Chapter 139 Divine Power

Since Suren knew there was another team secretly coming to exorcise Princess Theresa, Mr. Mirror would naturally not ignore this information.

After all, the methods of gods are beyond the comprehension of ordinary humans. Even with the divine fire sealed, who knows what abilities They might have that ordinary people cannot understand.

Therefore, instead of stepping on a mine himself, it's better to let the enemy try it first, so as to weaken their strength.

Those guys at the Duke's mansion still thought Princess Theresa was suffering from a common "evil spirit intrusion."

...

Suren was talking with Pestoya when he heard a sharp scream from afar as soon as he put on the ring Cereya gave him.

It seemed that someone was trying to control Pestoya to take off the ring, but Pestoya's face was contorted in struggle, as if she was resisting with all her will.

This was something her mother had given her.

Moreover, the ring seemed impossible to remove.

Before she could struggle much, Pestoya's figure suddenly disappeared.

It seemed she had returned to Princess Theresa's host body.

Suren listened to the commotion coming from afar and looked over.

After a moment of thought, he quickly followed.

With Mr. Mirror's mirror art, he didn't have to worry about his safety for the time being.

He wanted to see the battle situation.

And he also wanted to try his luck.

After all, Princess Theresa was surrounded by many Fourth-Order professionals, and even a Fifth-Order guard.

What if he could pick up a few corpses and strip off some soul fragments?

Suren's mental power was already quite strong, and he was very sensitive to mental fluctuations.

Feeling the creepy oppressive force descending, he knew that the deity had shown its face.

The "exorcism team" from the Duke's mansion seemed to be quite capable, actually forcing the fallen angel's soul to manifest.

Suren didn't know what Mr. Mirror had done before, but it seemed that he had successfully made them fight each other first.

He cautiously approached, found a solid cover about a kilometer away, and hid.

Suren didn't forget Mr. Mirror's warning. He closed his right eye and only used his left eye with the [All-Seeing Eye] to observe the battle.

He now knew that this talent also had a filtering protection function, which could prevent him from seeing things he shouldn't see.

Mortals cannot directly look upon a god.

This was the warning Isaac left to posterity after his great battle with the fallen angel.

...

It was obvious that the exorcism team from the Duke's mansion had come prepared.

When Suren arrived, he saw hundreds of people surrounding Theresa, looking like they were facing a formidable enemy.

But only about twenty people could actually get within a hundred meters of Princess Theresa. These were all experts above the Third-Order.

The red-bearded old man in the lead, wearing a white robe, was holding a crucifix radiating dazzling silver light. He looked like an exorcist.

Suren glanced at the seven-pointed star under his feet and also saw that this guy was a Fifth-Order professional.

Upon further appraisal, the [Paladin's Exorcism Cross] in the old man's hand was actually a sealed artifact-level treasure.

The silver light of the crucifix shone on Princess Theresa, and wisps of black gas emerged.

Like light dispelling darkness, normal people didn't feel anything from the silver light, but the princess's face was contorted, as if she was enduring great pain, and she let out an ear-piercing scream.

Even more terrifying was that black gas was steaming from her body, and the holy light shone, as if she was being roasted.

Theresa trembled all over, enduring the burning of the holy light, and howled painfully from her throat, "Foolish humans! You are desecrating a great god!"

With others holding the crucifix to her face, the fallen angel knew that she couldn't hide anymore and didn't conceal anything.

But the people from the Duke's mansion were completely unmoved by these words.

The red-bearded exorcist even spat a mouthful of old blood on the crucifix, and the intensity of the holy light suddenly soared.

No one took Theresa's words seriously. Evil spirits were not uncommon in this world.

Those spiritual entities formed for some special reason often boasted of being gods in order to bewitch people. Exorcists were used to it.

In reality, they were just a slightly more advanced form of spiritual body.

They thought their princess's situation was about the same.

But Suren knew that these guys were going to be in big trouble.

After all, this one used to be a genuine god!

...

The people from the Duke's mansion had been dragging things out for so long just to wait for this sealed crucifix to arrive, ensuring absolute safety.

This thing was indeed very useful and could expel abnormal spiritual entities from the human body.

After all, the fallen angel, having lost her divine fire and body, was no longer a god.

The sacred attribute of this crucifix was especially harmful to dark creatures.

Before the holy light had shone for long, the black gas on Theresa's body slowly condensed into a phantom of an evil spirit.

But... what no one expected was that the "evil spirit" phantom was not only humanoid, but also had a pair of pitch-black wings several meters wide on its back.

