“Rendered useless?”
Blood Rain narrowed her blood-jade-like crimson eyes and asked, “She’s already completed her job change. Even if I kill her a hundred times, she’ll only drop to level twenty-one at most. How can she be rendered useless?”
Tai Ma said coldly, “Who said only lowering her level can render her useless?”
Blood Rain raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
“I once tried to throw her into an abyss full of demons, but something went wrong in the process,” Tai Ma said gravely. “This time, the devils of Hell showed me something new.”
“No wonder you failed. Even if it’s just an otherworldly traveler in their twenties, you should have the resolve of a lion pouncing on a rabbit,” the devil with deep red skin sneered from the side. “Heh heh… creatures like ‘Abyssal Worms’ with such low intelligence, and you actually brought them out?”
As she spoke, the devil pulled out a dagger wrapped in bandages from her body and carefully handed it to Blood Rain.
“Hold it carefully. Don’t accidentally stab yourself with it.”
[Equipment Name: Sting of the Goddess of Destruction (Cursed)]
[Quality: Mythic]
[Attack: Extremely Strong]
[Equip Condition: A Hint of Hatred]
[Attribute Bonus: None]
[Description: After the Goddess of Destruction fell in the Divine War, the nails from her corpse were stolen by a cunning devil and spent over a hundred years being sharpened into a pitch-black dagger, which still retains the divine power of the Goddess of Destruction. After stabbing the dagger into a target, the residual divine power will quickly turn into a curse, clinging to the target’s flesh and spirit like maggots in the bone, subjecting them to endless torment. Even after rebirth, the curse will follow like a shadow, impossible to shake off.]
[Note: One-time use item, destroyed after use.]
“Sting of the Goddess of Destruction…” Blood Rain stared intently at the dagger in her hand.
“No one can endure the curse of the Goddess of Destruction. The feeling is like countless worms with sharp teeth and claws constantly biting at your skin, inside your belly, and in your mind. Even resurrection is useless.”
The devil chuckled softly. “There’s only one way, and that’s to leave this world and never come back. Heh heh… If you want to be rid of this curse, make that otherworldly traveler leave the Fate World forever.”
“After it’s done, I’ll give you everything you want,” Tai Ma said, looking at Blood Rain and spreading the tiger claws on her palm as if everything was under her control. “Equipment, skills, items… every resource you can think of is in the Rose Kingdom’s treasury. With my help, your Blood Age will definitely become the number one guild in the world.”
“I hope so.” Blood Rain replied expressionlessly, then opened the guild ranking list.
[First Place: Under the Monarch’s Skirt]
[Second Place: Toast and Sing]
[Third Place: Blood Age]
[Fourth Place: Tread Heaven]
[Fifth Place: Jianghu]
[Sixth Place: Dagger and Staff]
[Seventh Place: Storm]
[Eighth Place: Hunting Big Sister]
[Ninth Place: Catgirl Enthusiasts]
[Tenth Place: Explorers]
It could be seen that Blood Age’s ranking was only third, being stepped on by Under the Monarch’s Skirt from the Sword Orchid Empire and Toast and Sing from the Iris Theocracy.
As the guild leader, Blood Rain naturally wanted her guild to reach the top, which was why she had sought cooperation with the Third Princess, Wei Ji, in the first place.
And after Wei Ji lost power, General Taima took the initiative to extend an olive branch to her, promising to fully support the development of Blood Age.
This was also why Blood Rain allowed General Taima to drive her to help eliminate the Priest Hero.
Of course, Blood Rain herself was clear that this General Taima was no good person. From her eyes, Blood Rain saw an extreme desire for slaughter.
But she still accepted the cooperation. Making deals with a tiger was an extremely dangerous move, but the benefits that could be gained from it were unimaginably rich.
“The match will begin in two minutes. Please have the two contestants prepare.”
The announcement from the magic loudspeaker came from outside.
The devil smiled and disappeared in a burst of flames. “Well then, I shall await Miss Blood Rain’s good news.”
Blood Rain let out a deep breath, put on the Deep Red Armguard, and walked towards the player passageway.
“You’re a priest. Where did you get the strength to wear such heavy armor?”
On the other side, Xue Long blocked the player passageway, staring at the mechanical armor in front of her with confusion.
“This is the power of technology. You martial types wouldn’t understand,” Bai Yue Ling’s voice, tinged with a bit of impatience, came from inside the armor.
“Technology? Those junk things made by mechanics, none of them can withstand a single strike from my spear.”
Xue Long planted her silver-white spear on the ground, carefully sensing the mana fluctuations inside the armor, and nodded. “Hmm… it really is the aura of one person. You can go through.”
“Thanks. I’ll treat you to a family bucket another day.”
“What family bucket?”
“It’s the exclusive family bond bucket of the Rose Royal Family… never mind, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained.”
The mechanical armor walked past Xue Long, the slight scent of fragrant sweat that overflowed from it inexplicably making Xue Long’s pretty face blush.
“Something still feels a bit off about Little White, but the aura coming from inside really is just one person…” Xue Long muttered, watching Bai Yue Ling’s retreating figure.
What she didn’t know was that in order to deceive her, the devil Aracira had put a lot of thought into Bai Yue Ling.
[Skill Name: Hell Disguise Technique]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Cost: 500 MP]
[Attribute Bonus: None]
[Learning Condition: Spend one full year in Hell]
[Description: Can disguise one’s own race, class, faith, and other information. Devils often use this skill to mingle in the city-states of the light faction, looking for potential trading partners.]
[Note: A skill that devils from Hell must learn. Originally, this was a skill every devil had to master, but after their defeat in the Divine War, the devils’ confidence took a huge hit, and they collectively turned into ‘Neet Hime’ who holed up in Hell all day, unwilling to go out. Since there’s no need to go out, the Hell Disguise Technique naturally lost its usefulness. Now, only a few devils who go out on business still master it.]
“Silver Tooth, later you can just fight freely. I’ll be responsible for taunting her,” Bai Yue Ling said, snuggled in Silver Tooth’s arms, her fair skin gently rubbing with each step.
“Okay.” Silver Tooth nodded, gazing at the sunlight outside the passageway.
Outside the passageway, tsunami-like cheers had already begun to sound.
Besides the cheers, there was also the voice of the match host.
“That voice… it’s her? How did she become the host?!” Bai Yue Ling was greatly surprised. “Th-this… isn’t this Shi Qianla’s voice?”
An elf woman wearing a black fishnet pencil skirt stood on the spectator stands of the arena. Her ample bosom stretched the secretary uniform into a full, round curve, and her pair of black fishnet-clad legs were surprisingly plump.
Shi Qianla held a microphone, passionately shouting to the audience:
“Bloodthirsty otherworldly travelers, do you want to know who is the strongest otherworldly traveler in the Rose Kingdom?!”
“Oh—!!!”
“Of course it’s Big Sis! Big Sis is the strongest!”
“Miss Blood Rain, go for it!”
“Big Sister will definitely crush that bratty girl!”
Among the audience watching the match today, many were from Blood Age, so the cheers for Blood Rain were unusually loud.
“Nobody is supporting Little White??”
Shi Qianla lowered her head and chuckled softly, immediately switching to a professional smile. She pointed to the passageway at the side:
“Then next, let us…”