The story of the black silk female knight

Everything that comes into contact with the evil blood—air, seawater, sand, grass, and trees—is contaminated. It opens its eerie eyes that send chills down your spine and grows disgusting tentacles that make your legs go weak. Nearly twenty malevolent evil blood derivatives take shape in just a few seconds.

This is Zi Ye's true strength as a member of the evil god's clan, and it's also the reason why she was able to assassinate the second-in-command of the Sai Lian clan all by herself.

Just as Savat Langdon, as a necromancer, could control a double-digit number of Radiant-rank undead to fight against more than ten Radiant-rank powerhouses at the same time, Ziye, as a sorcerer, could also summon nearly twenty sorcerer blood derivatives at the cost of consuming a large amount of essence blood, each of which had the strength of a Radiant-rank monster!

Actually, the original Ziye wasn't this strong. At the same time, summoning six or seven evil blood derivatives equivalent to Radiant-rank monsters was her limit... It was the blessing of the evil god, which she barely completed the ritual with, that allowed her to unleash combat power equivalent to three times her previous peak state.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The formation of 19 Radiant-Rank Evil Blood Derivatives clearly gave Zi Ye immense confidence. Despite her aura being as weak as if she were on the verge of death, her laughter suddenly erupted wildly:

"Since you're determined to keep chasing me, you might as well just die here! I want to see if the Sunflower Duchess is really as powerful as the rumors say! Now it's 20 against 1, how are you going to deal with that?"

Without giving Valensa a chance to reply, the 19 evil blood derivatives swarmed forward, launching a concentrated attack on Valensa using various methods such as piercing with sharp horns, strangling with tentacles, devouring with giant mouths, tearing with sharp teeth, spitting acid, and cursing with rays.

Valensa showed no fear. Instead, she drew her cross-handled lightsaber and combined it with Moon Kiss to form a dual-wielding sword technique.

Ziye summons a large number of evil blood derivatives by exhausting most of her blood in one go, while Valensa turns every part of her body into a weapon.

The Moon Kiss Sword in his right hand shone with a fierce light, its swordsmanship exquisite and continuous. Each strike collided with the limbs of the evil blood derivatives at a carefully calculated angle, allowing the blade to retain its power after hitting the target, change direction, and continue to strike the next enemy. It even used the reaction force to make the strikes stronger and stronger. Each time the moonlight flowed, the flesh and blood of the evil blood derivatives would splatter.

The cross-handled lightsaber in his left hand was far less agile and refined in its swordplay than Moon Kiss, but the blade itself was a symbol of power. A mere touch was equivalent to a full-force attack from a Lighthouse-level Holy Light Slash, and now, with the active infusion of Yang Flame Divine Power, its power would only be amplified. A simple, wide-ranging, casual swing was enough to char and tear apart the flesh of the evil blood derivatives beneath its blade.

Wielding two swords simultaneously, she attacks all enemies in the horizontal direction in different ways, while her long, beautiful legs encased in black stockings also strike with lightning speed.

As the first practical skill she learned after entering the War College, Valensa had already mastered the spiked attack to perfection, even surpassing her master. The weapon master Dotalok, who created this move, personally admitted that Valensa was already better than him.

Now, those black-stockinged legs were bringing their spike-like attacks to the fullest. Their speed was so fast that they left multiple afterimages. The black-stockinged toes seemed to lightly touch the evil blood derivatives, but in reality, they directly injected kinetic energy and Yang Flame Divine Power into the evil blood derivatives with spike-like force, causing each evil blood derivative touched by the black-stockinged toes to explode with a loud bang.

With twin swords guarding the horizontal plane and legs suppressing the ground below, enemies from above must also be met. Fighting on this front is the Noble Phantasm Rikka.

The fast-moving and penetrating Sunfire Ray is the best anti-air skill. Even though each use of Sunfire Ray requires about 3 seconds of charging, the floating cannons during the charging period can also transform into floating blades to strike the enemy.

More importantly, Valensa wouldn't be foolish enough to fire all six of her Sunfire Rays at once and then wait to charge up. Instead, she would fire only two Sunfire Rays at a time, allowing the Six Flower Floating Cannons to take turns charging, ensuring that two Sunfire Rays would be intertwined overhead every second... She wasn't aiming to repel the enemy, but simply to defend against more damaging attacks.

