The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

Leon sensed that Avery's life force was extremely weak.

The main reason we were able to put up a fight with Bancroft was because of the presence of the top-tier player, Evri.

"No problem."

Avery found a piece of collapsed wall to sit on and gradually calmed down.

Eric transformed back into human form, but instead of reverting to his human form, he licked the wound on his arm like a dragon.

Hawkeye stared at Arthur's corpse, took out a pack of cigarettes from his inner jacket pocket, lit a match, and silently began to smoke.

Arthur was his student. Although he was somewhat abnormal, he was still someone educated by him. In the end, he had been teaching Arthur for more than ten years.

Leon walked past Arthur's corpse and picked up the Divine Summoning Stone that had rolled to the ground. It was something that looked like a crystal ball and emitted a transparent, eerie light.

At that moment, he suddenly realized a problem.

What about Helena?

She was just here a moment ago?

She didn't seem to enter the hidden world, did she?

Leon was puzzled.

At this moment, Leon and Lilita entered the tower, followed by Warden Edwin.

As the leader of the Axe Gang, Edwin is also a king-level powerhouse.

"Let's get out of here first."

"Leon suggested."

"can."

Leon nodded, put away the Divine Martial Summoning Stone, and walked to Eric's side.

"I didn't ask you to help me."

Eric showed absolutely no sign of gratitude.

"Well, let's go. I don't think you want to be dragged back by your so-called fiancé, right?"

Leon didn't care about Eric's attitude; he knew she would follow him anyway.

A girl who has been isolated from the world for seven thousand years, no matter how glorious and arrogant she once was, is ultimately isolated. The arrogance she displays is merely a mask for her fragile stubbornness.

Leon always felt sorry for Eric.

Spirit world.

The place is so quiet it feels unreal.

While everyone's attention was focused on the vampire queen, Bancroft took the opportunity to escape.

But to his surprise, someone actually caught up with him.

He was tracking an angel in the spirit world, but even with the divine weapon in his hand, his own strength was only at the level of an ordinary king.

Bancroft couldn't understand it—

How dare she?

"Helena Evelyn?"

Bancroft stopped his invisibility, his figure frozen in the void of darkness.

The angels exuded divine majesty, and the surrounding spirits dared not approach them; the points of light drifted far away.

"Well, it's me."

A rapidly moving point of light dissipated, revealing Helena's exquisite figure. She wore a long white blouse with lace trim on the cuffs and collar, paired with trendy blue cargo pants, and her long black hair danced in the wind.

"Now I can kill you easily."

Bancroft reminded him.

"Really? You can try it."

Helena remained expressionless.

"Foolish thing, are you provoking God?"

Bancroft showed no anger; he wouldn't mind killing Helena here, so if she wanted to die, he would grant her wish.

Bancroft's innate ability is to improve or degrade, which allows him to alter the attribute points of any substance, arbitrarily enhancing or weakening it.

This skill can almost be called a divine skill, whether in the field of alchemy or in combat.

Helena once used healing on Bancroft. Her frequently used divine skills, Optimization and Degradation, originated from the angelic alchemist Bancroft, but Bancroft was completely unaware of it.

"Deterioration!"

Bancroft pointed at Helena. At his level, he no longer needed to be like Helena, who could only use objects to perform degradation. Instead, he could freely manipulate the attributes of any object within a certain range.

As the degradation took effect, Helena's fair skin turned sallow in an instant, like a flower withering away in a flash; her youthful beauty vanished like smoke.

If it weren't for Helena's divine protection, Bancroft could have reduced her life force to zero, achieving an instant kill.

Bancroft extinguished Helena's life force.

"optimization."

Helena gave herself a boost, and the life force she had erased was instantly restored; she was still young and beautiful.

"This is my ability!"

Bancroft was surprised.

"That's not surprising at all; I know more than just these things."

Helena laughed, and her figure flashed toward Bancroft like a thunderbolt.

Bancroft sensed danger through his divine sense and instinctively dodged, avoiding Helena's sword strike aimed at his heart.

While gods can survive without a heart, at Bancroft's level, the heart, brain, and the like are no longer fatal organs. Their existence mainly serves an aesthetic purpose, but this does not prevent them from remaining the most vulnerable parts of the body and the most likely to cause damage.

