"Heaven is my witness, Gabriel really didn't mean it."
"With Mammon's brain, if she really were a mole planted by Heaven, Mammon's back would have been stabbed into a sieve long ago; why would she wait until now to make a move?"
"But it's useless to say anything now."
"Facts speak louder than words. She had grabbed Mammon to block the holy water in a moment of desperation; even she wouldn't believe it if she claimed it wasn't intentional."
Darian watched as Gabriel was kicked, flying off at an angle. He was overjoyed, and without the slightest hesitation, his figure instantly turned into a blur as he lunged forward, the spear of longinus transforming into a sharp ray of light as he thrust it viciously.
The spear of longinus could even end Jesus, so Gabriel dared not be careless.
She couldn't worry about the erosion of the evil energy within her and forcibly mobilized the holy light to surge toward her broken right arm. Bones and muscles quickly knit together and regenerated within the holy light, recovering to their original state in an instant.
She condensed a light sword in each hand, crossing them in front of her to block the incoming spear tip.
"Clang——!"
The moment the spear tip struck the two swords, a visible ring of Impact exploded outward.
The clouds in the high altitude were instantly torn apart, and the violent wind pressure pressed down from above. The exterior walls of buildings on the ground were scraped until they crumbled, and dust filled the streets.
Gabriel felt her arms go numb, and a ridiculously powerful force pressed continuously along the light swords, forcing her to retreat again and again.
She gritted her teeth and suddenly exerted force with both hands to deflect the spear tip. The two light swords spun out sheets of scorching white light, sweeping toward Darian's right hand that held the spear of longinus, attempting to snatch it back.
Darian backhanded with the spear, shattering the light, and closed in to engage in close-quarters combat.
The human and the Angel crossed at high speed in the sky, white and grayish-black light constantly colliding. Every clash exploded into blinding light, and the muffled roars traveled dozens of kilometers through the clouds, causing the surrounding air to distort slightly.
On the ground, the Los Angeles police had already arrived at the scene upon hearing the news.
But the battle between Darian and the others was simply too intense, and for some reason, the citizens in the nearby area had all left, so the police simply stood guard on the perimeter and set up cordon lines; no one dared to get close.
There were a few fearless media outlets that flew helicopters trying to approach the battlefield, but they found that their lenses couldn't capture any useful footage at all; they didn't even know where to aim.
Facts proved that the plot in anime where passersby can follow high-speed combat with the naked eye and make sarcastic comments while watching is not scientific at all.
When the speed reaches a certain level, from the perspective of an ordinary person, at most, one can only see the aftermath of the battle; it is impossible to see the figures moving at extreme speeds, let alone the battle itself.
Very quickly, Darian firmly occupied the absolute upper hand in the battle.
Relying on the invincible BUFF of his undying trait, he simply abandoned most of his defense. He only needed to protect the spear of longinus in his hand from being snatched away, and then went full throttle with his firepower, suppressing Gabriel until she was almost unable to fight back.
Having lost the spear of longinus, the barrier power of the human world rebounded onto Gabriel. Her power was continuously decaying, and without the suppression of the holy light, the evil energy within her took the opportunity to run rampant. Her entire state was getting worse and worse; it was clear that she was at the end of her rope.
Darian let Gabriel's light sword pierce through his body, and backhanded a spear thrust directly through her left shoulder.
Gabriel let out a muffled groan, her figure stopping abruptly.
Following this, two beams of golden lightning shot out from Darian's eyes, sweeping fiercely along the roots of her wings, slicing off large swathes of feathers that drifted down to the ground.
Seeing that she couldn't hold on, Gabriel turned her head and shouted to Mammon in the distance: "Come help! Without me, your plan won't succeed anyway!"
Mammon had just taken a bath in holy water, and his whole body was being eroded by a holy power. His situation was no better than Gabriel's, and coupled with being used as a human shield by Gabriel just now, he had his reservations.
But seeing Gabriel beaten so miserably, and thinking about the temptation of turning the human world into hell, Mammon hesitated for a few moments, but still mobilized his black energy, preparing to step forward to help.
Seeing this, Darian decisively left Gabriel, turned around, and made a move to attack Mammon, while shouting: "Archangel, this idiot actually believed it; let's take him out together while we have the chance!"
Mammon was already nervous, and upon hearing this, he immediately stopped in his tracks, turned around, and ran without looking back.
"Still trying to trick me? Not a chance!"
"Mammon, you idiot, I... damn it!"
Seeing that Mammon had actually run away, Gabriel could no longer suppress the negative emotions surging in her mind, and a string of coded messages burst from her mouth.
