expected this outcome.

The Son of Heaven’s mission was essentially to gift Mu You a piece of the map. If the piece had a high value, even if it was being tracked, the enemy might not be willing to hand it over freely.

But the first piece of the map only depicted one third of the Sky City area. The rest was filled with outside environment and entrance notations.

In other words, piece number one was extremely valuable before entering the city, but once the entrance was found and they entered the Sky City, the value of this piece would plummet, far less critical than pieces three and six.

It was precisely because Mu You had marked the first piece in the Phantom Thief’s letter that the Son of Heaven was willing to use it as bait. On one hand, he was drawing Mu You away, and on the other hand, he was gathering some intelligence.

Trading a nearly useless piece of the map for some essential intelligence seemed like a reasonable bargain to him.

"Anyhow, now that we have the map, at least we won’t get lost in the first area..."

Mu You took out his previous pieces and started piecing them together. The first piece instantly displayed its content, marking the exit route clearly.

Now, with pieces number one, two, and five in his possession, the road to the city center was over half clear.