Chapter 716

"Kill those three first!"

Gassia swiftly charged toward one of the other three Holy Spirits.

The attacks from those three Holy Spirits disrupted her greatly; though they were inferior to her, if any of their strikes landed, she would be injured.

"She's coming—block her!"

The Holy Spirit, seeing Gassia charging toward him, frantically unleashed his attacks.

In this region, the celestial floating stones were continuously shattered by the clashes among the major Holy Spirits.

Yet Gassia was too agile, darting left and right through the attacks of the four Holy Spirits without a single hair harmed.

"She's too small—hard to hit."

One Holy Spirit, after failing to land several attacks, groaned in frustration.

"Don't let her get close—her methods are strange."

Another Holy Spirit said.

On the other side, Holy Spirit Kino had also charged toward this area.

Originally, to prevent Gassia from escaping, the six Holy Spirits each guarded one side—but now they were being picked off one by one by Gassia.

"Divine Judgment!"

Gassia's crisp voice rang out again.

"Ahh~"

One Holy Spirit screamed in agony as Gassia's Divine Judgment obliterated his head outright.

The other two Holy Spirits, seeing this, rushed forward desperately.

But Gassia's speed was faster.

"Divine Judgment!"

"Divine Judgment!"

"..."

Gassia seemed to know only this one technique.

Yet it was this single technique that mercilessly slaughtered these Holy Spirits.

She swung a tiny magic wand, shorter than a human finger, continuously unleashing Divine Judgment.

Of the two Holy Spirits, one was swiftly killed by Gassia; the other, terrified beyond words, fled desperately toward Holy Spirit Kino.

"Lord Kino, save me!"

The Holy Spirit screamed.

"This little sprite is so strong—if I had a divine realm with a Holy Spirit like her, it would be perfect!"

Not far away, the two newly arrived gods watching the battle wore expressions of shock.

Gassia's strength as a little sprite had genuinely surprised these two new gods.

Holy Spirit Kino, seeing the Holy Spirit being chased into desperation, remained unmoved—his ultimate technique was finally complete.

"Divine Judgment!"

Gassia's final Divine Judgment caught up with the fleeing Holy Spirit and killed him.

"Light Shackles!"

Holy Spirit Kino finally unleashed his prepared ultimate technique—suddenly, ten thousand beams of light descended from the sky.

Light travels too fast—especially light from the Celestial Realm!

These beams instantly covered the surrounding area.

Then, all the light seemed to flow—each beam rapidly converged into golden threads!

As soon as these threads formed, they instantly tightened.

The little sprite Gassia was instantly bound by these threads.

This binding was not merely physical.

More importantly, it bound her energy.

It prevented her internal energy from flowing freely.

Without the ability to gather energy, how could she attack?

And yet, the entire battle had lasted less than a minute!

The suppression of the Faith Threads still had two full minutes remaining!

Holy Spirit Kino, seeing Gassia bound, smiled:

"No matter how agile you are, you cannot escape my Light Shackles."

He gently tugged on one of the threads in his hand, pulling the little sprite Gassia right before him.

"I'll remove your heart and seal your mouth—you won't be able to pray anymore. What a cute little sprite—if I had a fleshly body, I wouldn't mind indulging you."

Holy Spirit Kino, watching Gassia now within his grasp, found himself speaking more than usual.

Prayer is not only done through the mouth.

One can also pray silently in the heart.

Holy Spirits naturally have hearts too.

Remove the heart and seal the mouth, and prayer becomes impossible—then the god behind the Holy Spirit will know nothing.

Holy Spirits possess immense vitality; removing the heart will not kill them.

A dagger gleaming with cold light appeared in Holy Spirit Kino's hand.

"Don't be afraid—if you tell me the identity of the god behind you, I might spare you now."

Holy Spirit Kino smiled.

But across from him, Gassia's expression was unnervingly calm.

"Divine Judgment!"

Gassia suddenly spoke.

"Even bound like this…?"

Saint Spirit Kino had not finished speaking when his face turned pale.

"Boom!"

A Divine Judgment descended from the heavens, slamming him deep into the ground.

"Aaaah!"

Saint Spirit Kino, no doubt a captain-level Saint Spirit, survived the blow—barely.

But his head had been shattered.

From his shoulders, a new head sprouted violently.

Then he heard Gassia's voice again: "Divine Judgment!"

"Boom!"

The newly grown head of Saint Spirit Kino was shattered once more.

And Gassia's voice continued.

"Divine Judgment!"

"Divine Judgment!"

"..."

Saint Spirit Kino finally understood how the other Saint Spirits had felt.

Tortured beyond life or death.

"No good—another few rounds like this and I'm done. Only prayer can save me now!"

Saint Spirit Kino's energy drained rapidly; though headless, his heart still beat.

He began praying frantically.

Yes, sealing the Faith Lines was a one-way lock.

That was the flaw in this technique: it blocked your Faith Lines, preventing you from praying to the gods or borrowing their power, and kept the gods from descending.

But I am free to act as I please!

Saint Spirit Kino finally decided to pray to the Star God Holinton!