Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 866 Return
Major criminals...

As Ivy Shal's seductive voice faded, the entire battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

Even the scavenging abyssal creatures that had been lingering on the edge of the battlefield, hoping to scavenge a few corpses for food, seemed to sense something and gradually retreated like wild beasts with their fur standing on end.

"Hehe~ What's wrong? It's just a name. If you're being so distant with someone, it'll hurt their feelings. Or is it..."

In mid-air, Ivy Shal, whose aura was completely different from the alluring female tribeswoman she had been before, chuckled. Her slender fingertips traced along her crimson lips and across her dazzlingly white skin, which swayed with every step she took. Then, she gently pointed in the direction of the Underworld, revealing a playful smile:

"Do you all actually prefer someone who takes the initiative?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ivy Shal's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, causing the sense of crisis in the mind of the Dark Prison Eyes to explode wildly. Without hesitation, he activated the 'Transposition' spell that he had prepared in advance, and swapped positions with a creature from the undead abyss located in the distance.

Almost simultaneously with its disappearance, a snow-white hand reached out from in front of where it had been standing, gently touching the direction where its heart should have been, and then...

boom! ! !
A burst of pitch-black lightning erupted, corroding everything in its path like acid, leaving nothing but nothingness. Avezel, who had orchestrated this, merely smiled alluringly, glancing at Mingyu, who had evaded the attack with a teleportation spell, and chuckled:

"That won't do! If a man keeps hiding, he'll disappoint a woman!"

"Or rather, will you only take the initiative if I make that my goal?"

As Ivy Shal spoke, she glanced casually at the pure white pillar of light at the edge of the earth, a playful smile appearing on her face. Right before Ming Yu and the others' eyes, she stepped towards the pillar of light through a fleeting spatial ripple. Seeing this, Ming Yu's pupils constricted, and he coldly ordered the surrounding Ghost Dragon and the others:
"Ghost Dragon, make your move!"

"Haha! I've been waiting for you to say that for ages! Forget about ethnicity, let's just stab him first!!"

As the loud, boisterous laughter subsided, Guilong, who was standing to the side, grinned and stomped heavily in mid-air, thrusting his spear at Aiweishao'er amidst the soaring black energy and dragon's roar.

"Hehe~ So you're finally taking the initiative?"

Facing the fierce spear light that came whistling towards her, Ivy Shal, who was in mid-air, simply smiled and glanced back at it, then casually raised her hand and pointed.

Clang!
As Avessard made this move, a sharp spike shot out from the long black dress formed from the power of gluttony, precisely colliding with the incoming spear. It shattered with a dull metallic clang, but it firmly blocked the attack, preventing it from harming Avessard in the slightest. However, the next instant, an exceptionally loud dragon's roar once again boomed from mid-air—

"Haha! Again! I want to see just how many hits this mud can withstand!"

Instead of retreating after his failed attack, Ghost Dragon grinned, a fanatical glint appearing in his dark eyes, which were filled with a dense aura of death and the aura of the underworld. He stomped hard in mid-air, using the flight spell constructed by his expeditionary combat suit, and swung a horizontal attack toward Avezel's head.

"Roar--!!"

As the furious dragon roar subsided, the jet-black dragon-shaped spear aura, along with the enormous spear imbued with the dragon's soul, collided once again at high speed with the Gluttonous Blood that automatically blocked Ivy Shal's path like a tailed beast's cloak, unleashing a tremendous roar like a collapsing mountain.

"Being impatient is not a quality a good man should have!"

"Heh! That's your filthy bitch's idea, what's it to me!"

Ivy Shal smiled as she easily blocked the opponent's attack once again. However, the tattooed burly man in front of the opponent simply brandished his spear again, unleashing several powerful spear shadows that collided with the opponent's defenses at high speed.

Instead of showing any dissatisfaction at being repeatedly rebuffed by her in an unusually rude manner, Ivy Sorry smiled even more charmingly.

"Really? Then I'll have to..."

Extreme Darkness - Instant Annihilation.

