Above Dazzle Star Lake at night, under the canopy of a full moon, the massive Church hovered, driven by some powerful mysterious force. As this mysterious force spread throughout the entire Church, the main body of the Church also began to change.
Amidst the rumbling roar, this massive sacred structure began to transform. Countless arches on the Church started to shift, towers began to tilt, floors began to crack, and sections of the building moved from one side to another. The external structure opened, revealing the internal appearance. This colossal building operated like a precise machine.
"What... what's going on!?"
"The ground is moving? No... the entire Church is moving! Has some hidden function within this Church been activated? Why now?!"
On the front platform of the Church, Vanya, who had remained there, along with the pilgrimage group guards who had almost entirely lost their fighting strength, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as they watched the surrounding changes. Amidst such intense environmental upheaval, they chose to hold onto each other tightly to avoid being thrown off. They watched as the originally wide Church platform retracted inwards and then folded and transformed into an upright baffle. Due to the angle's tilt, the pilgrimage group slid down from the platform, falling into a hall that had become inverted. All of them were inexplicably transferred to the ceiling of that hall.
"What is this doing? Stop it!"
Seeing the scene unfolding on the massive Church before her eyes, Gothsmore, who was hovering over the surface of Dazzle Star Lake, couldn't help but grit her teeth and shout loudly. She then immediately condensed several bright red blood-colored weapons and slashed towards the distant Church. Although this left deep gashes on the Church's structure, it did not stop the Church from continuing to transform.
After a series of complex changes, the massive Church finally completed its transformation. At this moment, the Church no longer had its previous pure architectural form; instead, it presented the appearance of a colossal humanoid giant.
Using the main part of the original Church, the largest single building, the chapel, as the body, the circular dome above the chapel as the head, the corridors and side halls forming the arms and legs, the thick stone pillars turning into fingers, and exquisite sculptures decorating every part of the body.
Under the power of Aldrich of Gray Hill, a quasi-member of the Golden Three Seats of the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild and a deficient Golden Golem Master, the Mirror Moon Church from a thousand years ago was entirely made into a Golem at this moment, appearing in this world in a completely new form. As the Mirror Moon Golem slowly descended from the sky, its massive body landed steadily on the calm lake surface. With the blessing of some mysterious force, it actually stood on the lake like this, without sinking.
"What the hell… This moon bitch's Church… actually turned into a humanoid form!? What kind of Extraordinary ability is this!" Looking at the transformed Mirror Moon Golem before her eyes, Gothsmore couldn't help but widen her eyes and murmur in disbelief. She had never seen a similar Extraordinary ability before.
"This ability… is very likely from the Temple itself, possibly one of the Temple's own autonomous Extraordinary systems. Perhaps when this Temple was built a thousand years ago… the'Shi' (Stone) craftsmen they hired were very strong, granting this Church such an outrageous function!
"Those vigilant factions of Prit were able to manifest the Temple before, proving they have a certain degree of control over this Temple. Now, perhaps they have deepened this control even further, activating other powerful functions within the Temple!"
Beside Gothsmore, Bo Ade also murmured with a serious expression on his face. At this moment, he was analyzing the sudden situation before him. In his opinion, the current situation was largely still the work of the vigilant factions among the upper echelons of Prit.
"Hmph, it's them after all? If that's the case, then let me drag them out now! To be able to turn this Church into this state, they must be inside!"
Hearing Bo Ade's words, Gothsmore snorted coldly, then spread her wide bat-like wings behind her. As her wings flapped, she shot out like a sharp arrow, piercing directly towards the distant Church. Seeing this, Bo Ade also released his wings and followed Gothsmore, launching an attack together towards the distant Golem.
"Blood Darkness Path Crimson Tier… Scarlet Thorn Duke, I've heard of you before. Let me see your skills now…" Standing on the bell tower of the Mirror Moon Golem, Aldrich silently watched the two figures rapidly approaching from the front and said indifferently. He then began to control the giant Golem beneath him and commenced the counterattack.
Under the moonlight, the tens of meters tall Mirror Moon Golem clenched its right fist and threw a hook punch, slamming a fist at high speed from the side towards the approaching Gothsmore and Bo Ade. The two from Eight-Pointed Nest dodged rapidly upon seeing this, narrowly avoiding the strike of the massive fist face, which was like a wall, just before it hit them. The giant fist swept past at high speed, stirring up a violent storm that made it difficult for the two from Eight-Pointed Nest to maintain their balance for a moment.
'So fast!'
'This guy… his body is so huge… yet his speed can be this fast!?'
