Silent Crown

Chapter 146 The Divine Horn

As Claude looked down on the two standing on the roof, hate flashed across his menacing features. He seemed to have sensed Ye Qingxuan’s defense, but his expression was still one of scorn.

He awoke the music score in his bone flute once again and began playing! In an instant, the lion began to roar like an angry copper elephant. It was a fulmination!

As if thousands upon thousands of horns were blown at once, the aether rushed together amid the avalanche-like melody. The light was dazzling.

When the horrible melody seemed to shatter eardrums and evaporate the rainwater in the sky…the storm ended under the melody’s deterrence. It was logical.

The Divine Horn: This was a hymn created by saints centuries ago during the era of mission art. The song praised the mighty sounds created by divine power as it acted upon Earth! "Before long, I will shake the oceans and lands of the heavens and earth once again. I will shake the universe!"

It was a majestic roar that exploded from nothing and controlled every organism, forcing them to sway with the melody. Everything in its path shook until it crumbled to powder!

In the next moment, music burst from the horn. A thin ripple shook through the air from Claude’s fingertip. The chaotic aether surged forward, instantly transforming the heavy sheets of rain into thick fog. The cone-shaped ripple advanced toward Ye Qingxuan without a sound.

The walls in the ripple’s path was reduced to powder, the water vapor evaporated, and even dust particles cracked apart. Even the air seemed to break with a sound like glass shattering. Everything in the path of the ripple was pulverized. The white fog billowed. Destruction was coming.

Claude cackled in the air. He focused on controlling the destructive ripple. He would surround the two d*mned ants, close in on them, and finally squash them! This way, the Professor’s plan would completely fail. He would be able to receive some consolation as well. He was ecstatic about his clever attack on the Professor, but for some reason, guilt arose in his heart.

He would survive, but his partners would most likely die in the Professor’s hands…even the strange Blue Teeth would have a hard time fighting back. He did not do anything during the time when they needed him the most! The guilt and humiliation surged, and expanded without control.

When he finally came back to his senses, he had already sunk into the guilt. Even his control over the Divine Horn had slacked.

A wailing melody sounded in the rain, as if the dead were roaring in his ears! The dark melody had already burrowed into his heart. It was like mercury, seeping into every pore. As his emotions swung from fear to excitement, the melody snuck into his heart and slowly began stirring chaos.

The darkness in his soul was awoken by the frantic yet hopeless melody. He sank into confusion and pain. If he was still a Revelations musician at the Resonance level and could sense the changes in aether, he would have noticed this poisonous snake in his mind, but his sound of heart had shattered, and there were gaping holes all over his defense. He did not know how many holes he had left as his swung between emotions.

D*mn it! D*mn it! In the air, Claude struggled. The remaining starlight in his eyes was extinguished without a sound. His expression changed continuously. Sometimes it was innocent, sometimes menacing, sometimes crazed. He had sunk deeply into the darkness of his soul, as if he would drown in the dark river at any time. Pain, loneliness, and…despair!

Just as he was about to break down, coldness spread from the Silver Virgo. He shook, keeping his mind clear with difficulty.

What was happening? He looked around in shock, and discovered that the power of Divine Horn had disappeared.

It was storming again. The rain drove away the thick fog, revealing a dark figure. Sensing Claude’s eyes, the figure smiled mockingly.

In an instant, the wailing melody rose amid the sound of the rain. The murmurs in his ears transformed into howls. The rain began to pour wildly as if the skies had gone crazy!

Claude could barely keep his balance in the air. The area with the blizzard began quaking. A formless force was trying to take his body. The dark melody had seeped into him, shaking his tenacity, forcing him down!

Suddenly, the ecstatic soul fell into the abyss. He finally realized that it was a dark musician! Another dark musician! The person who had attacked him was just a distraction. There was a dark musician hidden between two Rhythm musicians…A dark musician who acted without care for Avalon’s enchantment!

But how? How could the enchantment not react to this wild melody? What had this guy received from Satan that hid him from the enchantment?!

His eyes were frantic and hopeless. He could not figure it out at all! But he could not waste more time. He must leave now…

Without thinking, he began riding the blizzard to escape from this d*mned place, but he was in was Avalon. If he ran, the dark musician would definitely chase after him…No dark musician dared to fly in the air of the capitol. No matter how the Dark Musician blocked the enchantment, if he rose up in the air, he would set off the highest class of alarms, then the Round Table Knights would arrive and destroy him! Yes, that was the only way…

Claude sped up, his body flying with the wild wind. He did not see that the cold figure shook and almost collapsed behind him.

