The Villain Saint is my secondary account

He gripped his staff beneath him and unleashed flames backward, using the propulsion to leap into the air and grab the carriage in front of him.

The cold wind ruffled Ye Xiao's hair, but before he could get a firm grip, the carriage crashed into the airship landing area's hall.

Chapter Fifteen: Taking Down the Enemy Leader

A commotion erupted as the hall door shattered and a wooden carriage crashed into the front desk, shattering into pieces and raising a cloud of dust.

The violent impact sent Ye Xiao flying, but fortunately, he used his agility to roll in mid-air and adjust his posture, landing smoothly with a graceful movement.

There were still many noble passengers waiting for the airship in the hall. They were startled by the loud noise coming from the door and screamed as they ran away.

Ye Xiao stared intently at the rolling dust, when suddenly he noticed a hazy outline emerging from the smoke.

A sudden sense of foreboding arose in Ye Xiao's mind, and he immediately bent down. Then, a huge black shadow grazed his head and crashed into him.

It was a thick, black snake, its brain the size of a calf, slamming against the wall, making the entire hall shake.

Having missed its target, it spun around in the air, its cold, vertical pupils fixed on Ye Xiao, its jaws, filled with sharp teeth, open as if to roar.

“It’s you again!!!”

Snakes themselves do not have vocal cords, so the sound is actually a sound wave catalyzed by magic emanating from their throat cavity. It is hoarse and sharp, sounding neither male nor female, and only makes people feel uncomfortable.

"Monster!!!"

"Monsters?! How could there be monsters here?!" "Guards, where are the guards?!"

The crowd in the hall screamed in panic. Nobles dressed in exquisite clothes scrambled between the seats in a disheveled state, while some of their personal guards nervously gripped their weapons and surrounded the terrifying serpent.

A bloody and terrifying aura spread in all directions. These skilled and proficient mercenary guards trembled at the mere sight of the snake's aura—such a powerful demon would probably kill them as easily as killing chickens.

However, Ye Xiao was naturally not afraid of this thing. He gently tapped the ground with his staff, and a ring of wind spread out from him, blowing the panicked ordinary guards back a few steps, clearing a space between him and the black snake monster.

"If you don't want to see me, don't do anything wrong."

He leaned on his cane with one hand, slightly pulled down the brim of his hat with the other, spread his legs, and walked slowly toward the giant basilisk with his back to the crowd.

The black snake's eyes were ferocious, its vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and it opened its mouth abruptly, emitting a sound like the air pressure of wind passing through a pipe.

A gush of black liquid gushed from its mouth, filling the hall in a fan-shaped wave in an instant.

Ye Xiao twirled his staff in a flashy manner, then pointed the tip at the four- or five-meter-high black wave.

A deep blue magic circle opened up in front of him, and rings of frost novae suddenly exploded, freezing the churning mud into ice sculptures in an instant.

"boom"

The black snake immediately smashed through a large ice sculpture, and its gluttonous maw rushed up and swallowed Ye Xiao whole.

But when it closed its jaws, it didn't feel like it had bitten into anything. The next moment, a piercing pain burst out of its mouth, as if someone had slashed its upper jaw from the inside.

"Hiss!!!"

The black snake, in pain, tilted its head back and opened its mouth wide, from which jet of dark blood spurted out.

"Didn't your parents teach you not to eat random things?"

A ghostly figure appeared beneath the snake's belly. Ye Xiao, with a cane in his left hand and a knife in his right, strolled out from the rising dust as if walking in a garden.

It turned out that what the black snake had just swallowed was only a sword energy clone left by the longsword, Shadow Chaser, which caused the black snake to be slashed from the inside of its mouth by the sword energy.

"what!!!"

The enormous monster, in pain, immediately flew into a rage and swept its long tail across the area.

The unstoppable force shattered several stone pillars in the hall, sending them hurtling towards Ye Xiao with tumbling rubble.

Ye Xiao smiled contemptuously, stepped forward with his left foot, and the long sword he gripped tightly in his right hand was suddenly stained with black flames.

"Honey, can I borrow a light?"

As he uttered a mysterious incantation to the gods for power, he swung his long sword upwards, delivering a powerful vertical slash.

