Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 696 Ross: You didn't expect that, did you? It's me.
Celia felt uneasy.

After learning from Ross that Haroldias was searching for her, Celia had a strange feeling in her heart.

Before meeting Ross, she would have waited with great anticipation.

but now……

She didn't know how she felt; it was complicated and somewhat bewildering.

In the end, she followed Ross's instructions and did nothing. She found a deserted, open space and waited patiently.

Because of her complicated feelings, she didn't even notice why there was a large, flat meadow in the Elf Forest.

It is now the second day since she left the underground, and Celia is sitting on the grass meditating.

Just then, Ross's voice came from beside him: "They're here."

Celia opened her eyes and suddenly sensed that something was different about her surroundings.

A faint, ethereal figure appeared not far in front of her, seemingly observing her.

Celia had seen this phantom underground; it seemed to be a projection of Harodias, the god of life and death.

However, unlike the more solid phantom seen underground, the projection that appeared in front of Xu was very illusory.

Even though the projection was very illusory, it still gave Celia a great sense of oppression.

She stared nervously at the phantom of Harodias in front of her, swallowed hard, and dared not speak.

The phantom figure remained silent for a long time before Celia realized that the god before her seemed to have said something, yet also seemed not to have said anything.

"There's no trace of him?"

"The perfect vessel... cannot be missed."

After that vague feeling, Celia saw the phantom in front of her disappear.

The next moment, everything went black before her eyes, and she lost consciousness, collapsing limply to the ground.

Not long after, Harodias's phantom reappeared, but this time he rushed out of Celia's mental space in a great panic.

Strands of spiritual energy followed and quickly bound his illusory figure.

Ross's spiritual form appeared to the side, arms crossed, watching the struggling phantom of Haroldias.

"You wouldn't believe it, it's not Zhou Ding, it's me."

"You, how did you get out?" Haroldius looked horrified, and his entire phantom became somewhat unstable.

"If you can escape, why can't I?" Ross said with a half-smile.

“No, if you really escaped, you wouldn’t be so unknown. This world is still under Zhou Ding’s influence, and there’s no trace of your change. So, you haven’t completely escaped.”

Haroldias quickly calmed down, looked up at the unconscious Celia, and narrowed his eyes.

“I understand. You somehow descended into this perfect vessel and exerted influence on the world through her. You are afraid of losing this vessel, so you do not directly influence the world and only dare to act in secret.”

"Sometimes being too smart isn't good for you."

Ross reached out, and the mental threads quickly converged.

"Now that I've caught you, come and keep me company."

"Hmph, do you think I'm so easy to catch? Since I dared to show myself, I was naturally prepared to be discovered by Zhou Ding, or rather, I deliberately wanted to attract his attention."

Haroldias sneered, and the next second, his phantom image disintegrated.

However, not long after he dispersed, faint fluctuations of divine power flowed from all directions, slowly condensing his phantom image.

Seeing Haroldias's stunned expression, Ross said calmly, "It's not like anyone was unprepared."

"What did you do to my body?" "Just to prevent you from escaping, nothing more."

"wrong……"

"Oh, and also the effect of weakening your recovery, so that Zeuding didn't notice you waking up."

"you……"

"Alright, if you have something to say, come with me to the abyss. If you stay here too long, be careful that Zhou Ding wakes up and puts you back in."

"Hmph, I'd rather be forced back into slumber by Zhou Ding than be caught by you!"

Haroldias roared, unleashing a surge of divine power, a power that seemed to emanate from his body, as he attempted to break free.

Ross's expression remained unchanged. He simply raised his hand, and the surrounding elements began to flow rapidly, forming a strange resonance that easily dissolved Harodias's life and death power.

"This is... no, this is not your power."

“You guessed right. This is the power that Zeuding specifically used to deal with you, and I just happened to take it and use it.”

If viewed from above, the entire Elf Forest would appear to be bathed in a soft, flowing light.

Under the polluted gray fog, these lights were not obvious, and ordinary sorcerers would not be able to detect such a large-scale movement.

This was originally set up by Ross and Celia to purify the area, and now it's time to put it to use.

Five hundred years of arrangements by the gods' retinue are not as good as a casual layout by Ross in a month.

"Zeus!" Haroldius gritted his teeth.

He could sense that Ross was telling the truth, and that Ross was indeed just 'borrowing' Zeuding's plan to deal with him.

However, Haroldius's anger lasted only a moment before he calmed down, his gaze becoming deep.

"It seems you are unable to use your own power, and you are very concerned about the vessel when you fight."

As he spoke, Haroldias looked at Celia, the forces of life and death intertwining to form a strange superposition that spread towards Celia from all directions.

Ross's spiritual form stood in front of Celia, and streams of light from all over the Elf Forest gathered in his hand, gently dissolving Harodias's power.

"You really care about her. It seems that if you get rid of her, you will no longer be able to keep an eye on Starfall Continent."

Harodias's aura was like a torrent, and enormous energy began to pour out, making everything around him seem unstable.

However, Rose smiled.

"Keep it up, Harodias, try to use up all of Zeuding's backup plans."

Haroldias's offensive paused, but then became even more ferocious.

Everything around him distorted; all the grass and even the earth seemed to possess the power of life and death in an instant, changing shape at will according to Haroldias's thoughts.

However, he was unable to affect the area where Celia was unconscious, no matter what he did.

The power that Ross borrowed was like the gentlest stream of water; no matter whether his attacks were fierce storms or stealthy infiltrations, they could not penetrate through and affect Ross or Celia.

“I can sense that the power left behind by Zeuding is weakening due to the weakening of demonic energy. In order to avoid awakening him, you haven’t fully unleashed it. Before long, the power you can draw upon will be completely exhausted. If you go back now, back to your endless abyss, I can bypass this perfect vessel,” Harodias said coldly.

Ross chuckled softly: "Are you getting impatient?"

"Hmph, I'm not in a hurry."

"Why try to persuade me to surrender if there's no rush? If victory is assured, why not just defeat me in one fell swoop?"

"I just don't want to see such a perfect vessel destroyed."

"If that's the case, then I'll have no choice but to... take the initiative."

As soon as he finished speaking, the gentle, flowing water suddenly became rapid, creating huge waves!
(End of this chapter)