Chapter 2991: The Goddess

At two in the morning, more than a dozen figures in black robes were running on the street. The gazes of these dozen people were cold, and a momentary direct look would make one's whole body feel cold. They were Shadow Attendants, responsible for protecting the Goddess's safety.

Under the protection of more than a dozen Shadow Attendants, the Goddess wearing a white robe floated in the low air. Her feet were about half a meter above the ground. This was bestowed by the Ancient God energy. At the collar and cuffs of her clothing, golden patterns were embroidered, making her look even more noble and inviolable.

"Exactly which unlucky ghost was corrupted, gathering so much Ancient God power."

The Goddess stopped floating. After sensing again, she pointed in one direction.

Before long, the group arrived at the edge of the main sewer channel. Upon arriving here, the Goddess landed on the ground, frowning. Upon seeing the foul-smelling sewage below, her eyes were full of disgust and aversion.

"Goddess, please."

A Shadow Attendant made a gesture of invitation, which surprised the Goddess.

"You want me to go into the sewer?"

"As you can see."

The leading Shadow Attendant lowered his head slightly. He had seen the Goddess's arrogance too many times.

"This time will do. Next time there is Ancient God power gathering, I will notify you again. Let's go back."

The Goddess looked at the sewage below again. She did indeed feel refreshed when absorbing Ancient God power, but that refreshment wasn't enough to make her enter a sewer filled with stench and rats.

"Goddess, this is your duty..."

Slap.

A fair hand slapped the Shadow Attendant's face. He tilted his head slightly, and the Goddess in front of him moved her somewhat painful fingers.

"You don't say, I don't say, who would know?"

"This..."

The leading Shadow Attendant was in a bit of a dilemma. Finally, he sighed and said, "It is this subordinate who was rude. Noble as you are, you shouldn't go to that filthy and smelly place."

"It's a pity you know. By the way, for breakfast tomorrow, I want to eat vanilla cake, plum jam, white honey milk, and... meat will do, you guys can improvise for the others."

The Goddess covered her mouth with her hand and yawned. Clearly, she would never enter the sewer.

"As you command."

The leading Shadow Attendant bowed slightly. Just as he lowered his head, he immediately turned around, with his back to the Goddess, and blocked the Goddess with one hand.

"Who is it! Raise your hands and walk out slowly."

The leading Shadow Attendant spread his arms, and two daggers popped out from his cuffs. The nearly half-meter-long arm blades were covered in patterns. Protection and killing were different; using short weapons was more convenient.

The leading Shadow Attendant stared at the darkness ahead. His name was Lone Shadow, and his duty was to protect the Goddess's safety. He also had to help the Goddess with some trivial matters.

The other Shadow Attendants around the Goddess also took up defensive postures, protecting the Goddess in the center.

Lone Shadow gradually lowered his body. If one observed carefully, one would find that the shadow cast by the moonlight at his feet was gathering and merging into his body. He was going to fight for his life. Just a moment ago, his perception was frantically warning him.

"Goddess, count to 10 in your heart, then run, run toward the headquarters. Don't stop if you encounter anyone on the way."

"What kind of dream talk are you saying? I run by myself?"

The Goddess didn't intend to live and die with the dozen Shadow Attendants and Lone Shadow. What she worried about was that if she encountered an enemy on the way back, that would be bad.

A residual light flashed out, piercing through layers of air waves.

Clang!

Sparks splashed. The Banishment that stabbed toward the Goddess was slashed away by Lone Shadow with his arm blade. Only then did the Goddess react, staggering backward.

Banishment flipped in mid-air and disappeared with a bang. When it appeared again, it had pierced through the head of a Shadow Attendant, dragged out a trail of blood, and disappeared.

Swish, swish, swish!

Banishment stabbed continuously, leaving layers of air waves in the air. Blood and bone fragments splashed around the Goddess.

Clang!

The Banishment stabbing toward the Goddess was slashed away by Lone Shadow again. After Banishment flipped and flew a distance, it suddenly changed direction and accelerated.

A Shadow Attendant leaned his body backward with all his might, but his speed wasn't as fast as Banishment. He could only watch helplessly as Banishment stabbed from in front of him, and then everything went black.

Trails of blood were outlined by Banishment, actually forming an alchemical array diagram in mid-air. The alchemical array diagram composed of blood was activated, and a gravity pressure descended.

Thud.

The remaining eight Shadow Attendants all felt their bodies sink. Banishment swept past in a Z-shape, and three of the Shadow Attendants were pierced through the head.

"What on earth is this!"

