Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 710 - 711: Skye City

In the quiet of the night, within the inner city of Anvika - Headquarters of the Sunlight Unit.

After a day of exhausting training and work, except for the devotees on duty patrolling and standing guard, the majority of the Sunlight Unit’s members had already entered their dreamland. However, the real combat training field, which should have become silent as the night deepened, was still brightly lit.

The person occupying this vast training ground was not an ordinary devotee, but the new leader of the Sunlight Unit, our very own Mengxi.

After releasing holy energy and enveloping the entire ground in a barrier of silver holy light, the stunningly beautiful silver-haired girl quietly came to the center of the field and sat down, slowly closing her eyes. Then, the dense holy energy between heaven and earth began to converge towards Mengxi under her conscious control, being absorbed into her body, continuously gathering at her chest.

Terrifying energy rippled around her, with the momentum to break through the barrier in one fell swoop.

...

Clearly, At this moment, Mengxi was diligently cultivating, trying to further purify the holy energy in her body to enhance her strength. Mengxi’s cultivation process continued methodically for several hours.

However, different from usual cultivation, as the holy energy was manipulated, a terrifying crimson light gradually emerged within the silver aura of the girl, making the temperature within the barrier plummet instantly, and a terrifying murderous aura spread in an instant.

The crimson light and the silver energy reflected each other, making the atmosphere inside the barrier even more oppressive.

"Miss Mengxi..."

Lying outside the barrier, Sakura watched this scene with trepidation and anxiety.

As an intelligent being created by the Goddess to assist the Chosen One, Sakura naturally sensed the destructive aura in the crimson energy and was acutely aware of the nature of this power. It was the power of shadow, the most terrifying, brutal, and uncontrollable force in this world.

Sakura knew that her mistress had the ability to absorb the shadow power, but she still couldn’t help feeling uneasy.

Because,

The shadow power recently absorbed from Bloody Butterfly was too intense... far exceeding the limit that her mistress’s body could withstand. This made Mengxi’s attempts to absorb, release, or control these shadow power extremely difficult.

A slight mishap could lead to losing control, or even an explosive death.

Such reckless behavior naturally led Sakura to attempt to stop it. Unfortunately, the attempts did not go as desired. Mengxi still persisted in her ways, often contacting the Bloody Butterfly during the day, and frantically cultivating at night to consume the absorbed powers.

Watching the silver-haired girl suffering from backlash, bleeding from her seven orifices, and in pain, Sakura felt as if her heart was bleeding.

"Miss Mengxi, you are really being too reckless."

While helplessly sighing, Sakura continued to focus on the silver-haired girl in the middle of the training field, sincerely praying for her.

...

As time progressed further, Mengxi’s expression became more and more agonized. The tumultuous power surging within her undoubtedly brought immense strain and intense pain to her body. Blood uncontrollably oozed from her skin and facial features,

making the usually charming silver-haired girl look somewhat ferocious and terrifying.

"Indeed, it’s quite hard to control..."

Biting her lip hard, Mengxi gave a bitter smile.

The severe pain and overwhelming pressure at times made it difficult for Mengxi to breathe.

However,

Even so, she had to endure it.

Mengxi knew that to deal with the impostor residing in the Goddess’s statue and the blinded members of the church, especially Kael and those four hindering Holy Envoys, she needed more power, she had to become even stronger.

At the same time,

Only by becoming stronger could she help stabilize the terrifying shadow power within Yumo’s body.

Currently, the power inside Yumo’s body was still uncontrollably surging out, constantly eroding Yumo’s sanity.

Now, relying on her physique that absorbs the shadow power, and Yumo’s own willpower, they barely managed to stabilize Yumo’s mental state.

As long as her wife didn’t get angry or release her power on a large scale, she wouldn’t lose control.

However,

This balance is quite fragile. And as time goes on, the shadow power within Yumo becomes way too difficult to control, and Mengxi must absorb more of it to maintain the balance.

The amount of power Mengxi has absorbed has already reached its limit; she must quickly enhance her strength.

Logically speaking, it would be very difficult for her, at the initial stage of the eighth level, to further increase her strength.

