‘Does this stupid snake have no brain? I’ve hinted so much and she still hasn’t caught on?’
After reminding Little Mist to use her walnut-sized brain a bit, Truth, while lecturing Omili, took a moment to sneak a peek at Little Mist through a crack in the air.
She saw the latter spinning in place, seemingly deep in thought.
But it seemed she was only thinking. Truth felt utterly exasperated… though it was understandable.
Little Mist was still inexperienced in many aspects and didn’t know how to adapt.
Well, to avoid wasting time, Truth decided to just tell Little Mist the solution directly.
After all, she had already gone this far, and Little Mist’s stupidity was obvious to Kashan.
So the Goddess of Life probably wouldn’t suspect much…
‘Is the Holy Maiden actually thinking?’
On the street, Kashan watched Little Mist pacing back and forth, head down, anxiously thinking to herself.
This was the first time she had ever sensed Little Mist thinking.
Quite novel—a person who couldn’t even learn basic priest etiquette or saintess etiquette was actually thinking.
So what had she come up with?
“Chief Priest.” While Little Mist was lost in thought, Ze’en quietly leaned in and whispered to Kashan.
“We should run. You don’t really think our Holy Maiden, whose brains have been shaken like scrambled eggs, can actually come up with anything, do you?”
“That’s true…” Kashan felt Ze’en had a point, so she prepared to pick up Little Mist and make a run for it.
“Holy Maiden, we should—”
“Oh! So that’s how it works!”
Just as Kashan was about to reach out, Little Mist suddenly stopped and her eyes lit up as if she had become enlightened.
Then she grabbed the hem of her priestly robe, revealing her bare foot with the Saintess Anklet, and said to Ze’en:
“Quick! Try to cut this anklet off my foot!”
“Huh? You haven’t been wearing shoes all this time?” Kashan exclaimed in surprise.
Without a second thought, Ze’en raised his Transforming Longsword and gave a gentle flick.
The sharp blade severed the Saintess Anklet in an instant, leaving Little Mist unharmed.
In the invisible, the faint connection inherent in the Saintess Anklet was suddenly severed…
…The next second, within the Goddess of Life’s Divine Domain in the Eternal Forest, a familiar warning exploded in her divine consciousness:
“Hmm? How did that little one remove her anklet again? And how did she take it off?” The Goddess of Life furrowed her brow slightly.
“Did she smash it with external force, or… did she cut off her own foot?!”
So the Goddess of Life’s divine consciousness instantly locked onto Deya City.
She saw Little Mist anxiously waiting, along with a puzzled-looking Kashan and Ze’en.
As her perspective zoomed in, the city shrouded under a blood-colored sky came into view.
“Blood Demon?! Wait, and Omili’s aura!”
Elemental chaos burst from spatial fissures. The Goddess of Life sensed that her Shadow Guard was fighting a high-rank Blood Demon…
“How dare you!”
The Goddess of Life’s rage swept through the Divine Domain.
In this day and age, a demon dared to be so arrogant, wreaking havoc in her territory!
“Oh ho, looks like the Blood Demon is done for.”
At the border of the Dea Plateau, Soros, whose main body had been dormant for over a hundred years, once again left the bottom of the Chaos Abyss for a better observation.
But just as he was about to enter the Dea Plateau, he sensed an extremely unpleasant fluctuation:
“Goddess of Life?!”
Soros then recalled the incident where a demon had lured a Shadow Guard and was severely wounded by the Goddess of Life with a single blow.
Even a fool could tell that the Ninth Saintess was extremely important to the Goddess of Life, so it was only natural that the first to arrive in Deya City for backup wasn’t another Saint’s Shadow Guard, but the Goddess of Life herself…
Without hesitation, Soros sped back to his lair in the Abyss.
He had indeed wanted to recruit the Blood Demon, but the prerequisite was that the Blood Demon had to survive the Goddess of Life first…
Soon, the Goddess of Life initiated Divine Descent.
A gold-green Divine Domain filled with pure life energy and various elemental forces spread out of nowhere.
The massive impact instantly dispersed the Blood Demon’s twisted crimson force field.
The Goddess of Life’s main body gradually transitioned from illusion to reality.
“Divine Descent takes a bit of time. If a Twelfth Rank main body descended all at once, it might crush everything within a ten-kilometer radius into the Void. That would be too costly.”
“Ariel, drag the Blood Demon out of the Shadow Space!” the Goddess of Life transmitted to Ariel.
As the Divine Descent neared completion, Deya City and everything around it became her Divine Domain.
The believers in Deya City were moved to tears at the sight, falling to their knees and shouting, “Praise the Goddess of Life!”
Kashan and Ze’en did the same.
Only Little Mist looked at the Goddess of Life’s main body with surprise.
“Eh? An Elemental Priest… The deity who now rules the world’s largest priest church is actually an Elemental Priest?!”
