Cunning

As the Sheep-Faced Demon approached and stared at him, Lumian's hand was already gripping the hilt of the "Sword of Courage".

Facing the gleaming white leg bone crashing down, he swiftly drew his iron-black Straight Sword, which Burning with Blazing White and blue Flames, and charged forward to meet it.

When!

Amidst the resounding crash, Lumian's palm cracked open, oozing blackened, congealed blood.

The immense force from the Goat-Faced Devil made it impossible for him to hold the "Sword of Courage" any longer, and he was sent flying, crashing into a pile of rubble.

The Goat-Faced Devil stepped past the fallen iron-black Straight Sword, took two steps to stand in front of Lumian, and once again raised his white leg bone.

Suddenly, the figure of the Temperance Faction Half-God Sharon was reflected in its dim eyes, which were oozing blood, books, and pus, and its raised hands froze in mid-air.

Seeing the Goat-Faced Devil's movements become unusually slow, as if it were resisting something, Lumian instantly ignited a Blazing White Flames, transforming it into a flamboyant spear. He swiftly passed over this high-ranking Undead and arrived at the location where the "Sword of Courage" had fallen.

Perhaps because the Goat-Faced Devil was not Undead transformed from Beyonder being through the "Death God" Pathway, it had a poor Intimidation effect on Lumian, Undead, and did not have the power to enslave Lumian's mind and body, thus failing to give Lumian the Courage to resist.

As Lumian picked up the Iron-Black Straight Sword, he released the spirituality Accumulation using his "Ascetic" abilities.

At the same time, his Eyes turned iron black, reflecting the various colors on the Goat-Faced Devil's body.

He quickly spotted the Pale White, ran two steps toward the Goat-Faced Devil, and leaped high into the air.

While suspended in mid-air, Lumian adjusted his posture, gripped the "Sword of Courage" with both hands in reverse, and descended from his height towards the ram-faced Sheep-Faced Demon who was still fighting against the Temperance Faction Half-God Sharon, whose movements were slow and stiff.

This time, he used the "Sword of Courage" to "Harvest"!

His spirituality surged wildly towards the Iron-Black Straight Sword, causing the Blazing White- blue Flames on its surface to instantly swell and then condense inward.

With a soft thud, Lumian slammed heavily into the Goat-Faced Devil's back, thrusting his "Sword of Courage" Subordinate, plunging it into the Goat-Faced Devil's neck and body junction, cutting into the rotting Pitch-Black flesh with the grace of slicing butter.

Amidst the splattering of disgusting pus, the Blazing White -blue Flames covering the Iron-Black Straight Sword poured into the body of the Goat-Faced Devil.

With a rumble, a muffled explosion rang out, and the Temperance Faction Half-God Sharon managed to escape the body of the Goat-Faced Devil in time.

The Goat-Faced Devil then disintegrated into a pool of Viscous Black Liquid, as if formed from the Human Malice.

The black liquid was splashed onto different parts of the ruined Church by the expanding flames and the Impact that swept around it. Then, it quickly swam away and burrowed into the dark, gaping hole leading to the Pale Kingdom, seemingly to reassemble itself inside.

Holding the "Sword of Courage," Lumian immediately depleted two-thirds of his released spiritual energy. He was about to chase after the Goat-Faced Devil to fight again when he felt his body suddenly stiffen and his soul was imprisoned in an invisible cage.

"Take your target item first." The "Knight of Swords's " voice, weak and increasingly ethereal, rang in his ears.

Yes... Lumian accepted the "Knight of Swords" reason.

Anyway, I'm not afraid of that Goat-Faced Devil, so I can just put the "Abscessed Severed Hand" body into the "Traveler’s Bag" first!

He transformed into Blazing White Spear and swiftly arrived beneath the bone torches. To better move the "Abscessed Severed Hand," he temporarily tucked the "Sword of Courage" back into the "Traveler’s Bag."

A moment later, Lumian felt a lingering fear:

I only have one-third of my spirituality left, so why am I still thinking of fighting to the death with the Goat-Faced Devil?

Moreover, Lady. Sharon's condition is clearly quite poor!

At this point, shouldn't we quickly grab the target item and escape the half-collapsed Church before the Goat-Faced Devil reassembles itself and catches up?

Fortunately, the "Knight of Swords" acted as a valve for my Courage and found a reason that could effectively convince me!

Without further hesitation, Lumian grasped the half of the "Abscessed Severed Hand" with both hands and tried to lift it.

This body is extremely heavy, as if it were made of metal. Fortunately, Lumian is already at Sequence 5 and is on one of the Pathway known for its strength.

During this process, Lumian was worried that the body might suddenly turn into a zombie and deliver a fatal blow, but fortunately, the "Abscessed Severed Hand" half of the body seemed to have lost its vitality long ago after Cutting by the Goat-Faced Devil for who knows how many years, and there was no abnormal reaction.

Lumian placed the bluish-black, swollen half of the Corpse into the opening of the "Traveler’s Bag" and was delighted to see it "sink" inside.

