On how PhDs become human evil

"Huh? They actually got away. These villains really know how to run away, especially half-baked henchmen like them." Bai Jie sighed as he looked at the female demon's original spot. "Endo, you said Kaori and the others were on the 89th floor, right?"

"Ah... um!"

Just as Endo Kosuke was wondering why Bai Jie was asking this, Bai Jie raised the Four Directions Divine Technique again, and a white-gold thunderstorm erupted in an instant, condensing into a giant white tiger claw in mid-air.

Then it slammed into the ground.

"Boom—!"

The ground was immediately smashed to pieces, and a huge hole appeared in everyone's eyes.

"I've already said, I have no interest in whether Ten no Kawai lives or dies. He's the kind of person who could kill himself at any moment, but I can't bear to let Kaori die."

In any case, Shirasaki Kaori was the first person to give Bai Jie a positive evaluation.

With that thought in mind, Bai Jie leaped down.

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The 89th underground floor is the hiding place of Amaterasu and his companions.

"Um..."

Tian Zhihe Guanghui, who is usually the team leader, looked extremely miserable at this moment. His armor and artifacts were almost shattered, his skin was torn and bleeding all over his body, and he was so weak that he could not even hold the holy sword.

Around him, Yaegashi Shizuku was kneeling on the ground, her body suspended on the wall, her tentacles shot out by several black cat monsters, which held her up in a provocative manner.

Besides these two, other bodies lay scattered on the ground nearby. Apart from the support personnel in the back row and Ame no Kagami, everyone else had been knocked down and was unable to move.

Before the radiant Heavenly River, the female demon clutched her stomach and cursed, "I've wasted so much of your time, but at least I can kill you now, hero. All your magic will be mine. I refuse to believe that with the hero's power, I still can't defeat that monster."

After being pierced through the chest by Bai Jie's sword, the female demon returned to the eighty-ninth floor at top speed and used all the demons at her disposal to turn the eighty-ninth floor upside down, finally managing to find Tian Zhihe Guanghui and the others.

Needless to say, the female demon and her demonic minions launched a surprise attack, catching Tian Zhihe and the others completely off guard. Tian Zhihe Guanghui, who was the strongest fighter, was beaten into a pulp by more than twenty demons at the same time.

"You can take care of those guys behind you, Yabusod."

The female demon gave an order to a six-legged turtle demon beside her. The turtle immediately opened its mouth wide, like a vacuum cleaner, and aimed it at Shirasaki Kaori and the others who were protected by the barrier behind Amanokawa Radiant.

The six-legged turtle monster is named Yabusod, and its unique magic is [Magic Storage], which allows it to absorb any magic and store it in its body.

This ability cannot absorb magic of multiple attributes at the same time, nor can it reuse magic for different spells. At most, it can only compress magic and then spit it out.

However, its storage capacity is enough to devour even high-level magic, making it a natural enemy for those who rely on magic as their primary combat power.

The radiant barrier gradually disintegrated, and a gap spread across its surface at a visible speed. It would probably disintegrate completely in less than half a minute. As a barrier master, Taniguchi Rin no longer had the magic to reopen the barrier.

"Damn it..."

The Radiant Sky River let out a low growl filled with resentment. As a hero, he could only stand there and watch his companions be defeated by the enemy, powerless to do anything about it.

My strength is insufficient; if only I had more strength...

Do you want power?

Section 255, Chapter 27: Your cheat teammate has arrived.

Do you want power?

In an instant, a voice as loud as a divine oracle rang in Tianzhihe Guanghui's mind, and Tianzhihe Guanghui was stunned.

Who is speaking?

【My name is Eishid, your god, the hero chosen by me, do you desire power?】

The one speaking to the radiant light of the Heavenly River was none other than Eshid.

Originally, he didn't plan to continue interfering in the affairs of the lower realm. After all, there was a powerful sword saint and demon king in the lower realm. If he continued to interfere, he might be sensed by the demon king at any time and then beaten to death in a chaotic manner.

The saying goes, "Once bitten by a snake, twice shy."

But things are different now. If he doesn't intervene, the hero is really going to die! If the hero dies, what will he have left to have fun with?

So he took action.

Answer me, hero, do you desire power? Nod if you do.

Although he was skeptical of the voice that suddenly rang in his mind, the current situation did not allow him to think too much. He was a hero and had to save his companions!

Seeing the radiance of the Heavenly River nod a few times like a chicken pecking at rice, Eshid immediately opened the passage between the lower realm and the divine realm, connected the radiance of the Heavenly River's body, and transmitted a wisp of his divine power down.

Although it was less than one ten-thousandth of the power, it was enough for the Radiant River of Heaven to get out of its current predicament. If that still didn't work, Eshid thought he should find another hero to do the work.

"Hmm... what is this?!"

Ten no Kōki felt an unknown power gradually flowing into his body, not only rapidly repairing his injuries but also further enhancing his abilities. If Ten no Kōki's overall ability value was 1,000 before, it was now approaching 1,500.

Divine power flowed through the radiant body of the River of Heaven, and a warm feeling spread throughout his entire body. Even the holy sword that had fallen at his feet seemed to be drawn to him and flew into his hand automatically.

"I can win, I absolutely can win now!"

Gripping the Holy Sword tightly, the Radiant River of Heaven looked resolutely at the female demon. A surge of light magic erupted from his entire body, rushing upwards like a current flowing upstream. An unprecedentedly dazzling radiance emanated from the Radiant River of Heaven as its center.

