Wizard: Stronger through Marriage Chapter 1221 - 566: Battle for the Code of the Altar
Previously on Wizard: Stronger through Marriage...
Exhausted yet ever vigilant.
The air was thick with a strange corrosive aura.
These were the brutal remnants of the clash between the Pillar God’s avatar and the hellish army.
"This aura... it doesn’t seem naturally formed.
Rather, it’s the residue of some evil power."
Reina touched her nose lightly.
Her brows furrowed in concentration.
On the distant barren wasteland.
A fierce battle was unfolding.
Dark storms swept the heavens and the earth.
The roar reverberated through the valleys and cliffs.
The twisted and eerie silhouette of the Pillar God loomed in and out of view within the storm.
Each swing brought about catastrophic destruction.
The leader of the hellish army—the Ice Hell Lord, Kerlos, stood atop a fissure.
His frost-covered armor glistened with a cold light.
Like a Demon King of ice and snow in purgatory.
He glared ferociously at the center of the battlefield.
A roar split the sky:
"David!
You actually got involved in this conspiracy.
Did you think you could sway the outcome?"
David stood nearby.
His battle armor was stained with dust and blood.
His gaze was resolute and stern.
He gripped a giant sword that had been cleansed by the Power of the Stars.
"I am merely protecting what truly needs to be protected.
You mistake destruction for order."
Kerlos sneered coldly.
"Hmph.
Your so-called protection.
Is nothing more than self-deception!
This war is but a move in the game of power.
And you all.
Are nothing but pawns!"
Suddenly.
A deafening thunderclap tore across the sky.
It was the ultimate energy wave unleashed by the Pillar God’s avatar.
Reducing several nearby hell soldiers to ashes.
However.
This power did not solely target the enemy.
It also impacted many members of both camps.
Causing chaos.
The exploration team hid amidst the fissures of the cliff in the confusion.
They were solemn but moved swiftly—
David commanded in a low voice:
"Reina, Erin.
Watch your step.
There were magic traps left here before.
We must quickly find the complete Code in the altar ruins.
Or else none of this will be resolved."
Erin nodded.
Her fingers gently caressed the small fragment of the Code hanging at her waist.
"I can feel that ancient magic aura weakening.
But as long as we find the complete Code.
We can reverse the situation."
The surrounding environment was harsh.
Scattered rocks lay around the ruins of the grand hall.
Cracks crisscrossed.
Like millennia-old tree roots sprawling across the earth.
The air was mingled with the smell of burning and sulfur.
Making every breath feel scalding and painful.
Suddenly.
A shadow flashed overhead.
It was a squad from the hellish army launching a surprise attack.
They wore iron armor.
Their bodies burning with bluish flames.
Diving down like raptors in the air.
Reina immediately cast a defense spell.
Using a transparent barrier to block the attack.
Simultaneously throwing several flame bombs in retaliation.
"Stay calm.
Don’t let them disrupt our pace!"
David shouted.
He quickly pulled up two wounded members.
And led the others towards the center of the altar.
The path grew increasingly perilous.
The fallen pillars and scattered runes formed obstacles.
But with their experience, they avoided the deadly traps one by one.
In one conflict.
A giant boulder accidentally slid down.
Trapping Erin’s half body.
She gritted her teeth enduring the pain.
As she raised her hand to cast a binding spell.
Firmly securing the boulder.
Buying her teammates time for rescue.
Time seemed to be cut short.
Each second stabbed like a blade into the heart.
At this moment.
A low growl that shook everyone came from afar—
Ice Lord Kerlos personally led the elite troops into the melee.
His imposing presence was formidable.
Ignoring his own wounds, he tore through the enemy ranks like a beast.
His eyes emitted a blue-white light.
Bellowing towards David’s direction:
"Drive them back!
The secrets on the altar must disappear forever!"
David took a deep breath of the turbid air.
Gripping the sword hilt with force.
"No matter the cost.
We cannot let darkness erode the world again!"
He looked back at his companions.
Every face now gathered with firm belief and unyielding courage.
Even if exhausted.
There was no hint of retreat.
The morning mist gradually faded.
The faint morning light accentuated the outline of the ruins.
Amidst the ruined walls.
Smoke and magic aftershocks intertwined.
The air was filled with a scorching and decaying aura.
David led the exploration team hiding on the edge of a cliff rift.
Their eyes focused on the hellish-purgatory-like battle ahead.
The sky was shrouded with black-purple magic storms.
Lightning streaked across the clouds like cracks.
Illuminating the battlefield as if the Gate of Hell had opened.
The distorted shadow of the Pillar God’s avatar stood at the storm’s center.
Its form was elusive.
Seemingly devouring the surrounding space.
Every living thing was suffocated by this terrifying aura.
Ice Hell Lord Kerlos stood on a protruding black rock.
His body covered in frost glowed with a cold light.
He raised the giant ice hammer high.
On which gathered the endless power of ice.
He glared at David’s location.
Every move radiated infinite pressure.
"David.
Do you think mere mortals can change the order of heaven and earth?
You are blinded by lies!"
His voice was deep as thunder.
Yet seeped with boundless indifference.
David gripped the giant sword tightly.
The blade still shimmered with the afterglow of the spiritual power of the stars.
His eyes burned with the flame of defiance.
His face cold and resolute:
"I do not believe that destruction is order.
This world is worth protecting.
Kerlos.
Our struggle.
Will only make more innocents suffer."
Before he finished speaking.
A shadow claw condensed by the Pillar God’s avatar suddenly swiped out.
Reducing several nearby hell soldiers to ashes.
But it also dragged both camps into a more chaotic vortex.