Thus, the Saintess, leading the angelic forces, charged back into the divine city.
Facing the aggressive angels, the Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General were forced to temporarily abandon their pursuit of the Spirit Demon General.
Unfortunately, the Spirit Demon General had also been severely wounded in the fight against them.
Even with their combined strength, along with the Demon Zombies, they could not withstand the Saintess, the Light Angel, and the Fire Angel.
The Spirit Demon General was镇杀 by the Saintess. The Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General, leading the Demon Zombies and the remaining demons, fled into the inner city.
However, the angelic side had no intention of letting this opportunity to completely eradicate the demon forces slip away.
The Saintess pursued relentlessly, killing more Demon Zombies, but her own injuries worsened.
The Light Angel and the Fire Angel drove the Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General out of the divine city, and all the remaining demons were镇杀.
This left the Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General homeless.
Wounded, they eventually thought of the demon mountain, hoping to recover there before seeking revenge.
Unfortunately, they did not expect to encounter Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong was preparing to leave the demon mountain.
He was aware of the events outside through a clone he had left with the angelic forces.
Seeing the wounded Night Demon General and Golden Demon General, it was a perfect opportunity for him to test the strength of his Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit.
Unprepared, the Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General were attacked the moment they entered the demon mountain.
Zheng Dong had the Light Elemental Spirit engage the Golden Demon General, while the Dark Elemental Spirit was tasked with dealing with the Night Demon General first.
The Night Demon General, having been greatly depleted in the battle against the angels and already wounded, found itself at a disadvantage against the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit.
At this moment, the Night Demon General recalled the words of the Spirit Demon General.
The demoness had been snatched away by an Overlord-grade demon.
"Who are you? I've never seen you before!" the Night Demon General demanded.
After refining the Demon Stone of the demoness, the Dark Elemental Spirit's bloodline could now rival that of the demoness, even surpassing it. It exerted a suppressive effect on the Night Demon General.
The Dark Elemental Spirit ignored the Night Demon General's questioning.
Its objective was to eliminate the Night Demon General as quickly as possible.
As for the Night Demon General's doubts, it would be left to ponder them.
Immediately, the Dark Elemental Spirit unleashed the demoness's ultimate skill, Sinister Demon.
The earth split open, and a pair of terrifying demonic hands seized the Night Demon General.
The Night Demon General struggled in fury.
However, in the next second, the Dark Elemental Spirit struck its head with a palm. With a bang, its head shattered like a watermelon.
After dispatching the Night Demon General, the Dark Elemental Spirit turned and dealt with the Golden Demon General.
With that, only the angelic side remained.
Zheng Dong's clone with the angels knew some details about the fierce battle.
The Saintess, already severely wounded, had sustained further injuries to secure victory. After the battle, she immediately went into seclusion to recover.
Relatively speaking, the Light Angel was in the best condition. The Fire Angel had lost an arm and was also quite injured.
Therefore, the divine city was now guarded by the Light Angel, preventing the Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General from returning.
Moreover, the angelic forces had not yet ascertained the situation regarding the demoness, so the divine city was under strict alert.
However, it was still a victory, and the angels were excited that they didn't have to build the Holy Mountain.
Zheng Dong planned to return to the divine city to find an opportunity to deal with the Saintess.
He found the passage that the one-eyed demon had used to bring him to the demon mountain and followed it back to the outer city.
The outer city was now filled with angels and the corpses of demons.
Many beast masters were forced to patrol alongside the angels.
Any slight delay in their actions would result in a beating from the angels.
With the demon forces dealt with, the angels' attitude towards the beast masters became even more hostile.
Zheng Dong encountered several such situations on his way but did not intervene.
Firstly, he did not want to alert them, and secondly, he was not familiar with the parties involved.
Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, Zheng Dong could not find the Saintess in any of the palaces.
Had the Saintess returned to the inner city?
Now that the entire divine city was under angelic control, it was normal for the Saintess to return to the inner city.
Zheng Dong went to the inner city and found the palace where the Saintess had previously resided.
However, there was still no sign of the Saintess.
Fortunately, Zheng Dong's persistence paid off. He found the Saintess in front of a dilapidated altar in the inner city.
Several of the Saintess's confidantes were also present, diligently repairing the altar and clearing the surrounding debris.
Besides these angels, there were also several young female beast masters.
This included Xia Mengqiu, Meng Na, and others Zheng Dong knew.
The Saintess intended to sacrifice Xia Mengqiu, Meng Na, and others, along with their contracted beasts, to accelerate her recovery.
This wicked sacrifice was also an ultimate skill mastered by the Saintess, called Fate Replacement.
