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Chapter 31: Three Foolish Acts

Pierced through the chest by the holy spear, the Earth Mother Goddess flickered with golden lightning, struggling helplessly like a fish caught on a wall.

“Did you really think you’re a god standing on a cloud, manipulating the lives and deaths of mortals? Ha, you’re just a fragment of a god.”

“Fragment…? What do you mean…”

“You’ve done three foolish things.”

Miss Vilyric extended three slender, jade-like fingers.

“First, in the city of Aniro, it was you watching us through the seed lodged in Epunya. At that time, Xiao Guang gave you a warning, but you disregarded it and continued to spy via the【Disaster】 along the way.”

“You thought I didn’t notice, that you were safe.”

The Priestess scoffed dismissively.

“Did you know? I never planned to eradicate the【Southern Disaster】 from the root; I just wanted to understand what was going on. So the more you spied, the more curious I became.”

She retracted one finger.

“I must say, you were really cautious. Even when neither I nor Xiao Guang took action, you still intended to avoid conflict upon realizing something was amiss.”

“Previously, under duress, you summoned the【Phantom Cloud】 to divert Xiao Guang’s blow and put on a scary facade, only to swiftly collapse under my counterattack, pretending as if the【Southern Disaster】 had already been dealt with. How laughable! Do I really look that easy to deceive?”

At this point, Miss Vilyric seemed to recall something, a smirk suddenly curling at the corners of her lips.

“Speaking of which, it seems you actually used this trick to fool someone three hundred years ago, no wonder you tried to pull the same stunt again.”

“Honestly, I don’t dislike those who value their lives; after all, doesn’t everyone want to live? You might not know, but I never really intended for that dragon breath to hit the ley line. I had planned to intervene to stop it if the【Phantom Cloud】 didn’t appear at the last moment.”

“This is a warning.”

“If you stayed underground and didn’t cause trouble out of fear of me, or even if you controlled the【Phantom Cloud】 for a true battle, I wouldn’t have continued to investigate. After all, we have no grudge; there’s no need to completely eradicate you.”

“But instead, you chose to be clever, playing these petty tricks with me, ha…”

“You…”

Seemingly crushed in both strength and wisdom, the fragment of the Earth Mother Goddess, Xi Fu, felt extreme humiliation and anger. Ignoring her increasingly ethereal body surrounded by golden currents, she struggled fiercely and began to shout loudly!

“You… it’s you! This disgusting scheme, god-like power, and knowing about the soul fragment seal… Minerva, it’s you, isn’t it!?”

“How dare you descend to the mortal realm in disguise! No wonder you brought along two pure-blooded heirs to serve you… despicable! Traitor! You deserve to die, die!!!”

Regarding the other party’s claim of her being the embodiment of the God of Sky and Freedom, and the incredulous gaze from a certain beastman behind her, Miss Vilyric did not bother to argue.

Any logical and intelligent being subconsciously avoids facing the unbelievable and explains it with the most fitting answer within their understanding, even if they later find numerous flaws upon careful consideration.

Miss Vilyric had witnessed similar situations at least more than once since arriving in this world.

Even fragments of gods seemed unable to escape such ridiculous speculation.

Slowly, she raised her last finger, which was the middle one.

“If I could forgive your previous acts of selfishness, the one thing you absolutely shouldn’t do is pretend to be some high-and-mighty god with that disgusting demeanor to intimidate or try to drive us away. I detest people who act all high-and-mighty.”

“Don’t say you’re just a fragment of Xi Fu; even if the Earth Mother Goddess herself were here, she wouldn’t have the right to pass judgment on my pet.”

“Doom of a thousand deaths? You… what do you even count as?”

Enduring the undisguised contempt from the black-haired girl’s eyes and the utter scorn in her words, the self-proclaimed Earth Mother Goddess’s fragment of will completely lost her mind.

“Minerva!! You damned bastard! I want to kill you, I want to kill you aaahhh!!!!”

The divine image pinned to the wall by the holy spear shattered violently into countless gray mist — its essence, the power named【Disaster】.

Then, the endless calamities enveloping the temple surged, merging into the wall murals, and those vile beasts, giant dragons, and various monsters from mythology suddenly leaped out, screaming and rushing toward the four at the center with bodies composed of【Disaster】!

This was the true【Southern Disaster】, the【Phantom Cloud】 that had haunted the world for centuries, in all-out posture.

Not a god, but a【Disaster】.

“Miss Edwina!”

“Let’s go! The light of the Goddess is shining upon us!”

Under the full enhancement of【Holy Light Tenfold】, the battle strength of Edwina and Epunya had exceeded high positions, and even surrounded by countless beasts of calamity, they fearlessly raised their weapons, ready to fight.

But before those gray mist beasts could reach them.

Two soft little hands suddenly grabbed their collars from behind, tossing both of them to the side of the Priestess like chickens.

“Wah!”

“Don’t get in the way here!”

Out of nowhere, the blonde dragon girl appeared at their original positions, feeling the powerful strength pouring out from within her, bolstered by ten halos, she wore a wildly carefree smile.

“Sky!!! Split!!! Shatter!!!!”

With her elongated dragon claws transforming into unassailable blades, in the sky, on the ground, and within the endless phantom space, she carved out cracks representing ultimate destruction.

The entire temple… no, the entire space was instantly split in two, along with countless gray beasts of the temple vanishing into nothingness in its path.

Though【Sky Shattering Claw】 was an equipment skill and didn’t possess the holy attribute of the sacred crystal dragon,【Disaster】 could never be erased by holy light alone.

As long as the attack intensity exceeds a certain threshold, there’s no need to worry about any resistances.

Under the enhancement of【Holy Light Tenfold】, Xiao Guang’s claw had undoubtedly surpassed her limits.

Initially, the two thrown out were left confused, their heads filled with question marks, unsure of what was happening.

But in the next moment, they understood.

The shattered sky transformed into a black void and devouring maw, and the ripped temple, including the gray mist beasts and even stone pillars and walls, rapidly disappeared under an irresistible suction.

This also included the Holy Knight and the beastman caught within.

“Wahhhhhh… huh?”

Just as they screamed a few times, unable to control their bodies due to the intense pulling, before Edwina could fully resist, a golden barrier immediately enveloped her and Epunya.

“Don’t make such a racket, it’s embarrassing…”

Unlike her cold demeanor facing the fragment of the Earth Mother Goddess, the Priestess simply shook her head helplessly, gesturing for a certain idiot to shut up, before refocusing her gaze around.

The effect of Xiao Guang’s claw was even better than expected. Besides the enhancement of【Tenfold】, perhaps due to being in the phantom space, the cracks that should have been limited in duration did not automatically repair, but instead expanded even further in the swallowing.

Not to mention the calamity beasts that intended to attack them, even the temple space itself began collapsing rapidly, clearly not holding out for much longer.

The Priestess, who had originally planned to battle the true【Southern Disaster】, ultimately just silently retracted the radiant spirit behind her, using a barrier to protect the two beside her from Xiao Guang’s possible stray attacks, waiting to return to the real world.

After all, this was merely a temporary space constructed by a pseudo-god using its power rules. In terms of stability, it was even less reliable than the mirror space created by the blood tribe using special means.

Then, the temple space collapsed.

The final battle with the【Southern Disaster】 ended so simply and unremarkably.

 

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