Chapter 384: Seductive Witch
Shaye’s gaze turned to the battlefield. There were only three people left, plus… a tree? What kind of strange combination was this?
One woman was strong, probably a 90+ level Valkyrie. She wasn’t the one who had been messing with her.
One man, the Hero, Qin Chu.
The strange little tree beside them provided a rather good auxiliary effect. Under the moonlight, its tender leaves shimmered faintly. Within the area covered by the green light, the speed, strength, defense, and stamina of Qin Chu and that woman were greatly enhanced.
And there was another woman, also the strongest of them all. The light that had just attacked her came from this woman.
Shaye’s gaze was extremely sharp. She could tell at a glance that the strongest woman would lose completely within half an hour at most.
This woman’s strength was great, and the aura around her was extremely strange, something Shaye had never seen before. However, this energy was not long-lasting.
It seemed that her strength had been forcibly raised to this level through some strange means. This power did not belong to her. She should have also suffered serious injuries, causing her strength to rapidly decline. On the contrary, Qin Chu’s strength was slowly increasing, although the speed was not fast, but it was increasing every minute and every second.
With one declining and the other rising, unless that woman had other incredible means, she had no chance of turning the tide.
Because of Shaye’s appearance, the battlefield came to a brief standstill.
Loseweisse held the battle-axe tightly, her gaze filled with deep resentment.
The damn Augustus had gouged out one of her eyes, causing her energy to constantly leak out. This made Loseweisse extremely terrified. She wanted to kill Qin Chu before her power waned, but this guy was different from Augustus.
Augustus knew that he couldn’t last long, so he went all out from the start.
But Qin Chu knew that she couldn’t last long, so he kept kiting her.
Two people and a tree were already difficult for Loseweisse to deal with. She didn’t expect another woman to appear now.
Loseweisse’s crimson eyes glanced in the direction of the woman. When she saw that face, her breath stopped.
So beautiful.
She… was even more beautiful than herself???
Loseweisse was extremely confident in her appearance. She didn’t believe that there was anyone in this world who was more beautiful or more perfect than herself.
But when Loseweisse saw Shaye, she knew she had lost.
Even if her eyes hadn’t been gouged out by Augustus, compared to this woman, she was completely outclassed. This woman’s beauty was completely unlike anything that should exist in this world.
A goddess!
These two words seemed more suitable for this woman.
In an instant, Loseweisse felt a strong urge to destroy that face, to destroy that body.
She was the most perfect person in this world. She wouldn’t allow any woman to be more attractive than herself.
At this moment, Qin Chu’s slightly surprised voice came from the side:
“Shaye? Why are you here?”
Qin Chu’s expression was very strange. He didn’t expect to meet another Shaye here. Unlike Loseweisse and Augustus, who had temporarily forced their levels up, this Shaye was a genuine demigod.
Shaye’s body descended lightly from mid-air. Her black, sexy, high-heeled boots stepped on the desert-like ground. She seemed completely unaffected by the strange, oppressive, and even terrifying atmosphere. She walked towards Qin Chu on her own.
She lifted the hem of her skirt with her fair fingers and curtsied slightly: “Your Excellency the Hero, we meet again.”
It was a ladylike curtsey. If one didn’t know Shaye’s identity, they might think she was an elegant noblewoman or a distinguished princess.
Her stance was different. Currently, Shaye was barely working for the Demon Beasts and should be considered an enemy of Qin Chu. But she didn’t have much ill will towards him.
She didn’t hate him at all. On the contrary… when she met Qin Chu, she even felt happy.
This man had a strange charm, which inexplicably made Shaye feel familiar, natural, and close. Compared to the guy who used underhanded means to mess with her, the Hero was simply too wonderful.
Jealousy made Loseweisse look hideous.
Shaye? Was that this woman’s name?
Why did such a perfect woman exist in this world?
And she was Qin Chu’s companion, coming to deal with her?
Loseweisse’s mind was a little muddled. She didn’t even carefully sense the difference in strength between the two sides. She seemed like a rather inflexible mage… Compared to Qin Chu, who was as fast as lightning, she seemed easier to deal with.
