The Saintess Has A Showdown 257-258

Chapter 257: One Strike from the Shadowlurking Blade

The Inverted Crystal Dual-Bladed Tyrant Scorpion, five kilometers long, its weight unknown.

Even more terrifying than its massive body were its two enormous pincers, like siege weapons magnified a hundred times, two ticking time bombs.

Having experienced the Desolate Sea Wanderer’s power, the scorpion knew it was facing a formidable opponent, its usual playful demeanor replaced by a grim seriousness.

The Tyrant Demon Seed, to execute the Waterfall Lake Immortal Fist it had learned, needed absolute concentration, but the earth-shattering tremors had disrupted its focus, interrupting the technique.

Combat-type spirit beasts, unlike their naturally robust, biological, offensive counterparts, were more fragile. A single mistake could be fatal.

Meanwhile, the mermaid, its face grim, its ample bosom heaving as it gasped for breath, stood before them.

However, it wasn’t breathing through its mouth, but through its two smooth, muscular fishtails.

And with each breath, the fleshy fists at the ends of its tails swelled, quickly growing to a size that could blot out the sun.

After several seconds of charging, its two muscular fists were now comparable in size to the scorpion’s pincers, each thousands of meters wide.

The two behemoths faced each other, the Desolate Sea Wanderer’s fishtails rippling with muscle, the scorpion’s crystalline pincers emitting jets of air.

Bang!!!!

The next second, they moved simultaneously.

Their massive fists and pincers clashed, the initially slow exchange rapidly accelerating, their movements a blur.

Unlike a human fistfight, each blow from these colossal beings created a devastating shockwave.

The earth trembled, the air crackled, the spirit energy swirling chaotically.

Thud!

Thud!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[Blade Breaker]
[Tyrant’s March]
[Nether Stone]

The scorpion, unleashing all three of its battle techniques, its speed, strength, and weight at their peak, was barely able to match the Desolate Sea Wanderer’s power.

Its crystalline armor began to crack, and the mermaid also bled, its fishtails splitting.

The Desolate Sea Wanderer had said it was in its ultimate battle form, its strongest state.

In this form, it had no weaknesses.

“What the hell is this thing? It was only at the First Cycle of the Samsara Stage…”

Seeing the stalemate, the mermaid bit its lip, blood trickling down its chin.

Boom!!!!

Its aura surged.

The spirit energy surrounding the Desolate Sea Wanderer ignited, transforming into a blazing blue inferno.

Having activated an unknown battle technique, its power and aura intensified, surpassing the scorpion’s.

It took a step forward, its beautiful white legs pushing against the scorpion’s pincers, its massive body, like a bulldozer, pushing the five-kilometer-long scorpion backwards, flattening everything in its path for more than ten kilometers.

Mountains and forests were leveled. It had completely overwhelmed its opponent.

Blip!

Suddenly, the massive scorpion vanished.

The mermaid, caught off guard, stumbled and fell, its fishtails deflating.

“What happened…?”

The Desolate Sea Wanderer, its legs sprawled out in an undignified position, looked around in confusion.

Both the scorpion and the rabbit had been recalled. The blue-haired girl, her expression tired, stood alone in the distance, two illusory, pink, heart-shaped butterfly wings fluttering behind her.

Thanks to their efforts, she had recovered, and the Desolate Sea Wanderer’s aura, no longer at its peak, had weakened.

“You did well, holding it off for so long against a Nether Traverse Stage opponent. Thank you,” Gong Lianyue said to her spirit beasts, a hint of gratitude in her voice.

The Three Lives Gate of the Heavy Rain Realm, huh?

Although she didn’t know their motives, she couldn’t let them complete that gate, connecting the Heavy Rain Realm to the Sea Region.

The Desolate Sea Wanderer’s power… it made her wary of the Heavy Rain Realm.

If they truly invaded, the Sea Region wouldn’t last half a day.

Swish—

The next second, as the Desolate Sea Wanderer watched in disbelief, a black, crescent-shaped blade, radiating a shadowy aura, appeared in the blue-haired girl’s hand.

Its cracked and fissured blade, twisted and seductive, its body shrouded in darkness.

