Chapter 285: The Bitchy Pretty Witch (End)
"Damn it!"
Fiona frowned tightly; the guardian of the Source Power passage was even more dangerous than she had anticipated.
"Are you still not going to make a move! Do you want me to destroy it!" she turned her head and shouted.
As soon as her voice fell, William suddenly appeared near Fiona.
He threw a bottle of Holy Water forward, accurately smashing it onto the top of the red-robed skeleton's head.
The Holy Water flowed down from the top of its head and was quickly absorbed by the bones.
"Sure enough, holy artifacts don't work on this guy," William thought inwardly.
"What are you doing!" Fiona's expression was unkind.
"Helping you out of a siege." William threw the previous piece of bone to Fiona, also pointing behind her.
In the next moment, Fiona's hair stood on end.
She slowly turned her head, meeting a pair of hollow eye sockets.
Bang!
William watched as a figure flew out.
"So holding the bone can lower its hostility..." William rubbed his chin.
"You... guy." Fiona stood up.
She looked quite disheveled, but wasn't injured; presumably, she had used some kind of defensive witchcraft.
After kicking Fiona flying, the red-robed skeleton returned to the pentagram magic array again.
Looking at it this way, that piece of bone indeed had some effect. Of course, it was also possible that the red-robed skeleton considered the magic array a greater threat.
Regardless, there shouldn't be any traps associated with this piece of bone.
William came in front of Fiona again and reached out his hand: "Now I can deal with that skeleton with peace of mind."
Fiona's chest heaved violently, and the magic power between her palms also surged.
"You wouldn't want the combined witchcraft you've planned for so long to fail either, right." William pointed to the side.
In the next moment, the magic power fluctuations disappeared, and Fiona also laughed: "Then please act a bit faster."
William narrowed his eyes. After taking the bone, he approached the red-robed skeleton.
Fiona also resumed presiding over the witchcraft magic array, seemingly not caring about William's actions just now.
"Since this piece of bone has some connection with the entire remains, then perhaps directly using Holy Power to establish a connection with it might work..."
Thinking of this, William immediately drove his Holy Power to fuse with the bone in his hand.
And the Holy Power in his body also depleted at an exaggerated speed.
"It works!"
William's eyes lit up.
As the surface of the bone became smooth and crystal clear, he found that he could sense those remains.
He tried to exert influence through this connection.
Sure enough, the red-robed skeleton beside the magic array paused its movements.
But immediately after, William felt a powerful resisting force. It seemed these remains didn't want to be controlled by him.
"Good thing I have a spare."
He immediately took out another piece of bone; this was the one he got from Sister Lynn back then.
Powerful Holy Power once again enveloped the bone, and the connection between William and the remains grew stronger and stronger.
"Come here!" William clenched his fists.
The red-robed skeleton slowly retracted its foot bones, and then its limbs also became somewhat uncoordinated, like a puppet being manipulated by someone.
Before long, these remains stood obediently beside him.
"This is..."
After gaining control, William also discovered more.
"To think he actually succeeded." Fiona narrowed her eyes.
From the very beginning, she intended for the two to fight each other, ideally heavily injuring both.
"But this is fine too. The combined witchcraft can finally exert its true effect." Fiona's hands surged with magic power.
At the same time, Fox suddenly found the healed wound on her hand splitting open again, fresh blood flowing out uncontrollably.
The other witches also experienced similar situations.
"My body can't move!"
"What's going on! My magic power is somewhat out of control!"
"..."
The witches discovered in shock that the pentagram magic array was extracting their power without any regard for the cost.
Thud... Thud...
One body after another fell to the ground, and the witches' faces became extremely pale.
"Stop! Fiona! What are you doing!" Fox shouted anxiously.
Fiona's face was calm, and instead, she strengthened the power driving the magic array once again.
And within the pentagram magic array, the witches' power was also drained empty.
At this time, they also revealed pained expressions.
