Chapter 382: Entangled Souls
“Violet, Norma, Saint Monique… you should leave.”
In the distance, quietly observing the battle, Qin Chu spoke calmly.
The women’s gazes instinctively fell on Qin Chu. They didn’t understand why he had suddenly given such an order.
But when they saw his face, they all took a sharp intake of breath. Qin Chu’s expression was solemn, his eyes flickering with a red, flame-like light.
It seemed as though even his body had become hotter.
They could sense that Qin Chu was eager to try, that he wanted to participate in the conflict before them.
If that was the case, then their leaving was the best option. The battle before them had completely exceeded the limits of what they could withstand.
Without any further ado, they nodded and silently retreated.
In the distance, Athena also noticed the activity on Qin Chu’s side. After a brief moment of thought, she called over Ekaterina and Sylph, and their figures quickly disappeared.
In the vast, empty ruins of the Holy See, only Qin Chu, Anthea, Loseweisse, and Augustus remained.
And Douglas, who was loyal to Loseweisse, along with four Archbishops and two Vice-Captains.
The battle between Loseweisse and Augustus continued. Loseweisse felt her head throbbing with intense pain, her mind filled with indescribable chaos and mania.
Then, her consciousness became extremely depressed.
She had initially wanted to resurrect Lord Jie Luo and ascend to the throne of the Female Pope. But at this moment, all of that seemed meaningless.
Then, her consciousness filled with pain and despair, and she wanted to cry out loud.
She knew that her soul was being eroded by Augustus, and her mental state was rapidly deteriorating.
If this continued, it might not be long before her soul completely collapsed.
She wanted to try to break free.
But it wasn’t easy.
She had only managed to forcibly elevate herself to this level because of her unique bloodline and the intense emotional fluctuations that connected her to the existence in the Void. Once this connection was severed, she would be knocked back to her original form.
Her mental strength was far inferior to Augustus’s.
Of course, Augustus was burning his soul, and these direct attacks on the spiritual level couldn’t last long. But Loseweisse wondered if she could last that short time.
Just then, Douglas had crept up to Phyllis’s corpse.
He knew how dangerous his actions were.
But he had no choice. He had placed all his bets on Loseweisse. If she failed, he would certainly be liquidated.
Of course, Douglas could choose to flee.
But that was more unbearable than killing him. He had worked for so long to overthrow Augustus. How could he give up?
Besides, after touching the scroll, their fate had long been tied to Loseweisse’s. They had no escape.
It seemed that Augustus cared deeply about Phyllis. If so, he planned to destroy her corpse, attracting Augustus’s attention. If Augustus was distracted even slightly, Her Holiness Loseweisse would surely seize the opportunity.
Although destroying a corpse was a terrible thing to do, Douglas didn’t care much at this moment. A sinister smile appeared on his face, and a sharp knife appeared in his hand.
Douglas opened his mouth, about to make a sound.
Poof!
A sharp blade pierced directly through his head from behind, emerging from his mouth.
Douglas’s body trembled, his eyes wide. He didn’t expect this to happen.
Who was it?
His throat moved, as if he wanted to make a sound, but any movement caused his flesh to touch the blade in his mouth, causing even greater pain.
He could feel his life rapidly fading away, and death was beckoning him… No… no, no, don’t, he didn’t want this.
Then, the blade cruelly spun inside his mouth.
Douglas hadn’t even died yet, but to him, this was a more cruel and desperate kind of pain.
Then, the blade suddenly pulled upwards.
Douglas’s entire head was neatly split in two from the middle, blood mixed with all sorts of things flowing everywhere.
His body twitched and slumped to the ground, completely lifeless.
He glanced at the corpse on the ground. Such a battle, you can’t participate. You’re not qualified.
A cold gaze continued to stare ahead. Loseweisse’s body trembled violently. The constant shocks from her soul made her unbearable.
She screamed, her voice hoarse.
She brandished her axe, trying to shatter Augustus, who was hiding who knows where, but she couldn’t hit her target. Her screams grew louder.
Suddenly, she raised her right hand and tore off the artery next to her neck. Blood instantly spurted out.
Under the illumination of this crimson light, Loseweisse let out a sharp cry.
“Blood Sacrifice.”
Using her own blood, Loseweisse prayed to the existence in the Void.
Instantly, behind Loseweisse, the skeletal throne became clearer. A huge skull could be vaguely seen, and the mouth of the skull suddenly opened.
A torrent of blood mist surged out.
Poof!
