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

　Amid the gurgling sound of water, the praiser grabbed the girl's waist and lifted her body up, then began to drink the blood from her broken neck.

　The Garo captives burst into tears, but mercifully, the pain did not last long—a praiser appeared in front of each of them and crushed their heads almost at the same time.

　For a moment, the sound of watermelons popping could be heard one after another.

　""

　The blood flowed to the ground, covering it with layers of blood scabs.

　Sekhmet finished her meal quickly, and countless shadows overlapped together, becoming only her.

　She turned her head, walked slowly to the huge door at the top of the garden, and reached out to touch it lightly.

　Then one punch! Two punches! Three punches!

　"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

　""

　Sitting on the throne atop the Hanging Gardens, Ugaen the Golden Net listened quietly to the knocking on the door with his eyes closed.

　One of his hands was now made of golden quicksand, and flames lingered around his body, as if it had become a part of him.

　Extraordinary loss of control has become the norm for emperors.

　""

　After an unknown amount of time, when the knocking on the door gradually stopped, the emperor opened his golden eyes.

　He raised his head and looked at the feathers of the divine bird bound by golden sand in the sky with a calm expression.

　Under the night sky, he once again sang the ancient song of sand.

　The north shore of the sea.

　Along the coast of Singara, the imperial fleet blockaded the sea.

　They watched the storm in the distance with solemn expressions.

　Storm. Three days ago, storm had become all that could be seen on the sea.

　The surging gray clouds stretched from the horizon to the sky, with seemingly endless thunder flashing in between.

　The rolling sea fog advances a considerable distance across the ocean every day, continuously compressing the visible sea area.

　In three days at most, the sea fog will roll onto the coast of Singara.

　On the coast, coastal defense guns were set up and a large number of troops were stationed on the shore, guarding the coast 24 hours a day.

　The rainy season in Singara.

　When the dark clouds of destruction loom overhead, no one will be naive enough to think that anyone can stop it.

　The moment the Howl sank again, miracles disappeared from the empire forever.

　However, all the people in the empire still held on to a glimmer of hope, a tiny bit of hope.

　They hoped that the god-like emperor who brought the golden people out of the desert could save them again and kill the rumored angel.

　But this hope is so slim.

　The emperor had not left the Hanging Gardens for a long time, as if he had never existed.

　Hope, like the sun of Singara, once hung high above everyone's head.

　But it is the rainy season now and the sun doesn't often come out.

　""

　Two immortals were stationed at the entrance of Luffy's mansion.

　Naturally, his house couldn't have just so few guards. There were large numbers of secret sentries lying in ambush around it, monitoring the house from all angles.

　He was nominally a great sage, but now that Sekhmet was in power, he had become a prisoner.

　""

　By the window, the old man looked at the heavy rain outside with a melancholy look on his face.

　This rain has been going on for a long, long time, and it looks like it will continue to fall until the city is destroyed.

　Luffy tried countless times to leave the mansion and go to the Hanging Garden to find the emperor.

　He knew that the emperor was the only hope for Xinjialuo at the moment.

　But he never succeeded.

　The immortals turned his house into a cage, and they met all of Luffy's requests, except

　One - to convey information to the outside world.

　He tried many times, but the only time he succeeded was when he hid the letter in the trash and had a fire parrot take it away.

　After that, anything thrown out of his house would be burned by the immortals immediately.

　Now, Luffy's only remaining hope is the old friend he hasn't seen for a long time.

　But he was not optimistic about his old friend. First, the other party's position was opposite to his current one. Second... the house was now under strict surveillance. If anyone tried to come in, Sekhmet would arrive immediately.

　But if it was that lady, who knows?

　""

　As Mr. Luffy thought about it, his vision became increasingly blurred, and the city in the rain turned into a blurry gray block.

　In that vast gray area, a bit of black suddenly appeared.

　"!"

　Luffy looked closely and saw a black umbrella appear on the empty street, in the midst of the heavy rain.

　The girl holding the umbrella was wearing a black dress, and her emerald green eyes sparkled particularly brightly in the gray city, like two gems.

　She walked on the street with an umbrella, step by step towards the mansion, completely ignoring the secret guards.

　That's Miss Jadeti.

　Luffy opened his mouth slightly. He knew that a big battle was inevitable since the other party appeared so openly at the door of the mansion.

　He really wanted to remind the other party of Semeht's power, but it was too late now, the other party had already appeared on the street.

　However, the scene that Luffy expected did not happen.

　Miss Jie Daiti held an umbrella and walked calmly through the rain and fog, passing through one secret checkpoint after another.

　Those immortals seemed not to see her and let her pass by, as if she was just an ordinary visitor to this street.

　Soon, Jie Deti passed through the two sentries at the main entrance of the house and disappeared from Luffy's sight.

　A few seconds later, Luffy heard the door open.

　He turned his head and stared blankly at Miss Jiediti in a black dress, the corners of his mouth trembling with excitement.

