Chapter 253: Happy Aura Festival

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

The goblin priestess was utterly furious, her voice trembling, indescribable rage surging from her heart.

Mixed within was also a portion of fear—

She was a cultist who had pledged loyalty to the Supreme True God, so she knew perfectly well what encounter awaited one with a mind flayer larva in their brain, yet she also believed the True God could protect her.

Able to live, no one is willing to die.

But precisely because of this, the goblin priestess found the current situation utterly intolerable.

In her view, this madman Mingsala's actions would only implicate her, dragging her along to die together!

Before this, she had truly believed Mingsala served the Supreme True God Sect wholeheartedly, and she herself had also assisted him with full effort.

She only hoped to win the Supreme True God's favor, securing status, power, and most importantly protection for herself, ensuring the thing in her head would not activate.

She never expected—in return for pouring her heart out, she got such a terrible result.

Especially seeing, in this room, that group of sect believers bowing their heads listening to that Underdark drow's bewitching words, made the goblin priestess even more furious.

She simply could not think, could not imagine, just how long this Underdark drow had been wielding a hoe, prying at the corner of the Supreme True God Sect's wall, right under her eyelids all this time!

Even if she dealt with Mingsala here today, this matter would be hard to cover up, and she would inevitably be held accountable, facing the True God's wrath.

However—

"Gat, you don't understand anything at all……"

Mingsala also showed no weakness, directly calling out the goblin priestess's name, confronting her head-on.

"Our sect has been corrupted by a false god; I merely strive to restore its rightful purity—this is true glory!"

"Shut up! Shut up! You disgusting Underdark elf, you'll get us all killed!"

The goblin priestess was nearly driven mad with rage; she could bear it no longer and screamed, simultaneously raising a hand to launch an attack.

"Kill her! Kill her! She betrayed the Supreme True God!"

But in the very next moment.

A fierce wind struck from behind!

"——!!"

The goblin priestess perceived danger, almost by instinctive reaction barely dodging that strike, yet was forced to interrupt her own attack motion just initiated.

However, the doorway was extremely narrow; this ugly, stunted goblin could only barely leap a few meters away.

At such close range, even if she dodged the first strike, she could not dodge the second.

The goblin priestess hadn't even steadied herself when she once again felt a gale rush her face.

A ferocious goblin warrior right beside her, eyes filled with savagery and killing intent, swiftly drove a heavy fist straight into the priestess's nose!

The force was extremely fierce.

In just a single instant, taking such a violent straight punch squarely on the nose, this True Soul nearly lost consciousness.

—Thud!

—Thud thud! Thud thud thud!

Dull sounds of flesh striking flesh rang out incessantly, overlapping into a continuous barrage in an extremely short time.

"You! … You all! ……"

The goblin priestess's vision went black; she spoke hatefully, unwilling, yet her body involuntarily fell backward.

In her final field of vision she saw only those ten-odd enlarged fists and soles rapidly approaching, raindrop-like attacks falling on her like a violent storm.

The goblin priestess still subconsciously held an illusion.

She thought that in this camp, she and the sect she represented were the true authority.

She never expected that the moment she moved, a large group of goblins behind her would instantly turn on her, launching a surprise attack at such close range!

Unless she was an experienced melee professional with a decent level, under this dense offensive any resistance would be futile.

After all, she had not sensed anything wrong in advance, her Agility attribute was not outstanding, and she could not pull open an advantage in speed or nerve reaction……

In turn-based terms—

One side has only one person, one action per turn, actions restricted, both offense and defense very passive.

While the opposite side's turn, over a dozen people coordinate in combat, one round can unleash 20× combo hits.

So what chance could the goblin priestess have? Naturally she couldn't even stir a ripple before being directly knocked to the ground.

"Alright, stop it, don't beat her to death——"

Mingsala spoke up, only then halting the situation from worsening further.

In the span of that one sentence, the goblin priestess took at least ten more punches and ten more kicks, groaning painfully a few times even in unconsciousness.

Any later by just a little while, and she'd likely be gone.

This won't do; no matter how you put it, as the Supreme True God's priestess, she would more or less be on that disgusting Elder Brain's watch list.

The drow elf who, with someone's help, had bit by bit recalled many things, naturally understood what the so-called Supreme True God actually was.

So no matter how much she disdained it, she still could not finish off Gat directly right now; she had to leave her a breath, lest she go offline prematurely and alert the Elder Brain.

—After all, now is not the time.

"Lock her up; I'll examine her personally, no one needs to stand guard nearby."

Lightly weighing the nail hammer in her hand, Mingsala decisively gave the order.

