The Villain Saint is my secondary account

With a sharp "whoosh," the sharp blade seemed to cleave through a block of butter, and transparent blood splattered, blooming into colorless flowers in the time-delayed realm.

Ye Xiao immediately released the domain, only to see the spider's legs twitching wildly on its headless torso. Soon after, it collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

"Squeak—!!!" "Squeak!!!"

The other two spiders seemed to have noticed the sight and opened their mouthparts, letting out a high-pitched scream that could pierce eardrums.

Ye Xiao originally intended to kill two and leave one, but then he saw the two spiders suddenly rush towards the pool, seemingly trying to escape.

Ye Xiao naturally wouldn't let the other party succeed. With a wave of his staff, the Time Delay Domain reappeared. However, this domain could only expand to a radius of ten centimeters at the moment, so it couldn't capture two spiders at the same time. He could only catch one and let the other dive into the dark water.

But one was enough. Ye Xiao rushed forward and severed the opponent's leg joint with a single slash, then kicked the opponent's body, releasing the domain and using inertia to send it into the portal that Ella had opened in front of him.

Another distinguished guest has arrived at the dungeon of the Loren Sanctuary. Ye Xiao feels as if he has turned the dungeon of the Sanctuary into a Pokémon collector.

The Fallen Archbishop, the Second Prince of the Long-Spirit Cult, the Follower of the Demon Blade... and now there's a spider with diamond blood.

As Ye Xiao was thinking about these random things, he suddenly felt the floor beneath his feet tremble.

"Rumble"

A loud bang echoed, the water in the sewage tank began to churn, and the entire sewer seemed to shake.

Ye Xiao looked around in surprise, only to hear Greta shout, "Oh ho, you killed someone else's cub, and it's coming for revenge."

"...What do you think, Miss? Do you think we are capable of fighting it?"

"I haven't fully recovered yet. As for you, it's safer to let your girlfriend handle the treatment."

"let it go."

"Hmph, all you know is how to pamper your little girlfriend."

"Oh dear, I didn't ask you to go on me, Miss."

The one who can raise a diamond-blooded monster from a few corpses is definitely not someone to be trifled with. With only two days left until the final royal selection, there's no need to summon Ella to fight this unknown opponent and waste magic power.

Anyway, I've already stolen one for research, so it's a sure thing.

After weighing his options, Ye Xiao immediately picked up the kitten and rushed into the reopened portal.

Chapter 162 Cat Scholar

With one step, Ye Xiao left the dark and cramped sewer and appeared before him the bright dungeon of the Holy Temple.

Thanks to Lucyville's gift, since acquiring this skill, Ye Xiao feels that adventuring and exploring ruins is as pleasant as strolling through the streets.

The surging killing intent vanished the moment the portal closed. Then, he felt the floor beneath his feet tremble violently, as if a minor earthquake had occurred.

This was not an illusion, because Ye Xiao could see that the oil lamps on the wall were also shaking. The fury of that thing thousands of meters underground was causing the Loren Sanctuary on the ground to tremble.

"What incredible strength!" Ye Xiao exclaimed in amazement.

If I had walked a few steps later and run into him, I knew I would have been in serious trouble.

"Ugh! It stinks!" The kitten Greta struggled to jump out of Ye Xiao's arms, gagging as she cast a small rain spell on her head. "It's all dirty water! Go take a bath!"

"I'm not in a hurry at all, why are you more anxious than me..." Ye Xiao scratched his head, "Let me study that spider first..."

"Hurry up, hurry up!!" the kitten screamed.

"Good good."

Ye Xiao had no choice but to go to the upstairs restroom first.

After washing up, Ye Xiao changed into a gray travel trench coat. Greta nimbly jumped onto his shoulder and tugged at Ye Xiao's clothes with her paws, saying, "Why do you always wear the same few unfashionable clothes? Can't you learn some fashion sense from Miss Ella?"

“…They are nobles after all.” Ye Xiao was speechless and rubbed Greta’s head. “Let’s take a look at the new members of the dungeon first.”

