Volume 4, Chapter 90 – This Reliance? Seems Rather Useless

Staring at the armored man ahead, Bai Lianyue felt a surge of gravity.

Although the opponent’s aura wasn’t fully unleashed, Bai Lianyue could still sense the overwhelming energy contained within his body.

That power was definitely not comparable to ordinary Divine Departure Realm experts.

The existence before her was undoubtedly the most powerful human she had ever seen, stronger even than herself from years ago and the Shenluo Regent.

Moreover,

This black-gold armor.

And this weapon that combined something like a battle axe and scythe…

— “Severing Ceremony.” —

After a brief moment of being stunned, Bai Lianyue softly spoke the weapon’s name. Shock also appeared in her dark red eyes.

Severing Ceremony—that was the weapon of humanity’s original guardian.

There was only one person in the world who could wield this weapon.

“The Savior, Xi?”

On the other side,

After hearing Bai Lianyue’s words, Duan’s smile became increasingly sinister.

“Heh, heh heh, heh heh heh… Worthy of being the Chief of the First Celestial Augur Knights, to recognize this person’s identity at a glance.”

Staring fixedly at Bai Lianyue’s face, Duan clenched his fists and said viciously:

“That’s right, this is the First Savior—Xi. The strongest human in history. Humanity’s greatest guardian!”

As his words emerged, thick fighting spirit continuously surfaced in Duan’s eyes.

Undoubtedly,

Having fallen for the Terrabond Lineage’s scheme, bringing the Terran Malevolence into the protected Divine Kingdom, ultimately causing the Nether Palace’s fall and the deaths of Visarion and numerous Paradise Manor experts.

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Duan bore inescapable responsibility. He knew very well he had become a great sinner of House Solrog.

Leaving like this,

Even if he could escape successfully, he would be executed by Lord Astral.

Of course,

Duan wasn’t afraid of being killed by that lord. What he feared… was disappointing that lord.

Therefore, Duan had no intention of fleeing.

He believed he could still salvage the situation.

And Duan’s only reliance was the existence before him.

The First Savior, the strongest human—Xi.

Although the current First Savior’s power wasn’t complete and hadn’t yet absorbed the power of Alice and Xi Xuan, Xi’s strength was still not to be underestimated. Even now, he still possessed the power to oppose evil gods—hadn’t he successfully annihilated the Celestial Blight once before?

Indeed,

The Terran Malevolence was more powerful.

But Duan wasn’t without backup plans.

His peripheral vision glanced toward the stone slab not far away that remained intact despite the rampaging terrifying curse power. At this moment, Duan seemed able to see through the slab to the Heart of the World hidden beneath.

If he could pour large amounts of righteous power from the Heart of the World into the First Savior’s body, it would definitely greatly enhance his strength. Defeating Gaia Lobir wouldn’t be impossible!

As long as he could defeat the evil god and present her under control to Lord Astral.

He could atone for his crimes with merit and still potentially become Lord Astral’s most beloved servant.

— “Gaia Lobir, don’t get too cocky… it’s not over yet… huh?!!” —

However, before Duan’s internal monologue finished, the elf girl not far away kicked off the ground with both legs, and surrounded by vast curse power, suddenly charged toward the Savior like lightning.

Obviously, Bai Lianyue had no intention of giving Duan time to execute his plans.

“Wha-what?!”

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Bai Lianyue’s sudden action made Duan’s pupils contract, and he panicked, taking a step back.

Meanwhile,

The evil god miss had already reached Xi, throwing a punch wrapped in terrifying curse power directly at Xi’s face.

Although Xi was in an unconscious state following Duan’s commands, his body still retained the combat instincts from when he was alive. Upon sensing the terrifying threat from the evil god, Xi immediately raised “Severing Ceremony” to block in front of his chest.

“CLANG—!!!”

Amid the thunderous sound and rapid expansion of shockwaves, Xi forcibly blocked Bai Lianyue’s punch.

Seeing this scene,

Joy suddenly flashed in Duan’s eyes.

