Badge in Azure

The distance between both parties shrunk from one-hundred yards to less than a yard. Black flames engulfed the horse’s hooves as they trampled on the red Bishop’s chest. If they made contact with the red Bishop, half his body would be crushed.

“Holy shield!”

There was no time for the red Bishop to cast any attacking divine spells, he did not dare to sacrifice his life in exchange anyway. In his eyes, Nailisi was a death mage, so even if she was killed, she would still be able to transform her soul instantaneously to become a high-level soul witch.

Training over a period of time would still allow a soul witch to preserve her body and become a lich. As for him, if his body was crushed, he could only pray that the Gods would still remember him and allow him to be revived in heaven.

Nailisi crashed onto the blinding holy shield along with her horse. Behind her, the image of a three yard tall angel from heaven appeared. There was a pair of gigantic white wings on the back of this angel, who hacked at the back of Nailisi with the giant sword of glory in his hands.

The expression on the other red Bishop was a little dejected. The purple tentacles surrounded him and were within a yard of the Bishop, but were unable to get closer. This was the center of the holy zone, which was also a grade-8 technique. Touch of Death was a spell that caused area effect damage and was unable to penetrate his defense.

“Teacher!” The two death mages recalled Nailisi’s instructions and quickly called out to her when she was in danger.

The skeletal warhorse, which had been activated into a middle-level creature, crashed onto the transparent holy shield. The black flames on the hooves extinguished instantaneously and the horse’s limbs turned into ashes.

There was a vicious look in Nailisi’s eyes. A layer of electric current appeared on the surface of her body, following which, she dove into the holy shield like a fish and passed through the grade-7 defensive divine spell. On the other hand, there was nothing left of her skeletal warhorse as it had been cleansed by the holy shield.

There was a look of panic in the red Bishop’s eyes. Nailisi’s death magic spell was pure. He could never imagine that a beautiful mage like her was not human. No, she was not a mage at all. The smooth hands of hers were already growing sharp nails that were half a foot long and they pierced into the chest of the red Bishop.

Nailisi used lightning cloak to pass through the holy shield forcefully. She felt dizzy, as if countless disciples were chanting prayers around her, trying to convert her into a disciple of the Lord of Glory. Beneath her magic robe, all the obsidians that hung at her waist all broke into pieces and dispersed into the wind. The spirit powers stored in the obsidian was destroyed by the power of faith in the holy shield.

Nailisi’s disguise had completely failed. The two red Bishops finally realized that this woman was not a mage!

Nailisi knew that her nails had pierced through an illusion instead of a real target. She knew that grade-8 holy priests were not that easy to kill. She bit the tip of her tongue in order to recover a sliver of clarity and spit out a thin and transparent needle from her mouth. This needle pierced through the illusion and through the throat of the red Bishop, creating a hole in his collarbone and severing a nerve.

This needle was made from small pieces of dragonshards. It was purely a physical attack, without any elemental powers involved. Nailisi had to beg the two grade-9 sorcerers to help her refine such a needle.

Pure dragonshards and a pure physical attack were the best ways to overcome defensive divine spells. The two of them were barely a yard apart, so the dragonshard that Nailisi had spit out ended the grade-8 holy priest’s life.

This was how demons killed – by being cunning and unpredictable.

The red Bishop died instantly and the holy shield vanished. The illusion of the angel from heaven continued to wield its giant sword in pursuit of Nailisi. She did not bother to turn back and instead, turned her attention towards the other red Bishop.

At such close distances, holy priests and mages were no match for demons.

After witnessing his companion’s death, the red Bishop no longer dared to use a holy shield to defend himself. The ring on his finger flickered and rows of huge light spears appeared on both sides. They were clustered together like gears in a machine while rolling towards Nailisi. At the same time, he shouted, “Repent!”

Nailisi felt her body become heavy suddenly before crashing towards the ground. The sounds of prayers were roaring in her brain. She could not control her body and she could barely make out a pair of gigantic eyes staring at her and demanding her to kneel down in worship.

After being dealt a blow by the holy shield earlier, Nailisi was unable to resist the repentance technique of the holy priest. It looked like she was about to give in. She clearly remembered that she was crashing towards the ground, yet it felt like she was flying towards the top of a mountain.

No, that was not the top of a mountain. It was a lifeform that was as grand and majestic as the top of a mountain; it was a God.

The God was thousands of yards tall and was looking down at her, a small and pathetic life. Around the God were countless creatures that knelt at its feet and were singing its praises.

“Place your faith in me and you shall have freedom!”

The God’s voice rang in Nailisi’s brain. She could hear nothing else except this voice.

Nailisi was intrigued. “Freedom?”