It was audible that during the years she had spent in the human world, she had learned the local characteristics quite authentically.
Darian didn't care about the fleeing Mammon and turned back to pursue and kill Gabriel, lowering his voice: "Archangel, good acting, keep acting, trick him back!"
Although his voice was soft, every word drilled into Mammon's ears, and he immediately ran even faster.
"Do you really think I'm stupid? I am very witty, I won't be fooled by you!"
Seeing this scene, Gabriel suddenly smiled with relief; in reality, she was out of options.
She sighed: "I was wrong; I shouldn't have trusted a demon."
It really lived up to the saying: one doesn't fear an opponent like a god, but one fears a teammate like a pig.
With her spirit drained, Gabriel's strength to struggle weakened a bit.
Darian seized the opening, and two beams of golden lightning shot from his eyes, slamming directly into her chest. The immense force dragged her from the high altitude, plunging her toward the ground and blowing out a bottomless pit.
Darian descended from the sky, stepped on Gabriel's chest, and pressed the spear of longinus firmly against her throat.
"Gabriel, you lost. It seems God is not on your side."
At this moment, Gabriel was covered in wounds, her white robe tattered, and the wings behind her were either broken or scorched; there was no dignity left of an Archangel.
She lay in the pit, having lost the strength to resist, yet she herself had calmed down.
"Such is fate; I accept it."
"Splat!"
Darian did not hesitate; the spear of longinus suddenly descended.
The divine light in Gabriel's eyes dimmed bit by bit, and her body soon stopped moving, then transformed into tiny specks of white light that drifted toward the high sky, finally disappearing.
The number of Angels in Heaven is fixed; even if Gabriel was killed, at most she just returned to Heaven and would not truly perish.
"Is she really gone?"
After seeing Gabriel disappear, Mammon was stunned.
Even if it was acting, there was no need to go this far, right?
Mammon's heart skipped a beat, and only then did he realize belatedly that he had seemed to really misunderstand Gabriel; the other party was not a mole for Heaven.
However, he did not reflect, but instead complained: "It's all Gabriel's fault for not explaining clearly sooner, causing me to misunderstand."
Gabriel: "@#%￥#@"
But by the time Mammon realized it, it was too late.
His only ally was gone, and now it was his turn to face Darian alone.
But his performance was even worse than Gabriel's.
Darian's light attribute naturally countered the dark attribute, and he also had the protection of the fire-repelling bead, which could immunize him against Hellfire. Mammon's two major ultimate moves became mere decorations in front of Darian.
Even worse, he still had a powerful DEBUFF on him, and his combat power was greatly reduced.
The battle had no suspense from the very beginning.
Darian didn't even use any fancy fighting styles; relying purely on flesh-to-flesh close combat, he beat Mammon to the ground in less than dozens of rounds.
At this time, the two horns on Mammon's head had been forcibly pulled off, and the trident in his hand had broken into three pieces. The left and right prongs were gone, leaving only the lonely pole in the middle; those who didn't know would think he was holding a spear.
He looked at Darian, whose body could be hacked into hundreds of pieces and still jump around, with a look of doubting his demonic existence.
Is this really a human?
Why does it feel like he looks even more abstract than he, a demon?
Darian was just preparing to send Mammon back to hell with one punch when a voice suddenly came from afar.
"Spare the demon!"
Without turning his head, he knew it must be that guy Constantine.
Back when Darian started taunting and drawing the aggro of Gabriel and Mammon, Constantine had already slipped away, found a safe place to hide, and intended to wait for the right moment to strike.
But he never expected that Darian was far stronger than he had imagined; he had actually directly killed Gabriel and crippled Mammon with his bare hands.
So the absolute advantage Darian spoke of really wasn't bragging.
Seeing that Darian was also about to send Mammon away, he had no choice but to jump out and stop him.
Constantine hurried over and quickly said: "This body is Angela's. If he dies, Angela, who is acting as the vessel, won't survive either."
Darian was a bit surprised: "You scumbag actually worry about this?"
Constantine coughed lightly, feeling uncharacteristically embarrassed: "Actually, I have a good impression of Angela; I just worried about her being implicated and hurt by me, so I deliberately kept my distance from her."
Darian rolled his eyes.
Then why aren't you worried about your friends being implicated and getting hurt?
Mammon laughed out loud: "He's right. If I die, at most I return to hell, but the owner of this body will die along with it, unless I am willing to voluntarily leave this body, but that is an impossible thing. If you have the ability, kill me!"
