Why must the devil be Defeated?
Chapter 386 - 382 "I’ll go stop her.

Chapter 386: 382 "I’ll go stop her.

"Boom boom boom...!"

This was not the sound of thunder nor an earthquake, but the sound of evil energy erupting violently.

The dark, fog-like evil energy, on that day, burst forth from the Temple like a flood, like an avalanche, finally spilling out from the Evil Land and sweeping across the entire Cosmos.

"Ah!"

"What is this!?"

"No!"

"Help!"

Many people, unable to bear the terrifying noise, left their buildings to behold the avalanche-like rush of evil energy descending upon them, plunging them into panic and shock, and they immediately began to flee desperately.

On the streets of Cosmos, countless people were panicked, screaming and fleeing in a rush, chased by the dark flood, presenting a scene akin to the apocalypse.

The most horrifying aspect was that within the evil energy, countless irrational evil creatures screamed and charged forward, attacking the civilians.

The civilians could only flee in terror, screaming, running, even weeping, turning the fortified city into a purgatory.

It was a disaster.

It was a nightmare.

Those who witnessed this scene would likely never forget the events of this day, a day that would be recorded in history.

The terrifying scene made the Knights guarding the city gates lose their composure and ultimately, overcome by their inner fear, they chose to flee.

Thanks to this, the people gathered at the city gates, already clamoring to leave the city, rushed out without a second thought, making the flow of people at each city gate look like ants pouring out of their nests, a truly spectacular sight.

They were unfortunate.

But at the same time, they were also fortunate.

Though the flood and avalanche of evil energy still pursued them, attempting to engulf the world outside Cosmos, just when all seemed lost, beams of light suddenly rose from every corner of Cosmos, soaring into the sky and forming a huge transparent barrier that enveloped the entire Cosmos.

"What is that?"

Still atop the building, Laischa observed the barrier over Cosmos with a look of surprise.

"Such strong magic power..."

Anima murmured softly.

At that moment, beside the women, a halo of light rippled like waves, protecting them from the encroaching evil energy, thus sparing them from madness.

The halos, one black and one white, were caused by Ai Yi and Anima, respectively.

Just as the evil energy surged forward, both of them waved their hands, summoning the black and white halos of light to block the incoming evil energy.

Consequently, they could clearly see everything happening in Cosmos.

Now, under the effect of the huge transparent barrier, the violently bursting evil energy within Cosmos was blocked, unable to escape the fortified city.

The evil creatures were likewise blocked, originally meant to charge outside the city and spread across the land to become a true disaster, but were instead howling and pounding on the barrier, unable to get out.

Additionally, within Cosmos, innocent civilians about to be overtaken by the evil energy and creatures and face misfortune, suddenly disappeared.

They were transported outside the city, or rather, outside the barrier, staring at the turmoil within the barrier with faces full of astonishment and lingering fear.

Ai Yi understood what was happening.

"Is this the work of that guy?"

Ai Yi turned to Laischa.

"Yes."

Laischa was the only one not surprised by the scene.

She understood why this was happening.

"After learning about Evil God Lilith from Miss Iris, Mr. Shane made preparations for this moment,"

Laischa revealed the reason.

Having realized the severity of the situation and the need to possibly destroy the sealing forcefully, Shane had prepared this contingency plan to spare Cosmos from this disaster.

"In recent days, Mr. Shane actually had me take him to every corner of Cosmos, setting up Grant Magic properties there."

Laischa explained expressionlessly.

"These properties have different effects, but in general, when activated, they would form an independent barrier, isolating the entire Cosmos and repelling the individuals inside."

This was no easy feat.

However, Cosmos had been experiencing random teleportation phenomena due to the presence of the Dark Temple, and the fortress city also previously contained the independent space of a sealed temple, so if the environment and already existing conditions there could be utilized, and the magic was reconstructed, this could be easily achieved.

For this, Shane squandered magic power liberally, exerting his vast, nearly infinite magic power to its limits, setting up such a large-scale barrier.

Thus, even the authority of Evil God Lilith or the ancient powerful beings would find it difficult to break through the barrier and escape.

"We can still stay here because the magic powers of us two are not much less than Mr. Shane’s. In this moment of protection, the barrier can’t expel us unilaterally."