Before Ivy Shal could finish speaking, a faint light suddenly burst from the back of her head. Black Blade, who was also a top-tier assassin in the same class as Ghost Fiend, passed through the defense formed by the Gluttony Garment like a ghost. The moment Ivy Shal smiled, Black Blade plunged two daggers, each imbued with an instant-death curse, into her temples.

puff!
The sound of flesh being pierced rang out. The curse, enhanced by a +13 legendary weapon, erupted, transforming into a binding force powerful enough to freeze even a typical Tier 4 Overlord unit for several seconds. Avila's movements abruptly stiffened, and just as the bandaged youth was about to detonate it, destroying Avila's head and soul—

"Ah...that's great, really nice. It's been so long since I've felt this sensation of being penetrated from here. I really miss it!"

The sickly groan fell, causing the bandaged youth's muscles to tense instantly. Without any hesitation, he decisively abandoned his plan to maximize the power of this attack, threw away his weapon, and before the brief secondary invincibility after breaking stealth ended, he leaped backward and disappeared into the shadows.

Ivy Shal, who had uttered those words, involuntarily gripped the dagger embedded in her temple with one hand and reached under her skirt with the other, stirring it violently. Even Gui Long, standing nearby, was momentarily stunned, and then…

Ultimate Killer Move: Star Picking!
Swish——! !

Almost at the same moment that Ivy Sal was immersed in 'enjoying', the masked youth, who had been poised to strike for a long time, let out a muffled groan, and the weapon in his hand exploded with a loud bang as he slashed through the air. Ivy Sal's expression froze instantly, and her head flew high into the air from the spatial rift that appeared out of nowhere from the gushing blood, turning her into a headless corpse once again.

And in that brief instant—

"Get out of the way!!!"

A deep, sharp shout rang out, and the curly-haired youth, seizing the moment, took a heavy step, propelling himself from the flight technique to the top of Ivy's head with a thud. He then clenched his muscles to their limit, took a step forward, and threw a powerful punch downwards.

True Martial Tribulations - Breaking the Heavens.

In an instant, a gigantic six-armed phantom appeared in mid-air. Following the curly-haired youth's movements, it roared and smashed down towards Ivy Sor below. The light in the path of its fist twisted and deformed continuously, reaching a level sufficient to distort space itself. Just as it was about to hit Ivy Sor below...

"Sneak attacks aren't exactly charming, don't you think?"

As the alluring voice faded, the world seemed to freeze for a moment. A flash of pink light appeared from Ivy Shal's severed head, causing the enormous phantom above her head to freeze in place. Then...

"Roar--!!"

The attack, which should have been a simple manifestation of energy, suddenly turned around and punched the curly-haired youth himself at an unbelievable speed, as if he had gone mad, to everyone's astonishment.

boom! ! !
The force of the punch caused the curly-haired youth's eyes to widen instantly. He spat out a mouthful of blood mist that exuded a strong aura of death, and as his chest caved in, he crashed into the ruins with a thud.

"Hehe~ Even your own attacks, if you don't take them seriously, can still make you fall for someone else~!"

A charming, soft voice rang out. Ivy chuckled and glanced playfully at the distant Netherworld. Just as she was about to reattach the head to her neck, a glimmer of icy blue light suddenly spread from the edge of her vision, causing Ivy to pause in surprise.

A terrifying chill, capable of freezing everything, erupted from Old Cold Legs, who had swapped places with the Ghost Dragon, freezing Ivy Shal's body along with her Gluttony Garment. "Evil Madness! Attack!!"

The lame middle-aged man, having completed his task, roared hysterically in his mind. His body, rendered immobile by the uncontrolled chill, was transformed into the figure of the blood-haired youth amidst the intense spatial fluctuations.

"Drink up—!!"

A cloud of blood mist exploded from the blood-haired youth's body. He clenched his teeth tightly, and his pupils, which were now crimson from ruptured blood vessels, reflected the figure of Ivy Shal. With a series of cracking sounds as his bones and muscles reached their limits, he took a heavy step forward and slashed down with his sword.

Blood God Style: Annihilation!

In an instant, the entire battlefield seemed to fall silent, leaving only the deafening clang of a blade echoing through the heavens and earth. The next moment—

boom! ! !
A burst of crimson blade light erupted, illuminating the sky and cleaving the deathly aura and dark lightning arcs that permeated the battlefield in two, leaving a bottomless chasm in the earth, and then...

Om-! !

Under the astonished gazes of Xie Kuang and the others in the distance, he was swallowed whole by the pitch-black liquid that suddenly expanded rapidly from Aiweishao's body.

"Ah~! What an unexpected treat! Although I can't eat my fill, that intense killing intent that wants to invade every cell in my body is surprisingly irresistible~?"

