"Tilis!!"
Eleya stared fixedly at the figure in the magical projection, her eyes bloodshot.
Tilis had not only shattered the last line of defense but also completely broken the morale of the faithful. Despair now filled the hallowed halls of the Radiant Cathedral.
"Oh God, save us... save me..."
"Saintess, please help me... I'm in so much pain..."
"It's so cold... Am I dying...?"
"Saintess, are you truly watching over us? Why do you stand by as this happens? Have you abandoned us?"
The agonized cries and desperate prayers of the faithful reverberated in Eleya's mind, pushing her to the brink. Her pale golden eyes nearly turned crimson with fury.
"Tilis! You witch! I'll kill you!!"
She turned her wrath toward Luo Wei, her voice trembling with rage. "Was this your doing? Did you order her to do this?!"
"Of course," Luo Wei replied coldly. "The plan to destroy Mount Siston was mine. Tilis was merely the executor. Only by stripping you of most of your faith could we truly weaken you."
"You're insane!! Do you have any idea what you've done? Butcher!!" Eleya's mind teetered on the edge of collapse. The despairing voices of her followers echoed endlessly in her skull, overlapping into an unbearable cacophony. She clutched her head in agony.
"Pot calling the kettle black," Luo Wei retorted, his gaze unwavering. "If you hadn't pushed me so relentlessly, this tragedy would never have happened. In the end, you're the one who doomed them. You and I are no different."
"It was me... I killed them..." Eleya raked her fingers through her hair, muttering in disbelief. "No... no, that can't be. You're twisting the truth! I didn’t kill them—I’m their Saintess! I’m their savior! I bring them happiness and order! How could I have...?"
[Eleya Christine (Primary)]
[Affection: 100]
[Corruption: 75↑]
After finally encountering Eleya’s true form, her status reappeared for the first time in four years. Luo Wei watched as her corruption surged rapidly.
Yet the desperate prayers of the faithful showed no sign of abating.
"Stop... please, stop..." Eleya begged, her voice breaking. "I’ll save you... I swear I will..."
[Corruption: 80↑]
Eleya fought to suppress the storm of emotions raging within her. A radiant aura of divine magic enveloped her body.
She had to return to the Siston Church immediately. Though it was too late, she had to try—some might still be alive. And above all, she couldn’t let Tilis continue her destruction across Norsgul.
But damn Luo Wei blocked her path yet again!
"What are you doing?! Move!" Eleya dodged his spell, her expression twisting into something monstrous. "Do you truly wish to die?!"
[Corruption: 90↑]
Luo Wei had no death wish, but he had no choice—he had to stall her. The longer this dragged on, the weaker Eleya would become as her faith dwindled.
The surviving superhuman agents, who had been observing the battle, seemed to grasp the situation. At Fred’s command, they rushed forward in unison, joining Luo Wei in buying time.
Fred, despite his injuries and the cumbersome black greatsword in his grip, proved the most effective. His movements were startlingly agile, evading every one of Eleya’s divine strikes.
He realized this battle was nothing like their first encounter. Her radiant glow had dimmed, and her attacks lacked their former lethality.
A surge of excitement filled him.
"Just hold her back! She’s weakening—prioritize survival!"
"Yes!" The agents’ faces mirrored his fervor.
With their shift in tactics, the tide of battle turned. No longer engaging Eleya head-on, they harried her relentlessly, preventing her from teleporting away.
Luo Wei watched as Eleya, now surrounded, deteriorated further.
But her descent into madness only made her more terrifying...
"AAAAAAAAHHHH—!!"
With a furious scream, Eleya’s body underwent a horrifying transformation.
Luo Wei noticed her bloodshot golden eyes suddenly go blank, devoid of emotion. Her face grew expressionless—no more rage, no more pain. Only cold divinity remained.
Then came the true horror.
Eleya’s body, enveloped in a faint glow, began to swell grotesquely. She rose into the air, and in moments, her human form vanished entirely. In its place was...
An eye.
To be precise, a massive eye, surrounded by countless smaller ones.
The central eye, pure white, gazed down impassively at the humans below. The smaller eyes were arranged in wheel-like rings, layered like celestial orbs, spinning around the central pupil. The sheer number of eyes—clustered, writhing—was enough to induce visceral revulsion.
(Illustration)
Everyone froze, transfixed by the sight. Despite its grotesquery, the entity exuded an eerie, almost sacred beauty.
[Eleya Christine (Secondary)]
[Ophanim]
[Affection: 0]
[Corruption: 0]
The sight of Eleya in this form sent waves of terror through the onlookers. Even Luo Wei and Ophelia recoiled.
Luo Wei studied the colossal eye, perplexed. Eleya’s race was that of an exotic, near-extinct winged demi-human from the southern continent—akin to an angel, but still a demi-human. How had she become a true celestial?
What had happened to her four years ago?
Her cryptic behavior back then must be linked to this. Her obsession with godhood couldn’t be without reason.
As Luo Wei pondered, the massive eye hovering above remained motionless.
It simply watched the earth below, posing no threat.
+【Epic Battles!】 "Your Highness, they say Linxi Temple is miraculous. Won’t you make a wish?" "A wish? It should be making wishes to me." "That may be so, but since you’re already here..." "..." "Fine. Then grant this princess a consort to play with." "He must be obedient, devoted, and utterly infatuated with my body—so much so that he’d kneel and kiss my feet." "Your Highness, that’s not a consort. That’s a dog." "Then add clever, witty, heroic, ambitious yet pragmatic..." "Hmm, that’s enough for now. I’ll add more later." After tossing out these words half in jest, Princess Anle departed the temple—only to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Bodhisattva statue smiling at her. Meanwhile, Yang An, fresh out of university, was having a very bad day. Good news: He’d transmigrated into another world with a cheat granting tenfold combat power. Bad news: He’d immediately fallen into the clutches of a certain villainess. Good news: Said villainess possessed peerless beauty and royal status. Bad news: She was absolutely monstrous!!! In the frozen wilderness, Yang An knelt beneath Qin Guo’er’s feet, drenched in sweat despite the cold. Desperately clutching her porcelain-perfect foot—the very one poised to crush his throat—he could only think: How do I survive this?! Need answers NOW!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
ts me of treason?" "Correct. The host must return to the capital and gradually build up influence." "Wait—I have half a million soldiers, and you want me to go back to the capital to 'build influence'?" "Host, you are currently the Northern Garrison General, loyal to the Great Xia Dynasty." "Of course I am loyal to Great Xia! Absolutely loyal!" "But you keep referring to yourself as 'We'..." "Never mind the details! Summon all the regional commanders and military officers! We suspect treacherous officials are manipulating the court! They shall march with Us to the capital and purge the corrupt!" "......"
d intelligence to keep the plot moving, and sometimes even the protagonists are forced into absurdly dumb decisions. Why does the A-list celebrity heroine in urban romance novels ditch the top-tier movie star and become a lovestruck fool for a pockmarked male lead? Why do the leads in historical tragedy novels keep dancing between love and death, only for the blind healer to end up suffering the most? And Gu Wei never expected that after finally landing a villain role to stir up trouble, she’d pick the wrong gender! No choice now—she’ll just have to crush the protagonists as a girl!
