Volume 5, Chapter 48 – Ailiya’s Battle

Meanwhile, within the Bai family’s main estate.

Dozens of Ailiya’s phantoms, surrounded by cherry-colored light, launched a fierce assault on Hume from all directions with overwhelming momentum.

This was Ailiya’s most skillful attack method – using numerous illusions to cover her true body, dispersing the opponent’s attention while seizing the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Facing Ailiya’s offensive, Hume’s response was simple and direct. Since he couldn’t distinguish which phantom was Ailiya’s real body in time, he would simply destroy everything.

His arms equipped with hidden blades danced rapidly, gray-white spiritual power mixed with sword qi raging in all directions!

Unceremoniously slashing Ailiya’s phantoms one by one into nothingness.

After shattering over a dozen phantom clones in an instant, Hume suddenly noticed an unusual expression that quietly appeared on one of the girl’s faces. It was this briefly appearing abnormal expression that allowed Hume to directly reach his conclusion.

“So the real body is here?”

Almost simultaneously, Hume’s attack struck down like lightning.

Fortunately, the silver-haired maiden wasn’t easily overwhelmed either. Under Bai Lianyue’s years of hellish training, Ailiya had also developed extraordinary reaction abilities. The moment Hume slashed toward her, she decisively restrained her offensive and forcibly blocked this strike.

“Clang!!”

Accompanied by a tremendous sound, although Ailiya blocked Hume’s strike with her twin swords, this powerful and heavy blow still caused Ailiya to kneel on one knee, her knee sinking deeply into the earth.

“Now then…”

Eyes narrowing slightly, Hume suddenly swung out his left hand, aiming directly at Ailiya’s chest where her core was located.

After all, destroying Ailiya’s abilities and capturing her to bring back to Lord Astral was Hume’s mission on this trip.

However,

Just as Hume’s attack was about to hit its target, Ailiya suddenly raised her head, directly meeting Hume’s gaze, and a trace of cherry-colored light flashed through her determined eyes.

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“Hm?!”

The next instant, Hume’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Some strange scenes suddenly appeared before this Solrog Ancestor’s eyes.

A dilapidated wooden house,

Several emaciated corpses… and a man kneeling before these corpses, continuously weeping…

This memory fragment belonged to no one else but Hume himself. It was his most unbearable memory from before he became a Solrog Ancestor…

Looking at those orphanage children who had died miserably before him one by one, Hume himself trembled uncontrollably.

Just then, two cold flashes struck.

?!!

Hm?! Something’s wrong!

Coming to his senses, Hume hurriedly withdrew his hand and leaped backward, creating distance between himself and Ailiya.

Even so, a huge gash still appeared on Hume’s neck, with large amounts of blood spurting out like a fountain.

Covering the hideous wound on his neck, Hume rarely showed a trace of gravity.

The most terrifying part of mind attribute Augury Force wasn’t its ability to create illusions to deceive enemies… but its ability to peer into hearts.

Under normal circumstances, if his spiritual power intensity far exceeded Ailiya’s, she shouldn’t be able to peer into his heart… but what was the result? Not only could she successfully peer in, but she had even twice drawn out the most unbearable memories from the depths of his heart to interfere with his movements…

If such a girl remained stubborn and continued helping Terrabond Lineage, she would undoubtedly be a huge threat to them.

While feeling grave, Hume’s heart also involuntarily overflowed with a trace of anger.

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To actually make him recall those unbearable scenes… this girl…

“Really needs some education…”

Looking at the phantom clones gathering around him again, Hume’s expression became increasingly cold.

“Don’t tell me you really think you can defeat me with just this one trick? Hehe… I’m really being underestimated.”

Saying this,

Hume slowly raised his hand and suddenly clenched his fist! Violent gray-white spiritual power immediately gathered rapidly in his palm.

Mystic Art…

—”Hyper-Gravity Field.”—

As Hume’s power spread, the surrounding gravitational field was instantly enhanced by dozens of times. An earth-shattering oppressive force suddenly struck, directly crushing nearby Bai family buildings, roads collapsing, tunnels caving in. Air pressure rapidly soared, and intense storms swept everything around.

Almost all living beings within Hume’s power range reached the end of their lives in an instant.

Fortunately, the Bai family members had already evacuated this place due to the terrifying power conflict earlier, otherwise… the entire Bai family might have been annihilated.

Under this terrifying crushing impact, the dozens of clones Ailiya had created were unsurprisingly directly crushed, turning into countless cherry-colored particles and disappearing without a trace.

Soon,

Only one silver-haired maiden remained in Hume’s field of vision – Ailiya herself.

Even though Ailiya’s true body possessed Early Divine Departure Realm power and a physique nourished by an evil god, she still tremblingly half-knelt on the ground, using her twin swords to support herself on the ground while struggling to resist Hume’s gravitational pressure.

“To actually force me to use this move. Not bad for an Early Divine Departure Realm.”

Looking at the struggling Ailiya, Hume once again gave praise.

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You see,

Among all the Solrog Ancestors, except for Lord Astral and Isabelle, the other Ancestors didn’t even have the ability to force out his Hyper-Gravity Field.

“And you can actually withstand it? What a frightening constitution. Hehe, well… no matter what, this is the end.”

Drawing his hidden blade again, Hume walked step by step toward Ailiya.

His idea was simple:

Shatter Ailiya’s Primordial Core, destroy her cultivation, to ensure she had no ability to resist anymore.

Soon,

Hume reached Ailiya’s front.

On the other side, as if sensing Hume’s presence, Ailiya endured the gravity and slowly raised her head, staring intently at Hume’s face with angry and unwilling eyes.

The maiden bit her lip, blood beginning to continuously flow from the corner of her mouth.

“Still maintaining consciousness, wanting to resist? You really are impressive. Hehe, don’t worry, it’ll be over in one strike, it won’t hurt much.”

Hume didn’t want to waste time and directly raised his hand, preparing to shatter Ailiya’s Primordial Core with one sword strike.

He needed to be careful with the force when destroying it,

Don’t be too harsh…

Maybe this girl really did have the primordium that Lord Astral desired within her body.

However,

Just as Hume was thinking this, this Solrog Ancestor suddenly frowned.

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Hm?

This girl’s eye color?

Isn’t it pink? Why has her right eye turned golden?

Also,

What is that?

The Lord’s sacred relic? When did that appear there?

Looking at Ailiya’s unusual heterochromatic eyes and the spirit tablet that had somehow appeared beside her feet, Hume instinctively frowned.

His movements also showed brief hesitation because of this.

In that instant, Ailiya suddenly gritted her teeth, golden light flashing in her right eye, and several strands of her front hair suddenly changed from silver to brilliant rose gold.

More importantly, the gravitational field suppressing Ailiya actually fluctuated at this moment due to the spread of Augury Force.

Hume: “Hm?!”

The next moment,

Before Hume could react, Ailiya pulled out the long sword stuck in the ground and suddenly thrust it toward Hume!

“Crack!!”

Accompanied by the splashing of blood and brain matter, Ailiya’s strike pierced through Hume’s head…

Hume: ?!!