A satisfied groan faded as Ivy, now fully recovered, licked her arm, exhaling a warm breath with slightly dazed eyes, seemingly completely immersed in contentment. But the next second, Mingyu's words startled her:
"Really? Then you can enjoy it."

As soon as the calm, chilling words fell, Ivy Sal's face turned pale, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood, her aura suddenly weakening considerably.

Is this... a curse?!

Haha, I see. You tampered with your own blood?
Avery chuckled as she instantly realized what had happened. Her weak expression showed no sign of panic, as if she had already anticipated what would happen next.

Feint attack, surprise attack, control, feint to the east while attacking in the west...

If even the failed strike just now was part of the opponent's plan, then the card they truly used to decide life or death could only be one thing—

Boom!

Before Ivy Sal could recover from the intense pain and backlash from the curse throughout her body, a tremendous roar suddenly exploded from the sky.

The sky, which had been incredibly bright due to the elemental barrier, suddenly darkened, and a massive amount of death energy gathered from it, transforming into a huge, oppressive vertical eye that glared down at Ivy Shal below.

——Major Complex Necromancer Spell: Bury the Dead!

Boom——! !

In an instant, a terrifying burst of death energy, as if it were about to engulf the entire world, caused the Netherworld Prison, located in the distance, and the short-haired girl beside him who was assisting in the release to suddenly spit out a mouthful of pitch-black blood, and hurriedly sever their connection with the magical creation in the sky.

"Roar--!!!"

Like a terrifying roar erupting from millions of vengeful spirits, countless portals opened without warning in mid-air as the spell was cast. With each roar, countless hands reached out and frantically tore at Ivy Shal's body, until finally...

boom! ! !
The enormous vertical eye exploded, and a jet-black beam of light, like a judgment from the Grim Reaper, fell, engulfing Ivy Shal's figure and crashing heavily to the ground, causing the entire battlefield to tremble violently. When everything calmed down...

"Cough cough, cough cough... Ah, you're injured? So, relying solely on the power of this avatar, it's still too difficult to fully experience being invaded by the undead into the depths of your brain and soul?"

As the violent coughing subsided, Ivy Shal, her body covered in lividity and her once beautiful face reduced to pieces of rotting flesh, rose from the ground. With her skeletal hands, she obsessively rubbed her wounds, as if trying to memorize everything into her very soul.

Meanwhile, Mingyu, watching this scene from afar, had a noticeably grim expression. The combination attack they had just used was the strongest offensive they could muster, yet the opponent had still managed to withstand it in such a simple and brutal way.

No, perhaps it's not appropriate to use the word "simple".

Judging from the other party's reaction, although Ivy Sor is an extremely twisted and abnormal person in terms of personality, she has a very clear understanding of how much damage she can withstand, when to take it head-on, and when to neutralize it.

However, whether it's simple or difficult, it doesn't change one thing—

"Hehe, so~ what are you planning to show people next?"

As her charming laughter subsided, Ivy Shal, whose body was repairing itself at an unbelievable speed, strode towards the direction of the Underworld.

"Should we continue with the same attack as before? Or should we banish them like we did with that toy? Or perhaps..."

"You want to just let yourself be completely taken advantage of... huh?!"

Ivy Shal smiled and licked her lips lightly with her long, thin tongue, which resembled that of a snake demon. A strong look of hunger and savagery appeared in her eyes. But halfway through her sentence, she seemed to suddenly realize something, her pupils contracted almost imperceptibly, and she suddenly stopped there.

Meanwhile, Mingyu, as if witnessing something incredible, suddenly looked in a certain direction, his breath catching in his throat slightly.

Tick-tock...tick-tock...tick-tock...!
The sound of abyssal energy, so dense it was practically liquefied, dripping onto the ground echoed, accompanied by the footsteps of the figure emerging from the abyssal fissure, evaporating into wisps of black smoke amidst a series of ear-piercing sizzling sounds.

Terrified screams echoed from the edge of the battlefield. The scavenging abyssal creatures, who had previously retreated to a safe distance, now scattered in terror as if they had encountered something extremely horrifying.

Zheng——! !

Finally, a resounding clang of blades rang out, and behind them floated a colossal demon. The black-haired woman, emerging step by step from the abyss's rift, fixed her gaze on Ivy Shal and spoke indifferently:

"It seems we've chosen the right path."

……

(End of this chapter)