Chapter 255 Reversal

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The passage to the second level opened quickly. Although the remaining members of the Dragon Witch Cult were tenacious and unafraid of death, organizing their last forces to try to block the stairway, under the assault of two seventeenth-level magic-energy professionals and Li Mochen, who was a bug, their resistance was as fragile as paper.

Sampson Brut had already led his men to clean up all the spoils in the first-level base, while Thompson Adams directed thirty combatants to follow Li Mochen into the second level.

Just as they expected, they encountered no decent resistance on the second level. The occasional bullets fired from the corners came not from real combatants but from some handymen and magic-energy mages below level five. These people were also followers of the Dragon Witch Cult, but they were only responsible for maintaining the magic-energy arrays and pipelines; their combat strength was negligible.

At exactly 11:35, Li Mochen arrived before a huge black iron door. Major Adams personally handled the demolition, using two explosive magic crystals to forcibly blast open the iron door, which was reinforced by layers of magical arrays.

But the scene inside left everyone present frozen in place.

Inside the space, which was seven thousand square meters wide, there was a vast, intricate, eerie magic array covering every corner of the underground space.

Yet what drew everyone's attention was the high platform at the center and the blood pool below, arranged in a pentagram shape.

At that moment, nearly four hundred corpses lay prostrate by the pool, all with their heads severed without exception, and streams of blood gushed from their necks into the blood pool.

Above the high platform, Hazel was tied to an inverted cross, along with three figures in red robes. Li Mochen recognized two of them: one was Edwin Antonio, his face dark and murderous; the other was Cressy Jakes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised in a smile. The third person had fangs at the corner of his mouth, appearing to be a vampire with the rank of count.

But then, including Li Mochen, everyone's gaze focused on Hazel. They saw that her body was now covered with a layer of blood-red scales, and a pair of huge dragon wings were slowly spreading behind her.

"Look, our guests have arrived."

Cressy Jakes on the high platform laughed heartily: "I admit your combat strength is much stronger than I imagined. But you're too late, everyone. Remember this time: October 31st, 11:32 PM, Her Highness Adrianna descends upon the world again. Ladies and gentlemen, what are you waiting for? Why not kneel and pay homage to the great Princess of Calamity?"

At that moment, Hazel opened her eyes, revealing golden vertical pupils. A vast, unimaginably grand surge of air and magic-energy waves swept and covered everything around.

Everyone outside the door felt their hearts clenched, and their minds bore a pressure like a mountain, as if trying to crush and shatter their souls!

Except for a few outlaws who still struggled to support their bodies and remained standing, everyone else involuntarily knelt on one knee, their faces covered in cold sweat.

Even a seventeenth-level powerhouse like Dainn Stacy was in a similar state. Her face pale, she stared slightly dazed at the high platform.

She knew what the resurrection of the Princess of Calamity would mean—it would be a misfortune for the entire world.

"Damn it!"

'Sky Eye' Howard Eisenhower also cursed, speaking in a despairing tone: "I feel we're doomed!"

Since this demigod-level dragon princess had awakened, everyone here would face death.

Only Li Mochen, after observing carefully for a while, suddenly let out a light laugh tinged with a strange meaning: "The situation isn't that serious yet, Mr. Sky Eye. It's only her will that has awakened. Hazel is still alive."

Dainn was momentarily stunned, then focused her gaze again and saw that it was indeed so. Although the dragon princess's consciousness had awakened, she clearly couldn't fully control this body yet; her power had not completely merged and descended.

This eased Dainn's mind slightly, but then she frowned again. Even so, the situation was not optimistic. This didn't change the fact that Hazel, as the resurrection egg, had fully hatched and had initially acquired a demigod body. And mortals like them couldn't harm a demigod like the Princess of Calamity—after all, it was a gap of two power levels!

Among so many people present, only she, holding the holy sword Dimos, might pose some threat to Adrianna.

As for Hazel—she couldn't see what significance that had.

"Well, it seems, as you said, she hasn't fully resurrected yet."

Eisenhower clicked his tongue, trying hard to suppress the fear in his heart: "But that's just the difference between dying a little earlier and a little later, isn't it?"

Li Mochen ignored him. Considering that this guy had indeed contributed a lot during the attack on the base, he refrained from punishing him.

"Major Adams, please take your men and leave. I think you won't be needed here. And Ms. Stacy, Mr. Sky Eye, please guard the door for me, okay? Next, I need you to ensure that no one disturbs me."

After saying this, Li Mochen walked in calmly. Completely unaffected by the overwhelming dragon might, he went directly to the front of the pentagram-shaped blood pool. With a flick of his sleeve, the three hundred and sixty Star-Dou Divine Swords scattered and began to destroy parts of the structure of the massive magic array around.

About twenty seconds later, the 'Sun-Moon-Star Celestial Star-Dou Divine Sword Array' floated up again, suspended six meters high, arranged like the positions of the stars in the heavens.

"Looks quite impressive!"

On the altar, Cressy Jakes sneered: "How do you plan to stop Her Highness Adrianna's descent, little boy? I think at this moment, no one can prevent Her Highness from returning to the world."

"That's only because of your ignorance. On the contrary, after today, I'm afraid I'll have to thank you for this generous gift you've given Hazel."

Li Mochen removed his face mask, and under Edwin Antonio's stunned and incredulous gaze, he formed a hand seal and let out a roar like a lion.

"Zhe!"

With the utterance of the 'Zhe' character from the Nine-Character Mantra, Hazel's mind seemed shaken. The light golden color in her pupils quickly dimmed, and her originally vertical pupils first contracted slightly, then suddenly dilated, focusing on Li Mochen's figure. At the same time, a hoarse voice came from her throat: "Andre~"

"It's me, coming to save you."

The corners of Li Mochen's mouth lifted slightly: "Please try to stay clear-headed from now on, okay? Hazel, this is very important for both you and me."

Seeing that Hazel's eyes had already shown a hint of firmness, Li Mochen formed another hand seal, manipulating the three hundred and sixty Star-Dou Divine Swords to move and change in the air according to the positions of the stars.

"Celestial Mechanism of the Zhou Tian, Shift the Stars!"

As the swords struck Hazel with beams of gathered star power, Li Mochen's eyes gleamed with a cold light.

"Wish! Today, the heavens and earth shall be overturned, things shall change and stars shift! Hazel, from now on, you can go and seize everything that belongs to you. You will surely succeed—"