73. Epiphany
At the same time, a scene that made Calysia both laugh and cry was unfolding in the auction house.
After the space was sealed, the black misty portal disappeared. Elena had become the biggest traitor, and the Crimson Priest’s death was inevitable.
But the Priest stared at Calysia, not at all feeling that it had lost. The other apostles hadn’t even lasted a few minutes under Calysia’s pressure. They had taken some enhancement drugs before Calysia arrived, but they had fallen in an instant, leaving only the Crimson Knight, who was still smiling confidently.
“If you die, the Goddess of Light will definitely go mad and eventually become Lord Aurora’s food. As long as there is chaos, this world will be an endless darkness!”
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“This person is very dangerous…”
Sophia broke out in a cold sweat.
Under the Crimson Priest’s cloak was a pale, blurry mass of flesh with no human features. It couldn’t even be called a living being, more like an aggregate of some kind of flesh. Sophia had seen that person, Fred, but the Crimson Priest before her was even more terrifying than that person.
It would be good if I could help Lord Calysia. That way, I could also help little sister Reina. But she had just swallowed the Blood King’s Bone, and the magic power in her body was completely chaotic. Before it was completely fused with the divine artifact, it was safe as long as it wasn’t eroded.
A few days ago, Reina had written a letter to Calysia, asking her to swallow the Blood King’s Bone and forge a replica to pass off as the real thing.
Originally, swallowing the Blood King’s Bone was suicide for her. Logically, the power contained in the Blood King’s Bone was enough to make a blood race member a powerhouse above level 180, but unfortunately, no blood race body could withstand it, and no one’s determination could withstand it.
Swallowing the Blood King’s Bone, if one couldn’t withstand the desire for blood, then what awaited them was only chaos and rampage, being killed as a monster, and dragging the entire blood race into the abyss. And even if she withstood the desire and accepted the ability, she would have to bear the heavy burden of the entire blood race.
If she died, the Blood King’s Bone would lose its effect, and the blood race would regain its former bloodlust.
Or, she would lead the blood race to start a crusade, facing a fate of being an enemy of the world. And their end would likely be the same as the succubi, losing their country and their home.
Therefore, before Sophia swallowed the Blood King’s Bone, she had gone through a long psychological struggle.
And the reason she had swallowed it was also very simple.
It was little sister Reina who had asked her to eat it, so there was absolutely no problem.
After being helped away by Sandra, they gave Calysia and the Crimson Priest a space to fight.
“Elena betrayed me, so what? Although I don’t know how she escaped my control.”
The Crimson Priest opened its bone-like hands, and a red flower bloomed in its palm. Then, the red flower spat out a black crystal ball.
“Lord Aurora once promised to give the apostles power. The supreme beings of these sacrificed souls have all been given to me. Do you know what your current situation is?”
The Crimson Priest said with a smile:
“I am a pretender. I am already tens of thousands of years old. In every stage, I will disguise myself as a different person and transform my body into an alternative existence. My magical attainments have been continuously improving over time.”
“During this period, I have successively become the strongest swordsman, magician, saint, and assassin. The souls under my command are in the six digits. I have broken through the shackles of the Goddess of Light and evolved into a level 180 existence.”
Its face, full of stitched flesh, was constantly changing, becoming different shapes and faces, like a monster that could change its appearance at any time. Its emaciated body could become even thinner and weaker, or it could become full and beautiful, or it could grow a large amount of muscle…
“A generation of Dragon King? The wife of the Goddess of Light? I am a powerhouse who has survived from the Primordial Era. I was here when the Goddess of Light did not exist!”
“I’m tired of being the so-called king.”
Saying that, it placed the black crystal ball on its chest, and the muscles on its body “drowned” it. The black crystal ball turned into a softened jelly, and finally, it gradually merged perfectly with it. It was like two liquids were constantly mixing.
“Now, all the power in this crystal ball comes from what Lord Aurora has collected. [Soul Grudge] can turn a human soul into a time bomb that can blow up a house, and the casket in my hand is the power of an entire country!”
“If it weren’t for Lord Aurora’s appreciation a few hundred years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to surpass that level now. But now, it’s different. I can immediately kill Sophia and eat her.”
As its entire black body erupted with power, the mist in the entire room turned pure black. The conscious blood race members quickly retreated, but they knew they had nowhere to run. In front of a powerhouse’s battle, they were like ants.
“Are you done?”
Calysia looked up at the clock.
“It’s about time. It’s still easier to kill you first.”
The Crimson Priest could no longer listen to such words. It gathered magic power in one hand and fired a black death ray. The high-concentration forbidden magic was accompanied by the authority of Soul Grudge, and the soul of any living being hit would be absorbed and crushed.
This wasn’t the first time the Crimson Priest had been confident in its own strength. And now, it discovered that it had already reached level 200, and even possessed a power that ordinary gods couldn’t match.
Who was the person before it?
A ridiculous Dragon King, just a level 200 shell, with no authority, who had only reached such a high position by relying on the power of the Goddess of Light. As far as it knew, Calysia had no talent. The reason she had become so strong was because the Goddess of Light had used some method to increase her strength. But now, besides the final battle with Lord Aurora, there was no clear battle record.
—She was a paper tiger. Even if she had crushed those meteors, it was nothing compared to her now.
“I am Aurora’s strongest apostle. Now you…”
Before it could finish, it could no longer speak.
Its vision gradually blurred, and then it saw its own body… and the flesh that had been cut into countless pieces, without even a trace of blood.
Its brain could only calculate the activation of the [Time and Space] authority. Why? Was the Goddess of Light nearby? But she shouldn’t have been in time.
Could it be… that from the very beginning, all the authority was being released by Calysia?
Its severed head, before it completely lost its expression, became astonished.
Before Lord Aurora’s existing consciousness was eliminated, it had given it an important piece of intelligence, which was that the Dragon King and the goddess were in love.
But it had never thought of it.
The goddess was actually the Dragon King’s vassal, which meant that her entire body, even the right to use her authority, had been handed over to Calysia.
“Hehe…”
How ridiculous.
If that were the case, it would be too absurd.
Who on earth could still fight against her?
