The identity of the "Third Witchfire" in Metropolis was a bit beyond Harley's expectations.
"Xuanlan? It's actually Xuanlan"
Harley stood on the lawn in front of the White House, with her hands behind her back, and wisps of divine light shining from her body. Her eyes fell on "Hecate" floating in the sky like a second sun.
Xuanlan, initially just an ordinary agent in the United States, gained extraordinary power while participating in the experimental research on the life force of the Bureau of Shadows (the green of all things, the red of all living things). She also incorporated the plant-based life force of all things green and animals into her body.
It is the red color of life force and can control two kinds of life energy.
Later, the Dark Justice League was established, and she semi-detached from the Shadow Bureau, joined the Dark Justice League, and became a magical superhero.
Because he knew that she had obtained extraordinary powers from the laboratory, Harley subconsciously excluded her from being a "candidate witch".
She thinks Xuanlan is a superpower or a mutant.
Even if the Green of All Things and the Red of All Living Beings used by Xuanlan are considered miraculous magic powers, the process of obtaining life energy comes from science. She originally had no magic talent (in fact, Xuanlan has the talent of a witch, but she has not been exposed to magic since she was a child.
There is no chance to awaken the bloodline like a normal mage).
"Harry, what happened? Was there an alien terrorist attack?"
Seeing her appear, Sam Lane immediately ran out of the White House bravely, shouting nervously as he ran.
Harley glanced at the huge building debris falling in the sky like a meteor shower, which indeed looked a bit like a terrorist attack from outer space.
"It should be that the headquarters of the Shadow Bureau, Ranch No. 1, imploded. Xuanlan happened to be in Ranch No. 1 when it was harvested. The magic shock wave that erupted tore apart the defense system of Ranch No. 1. Now the ranch, which is half the size of the city, is crashing."
As early as 10 years ago, the Shadow Bureau used Brainiac's bottle city technology and spent huge sums of money to build its own bottle city headquarters.
From the outside, it is only the size of a can and can move freely in the American sky, but the space inside is as big as half a metropolitan city. It is called "Pastorage No. 1" by the agents of the Shadow Bureau.
Even though Xuanlan became a superhero, she still didn't give up her identity as an agent of the Bureau of Shadows.
After all, Justice League Dark spends three days fishing and two days surfing the web.
Xiao Zha, Zha Kang, and Xanadu, the key members of the Dark Zhenglian, are all being raised at home recently!
Basically, they only take part in activities when encountering major magical events, and they usually live their own lives.
When being harvested by Hecate, Xuanlan should happen to be in Ranch No. 1.
Then Ranch No. 1 was exploded by a huge magic storm that erupted, and the city in the bottle re-enlarged to its original size, and the fragments fell to the ground like meteors.
After Harley arrived in the metropolis, she not only saw the "Third Witchfire" whose body was "seized" by Hecate, but also densely packed building debris falling from the sky like raindrops.
Although they are said to be fragments, many of them retain their original architectural structures and are very large in shape. Ranch No. 1 was only exploded, but there was no internal explosion, so they did not break into powder.
Harley appeared at the White House immediately instead of going directly to find the "Third Witch Fire" in the sky because a steel structure the size of a football stadium was falling toward the city center.
When it fell, it cast a huge shadow on the ground, which was very oppressive.
If left alone, millions of people would be wiped out in just one moment.
The strange thing is that she was the first one to come to the rescue at this time, and there was no movement at all from the Justice League.
If Zheng Lian didn't take action, she could only do it herself. She couldn't let the metropolis be destroyed and tens of millions of people die tragically.
“Buzz buzz~~bang bang bang bang~~~~”
Harry stood on the ground with his hands behind his back, and his skin exuded a faint holy light. Every ray of holy light looked as thin as a catkin, but as soon as the holy light left the body, it immediately turned into an indestructible, golden cross "Sword Light" in the sky.
"——An improved version of the Holy Light Cross God-Slaying Technique. It also uses the body as a cross sword, but it is a large-area group attack technique that spreads the power.