Kill her, kill her, kill her…
In her mind, the crimson killing intent was constantly surging, and her reason was gradually being suppressed.
Her eyes glowed with a brighter red light. After a few seconds, Loseweisse couldn’t hold back any longer. She let out a sharp cry, and in a near-insane state, she swung her strongest axe blow.
Swish…
The crimson light directly split the world above Shaye’s head in two.
The bright red light stung Qin Chu’s eyes.
Although he knew this Shaye wasn’t the one residing in his body, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of worry. He subconsciously called out: “Be careful…”
Shaye was currently thinking. She had thought Loseweisse was the one who had been messing with her, but now she was a little doubtful. After all, this woman didn’t seem to have the ability to mess with her.
Thinking, Shaye was slightly stunned by Qin Chu’s voice.
Without thinking, not even looking up, it was as if it were a pure, instinctive action. Her fair right hand lifted up, her slender fingers reaching towards her head.
Even Loseweisse, who was almost completely out of her mind, couldn’t help but be shocked when she saw this scene. This woman wanted to use her hand to catch her axe?
Was she crazy?
Loseweisse felt humiliated and looked down upon. She roared, and the strength in her hands increased.
Buzz…
Above Shaye’s head, the air was violently distorted.
Just as Shaye’s head was about to be split in two by the giant axe, her slender fingers finally reached up.
Her thumb and forefinger parted slightly.
With a slight margin, she pinched the sharp blade of the crimson axe.
No one would doubt that this fair hand, and even the head below, and the entire beautiful body, would be instantly crushed into pieces.
That seemed to be the most normal scene.
But at this moment, the most, most, most abnormal scene appeared.
Buzz…
The axe suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The energy contained within the crimson axe spread out like a tsunami, brushing past Shaye’s long hair. Her silver hair fluttered, and with her beautiful face and slight smile, she looked exceptionally enchanting.
But that smile only made Loseweisse’s scalp tingle.
Although her original consciousness was almost filled with violent killing intent and her reason was suppressed, at this moment, Loseweisse suddenly sobered up.
An unbelievable look covered her pale face.
This… this… how is this possible?
With just two fingers, she had actually caught her fully powered axe, which was enough to split a mountain in half, enough to cleave a canyon in the earth? She… she… caught it?
Her skin instantly broke out in goosebumps. A strong sense of fear made Loseweisse’s hair stand on end. Was this still a human?
At this moment, Shaye smiled at Loseweisse: “You dared to attack first? I admire your courage.”
“But you might have chosen the wrong target.”
Then, those two fingers seemed to exert a little more force.
Then, a crack, crack, crack sound was heard. Dense cracks spread along the spot where Shaye’s fingers were pinching, rapidly covering the huge crimson axe.
In just a moment, the entire axe looked like a spiderweb.
Then, with a pop, the entire axe was instantly shattered into pieces.
Loseweisse was thrown back without any resistance, her body tumbling in mid-air, falling heavily to the ground and rolling dozens of meters.
Countless bones in her body were broken, and the pain made Loseweisse moan constantly.
At this moment, Loseweisse truly understood how exaggerated the difference in strength between the two sides was. She, along with Augustus, were absolutely no match for her opponent.
How could there be such a powerful existence in this world?
Struggling to get up from the ground, Loseweisse didn’t hesitate at all. All her pride and dignity were gone. At this moment, she just wanted to stay as far away from this woman named Shaye as possible.
Seeing that, Shaye’s lips curled slightly. Her hand waved in mid-air as if she were weaving something. Her slender fingers moved quickly: “Suppression.”
Buzz!
Loseweisse, who was trying to escape, felt an invisible pressure, more terrifying than a mountain, suddenly appear on her body, even on her soul.
Her body fell uncontrollably from the sky, bang, crashing heavily to the ground. The ground was full of cracks.
Her limbs seemed to be suppressed by some mysterious energy. She couldn’t move.
Before Shaye, she had no ability to resist.
“Dark Coffin!”
A cold voice came from Shaye again.
