Devil's Bible

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The information about the bloodline ends here. Perhaps the "dragon" that left this information believed that later generations should not know the specific details of this curse.

But that's enough! The transmission of information, like a key, unlocked the door to a deeper level of power.

The further awakening of the bloodline brought forth immense power.

This newfound power, like a warm torrent, instantly soothed the mental backlash and physical trauma she suffered from extreme spellcasting.

Subtle yet powerful changes were taking place inside her body, and she was recovering at an astonishing speed.

A brand new characteristic—"Independent Time"—has begun to awaken from the depths of her bloodline!

Deep within his pupils, a faint golden light seemed to flash and disappear.

Chapter 239 Awakening

Isabella has the ability to manipulate the power of time, and the most important aspect of this ability is her control over her own time.

She can separate her time from the flow of time, and in this independent time, she can speed up, pause, or even rewind her time to some extent.

Once she has completed her control over her own time, she will connect to the mainstream timeline.

During this process, Isabella lost contact with the mainstream timeline, so she was unable to interact with the outside world or change her position in the world. The only things she could change were herself and those things that were closely connected to her and attached to her.

Therefore, from the outside perspective, her position is no different from before.

Of course, her bloodline awakening is limited; currently, within her independent time, she can only accelerate her own time.

By accelerating her own time, she quickly regained her composure.

Then they plunged back into battle.

The defining characteristic of cursed creatures is their ability to spread.

It's like how if a vampire bites another individual, the curse will spread.

Although the new vampires that emerge from this process will be very weak, their bloodlust will be even stronger.

The same applies to this bone monster; its curse can spread, and if not handled properly, it might give rise to a race of cursed creatures.

In this situation, it is necessary to kill it as soon as possible, and at the same time, to quickly clean up the scattered bones.

They then swiftly treated those infected by the curse.

If it cannot be cured, it also needs to be purified.

With these thoughts swirling in her mind, Isabella tried to enter Independent Time again, but found that she couldn't. She sensed precisely how many more minutes she would need before she could use the Independent Time property again.

"It seems that under this characteristic, the amount of time I have to be independent is the same amount of time I need to take a break before I can have my time independent again."

"It's good news that the time acceleration factor isn't taken into account, but unfortunately, the amount of time I can accelerate is currently limited."

She had just spent ten minutes recovering her mental energy and accelerating the experiment's time, most of which was spent in a time-accelerated environment at double speed.

Fortunately, her bloodline awakened, which alleviated the backlash; otherwise, her mental strength would not have recovered so quickly.

After Isabella confirmed the details of the characteristics, she immediately began to organize the other clergy who had rushed over to restrain the bone monster and buy time.

There was no other way but to delay. The monster was covered in bone spikes, and the paladin dared not move forward. As for the other priests, their stats and spell multipliers were limited, making it difficult for them to actually harm the bone monster.

The only way to delay is to use restrictive divine spells such as discipline spells.

A few minutes passed, and then Isabella's expression changed, as if she was no longer the same.

The mental energy that had been prepared beforehand was released outwards in an instant, completing the release.

This is the greatest use of independent time—it no longer takes up real-world thinking time, and at the same time, one's mental energy can be prepared in advance.

While the pre-casting time cannot be completely skipped, it takes time for mental energy to penetrate external matter and interact with other elements.

However, from the outside perspective, it appears that Isabella herself does not require any prior mental preparation time; the spell begins to operate as soon as she has a thought.

Then a large amount of white holy fire rapidly spread and condensed, becoming a lava-like substance.

It already bears some resemblance to the luminous substance that previously contained most of the magic.

This is Isabella's combat system—using holy fire as the main medium, and then incorporating other spells through techniques such as spell hijacking and spell fusion.

The biggest problem was that it required cooperation, but now the problem is not so big.

Because preparations can be made in advance using independent time, several spells can be cast slowly together during the preparation phase, and then the spell fusion can be completed instantly when the time is connected and the spells begin to react.

The white, high-temperature, and bright magma-like holy fire once again covered the bone monster.

This time, the collision between the holy fire and the curse triggered an even more violent reaction. The holy attributes clashed fiercely with the red curse, forming torrents of energy.

This spilled energy accumulated in mid-air, altering the surrounding environment.

Just like the air fluctuating and distorting in hot weather, the whole world is fluctuating rapidly.

Some clergy members nearby, especially paladins, even had the feeling that they were using resources to practice breathing techniques.

A large amount of energy was absorbed into the air through their breathing, and then burned their lungs.

Isabella manipulated the spell and then entered her own time once again.

Nothing in the outside world had changed; the things around her seemed to have stood still to her.

She can move freely and think normally.

Without taking a break, he briefly assessed the lava material and his mental energy surged rapidly.

Time reconnected, and the original spell was still maintained by her previous mental energy. The next moment, the new mental energy model combined with the external matter to form a new spell, which was then manipulated and merged with it.

The spell's power increased further, but the white, lava-like substance seemed to be truly transforming into magma. Isabella could even see a magma bubble bulging on the surface—a sign that the spell was about to go out of control.

Isabella gritted her teeth and continued to unleash her mental power to stabilize the spell and keep damaging the bone monster.

Then, time was once again stripped away.

Isabella covered her head, trying to calm herself down.

Through independent time, she can continuously stack external spells, as long as she can control it.

However, the more spells are stacked, the more complex the operation and fusion of the various elements within the spell become.

