Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 534 The war is coming
The figure became clearer, with jet-black hair swaying in the wind and a faint smile on her beautiful face.

A white dress stands out strikingly against a completely black background.

The giant ship slowly sailed through the sky, and the wind it stirred made her dress dance, revealing her beautiful curves.

Her smooth, slender calves descended, her delicate white feet dangling barefoot in mid-air, where a black, illusory flower gently swayed, supporting her feet.

The three men stared at her with eyes full of fear and hatred.

This is the Holy Mother who suddenly appeared in the Church of the Night. Her abilities are extremely strange, and many people in Zhuo Xin have died because of her bizarre abilities.

But when it came to Li Xia, the atmosphere suddenly became strange.

Aowu and Heitan stared at it carefully for a long time. After a long silence, Aowu finally asked in the team chat:
"Don't you think this Virgin Mary looks familiar?"

"Meow!"

Black Charcoal nodded in agreement, finding the sight strangely familiar as well.

"Second-Tier Advancement Battle, Demon Prison Star!"

Li Xia softly uttered a few words, and Aowu and Heitan's eyes immediately widened:
"Holy crap! Is that the woman with the huge pregnant belly who was carrying a stillborn child? No, how did she suddenly end up here??"

The two little ones looked at it carefully again, and it really was!

Compared to when she was in the second-tier advancement battle, she has also undergone many changes, such as becoming slimmer again.

For example, facial features may also change to some extent, but if you have a certain understanding of them, the two will indeed gradually overlap when compared.

The puppy joined later and knew nothing about what the big boss and the two older brothers were talking about, so it could only tilt its head and listen curiously.

After a moment of shock, the two children gradually calmed down, and their thoughts unconsciously drifted to the question of why she was there.

In just a few breaths, a somewhat terrifying yet perfectly logical answer popped into the minds of the two little ones:

"Could it be that the ancient god of this world is the same ancient god that corrupted Demon Prison Star?"

That's basically it.

Li Xia nodded in agreement, his sharp eyebrows furrowed as he scrutinized the woman in the giant ship.

He remembered that this woman seemed to be an apostle participating in the advancement battle, but somehow she was parasitized and became pregnant with a strange fetus.

This situation is rare but not uncommon. There are quite a few apostles who, thinking themselves clever, mistook the natives for monkeys and ended up being captured themselves.

It is true that the Apostles were chosen from thousands of parallel universes of Earth, but that does not mean that all Apostles are intelligent. They are just lucky enough to have certain qualities that caught the eye of the temple.

"Meow? (But why is she here? This is a Tier 3 advancement battle.)"

Black Charcoal raised another question: the second-tier advancement battle and the third-tier advancement battle are not just visiting each other; there is a thick tier barrier between them.

"Well, it's still possible."

After pondering for a while, Aowu, being the most well-informed and a transcendent creature, could sometimes derive some rather 'advanced' information by combining intelligence with its fragmented memories.

"The Demon Prison Star was already close to the third rank, in the middle of the transition from the second to the third rank. If it weren't for the Iron-Blooded True Man Saint King using himself and the royal palace to deal with the old gods and plug the loopholes, it would have been a huge blow."

The Demon Prison Star is really similar to hell, but the apostles keep performing ascension rituals on the Demon Prison Star and keep opening holes.

According to the information I have received, Demon Prison Star has been upgraded to a third-tier native world. Resources are relatively scarce, and third-tier apostles are unwilling to go there.

From this perspective, it's possible that this woman crossed the world barrier to get here through a special connection with the ancient gods.

Aowu concluded, "Old Gods aren't common either; they're extremely rare. There probably aren't many who would lower themselves to lower ranks to hunt for food out of desperation."

"Meow~"

Black Charcoal nodded thoughtfully, indicating that he understood.

The little dragon smacked its lips, its whiskers fluttering in the air, and sighed as it watched the giant ship gradually disappear into the distance.

"But even if we know the origin of this Holy Mother, it doesn't seem to be of much use and won't do anything to change the current situation."