Boom!
The next second, Omili detonated all spatial fissures, using the simplest and most violent method to drive the Blood Demon out of the Shadow Space.
Then, with a thought from the Goddess of Life, the vast Twelfth Rank Divine Domain swallowed the Blood Demon whole!
The Goddess of Life was ready to trap the dog and beat it.
Her Divine Domain covered the entire Dea Plateau, preventing anyone from spying even an inch.
But everyone present already knew the outcome: the Goddess of Life would definitely crush the Blood Demon in seconds!
Whoosh—
A teleportation sound rang out behind Little Mist.
Before she could turn around, Omili, her face covered in claw marks, pounced forward and wrapped her arms around Little Mist’s waist, saying with a sobbing voice:
“I was bullied so badly!”
For the first time, Omili felt a deep sense of defeat. She desperately needed the cute saintess’s comfort.
However, Little Mist just tilted her head and looked at her:
“Who… are you?”
…Unlike the force fields of Ninth Rank and King Rank, the “Divine Domain” of God Rank can truly isolate and create an entirely new space.
Thus, every trace of element within the Goddess of Life’s Divine Domain was a manifestation of her will, and it would also reject any heretics, such as Truth at this moment.
Truth carefully surveyed this dreamlike place that resembled heaven.
Hmm, Twelfth Rank was indeed different.
Both the intensity of the elements and the size of the domain surpassed her own!
In that case, there’s no need to expand my domain.
Even if I did, it would be suppressed sooner or later, and it would make the Goddess of Life wary of my King Rank strength.
So I might as well try to catch her off guard and see if I can land a single heavy blow.
And after all this trouble, I finally managed to get this guy out…
In the center of the Divine Domain, the Goddess of Life’s enormous body exuded an overwhelming aura of dominance.
A massive gold-green halo behind her continuously radiated the powerful presence of twelve elements.
“Blood Demon, state your name!”
The Goddess of Life’s ethereal voice echoed throughout the Divine Domain.
She was indeed quite angry.
First, a high-stage King Rank Blood Demon that she had no idea where it came from had caused such a commotion in her territory.
Second, Omili’s negligence—Deya City was like this and she didn’t even give Her any warning!
If not for Omili enduring the pressure and Truth being clever enough to cut the anklet’s connection and use the demon’s shielding barrier to give her a hint, the demons would have successfully kidnapped her Saintess!
Having formed her main body, the Goddess of Life glanced at Truth, who stood out in her Divine Domain.
Although seeing the Original Demon that her subordinates had reported was a bit beneath her status, she had to make an example this time.
“I’m Tian Daxing!”
Truth didn’t bother with idle chatter.
As soon as the words left her mouth, she entered Stealth and vanished from the Divine Domain right before the Goddess of Life’s eyes.
“A cheap trick.”
The Goddess of Life sneered. A mere Ninth Rank Stealth, and she dared to… Hmm? How could she not sense the Blood Demon’s presence?!
“Hehe~ Seems like a certain god’s detection skills aren’t up to par…”
In a corner of the Divine Domain, Truth watched the frowning Goddess of Life with a cold smile.
At that moment, the Goddess of Life was constantly sensing the subtle movements of every element in her Divine Domain, trying to deduce Truth’s approximate location from the disturbed elements.
But unfortunately, Truth didn’t disturb any elements.
Like a Shadow Demon, as long as she didn’t actively expose herself, even a god couldn’t detect her movements!
Slowly, Truth began to fly toward the Goddess of Life’s back…
‘How big does the commotion in Plan C need to be? Would directly killing a god count as big enough?’
Truth thought to herself. But for now, it was just a thought.
The gap in level alone was already a lot for Truth to handle, let alone the disparity in equipment.
That one was probably decked out in full Legendary gear from head to toe, while she only had a pathetic Outstanding-level Black Hole Reversal Blade…
But what if she could actually take her down?
After all, losing to the Goddess of Life was also part of the plan.
So trying a little wouldn’t hurt.
She wanted to probe a god’s true capabilities and see just how big the gap was between Level 119, where one had yet to fully grasp Authority, and Level 120, which had complete mastery!
Actually, to be precise, the Goddess of Life was Level 121.
To catch a thief, catch the ringleader; to beat a snake, hit its head!
To avoid going to Wangdu to learn all that priest etiquette and saintess etiquette, Truth decided to challenge the Goddess of Life directly.
Win, and everything would be solved once and for all.
Lose, and she would proceed to the next step of the plan—a self-inflicted slash!
As Truth gradually approached within two hundred meters of the Goddess of Life’s main body, her heart began to race.
This was the first time she had been so excited since her transmigration.
After all, she was challenging an opponent she almost couldn’t defeat.
Her previous battles were like squashing an ant—no suspense at all. But this time, she had almost no chance of winning…
‘Enough thinking. Let’s just go for it!’
