Chapter 112: Defeat and Escape, Surprise Troops

The Holy Lance carved a brilliant arc across the ancient battlefield. As the Avatar of Light targeted something relatively close to the ground, the overwhelming divine power and light elements swirling around the lance even tore the earth open, creating a terrifying pit nearly ten meters wide that extended far into the distance.

In order to prevent a repeat of the earlier situation with the Heart-Snatching Evil Demon, Miss Vilyric not only enhanced the power of the Holy Lance further but also intentionally made its internal energy more active and dispersed. While this decreased its single-point penetration ability, it greatly increased its coverage area, making it harder to dodge.

After all, no one enjoys the sensation of using a cannon to swat a mosquito; she had launched this strike with the intention of completely wiping out the target.

Sure enough, once the dust settled, all that remained in the spot where the enemy had been was a puddle of water, while the Bone Immortal and Yin Lue were nowhere to be seen.

Miss Vilyric and Miss Xiao Kong exchanged glances, the latter nodded, placing her hand on the Priestess’s shoulder, and they teleported to that location in an instant.

“How could there be nothing left… Wait, did they run away? Hey, these so-called Seven Day Demon Lords are really good at fleeing, aren’t they? How could they escape like this?”

The cat-eared girl shook her head.

“I didn’t feel any trace of spatial fluctuations. They didn’t escape by conventional means. That strike you just made would be difficult for even an ordinary fairy to withstand, let alone those top-tier enemies.”

“Vilyric, look at this.”

Miss Xiao Kong bent down, picked up two tattered paper figures from the puddle, and raised an eyebrow, examining them closely.

“It should be right. These are Death Substitutes; it’s surprising these treasures are still around… No wonder they were so confident charging into the Chaos Secret Realm.”

“What do you mean? Were we just fighting against paper figures? Impossible! Those two were definitely real beings! I’m a Priestess; there’s no way I’d mistake this!”

Shaking her head, Miss Xiao Kong casually tossed the items away. Two silver lights flashed, and the paper figures were completely consumed by the Void, turning to dust.

“Vilyric, do you know about the Origin Artifacts?”

“That truly was the Bone Immortal and Yin Lue from the Seven Day Demon Lords; you did indeed heavily injure them, but the principle of the Death Substitutes… It can’t be explained in just a sentence or two. I’ll explain it to you later. Just know that the enemy’s losses were beyond imagination. After all, each Death Substitute is one less in their count.”

The Cat Daughter reached into the Void and pulled out a silver wooden box. She opened the lid, and the suspected puddle left behind by the shattered Reflection flowed swiftly up into it, leaving not a drop behind.

“Alright, let’s hurry over to seal that area; don’t forget there are still two Seven Day Demon Lords over there.”

As Miss Xiao Kong closed the box and took a few steps, she noticed the Priestess standing still, staring at her palm with a slight frown as if deep in thought, leaving her puzzled.

“What’s wrong, Vilyric?”

“Oh… it’s nothing. Let’s go.”

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Having dealt with the enemies at hand, the two women quickly arrived near the magnificent sky-piercing pillar at the center of the ancient battlefield. Earlier, Misty Veil and the Pharmacist had taken advantage of the other Seven Day Demon Lords to buy time and rushed over here.

To be honest, although Miss Vilyric could guess the opposing team’s general purpose, even now she wasn’t clear about what this pillar exactly was or why it was embedded in the ground of this ancient battlefield. But based on Miss Xiao Kong’s unusually focused expression, it seemed to be directly related to the Taotie.

Just as Miss Vilyric had anticipated, the two had not truly reached their target and were blocked by another group of ambushers.

Blocking them were the Peach Blossom Guards, entities the Priestess had encountered before.

The Peach Blossom Guards aren’t necessarily Peach Blossom Demons; accurately, they are an elite group formed by those adept spiritual beasts on Peach Blossom Peak who have perfectly transformed into human form, assembled under the command of the Saint Peach Blossom.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, all the Peach Blossom Guards seem to be cute girls, which might have something to do with Saint Peach Blossom’s personal preferences…

Miss Vilyric recalled hearing from Miss Xiao Kong about the situation of this unit when she first arrived.

The Peach Blossom Guards were few in number; all together they made just over a hundred. Most of the time, they either acted alone or in small teams to carry out various tasks.

As the strongest and only official force guarding Peach Blossom Peak, it is said that under adequate preparation, the Peach Blossom Guards could even face off against the Saint Peach Blossom head-on without losing ground.

Only during particularly important and extremely dangerous missions would the Peach Blossom Guards appear in numbers of dozens or hundreds.

Just like… now.

Ambushing Misty Veil and the Pharmacist were over sixty Peach Blossom Guards. They formed a peculiar formation, completely surrounding the two like a labyrinth made of peach trees on Peach Blossom Peak. While they couldn’t harm the intruders, no matter how much they struggled, escaping was utterly impossible.

To be honest, these two Seven Day Demon Lords were actually the weakest among the opponents on this expedition.

While Misty Veil’s avatar technique makes it hard to kill her, each avatar’s power is evidently limited. If it were just a few Peach Blossom Guards, she might have been able to handle them, but now, trapped in such a massive battle formation, it was exceedingly difficult to stir up any trouble.

The Pharmacist was in a similar situation.

Even though Misty Veil had boasted about him claiming to be unmatched in pharmacology, comparable to the Spiritual Fox Priestess and all that, one cannot overlook a key fact.

Previously, when Miss Vilyric learned about him through the Ground Mouse Gang, Ling Feng had mentioned how countless times the Pharmacist had been ambushed and easily escaped each time, which sounded impressive…

But interpreted differently, it meant this guy couldn’t defeat anyone, only managing to escape whenever facing strong opponents.

Recently on Peach Blossom Peak, he had fought against the Thunder Lord with the golden armored bird, and it didn’t take long before he fled as well. Though Miss Vilyric was surprised, as it seemed her spear hadn’t harmed him at all, being skilled in escaping and safeguarding oneself does not equal being powerful.

Moreover… for some reason, the Priestess could clearly sense that the Pharmacist had weakened quite a bit since their previous encounter on Peach Blossom Peak.

When she initially sensed this through his aura, Miss Vilyric thought he might be using some special method to conceal his strength. But now that they were truly engaged, it was impossible for him to play the pig to eat the tiger.

While this guy casually manipulated a few careless Peach Blossom Guards into turning against their comrades, displaying seemingly dangerous tactics, from Miss Vilyric’s perspective, it merely reflected his inadequacy.

After all, their goal was not to just spin in circles with the Peach Blossom Guards. In the everlasting protective light surrounding them, even a fool should realize that the other Demon Lords had already been taken down, and they must do everything in their power to finish their task on time.

Thus, it wasn’t that they were unwilling to advance; they simply couldn’t.

Without any hidden cards left, the Seven Day Demon Lords’ current operation could no longer succeed.

   

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