She rolled over, her large body shifting, and glared fiercely at Ye Xiao, who was standing beside her, with her eyes narrowed to slits.

An invisible spatial rift formed an arc and instantly sliced ​​through Ye Xiao's body.

This is precisely the spatial magic that utilizes the power of arrogance to use the expanded spatial portal as a means of attack.

Its speed was so fast that Ye Xiao didn't have time to dodge this instantaneous spatial spell with his body movements, but Ella immediately summoned tentacles on the ground to grab his ankle and forcibly pull his body down.

A spatial ripple, capable of shattering almost anything, brushed past Ye Xiao's nose. At the same time, Ye Xiao hurled the long sword in his hand fiercely towards the strange infant's eyes.

The long blade, still blazing, slashed straight through the monster's left eye, and gushing blood spurted out along with the monster's agonizing screams.

The strange baby immediately kicked Ye Xiao, who was lying on his back, away.

Ye Xiao was kicked by the brute force and rolled several times on the ground, but then she easily flipped over, gritted her teeth and took a step forward to rush towards the strange baby who was trying to sit up.

As soon as the strange baby stood up, it saw a silver-haired girl falling from the sky on its right side, wielding a flaming longsword.

She quickly locked onto Ella with her right eye and activated a spatial spell, while simultaneously summoning surrounding orbs of holy light to bombard her.

Already in the air, Ella was suddenly like a caged bird with nowhere to hide, as holy light meteors from all directions struck her.

But the instant she was sliced ​​open by the spatial rift that followed, she swung her right hand and threw the longsword to her side.

The strange baby, who had no left-side vision, then realized that Ye Xiao had already pushed off the ground with both feet and leaped in front of her head in her blind spot.

She hurriedly turned the Holy Light Meteor towards Ye Xiao, but Ye Xiao, who was already close by, had already caught the long knife thrown by Ella and plunged it into the monster's other eye just before the Holy Light hit his body.

"what!!!"

The monstrous infant let out a shriek, and two blades burning with black flames blocked her vision from the left and right. The ever-gathering holy light was then countered by the raging black flames, and her world turned pitch black at this moment.

She summoned holy light to bombard aimlessly in all directions, but this untargeted bombardment posed no threat to Ye Xiao and Ella's agile movements.

At that moment, the silver-haired girl and the man in black simultaneously activated their beast transformation spells, and dense white wolf fur immediately clung to their swollen arms.

Ella's transformed wolf claws were small and fluffy with slightly pink palms, while Ye Xiao's wolf claws were thick, sharp, and covered in messy fur.

Despite their different appearances, they all unleash the same tremendous power.

Covered in blood, the two men transformed into two black shadows, rushing towards the monstrous infant that was wildly waving its severed arm from the left and right. With their fists clenched and imbued with the savage strength of their beast-like forms, they simultaneously slammed their fists into the infant's abdomen.

The unparalleled impact pierced through the bloody, swollen belly in an instant, and the mountain-like body of the monstrous infant was pushed by the force, leaving a bloody trail several meters long on the ground.

But this was not the end. Then, Ella jumped high and punched the giant head of the monster baby into the ground. Immediately after, Ye Xiao swung an uppercut from the ground and sent the giant body flying into the air.

Upon landing, Ella immediately punched the forehead that was floating up again.

The strange infant's body spun helplessly and flew sideways. Ye Xiao caught its already dented head on the other side and slammed it into the stone pit with his fists from top to bottom.

The bloated, big-headed baby was punched like a ball by the two men, its flesh flying everywhere.

The chaotic holy light seemed to act as a spotlight for the two of them, shining on the dark boxing ring as they relentlessly and unsportsmanlikely punched the poor punching bag.

The fake saintess, who was nearly out of her body, could not be said to be powerless to fight back; it was simply a complete tragedy.

Even the cats watching from afar couldn't bear to look at this cruel scene and covered their eyes with their paws.

Chapter 100 The Dust Settles Down

As the remaining half of the reef mountain trembled and dust billowed up, Ella and Ye Xiao finally delivered a powerful punch that slammed the golden-glowing Holy Infant into the center of the sinkhole.

The mountain base, carved open by immense force, spreads out like a spiderweb of cracks from its center, and the ocean beneath the island is also shaken, creating huge ripples.

The billowing smoke and dust obscured the starry sky connected by holy light, and with this deep, bell-like thud, everything seemed to finally return to silence.

The piercing and irritating crying subsided, leaving only the soft sound of raindrops hitting the ground amidst the billowing smoke.

Drip, drip, until the rain washed away the swirling dust, and the holy light in the sky dimmed in the smoke of battle.

