My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 279: How should it be?

"This is my first time seeing a battle between Deities. The one that Angelic Diety fought was a 10th Rank monster, right? Luckily, they were fighting in the sky, or one of those blasts would have wiped out us." Lu Wei couldn’t help but look up at the battle in the sky with amazement.

He could only see the series of explosion bursts because his Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation base couldn’t even catch the Great Ascension Realm expert’s movements. Yet, he felt lucky to witness this mortal world’s peak-level battle.

After all, 10th Rank experts almost never stepped out of their territory, let alone interfere in worldly affairs.

"I guess so. Their true spiritual aura is gold."

"However, to expect the Holy Church’s Angelic Light Faction to create and hide this kind of monster under our city..."

"I can’t imagine the sacrifice they have made to create that monster."

"Perhaps the cases of missing people that have occurred in the last few decades are not solely caused by demons and beasts. There are demonic humans among us."

"The demonic cults and real demons are not the only enemies of humanity. There are still humans whose characteristics are no different from them."

Many people started gossiping about the revelation that had just been revealed.

The battle in the sky had been going on for approximately an hour, but there was still no sign of the end of this high-level battle.

All members of the Holy Church’s Angelic Light Faction had been captured and tied up. Everyone waited for further instructions from the Angelic Deity.

Even though it was night, the sky was shining brightly, like at dawn. The mages and cultivators took their time to watch the Deity-level battle while trying to attain enlightenment. No one would miss this rare opportunity.

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It was already an hour of intense blow exchanges, and the Archangel had already lost a lot of blood due to her super-fast recovery.

Her wounds took so long to heal, no longer almost instantaneous like before. It had practically fallen to the point where she could no longer heal her injuries anymore.

Her skin was super pale white, whiter than porcelain, but resembled a living corpse without blood.

Upon realizing the backlash, the Archangel took a safe distance from her enemy.

"Hou~" Xentia smirked behind her helmet.

Her force field had been destroyed dozens of times, but she was confident to fight for hundreds of rounds.

Nevertheless, it took her an hour to exhaust the Archangel, and the other party was already at one’s limit. Her plan to weaken the enemy was successful, and she could proceed to the next step of intent to capture and subdue this living puppet.

"Maybe I don’t need to destroy you with this..." Xentia muttered to herself.

But, the Archangel suddenly took a swift turn and flew down with impressive speed towards the nearest human cultivators below.

"Blood."

The Archangel craved some bloodshed.

Xentia failed to prevent the possibility. All the movements happened so fast, and she was one step too late to stop the Archangel.

The Archangel killed some human cultivators with one move.

*Splat*

The blood-red flowers bloomed, and the golden comet instantly kicked the blood-stained Archangel away.

*Bam!* *Bam!* *Boom!*

The Archangel was thrown like a cannonball, hitting several mountains and crashing into a cliff in the distance. She licked the blood on her fingers as her wounds gradually healed.

"!!!" The nearby human cultivators were beyond shocked.

Nobody would ever expect the 10th Rank demonic angel to turn to target them, the small fries. It was less than a second, and five people near them had already been crushed into minced meat.

"..." Xentia bit her lower lips. She prolonged the battle for way too long, and unnecessary casualties fell due to her negligence.

"You shouldn’t be anywhere near our battle scene." Xentia said it coldly. Her six mecha wings spread out, emitting fierce gold particles. She then sped off at full speed, hitting the Archangel a kilometer ahead in an instant.

*Boom!*

The cliff was reduced to rubble, but Xentia’s blow didn’t end there as she wished to end the battle in that very minute.

The weakened Archangel was bombarded with an all-out barrage of attacks while she was in the process of healing herself.

Thirty seconds passed in a flash. Xentia’s hand was covered in blood, and the Archangel was ruined beyond repair.

It was dead since the beginning, but Xentia felt something was missing. She thrust her claw into the Archangel’s chest and pulled out the power source, the corrupted core that held the 10th Rank Fake Deity power.

The anguished cries of thousands of souls were somehow conveyed to Xentia’s head.

"Is this the result you desire? Does it grant you the satisfaction of resolving the knot in your heart? If yes, destroy it and release the trapped souls." Elysia sent her voice transmission directly into Xentia’s ear.

She also cast the purification remotely to ensure Xentia was not affected by the angry souls’ mind corruption.

The tender voice resounded in Xentia’s mind, and it felt like a gentle breeze that caressed her soul.