Just as the two from Eight-Pointed Nest were marveling in their hearts at how unexpectedly fast this giant Golem was despite its massive size, the Golem's attack had not yet ended. After the first hook punch missed, the Mirror Moon Golem directly spun around in place using the immense inertia from the previous punch, and then raised a leg to sweep towards the units in mid-air, which were like flies to it.
This upper horizontal sweep was extremely fast, much faster than the previous punch. The two from Eight-Pointed Nest, who were still in surprise, didn't even have time to react for a moment. Ultimately, Gothsmore dodged the Golem's kick again with her superior speed, while Bo Ade, seeing that he couldn't dodge, turned himself into blood mist at the last moment. The immense force from the Golem's leg struck Bo Ade's body, kicking his entire form into a ball of blood mist, which dispersed into the air.
'You've got to be kidding! Something this big is this flexible!'
Seeing this scene before her, Gothsmore couldn't help but think with astonishment. One must know that the entire Mirror Moon Golem is a giant Golem with a height of about fifty to sixty meters. Golems of this size should be very slow and inflexible in terms of speed and agility, but the opponent's performance just now was incredibly swift and fast. The high speed of its attacks even made it difficult for the two Scarlet """Shadow"""s from Eight-Pointed Nest to react for a moment.
Gothsmore had seen large Extraordinary creatures and even constructs before, but this was the first time she had seen one this flexible. It was hard to imagine this level of agility appearing on a behemoth of this size.
"This… is the speed displayed by a Temple-level """Shadow""" ritual ground after being made into a Golem? It's truly astonishing. It can even contend with and even suppress a Scarlet """Shadow"""…"
Standing on the Golem's bell tower, Aldrich continued to keep his hands behind his back, murmuring his evaluation of the battle just now. This was also his first time turning a """Shadow""" Temple into a Golem, and the effect seemed to exceed his expectations.
"Now, let's try some other abilities…"
Saying this, Aldrich's gaze turned to the side, looking at the blood mist dispersing in the air. Bo Ade, who had just been kicked apart by the Golem, was now reassembling. Seeing this, Aldrich immediately had the Mirror Moon Golem extend a hand towards the ball of blood mist. Then, driven by Aldrich's power, a storm suddenly whipped up in front of the Mirror Moon Golem's palm out of thin air.
A whirlwind, a swirling whirlwind, suddenly whipped up in front of the Golem's hand, then rapidly intensified. This whirlwind did not spread outwards but converged into a sphere, continuously swirling and surging within a limited space, forming a giant ball of storm.
Instantly, all the blood mist that made up Bo Ade was completely swept up by the turbulent airflow within the ball of storm. The blood mist, which was originally condensing back into its original form, was blown apart by the intense storm, making it difficult to gather into shape. The storm within this ball of storm completely enveloped and confined Bo Ade's blood mist within a limited range. Under the assault of the strong wind, Bo Ade's blood mist could neither condense into shape nor be blown away. It could only be consumed within this wind prison. As time passed, the blood mist that formed his body would be increasingly dispersed and diluted by the Spirituality wind. If it became diluted beyond a certain limit, Bo Ade would no longer be able to control it. This meant that if Bo Ade didn't quickly find a way to escape, he would be consumed and die in this wind prison.
Creating Golems on-site from Temple-level ritual grounds is one aspect of Aldrich's ability as a deficient Golden-tier Golem Master. Golems created using this ability will possess different abilities depending on the nature of the Extraordinary defense system within the original ritual ground, and can even inherit and utilize some of the original ritual ground's own Extraordinary systems.
For example, the Mirror Moon Golem created from the Mirror Moon Temple right now is like this. The main attribute of the Temple-level Extraordinary defense system, """Shadow""", grants it extremely exaggerated speed and flexibility for its size, while the ability to manipulate storms is inherent in the Temple's original Extraordinary defense system. Of course, the Extraordinary defense system within the Mirror Moon Temple is not limited to wind control, but Aldrich, as a """Stone""" Extraordinary, is more attuned to and proficient in manipulating elemental abilities. Some other abilities within the Temple's Extraordinary system besides wind are not primary abilities, and Aldrich finds them very difficult to manipulate, making them almost useless in the current situation.
Just as they engaged, Aldrich's Mirror Moon Golem immediately trapped one of the Scarlet from Eight-Pointed Nest and had a way to slowly wear him down to death. Facing this disadvantage, Gothsmore couldn't help but grit her teeth secretly. After glaring at the distant storm cage, she continued to charge directly towards the Mirror Moon Golem. Seeing this, Aldrich had the Mirror Moon Golem extend a left hand to maintain the storm cage imprisoning Bo Ade, while simultaneously dealing with Gothsmore.
