That deeply hidden twelfth-tier Demon God… I can’t afford to provoke them.
But this Blood Demon in front of me, who could cut me down in just two strikes… I can’t afford to provoke them either…
So, faced with all of Truth’s questions about the Demon God’s legendary artifacts, Heavenly Fire simply kept shaking her head, indicating she didn’t know.
But Truth was not about to give up.
She began to think hard, and when the little head that no longer existed stopped controlling the big head, her sharp intellect once again took the high ground.
Very quickly, she noticed a suspicious point about Little Skyfire:
“Wait, Little Fire, you haven’t accessed much Calamity Authority yet, right? All the Calamity settings should be at default. So shouldn’t you only be able to receive messages in the Core Region?”
Since Truth hadn’t fully fused with the Authority yet, she still had to go to the Mist Core to check or reply to messages, and she couldn’t do video calls—let alone directly communicate in real time outside the Core Region like Little Skyfire.
If it were Great Tianhuo, that would make sense.
After all, she’s already reached one hundred percent fusion, so having more features is normal.
But this weakling Little Skyfire should have just inherited the authority.
Her fusion with Huoyun Island isn’t even as high as Truth’s fusion with the Mist, right?
Each level is one percent of the progress, so all Wills of Calamity only reach one hundred percent fusion at level one hundred—tenth tier.
There’s no way this Little Skyfire started out at the tenth tier…
Is it possible, Truth wondered as she stroked her wise chin, that Heavenly Fire didn’t actually run away, but transformed into a loli form, enduring humiliation and biding her time?
Even though I’ve toyed with her at will, and even humiliated her in front of her own believer, she just held it all in for a perfect chance to stab me in the back?
At this, Little Skyfire’s face froze. She flailed her arms in panic.
Why does this person know that the Will of Calamity can only receive messages in the Core Region before reaching the mid-tier?!
“Uh, um… B-because the previous Incarnation of Firefall Island hasn’t fully severed its connection with Huoyun Island, so right now all the message notifications are still using the previous settings… or something…”
“I see. Then why were you sneaking off to see Elis behind my back so many times just now? Look, she’s still standing there trembling. Isn’t she your believer? Why do you seem to dislike her a little?”
Truth pointed at Elis, who didn’t know what to do. Little Skyfire almost spat fire in frustration.
Are you kidding?! She witnessed the most humiliating moment of my entire life from start to finish.
I’ve even considered silencing her—she’s only alive now because I’m merciful… and because of your presence!
That’s what Heavenly Fire thought, but she didn’t dare say it out loud:
“Because… because I don’t really like having others see my body, so…”
“Then why did you let me see it? Hm… Feels like you were forced to abandon your pride and endure humiliation, and then your believer saw it, so you’re just angry and embarrassed, right?”
“N-no! It’s not like that!”
While denying it, Heavenly Fire quickly pressed herself against Elis and hugged her right arm, trying to prove she didn’t dislike Elis. Elis, in turn, stood even stiffer.
She didn’t dare move. She didn’t dare move at all…
Every believer knew Heavenfire Lord had a terrible temper.
Elis also knew that the only reason Heavenfire Lord hadn’t gouged out the eyes that had profaned her was because Truth was present…
“Elis, do you know something?” Truth looked at Elis with a sweet smile, but the invisible pressure was already overflowing.
What to do? Elis instantly found herself in a dilemma.
If she exposed Heavenfire Lord now, she’d lose her only chance to escape the hands of this demon.
The demon would definitely fly into a murderous rage if she found out she’d been deceived.
But if she helped Heavenfire Lord cover it up, at least the two of them might still have a sliver of hope.
Although Heavenfire Lord wasn’t a match for the Blood Demon, at least they could try to escape, right?
The problem was whether Heavenfire Lord would be willing to forgive and accept her again—after all, she had seen that…
After weighing the pros and cons, Elis made her choice—she’d help Heavenfire Lord cover it up:
“I don’t know anything, I just… just don’t know how to face my own faith right now.”
Elis gave Truth a reason that was especially easy to believe: the old faith had fled, and now a new faith that didn’t even seem as powerful as her own had appeared.
Any believer would find that weird.
At this, Truth just fell silent, pondering again.
For a moment, the entire room was so quiet it was agonizing for both Elis and Heavenly Fire.
At last, Truth smiled, no longer pressing the issue:
“I was just being paranoid. Alright, I have other things to deal with. You two behave and wait here, I’ll be back soon.”
With that, Truth turned into a flash of red light and vanished on the spot, letting Heavenly Fire and Elis breathe a sigh of relief.
The two exchanged a meaningful glance.
Thank goodness they’d managed to fool the Blood Demon.
But actually, they hadn’t.
“Tsk, you two are really good at enduring.”
Back in the Core of the Mist, Truth also shrugged with a meaningful expression.
She hadn’t expected Heavenly Fire to actually put up with all that.
Really, such forbearance—if it were her being humiliated in front of her own believers, she would’ve lost it long ago.
Truth had long suspected that Heavenly Fire’s form change wasn’t from big scorpion to little scorpion, but from a mature lady to a loli.
Later, Elis’s expressions, Heavenly Fire’s hands-free mode, and messages from the Demonic Dragon and other small details all confirmed her suspicions.
However, Truth didn’t expose those two schemers in person.
Instead, she decided to let the matter drag on, fishing for a bigger catch.
As long as she didn’t expose Little Skyfire, she’d have the perfect excuse to go to war with the other Calamities:
“I can leave Huoyun Island to you for now, but when I come knocking myself, don’t regret it, you fools…… “
“By the way, if Heavenly Fire dared to use that so-called Will of Calamity (Backup) to fool me, then maybe that backup Calamity Will really does exist?”
Standing at the very center of the Mist Core, Truth began trying to detect the surrounding life signatures.
The next moment, she picked up a faint hint of life about five meters below ground.
“There really is something?”
Without hesitation, Truth waved her hand and swept away the dirt underfoot.
Immediately, a small White Snake, less than a meter long, coiled up and appeared before her.
The White Snake’s whole body was pure and transparent, its eyes tightly shut.
A faint mist and an ancient, indescribable aura lingered on it—clearly not an ordinary monster.
“Lashio?”
Truth grabbed the White Snake and shook it in her hand. The snake didn’t react.
Then Truth stretched out her palm:
“Pa! Pa!”
The White Snake was slapped hard twice. Gradually, it slowly opened its grayish-white vertical pupils:
“Hiss?”