Chapter 715: Gassia

In the Heavenly Realm, the density of matter is significantly higher, and its stability is greatly increased.

Many materials from the Heavenly Realm, if taken to the Continent of Gods, become substances of extraordinary hardness.

However, whether gods or holy spirits, their attacks in the Heavenly Realm suffer no reduction in power.

Holy Spirit Kino, as the captain of the holy spirits, possesses formidable strength!

A single attack destroyed the floating island, leaving Gassia with no place left to hide.

"I can no longer seek the goddess's aid—I must rely on myself!"

Upon learning that her thread of faith had been severed, the little elf Gassia's face hardened with resolve.

She reached out into the air and grasped a tiny magic wand.

Around her, the four holy spirits struck in unison, launching terrifying attacks toward Gassia.

Gassia swung her wand, and a crisp sound rang out:

"Divine Judgment!"

"Boom!"

As her voice echoed, a column of light descended from the sky, hurtling straight toward one of the holy spirits.

That holy spirit's face turned pale, and he hastily dodged.

Gassia flared her wings, evaded the combined assault of the six holy spirits, then surged forward into the gap left by the one who had fled.

"She's trying to escape—Browng, stop her!"

Seeing this, Holy Spirit Kino said.

"This little elf is more troublesome than expected—tighten the encirclement!"

Holy Spirit Kino added to the other four holy spirits.

Hearing Kino's command, Holy Spirit Browng raised his longsword and blocked the little elf's path.

Clearly, he was a close-combat holy spirit.

In a holy spirit squad, each member possesses different abilities—some excel at ranged attacks, others at close combat, and still others at tracking or healing, and so on.

Generally, a holy spirit squad consists of only ten members.

Gassia, seeing the holy spirit blocking her path, did not retreat or evade—she flapped her wings and charged straight at Holy Spirit Browng.

"Divine Judgment!"

Her crisp voice rang out again.

"Boom!"

A column of light materialized above Holy Spirit Browng's head; instantly, a shield appeared in his left hand, raised to block it.

"Don't think I'm truly afraid of you!"

At the same time, Holy Spirit Browng swung his longsword toward Gassia.

Gassia's expression remained unchanged; she pointed her wand once more at Holy Spirit Browng: "Divine Judgment!"

Holy Spirit Browng's face turned ashen.

But it was too late.

He barely managed to cross his sword in defense before being struck by Gassia's Divine Judgment.

"Boom!"

Holy Spirit Browng was struck as if heavily, blasted backward like a cannonball, smashing through countless floating stones along the way.

When he finally came to a stop, he had suffered heavy injuries.

Yet as long as a holy spirit's soul mark remains intact, even if killed, the god can resurrect him.

Of course, upon resurrection, he becomes only the weakest of holy spirits; whether he regains his former power depends on whether the god still values him.

A holy spirit's power derives from a god and the god's divine realm; the holy spirits a god values are almost always those with exceptionally superior souls.

But even with a superior soul, without the god's aid, slowly drawing power from the divine realm takes over a hundred years to restore strength.

Generally, after a holy spirit dies, even if resurrected, the god leaves him idle in the divine realm and instead cultivates new holy spirits—unless the soul is outstanding enough!

Having severely wounded Holy Spirit Browng, Gassia flapped her wings once more and shot skyward, aiming to break out of this region.

The disruption of the thread of faith has a limited range—once she escapes this area, Gassia can pray at any time and report her situation to Vivela, and Vivela can descend through the thread of faith.

Since Vivela is so close, she can descend without expending much power.

"Don't let her escape!"

Holy Spirit Kino rushed toward her, bombarding her with attacks that forced Gassia to alter her course.

From behind, another holy spirit chased after her, launching energy attacks while accelerating toward Gassia.

"Divine Judgment!"

Gassia turned and unleashed a Divine Judgment.

The holy spirit barely dodged—but when he looked up, Gassia's figure was gone.

"Huh? Where did she go?"

As the holy spirit stared in shock, he felt a sudden pain in his body.

The tiny Gassia, no larger than a fist, transformed her wand into a sharp, pointed blade and stabbed it straight into his body.

"Divine Judgment!"

Gassia's crisp voice rang out once more.

"Boom!"

This time, the Divine Judgment exploded directly within the holy spirit's body, reducing him to ashes.

The holy spirit died on the spot.

Though his soul mark escaped, he must now wait in line for resurrection—and upon revival, he will lose all power; the loss is devastating.

"Be careful, this little spirit is strong—don't split up, or she'll pick you off one by one."

After just engaging, two were down; Saint Spirit Kino's face darkened, and he immediately changed tactics.

He realized that Gassia was at least his equal in rank as a Saint Spirit—he couldn't let Gassia pick them off one by one.

Saint Spirit Kino continuously unleashed powerful attacks, preventing Gassia from leaving this area, while preparing his ultimate technique.

The other three Saint Spirits immediately moved closer.

Gassia continuously dodged Saint Spirit Kino's attacks.

Her small size played a major role.