The sword energy condensed from the sacred fire transformed into a jet-black crescent moon, cleaving through the earth and crashing head-on into the black serpent's majestic, swaying body.

"Damn it!!!"

Accompanied by the black snake's scream, like a hot knife slicing through butter, its long body was severed in half by the sword energy, spurting out a large amount of sludge-like blood.

The remaining power of the dark sword energy did not diminish. It lifted the ceiling, rushed out of the hall, and then, after cutting diagonally, parted the top floor of the building across the street before disappearing into the night.

Amidst swirling smoke and dust, the black snake, severed in two, writhed in agony on the ground. Its upper head gradually dissipated into black mist, revealing a girl with only half a body remaining, blood spilling from her mouth.

The girl's long, pale golden hair was draped over the ground, and her appearance was none other than Elaine, whom Ye Xiao was looking for.

"Ha, got you."

Ye Xiao sheathed his sword and strode forward.

As the other party approached, the girl suddenly opened her mouth wide, and a spherical tumor bulged out of her mouth in horror. The bright red membrane swelled up, as if something dark was churning inside.

The girl's body convulsed, all her magic power being drained by the tumor, like a pot of oil about to explode from a constantly heating pan.

Want to self-destruct?

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, raised the end of his staff and stabbed it hard, driving the tumor back into the girl's throat.

"Goo!"

Caught off guard, Elaine's eyes widened, and she gripped the staff with both hands, her body almost convulsing and bouncing up from the ground.

Ye Xiao pressed down on his staff, stomping on the struggling body like a cockroach, and snapped his fingers, causing invisible ripples to spread across the ground.

Large swaths of black mud surged out, engulfing Elaine, and Ye Xiao's figure sank in as well, disappearing completely into the mud.

But that wasn't the end of it. A group of plump rats even scurried out of the black mud, swarming towards the other half of the snake's tail that had been broken off to the side, tearing and dragging it into the mud as well.

After taking away the remaining items, the open mass of silt seemed to come alive and retracted back into the spatial portal on the floor, disappearing without a trace.

Almost half of the hall collapsed. When the dust settled and the panicked crowd looked back at the broken doorway, it was completely empty.

If it weren't for the few pools of dark blood left on the ground, the terrifying black snake and the mysterious monster hunter might have seemed like nothing more than a nightmare.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

Outside the hall, the sound of galloping hooves filled the streets as the guards of Riften arrived late.

Standing outside the ruined building, they could only look at each other, bewildered and helpless at the devastating scene that resembled a massive earthquake.

……

Ye Xiao captured Elaine, and Li Cheng led the Seven Stars Society members to evacuate from Brodinan Mansion. After meeting up on a street several miles away, they left Riften through a portal opened by Ella.

Without the Dark Shepherd, these viscount's guards naturally couldn't stop them.

So, in the dark dungeon beneath the White Tower of the Holy City, when Elaine, a follower of the Dark Shepherd, regained consciousness and opened her eyes again, she was greeted by a petite girl with silver hair, red eyes, and a charming smile.

Chapter Sixteen: Elaine's True Colors

"you……"

Looking at the girl in front of her, Elaine tried to struggle, but found that her arms were tied behind her back by something she didn't know, making it difficult for her to move.

As for her feet, she looked down and realized that her entire lower body had disappeared, leaving only her upper body submerged in the dark mud, like a human-shaped bonsai.

"Let me go! I am a member of the Holy Roman Empire!"

Elaine's voice returned to a girlish sobbing tone, and she looked rather pitiful.

"...Don't bother with such boring little tricks,"

Ella waved her hand listlessly. "Is a wisp of your soul inside this girl's body?"

"Which title of false god are you impersonating, 'Undine'? 'Terradom'? Or... 'Lydia'?"

An eerie silence fell over the scene. Elaine was pale, her eyes fixed on Ella, while Ella remained unhurried, simply sitting in the chair opposite her, one hand stroking the teacup on the small table, a charming smile playing on her lips as she waited silently.

The interrogation chair in the dungeon was specially made for Ella, with a table. Although it looked a bit like a rocking chair for children in a family restaurant, it was perfect for Ella, who loved drinking tea.

Therefore, she could sit in the dark dungeon filled with mud, sipping her tea and waiting patiently.