Although Ella helped open the portal, she herself didn't come to the dungeon. After taking a shower, she was reluctant to deal with those filthy monsters and just wanted to curl up in her big bed.

Ye Xiao, on the contrary, had no taboos, to the point that sometimes he wondered why he felt this subtle reluctance and resistance when acting as Ella.

But when he's Ye Xiao, he can jump into a sewage pool without even blinking.

Of course, Ye Xiao was too lazy to think about such a minor difference, and his attention returned to the spider he had just caught from the sewer.

Even though the thing had no legs, Ye Xiao still got a rope with a binding spell from the Templar Knight guarding the entrance and tied it up like a rice dumpling.

The spider, of course, refused to behave itself. With only its round body left, it kept turning over and over, its mouthparts opening and closing as it bared its teeth at Ye Xiao.

However, Ye Xiao believed that as a biophysician with diamond blood, he should have considerable intelligence and be relatively easy to communicate with.

So he borrowed a Retribution Knight's club and smacked the spider on the head a few times. Sure enough, he conveyed his meaning, causing the spider to stop struggling and let Ye Xiao tie it up.

Then Ye Xiao used a glass container to collect some blood that had flowed from the spider's wound and handed it to Greta.

Greta opened her cat paws and looked at Ye Xiao with an expression as if he were an idiot.

"Oh dear, I forgot you can't hold things with your hands." Ye Xiao then found a table and placed the glass bottle on it.

The kitten Greta jumped onto the table, gently patted the air with her little paw, and several strands of blood-red magic gathered and swirled, summoning a large parchment scroll full of ancient charm.

She spread the book, which was bigger than herself, out under her, licked her paws, and turned the pages one by one.

Watching Greta intently turning the pages of her book, Ye Xiao inexplicably thought of the phrase, "I am the most amazing cat."

"My true form is a spider-like deity..." Greta murmured, then suddenly slapped the table with her claws. "Cerberus, bring me the Senera blood I have in my collection."

A cloud of red smoke slowly appeared beneath Greta's claws, but after a while, it suddenly disappeared with a "poof".

"Hmm?" Greta frowned slightly, then slapped the table with her paw. "Cerberus??"

With a soft "poof," another wisp of red smoke appeared and then dissipated.

Ye Xiao always felt that there was something strangely humorous about Greta's summoning of the three-headed dog. This time, seeing the smoke making a few farting noises, he finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing again.

"Ye Xiao, you're laughing at me!" Although the cat's fluffy face wasn't red, its high-held tail showed that Greta was furious. "Cerberus! If you don't come out now, you're dead!!"

“…Master…I want to come out too…” Cerberus’s mournful and low voice echoed in the air, “But you cast the spell to summon demons in the Grand Cathedral…I was blocked by the holy light…”

"...Oh, then it seems like this is my problem."

Ye Xiao watched Greta enter and leave the sanctuary as casually as drinking water, almost forgetting that other demons would be resisted by the sanctuary's protective barrier.

This is, after all, a grand cathedral built in the capital of the Loren Empire, so it's understandable that a demon like Cerberus can't get in.

But clearly, Greta didn't think so. She stomped her foot, bared her teeth, and a cloud of red mist enveloped her before she vanished from the spot.

Unfortunately, Cerberus hadn't had time to turn off his telepathic spell, so Ye Xiao could still hear his howls out of thin air.

"Huh? Master, when did you become like a cat... Awooo!! Awooo!! Awooo—!!!"

After about two minutes of screaming, the kitten Greta reappeared in a cloud of red mist, carrying a thin, tube-shaped crystal bottle filled with red liquid in her mouth.

"Ahem," Ye Xiao coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment, "This is... Seneca's blood?"

Greta laid it flat on the table. "Yes, find another container and take a drop, I'll compare it... You have to be careful not to pour too much, this blood is extremely rare."

It's not bad if it's out of print, but it's a limited edition item, right?

As Ye Xiao did as instructed, she asked curiously, "I didn't know you could do this kind of research."

