Why must the devil be Defeated?
Chapter 387: Finally willing to take it out?

Chapter 387: Finally willing to take it out?

"I’ll stop her."

As Shane’s words rang out, Iris couldn’t help feeling a jolt in her heart.

It was inevitable.

Shane’s tone was so natural, so fitting, as if it was an absolute given, it sent a shiver through her.

But Iris still wanted to say,

"Don’t... don’t go...!"

Iris seemed to clutch Shane unconsciously, her face paling as if she was still struggling against the corruption of Evil Energy, shaking her head furiously.

"That’s the Strongest Evil God! An existence that can match a Demon! You’ll die...!"

Iris cried out to Shane.

Unfortunately,

"Die?"

Shane blinked, then suddenly smiled.

"Don’t worry," Shane said again in that natural tone. "I have already died once."

Iris was instantly stunned.

Shane took this opportunity to loosen the grip Iris had on him.

"Maybe I won’t win, but I likely won’t die—you can ease your mind," Shane told Iris. "Your condition is worse than mine; think about what you should do first."

Shane had indeed tried using the "Star-Blowing Breath" to heal Iris, but it didn’t work.

Unlike those millennia-old remnants, Iris had been corrupted by Lilith’s very Authority, and mere Magic Power was truly ineffective.

A god’s Authority equates to a Unique Skill for an average person, a force that defies common sense.

The Goddesses of the Divine Race have no Unique Skills, or rather, their Authority is their Unique Skill.

If this Unique Skill were not powerful, it wouldn’t matter, but the title of Strongest Evil God wasn’t for show. The Evil Energy released by Lilith’s Authority, let alone simple magic, even those Unique Skill specifically to expel negative statuses might not work.

Otherwise, why would the Three Great Goddesses have had to seal those ancient beings corrupted into evil creatures back then?

It was precisely because Evil God Lilith’s Authority was so formidable, once the corruption was successful, it was virtually irrevocable, making it greatly feared.

Considering this...

"Only exceptional means will work now." Shane looked at Iris and only after a while did he smile and say, "You better not let this slip, okay?"

Saying that, Shane raised the Holy Sword.

"Unseal (Heresu)!"

As the brief Spell echoed, Shane’s Holy Sword began to emit a brilliant light.

"Is this...!?"

Iris’s eyes widened.

She watched as a layer of Blade Steel, as if gaining consciousness, suddenly sloughed off the blade and closed up, eventually transforming into a Sword Ring that was fitted on the handle of the Holy Sword.

A radiant glow burst forth from the suddenly sparkling Holy Sword, bathing Iris in that light, causing her body to shake as her heart’s negative emotions faded away at an alarming rate.

As a Holy Daughter, Iris well knew what this sacred glow symbolized.

No, it should be said, anyone from Omni Potanssen would recognize where this radiance came from.

It was the most sacred power in the world.

It was also the miracle that a Hero from the Otherworld could display.

It was the nemesis of the Demon Clan.

It was also the trump card for the Divine Race and the Human Race, the most reliable ally.

"Holy Sword..."

Iris looked at Shane with shock in her eyes.

...

Meanwhile, at the top of a building, everyone there witnessed that dazzling light.

They were all visibly moved.

"That is..."

Laischa murmured.

"Holy Sword..."

Anima also seemed to see that ray of light, her voice mixed with complex emotions and nostalgia.

"So he finally decided to bring it out?"

Ai Yi smiled pleasantly, a rare upward curve at the corners of her mouth.

As for Lasha, quietly watching that sacred light, her ruby-like eyes twinkled with emotions difficult for others to grasp or notice.

...

"You... you are..."

Iris looked at Shane, her voice trembling.

But Shane merely shrugged at Iris, said nothing, and stood up.

"Boom!"

The next second, Shane smashed the floor beneath his feet, causing a fierce wind to shake up, and shot out of the building at astonishing speed, heading towards the location of the Evil God Lilith.

Iris could only stare blankly at this scene, unable to recover for a long time.

The oblivious Iris didn’t notice that in another direction, a young girl was running forward at a pace no different from that of a normal child.

Wherever she passed, the Evil Energy automatically moved aside, and even the evil creatures seemed to make way, allowing the girl to pass straight through.

...

"Boom!"

Above the original location of the Dark Temple, the petite goddess with twelve black wings still released evil energy recklessly, making it increasingly furious and tumultuous, with roaring sounds attacking in all directions.

That scene resembled a tsunami swirling, floodwaters fluctuating, avalanches descending, and waterfalls in rapid flows, the momentum incredibly astonishing.