Xentia crushed the core, and that power source released thousands of trapped souls instantly.

Elysia’s purification also freed them from their anguish. She granted them a release and showed them the path to guide them to the afterlife.

The souls of the dead smiled as they floated into the sky as if to say thank you to the ones who liberated them.

Xentia finally understood the missing variable. She previously had the idea to use the Archangel as her own subject, but she destroyed it.

Her resolve said she would destroy the threat or save the poor soul, but her plan changed when she saw the opportunity to subdue the Archangel.

"It wasn’t a wrong decision. You saved countless people by stopping her, Xen. Her spirit had already been consumed by the corruption and disappeared. We were too late." Elysia tried to comfort Xentia.

"Thank you, master." Xentia clenched her hand into a fist while staring at the floating boat a thousand kilometers in the eastern sky.

She collected the destroyed Archangel and ordered her troops to bring the fallen puppets back. About three hundred puppets from mecha and doll squads were crushed into pieces. Regardless, nobody would be left behind because they were all her valuable assets.

"Thank you for stopping the monster created by the Holy Church’s Angelic Light Faction, Angelic Deity. You saved us from an unimaginable catastrophe." Lu Wei flew closer and grasped his fist to convey his gratitude.

Several other human cultivators also thanked the Lady Deity. However, they couldn’t help but ask because they also had to know the truth.

"Lady Deity, may we know where the monster went?"

"Did you crush it to dust in your final finishing blow?"

"I seemed to see thousands of light particles flying into the sky. Can you please enlighten us about what just happened?"

Xentia heaved a sigh and turned around. The golden light in the sky gradually faded, but her mood was still somewhat chaotic.

"!!!" Those who were talking suddenly silenced their mouths. She was still in her battle mode, and her aura was still a bit intimidating, especially her glowing, fiery eyes.

"I’ve destroyed the Archangel for good, but we need to do something about her so she won’t revive herself later. She’s too dangerous. Those involved in this experiment deserve the harshest punishment." Xentia answered a few seconds later.

"Yes, they deserve the harshest punishment!"

"The Empire’s troops are heading here. Everyone from the Angelic Light Faction will pay for what they did."

"The Holy Church will suffer a heavy blow because of this, but the Angelic Light Faction needs to be disbanded."

"I heard the holy knights are on their way here too on the God of Light’s order."

"Nah, they are too slow. The Sacred Sakura’s divine envoy solved the problem before they arrived."

"Lady Deity, what are your instructions?"

The human cultivators agreed with Xentia’s response. Yet, the last one was wise enough to ask for a bit of guidance to handle the problem’s aftermath.

"The Great Yan Empire and the Holy Church shall handle the rest. We have dealt with the biggest threat. This is your territory. Do as you should." Xentia threw the matter.

Wu Zemin, as the city lord of the Yangdong City, was the one responsible for the evildoers’ punishment in his city.

Xentia and her troops didn’t even need to interfere, but she was pretty satisfied with the results. Therefore, she would leave it to the local authorities to handle the rest.

After the human cultivators stated their gratitude again, Xentia bid her farewell before leaving with her troops. Her spaceship sped away and disappeared behind the clouds in the night sky.

"Even the troops led by a Deity would suffer such a loss. Our casualties were minimal thanks to her, but her troops suffered so many losses. More than three hundred people and puppets were destroyed because of those heretics, but she left without asking for anything..." Lu Wei muttered softly in awe as he looked up at the night sky.

"The Sacred Sakura is so mysterious, but they are so active in eradicating the great evil lately. They are the real sacred holy land, the world’s protector. We uprooted yet another evildoer among us. Let’s handle the aftermath while waiting for the Great Yan Empire’s troops and the Holy Church’s holy knights to arrive." Wu Zemin patted his old friend’s shoulder.

"Sigh... What about the problems in your city? Are you so relaxed that you want to help me?"

"It’s better than the situation in your city. The Beatific Light Faction is still quite sane. The holy knights and reinforcements have already arrived in my city."

"Yeah, the Angelic Light Faction is full of lunatics. Wait, have we captured the holy father?"

"Oh no! We have yet to find the holy father of the Angelic Light Faction, have we? He is the mastermind’s head, but he left this city amidst the chaos!?"

Lu Wei and Wu Zemin widened their eyes in shock upon that realization. Everyone around them was also shocked. After that, they immediately went to hunt down the Angelic Light Faction’s holy father.