The current brilliance of the Heavenly River is as dazzling as a small sun.

Witnessing the Radiant Heaven River rise from the brink of death, even stronger than before, the female demon's eyes widened in horror: "Impossible! You shouldn't have had the strength to stand up! How can you still move? And what is this power of yours?!"

"This is the power to defeat you! You dared to harm my comrades, now I will make you pay the price!"

The Radiant River of Heaven raised the Holy Sword and activated [Ultimate Enhancement]. The surging magic power within him immediately transformed into the power to strengthen his body, and wing-like light shone on the Holy Sword.

"Light cleaving through all things, a raging wind of severance, swirling like a hundred flowers scattering, transforming into a wind of light that tears apart the enemy—"

As the Radiant River of Heaven chanted the incantation to unleash the power of the Holy Sword, he simultaneously rotated his wrist and swung his arm in a special way, pushing the speed of the strike to its limit. The magical power of light wrapped around the Holy Sword immediately burst forth like a torrent!

Before the above situation occurred, the situation suddenly changed!

"boom--!"

The ceiling was forcibly broken open by someone, and a platinum tiger claw swung down with a bang, while rampaging lightning bolts shot towards the female demon as if they had an aimbot!

The female demon's face was extremely pale!

She was already on high alert because of the sudden power surge of the Heavenly River Radiance, and now another person has appeared. She just wants to kill a hero, is that so difficult? It feels like the whole world is against her!

"Boom!"

It crashed heavily to the ground, creating a large crater. Bai Jie, standing upright with the Four Directions Gods around him, looked at the female demon with his scarlet eyes: "Finally found you. Are you ready to die?"

"Ugh...you monster!" the female demon cursed, then waved her hand, "All of you, charge! I refuse to believe you can take down these hundreds of monsters by yourself!"

Hundreds?

Bai Jie laughed: "I said, didn't anyone tell you that I single-handedly wiped out an army of over 60,000 monsters not long ago? A few hundred of them aren't even appetizers!"

Not even bothering to use the power of the four directions' gods, Bai Jie simply lowered his sword, lightly touched the ground with his feet, and instantly shot out as a black line!

"Sizzle—!"

The head of the lead chimera suddenly flew off, and its blood seemed to react too late, gushing out a beat later.

That speed was so fast that even the current radiance of the Heavenly River couldn't see it!

"Sizzle—!"

A tearing sound echoed through the space, and all the demons directly in front of everyone were instantly cleaved in two. Immediately afterward, the female demon felt that familiar sensation of her chest being pierced again. Looking down, she saw that Bai Jie had once again thrust the sword of the Four Directions God into her body.

Last time it was a stab from behind, this time it's a stab from the front.

Different locations, same method.

"Cough!" The female demon coughed up blood forcefully, gripping Bai Jie's sword tightly. "You... monster, my lover will not let you go... he will definitely kill you!"

"Many people want to kill me, one more or one less won't make a difference—goodbye!"

Bai Jie flipped his wrist, and the Four Directions Gods slashed upwards, splitting the female demon's upper body in two, with blood gushing out in a fountain-like manner from the crack.

I got up, killed him with a single sword strike, what else is there to say?

Standing behind, watching Bai Jie instantly kill the female demon he couldn't defeat with a single sword strike, Tian Zhihe Guanghui suddenly felt like a fool for holding the holy sword halfway through its swing.

"Wait, it's only halfway through?"

Tianzhihe Guanghui suddenly realized a big problem.

"Oh no! Everyone run! I can't control my strength anymore!"

As Tianzhihe Guanghui said, although the magical power of light accumulated on the Holy Sword was suppressed by Tianzhihe Guanghui for a while, it was only temporary. Just like holding in poop, you can hold it in for a day, but not for two days, and when you can't hold it in anymore, it will all burst out!

Just like now, the light magic that was originally gentle and wrapped around the holy sword is now in an extremely violent state, like a wild horse struggling to break free of its reins. Even the holy sword itself has begun to riot.

"Seriously, you really are just a half-baked hero. You should be sent down there to train."

Bai Jie sighed, walked to Tian Zhihe Guanghui's side, raised the Four Directions Gods Slash, and cleaved the holy sword, regarded as the church's treasure and which had fought alongside Tian Zhihe Guanghui for months, into pieces with a single blow... pieces... pieces.

"Holy Sword! Aa ...

Interlude 256: The God Who Continues to Act Recklessly

"It's all over, it's all over, it's all over!"

The omniscient and omnipotent god of this world, Eshid, is now in a state of panic, feeling like he's a complete fool!

There's already that ridiculously overpowered character in the lower realm, and that character even has a connection to the hero, so why would he risk being discovered to help the hero? Isn't that just asking for trouble?

Now, the power has been given to the hero, but his own existence has also been discovered by that cheater. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Eshid could feel it very clearly; he had definitely discovered him!

What? Evidence?

Please, they smashed the holy sword, doesn't that say something? It's clearly a signal to him by smashing the sword!

[I'll let you have your fun for a while longer; I'll come and kill you soon.]

Eshid had already deduced what Bai Jie wanted to say from Bai Jie's sword-smashing gesture; Bai Jie's murderous gaze had revealed his intentions completely!

"No, we can't just sit here and wait to die, we have to take action!"

After all, Eshid is an omnipotent god of the world. It's impossible for him to sit and wait for someone to beat him up. Gods also have their pride... probably.

Eshid pulled his cell phone from under the bed and dialed a number: "Hello? Pandora? It's me, Eshid."