With Harley as the center, there was no abnormal phenomenon within two kilometers around. Even the holy light, which was as thin as an ox hair and as light as catkins, was only within one or two meters of the body. Only the sky of the metropolis was formed by countless "sword lights".
Ocean coverage.
From a distance, it looks like a golden curved dome is covering the metropolis.
The dome is composed of countless distinct, slender and sharp cross-shaped "sword rays".
The "sword light" is as dense as a heavy rain, continuous, and like a rough ocean.
The building fragments falling from the sky, whether they are masonry or metal structures with alien technology, are like morning mist under the sun, disappearing directly into the "Sword Light" tide.
Instead of melting and disappearing, they were chopped into molecules by the "Sword Ray", invisible particles at the atomic level, and were swept into outer space by the "Sword Ray" storm.
But the survivors in the building fragments, whether they are humans or grotesque test subjects, as long as they are alive and not harvested by Hecate immediately, will be wrapped in a layer of light golden holy light and slowly fall down.
The ocean of "sword light" annihilated all the building fragments, but after touching the living bodies, it turned back into flexible and harmless "holy light catkins", surrounding them to form a cocoon of light.
Compared with yesterday's battle with Maia, Harley's methods at this time were countless times more sophisticated - she relied entirely on the Upside Down to accompany her in leveling up.
Yesterday during the Battle of Heaven's Gate, she teleported continuously between Gotham and Heaven. She dealt with two fronts by herself and continued high-intensity fighting, which allowed her to control the power of the Overlord to an extremely high level.
At the level where she had just mastered the power of the Great King yesterday, Harley could only shoot up the sky, buildings and living people, and the time and space around them were shattered.
If you use too much force, less than half of the starry sky above the metropolis will disappear.
In addition to cleaning up the debris of buildings that fell into the sky, Harley focused more on the "Third Witchfire".
The "Third Witch Fire" Xuanlan has basically been completely deprived of her soul, body and power by Hecate.
Her body surface exudes a blazing white magic light, which is dazzling but extremely restrained. It does not dazzle the eyes or affect the sight of her. Harry can clearly see every subtle expression and every inch of her skin.
The seal of March consisting of "First Quarter Moon - Full Moon - Last Quarter Moon" appeared on her forehead.
The Seal of March exudes a power that is frightening, makes time and space tremble, and makes the earth's basic laws obey, and the power of magical power.
The Seal of March is the materialized magical power!
Harley's guess was indeed correct. Hecate obtained a large amount of magical power from the Witchfire Soul.
At this time, the Mother of Magic is adapting to the newly added magical power.
Based on a rough estimate based only on its breath, its size is actually 20-30% higher than the power of Hecate, the conscious body during the Battle of Heaven!
In other words, by absorbing a "Witch Fire", Hecate's power will be at least doubled?!
Thoughts were rolling in Harry's mind, but she struck quickly and ruthlessly. Cleaning up the fallen building debris only used 20% of her mental power and half of the monarch's power. The rest of her mind and strength were all used on the "Third Witch Fire".
She had no scruples about Xuanlan's special identity, and she never thought of trying not to harm the magical heroine.
The cross sword light that is enough to cut through the rules surrounds the "Third Witch Fire" and stabs her body from every angle. If Hecate does not stop it with all her strength, "Xuan Lan"'s body will be smashed into pieces by the sword light.
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To deal with Hecate, of course a defensive force field is indispensable.
Except for the level 10 magic defense feat which has been reduced to level 9, all other feats are activated to their limit.
This is how the second sun in the sky was formed.
The "Third Witch Fire" only shines by itself and does not radiate magical light in all directions. Harley's sword light and the sacred light emitted after the sword light is annihilated by magic power are the reasons why the "little sun" takes shape.
"Sam, you should go back to the bunker and hide. Hecate is in the sky. If she notices you, your reality will be crushed with just one look."
Although Harry has the level 10 magic (divine power) defense expertise, he doesn't dare to waste it casually.