“Of course, the sect under my command is called the Society of Original Sin. Do you know what a ‘society’ means?” A small but extremely intricate fluorescent green magic circle appeared in front of Greta’s left eye, like a floating monocle hanging on her small head. “Indeed, it’s pathetic that the offspring of Senera, who share the same divinity, would appear in this filthy sewer.”

"Please enlighten me, Teacher Cat, just who exactly is this Senera?" Ye Xiao looked at the kitten shaking its head, finding it quite adorable.

“Let’s continue from where we left off. I remember talking to you about the difference between the New Age of Gods and the Old Age of Gods back in Stormport,” Greta said, raising her head and making a gesture that conjured a magical tree diagram in mid-air.

Chapter 163 Metamorphosis

"The God of Light entered the mortal realm and unified the pantheon, defeating some of the old gods who had wreaked havoc on the earth and brought death to the people. Other old gods who were willing to submit to Him were incorporated into the new gods. This is the boundary between the new and old age of gods, also known as 'Ragnarok,' and it is also the dividing line between the Golden Age and the Silver Age. The era when the earth truly belonged to the mortal races has arrived."

"The pantheon of the old gods was not as clearly defined as the various temples and religious functions of the new gods. It was very chaotic back then, with all sorts of factions and demons running rampant. However, it can be broadly divided into two major factions: the gods of the heavens and the gods of the earth."

"And Senera, at that time, was also known as the God of the Earth, and was considered one of the seven main gods of the Earth God faction."

Ye Xiao nodded, "Wow, that's incredibly strong."

“Why are you so concerned about strength? Gods weren’t created to fight,” Greta stuck out her tongue. “Besides, even if they were powerful back then, they’ve lost most of their followers in the new age of gods, so they can only drift along like that.”

"Why do you sound so tragic?" Ye Xiao scratched his head. "By the way, who are the other six main gods in the Earth God faction?"

Why do you care about that?

"If we encounter those people or their descendants in the future, we must show them respect."

“You’d be a fool to respect it, anyway, you don’t need to know those things.” Greta tapped the table with her paw. “In short, being of the same origin as Senera means that we might be able to find the true identity of the deity who gave birth to this spider by looking at the records of the Earth God’s lineage.”

“Hmm… this might help us figure out the purpose of these events behind the royal selection,” Ye Xiao rubbed his chin, “but the problem is I don’t have any records of these deities…”

As they were talking, Ye Xiao glanced at the book that Greta had been holding open beneath her. It was a simple tree diagram. Although he couldn't understand the text, he could see that many words at the nodes of the tree diagram had been crossed out, as if they had been deleted.

Damn, I thought this thick book was some kind of academic record, but it turns out to be an assassination list?!

"Don't look, don't look, you won't understand anyway!" Gladys closed the book.

"...Do you have some deep-seated grudge against this pantheon?" Ye Xiao clicked his tongue. "Your entire family has taken a grudge against you..."

"It was just a small deal we made in the past..." Greta peeked out from the other end of the book, turning back the pages to look at the contents. "Oh well, don't ask, it's all a girl's secret."

"This secret is too bloody!?" Ye Xiao was speechless. Sometimes he still felt that he didn't know much about Greta.

However, this guy doesn't like talking about himself anyway. Oh well, he's a demon god, so it's normal for him to have a dark history.

Anyway, the other person has been with me for so long and has been good to me, which I can see. Since the other person is unwilling to talk about it, there is no need to force them to ask.

At worst, I can bring a few cakes to Lucyville next time. That girl has a big mouth; if I ask her, she'll probably spill everything.

Speaking of Lucyville, after being scolded by Greta for "spending too much money on rice" at the guild a while ago, she said she would go into business in the capital to earn her own living. Several days have passed and there's still no word from her. Could it be that she went bankrupt and is too embarrassed to come back, so she's begging for food somewhere...?

Just as Ye Xiao was lost in thought, Greta finally figured it out. "If my guess is correct, the deity who gave birth to this divine offspring should be this one, Pandia. The portrait is of a giant black spider with the upper body of a human."