“Nailisi, eat me and you will be free.” Saleen’s voice appeared out of nowhere. His smile seemed to appear in front of Nailisi.

“No! What will happen to Master if I were to be free?!” Nailisi raised her head and her body began to grow. This time, she used the ultimate shapeshifting skill with the intention of becoming as tall as the God, so that she could fight it. She would rather eat up the God. She did not want freedom!

The illusion was destroyed when she had barely grown to twenty yards. Nailisi saw the grade-8 holy priest opening up a divine spell scroll. As for herself, she did not transform at all and had crashed onto the ground. Everything was an illusion that took place only in her heart.

The huge sword behind Nailisi slashed down and the tail that she had hidden behind her whipped out violently, smashing the sword into pieces. The angel of heaven was merely a puppet that had been summoned. Nailisi ignored the pain in her body. A pair of wings extended out from beneath her ribs and she stomped once against the ground to pounce towards the red Bishop with the magic staff in her hands. The layer of electric current appeared on the surface of her body once again.

“Despicable God, how dare you try to separate me from my Master!” Nailisi gritted her teeth. Her limbs and tails pushed off against the ground at the same time, giving her speed that was so fast it was hard to see her.

The red Bishop opened the scroll and a huge door of light appeared. Nailisi’s body passed through the door and landed a heavy punch on the red Bishop’s face. The electric current on her body vanished. She was now feeling the effects of the divine spell of space and although she managed to make it through, she could feel that almost all her strength had been used up.

This punch only resulted in some cracks in the red Bishop’s skull.

Nailisi was filled with hatred because the armor that she was wearing, which was the most fitting amongst all her armor, had been destroyed by that huge door. She was completely naked now and the red Bishop could see all the scales on her body.

Saleen had spent a lot of effort to refine the armor for her. The skins of purple-gold sea urchins lined the interior of the armor so that Nailisi would be able to store many items. Now, aside from her bracelet, all the other items had been devoured by that space door.

Nailisi’s power had been severely depleted. It would take time to transform back into her original imp form from human form. She had made this transformation almost instantaneously to leverage the complementing lightning guardian in order to overcome the divine spell of space, otherwise she could very well have been locked up in a place similar to the Twelve Notes of Purgatory.

After one punch, Nailisi’s tail curled up and the sharp spike at the tip of her tail pierced into the red Bishop’s abdomen.

Nailisi broke out in a cold sweat when she noticed the aura of life disappearing from the red Bishop’s eyes. She was fortunate that this was a holy priest and not a mage, or her mistake would have been fatal.

The holy priest’s attack was too simple, which posed little threat to an imp like her with complicated attributes. Losing the ability of lightning guardian temporarily to destroy a grade-8 divine spell was worth it.

Nailisi no longer had any more strength as she collapsed on the ground with the holy priest. She looked at the sky and all she could hear were the dull battling sounds between the demons and the blood knights. Both sides were fearless warriors, but the demons held the upper hand.

The angel of heaven, whose weapon had been crushed, lowered its head and stomped its foot down hard. Nailisi whipped her tail, crushing its leg into a cluster of white holy light that vanished into the air.

How helpless! Nailisi took out a bottle of magic fluid from her bracelet and consumed all of it. The holy zone had yet to vanish and was the reason why this angel of heaven was still around. It had lost a leg so it collapsed onto the ground, but it was still determined to crawl towards Nailisi.

Nailisi was fatigued, but there was still a lot of fight left in her. At least her tail still retained enormous power.

All demons cherished their tails because they represented a second life. When they were at their most fatigued state, their tails were the most reliable weapons.

Nailisi did not transform into her devil form. She could sense that an even more powerful opponent was approaching in the sky. She only took out the Twelve Notes of Purgatory from her bracelet and waited quietly.

This person came alone, so he must be very confident that he could not be defeated. Nailisi would not be able to defeat this person on this battlefield even if she transformed into her devil form. “Come into the Purgatory then.” Nailisi’s tail whipped at the angel of heaven again.

Over on the battlefield, the demons had gained the upper hand, but the fellow that was pretending to be a devil had already collapsed on the ground in fatigue and was panting heavily. This demon did not possess the powers of a devil, so it was too overwhelming to try and wield that long lance. Within a few minutes, the demon could not take it anymore and became a target board for the blood knights.

A red figure appeared in the sky directly above Nailisi. This was an elderly holy priest. He was wearing a tall hat and his long robe danced in the wind. His hands held a huge book.

He was shocked to see the two dead red Bishops, then he shifted his gaze onto Nailisi. There was a look of crazed fascination in his eyes when he saw Nailisi’s original form.

“What a unique demon! You are mine now!”