As soon as these wings appeared, an evil yet majestic aura suddenly descended.

Looking at the image, it was exactly the same as the fallen angel in mythology.

Others didn't understand and were all shocked.

Suren, watching from a distance, murmured in his mind, "So this is the fallen angel..."

The red-bearded exorcist had plenty of exorcism experience and shouted, "This is an illusion of the evil spirit. Guard your minds and don't be bewitched by it!"

His six disciples also cooperated tacitly, standing in a hexagram formation, and the ropes binding "Theresa" in their hands were taut, not giving Her any chance to break free.

At this moment, the old man holding the crucifix stomped his foot, and the seven-pointed star array under his feet shone brightly. A sacred light gate suddenly lit up behind him, obviously unleashing a big move.

At the same time, he took out a crystal glass bottle and splashed the water towards "Theresa".

The holy water splashed on the fallen angel's phantom, like sulfuric acid, and immediately billowed with smoke.

Looking at the posture, he intended to directly deliver this "evil spirit" to the afterlife.

"Ah... vile humans, you have successfully angered me!"

"Theresa's" voice became extremely terrifying, filled not only with anger, but also with overwhelming killing intent.

If it were an ordinary evil spirit, it would have been driven away even if it hadn't been burned to death.

Unfortunately, this was a true god.

Her understanding of various laws was simply beyond the comprehension of these people before her.

She had been caught off guard just now and was unable to escape the light of the holy crucifix, but now, She had recovered!

Seeing that Her soul was about to be driven out of Theresa's body, She made a move that puzzled everyone.

She suddenly raised a ball of black fire on her right wrist, and the silver rope binding her wrist suddenly turned pitch black. The pitch black color was rapidly spreading from her wrist, quickly heading towards the two exorcists holding the rope.

"Not good, it's element theft!"

Seeing this, the red-bearded man's expression changed drastically: "Damn it, how could it forcibly reverse the sacred power of the [Spirit Binding Rope]?!"

Suren, watching from afar, wasn't too surprised.

Suren had seen this "element theft" once before, when Mr. Black and the others surrounded and killed the Fifth-Order professional.

Mr. Black used this technique to dissolve a Fifth-Order spell with Fourth-Order power.

To use this technique, one needed an extremely deep understanding of the laws.

The alchemical object [Spirit Binding Rope] contained a Sixth-Order solidified rune. To directly reverse the sacred power generated by this stable rune into dark power, one needed at least a Seventh or Eighth-Order understanding.

Others couldn't do it, but She could!

The red-bearded exorcist wanted to do something, but it was too late!

"Theresa" suddenly broke free with her right hand, and She didn't hesitate to plunge it into her own chest, and blood splattered out!

Did she commit suicide?

Suren, watching from afar, was also a little confused. This action looked a bit baffling.

At this moment, everyone was obviously stunned.

They came to save people, but now the evil spirit controlled their princess to commit suicide? What was going on?

And even more terrifying things were yet to come!

"Theresa" actually took out her own heart and crushed it without hesitation.

With a "bang," it was like crushing a blood bag, and blood splattered everywhere.

Now, the originally noble and elegant princess had become a terrifying blood person.

Exorcism?

Exorcise now!

Her soul was still there, so Theresa wouldn't die.

Once it was driven away, Theresa, without a heart, would definitely die.

Now, everyone understood why this evil spirit did this.

...

Suren, watching from a distance, marveled at this method: "Can a god actually live without a heart?"

He immediately thought of some research reports he had seen in the notes of "Forensic Doctor" Gerard.

That guy had also studied this topic: how to survive if vital organs like the heart were destroyed.

The plan in the notes was to create blood circulation with other external forces, without the heart's pumping ability.

But that was still in the experimental theory stage. He never thought he would see a living example right before his eyes.

Suren carefully observed the changes in the body of "Theresa" with a bloody hole in her chest.

Having harvested Gerard's memory, Suren now had a deep understanding of human anatomy.

Looking at the weak pulsating signs of the body, he immediately guessed: "It seems to be using muscle tissue pulsation and dark spiritual power to create other systemic circulations... Hiss~ Gerard's conjecture seems to be working."

Suren, as an outsider, watched with ease, but the people from the Duke's mansion were immediately stunned, their faces pale with fright.

They never expected things to turn out like this. An "exorcism" operation that was almost foolproof actually caused their princess to be severely injured?

If she died, the Duke would definitely not let them, the guards, off.

