The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

　Salina killed the Priest of the Forest, so she is the winner of the Golden Bough Ceremony.

　No, she is not yet, there is one last opponent in front of her.

　"Ah... the great Yi... the first sun..."

　Serena murmured, her hand trembling as she reached into the air and grasped a spear of brilliant sunlight.

　The golden sunlight seemed to repel the curse on her body, burning her skin, but she seemed unconcerned.

　Selina's gaze fell on Xingmo's heart. At that moment, Xingmo felt the cold murderous aura.

　It was an eight-string magic, a conceptual magic.

　Xing Mo could feel the fire string in space being pried open, and the will of "destruction" was being given to the head of the gun.

　If you get hit by that gun...death is the best outcome.

　Must break free...

　Xing Mo gathered her spiritual power and tried to detonate the madness, but she suddenly felt powerless.

　The source of that feeling of powerlessness came from Serena's gaze—the incomplete angel mobilized the natural power of "collapse" in the dark strings, causing Xingmo's mind to become increasingly fragmented.

　She couldn't set off the madness!

　It’s too late...Xingmo bit her lip, fighting against the feeling of collapse.

　But it was too late. Serena turned her wrist slightly, and the Sunlight Spear flew straight towards Xingmo's heart.

　"boom--"

　Xingmo's

　My brain went blank for a moment, without even a little room for thinking.

　She saw the Sunlight Gun getting closer and closer, the golden light almost drowning her vision...

　...and then passed quietly across the side of her head.

　"boom"

　There was a severe tinnitus in my right ear and a burning pain on the side of my face.

　Xingmo opened her eyes and it took her a few seconds to realize that the sunlight gun did not hit her.

　Serena on the opposite side was also stunned. She looked at her hand, as if confused as to why she didn't use the gun to pierce Xingmo's heart.

　Before that, Xingmo truly felt Serena's murderous intent and realized that her target was her heart.

　But the gun just grazed her head without even causing any skin injury.

　"?"

　When Xingmo was confused, Salina raised her hand for the second time, and another sunlight gun condensed in her hand.

　But this time, before she could throw the gun, a red crack suddenly exploded -

　"boom----"

　Aurora suddenly shot out from the rift, six emerald green wings trailing behind her:

　"How dare you attack our little saint!"

　"boom----"

　The sunlight gun and the tree gun collided with each other, bursting out with brilliant light.

　Xing Mo felt that the black silk threads binding her body suddenly loosened. She fell to the ground, gasping for breath, trying hard to recover her strength.

　Aurora was here... She suddenly felt a sense of security.

　"Bam—"

　Aurora swung her spear vigorously, pushing Serena back.

　She reached out her hand, grasped the string of life, and pulled hard—

　"Click."

　Serena's figure exploded and dissipated into black mist, accompanied by the wailing sound of the Death Song.

　This is her stand-in!

　A dark shadow suddenly appeared in the air above them. Aurora looked up and saw Serena floating next to the golden branch.

　She was reaching out to grab the golden bough.

　Apparently, she realized that she couldn't fight Aurora for long, so she prepared to take the golden branch and run away!

　"Come down!"

　Aurora suddenly flew into the sky and threw out a tree spear.

　But the tree spear was dissolved by the golden starlight when it was very close to the golden branch.

　"?"

　Aurora subconsciously stopped, and at this moment, the stars in the sky suddenly began to change their orbits rapidly.

　A surge of spiritual pressure descended from the sky, instantly crushing Aurora so hard that she couldn't lift her head.

　"Goddess of the Star Sea...?" A trace of anger flashed in her eyes.

　The pressure in this short moment was enough. Salina reached out and grabbed the golden branch that grew from the branch.

　"Kacha."

　With a crisp sound of breaking, the golden branch was grasped in Serena's hand and then raised high.

　"key..."

　Serena looked down at Aurora and Xingmo below, a slight smile on her lips.

　She waved her hand, and black mist swirled around her like clouds, submerging her form.

　She ran away.

　""

　Aurora didn't chase after him. She quickly landed on the ground and ran to Xingmo's side.

　"Little Saint, are you okay?"

　"No...it's okay..."

