Volume 6, Chapter 42 – Revealing Her Identity—Unfortunately It’s Useless

At this moment,

The air in the cafeteria seemed frozen. The surging spiritual power around Xi Xuan carried piercing killing intent, pressing down so heavily that the hundreds of soldiers present couldn’t breathe. Greemir had just gotten up from the ground, the dull pain in his chest not yet dissipated, when he saw the coldness in Xi Xuan’s silver-gray eyes. The explanation on the tip of his tongue instantly stuck in his throat.

He wanted to shout “Lord Xi Xuan, it’s a misunderstanding!”, wanted to explain that Bai Lianyue had come to discuss cooperation, that she wasn’t humanity’s enemy…

But Xi Xuan’s gaze was too sharp—like an ice-tempered blade edge carrying tremendous force, as if the moment he dared say one more word, he’d be instantly torn apart. Greemir’s body involuntarily stiffened, his hands and feet turning ice cold. Even his mid-tier Divine Departure Realm spiritual power was suppressed by this aura until it could barely circulate. He could only watch Xi Xuan helplessly, unable even to move.

Although both were in the Divine Departure Realm, Xi Xuan was after all the Second Seat of the First Celestial Augur Knights. Having reached peak Divine Departure Realm a thousand years ago, his strength naturally couldn’t be compared to Greemir, who had only advanced a few years ago.

Compared to Greemir’s tension,

Bai Lianyue, who was locked onto dead-on by Xi Xuan, completely ignored the tense atmosphere. She leisurely finished chewing the bread in her mouth, lifted her hand to wipe the oil from the corner of her lips, then reached up to remove the black-framed glasses from her face and took off the beret on her head—her emerald and silver gradient long hair lost its restraints and cascaded down like a waterfall, shimmering with soft luminescence under the cafeteria lights. Her dark red eyes were exposed without obstruction, clear yet carrying a hint of natural dopiness, instantly shattering her civilian personnel disguise.

“Hey, Little Bro Xi Xuan, long time no see~”

Bai Lianyue waved her hand, her tone as relaxed as if greeting an old friend, completely unconcerned with the killing intent in Xi Xuan’s eyes or the reactions of the surrounding soldiers.

But the moment she removed her disguise, the cafeteria soldiers exploded—not because of her breathtaking beauty, but because of that signature gradient long hair and dark red eyes, along with that evil god’s overwhelming presence that, even though mostly restrained, could still be faintly detected…

“It’s, it’s the Terran Malevolence?!!”

“Gaia Lobir!!!”

“How is that monster here ahhhhhhh!!”

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One soldier was so frightened that the tray in his hands clattered to the ground. His face turned deathly pale as paper, his body trembling uncontrollably.

“The Archfiend of Decay? How can she be here?!” Another soldier gripped his machine gun tightly, but the trembling of his fingertips exposed his terror—he couldn’t even aim properly.

“The Terrabond Lineage knows our plan, so they struck first?! No, no good, we have to, leave!! Must leave!”

“Retreat… retreat!!”

In an instant,

Terror spread among the soldiers like a plague. The originally noisy cafeteria was left with only the sounds of gasping and trembling rising and falling. Everyone stared at Bai Lianyue with eyes full of extreme fear, as if witnessing their most terrifying nightmare.

These soldiers, who’d never even faced vassals and spent years stationed comfortably near the capital, how could they have the courage to face the Terran Malevolence? Being able to maintain consciousness at all meant they had decent mental fortitude.

Of course,

The evil god young lady, as the instigator, completely ignored all this. She was still smiling at Xi Xuan, waiting for him to respond to her greeting—in her eyes, Xi Xuan was an old comrade-in-arms who’d fought side by side with her a thousand years ago, a trustworthy partner. Even if there was a misunderstanding, it would be fine once they talked it out.

But just as her smile hadn’t yet faded, Xi Xuan moved—not rushing up to embrace his old friend… but ruthlessly launching an attack.

Including Greemir, none of the humans saw how he struck. They only felt a silver afterimage flash before their eyes, and in the next second, a fist carrying terrifying spiritual power had already slammed viciously into Bai Lianyue’s chest.