After all, even the strongest fists can't fight against many hands. Even if Valensa is fully engaged in the battle, it's impossible for her to remain completely unscathed when facing 19 Evil Blood Derivatives of Radiant Rank strength.

She can only prioritize dealing with the more dangerous attacks, while seizing every opportunity to deal damage to the enemy... Attack is the best defense, and every time a demon blood derivative loses its combat power, her defensive pressure will be greatly reduced.

What about the remaining attacks that are not dangerous but are still real?

Valensa's choice was to tough it out.

Using the divine artifact cloak to shield against all heat attacks, using the divine particle armor to minimize damage, and using holy light healing magic and the super-fast regeneration of the evil god's bloodline to continuously restore health.

One second the skin is torn open and blood is gushing out, and even blood vessels can be pierced by sharp spikes; the next second, super-fast regeneration and healing magic work together to turn the wound back into fair skin.

However, no matter how quickly the wound heals, the pain will not disappear... Valensa doesn't even dare to use her mental powers to block out her pain, fearing that doing so will slow down her reaction time.

I could only hold back, until my eyes were brimming with tears, which finally spilled out.

Valensa was beaten and cried.

It wasn't fear or humiliation, it was pain. No matter how strong you are, it's useless; it's a basic physiological reaction.

Does crying help?

It's totally useless.

Tears only have an effect on those who love you; enemies will only mock and ridicule you when they see them.

The only thing that works against an enemy is the weapon in your hand... The best way to stop an enemy from laughing at you is to shut her up with your death!

Die, you son of a bitch!

The pain and tears filled Valensa with immense anger, but they did not make her lose her composure; on the contrary, she was more calm and collected than ever before.

The continuous flow of spiritual power within her mind enhanced her thinking speed, making Valensa's eyes comparable to the high-precision detectors of a sci-fi civilization. Every tentacle or spike shot towards her had its own trajectory and various calculation formulas in her vision, allowing her to accurately predict the landing point of each attack and simultaneously generate the most energy-efficient and maximum counterattack output response.

"This...how is this possible?"

To Zi Ye's astonishment, the 19 Evil Blood Derivatives that should have had an absolute advantage and crushed Valenza actually failed to inflict any critical damage after besieging her for half a day. Instead, Valenza became more and more courageous in the battle and successfully killed 6 of the Evil Blood Derivatives!

Summoned creatures of the Radiant Rank are indeed inferior to Radiant Rank cultivators in actual combat power, but they just lack powerful moves like treasures, secret techniques, and domains; their basic attributes are the same!

Under normal circumstances, three summoned creatures are enough to suppress cultivators of the same level, and five summoned creatures can form an overwhelming force through coordination and encirclement... Zi Ye was able to kill the number two figure of the Sai Lian Clan in a single battle because she could control seven Radiant-Rank Evil Blood Derivatives at the same time, thus creating a numerical advantage.

Zi Ye knew that Valensa was a legendary figure who had repeatedly achieved outrageous results, and she wouldn't be surprised if she was killed even if all seven of her evil blood derivatives attacked her at once.

But now it's 19 against 1!

Can you lose this?

Is Duchess Sunflower truly invincible? She only recently rose to the Star Glory level, hasn't she? How can the difference between people be so vast?

Zi Ye's mentality is starting to break down.

She wanted to continue fleeing for her life, but she was powerless to do so.

Creating 19 Radiant-Rank Evil Blood Derivatives in one go was extremely taxing, and Zi Ye was barely managing to stay standing... She had indeed made up her mind to fight to the death, but she still couldn't win.

Seeing that the 7th evil blood derivative's head exploded completely after being hit by the black silk toe for the 4th time, and that Valensa not only showed no signs of fatigue but was becoming more and more powerful, Zi Ye knew that she had already lost.

The only hope for survival now is that the elven high priest can subdue Tia and the others, using the hostages to make Valensa hesitate to act.

So Ziye quickly turned her attention back to the high priest of the elves... She had already used evil magic to turn the high priest of the elves into a half-puppet, so that she could possess and control him at any time, like a ghost possessing her.

"what?"

However, the situation on the Elf High Priest's side shattered Zi Ye's last glimmer of hope, causing her to completely break down.

……

Ten minutes ago.

After Valensa burst into speed to chase after Purple Leaf, the Elf High Priest also pursued Valensa, using the power of nature to manipulate a large number of vines in an attempt to pull Valensa back from behind.

