Volume 9, Chapter 12 – Flames of the Sanctuary

“Big Sis… Big Sis…!”

The sleeping Lucifa suddenly jolted awake from her dream.

The girl opened her eyes in a daze, and after seeing the all too familiar furnishings of her room, she quietly let out a sigh of relief.

“Good thing, this is still Eden… as for Big Sis, she should still be at the Northern Fortress, right… probably?”

The straightforward girl didn’t have many worries. For Lucifa, after her mother and father had left her one after another, her only reliance now was her “Big Sis”, Tianyin.

Even though this “Big Sis” of hers looked younger than herself, no matter what, she was still her sister. Lucifa thought this in her pure-hearted way.

“But… I haven’t seen Big Sis in such a long time… I really miss her… oh right, once you’re awake you have to get up. Good kids can’t stay in bed!”

Muttering to herself, Lucifa slowly climbed out of bed.

Since she was already awake, she couldn’t stay in bed. This habit had been something Tianyin demanded before. Of course, Tianyin only made such a demand out of necessity, because Lucifa was just far too clingy. Every time Tianyin slept with her, the next morning Lucifa would cling tightly to Tianyin and refuse to get up.

Although being hugged like that by the adorable Lucifa was something Tianyin “rather enjoyed”, after it happened too many times, even Tianyin couldn’t quite take it anymore.

The reason was very simple. Every time something like that happened, her loli disciple Xiaomengyao would stare at her with resentful eyes for the entire day.

Left with no choice… Tianyin could only use words like “good kids can’t stay in bed” and “Lucifa has to be a good kid Big Sis likes” to guide Lucifa.

And the result was extremely successful. For Lucifa, who regarded Tianyin as the most important person in her life, Tianyin’s words were obeyed without question.

Being a “good kid who listens to Big Sis” was Lucifa’s most genuine thought.

After all, the current Tianyin was truly the last “family” from whom Lucifa could feel warmth.

“Lucifa? Time to get up…”

While Lucifa was getting up, Xiaomengyao’s voice rang out from outside the door.

During the time Tianyin went to the Northern Fortress, without Tianyin’s daily supervision, and in order to be a good kid, Lucifa had asked Xiaomengyao to help wake her up in the mornings.

Although in a certain sense, she and Xiaomengyao were “enemies”, while being enemies, they were also playmates of a similar “age”.

Well… age referred to mental age.

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“Ah ah, I’m up—ahu…”

Without paying attention, Lucifa bit her tongue again, and the sound she had just made was forcibly swallowed back.

“Stupid Lucifa, did you bite your tongue again?”

“N-No… I didn’t muu… I’m not dumb enough to bite my own tongue… muu…”

“Pfft… then I’m coming in. Don’t let me see you crying like a little kitten, stupid Lucifa~”

Hearing Xiaomengyao’s words, Lucifa immediately became alert like a startled cat and stared warily at the door.

At the same time, the tears that had welled up from biting her tongue were quickly wiped away by the girl.

“Stupid Lucifa, I was lying to you. Hurry up and get up. Sister Yeluo already made breakfast~”

“Ah…”

In the end, before Lucifa could even react, Xiaomengyao had already left from outside the door.

And it wasn’t until Xiaomengyao had gone quite a distance that the dazed Lucifa finally realized what had happened.

“Ahhhhh… you actually lied to me. When Big Sis comes back, I’m definitely telling Big Sis!”

Xiaomengyao liked bullying her like this, but Lucifa still instinctively wanted to wait for Tianyin to come back and complain.

After all, she was a good kid, and Big Sis would definitely stand up for her~

That was what Lucifa believed.

However, when she thought of Tianyin, a hint of loneliness also crept into Lucifa’s heart.

After all, she hadn’t seen her Big Sis for a very long time…

“So when are you coming back, Big Sis… Lucifa really really misses you…”

Here, the girl muttered softly to herself.

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At the same time, after killing the Fortress Emperor, Tianyin directly left the Fortress.

Although countless dwarves still existed within the Fortress Faction, in Tianyin’s eyes, these dwarves without Throne-tier strength were simply incapable of interfering with her actions. So Tianyin did not carry out any wholesale slaughter.

After leaving the Fortress, Tianyin began heading toward the Sanctuary Plane, which existed outside the Main World, within the Astral Realm.

With Tianyin’s Supreme memories, the coordinates of the Sanctuary Plane were clearly fixed, so finding the Sanctuary Plane did not take much time. In just a moment, she directly broke into the Sanctuary Plane.

However, unlike the smooth situation when killing the Fortress Emperor, the instant Tianyin entered the Sanctuary Plane, the entire plane sounded an “alarm”.