Wrinkles began to appear on their beautiful, young faces, spots grew on their fair and smooth arms, and the witches' hair turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Some individuals even had their teeth fall to the ground.
Even Fox found it somewhat hard to hold on at this point.
"Life force extraction... why." She didn't understand how her own mother could do such a thing.
Besides William and a small number of witches present, the others were unaware of Fiona's true purpose.
Fiona approached the witches without saying a word.
She lifted a girl's face, stroking the deep wrinkles on it.
"Hmph, the Witch Academy needs more powerful witches?" she sneered.
"Your growth comes at the cost of sacrificing me. You actually want to step on the corpse of the Supreme Witch to become stronger!" she roared.
Fox's eyes were filled with tears: "No one can live forever. You can also give up the title of Supreme..."
Slap!
A crisp sound echoed in the cave, and a red handprint appeared on Fox's face.
"Marie of the Voodoo sect has lived for many years," Fiona's eyes were cold.
"This is a world full of evil. Humanity could go extinct at any time in a descent ritual."
"I have fought against evil for many years. Besides me, no one is qualified to be the Supreme Witch."
"You only need to sacrifice your life force to make the Church lose their Source Power passage, reclaiming a thousand years of blood feud from them."
"And it can also make a Supreme Witch eternal, bringing lasting peace to this world."
Fiona no longer concealed her emotions, her entire person becoming somewhat exhilarated.
"Is such an exchange not worth it?"
Fox was silent, her eyes full of disappointment.
"My dear daughter, use your life to help me ascend the long steps to godhood," Fiona revealed a loving gaze.
Subsequently, the pentagram magic array became even more dazzling, and the auras on the witch dead spirits grew stronger and stronger.
At this time, William suddenly stood up.
He had been studying the divine marrow from the side, and only recently had he finally grasped a portion of its power.
"What, does Mr. William want to save them?" Fiona narrowed her eyes.
William was about to answer, but then raised an eyebrow.
A moment later, he changed what he had previously intended to say.
"No, Ms. Fiona. To be able to witness the emergence of a powerful Supreme Witch is my honor."
Fiona immediately frowned: "What is the meaning of this?"
"I just want to see if this magic array is powerful enough." William's tone was calm. "After all, there might be other threats present here."
Fiona's frown deepened.
She heard the anomaly in William's words, but looking around, she didn't find anything.
"I advise you not to beat around the bush..." her tone was unfriendly.
William shrugged: "The monsters that appeared just now were very abnormal. They were never this strong before."
"You really have been here before."
"I just took on a few demon hunter commissions in the past, that's all."
"Anyway..."
William held up a finger.
"You prepared so long for this combined witchcraft, I believe the power of the magic array must be extremely strong. Later on, I'll have to rely on your protection."
Fiona laughed out of anger upon hearing this, scrutinizing him repeatedly.
Reaching this current situation, a peaceful resolution was already impossible, and both of them should have been well aware of this in their hearts.
What did this kid mean by saying these words now.
Unsure of herself, Fiona didn't make a sound.
"Ms. Fiona isn't planning to use this magic array against me, right?" William lowered his voice.
Fiona took a deep look at William: "How could I? With the relationship between us, I still need your help to deal with those guys from the Voodoo sect."
"Hmph, since you want to act, I'll play along to the end," she revealed a smile, thinking inwardly.
William patted his chest: "That's great. I'll leave my safety to you this time, Eternal Supreme Witch."
In a corner of the rock wall.
The black-robed skeleton watched this scene quietly.
"A pentagram... a little trinket from hell." It clenched its fists.
"Although these two are not on the same side, they seem to have some kind of cooperative relationship... Supreme Witch, huh? It seems I have to deal with this human first..."
Inside the cave.
"Do you have any other business?"
Fiona stared coldly at William, signaling that he was standing too close.
"Apologies, I was presumptuous." William smiled and retreated to the edge.
"Baffling guy."
