The ice mountain descended and clashed with the top of Moon Palace. Bricks fell down. The elders moved into different positions. There were almost twelve of them, and they started some kind of formation. A dark blue barrier covered the whole area.
Suddenly, we all felt a strange pressure. Some monsters started appearing from the palace.
The next moment, the whole sky was filled with thunder as Jawad attacked them, and Ghost moved toward the elder with ice spikes in his hands.
Both clashed, and Ghost's attack was blocked.
"Huh, you demon brat. What are you thinking? I'm not prepared for your attack? You can't beat me."
"I will kill you again!" Ghost shouted.
"You think so... Wait, how do you remember this? I reversed time. You were supposed to forget this. How do you still recognize me?"
Suddenly, a strange portal appeared, and monsters started appearing again.
Both Austin and Jawad moved forward and started slaughtering them.
I feel strange. I can't use my Shadow Teleport, and I am also feeling weak. I don't know what's happening. Could it be this formation is weakening us?
Austin moved forward and used Shadow Slash, but it did nothing.
"Jawad, hurry up and kill all the monsters! This formation is weakening us. It is draining our powers!" shouted Austin.
"Are you sure we can defeat them in such a short time?" said Jawad awkwardly, staring at the ground.
When Austin looked below, he was also shocked. There were almost thousands of beasts of different species.
But the next moment, both attacked them.
Almost an hour later, the ground was covered everywhere with blood and bodies. Both Austin and Jawad were exhausted and covered in blood.
Bang!
A loud sound echoed. Both looked in Ghost's direction and realized that if this continued, they couldn't win and would die soon.
"We have to break this formation," said Jawad. "I can sense Ghost is not in his peak form."
I was shocked. After fighting that elder under the suppression of this weird formation, Jawad was saying Ghost was not even fighting at full strength.
I checked my system. A strange symbol was on my screen. I clicked on its information, and it showed that I was in the Realm of a Blood Queen and couldn't level up. There was also a special skill symbol on my screen. I checked its information. It said I could release a deadly laser that would penetrate anything in its way.
"So you know that I reversed time, and you still came here," said the Moon Palace elder. "You still remember... Could it be you are..."
"No... it can't be. I must be overthinking."
"On the count of three, we will attack the same point," said Austin.
"One... Two... Three!"
Both moved forward. Austin used Shadow Spikes and Mana Bullets, while Jawad used Finger of Thunder on the same point of the barrier.
A huge impact shook the area, but nothing happened, and the barrier started to heal.
I used my strange skill. A dark beam of light shot from my finger, and a small hole appeared.
I quickly took out the stone given to me by Wang Lin and crushed it.
"What? Nothing happened. I think we are going to get some fresh treatment from the demon elders."
Soon, a void opened, and an illusionary figure appeared above the formation.
It was Wang Lin.
He took out his blades, and the next moment, a purple slash appeared and shattered the barrier into pieces.
Within the next few seconds, all the elders were lying on the ground, seriously injured.
Everyone was shocked to see Wang Lin's power.
I heard his voice in my head. He told me he was too far away on an urgent matter and couldn't come.
His figure disappeared.
I thanked him.
"Kid, you have such powerful support. Why didn't you call him before?" asked Jawad excitedly.
"Ahhh... I also just realized how powerful he is."
We looked at the ground and started moving toward the palace to find that girl.
Jawad was leading me.
He went inside, but before I could enter, he flew back past me.
He quickly balanced himself, and suddenly three demons appeared from inside.
They looked strange.
"Idiots of Moon Palace. They are doomed. The Queen sent us to handle their problem. Such weaklings."
They started moving toward Ghost.
Both Austin and Jawad attacked them, but the demons grabbed us by our heads and threw us against the walls.
The restriction on my window had just been removed, and points were being calculated.
I opened my domain and trapped every demon inside it, then unleashed all my skills.
Shadow Spikes emerged from the ground. Mana Bullets formed in the air. Shadows appeared, and I used Shadow Claw.
Jawad also used his thunder powers, which merged with my domain and trapped every demon.
The next moment, all the attacks hit them.
Seeing this opportunity, I took out my daggers, and Jawad took out his sphere.
We both coated our weapons with our powers and attacked the demons.
My domain started disappearing.
I saw two demons dead on the ground, but the third wasn't there.
I sensed something was wrong, and before I could react, he punched me in the face.
Jawad used his Thunder Spikes and attacked him, sending him flying away.
We both attacked him.
He was very strong, but he was injured, and soon we killed him.
We both started moving inside the palace.
When we entered, I saw strange prisons.
In some cells, there were animals and beasts, and in most of them, there were creatures that looked like humans.
When we reached the bottom of the palace, I saw a strange light coming from a room.
This was the room I had seen in Snow's memory.
I entered the room and saw a hooded man reading some strange words.
A dark red stone was floating in midair, and a girl who looked white as ice lay there without any movement.
I knew he was performing some ritual.
I took out my blade and threw it at the crystal.
It shattered.
Jawad grabbed that person by the neck.
"What were you doing? What happened to Tooba? Why is she not responding?"
"Hahaha! She is the vessel of our Queen, but you interrupted our ritual. I will kill you!"
He started reading some enchantment, and I threw my dagger, which pierced his head.
I took out some healing potions and used them on Tooba, but they weren't working.
I opened my shop and saw a strange elixir called the Elixir of Life.
I bought it and used it on her.
Soon, the whole room was filled with a strange light and a powerful healing aura.
Her condition improved, but only a little.
We moved outside and saw that the demon elder had been defeated and was lying on the palace stairs.
Ghost was standing in front of me.
He was also injured, but he moved like a flash, took Tooba into his arms, sat on the ground, started rubbing her hands, and kept calling her.
But she was not responding.
— End of Chapter 18 —
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