Chapter 68: War Cage

As soon as the heavy door closed, the interior of the Temple was cut off from the world.

The sound of the wind, the whooshing noise of the Harpy Witches skimming low over the square, and the faint roars of unknown beasts in the distance all instantly disappeared.

Even the ubiquitous Magic Power in the air vanished completely, and no energy fluctuations from the outside could be sensed. The banner cloth moved without wind, glowing with black light, and phantom shadows of Harpy Witches baring their fangs and claws appeared one by one. An ancient, tense, and oppressive aura filled the air, accompanied by a lingering smell of blood, as if one had suddenly traveled through time and space and fallen into an ancient battlefield of gods and demons.

“Hahaha, foolish humans, taste the power of the War Cage of our Harpy Witch clan!”

Looking at the terrified Cardiron, the Tree Demon, and the others, the Witch Elder laughed loudly. She looked as beautiful as a young girl, but her voice was old and hoarse. With a ferocious look on her face, she said viciously: “This day, I have waited for one hundred and thirty-seven thousand years, a whole one hundred and thirty-seven thousand years! Every five thousand years, my body ages once. After barely surviving it, I ended up like this, trapped to death in this gloomy Temple. By refining all your power, I can walk out of this damn Temple, return to the Witch Mountain Range, and seize Solomon. At that time, who can stop me from entering the legendary Witch Realm, and who can stop me from cultivating to the true realm of eternal immortality? Hahaha!”

Looking at the powerful Hu Feng and his group, the Witch Elder, who was confident of victory, laughed loudly, extremely excited. The War Temple was the holy land of the underground Harpy Witches and also the greatest treasure of the Witch clan. Even the most powerful enemies could be trapped alive until they died.

A Sixteenth Step Holy Angel!

Refining her power would very likely allow her to break through the final bottleneck in one fell swoop, becoming a Divine Domain Witch and getting rid of the predicament that had tormented her for hundreds of thousands of years!

Looking at the injured Holy Angel Taliana, the Witch Elder was extremely excited.

In order to cultivate the Great Dark Witchcraft, she had once not hesitated to consume a large amount of life force to use secret techniques to speed up her cultivation, taking risks to swallow the venom of many poisonous creatures. After tens of thousands of years, the Great Dark Witchcraft was finally cultivated successfully, but she herself became neither human nor ghost. Every five thousand years, her body had to endure a painful backlash, and she could only hide in the Temple where the sun did not shine all year round to heal. Going on like this, either her body would one day be unable to bear it and completely collapse, or she would have to grit her teeth and continue cultivating to break through the final bottleneck, stepping from the Saint Domain Peak into the Demi-god Realm!

“Attack!”

Hu Feng gave the order in a deep voice, and his body suddenly disappeared, appearing behind the Witch Elder. The sharp Dark Magic Pen stabbed straight at the back of her head, the strike fast and ruthless. Unexpectedly, the opponent seemed to have predicted it, and her head tilted slightly to dodge his Fatal Strike. Her figure was erratic, as if constantly shuttling between Planes, making it impossible to lock onto her Soul. Several sharp attacks all missed, easily dodged by her.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

After the strike missed, Hu Feng quickly gave up close combat. The iron pen was like a hook, writing a huge ‘Wind’ character. Immediately, millions of sharp Wind Blades appeared in the air, whistling, and with a ‘whoosh’, they roared towards the Witch Elder from all directions. The momentum was huge, but unfortunately, it was still easily dodged by the opponent. Her body seemed to be just a Plane projection, and even if pierced by the sharp Wind Blades, there was no damage.

“Hahaha, it’s useless. Even a true Divine Domain Stronger would absolutely not be able to defeat a Witch Elder within the War Temple. You are all destined to die here!” The Witch Elder laughed loudly, and the Magic Staff in her hand suddenly turned into a giant black python. With a ‘roar’, it rushed into the sky and merged with the gloomy Temple, becoming one with it.

In an instant, Harpy Witches of various shapes appeared on the ground, walls, and ceiling of the Temple. Some were lying on the ground muttering, some had their wings spread wide, looking ready to pounce; some were digging out their own eyeballs, looking crazy; some even turned into entities, pouncing out from the Void, launching vicious attacks… An extremely evil and strange aura filled the air, and the entire Temple was connected together like an iron barrel. Hu Feng and the others could not only not sense the aura from the outside, but even the Magic Power and life force in their bodies began to drain away continuously.

Great Dark Witchcraft!

