Diluo never expected that someone could actually gather all three of Andrew's artifacts and thus effortlessly open Andrew's legacy.

This completely exceeded his expectations.

In his original plan, the three most active churches on the Dawn Continent—Daylight, War God, and Master of Thunder—would fall into the quagmire of war over a nonexistent divine artifact.

As long as the war started and both sides were enraged, the authenticity of the divine artifact would no longer be important.

At that time, all the forces on the Dawn Continent would focus on this war that might trigger a world war, thus loosening their watch on other places. Then, Diluo could easily sacrifice all life in Andrew City, forcefully open Andrew's legacy, and obtain the legendary Dawn Power.

However, what he never expected was that before his puppet in the Natural Association could even meet Klei and place the prepared "Divine Sword" in the church, a sword light split the sky, announcing the arrival of the Boundary-Breaking Divine Sword.

Diluo was also very confused when he learned of this news.

But quickly, he set aside this confusion. His main task now was still to break open Andrew's legacy and obtain the Dawn Power within.

This would be the council's best opportunity to regain dominion over this world.

There mustn't be any mishaps.

Diluo's eyes were deep, staring at the two young girls in front of him.

In his hand, he rotated two bizarre stones.

Dust fell from the stones, floating in the air, quickly gathering to eventually form a strange eye.

The eye formed by stone dust suddenly opened.

This eye was so familiar...

All-Knowing, Secret Peeping Man.

The names of these two surfaced in Shen Sui's mind.

Has the power from World No. 8 invaded the Dawn Continent?

Shen Sui's lips curled upward, and the calmness in his heart suddenly stirred.

It was becoming more and more interesting.

Diluo had no idea about the shadow behind Alice. Although using the power of this Otherworld Evil God would come at a high price, Diluo already knew all the information about the two girls in front of him.

One was eighth-order, one was thirteenth-order.

Heh, no wonder they dared to impersonate the Master of Thunder's bishop to sneak into the church and steal things.

But now, I know all your weaknesses!

Even if that girl in the nun's outfit is stronger than me, she won't be my match!

Alice acted the moment she saw Diluo.

However, whether it was her magic or Anna's, when they touched this eerie eye, they both dissolved in a very peculiar manner, as if absorbed.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Diluo directly crushed a gemstone on his chest, and with the scarlet power, red mist slowly emerged around.

"Don't struggle," Diluo's sharp voice came from the red mist, carrying a kind of extreme excitement, "Soon, you too will become my nourishment!"

The next moment, the red mist centered on Andrew Church quickly spread to cover all of Andrew City.

In just a short while, the rain-drenched Andrew City was submerged in red mist.

People, already terrified, were even more frightened upon seeing this scene.

"Abyss Demon Sacrifice," Shen Sui slowly uttered the name of the ritual.

Similar to the ritual for summoning the Evil God Sokephatis, this ritual allows one to gain extraordinary power in a short time through the life within the sacrificial range.

After realizing that he couldn't open Andrew's legacy without the three magical artifacts, Diluo chose a method similar to Shen Sui's—brute force cracking.

However, his strength was far inferior to Shen Sui, so he needed this ritual to briefly gain power above his level.

"Wail in the despair of the red mist!"

Diluo felt a continuous surge of power flowing within him.

The red mist was drawing strength.

Boom!

Anna finally broke through the Secret Peeping Man's defense.

Diluo sneered and raised his head, looking at Anna's attack with his hands behind him, "Thirteenth-order, but just so..."

Boom!

Before he could finish, he was sent flying by Anna's powerful strike and slammed heavily into a mural.

With the sound of the wall cracking, Diluo's body hit the ground, and a mouthful of blood flowed from his mouth.

"Wha... What's going on?" Diluo mumbled in disbelief.

I clearly felt the power flowing in, so why hasn't my strength changed at all!

Could there have been a mistake in my ritual?

Impossible!

I clearly conducted experiments with the Thunder Knight Order! It's impossible to be wrong!

"Impossible!" Diluo wobbled as he stood up, "I should have fourteenth-order strength now! My level clearly reached fourteenth-order!!!"

Diluo was very sure; his level truly indicated that with the onset of the red mist ritual, he had jumped from the tenth to the fourteenth order in an instant.

Yet...no power!

No influx of power at all, only a broadening of his level.

What exactly happened!

Alice blinked and threw out a large number of puppets from her storage ring.

Each of these puppets looked exactly like Alice.

However, now these puppets had lost their original luster, becoming dull.