At this moment, the magic array's power had already filled halfway, but Fiona released the red light barrier.
Subsequently, she drove the witch dead spirits to crash fiercely against a corner of the rock wall, instantly revealing another magic array there.
"Hmph, without resolving the arrangements you left behind, how could I have peace of mind." A ruthless glint flashed in her eyes.
But then an accident occurred.
She saw the witch dead spirits' attack turn into a wave of energy fluctuation, transferred to a rock wall corner on the other side through the magic array, and only then exploding abruptly.
"It seems your defensive capabilities aren't that great." Fiona looked at this nonsensical scene.
William just shrugged, even curling the corners of his mouth.
Fiona instantly sensed something was wrong.
She looked toward the direction of the explosion again, but was met head-on by a skeletal arm.
After a violent collision, she finally stood up from the dust and smoke.
"What is this? Another guardian?" Fiona looked vigilant.
She saw a skeleton draped in a black robe standing in front of her, but the other party was enveloped in an evil aura, making it impossible for it to be from the Church.
"What are you? An evil spirit? A demon?" she questioned aloud.
But the other party didn't answer.
"Hey! Our Supreme Witch is asking you a question, do you have any manners?" William aside suddenly spoke up.
This time the black-robed skeleton reacted. It turned its head, staring at William for quite a while.
"Supreme Witch, this guy dares to ignore you!" William acted like a tattletale.
Fiona's face darkened. She didn't understand what trick this kid was playing, but the thing in front of her was definitely a foe, not a friend.
Therefore, she drove the power of the magic array again.
"Yes! Just like that! This is the style of the Supreme Witch!"
"Shut up!" Fiona scolded coldly.
"Yes, ma'am! Supreme Witch."
At this moment, William was acting like a rogue scoundrel, and Fiona wished she could immediately tear him into pieces.
But the black-robed skeleton opposite her moved first.
Seeing this, Fiona immediately raised her hand, and surging energy gathered in front of her.
And while she wasn't paying attention, William also secretly made a hand gesture.
At the same time, the skeleton also arrived in front of Fiona.
Just before the two were about to crash into each other, the energy in front of Fiona suddenly began to retreat back into the pentagram magic array.
She instantly widened her eyes.
A collision even more violent than before occurred in the cave, and Fiona was sent flying as well.
"Cough... Hah..."
She stood up with difficulty, both her arms a bloody mess, but at least she survived.
At this time, Fiona looked at the magic array, only to see Jenny and Zoe looking vigilant; they had not been affected by the combined witchcraft.
"What did you do." She glared viciously at William.
But the latter merely pointed a finger to the other side.
At this moment, power surged throughout the black-robed skeleton's body, and a snake shadow monster formed by evil aura coiled around it.
"This appearance... you are Astaroth! The 29th ranked Demon God!" Fiona widened her eyes.
"Hmph, you know quite a lot," the black-robed skeleton said in a deep voice.
"Wait! I am not on the same side as that guy!" She hurriedly opened her mouth to explain.
The black-robed figure remained unmoved.
"William! What are you doing! If I die, you won't escape either!" Seeing this, Fiona looked to the corner again.
"You're right." William pulled out four holy nails and pinched them between his fingers.
The black-robed figure turned its head, quietly watching him.
The next moment, William's figure appeared beside Fiona. Under the other party's shocked gaze, he drove the holy nails into this Supreme Witch's body.
Fiona instantly felt her entire body lose its strength and slumped to the ground.
The black-robed skeleton remained motionless. Although it had no eyes, confusion could still be seen in its demeanor.
"Interesting. What this female human said is not wrong."
"Ah, indeed." William nodded.
"But if she's around, I have no way to control this combined witchcraft."
As soon as his voice fell, the witch dead spirits instantly appeared beside the black-robed skeleton.
Several dazzling red lights shone on the latter's surface, and then with the black-robed skeleton as the center, an annular airflow scattered towards the surroundings of the cave.
