Chapter 429: Progress and Demons

Luo De quickly followed the two women.

Soon.

The stench of sulfur characteristic of demons filled the poorly ventilated cave.

They saw the land naga and Scatrin people frantically fighting a horde of mixed demons—spike demons, hedgehog demons, shadow demons, kasi demons, and others.

Lillian cast first.

Magic light flared simultaneously from her exquisite crown and ancient staff, then behind her formed a faint blue misty ancestral spirit silhouette.

Puff!

A massive blue torrent surged forth.

The torrent stood like a pillar.

The roar of magic was dull and piercing, instantly illuminating the dark cave.

Its power was equally immense, instantly piercing the exoskeletal armor of the kasi demon, which resembled a giant hornet.

The spell's power was too strong—it not only split the kasi demon in half, splattering green blood across the wall, but also blasted a large crater into the cave's rock face.

This surprised both the demons and the Scatrin people present.

Especially the Scatrin people—aside from the two half-orcs who were relentlessly slashing, everyone else's faces changed color.

This level of magical quality was already approaching high seventh tier.

Spell attacks were always devastating, yet she had unleashed such a torrent with barely any effort—she must have even stronger techniques.

Previously, they had assumed the land naga had only one mid-tier seventh-tier mage and thought she'd be easy to handle—even if they later betrayed her, it wouldn't matter.

Now it seemed the naga's ancestral ritual magic truly had its strengths.

"Huh?"

Lillian herself paused—was it really this easy? And such a strong effect?

Her casting speed increased, and even her magical expenditure decreased.

What's going on?

Eve drew weapons in all four arms and swung them violently, hurling a ruby spear that impaled two hedgehog demons at once.

She laughed: "No wonder you're my mother—your ancestral ritual magic has improved again."

"Hmm, going out has made my connection with the ancestral spirits even stronger."

Lillian spoke, yet grew uncertain herself.

Logically, their ancestral tomb lay in the Mirror Desert; now far away in the Axe Beach region of Jianwan, their connection to the ancestral spirits should have weakened by 5% to 10%.

Why then had it strengthened so much?

I haven't even meditated much these past few days.

Not only did I not meditate—I spent two consecutive days with a man.

Lillian suddenly froze.

As if realizing something, her lips parted slightly, emitting an unconscious murmur: "Ah… could it be Little Luo De's…?"

"What?"

Her eldest daughter, guarding beside her, seemed to hear something—her four curved blades whirled like a storm, reaping demon lives.

"Nothing. Focus on the battle!"

"Yes, Mother!"

Lillian quickly suppressed her speculation.

She couldn't think about it anymore.

Merely the name Luo De appearing in her mind brought back the images from the past two nights in the tent—sticky, overwhelming.

Not during battle—it would disrupt her casting focus.

She forced herself to concentrate, instantly sharpening her focus.

Instantly.

In the relatively spacious cave, fire blades, strong acid arrows, sticky magic orbs, and lightning beads flew everywhere.

Though these spells were not high-tier, their sheer volume compensated, and Lillian's casting speed combined with her magical rank enhancement made them devastating.

Each strike typically killed a demon outright.

Eve watched her mother slowly rising, her eyes glowing with blue-white radiance, holy and brilliant.

Behind her, the ancestral spirit's silhouette remained clearly visible, more solid than ever before.

She couldn't help but feel envy.

This was something she had always sought but never attained.

In her twenty-eight years of life, she had never once experienced communion with the ancestral spirits.

Though many claimed multi-armed naga blood proved nobility, since she broke through to high sixth tier three months ago, she has made zero progress—making that claim sound like a joke.

And that breakthrough? It only happened after she tangled with that so-called master for days in the forest.

"It must be that damn enslavement charm altering my mind—I just hallucinated Mother calling that man's name. What nonsense."

Eve shook her head.

Clear the distractions.

Seeing her kin return to guard their mother, she charged forward.

Her four weapons moved like waves, weaving a wall of steel too dense to penetrate.

Blood, sulfur stench, severed limbs, steaming organs.

Battles with demons were always this grotesquely brutal.

Before long.

A quarter of the demons in the cave were cleared.

Eve, fully immersed in her assault, reached the cave's cliffside entrance.

At that moment, a thunderous crash echoed from near the entrance.

It was the vibration of a heavy object landing.

With her vast combat experience, Eve instantly locked onto the direction of the vibration.

She turned—only to find nothing there, just dust stirred into the air.

"Invisibility spell."

She instantly judged it and moved to activate her magic ring that detected invisibility.

But before she could.

A violent gust of wind swept over from the side.

Eve's expression changed.

The force behind the wind struck like a battering ram, about to crush her skull.

Suddenly.

She felt herself lifted—her entire body snapped backward a full body-length.

The gust swept past her refined, high nose—barely grazing, not touching a single hair.

Eve instinctively glanced back.

Her companions were at a distance; her mother was still focused on killing—what was that?

"This—"

【What 'this'? Another one's coming from the right.】

A telepathic magic voice entered her mind.

Eve instantly twisted her powerful serpent body, skimming the ground just in time to dodge another fierce punch.

Hearing that familiar voice, she was startled by how much excitement surged within her.

"It's you! Luo—"

【Don't say my name, Eve. Miss me?】

Luo De smiled in the shadows, sending the message.

"How did you know I was here?"

【We're in sync. Just thinking of you, and I found you.】

Tally in the shadows snorted, rolled her eyes at the air, and muttered sarcastically: "In sync, huh?" The master is too much—flirting and he can't even hide it from me.

Eve shattered her magic ring that detected invisibility.

A pulse of magical light illuminated the cave, revealing a two-meter-tall red-furred, green-skinned demon monkey.

Its rank: peak sixth tier.

"Stop talking nonsense. Come out and help me cut this thing down." Eve said bluntly.

【For certain reasons, I can't show myself… Besides, this thing's weak.】

As he spoke,

the demon monkey roared in fury, pounding its chest, and spat out imperfect Common Tongue.

"Scatrin! Where's what we were promised!"

As Lillian and Eve had guessed, these demons had indeed been angered by their broken agreement with Scatrin.

(End of Chapter)