My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 122: Art is an Explosion

After the tie loosened, the young saintess untied the blood thread herself. "That’s good you asked politely after the rude treatment they gave me, the devil. Before anything, may I know where the holy maiden is? I mean, the young girl clad in a white-red traditional outfit."

[Zi Xuan (FV: 5600) | 12th Rank Mid Stage]

[Favorability: 11%]

[Talent: 5 Stars | UR]

"..." Ely asked, but what she got was another question. She could see this ghost girl’s status screen, but she wanted to know about the other party’s origin.

Even so, she raised her hand and pointed at herself. This ghost girl was looking for her.

"No, not you, but the holy maiden. You are a young devil. Even if you are a beautiful man, you are not a holy maiden-n... Huh?" Zi Xuan was stunned when she saw the young devil before her take off ’his’ disguise.

’His’ black outfit melted like a liquid, and the devil young master soon became the holy maiden.

"..." Zi Xuan thought about it. She was the Immortal Cultivator but failed to see through the other party’s disguise. That slime outfit artifact possessed anti-magic and anti-appraisal effects...

"Are you looking for me? Can you tell me about your origin and how you got in my outfit?" Ely asked again but with something more specific.

"You, you are the holy maiden. But why are you with a group of devils? Also, why do we feel like we are in hell?" Zi Xuan blinked her eyes a few times as if she still couldn’t believe it.

"Hmm~ You asked a lot but didn’t answer Ely’s question. Shall I inflict pain on you first to make you obedient?" Sylvia approached with a black flame in her hand.

"Hmph, that kind of intimidation is useless. Fine, I am Xi Xuan... I come from my family’s home, but my parent sent me to an unknown place to avoid conflict. I accidentally ran into the holy maiden and hid inside her silk belt until we arrived at a safe place. However, why did we arrive at hell all of a sudden!? It’s only been a few days!" Zi Xuan grasped her head in frustration.

She couldn’t regain her composure as a saintess from the upper realm. Her scenario and intention to appoint the holy maiden as her helper with mutual benefits went awry because of this hell realm.

"She swan? She is a swan kin?" Evelyn asked in wonder.

"It’s Xi Xuan." Zi Xuan repeated it again. She didn’t dare to mention her real name for various reasons.

"..." Ely heaved a subtle sigh. She silently used her purification to clean Zi Xuan from the evil energy contamination.

She knew Xi XUan was just a fake name, but she could understand this ghost’s situation was complicated. One couldn’t tell strangers their actual situation and the truth of something. However, Zi Xuan wanted to ask for help from her.

This ghost girl was shrouded in a holy-like aura if she considered it. Zi Xuan couldn’t possibly be from the Ancient Night Secret Realm, the Drocogalla Secret Realm, or even the Artificial Hell.

’So, where did she come from, and when did she hide in my obi belt? Did she say a few days ago? Has she been hiding in my obi belt since we were at the Sacred Mountain?’ Ely wondered, but she couldn’t linger on this problem because it was time for them to act.

"We’ll deal with the matter about you later. We need to act immediately." Ely used her Versatile Slime to disguise herself again as the devil young master.

After that, she brought everyone out of their hideout.

"Hey!" Zi Xuan was surprised because everyone rushed to leave her.

She realized the evil energy from her spiritual body had completely disappeared. Her spirit was pure and holy from the evil corruption.

She looked right and left before rushing to catch up with those fake devils. Since the holy maiden was there, everyone probably disguised themselves as devils. Regardless, she had to know about their current situation first.

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On a particular hilltop, everyone stood as if they were ready for battle. Ely looked into the distance with a solemn gaze.

Countless hell creatures surrounded the fake hideout trap, and those monsters were trying to destroy the barrier.

The evil energy in the air looked like a thick black mist due to the many evil creatures gathered in one place.

*Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!*

Several shattering crashing sounds could be heard clearly. However, some other rumbling could be seen on the other side of the trap hill.

Hundreds of titan-like demons walked towards the fake hideout trap, and their gigantic size caused several earthquakes with their every step.

There were also several giant flame skeletons over thirty meters tall and three mountain-sized terrifying monsters.

’Thirteen 10th Rank monsters, dozens of 9th Rank evil creatures, and countless 8th Rank demons and below... We will eliminate them in one fell swoop. To clear the path to our exit and my big harvest!’ Ely took out a silver cannon from her subspace and a demonic cannon from her storage pouch.

The former was one of her mass destructive weapons, and the latter was the Nightmare Clan’s ultimate weapon. She wished to test these two weapons of destruction at this opportunity.

Although both were twice her body size, each cannon could be held by one person. Unfortunately, Ely could not lift one because it was so heavy, especially the Nightmare Clan’s Deity-slaying Cannon.

Luckily, the subspace and storage pouch could load and unload objects without fully lifting them.

