The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 981: The Celestials Tremble With Fear



In the forest on the eastern outskirts of Sunpeak City, Elder Willowthorn immediately expressed his regret after seeing his barrier had killed someone.

"Ah, Holy Mother, I have sinned..." Elder Willowthorn began praying to redeem himself.

After getting thrown out of the Profound Pearl of Life, Valefor instructed him to silently protect Sunpeak City and the Heavenreacher without alerting the Celestial Kingdom.

Originally, Elder Willowthorn didn't see a problem with this. He was only asked to protect and not to kill. Alas, he couldn't stop others from throwing themselves head-first into his barrier and killing themselves.

Hopefully, the rest of the Celestials had learned from this.

...

Meanwhile, the patch of meat paste and blood on the invisible barrier was like a hammer nailing a stake into the hearts of the Celestials, shattering their confidence and instilling fear. Lord Dhayu was about to command the remaining half of his elite group to invade the Heavenreacher when he witnessed the horrifying yet pathetic state of his strongest subordinate.

After feeling a chill run down his spine, he felt shame and anger.

How could a Ninth-stage Divine Origin Realm expert die so pathetically? How strong could the barrier be?

"Fools! Why aren't you all guarding yourselves with divine energy?!" Lord Dhayu barked furiously.

Instead of feeling regret and loss, he felt greatly ashamed. Such a pathetic way to die was a big stain on his record. He would never be able to wipe it off if word of it spread to his peers. After recovering from their shock and horror, the Divine Origin Realm Celestials covered themselves in thick divine energy and used divine arts and spells to destroy the sturdy barrier.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Every strike caused big ripples of green energy on the barrier's surface, but not a single crack was created.

"What kind of magic barrier is this? Why is it so strong?! Since when were the Land-Dwellers this capable?!"

"Something is very wrong! We should retreat and reassess the situation! The Land-Dwellers shouldn't have such a high-level barrier!"

"Nonsense! We can only retreat if Lord Dhayu gives us the order! Do you want to be labeled as a deserter? Put some more effort into breaking the barrier! Even if it's very strong, its energy shouldn't be infinite!"

Although the green barrier alarmed the Celestials, they soon glared at it with bloodshot eyes like it was their mortal enemy. They used every skill and weapon in their arsenal to break the barrier.

However, no matter what they used, they failed to inflict any damage.

Lord Dhayu's eyes flickered with a fierce glint before eyeing the Heavenreacher on the mountain next to Sunpeak City. Since the barrier over Sunpeak City was so strong, the Heavenreacher's protection had to be weaker!

He immediately led the second half of his elite group to launch an assault on the giant tower.

With his First-stage Divine Star Realm cultivation, he refused to believe he couldn't break the barrier. Even if the Great Devils of Gehenna personally reinforced the barrier, they wouldn't be able to stop him!

"Break for me!" Lord Dhayu roared, drawing out his precious spirit sword for a powerful downward slash.

Divine Sword Art - Heaven's Splitter!

Lord Dhayu struck down on the barrier with his azure spirit sword, fully augmented by his high cultivation base. The incredibly compressed divine energy infused in it threatened to split the sky and earth the moment it erupted explosively.

Even so, the barrier resisted the powerful sword slash, seemingly so effortlessly that it seemed simply unbreakable.

Ka-cha!

The azure spirit sword could not withstand the full might of Lord Dhayu's cultivation base and snapped in half. The pointed half rebounded off the barrier and stabbed into his left shoulder.

Boom!

Lord Dhayu was flung far away by his own power after clashing with the barrier, nearly losing his entire left arm in the process.

The unchangeable situation finally made him aware of reality. His pride and ego had blinded him from the danger.

"L-Lord Dhayu, are you alright?!"

"The barrier is impossible to break! Everyone, retreat-!"

Just as Lord Dhayu finally gave the order to retreat, a horrifying aura of slaughter filled the sky, suffocating everyone with its oppressive might.

Some distance away, the airspace was silently split apart by brute power, and Valefor stepped out from the other side.

His cold smile instantly sent a chill down everyone's spine and made them understand what true terror was. Just by seeing his presence, the Celestials couldn't help but tremble with fear. They had encountered a murderous aura so thick in blood and slaughter that it had practically become a physical substance.

Just how much killing was needed to cultivate such an oppressive slaughter aura?

"Wait...!" Lord Dhayu's eyes widened as he recognized Valefor's appearance. "Y-You are Vaan Raphna! But that's impossible! You're supposed to be far in the Boundless Sea! You shouldn't have heard about this plan!"

"Well, you're not wrong," Valefor chuckled with amusement before saying, "But what makes you think such distance means anything to me?"

Valefor's question immediately silenced Lord Dhayu; he was unable to refute it.

Although it was a short period, Lord Dhayu seemed to have seen Gehenna on the other side of the spatial rift. Such means already placed Valefor far above the Great Devils.

The Great Devils required great preparations and time to create a dimensional connection between the realms, but Valefor only needed a single gesture.

Lord Dhayu couldn't even tell how strong Valefor was. However, he knew this killing star was definitely stronger than him. Only the Ocean Master might be able to match this person.

No!

Even the Ocean Master seemed inferior to this person!

"This is bad, very bad! Our information was completely wrong! Vaan Raphna's strength is far beyond our imagination! I must warn the three cities about this!" Lord Dhayu thought aloud.

However, just as Lord Dhayu retreated and took a spirit communication device, a soft breeze swept past him before he realized his entire arm had gone missing. Blood sprayed out of the open wound as the pain registered in his brain.

"Ahhh!!" Lord Dhayu clutched his shoulder painfully.

Meanwhile, Valefor remained in the same spot, having never seemingly moved.

However, Valefor held Lord Dhayu's missing arm, which still gripped the spirit

communication device.

"What did you plan to do with this?" Valefor smiled slyly.