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Chapter 712 attempts to show them the light.
"Try this dress."

Cather unfolded a red dress in front of Yu Xia.

“You’ll look great in it.” Cather’s gentle tone made Yu Xia feel nauseous. “It’s warm here, you can wear whatever you want, you won’t catch a cold.”

"Aren't you a sea creature? You can use the abilities of those sea creature royalty. As a sea creature, how can you be so afraid of the cold?"

"I really want to know, how exactly did you manage to fool them? What kind of Class A containment artifact did you use as a disguise?"

As Catherine spoke, she held up the red dress against her body.

"I don't like red." Yu Xia grabbed her skirt and threw it on the ground.

What kind of taste does this snake have? The red dress is bad enough, but it's also covered in sparkly red embellishments, and the design looks both difficult to wear and ugly.

“Then try this one.” Catherine wasn’t angry; instead, she enthusiastically pulled out another green dress. “You like green, right?”

Yu Xia glanced at the dress's design and the large white flower on the chest, and couldn't help but roll her eyes. "I don't like these ugly things."

Catherine laughed even more heartily. Compared to when he pretended to be well-behaved and deceived him before, he preferred the way the little dolphin bared its teeth at him like a little beast.

"What about this one?"

After seeing him take out countless ugly dresses, Yu Xia strongly suspected that he did it on purpose.

The dress he gave her yesterday wasn't her preferred style, but it was still acceptable.

Today, all I see are a bunch of weird and ugly clothes.

That pervert is definitely taking revenge on me.

He deliberately provoked her, watching her get angry as if he were watching a monkey show.

Yu Xia felt she had overestimated her patience with Kaiser. It was also possible that the contaminated area had made her a little impatient and she almost lost her composure, giving Kaiser a burst of water blades.

When Cather finally produced a normal set of clothes, Yu Xia took a slow breath and calmed down.

Let's leave this pervert alone; he still has a use.

Cather reached out and brushed her hair aside, cupping the back of her neck with his hand and pulling her towards him, pressing his forehead against hers, and said, "Baby, shall I help you change?"

His hand slid down her back and untied her belt.

Yu Xia pushed him away forcefully, slapped him lightly, then snatched the clothes from his hand, turned her back, and said, "Get out of my way."

A look of pleasure appeared in Catherine's eyes. "Then I'll wait for you outside."

He walked behind her, embraced her, and whispered in her ear, "They are waiting for me, and they are waiting for you. Don't keep us waiting too long, okay, Your Highness?"

Seeing that Yu Xia didn't speak, Cather tightened her grip on her arm. "You listened to what I said before, right? Help me, okay? As long as the two of us work together, no one can bully us."

Katherine coaxed, "Those who come to Obsidian City are all ferocious jackals, and you are the only piece of meat. Do you want to be torn apart by a pack of jackals, or do you want to be eaten by me alone?"

Yu Xia remained silent, but a conflicted look flashed in her eyes.

Cather carefully observed her expression, her eyes crinkling into a smile, and her tone softened, "I will protect you. So, give me something in return, okay? I need more power, and so do you."

Yu Xia bit her lip, her face showing a look of extreme reluctance but also helplessness. "I understand."

A genuine smile appeared in Cather's eyes as she took a ruby ​​pendant from her pocket and put it around her neck. "Don't take it off. This is an energy ore. You'll need it later. Don't break the gems I gave you like you did back in the Serpent Tribe."

“I get sad, and I get angry.” A kind of calm madness flickered in Cather’s eyes. “When I’m angry, I don’t know what I might do.”

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Hearing Catherine's footsteps recede into the distance, Yu Xia stood still until the footsteps disappeared. Only then did she relax and rub her face, which was a little sore and stiff from making too many random expressions.

She took off the ruby ​​pendant from her neck and examined it in her hand.

This energy ore is extremely pure, no less so than the one Serius gave her, and it carries the aura of the Blood Nest's power.

If she uses her mental power later and draws upon its strength, she will truly become meat that he can tear apart at will.

I don't know how Kaiser got this thing, or if he has already colluded with heretics.

Yu Xia gave a cold smile.

What difference is there between him now and colluding with heretics?
Melia really wasted her efforts on him and Kleeman.

He wants her to help him control those sentries? Dream on.

Yu Xia took the clothes and went behind the gauze curtain on one side of the bed. While changing her clothes, she took out the sapphire that she had put in a gold bottle ornament.

