Chapter: Chapter 185
Trapped in a siege and then seriously wounded by a sneak attack from someone they trusted, the woman’s current state could be described as beyond desperate, if not facing certain death.
After the sneak attack was successful, Mo Ziling quickly removed the shackles on her feet and fled out of the room.
One sneak attack was her limit; her combat power couldn’t rank high in a head-on confrontation. This stage was best left to her master and that white-haired girl.
Due to the room being too narrow, Leticia didn’t intend to let too many people in to help. Just she and Bai Ling were enough to deal with this woman.
Having too many people would only make Leticia and Bai Ling hesitant and unable to go all out.
“You all retreat further. I might not be able to tend to you once the fight starts.” Leticia threw out the words without looking back, then, without waiting for a reaction from those behind her, cast magic at the woman.
The moment Leticia made her move, Bai Ling also drew her sword. Instantly, it seemed as if all the light in the room converged on the sword she had drawn.
A dazzling sword light, as if tearing through space and time, struck the woman before she could react.
“Such strong defense.” Bai Ling frowned as she watched the woman spit blood and fly backward.
Already injured from Mo Ziling’s sneak attack and now taking a direct hit from her ultimate move, she still hadn’t died. Not only was she alive, but her clothes weren’t even torn. How could this be?
Bai Ling’s sword light could penetrate divine defenses; it was an ultimate move that could cleave through Leticia’s magic-infused demonic sword.
The woman was blasted out of the window by Bai Ling’s sword light. Leticia’s magic followed closely behind, attacking the woman in mid-air.
After a dazzling display of magic, the woman fell to the ground in a disheveled state. If anyone else in the world had been hit by such moves from these two, they would surely not have survived.
But this woman, she was still alive.
“You… you’ve done well.” Not only was she alive, but she also controlled her almost shattered body to stand up. “But to stop me, what you’ve done is far from enough.”
“Are you that god?” Leticia, who had chased after her, immediately sensed the change in the person before her.
“You have a repulsive aura, but I must admit, you are perfect.” The deity controlling the woman’s body didn’t reply but tilted her head and said to Leticia.
She thrust the short staff into her own chest, and black, misty tentacles erupted from the woman’s body, filling the entire space with an uncomfortable aura.
“Leticia!” Bai Ling exclaimed. She noticed Leticia’s form becoming increasingly ethereal, filling her with a terrible premonition.
“What?!” Leticia turned around. Those black mists had, at some point, entangled her. “What the hell is this?!”
“Although her aptitude isn’t outstanding, sacrificing her is enough for me to forcefully pull someone into my divine realm,” the god said with a laugh. “I admit, the two of you together can give me a slight headache, but if it’s just you alone, you’re merely a small bug I can crush at will.”
“Calling me a small bug is a bit hurtful,” Leticia sighed. From her perspective, Bai Ling’s figure was fading, and the girl’s anxious calls were becoming more indistinct.
Soon, she would be pulled into this god’s divine realm.
“Bai, go find Sasha. They in the Divine Seat know best about gods. I’ll wait for you in the divine realm.”
“Do you think you’ll be able to wait that long?” the god asked dismissively.
Her vision was completely engulfed by black mist, accompanied by a nauseating, bumpy sensation. Leticia knew she had entered the divine realm.
“I know quite a bit about you,” Leticia, having realized she was in the divine realm, didn’t panic. Instead, she summoned the parasol Flora had given her and sat down on the spot.
“You…” Leticia’s reaction caused the god’s mentality to shift slightly.
“Don’t think I don’t know your hands can’t reach out of that place that confines you. I suspect you plan to lure me into that place with some method and then kill me.” Leticia stated she wouldn’t fall for it. “That way, you can use my body to break the seal and descend upon the mortal world in your true form, right?”
“You damn scoundrel.” The god’s tone carried a hint of anger. “Do you really think I have no way to deal with you?”
“If you have a way, then come! You’re just here spouting platitudes, which only proves you lack the strength!” Leticia said dismissively. “Pulling me in here is useless; someone will be here to save me soon.”
Upon hearing Leticia’s words, the god suddenly laughed. “Come in? What are you joking about? Without my permission, no one can enter my divine realm!”
Indeed, Leticia had encountered several gods before, but entering their divine realms always involved being actively pulled in.
Whether she could actively enter the artifact’s space with her own power was a question with an unknown answer for Leticia.
Perhaps yes, perhaps no, but she believed in her sister and her friends; they would do their utmost to rescue her from here.
“Speaking of which, our demon race’s history books seem to record you, saying you were beaten to death by my ancestor.” What else could she do during this boring wait? Of course, engage in some verbal sparring.
Leticia clearly remembered that her ancestor had once beaten this god back into her seal.
As expected, upon hearing this, the god became enraged.
“What nonsense are you talking about? I, the noble God of the Underworld, how could I possibly be killed by you insignificant mortals!”
“Hey, look, you’re getting agitated,” Leticia chuckled. “It seems the records in the book aren’t wrong. You were indeed sealed by my ancestor once.”
“Scoundrel! I didn’t lose to her, I lost to another god!”
Another god? Leticia’s heart leaped. Another god in the demon race?
But if she asked directly, this incredibly ill-tempered God of the Underworld would definitely not answer her question, so she had to try and induce the god to reveal the name of that god.
“Hmph, do you think I’d believe your lies? Losing is losing, no need to bring up other gods. You really are shameless.” Leticia put on a contemptuous expression. “Hah, a god defeated by our demon race, truly useless~”
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“Miss Bai, please calm down. Things haven’t reached the worst point yet.” Sasha, who was crouching nearby acting as a reserve force, almost fainted when she saw the furious Bai Ling rush towards her.