But now that things had come to this, there was only a desperate fight!

If they couldn't necessarily save the princess, they at least had to kill that "evil spirit".

The white-faced man in military uniform decisively ordered: "Take action, capture her first!"

Unfortunately, "Theresa" broke her own heart not only to make the exorcists afraid.

A large amount of blood gushed out and quickly condensed into a red blade in Her hand.

The blade was completely formed of red light, with scarlet lightning flickering, as if She was holding a thunderbolt.

This fallen angel wasn't using alchemy, and there was no alchemical array.

But Suren keenly saw that some white hairs suddenly appeared in Her hair, and he speculated: "It seems that she used some secret method of sacrificing lifespan to condense it."

Princess Theresa's body was said to be only Second-Order, which was too weak.

...

In the blink of an eye, the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle.

Suren had also learned something about the abyss plane from his conversation with his teacher, Cereya.

That was a plane with an extremely harsh living environment.

The harsh living environment in this catacomb was a microcosm of that place.

Those who could survive in the abyss were the best of their kind.

This fallen angel from the abyss was naturally no exception.

Just by looking, this "Theresa's" combat level was so high that even Suren, the "fighting master," couldn't find any fault.

Not only was her combat experience impeccable, but the red lightning short sword in Her hand was even more bizarre. When touched, lightning erupted, and ordinary weapons and mechanical equipment were easily cut through as if they were soft mud. Even if it was blocked, the scarlet lightning would completely transform into lightning elements, catching people off guard.

First and Second-Order professionals were killed with a single slash, Third-Order could withstand a few moves, and only Fourth-Order professionals with "elemental barriers" protecting them could barely have a chance to save their lives under the lightning blade if they joined forces.

Before, these people from the Duke's mansion were thinking about capturing the "evil spirit", but in this battle, they realized that they were too naive.

Vaguely, everyone realized that the evil spirit's words about being a god seemed a bit off...

However, they had already started fighting, and there was no turning back.

As private soldiers of the Raphael Duke's mansion, the lives of all of them combined were not as valuable as Miss Theresa.

There was only a desperate fight!

How terrifying was the battle of high-level professionals?

For a time, various high-level spells were wildly bombarded in the ruins, like bombers densely dropping bombs, and the shock waves of the battle were higher than the previous one.

Those solid buildings that had existed for thousands of years were easily turned into powder, and severed limbs flew everywhere, truly turning the area into a river of blood....

"This combat power is truly outrageous..."

From a distance, Suren watched with a solemn expression.

Even using the life-shortening secret method, this "Theresa" only barely had the level of a Fourth-Order professional, as Mr. Mirror had predicted.

But watching Her fighting two Fifth-Order professionals, more than ten Fourth-Order professionals, and dozens of Second and Third-Order professionals...

Who would believe that this was still Fourth-Order?

The equipment of those people from the Duke's mansion was not bad, it could be said that they were the top elites among the elites. They were several levels stronger than those people from the Oliver and Clark families before.

Various ancient relics, alchemical objects, cursed objects, scrolls... were thrown out as if they were free.

It was like hearing the sound of "哗啦啦" spending money...

Suren was amazed.

Sure enough, in this aristocratic centralized world, as the wealthiest small group of people, the Raphael Duke's mansion had terrifying foundations!

But even with money paving the way, the casualties of the Duke's mansion were still constantly increasing.

Corpses were all over the ground, and clusters of "gray mist" seemed to be beckoning to Suren, making him extremely envious.

These were all bodyguards of the Duke's mansion, and those who could be selected were one in a million.

The quality of their souls could be imagined?

If these knowledges were harvested, it was estimated that it would save at least ten or eight years of knowledge accumulation...

But even though he was envious, he didn't dare to make the slightest move.

The core of the battlefield had now become a meat grinder. Third-Order professionals didn't have any certainty of saving their lives, and Second-Order professionals were in mortal danger if they went.

Although Suren's methods were a bit stronger than ordinary Second-Order professionals, he wasn't arrogant enough to think he could go and make a wave.

"There are still two Fifth-Orders, so many Fourth-Orders..."

He muttered silently in his heart, comforting himself that the soul fragments of those professionals above the Third-Order were the real treasures.

And he also prayed that by the time Mr. Mirror and the others arrived, those gray mist fragments hadn't completely dissipated.

...

Although the battle was one-sided, several Fourth-Order professionals had been killed.

But gradually, Suren also noticed that something was abnormal.

