The air in the sanctuary seemed to tremble because of the terrifying aura emanating from the Saintess of Destruction.

"Just die already!!!"

The Saintess of Destruction swung her sword with all her might, and scorching flames transformed into countless crimson pythons, sweeping towards the executioner and paladins who were blocking her path.

Even with their weapons held firmly in defense, the executioner and paladins couldn't withstand the Saintess of Destruction's desperate attack fueled by her burning life force. Their armor began to shatter, and their faces were marked with scorched blood from the scattered sparks.

The priest's most powerful healing divine art unfolded behind the executioner and paladins, showering them with the light of grace and rapidly healing their wounds.

Under the erosion of intense pain and rage, the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline, launched even more frenzied and powerful attacks, but her reason was clearly waning. No matter how she swung her magic sword, it seemed to be consistently blocked or evaded by the combined efforts of the executioner and paladins.

Her rhythm began to falter, and the male guard repeatedly found opportunities to counterattack.

At this moment, the male guard once again took the opportunity to slip into the shadows, attempting to circle behind the Saintess of Destruction.

Consumed by pain, the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline, resembled a wounded beast.

She understood that the only way to escape the pain was to first kill the white magic user who was constantly annoying her from the back lines.

"Lan Qi—!!"

In the distance.

"!"

Seeing the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline, in such a furious state, Lan Qi felt that she was definitely about to swear. Without hesitation, he cast [Friendly Exchange] on her.

Suddenly, Adeline's voice seemed to choke in her throat.

She looked at Lan Qi in disbelief, feeling as if her throat was being scraped by a knife, unable to express her anger through words.

"Even if you are a heretic, you can't swear and insult people. That's not right," Lan Qi explained logically.

"..."

In that instant.

The air in the entire sanctuary seemed to become exceptionally quiet.

Only the sound of people swallowing could be heard.

The Saintess of Destruction, Adeline, was the source of this silence, like a black hole absorbing all sounds.

The sense of danger erupting from her made the executioner and paladins' hair stand on end, putting them on the highest level of alert.

They all knew.

Lan Qi had upgraded her berserk state again!!

In the back row, in front of Lan Qi, the priest, who was holding a tin staff to maintain the barrier shield, felt the terrifying pressure emanating from the Saintess of Destruction in the distance and instinctively began to tremble slightly.

"Brother, enough, stop stacking buffs on her..."

The priest was already scared.

He discovered that although none of Lan Qi's magic cards had "Taunt," "Rage," or "Berserk" effects, when used by Lan Qi, each one seemed to have those effects!

Even though Lan Qi's actions would greatly accelerate the pace of the battle, giving them hope of determining the outcome before sunset.

But as it stood, the most likely outcome was that the insanely angry Saintess of Destruction would recklessly charge over and kill all of them in the back row!

At the moment when everyone was at their highest level of alert.

The Saintess of Destruction, who seemed to have become somewhat indescribable, turned her body into a black arrow and shot straight towards Lan Qi with a sound of tearing through the air!

Seeing this scene, the male guard immediately reacted. He tried his best to tear at the Saintess of Destruction's neck.

However, to his surprise, the Saintess of Destruction neither dodged nor evaded. Relying on the fact that killing a betrayer would attract the Vampire Count, she acted as if she was betting that the male guard wouldn't dare to kill her. Ignoring the male guard's existence, she unleashed a ring of exploding, scorching flames around her, throwing the male guard off balance and leaving only a deep wound on her back.

The executioner, with his heavy armor and tattered red cloak, rushed forward like a frenzied bull, his axe slamming down on the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline. The paladin followed closely behind, the holy light sword in his hand drawing an arc in the air, bringing a gust of wind, like thunder striking the Saintess of Destruction, the air filled with silent sparks of electricity!

But now, the Saintess of Destruction was completely defenseless, enduring such attacks, only fighting forward like the most primitive of beasts, bloodthirstily swinging her sword and heavily injuring the executioner and paladins. Then, without stopping, she continued to advance.

"Is she crazy?!"

The executioner gasped wearily, his eyes flashing with panic and unwillingness. His body was scorched by the scorching flames, and every breath brought intense pain.

The paladin's shield was also knocked away, and his chest armor had been cut open with a long gash by the sword qi, and blood was constantly gushing out.

Even though they had desperately chased after the Saintess of Destruction at the first moment, it was impossible to catch up with the Saintess of Destruction who had fallen into a terrifying state and had already broken through!

Even the priest turned to urgently use spells to block her, and the light ball in his hand turned into a scorching sun and shot straight at the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline.

But the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline, was too fast, like a black falcon in a dive, her sword like the Grim Reaper's scythe, pointing directly at Lan Qi, determined to kill him!

"Who can stop her!!!"

The male guard chased after her, stirring up a gust of wind, but he couldn't catch up with the Saintess of Destruction, Adeline's flickering figure, and shouted anxiously.

At this moment.

The entire sanctuary was shrouded in a tension that was about to reach the breaking point.

Sounds and time seemed to slow down.

The expressions of every challenger could not hide their panic, they could only watch helplessly as the out-of-control Saintess of Destruction, Adeline, was about to reach the back row.

The outcome might be decided in the next moment.

The front line had collapsed.

If no one could stop the Saintess of Destruction's sudden burst of offensive and allow the three melee fighters to catch up and intercept her again, the back row would be slaughtered, and the challenger's side, losing the key support of the back row, would be directly unable to resist the Saintess of Destruction!

If they could delay her, they could still fight for another round.

Even if a few of them were killed by the Saintess of Destruction, there was still hope of winning!

Only a few meters away from the protective light shield.

The Saintess of Destruction, her body covered in hideous scars, had a crazed look of anger on her face, as if she was using all the strength in her limbs to send death to Lan Qi.

The priest still resolutely stood at the very front of the back line, clenching his teeth tightly, looking directly at the approaching Saintess of Destruction.

The light shield he maintained could probably block one attack from the Saintess of Destruction.

"Come on! You damned heretic!"

Even if it cost him his life, as long as he could delay for one more second, their side's chances of winning would increase by a few points!

However.

No one noticed that one person's state remained calm.

From beginning to end, it had never changed.

Lan Qi walked past the priest's shoulder, his steps silent, calm and steady, as if completely detached from this noisy battlefield.

He had no fear, and was lightly holding a magic card surrounded by purple light in his hand.

The next moment.

Along with a loud noise, metal scraped sparks on the floor tiles.

The entire sanctuary also turned deathly silent.

Because everyone saw—

The Saintess of Destruction looked shocked and lost, and heavily knelt down in front of Lan Qi!!

The heavy blow of kneeling down rapidly during her charge caused her knees to feel excruciating pain, and she couldn't stand up for a moment.

Under the stained-glass rose window, reflecting colorful brilliance, Lan Qi seemed to be bathed in the holy light of the sun. His tall figure was like a god overlooking a humble supplicant.

Lan Qi remained still, looking calmly at the Saintess of Destruction.

"Now that you've seen the Headmaster, why don't you bow?"

(End of chapter)