After all, defense expertise is mainly about defense and cannot interrupt Hecate's control of magic rules.
The defensive force field can affect the stability of magic power, interfere with the casting process, and destroy the magic structure.
But Hecate has the power of miracles, and can bypass the spell-casting process and directly emit miraculous effects (specific magic attacks). Without spell-casting, how can it interfere with spell-casting?
Harley can also sense that Hecate is modifying the rules of Holy Light magic.
She was suspended in the sky for a long time without moving, not standing there as a target.
She is doing her best to abolish the miraculous effect of the power of the monarch in Harley's hands.
Just like the Battle of Heaven, she used her power to deprive Harley of the power of the God King that she had cultivated for tens of thousands of years, and deprive her of all the miraculous elements except her expertise.
The small amount of "Hecate's magical power" in Harley's hands does not allow her to sit back and relax.
As she said to Xiao Zha and Zha Kang before, integrating Hecate's magical power into the power of the King (thick-skinned god king) only adds a pair of hands and feet to the power of the King. When facing Heka,
He is somewhat qualified to escape and struggle.
If the total amount of Hecate's magical power stolen by Harley is 1 unit, Hecate will have at least 8,000 units of power in her hands after harvesting three "Witch Fires".
If Harley stands still here, doesn't react in any way, and doesn't interfere with Hecate, the Mother of Magic will sooner or later kill the poor 1 point of power in her hand with 8000 suppression.
Even if the miraculous effect does not deprive the great king of his power, it can turn the great king into a "small king" and his power will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, after annihilating the building fragments within the scope of the defensive force field into molecular-level and atomic-level "nothingness", she did not care whether Ryan had gotten into the bunker or not. She left the ground in a flash and turned into a stream of light and rushed towards the "third party".
Witch Fire".
"Hecate, let go of Xuanlan!"
She shouted this, but the movements of her hands did not mean to keep "Xuanlan" alive.
The fist covered by the power of holy light directly crushed the time and space around her and Hecate, causing the laws "above" the time and space to fluctuate violently, losing stability and balance.
Hecate is like a character in the painting, and this painting is swaying in the breeze - the reality of the material universe is more solid, and Harley cannot directly tear the reality apart with the power of the King like she did in Limbo.
"You are extremely stupid to dare to play such magic tricks in front of me!"
Hecate glanced at Harley with eyes that had cracked eyeballs and flowed dark red blood. In the next moment, Harley turned into a figure on the silk canvas. The silk cloth on which her portrait was drawn was pulled at both ends by invisible hands and torn hard.
"Crack~~~" The silk fabric split, and Harley's reality was about to be torn into two pieces.
Even Harley can use the power of the King to perform "magic techniques" that tear apart reality, but Hecate will only be able to do it more easily and simply.
"I have the guts to do my best even though I am a trivial person. God comes down to earth, please help me!"
Harry shouted loudly, and suddenly changed from a painted figure on the silk cloth to a three-dimensional real person. He broke away from the torn "silk cloth" directly, came to Hecate, and punched the Seal of March on her forehead.
superior.
The Seal of March is the materialized magical power. Harley wants to break it into pieces, and then——
"You're the one who's doing the trick!"
Hecate snorted coldly. The blood in Harley's body was like ignited gasoline, boiling and burning in the next second; the "dam" storing life energy in her body seemed to have been dug out, and her life would be destroyed in the next second.
Withered and withered.
"Damn it, this is the Red of All Beings, the Earth's life system. You have usurped the law of life of the God of Order." Harley was shocked and angry.
Hecate actually took away the Red of All Beings, the Green of All Creatures, and the Black of Decay without her realizing it, a whole set of earth's life systems, created by the God of Order.
She was angry not because of the fact that the earth's life system had been usurped, but because of the consequences of it.
Ivy's foundation is the green of all things. Now that the green of all things is harvested by Hecate and becomes Hecate's accomplice, then Ivy
"Not only the life system, but all the miraculous powers and rules of miracles on the earth must surrender to me!" Hecate roared.