　Xingmo caught Aurora who was rushing towards him and patted her back gently:

　"fine..."

　"You said it was okay... That Sunlight Gun..." Aurora gently brushed Xingmo's hair. "I can feel that gun is filled with murderous intent..."

　"Yes...but it didn't hit me..."

　Xingmo lowered her head and gently touched her chest, feeling her heart beating.

　With that blow, she was certain that Serena was intending to kill her.

　But the sunlight gun missed?

　How could that be possible? That was an angel firing a gun at a fixed target.

　Under the guidance of spiritual power, this shot is almost certain to hit the target.

　But it just didn't hit and was off by a lot.

　It's as if...some force forcibly bent its trajectory...

　Xingmo rubbed his chest and suddenly frowned.

　Then she took out a golden silk scarf from her breast pocket.

　It was the starlight handkerchief Merlin had given her before they separated.

　If Xingmo remembered correctly, the function of this handkerchief was to "invalidate the extraordinary."

　Perhaps, it was this handkerchief that bent the trajectory of the sunlight gun, preventing it from hitting Xingmo's heart.

　But this brings up a problem.

　Why was this handkerchief placed on Xingmo's chest just before her heart was pierced?

　And why did Merlin give this handkerchief to Xingmo just before this incident happened?

　Xingmo usually carries a handkerchief with her, but she usually puts it in the lining of her coat so that it is easier to take out.

　This time it was placed in the breast pocket, purely by coincidence.

　One coincidence is normal, but again and again... again and again...

　It's as if an invisible hand is driving these coincidences together...

Chapter 341 Golden Branch (Part 6) -4k- (Two updates in one)

　In fact, even if a handkerchief possesses extraordinary power, it is impossible to bend the trajectory of an eight-string magic string.

　At least under normal circumstances, this is absolutely impossible.

　But just now

　The situation is rather special—the stars are shining, and this is the home of starlight magic.

　The starlight handkerchief is naturally also a sacred object in the starlight realm.

　With these features combined, it is normal for the Sunshine Gun to turn.

　It was a coincidence, and this coincidence saved Xingmo's life.

　But when all coincidences pointed to the goddess, Xingmo couldn't help but think of the golden string.

　The strings of fate.

　Did the Goddess really calculate all of this so precisely, weaving all the threads together and making things develop as She desired?

　Is it true that she has everything under control, including Xingmo's joining the Holy Tree Cult and even the fall of the Academy?

　But why?

　Even though the goddess planned this, at the end of the sacrifice, Serena still snatched the golden branch hanging high on the branch.

　There was no doubt that she won - from the moment she entered the forest, everything was under Serena's control.

　From separating Xingmo and Aurora, to holding a sacrifice and guiding Xingmo to use blood to give birth to the golden branch, and finally her killing the jungle priest, the logical loop of the golden branch duel was completed.

　Finally, the Golden Bough's stance of not letting Aurora get close was probably due to the rules of the Golden Bough sacrifice—Salina was the winner, and only the winner could obtain the Golden Bough.

　""

　Wait a moment...

　Xingmo suddenly noticed a blind spot.

　If we say that all of this is actually part of the goddess's plan for fate...

　Merlin handed the starlight handkerchief to Xingmo, and Xingmo "coincidentally" put the handkerchief on her chest, avoiding the fatal blow thrown by Serena...

　If these coincidences are all due to the power of "fate"...

　Well, at least in this line of fate, there are two certain outcomes:

　First, Salina will definitely take away the golden branch and open the door to the kingdom of God.

　That's why she was able to successfully lay out her plans in secret and control Xingmo with dark string magic, thus taking the Golden Branch away for herself.

　Second, Xingmo will definitely not die during the sacrifice.

　Otherwise, the Sunlight Gun would pierce Xingmo's chest. Xingmo didn't know whether it would kill her, but the best outcome for her would be serious injury.

　Under the premise that all coincidences are due to the power of fate, can we infer that...

　...The purpose of the Star Sea Goddess is to let Salina open the Invisible Mist Kingdom?

　But why?

　""

　Xingmo told Aurora about her speculation and raised her doubts.

　Aurora listened carefully and nodded slightly.