Volume Five: Return from the Other Shore - The Pillars and the Witch (Part 2) (Second Update)
"Cough... cough... whoosh..."
"Admit it honestly, you little bitch Tianlu, you're already tired! For someone like you who always relies on your enormous energy reserves to avoid fatigue, even this level of exhaustion has a huge impact!"
"..."
Tianlu was unable to refute it.
That's exactly what happened last time in Sadington when I stumbled. I was tricked into using my ultimate move by that pink-haired woman, and when I was exhausted, I was attacked by their combined attack, and in the end, I was thrown to the moon! I thought I had learned my lesson, but I still made a mistake that an experienced veteran would never make—underestimating the enemy because they outnumbered me! In her eyes, no matter how experienced or difficult Yu Jie was, he was still just one person, and she could just crush him with her overwhelming strength!
Who knew this guy would suddenly become immortal!
No... is this really immortality?
Or perhaps... this body was already beyond dead, but some external force forced it to move?
--That doesn't matter anymore!
The problem is, what do we do now? We've tried everything, destroying his body countless times, but no matter how we destroy it, those damned barbed wires forcibly piece it back together! Even turning every single cell into dust won't help! What kind of ability is this?!
Or... should we use the Super Divine Spell again?
The second Sovereign's Grasp, capable of completely annihilating a certain area of space? The fourth Holy Temple Heavenly Punishment Army, capable of providing sustained suppression? Or, as a second-best option, the tenth Ascetic Thorns Bind, to permanently imprison him?
But that would leave me completely powerless! I would be defeated without a fight!
While Tianlu was troubled, Yu Jie was also pondering.
He struggled to suppress the excruciating pain of the barbed wire becoming embedded in his body, and tried to think with his patched-up brain.
What should we do now?
Thanks to that incredible miracle, his body is indeed in a state of near-immortality, but that's all! His power hasn't increased, and even though the Heavenly Law is beginning to tire, the gap between them is still too great!
In other words, Heavenly Law cannot kill him, and he cannot defeat Heavenly Law either!
(This is troublesome... Indeed, rather than getting entangled in this fight, it's better to use the advantages of this body to disengage from the battle and take the sacrificial spirit away!)
"Show yourself, Night Knight!"
The impenetrable darkness assimilated everything solid around it, coalescing into a giant knight figure. But this time, the Night Knight not only had his upper body, but also his legs and feet!
"Crush her!"
The Night Knight let out a loud roar, brandishing his Greatsword tens of meters long as he charged towards Tianlu! Tianlu clicked his tongue in disgust, raised his hand, and unleashed a Light Gun that pierced the Night Knight's wrist. However, in the next instant—
BOOM!!!!!
"Self-destruct!?"
The explosion of darkness pushed Tianlu back several meters, completely obscuring her vision! With a roar, she unleashed a torrent of energy from her entire body, forcefully breaking through the darkness!
However, after the darkness dissipated, Yu Jie had vanished without a trace.
"He... escaped again..."
Because of my own carelessness.
We must hurry and chase after them.
Hurry... chase after them...
I wanted to use Divine Speed kind of teleportation magic, but I'm so tired, both physically and mentally.
However... this kind of fatigue is not unpleasant; on the contrary, it has a strange sweetness to it.
It felt as if my whole body was melting into sweet syrup.
It was so comfortable that I wanted to entrust everything to it.
But that won't work.
I still have tasks to complete.
They also need to capture the traitors, judge the guilty, and defeat the Rebel Army.
We can't... just... so easily...
"It's okay, child, you've already tried your best."
... who?
"Who am I? You know perfectly well. From the moment you were born, I've been watching you."
... That fatherly voice, that pure and holy aura, could it be...?
"My child, you have always set an example in upholding the honor of the Holy See, and I am proud of you."
"... Supreme God, Your Majesty?"
The moment I softly uttered that name--
The world turned pure white.
Then, against this pure white backdrop, golden palaces and palaces unfolded before her, angels with magnificent wings of light flew about, the horns of heaven sounded for her, and flawless holy light shone upon her.
Above all this, the supreme and majestic humanoid of light smiled at her.
Welcome, my child.
"Supreme God... Supreme God!"
At this moment, Tianlu's eyes welled up with tears.
Every time Tianlu prayed alone in the church, he couldn't help but feel jealous of Prayer. Prayer was the only one who could speak directly with the Supreme God. How happy he would be if he could listen to the Supreme God's words and feel the Supreme God's majesty, just like Prayer!
And now, that wish has finally come true.
The humanoid figure of light opened its arms and gently embraced Tianlu's body, the movement so tender, the embrace so warm. With just that, Tianlu felt all his mental fatigue and pressure disappear; surrendering himself to the god he had always served was so reassuring.
"Supreme God... I... have finally met you..."
Yes, my dear daughter.
"With every prayer, I sincerely hoped that one day I could hear Your voice and behold Your majesty; now, finally..."
"This is a reward for your unwavering loyalty, which surpasses that of anyone else. Your soul will ascend to heaven and stand by my side forever."
That's... wonderful!
"So happy, huh? You vulgar and boring idiot?"
"--?"
It is unknown when, but the supreme and sacred humanoid form of light became solidified, and the light particles that were scattered everywhere gradually faded.
Suddenly, something felt off.
The Supreme God should be a benevolent father who treats all living beings with kindness, right?
What I heard before was indeed a peaceful, fatherly voice.
But--
Why was his embrace so soft and filled with a woman's fragrance?
"Full of fragrance? Need I say more? After all, it's the perfect me."
"You...?"
Tianlu raised his head as if he had been electrocuted.
The face of the merciful God Father that I had expected did not appear before my eyes.
It was a woman's face.
An incredibly beautiful yet incredibly dangerous woman.
"Who are you?"
"Me? I don't want my name to be uttered by your filthy mouth, so I won't tell you who I am -- well, it doesn't matter to you anyway, right? After all, you're just a puppet of 'God' who has become a puppet of 'me'."
A puppet...?
But it doesn't matter anyway.
Why didn't I realize it before? It's such a wonderful experience to entrust everything to others.
Those bright red lips gently approached her ear—
"So, all you have to do is submit to the order you built with your Truth Incantation —the order I've already taken over, isn't that right? Come on, Little Celestial Law, you surely remember, right? Your first Super Divine Spell..."
"... Lord, I entrust myself to you—God come!"
"Okay!"
Looking down from the central tower at the painfully distorted celestial laws, the lady felt a great sense of pleasure.
Although this was only the first formal experiment, it went so smoothly, which was truly a pleasant surprise.
"All that effort spent in using the power of Word Spirit to infiltrate the spirit of Prayer and indirectly invade the Truth Incantation has paid off! After successfully invading, we'll use reverse interference to affect the other two Goddess. When all three pillars are activated—"
A beautiful yet cruel smile appeared on her lips.
"--The moment the ultimate weapon of the Divine Law Cult's order is activated, and the moment my stage is completed! Ah, come, come quickly, Heir of Warrenstein!!!"
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Construction is complete... Lion, Dumpling, and Mahan are all done, and we even created a surprise catch-up, the first time the Father of the Nation has appeared before. However, there's still no sign of M1 and Mutsuki, and the Daughter and 3V that I've been wanting are still nowhere to be seen...