Until the dust settles.

Ella and Ye Xiao walked side by side to the strange baby lying at the bottom of the pit.

The bloated and broken body of the infant was buried in the mud, and its bloody and mangled abdomen gradually shrank.

Not all villains repent and recount their inner thoughts before they die. Even now, Ella can still see endless hatred in the eyes of the gradually withering infant on the ground.

Not just to her, Ella Hayville, but to everything in sight.

The sky and the earth, mountains and rivers, mortal beings and proud gods—all were objects of hatred in the eyes of this infant.

The holy light swirled and danced in the sky like fireflies.

They slowly merged, converging into a reversed Milky Way between heaven and earth, silently flowing towards the dark and boundless deep space above.

Whether it was the gods reclaiming their authority or the exhaustion of their strength leading to the backlash of the threads of fate, Ella did not know the reason for the dissipation of these holy lights.

But as she looked on, it seemed as if the only light that was willing to protect this baby had finally left her at this moment.

Holy light dissipated from the body; without divine power, the flesh, which had grown excessively due to healing, began to decay.

The bloated body, mixed with the torrential rain, turned into spreading blood, and the infant on the ground gradually returned to its original appearance.

A shriveled, thin, and perhaps only the size of a palm-sized dead infant.

The long umbilical cord was still attached to her abdomen, but this time, only a pool of thick blood remained at the other end of the cord.

She lay in the pit, her withered hand slightly raised, as if trying to grasp the last wisp of holy light emanating from her body.

But of course, she grasped at nothing; the intangible holy light slipped through her fingers, drifting into the boundless deep space like other holy lights that were gradually receding into the distance.

"Why……"

"I don't deserve anything..."

These last words drifted away with the raindrops, and Ella might not have noticed them at all if she hadn't seen the baby's lips trembling slightly.

But perhaps these words weren't originally meant for Ella; they were merely her murmurs on her deathbed.

We've been through so much along the way... from the murdered mission to the corrupted citizens infected with the fish-scale plague, from the massacre of Horn Village to the impoverished believers forced to become sacrifices.

Ella would never forgive the culprit who caused all the disaster.

And the other party's hatred for her and for the world is real and irreversible.

If she had just one more breath, this nameless saintess would have chosen to kill rather than tell her story.

Therefore, the only outcome of this battle can be the fall of one side, with no room for holding back.

Even someone like Ella understands that not everything in this world can be saved.

But this also meant that she never understood why the other party was doing all of this.

Unfortunately... the baby buried in the ground will never speak again.

Those eyes, filled with hatred for all things in the world, slowly closed in silence, bringing this disaster to a less-than-perfect end.

Then, a black feather slowly emerged from the baby's body.

The quest "Storm City" has been completed.

……

The Fish Mother perished, the false saintess vanished, and the dark clouds that had gathered in the sky above Storm Harbor gradually dissipated.

The afternoon sun pierced through the clouds and fell on the messy city.

The battle is over, but many things are just beginning.

The reef mountain in the south of the city is now only half a mountain, with a huge crater in the middle that looks like it was hit by a meteorite.

The original Ocean Sanctuary was located halfway up the mountain, but now it has become a building on the mountaintop.

As for Wind Chaser Fortress, not even a single stone fragment remained.

A battle completely transformed the terrain of South City Island, a sight so devastating that it left the people of Storm Harbor in awe.

Fortunately, during the final holy light baptism by the fake saintess, Ella unleashed a massive black lotus of mud to protect the people in Wind Chaser's Castle, and this most devastating final battle resulted in almost no casualties.

The Seven Stars Society members, all wounded, were carried out by the Scorpion Lion from deep underground, including the little girl Sia who was still unconscious.

"I envy this kid, he can sleep so soundly even if the sky falls down." In the mountain ravine after the rain, Li Cheng, wrapped in bandages, leaned against the large wings of a manticore, while Freya used holy light magic to heal their scouting team.

"...Others are cursed, do you want to try it too?" With a familiar and pleasant tone, Li Cheng turned his head slightly and saw a petite silver-haired girl walking over with her arms crossed.

"Hey, sister-in-law... ah no, Your Majesty, greetings!" Li Cheng grinned and pretended to stand up to bow to Ella.

Ella placed her hand on Li Cheng's shoulder and pressed him back to the ground. "Alright, alright, stop playing the victim. Do you want me to treat you?"

"Ah, really!?" Li Cheng's eyes lit up.

Brother Ye, you can't blame me for this. It was my sister-in-law... no, the Holy Maiden herself who requested it.

"Then eat this." Ella casually flipped her hand, and a dark tentacle appeared in her palm.

