Raise Joan of Arc to be an empress, then discard her.

But it was quite clear just now that the magician had actually made a pact with the demon's blood.

Claire didn't know how she did it, but the magician must have paid a heavy price. However Claire pondered the matter, the result was self-evident: the magician had entered the body of the demon blood.

Without much hesitation, Claire turned her wings and aimed at the demon blood below.

Then, like an arrow released from a bow, it plunged down without hesitation.

The demon blood has awakened, while the evil spirits still lurk within it. This is a golden opportunity to wipe out all the darkness, and she has no reason to let it slip by.

Meanwhile, in the city.

Elliot spread his wings and rose into the air like a new moon, looking down at the dark monster below. Countless petal-like feathers fell from his wings, dismembering the monster completely.

Theo swung his fists with both hands, striding forward. Each step he took left a deep crater in the ground. His arms stretched out alternately, and each punch sent monsters several times larger than himself flying. He was shirtless, his entire body bathed in the monsters' blood, which gave him a horrifying expression. Only his eyes, untouched by the black blood, shone brightly with excitement, and his body radiated steaming heat.

They rushed over after hearing the alarm, but when they arrived, a small block was in complete disarray. Unidentified black monsters were roaming the area, and the bodies of civilians lay on the ground. These monsters were still searching for prey.

They quickly brought the situation under control. Elliot floated into the sky and ordered the evacuation of all the citizens in the block. As they cleared out the monsters, they gradually discovered that the monsters were coming from one direction. They cleared the monsters as they went and soon found the monsters' destination: "Demon Blood".

Meanwhile, at the opera house.

Freya's face was pale, and she held Aaron's hand tightly the whole time, but they finally managed to escape from the opera house. Once they were out, they found that the entire opera house was surrounded by the police and the "guardians" of the Church of Nature. They were immediately received by the police and the guardians after they came out.

"What...what exactly happened..." Freya was still shaken after being draped in the blankets the police had lent them. The scene seemed to remind her of the incident at the government building, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

“It’s alright, it’s all over now, we’re safe,” Aaron comforted her. “They’ll take care of you.”

Freya probably mistakenly thought that Aaron was referring to the guardians and police of the Church of Nature, but Aaron was actually referring to Flora. When they appeared, Aaron was no longer too worried about their safety.

When the guardians approached them to examine their identities, Aaron revealed himself: "I am the Judge."

Upon seeing his revealed identity, both guardians were taken aback. Although the guardians held high status and were respected in the Kingdom of Dok, they were still not qualified compared to the few and powerful judges. Therefore, they showed respect to Aaron.

“This is the daughter of the Earl of Iron, this is Miss Nadine, and the others are their friends. We don’t need to investigate them anymore. There are still many people trapped inside. Let’s rescue them first,” Aaron said.

“Yes, our bishop has arrived, and the situation is under our control,” the guardian replied.

Aaron nodded. Actually, he wasn't worried about the safety of the people inside. He only said that to protect Flora's identity. Then he comforted Freya and came to Flora, looking at her with a questioning gaze.

“We have nothing to do with this incident. In fact, we can say that we are also victims of this series of events. Now, I finally understand the whole story.”

"The whole story?" Aaron frowned.

"Does Lord Aaron wish to obtain the Demon's Blood?" Flora asked.

"Yes, I guess the other judges are already there."

“I also hope you will go. Once you get there, you will understand what I mean.”

Aaron ignored Flora's role as the riddle teller. He glanced at Flora, then asked the police and guardians to take care of Freya and Nadine. After learning that Simon and Zane were on their way, he left.

*

“Actually, I think you’re just throwing your life away by coming here, but we really do need more manpower right now,” Theo sighed in the pitch-black space.

At this moment, Aaron, Theo, and Elliott stood in a pitch-black space, with countless souls floating around them, as if they were in a dark ocean. At the same time, they were descending rapidly. If you only looked at their surroundings, no one could tell where they were on the planet.

"Are we under a spell?" Aaron asked, looking around.

“Yes, this is the only way we’ve discovered to enter the body of the Demon Blood, a method explored by our predecessors,” Elliott replied.

Since the monsters appeared and the riots started from the same direction, they easily converged and were both drawn into the events caused by the demon blood.

