Chapter 624 Combat Techniques

Sacrifice.

As the little doll murmured those two words with a strange yet holy smile, its tiny golden head was finally completely submerged and melted in the pool of blood. This scene was as if the bright red liquid had become a passage connecting to another dimension, and the doll's head slowly sank into another space-time.

Yu Sheng had absolutely no idea what was going on.

A bolt of lightning that swept across the underground parking lot instantly interrupted his remaining train of thought.

The other few hermit priests, dressed in white robes and appearing to be of slightly lower rank, had already regained their footing under the command of the "Great Sage." Pale golden light surged across their bodies, and powerful spiritual energy transformed into thunder in their hands. Dozens of bolts of lightning appeared out of thin air in the underground space, striking sharply towards the enormous silver-white fox demon in the center of the parking lot.

This round of thunderstorm was unleashed by several priests working together with all their might, and its power was no less than the Great Sage's angry strike just now. However, the silver-white fox demon did not dodge or evade—because not far behind her was her "benefactor".

Of course, he's practically my benefactor's corpse now—but at least the corpse is still breathing.

The fox girl wanted to try her best to ensure that her benefactor could pass away peacefully.

Then she let out a threatening growl, and her protective spiritual energy vibrated violently around her. Continuous thunderstorms and a hail of bullets created a series of explosions around her. Amidst the smoke and flames, a sharp whistle suddenly came—a silver-white fox tail spewing fierce propulsive flames tore through the smoke and dust, scorching the air as it flew straight toward the tall figure in the distance wearing a white robe with gold patterns.

The great sage of the hermitage saw the eerie fox tail flying out of the smoke, but having witnessed its power, he showed no intention of dodging. After quickly glancing back at the unstable rift behind him, he turned to face the direction from which the fox tail was flying—a phantom ring of thorns and fire above his head leaped with lightning, his flesh swelled, and he suddenly rose high, then took a step forward, opened his arms, and tightly embraced the flame-spitting fox tail!

The fox tail exploded violently, and the fiercely erupting foxfire was compressed into a dazzling "ball of light" in the Great Sage's arms. His body seemed to be on the verge of shattering for a moment, but it was forcibly restored to its original state, and the flames disappeared without a trace after surging.

Hu Li herself was stunned when she saw this scene.

The other priests and soldiers were greatly encouraged by this scene and seized the brief opportunity to quickly concentrate all their firepower on the dangerous nine-tailed silver fox.

Just then, a scream shattered the perfect coordination between the priests.

Suddenly, a white-robed "sage" convulsed, writhing in agony. Blood instantly soaked his white robe, centered on his chest. He was lifted into the air by some unseen force, and then the unseen thing revealed its outline under the stain of his blood—a sharp spider limb.

With a flick of its limbs, the hermit priest, who had died from a chest piercing wound, was tossed aside, and then the limbs slowly dissipated into the air.

spider?

Another white-robed sage felt a sudden sense of alarm, and his spiritual intuition compelled him to subconsciously look in a certain direction.

He saw a pool of blood—amidst the spreading foxfire and smoke, a pool of seemingly sentient "living blood" was surging on the ground, gradually expanding, and something was rapidly taking shape from it.

The next second, he saw a figure rise from the blood.

It was a blonde doll—with a face indistinguishable from a living person, its blonde hair shining like sunlight, wearing an exquisite and gorgeous dark blue dress, and with an elegant and tall figure.

He was also carrying a frying pan.

The blonde doll looked down at herself, then at the cultists opposite her.

Then she was so happy she almost jumped for joy, and turned to Yu Sheng shouting, "Hey, Yu Sheng! I've grown taller! I've grown taller!"

Yu Sheng leaned against a pillar in the parking lot, nearly choking again: "I saw it, I saw it, but is this the time to talk about that—"

He no longer wanted to figure out what was going on.

The cultists on the other side, however, had already reacted. Several bronze knights instantly charged towards the golden-haired puppet rising from the blood, and a white-robed priest, under the cover of the bronze knights, also rushed forward. A silver longsword crackling with psionic lightning had appeared in his hand, and he seemed to be enveloped in a dazzling light. He leaped high into the air towards the puppet, roaring, "Heretics—"

Without turning her head, Eileen slammed a frying pan at him: "Are you deaf when I say I've grown taller?!"

The silver longsword shattered into pieces with a bang. Before the surrounding brass knights could even get close, their limbs were bound by golden threads that appeared out of nowhere, and they were then pinned to the ground by nearly transparent spider limbs. Only the white-robed priest was indeed a tough guy—he didn't utter a sound even when he was sent flying.

Eileen watched with amusement as the cultist she had swatted away flew through the air, then turned to look at the towering figure in front of the rift, adorned with a ring of thorns and fire, whose form resembled that of a god.

