Chapter 67: The Heartless Deception

Though he was being escorted by the Shadow Soldiers, the image reflected in Youka’s silver eyes was Ge You skewering Xiamiya’s chest.

Piercing the heart?

Heh,

what a laughable act.

Youka’s heart was filled with disdain for Ge You’s actions.

After all, upon signing the contract with Xiamiya and making her the master of Starfall Palace, Youka had personally dug out Xiamiya’s heart and transferred it into the Starfall Palace. There, inside the crystal stone at the center of the Abyssal Hall, it continued to beat.

A candidate for the Evil God’s heart is the power source for restarting Starfall Palace.

To prevent anyone from mistaking the heartless Xiamiya for a walking corpse, Youka had used magic to craft a false heart for her.

And that was precisely the false heart Ge You had just pierced.

So, wasn’t that just piercing emptiness?

Actually,

that wasn’t all. Even if Ge You had destroyed his master’s head or another vital point, Xiamiya wouldn’t have died so easily.

After becoming master of Starfall Palace, though his master still lacked combat prowess, her vitality had become frighteningly tenacious.

If not for that, Youka wouldn’t have dared to let his foolish master wander alone outside.

To kill an Evil God candidate, one must use some special methods.

Anyway,

that’s no longer the point.

The crucial thing is—she got stabbed?

‘—Some things should start overflowing now, right?’ —

Youka’s silver eyes narrowed slightly, a look of anticipation gradually spilling forth.

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On the other hand,

as Ge You’s sword pierced Xiamiya’s chest, Ge You and the group of Leipzig Duke’s family members disguised as Star Cross soldiers on the square all couldn’t help but show pleasant smiles.

The plan was proceeding smoothly.

Once Helibea became the Holy King, the entire theocratic nation of Ophelia would fall under their control.

Amidst their sneers,

the pierced cherry-haired girl tilted her head back, staring lifelessly at the bright moon hanging in the sky. Blood continuously spilled from her mouth and nostrils. In an instant, Xiamiya’s once beautiful face became somewhat hideous and terrifying.

Her body twitched continuously, as if her life force was being stripped away.

‘Farewell, you mongrel~’

After piercing Xiamiya’s chest, Ge You, no longer feigning drama, couldn’t help but sneer.

Correct,

Helibea had never intended to let Xiamiya live from the start.

Although Xiamiya’s ‘evidence’ was conclusive, it didn’t rule out the possibility that the Sanctuary faction would still choose to protect her.

Therefore,

Helibea, having hardened her heart, had only one thought in her mind:

uproot the weeds and eliminate the source.

—’Xiamiya resisted fiercely during escort, and was ultimately killed by the enforcer.’—

That was the script Helibea had arranged.

Now, with the Heavenly Mandate obtained, the entire Holy Royal Palace was under Helibea’s control. Even if someone suspected, they would find it hard to gather evidence.

Thus, Ge Yu swung his sword at Xiamiya without any psychological burden.

‘Now, I should be able to claim credit in front of the Duke, hehe~’

Ge You smiled smugly.

However,

before he could smile for long, the apprentice paladin frowned, sensing something amiss.

??

Hmm?

No, that’s not right?

The feel isn’t right?

Staring at the sword that had pierced Xiamiya’s chest, Ge You suddenly felt a sense of strangeness. As a knight of the Leipzig family, Ge You had done plenty of dirty work over the years.

Stabbing an enemy’s heart with a single thrust was one of Ge You’s favorite killing methods.

He was addicted to that sensation of piercing the heart.

Therefore,

when he calmed down a little, Ge You realized… his strike hadn’t hit Xiamiya’s heart at all?! He had clearly sensed the heartbeat and thrust at it! How could he have missed?

‘What’s going on?!’

At this moment,

Ge You’s mind was full of confusion.

And then, something beyond his expectations suddenly occurred.

Xiamiya, who had been on the verge of death just a second ago, ignored the wound on her chest and suddenly raised both hands, directly gripping Ge You’s face. On her blood-and-mud-covered face, a spine-chilling smirk emerged.

Cold, oppressive, and utterly terrifying.

‘Because I don’t have a heart inside me at all~’

?!

Hearing these suffocating words, Ge You’s pupils abruptly contracted, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Looking into Xiamiya’s empty and eerie rainbow-colored eyes, Ge You couldn’t help but gasp. Although Xiamiya’s strength was only at the second tier, the cherry-haired girl now gave Ge You a sense of oppression no less than that of his own duke.

Intuition told him that Xiamiya was extremely dangerous at this moment.

However,

just as Ge You was about to pull out his longsword and create distance, he discovered in horror…

he couldn’t move at all.

Upon coming into contact with Xiamiya’s blood, Ge You’s mind lost control of his body. It was as if he had been frozen in place, unable to budge.

Xiamiya’s blood spread rapidly across Ge You’s skin like a virus.

Ge You’s expression instantly turned terrified. He felt an indescribable pain rapidly spreading from the areas touched by the blood. His body began to tremble violently, muscles contorting as if countless forces were ravaging inside him. His skin turned crimson, and his body temperature skyrocketed.

‘This… what’s happening?! …What’s going on…’

Ge You’s voice was filled with fear and pain, but before he could finish, his body suddenly expanded rapidly, bones cracking as if about to explode from within. His eyes turned bloodshot, and reason was quickly devoured.

Next moment,

under the horrified gazes of the surrounding Leipzig soldiers, Ge You’s body swelled rapidly, reaching about five meters in just a few seconds. His skin became like searing magma, a red-hot surface that seemed ready to erupt at any moment. Massive claws grew from his hands, each gleaming with deadly cold light as if they could tear anything apart. Two demonic horns sprouted from his head, exuding a terrifying aura.

Not only that,

but a chilling, oppressive, and insane aura began to emanate from him—the power of catastrophe, the Abyssal Force…

‘Ahhhh—’

Ge You had transformed into a ferocious crimson calamity demon, letting out a pained and horrifying roar. The sound was like a demon from the depths of hell, sending chills down one’s spine. With that roar, his reason was completely ground away, leaving only boundless madness and the desire to kill.

He was no longer the lofty paladin but a terrible calamity demon, all red, with demonic horns.

His roar shook the entire square, and the spreading Shadow Power triggered the alarm mechanism in the Holy Royal Palace.

The red alarm signaling the appearance of a calamity demon instantly resounded throughout the Holy Royal Palace.

…

‘Roar roar roar!!’

Staring at the giant beast roaring to the heavens, Xiamiya, having regained a bit of composure, helplessly raised a hand to her forehead.

Indeed,

it came to this…

The heart made by Youka wasn’t just to hide her identity; it also helped suppress the Abyssal Force inside her. When that seal was broken, the power overflowed through her blood.

Once any living creature came into contact with that blood, they would be eroded and turned into a terrible calamity demon.

It seemed now

Xiamiya had underestimated her own infection ability.

A sixth-tier powerhouse had transformed into a calamity demon without any resistance.

‘I really am a monster…’

The Evil God smiled bitterly.

‘Now, heh, what am I supposed to do?’

Just as Xiamiya was contemplating while staring at the calamity demon’s back, a faint phantom appeared behind her—a phantom only she could see.

It

was a naked golden-haired girl.

The girl floated behind Xiamiya, affectionately wrapping her arms around the Evil God’s neck from behind, and leaned her lips close to Xiamiya’s ear.

‘Leave it all to me. I will smoothly solve everything for you, Master.’——

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