In the void, Augustus’s figure was forced to appear.
His hands were bent like eagle claws, as if he were clutching something.
He squeezed his claws tightly.
Then, Loseweisse screamed. One of her eyeballs had been plucked out by Augustus and crushed.
Augustus’s body fell to the ground like a rag doll, his throat still gasping. His soul had already burned out. At this moment, Augustus was like a flickering candle, about to be extinguished at any moment.
On his already strange and absolutely ugly face, there was still a hint of desolation as he stared at Loseweisse… or rather, behind her!
Was this the gap between mortals and gods?
Even if he had given everything, he could only do this much in the end?
It was truly useless.
Augustus’s gaze turned to Phyllis’s corpse, seeing the girl lying quietly on the ground, seeing the body beside Phyllis and the corpse of Douglas on the ground.
Augustus seemed to understand something.
He smiled, breaking off the finger wearing his storage ring and throwing it towards Qin Chu with all his might.
Unfortunately, Augustus’s strength was almost depleted, and the finger began to fall halfway. Just then, a gust of wind wrapped around it, and it finally landed in Qin Chu’s palm.
He didn’t examine what was in Augustus’s storage ring.
He just looked at Phyllis’s body.
A wisp of grey mist was gently floating on the surface of the corpse.
He finally understood what he had sensed before. Phyllis was long dead, but a sliver of her soul had always remained in the deepest part of her body.
This wisp of soul seemed to have been activated by the holy light emanating from Qin Chu’s body, finally breaking free from the already dead, cold body.
The remnant soul in mid-air swayed slightly, as if nodding towards Qin Chu.
Then, it floated towards Augustus silently.
Seeing the mist approach, a faint smile appeared on Augustus’s cracked lips. He reached out to touch the mist until the last light in his eyes completely disappeared.
The mist curled around Augustus’s chest, and after an unknown amount of time, it carried the last faint glimmer of Augustus, like a firefly, and vanished into the night sky.
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Loseweisse was no longer concerned about what was happening here.
She was screaming in agony.
Dark red liquid flowed from her eye sockets. Losing an eye caused Loseweisse unprecedented pain. This wasn’t a wound from a knife. It was her eyeball being directly plucked out and crushed. Even healing magic couldn’t restore it.
Moreover, Loseweisse no longer had the ability to use Holy Light spells.
She covered her eye with one hand, screaming incessantly.
Fear had almost reached its peak. Her perfect appearance had been marred by the loss of an eye… No, she couldn’t allow this to happen.
She absolutely couldn’t allow anyone to see her like this. Absolutely not.
Suddenly, Loseweisse raised her head sharply. Only one eye remained, filled with intense killing intent. Her gaze fixed on Qin Chu.
This guy, this guy had seen her current state.
Unforgivable. Unforgivable.
With a piercing scream, Loseweisse swung her giant axe at Qin Chu.
A dazzling crimson arc flashed.
Just as it was about to split Qin Chu in two, a soft golden light suddenly bloomed on Qin Chu’s body.
Boom!
Crack, crack.
Pseudo-Absolute Defense!
Benson’s ability.
Qin Chu’s figure stood firm, unmoving. Despite the raging winds around him, Anthea stood silently beside Qin Chu.
…
On the other side, Shaye’s figure appeared in the Imperial City.
As soon as she arrived, she sensed an extremely powerful aura, a unique sense of someone at the same level.
Chapter 383: Loseweisse, You Hit Shaye
Shaye was furious.
She felt like she had been constantly toyed with by the Hero and that damn thing that had planted something like a curse on her. She even strongly suspected that the Hero and that thing might be the same person.
However, after careful consideration, she dismissed this idea. It seemed unlikely.
After all, to be able to leave such a strange effect on her, even from afar, even when she was far away from the Imperial City, it meant that the other party’s strength was similar to hers, perhaps even stronger.
But the Hero… how should she put it?
He was the strongest human Shaye had ever seen.
This was not to be doubted. Shaye knew that the human experts she knew, whether it was Wadsworth, Saint Monique, or Augustus, were no match for the Hero.
Shaye’s vision was very keen. She could tell at a glance that although the Hero’s level was not high, his strength could not be measured by level. Even if she wanted to take down Qin Chu, it would take some effort.
He seemed to have many very special powers hidden within his body.
But even so, to say that the Hero’s strength had reached or even surpassed her own was ultimately impossible.
So the bastard who caused her body to react strangely was definitely not the Hero.