She placed the two gemstones together, and under her gaze, a small, rice-grain-sized golden bead on the sapphire merged into it, transforming it into a pendant identical to the ruby ​​pendant.

Yu Xia put the ruby ​​into the bottle, then picked up the sapphire that had changed its appearance and kissed it.

Serius, thank goodness you're here.

As if sensing her, the power within the sapphire gently rippled, radiating a reassuring force to Yu Xia.

"Don't worry, I can handle them." Yu Xia placed the gem on her forehead and said in her mind, "Just keep an eye on Baron and the others for me. With you here, I feel very at ease."

The dimly lit hall was crowded with Serpent Sentinels.

They sat or stood, each with a different posture, but their eyes all revealed a certain impatience.

Sitting in the middle, Cather propped her head up at an angle and glanced at them, saying, "Don't rush, give our princess some patience, don't frighten her."

A Serpent Sentinel glanced at him. "Are you sure she'll treat us well? With her power, it wouldn't be difficult for her to control our consciousness."

After he finished speaking, the other Serpent Sentinels who had been waiting in silence all turned to look at Kaiser.

Catherine picked up her glass, swirled it, and took a slow sip. "She doesn't have a better choice right now, and she's a clever little dolphin."

"She is Ivy."

"A Serpent Sentinel said in a low voice."

"Don't you like it?" Cather's lips curled slightly, a smile on her face, but her eyes swept coldly toward the sentry.

The sentry licked his lips, his eyes flashing coldly. "Of course I like it. I've heard that the Serpent Tribe has a new guide, but I didn't expect it to be Ivi. How interesting. I want to taste her."

“What a bastard,” Catherine said. “I thought you were going to say something disgusting about pitying the little princess.”

The sentry sneered, "We bastards helped you take control of the Serpent Clan, you should thank us properly."

Catherine raised an eyebrow and raised her glass to them.

"Taking down the Snake Clan is nothing. I want much more than that."

A sentry nearby drew a sharp dagger, stroked the blade, and said, "What's the rush? Once we get what's rightfully ours, the empire will be yours."

Kaiser smiled but remained silent.

The sentries in the hall were all sentries placed on the border outposts by the Serpent Clan. They were his uncles and former members of the Serpent Clan who died fighting for the Serpent Clan.

These sentries were ordered never to leave the border outpost, and some even stayed there for decades.

That border outpost near the contaminated area—let alone stay there for decades, even a few years would drive anyone crazy.

Catherine couldn't stand it after only a few days.

Those who survived there without being infected and becoming contaminated are all lunatics.

Now these lunatics have become a good weapon in his hands.

However, mastering this knife is not an easy task.

She will help herself completely calm these lunatics down.

Catherine turned her head to look at a dark space, her eyes filled with a determined look.

After waiting for a long time, just as the sentries in the hall were beginning to grow impatient, the figure they had been waiting for finally appeared in their sight. The first thing they heard was footsteps.

The voice was very soft, like a cat's.

All the sentries' eyes instantly focused on the right side of the hall.

From the sound of footsteps, the sentries could discern the weight and even the build of the person making the sound.

This is a powerful sense of perception that they were forced to develop by spending years in darkness.

It is also a gift from the snake genes in their bodies.

Before they even saw her, the sentries had already pictured that petite figure in their minds.

Even without guessing, they already had her exact figure in their minds, having seen her yesterday.

God knows how they managed to hold back yesterday.

That delicious aroma.
The sentries' clear yellow and green eyes gleamed as they hunted their prey, and their sharp fangs dripped with saliva.

The entire hall gradually filled with the restless atmosphere of the sentries.

These snake-like sentinels were expressionless, but their eyes held a terrifyingly fanatical glint.

What they longed for, a pure force that could pull them out of the darkness, transformed into desire for her.

Yu Xia's steps stopped at the line between light and darkness.

The sentinels' desires surged like waves, eagerly crashing down upon her.

She placed her hand on her chest, felt the power of Serius, and stepped toward the light, guided by Cather's voice.

Yu Xia walked slowly towards Kaiser, enduring the scorching gazes of the sentries.

Catherine took her hand and kissed it. "Don't be afraid. They are all my subordinates now. They just want a purification from the noble Ivy."

