Every decision made in life is a gamble, the only difference lies in the size of the stakes.

  To defeat an enemy whose power far surpasses your own requires a great deal of luck.

  Life has never been absolutely fair, facing the powerful Eryndor Thorne, Raven can only gamble.

  Having won the gamble, the road ahead is now smooth and unobstructed.

  Lost in gambling, and then there's nothing more.

  It's clear that Raven won this bet. He not only won almost all the Shadowsteel Images, but also won another guess - the two apprentices of the God of Thieves were never kind-hearted from the start, and these Shadowsteel Images might indeed be at the Bronze level when they are not activated. However, during the Dark Festival ceremony, the soul energy of the candidates who were killed was not only replenished to the winner, but also replenished into these Shadowsteel Images that served as the last line of defense.

  So this batch of demon statues is no longer bronze rank, but a uniform silver rank.

  Of course, all the promotions were cheaper for Raven anyway.

  Unlike the three Shadow Steel Golems that directly connected with his own soul, Raven, who had temporarily joined him, could only vaguely sense their presence.

  That's enough!

  "Tornado Whirlpool Phantom Kill Array!"

  As Raven shouted out in Common Speech, Ellison grew extremely tense. In terms of speed, he was at a complete disadvantage.

  What dragon coils, what whirlpools, sounds very grand and magnificent, and somehow it's like that wolf pack tactic, using high-speed dispersion to distract the enemy's attention, and then deliver a fatal blow.

  Elliott almost subconsciously shrunk the team.

  The next second, he found himself being cheated. The mechanical golem wouldn't understand the common language at all! For the mechanical golems, the master either gave orders directly in Nalassian or the golems would judge the commands by tone and syllables.

  Eriksen came to when it was too late.

  Lei Wen seems to be playing a guerrilla warfare, but in fact, it's a typical Western chess opening - the Exchange Variation.

  Eight Shadow Steel Giants launched a desperate charge, like lightning, rushing into the center of the Black Hole Monster and immediately unleashing a negative energy self-explosion.

  If there were no Black Hole monsters, Raven suspected that he would see a mushroom cloud from another world.

  Unfortunately, the huge negative energy was almost all eaten away by the black hole monster.

  "How can you...?" Elrison couldn't understand at all why Raven would let a precious magical image self-destruct.

  Lei Wen coldly smiled: Having the power but not using it, will render it invalid after expiration. Since you temporarily joined our camp, then afterwards there's a possibility of leaving the camp and counterattacking.

  It's better to sacrifice them honorably rather than letting them return to their patrol state and killing people at sight.

  "Go away!"

  Raven shouted and retreated with Rope No. 1 and the Shadow Steel Magic Image.

  Black Hole Monster is not a real black hole, it's essentially an undead creature that is immune to light, acid and cold. Depending on its body size, the total amount of biological energy it can consume also varies.

  A golden-tiered black hole monster is absolutely unable to simultaneously absorb the self-destructive energy of 8 silver-tiered shadow steel golems.

  It was originally just a cloud shape, like a large ball of black hole, suddenly turned into a very large mass of dark clouds, quickly thickening and solidifying, finally becoming like a substance, in the air it transformed into a huge black balloon.

  Leiwen ran away, and even the three Shadow Steel Giants were carrying him while running.

  Compared to typical agile assassins like Raven and Shadow Fiend, Erisson's party is a counterexample. Everyone knows that when the Voidbringer can't hold on, it's a devastating negative energy explosion, but this side has only short legs.

  Faith Guardians and Shield Bearers are the most typical heavy infantry. Although Elrond can choose to disband them, the number of daily divine spells is limited, and disbanding them will not be able to recruit them again soon.

  Moreover, when running on the road, you have to prevent Raven from ambushing, and can't run fast at all.

  After retreating thirty meters, Elrison also gave up. The volume of the Black Hole Monster had already swollen to ten times its original size...

  "Congratulations!"

  "Holy Shield!"

  "Shield of Devotion!"

  A string of divine arts was released, with the Shield Guardian standing at the back, and the Faith Guardian, who had an even stronger defensive power, stood in front. Elricson stood in the middle.

  It's going to be tough.

  "Number 7, attack! Will of destruction."

  At that moment, Raven's distant words drove a Shadowsteel golem lurking near Eriol to launch a suicidal attack.

  The attack itself was not fatal. A silver-ranked Shadowsteel Golem's self-destruction, Eryndor could still barely withstand. What made Eryndor vomit blood was that due to the Shadowsteel Golem's attack, his formation had scattered. The Faith Guardians and Shieldbearers instinctively counterattacked the Shadowsteel Golem.

  Just at this moment, the black hole exploded!