"If I'm not mistaken..." Alice pointed to the Adas on the ground, "You should have been drawing power from them."

Unbeknownst to her, whenever Alice entered a city, she always subconsciously set up a Twilight Saintess's protection.

This time is, of course, no exception.

The Abyss Demon's ritual was indeed correctly triggered, and the red mist indeed began to draw power.

However, under the guidance of the magic array arranged by Alice, all targets of the ritual pointed towards the Sacrificial Puppet and Alice.

Alice used the power of the Substitute Puppet to shield herself from the ritual's sacrifice.

The ritual succeeded, so Diloge could become a powerful figure of the fourteenth tier in a short time.

But because the Sacrificial Puppet had no inherent value, the red mist didn't absorb anything valuable.

Diloge was left dumbfounded.

In today's society, how could anyone still guard against ritual sacrifices?

Seeing the dumbfounded Diloge, Alice said a bit apologetically, "Sorry, just a habit, in case, you know."

The soldiers of the Twilight Legion had once told Alice that many of the gods from back then haven't fully recovered.

They are not Main Gods, but they are still gods nonetheless.

Some opportunists saw an opportunity to flaunt by establishing churches, thus becoming followers of these gods.

To revive these gods, Dawn Continent faces similar attacks on a few cities almost every year.

And those orthodox churches have suppressed all these events to maintain the supremacy of the gods. Just in South Roland, five or six cities have met such misfortunes in the past decades.

Farmers are naturally conservative.

If they weren't truly desperate, who would follow under Hozerville's banner?

Anna was very angry.

Because her parents are now in Andrew City, Diloge's actions undoubtedly jeopardize her parents.

Anna's expression tightened, and powerful energy surged towards Diloge.

Even without combat experience, Anna is a legitimate and genuine thirteenth-tier powerhouse.

Diloge was shocked and shouted, "Damn it! If you don't take action, I'm going to die!"

Shen Sui squinted his eyes.

I've said it, if Diloge is a Soul Card, then there must be a Life Card Master counterpart around him.

Shen Sui silently observed the mysterious shadow that suddenly appeared beside him.

He didn't plan on informing Alice.

The current Alice should learn how to guard against assassinations.

Assassins have always been against mages.

The mysterious shadow's hand revealed a crimson dagger adorned with mystical patterns.

The dagger, like lightning, stabbed towards Alice's back.

Anna sensed the power triggered at that moment and turned her head, seeing the shadow behind Alice.

"A—lice!!!" Anna exclaimed in shock.

Tch.

Boom!

With a resounding explosion and a burst of flames, the shadow was slammed into the wall behind.

"Eh?" Alice only then reacted, panicking as she looked around, "Huh? Huh? Huh?"

She looked here and there and finally saw the shadow on the wall that had attempted to assassinate her.

Alice scratched her head and said sheepishly, "Sorry, I always keep Bursting Fire Curtain on..."

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Card Name: [Bursting Fire Curtain]

Category: Permanent Spell Card

Star Level: 7 Stars

Effect: ① As long as this card exists on the battlefield, during the opponent's Battle Phase, if an attack declaration is made selecting [Alice] as the target, this card must be activated, destroying all non-cover cards on the opponent's field with a star level lower than [Alice], then you receive 1000 points of damage.

② Can be activated at the start of the opponent's Battle Phase, you can banish this card on the field and then draw a card from your deck.

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[Bursting Fire Curtain], the starting point of Alice's research into the transformation of all spells into fireballs.

Compressing multiple explosive fireballs, processed with Ghost Cold Flame, forming a transparent fire curtain barrier around her.

When attacked, the fire curtain explodes, neutralizing the attack damage.

Alice always keeps her word; when she said she would use exploding Fireball Technique for defense, she really developed such magic.

Could it be....

Is she truly a genius?

That assassin was indeed blown away by the Bursting Fire Curtain.

Of course, this magic isn't without drawbacks; the explosion's impact isn't unidirectional, so Alice also suffers damage from the Bursting Fire Curtain.

However, Alice has a certain immunity to flame damage, though she can't escape the impact damage.

Fortunately, Alice is tough and has gotten used to such pounding.

She glanced at the person on the wall, bent down to pick up the crimson dagger.

An eerie sensation immediately surged through her.

Alice instinctively fired a Fireball Technique.

And who knows if it was intentional or not, but this shot hit directly onto the cabinet storing scriptures.

Instantly, flames surged, beginning to spread towards the church.

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