"No, you can't kill me! The Demon Sealing Tower forbids Holy Mages from killing each other; that would disrupt the stability of the continent!"
The wood-elemental mage cried out, her body already engulfed in flames, her escape route blocked by unknown spatial forces.
Melissa was about to answer when Luo Fan stopped her, "Hurry up and kill him, time is running out."
This thing actually dares to order me around!
"Fine, for Lilith's sake, I'll spare him this time." Melissa was about to make her move when the wood mage's head was severed, and a white crystal surrounded her.
She even heard the screams of the divine consciousness.
That bastard actually has such methods! Melissa immediately felt a sense of fear spreading through her body. This was the first time she had ever seen something that could absorb divine thoughts.
"Stop staring blankly, quickly burn that corpse, there are seeds of the Bloodthirsty Demon Tree on it!" Luo Fan's voice transmission came again, and Melissa finally came back to her senses and seriously carried out Luo Fan's instructions.
Next, Luo Fan continued to seal off the surrounding space, completely blocking the escape route of the two Saint Magisters.
The divine sense of a wood-elemental mage, after being transformed, turned out to be bitter, but it was indeed very fragrant.
After absorbing that divine sense, Luo Fan felt much refreshed. This guy's divine sense was actually weaker than the divine sense of the demon king's clone from before.
Indeed, the Abyss was his lucky place.
Using the same trick again, Luo Fan killed the last two guys, reaping a great harvest.
In the sky, Lilith and Melissa were watching the stick figure suspended in mid-air with great care. His divine sense was clearly stronger than before, and it seemed even purer than that of the old guys in the Demon Sealing Tower.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm so scared!" Luo Fan hadn't dealt with the divine senses of the other two mages yet, and planned to take the opportunity to give these two women a little lesson.
"What is that gem, and why can it devour their divine sense?" Lilith spoke first, sealing off the surroundings to prevent her voice from leaking out.
"The Soul Crystal was given to me by the Tree Spirit of the Secret Realm. I heard there are even better ones in the Demon Abyss."
"This thing is a Soul Crystal?" Lilith had heard the succubus mention it before; it was a very important treasure in the Abyss.
"Of course, this is just the standard version, effective only for ordinary elemental-type Saint Mages. The worst version, as you've probably seen, is the Elf Gem, which can only collect the resentment of magical beasts; it's not just for guiding you!"
Luo Fan continued to explain.
"This thing in my hand can absorb the soul of the dead, but only if that soul is imprisoned by me. As for myself, I also have soul-related inscriptions within my body, which can absorb the essence within."
"You also have inscriptions related to souls! No wonder you can generate soul essence even though your level isn't high. There must be another reason; your soul essence is very pure." Lilith continued to inquire.
"I also know a certain spell to refine divine consciousness, which requires inscriptions as a guide and extremely high comprehension."
"Can we learn from them?" Melissa asked. The main difference between them and those in the Demon Sealing Tower was their lack of divine sense.
"You guys have no knowledge of inscriptions. Don't worry, I'll teach you once you've mastered inscriptions. As for whether you can comprehend them, that depends on your own destiny. Anyway, Xianxian and Xiaoxue haven't mastered them yet, and it's driving me crazy."
“That’s more like it. Also, you can’t have any ideas about my divine sense!” Melissa warned, noticing that the stick figure’s attention was fixed on her.
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. Besides, I can't beat you guys right now." Luo Fan waved his hand, continued to watch the chaos below, and then disappeared again.
Time to shop on Taobao!
"Isn't your daughter's pet a bit too overpowered?!"
In the sky, Melissa still found it hard to believe that all of this was real. She had never seen soul-type inscriptions before, and even if she had, she wouldn't have recognized them.
"How was I supposed to know he'd change so much? Oh well, at least it's not a bad thing." Lilith sighed. It hadn't been long, and the slime had already completely exceeded her expectations.
She still had a nagging feeling that the slime was definitely more than that. If a real fight broke out, he probably had other tricks up his sleeve.
With its mastery of spatial magic and a dense network of inscriptions, aside from the main branch, she couldn't tell how many inscriptions this slime had absorbed.
"What do we do next?" Melissa asked, somewhat annoyed. She should have come earlier; she had missed so many fun things.
News from the Demon Sealing Tower is still too scarce.
"Study inscriptions, then." Lilith said, tossing her two more bottles of inscription fragments. "Inscriptions are the foundation of everything. Good luck!"
After saying that, Lilith disappeared. It seems I could go check on Claire; Luo Fan said they colluded with the Temple of Gods and Demons—those ungrateful bastards.
"Why is this thing running so fast? Never mind, Lanlan, let's go!" Melissa called back her pet and disappeared as well.
Luo Fan in Saint Forest City is ruthlessly plundering the properties of those nobles, not even sparing their treasure vaults, and even taking out the Sky-Soaring Stone.
As for the guild leader Gandalf brought, he has lifted the guild's blockade, released a large number of imprisoned members, and temporarily taken over the city's defenses.
Finally, when they investigated the guys' hideout outside the city, the people there had long since disappeared.
As for Catelyn's second brother, when Gandalf found him, he was already half-dead. He appeared to have been possessed, his body hollowed out, and there was no way to save him.
The old man sighed deeply but didn't say much. No matter what, he had to be brought back for trial and the truth revealed to the public.
By the time the capital's forces arrived, the city had been completely taken over by the guild, and many people had died. Even Xiaoling'er couldn't bear it anymore.
The stench of blood permeated the city; all those associated with the Temple of Gods and Demons had been slaughtered. The city lord's mansion, in particular, was reduced to a single, gaping crater.
The next day, after Luo Fan had finished instructing his Shadow Squad and told them to secretly deliver a letter to the orc princess Terra, he returned to the capital.
Finally, Gandalf led his group away, leaving the two holy mages to guard the area, but Luo Fan still gave them something to save their lives.
Because of the surprise attack and the fact that the enemy was short-handed, the city's main defenses were relatively intact.
After the city lord and the Temple of Gods and Demons were exposed, several guild managers were promoted to fill vacant positions, and several nobles were dealt with, Saint Forest City temporarily returned to peace.
As for the orcs, Luo Fan interrogated them and then kept them for the time being.
So that Beast King wasn't so docile after all! He was actually planning to preserve his strength while dividing up the empire's territory with those people. I'll have to make time to go there.
Saint Forest City was recaptured by the Empire overnight, and the Second Prince faced trial, shocking everyone in the capital. When Caitlin revealed that two other empires had allied with the Abyss in an attempt to open its gates, everyone was stunned once again.
Various reports spread, and even though the two empires vehemently denied the plot, denouncing the Saint Sisca Empire for assassinating the Saint Magister, it at least served as a warning. Behind the Temple of Gods and Demons was the Heifel Empire. Furthermore, news of their unauthorized research into human inscriptions also spread.
Even the secret dealings of the Demon Sealing Tower, which oppressed the Holy Magisters and secretly stole the divine thoughts of the dead, were exposed. The three witches were hunted down because they discovered their conspiracy.
In short, even before the secret realm had fully ended, all sorts of rumors spread. The powerful figures across the continent felt a strong sense of crisis.
Even holy mages have become targets to be hunted.
A major war may very well be on the horizon.
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