Such appalling release of evil energy had already formed a genuine natural disaster, annihilating everything around the goddess, leveling it to the ground.

"Oof...!"

Shane had planned to charge in directly relying on speed, but he was hindered by the waves of evil energy, struggling like moving against a typhoon, resembling a small boat tossed about in a stormy sea, swayed and faltered by the storm of evil energy, unable to breach it no matter the momentum.

"It’s just like a real storm...!"

Shane was astounded.

He hadn’t anticipated that the Evil God Lilith’s evil energy would be released in such a terrifying manner.

No wonder the evil energy of the Evil God once enveloped the entire continent.

With such a mode of dispersal, one could imagine how fast it would spread.

At least, Shane believed that if he hadn’t been prepared, the entire domain of Duke Sterling would have already been devoured by the evil energy by now.

Not only could it erode the soul and drive one mad, but in this manner, it also assaulted everything around, essentially a super-destructive typhoon, with each gust holding poison, horribly fearsome.

"Is this what it means to be comparable to a demon?"

Shane finally understood how powerful such a being was.

With his current strength, he couldn’t even get close; one could imagine, anyone else coming here would certainly meet their demise.

"It seems, I really have to fight with all I’ve got now."

Shane gripped the Holy Sword tightly.

"Unseal (Heresu)!"

With that command, the second layer of Blade Steel began to fall off the Holy Sword, retracting back to the sword ring, appearing behind the first sword ring.

Shane thus unsealed the second seal of the Holy Sword, releasing even greater power from the sword.

"Clang!"

The brilliance on the Holy Sword instantly became more radiant and dazzling, with two-thirds of the blade now exposed, making the splendid sword body gleam amidst the dark evil energy.

Shane felt a tremendous power surging into his body, making him stronger.

With this, Shane was finally able to stabilize his stance within the storm of evil energy.

"Evolve (Evolve)!"

Next, Shane let magic power flow throughout his body, employing the ability of "Extreme Transformation."

Shane soon felt much lighter, his body moved effortlessly, making him dive headfirst into the deeper parts of the evil energy without hesitation, witnessing the figure of Evil God Lilith.

At that moment, Evil God Lilith still had her eyes closed as if she hadn’t woken up, merely wrapped in a vestment robe, her back adorned with black wings, suspended in mid-air.

But Shane knew, it wasn’t that Evil God Lilith hadn’t woken up; she inherently lacked reason and consciousness, retaining only instinct and power, like a device emitting darkness and chaos, biding the end of days, merely following her nature, continuously releasing evil energy, turning the world into hell if not otherwise disturbed.

Shane squinted his eyes.

"Since you choose to ignore me, don’t blame me for being unkind."

A vast magic power then surged around Shane.

"Grant·Boosting."

"Grant·Enhancement."

"Grant·Enlarge."

"Grant·Maintenance."

Shane used four kinds of magic in one go.

Yet, these were not applied on Shane himself, nor on Lilith, but on the magic he was about to cast.

"————With vast magic power, invoking the stars from beyond————"

Shane began to chant the magic spell.

"————Bright specks scattered, layers upon layers, heed to the one who commands the night sky, now reveal the mystique and trajectory of the gods————"

"————That is light————"

"————That is the mighty power of heaven————"

"————So, let the stars shine————"

"————Then, let the light descent————"

The familiar magic spell resonated, turning the vast magic power swirling around Shane into waves of starlight.

It was one of the upper-level celestial magics that Shane had previously used on Cappelen.

"Starry Arrays (Starry Arrays)!"

The starlight gleamed, causing celestial bodies to suddenly materialize surrounding Shane.

Each celestial body was bigger and brighter than the ones Shane had used before.

Because this time, Shane had not only unlocked two seals of the Holy Sword but had also enhanced the power and effect of the magic in advance using Grant Magic, making this instance of "Starry Arrays" unprecedentedly powerful.

One by one, the celestial bodies with their bright starlight, in a flicker, converged around Evil God Lilith, enveloping her.

"Attack!"

Shane directed with the Holy Sword in his hand, and the celestial bodies immediately emitted dazzling beams of light, blasting towards Evil God Lilith.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang——!"

A thunderous series of explosions resonated one after another.

The beams of light struck Evil God Lilith directly, as if bursts of light exploded, with quite a spectacular sight.

Yet, Shane’s expression suddenly changed.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang——!"

With the continuous appearance of light explosions, at the storm’s center, Lilith raised her head.

A pair of amethyst eyes slowly opened.