Taking advantage of the Goddess of Life still carefully sensing elemental fluctuations, Truth condensed her entire body into a solid blood form.
Eleven eyes on her body stared intently at the former’s neck.
The next second, Truth activated all her skill buffs and gathered all the power she could muster at the moment.
With a Blood Claw in her left hand and a Gravity Reverse Grip Knife in her right, she shot forward like an impending compressed star.
At the peak of Eleventh Rank, she thrust with all her might at the Goddess of Life’s vital point!
[ Activate Skill “Blood Stealth”, Activate Skill “High-level Blood Explosion Technique”, Activate Skill “Whisper”, Activate Skill “Dovini’s Synergized Combo”, Activate Skill “Blood-colored Combo”… ]
Crack! Crack! Crack! …
Ear-splitting ripping sounds echoed in the domain—the sound of the Goddess of Life’s shields being broken through one after another!
“What?!”
The Goddess of Life, having reacted, immediately focused all the power of the twelve elements into supporting her shield.
But the ripping sounds continued.
After Truth’s first wave of attacks ended, she immediately began a synergistic combo.
The savage Blood Claw and Gravity Reverse Grip Knife went all out.
However, just as she was about to touch the last shield, an inexplicable sensation of imminent death surged within her!
Without hesitation, Truth immediately entered Stealth again.
The next second, hundreds of deadly beams imbued with the Holy Attribute shot toward Truth’s original position, their immense power shaking the entire Divine Domain.
“You actually reacted in time!”
Seeing this, the Goddess of Life raised her right hand, guiding the Holy Attribute beams to ricochet throughout the Divine Domain, not letting any corner go unchecked.
Then she also went all out, unleashing various AOE skills to bombard the entire Divine Domain!
As long as her skills could graze Truth even slightly and make her reveal even a wisp of demonic aura, the battle would be decided.
As an Elemental Priest, the Goddess of Life was famously a glass cannon.
Her elemental skill combinations dealt explosive damage, but the downside was clear: her defense and HP were exceptionally low…
But low defense didn’t mean she could be penetrated by a demon three major ranks below her!
Yet now, despite having a three-rank advantage, a Divine Domain, and Legendary equipment, she had almost been broken through by Truth.
Could a high-rank demon really have that much power? It was simply unbelievable!
Or was it actually above King Rank?
Thinking about this, a sense of crisis suddenly enveloped the Goddess of Life.
She felt that if she didn’t deal with Truth today, there would be endless trouble in the future.
But after bombing continuously for three minutes, the Goddess of Life had practically blasted every corner of the Divine Domain, yet she still couldn’t find Truth.
Moreover, after she temporarily stopped, Truth’s mocking voice reached her ears:
“Not good enough, Goddess?”
“The might of a god is indeed terrifying. Truth could feel that if she were grazed even once by Holy Light, her HP would be nearly zero. But fortunately, the Goddess of Life’s detection skills were mediocre, and with her nearly maxed-out speed and reaction, she managed to avoid being harmed at all.”
So Truth started to rub it in:
“Oh my, I never thought the legendary Goddess of Life couldn’t even handle a single demon. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if your believers found out?”
“All that divine authority and Twelfth Rank level, and that’s all? Just my plaything.”
“And on top of that, you’re an Elemental Priest pretending to be a priest. How laughable. So all these years, humans have been worshipping a fake priest. Tsk tsk, lying is wrong. I have to tell your believers about this.”
“What did you say?!”
Exposed, the Goddess of Life’s face darkened instantly. The fact that she was an Elemental Priest was a huge secret that absolutely could not be known by her believers!
The reason she had trapped Truth in her Divine Domain to fight was to prevent her believers from seeing the battle process.
Otherwise, the believers would definitely wonder:
“Why, when we’re both priests, can the Goddess release so many attack skills? Is she really a priest?”
At that point, the entire Church of the Goddess of Life would definitely experience a Faith Crisis.
So to prevent suspicion, every time the Goddess of Life killed a demon, she would announce that she had purified it with Holy Light.
And after she grinded Truth’s bones to dust, she would say the same.
“Don’t be too smug. It seems I have no choice but to use my old trick!”
The Goddess of Life gritted her teeth, then pulled out a small booklet right in front of Truth.
On the cover of the booklet was written:
“Guide to Dealing with High-level Assassins”
The Goddess of Life quickly flipped to the page titled “How to Deal with an Assassin You Cannot Detect” and read aloud in front of Truth:
“Blood Demon, I ask you: what lives downstairs from a terrorist?”
Truth was stunned. What kind of question was that?! And what was that book?!
Seeing that Truth didn’t answer, the Goddess of Life continued:
“A terrorist denominator!!”
As the Goddess of Life finished speaking, the entire Divine Domain fell into a brief silence.
The next second, Truth’s suppressed laughter suddenly erupted from a corner:
“Pfft…”
“Got you!”