Although she knew that the other party’s strength was strong, Shaye’s anger and pride were aroused. No matter what, she had to find that bastard. If he really wanted to fight, then let’s do it face to face.
What kind of hero was he, using such underhanded means in secret?
She had just arrived back in the Imperial City when she immediately felt an unprecedentedly powerful aura emanating from the direction of the Holy See. Wadsworth in the palace and the Grand Mages on Sage Mountain had all withdrawn into their lairs. Shaye’s eyes suddenly brightened.
A powerhouse of the same level had finally appeared. It must be him.
She wouldn’t let him get away this time.
Shaye’s body didn’t linger on the ground for too long, quickly transforming into a streak of light and flying towards the source of the aura.
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On the other side.
Loseweisse’s appearance had become extremely strange. One of her eyes had been destroyed, which caused her unprecedented trauma. For Loseweisse, who had always pursued perfection, having one eye missing, leaving only a black hole and twisted scars where her eye should have been, was absolutely unacceptable.
Having become like this, what face would she have to stay by Lord Jie Luo’s side?
If Lord Jie Luo were to be resurrected one day and see her like this, he would definitely be afraid and disgusted, right?
Thinking of that possibility, Loseweisse’s body trembled.
This fear gradually turned into hatred, hatred towards Qin Chu.
If Qin Chu hadn’t disrupted Douglas’ plan, that bastard Augustus wouldn’t have had the chance to crush her eyeball. She wouldn’t have ended up like this, all because of this bastard, all because of him!
Under the extreme hatred, Loseweisse didn’t even notice the golden light that appeared on Qin Chu’s body, the ability of Benson.
Now, she just wanted to kill Qin Chu, to kill everyone who had seen her appearance, and leave no one alive.
Raising the huge axe, Loseweisse approached Qin Chu step by step. The terrifying right eye kept dripping dark red liquid down her face. She also didn’t notice that around her eye socket, tiny, tentacle-like flesh buds were constantly wriggling, making the current Loseweisse look even more hideous and terrifying.
She also didn’t notice that due to her battle with Augustus, her strength had been severely depleted.
The grace of the Evil God was not unlimited, allowing her to squander it freely.
Anthea’s figure stood silently beside Qin Chu. She wasn’t afraid or backing down, just tightly gripping the spear in her hand, her expression solemn.
Not only Anthea, but the sapling also automatically emerged from Qin Chu’s body, its leaves swaying.
She didn’t want Qin Chu to think of her as just a glutton who only knew how to eat experience and nothing else… well, a tree.
Facing Loseweisse, who had just killed Augustus and was at her strongest, Qin Chu wasn’t too afraid. On the contrary, a fire burned in his eyes.
He wanted to try and see what his current limit was.
Qin Chu’s body, having been tempered by the Evil God’s blood and constantly healed by the Holy Healing, had become extremely strong. With the addition of the Holy Healing, he wouldn’t die easily.
He wanted to test it out.
He took a deep breath, and the sapling’s roots wrapped around his legs. The tips of the roots sharpened, piercing into his fair skin. It seemed that Loseweisse was about to be used as nourishment.
In an instant, blood flowed freely down her legs.
Loseweisse didn’t feel pain. She just felt irritated. She grabbed her axe and slashed diagonally.
Poof poof poof…
The axe struck the roots, leaving numerous cracks, but they couldn’t be severed.
The sapling’s roots were unexpectedly strong.
Moreover, the cracks were healing at an extremely fast rate, comparable to Qin Chu’s Holy Healing.
This made Loseweisse furious. She hadn’t paid much attention to these strange roots, but now she exerted all her strength, preparing to strike again when suddenly, chains ripped through the air and instantly wrapped around her arms, slowing her movements.
Divinity!
Rage Explosion!
Loseweisse felt a flash of light, and Qin Chu suddenly appeared before her.
His right hand was raised, his strength maximized.
Qin Chu was too fast, and Loseweisse was weakened. She couldn’t react in time.
Pia!
He slapped Loseweisse across the face.
The force of the slap was tremendous and crisp.
Good!
Qin Chu had wanted to do this for a long time.
Loseweisse’s fair face was instantly covered in cracks, and blood seeped from the wounds.
“Loseweisse, wake up! You’ve been corrupted by the Evil God…”
Qin Chu shouted deliberately, his voice echoing throughout the Imperial City, so that almost everyone could hear.
Hiss…
Loseweisse’s body trembled. She was stunned. She… she had been slapped by Qin Chu?