In an instant, the sky around Hecate seemed to be filled with countless shadows surrounding her, kneeling down to worship her.
They are all laws created and modified by the power of miracles.
It is as if every law of the earth has taken human form like the Infinite, expressing its surrender to Hecate.
They surrendered to Hecate, but glared at Harley and gritted their teeth in hatred.
On the earth, Harley used to be like a fish in water, as if blessed by destiny, but now she suddenly became the "rebellious child of the earth" and the "enemy of the main universe."
The entire earth and the entire material universe are rejecting her and hating her.
The rules of the world were like vines with poisonous thorns, entwining her limbs and soul, desperately trying to restrict her, restrain her, and strangle her.
In just a moment, Harry understood what "abandonment" means.
Harley's defensive expertise was triggered, and the blood that was about to boil and burn calmed down again. The hole in the Sea of Life still existed, but no life force flowed out.
But in a situation where he is rejected by heaven and earth, hated by the world, rejected by laws, and despised by all living beings, defense expertise can do nothing.
"BOOM!" Even though her movements were a little distorted, Harley's fist still hit Hecate, but slightly missed the target and landed on her right cheek from her forehead.
He beat her until her neck was twisted, her lower jaw was separated from her upper jaw, and the flesh on her face rolled like waves.
"BOOOOOOOOM!"
Harley was also hit on the chest at the same time, a punch harder than the fist she punched, from the earth itself.
Hecate controlled the basic laws of the earth that originally belonged to the God of Order, and then used her own magic power to empower the laws of the earth, giving Harley a heavy blow.
The holy light energy surrounding Harley exploded and scattered in all directions.
The holy light fragments are like solid glass fragments, crystal clear.
But Harley only took two steps back, then shouted again and punched him.
"BOOOM!" This time it finally hit Hecate's forehead.
However, the Seal of March was not broken, and it re-hidden into "Xuanlan's" forehead like a shadow.
"Xuanlan's" skull was sunken inward with a clear fist mark, and its two eyes couldn't withstand the intracranial high pressure and exploded like crushed grapes.
"Boom~~~~" At the same time, Harley also received a real thunderbolt from the sky. The power of the basic rules of the earth condensed into lightning and struck her directly on the top of her head.
This is not an ordinary lightning attack. In fact, it only has the shape of lightning, not real lightning.
It is the power represented by the basic laws of the earth, which is equivalent to the "Earth God" slashing Harley with a knife, and also slashed at a key location such as the top of her head.
But Harley didn't even move her body, just the silky blond hair coiled on her head spread out messily.
"BOOOM, BOOOM, BOOOOM~~~"
Harley punched "Xuan Lan" one round after another, beating Xuan Lan's head to pieces, and the pieces of flesh, blood and brains were scattered everywhere.
But "Xuanlan" is not dead.
The red "animal vitality" of all living beings was swimming in her body, growing new bones, brains, and flesh on her broken head.
However, her recovery speed is ultimately not as good as the destructive power of Harley's fists.
Every punch of Harley hit the extreme value allowed by the material universe, and also had the attributes of heavenly holy power of annihilation and burning. Both fists punched out a large golden afterimage of the fist, and the speed exceeded the light.
In just two breaths, Harley completely beat "Xuanlan's" head into nothingness.
Seeing that the Seal of March did not come out, Harry kept up his efforts and continued to beat down, until his neck exploded into minced meat, and half of his body disappeared.
"Xuanlan" is not only quickly restoring her body with the power of the red of all living beings, but also controlling magical power to use the "power of the earth" to capture, bind, and crush Harley's reality.
The reality around Harley was like boiling water.
The fluctuations in the "Picture of Reality" were so intense that Harley could not be seen clearly.
If it were anyone else, reality would be torn into pieces right now.
But Harley has absorbed the power of Manhattan. The power of Manhattan can destroy other people's existence field. The defense expertise opened by absorbing the power of Manhattan can strengthen her own existence field.
