Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

Eve's expression turned extremely serious.

Following the sound, I looked at the assassin who was no longer in my field of vision.

"Your concealment magic... has been seen through."

Lin Gui wasn't too surprised.

"After all, the other party is a spirit."

"Any concealment magic is transparent to them."

He watched as the elven assassins approached step by step below.

Alarm bells rang in my mind.

When he was watching the match earlier, he thought his opponent was a living person.

She was confident that the veiled nightgown could perfectly conceal her and Eve's presence.

So I had no intention of leaving.

Who would have thought...

This is not human at all.

Instead, it was a spirit with ridiculously high strength.

But now it's too late to escape.

The speed the opponent displayed was definitely enough to get the airship going before it could even start.

They charged right in front of us.

What's more troublesome is that spirits are naturally immune to physical and magical obstacles.

Eve's Light Barrier is almost ineffective against it.

Even if you temporarily imbue the barrier with soul-binding magic...

Even if the Light Barrier itself is of the legendary rank.

Even with the Soul Attachment Technique, it can only unleash mid-level power at best.

Use mid-level defense.

To block an assassin who can instantly kill ten extraordinary hunters?

A fool's dream.

Lin Gui took a deep breath.

The staff slowly descended, and he landed on the ground.

As the veil fell away, her figure was completely exposed.

Lin Gui shrugged, trying to make his expression appear sincere:

"I have nothing to do with those hunters."

"I'm here to rescue the elves in the cage."

"Really, I get along quite well with the elves."

"For example, I know Klotina, a night elf from the Shadow Clan, and I asked her to come forward as a witness."

As he spoke, he patted the pocket containing the glass beads.

a bit.

Two times.

It was quiet inside.

Claudina did not react.

Lin Gui's lips twitched, and he gave a dry laugh:

"Haha...she might be a little...shy?"

The elven assassin watched him silently.

A few seconds later, she twitched the corner of her mouth.

Are you kidding me?

"Elves are friendly to humans? Why don't you mention that a beautiful elf is throwing herself at a human as ugly as you?"

Lin Gui: "......."

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Lin Gui barely managed to utter the words of the white-haired elf who had kidnapped him and forcibly taken advantage of him.

"and......"

She floated forward half a step, her eyes completely calm.

"Even if you really do have something to do with elves..."

"What does this have to do with me?"

"To me, those weak elves are not worthy of being called my kind."

The elven assassin's barely perceptible killing intent erupted instantly.

Lin Gui felt a chill run down his spine.

And at this very moment.

Behind her, Eve's aura suddenly changed.

A holy golden light emanated from her body, like a tangible flame.

A pair of wings, formed purely of light, slowly unfolded behind her.

Runes flowed along the edges of the wings, each feather vividly clear.

Even more astonishing is...

A blurry, majestic phantom appeared behind her.

The phantom was clad in armor, had six wings on its back, and its face was hidden in the light.

Like an angel straight out of mythology...

The immense power spread like a tide.

The air itself seemed to vibrate slightly.

The elven assassin stopped in his tracks.

She tilted her head slightly, her gaze falling on Eve.

For the first time, a look of... great interest appeared in his eyes.

"Valhalla?"

She spoke softly, a hint of surprise in her voice.

"The Holy Maiden of the Church of Light..."

"How could it happen in a place like this?"

She looked Eve up and down at her solemn and dignified demeanor.

A playful smile curved at the corner of his lips.

"That's really true..."

"That surprised me."

Instead of interrupting, she watched like a cat toying with a mouse, observing what tricks the other person would pull.

Eve's aura instantly surged to its peak.

The magical energy she was displaying at that moment had clearly reached the level of a lower-tier legendary being.

A clear yet urgent voice reached Lin Gui's ears:

I can't hold on much longer.

[Think of a way quickly, or take this opportunity to escape!]

Before she finished speaking, she had already transformed into a golden light and was heading towards the elven assassin!

Although she cannot see or harm the spirit, her attack is destined to miss.

Although they could only vaguely determine the other party's location by sound, they were almost helpless.

But she knew.

If the opponent wants to hurt her, they must first break through the defenses enhanced by the Hall of Heroes.

Scarface can determine a person's rank by their power level, and so can Lin Gui.

As long as the other party has not truly reached legendary status...

It might not be easy to break through Eve's legendary magic defense.

"Holy Protection - Light Armor!"

"Radiant Barrier!"

"Divine grace protects you!"

Eve chanted rapidly, and golden armor and shields condensed and overlapped around her.