Fortunately,

Yumo is like a power bank for her, and the power absorbed from Yumo can further help strengthen her own.

However,

This method of increasing her strength is undoubtedly a double-edged sword.

While it brings Mengxi an increase in power, it also brings immense pain.

More importantly,

After absorbing more and more of the shadow power, Mengxi herself has developed a severe dependency on this power.

Although she had experienced this reaction before, her "condition" is undoubtedly critical now. If she doesn’t have close contact with Yumo and absorb her power for a while, she feels unbearably restless and in great pain.

Even now, Mengxi is experiencing similar sensations.

Her legs tightly clenched, pressing hard on her chest, the silver-haired girl’s face flushed, and her eyes dazedly looked towards the starry sky.

"Yumo..."

But this state of being trapped in desire didn’t last long.

The next moment, the recovered Mengxi frantically shook her head, casting away the absurd thoughts in her mind.

’No, no...’

’What am I thinking!’

’If I go to my her too late in the evening... what will she think of me? I don’t want to be seen by my sister as a girl with unsatisfied desires...’

’Well’

’Although lately, Yumo seems a bit more... craving...’

’Compared to her, am I still somewhat normal?’

Recalling the recent scenes of repeatedly collapsing on Yumo’s belly, Mengxi’s pretty face gradually showed a peculiar expression.

After lightly criticizing and taking a deep breath, Mengxi gradually calmed her restless heart.

At the same time,

The silver-haired girl’s gaze suddenly became sharp and serious, staring intently at the container holding the colorless, transparent liquid in front of her. Then, her eyes suddenly narrowed, and under the control of her consciousness, the terrifying shadow power enveloping her body responded as if called upon, beginning to converge towards the container.

Under the strong pressure of the silver holy energy, assisted by Mengxi’s formidable spiritual power, the power of shadow gradually merged with the colorless liquid.

Mengxi, when in close or even negative distance contact with Yumo, undoubtedly absorbed a large amount of shadow energy. Even the current Mengxi couldn’t completely consume and absorb these energy. To prevent her body from collapsing, Mengxi, through the circulation of holy energy in her body, exerted all her effort to expel it out.

Of course, Mengxi naturally didn’t want to waste Yumo’s power.

She thought of a very clever way to deal with these shadow energy while also laying the foundation for her future plans...

"Phew, done, that should be enough. Perhaps it’s enough to create a convincing illusion."

Taking a deep breath, Mengxi retracted her potent holy energy.

In an instant, the holy light barrier was lifted, the oppressive aura filling the training ground dissipated, and everything returned to normal.

However,

At this moment, the container in front of Mengxi underwent a certain change. The originally colorless and odorless liquid now became a bizarre fluid exuding a violent force, thick and crimson, like surging blood...

Slowly standing up and picking up this small bottle of the container, Mengxi smiled with a sense of accomplishment:

"Well then, next is to think about how to persuade her to cooperate..."

However,

Just as Mengxi was immersed in thought, a powerful aura suddenly descended from the sky, instantly pulling Mengxi’s thoughts back to reality. The pressure, like the sky collapsing and falling, caused the girl’s eyes to narrow sharply, her light purple eyes trembling slightly for once, and she stood frozen on the spot like a statue.

"This aura..."

And at this moment, a golden-haired man rushed over from a distance, tumbling into the training ground under the propulsion of holy energy. This anxious knight was Mengxi’s capable right-hand man, Phillipe, the son of the former Archbishop...

It seemed that due to the urgency of the situation, Phillipe hadn’t even had time to greet Mengxi, and even before he reached her, he anxiously called out:

"Lady Saintess! The, the Pope is calling for you to urgently go to the reception platform! Those, those guys have already..."

However,

Before Phillipe could finish, Mengxi bit her lip, nodding with a complicated mood.

"I know, I’m not blind."

Saying this,

The girl slowly lifted her head, looking towards the sky.

However,

At this moment, in Mengxi’s eyes, the bright moon and stars in the night sky were no longer visible, the only thing visible was a floating giant island surrounded by thick fog, blocking out the sun and sky.

"The Sky City - Laplace..."

The fortress known as ’the Wrath of the Sky God’.

Also, in this holy war,

Another major trump card of the human forces...