"uncertain!"

Li Xia suddenly spoke, his gaze also fixed on the receding Virgin Mary, his eyes gleaming slightly, his mind churning like a tsunami.

"Boss, you have an idea?"

Aowu and Heitan were taken aback, then immediately came over and asked with a hint of anticipation.

Li Xia shook her head and let out a soft sigh:

"I had a vague feeling that there might be a way, but I couldn't remember it when I thought about it carefully."

He perked up, his eyes shining:
"Never mind all that for now, stick to the original plan and take out Simmons first."

"Take down Simmons"

Aowu glanced at Simmons, who was acting as if he were an emperor on a royal procession, and spoke the truth:

"It seems a bit difficult!"

It wasn't just Li Xia's group; even the Zhuo Xin trio felt the same way when they saw the ridiculously large team.

They even sensed a profound despair, the kind of despair that only arises when one is completely powerless.

"call out------!"

A sharp, unusual sound suddenly rang out in the sky, and everyone looked in the direction of the sound as if they had been electrocuted.

In the pitch-black sky, a streak of light appeared from the horizon, carrying an unusually conspicuous white plume of smoke, and rushed toward the giant ship at an incredible speed.

The beam of light was so fast that the giant ship seemed to have no chance to react before it crashed directly onto the ship.

"Oh!"

A very noticeable shockwave rose from the giant ship and spread rapidly outwards, causing the knights surrounding the ship to stagger like ripples.

Many monsters simply fell straight down.

Under the astonished gazes of several people, the giant ship emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound. Ultimately, under the influence of its enormous weight, the cracks widened, and it broke in two, crashing heavily to the ground.

Two more plumes of smoke shot into the sky, and only then did the believers of the Church of the Night seem to realize what was happening, and they all rushed towards the air.

From a distance, it looked as if a dark cloud was being drawn by something and converging towards that place.

“That’s——”

As the dark clouds receded, the gap in the middle became exceptionally conspicuous, and everyone could see the three figures suspended in mid-air in the center.

The Virgin Mary in a white dress, Simmons in a black robe, and...
"Collins???"

Victor immediately cried out in a low voice. They never expected that the one hovering in mid-air, daring to directly charge at the giant ship, would be Collins, who had become a mutant. Although Collins had said things like they wanted to join forces, who could have imagined that he would choose this moment to brazenly charge at Simmons's giant ship?

"Is he out of his mind? Even if he's turned into a monster and his strength has increased, there are so many of them on the other side—"

The remaining half of the sentence suddenly got stuck in their throats, and the eyes of the three members of the Burning Heart Trio widened even more.

A dark cloud appeared in the distant sky, and countless winged monsters were surging toward them, emitting sharp, piercing cries.

They held all sorts of strange monsters in their claws, and some of these monsters were even mounted on their backs.

"Gryphon, Stone Demon, Poisonous Lizard, Ferocious Tiger"

A faint light flickered in Fafner's eyes as he uttered a few names:

"These are monster hordes led by several overlords of the wasteland! Collins killed those overlords and devoured them; he is now the new overlord!"

As he spoke, the two dark clouds collided, and the entire sky was filled with flying monsters.

Strange liquids of various colors splattered, and monsters in the sky fell down like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

But it was obvious that Collins actually managed to temporarily escape the siege thanks to these monsters!

"us----"

Victor wanted to say something more, but Li Xia simply said:
"Go! This is the best chance. Protect yourselves!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he suddenly pushed open the window, and a faint light rose around his body, shooting towards the sky.

The three little ones didn't hesitate either. Black Charcoal flipped over and rode on Howling Sky's back, chasing after Li Xia.

Victor gritted his teeth, glanced at Fafner, then at Iris, and a fierce glint appeared on his usually bitter face:
"Iris, protect Fafnir, I'm going first!"

No one expected that the final battle would unfold so abruptly in such an unexpected way.

Collins

Simmons sat lazily on his throne, propping his cheek with his right fist, seemingly unconcerned about the battle around him. He said with a half-smile:
“My stupid brother, I thought no one would do something so stupid since that guy died.”

