Volume 2, Chapter 86 – Eerie Thoughts

“Aaaaahhhhh!!”

With a cry of pain, Wilt, who had been aggressive and full of confidence just a moment ago, was suddenly sent flying by a burst of golden energy! He coughed up blood and crashed violently into the back mountain area of the Duke Family!

This scene left Lei Jie and Xiumu staring in stunned silence.

Similarly, Miss Yumo in the distance had also fallen into a daze. Gazing at the silver-haired girl enveloped in golden light, Yumo’s beautiful scarlet eyes trembled as if struck by an earthquake, and her delicate body shook uncontrollably. Yumo clenched her hands tightly, not only because she was shocked by the powerful strength Mengxi had unleashed, but also to suppress the impulse suddenly erupting within her.

That golden light?

‘Is that… is that divine power? It’s so dense?’

Yumo couldn’t help but bite her lip. When she saw Wilt’s scythe about to touch Mengxi’s fragile body, a thick killing intent had flared in her eyes, making her look ready to tear Wilt into a thousand pieces. However, just as Yumo instinctively moved to stop Wilt’s attack, the power erupting from Mengxi’s body left her utterly bewildered, and the Shadow Essence she had been gathering in her hands instantly dispersed.

That burst of golden light and the dense holy power it contained even made Yumo herself feel threatened.

It wasn’t just a threat.

More than that, it was a sense of disgust.

It was a loathing and hatred that came from the depths of her soul. It even stirred a profound killing intent within Yumo’s heart.

The holy power on Mengxi’s body had already made Yumo uncomfortable before, but she could still tolerate that level of holy power. Now, however, it was different. Even from a distance, Yumo’s eyes flared with a cold killing intent upon sensing that divine power.

A scarlet light rippled slowly in the girl’s eyes, and even the Blood Butterflies surrounding Yumo fluttered their wings frantically due to their master’s internal turmoil. An extremely cold aura began to spread outward from Yumo as the center.

The trees withered instantly, and the green grass beneath them shriveled up. Those members of the Divine Punishment Holy Church lying in ambush nearby, planning to strike at Yumo, didn’t even have time to figure out what was happening before they were enveloped by the freezing aura Yumo unintentionally released, causing their hearts to stop as they fell dead to the ground.

Kill.

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Kill!

Kill her!

Completely eradicate this aura!

Strange thoughts germinated wildly in Yumo’s mind, forcing her to press her hands firmly against her head in an attempt to suppress the terrifying urge.

However, as another wave of golden divine power washed over the area, an eerie voice suddenly echoed in Yumo’s mind.

—Kill her, that is your mission—

‘This?!’

‘Who? Who is speaking?! What mission…’

‘No!’

‘No, I can’t!’

‘I can’t! I can’t kill her!’

‘She… she’s the female lead! I… I can’t attack her! I can’t…’

For a moment, Miss Yumo fell into a state of extreme confusion. To suppress the strange impulse in her brain and regain her composure as quickly as possible, Yumo jumped down from the treetop, rushed to a nearby wall, and began slamming her head against it!

“Boom~ boom~…”

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On the other side, Wilt, who had been blown away by the golden light, took a few ragged breaths before shattering the rocks covering him and crawling out of the massive crater with great difficulty.

“Cough, cough…”

Wilt had lost his earlier composure, his face now dominated by shock and bewilderment. His once magnificent black clergy robes were now tattered and ruined from the impact. Combined with the blood and dirt on his face and his disheveled hair, Wilt now looked no different from a common street beggar.

However, Wilt had no energy to care about his appearance now. After standing up, his dark green eyes locked onto the silver-haired girl in the ruins in the distance.

‘Is that… is that a Divine Miracle?’

This golden power? Is it a protective divine power?? Is it the power the Goddess left within the Chosen Maiden to protect her at a critical moment?

Although the Child of God had mentioned this to him before, Wilt never expected that this mysterious golden power would have such a terrifying impact. In a single instant, it hadn’t just nullified his attack, it had directly inflicted heavy injuries upon him!

