Chapter 050: Liberation
The powerful impact sent Chen Ran flying. He landed heavily on the ground, feeling as if his skeleton had shattered. If it weren’t for his enhanced, sturdy physique, that blow would have been enough to kill him.
Fortunately, the cone had squarely pierced the fiery warhorse’s neck. A painful neigh came from ahead. The fiery warhorse reared up, throwing the black knight off its back. It neighed continuously, but it couldn’t stop the demonic qi from leaking from its wound. Its aura grew weaker and weaker until it finally collapsed, its movements slowing, and it gradually turned into a cloud of black dust.
After a few healing spells, the pain in Chen Ran’s hands eased a little. He saw the black knight had already gotten up from the ground and was still relentlessly walking toward Elena. Chen Ran accelerated from the side to intercept, raising the Holy Cone in his hand and stabbing at the black knight…
However, although the black knight had returned to its normal form after losing its powerful demonic qi, and its strength had dropped to that of a Tier 4 elite, it was still not something he, a priest, could easily fight…
Seeming to realize that the Holy Cone in Chen Ran’s hand posed a considerable threat, the black knight turned and, with a swift flying kick, sent the Holy Cone flying from Chen Ran’s hand. Then, it closed in and easily grabbed Chen Ran by the neck, lifting him up with one hand.
At such a close distance, Chen Ran could even see the crimson, bloody eyes inside the heavy helmet.
Feeling the immense pressure on his neck, Chen Ran couldn’t help but struggle, kicking and punching. A few weak Holy Light Bullets hit the black knight, causing a small amount of damage, but the black knight could easily endure it and strangle Chen Ran to death.
Chen Ran, his face contorted in pain, somewhat regretted his slightly rash actions. He had only been focused on getting to Elena quickly, but a small mistake had put him in this predicament.
Fortunately, he was not alone.
Seeing Chen Ran in trouble, Elena took the initiative to run and pick up the Holy Cone, throwing it in his direction.
“Catch!”
The force was just right. The struggling Chen Ran easily caught the Holy Cone. Without hesitation, he immediately thrust it toward the black knight’s forehead…
The holy cone easily pierced through the hard, magical helmet and into the black knight’s forehead. A cloud of black qi dispersed from between its brows. Chen Ran felt a sudden release of pressure on his neck, and he fell heavily to the ground.
As his breathing returned to normal, Chen Ran clutched his throat, gasping for air. Ten clear, purple fingerprints were imprinted on his neck. He didn’t know if his neck would have actually snapped if he had been a few seconds slower.
With the cone in its forehead, the black knight was no longer as fierce as before. Stimulated by the golden power of the holy cone, its knight’s helmet turned into wisps of black smoke and dissipated, revealing a beast-like head that was almost a dried corpse, fitting the image of a demon world creature. However, the head was visibly withering, turning into a skull, until it fell heavily to the ground. All the armor on its body dematerialized, leaving only a strange, humanoid skeleton with a spiky spine, a characteristic form of demon world creatures.
Just then, a substantial amount of blood essence formed around the black knight, so fresh it was dazzling, its purity clearly much higher than before. Under Chen Ran’s active absorption, the fresh, bright blood essence once again surged madly into his body. He saw his power grow rapidly. Although it was just a puppet demon, its blood essence intensity was still at the level of a Tier 7 elite. This power actually raised him directly from level 22 to over level 27, a truly explosive gain.
At the same time, having passed level 25, he activated a new skill.
Hand of Silver: Heals and regenerates a target’s missing or damaged body tissue. Requires level 25 to cast.】
Compared to the useless skill in the game that could only be used for first aid after a battle, Chen Ran understood that this skill might have unexpected uses in this world. Because even if you had broken limbs, were blind, or had other congenital or acquired physical disabilities, this skill should be able to repair them. It was almost a bug-like existence, its usefulness perhaps second only to the level 50 resurrection skill, “Angel’s Tear.”
The battle was over. The black knight was finally dead. Chen Ran couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief. After his breathing returned to normal, Elena also ran over, asking with concern if he was okay.
It was dawn, and Chen Ran was in a good mood. He pulled Elena into his arms and kissed her on the cheek, saying lightly, “Alright, we’re free.”
Elena also showed a knowing smile and actively moved her head closer.
“That’s great,” Elena said, her long eyelashes fluttering as she whispered, “I want you.”
An undisguised confession. Looking into Elena’s beautiful eyes, his blood couldn’t help but boil, and a tent was pitched somewhere.
He was young and vigorous. Without any burdens, all his emotions were released in this moment. He took a long blanket from his spatial ring and casually spread it on the ground. In this quiet dawn, two hot bodies soon became entangled.
Although they had been together once before, it had been a release of suppressed emotions, and it was difficult to experience the true wonder between a man and a woman. Elena’s body was beautiful. Her purple hair was spread out like a brocade, and her snow-white body was as smooth as alabaster, pleasing to the eye and making one want to linger.
Few girls of the same age were as well-developed as Elena. She also had an intellectual, mature beauty that drove one crazy. That experience was not comparable to the youthful awkwardness with Lia. That unpleasant memory was gradually lost in a corner of his memory in Elena’s tenderness.
He entered Elena’s body, truly becoming one with her, entwined with each other. It seemed that nothing in the entire world could resist this extraordinary temptation. The soft moans became the most beautiful melody in the world.
Perhaps it was because Chen Ran still had the effects of Endurance and Divine Power on him, but this time, the process far exceeded the usual brevity, finally making him feel like a man. He had never thought that a priest’s skills could be used in this way…
He simply tidied up the messy scene, but the wildness of just now was something to be savored for a long time.
When everything was done, Chen Ran glanced at Elena. She had, at some point, stopped in front of the black-crystal-like magic sword, which had lost its luster, and was staring blankly.
Chen Ran walked over.
Unexpectedly, this black magic sword was still here. The blade glowed like a black gem, as clear and moving as a young girl’s face. It seemed to be a little lonely and lost because its master had disappeared.
This was an epic-grade (dark gold) powerful soul weapon, and it had a high-level attribute that directly enhanced strength.
This magic sword seemed very light, so light that even Elena could easily pick it up.
“Thorned Rose, we meet again.”
Elena’s words made Chen Ran freeze. He asked in surprise, “You know this sword?”
Elena didn’t answer immediately, just sighed a long sigh, turned her head, and looked at Chen Ran with a faint sadness in her beautiful eyes.
“I have to go.”
Nugget what💀