He squinted at Collins, who had wings on his back, an upper body like a rock, and a tail lashing behind him—truly a monster.
"You have evolved, attained a perfect form, and shed your frail physical body. That great being has even mercifully opened a completely new path of evolution for you."

Don't you have even a shred of gratitude?

Collins' dark eyes stared at Simmons, and he opened his mouth, his dry voice echoing in the air:

"I want you to die!"

"Just you?"

Simmons seemed to have heard an exceptionally funny joke. He tilted his head, looked at the silent Virgin Mary beside him, and chuckled softly:
"This is my brother from when I was still a lowly human. Of course, he isn't anymore. He always tells some really funny jokes."

The Virgin Mary also wore a faint smile, and her empty eyes looked at Collins, as if a color flashed across them.

That single glance seemed to have dealt Collins a severe blow, his chest suddenly exploding, and strangely colored blood splattering in mid-air.

He let out a painful howl, and his body radiated an unusually profound light, as if something in the void had been broken free.

Only then did Collins warily look at the Virgin Mary who was merely standing there, glancing at him. The powerful self-healing ability brought by the Perfect Aberration allowed his wounds to heal rapidly.

"So, you've always been an idiot. If you'd just stay put in your rotten, stinking doghouse and hide away, I wouldn't bother with you out of consideration for the past."

You don't even understand what we're facing!

Simmons stood up and opened his arms:
"That is greatness, that is domination, that is God! How dare we, mere mortals, defy God!"

Just then, another streak of light came from afar and stopped beside Collins.

The light gradually dimmed, revealing Li Xia's slender figure.

"You came"

Collins said something in a low voice, which was his way of greeting.

On the contrary, Simmons on the other side glanced at Li Xia, who had just arrived, and his smile grew even wider:
"Pure Body. Bewilder? Heart-wrenching Fool?"
"Oh right, you're the one who eliminated the four original sin entities, right?"

Li Xia looked at him calmly, her face expressionless, as if she were watching a boring farce.

Simmons placed one hand on his chest and bowed exaggeratedly.
"Oh, thank you so much!"
Those four original sin bodies were originally tools I separated to bear original sin. It was a great being who told me that if I wanted to ascend to godhood, I had to cleanse myself of my original sin.

Since I split off, I have been accumulating the power of the believers' prayers. I am about to complete my great work and ascend to the divine throne, but the four original sins are the final shackles that hinder me.

I was just about to take matters into my own hands and eliminate them when I met a kind person like you who helped me.

So, you're such a great person.

Li Xia showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever, completely unaffected by Simmons. In fact, the immense pressure that Simmons had been exerting on him was completely diminished during these few conversations.

Only a mediocre person would enjoy lengthy discussions and use words to attack their opponent's emotions.

Even some of the tense nerves gradually relaxed under Simmons's exaggerated performance.

Li Xia watched him quietly until Simmons finally stopped his performance.

"Your stand-up comedy was excellent, here's a reward!"

A slightly dull copper coin circled in mid-air and landed squarely in front of Simmons, defying gravity, and floated quietly at his feet.

The three little ones darted out from behind Li Xia and lined up around him. The little dragon that had tossed the coin lazily waved its paw.

"Keep going, don't stop!"

Simmons's face suddenly darkened, and he finally stopped joking, saying in a low voice:
"Kill them!"

The wind blew quietly, bringing with it a cacophony of screams and sounds of fighting, but the scene that had been expected never materialized.

Simmons's face grew increasingly grim, and he turned his head to look at the Virgin Mary:
"You're waiting—"

He started to say something, but it was as if something was stuck in his throat.

The Virgin Mary's pretty face remained expressionless, and her seemingly empty eyes were fixed intently on Li Xia.

Under Simmons's astonished gaze, the Virgin Mary's face twisted, as if recalling that brief meeting.

"what!!!!"

A deep fear suddenly surfaced on her face, and under Simmons's astonished gaze, she turned and ran away.

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