"Hmm!?" Sylvia was surprised when Ely suddenly took out the silver cannon. She could recognize it, and it was one of the gifts her father gave to Ely years ago.

"Prepare your long-range weapons. We will exterminate them and go straight to the sky tower." Ely controlled the Disintegrator Cannon, but she had second thoughts. She probably couldn’t hold the cannon in place because she was physically weak.

As for the Deity-slaying Cannon, she only needed to load the large bullet, and it was ready to fire.

"I didn’t expect you to still keep the gift from my father in like new condition, Ely. Mine is broken. It can’t be used to shoot anymore. Do you still remember how to operate it?" Sylvia stroked the silver cannon with a nostalgic feeling.

"Of course. Please help me to withstand the recoil. Hold this." Ely tapped the handle for Sylvia to hold.

"Okay." Sylvia stood behind Ely and hugged Ely while holding the cannon.

"Don’t hold me, but hold this..." Ely tapped the silver cannon.

"Okay~ I know what to do." Sylvia nodded in understanding, but she stayed in her position. She held both the cannon and Ely.

"..." Yuuki and everyone looked at Sylvia with questioning looks.

However, the devil girl didn’t budge. She turned her head to the side and spoke like a superior. "Hey, prepare your long-range weapon now. Yuuki, I remember you have one or two divine bows. Also, Eve, take out your divine staff now. We will pave our way to the sky tower. For those who don’t have a good long-range weapon, load the big bullet over there to this demonic cannon, and wait for Ely’s signal."

Everyone was grumbling in their mind because Sylvia tried to boss them around by taking advantage of their situation. Still, nobody rebutted it because Ely had already asked them for it. Everyone immediately prepared themselves.

"???" Zi Xuan wondered. This mortal group would exterminate the countless hell creatures with just those weapons.

She couldn’t help but smirk because she knew it wasn’t enough to do anything.

However, her perception of this group suddenly changed when those weapons emitted their true aura. The majority were Super-tier weapons, and there were even God-tier weapons!

"Don’t hover behind us, ghost girl." Sylvia reminded the ghost back there.

"Ghost, ghost... You are all ghosts. Your entire family is a ghost! I have not died. It is my spiritual entity. A fragment of my living spirit." Zi Xuan grumbled in annoyance, but she immediately took a safe distance.

Ely set the output to the max and aimed the Disintegrator Cannon at the countess hell monsters in the distance.

"Are you ready? I’ve never fired this cannon, but I set it to the highest output." Ely glanced back.

"I’m ready anytime." Sylvia gave an okay hand gesture.

"Recharge complete. Ready to fire in three, two, one... Fire!" Ely pulled the trigger, and the Disintegrator Cannon fired a destructive laser beam into the distance.

*Swoosh!*

The impact was big because Ely set it to the highest possible output. Sylvia was a little overwhelmed to withstand the recoil. They were pushed a few centimeters back.

The rock-hard ground melted into lava, and anything in the laser beam path was reduced to ashes.

The hell creatures felt an unusual destructive energy coming from behind. They turned their heads in that direction, but what they saw next was an all-white light. They vanished instantly upon contact with the destructive laser beam.

*Zap* *Rumble!* *Rumble!*

Sylvia changed the firing direction of the Disintegrator Cannon to the side. The laser beam obliterated countless monsters in seconds.

"..." Ely’s disciples were amazed, but that was more or less what was expected of their master.

"Whaa..." Zi Xuan gaped in astonishment. It was not a weapon that could be used by any mortal. But, the one who pulled the trigger was only a 0th Rank holy maiden...

That kind of destruction... even a group of Gods and Immortals would obviously be injured by that destructive laser beam.

The rocky mountains in the distance were reduced to ashes. The hot lava on the ground testified to the extent of the destruction that had just taken place there.

*Boom!*

The fake hideout trap mechanism shattered, causing a massive follow-up explosion.

However, there were quite a few 9th Rank monsters and, above that, luckily, survived the destruction.

Yuuki shot her ice arrows at them and shattered them into ice flakes. Everyone then bombarded the survivors, leaving no monster behind.

"Wow..." Ely was amazed by the Disintegrator Cannon’s might. However, she wasn’t done yet.

She and her disciples prepared to fire a second shot with the Deity-slaying Cannon.

Several minutes later, the vanished monsters rose from their ashes. The Artificial Hell revived them to prime condition quickly.

However, not all monsters were resurrected on the spot. Most returned to their domains and revived in their revival chambers. Even so, there were still many who were resurrected on the spot.

"Fire!" Ely gave the command, and the Deity-slaying Cannon fired its projectile like a missile.

The bullet was only the size of a bolster pillow. When it hit the ground, a super atomic explosion destroyed the already destroyed place into a death zone.

Thick purple smoke rose high into the air, forming the shape of a gigantic skull.

The explosion and destruction in the distance looked like a stunning work of art.