Bai Lianyue: “Wum??”

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“BANG—!!!”

The muffled thunderous boom shook the cafeteria walls until they cracked and collapsed. Powerful impact force instantly erupted. Bai Lianyue’s body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily into the wall in the cafeteria’s corner. Bricks shattered and smoke billowed. The entire wall was smashed into a deep depression, with rubble and dust cascading down.

“Blockhead Bai!!!” Greemir cried out, finally breaking free from Xi Xuan’s aura suppression and wanting to rush over, but a cold glance from Xi Xuan forcibly stopped him in his tracks.

On the other side,

The smoke gradually dispersed, and a slender figure walked out from the depression in the wall. Bai Lianyue patted the dust off herself. Though her clothes were completely destroyed and replaced by a black dress condensed from curse power, her body was completely unharmed—an evil god’s formidable physical body wasn’t so easily injured.

Although this strike, sufficient to make an ordinary Divine Departure Realm expert explode and die, hadn’t caused Bai Lianyue any harm, the relaxed and cheerful smile on her face was gone. In its place was complete bewilderment. Her dark red eyes were full of incomprehension as she looked at Xi Xuan, her brows furrowing lightly:

“Xi Xuan, what are you doing? I only came to greet you and wanted to chat with you. Why did you attack me?”

Hands on her hips, the evil god young lady looked exactly like she was demanding an explanation.

“Heh?”

Xi Xuan let out a cold laugh. The killing intent in his silver-gray eyes grew thicker. His fists clenched tight as the spiritual power fluctuations around him became even more violent.

“You damn evil god—you want to chat? Who’d believe that?!”

“Evil god…”

Bai Lianyue tilted her head, first stunned, then immediately showing a look of sudden realization.

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“Oh oh, I forgot to explain things clearly to you.”

Taking a deep breath and ignoring the wary and terrified expressions of everyone around her, Bai Lianyue seriously raised her head to look at Xi Xuan, her tone sincere:

“Xi Xuan, I am indeed an evil god now, but actually, I’m also your comrade-in-arms from back then—your big brother, you know? Bai Lianyue~~, the famous Lord Alabaster Sovereign~”

As she spoke, Bai Lianyue displayed a friendly smile.

She thought that as long as she revealed her true identity, Xi Xuan would understand everything and resolve the misunderstanding.

But unexpectedly, after hearing the three words “Bai Lianyue,”

Not only did Xi Xuan’s gaze not soften in the slightest, it filled with even deeper hatred and contempt. He suddenly stepped forward forcefully, his powerful aura making the surrounding soldiers collapse to their knees one after another. Even Greemir couldn’t help but retreat half a step.

Seeing this, the evil god young lady immediately showed a bewildered expression and hurriedly waved her hands frantically.

“Wait wait wait!! It’s me! Little Xuan, what are you…”

The evil god young lady wanted to explain.

Clearly, she thought that little bastard Xi Xuan just now hadn’t listened properly to what she was saying.

However, Xi Xuan’s next words left Bai Lianyue completely shocked.

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“From the very beginning, I knew you were Bai Lianyue.”

“Since you knew… hm??”

The evil god young lady, coming to her senses, immediately furrowed her brows as a rare trace of gravity surfaced in her dark red pupils.

“You… what do you mean by this?”

“It’s precisely because I know… that I wish I could chop you up right now!”

Xi Xuan stared deadly at Bai Lianyue, blood vessels surfacing in his silver-gray eyes, each word like it was laced with poison:

“Bai Lianyue! You damn bastard! Back then you betrayed the Celestial Augur Knights and became an evil god—how many brothers did you get killed? Lianna… my wonderful wife! She was killed by you too!! And now you’re even bewitching my son! Do you still think I’d treat you as a brother?!! You monster, just hurry up and die!!!”

Xi Xuan’s furious roar was deafening. As his spiritual power spread, it instantly swept across the entire military base.

And facing Xi Xuan whose hatred kept erupting, Bai Lianyue slowly narrowed her eyes.

Hm?

This feeling…

——”No, something’s not right…”——