"During the Old Age of Gods, she and her sister Hecate, resembling giant centipedes with human upper bodies, jointly wielded the powers of poison and reproduction. After Ragnarok, they disappeared without a trace. Hmm... there are rumors that Pandia was betrayed by her sister Hecate because Hecate wanted to submit to the rule of the New Age of Gods, while Pandia refused to relinquish her divine authority."

"But because they shared the same divine authority, they could not manipulate it if one of them disagreed. Therefore, Hecate killed Pandia and sacrificed her divine body to... the god of light."

"Of course, this is just a rumor, and we can't guarantee it's true or false." Greta closed the book.

"This Hecate... is pretty ruthless." Ye Xiao rubbed his chin.

“Alas, the obedience to the Old Gods is not something that can be done at will,” Greta waved her hand. “The sins that once disrupted the order cannot be so easily wiped away… Pandia was not so much a sacrifice to the God of Light as a sacrifice to the will that represents the present world.”

"But isn't the God of Light an outer god? How can He represent the will of the present world?"

“That’s the saddest thing about the Old Age of Gods.” Greta’s paw rested on the tree. “Well, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained more. Anyway, let’s focus on Hecate and Pandia for now.”

“Alright,” Ye Xiao actually vaguely understood what Greta meant, but perhaps it was related to the history that she was unwilling to recall, so he didn’t press further. “Let me think, if we’re going to follow the rumors, Pandia was supposed to have been sacrificed, shouldn’t she be dead? How could she still be secretly giving birth in the sewers?”

"There are many possibilities. Perhaps Hecate offered up a living Pandya, or perhaps the God of Light chose to seal it instead of shooting it down for some reason... Since it is a deity, and a deity that once controlled reproduction, it is not impossible that it could have avoided its demise through some means."

“That makes sense. After the God of Light went mad, it’s not impossible that she found a chance to break free from the seal,” Ye Xiao nodded. “Then, instead of recognizing her sister, this woman hid down there to give birth. She probably doesn’t intend to treat her sister amicably… Sigh, enemies of enemies should communicate. I should have known better than to attack her baby back then.”

“Hmm, I don’t think she’ll communicate with you properly,” Greta shook her head. “When people hold back their resentment for too long, it can give rise to spirits. A god who has held back his resentment for tens of thousands of years probably wouldn’t be very clear-headed.”

"Oh, then forget it."

Ghosts are scary enough, but this thing is probably more like a malevolent spirit.

"However, judging from the timeline, the sewers are at most products of the Silver Age. They were probably built privately by a group of steadfast believers after the gods disappeared."

“It could also be a restoration of faith after checking some ancient scrolls. Some people just like to do this kind of pointless thing,” Ye Xiao said, arms crossed. “The three corpses we saw underwater that were used to give birth to offspring were probably the real elders. The three elders now are most likely Pandya or her followers in disguise.”

"Hiss, that's not good. Those three elders have seen me before, and now they've found me in the sewers. They probably know I'm not dead... Moreover, since this guy wants revenge, he certainly won't let the remaining followers of the Samuel Order go."

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao suddenly frowned. He vaguely felt that some of the things that had happened before seemed to be connected with the current intelligence, but something seemed off...

Just then, he glanced at the dense compound eyes on the head of the spider lying in the corner, bound like a dumpling, and was suddenly startled.

"...I was wondering why something felt off; there were only three, that's too few."

"What? Only three?"

“There are only three offspring.” Ye Xiao rubbed his chin. “A spider should have far more than three offspring at a time. Although this is a deity and may not be considered in the usual way, it is still a deity in charge of reproduction… Wait, Teacher Cat, what did you say Pandia’s image was recorded as again?”

“A giant spider with the body of a half-human,” Greta licked her paws. “What’s wrong?”

"Color, I mean color."

"Black, you still care about that?"

This is it, black, but why is the thing in front of me semi-transparent white?

This is not difficult to answer, because spiderlings change color gradually as they grow into adults, and they often molt during this process.