"Ah... this... I appreciate the Holy Maiden's kindness, but I feel that my injuries have almost healed, so there is no need to trouble you."

"Holy Maiden...you are...the true Holy Maiden of Light?"

Hearing the somewhat familiar voice, Ella turned her head and saw Artorina, also covered in bandages, leaning against the manticore and looking at her.

“Oh, this lady is the one we met underground,” Li Cheng explained from the side. “She was the one who pulled us out of the lake after we were all blown up.”

“Thank you so much for your help, and your followers’ help. Without you, Sia and I would probably never have been able to leave this dungeon.” Atorina then knelt down on one knee before Ella. “Mr. Ye, you must also be one of your followers?”

"You mean Ye Xiao? Yes, he is." Ella nodded with a smile, then glanced to the side. "Tell him you want to thank him; he's just coming over."

Following Ella's gaze, Ye Xiao, dressed in somewhat tattered clothes, limped over.

Unlike Ella, who could use the Soil of Life to heal the damage to his clothes, he naturally looked much more disheveled.

As for why he didn't let Ella help him recover—well, "the scars on his body are a swordsman's honor."

"Dude, we fought together. The Holy Maiden looks so elegant and neat, but you look like you just came back from Syria," Li Cheng couldn't help but say.

Ye Xiao's lips twitched. He completely ignored this idiot brother who didn't understand "Glory" and greeted Artorina: "Miss Artorina, are you alright? If you have any injuries, Ella can treat you."

"Hey, all you do is look at pretty girls. Why don't you ask your brother if he's alright?"

"It's nothing serious, don't worry," Atorina chuckled. "Since you've eliminated the source of the fish scale pollution, there's nothing more serious for me."

Chapter 101 Reconstruction

“After we met last time, that fake saintess thought I had deliberately let you go, so she imprisoned me in the underground lake prison… Thanks to your help, the prison was eventually destroyed, which gave me the opportunity to escape.”

Ye Xiao smiled, then suddenly felt something was off and looked at Li Cheng: "Wait, when you went down into the cave, didn't you see the person locked in the cell?"

“No, it’s so dark, who can see anything?” Li Cheng shrugged. “Just tell me if they were rescued or not.”

"After that, Miss Artorina, are you planning to leave Loren with Sia?"

“Hmm… actually, leaving Loren isn’t necessarily safe.” Artorina gave a wry smile. “I didn’t quite understand Sia’s special circumstances before, but now I understand a bit more about it.”

"Oh?" Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow slightly.

"This isn't the right place to discuss this. I'll explain everything in detail after everyone is settled," Artorina said softly, stroking the little girl Sia's forehead and looking around at everyone.

……

After offering his condolences to everyone, Ye Xiao led the Seven Stars Society members, along with Eileen, Vanessa, and others, to the Ocean Sanctuary for a rest.

Meanwhile, Ella approached Augustus, who had led a group of nobles to the foot of the mountain for refuge, to discuss the reconstruction of Stormport.

Nearly half of the southern city was destroyed, and one side of the bridge on the mountain that connected the northern and southern cities collapsed due to the earthquake.

The North City High District was also ravaged by a truck-like fish mother, destroying large areas of the neighborhood, as well as buildings and shops smashed by rioting believers.

The most prosperous port in the capital was nearly one-third destroyed in a single day.

But after ruin, a new life will surely follow.

The nobles of the Malz family claimed that they were bewitched and coerced by the evil god, but Ella didn't care about that and handed over some of the more relevant ones to the Knights for detention on the grounds of colluding with the evil god.

Erin's father, Count Maltz, had fallen into the clutches of a fish-man at a young age and could not be saved. He was banished to the mysterious underground lake at the foot of the mountain by Ella, who used the divine power she had seized from the Fish Mother.

Afterwards, Eileen will likely be the sole heir to the title of the Maltz family, but since she is still young, she will first act as an elder who is rumored to be quite good, working with the Ocean Sanctuary to rebuild the city.

Ella's method of seizing divine power was not complicated. After crushing her opponent, the corresponding branch naturally appeared in her system skill tree.

"Oshina's Tear," this is a branch of magic derived from the power of the Fish Mother. Ella casually used the spell "Song of the Clear Spring" and, unsurprisingly, summoned a lump of black mud that made strange noises.

Although it is essentially a replication, Ella can still influence the unclaimed corrupted through the believer system, summoning them all back to the underground lake.

As for the citizens who were only slightly infected and not completely corrupted, they were not on her list of believers. However, once the Fish Mother's divine power dissipated, they would no longer be subject to deeper contamination.

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