Trapping Hu Feng and the others with the War Cage, and then using the Great Dark Witchcraft to plunder their life force and power, the Witch Elder with her erratic figure laughed loudly, having been prepared long ago. The moment she saw Hu Feng, she knew that the opportunity she had waited for hundreds of thousands of years had finally come, and the premonition in her meditation was indeed correct. A powerful Demon Hunter had not only quickly arrived at the underground square but also brought a powerful Angel!

The stronger Hu Feng and the others were, the more excited the Witch Elder became, because for her, this meant a greater certainty of breaking through the bottleneck!

Swish…

Sensing the loss of Holy Energy in her body, Holy Angel Taliana’s expression also changed. Without hesitation, she pulled out the sharp Blade of the Angel, and with swish, swish, swish, she slashed out three swords with all her strength.

The first sword cut off the connection between the Witch Elder and the Void, forcing out her entity; the second sword tore open the iron-barrel-like War Cage, leaving a gap in the wall of the Temple, breaking the Witch Elder’s Great Dark Witchcraft, and stopping the loss of life force and Magic Power from Hu Feng and the others; the third sword fiercely picked out the ferocious black giant python, and the sharp Blade of the Angel pierced its vital spot. Suddenly, the Witch Elder’s loud laughter stopped abruptly, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. The black giant python was killed, and she also suffered a huge backlash!

Holy Angel Taliana’s strength had greatly declined, but her realm at the peak of the demi-god stage was a whole level higher than the Witch Elder, whose strength was at the Saint Domain Peak. Every sword struck the opponent’s vital points.

“Little Demon!”

Hu Feng roared, and with a ‘roar’, he disregarded everything, using the Great Devour Technique with all his strength, attacking only and not defending, leaving all defense to the Tree Demon behind him.

With just three swords, Holy Angel Taliana was dripping with cold sweat, having consumed a large amount of Holy Energy, and the wounds on her chest and left arm showed signs of worsening again. If they didn’t seize the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow, when the Witch Elder recovered, perhaps everyone in the group would die here! After going through life and death together many times, the Tree Demon Stanley’s cooperation became more and more tacit. With a thought, countless tough tree roots extended far away, turning into a huge Tree Demon Kingdom, firmly blocking the crazy attacks of many Harpy Witches.

Killing in all directions, swallowing mountains and rivers!

Hu Feng was full of Killing Intent, crazily agitating the Magic Crystal and Soul Crystal in his body, running the Great Devour Technique to the extreme. Behind him, the phantom of the four-faced, eight-armed Demon God became clearer and clearer, as if an Ancient Demon God existing from antiquity had descended underground. The Witch Elder, injured by the Holy Angel, struggled with all her might, but helplessly, she was still swallowed little by little by the blood-filled mouth of the Demon God Phantom, and the power and laws in her body were extracted strand by strand.

Three Demon God Phantoms?

Hu Feng was surprised, and then became extremely excited, speeding up the devouring. Inside the Witch Elder’s body, he unexpectedly discovered three Demon God Phantoms. After extracting the power and laws within them, a trace of understanding quickly grew in his heart, condensing three blurry phantoms.

Grand Puppet Technique, Great Dark Witchcraft, Great Mystery Technique!

Hu Feng roared, and the four-faced, eight-armed Demon God Phantom behind him expanded again, frantically extracting the power from the Witch Elder’s body. The more Ancient Divine Abilities he comprehended, the stronger his strength and the greater his cultivation potential. As long as he successfully condensed these three new Demon God Phantoms, he would master seven Ancient Divine Abilities together. Accumulating thickness to burst forth, his strength would be even more amazing after breaking through to the Great Magician realm!

“Ah…”

Sensing the rapid loss of power in her body, the Witch Elder was both shocked and angry, “Damn it, even if I have to give up tens of thousands of years of life, I will definitely kill all of you!”

After muttering a few words, a earth-shattering power suddenly erupted from the Witch Elder’s body, breaking free from the Demon God Phantom’s devouring in one fell swoop. Her body merged into the hard wall and disappeared, becoming one with the entire Temple.

In an instant, the gloomy Witch Temple burst into a sky-shattering black light, and mysterious Runes appeared one by one. The Harpy Witches rushing out of the Void all turned into powerful Twelfth Step Witch Commanders, their combat power skyrocketing, instantly crushing the Tree Demon’s defense. In the air, a strange fragrance filled the air. After taking a breath, one felt dizzy, and the Magic Power and blood in the body began to solidify. Consciousness blurred, as if even the Soul was going to turn into stone and stop working.

At this moment, the gloomy Witch Temple was the Witch Elder, the two had merged into one, and the power of the Great Dark Witchcraft was finally revealed!

The gap torn open in the Temple wall by Holy Angel Taliana actually wriggled and contracted like a biological wound, attempting to close up again, trapping Hu Feng and his group alive inside!