The well-coordinated Tia and her companions naturally wouldn't stand idly by, and immediately unleashed their strongest offensive techniques to attack the Elf High Priest.

The gap between the Radiant Rank and below was still obvious, but the Elf High Priest was also a spellcaster and did not yet have the defensive power to completely ignore attacks below the Radiant Rank. In the end, he was slowed down and moved further and further away from the battlefield between Valensa and Purple Leaf.

So the high priest of the elves simply turned around and attacked Tia and the others. With a Radiant-ranked opponent fighting against someone below Radiant-ranked, how could they possibly lose again?

At the beginning, the elven high priest did have the upper hand.

The high priestess of the elf, strengthened by Zi Ye's evil blood, seemed to have gained a lot of combat awareness. She abandoned the fancy and rarely used nature-based combat spells and chose the simplest and most brutal fighting style.

Just like the tentacle of Purple Leaf that could block Valensa's full-force sword strike, the Elf High Priest also twisted her dozens of plant vines together into a large stick with a diameter of nearly two meters.

Then, relying on his ability to manipulate plants using nature magic, he swung his giant vines wildly, shattering any magical shield with brute force and blocking any attack.

One force can bring down ten.

Tia and Harry's magic was suppressed by physical attacks. In order to protect Melody, Gil even used his door-sized greatsword to withstand a blow from the giant vine club, resulting in him being covered in blood and suffering a comminuted fracture of his lower leg.

Just when Tia and her companions were about to be completely defeated by the elven high priest, a surprise attack occurred.

It was a girl in white and red who appeared out of nowhere, with black hair and black eyes, holding a talisman and wearing wooden clogs. As soon as she appeared, she unleashed various spells on the elven high priest, resolving the crisis on Tia's side.

It was Mai Asakura who Valensa summoned for help using the Dimensional Hardware Store Friend Support System before she shook off the Elf High Priest and chased after Ziye.

In terms of energy intensity, Mai Asakura's strength is actually comparable to Tia's, and normally she wouldn't be a match for the High Priestess of the Elves.

However, the witch's magic in this other world was completely different from the magic in this world, and the elven high priest, who was experiencing this kind of magical bias for the first time, was completely stunned.

More importantly, Asakura Mai is also a time traveler. Since childhood, she has been fighting against various demons, monsters, cultists, and out-of-control scientific creations to protect Tokyo. Her combat experience is no less than Valensa's, and she also has various items she obtained from the dimensional hardware store to assist her.

She might not be able to defeat the stronger Radiant-rank Asakura Mai, but the Elf High Priest, who reached Radiant rank through sheer age, is definitely a disgrace to the Radiant rank. Even after being buffed by Ziye, she was still unilaterally suppressed by Asakura Mai.

However, a Radiant Rank is still a Radiant Rank. Although Mai Asakura gained a huge advantage by using her first encounter attack, she still lacked an attack that could completely decide the outcome of the battle.

Once the high priest of the elves gets used to Asakura Mai's abilities, the final outcome of the battle remains unpredictable.

Fortunately, Valensa had more than just Mai Asakura as a backup plan before chasing after Shinobu.

Just as the high priestess of the elves had gradually adapted to Mai Asakura's fighting style and was preparing to counterattack, a tree branch that fell from the sky pierced through her body and ended her life.

It is the Mother Tree of Elves.

The Mother Tree is not only the home and cradle of the Elven race, but also their strongest battle fortress.

Under the control of the elves, each mother tree can exert combat power no less than that of a Radiant Beast. The only drawback is that it cannot move, but its canopy covering a range of a thousand meters is sufficient.

The Mother Tree can only transform into a battle fortress under the control of pure elves, but all the elves in Northblade Bay have been corrupted and defiled... Even Serbi, who can maintain her self-awareness, has long been filthy from using so many goblins and minotaurs.

Normally, no one on Sword Island can control the Mother Tree in battle anymore, so both Purple Leaf and the Elf High Priest overlooked the existence of the Mother Tree.

However, it wasn't just the elves on Sword Island who relied on the fruit of the Mother Tree to reproduce; the direct descendants of the Chiba family also did.

Thousand-leaf Grass was born after her mother ate the fruit of the Mother Tree. Even if she only has a trace of elven blood, she is still a child of the Mother Tree, so it is only natural that she can control the Mother Tree to fight.

