Chapter 339: Since it's already come to this, there's no way any accidents could happen, right?

"Alright, two young ladies."

"Please follow along."

Su Nian took a step, and the next moment, the figures of the three people and one cat appeared on the battlefield where the Himejima Clan was currently engaged in combat.

At this time, the Elders of the Himejima Clan had either sacrificed themselves or were heavily wounded; the few who were unharmed were perhaps only the servants and some young children who possessed no real ability.

"It seems I have arrived at just the right time."

Su Nian looked at the young girl who had one foot pressed onto the Head of Household of a certain Himejima Clan, and revealed a smile.

When Himejima Suzaku saw Su Nian arrive, she could not help but reveal a look of joy on her face.

"Your Excellency the Holy Son."

She stood up and performed a salute toward Su Nian.

At the same moment, the Fallen Angel Cadre in the sky, the Lightning Angel Baiqiu, also landed and knelt on one knee before Su Nian.

"Your Excellency the Holy Son."

Facing the questions of Himejima Suzaku and Baiqiu, Su Nian nodded slightly, looked around, and praised.

"Well done; you may handle the matters that follow."

Saying this, Su Nian stepped aside, signaling for Himejima Akeno behind him to step forward.

Himejima Akeno was stunned for a moment, looking at Su Nian's expression with a bit of disbelief.

She had not expected that Su Nian would actually let her come forward and participate in dealing with the Himejima Clan's affairs.

On the other side, Himejima Zhuohuang, who was lying on the ground covered in wounds, glanced at Himejima Akeno and closed his eyes in despair.

"Heh, a half-breed is a half-breed, actually thinking of inviting an outsider to deal with..."

But before Himejima Zhuohuang could finish his words, a bolt of lightning fell directly onto his body.

"Old thing, shut up!! You are the only one who has no right to say that!!"

It was Himejima Akeno who had struck; she remembered clearly how her mother had died.

It was this old thing who had colluded with outsiders to kill her mother while Baiqiu and Azazel were away.

Even she herself had been hunted down by him several times.

If it were not for the secret protection of Baiqiu and Azazel, she would have long since died on the road as a wanderer.

This was also the source of her hatred toward Baiqiu: why didn't he kill this guy? Why only secretly protect her?

Was the Lightning Angel Baiqiu really that cowardly?

Boom—!

The aura of the heavily wounded Himejima Zhuohuang vanished completely.

After first being heavily wounded by Baiqiu, kept alive by a Phoenix Tear, and then beaten by Himejima Suzaku.

Finally, under Himejima Akeno's strike filled with rage, Himejima Zhuohuang finally died.

"Thank you."

Looking at the Himejima Zhuohuang she had killed, Himejima Akeno offered a word of thanks to Su Nian.

Recalling the scene from several years ago when they killed her mother, and she herself was chased with nowhere to run and no door to enter.

Himejima Akeno let out a soft breath, and suddenly she felt that this guy Su Nian was not so annoying after all.

But for Liya, things were not so wonderful.

Although she was happy for Himejima Akeno to see her good friend's great revenge fulfilled, the prerequisite was that you shouldn't look like you're ready to defect to the enemy like this.

They were still captives right now.

——

Underworld, Demon King Castle.

The palace of Lucifer, one of the Four Great Satan.

The current Demon King, Sirzechs Gremory, who had fiery red hair, a tall stature, and a handsome appearance, was wearing a suit and frowning as he processed the stack of documents before him.

"The Khaos Brigade finally has new news, and it actually came from a spy in Kyoto?"

Sirzechs could not help but frown, because the leader of the Khaos Brigade was that Infinite Dragon God.

Every faction was very concerned about the movements of the Khaos Brigade, especially since the main members of the Khaos Brigade were rebels from the three sides of Angel, Fallen Angel, and Devil.

Planting spies was even more convenient.

But after the Khaos Brigade's meeting yesterday, those spies had gone completely silent.

Under the modern scientific system, transmitting messages daily was not difficult.

The management of the Khaos Brigade was not that strict; one could just secretly send a message on a mobile phone.

But even so, there was no news.

"What happened?"

The handsome young man with green hair sitting opposite Sirzechs asked curiously.

Ajuka Beelzebub.

A Demon King who was, like Sirzechs, one of the Four Great Satan.

He was also a genius Devil who had transcended the limits of the Devil race and possessed extraordinary spell-casting abilities.

Among the new Four Great Satan, only Sirzechs and Ajuka were the core; the other two were more for making up the numbers than out of necessity.

Because only these two had truly reached the level of the ancient Four Great Satan, transcending the limits of a Demon King.

The other two could only be said to be slightly stronger than an ordinary Demon King.

"Take a look for yourself; the new news from Kyoto, that Baiqiu was almost purified..."

Sirzechs's tone carried a trace of disbelief; if he were not absolutely certain that God was already dead, and that their God was a Goddess.