Laischa explained.

"Similarly, as the builder of the barrier, Mr. Shane, whose magic power matches that of the barrier, and Goddess Lilith, who has broken out of the seal, are likely still in the Temple, not expelled by the barrier."

This meant that right now, Shane was alone confronting Evil God Lilith.

In the entire Cosmos, only four people remained as bystanders.

No, not four.

"It seems that one more person unexpectedly stayed behind," Ai Yi said indifferently, looking towards the Temple, speaking to Anima beside her, "It appears to be because your magic power is protecting that girl, and she wasn’t excluded by the barrier, right?"

"It should be so," Anima sighed, "I really don’t know if this is good or bad for her."

Anima’s words didn’t evoke much emotion from Ai Yi.

As if completely uninterested in that girl, Ai Yi just continued to look towards the Temple, causing Lasha beside her to fall silent.

Laischa felt the same.

However, looking at the gigantic barrier enveloping the whole Cosmos and recalling that once slightly green Hero, Laischa felt a complex mix of emotions.

"Has he grown to the point where he can construct such a large-scale magic barrier?"

She remembered, originally, when she was secretly observing Shane, he was just preparing to learn new magic, a novice mage who could only rely on his vast magic power to forcibly enhance the power of basic elemental magic to combat enemies.

It hadn’t been a few months, and this novice mage already possessed such magical prowess, truly making Laischa sigh with emotion.

Lasha seemed to sense her master’s thoughts.

"This is Mr. Shane."

Lasha, for some reason, said this to Laischa.

"Lasha?"

Laischa was startled, looking at Lasha somewhat surprised.

But Lasha seemed no longer focused on Laischa, also looking towards the Temple.

There, a ground-shaking collision was just beginning.

...

"Boom!"

An evil energy like a storm violently attacked the surroundings, mangling everything like a dark explosion.

The Temple had collapsed.

All the evil creatures were also blown away by this evil energy, disappearing without a trace.

The Goddess with twelve black wings floated mid-air, like the eye of a dark storm, the core of Hell’s vortex, continuously releasing astonishing evil energy.

This was no longer the ancient evil energy lingering from thousands of years ago, but the real authority of the Evil God, a limitless demonic poison that could drive all creatures in the world to insanity, corruption, and berserk—the deepest darkness, the most primal chaos.

No life could remain rational under this demonic poison.

No will capable of resisting this evil energy could belong to an individual.

This wasn’t a sin that humans could bear; even demigods must fall, terribly horrifying.

Under such circumstances, within the storm of evil energy, surprisingly, a figure held a girl, resisting the storm-like evil energy while exclaiming in astonishment.

"Why weren’t you excluded by the barrier?"

Shane was holding Iris, looking quite unwell.

"Ugh...! Ah...!"

Iris seemed to be in great pain based on her moaning, her face contorted, and a glimpse of madness occasionally flashed in her eyes, telling Shane that she’d been corrupted by the power of Evil God Lilith.

If it weren’t for the power of the Life Goddess still working in her body, Iris would have definitely lost her mind and transformed into an evil creature by now.

Only Shane, in the storm of this evil energy, was completely unharmed, unaffected even slightly.

But now, Shane was also having a difficult time.

"Boom!"

The storm of evil energy was still raging, extremely powerful, causing Shane, holding Iris, to be blown away for what seemed like the umpteenth time, slamming into an outer wall of a building like a cannonball.

For a moment, debris and dust flew around, smoke rising everywhere, causing Shane to be directly smashed into the interior of the building.

The authority of Evil God Lilith had no effect on Shane but could still cause physical phenomena, impacting Shane like this.

Of course, Shane was not injured.

"Bang!"

With a bursting sound, Shane punched away the rocks and debris covering him and leaped out with Iris in his arms.

"Damn!"

Shane spat out a mouthful of dust-laden saliva, setting Iris down on the ground.

"Hey, Holy Maiden, put up a fight, hold on, and if possible, get out of here quickly."

That was all Shane could yell at Iris.

"What... what are you going to do?"

Iris, catching Shane’s arm, asked with difficulty.

Shane replied with one sentence.

"I’m going to stop her."