Chapter: 248
“Heh.” Leticia let out a laugh, saying nothing else.
Carrying Bai Ling, she flew to Xi’s side, placed the girl who looked to be in poor condition on the ground, and then turned her gaze to Xi.
“Leave the rest to me,” she said, extending her hand to Xi. “I should be able to break through my limits now.”
A flash of surprise flickered in Xi’s eyes. In her perception, Leticia at this moment was like a blazing torch. Just as Leticia said, she truly possessed the ability to end everything.
“Then, I’ll leave it to you,” Xi said, raising her hand and handing the trident to Leticia.
Leticia took the divine artifact and nodded. “Trust me, okay? I’m very strong.”
“I trust you very much,” Xi’s voice echoed in Leticia’s ears.
An Xin’s eyes were no longer blue. The little girl was looking at Leticia in front of her with confusion, seemingly not understanding what had happened.
Leticia, however, didn’t have time for detailed explanations. She needed to hurry and deal with the aftermath.
“Take care of Bai Ling for me. I’ll be right back.” Holding the trident, Leticia turned, her icy gaze falling on the monster still lying on the ground.
Likes to play dead, likes to ambush, huh?
Then die completely!
Taking one step, Leticia instantly appeared directly above the monster.
Sensing the familiar aura that terrified it, the monster clearly wanted to resist, but how could Leticia give it that chance?
“Ancestor, help me bind it!” Leticia pulled off the golden chain on her wrist and threw it towards the monster.
The monster’s limbs began to twist, as if trying to escape, but Bai Ling’s previous attack must have caused it severe damage, preventing it from fully controlling its body at the moment.
The monster could only watch as the golden chain grew with the wind, turning into thick iron cables that wrapped around its body.
A strange power permeated the chains, causing the monster to completely lose control of its body and strength.
Being bound by Infino’s true form was not something that could be broken with a little effort.
Even gods of Infino’s level could not break free from the chains’ restraint in a short period, let alone this monster, which was merely a false god, not even a god.
Of course, to achieve this effect, Leticia herself could not be too far from the target, otherwise Infino would lose its magical supply and could not maintain this form.
Leticia had only used less effective energy chains before for this reason, but it was different now. The monster was lying on the ground, unable to move, a perfect opportunity to strike while it was down.
“Although I feel like this thing wouldn’t be a match for me even if it could move,” Leticia forced a somewhat strained smile. “Xi, tell me the way to completely destroy this thing.”
“The method has already been transmitted to your mind. It consumes quite a bit, but it will eliminate any future trouble. If you can’t handle it, you can use a less consuming method.”
“It’s fine. I won’t die anyway. At most, I’ll be bedridden for ten days to half a month.” Leticia shook her head. She was very angry right now, so she had no intention of giving this monster a good ending.
Wouldn’t it have been better to be killed by Bai Ling? But it didn’t die completely and even tried to ambush. Now look, the three of them were all injured.
Feeling the burning sensation from all over her body, Leticia gritted her teeth and injected magic power into the trident according to the method in her mind.
Layers of blue light surged from the trident, and the sound of the tide came from afar. At some unknown time, Leticia and the monster had disappeared from the real world and arrived in the depths of the deep blue ocean.
The monster was still bound by the chains. With a thought, Leticia lifted the monster into the air.
In this space, holding the trident, she experienced what power was for the first time.
With just a thought, she could control everything in this world.
Is this the authority of a god? It really is unreasonable, Leticia thought to herself. If she could stay in this state for a while longer, she felt she might be able to advance further on her magical path.
Unfortunately, her time was running out.
She had to finish it quickly.
Raising the trident high, Leticia gathered all the energy she could control, concentrating it on the divine artifact.
A massive phantom appeared behind her. It was a woman clad in magnificent blue armor, exceptionally tall, wielding a giant trident. The woman looked down at the monster beneath her, which was like an ant, with no emotion in her eyes.
“I was quite cool back then,” Xi’s voice rang out with a hint of nostalgia. She now looked completely lacking in her former dominance.
Sighing, lamenting that time spares no one, Xi began to urge Leticia. “It’s about time. Give this guy the final blow.”
It was also, in a way, to put an end to a story she hadn’t completed years ago.
“Okay.” Leticia aimed the trident at the monster’s head and stabbed down fiercely.
As she moved, the giant phantom also raised its trident and stabbed towards the monster.
The trident encountered no obstruction and easily pierced into the monster’s head. At the same time, the phantom’s attack penetrated the monster’s massive body.
Blue ripples spread from the point where the trident pierced, quickly covering the monster’s entire body. Then, the monster disappeared.
As if in a dream, the monster’s giant body instantly turned into water and fell into the ocean below.
“Is it…resolved like this?”
“Its body has been assimilated by water elemental power, and its soul has been shattered by my divine soul. From every aspect, it cannot possibly be more dead,” Xi said in a low voice.
“It won’t come back to haunt us, will it?”
“I haven’t seen anything that died from this move come back to life,” Xi replied with a smile. “Actually, this place was originally land. As for the water under your feet now, you can probably guess where it came from, right?”
Was it all things eliminated by this move? Leticia’s mouth twitched. Isn’t this a bit too much?
Infino re-wrapped itself around Leticia’s wrist after the monster was completely annihilated. Perhaps due to overexertion, the ancestor greeted her and retreated into the depths of the divine artifact’s space.
“Hiss, my whole body hurts. I feel like I’m dying.” Leticia returned to the real world after the magic power supply was interrupted. The moment she landed, she winced in pain.
Weak, so weak. If it weren’t for the item in her hand that could be used as a staff, Leticia would have fallen face-first in an extremely embarrassing manner upon landing.