Under the Heavenly Father’s management, the Sanctuary Plane already possessed a certain warning system. The moment Tianyin forcibly tore open the planar barrier and entered, the Sanctuary’s alert mechanisms reacted.

“How dare you! You actually dare to invade our holy domain!”

In an instant, angels stationed throughout the Sanctuary Plane reacted, and all of them moved toward Tianyin’s location.

In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of angels appeared before Tianyin’s eyes and surrounded her completely.

“This is Throne-tier…”

Very quickly, angels with powerful perception sensed the Throne-tier aura emanating from Tianyin and immediately raised the alarm.

And the angels who had just moments ago underestimated Tianyin because of her little girl appearance finally took her seriously as she stood motionless in the air.

“According to calculations, if I remain in place, the probability of Holy Archangel Michael personally descending is 99%.”

Tianyin did not place the angels surrounding her in her eyes at all. Everyone knew that Tianyin’s target this time was the current leader of the Sanctuary, Michael, who likewise possessed Throne-tier strength.

And besides Michael, there was also a Legendary who was infinitely close to Throne-tier, Gabriel…

Of course, no matter how close to Throne-tier a Legendary was, it was still a Legendary. Compared to true Throne-tier, the gap in strength was vast. Not to mention that in the current Tianyin’s eyes, even Throne-tier could not withstand her casual sword strike.

And if one sword wasn’t enough, then she would swing another.

“Disperse.”

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As time passed, a gentle voice abruptly rang out beside the angels. Immediately after, a tall angel with multiple wings growing from his back and his entire body shrouded in holy light appeared before them.

And this angel was Tianyin’s target for this trip, Michael.

“You are Lucifa’s sister?”

Regarding Tianyin, Michael had actually met her once before. Although the impression wasn’t very deep, Michael still remembered Tianyin’s identity as Lucifa’s “sister”.

Although Tianyin had forcibly broken into the Sanctuary this time, due to preconceived notions, Michael did not regard Tianyin as an enemy at this moment.

Of course, this was also because Tianyin had been waiting for him to appear instead of attacking immediately. If Tianyin had made a move earlier, Michael might not have been so patient in talking with her.

“You came this time, what is it you want? Or is it about the Abyssal Lord?”

Michael had already received intelligence regarding the Abyssal Lord’s invasion. However, in order to prevent news of the Heavenly Father’s death from leaking out, Michael had dispatched reinforcements immediately.

So in Michael’s view, Tianyin had come here to request support.

However, in reality, all of this was nothing more than Michael’s own assumptions…

“Target has appeared.”

Since Michael descended as expected, Tianyin didn’t bother wasting words and directly made her move.

Thus, under Michael’s surprised and puzzled gaze, Tianyin slowly raised the sword in her hand.

“Something’s wrong—”

A Throne-tier was still a Throne-tier. The instant Tianyin raised her sword, Michael sensed that something was amiss. In that critical moment, he dodged in the next instant.

At the same time, Tianyin swung down her casual sword strike.

Clang—!

A crisp sword chime rang out. And after the sound, at the position where Michael had just been, a massive spatial crack opened.

Of course, that wasn’t all. Under Tianyin’s strike, the angels who had been standing behind Michael were also annihilated one after another.

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“You actually!”

Although he didn’t know what exactly had happened to Tianyin, from the moment Tianyin swung her sword and killed Sanctuary angels, Michael completely placed Tianyin on the opposing side as an enemy.

Clang—!

However, before Michael could say anything more, Tianyin’s next sword immediately descended.

Of course, relying on the home-field advantage and his Throne-tier defense, Michael managed to dodge Tianyin’s attack in time.

And dodging two consecutive attacks caused Tianyin to pause briefly.

“According to calculations, the blessings of the Sanctuary Plane are concentrated on Michael, which is why the attacks missed.”

“Conclusion, the planar blessings need to be severed.”

In less than a second, Tianyin calculated the support that allowed Michael to evade her attacks.

However, during the gap in Tianyin’s calculations, the recovered Michael had already launched his counterattack.

【Flames of the Sanctuary】

Its essence resembled a form of holy light, yet its actual temperature was not high.

However, Flames of the Sanctuary possessed the ability to cleanse all negative states. Even rule-level negative buffs could be purified by the Flames of the Sanctuary.

And if used for attack, it would deal true damage that ignored any resistance, armor, defense, invincibility, and shield effects.

It could be said that before the Flames of the Sanctuary, all beings were equal.

This was also one of the fundamental reasons the Abyssal Lord truly feared the Heavenly Father.

Of course, all of this was what happened under normal circumstances. And for Tianyin, whether it was Flames of the Sanctuary or Flames of Heaven, it was nothing more than a matter of a single sword strike.