One had to remember that he was a high-rank eighth tier expert! It seemed those people from the Ashurmos Church weren’t talking nonsense this time…

A strong sense of regret flooded Wilt’s heart. If he had been more vigilant and prepared his defenses in advance, he wouldn’t be in such a pathetic state!

‘Damn it, I was careless…’

‘However, since I’m not dead yet!’

‘Then you are still the one who will die!’

‘According to the church, such protective divine power cannot be used continuously! This power can protect you once at most, so I’ll see what you do after this!’

‘Even if I’m heavily injured!’

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‘I still retain the strength of the eighth tier!’

Under the intense pain, Wilt’s expression grew increasingly distorted. At the same time, remembering how pathetic he had just looked made the fire in his heart burn even hotter, making him want to completely obliterate the girl who had made a fool of him!

‘Blood scythe, return!’

With a silent command in his heart, a green light suddenly rippled in Wilt’s palm!

The blood-colored scythe buried behind the ruins in the distance sensed Wilt’s summon and suddenly burst through the ground, returning to Wilt’s hand in an instant. Wilt gripped the scythe and let out a chilling laugh before preparing to launch his final attack!

However, when he finished his cold laugh and looked toward the silver-haired girl’s position again, Wilt’s pupils suddenly constricted.

?!!

‘What?!’

Surrounded by a mix of mostly golden and some silver light, the silver-haired girl in the distance opened her heterochromatic eyes, one gold and one purple, and unexpectedly struck first! In an instant, under Wilt’s astonished gaze, she transformed into a streak of golden light and charged toward him!

A thick sense of unease suddenly surged into Wilt’s heart!

Normally, Wilt wouldn’t need to care about an attack from a sixth tier girl. Even if he only had one finger left, as a high-rank eighth tier expert, he could easily crush a sixth tier being!

However, Wilt was shocked to find that Mengxi was not merely at the sixth tier at this moment! Under the enhancement of the golden divine power, this Chosen Maiden’s strength had been forcibly raised to the peak of the seventh tier!

Of course, if it were just the peak of the seventh tier, Wilt wouldn’t be this uneasy…

The important part was that what resided within the girl was not simple holy power, but divine power, which was far more terrifying than holy power! Just like Shadow Essence, a given volume of divine power contained much more strength than magic power or battle aura! Therefore, within the same level, a being using divine power could almost crush a powerhouse using magic power with absolute dominance!

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Although the Chosen Maiden was only at the peak of the seventh tier, the momentum she unleashed caused Wilt’s expression to change drastically. The smile on his face vanished instantly!

‘She can actually improve this much?!’

‘This damn female lead must be using cheats!!’

While cursing inwardly, Mengxi had already reached Wilt! Her sword, enveloped in golden light, slashed toward Wilt’s face! The absolute suppression brought by the divine power made the dark green magic power around Wilt’s body begin to flicker and fade. The cold killing intent on the blade made Wilt feel a life-or-death crisis for the first time in a long while!

“No! Don’t think you can beat me just because you have divine power!!”

Doing his best to suppress the budding fear in his heart, Wilt roared and swung the blood scythe in his hand to meet Mengxi’s attack head-on!

“Boom!!”

In an instant, accompanied by flashes of intense light and the clash of two terrifying forces, the sword wrapped in holy aura collided violently with the scythe filled with eerie blood energy! A powerful shockwave of energy erupted from the point of contact, spreading outward in an instant! The ground shook and the mountains cracked as two nearby peaks that were already riddled with holes collapsed completely.

As the two forces continued to clash, Wilt, who was already heavily injured, felt increasingly unable to hold his ground, and a pained expression gradually appeared on his face. In this situation, the golden aura surrounding Mengxi gradually suppressed Wilt’s dark green magic power!

“Clang!”

With a loud crash, the golden light suddenly overpowered the dark green light!

Wilt was sent flying by a single sword strike, hurtling into the high sky and slamming violently against the barrier’s wall!

Another mouthful of bright red blood sprayed from Wilt’s mouth…