Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

The Star Soul's body suddenly sank. Otila and the spirits of Purgatory approached nervously, but it managed to stand firm on its own.

"He's calling out to me with all his might. He can't hold out against your companions, but I know he wants to use me to destroy the island and destroy you all along..."

Otela burst into tears, her tears scattering like starlight and shattering into pieces.

"Lady Hetia, I'm sorry. I can't do anything for you."

"Little Otella," Xinghun said softly, "Why do you have to do anything for me? Helping you and taking care of you is what makes me happiest and most joyful."

The giant bull shifted slightly, and its power began to boil over again, unable to be suppressed.

"Besides, you've done enough. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to hold on for so long. In my confusion, I could sense that the evil man had long wanted to completely destroy Lupus, and every time you and the other children tried to stop him, it briefly reminded me who I really was.

"If it weren't for you, Lingqi, I would have become his puppet long ago."

It turned out to be like this. Meimei sighed in her heart. Because they had a friendship and became connected after the destruction of the island nation, they could feel each other's thoughts, which allowed the island to continue in this state for sixty years.

"Go quickly, my two children. My last bit of strength is a gift to you.

"I will take this island with me as it sinks into the bloody land and prevent that evildoer from succeeding. This is the last thing I can do."

Immediately, without waiting for Zoe and Otela to object or question, Hetia released most of the star soul light in her body.

The starry sky was so bright that it was hard to open one's eyes, but it only lasted for a brief moment. The starlight was split into two parts, one for Zoe and the other for Otella.

This person was wrapped in power and began to change immediately.

“I’m very happy that my power allows you to survive in this form, and you still have the opportunity to witness the better world outside.

"I'm sorry, but a weapon like me destroyed a country and killed countless people before dying."

After releasing the light of the Star Soul, Meimei felt that Hetia's will was quickly overwhelmed by some kind of madness. Even though its body began to explode, it still resonated with the power outside.

With the two of them working together, the shock of magic made it difficult for her to maintain the domain that she was barely supporting. The girl also released her magic, causing the domain to end.

Everyone in the realm returned to the Star Soul's Star Palace. Meimei saw that there was a magic dragon standing in front of Leon and Farina respectively.

The flaming dragon has four legs and two wings, meeting all the characteristics of a giant dragon while also carrying pure and extreme flames. The water dragon next to it has four legs like a crocodile, but is much stronger than an ordinary crocodile dragon. The calm water power in it cannot be affected by the heat even in this star palace.

With this person's combined strength, plus a bunch of powerful summoned beasts, it should be—

Sure enough, as expected, the demonized monster had been basically shattered.

But he still roared, until he saw Hetia who had lost most of her strength, and then he cursed.

"Damn it! You, the damned six-armed believer, have even mastered the method of seizing the power of the Star Soul! Don't think I'll let you win completely!

"Watch me unleash the last of this cow's power. It can still devour you and yours!"

The shattered demonic power was constantly attracted to Leon's demonic arm. The thorns on it were so numerous that they were stacked layer upon layer, like armor, which made him look like a half-demon.

He held the staff in his right hand and used high-purity magic power to compress the fragmented light waves into an extremely thin beam, cutting off his left arm in an instant.

405. Star Flame Attack

Wrapped in starlight, Utella and Zoe reappeared.

The beast-eared girl who received the final blessing looked at the spirits of purgatory beside her. Like herself, they had also been freed from the shackles of the star soul.

After the field was closed, Leon sensed what was happening to them.

Compared to her heyday, Hetia's remaining strength was very little. What she gave to the girls was not a huge infusion, but a kind of original improvement.

It was as if some faint star was lit up in Otela's body. Although it was weak, it could circulate on its own, ensuring that she and the spirits of Purgatory would not dissipate because of the loss of Hetia.

From now on, she is considered a "sub-level star soul" in the true sense. Although apart from the past of the undead and the confrontation star souls, she still has the mindset of a farm girl and has no idea of her own situation.

On the other side, Zoe had acquired a brand new attitude when the starlight faded.

In holy snake form she was a spellcaster, in ice wolf form she was an agile warrior, in celestial maiden form she was a fighter who relied on flying to maintain a balance of offense and defense, in fairy form she was an environment-specific spellcaster, and now, she was standing in the air like a heavily armored warrior.

The dark bronze rune armor was bound by thick chains at five main locations: multi-layered shoulder armor, breastplate, skirt armor, arm armor, and greaves. Each piece of armor was shrouded in raging flames.

The exposed skin illuminated by the firelight appeared wheat-colored, and the slightly rough texture and fine beads of sweat conveyed the burning heat of life. In this posture, the race she appeared to have also changed.

The bronze horns on her head were only slightly smaller than those of Alulu, who had the blood of the god of strength. Her posture and figure had completely changed towards those of the Ox-Horned Tribe. Due to her already petite figure, she was just similar to a girl from the Ox-Horned Tribe, showing the same fullness and abundance.