When the dust settled, the skeleton appeared again.
Although it appeared unharmed, the snake shadow monster around it had already disappeared.
"I am going to tear you to pieces with my own hands," it said viciously.
"You seem to hate me very much," William smiled.
"You are right."
"But did you know that the emotion of 'hate' is also a kind of shackle?"
The black-robed skeleton was slightly confused.
But immediately after, it discovered another skeleton appearing beside it, and it had completely failed to sense it.
Before the black-robed skeleton could make any move, the Saint's Remains had already pinched its throat a step ahead.
Some golden substance seeped into the former's bones.
The next second, the black-robed skeleton let out a painful roar, and immediately its entire body's aura became unstable.
William looked vigilant, and then directed the Saint's Remains to do the same thing to Fiona.
When the golden substance sank into her skin, this Supreme Witch immediately revealed a ferocious expression.
She tried to grab her head with both hands, but was firmly trapped by the holy nails, and before long her expression became dull and vacant.
"What... what happened to the two of them?"
At this time, Jenny and Zoe walked over together, their tones somewhat puzzled.
"Immersed in their own most painful mental prisons. They won't wake up anytime soon," William said.
What he used on these two was exactly the "Divine Marrow."
This was a Holy Art capable of transmitting "Sin," which could plunge the victim into their own most painful and resistive experiences.
That place was their own mental prison, imprisoning their own souls.
This was also something William discovered after controlling the Saint's Remains. But there wasn't much of this substance in stock, and driving even a small portion required an immense amount of Holy Power.
Therefore, he waited until both sides were weakened before finding the right opportunity to activate it.
Not long after, the black-robed skeleton's evil aura was depleted, and its own self gradually dissipated.
And Fiona remained in a comatose state.
At the same time, William also used a reversal magic array to return the life force that was stolen from the witches to them.
"I'll leave her to you," he said, looking at the group of witches.
Rather than taking action himself, it was better to let these persecuted girls decide how to handle Fiona.
After explaining these things, he went to the stone well.
The power of Holy Light still flowed out from it continuously.
William pondered for a moment and finally decided to seal this place first.
Given the Church's stinginess, it was impossible for them to let one of their "territories" be lost.
Therefore, he guessed that there was definitely more than one such Source Power passage. Fiona's goal was very difficult to achieve from the very beginning.
"It's better to wait until I find relevant information before dealing with it..."
Because this operation involved the Saint's Remains, he didn't intend to report it to the Church.
A moment later.
Several sets of isolation magic arrays were arranged around the stone well, and William led the witches out.
After they left, the roof of the cave also began to collapse, quickly filling the bottom.
This was William's doing.
Too many people came this time, so news of the stone well would be hard to conceal. He could only try his best to destroy this place to increase the difficulty for latecomers to find it.
Not long after, glaring light shone upon the group.
And the Voodoo sect members waiting outside also immediately surrounded them.
Facing their questioning, William fobbed them off with the excuse of a "Demon God reappearing."
When Marie probed further, he vaguely revealed the information about "Papa Legba," causing the former to instantly fall speechless.
Taking a deep look at William, Marie led the Voodoo sect members away.
A few days later.
The Witch Academy elected Fox as the new Dean, and William also embarked on the journey back.
Upon parting, Zoe wanted to hold William back several times.
But the tragic image of her ex-boyfriend bleeding from his seven orifices constantly flashed in her mind, and ultimately she chose to wave goodbye.
On the day William left, in another place far away from New Orleans—Los Angeles.
In an ancient villa, a woman who looked very similar to Fiona sat on the edge of the bed.
In front of her was a baby stroller, with a boy sitting inside.
But at this moment, the boy's hands were covered in blood, and a maid lay on the floor nearby.
The woman didn't feel surprised; instead, she picked up a clean towel, carefully wiping the boy while comforting him.
"Langdon, it's alright..."
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