"You cannot kill the Grim Reaper, even if you wield a weapon capable of slaying a god."

Bancroft reminded Helena.

Shenwu does indeed possess the power to extinguish the life force of gods, but to Bancroft, Helena is like a kindergarten child holding a steel knife.

While a steel knife can certainly kill him, it's practically impossible for a child to kill him if he's fully prepared.

"Indeed, I really want to kill you, but I never said that I was the one who wanted to kill you."

Helena sneered.

Bancroft was stunned. Only then did he realize that the spirit creatures around him had long since disappeared. Without them, the space became deathly silent.

At first, Bancroft thought they were afraid of the Musou-class, so he didn't pay much attention to them.

But now it seems that they are not afraid of him, but of a more powerful being lurking in the shadows.

This being is so powerful that even angels would bow down before it.

Chapter Five: The Truth Revealed

Glory-level Angel King.

Once you reach the Unparalleled level, you are practically invincible.

It possesses a long and powerful life force.

Apart from the two insurmountable levels above him.

There was nothing left that Bancroft could fear.

Currently, there are two known, still active Angel Kings in the world.

That was Hoyle I and the Dragon Emperor.

The other powerful beings are all gods in the true sense of the word.

Now that King Hoyle I and the Dragon Emperor are locked in a battle, it can only be something else entirely.

"The Mysterious Queen".

Bancroft quickly guessed it, and he softly recited the honorific name.

"Ah."

A soft response rang out, and Bai Lishi appeared.

She was still wearing that black robe that didn't belong to this century, that was from tens of thousands of years ago, like a hermit.

"You are nothing but a remnant soul."

Bancroft breathed a slight sigh of relief upon discovering that Bessie was merely in a spirit state.

If it were truly the Angel King descending directly, then given his current state, he would give up resistance and deliver his final words.

However, if it is only a remnant soul, then the outcome is still unknown; it's just that the opponent's chances of winning have increased slightly.

"Yes, it's a remnant soul. My strength is now even inferior to yours."

"My memory is still hazy, and there are many things I can't understand yet," Bai Lishi replied.

but--

Bancroft suddenly seemed to realize something, and a chill ran through him.

"I am a sage, and I have quite a few pets."

Bai Lishi looked at Bancroft with a beaming smile.

Yes,

If Bai Lishi is just a remnant soul...

So why are those spirit beings so afraid?

This only proves that something powerful truly exists here.

Bancroft tried to run away, but as he turned around, he met a pair of eyes that glowed blue in the darkness.

This is a summoned beast, a mythical divine weapon from the spirit world, with a head resembling a cat, a body like a snake, wings like an eagle, and a tongue like a frog.

Beside it were two other such monsters, with extremely twisted and unbelievable appearances, ugly and ferocious.

Without a doubt, these guys are all unparalleled.

Three unparalleled monsters.

Bancroft felt that if he didn't fight to the death, he probably wouldn't be able to escape.

Of course, even if he risked his life, there was virtually no way he could escape, but no matter what, he had no choice but to fight.

White feathers grew on his skin, countless disgusting and terrifying lumps sprouted from his body, his entire face transformed into a single horizontal pupil, and all twelve pairs of wings behind him spread out.

This is an angel, this is what Bancroft looks like in his mythical divine form.

Mythical objects are inherently ugly. The strange carvings in reality are actually beautified. But when you actually see a mythical object, the spiritual impact is extremely strong.

Helena subconsciously lowered her head, refusing to watch the battle between the mythical creatures.

Given her current status, she is not yet capable of directly looking into the true form of an angel.

Bai Lishi shielded Helena behind her, using her status as an angel queen to protect her from the corruption emanating from the peerless level.

The brutal fight ended quickly.

Bancroft was torn to shreds by the three-headed spirit beast.

But this was not enough to extinguish his vitality.

A fragment of his flesh escaped from the spirit world.

But she still managed to win over Bai Lishi.

As the angel's power was unleashed in reality, Guberlan was now riddled with holes, as if it had been bombarded by artillery fire.

Bancroft's flesh and blood, which had escaped back to reality, writhed in the ruins, then grew wildly, eventually transforming back into a white-haired old man, though his aura was now extremely weak.

“Berliss, I don’t understand. Killing me won’t do you any good.”