Of course, compatible with this race and star soul form is the violently rising power.

The girl raised her bronze-armored left hand, held up a ball of flame, and with her right hand, she drew a magma-surging war hammer from the crackling fire, which she danced with, making a whirring sound.

[Name: Zoe]

[Race: Unknown]

[Occupation: Warrior, Level 7 [Formbearer]. Elemental Sword, Level 6. Elementalist, Level 6. Dragon Summoner, Level 6]

[Summoned Beasts: Earth Serpent Anastasia, Rank 7. Star Soul Projection, Rank 7-9. Star Soul Prototype Bahamut, Rank [Undeterminable]]

[Energy Source: Multiple Star Soul Light, Level 7-9]

[Equipment: Molten Hammer, tier 7 [temporary]. Wind's Breath Sword: Awakening, tier 6. Dragon Rock Armor Core Sword, tier 6. Machine Dragon Sea Song Sword, tier 6. Burning Talent: Replica, tier 5. Cursed Sword of Earth Armor, tier 6]

[Secret Skills: Class Secret Skill - Wind Slash. Star Soul Secret Skill - Star Soul Special Attack. Star Soul Form Secret Skills - Earth Transformation [Holy Snake Form], Star Flame Assault [Flame Ox Form]]

[Skills: Star Soul Greenhouse, Star Soul Fusion [Synchronizes the abilities of Earth Serpent/Frost Wolf/Thunder Dragon/Tree Creation Star Soul/Melting Mountain Bull], Star Soul Form, Warrior [Battle Formation Breakthrough, Ferocious Roar, Blood of the Berserker], Elemental Sword Earth [Strong Physique, Rising Earth Qi, Sword Dance Steps, Swift Sword Technique, Fierce Sword Technique, Elemental Sword Technique, Elemental Progression], Elementalist [Elemental Arrow, Earth Transformation], Dragon Summoner [Supreme Dragon Power], War Hammer [Fire Elemental Rout], Set [Water Attribute Attack Enhancement, Water Wave Blade, Water Mirror Image]]

[Combat Power Increase: 121%]

With the support of Hetiya's core power, as long as she enters the Flame Bull form, she is equivalent to a warrior of outstanding level.

The new power invigorated Zoe. She looked at Leon with a smile, but her expression froze the moment she saw his left arm was empty.

A flash of fire leaped in her ruby-like eyes, and a fierce and violent roar burst out of the girl's throat. The sound wave vibration caused by magic spread, and her companions felt the blood flow in their bodies accelerate.

The demon was dispersed by Leon and Farina, and the remains of Hetia, which were fleeing towards disintegration, slowed down because of the battle cry.

The girl raised the war hammer, and the flames in the entire Star Palace were instantly drawn together. She gripped the war hammer tightly, as if she was holding all the power left by Hetia, which was the raging rage of a star soul accumulated in pain.

The bloodshot in her eyes grew more intense, and as she growled in her throat, the heavily armored girl charged forward, propelled by a ring of exploding flames. Almost all the flames in the Star Palace were absorbed by the warhammer. The underground world, originally surging with magma, suddenly became dim and lightless. Only the people who could draw magic power had the faint light emitted by the elements.

The flaming hammer drew a ray of light in the darkness and smashed into the demon's remains.

The remaining flames in the Star Palace were compressed to the extreme by Zoe, who inherited the power of her master. The moment the war hammer crashed, it was like the first spark of creation bursting out from the chaos. At the place where the hammer struck, flames bloomed like thousands of flowers at the same time.

The bright fire that was so bright that it took away the sight lasted for several seconds. When the light dissipated, most of the demon's body was destroyed by the girl.

Zoe gasped violently, coming out of her transformed state.

Seeing Li Ang's broken arm, she released all the power of the Molten Mountain Star Soul that she could control. The power of that attack even exceeded the normal 7th level of the Flame Bull form.

The remaining part of the demon merged with the remains of Hetia that had melted and seeped into the ground, and sank into the depths of the island.

"Zoe, we need to get back to the surface."

Li Ang raised his hand and called out to the girl.

"Leon..."

Zoe's nose felt sore and she threw herself into his arms.

"Let's, let's summon Bahamut again. That demon hasn't gone far yet. Let's burn it to ashes..."

"No need to do that. I have a way to kill him. Let's get to the ground first."

"But, your hands..."

A violent tremor was transmitted from above to the ground. As Hetia moved away and her power was exhausted, the star crystals here became fragile and shattered and fell in the tremor.

It looked like the demon was using the last of its star soul power to trigger volcanic activity on the island.

Seeing this situation, the girl no longer cared about worrying about Li Ang, and followed him with pursed lips.

Before leaving the Star Palace, she turned around and waved her hand, and some scattered bright red crystal objects flew into her palm.