For Loseweisse, who had an extremely arrogant self-esteem, how could she bear this?
Before, even when facing Augustus, an enemy of the same level, she had not suffered such humiliation.
She was a divine maiden.
She had the noblest bloodline. How could she be slapped by a lowly mortal?
A blinding crimson light burst from Loseweisse’s body, instantly covering a large area. Anthea’s chains, cast in mid-air, and the spear she threw were instantly melted, turning into molten iron that fell to the ground.
The roots wrapped around Loseweisse’s legs were instantly incinerated.
Loseweisse’s position seemed to have a crimson sun rising, and the twisted wings on her back swayed in the light.
She had completely lost it. The ground beneath her feet seemed to disintegrate, disappearing inch by inch.
Qin Chu’s heart skipped a beat. He retreated, the place where he had been standing instantly cleaved by an axe, a huge gash appearing in the air, unable to heal for a long time.
Anthea, the sapling, and Qin Chu, the three figures, spun around Loseweisse, their figures flickering. The sapling even emitted a large swathe of green light. Within the green light, Anthea and Qin Chu’s strength, speed, and stamina recovery seemed to have greatly increased.
Conversely, when the green light fell on Loseweisse, her red light seemed to dim instantly.
Under the barrage of attacks, there were many crisscrossing cracks on the ground.
The already ruined Holy See was now completely turned into dust.
It was supposed to be a battle, but aside from the initial slap, their attacks were hardly effective against Loseweisse. However, Loseweisse also found it difficult to harm Qin Chu.
Moreover, Loseweisse’s power was constantly declining, making her increasingly anxious.
Unlike Loseweisse, Qin Chu wasn’t anxious at all. He and Augustus were different. Augustus was on his last legs and had to use his strongest moves against Loseweisse from the start. Qin Chu didn’t have to worry about that. After seeing Loseweisse’s problem, he immediately chose a kiting tactic.
His body moved like lightning around Loseweisse, striking and retreating, never staying in one place for even a fraction of a second.
His ears were filled with the howling wind. Qin Chu was getting more and more excited. The high-intensity battle didn’t tire him at all. In his body, his two hearts were beating rapidly, providing him with a steady stream of energy.
Qin Chu was even surprised to find that during this battle, the digestion and absorption of the other heart seemed to have sped up considerably.
Not only did he not feel any exhaustion from the battle, but he was also getting stronger every minute, every second.
Great!
Great!
Great!
This is fucking great.
Uncontrollably, Qin Chu let out a long, drawn-out cry. He appeared again in front of Loseweisse, facing the oncoming axe.
He clenched his right fist and punched towards the blade.
Boom…
A loud bang, like thunder, exploded in the air. Qin Chu felt a surge of tremendous force from his arm, and his body was pushed back, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground.
The flesh on his arm was instantly shattered, leaving only white bones. But in the next instant, the Holy Healing ability had already healed all the injuries on his arm, making it good as new.
On the other side, Loseweisse’s body couldn’t help but take a few steps back.
This was the first time since the beginning of the fight that Loseweisse had been forced back, aside from that initial slap.
Suddenly, Qin Chu felt a stinging pain in his heart, and the Goddess’s Hair kept emitting heat, as if warning him of impending danger.
His heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively dodged to the side.
Just as he moved, a crimson beam of light shot out from Loseweisse’s destroyed eye, like a laser.
It grazed Qin Chu’s shoulder, almost piercing his heart.
His clothes instantly turned to ashes, and the crimson light tore away a large chunk of flesh. A dark red glint wriggled at the wound, like countless tiny insects, seeming to want to burrow into his body.
A holy light flashed on his shoulder, instantly suppressing the evil power.
The Holy Healing healed the wound in the next second.
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Almost at the same time, a beautiful figure appeared in the sky behind Qin Chu.
Her silver hair shimmered with a strange, seductive light under the red moon, and her crimson eyes seemed even brighter.
She wore a black gossamer dress, fluttering in the wind.
As soon as Shaye arrived, she saw a crimson beam shooting towards her head.
Her beautiful face instantly turned cold.
She opened her slender hands, and her lips moved, uttering cold words:
“Dark Portal.”
Crack…
With a strange sound, a large gate instantly opened in front of Shaye, and behind the gate was a bottomless darkness.
The light Loseweisse had shot out was instantly swallowed by the darkness.
Shaye’s crimson eyes stared at Loseweisse below, a furious and mocking smile on her face.
She had finally found her, the one who had been playing underhanded tricks on her!