The flowing light and shimmering runes made her appear like a divine messenger descended to earth.

Final completed form.

She floated in mid-air, her wings of light unfurled.

Behind him stood the majestic phantom of a six-winged angel.

Layers of light armor covered his entire body, their radiance flowing like water.

Holy, powerful, like an inviolable embodiment.

She raised her hand, and the longsword forged from light pointed straight at the empty space in front of her.

The voice was stern:

"Come."

The elven assassin tilted his head.

There was no fear in his eyes; instead, they shone with an increasingly intense...

excited.

"Oh……"

She chuckled softly.

Then.

His figure vanished into thin air.

Not even a fleeting image remained.

The elven assassin's figure appeared and disappeared in the halo of light.

Her movements weren't violent, but they were terrifyingly precise.

Each time it appeared, it struck precisely at the weakest point of Eve's shield magic.

"Snap!!"

"Splash!!!"

One after another, the shields, constructed with enormous magical power, shattered as if made of paper.

Eve tried to counterattack during the gaps in the opponent's attack.

But all of them failed.

The opponent is very fast.

In the end, Eve could only passively defend herself.

The other person's voice followed me like a shadow, whispering in my ear:

"The magic node of the light armor is located at the third inch of the left shoulder blade."

"The weakest point of the wall is on the right knee side."

"Divine grace protecting you? Ha... There's a gap in your back, just wide enough for a needle to pass through."

"Little girl, your defensive magic isn't very skillful. There are so many flaws."

She spoke with arrogance and a lecturing tone.

"Wait until I remove your last three layers of armor..."

"They'll use this stick to pierce your eye socket."

"Crush the brain, but preserve the face."

"After all, it would be such a shame if you just lost your pretty face like that."

Eve gritted her teeth, wanting to try to use the church to pressure the other party.

"I am a saintess of the Church of Light! Aren't you afraid the church will cause you trouble?"

"The Church of Light?"

The elven assassin interrupted with a sneer.

"The ninth Pope, 'Holy Radiance' Los, wet his pants when he died at my hands."

"The seventeenth Paladin Commander, 'Iron Wall' Karns, was cut into seventeen pieces and fed to the lesser demons."

"You humans always love to embellish yourselves..."

"In reality, they're ridiculously weak."

Eve's pupils contracted sharply.

These names... are all top-tier experts who have disappeared or died in battle, as recorded in the Church's secret scriptures.

Some of these are titles that the church does not disclose.

How did they know?!

"Who...who are you?!"

"Wait until you go to the Nether Sea."

The elven assassin's voice suddenly drew close, almost brushing against his ear.

"Ask the saintess and saints in front of you."

"Perhaps...they will recognize me."

"After all, I have a habit of revealing my appearance when I kill a strong person."

"Snap!"

The last shield shattered instantly.

Eve's face was deathly pale, and her wings trembled slightly.

The elven assassin floated in front of her and tilted his head.

"Sigh, I'm rambling on and on."

"I can't help it, I've been holding it in for over a decade, I just want to say a few more words."

"It was a pleasure chatting with you, young lady."

She raised her hand, the tip of the wooden stick aimed at Eve's brow, at the last shield.

"Now... let me take you to see your seniors."

Just as the wooden stick was about to pierce through.

Another chanting voice rang out simultaneously.

Deep, steady, with a peculiar rhythm.

It's Lin Gui.

Eve's tightly clenched lips relaxed almost imperceptibly.

The elven assassin paused, looking at Eve with surprise as she suddenly relaxed, before turning his head to look at her.

"You're still pinning your hopes on that high-ranking mage?"

She laughed out loud, her laughter filled with disdain.

"With his strength, even the brats in the wilderness are more threatening than him."

Eve smiled gently.

"Miss Assassin..."

"Talking too much nonsense is not a good habit."

"I suggest you kill me now."

"Otherwise, there will be no chance."

The elven assassin sneered, judging the magic the opponent was about to cast by observing the Forest Ghost's chanting.

Advanced magic - Shadow Assassination.

A dark-type normal attack spell.

Even among high-level offensive spells, it doesn't rank among the best inferior spells.

For someone in her spirit state, let alone a high-level one.

Even epic-level shadow magic cannot cause any real damage.

"How pathetic and laughable that the weak would try to strike a rock with softness."

"The weak should stay obediently in the filthy sewers forever, eating the scraps of the strong."

However, her sarcasm had barely begun.

The forest ghost had just finished chanting and the staff had just fallen.