The aftereffects of the burst left Leticia groggy. The double depletion of her body and spirit made her want to close her eyes and sleep soundly, but she still had something on her mind and had to push her depleted body to continue.
“Your Majesty Leticia!” Seeing Leticia return, Yi Yujun, who had climbed out of the white dove, immediately rushed over and supported the shaky Demon King.
“Thanks. How’s Bai Ling’s condition?” Leticia didn’t pretend to be strong. She really needed someone to support her now.
“Sister Sasha has provided emergency treatment for Miss Bai. At least her life is no longer in danger,” Yi Yujun delivered the good news. “Moreover, we received news from the Black Wings. They are bringing reinforcements from headquarters.”
Reinforcements are arriving only now? What a perfectly timed arrival.
Just as the battle ended, the reinforcements from the Divine Seat arrived. It was hard not to suspect that the Divine Seat had ulterior motives.
“How many people are in the reinforcements?”
“…One.” Yi Yujun’s face turned red. She found that number quite embarrassing to say.
Their Divine Seat was such a large organization, yet they only sent one person for support.
And the one sent wasn’t even a combatant, but a medical personnel.
It was as if they had predicted that things would turn out this way.
Hearing the number “one,” Leticia’s vision went black, and she almost fainted. The Divine Seat was truly beyond words.
With such a significant event, sending only one person for support – was it due to overconfidence in their side or a complete disregard for the matter at hand?
“Your Majesty Leticia, come here quickly. Let me treat you.” Sasha saw Yi Yujun and Leticia and quickly beckoned Leticia.
She was currently acting as a priest, and by the looks of it, she was doing a decent job.
A golden light shone on Leticia, clearing her groggy head a bit. She shifted her gaze and soon found Bai Ling, who was lying nearby and being cared for by An Xin.
Sasha had somehow procured a mat and placed Bai Ling on it.
“You look quite disheveled, Miss Bai.” Supported, she walked over to Bai Ling and sat down, Leticia offering a somewhat forced smile.
Bai Ling rolled her eyes. “Now doesn’t seem like the time to bicker, does it?”
Although her injuries were serious, her perception hadn’t deteriorated. Leticia looked unharmed, but the weakness of her aura was even more pronounced than Leticia’s.
“You’re not in good shape either. Hurry and rest. Don’t force yourself.”
“I’m afraid if I rest now, I’ll wake up half a month later,” Leticia coughed weakly. “Don’t you try anything while I’m sleeping.”
Bai Ling showed a speechless expression. Her injuries would take a long time to heal. During this period, even if she wanted to do something, she wouldn’t have the ability.
“Indeed. We’re in the same boat now,” Leticia sighed lightly and looked up at the sky. “Ah, it seems the Divine Seat’s reinforcements have arrived.”
A black aircraft appeared through the clouds. Before it could even land steadily, a green figure leaped out from it.
After a perfect landing, the green-haired elf maiden ran to Leticia and Bai Ling, muttering to herself, “Two of them? This will be difficult…”
Saying that, she took out two small boxes from her satchel.
As the first box was opened, a rich life aura gushed out, making Leticia feel instantaneous comfort. The pain in her body seemed to have lessened considerably.
Turning to look at Bai Ling beside her, the Sword Saint’s expression had also relaxed considerably. It seemed it wasn’t her imagination.
The elf maiden carefully took out a small twig from the box and placed it between Leticia and Bai Ling. “With the twig of the Tree of Life, you should feel a bit better.”
“This twig must have been freshly broken, it’s so fresh,” Sasha said, watching the elf maiden’s actions from the side, tutting with admiration. “Let me guess, the other box contains a fruit from the Tree of Life, right?”
The elf maiden nodded. It wasn’t difficult to guess; when using the twig of the Tree of Life, a fruit was usually used in conjunction. However, why was only one fruit allocated to her this time?
Weren’t there two wounded individuals? Surely the master hadn’t overlooked this?
Opening the second small box, the elf maiden took out a small green fruit and scratched her head awkwardly. What should she do?
She couldn’t possibly give the entire fruit to one person, could she?
The fruit of the Tree of Life cannot come into contact with knives, otherwise it would instantly lose its miraculous effect.
“You two should split it,” the elf maiden handed the fruit to Leticia, no longer deliberating over this life-or-death question.
In any case, neither of them was in mortal danger now. Eating the fruit would at most speed up their recovery.
Leticia didn’t even think about it and brought the fruit to Bai Ling’s lips. “You eat it. I’m fine.”
Bai Ling had broken quite a few bones and was seriously injured. As for herself, although her condition was somewhat poor, she could recover with some rest.
The Sword Saint needed this fruit more than she did, Leticia believed.
However, Bai Ling shook her head. “Half and half. If it weren’t for saving me, you wouldn’t have ended up like this. I can’t accept this fruit all to myself. It wouldn’t be proper.”
“Half and half? That works too.” Leticia brought the fruit to her own lips and took a bite first.
The moment the pulp entered her mouth, it turned into liquid and flowed down her throat into her stomach. A warm energy surged from her abdomen, causing Leticia to open her eyes in surprise. The fruit’s effect was really quite good.
Handing the remaining fruit to Bai Ling’s lips, Leticia gestured for Bai Ling to eat the rest quickly.
Bai Ling opened her mouth but couldn’t bite the fruit, which confused the Sword Saint. “Why can’t I bite it?”
“Once the fruit of the Tree of Life has been bitten by one person, others cannot bite it. So, one fruit can only be used by one person,” the elf maiden explained, otherwise she wouldn’t have been so conflicted just now.
“Is that so? Then Leticia, you…”
“We still have a way. I can’t hoard this good thing all to myself.” Leticia licked her lips. The fruit could only be bitten by her, but Bai Ling should be able to absorb the life-sustaining juice, right?
See? Isn’t there a solution then?
