“BOOM—”
“BOOM—”
Following repeated outbursts of super-tier power, the heavy walls were finally breached.
Two figures rushed out from beneath the debris.
“Cecilia, are you alright?”
“I am fine, Miss Lu Mo. And you?”
“I am fine as well,” Lu Mo replied.
Neither of them had been injured.
Lu Mo took another look at her surroundings.
At this moment, the entire Holy Demon City had lost the peace and tranquility it possessed just a short while ago.
Chaos had replaced everything.
The dust in the air had not yet settled, and blood and fire were already spreading across the city.
Continuous streams of black demonic figures poured in from the massive holes in the outer walls, driven by a thirst for blood and madness.
They clashed with the people of the Holy Demon City.
The sounds of weapons clashing, shouting, screaming, and fleeing—
All kinds of noises were mixed together at this time.
It was as if the city had transformed into a symphony of hell.
Demons were being killed, and humans were suffering grave injuries.
Yet, more demons continued to pour in through the breach, thick and dense.
The battle situation across the entire city was becoming increasingly dire.
“BOOM—”
At that moment, another burst of energy, reeking of strong demonic presence, blasted toward Lu Mo and Cecilia.
Lu Mo grabbed Cecilia’s hand and stepped back, dodging the attack.
She looked up and saw a demon clad in black armor slowly descending.
“You actually dodged it?”
Seeing this, the black-armored demon sneered, “Human, your looks are quite decent.”
“How about this, if you—”
“PUFF—”
The black-armored demon had not even finished his sentence when his head flew high into the air.
Following that, blood surged like a fountain from his headless body.
The headless torso knelt on the ground and then collapsed.
Lu Mo held a sword in her hand that she had swung casually.
“Miss Lu Mo, these demons…”
Cecilia’s mind was in total chaos.
Just moments ago, the city had been showing its lovely side.
Yet now, it had become a bloody battlefield.
Frost was melting, houses were collapsing, demons were running wild, and blood flowed like a river.
The stalls, shops, and lively figures before her had all been crushed by the massive wall fragments and buried beneath the rubble.
What happened?
Why did demons suddenly invade the Holy Demon City?
And who were those two shockwaves from?
Lu Mo pondered continuously.
She felt that she and Cecilia had been targeted by more demons.
Standing here any longer was not safe.
She looked up at the sky outside the walls, where darkness was swirling.
It seemed that some terrifying existence was about to arrive.
“Cecilia, stick close to me!”
Lu Mo spoke, immediately moving toward the intact inner wall.
Cecilia nodded, not hesitating, and followed Lu Mo.
***
Blood.
So much blood.
It was impossible to distinguish if it was human or demonic.
There were so many sounds.
The roars and shrieks of demons, the terror and cries of the crowds, the explosions of energy, and the tearing of flesh.
The two of them ran through the burning Holy Demon City.
Demons appeared before Lu Mo constantly.
They blocked their path, baring their fangs and brandishing weapons.
The young girl’s figure was light and agile as she moved among them.
The next instant, those demons were cut down, separated head from body, with blood gushing like springs.
Instant kill!
Instant kill!
Still an instant kill!
Her eyes were cold and indifferent; her face was like frost. She was like a sword finally unsheathed, revealing her sharpness to the world after many long years.
Nothing could stand in her way.
And nothing could withstand her sword intent.
Anything that dared to defy her had only one path: destruction!
Wind, Battle Qi, and spatial energy flowed around her, gathering and merging. The Fusion Sublimation Power born from this was even more suffocating to the demons than sacred energy.
Under the continuous buffs from Cecilia…
Her existence made the demons tremble in fear.
“No, this person isn’t normal…”
“How can even the captain not survive her first strike!”
“Who exactly is she!”
In the end, when the demons saw Lu Mo, they forcibly stopped their tracks and turned to flee.
“No sacred energy, yet she rivals the Heroes… I remember now!”
Finally, some demons recognized Lu Mo’s identity:
“Damn it! She is at the same danger level as the Exterminator!”
“She is… the Sword of the End!”
The Exterminator naturally referred to Solaris, who carried the top-tier divine weapon, the Extermination Sword.
Lu Mo used a sword, and because many people were accustomed to calling her “Mo,” this title had somehow reached the ears of the demons.
Eventually, she earned the moniker “Sword of the End.”
Though it sounded a bit childish, it was fitting.
Her sword would lead the fate of any existence standing before her to its end!
No demon dared to advance further.
They were insane, but they were not stupid.