Using Fate Replacement, Xia Mengqiu and the others would bear all of the Saintess's injuries, and the Saintess would rapidly recover.
Even incurable wounds could be healed.
However, the price was that Xia Mengqiu and the others, along with their contracted beasts, might die.
Of course, the Saintess did not care about the lives of Xia Mengqiu and the others.
She only wished to complete the sacrifice and recover her injuries as soon as possible.
At that time, even if the missing demoness returned, she would not be able to turn the tide.
At this moment, the Saintess was unaware that the demoness was already dead.
In addition to dealing with troublesome matters, the Saintess also aimed to find an opportunity to break through to the Totem level after the sacrifice.
The Saintess directed the surrounding angels to prepare for the sacrifice.
Meanwhile, Xia Mengqiu and the others remained bewildered, completely unaware of the dire fate that awaited them.
Zheng Dong, hidden and looking for an opportunity, did not initially know that the Saintess intended to sacrifice Xia Mengqiu and the others.
It was only when the sacrifice began and the first sacrificial victim was brought to the altar.
This unfortunate beast master was Huizi from Snow Island, who was somewhat plump.
But as the Saintess used the ultimate skill, Fate Replacement, Huizi let out a heart-wrenching scream and died in agony, her plump body shriveling into a desiccated corpse.
Her contracted beasts also perished.
The Saintess, on the other hand, had recovered significantly, appearing more energetic than before.
Next, it was the turn of another beast master from Snow Island.
After that, it was Qian He's turn.
Qian He had also been brainwashed. Even after witnessing the gruesome deaths of Huizi and the others, she did not resist.
This scene made Zheng Dong feel that these angels were no better than demons, perhaps even worse.
Zheng Dong decided to act when the Saintess used Fate Replacement again.
Otherwise, it would be troublesome once the Saintess's injuries were completely healed.
As expected, the Saintess approached Qian He and used Fate Replacement once more.
Having succeeded several times in a row, the Saintess had become somewhat complacent.
However, just as she was about to complete the skill, Fate Replacement, a pair of massive demonic hands tore through the ground and firmly grasped her.
Sinister Demon!
She was very familiar with this skill and immediately assumed the demoness had returned.
But in the next second, the Dark Elemental Spirit and the Light Elemental Spirit appeared before her.
The two Overlord-grade spirits simultaneously attacked the wounded Saintess, unleashing ultimate skills repeatedly.
The Saintess's injuries, which had just begun to recover, were worsened, and she was severely wounded again.
Following this, Zheng Dong instructed Ling'er to release the Emperor-grade Dark Elemental Spirit and Light Elemental Spirit, aiming to eliminate the Saintess as quickly as possible.
He did not want the Light Angel or the Fire Angel to have a chance to rescue the Saintess.
Concurrently, Zheng Dong produced the forbidden bombs he had confiscated from Lei Tianqi and Ye Xue'er, instructing the Emperor-grade elemental spirits to use them.
Zheng Dong himself never revealed his presence.
The Saintess was not one to be trifled with. Even severely wounded, she fought desperately, managing to injure the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit and the Light Elemental Spirit.
However, she was at the end of her rope and, after a brief struggle, collapsed to the ground.
After eliminating the Saintess, Zheng Dong had the Dark Elemental Spirit take the Saintess's corpse and quickly leave the altar.
With the Saintess's death, the beast masters influenced by absolute faith also recovered.
Qian He felt a surge of fear, realizing she had narrowly avoided the same fate as Huizi and the others.
They had only been brainwashed, and their memories of what had happened were still intact.
Xia Mengqiu and several other beast masters also quickly fled the altar.
By the time the Light Angel arrived, only the corpses of several angels were left at the scene.
These angels were the Saintess's confidantes.
The enraged Light Angel ordered a search for the Saintess and the encirclement and annihilation of all beast masters, with anyone resisting to be killed.
At this moment, Zheng Dong had already arrived at a dilapidated palace.
He had obtained another part of the Eye of the Divine Kingdom from the Saintess's corpse.
The two fragments of the Eye of the Divine Kingdom combined to form a spherical crystal.
The crystal resembled an eye filled with countless stars.
Holding the Eye of the Divine Kingdom, Zheng Dong felt that he could now control the entire relic space.
As long as he wished, he could see what everyone in the relic space was doing.
What surprised Zheng Dong the most was that this relic space was not fixed. Like the relic space within the relic bead, it could be taken away.
Furthermore, Zheng Dong sensed the Sin of Thunder.
A black scythe was embedded in the spatial crystal wall of this relic space, continuously emitting the Sin of Thunder.
This was a divine artifact, the Scythe of Sin.