--Flesh and blood with vitality cannot be put into the "Traveler's Bag," and the remains of the "Abscessed Severed Hand" had previously shown the ability to heal itself. Lumian's thought was that if he couldn't put this half of the Corpse into the "Traveler’s Bag," he should just carry it obediently, or ask either the "Knight of Swords" or Lady Sharon to possess it and make it run on its own.

After carefully collecting the mangled body, including the "Abscessed Severed Hand," Lumian heard a creaking sound coming from inside the dark, gaping hole.

He immediately transformed into Blazing White Flame Spear and hurled it towards the outside of the half-collapsed, Pitch-Black Church.

With a whoosh, the Blazing White flames left a trail of Burning in the dark sky and spread rapidly into the distance.

There was no Paleness erosion here, Lumian could fly very far in one breath.

Under the glow of those golden streetlights shaped like human figures, Lumian, who had transformed into Blazing White Flame Spear many times, finally returned to the illusory, dark River of the Underworld.

He saw the gloomy, dilapidated little boat reappear, slowly approaching him as the "Ferryman" rowed.

Lumian waited anxiously, not daring to fly onto the small boat in the form of Flame Spear.

According to "Knight of Swords" Maric, that would cause him to sink directly into the Depths the River of the Underworld, and no one could rescue him.

Behind him, clusters of Paleness green Flames Burning silently, sometimes swaying violently with the earth shaking, and sometimes trembling up and down in some kind of tremor.

Lumian was on edge, sensing that some kind of danger was approaching, but he didn't know whether it was the Mutation brought about by the awakening of the Ancient Death God's Corpse, or the pursuit of the Goat-Faced Devil.

He gazed at the gloomy little boat, its speed seemingly unchanging, and used the "Hunter's" manner to calm his inner emotions.

He chuckled and said to the "Knight of Swords" Maric within his body, "I used to think the Goat-Faced Devil very strong, the kind of being only slightly weaker than the Ancient God. Otherwise, why would it have a grudge against the Demon Monarch and want to kill him? Why would it crave the Bird Egg beneath the Corpse the Ancient Death God? But now it seems that it's only at the level of Saint, and one that's just Corpse without Beyonder Characteristic."

The Knight of Swords did not respond.

Lumian continued, "The Goat-Faced Devil's initial offer to kill the Demon Monarch as part of the deal was probably just Bluff, designed to make us more accepting of the second condition. Subconsciously, we thought it was pretty good. In reality, if it weren't for Oseto's Premature Child interference, we would have had a chance to steal the Bird Egg. We would have just had to face the wrath of the Ancient Death God's Corpse afterward, but that had nothing to do with the Goat-Faced Devil himself."

"At the same time, it also used the Commission of killing the Demon Monarch to establish its own image, making us think that it was very powerful and had a high status, so we dared not directly attack it, nor dared to easily give up the Bird Egg mission."

"What a cunning Devil..."

As Lumian muttered to himself, he suddenly remembered the accusations made against him by the Goat-Faced Devil:

They've taken that egg for themselves!

When did I take that egg for myself? The egg was clearly still beneath the Ancestor of the Phoenixes' Corpse. I merely resonated slightly with the creature inside, hearing what it heard and seeing what it saw... Because of this resonance, I subtly absorbed the aura of the creature inside the egg, leading the Goat-Faced Devil to mistakenly believe that I had obtained the egg and broken it? As Undead, even if the Goat-Faced Devil was once Saint- level Devil, it probably doesn't have much of a brain left now, acting only on its cunning Devil instincts... As Lumian pondered this seriously, the tattered, gloomy little boat finally reached the shore.

Lumian immediately jumped onto the boat and stood behind the "Ferryman".

Although this "Ferryman" might launch an attack later, compared to the pursuit of the Goat-Faced Devil and the Mutation brought about by the awakening of the Ancient Death God's Corpse, he can be considered "friendly."

This falls within the scope of what can be handled.

The gloomy, dilapidated boat swayed away from the dark shore and slowly drifted towards the middle of the illusory River of the Underworld Styx.

Lumian looked back into the Depths of the Underworld and found that the dense darkness had calmed down, no longer shaking violently or making heavy noises.

Then everything returned to peace.

Lumian's tense mind relaxed slightly, and he instinctively let out a sigh of relief.

This "trip to the Underworld" was really "tightly packed"...

Only then did he begin to ponder the problem of that Pitch-Black giant egg:

What's inside seems to have some connection to Ombella!

From this incident, Lumian felt that the "Great Mother" using Ombella from ancient times as the name of her Divine Child was not simply an attempt to erode the Authority of the "Earth Mother" through strong Mysticism symbolism. Ombella, the "Harvest Goddess" who had long since fallen, also held considerable secrets.

"However, Ombella was not one of the eight Ancient God who ruled the sky and the earth at that time. She was merely the Queen and Subordinate God of That One King of the Giants among the Ancient God, which is equivalent to Angel in modern times. Why can the secrets of her influence the present era?"

"Alas, much crucial information is currently shrouded in the mists of history; only a few High-Ranking Being have truly survived from the Second Epoch to the present know a little about it..."

As Lumian sighed, he watched himself drift further and further away Depths the deep, dark land of the Underworld until all he could see was the illusory, dark waters of the River of the Underworld.

He suddenly had a feeling that this matter was completely over.