After being reborn, I was turned into a slave girl by a princess.

"Order received. Captain Elusia, please be careful."

……

……

Elusia led Cecily and Candel out of the ship, while at the same time, the vines that were entangled around the ship were increasing in number.

Although Cecily's longsword quickly severed several vines, these vines remained connected and soon grew new branches from the wounds.

Cecilia judged at a glance:

"These vines seem to be nourished by the sea of ​​icy lava."

"Sister, how is that possible? Didn't we defeat that guy yesterday? How could she have grown so much in just one day?"

At Ice Rock Fortress, Candel rode on Princess Cecilu's back and fought against the vines.

However, thanks to her unparalleled demonic physique, these vines had never caused her any harm... But today, these vines have completely changed.

Not only has its regenerative ability been enhanced to a new level, but even if Candel uses a wide-range blood attack to sever them, those vines seem to be able to absorb their own energy to grow new vines.

Such a battle was like rowing against the current; no matter how hard you swung the oars, you couldn't move forward an inch.

After only a moment of contemplation, Elusia understood the current situation:

"No, this will drag us into a protracted war. We must capture the leader first... Candel, throw me over there."

"Throw it over?"

"I'm going to meet that girl. Was it my fault that she got away last time? This time, I won't let her off so easily."

Elusia gave a cold laugh, and Candel realized her plan.

The power of the vampires is extraordinary. If Candel were to exert all her strength, she could easily throw Elusia into the throne room of the ruined city.

However, this would also mean that Elusia would lose their support.

"Lady Elusia...do you really have to do this?"

"I've said it before, there's nothing to be afraid of! The enemy is nothing but a rabble, I just need to push through them."

"I-I know!"

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A city in ruins, a throne room.

Seeing the black-haired girl rushing towards him from afar, Ji Zhiye showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he laughed maniacally.

"Haha, hahaha! Elusia... you really are confident in your strength and charged in, huh? But unfortunately, I... am not the same person I was yesterday!!!"

"

Silent Leaf smiled as she stepped down from the throne.

Although her body and figure are still almost the same as before, her dark green hair has turned almost pure black.

Ji Zhiye's pupils, which were originally filled with a suppressed yet bright light, now seemed utterly destroyed, only brimming with endless madness.

From a distance, Ji Zhiye looked like a completely different person. Or rather, her current demeanor even bore a resemblance to that of General Caster.

"Give me a break, and die..."

The girl sneered, and with the fluctuations of her magic, many hideous and twisted plants grew on the floor of the throne room.

They were like giant scythes, waiting for Elusia's arrival.

"Hmph, a mere trick!"

Seeing the traps waiting for her, Elusia neither dodged nor avoided them, but instead pondered silently, and a jet-black blade condensed in her palm.

Using the force of the impact that had traveled over a kilometer, the girl severed all the twisted vines with a single sword strike.

"Accept!"

Immediately afterwards, Elusia lightly touched the ground with her toes, and her entire body transformed into an arrow released from a bow, slashing straight at Silent Leaf's body.

It could be said that Elusia's entire attack was fluid and seamless, without a single superfluous movement. Her aim was to kill in one strike, severing Silent Leaf in two.

but……

"The Art of Tree-Based Life!"

Elusia's black sword did indeed sever its target, but at the same time, Silent Leaf's body also transformed into a tree branch!

Tear it apart!

Although the jet-black sword intent was unstoppable, it only cut through a flurry of wood chips.

"Haha, Elusia, where are you even trying to cut? How embarrassing!"

Ji Zhiye's body reappeared, but this time she was on the other side of the hall.

"Hmph, still using that trick? But too bad, you're not my only target."

Despite her opponent's taunts, Elusia remained calm... and then, completely ignoring Silent Leaf, she swiftly charged towards the end of the hall!

It turns out that although the black-haired girl seemed to have murderous intent towards Ji Zhiye, her real target was the control center hidden behind the throne room.

Elusia had already guessed that the reason why Silent Leaf had become so powerful in such a short time must be because it had borrowed the power of Cold Abyss.

With a mindset like hers, she certainly couldn't gain Han Yuan's approval, so she must be using some kind of device to assist her... Therefore, as long as I destroy that device, the current Silent Leaf will definitely be reduced to its original form, and the Time Traveler will be freed from the vines' entanglement and sail into the City of Ruins!

"what?"

"Hmph, you've already fallen for their trap."

Elusia used this feint attack to her fullest extent; everything happened in the blink of an eye... The girl successfully broke through the wall and entered the hidden room!

But what happened next left Elusia stunned.

Because in the room...

There is no device at all that can extract the power of the Cold Abyss.

What appeared before my eyes was just a complete set of terrifying torture instruments.

Metal shackles securing the waist, metal rods with electric shock devices, injection devices as thick as maces, and metal leg wraps covered with countless fine needles.

And that metal hood covering the brain, which looked exactly like it was made to torture people.

"Haha, as expected of Elusia! That feint even fooled me!"

Laughing loudly, Ji Zhiye slowly walked in.

"You bastard..."

"But unfortunately, my current power is not the power of the Frost Abyss that I have seized. It is my own power, which has emerged from pain."

"!"

"This torture device, X800, is the culmination of a post-apocalyptic independent kingdom. Elusia... you will perish here for your foolishness!!!"

Ji Zhiye laughed loudly, and the entire space was completely covered by her power.

Chapter 52 Silent Leaves (Part 2)

What is going on here?

It turns out that the Doomsday Independent Kingdom had been teetering on the brink of collapse since its later stages.

Externally, there are attacks from human forces on the ground, led by the Kingdom of Mingjin; internally, there is the runaway of the Eight-Tailed Fox and the rebellion of the slaves.

Wars are breaking out everywhere, and order is crumbling at an alarming rate. And to deal with all this chaos… absolute power is necessary.

Thus, the Pain Device X800 was born.

This is the ultimate torture device. Once someone is strapped to it, every inch of their skin will be subjected to extremely cruel torture.

Incontinence from electric shocks is the least of it; this torture device also incorporates a truly terrifying system.

Levi device.

It affects the trainee's mind, immersing their consciousness in terrifying nightmares, making even a second feel like an hour.

Under the influence of the Levi device, your mind will constantly experience the cycle of life and death, and the cycle of suffering.

This is undoubtedly a device that even demons would fear.

99% of those who got on never got off, becoming corpses. Even among the one in a hundred survivors, 99% were tortured into insanity or madness, losing all self-awareness...

but,

If he were one of the few survivors out of ten thousand.

It will become a terrifying existence that transcends genetic limitations and completely surpasses humanity.

Even the weakest slaves will possess power no less than that of the demons.

What if they are strong individuals who have already modified their bodies?

That would grant the terrifying power to break through realms...

Having undergone multiple modifications and possessing the power of the False Abyss, Ji Zhiye was originally at the peak of the 7th rank (Otherworldly Lord). Under the influence of the torture device, she even broke through the 8th rank of Demon King and directly reached the upper level of the 8th rank!

what does this mean?

This means that at this moment, she can easily defeat Candel, and even Elusia at full power will not be her match.

……

Realizing this, Elusia fell silent.

"You...aren't you afraid of dying?"

Elusia stared intently into the other's eyes, her lips no longer showing any contempt, but rather treating her as an evenly matched opponent.

"Death? Of course I'm afraid, but what I'm even more afraid of is not killing you before I die!!!"