A saintess? She's just a bad woman.

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184. The Girl with the Flame

Saint Karina immediately used the Unsealing Stone and prepared to fight.

Her body was once again enveloped in dazzling silver light, with silver ribbons of light dancing out. The process was magnificent, but it was actually completed in an instant.

The power hidden within his body was awakened, transforming into silvery, mercury-like bands of light that eventually formed a magnificent and massive magic circle beneath his feet.

The ultimate power of a mage is a hundred star vortexes, divided into ten ranks. Countless elemental energies surge into Saint Karina's body, her white hair dances in the wind, and she is as beautiful as a goddess.

"Art is an explosion."

With a flicker of his fingertips, a terrifying magic bullet struck the Fire Seed Girl.

Neither of them intended to introduce themselves. Saint Karina did not know the woman's name; the other was the vessel of the Fire Seed, and their relationship was one of mortal conflict from the start, so there was no need for them to get to know each other.

A deafening explosion rang out, but the protective shield around the Fire Seed Girl bounced off.

Saint Karina was not surprised. The evil god told her directly that the fire seed was the most precious treasure left by the gods, and that her strength was worth seeing on the continent. However, the evil god repeatedly emphasized that the fire seed was nearly invincible in the divine kingdom.

She made no unnecessary movements; an invisible wall surrounded her, and after a few bounces, only the traces of the fire and explosion remained. The burning flames produced a strong sulfurous smell, filling the air with a pungent odor that was unpleasant to those unaccustomed to it.

The ground and walls blasted open by the magic bore scorch marks, which spread outwards from Saint Karina's feet, resembling an alluvial plain at a river mouth.

"This fighting style is hardly elegant. Haven't you agents learned any art of combat? It's as barbaric as a clumsy wizard from ancient times. There are no techniques involved in the fight, only pure violence. You keep piling up the number of attacks to overwhelm the enemy in order to win by sheer force."

The girl frowned, clearly disgusted by the smell of the explosion. Saint Karina, unfazed, gave the girl a disdainful look. "Battles always have to be brutal," she thought, "otherwise, how can they succeed?"

"There's no need to dwell on these trivial matters. You'll soon be overwhelmed by my power anyway, and you might die in a very unpleasant way, not in a pretty way at all. You might as well focus on reminiscing about your past life, remembering the time that has passed, repenting for every day and night you wasted, and praying that you can be born into a good family in your next reincarnation."

Saint Karina chanted a forbidden incantation.

This is a forbidden spell of a special binding magic, which is stronger and more binding than ordinary spells. It has significant advantages and can bind multiple targets at the same time for a long time.

Its magical power consumption is very high, making it difficult for ordinary people to master. It requires systematic learning and persistent practice to achieve mastery. Saint Karina has used this spell to capture rare sacred beasts hiding in the mountains and forests, and has also tried to capture sea monsters in the sea, with consistent success.

If she could capture such a difficult beast, a young girl would be a piece of cake. Saint Karina was absolutely confident she could take her down and end this pointless battle.

Any battle that has no value is a waste of time and not worth investing too much energy in. The "sparring" just now was nothing more than a minor skirmish for her; the girl had used at least seventy or eighty percent of her strength.

Saint Karina enjoys deliberately holding back in formal battles, pretending to be weak, and toying with her opponent like a cat playing with a mouse, making the opponent think that she is gradually gaining the upper hand, becoming complacent, and then going all out in the final blow.

At this point, Saint Karina will change her previous gentle fighting style and become brutal and frenzied, waiting for the enemy to fall into a trap before striking them down, just like a chess piece [checkmate].

"Restraint!"

Two simple words, released through divine speech.

The terrifying power enveloped the area under immense pressure, creating ripples in the air. The walls, floors, and ceilings of the palace were all reduced to dust.

All the statues of God inside the main hall were destroyed and burned.

"ruling!"

Then, seeing that she had immobilized the opponent, Saint Karina took to the air and launched a barrage of artillery fire.

The roaring torrent turned into an explosion, and countless spells were fired at the frozen fire-bearing entity, like a meteor shower, with countless flames washing over the ground.

"Boom boom boom!"

The continuous bombing sounds were harsh and unpleasant to hear.