After the Mirror Moon Golem first waved its hand and released wind blades like rain towards Gothsmore, it clenched its right fist again and struck towards Gothsmore.
Gothsmore charged head-on into the rain-like wind blades, showing no intention of stopping despite numerous wounds appearing on her body. When the Mirror Moon Golem's fist struck again at high speed, she dodged it with all her might, barely avoiding it. Then, she turned around and condensed a large number of blood thorns, stabbing towards the Mirror Moon Golem's arm. However, they only created small dents on it, having no other effect on the Mirror Moon Golem. The Mirror Moon Golem then began to counterattack Gothsmore, forcing her to dodge urgently again.
Crimson Tier of the Blood Darkness Path, the Scarlet Thorn Duke has the ability to turn his body into blood mist and then perform invisible reconnaissance and corrode living organisms. This blood mist can not only allow the Scarlet Thorn Duke to escape and infiltrate and corrode, but also transform into various weapons. When any living organism engages in combat with weapons made of this blood mist, if they are accidentally injured by it, even a tiny scratch, they will feel extremely intense pain.
The pain caused by the Scarlet Thorn Duke using blood mist weapons on living organisms can easily be amplified tens or even hundreds of times. Not to mention humans, even elephants and giant sea beasts in the ocean cannot withstand such pain. The Scarlet Thorn Duke only needs a little damage to easily take down creatures hundreds of times larger than himself. But this only applies to living organisms. This ability is useless against beings that inherently have no sense of pain, such as the Mirror Moon Golem that Gothsmore is currently facing. Constructs like Golems are completely immune to this ability.
The special effects of the blood mist weapons were negated, she didn't dare to use her blood mist form recklessly because of the wind ability, and she didn't have a clear advantage in agility. Gothsmore was temporarily suppressed in her fight against the Mirror Moon Golem. Facing this situation, Gothsmore had no intention of waiting for death. After her expression hardened, she made a bold decision.
Facing another punch from the Mirror Moon Golem, Gothsmore this time did not choose to completely dodge, but instead let her body be struck by a corner of the Golem. Instantly, Gothsmore's body was shattered by the powerful impact. Afterwards, these fragmented body pieces immediately transformed into several large bats, flying towards the Mirror Moon Golem's arm. Seeing this, Aldrich immediately whipped up a strong wind to try and blow these bats away. However, Gothsmore had indeed turned into large bats that were large enough and few enough in number, not blood mist. Compared to blood mist and small bats, they had extremely strong resistance to storms. This is how Gothsmore, relying on the strenuous flight of her bat clones, converged onto the Golem's arm!
Successfully climbing onto the Golem's arm, Gothsmore didn't say a word and directly ran along the arm towards the Golem's body. Her goal was very clear: she wanted to enter the Mirror Moon Golem's body and kill the controller!
Once an ant climbs onto a giant's body, it's difficult to deal with. Facing this situation, Aldrich continued to stir up storms on the Golem's arm, trying to blow Gothsmore off. However, with every step, Gothsmore used her powerful strength to pierce through the outer wall of the Golem's arm, inserting her hands and feet into the stone wall like climbing picks, firmly fixing her body while climbing. She simply couldn't be blown away.
Facing this situation, to prevent Gothsmore from entering the Golem's interior, Aldrich could only use the Golem's other left hand, which was restraining Bo Ade. He controlled the left hand to release the storm prison and slapped towards Gothsmore on the right arm, trying to swat her like a fly. Seeing this, Gothsmore immediately detached herself from the Golem's arm, spread her wide wings on her back, and flew into the night sky, flying towards the distance where Bo Ade had successfully re-formed his body and escaped the predicament.
Facing her freed companion, Gothsmore shouted loudly in a commanding tone.
"Arm me! Bo Ade!"
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Just as the battle above Dazzle Star Lake was fiercely underway, inside the rapidly flipping, maneuvering, and high-speed Mirror Moon Golem, within the chapel section of the body, there was a giant stone gyroscope consisting of various interlocking stone rings. At the center of this gyroscope was a stable sphere.
Inside the space of this sphere, the tall Mirror Moon Goddess… or rather, the akasha statue, stood here. In front of the statue was a ritual ground. Dorothy was currently sitting at the center of the ritual ground with a focused expression, her eyes closed. In front of her was placed one of her most familiar Extraordinary items, """wen hai hang zhi""".