I, the Holy Maiden of Light, tear apart the Outer Gods.

"Hopefully this method will work..."

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Why... why these methods..."

"The witch... told me about one last method... I hope..."

"hope..."

"hope..."

"Blasphemy... Ha... As long as my daughter can be saved, I don't care what kind of god he is..."

Perhaps due to the passage of time, some of the words on the stone wall have become very blurry, and no matter how hard Anjie tries, she cannot make out their meaning.

Moreover, the further Anjie went into the cave, the more illegible the writing on the stone wall became.

In the end, all that was left were some meaningless scribbles.

"Stop, there's something ahead."

Joan's warning pulled Ange back to reality from her thoughts.

Before they knew it, the two had walked quite a distance in the cave.

Following the direction Qiong warned her to look, Anjie's brows also furrowed.

Although the fog in front of her was still so thick that she couldn't see her own hand in front of her face, she sensed a powerful source of energy ahead.

Joan raised her hand and made a grasping motion in the air, and the power of light condensed in her hand into a longbow nearly two meters long.

Although there was no arrow on the bow, as Joan slowly pulled back the bowstring, a huge arrow materialized.

whoosh-

Qiong's eyes narrowed, and the arrow in her hand disappeared in the blink of an eye, shooting into the thick fog with a series of sonic booms.

The gust of wind whipped up by the arrows ripped a huge hole in the fog inside the cave.

boom--

"Roar--"

The arrows exploded, and a deafening roar came from the cave.

Immediately afterwards, the entire cave shook violently, and rocks fell from the cave ceiling.

"Chief Judge Qiong!"

"Don't be afraid."

The moment Joan threw her longbow, it shattered into countless tiny specks of light. Then, thick pillars of light emerged from these specks, forcefully holding back the collapsing cave.

As the cave gradually stabilized, Anjie breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second, her attention was drawn to the pillars of light that filled the cave.

"Judge Joan is amazing!" she exclaimed instinctively.

Joan seemed to enjoy the compliment. "Want to learn? I'll teach you."

"Really!? I'll learn from you!" Anjie's eyes lit up instantly.

After witnessing this ability to condense objects with magic, a bold idea was born in Ange's mind.

“Okay, I’ll teach you when we get back. But right now…” Joan’s gaze was fixed on the deep cave, “We need to deal with this thing first.”

"Roar...whoosh...roar..."

Heavy breathing and roars came from the darkness, and a monster covered in white bones revealed its true form.

The monster was enormous; half of its exposed body completely blocked the cave. Its gorilla-like body was covered with a layer of stark white bones, and its scarlet eyes were fixed on Ange and Qiong.

"It really is because of the harvest. I didn't expect to run into a 'divine prodigy' here. Heh... Perfect, I'll take care of him casually." Qiong sneered, and another golden spear materialized in her palm.

The monster seemed to sense Joan's murderous intent and roared in response, raising its sharp claws to strike down fiercely.

The pillar of light supporting the cave couldn't withstand even a second under those sharp claws, and a large section of it was destroyed.

But Qiong sneered, flicked her golden spear, and pierced the monster's palm, pinning it firmly to the stone wall.

Strangely, no blood flowed from the monster's wounds.

But the monster clearly felt the pain, and with a roar, its other claw slammed down.

Faced with the sudden claw strike, Joan, still in mid-air, had absolutely no foothold to dodge.

She didn't seem nervous at all.

Just as Joan was about to demonstrate her true skills, a pitch-black object slammed into the monster's claw with a dull thud.

The pitch-black object seemed incredibly heavy, and it actually managed to knock away the monster's enormous claw.

When Qiong landed, she realized that the dark thing was actually a book!

The Light of Revelation: Persuading People with Reason

Hmm? Is this book included in the Scriptures of Light?

While Joan was still in a daze, Ange's voice came from behind her, "Chief Judge Joan, are you alright?"

"...This thing, is it yours?" Joan pointed at the thick book "Persuading People with Reason," her lips twitching slightly.