The next moment, above Loseweisse’s head, around her body, and even below, thick, dark clouds surged, as if forming a huge coffin, trying to bury Loseweisse completely.
Loseweisse’s eyes widened, and she struggled desperately. She was unwilling, unwilling, unwilling…
Chapter 385: The Mark on Loseweisse’s Body
Darkness was approaching.
Above, around, and even below her, it was a thick black. Once the darkness converged, it would truly form a coffin, burying her completely.
Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling!
She couldn’t understand why she was in this situation.
She had clearly planned everything meticulously, obtained unprecedented power, and was the most noble person in the world, with the blood of a god.
But why did this woman, who appeared out of nowhere, have a more beautiful face and more powerful strength than her?
She was unwilling, she was angry, she was jealous…
She didn’t want to die like this. She hadn’t killed Qin Chu yet, hadn’t resurrected Jie Luo.
She had so many things she wanted to do.
Faced with Loseweisse’s struggles, Shaye’s face remained calm, without a trace of pity. Her slender fingers moved as if playing a piano.
The pressure from the darkness intensified.
At that moment, Loseweisse let out a sharp cry, focusing all her strength on her right hand.
The pressure from the special magic was momentarily disrupted, and her right hand slowly lifted.
Then, Loseweisse’s claw-like fingers, without hesitation, pierced into her chest, into her left side…
Blood spurted onto her wrist as she pulled it out.
She dug out a bloody heart.
The heart was still beating.
Loseweisse’s beautiful face was now as ferocious as a demon’s. She held the heart tightly, almost crushing it, towards the sky, which was already covered by darkness.
Her face was twisted and frantic:
“Supreme being.”
“I offer my heart!”
“Just to receive your grace once more…”
As soon as she spoke, Loseweisse felt a strange reaction in her stomach.
A strange mark appeared on her navel.
It was a deep green, bright red, dark purple, and pitch-black… various colors appearing on Loseweisse’s body.
Shaye’s expression changed drastically. Vaguely, she seemed to sense something. She slowly raised her head, her crimson eyes staring at the boundless starry sky.
Her expression was unprecedentedly solemn.
She could feel a certain gaze fixed on her.
As if, she could also glimpse something.
Almost at the same time, roots suddenly extended, moving at a speed invisible to the naked eye. They swept past Loseweisse, and in an instant, her palm was empty.
The sacrifice had been stolen.
Then, the strange colors disappeared, and Loseweisse’s figure also vanished.
The crimson that covered the sky gradually faded.
The soft, hazy moonlight once again fell on the earth. But at this moment, it was only a mess.
Only the sapling, with several branches wrapped around the bright red, still contracting and expanding heart, hovered in the air triumphantly, as if hoping for Qin Chu’s praise.
…
Huff… Huff!
A woman’s rapid breathing.
Loseweisse’s body lay on a pile of soft, decaying leaves. Only one eye remained, moving with difficulty.
The surrounding area was a dense forest.
She forced a nervous smile. She was still alive. She hadn’t died.
Although the sacrificial ritual was interrupted, she still survived. As expected, she was the daughter most favored by the gods. Her most loving father would never abandon her.
However, the damage she had suffered this time was truly too severe.
Not only had she lost an eye, but her heart had also been taken… She looked down at the empty hole in her chest, her gaze filled with intense hatred. She didn’t know why she was still alive without a heart. Perhaps it was due to her special bloodline.
Qin Chu and that woman named Shaye.
She wouldn’t let them go. One day, she would make them suffer a hundred, a thousand times more. She would stand before them and crush everything they held dear.
One day, she would reclaim everything she had lost.
She clenched her fist.
But Loseweisse also knew that it wouldn’t be easy.
What was worse, her power was rapidly depleting. Her former strength was fading, and this made her feel an intense emptiness.
Loseweisse was now almost completely drained of energy.
At this rate, even a goblin could probably defeat her.
She was truly pathetic.
Loseweisse mocked herself.
She rested for a while before struggling to sit up. She glanced down at her abdomen, where a strange mark remained.
It looked like a heart, but with a pair of small, open wings on either side.