The Goddess, who was paralyzed on the ground by gravity, was full of fear. She had been assassinated more than a dozen times before, but each time she was blocked by the Shadow Attendants, and not a single hair of hers was harmed.

"Lord Lone Shadow, it's above."

Among the five remaining Shadow Attendants, a Shadow Attendant with a build like a thin monkey shouted. Hearing his words, Lone Shadow looked diagonally upward. A figure was sitting on the iron rack high up. One couldn't see the person's appearance, with the full moon reflected behind the person.

"Lord Lone Shadow, you guys go first."

The thin monkey-like Shadow Attendant rushed forward quickly. The short sword in his hand slashed toward Banishment. Just as the blade of the short sword was about to slash the tip of Banishment, Banishment suddenly split, flew past both sides of the short sword in the form of broken blades, and then gathered into the form of a hiltless stabbing sword.

Swish.

The thin monkey-like Shadow Attendant staggered forward a few steps. In the moonlight, one could see the liquid and bone fragments splashing from the back of his head. With a thud, this Shadow Attendant fell to the ground.

Banishment's flight speed suddenly accelerated, drawing a blue residual light, and passed through the heads of the remaining few Shadow Attendants. These four Shadow Attendants all fell down.

Lone Shadow still blocked in front of the Goddess. Blood dripped along his clothes.

A sound of breaking through the air came. Banishment stabbed toward the Goddess's shoulder. The arm blade in Lone Shadow's hand slashed upward, slashing Banishment to pieces with a crack.

Banishment flew in mid-air and soon gathered together. A chill spread, and Amu, holding the Dragon Heart Axe, walked out of the darkness.

Amu headed straight for the Goddess, without even stopping its footsteps. Seeing this, Lone Shadow disappeared on the spot. He wanted to slash this minotaur with the fastest speed; he couldn't be dragged down.

With a swish, the arm blade pierced into Amu's chest. With a horizontal slash, it cut less than two centimeters before it couldn't continue to break through Amu's tough body. The patterns on the arm blade faded.

Amu looked down at Lone Shadow. Lone Shadow pulled the arm blade with all his might, but it was stuck. No, it was frozen by Amu with cold ice.

Amu's large hand grabbed toward Lone Shadow. The arm blade on Lone Shadow's other arm slashed continuously, leaving trails of blood on Amu's body.

With a slap, Amu grabbed Lone Shadow's head with one hand. The cold ice on its chest was released, and Lone Shadow's other arm was freed, slashing continuously on Amu's body with both arm blades.

Amu ignored all of Lone Shadow's attacks. Its left hand pressed down with all its might, smashing Lone Shadow's head into the ground with a bang. It raised the Dragon Heart Axe and slashed down with one axe.

Swish!

Blood splashed high. Amu slashed an axe on Lone Shadow's neck. This wasn't the end; its left hand lifted and pressed toward the back of the Dragon Heart Axe.

A head was severed. Amu moved its neck and its left arm covered in slash marks. It could be attacked by the enemy a dozen times, or even dozens of times, but as long as it caught the enemy, one strike was enough.

"That lady over there, if I'm not mistaken, you are the Goddess?"

Baja flew over and landed on Amu's shoulder. Although Amu was covered in blood, its wounds had already begun to heal gradually.

The Goddess took a step back. She first looked at Su Xiao sitting on the iron rack, and then looked at Amu and Baja.

"Goddess? You guys recognized the wrong person. I am a sacrificial priestess of the Kodo School, here to help the Goddess collect Ancient God power. Please don't hurt me."

The Goddess's face revealed confusion amidst panic.

"Little bitch, I heard your conversation with Lone Shadow just now."

"Tch~"

The Goddess sneered and wiped the blood off her cheek.

"Ask you a question, where is the King of Light."

"Let's make a deal. I'll tell you where the King of Light is, and you let me go. The King of Light is in the Old Royal Capital..."

Halfway through her words, the Goddess stopped speaking, waiting for Su Xiao and the others to express their stance.

"Boss, no need to listen to her nonsense. The mark on her body has been locked; it's an energy-based tracking mark."

Baja inserted a slender metal cone into the ground, and a pulse spread out. The clothing on the Goddess's lower back exploded, revealing a mark on her skin. This mark was flashing with golden light; this was a phenomenon triggered after energy was blocked.

The situation after that was simple: subdue, abduct, "negotiate."

Su Xiao jumped down from the iron rack. Just as he landed, a collar appeared in his hand and opened with a click. Once they reached the hideout in a while, he prepared to test the effect of the 【Endless Darkness】 collar. ===== CHAPTER 2992 =====