"I remember they said we infiltrated the body of the demon blood?" Aaron asked.

"Yes, there has always been a theory that the blood of demons is actually a kind of spirit beast beyond our human understanding. For thousands of years, we have mistaken it for the earth. Although we don't know if this conclusion is correct, we have finally figured out some rules. Treating it as a living being and the place we are going to as its body is indeed beneficial."

"Yes, so I'm going to tell you a few rules next, and you'd better remember them."

"First, we entered its body, and the blood of the demon is immortal, and its body has an extremely strong self-repairing ability."

As Elliott was explaining, the ghosts around them suddenly disappeared, and the downward sensation finally stopped. Almost ten minutes had passed since they entered this mysterious space and started falling. At the speed Aaron estimated, they may have fallen thousands of meters. However, in the realm of the occult, space does not unfold in the way that people perceive it.

"therefore."

Elliott emerged from the darkness, and Aaron's pupils had transformed into dragon eyes that could see clearly in the dark, but he was quickly taken aback.

The scenery here is unparalleled by any other known place on the planet. Above him is an endless expanse of darkness, resembling a dim, starless, and moonless night sky. In front of him is a towering, exceptionally steep cliff, and beneath his feet lies barren, desolate land, devoid of any vegetation.

Even though this place should be deep underground, he felt like he was in a wasteland.

"Okay."

Theo suddenly swung his arm, and the bulging muscles on his arm made Aaron instinctively tense up. It was hard to imagine the power behind this punch.

Theo threw a punch at the mountain in front of him, and sand and stones flew everywhere. Aaron couldn't open his eyes for a moment because of the strong wind pressure. When he could see the scene in front of him again, half of the mountain had been cut in half.

“Look closely,” Theo said, and Aaron knew that he was obviously not doing this to demonstrate his strength.

Aaron soon witnessed an astonishing scene: the mountains were growing slowly, just like living plants. The growth rate of these things was visible to the naked eye, and he believed that the entire mountain would be fully grown in just one or two days.

“It truly possesses the characteristics of being alive,” Elliott said, adding that although he had seen it more than once, he was still deeply moved.

The thought that such a vast space was composed of a living being, and that they were currently inside it, sent chills down his spine. How could they possibly destroy such a powerful creature?

At that moment, a gust of wind swept through the space, and Elliott immediately turned his head sharply: "It's Claire, that was Claire's signal just now."

"Should we go with them?" Aaron asked.

Elliott shook his head, and Theo said, "No need. We believe in her abilities. We just need to do our own thing."

Then they heard the wind again, but this time it was clearly different from the last. Elliott suddenly frowned deeply: "Someone's here."

After a while, the sound of the wind turned into the sound of footsteps, and they saw several figures slowly walking out of the darkness.

Aaron's gaze sharpened: "Magician, fortune teller."

The magician and the fortune teller seemed to have no idea they would run into them here. The two groups met unexpectedly, and tensions instantly rose.

“It’s alright, we have the home advantage.” The fortune teller grabbed the magician who was trying to escape, took out a crystal ball from behind his back, and waved it.

Suddenly, the sound of rocks shattering rang out, and as the dust settled, they saw a pair of golden eyes staring at them from above.

They were all startled to see a huge black monster hanging above their heads. No, it was an illusion. At first, they thought it was a monster hanging above their heads, but when she slowly stretched out her body and spread her arms, they realized that the entire mountain in front of them was a pitch-black monster.

The fortune teller threw the crystal ball forward, and a piercing cracking sound came from the ground. Above them, the black monster erupted like a volcano, shooting its body into the sky and lunging at them.

"Wait..." Everyone's expression changed, their vision instantly filled by the black monster.

A rumble of thunder followed, and then someone shouted "Run!" The two groups of people spontaneously started running in opposite directions.

"Wait... where's Aaron?" Halfway there, Theo suddenly noticed that someone was missing.

"Ignore him, that kid's already gone! He's cunning!" Elliot spread his wings, grabbed Theo by the collar without a word, and carried him into the air, soaring away.

"..."

Aaron held his breath and hid behind the boulder. The enormous monster chased after Elliot in the direction he had fled, like a fly or a giant chasing the sun. Only after Elliot had run far away and the earth-shaking, heart-pounding feeling had disappeared did he dare to breathe.