Finally, after a moment, several dark lines appeared on Elaine's fair face, and her voice changed from a soft, girlish tone to a sharp, androgynous one.

"Saintess of Light!!!"

"Do you have to growl out the other person's name every time you appear on stage?"

Ella picked at her ear with her little finger. "I know someone who organizes an underground arena. Why don't you go there and be the host? You can shout out when a contestant comes out."

"Ah."

Perhaps feeling mocked and embarrassed, Elaine's tone was no longer as angry as before. Instead, she fell silent and stared at the girl's lovely face with a gloomy gaze.

"All your efforts are in vain, Holy Maiden of Light. No matter how you try to hide it, the world will eventually see the ugly face hidden beneath your beautiful exterior!"

"Oh?"

Ella chuckled. "Judging from your words, have you perhaps seen my true form?"

Elaine immediately fell silent, realizing that Ella was trying to trick her into revealing information.

She's such a wicked and cunning woman; no matter how I try to stir up her emotions, it's no use.

"Black Snake Disease is a plague that spread through the divine authority you usurped."

Ella continued to ask.

Elaine remained silent, knowing that anything she said at this moment might give the other party something to hide.

"Let me guess, the Black Serpent Disease was first discovered in Aslan. The mud-covered monsters that the students of the Sea Cliff Academy encountered during their field trials were the first victims of the Black Serpent Disease... or rather, the failed experiments."

Ella began to ramble on, her melodious voice like a little lark chirping, "In other words, it was after that time that you first grasped the complete divine authority required for this ability."

"But judging from the wide reach and rapid evolution of the Black Snake Disease, this is not a disaster that an ordinary god could create."

"Considering that in the Seven Seas City incident, the Ocean Goddess sacrificed her last remaining soul to protect her daughter Encia, and it was after that you gradually gained the power to create the Black Serpent Disease, it is not difficult to deduce that the god you replaced was the Ocean Goddess, Undine."

Elaine didn't speak, but a few fine beads of sweat had already appeared on her forehead.

"To be able to replace the main gods, your status among the Dark Shepherds seems to be quite high,"

Ella covered her mouth with her small hand and gave a mischievous smile, "Even though it's just a wisp of a soul, it seems I've caught a big fish."

"Heh, so what?"

Elaine's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "I have already severed my connection with the real me. Even if you capture this girl, it won't affect the real me."

"Your city-state, your people, everything you think you possess will be destroyed by me sooner or later!"

"Oh, yes."

Despite the threat, Ella remained unmoved. "I'm curious where your confidence comes from. Is it from that false god 'Lydia' who bears my name?"

"False god? How laughable! You are nothing but a ghost that usurped the authority of the true Lady Lydia. You think everything you possess belongs to Him!"

"If that's the case, then why doesn't He ask me to take it back? Is it because He's afraid?"

Ella swayed her little feet, saying, "Besides, what you're saying is so unfair to me. I've never liked taking other people's things. Why don't you tell me where He is, and I'll go and return His authority to Him right now?"

Do you think I'm an idiot?!

Elaine gritted her teeth. Ella was clearly lying to her. It would be a miracle if she ever got her location back.

"Is not it?"

Ella's small face showed a surprised expression. "Someone who impersonates someone else, hiding behind the scenes, gives a little divine power to an idiot like you and makes you work like a slave for Him. I feel sorry for him, and you don't even think you're an idiot?"

"Stop with your useless rhetoric. Do you think you can sway my mind like that?"

"Eleanor" said in a deep voice, "Even if it is just a fragment of my soul, my loyalty to Lady Lydia is not something you, a false god, can bewitch."

"interesting."

Ella looked at the girl, who only had her upper body covered, as if she were examining a toy.

If she weren't afraid that the other party's fragile split soul would go insane upon seeing the giant tentacles in the void, she would have liked to drag the other party into the void and stare at those big red eyes to see if the other party could still be stubborn.

Although Ella was aware to some extent that she was probably not the original, no matter how much of an imposter she was, the giant tentacles were under her control, and she was still more real than the others.

Could it be that the other party is taking advantage of her inability to show her true identity to others, which is why they dare to use her name to swindle people?

But if the title of the true god can truly usurp power, what use is the title "Lydia" if it's used as a fake?

Or perhaps the other party really does have some means to usurp her abilities in this way?