She even needs to spend a lot of time thinking and calculating during her independent time in order to stabilize the increasingly complex magical structure.

And now, the spell's power is already too high.

If she loses control and the spell goes out of control, the resulting explosion could destroy a large part of the North District, destroying dozens of streets and killing thousands of people.

This is only in the less densely populated northern area.

If this had happened in the southern district, the number of deaths would likely have been in the tens of thousands.

Isabella remained calm despite the situation.

She needs to have confidence in herself.

She had already realized the path she needed to take: to possess power, to wield authority, and then to use that power to advance the church's governance.

And the pressure they will have to endure during this process may be even greater than it is now.

She needs to be able to withstand pressure and have the awareness to take on the responsibility of influencing the fate of more people.

At this moment, Isabella had already come to this realization!

Chapter 240 Hidden Dangers

A conscious spirit becomes the best stabilizer.

The restless magic, under Isabella's control, entered a super state—luminous matter—that had previously fused with more than a dozen spells.

This substance emitted a white light and appeared to be purer than the previous magical fusion.

"It's probably because all the mental energy within the spell comes from me alone," Isabella thought. As the spell took shape, her pressure actually lessened considerably.

In theory, it is indeed easier for an individual to continuously cast different spells and then merge them than to hijack someone else's spells and then merge them.

This is the first time I've combined the characteristics of "independent time" to unleash this power, which is why it has put me under so much pressure.

Perhaps next time, I'll be able to use it even more skillfully.

"Of course, I can also try to adjust the spell structure and build the complete fusion spell framework from the beginning, directly forming this super spell."

“It’s many times more difficult to create a complete spell in one go.” While manipulating the luminous substance to surround, entangle, and deeply erode the bone monster, Isabella was also carefully analyzing the spell’s internal structure.

Spells are not merely models of mental power; they also require the introduction and manipulation of external elemental energies.

The connection between mental intention and elemental energy is key.

Spells are like taming animals.

This spell model is the whining sound of calling a hound, and that spell model is the tsk-tsk sound of summoning a bird.

Isabella's fusion spells use different "summoning" methods to attract various elemental energies (beasts) one by one, establish communication with them, and then use a core command to drive them to fight together.

However, if you want to use a single, fully-fledged spell model, it's like shouting, which requires dogs, birds, and all other kinds of wild beasts to respond immediately, accurately understand, and execute complex instructions in sync.

Temporarily abandoning that thought, Isabella focused on eliminating the skeletal monster before her.

The bone monster would occasionally unleash that special power, clearing away all obstacles in its path.

But Isabella's strength has increased even further at this moment! The luminous matter is as at her fingertips, changing shape the instant it is pushed away, and then coiling around her again according to her will.

The bone monster struggled and tried to escape, but it could not escape the pursuit of the luminous matter.

Its bones are dwindling, and its strength is visibly weakening.

Just then, the skeletal monster's massive body convulsed violently before collapsing to the ground with a thud—it had finally reached its limit.

As the luminescent substance covered the area, the remaining bones, along with the Dalros inside, were rapidly melted and dissolved.

If it weren't for that terrible yet unknown curse, Isabella might have spared his life in order to find out the true schemes of the Dartmenley family.

But for now, it would be safer to completely incinerate him along with these cursed bones.

As the last wisp of white bone vanished in the blazing white light, Isabella's tense nerves finally relaxed, and she let out a long breath.

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Nems, who was observing Isabella through the connection of 'transportation', also withdrew his gaze.

He sat cross-legged in the confinement room, now almost certain that Isabella's time-related abilities had improved further.

Preliminary inference is that it is a kind of time recovery capability for individual states, but the specific limitations and limits still need to be observed.

"Besides that, have I overlooked some details?" Nemus thought to himself, a slight unease rising in his heart.

It seems there is something bad that he has overlooked, and it is gradually evolving into a huge disaster.

Nemus did not panic or rush, but instead once again activated the Breath of Fortune that he had just created.

At this time, Nemus also discovered the first characteristic of Breath of the Wind.

Because cultivation requires absorbing luck little by little, this special thing called luck is gradually etched into one's body through cultivation.

This significantly amplified his innate sixth sense, giving him a life-like instinct to perceive both good and bad things.

As you practice your breathing exercises, this sensation will become clearer and stronger.

Even in the future, when someone far away does something closely related to him, he might instantly sense it.

Moreover, Nemus also vaguely sensed that if he continued to delve deeper into the study and further develop his life aura with the power of 'luck', then while strengthening the 'strong luck' characteristic, he might also be able to generate new abilities related to 'luck'.

"Perhaps I can also try to combine this power with skills to form a new sword technique." Nemus thought about developing and growing his own abilities while practicing the Breath of Luck.

However, as it operated, he gradually noticed something unusual.

"Originating from bloodline?" Nems' current body comes from Nair. Although Nair has left the family, the blood of the Dartmenley family still flows in his veins.

Most importantly, Nair was also a test subject in the Dartmenley family's bloodline experiments, and his body was forcibly infused with the blood of many other family members.

At this moment, his blood was trembling slightly, as if some power was about to be transmitted through his bloodline.

"It seems to be something like a curse..."

"The red markings on that skeletal monster just now?"

Nemus himself was not skilled in curses, but his subordinate Kru was a curse sorcerer.

He naturally had some understanding of the relevant matters.

The value of Nemus changed, and then the power within him suppressed the curse, preventing it from spreading.