The sudden burst of dazzling white light caused the ground to tremble; in fact, the ground where the Fire Seed Girl stood was no longer a sight to behold—it twisted, cracked, and churned. Saint Karina could even see the terrifying power of the magic transforming into kinetic energy, the temperature steadily rising, becoming bone-chillingly hot.

The ground is in a broken state, and you can even see magma flowing faintly beneath it.

Some time later, the world resumed playing again from the pause button.

"Crack... crack..."

It's like practicing a elixirty pill; all you can hear is the sound of the world burning.

The acrid, burnt smell meant that everything had been set on fire.

The world beyond that door was like falling into a black and white quagmire. The statue broke at the waist, and the Fire Maiden gradually withered away. Black thorns grew from her corpse, not just a few specks, but patches, spreading endlessly towards the distant horizon.

Soon, accompanied by an extremely bright flash, Saint Karina could immediately feel an even more terrifying heat wave approaching, and saw a huge fireball rise up, like a sun that had just risen halfway, pause for a moment and then suddenly expand, and then see a large-scale cloud chamber effect.

This time, a huge mushroom cloud appeared, resembling an open mushroom with a stem supporting its base. The stem was clearly composed of coral fragments and water vapor drawn into the air by enormous energy. A vast curtain of water rose around the base and then quickly fell back down, demonstrating the unimaginable magnitude of the energy.

After the explosion, the upper part of the mushroom cloud was initially white, then boiled and churned, turning brownish-red. Countless fragments were ejected after the explosion, and the smoke cloud rose rapidly.

Besides Saint Karina's own strength and the blessing of divine words, this magic originally contained the power of an evil god. This place is indeed a divine kingdom, but the god has disappeared, leaving only embers. Everything is in vain.

"it's over……"

"Don't make such a bold prediction!"

Upon hearing the evil god's chatter in her mind, Saint Karina immediately complained.

Once the storm had passed and she saw the other person standing there unharmed, Saint Karina knew that this time she had really set a flag.

She's having such a hard time... The evil god in her head often doesn't put in much effort, and even when it does, it's just a trickle. Although the output just now was mixed with a bit of borrowed divinity, most of it was still her own power.

185. A God Descended Upon Me

"It was just a joke, don't be angry~"

The evil god chuckled. She had already said that the fire seed was nearly invincible in the divine kingdom, so of course she knew that such a simple solution was impossible.

The barrage of firepower was indeed impressive and intense, but breaking through an absolute defense still required additional firepower.

"Although I said that the opponent is almost invincible, she is not really invincible. Her defense has a critical point."

"I could more or less guess that."

The other party is not a god after all, and there must be some weakness in the divine realm.

So, Saint Karina simply made a gesture with her five fingers spread open, and then clenched them.

"God said, secondly, let the demonic power within you boil and, driven by my power, explode like fireworks!"

The binding effect is still in effect, and external attacks are tough and difficult to destroy, so we need to break through from the inside.

Saint Karina began to experiment in various ways, and the opponent's magical energy began to surge. The control of magical energy had already fallen into Saint Karina's hands.

Suddenly, a dreamlike, gaseous yet liquid-like energy appeared, evoking a hallucinatory sensation reminiscent of the aurora borealis. This energy, which was originally flowing along a certain trajectory, was seized by Saint Karina from its host and transformed into dreamlike, sharp spikes that forced their way through the skin and into the flesh.

The Fire Seed Girl instantly transformed into a hedgehog, her appearance both tragic and beautiful. Combined with her stunningly beautiful face, it evoked a sense of sympathy and pity in the viewer.

"It doesn't feel right to the touch."

Saint Karina muttered to herself.

Immediately afterwards, she discovered that the bound fire-breathing girl had turned into a bubble-like phantom and then disappeared from the spot.

She shattered, like a mirage, not the real her.

"die!"

"Collapse!"

"Destroyed!"

Immediately afterwards, from another direction, came the voice of the Fire Seed Girl.

Unlike the previous spiritual voice, which leaned towards human, the current voice was divine. A terrifying pressure swept over her, and Saint Karina immediately felt a heavy weight on her body, as if that terrifying power wanted to crush her.

Then, white light emanated from the Fire Seed Girl's palm, and the beam of light, radiating from a point, transformed into a cone-shaped beam, expanding in size with increasing distance.