Although this weapon had already proven its power, able to suppress the mind flayer tadpole's psionics within range, unilaterally blocking the insect's perception.

She still decided to be cautious, not allowing anyone near Gat.

As one of the only two True Souls in the goblin camp, she knew all too well what extra abilities the mind flayer tadpole in the head would bring.

Put nicely, it's leaving people to watch the prisoner and prevent escape……

Put bluntly, it's leaving people to help the prisoner escape better……

Her gaze swept across the large number of goblins around her; seeing their bizarre, misshapen forms, with the light of "wisdom" flashing in their eyes.

The female drow did not expect them to have any ability to resist a mind flayer's powers in the least.

"Move out. Clean up everyone on Gat's side."

Mingsala looked at Interrogator Spike not far away and coldly issued the order: "We must accumulate power for the God, reclaim the God's glory!"

The loyal subordinates decisively agreed, leading a large crowd swarming over, faces full of fanaticism and ferocity, hostility and killing intent flashing in their eyes.

The female drow watched them leave; if she had not been suddenly discovered now, she originally had confidence to develop the entire camp into her own people without anyone knowing.

Unfortunately, since Gat had discovered her in advance, in order to ensure maximum secrecy, she could only eliminate all those unstable factors in one go.

Cautious!

When it comes down to it, one must still be cautious!

Just like the mindset of one bitten by a snake, Mingsala, who had already recalled why she had fallen to such a state, hated her former lack of caution.

So now, no matter what, she would not leave any flaw in this regard.

"You few, come with me."

Naming a few names, the female drow did not delay, directly leading men to launch a surprise attack on the area originally under the female priest's charge.

That was part of a defiled temple; though long in disrepair and long collapsed, some secrets still remained hidden within.

Before, it was not good to probe too obviously; now naturally there was no such scruple.

Gat had left her personal bodyguard, a female ogre, in the defiled temple to stand guard, which also proved there was indeed something there.

Mingsala showed not the slightest mercy; taking advantage of the ogre's poor wits, before she could react that her former companions had become hostile units, she decisively struck first.

She swung the God-Granted Morningstar, activating the power within—

The structure of this primitive, simple melee weapon is very easy to understand; an energy field generator is hidden in the weapon's haft, only the existence of fingerprint and gene verification ensures not just anyone can pick it up and use it.

In an instant, the built-in power source activated!

Just like a rocket's recoil, instantly maximizing speed and attack power!

This power weapon that only manifests its form in an instant erupted with an ultra-high-speed hammer strike at this moment! With a howl it tore through the airflow, swinging down to cleave the ogre ahead!

According to the target the user aimed at, the energy field power at the hammer head also automatically adjusted to maximum, emitting a faint, blurry visible force field!

Boom—!

As if the entire ground shook!

This didn't sound like a morningstar's movement at all, more like the power of a detonator exploding!

The massive ogre, standing over two men tall, remained in place, its entire upper body vanished; this ferocious warhammer's frontal strike was simply impossible to block.

At the final moment, it perhaps subconsciously raised its weapon, but the result was that both person and weapon together were pulverized by the tremendous foreign power.

There was not the slightest difference.

"Hah..."

Exhaling lightly, Mingsala revealed a trace of an excited smile.

Even when she had previously killed her former colleagues, she had already experienced this feeling; whether swinging at close range or throwing directly—

This surging power is addictive, the perfect combination of speed and strength, displaying such high-efficiency, astonishing killing efficiency.

But every experience, she still feels extremely excited.

Such formidable power, an unexpected strike—probably no one can block it head-on... unless they are a high-level professional, or a Legendary.

In fact, this destructive force field is indeed specialized, possessing extremely astonishing lethality, able to destroy molecular bonds of matter when attacking.

Only, this world is not a physical universe composed of atomic matter...

Although after Xia Zhi's adjustment it became usable, it inevitably weakened somewhat.

But even so, it is enough for Mingsala to be excited; she does not know the essence of this technology, subconsciously thinking it is a high-level magic weapon.

The type with "+5 Keen, +5 Armor Piercing, +5 Penetration, +10 Force Field Damage"...

Excitedly stowing the God-Granted Morningstar, the female drow decisively ordered her subordinates to disperse, beginning to search this defiled temple, attempting to find the secrets within.

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Meanwhile.

On the distant beach, chaos reigned.

A white-clad figure quietly stepped into the crashed nautiloid, looking with great interest at this vehicle burning fiercely from the crash.

"Interesting... a biological starship?"

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(PS: Happy Aura everyone, you're all definitely single now... went out queuing all day, eating requires queuing, playing requires queuing... orz)

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