Chapter 704: Impurities

【Chastity Domain · Sorrowful Purity】!

【Details: The Rose Goddess, who despised love, once turned into an ordinary, common rose tree to escape the pursuit and chase of a deity who controlled the Sun Domain.

However, the Sun God, enraged by her rejection, took the hair she had disguised as branches and leaves to make a laurel wreath, took the legs she had disguised as a tree trunk to make a harp, took the eyes she had disguised as rose flowers to decorate a bow and arrow, and used powerful divine might to fix her in place, preventing her from changing for all eternity.

Upon impact, those deemed by the Rose Goddess as savable will enter the state of 'Chastity Awakening', while those deemed impure will be completely crystallized.】

The Rose Goddess!?

Rod was stunned, and the data on the panel flashed rapidly again.

【'Will of the Firmament +10' has an additional correction effect on mental resistance against 'Moon Domain'!】

【Domain Collision Re-evaluated!】

【Moon Domain · Basic (Rod): 72 (+61)】

【Chastity Domain · Sorrowful Sanctity (???): 112】

【Result: Success!】

'Daphne' was utterly stunned, then flew into a rage, half her face glaring with wide eyes.

"What trickery?! How can such an impure person withstand my gaze?!"

Rod had no time to marvel at the power of the Ancient Firmament Tree, Eva; he spun around and lunged at Tally.

But he was still a step too slow.

Silver-white glowing crystal flowers began to spread upward from Tally's feet.

The Stagnation Domain and Domination Domain she mastered were clearly inferior to Rod's basic Moon Domain, let alone the Rose Goddess's Chastity Domain.

But the good thing was that both domains were versatile, capable of clashing with any type of Domain authority.

A cute, pretty little face turned red with strain, hands trembling as they pushed outward.

The crystallization speed finally slowed down noticeably.

"Are you okay, Tally?"

As he spoke.

Rod drew the 【Spear of the Storm's Eye】 and executed a violent, extreme push-off and waist twist with 【Strength Release 2000%】.

He also flung the treasure 【Curse Thorn】 along with it.

With a bang, the spear arrived instantly like Lei Ting, exploding an expanding void cavity amidst the surging sea of rose flowers.

'Daphne' let out a muffled groan, and shattered petals scattered like rain.

"Don't use such strange descriptions at a time like this, where is the 【Mental Anchor】?"

【Mental Anchor】, a consumable buff in 【Blissful Party】.

【When resisting mental control, if the saving throw fails, this buff can be consumed to automatically succeed.】

"It was consumed, but it probably weakened the effect by about half; otherwise, Tally wouldn't be able to hold back right now."

Without a second thought, Rod immediately shared 【Will of the Firmament】 via "Spiritual Symbiosis".

About 5000 points of 【Growth Spirituality】 dropped straight to 700; it had to be used, so he didn't care a bit.

Lady Kali and Vivian naturally each received one as well.

Surprisingly.

The Tree Spirit Young Lady held out without even consuming a 【Mental Anchor】; one could even say she was unaffected.

She blinked her large eyes, which were filled with Bai Guang, and the next moment, a vast projection of the Tree Realm appeared in the sky.

【Tree Realm Descent】 activated.

Bombarding the rose flower clusters on the ground crazily, Rod took the opportunity to give her a 【Pain Lashing】 to boost the output.

Even more surprisingly was the Elf Young Lady.

She, who was always reliable, seemed to have no resistance at all; after a moment of struggle.

Her eyes went blank, flashing with silver-white illusory light.

When she looked at Rod again, her expression was one of resentment and regret.

"You attacked me multiple times while I slept, ruining my chastity; from this day on, you and I will fight to the death!"

"What is this?"

Tally's exclamation came faster than Rod's; she stood there with her mouth agape.

Looking at the two of them, a feeling of betrayal, as if she had been NTR'd, appeared in her heart.

"Master! When did you and she start..."

"... Can we focus on the current situation? She's under mental control; can what she says under mental control be taken seriously?"