Under the pouring rain, the exhausted youth watched as Claude faded into the distance. He shook his head. "How can I let you go after putting in so much effort?" he thought.

"The weather is good today." Smiling, Ye Qingxuan raised his staff. Indra’s Eye reflected the lightning in the sky.

"Do not turn the three realms into ashes!" As if he had pressed a fatal button, the clouds began to tremble and blinding light appeared. It was as if an angry fire was burning behind black paper.

For a moment, the black clouds glowed from the hot lightning, and the world was blindingly white! As if the gods above the clouds were angry, the world shook with the destructive sounds of beating drums.

Amid the thunderous roars, a bolt of lightning tore through the clouds, striking the earth! Even if one shielded their eyes, the burning light was still painful.

The anger of Indra, the god of thunder, was like a sledgehammer, completely ripping apart the blizzard. It obliterated the shields and defensive alchemy equipment as well, and surged into Claude’s body.

Electrocuted, Claude let out a painful cry. He fell to the ground, his body burnt to crisp. Thud! He landed in the mud.

On the rooftop, Ye Qingxuan was once again dizzy from the blood loss and almost fell down head-first. Thankfully, Bai Xi caught him and poured medicine down his throat.

"Hurry, there’s still a bigger fish to catch. This guy is just a small shrimp." Soon, Ye Qingxuan was energized again. He looked down at the dim Indra’s Eye and sighed. "But this thing seriously is powerful."

If an average person used it, they would probably be sapped on the first try. Even Ye Qingxuan, with his dragon blood, suffered from blood loss. But its power was definitely worth the price!

Because of the weather, Indra’s Eye was able to manipulate the lightning and thunder in the clouds. Just as a Resonance musician used the world’s strength, Indra’s Eye used blood, but its power was uncomparable. This was what Ye Qingxuan relied on.

With Indra’s Eye, he was confident even facing three musicians, not to mention someone like Claude, who had fallen from the Resonance level and was badly injured, and could only fight using his instrument.

Ye Qingxuan’s plan was going smoothly. He first used the arrow to lure Claude over, purposely let the man discover him, and used two Rhythm level measures so he would lower his guard and walk out. Ye Qingxuan had won the battle the moment Claude shot up to the sky, laughing maniacally.

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The empty room was in ruins. After the blizzard had swept through, everything had turned to ice. Then in the aftermath of the quakes, it had all turned to dust. That was Indra’s fire. Everything in its path would shatter to pieces!

Ye Qingxuan dragged Claude into the room and tossed the man onto the ground. The raging thunder landed on his body, and all the alchemy equipment was destroyed instantly.

Ye Qingxuan had miscalculated and used a bit too much force. He had almost burned this guy to ashes. Even so, the man was barely alive.

Thankfully, musicians were accustomed to aether, and after years of penetration, their bones were strengthened. And when a musician resonated with the world, his physical strength would soar too. His vitality would be as strong as a cockroach.

If musicians did not have such vitality, Ye Qingxuan would seriously go crazy. He had worked so hard just to have someone he could question!

After having a vessel of medicine poured down his throat, Claude moaned painfully and spat out black blood. "Who…" He opened his eyes with difficulty. They were filled with confusion and resentment. "Who are you?"

"Ah, you can still talk! That’s great." A foot stepped onto his body and a smile appeared on the shadow’s face. "It was first time using that technique, so I didn’t control it well. My apologies. But you’re so powerful…what if I don’t kill you and you fight back?"

"Who’s there?" Claude’s face was shockingly white. He tried to see what the man looked like but it was all a blur.

"You can’t see?" The youth with a cane stooped down, politely lowering his hunting hat. "We meet again, Mr. Royal Musician Claude."

"It’s…you!" When he finally saw the smiling face clearly, fear enveloped Claude. He could still remember the scared and confused youth from the daytime, but now, the smiling face was filled with a terrifying strangeness.

He tried to speak, but could only cough violently. "Who—who—who are you?!"

"I almost forgot to introduce myself. You can call me Holmes. The Vengeful Spirit, Sherlock Holmes." The youth grinned. "That’s right. I’m the dark musician who’s been making headlines recently."