"Hahaha... ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"
Mammon was laughing wildly, his mouth wide open, and Darian seized the opportunity to spit directly into it.
His face turned green instantly, and he spat frantically.
This saliva was poisonous; it was mixed with light-attribute magic.
Constantine, standing nearby, also turned green.
He hadn't even transmitted his own saliva into Angela's mouth, but Darian had beaten him to it.
Darian looked at Mammon contemptuously: "Do you really think that just because you are occupying a body, I can't deal with you? You didn't report to your dad when you came out this time, did you? If Satan knew you trespassed in the human world and also wanted to set up your own shop and create some new hell, guess how he would deal with you?"
Mammon shuddered upon hearing this.
Whether in the human world or in hell, there is only one most effective way to deal with one's own troublemaking brat.
That is to beat them.
Not to mention his dad is Satan; the methods for dealing with people are not as simple as physical pain.
If Satan knew he was messing around in the human world, breaking the rules of the game between himself and God, and causing him to lose face, he would definitely make him wish he were dead.
Mammon couldn't believe that Darian would use such a low-level tactic as calling the parents.
What's even more infuriating is that this tactic is actually damn useful.
Mammon bit the bullet and said coldly: "Do you think Satan is someone you can summon just by saying so? Stop bluffing here."
Darian was amused and pointed to Constantine next to him: "Don't forget, I have a Satan summoner right beside me."
"Oh right!"
Mammon suddenly remembered that his old man had long taken a fancy to Constantine's soul and had declared that he would come to pick it up personally after the other party died.
Darian reached out and grabbed Constantine by the back of the neck, his tone sinister: "If I off him right now, do you think Satan would appear immediately?"
"Calm down!" * 2
Two voices rang out at the same time.
Mammon and Constantine looked at each other; the two who were at daggers drawn just a moment ago instantly stood on the same front.
Mammon urged: "He is your companion; wouldn't your conscience hurt if you killed him?"
Constantine nodded frantically from the side: "Yeah, yeah, things can be discussed; there's no need to resort to weapons."
Darian grinned: "Constantine, for the safety of the human world, sacrificing yourself to summon Satan is a great merit; perhaps you could be fast-tracked to Heaven."
Constantine's eyes lit up; that seemed to make some sense.
He immediately changed his stance, looking forward to it: "Do it quickly, kill me! For the sake of world peace, what is my life worth!"
"Lunatics! You humans are all lunatics!"
Mammon's mouth twitched. There wasn't a single normal person in this human world; one was crazier than the other. The folk customs in their hell were still simple and honest.
The next moment, the black energy in his eyes quickly faded, his gaze slowly regained clarity, and he finally turned back into Angela's appearance, his head tilting to the side as he passed out.
Mammon has logged off.
[Mission "Son of the Devil" settlement complete]
[Rewards obtained: EXP +30000, Free Attribute Points +10, Anchor Shard *3, Skill "Hellfire", Item "water-repelling bead", Item "Angel Wings", Item "Energy Storage Gem", Equipment "Broken spear of longinus"]
[Skill: Hellfire (From a certain dimension of hell, unaffected by water and vacuum, can burn matter or souls at will, and can enchant weapons and vehicles)]
[Item: water-repelling bead (The holder walks in water without getting wet, immune to the harm of water)]
[Item: Angel Wings (Wings dropped by a certain Archangel during battle, edible, effect unknown, grilled chicken wings, I like to eat them)]
[Item: Energy Storage Gem (One-time item, can absorb all energy, can be absorbed or released after reaching the limit)]
Take off!!
Darian looked at the mission rewards, his eyes staring straight.
This time the rewards were extremely rich, and none of them were lackluster.
First is the water-repelling bead; this thing doesn't need much introduction. It has the same characteristics as the fire-repelling bead and is a natural counter to opponents who play with water.
Angel Wings, one look and you know it was left behind by that guy Gabriel in the battle just now, harvested on the spot by the black-hearted system.
However, he was also curious about what Angel wings tasted like; when it comes to barbecue, his favorite thing is grilled chicken wings.
As for the Energy Storage Gem, it is also a good item; it can be used as a shield to absorb damage, or refined directly, or even reflect damage directly back; the effect is quite practical.
Then there is the Hellfire skill.
Darian is not unfamiliar with this.
In Marvel comic books, he has seen a Superheroes named Ghost Rider possess this skill.
Not to mention the powerful might, the point is that it is incredibly cool.
Any weapon or vehicle in the other party's hands is like having a Hellfire skin loaded; the stylishness value is maxed out.
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