This Holy Knight is So Despicable!
Chapter 79: The Familiar Black Mud! (Three More)

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: The Familiar Black Mud! (Three More)

Black mud! Familiar black mud!

Back then, when I killed the Truth Remnant Moslian on the Lawrence Family’s territory, it was this kind of black mud that emerged from his body!

It was also from that moment that Lette knew about the witch plan. What followed was the news of Joanna’s attack.

The instant Lette saw the black mud surging, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Witch plan! Great Sage of Reason from the Tower of Truth! Elemental Witch Emily! Blood Witch Scarlett’s plot!

Joanna’s attack! The anomalies of the Truth Remnants! Vanessa’s sudden return!

All of these events seemed to be linked by something at once, but just lacked a little something!

Yet, with the witch’s information right before his eyes, Lette wasn’t willing to give up.

He increased the speed of reading and finally escaped the embrace of the black mud in the last moment as a stream of light.

But unfortunately, a small portion of black mud still adhered to his arm.

A heart-piercing burning sensation came from his skin, and without hesitation, Lette gathered Light Blade, cutting off this portion of flesh and then healing it entirely with Holy Healing Technique.

"What exactly is this thing..."

Looking at the black mud twisting and writhing on the ground, Lette instinctively felt disgust.

He originally wanted to extract some for research, but as if sensing his intention, all the black mud dried up in an instant and then turned to fly ash.

Such a bizarre scene made Lette even suspect whether the opponent had life.

"Do you need to pay a price to gain knowledge?"

Lette nodded slightly, but indeed he did get what he wanted, the secrets about the witch.

This would greatly aid him in unraveling the witch’s curse.

An optimal solution at last had a hope of success.

For this, it was worth taking a bit of risk.

However, besides the knowledge related to the witch, Lette also retrieved a lot of internal information about the Truth Remnants in this last instant.

Among them, one piece shocked him immensely.

"Let Vanessa assassinate the Pope? Who the hell came up with that idea?!"

Lette’s face sank as he turned around, intending to walk out of the hall.

From the start, he had always thought Vanessa was coming for him. But evidently, from the memory information of the Legendary Strongman, the price in the deal with the Tower of Truth was the Pope’s life.

They hoped that through a decapitation operation during the Holy Presence Ceremony, the prestige of the Holy Light Church would be utterly diminished.

It seemed that the Truth Remnants had prioritized him only secondarily since they too seemed to know that dealing with him was too difficult.

Indeed, assassinating the Pope would be less challenging, and it would strike a more severe blow to the Holy Light Church.

With Vanessa’s setup, defeating him would probably be somewhat difficult. But other than himself, there really wasn’t anyone in the Holy Light Church who could definitely win against her.

"I really overestimated these guys; it seems after the destruction of the Tower of Truth, these people truly have fallen, and all have learned to settle for second best!"

Just as Lette was preparing to stand and hurry back to the Holy City, the sound of chains breaking suddenly came from behind him.

Crack! Craaack! Clatter...

Lette turned his head and saw that the source of the sound was the iron box that the Legendary Mage had been looking at just now.

This thing appeared utterly ordinary, yet it was now emitting a terrifying aura.

Bang!

The lid of the box was blown off by a tremendous force, followed immediately by a mass of tumor-covered with blood vessels bursting out from inside and rapidly growing.

Lette couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air: "Extinction level Containment Object! Growth Flesh! My goodness, you guys really went all out!"

In just two or three seconds, the entire hall was devoured by the flesh. This mass of giant flesh was still frantically growing, with the lake water becoming its nourishment.

The Growth Flesh fed on matter but craved energy even more.

The energy released in his recent battles with five Holy Ranks and a Legend all became nourishment for this Containment Object.

It seemed the opponent was prepared from the start for everyone to be taken out by him.

What was most concerning was that downstream of this lake was the Holy City’s moat! The river would even pass through the center of the Holy City!

If the Growth Flesh was allowed to continue its rapid expansion, in less than three minutes, the entire Holy City would become its food source.

Even if it could be halted, it would come at an enormous cost.

Who knows how many believers’ lives would become its blood meal! After all, outside the Holy City, there was no Barrier to stop it, let alone the recently improving Holy Work Town!

"These heartless ones!"

Lette understood the opponent’s intention; from five Holy Ranks to a Legendary Strongman, and then to an Extinction level Containment Object, the opponent’s plan was to stall his steps, giving Vanessa more time!

Even if they couldn’t delay his steps, they aimed to deplete him as much as possible, weakening him to improve Vanessa’s chances of victory.

They also counted on the fact that for the witch’s secret, he would undoubtedly come.

"Seems not all of the Truth Remnants are useless drunks! Alright, this makes it interesting to play!"

Lette didn’t say much else, slowly raising his Sin Light and giving it a gentle flick with his finger.

The Sin Light also seemed to realize something, emitting a somewhat discontented hum.

"This time I promise not to leave for three years, I’ll be back before noon tomorrow!"

With that, Lette set the Sin Light upright before him and began gathering the power of the Holy Light.

Divine Spell Arrays unfolded, gently laying into the lake, blocking the continued growth of the flesh.

But in a blink, the entire lake had already been devoured, and it was about to flow downstream through the river.

At that moment, disaster would become unavoidable.

In a critical moment, Lette hurled the Sin Light Greatsword in his hand towards the center of the lake with tremendous force.

"Secret Profound Skill! Enclose the Earth with a Ward!"

The Sin Light transformed into a beam of light, directly smashing the center of the growth flesh, leaving a charred gap.

As it descended, the surrounding arrays instantly connected into one, like a giant cage, sealing the growth flesh in place.

Even though those twisted and ugly tumorous tentacles were frantically attacking, they still couldn’t shake the formation in the slightest.

Seeing this, Lette immediately turned and sped furiously towards the direction of the Holy City without looking back.

A streak of light cut through the sky, returning to the skies above the Holy City with unreasonable speed.

Ignoring the command prohibiting flying over the Pope Palace’s airspace, Lette came straight to the core of the palace, landing directly from the air.

However, upon landing, he found no attack had occurred here.

Lette was puzzled; theoretically, this time when he was drawn away should have been the optimal moment for attack.

The Truth Remnants paid a huge price to secure this precious time.

The guard standing at the door answered Lette’s confusion.

"Master! Why are you here?"

Seeing the fully armed Master Constant, Lette was extremely surprised: "You won’t be here to discuss the snack street’s share allocation issue with the Pope, will you?"

"I sensed you had left the Holy City, so I came here."

Master Constant replied in a muffled voice: "Although I’m just some old bones, I can still buy some time for you."

"Master!"

"Moreover, if I save this old fellow inside, he won’t feel right competing with me for snack street shares!"

"Master..."

Constant sighed and patted Lette’s shoulder: "Go, she’s waiting for you."

Lette’s eyebrows raised; he felt a strong fighting spirit coming from the direction of the entrance to the Pope Palace.

"Yes, Master."

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