Chapter 385: [True Mark]

Chapter 385: [True Mark]

Chapter 385: [True Mark]

“Swish!”

As this clear cutting sound rang out, the storm-like evil aura above Cosmos froze, ceasing its surge.

Walls of black fog, formed from the evil aura, tried to block the slash, but were effortlessly cut down by the shining Holy Sword.

And Lilith, protected by the evil aura, took the brilliant strike head-on.

“Drip…”

In the silent air, the sound of dripping blood was incredibly jarring, as crimson blood flowed from Lilith’s chest.

The Holy Sword pierced Lilith’s chest, penetrating through her back, inflicting a truly fatal wound upon the evil god.

Feeling the impact of the successful strike, Shien’s first emotion wasn’t joy, but relief.

He should indeed be relieved.

Although Lilith had no rationality or consciousness and thus didn’t know how to hold back, unleashing her power recklessly with the intent to destroy everything, she also had a major weakness.

At least, if Lilith had rationality and consciousness, she wouldn’t instinctively rely solely on her power to fight.

Because this evil god only knew how to fight with her power, Shien, who could negate the effects of divine powers with his [Blessing], was able to ignore her power.

And if Lilith had rationality and consciousness, facing the Holy Sword that could vanquish all evil, she definitely wouldn’t use the evil aura to defend herself.

Leaving everything to instinct naturally resulted in being inflexible, unable to adapt and counter others’ strategies.

Under such circumstances, Shien’s strike successfully landed.

The Holy Sword’s light continuously purified the evil aura on Lilith, suppressing the power of darkness and chaos, causing the evil aura enveloping Cosmos to tremble, on the verge of collapsing.

Until…

“Bang—!”

A muffled, thunderous sound echoed in the air.

Shien, still in relief, didn’t even have time to react before he was sent flying by a terrifying force, crashing into the ground like a meteor, shattering the earth around him.

This attack came from Lilith’s black wings.

One of Lilith’s wings struck Shien, sending him flying.

However, Shien’s Holy Sword remained embedded in Lilith’s chest, causing her to bleed continuously as she descended from the sky and landed on the ground.

“Cough…!”

Shien pushed away the rubble burying him, coughing as he climbed out of the deep crater.

Upon closer inspection, a trace of blood trickled from the corner of Shien’s mouth.

Yes, Shien was injured.

Although the injury wasn’t serious, he was indeed injured.

“Damn it…”

Feeling the faint pain, Shien smiled wryly.

That attack from Lilith had been weakened by 99% due to the Holy Sword’s protection, and he also had the protection of various resistance skills, yet he was still injured?

How terrifying would it be if he had taken the full force of that attack?

Shien didn’t dare to think about it.

Of course, this level of injury was to be expected.

The most terrifying moment for a truly ferocious being wasn’t during their normal state, but their final counterattack before death.

Lilith was now like a wounded beast, completely out of control.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” …

Roaring sounds echoed as storms of evil aura continuously erupted from Lilith’s body, destroying everything around her.

However, the Holy Sword embedded in her chest was still active, continuously purifying and dispelling her evil aura, causing her to rampage and wreak havoc on her surroundings, but she could no longer unleash such terrifying power on a large scale.

If it weren’t for this, Lilith, in her berserk state, would definitely destroy the barrier, sinking the Stalim Duchy, even the Kingdom of Mitra, into the ground.

Now, the Holy Sword was suppressing her power to the greatest extent, reducing her from an invincible destroyer to a less threatening, albeit still dangerous, force of destruction.

However, even so, under the bombardment of Lilith’s terrifying storms of evil aura, Cosmos trembled frequently, the area within several kilometers of Lilith constantly being impacted, shattered, and shattered again.

“So, what should I do now?”

Shien stood up, clutching his chest, looking at Lilith, who was frantically destroying everything, his mind racing.

At this moment, a figure quickly rushed towards him.

“Wha…!?”

Shien noticed the figure and his expression changed. Before he could react, the figure pounced into his arms.

Then, Shien felt a sharp pain in his arm.

The newcomer, without hesitation, had raised his arm and bit him hard.

This bite completely ignored Shien’s resistance skills, leaving a clear teeth mark on his arm.

However, the next second, the teeth mark transformed into an ancient-looking rune.

Shien, completely caught off guard, looked at the girl who had done this, stunned.