  "Boom——"

  Ink-black negative energy transformed into a stormy whirlwind, instantly sweeping the entire space, with a large number of Shadow Steel Demon's limbs and various things that were eaten by the Black Hole Monster but not fully digested.

  A wave of unstoppable destructive storms unfolded a full-scale indiscriminate bombardment towards the reduced shadow space!

  "Boom boom!" Within a second, the Faith Guardian had withstood countless attacks. There were debris and also deadly metal fragments like Shadow Steel's, but more so was the almost endless negative energy explosion that it had endured.

  The Cleric prays daily, sending his faith to his deity. Faith Warding is a divine spell that can be used at critical times to obtain faith from the deity, ensuring the existence and defensive power of the Faith Guardian.

  Eryndor Thorne was not pleased, for in that brief second, he had just undone a year's worth of faith power he had given to Shriek. He also had to constantly infuse the Faithguard with spiritual energy, or else the Faithguard would be destroyed, and it would be him who went down instead.

  To save his life, he had no choice.

  The explosion of negative energy is still going on, and Raven just made a move at this moment.

  A rope appeared at the worst possible moment for Erison. Tens of ropes, like Octopus's tentacles, instantly wrapped around the Shield Warrior, pulling it into a narrow shadowy space, and then faintly transmitted the sound of Shadow Steel Demon's claws piercing through.

  "Bastard!" Ellison's eyes were red with rage.

  Aegis is a spirit summoned by the Cleric from the divine realm of their deity. These spirits were all devout followers of the deity in life, and due to their piety, the deity redeemed their souls from the hands of the god of death, allowing them to become the deity's exclusive Aegises after death.

  Unless otherwise specified, the spirit will be reborn in the realm of gods after being destroyed.

  In the Shadow Festival, all souls are forcibly extracted.

  So if this Shield Spirit is gone, then the soul will also be gone and can't come back.

  "This is a direct property of Shirek! Elrond thought that he couldn't explain to his superior, and almost spat out old blood."

  And that's not all, taking advantage of Erisson's attention being drawn.

  Three shadowy steel golems charged in.

  Their goal is Ellison's Faith Guardian.

  Eryndor raised his flail, a heavy blow stopped one, but could not prevent the other two from inserting their claws into the empty back of the Faithguard.

  "It's infuriating!" Along with Ellison's loud roar, a strong light burst out from the Faith Guardian.

  A violent secondary explosion shook the entire space!

  Dust is flying everywhere, and the sound of falling rocks can be heard all around.

  Eryndor Thorne stood at the center of space, his entire body radiating the dark aura unique to Sharrak's power. He panted heavily, like a king on his last legs, clearly at an extreme disadvantage, yet still refusing to bow his head to the contemptible enemy in his eyes.

  "Hahaha! Hahahahaha! Raven kid! Well done! Unfortunately, everything you've done is meaningless! Do you know why? Do you know?"

  Levin didn't respond. In this Shadow Festival final in space, Ellison continued to talk to himself, surrounded by emptiness.

  "The gap between you and me is not age, nor strength, nor talent, nor money, nor worldly power. The biggest difference between us is that I have a god behind me! The powerful 'Dark Day' is my greatest reliance! You may be able to defeat me, but can you defeat a god? Insignificant mortal! Hahahaha!"

  Eryndor's maniacal laughter was ear-piercing, Raven acknowledged he had never been one for good breeding. He finally laughed out loud: "Hah! Are you really so sure you can get eternal divine favor from that capricious and despicable god?"

  Eryndor Thorne's eyebrows shot up in anger: "You despicable little brat, no matter how you slander the great Shyrick, it's all meaningless! My divine authority won't be reduced by a single bit because of your slander!"

  "Oh, really?"

  Levin's calm voice echoed in the space, a very bad premonition flashed through Elrond's mind. The high priest sensed a strong smell of conspiracy.

  Suddenly, Ellison found that the light of a small soul gem on his wrist had gone out. This meant that the owner of the soul gem was already dead.

  Eryndor's body shook, his face changing dramatically, for the owner of this gemstone was none other than Medea Jager, another trusted assistant who had murdered a low-ranking priestess of the Church. Previously, he had been in charge of delivering [Pure White Frost] to Shireke through Eryndor's private altar.

  Who killed Medgar Evers?

  The stronghold he was in wouldn't be shaken even if a legendary strongman came to attack.

  Who? Could it be Raven?!

  Just as Ellison was in a daze, he heard the furious voice of his eldest brother, Shirek: "Ellison, you idiot! Are your brains filled with pig shit? How could you do something so stupid?! Get out! I don't want to see you again, you piece of trash!"

  Ellison's sky has collapsed.

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