She carried the frying pan and walked over, her steps light and quickening.

The Great Sage sensed a strong danger emanating from the newcomer, and in his vision, it seemed that what was approaching him was not just a golden-haired doll—behind her was a massive phantom, invisible to the naked eye, whose spirit emanated a strong ominous aura from another dimension. The phantom was restless, occasionally piercing parts of its limbs into this world, stirring up the flow of spiritual energy in the air.

"You all step back!"

The Great Sage suddenly shouted to the others around him, and almost at the same time, his already superhuman body swelled up again. A marble-like texture covered his skin, and his eyes, which were originally human, were burned into two empty holes by psionic energy. Blinding lightning filled his eye sockets, and the thorn crown on his head also gained physical form. Golden crystal spikes merged into his skull and emitted an indescribable "holiness".

All of this is exactly what the "sages" of the secret order constantly depict in their doctrines—

To reach perfection, to approach divinity.

They imagined the majestic appearance that gods should have and constantly tried to approach that state, even if only for a moment, even if it required burning their lives (most of the time burning the lives of others).

Now, he possesses a godlike appearance and power far exceeding his own limits.

"We cannot... be disturbed..."

The giant "Great Sage" murmured in a low voice as he stepped toward the blond doll approaching him. Each step he took shattered the ground, and his marble-sculpted body seemed to draw upon endless power—while Eileen, who had just regained her normal height, once again appeared very…small in front of this "giant".

The blonde doll tilted its head back and thought for a moment.

"Damn it, so all that growth was for nothing?"

She muttered something rather rudely, but then a bright smile suddenly bloomed on her face.

"Luckily, I have an even taller one—"

The next second, her figure suddenly collapsed into a cloud of blood mist, disappearing into the real world in the blink of an eye.

The Great Sage was just raising his hand to strike the golden-haired puppet at his feet when he was caught off guard by this scene and was momentarily stunned. In that moment of distraction, he saw the enormous phantom that had always been hidden in another dimension suddenly "cut" into the real dimension.

A giant spider suddenly appeared where Eileen had disappeared—the terrifying spider's body was as if it were made of obsidian, its carapace covered with mysterious and enigmatic symbols, while its upper body was female, its face bearing a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to Eileen's, except that its black hair was loose, its eyes were scarlet, and its gorgeous long dress had been replaced with an insect-like carapace.

This "Spider Goddess" was even a head taller than the giant Great Sage.

The great sage looked up in astonishment, and the next second, he saw that the other's scarlet eyes were filled with hostility, and the spider's body was raised high, with two terrifying limbs plunging down towards his upper body.

He reacted quickly, raising his hand before the limb could pierce down, grasping two balls of lightning to meet the "blasphemous alien" before him.

But the spider goddess disintegrated before his eyes in the blink of an eye—before the great sage could even react, he felt a gust of wind at his feet, and the golden-haired doll "cut" into the real dimension, swinging a frying pan and smashing it hard on his knee.

The height is just right.

The giant's screams shook the underground parking garage.

To be fair, the giant's health bar was indeed thick, and the high priest of the Hermitage was no ordinary person. Despite having one leg crippled on the spot, he did not fall down. He even reacted quickly, bending down to grab the blond puppet next to his leg that had been thrown out and had not yet adjusted its posture.

The next instant, Eileen's figure disappeared again, and the giant spider goddess instantly "cut" into reality, swinging her hand down with a powerful slap.

The Great Sage felt a sudden sense of alarm, realizing that if this palm strike landed, even he himself might be in grave danger. In a panic, he dragged his body backward and raised his hand to block—but before he could block, the Spider Goddess "switched" back into a blonde doll. Eileen spun around in place and swung the frying pan around, smashing it into the Great Sage's knee once more!

After smashing her, her figure disappeared instantly. The Great Sage was extremely shocked and angry. However, although it was the first time he had faced such a strange opponent, he quickly realized the trick of the puppet-spider. Enduring the intense pain caused by his crippled legs, he clapped his hands together, and a lightning storm that kept spreading spread rapidly in all directions from him!

But in the next instant, a blond figure, only 66.6 centimeters tall, emerged from the gap between the thunderstorm and the ground. Little Eileen, holding a frying pan, hopped and skipped over it, then jumped up and smashed the pan onto the Great Sage's toe...

The thunderstorm, accompanied by the giant's scream, vanished instantly, and the 1.67-meter-tall blonde Irene reappeared from thin air, swinging her frying pan in a jumping strike, this time hitting her opponent's shinbone...

Circling, crawling between the legs, getting up, trimming feet.

It's like a combo that's ingrained in your very bones.

Yu Sheng, who witnessed this scene and whose heart had stopped beating for more than ten minutes, did not even have the heart to die and insisted on watching the whole thing.

(End of this chapter)