The Shadowlurking Blade, Night’s Executioner, retrieved from Gong Lianyue’s ancient storage bracelet.

Only a Nether Traverse Stage Spirit Master’s spirit energy could withstand the power of a legendary artifact. Otherwise, their body would explode. This was common knowledge.

If it weren’t for Sacred Water, Lover’s Limit Break talent, her Dual Soul Body’s double spirit energy reserves, and the Azure Heart of Water technique, amplifying her spirit energy far beyond that of her peers, Gong Lianyue couldn’t possibly wield this demonic blade.

But she possessed all the necessary conditions, her spirit energy capacity now comparable to a Nether Traverse Stage Spirit Master.

Clad in a snow-white robe with ice flower patterns, the blue-haired girl, her hair like flowing water, slowly raised the black blade, tracing a shadowy arc in the air.

Pink, heart-shaped bubbles, shimmering soul cores, a surging water aura, Gong Lianyue’s spirit energy, like a boundless ocean, erupted.

Let’s see if this Desolate Sea Wanderer, practically invincible among Saint-ranks, could withstand a single strike from the Shadowlurking Blade, Night’s Executioner!

“Wait…!!”

The Desolate Sea Wanderer’s eyes widened, recognizing the blade.

But before it could speak, the girl swung.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

A terrifying wave of energy erupted from the blade, a black, crescent-shaped slash tearing through the sky.

The next second, the terrifying attack, like a laser beam, struck the mermaid’s raised, muscular fishtails, the impact shattering everything within a hundred kilometers.

The massive shockwave sent the Desolate Sea Wanderer tumbling backwards, its smaller body flung away.

Feeling the overwhelming power, the mermaid’s face twisted in a grimace, its soft, white flesh hardening, blood seeping from its powerful tail as it struggled to resist the Shadowlurking Blade’s devastating attack.

A few moments later, the Desolate Sea Wanderer, pushed back by the black crescent moon, was thrown clear of Cold Silver Mountain, falling towards the distant ocean, disappearing from Gong Lianyue’s sight.

Not just the mountain range, but even the nearby forest, had been flattened by the black crescent moon.

A single slash, leveling everything in its path.

Chapter 258: The Beauty Trap

Whoosh—

With a world-shaking slash from the Shadowlurking Blade, Night’s Executioner, a black crescent moon ripped through the air, its terrifying aura shattering everything in its path.

Mountains and rivers were leveled, Cold Silver Mountain reduced to a desolate wasteland.

At the center of the black sword energy, the mermaid’s face twisted in a grimace, its soft, white flesh hardening, blood seeping from its powerful tail.

Like a meteor, it was sent flying, its feet dragging across the sea, creating massive waves, the friction almost igniting the water.

“Why does she have the Wind Realm’s Shadowlurking Blade?!”

The Desolate Sea Wanderer roared, blood, the color of seawater, spraying from its wounds like a geyser.

Even its powerful fishtails, its pride and joy, began to crack and bleed, their tightly coiled muscles loosening, unable to withstand the force.

The blue-haired girl’s attack hadn’t targeted its core or its body, but its very essence.

If its strongest weapon, its tail, failed, the rest of its body would instantly disintegrate.

Realizing this, a glimmer of light appeared in the Desolate Sea Wanderer’s eyes.

“Fuuu~~~~~~”

The next second, it inhaled deeply, drawing in the surrounding water spirit energy for hundreds of kilometers. Its beautiful, snow-white body swelled like a balloon.

The surging spirit energy within, threatening to burst, first filled its chest, which expanded into a massive, grotesque water balloon, then flowed upwards to its head, its beautiful face swelling like a tumor, a massive, disproportionate head, before finally rushing down to its fishtail.

The soft flesh at the ends of its tails hardened and thickened, merging into a single, colossal whale tail.

Its upper body, still human-sized, now sported a massive tail capable of creating tidal waves, a bizarre and unsettling sight.

Then, with a mighty swing, the colossal whale tail, like a tsunami, crashed into the black crescent moon.

[Battle Technique – Whale Tail]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

A terrifying wave, annihilating everything for thousands of miles, the deep sea churning, all life extinguished.

