Chapter 3181: Out of Control
A dazzling green light blossomed in the chamber, so blinding that no one could keep their eyes open.
Zheng Qing seemed to sense some enormous, invisible being speeding through the air. It drove a four-wheeled carriage pulled by Night Steeds, wielded the scythe in its hand, and, guided by the incantation, reaped the lives of those struck by the spell.
Death Has Come.
And gone again.
It left amid furious shouts and curses.
When the green light faded, not a single soul had been taken by the Death God.
A Legendary Wizard's thoughts could leap beyond the River of Time and Destiny. This meant that everything within their range lay beyond fate's control, so the Death God's scythe could not reap the lives protected by those thoughts.
Reinhardt, the only one who was not a Legend, enjoyed the dual protection of Helios and Athena. Though he looked somewhat disheveled, only his hair was messy, and his Golden Armor had gained a few scratches. But as golden flames rose over his Battle Robe, every mark vanished swiftly.
"—Avada Kedavra!"
Zheng Qing also swung The Wand, returning a Death Curse to Slytherin.
A Slytherin formed from fragments of a shattered palm leaped up from the ground and blocked the spell. With a bang, it turned into a stone in midair. Yet before the stone could hit the ground, it transformed into a new Slytherin again.
Everyone frowned.
The Death Curse was the most destructive spell in this world—in other words, within the limits permitted by this world's rules, no method could strip away a life more swiftly or directly than the Death Curse.
But at the moment, the Death Curse seemed ineffective against either side.
Zheng Qing raised his head and examined the towering figure, over twenty