The moment he saw the monster, he had a feeling for some reason that in this dark world, the monster's eyesight was not good and it relied on hearing most of the time. So he immediately hid and did not make a sound. Unexpectedly, he actually managed to escape the monster's pursuit.

Chapter 230 Attempt to Steal a Chicken Backfires

"So what should we do now...?"

Aaron looked in Elliott's direction, hesitating whether he should join them.

Although meeting up with them would make them feel safe, the black monster is currently hunting them, and if they are not careful, they might end up dragging them down with them. It would be better to think of another way.

As for the safety of Theo and Elliott, he wasn't too worried.

So Aaron turned his head to look in the direction the magician and fortune teller had left.

During the exchange of intelligence with Brand, he obtained a crucial piece of information.

Miss Magician and Miss Fortune Teller are not actually that powerful.

The reason they were able to fight against the Church of Judgment and establish a cult was because they came from an ancient family, and the most powerful thing in that family was actually their tools.

Furthermore, only those with their bloodline can use those props, and each prop possesses magical effects. It is said that this is why people of their clan are known as magicians.

Therefore, you might have unexpected gains if you try to capture magicians and fortune tellers yourself.

Aaron thought the plan was feasible more and more, and began to head in their direction.

*

Under an endless starry sky, Flora slowly opened her eyes.

She didn't look around, but instead looked at the stone in her hand that was shimmering with a blue light.

That is the Stone of Omniscience.

Without the slightest hesitation, she walked straight ahead in a direction devoid of any landmarks. If someone had followed her and measured the path with a ruler, they would have found that she was walking a perfectly straight road without any deviation. This would have been almost impossible in a place without any markers to follow, but she still managed to do it.

The road was barren and full of jagged rocks, as if time had stopped there, making one wonder if the place was truly changing. But when Flora had walked for more than an hour, a faint light suddenly appeared ahead. In front of her was a huge black cliff, and in the very center of the cliff was a massive stone gate.

Upon entering, the perceptive superhumans sensed the change. The entire cave remained completely dark, the darkness like a viscous liquid, filling all the space from all sides, as if something terrifying existed within.

“We’ve finally found this place,” Flora said.

Why did the Ninth Bureau keep sending people to infiltrate the Kingdom of Dok? Why did Eclair go mad and sacrifice herself here? Everything was for this reason.

But now that the thing they had been dreaming of was right in front of them, they were no longer in a hurry. Flora simply stood quietly in front of the door, waiting for the right moment to arrive.

Today may be the day that changes the world.

As Aaron chased after them, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have lost his way. As he hesitated, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

Suddenly, a strange sensation interrupted Aaron's thoughts, as if a snake had slithered into his back. That eerie feeling returned.

Following that strange feeling, Aaron looked around and suddenly discovered that a kind of white dry grass was growing in the cracked earth beneath his feet. It was impossible for any living thing to exist in such earth; these living things were products of spiritual energy.

As he pondered, all the hay transformed into writhing, living things, like thousands upon thousands of tiny white snakes. Thousands of these plants surged forth from the black ground, and then, one after another, the white hay suddenly coiled around Aaron's body and rapidly climbed upwards.

Aaron summoned White Leap and had just cut down the vine-like dry grass at his feet when he suddenly discovered that the land in front of him was covered with this white dry grass. It was clear that a great deal of spiritual power was needed to create such a scene. A battle between top-level superhumans was taking place here, and the battle was in full swing and the outcome was far from over.

In the brief moment of his thought, a blanket of white hay rushed toward him. Aaron knew that the superhuman had no intention of targeting him; he hadn't even noticed him. This was just the aftermath of the battle.

So Aaron swung his white blade and started mowing. He swung it as he went, not running away, but rushing forward. When he cut a path through the white hay, he finally saw what lay ahead.

He was shocked to see Claire kneeling in the very center of the dark ground. Her wings, which Aaron saw as those of an angel, drooped down, as if the angel had lost its vitality, and she herself sat there motionless.

"What's wrong with her?" Aaron wondered to himself, a sense of dread washing over him. What had happened? Had their invincible Claire been tricked here?

Soon he heard excited shouts; they were the voices of the fortune teller and the magician.