What was this mark?
Could it be a gift from her father?
But it felt strangely… lewd.
Loseweisse’s eyes suddenly lit up, but soon her expression turned puzzled again. No matter how she touched it or sensed it with her consciousness, she couldn’t detect anything special about this mark.
This made her somewhat confused.
Damn it, if only the sacrifice had been completed perfectly, things wouldn’t be like this.
Crack…
Just then, a crisp sound, as if a dry branch had been stepped on, reached Loseweisse’s ears.
The sound made her pupils contract. Almost instinctively, she scrambled to her feet, desperately mustering the little remaining magic within her, her one remaining crimson eye staring intently in the direction of the sound: “Who is it?”
“Come out.”
Crunch, crunch.
There was no answer, but the strange sound continued to come from the forest.
Because she had now lost almost all her power, this kind of movement made Loseweisse feel a chill on her scalp.
Crunch, crunch… Crunch, crunch!
Slurp.
Along with that strange sound, there was even a disgusting sound, as if something was slurping saliva.
Loseweisse was increasingly terrified. Could she have encountered some wild beast?
Her body trembled slightly.
Just then, several short figures emerged from the forest.
Under the bright moonlight, the dirty green color was reflected in Loseweisse’s eyes. Their eyes were all shining with a strange, greedy, and lustful light.
Goblins?
At that moment, Loseweisse couldn’t help but scream in fear.
Goblins, a very weak type of Demon Beast, only slightly stronger than slimes.
But at this moment, for Loseweisse, this was the worst possible situation. Her mind was filled with all sorts of legends about goblins.
For human women, goblins were the most terrifying and desperate of Demon Beasts.
No… No, no, no, no!
Her purity was to be reserved for Lord Jie Luo.
How could she be defiled by these filthy Demon Beasts?
…
On the other side!
At the Hero’s Residence.
Anthea, Angelica, Heloise, and Iyeta were guarding the house.
Heloise and Iyeta had clearly improved after their trip to the canyon, but it was obvious that they were not suited to be in a place like the Holy See.
As members guarding the residence, these two Demon Beast girls were very clear about their responsibilities.
Tonight was destined to be restless. Perhaps something terrible would happen here.
Although it was calm outside, the two Demon Beast girls could feel a faint sense of oppression in the air.
The worries of Heloise and Iyeta were correct. Around the Hero’s Residence, thousands of elite adventurers had already been lying in ambush. These people were the best.
They were powerful and had rich combat experience.
They ventured into unknown and mysterious realms, exploring and battling beings that ordinary people couldn’t even name.
The more dangerous the situation, the more it stimulated their excited and sensitive nerves.
The leader of this large group of adventurers was none other than Carlos, whose eyes had been completely destroyed.
He stood like a ghost in the darkness, unmoving.
Before long, a subordinate came to report: “Guild Master…”
“Just as we received, there are only five people in the Hero’s Residence: Angelica, Anthea, two Demon Beasts, and a commoner girl who can be easily killed… Shall we attack?”
Carlos finally raised his head.
In the sockets where his eyes had been, golden flames flickered faintly.
Although Loseweisse had given instructions before, Carlos only believed the information he personally observed.
The commoner girl could be ignored.
Angelica and Anthea, two women in their seventies, were not worth mentioning.
Although the Adventurer’s Guild’s influence couldn’t compare to that of Sage Mountain, the royal family, and the two major churches, and they didn’t have many top-tier experts, aside from himself, there were still three experts: a Thief Saint, a Wind Shadow Archer, and a Star Knight.
Adding himself, that made four super experts.
There were also many powerful adventurers.
In the Hero’s Residence, only Heloise and Iyeta were worth noting.
Carlos calculated the power difference between the two sides. No matter how he looked at it, they had the absolute advantage. No matter what, they couldn’t possibly lose this battle.
Just then, the Holy See experienced intense fluctuations. The towering cathedral instantly turned to dust.
It seemed that things had started over there.
Carlos took a deep breath, his ugly eye sockets flashing with golden flames. He raised a hand high: “Attack!”
