Leah was so certain because of the [Phoenix Robe] artifact.
Nearly ten years ago, Lady Silver-White Sword Emperor had created four powerful artifacts.
However, these artifacts consumed extremely high amounts of energy and had poor practicality.
They were even difficult to adapt to most people’s magic circuits.
Therefore, they were regarded as display pieces and stored in Lady Silver-White Sword Emperor’s own treasury as private property to this day.
Five years ago, Holy Queen Simona, after cooperating with the Flame Lock Knight Order to eliminate the strange monsters inside the evil tree, launched her own [Four Saints] plan.
Saint-rank powerhouses would fuse with the artifacts under her guidance.
Only then could the artifacts have some practical use.
However, the most powerful [Phoenix Robe] had only been given to Hertitz.
There were two reasons for this.
One was Hertitz’s immense strength.
Back then, she had already been a powerhouse close to Emperor rank.
In the following years, she had once again resolved many mindless demons.
Among those demons, there had even been one at Saint rank, as powerful as the giant demon that Lady Silver-White Sword Emperor had once subjugated.
Yet [Flame Saint] Hertitz had subdued and killed it with only two moves.
Although she had not yet been crowned Emperor rank, in many people’s eyes she was already Emperor rank, standing at the same height as Simona and Gabrielle.
Furthermore, even Lady Silver-White Sword Emperor would be injured by the burning of the Phoenix Robe.
Fusing with the Phoenix Robe was almost a matter of nine deaths and one life.
Moreover, the Phoenix Robe could not actually be worn on the body.
Hertitz did not need the Phoenix Robe, nor could she wear the holy robe.
Thus, she had become the most special of the Four Saints, yet she was also the strongest of the Four Saints.
And now, Hertitz had clearly already fused with the Phoenix Robe.
Her long robe was merely ordinary clothing.
Leah discovered that the holy robe had actually already integrated into her body and become an inseparable part of her strength.
She had even “dissolved” the shadow-driven [Puppet Control Technique].
This was also Leah’s most important attack method.
In other words, the current [Flame Saint] Hertitz was already the strongest human……
The only possibility was that she had awakened her past memories.
She was a Heavenly Envoy.
Only then could she have done this so smoothly.
“I thought you betrayed the Holy Queen in order to throw yourself into the demon race.”
Leah looked at Hertitz and spoke.
At this moment, several knights wearing red armor gradually walked out around her.
They had arrived here at some unknown time and had already surrounded Leah completely.
“It seems the demon race’s intelligence is truly extraordinary. I thought only a few people knew.”
There was nine parts doubt in Hertitz’s voice.
But after she finished speaking, she made a gesture to attack.
The well-trained knights all drew their swords and pointed them in Leah’s direction.
They slowly closed in.
Several hundred elite knights formed a difficult-to-break encirclement.
[Flame Saint] Hertitz nodded.
“Leah, I will try to use the Repair Pod to restore your identity as a Heavenly Envoy. Now, please surrender without resistance.”
“It really is a pity. Once a Heavenly Envoy becomes a demon, they are no longer a Heavenly Envoy, but a special high-rank demon.”
Leah manipulated her magic.
A purple-red crystal ball appeared in her hand.
She placed her other hand on the surface of the crystal ball.
In an instant, many armor puppets drilled out from the ground.
Inside the rusted armor, they seemed to be humanoid figures formed from black mud.
They held weapons woven from magic power.
Under the moonlight, they reflected an eerie purple-red luster, like a special metal cursed by darkness.
They were similar to the puppets she had used when cooperating with Gabrielle in acting.
However, at that time, in order to prevent hurting Miss Ice Saint Tina, she had only used less than fifty percent of her strength.
The knights launched their assault.
In an instant, they became tangled in combat with the armor puppets.
Their swords could easily sever the puppets’ armored bodies.
Although under the transformation of dark magic the puppets could quickly reassemble in a short time, they still could not withstand the Flame Lock Knights’ pursuit and interception.
Leah began to think.
When exactly had they discovered the weakness of the puppets?
Clearly, Hertitz, the [Flame Saint], would not give her time to think.
Floating in the air, she soon felt the approach of a heat source.
Violent energy gushed out from the purple crystal and turned into countless fine threads.
They collided with [Flame Saint], who was running across the ground and rocketing into the sky like a rocket.
[Flame Saint]’s small fists, which had gathered enormous energy and were wrapped in yellow flames, were about to strike her abdomen.
At the critical moment, Leah did the opposite.
Using threads to pull her own body, she rapidly dodged this almost fatal blow.
Then, before [Flame Saint] Hertitz could react, she summoned four black stone pillars in the direction Hertitz was flying.
Upon closer inspection, they resembled small hills formed from countless black bones piled up.
Leah spread her five fingers.
The threads danced wildly like a net covering heaven and earth, wrapping around the four stone pillars.
However, she did not attack Hertitz’s dangerous body.
The Phoenix Robe was even more dangerous than imagined.
The previous exchange had made Leah even more certain that directly controlling Hertitz was unwise.
The threads bound all the stone pillars.
They absorbed the energy within the threads until nothing remained.
Strange purple patterns lit up.
The four stone pillars each released power capable of shaking mountains.
“Mmm…”
[Flame Saint] Hertitz let out a groan.
She also seemed about to be sealed by this power.
However, Leah knew things were not that simple.
[Flame Saint]’s reaction was wrong.
The power on her body had not been suppressed.
Firelight still shone within the stone pillars.
The air temperature was still rising.
Leah did not think further and quickly flew toward the distance.
But at this moment, [Flame Saint] finally broke through the seal of the stone pillars.
From the corner of her eye, Leah saw that nine knights had used their swords to cut down the stone pillars……
This seemed to be a warning to Leah.
On the grass along the path Leah had to take to escape, several rings of fierce flames ignited.
It was as if they had anticipated in advance that Leah would use this sealing method.
“You can’t escape.”
Suddenly, another enormous power assaulted from a small hill not far away.
A woman’s body was wrapped in orange power.
Although it did not release scorching energy like that of [Flame Saint], it was even more stable and pure.
The woman wore a gorgeous white dress and a golden crown.
Her golden pupils were filled with cold sharpness.
Her golden holy light was like a brand-new sun about to illuminate the entire lawn and the scarred ground that had experienced battle.
Both of them looked over.
That woman had already flown to their side.
“Demon.” The woman spoke in a familiar voice, even causing Hertitz to tremble.
She did not understand why the woman had appeared here.
Holy Queen Simona, the master of holy light, coldly looked at Leah who slowly descended to the ground and spoke in a cold voice:
“You have no way to escape. Please do not make any unnecessary struggles.”