Volume Four: Withering in This Mortal World, Chapter 288: The Unrivaled War God of Dance

"Hela, Hades, Sanat, Yama, Osiris, Apuch, the army of the underworld..."

Xiao's purple hair danced in the gale, the thick book in her hand emitted a dazzling light, and a chilling aura gathered in the air, evoking images of the afterlife.

"You're dawdling too much! Form 251 - Earth Collapse!"

"They beat us to it!?"

Boom!!

The powerful punch slammed into the ground, instantly cracking the hard rock. The paladins screamed and howled, and before their divine spell could even fully form, Xiao Wu was already hurtling towards them like an arrow released from a bow!

"Form 270 - Sky Fall!"

Her body fell like a missile, shattering the ironclad defenses of the Shield Knight in a single move. All the knights around her were sent flying backward, coughing up blood! At this moment, Xiao Wu was like a tiger among sheep. Her movements were incredibly agile, and she could always dodge the bombardment of holy light with the slightest movement. Every kick could easily shatter the armor blessed by Divine Word, and every punch could make people spit out blood. The Imperial Guard of the Cathedral of the True God were like a bunch of kindergarten kids in front of her.

It wasn't that the Papacy's army was useless. If they had used wide-range divine magic to attack Xiao Wu from the beginning when she approached, even she would have had to retreat. However, this time Shino finally became Divine Teammate, summoning an army to cover Xiao Wu so she could charge directly into the enemy ranks. Once it turned into close combat, that was Xiao Wu's domain, and Shino had no place to use her skills.

"Wait, wait, wait! What do you mean by 'no use for my skills'? I can also provide support!"

"Just focus on protecting yourself! Don't even think about helping me!"

"That's so mean QAQ!"

Xiao was moved to tears, however--

"Look! Someone's all alone!"

" In the In the Name of God, judge her!!!"

"Wait a minute, I'll put the bean bag down!"

Lightning bolts and lightning strikes rained down on her, and she hurriedly flipped through her book, muttering incoherently—but her seemingly clumsy actions caused an astonishing phenomenon. A massive city wall, hundreds of meters high, stood between her and the Papal Army, blocking all the attacks, and although the wall itself quickly became riddled with cracks, it showed no signs of collapsing.

"Hurry, hurry—come out! Shiva! Chronos! Yuanshi Tianzun! Ra! And more..."

One after another, towering human figures appeared in the sky. These were not true gods, but rather figures extracted from myths and legends. They lacked divine power, but possessed formidable fighting strength—enough to deal with these creatures.

"Demon -Demon Slaying Holy Flame!"

Golden flames, accompanied by strange special effects, erupted like a volcano, instantly engulfing a group of (fake) gods, and after a thorough ravage, not even a trace remained.

"Huh?"

Xiao and her friends were stunned.

"Ah, right..."

Xiao then realized what had happened. Driven by the atmosphere, she had gotten so excited that she had impulsively joined the formidable trio of Ye Yue Wu on the battlefield, brimming with confidence that she could handle it...

But thinking about it carefully, it's Ye Yue Wu who's stronger, not me! I'm just a gloomy, lewd, bookish shut-in from the Literature Department. I should just obediently wait for that gay author to remember me and let me sell my body, why am I going to the battlefield?!

"This is... this is a huge problem!"

Another Light Sword swept across, and the city wall made an ominous cracking sound. Xiao quickly summoned her transportation character and turned to flee—it was better to stay in the back and play a support role than to be reckless and fight head-on!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xiao Wu was still going all out, but she was starting to struggle.

She flipped over and leaped away, grazing the scorching Light Gun shooting from all directions. Her wrists and sides were pierced with terrifying wounds that looked like they had been bitten by wild beasts. Moreover, the healing speed was much slower than Xiao Wu had expected. She realized that the wounds caused by these divine Light Gun were more difficult to heal than ordinary wounds.

Piling blows rained down on the shield wall, but this time it was even more solid than before. Gritting her teeth, she unleashed a devastating smash, cracking a hole the size of a head in the shield! The Divine Spellcaster were chanting new Divine Word, the buzzing sounds blending together to create a disturbing, almost hysterical effect, like a church hymn. It turned out that it wasn't just the spells themselves; the incantations of high-level Divine Spellcaster possessed a mental attack-like effect!

"But..."

Xiao Wu plunged her hands into the holes in the shield of light, gripping both sides and tearing at them with all her might! The shards of the shield, like broken glass, continuously cut her hands, but she seemed oblivious, continuing to exert her strength. Meanwhile, the Divine Spellcaster surrounding her had finished their incantations, and arrows of light shot towards her!

"Roll!"

Crack!!! With a roar, Xiao Wu tore the massive shield wall in two—but what she did next was what shocked the enemy the most! The shield wall of light would quickly dissipate on its own after being broken, with only a delay of less than a second. But she used that second to powerfully swing the two halves of the shield wall, which had not yet completely dissipated, like a fan, deflecting all the arrows! After a series of explosions, the arrows and the shield wall disappeared simultaneously, while Xiao Wu herself was completely unharmed!

"Sometimes you really have to use a gun... Demonization, 30%!"