Although Serpi lost her qualification to control the Mother Tree because of her unclean body, she still clearly remembered the theory and methods of control, which was enough to guide Thousand Leaf Grass.

In fact, Thousand Leaf Grass wasn't sure if she could control the Mother Tree. Firstly, her elven bloodline was weak, and secondly, she had messed around with Valensa many times, so it was hard to say whether she was still a virgin. At first, she was just trying it out.

Fortunately, the mother tree didn't seem to mind girls touching each other, believing that as long as they didn't come into contact with males, they were considered pure. Thousand-leaf grass successfully passed the identity verification.

So the next step is to control the mother tree in battle.

But Chiba isn't some perfect new human; it's impossible for her to rewrite the operating system and master it on her first time sitting in a Gundam... Controlling the Mother Tree in battle is a technical skill.

So Thousand Leaf Grass abandoned the mother tree's dazzling fighting style and only chose one move to have Serpi explain to her, and then tried her best to master it.

This was the right choice... After more than ten minutes of effort, Thousand Leaf Grass finally mastered one of the mother tree's attack methods and seized the best opportunity to strike successfully, ending the battle completely.

The piercing branches that fall from the sky are a technique used by the elves to execute traitors... Any elf hit by this move will completely lose control of the forces of nature and be stripped of their bloodline talents.

The elven high priestess, who reached the Radiant rank solely through her bloodline talent and longevity, possessed no other skills besides magic that manipulated the forces of nature. The evil god's corruption only enhanced her physical healing abilities; it did not improve her offensive capabilities.

Therefore, after being struck by the Mother Tree's execution blow, the Elf High Priest was completely rendered incapacitated.

……

When Zi Ye channeled her consciousness to the High Priest of the Elves in preparation for taking hostages, she witnessed the High Priest being executed by the Mother Tree. Her hopes were shattered, and her mindset completely collapsed.

Despite their best efforts, the 19 evil blood derivatives they created failed to defeat Valensa, and they were repeatedly knocked down by Valensa's brilliant counterattacks using both hands and feet.

With her own blood and energy severely depleted, let alone escaping or summoning new evil blood derivatives, Zi Ye can't even sacrifice herself like other cultists.

Because she had nothing left to sacrifice.

Even if she could sacrifice herself, it wouldn't matter, Valensa had already memorized Ziye's scent... If Ziye dared to sacrifice herself at such close range, Valensa would dare to intercept her and devour her directly.

They couldn't win even if they fought desperately, there was no hope of escaping, and they couldn't even self-destruct.

Zi Ye was in dire straits, her thoughts gradually turning mad... She no longer considered how to kill Valensa or escape; all she wanted now was to make Valensa suffer, even if it meant dying.

What should I do?

Memories of the past two days flashed through Zi Ye's mind like a movie. She racked her brains, and finally her eyes lit up and she burst out laughing.

She thought about it.

Was Valensa's relentless pursuit of him truly out of a paladin's duty to fight against a cult?

That might be the main reason, but there's another, more important reason... She needs to reveal certain information, information she really wants to know!

Since that's the case, it's quite simple to figure out how to make her feel bad.

"Hahahahaha..."

Amidst the maniacal laughter, Zi Ye gathered the last of her evil god's power, but instead of attacking Valensa, she reserved it all for herself.

She wanted to commit suicide, destroy her own soul and memories, so that Valensa wouldn't get any information!

Chapter 69: Achieving Nuclear Material Freedom!

"Hey! You can't be serious! You really can't be serious!"

Valensa was indeed very surprised and somewhat alarmed by Ziye's suicide attempt.

Valensa had no intention of letting Ziye go, but killing Ziye directly was not her first choice.

After all, Ziye has a bond with Qianyecao from when she was a child, and Qianyecao must be very concerned about why Ziye has become like this. If she doesn't get an answer, she may regret it for a long time.

Another point is that the acorns from the island of rulers this year were stolen by the elves at Ziye's behest, so these acorns must be in Ziye's possession, perhaps not yet used up, and Valensa wants them.

Therefore, the ideal way to deal with Ziye is to capture her alive, make her undergo Qianyecao's soul-searching interrogation to reveal the truth, and then, depending on the situation, hand her over to the Qianye family for disposal or send her to the church for purification.

Unexpectedly, Ziye was going to commit suicide.

Valensa was now genuinely worried. If Purple Leaf really killed her like this, how would she explain it to Thousand Leaf Grass? And where would she find those acorns?