　"It seems that I should still call you Miss Jiedeti." Luffy exhaled deeply.

　"Long time no see, Mr. Luffy."

　Xingmo smiled at the old man, then pulled over a chair and sat down.

　She looked out the window and saw figures lurking on both sides of the street.

　"You're being watched pretty closely."

　"So, it's true that you were promoted to an angel?" Luffy was incredulous.

　"Yeah, that's right," Xing Mo nodded, "It was just a coincidence."

　"I'm afraid it's hard to describe this as coincidence. At such a young age..." Luffy shook his head. "The fate you've embarked on may be far more unfortunate than that of anyone else in this world."

　"Maybe, but I'm used to it," Xingmo muttered, "Tell me about the situation."

　"of course."

　Luffy stood up and rummaged through the pile of documents on the table for a long time. The rustling of paper mixed with the heavy rain outside the window.

　Soon, he took out a scroll and spread it out in front of Xingmo.

　Xing Mo's gaze fell on the scroll - it was a lion-headed man wearing a red robe, tall in stature, with two flames burning in the eye sockets of the black copper lion mask.

　"The new Supreme Praiser, Sekhmet." Luffy's voice was much deeper, as if he was afraid of disturbing the things lurking in the shadows.

　"Why does she have a name?" Xing Mo frowned. "The one before didn't have a name."

　"That's the problem, and that's why the situation has become so tense."

　Luffy sighed.

　"The Supreme Praiser is an evil thought bred in the Cursed River, a demon entangled by the Golden People who have died over thousands of years. It is essentially a ghost, entangled with the remnant spirits of countless Golden People. Therefore, it serves the Golden King, and everything it does is to complete the revival of the divine bird."

　"But now, she has a name—Sekhmet—and claims to be a descendant of I. You should understand what this means, right?"

　"The Supreme Praiser has a name," Xingmo murmured, "which means she has a personality."

　Luffy nodded.

　"Yes, the praiser in the past was ultimately a belief, a trend, not a specific personality. Therefore, that praiser had no selfish desires, and everything he did was for her."

　"It may display a personality and intelligence similar to that of a human, but at its core, it's nothing more than a residual spirit imitating a living being, just like the invisible mist imitating the golden sun, but ultimately it's nothing more than a false god—it's foolish and lacks divinity. Its only similarity to a god is its power."

　"And now, the Supreme Praiser bears the name of Sekhmet, which means she has her own distinct personality. Who this personality pledges allegiance to is not determined by the Cursed River, but by Sekhmet."

　"In other words, a being who can fully mobilize the River of Curse and begin to act according to his own will."

　After listening to Mr. Luffy's statement, Xingmo nodded thoughtfully.

　"From what you say, Sekhmet does not serve the Golden King?"

　"That's right. Otherwise, how could I, a great sage, be reduced to house arrest?" Mr. Luffy smiled bitterly. "That guy sealed off the entire city, rejected all asylum applications, and activated

　The curfew system has turned the entire city into her prison."

　"Not only that, she seems to have revived the tradition of blood sacrifice... I'm under house arrest here, so I don't know how many people have been killed, but..."

　Mr. Luffy closed his eyes, looking heartbroken.

　"...no less."

　"Please save this city, Miss Jadeti," Luffy opened his eyes. "Perhaps the destruction of New Garo is inevitable, but at least let the residents escape..."

　"How can I help you?" Xing Mo asked straightforwardly.

　"Hold on."

　Mr. Luffy began to search again.

　Taking advantage of this time, Xingmo quickly cleared his mind.

　The next goal is clear: rescue the residents and, by the way, figure out what this Supreme Praiser that suddenly appeared is.

　There was a being who implanted a personality into this primal evil, and this being was clearly not the Golden King.

　Who could that be?

　Perhaps, there is only one being who can do something to this extent.

　Cain.

　Or rather, the Court of Redemption that she represents.

　So, what was Cain's purpose in implanting a personality into the Supreme Praiser and blocking an entire city?

　Xing Mo suddenly felt that he had come to the right place - there was something really wrong with Xin Jialuo.

　At this time, Mr. Luffy pulled out a map and drew circles on it quickly.

　"Remember Tolum?" he asked.

　"I remember," Xing Mo recalled the man who was once the captain of the city guard and later became the Imperial Master, "I met him once in Yanxia."

　"He's one of the few good people around now," Luffy shook his head. "After the Immortal Division sealed off the city, he mobilized a group of soldiers to evacuate many residents east of the city to the Erlu Desert, saving a lot of people."

　"But when he tried to continue the evacuation, Sekhmet targeted him. The result was obvious. After a fierce battle, Tolum's soldiers were killed or wounded, and he himself was imprisoned."

　"I was under surveillance before that, so I didn't have the chance to communicate with him, but I believe he must have known something, which is why he started evacuating the residents of the surrounding city."

　"For example... Sekhmet's purpose."

　"Where is he being held?" Xing Mo's eyes fell on the map.