The earth-shattering shockwave rippled outwards, even reaching the Cold Court’s main territory, the sea splitting into countless swirling vortexes.

All the spirit beasts that hadn’t escaped were instantly torn to shreds, the water filled with gore and dismembered bodies.

“…”
“…”

As the terrifying flood subsided, the mermaid’s battered form was revealed.

Its body was covered in wounds, its smooth fishtails gone, only bloody stumps remaining.

Its aura extinguished, its body broken.

The Desolate Sea Wanderer, its beautiful eyes closed, its face serene, floated on the surface, unconscious.

Although a gruesome scene, because its blood was clear, like water, it looked as if it were covered in a layer of viscous oil, a strangely… seductive sight.

The spirit world was full of surprises. Who knew even a fish could be so… alluring?~

Swish!!!

A few minutes later, the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl, carried by a heart-shaped bubble, appeared, landing on the water before the unconscious mermaid.

She held the shadowy, seductive black blade in her hand, her spirit energy almost completely depleted.

At this moment, Gong Lianyue looked at the naked mermaid, a complex expression on her face.

The Ninth Seat of the Three Lives Gate…?

It was incredibly powerful, terrifyingly so.

The reason the scorpion had been able to block the Shadowlurking Blade’s attack in the Cangsheng Palace was because the Nether Spring Narcissus had been targeting soul cores, aiming for the Ice Soul Cold Star, an elemental spirit beast. It hadn’t expected its attack to be blocked by the scorpion’s physical body.

Therefore, only the Snow Monarch and the Ice Soul Cold Star had truly withstood the Shadowlurking Blade’s full power.

And even then, it wasn’t quite the same. The Nether Spring Narcissus’s later attacks had been infused with its own aura, far more powerful than what the Desolate Sea Wanderer had just faced.

Even so, the Desolate Sea Wanderer’s strength was undeniable. It had actually blocked a full-powered strike from the Shadowlurking Blade, Night’s Executioner!!!

Of course, the Shadowlurking Blade wasn’t currently contracted, its power limited to brute force, a powerful basic attack without any techniques.

It absorbed its wielder’s spirit energy and unleashed it in a single, devastating slash.

Its power varied depending on the amount of spirit energy absorbed, but its base damage was fixed.

She wondered how much stronger its attacks would be if she formed a contract with it…

Snapping out of her thoughts, Gong Lianyue looked at the unconscious, naked mermaid, a calculating glint in her eyes.

The Desolate Sea Wanderer was the Ninth Seat of the Three Lives Gate. This meant there were eight even stronger beings within the Three Lives Gate alone, not to mention the entire Heavy Rain Realm.

Compared to the Sea Region, the Heavy Rain Realm was an insurmountable force.

Killing it might bring disaster upon the Sea Region, but letting it live meant it would complete the spirit gate, an even greater danger.

“Should we just capture it and hold it hostage?”

Just as Gong Lianyue was pondering this, Sacred Water, Lover, flitting around her head, offered a suggestion.

Gong Lianyue shook her head without hesitation.

“No. Not only is the Three Lives Gate not the strongest faction in the Heavy Rain Realm, but the Desolate Sea Wanderer is only the Ninth Seat. In a war between realms, casualties are inevitable. They wouldn’t care about a hostage of this level, unless it was connected to a more powerful being, like the First Seat’s wife or something.”

“Then… should we get it pregnant?” Sacred Water, Lover, suggested.

“…”
“…”

Gong Lianyue’s initially stunned silence turned to a thoughtful expression, her teardrop eyes shimmering.

Right, most spirit beasts, unlike humans, were driven by their… instincts.

Especially this Desolate Sea Wanderer, practically naked… it must be constantly exuding pheromones.

Although she couldn’t actually impregnate it, she could use its… desires… against it!

Perhaps the Desolate Sea Wanderer would be attracted to one of her spirit beasts, becoming a loyal follower, offering everything it had.

Whoosh—

With this thought, Sacred Water, Lover, using Flashing Wings, teleported both Gong Lianyue and the Desolate Sea Wanderer to the depths of the ocean, thousands of meters below the surface, their auras vanishing.

What awaited the Desolate Sea Wanderer… was unimaginable…