"Oh, right."

Rod sighed in relief, having done his utmost to protect Little Kali's reputation.

In an instant, a burst of fiery lightning arc knocked him flying; he retreated explosively, collapsing a small section of the crystal mountain, and the rumbling crystal clusters buried him.

Roar!!

The Bronze Dragon War Soul roared to the heavens, instantly bursting through the pile of crystals.

Rod climbed up with a bitter face, his chest stained with a layer of soot.

He raised his hand and cast 【Moon Curse】 on Lady Kali.

【Domain Collision Re-evaluated!】

【Moon Domain · Moon Curse (Rod): 83】

【Zhou Fa Domain · Basic (Lady Kali): 65】

【Result: Success!】

Basic Domain already at 65? Not bad, Little Kali.

The elven young lady's whole body stiffened, and before she could fall, Rod stepped forward with a Moon Shadow Step and caught her in his arms.

The fragrance filling his embrace, Rod didn't overdo it—just a simple squeeze of her rear.

What followed was the elven young lady's gaze, so ashamed and furious it was nearly shooting fire.

Rod laughed and grabbed another handful.

"Tally, keep an eye on her."

"Okay~~"

Vivian's 【Tree World Projection】 erupted with ferocious firepower, bombarding the sky continuously as petals, crystal clusters, shards, and ash churned wildly.

Daphne, who was struggling desperately to break free, was clearly deeply affected by the Rose Goddess, leaving her with not the slightest ability to fight back—purely taking a passive beating.

Immediately, Vivian recognized the lightning-arc-trailing blur of a figure on the ground and stopped pouring down firepower at once.

As the smoke and dust settled, Daphne—her rose-covered body beaten to pieces—was covered in craters, the massive sword wounds almost completely unable to heal; she could truly be called a pitiful sight.

Plasma surged, 【Thunder Strike Sinew】 pushed Rod's bodily functions to their absolute peak.

Almost the instant his figure was exposed, the enormous pruning shears burning with moonfire in Rod's hands had already pierced into the opponent's chest.

The Rose Goddess raised her head unsteadily, looking at Rod with contempt.

"If I hadn't only just awakened, you think—"

"What's the use of Monday-morning quarterbacking?"

"Impure one. Die."

"Die, my ass."

【Black Gold Adhesion +5】, the pruning shears transformed into a low-key luxurious black-gold color.

【Black Gold Adhesion · 'Reinforcement': grants the adhered object skill reinforcement +7;】

The 【Pruning Shears of the Great Cultivator】, infused with at least 2,000 points of growth spiritual essence—treasure trait 【Impurity Exclusion +20】!

What's more, the 【Pruning Shears of the Great Cultivator】's innate suppressive effect against plants began to work frantically.

On the half of the Rose Goddess's face that was full of fury, shock and unwillingness suddenly appeared.

"A quasi-divine artifact??! Impossible! A thing like this cannot appear at this point in time!!?!"

The roar was of no use; the intense repulsion and extraction force pulled a woman's phantom from atop Daphne's head—a woman with leafy ears and wooden skin.

The woman roared madly in unwillingness, then was completely extracted away.

And the savage half of Daphne's face also fully calmed down; the white roses on her body returned to crimson once more, and she collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

The Rose Goddess's phantom retreated like the wind, swiftly withdrawing back to the rose tree that possessed 【Strong-Arm Robbery】.

Rod had been waiting for exactly this moment.

Laughing loudly, he switched the nature phase of 【Child of Nature】 to "Symbiosis," forcibly connecting the rose tree to his spiritual veins in symbiosis—and locked it so it couldn't leave!

And then—

The "Spirit-Devouring Forging" of 【War Soul Workshop】 began refining the rose tree that carried the Rose Goddess!

A woman's face was etched out from the trunk, terrified as if seeing a ghost, her voice even taking on a sobbing tone and trembling with extreme fear as she spoke.

"This power... this power, this power—"

(End of this chapter)