"hiss"

A black cobra, as thick as a thigh, appeared in front of Yu Xia, flicking its tongue at her.

It sensed the sweet scent in the air and swam toward her.

Yu Xia took a step back.

Cather placed a hand on her waist, stopping her movement, and extended a finger towards the cobra spirit, "Don't scare her."

The cobra hovered in front of Yu Xia for a moment before retreating back into the sentry group.

At this moment, hissing sounds rose and fell. The sentries stood still, none of them moving, but their spiritual bodies were all released.

Yu Xia didn't look at them, not because she didn't want to, but because she knew that looking at them would probably give her nightmares tonight.

You don't even need to look; you can tell how many snakes are around her just by listening to their sounds.

She had sensed the presence of these sentinels yesterday; they were different from the Serpent Sentinels she knew, and the polluted aura emanating from them was also different.

Compared to the sentinels whose minds are easily corrupted and affected, the contamination on them remains unusually stable.

It's as if they've already become able to coexist with pollution.

Yu Xia glanced at the few sentries closest to her and didn't think they could really resist the pollution. Their eyes looked more like they were being tormented to the point of madness.

“I told you, you’ll need it.”

Catherine stroked the ruby ​​pendant on her chest. "Give them a little treat, and they'll do anything for you."

Yu Xiamu said with a blank face, "Is that so? Even if I don't give them any benefits, I can still make them listen to me."

Her voice wasn't loud, but every sentry could clearly hear every word she said.

Suddenly, the hall, which had been filled with only hissing sounds, gradually began to boil over.

"She will attack us."

"Damn it, why would Ivy from the Holy City give us any benefits?"

“Catherine did not tame her.”

"I already said, we don't need to be too gentle with her; just get the power we want."

"Hiss!!!"

The serpentine spirits cast shadows in the hall.

"look."

Catherine sighed, her hand gripping the back of Yu Xia's neck. "This isn't good for you. Say something to make them happy, okay? Just for a moment."

Yu Xia recalled Kather's instructions to deceive the group of sentinels, frowned, and said, "There are too many sentinels. I can only give them a superficial purification at most."

Kaiser smiled slightly, "Can we add a spiritual entity? I've already discussed it with them."

Catherine pressed her forehead against hers and whispered, "We agreed on that, didn't we? Or do you want to go back to Harrison's cage?"

A hint of hesitation flashed in Yu Xia's eyes. After a long while, she nodded.

Seeing that she agreed, the spirit entity that had been approaching her retreated.

Yu Xia sat down in the middle of the hall, and under the watchful eyes of the sentries, clasped her hands together, closed her eyes for a moment, and then slowly opened them.

Golden flowers emerged from her palm, radiating a dazzling, holy light.

Such light was too dazzling for these serpent sentinels who had long lived in darkness.

They raised their hands to shield their eyes before daring to look directly at the dazzling golden light and the girl enveloped in it.

She wore a simple off-white long dress, her platinum hair cascading down to her knees, like a living statue, beautiful as if from a dream.

The hall fell completely silent.

The sentries stared at Yu Xia in stunned silence, the desire and ferocity in their eyes instantly diluted by the power emanating from her.

What they longed for, what they fantasized about in their minds, what turned into desires, actually calmed their hearts after they truly witnessed and felt Ivy's power.

Her power was like a pair of hands, pulling their consciousness, which had long since fallen into darkness, upward, trying to let them see the light.

Soon, the sentries became angry.

What light? They don't want that kind of thing!

If the light could redeem them, it would have done so long ago; there would be no need to wait until now!

Their souls had long been controlled by that alien evil god.

If they don't want their souls to be completely devoured by Her, they need her power.

A burning desire surged within the sentinels once more; their breathing became heavy, and red light flickered in their spiritual eyes.

When Kaiser saw the state of the sentries, a smile crept onto his lips.

He stood behind Yu Xia, placed his hand on her shoulder, and leaned down to say, "Don't be afraid, trust me."

A pendant similar to the one Yu Xia wore hung down from Catherine's neck.

Yu Xia tilted her head slightly and glanced at the pendant flashing red light. Looking at the sentries who were gradually losing their minds, she said softly, "Kaiser, you're a real bastard."

“You flatter me,” Kaiser said. “You don’t understand what I went through at the border outpost. You have to make it up to me.”

Catherine: "Helping me take control of them is the first step you'll take to make amends to me."