Chapter 42: Eyes

After speaking, Mu Ming wrapped up the two of them and flew away.

Mu Xi turned back to look at the Tentacle Aggregate, her eyes cold.

“Again, it’s you! Always interfering with my plans! White-haired Witch! You should serve the great Father God with me, not hinder me at every turn!”

The Grand Priest’s voice was mad.

What’s this guy babbling about?

“I’m an Atheist…”

“Lost Lamb… I’ll bring you back to the path of Enlightenment!”

The Tentacle Aggregate opened countless Eyes, staring fixedly at Mu Xi.

Mu Xi was speechless.

Did this guy even know what he was saying? Trying to bring me back to the right path, when he’s not even a good person himself.

As expected, anyone who believes in an Evil God must have a hole in their brain.

So disgusting, Mu Xi thought to herself.

No point wasting words with him.

End this quickly and go find my sister and the others.

Mu Xi rushed forward, her single-handed Sword drawing arcs of pink-purple Starlight through the air.

Tentacles surged forth, trying to block her path, but it was all useless.

Mu Xi simply raised her hand, slicing any Tentacle in her way to pieces.

“Haah!”

She leaped up, plunging the Starlight Sword into the massive body of the Tentacle Aggregate.

Mu Xi pressed downward, carving a huge gash into the Tentacle Aggregate, blood pouring out endlessly.

“Roar!”

The Tentacle Aggregate screamed in pain from the wound.

From the wound, a gigantic Eye, pulsating like a heart, was revealed!

That’s the weak point!

Mu Xi stabbed her Sword straight into the massive Eye!

The Tentacle Aggregate let out another enormous, agonized scream!

Thick flesh walls closed in like eyelids, trying to protect the exposed weakness!

Now, in its pain, the Tentacle Aggregate’s Tentacles flailed wildly in all directions, thrashing the air without aim.

Mu Xi soared into the sky again, condensing a pink-purple Starlight Longsword in her hand.

Starshine Energy gathered in her palm.

Reforming, condensing—Mu Xi didn’t stop, pouring even more magic power into it.

The pink-purple Starlight Longsword grew bigger, then bigger.

And even bigger!

Finally, the Sword became as huge as a five-story building, its blade radiating brilliant Starlight.

Mu Xi lifted the Sword effortlessly, aiming it at the protected Eye.

The first strike shredded the rampaging Tentacles.

The second cleaved through the flesh wall’s defense, exposing the massive Eye to the air, still twitching.

The third strike—she pierced the exposed weak point straight through!

The gigantic blade sliced the Eye in half!

The Tentacle Aggregate’s anguished scream, mixed with the sticky, disgusting fluid oozing from the ruptured Eye, echoed in Mu Xi’s ears.

She pulled out the enormous Starlight Longsword.

Its blade was covered in the Tentacle Aggregate’s flesh and blood, but the dazzling Starshine remained undimmed.

The Tentacle Aggregate could no longer fight back.

Tentacles thrashed wildly over its entire body, emitting screams of pain.

Mu Xi swung from left to right with a wide slash!

The Starlight Longsword cleaved the Tentacle Aggregate’s body in two, as effortlessly as a kitchen knife slicing tofu!

The upper half of the Tentacle Aggregate slowly slid down, blood gushing from the wound.

In the end, under the force of gravity, its bisected body fell to the ground.

The body convulsed, accompanied by the slippery sounds of Tentacles writhing.

At last, the noises gradually faded, and the Tentacles lost their strength.

The two halves of the Tentacle Aggregate’s body slowly turned gray-white, finally dissolving into powder.

Mu Xi hovered in the air, watching the final struggles of the Tentacle Aggregate.

She knew it wasn’t over yet—the Grand Priest’s figure had vanished.

Suddenly, her Magical Girl intuition made her twist aside, dodging a Tentacle’s sneak attack.

Mu Xi looked back.

The Grand Priest stood covered in blood, but the madness on her face remained.

The missed Tentacle slipped back under her Red Robe.

“You’re not an ordinary Abyssal-class. Who are you, really?”

“Why do you care who I am…”

Mu Xi didn’t want to waste words either.

She re-formed a single-handed Sword the right size for herself, taking a battle stance.

“@#@*@#@!”

Incomprehensible ancient incantations spilled from the Grand Priest’s lips again.

Beneath her Red Robe, countless Tentacles writhed.

She reached into the torrent of Tentacles, pulling out an impossibly long Tentacle Whip.

Countless tiny Eyes lined the whip, and sharp barbs protruded along its length.

“Supreme Father God, bless me. Hehehe, hahahahaha!”

“Today is your death! I will… return you to the Father God’s embrace…”

An ominous red light gleamed in the Grand Priest’s Eyes.

The whip slithered through the air as if alive.

A single strike!

The whip moved as fast as lightning, splitting the air with a shriek!

Mu Xi leaped back, dodging, but the whip still grazed her leg.

The torn black stocking revealed pale, delicate skin, with a shallow wound that still bled slightly.

This minor injury meant nothing to Mu Xi.

She simply waved a hand over it, and the wound—along with the black stocking—restored itself.

The Tentacle Whip lashed out again.

Mu Xi knocked it aside with her Sword, then charged forward, pushing through the assault toward the Grand Priest.

The Grand Priest manipulated more Tentacles from beneath her Red Robe, launching them at Mu Xi.

The whip snapped back and forth.

Mu Xi blocked each strike.

Tentacles shot at her from under the Red Robe, but she dodged swiftly each time.

Finally, she drew closer and closer to the Grand Priest, ready to thrust her Sword into her throat.

But as she saw the expression on the Grand Priest’s face, she noticed a smugness—as if watching prey step into a trap she had laid.

Tentacles burst from the ground, winding around Mu Xi’s arm.

In an instant, her body was bound.

The Tentacles held her in place, her Sword just centimeters from the Grand Priest’s throat.

So, the Tentacles under the Red Robe had already tunneled underground, waiting to ambush Mu Xi when she got close.

“Tsk…damn it.”

The Tentacles tightened, leaving red marks on Mu Xi’s pale skin.

“A powerful Witch like you should join us…”

The Grand Priest began chanting ancient incantations again.

After brainwashing, another Abyssal-class combat force could be added to the millions of enslaved followers.

She hadn’t expected it.

Today was supposed to be a day of chaos offered to the great Father God, but she never imagined she’d capture such a strong Witch.

So thought the Grand Priest.

As the Grand Priest’s voice echoed, Mu Xi’s consciousness grew fuzzy.

She saw a phantom Eye appear behind the Grand Priest, staring at her.

But for some reason, under the Eye’s gaze, Mu Xi felt strangely at peace.

Like a child being watched over by a loving mother.

“Guu~”

Mu Xi froze under the stare.

She looked at the Eye, and for some reason, it felt familiar.