The lifespan of the human body was limited, which meant that "Theresa's" secret method must have a time limit, and it was impossible to use it multiple times.

And this was directly manifested in the battle.

As the fight went on, "Theresa's" hair turned completely silver.

Those people from the Duke's mansion obviously also noticed this.

The more they pressed, the faster Theresa would die.

If Princess Theresa really exhausted her lifespan and died, then there would be no point in fighting anymore.

But they couldn't capture her alive, either.

Fighting wasn't an option, and not fighting wasn't an option either...

It was this hesitant thought that allowed "Theresa" to seize the opportunity and kill several more people in succession. Even the two Fifth-Order professionals were injured to varying degrees under the strange and unpredictable lightning blade.

It looked like it was going to be a lose-lose situation.

It all depended on whether "Theresa" would exhaust her life first, or the people from the Duke's mansion would be killed first.

...

But no one noticed that "Theresa" killed people almost every time at certain special points, and the positions of the corpses seemed to be in line with some kind of formation.

As time went on, the blood of those who died in the battle was quietly absorbed by the ground.

Suren watched from afar, and the All-Seeing Eye took in everything before him.

Soon, he also discovered the abnormality of the blood flowing in the air, and identified that it was [a forbidden spell that was being condensed], and thought to himself: "She is activating some kind of forbidden technique?"

It wasn't described as super-order, but "forbidden", which meant... divine art?

Discovering this, Suren wasn't surprised at all.

As a powerhouse at the god level, it would be impossible if she didn't have some tricks.

Moreover, he also felt that this "Theresa" must have guessed something.

If she was entangled by these people and desperately coped with it, then things would be even worse later.

Was the fallen angel wary of these guys?

No!

From beginning to end, what She was wary of was Sir Isaac, who had defeated Her a thousand years ago!

Although Mr. Mirror and the others hadn't shown their faces yet, some clues had already indicated that a conspiracy against Her was closing in.

If it were Suren himself, he would have been alert long ago.

...

Suren guessed that "Theresa" needed a sacrifice to activate that divine art.

Sure enough, at this moment, the wind and clouds suddenly surged in the sky several hundred meters high.

The dense fog in the ruins gathered into a vortex of black clouds in the sky.

The vortex grew larger and larger, and a black hole with a diameter of tens of meters was condensed in the center.

It was this abnormal movement that caused the Duke's mansion guards who were fighting fiercely on the ground to stop and glance at the sky.

This movement was too exaggerated, and it was simply not something that could be created by Fifth or Sixth-Order alchemical spells.

They were completely unaware of what kind of existence they were facing.

A crack slowly opened in the black hole, and they could actually see a pupil emitting a strange and faint light, which was a huge eye!

It was at the moment when this huge eye opened that a sense of awe that made people want to worship poured out from the bottom of everyone's hearts...

It was like a god gazing at the world,

Everything,

Was an ant.

The people who saw the giant eye knelt down one after another.

Even the two Fifth-Order professionals knelt down instantly, without any resistance.

Their faces only had piety and fanaticism.

Looking again, these people actually raised their knives and committed suicide on the spot!

Their blood and energy were completely integrated into the ground.

This group of people from the Duke's mansion was killed after just one look.

At this time, after absorbing the power of the formation, a pair of solid black wings slowly condensed behind Theresa, and her aura was so high that it was impossible to look directly at Her.

"The power of low-level creatures is really weak..."

The whispers from the abyss echoed in their ears, as if there was some kind of magic.

Suren felt the strange feeling, and his left eye immediately identified the words [???], and also automatically shielded the forbidden power that would make his mind collapse.

He instantly understood: "God cannot be looked at directly... so that's how it is!"

Suren knew that he had been discovered.

At this moment, "Theresa" suddenly looked over.

With just one look, Suren instantly died on the spot.

However, he didn't see blood splattering.

Like a shattered mirror, his body disintegrated into specks of light.

But watching this situation, the "Theresa" who was still smug just now suddenly changed her expression!

Obviously, She recognized the origin of this "mirror ability"!

...

And when this giant eye formed in the sky, far away, in that tower.

Although Mr. Mirror didn't personally go to the battlefield, she also sensed the power that made people want to worship and clearly knew what it was.

After all, she was the only person in this plane who had seen a real "god"!

She murmured in her heart: "The power of faith... Finally using this trick. Without the divine fire, using up the only remaining bit of faith power, it looks like she is preparing to escape back to the abyss."

As soon as the thought arose, her whole figure disappeared in the tower.