She already knew most of what had happened; after all, her eyes weren’t blind, and she couldn’t possibly miss such a large commotion.
Leticia had mysteriously disappeared, leaving only the black short staff behind. It was obvious Leticia had been forcibly pulled into the god’s divine realm.
“She can’t hold out long fighting a god alone,” Bai Ling couldn’t help but worry. She knew Leticia’s strength, and if she fought a god, she would be powerless within an hour at most.
If something happened to Leticia, she couldn’t bear to think about what might happen next.
“Hoo, Miss Bai, please calm down. No one could have predicted this, and even if they could, they couldn’t have stopped it.” Sasha was very calm. The methods of gods were like this; there was no warning or countermeasure. “However, you don’t need to worry about Princess Leticia’s safety. As long as she doesn’t wander around randomly within the divine realm, the god can’t do anything to her.”
Taking this opportunity, Sasha educated Bai Ling about the specific situation within the divine realm, emphasizing that as long as Leticia truly didn’t step into the area where the god was imprisoned, the god could only watch Leticia grind her teeth.
“With Princess Leticia’s strength, she can hold out for over a hundred years,” Sasha stated that there was ample time for them to slowly find a way to rescue Leticia.
There was magic within the artifact’s space, and as long as there was magic, Leticia couldn’t die.
“I’ll go retrieve the artifact first. We can discuss the rest at the Demon King’s Palace.”
“Okay, as soon as possible.” Sasha’s words were like a shot of reassurance, calming the somewhat anxious Bai Ling. She believed in Leticia, the girl who had escaped from her hands back then wouldn’t die so easily.
Sasha hurried to the open space, which was surrounded by demon soldiers who were still confused about the situation. “You all get out of the way quickly, I need to take this short staff back to the Demon King’s Palace.”
Upon hearing the words “Demon King’s Palace,” the surrounding soldiers quickly made way.
Following the path to where Leticia disappeared, Sasha saw Aina looking anxious and Lance looking bewildered.
Lance had been bewildered for a long time; he still hadn’t recovered from the fact that the person he had just attacked was actually one of their own.
“Where did Your Majesty go?” Aina quickly grabbed Sasha as she ran in from outside.
She had met Sasha before and knew that this girl was Leticia’s guest.
Now that she couldn’t find anyone else to ask, seeing Sasha was like a desperate person grasping at straws.
“Don’t worry, Leticia just went to chase after the escaped person. I’m here now to retrieve that thing over there,” Sasha lied.
Her intuition told her that now was not the right time to openly announce that Leticia had been dragged into a divine realm.
As everyone knew, Aina wasn’t very sharp, and she actually believed Sasha’s flimsy lie.
And Lance was still in a daze, making no objection to Sasha’s explanation.
Thus, Sasha successfully managed to cover up Leticia’s disappearance, the success feeling almost dreamlike.
Approaching the black short staff, Sasha cautiously took out her small notebook and cast a few divine protection spells on herself.
She couldn’t be sure if the god within the staff would leave any sinister items on it, so it was better to be cautious.
Reaching out, she slowly took the short staff out of the black, unidentified object that had transformed from the woman. Sasha shook off the dirt on the staff with a frown, then took out an exquisite crystal box from her pocket.
Opening the box and placing the short staff inside, Sasha’s worried heart finally settled.
Now she didn’t have to worry about the artifact falling into the hands of someone with ill intentions.
“This box…” Bai Ling had appeared behind Sasha at some point. After Sasha finished, she asked, “This box…”
Bai Ling’s sudden appearance startled Sasha, almost making her drop the crystal box.
Patting her chest with lingering fear, Sasha looked at Bai Ling unhappily. “Miss Bai, could you not be so frightening in the future?”
“Sorry,” Bai Ling touched her nose. She didn’t think she was being scary.
“Hoo, this is a container specifically made for artifacts. When an artifact is placed inside, the god within it can’t influence the outside world,” Sasha explained.
She had originally intended to put the short staff into this box and take it away directly, but in the church, the short staff was fixed inside a stone, and she couldn’t remove it at all.
Then, she waited there for the woman to arrive. As it turned out, the short staff came out, but she was severely injured.
It wasn’t until today that she finally completed her task.
Oh, it couldn’t be said that she had completed it. At least, she couldn’t take the artifact away.
After all, Leticia was still imprisoned within the artifact. Even if she wanted to take the artifact away, she would have to release Leticia first.
Otherwise, she feared being caught and killed by the furious Bai Ling and Qila before she could even leave the demon realm.
“Let’s go directly back to the Demon King’s Palace. Although there are few ways to forcibly open an artifact’s space, it’s not impossible,” Sasha stated that rescuing Leticia wasn’t very difficult. “If it really comes down to it, I’ll request support from above.”
She believed that given Leticia’s personality, if she were rescued from the artifact’s space, the reward wouldn’t be small.
Although she might not give them the artifact, she should be able to buy a stance of turning a blind eye to the Divine Seat.
This was quite a good deal.
“Really?” Bai Ling was somewhat skeptical.
“When it comes to matters concerning gods, we in the Divine Seat are professionals,” Sasha said confidently. “Trust the professionals; I will definitely bring Princess Leticia out completely.”
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“I say, are you going to keep repeating those few sentences?” In the space shrouded by black mist, Leticia sat bored, continuing her verbal sparring with the god. “Can’t your brain hold more than just a few sentences? Even our demon race’s pet pigs can say more than that.”
“Scoundrel!”
“Look, look, just those few sentences. You’re really so weak. Shouldn’t old fellows like you stay buried in the dirt? Why rise from the grave?”