It was precisely because of the Scythe of Sin that the lower-god demon had led his subordinates to break into the divine kingdom of the equally lower-god angel.
Unfortunately, the Scythe of Sin was also obtained by the lower-god demon by chance. It was also broken, and the lower-god demon could not repair it.
Otherwise, its power would be even greater.
Due to the Scythe of Sin, the crystal wall of the relic space was severely damaged, and the entire relic space seemed to be frozen, unable to move.
This meant that if Zheng Dong wanted to take the relic space away, he would have to pull out the Scythe of Sin.
This item could probably only be pulled out by a demon; angels could not approach it.
The demoness and the Saintess had not possessed complete control over the relic space before, nor could they sense the existence of the Scythe of Sin, naturally not knowing the source of the Sin of Thunder.
This had benefited Zheng Dong greatly.
Zheng Dong decided to have the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit try to pull out the divine artifact, the Scythe of Sin.
He used his authority over the relic space to teleport himself and the Dark Elemental Spirit near the location of the Scythe of Sin.
Electricity crackled all around, and one could be struck by the Sin of Thunder if not careful.
Zheng Dong did not dare to get any closer and instead had the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit attempt to pull it out.
The Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit grasped the Scythe of Sin. Fortunately, it was not attacked.
However, when it tried to pull it out, it lacked a bit of strength.
What to do?
Zheng Dong had no choice but to have Ling'er release all the other Dark Elemental Spirits to help.
Although these Dark Elemental Spirits were weaker, they were numerous, numbering over a thousand.
With the combined efforts of the many Dark Elemental Spirits, a section of the Scythe of Sin was finally pulled out.
At this point, the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit had also exhausted its strength.
Zheng Dong had it refine and absorb one of the Demon Stones from the activities of the Night Demon General and the Golden Demon General.
After recovering, it continued to attempt to pull out the Scythe of Sin.
This time, another large section was pulled out.
Zheng Dong felt that with one or two more attempts, he could completely pull out the Scythe of Sin.
Following this, the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit refined another Demon Stone and pulled out another section. After refining all the Dark Marrow Divine Crystals left by the demoness, it finally pulled out the Scythe of Sin completely.
Subsequently, the Scythe of Sin returned to its normal appearance, looking like an ordinary black scythe. The Sin of Thunder that had once surrounded it was completely hidden.
Zheng Dong attempted to pick up the Scythe of Sin, but there was no reaction.
This item could not be used for the time being.
Even the Overlord-grade Dark Elemental Spirit could only swing it once before expending all its energy.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to put it away.
In this way, the archaeological findings were quite fruitful. Not only did he obtain the quasi-divine resource, the Orb of Light, but also the divine artifact, the Scythe of Sin, and control over this mythical relic space.
However, the question remained: how to take it with him?
If he took it directly, Xingye Country would not dare to object.
Of course, before taking it, he still had to deal with the numerous angels within the relic space.
This was not difficult for Zheng Dong, who now possessed control over the relic space.
He handed the Stone of Light, left behind by the Saintess after her death, to the Overlord-grade Light Elemental Spirit for absorption and refinement.
Now, the strength of the Light Elemental Spirit was comparable to that of the Light Angel and the Fire Angel.
Zheng Dong only needed to teleport the Light Angel or the Fire Angel individually, and then have the Overlord-grade Light and Dark Elemental Spirits join forces to eliminate them one by one.
Thus, Zheng Dong began to survey the situation within the divine city.
He saw that the beast masters from various countries who had entered for archaeology were being pursued by angels.
Those who were unfortunately captured met a grim fate.
Zheng Dong discovered that Xia Mengqiu and several other female beast masters had fled to the outer city.
The legendary beast masters, such as Li Yang Chuanqi, were also under attack by the Overlord-grade Light Angel and the Fire Angel.
Zheng Dong pondered for a moment, disguised himself as an angel, and approached Xia Mengqiu and the others.
Then, pretending to have a chance encounter, he bumped into Xia Mengqiu and her group.
The reason for doing this was that he needed a few witnesses.
This was because he wanted to take this mythical relic space away without anyone noticing or suspecting him.
After all, if everyone else teleported to the outer city and died, but he emerged unscathed, it would easily draw attention.
Moreover, although the beast masters who entered the inner city had been brainwashed earlier, they still remembered each other's actions.
Only Zheng Dong's whereabouts were unclear to others.
Zheng Dong, disguised as an angel, pretended to encounter Xia Mengqiu and her group.
As Xia Mengqiu and the others were about to make a move, Zheng Dong quickly removed his disguise and resumed his original appearance.
Seeing Zheng Dong, Xia Mengqiu was immediately startled.
"Zheng Dong! You're still alive."