In short, it was outrageous. Fortunately, Saint Karina's strength was already at the tenth level, otherwise she would not have been able to withstand this attack unscathed.

The white light shone on her, creating a sunlight effect. Saint Karina felt warm but nothing else.

At most, it's a tiny bit hotter than real sunlight?

"What? Is that all you've got?"

Saint Karina made a provocative remark.

"This amount of heat isn't even enough for me to sunbathe. Go harder! Don't be gentle with me just because I'm a bad woman!"

The other party maintained a cold expression, showing no sign of anger.

"God descends!"

Her body floated above the illusory image; she had golden curly hair, wore a purple-red dress, held a sword of victory, and stood on colorful clouds.

This is probably the deity that once existed in the Kingdom of Gods. She is the embodiment of beauty, with unparalleled looks and graceful demeanor.

Her beauty was universally acknowledged; she had a pair of beautiful yet sorrowful eyes, as clear as spring water.

Those emerald eyes are so captivating that they stir the soul and haunt the dreams.

What's unsettling is that such a beautiful goddess is accompanied by the shadowy image of a dirty little dog.

It's a small, brown, fluffy animal. Unlike its real, terrifying appearance, the puppy looks like it was just born, still a puppy with big, round eyes.

Its downy fur, perhaps due to its gray color or its appearance, does indeed have a dusty look.

However, the way this adorable puppy treated Santa Karina was truly regrettable.

For example, what if it weren't just Santa Karina alone, but a group of children who love puppies?

"His ha——"

"It was bound to turn out like this..."

What happened next was that, just as Santa Karina was about to reach out, the puppy stood on end, its fur bristling as it growled menacingly.

The children were also taken aback when they saw the puppy's wary expression.

"Mingming is a very well-behaved person~"

Saint Karina would ignore the children's complaints and give a wry smile to the little dog that was her direct enemy.

There was nothing she could do; she'd essentially thrown herself into the beast's mouth, only to be bitten for nothing. Her disobedience was naturally due to her master's tacit approval.

Normally, children would focus on touching the puppy's head, neck, and the base of its tail.

The white scar was a taboo for the puppy. The moment Saint Karina touched the scar, the puppy's mouth opened wide, about to bite down on Saint Karina's hand.

"Zero-Time Blade—"

As she softly uttered the word, Saint Karina's holy sword was already rapidly drawn from its sheath.

Because it happened in an instant, before the puppy could bite Saint Karina's hand, Saint Karina had already severed the puppy's head.

A bloody waterfall gushed from the severed head of the puppy, and the horrific scene turned into a blood-red spectacle in the child's eyes.

"Sister Saint Karina, what are you doing? Why would you do such a thing to such a cute puppy?"

The children closest to Saint Karina were incredulous, wondering why that gentle older sister would do such a thing.

One of the children, resembling a young goddess, the little girl with golden braids, was still holding the puppy, her arms outstretched, some of the blood splattered from the dog landing on her. Her head was lowered, and her expression was unreadable.

"Hey, are you going to keep pretending? Haven't you had enough of this childish game?"

Saint Karina merely smiled dismissively and then calmly said...

Thus, the scene that should have happened in the fiction disappeared, and in reality, the phantom changed.

The cute puppy's demeanor instantly changed, transforming it into a mythical beast with a terrifying appearance.

"Holy Flame Judgment! Melt down everything!"

The war was forever ended by the divine power of words, which made the fireballs falling from the sky come true.

The impact was accompanied by high temperatures, and a heat wave swept over the entire body of the dog-beast.

In Saint Karina's eyes, flames licked across the dog-beast's entire body. The phantom thrashed about, appearing to be in great pain. This flame was not only effective against solid objects, but also against illusory energy forms.

The burning air scorched its lungs, and the dog continued to dance silently in the flames until finally, with a heavy thud and a whimper, it fell to the ground.

All that remained was a charred chunk of meat, reduced to half its original size.

"—"

The end of the dog beast was as Saint Karina had expected.

Next, fireballs that burned the dog-beasts fell from the sky one after another, even hitting the goddess's phantom.

Because the explosion was so violent, new smoke billowed out, forming a continuous black cloud. People outside the black cloud could not see how much power the fireball had exerted as it fell into the darkness.

But the outcome was predictable.