Ange blinked. "Is...there's a problem?"

"...No, it's nothing. It's just...the first time I've seen a book with such sharpened brass corners..." Joan said, suppressing a laugh.

Section 21, Chapter Twenty-One: Diary (First Update)

Enraged by their disregard, the monster opened its gaping maw at Joan, who had her back to it, and bit down hard.

"careful!"

As soon as Ange's voice rang out, Joan turned around and delivered a side whip kick, her slender calf striking the monster's chin.

The seemingly fragile calf unleashed a terrifying force, embedding the monster's head into the stone wall.

Immediately afterwards, Joan let out a soft cry, and five golden holy spears flew out from her side, piercing the monster's head and pinning it firmly to the stone wall.

One of the holy spears even pierced through its upper and lower jaws.

But the monster is still alive.

No blood flowed from the horrific wound.

"What kind of monster is this?" Ange asked, frowning.

Joan explained, “‘Divine Abomination’ is defined in our scriptures as a monster that defies the will of God and is not born naturally. Generally, Divine Abominations possess strong aggression and destructive capabilities.”

"If we hadn't discovered it in time, and if that monster had escaped, the entire town of Aisa would have been wiped out."

Upon hearing these words, Anjie was startled.

Fortunately, this divine beast was no match for Joan.

Despite struggling while pinned to the wall, Joan quickly summoned a vast array of holy spears, which rained down on the monster like a curtain of rain.

Because its upper and lower jaws were pierced, the monster couldn't even scream and instantly fell silent.

"Is that all?" Ange was surprised to see the monster's extremely gruesome death. Such a powerful monster was like a helpless child in Qiong's hands... it had no chance to fight back at all.

Joan shook her head. "We can't leave the body of the Divine Abomination here, or something bad will happen. But dealing with the body is a bit troublesome."

Let's continue exploring the cave. I'll deal with the body when we come out.

I have a feeling that the strange necromantic power isn't caused by this abomination. The cause lies elsewhere.

...

As they continued into the cave, the surrounding fog grew thicker and thicker, until eventually Anjie had to hold onto Qiong's hand to avoid getting separated.

The scratches on the wall had long since been broken by the god.

After going about three or four hundred meters deeper, the surrounding fog had reached its peak.

What truly made the two stop was a wooden door.

It's hard to imagine that at the end of such a deep and dark cave, there would be a very ordinary wooden door.

Despite the magical seal on the wooden door, Joan easily broke it.

Anjie and Qiong exchanged a glance and went inside together.

The moment they entered the wooden door, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly. When things returned to normal, the two found themselves in a mountain forest.

The crisp, melodious birdsong and the rich fragrance of flowers all proved that what was before my eyes was not an illusion.

"A teleportation array?" Joan narrowed her eyes, looking at the ancient magic array beneath their feet.

While Joan was studying the teleportation array, Ange noticed a small wooden cabin nestled in the dense forest. "Chief Judge Joan, look!"

"Let's go in and take a look."

"Uh-huh."

The cabin had clearly been abandoned for a long time. What should have been a yard was overgrown with weeds, the rusty door lock was covered with moss and vines, and cobwebs filled the corners of the house.

Anjie carefully pushed open the door, and dust rushed out, causing her to frown subconsciously.

Joan walked into the cabin as if she hadn't seen anything, and carefully looked around.

It's a very simple and ordinary setup.

Dilapidated tables and chairs, dusty closets, moldy and rotten food, vases overturned by small animals, and tattered rag dolls in the corner.

“You go upstairs to investigate, I’ll go to the basement.” Joan pointed to the stairs. “Call me if anything happens.”

“Okay.” Anjie nodded.

Following the stairs up, Anjie arrived at the second floor of the wooden house.

There are two rooms on the second floor, both of which are clearly bedrooms.

Because of years of neglect and exposure to wind and sun, the door to one of the bedrooms was broken. As soon as Anjie tried to push it, it crashed down with the door frame.

Anjie's lips twitched as she looked at the handle still in her hand.