Chapter 286: Judgment of Light
The mingled cries of the monstrous fetus and Mavis became an unearthly shriek.
An invisible shockwave erupted from Mavis, spreading outwards.
Behind her, Anthea materialized, her spear piercing Mavis’s abdomen and the creature within.
Anthea sensed a connection to Mavis, similar to the one she felt with Anastasia.
But another aura emanating from Mavis filled her with instinctive revulsion. She hadn’t held back.
Mavis’s speed and unorthodox fighting style had initially given her an advantage, but she couldn’t evade Anthea’s surprise attack.
The pain of the spear piercing her abdomen, the terror of the creature within being impaled, intensified Mavis’s screams, her body convulsing.
The soundwave rippled outwards, striking Anthea.
Buzz… crack.
Anthea’s spear vibrated violently, then shattered.
The Ghost Valkyrie’s stoic expression flickered. She leaped back dozens of meters, narrowly avoiding the full force of the shockwave, which tore through the ground and floor.
Qin Chu, standing before Mavis, wasn’t so lucky.
His body was torn apart by the soundwave.
Sylph’s eyes widened in horror, a hollow ache in her chest, a feeling she couldn’t describe.
One thing was certain: she didn’t want to see this.
But before she could process her emotions, she saw Qin Chu’s shattered form dissolving into motes of light.
The heart Mavis held in her hand also crumbled to dust.
The shockwave continued outwards. A muffled groan echoed from the darkness, and Qin Chu’s figure reappeared.
His face was pale, a trickle of blood staining his lips. He had clearly been affected by the shockwave.
Sylph’s heart, which had leaped into her throat, slowly returned to its normal rhythm. She didn’t notice the slight upturn of her lips.
Phantom Speed.
A high-ranking ability of the Dire Wolf tribe.
It was the innate ability of Dolgo, Lomond’s most trusted subordinate. Qin Chu had acquired it after absorbing Dolgo.
The figure Mavis had impaled was merely a phantom. The real Qin Chu had already teleported away, preparing his next attack.
But he hadn’t anticipated the power of Mavis’s scream, which had forced him out of his invisibility.
His chest was caved in, several ribs broken.
Holy Healing activated automatically, instantly mending his injuries.
Holy Healing was a special ability, not classified by rank.
But Qin Chu considered it a super-tier ability. While it couldn’t resurrect him, it ensured his rapid recovery from any injury, as long as he wasn’t instantly killed, maintaining him in peak condition.
Mavis stood motionless, her face pale.
Anthea’s spear protruded from her abdomen, two gaping holes leaking viscous fluid. Her swollen belly rapidly deflated.
Terror filled her eyes.
She clutched at the wound in front, her other hand contorting grotesquely to plug the hole in her back.
But she couldn’t stop the flow.
Pain, despair, hatred, and resentment consumed her.
Her screams grew louder, the cries of the monstrous fetus mingling with her own, a symphony of blasphemy.
The shockwaves continued to ripple outwards, cracks spreading across the stone floor, then shattering it completely.
The affected area expanded, forcing Qin Chu and Anthea to retreat further.
Heloise, Iyeta, and Sylph could barely endure the sound, a piercing pain in their ears, their minds reeling, strange whispers echoing in their heads.
Heloise and Iyeta’s knees buckled.
Mavis’s hair, sensing their vulnerability, surged towards them, seeking sustenance.
“Wind!”
Sylph called out, summoning a whirlwind that lifted Heloise and Iyeta into the air.
Despite being equally affected, Sylph’s mental fortitude allowed her to resist the whispers and maintain her composure.
As the hair, now a writhing mass like a giant serpent, pursued them into the air, Sylph dodged while summoning her emerald bow.
Wind magic converged on the bowstring, forming a spiraling, greyish-green arrow.
She released the arrow, and it shot towards Mavis’s face.
Mavis raised her hand, but crimson chains snaked out from behind her, binding her arms and holding her in place.
Anthea’s face was grim.
The chains binding Mavis vibrated, straining against an immense force, a resistance she had never encountered before.
Mavis strained against the chains, her arms bending.
Anthea was dragged forward slightly.
The wind arrow reached Mavis, its trajectory distorted by the sonic waves.
It grazed her cheek, tearing away a strip of flesh.
The God-Mother’s scream abruptly ceased.
The shockwaves subsided.
Qin Chu appeared behind Mavis, a silver sword, wreathed in holy flames, materializing in his hands.
Judgment Blade. In the name of the Goddess.
He had used this blade to purify O’Niens and Karsus, two individuals corrupted by evil.
It was his most potent weapon against such corruption.
Swoosh…
The blade sliced through the air, aimed at Mavis’s slender neck.
He had promised Anastasia a swift death, but he might have to break that promise.
Mavis was far stronger than Karsus or O’Niens, even more formidable than the First Prince.
They had merely been corrupted by an Evil God.
But the being within Mavis was an Evil God’s offspring, a different level of threat entirely.
As for using the Devourer to absorb Mavis’s power?
That thought never crossed his mind. He wasn’t suicidal.
Seeing the monstrous fetus, wounded but still alive, writhing within Mavis’s belly, trying to escape, Qin Chu knew he had to kill her. If the creature was born, the consequences would be catastrophic.
Phantom Speed.
He activated the ability again.
Six more Qin Chus appeared around Mavis, each wielding a Judgment Blade.
One blade aimed for her neck, two for her heart, and four for her abdomen.
She couldn’t dodge.
Thud… thud… thud…
The blades struck simultaneously.
Mavis’s scream died in her throat.
She froze.
Her neck was half-severed, her heart pierced from both sides, and the writhing creature within her abdomen was impaled from four directions.
The seven Qin Chus, including the real one, raised their right hands.
Snap.
They snapped their fingers in unison.
The seven Judgment Blades exploded.
Holy fire engulfed Mavis, both inside and out.
Her body became a beacon of light.
This was the Judgment of Light.
Holy fire was the most potent poison to the monstrous fetus.
This time, both Mavis and the creature within her were surely dead.
“Waaaa…”
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