In fact, it wasn’t just Shien who was stunned, but also the women watching from a distance in the sky.

“What!?”

Seeing the girl pounce into Shien’s arms and leave the rune mark on his arm, the women were all dumbfounded.

Especially Anima.

“She… she actually entrusted the [True Mark]…?”

Anima was both shocked and in disbelief.

Not only Anima, but even Airi, Leisha, and Lasha’s eyes widened slightly.

Shien naturally didn’t know about this.

“Beatrice, you…”

Shien was confused and caught off guard.

Beatrice, who had suddenly rushed over and jumped into Shien’s arms, simply looked deeply at him, then turned and rushed towards Lilith.

“—!”

Lilith seemed to notice Beatrice’s presence.

“Laaaaaaaaaaa—!”

The goddess, who had been like an emotionless doomsday device from the beginning, now roared terrifyingly as if she had gone berserk.

The roar was like that of a crying girl, sharp and ear-piercing, causing the evil aura to surge, like a collapsing sky, overwhelmingly bombarding Beatrice.

“Stop!”

Shien finally reacted, his expression changing repeatedly. He immediately tried to rush over.

But before Shien could reach her, the collapsing sky-like evil aura suddenly stopped above Beatrice.

A faint magic power fluctuation emanated from Beatrice, stopping the evil aura.

This was only natural.

Even the magical lifeform created using Beatrice as a prototype could control the evil aura and beings to a certain extent. How could Beatrice herself not be able to?

She was Lilith’s other half, the evil god’s rationality and personality. Controlling the evil aura was like controlling her own power.

Rationality was the consciousness and intellect used to control oneself.

Lilith didn’t know how to restrain herself, only releasing her power indiscriminately.

And Beatrice was born to control this power.

Thus, Beatrice rushed towards Lilith and pounced on her.

Lilith naturally reacted. She spread her black wings, creating a terrifying explosion as she prepared to strike Beatrice.

If this attack landed, Beatrice would definitely be obliterated by the terrifying power, leaving only splattered blood and flesh.

“Holy Sword!”

Shien couldn’t just watch this happen. Unable to reach her in time, he shouted.

“Clang!”

The Holy Sword embedded in Lilith’s chest suddenly shone brightly.

The light dispelled the darkness, dispersed the evil aura, and suppressed the power within Lilith to the greatest extent.

“…!”

The black wing that Lilith had swung with a terrifying force froze in mid-air.

Thanks to this, Beatrice reached Lilith.

Finally, they made contact.

“Hum!”

The atmosphere trembled abruptly.

Amidst the tremors, Beatrice transformed into a shadow of light and merged into Lilith, disappearing.

No, she didn’t disappear. She had become one with Lilith.

After nearly ten thousand years, Beatrice finally returned to her main body, no longer a lone, wandering spirit.

However…

“Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!”

Lilith suddenly screamed in pain, clutching her head and flapping her black wings as she soared into the sky.

“Rumble…!”

The evil aura erupted uncontrollably from her body, transforming into a terrifying power that shook the heavens and earth, sweeping across the surroundings, forming the largest storm of evil aura yet.

The Holy Sword was ejected from her body, flying like a stream of light and landing in Shien’s hand.

“Beatrice!”

Shien, ignoring everything else, tried to rush towards Lilith.

However, someone was faster than him.

“Swish!”

“Swish!”

With two sounds of something breaking through the air, two figures, one large and one small, appeared before and behind Lilith, surrounding her.

“Boom!”

An astonishing magic power surged from the two of them.

“Alright, it’s time to calm down, little one.”

Airi spread her dragon wings in front of Lilith, and with a breath, unleashed a scorching dragon’s breath.

The dragon’s breath was terrifying, incredibly terrifying.

Its appearance instantly raised the temperature to an alarming degree, as if turning the area into the center of a volcano, even distorting the air.

“…”

Anima’s expression was serious. She spread her hands, and a holy light filled with life force descended.

Airi used dragon’s breath, while Anima used holy light, one evaporating the evil aura, the other enveloping Lilith, causing her figure to disappear.

The dragon’s breath and holy light enveloped her, turning her into a source of light, floating in mid-air, motionless.

“This…”

Shien stopped in his tracks, stunned.

“Are you alright?”

“Mr. Shien.”

Two more figures appeared beside Shien.

“Lasha? Leisha?”

Shien looked at the two girls who looked like twins, confused.

What was happening now?