A powerful shockwave blasted away all the surrounding paladins, her eyes turned purple, and her already white hair became even more dazzling. She drew her twin pistols, the spiritual energy arrays inscribed upon them emitting a brilliant light—

"Gun Fu - The Po Jun Chaotic Dance Form!"

In that instant, everyone had the illusion that the white-haired girl had transformed into fireworks, the dazzling flashes of the gun muzzle becoming her most beautiful attire. Forward fire, oblique fire, backward fire, side fire, blind fire—the speed at which she pulled the trigger was so fast no one could see it clearly. Countless bullets scattered in all directions from her, raining down on any possible enemy! The spiritual bullets, infused with the violent power of demons, were exceptionally powerful, tearing through armor and divine shields the moment they made contact, easily piercing through human bodies amidst the blood and light! The Shield Knight hurriedly deployed a shield wall, but by the time it was complete, they had already lost hundreds of soldiers!

"Now, you should all give up, right...?"

After the indiscriminate firing ended, Xiao Wu, slightly out of breath, sheathed her dual pistols and looked at the wreckage and dead scattered everywhere, her gaze icy.

... He committed murder.

Some of the paladins lying on the ground—or rather, the vast majority of them—were already corpses, all killed by her. But she, who had always abhorred killing, felt no particular aversion to it. Unconsciously, "killing" was no longer a taboo for her.

"Is that you, Ling Ye...?"

"I'll use my life to help you overcome the hurdle of 'not being able to kill'" -- In the end, the young man succeeded.

In a sense, we should thank him.

Otherwise, if you still think about sparing the enemy's life on the battlefield, even with strong self-healing abilities, you will still die a terrible death.

"Long live the Supreme God!!!!!"

Suddenly, a small group of Shield Knight and Divine Spellcaster roared and pounced on her, getting very close— Xiao Wu, of course, remained unfazed. She raised her gun again, aiming it at the heads of these men—

"--wrong!"

At that moment, Xiao Wu's instinct for danger kicked in, and she abruptly stopped firing and retreated. Simultaneously, the paladins ripped off their armor and robes, revealing the Divine Word tattooed on their bodies—

"God, I entrust myself to you!"

Boom!!!!!!

The combined power of several paladins' self-destruct attacks was truly astonishing. After the blinding white light dissipated, only a huge crater ten meters deep remained on the ground! Xiao Wu emerged somewhat disheveled from the smoke and dust of the explosion, her back and legs covered in large areas of scorch marks, and the healing speed was much slower than that of injuries from ordinary divine magic.

"Huff... huff... tsk, I underestimated them... I didn't expect them to be able to carry out a suicide attack so decisively. Are they just too audacious, or has the Vatican's brainwashing been too thorough...? Eh?"

Xiao Wu dove to the side with a side somersault, leaving a huge palm print on the ground where she had just been. The giant golden hand of light, which had been covered in Divine Word, slowly withdrew. Following the giant hand, there was an arm also covered in Divine Word, a massive body clad in armor of light, and a face with a swallow's jaw and tiger's beard—a textbook example of a war god from mythology.

The Divine Law Cult is a monotheistic religion, with the sole deity being the Supreme God. However, 1,500 years ago, in order to completely unify people with different faiths, the Divine Law Cult interpreted the gods of other religions as "different incarnations" of the Supreme God, saying that the Supreme God would manifest in different forms to respond to the different wishes of his followers. The giant of light that appeared before Xiao Wu was one of these many incarnations, the "War God."

And Xiao Wu--

"What is this... the design looks so tasteless..."

--Of course, I don't understand any of this at all.

This is the supreme divine spell "Divine Descent Technique," which is released by a combination of numerous Divine Spellcaster to create the image of a god's avatar to attack the enemy, at the cost of burning their own lives.

And Xiao Wu--

"Hmm... Ye seems to have said that this kind of thing should be called... 'Extra Skill'?"

--A lifetime dedicated to ruining the atmosphere.

She couldn't help but recall the day on the ship when Ye got drunk and produced a lot of Blood Tentacle. Xiao Wu thought he was just drunk and wanted to have a foursome with Haoyue Givinia, and was about to stop him when Ye piled many tiny, hair-like tentacles on their heads, like a hair transplant, and started singing:

"When I first found out I was going to seduce three girls, I actually refused~ I told the author I refused because~ actually, I didn't [beep--] at all~ The author told me that after seduce them, Extra Skill would be added, [beep--] very [beep--], very [beep--], very [beep--]~ After adding special effects for a month~ [beep--] duang~~~ Later I also found out they were..."

In short, it was drunken ramblings that were comparable to dirty jokes. He even used his mouth to simulate strange muffled sounds. It was that time that made Xiao Wu never forget the words "Extra Skill".

"No... why am I thinking about these things? Have I really been corrupted by those lesbians...?"

"Blasphemers! Your very existence is sin! Your life is suffering! In the In the Name of God, I summon the spirit of the War God to punish you!!!"

Xiao Wu sighed. She realized she couldn't handle these religious fanatics. After hesitating for a moment, she decided—

"Let's go all out... Black Star, White Night, combination— Gun Blade!"

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