— “He blocked it! As expected… it can work!” —

Unfortunately, Duan’s happy mood didn’t last even a second before Bai Lianyue quickly withdrew her fist, crouched down, then fiercely raised her right foot.

The next instant, a kick containing earth-shattering power mercilessly struck Xi’s chest.

“BOOM—!”

In the earth-shaking roar, Xi’s protective force was penetrated by Bai Lianyue, his chest armor shattered completely, and his entire body instantly became a brilliant black-gold meteor under the tremendous impact, shooting straight into the clouds!

In the blink of an eye,

He disappeared from everyone’s view, vanishing at the horizon.

…

“Wha-wha-what?! Are you kidding me?! That was the Savior!”

Seeing his trump card kicked away by Bai Lianyue within a single exchange, Duan’s eyebrow couldn’t help but twitch uncontrollably. Obviously, this Fifth Ancestor couldn’t accept this reality.

“The Savior is quite impressive.”

Faced with the shocked Duan, the evil god miss said indifferently.

“Even though his raw strength hasn’t reached my level, he could forcibly withstand one of my punches. That’s pretty damn impressive. Too bad the person controlling him really isn’t up to par.”

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“You!”

Meeting Bai Lianyue’s gaze, Duan bit his lip with a venomous expression.

Of course,

Duan currently had no time or energy to refute Bai Lianyue’s words, because at this moment the evil god miss had already condensed an ice sword emanating cold air in her hand, and substantial killing intent stabbed into Duan like blades, turning him into a pincushion.

Continuing like this, before Xi could fall back down from the sky, he would be chopped into pieces!

Faced with a life-and-death crisis, Duan didn’t collapse into screaming and shouting, but after brief terror, immediately maintained his composure and turned his gaze toward the black-haired girl not far away.

Right,

Exactly,

He had more than one Savior in his hands.

“Bai Xingwu!! Listen to daddy… control the Terran Malevolence for me!!”

Duan shouted sternly at the black-haired girl and activated the control chip that researchers had installed in Xingwu’s body.

Upon these words,

Bai Lianyue’s face visibly darkened to the extreme.

On the other side, faced with Duan’s command, the black-haired girl who had always had empty eyes finally regained the light in her pupils at this instant.

After regaining that light, Xingwu naturally couldn’t comply with Duan’s instructions, but very directly gave Duan an eye roll.

Of course,

An eye roll wasn’t enough.

Xingwu directly raised her right hand and without another word, gave Duan the middle finger.

“Screw off, old bastard!”

“You?!!”

Duan’s eyebrow twitched violently several times.

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Unprecedented rage spread rapidly through this House Solrog Ancestor’s heart like wildfire.

Although when Gaia Lobir suddenly went berserk and killed Visarion, Duan had already suspected the chip couldn’t successfully control Bai Xingwu, but actually seeing this ‘good dog’ he had raised for decades suddenly rebel against him still filled Duan with unbearable fury.

“Damn creature…”

Gritting his teeth, purple light suddenly flickered in Duan’s eyes.

The next instant,

Xingwu, who had just finished cursing Duan, suddenly contracted her pupils, and a trace of pain appeared in her eyes.

Then,

Under Duan’s pleased gaze, a mouthful of fresh blood suddenly spurted from Bai Xingwu’s mouth, and the black-haired girl’s right eye suddenly exploded, blood spattering everywhere.

“Xingwu!!”

The evil god miss shouted heartbrokenly, unconsciously crushing the ice sword in her hand with her fingers.

After taking this scene in, the corners of Duan’s mouth rose again, a fierce smile emerging.

Heh,

Heh heh,

Hahahaha!!

It seemed the Lord hadn’t abandoned him yet.

Although the chip’s control over Xingwu had somehow failed, the self-destruct program embedded in her physical cells was obviously still working normally.

Terran Malevolence, since you love your daughter so much?

Heh~

Taking a deep breath and looking at the grim-faced Bai Lianyue, Duan threatened coldly:

— “Bai Lianyue, if you don’t want your hard-won daughter to die again, then obediently listen to me!!” —