If they rushed forward, they would likely lose their heads in the next second.
Perhaps only the nobles had the ability to fight Lu Mo.
“The Sword of the End… is she there?”
Above the great hole in the outer wall, an upper-ranked demon received word from the black-armored elite.
“If so—”
Saying this, he let out a cold laugh and leaped down.
The power of the earth veins erupted, causing the demons present to retreat.
It was not just him.
Several other high-ranking demons showed interest in Lu Mo.
Without sacred energy, ancient bloodlines, or a holy body, she could actually rival those known among humans as the “Heavenly Beings.”
The last time such an existence appeared at the great rampart was many years ago.
That existence was known by humans and demons alike as the Undying Sword.
Back then, they dared not face the Undying Sword head-on.
But now, as Lu Mo was only at the super-tier, they naturally wanted to test her caliber.
However, Lu Mo was unaware of this.
She continued forward with Cecilia.
“!”
At a certain moment, Cecilia stopped in her tracks.
She saw a familiar figure.
It was in front of a collapsed house.
A young boy in tattered clothes knelt on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably.
In front of him were piles of rubble and bricks.
And… a dirty little hand.
It was his sister’s hand.
Just a moment more, and he could have pulled her out.
But he was one step too late.
Blood was slowly seeping out from under the rubble.
It was a harrowing sight!
Cecilia’s breath hitched, and she ran toward the boy.
“Cecilia—”
Lu Mo shouted, following after her.
She, too, saw the scene of the boy kneeling before the debris.
Her expression also changed.
But at that moment, she felt that what she was seeing was…
Wrong!
“Are you alright? Are you hurt?”
Cecilia quickly reached the boy’s side and walked toward him.
“Stay away!”
The boy suddenly turned his head, his eyes filled with sorrow and anger.
Cecilia was stunned into silence by the boy’s shout.
The boy turned back to look at the only visible hand.
“Heh… big sister, aren’t you guys from the Holy Sanctuary?”
He spoke again, his voice trembling, carrying an indescribable, massive sorrow.
“Shouldn’t you… be out there properly killing those demons?”
“Shouldn’t you… be protecting my sister and me?”
“But why did this happen?”
The boy whispered.
“It’s not like that, I…” Cecilia tried to explain.
But the boy interrupted her.
“Your Holy Sanctuary, aren’t you all just hypocrites?”
“If you had arrived a little earlier, my sister wouldn’t have ended up like this!”
“Look at you all… what exactly have you been protecting!!!”
“No, I… we…” Cecilia said, preparing to step forward to comfort the boy.
The moment she was about to reach him, the boy suddenly turned his head and let out a cold laugh.
Cecilia’s pupils constricted.
“CLICK—”
At that moment, sword light suddenly erupted between the boy and Cecilia!
“Cecilia, get back!”
Lu Mo shouted, thrusting Cecilia away.
This scene was far too strange.
The boy and girl they had met before—how could they have traveled so far so quickly?
When did the boy’s personality become so irritable?
Given his original nature, would he really blame Cecilia like this?
And how could he, in these circumstances, speak so clearly?
***
The anomalies made Lu Mo wary from the start.
And when the boy revealed a hideous grin, Lu Mo struck without hesitation.
She stared coldly at the boy before her and swung her sword down again!
“Stop trying to sow discord here, demon… reveal your true form—”
“Big sister is truly heartless, are you going to silence even me now?”
The boy let out a strange laugh, but what came out was a coquettish woman’s voice.
She did not dodge Lu Mo’s sword, but instead met it head-on.
Simultaneously, her form rapidly shifted back into that of a woman.
She was the very woman who had stood beside the Grand Duke that day!
The woman’s innate talent activated at this moment.
Soul Snatch!
“RIP—”
Her body was torn apart by the sword light, but the next second, it burned fiercely, transforming into an extremely pure demonic energy.
The demonic energy merged with her soul, and in that moment… it charged toward Lu Mo!
“I never thought I would be seen through at the very last step…”
“Soul Snatch can only be performed once in a lifetime, though—”
“Though I cannot take the Saintess, your appearance and body seem quite good as well—”
“Human, since you saw through me, let me give you a grand gift!”
“The gift consists of my entire power and memories.”
“Though after accepting the gift, there might be side effects, like losing your original memories…”
“But I think, you will definitely like this gift—”
“Hahaha… Hahahahahaha!!!”
The woman laughed wildly.
And her power and soul, at this moment, completely—
Rushed into Lu Mo’s body!