Harley used her own force field to stabilize her own reality, resisting Hecate's bombardment, and also bombarded "Xuanlan"'s physical body.
To put it simply, the attacks of both of them reached the extreme allowed by the material universe. Harley used physical attacks with the attributes of holy light, while Hecate used "semi-magical attacks" with clever means and extremely powerful power——
The method is magic, and the effect is rule-level reality erasure.
Both of them really hurt each other. The key is who can persist. It is obvious that Hecate is not as good as the "thick-skinned god king" who can persist until the end.
“Who is a small skill, and who is a master of the class?
"Who is your daddy?"
Harley was like a madman. The more she beat, the more excited she became, screaming while beating.
"Witch Harley, you have to think clearly. This is the soul of your friend Xuanlan. Destroying her soul will not hurt me at all!" Hecate couldn't bear it anymore.
"Xuanlan"'s body is half gone, and the soul inside the body has been partially exposed.
To be honest, it's a bit stupid for her as a mage to compete with the "Thick-skinned God King + Heavenly King" for melee health bar.
"I know very well that as long as I kill you completely, Xuanlan will come back!"
As "Xuanlan's" head and half of its torso disappeared, Harley once again sensed the "Seal of March" hidden in the core of her soul, which is the materialized magical power.
How could she hesitate at this time?
In fact, even if "Xuanlan" does not have the magical power in the form of the Seal of March in her soul, Harley will not be threatened by Hecate.
In the battle in Heaven two days ago, Hecate took out Asael's soul, but it didn't even threaten her.
Probably Hecate also thought of the battle two days ago.
When Harley punched her again, her incomplete body suddenly exploded into a handful of bright red blood.
Every drop of blood exudes a rich and pure red aura of all living beings. The large handful of blood spreads into droplets of tiny blood beads, shining with blood-red light and disappearing in front of Harry's eyes like a phantom.
Harley immediately understood that "Xuan Lan" had used "Blood Escape".
It is not an escape technique that burns essence and blood in fairy novels, but a magic technique that stimulates vitality and enters the red of all living beings.
Ivy can use any green plants to enter the green space of all things and shuttle to another place with green plants.
The Red of All Beings also has a life energy dimension formed by the collection of animal life force.
At this time, "Xuanlan" took the initiative to transform his life form into the pure red of all living beings, wanting to hide in the red dimension of all living beings.
Hecate has complete control over the earth's basic law system at this time. Once she enters the Red of All Beings, even if Harley forces her way into it, it will be difficult to find her.
Because the life law system is a large cyclic system, the red of all living things, the green of all things, and the black of decay are all part of the large cyclic system.
The real Xuanlan cannot go from the red of all living things to the green of all things, but Hecate can break through the restrictions and shuttle freely in the life system, and can achieve "I am the earth, and the earth is me."
"Hecate, you can't escape!"
Whether entering the red dimension of all living beings or traveling to the green dimension of all things, Hecate must first open the space.
Harley has already activated the space defense specialty, solidifying the surrounding time and space.
Even if the defensive force field cannot completely stop Hecate, who directly summons miraculous results without the need for spell casting, it can at least slow down her actions.
Before the blood beads completely disappeared, Harley stretched out her hands forward and clapped her palms together, "Bang - click!"
The space within a few kilometers ahead was like glass hit by a cannonball, shattering into pieces.
The shattered space could no longer open a stable transmission channel, and blood drops reappeared in front of Harley.
They are still moving and can still teleport, but the effect is not as good as before.
Every drop of blood is like a living person who can cast space teleportation magic, jumping between different space fragments and escaping away from Harley.
Bundles of blood-colored light seemed to be constantly reflecting between different glass shards.
Harley sneered, opened her red lips, and endless golden light spurted out from her throat, covering the entire sky.
There is gastric acid mist in the golden light, as well as the extremely binding power of the Holy Light, and the "Sword Light" of the Cross of Holy Light.