"Let's go, Miss Otela." Alulu looked at the animal-eared girl who was silent and dazed.

The spirits of Purgatory responded to the call of the Holy Warrior Girl and pushed Utila from behind, allowing her to sit on the back of the Fire Feather Lizard.

The return passage was not easy for the Flame Dragon to pass through, so Farina dismissed the two summons. However, the Ancient Crocodile Dragon summoned by Leon had no wings and was much smaller in size, just enough to pass through the crevice.

Even if there is a way to fly at high speed, the forward efficiency is still not as good as that of monsters in an environment with complex terrain.

The group rode on Salamander, while Leon held Zoe in his arms and sat on the back of the Ancient Abyss Crocodile Dragon, returning quickly.

"Gah!"

The crocodile dragon growled and swung its giant arms to swat away the falling lava boulders. It said in dragon language, "I didn't expect that the first time I was summoned to fight would be in such a disgusting environment, and I can't even pay homage to the Dragon God of the Sea."

"Speed up, there's a chance." Li Ang said.

Although rocks kept falling from above, everyone was fully capable of handling it. Reassured, Zoe leaned against Leon again, paying attention to his wound.

"Will it hurt?"

"Fortunately, I know basic healing spells."

Under the healing water waves released by the power of nature, the wound on the broken arm had healed long ago. It would be more accurate to say that the incision made by the splitting light wave was very neat and the process was quick, without much pain.

After hearing the conversation between the two people, Farina and Alulu also approached on Salamander.

"What should I do after I can do it?"

"I can't use my demonic powers anymore."

Li Ang smiled at Zoe. "Actually, apart from the blood loss, I feel pretty good right now. A few days ago, as the curse intensified, it felt like a dark cloud was hanging over me. I felt a little... not like myself anymore."

Or the real self?

Leon shook his head. Why did he still feel the voice in his head? Was the demonic influence still there? Or was he just a little too nervous?

Even so, this disturbing feeling is much less than before.

"I think Leon is weird, too," Zoe said, reaching out and gently hugging Leon. "But Leon is Leon. No matter what, I still like you."

"Me too." Alulu drove the Salamander under her seat to jump forward a step.

"Huh?" Otila at the back was at a loss for words. Her expression seemed to be asking, is this the kind of relationship they have?

Meimei saw the reaction of the animal-eared girl and sighed softly.

Zoe continued, "But I'm not just talking about this. If I lose a hand, then later, later..."

"Newbis has a high-level healing technique that can regenerate severed limbs," Leon stroked the girl's light-gold chestnut hair with his remaining right hand. "Even though it takes some effort to find such a powerful healing technique, it doesn't mean that it will always be like this in the future."

"That's good," Zoe smiled. "If he doesn't treat you, I'll beat him to death."

"Be more polite."

The two chuckled a few times, and Leon said seriously, "Actually, losing this demonic arm is only a matter of time. Along the way, we've seen everything and anyone associated with demons being closely tied to corruption and evil. Just look at the demonic convert who murdered Hetia. We know we can't rely on it for long."

"That's why I decided to use it to absorb some of the demon transformer's power and delay his destruction of the island."

Leon told everyone that when he and Farina defeated the opponent, he felt that the demon arm could absorb the opponent's power.

This was actually a prompt from the system, but before Leon made a decision, the Demon Arm had already begun to extract the power of the Demon Transformer without authorization.

Almost in an instant, the wildly growing blood-red thorns reached the vicinity of his shoulders and were even about to form an exoskeleton armor-like structure, so he made up his mind to cut off his arm in a short period of time.

Perhaps, this idea has existed for a long time, but it only took shape at this moment.

"By relying on it to absorb that guy's power, we can ensure a safer evacuation. And if you use Hetia's power to further break him up, it will be easier to go back." Leon said.

Everyone felt that, just as he said, apart from the occasional falling rocks, even the crisis of mountain crack collapse that they had anticipated before coming here did not occur.

"Where's that hand?" Meimei asked.

"It was reinforced with a seal and thrown into the dimensional rift."

"Why do I feel like you're still reluctant to leave?"

"Hey, it's my hand after all, even if it's demonized. Besides, can you throw that thing around?"

Le Ang really didn't dare to guarantee that this randomly thrown demon arm would not turn into a strange independent demon limb like the bloody hand he had fought in the first place.

"Alright." Meimei nodded. "Your sacrifice was worth it. Apart from the occasional vibration, it's still safe for now."

"Ah, that vibration..."

Li Ang organized his words: "I asked Anna to do the vibration."

"what?!"

"Anastasia, the Earth Serpent, is a weapon of destruction for civilization. Her special attack, [Magnitude Climbing], intensifies the shockwave each time it is used. If left unchecked, once the power accumulates, it can shatter any kind of earth."

"That's not what I'm talking about. Why are you—"

Meimei realized Li Ang's plan halfway through her words.