Chapter 2439

Bai Jing Heizi's body twitched, her voice tinged with excitement, yet her expression remained calm, as if entering the Sage Mode, thinking, "It doesn't seem fake... The lashings from Sister in my dreams could never feel this real."

Misaka Mikoto: ""

Why do you view this issue so strangely! In the span of a breath, Bai Jing Heizi returned to her bed via instantaneous movement, continuing to read the guild's internal chat.

Fallen Angel Twelve-Winged Black Cat Clan: "Envious! I also want to join this mission."

Tony Isn't the Richest: "You just participated in the last mission! You have no right to say that."

One Punch: "Lately, I haven't participated in many missions... Indeed, my luck has always been poor."

I Am the Hou Jue: "Don't give me that! You make it sound like I've been joining missions lately."

Gao Ban realm: "Real... I'm souring."

Sakata Gintoki: "I'm sour too."

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Aizen Sōjirō: "Red World Demon Gods... fascinating research material."

Aizen's smiling face.

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Hei Qi Yihu: "!!! Terrifying!"

Su Xiao Xiao: "Stop saying 'terrifying'... Just join the mission directly."

Xia Na hasn't escaped danger yet."

Su Han's face showed a hint of helplessness; then he opened his eyes.

He gave a slight nod to the Wu Geng Wugeng Liuli beside him and whispered, "I'll leave first!"

"Safe travels!"

Wu Geng Wugeng Liuli watched Su Han's figure vanish into the light, biting her lower lip.

She gazed at the direction Su Han had left for a long while, then closed her eyes and entered the guild chat room.

...... In a dilapidated city.

At this moment, the Fenge was fully activated; time seemed frozen.

Beneath the corner of a building, Xia Na leaned against the wall, breathing faintly, her face pale with unnatural pallor.

"Xia Na... that power! It's definitely the power of the Ritual Snake."

Tianfa Shen's voice was grave, tinged with uncertainty, "But... unlike the memory copy you described to me before... Sakai Yuuji is no longer the Ritual Snake... the current Ritual Snake is a completely unfamiliar person."

After a brief pause, Tianfa Shen's voice rippled.

"I don't understand... how can it unleash its power so freely without a vessel? This is completely unreasonable..."

As a Red World Demon God, Tianfa Shen must sacrifice a contractor to unleash full power, shattering heaven and earth.

And even then, only one strike is possible! But the Ritual Snake that appeared before them just now shattered this rule... he had no earthly vessel, manifesting in his true form.

Yet he displayed his original, supreme power, attainable only in the Red World.

Moreover, he seemed to pay no cost for this power... just watch him calmly pursuing Xia Na, like a cat playing with a mouse—this alone proves it.

Moreover, he seemed to pay no price for unleashing this power... One only needed to watch him calmly pursuing Xia Na, toying with her like a cat with a mouse, to reach that conclusion.

Xia Na wiped the dust from her face, her voice soft, "The most important thing now is: how to kill that guy."

Xia Na wiped the dust from her face, her voice soft and measured. "Right now the most important thing is—how do we kill that guy?"

Given the immense power the Ritual Snake had displayed, and its lawless consumption of Existence Power, Xia Na had every reason to kill it.

A brief silence; Tianfa Shen's voice grew dry, "It's difficult... extremely difficult! Unless you can fully bear my power... or unleash Tianrang Pòsuì! But then... you'll die."

Tianfa Shen didn't say the rest... that if she didn't use Tianrang Pòsuì,

Given the gap between Xia Na and the Ritual Snake, if they met again... next time Xia Na might not even be able to escape.

Given the gap between Xia Na and the Serpent of Sacrifice, if they faced each other again... next time Xia Na might not even be able to escape.

Xia Na fell silent.

She heard Tianfa Shen's unspoken implication, yet her nature forbade her from fleeing under such circumstances.

"... Actually, it's not that bad!"

Xia Na seemed to speak to Tianfa Shen, yet also to herself, "Let's delay a little longer! Once the guild sends reinforcements, the situation will improve much better... hmm."

Her Kenbunshoku sensed something wrong; Xia Na's pupils sharply contracted.

Her soles were coated in black Armament Haki; she activated Rokushiki's Soru, and in a swift whoosh, vanished from the corner.

The next instant, with a deafening roar, the high-rise building collapsed entirely into a cloud of dust.

"The Flame-Haired, Burning-Eyed Exterminator... your power is impressive, but... you're still too young."

The middle-aged man drifted in silently.

He stared coldly at Xia Na, who had appeared in the distance; after a brief silence, he said coldly, "Hand over Tianfa Shen."

He stared at Xia Na, who had appeared in the distance, without a shred of emotion. After a brief silence, he said coldly, "Hand over the Heavenly Punishment God."

Xia Na had never seen Su Han's screenshot of the mission, so upon hearing this, she froze, puzzled, and instinctively touched the gem hiding Tianfa Shen.

"I know you're confused... actually, I'm puzzled too."

Tianfa Shen's voice carried disbelief, astonishment, and a touch of heaviness.

He sensed something was deeply wrong.

"Logically, I—the Judge and Executor of Punishment—should be hunting the Ritual Snake, the disruptor of world balance... but why, this time, is he coming after me? This makes no sense."

"Logically speaking! I'm the one who judges and condemns, the one who went to deal with the Ritual Serpent that disrupts the world's balance... but this time, how did he come knocking on my door instead? That doesn't make sense."