"Puff, puff, puff -" Drops of blood were like balloons punctured by a needle, exploding one after another.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Hecate's souls crying out from every drop of blood that exploded. Countless wails were superimposed on each other, making one's scalp numb.
Just when Harley was about to continue her efforts and suck the exploded blood beads into her belly, "BOOOM~~"
Strong magical fluctuations affecting the entire earth came from afar, and the fourth "Witch Fire" appeared.
Harley's expression changed drastically, and without even a moment's hesitation, she left the metropolis in an instant.
Even the "Hecate's essence and blood" that had reached the edge of his mouth had no time to absorb it.
The mist of holy light and stomach acid sprayed out of the mouth was ignored and allowed to slowly dissipate.
I saw the blood beads scattering in all directions, flickering a few times, and all disappeared in the red color of all living beings.
Harley didn't dare to hesitate or delay at all, because the fourth "Witch Fire" was in Gotham, inside her hometown, Lishan Manor!
The next moment, Harley returned to Lishan.
"Ah ah ah, no, I will not give in to you, Thick Skin Power, Hallelujah, Halle~~~"
As soon as she landed, Harry heard Diana's heart-rending roar, which contained both pain and anger.
Diana knelt on the ground, scratching her head frantically with both hands, as if she wanted to pull out the evil will in the sea of consciousness.
Like Xuan Lan, the golden seal of March also appeared on her forehead, and every pore on her body was radiating blazing white magic light.
But there is a thick golden film on her body, which makes the March Seal somewhat uncertain.
"Diana, you are also a 'Witch Fire'?!"
Harley was surprised and delighted. She was shocked that Diana, who was obviously a female warrior, also had the "mark of the witch".
I am delighted that the "Fourth Witchfire" turns out to be Diana with thick-skinned supernatural power and unyielding will.
What made her even more excited was that Diana was not harvested instantly and could still scream angrily, which showed that she had the power to resist, and Harley had returned at this time.
"Hahaha, Hecate, you are such an idiot!"
Harley laughed loudly and came to Diana in an instant. He put his left hand on the back of her head and actively helped her to activate the thick-skinned power in her body, instantly increasing the effect of the thick-skinned power from the "free trial version" to the "supreme plus version".
Almost reaching the level of Harley before she was stripped of the power of the God King.
At the same time, Harley stretched out her right hand to grab the Seal of March.
The Seal of March is like an illusory shadow that cannot be caught.
She was not discouraged, and changed her right hand to a point, with her index finger pointing between Diana's eyebrows.
"Diana, I'm going to activate your thick-skinned divine power debt! Don't resist, cooperate with me, and let me harvest all your magic power and soul." Harley shouted.
Yes, Hecate is the creditor of all mages, but this does not mean that she is the only creditor.
Any party A who lends magic or divine power to party B is a creditor, and like Hecate, can harvest all the miraculous elements of the debtor.
This is the core rule of the extraordinary world of the DC multiverse, the law of magic price!
Diana has Harley's thick-skin power in her body. She has fully accepted and used the thick-skin power for more than ten years. Of course, she owes Harley a large magic debt.
It's just that Harley has never thought of harvesting any Thick-skinned God's Favorite before.
The situation is different now. Diana actually has such huge magical power. Wouldn't it be an advantage to Hecate if Harley doesn't harvest it?
In other words, rather than taking advantage of Hecate, it is better to take advantage of her.
When she harvested Diana, all of Diana's original miraculous elements were returned, and the remaining Hecate power was divided into three and seven, Harley seven and Diana three, everyone was happy, a perfect win-win situation.
"Harley, Harley, come here quickly, Ivy is dying, she seems to have been harvested, wuwuwu~~~"
When Harley was feeling proud, Selena's crying voice suddenly came from behind.
"What's wrong with Ivy?" Harley was stunned for a moment, and the pride and joy on her face were immediately replaced by worry and anger.
"She, she turned into a piece of wood, with no soul fluctuation at all, woo woo woo"