He would have suspected that Su Nian was a God walking upon the earth.

"Do you think we should..."

Sirzechs did not continue. As a Demon King and a member of the Reformer faction, he knew very well that the resurrection of a god, or the existence of an entity similar to a god, was no benefit to Devils.

After all, Devils, Fallen Angels, and Angels were merely tools used by gods to maintain the world's balance.

He could not be certain how a god would view the Devils, who had now entered modernization and undergone reform.

"But we cannot determine the strength of that Holy Son, nor the attitude of the Infinite Dragon God, Heavenly Lord, toward him."

Ajuka frowned and paused before speaking.

While they believed that the two of them were not inferior to the original Demon Kings, the Infinite Dragon God was clearly not someone they could provoke.

Moreover, they could not determine Su Nian's strength.

What if Su Nian was an existence equal to a god?

Although they were very unwilling to have an existence similar to a god, or perhaps an Avatar of a god, the matter had already occurred; what else could they do?

"If I release that form, perhaps I could hold him back..."

Sirzechs frowned and said with some hesitation. Based on words alone, he could not determine how strong someone was who could make a Fallen Angel return to the ranks of Angels just by showing up—an existence that even Baiqiu could not avoid.

But he was confident that after releasing that form, he could reach the level of the world's top ten.

If he spared no cost, he might be able to compare himself to Indra, who was ranked fifth.

"It is best not to take the risk."

Ajuka said after a moment of silence. Although it was unlikely that a powerhouse at the level of the world's top ten would just pop up out of nowhere.

But there were simply too many mysteries surrounding that Holy Son; if they were not careful, it would be difficult to handle if they capsized.

Right now, the Demon King Reformer faction needed the two of them to hold the fort. If something happened, those old fogies would likely move to seize the fruits of their reforms.

"Besides, Sirzechs, if I remember correctly, your sister is also in the Human World, and in the same country."

"Don't scare me, Ajuka."

Sirzechs straightened his back and said with a laugh and a curse.

"Let me tell you, don't look at the map and think it's small; the distance is actually quite far."

"My sister's territory is in Kouh Town near Dong Jing, while this Holy Son who popped up is in Kyoto; the two sides are far apart."

"Unless my sister runs over there herself, they won't meet that quickly."

"You don't really think my sister would voluntarily run over there to get captured, do you?"

"That's true."

Ajuka shrugged and then flipped through the file.

"Speaking of which, could this Holy Son be from the Church..."

Ajuka raised an eyebrow, his gaze full of implication.

Appearing suddenly and being able to make a Fallen Angel return to being an Angel—it was hard not to think that the Angel Church had developed some new result.

Or perhaps a dead god had risen from the grave?

It couldn't have just popped out of a crack in a rock, could it?

Most of the world's powerhouses were well-known figures; who would be bored enough to play the pig for thousands of years just to jump out now?

"I suspect that too, so I've already sent scouts to investigate, but you know how things are with Heaven..."

Sirzechs shrugged; he couldn't possibly arrange for scouts to go to Heaven.

They could never know what the Angels were thinking.

"It seems that's all we can do."

Seeing this, Ajuka had no better ideas.

After all, while Devils were said to be powerful, in reality, apart from the two of them as Transcendents, there was no one else who could fight.

If he hadn't created the Evil Pieces, he didn't know how far the Devil population would have plummeted.

Observing in secret, not making a move, and waiting for the situation to develop was the best approach.

At worst, they could just give the Island Country to the Holy Son; the Devils' territories in the Human World were mainly in the Americas and Europe.

The mere Far East was just a tiny piece of land used for training juniors; if it was lost, it was lost.

The place had no important resources and no output.

With things as they were, there shouldn't be any accidents.

——

Inside Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto.

Trapped in the guest room, Rias said to Su Nian with a dark face.

"According to international treaties, I wish to pay a ransom to redeem myself and my Retainers."

"Not for sale."

Su Nian responded without raising his head, then continued to tinker with the mechanical Evil God in his hands.

He was lucky; he had caught a mechanical Evil God named Rahu, whose strength was actually stronger than Ophis, which piqued his interest.

He would dismantle it to see the structure inside.

Of course, in Rias's eyes, Su Nian was just playing with an ordinary model toy.

"I can pay a high price; besides, I'm buying myself."

Rias gritted her teeth and asked again.

"Your value is not something a mere ransom can describe; I want to use you to lure out your brother."

Su Nian said indifferently, only after meeting her brother Sirzechs and having a friendly discussion.

Once the Devils were subdued, Rias would naturally gain her freedom.

Seeing this, Rias could only sit to the side, worried, silently praying for her brother in her heart.

You must absolutely not come to save me!

This guy has definitely set up a net of heaven and earth, waiting for you to come.

(End of chapter)