A terrifying sense of crisis, originating from the depths of my soul, came without warning.

A deafening explosion!

The elven assassin's pupils constricted sharply!

She turned her head instantly and looked into the shadowy depths of the Shadowmoon City ruins.

There, a pitch-black magic ring had appeared out of nowhere.

The target at the very center of the ring is a...

Glass beads with a dull luster.

It was the core soul artifact she had hidden in the shadows to stabilize her soul!

How did he know the location?!

The elven assassin's mind went blank.

His body instinctively transformed into a streak of light, shooting towards the Soul Weapon!

What saintess? What slaughter? What manipulation?

All of that was left behind.

At that moment, she had only one thought in her mind:

We absolutely must not let that Shadow Strike Technique... touch the bead!

Even the slightest damage would severely injure her.

And in the distance.

Lin Gui put down his oak staff.

His grey eyes remained calm as he watched the elven assassin rush back to his rescue in a panic.

Sitting on the staff, Lin Gui floated over.

He caught Eve as she fell from mid-air.

Blood spilled from her mouth, and the wings of light behind her shattered inch by inch, forcibly severing the connection to Valhalla.

His face was as pale as paper.

The flying boat was summoned, and Lin Gui gently placed her on the back seat.

His gaze swept toward the three black cloth iron cages in the corner.

He pulled the key from the storage space and threw it violently towards the cage!

With a clang, the key fell onto the snow beside the cage.

The elves inside seemed to be disturbed, and a slight commotion arose.

Lin Gui didn't have time to confirm whether they could open it themselves.

The airship wind pressure cannon starts instantly.

"Buzz—Boom!!!"

The violent airflow surged backward, whipping up snow and gravel several meters high.

Like an arrow released from a bow, the airship suddenly shot out through the narrow, ruined streets!

Almost hugging the broken walls and eaves, it rushed out of Shadowmoon City at an almost out-of-control speed, plunging headlong into the gray-mist-shrouded wasteland.

Ten seconds later.

The elven assassin's soul shadow returned to the glass bead along the thin thread of his soul, then instantly returned to its original position.

The ruined temple was completely empty.

There were only embers of a campfire, corpses scattered on the ground, and three iron cages still locked.

The airship's presence had long since vanished into the gray mist.

Not even a trace was left.

The elven assassin stood motionless, his soul trembling slightly with rage.

Anger burned in his eyes, but was quickly overwhelmed by an even stronger emotion.

That's eerie.

That weak human mage...

How exactly did they discover where her soul pearl was hidden?

She carefully recalled every detail.

From his appearance to the massacre, and then to his confrontation with the saintess.

Then, she grasped two points... that she had subconsciously overlooked before.

First, there was that inexplicable, soul-level oppression that followed after killing Scarface.

Second, after she sheds her gray robe disguise and fully reveals her true soul.

That human...

It seemed like he was always looking into her eyes when he spoke.

It's not about facing an empty space, nor is it about determining direction by sound.

It was definitely him looking into her eyes.

The elven assassin's pupils slowly contracted.

An absurd yet terrifying thought popped into my head.

he……

Can you see your own spirit?!

Just as the elven assassin was deep in thought.

Suddenly, a rapid rustling sound came from the entrance of the temple.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of soul shadows surged in like a tide.

Leading the group was Arya, who had just left not long ago.

Behind her followed a group of anxious-looking Dark Elf spirits.

They were clearly clansmen who had just been found in the city.

"It's just ahead!"

A young elf pointed deep into the temple, his voice trembling.

"Those humans are keeping our fellow human beings in cages!"

Before she finished speaking, Arya's gaze had already passed over the campfire and the corpses.

It landed in the center of the silent temple ruins...

On the elf assassin.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Arya's pupils suddenly contracted.

Shocked, stunned, incredulous.

Finally, it transformed into a surging, almost bursting rage.

"Lin Celine Axel Shadow!!"

She practically spat out the name through gritted teeth.

Every syllable is wrapped in icy hatred.

"You...traitor to the tribe!"

"How dare you show your face here?!"

The elven assassin known as "Lin" slowly turned around.

She looked at Arya, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

"sinner?"

She repeated it softly, as if she had heard a joke.

"And you lot."

"Compared to the 'crime' that led the entire night elf race to destruction..."

Lin tilted her head slightly, her eyes filled with frost.

"The things I did back then..."

"What does it matter?"

She paused, then suddenly lowered her voice.

With a touch of almost cruel gentleness.

"Don't you think so?"

"Sister Aria."