Chapter 143: 71 Chapter 143: 71 The golden angel hovered just behind Ling Menglu, its golden halos enveloping her delicate body. The staff she held up high blossomed with a brilliant golden glow, transforming the surrounding area within a hundred meters into a golden ocean.

Yes, this was Sacred Judgement! It was the powerful 6th Rank area-of-effect Magic used by a Priest.

Not every Priest possessed the capability to use Sacred Judgement. What was peculiar about this technique was that one’s innate inner spiritual power must reach at least 80 points to even have a possibility of casting it. This was because it required strong control over, and affinity with, the light attribute – as if oneself had become Divine Light – to cast it. The ability had an exceptionally powerful Purification effect.

Of course, Ling Menglu’s gift was not solely an innate inner spiritual power of 80. However, Sacred Judgement was a 6th Rank technique. She was essentially using a 6th Rank technique – the most challenging light specialty magic a Priest could use – at a 5th Rank Cultivation Level.

Under the Sacred Judgement, the bodies of the rabid demons froze in place, then began to melt away. The bizarre meltdown claimed the lives of the remaining nearly four hundred rabid demons within a mere dozen seconds, wiping them eternally from this world. Within a hundred-meter radius, everything became a golden ocean. Even the divine array formation on the ground expanded to cover a hundred-meter radius. In the sky, a grand hole of the same size appeared, connecting the sunlight with the divine.

The Sacred Judgement, while providing exceptional purification, also doubled the presence of the light element in its area of effect for ten minutes.

Long Kongkong’s eyes widened in astonishment! This was his cousin, Divine Maiden Menglu! At that moment, bathed in the golden Divine Light, she appeared to radiate a divine radiance. Her stunning beauty was beyond description, and her aura was solemn and inviolable.

Even Long Dangdang was shocked, exclaiming, “Is this her competitive spirit?” But, the next moment, as if realizing something, he nodded at Ling Menglu.

As Menglu gave him a slight smile, the discernible light elements started to swarm their way. Within the range of Sacred Judgement, the light element surged, enhancing the strength of all light specialty magic and healing ability.

If they weren’t facing deep darkness creatures, this Priest skill would primarily have an auxiliary role for the Knights. A knight in the range of Sacred Judgement was known as a Judgment Knight. In the history of the Federation, there was once a formidable Judgment Knight brigade. Each hundred knights were accompanied by a Priest capable of invoking Sacred Judgement. Despite only having five hundred members, the entire brigade held combat power rivaling that of a ten-thousand-strong legion.

Moving against the demon tribe with Sacred Judgement didn’t only provide powerful auxiliary power; its intrinsic attack strength also became exceedingly mighty. It directly purified the rabid demons.

The rabid demon legion, annihilated!

In the distance, numerous tall silhouettes began to appear vaguely.

Without affording them any rest, the third wave of enemies already emerged.

Around five hundred in number – half the number of rabid demons. These demons stood over two meters tall, supported on three legs with no arms, but with unusually large heads. Their three robust legs moved swiftly. The colossal heads housed six eyes that emitted a dark purple glow.

Long Dangdang’s nod towards Ling Menglu wasn’t because she annihilated the recent wave of rabid demons, but rather for the ten minutes of Sacred Light invoked by the Sacred Judgement. Ling Menglu took the pain of exerting tremendous Spiritual Power to implement the Sacred Judgement not just to oppose rabid demons, but to reserve the Sacred Light to tackle the upcoming foes.

Their enemies, from the second battle comprised of rabid demons and invisible lurkers, appeared to be controlled by an invisible hand. With two consecutive physical combat demon tribe easily subdued, what could their upcoming enemies be like? There could only be two possibilities: ranged attack or aerial foes.

The larger area covered by the Sacred Light considerably enhances the light element while inevitably weakening the darkness element. Be it for aerial foes or ranged attack demons, it could be greatly assistive.

Just like what appeared within their field of vision at this moment: Demon Eye Sorcerers, the daemon tribe’s long-range attackers!

The ordinary Demon Eye Sorcerer was of 3rd Rank. But, amidst all these Demon Eye Sorcerers, six bore eight eyes. The Eight-Eyed Warlocks were at the 5th Rank!

“They’re really taking us seriously! This live combat is much tougher than the previous assessments,” Long Dangdang couldn’t help but exclaim.

Their position on the hillside gave them a geographical advantage, which was beneficial in dealing with close-range enemies. However, it also made them vulnerable to long-range opponents. As standing so conspicuously on the hillside was like being sitting ducks to foes excelling in ranged attacks.

The most formidable aspect of long-range attacks was their ability to concentrate power for a burst attack. No matter how prodigious they were nor how dominant their spirit furnace was, to face a group attack from hundreds of 3rd Rank and several 5th Rank daemons would not be viable.

The Demon Eye Sorcerers started to disperse their formation, gradually closing in at them from half-surrounded positions. The attack range of a 3rd Rank Demon Eye Sorcerer was about a hundred metres, while a 5th Rank could reach beyond two hundred meters.

Long Dangdang turned to face his cousin, “Captain, what do we do?”

Menglu paused, “Since when did I become the captain?”

Long Kongkong chuckled, carried on, “When we encounter a problem that’s hard to solve, you’re it. Captain, what do we do?”

Menglu couldn’t help but be speechless at the brothers’ words, “What else can we do? Run!” As she spoke, she turned and headed for the bottom of the hill, seemingly unperturbed about leaving behind the painstakingly established array formation.