Under the dazzling intense light and the milky radiance, everyone was utterly shocked. No one had ever thought that such an unheard-of accident would occur during the princess's wedding.

The bright red - was it blood?

"Don't just stand there, everybody get out of the temple quickly!"

The earliest one to notice the uneasiness, King Everton waved his hand, ordering everyone to leave the temple immediately.

"Bella, you take Alice and get out of here too."

The silver-haired princess nodded obediently. Although her father seemed unreliable now, he was also a powerful figure with titles like the Roaring King Lion, and was blessed with the divine gift of "The Brilliance".

"Alice, come with me." The little lolita was pulled away by the silver-haired girl.

In a short while, the temple became empty. The king looked towards the direction of the divine pool and wore a solemn expression.

"Such a thing... It hasn't happened in hundreds of years. Is it someone from the other side?"

Seemingly recalling something, the king muttered to himself.

"Well, now..."

Looking at the helpless priestess standing by the pool, the king beckoned her over.

"Don't stand there, run away." Saying this, he himself hurriedly dashed out of the temple at a remarkable speed.

The elder sister-like priestess didn't know what the king meant, but since he said so, she also ran out of the temple.

The temple became completely empty.

In the divine pool, under the statue of the goddess, a crystal structure resembling a tower emerged, known as the Gate of Judgment. The goddess's judgment was also a blessing for the newlyweds.

In the past, this would have been a mere formality. Lelia had never thought that such a bizarre accident would happen during her own wedding.

The Sword of Judgment indeed pierced into YeYu's chest.

But even if it penetrated, the Sword of Judgment shouldn't have harmed the other party.

It was supposed to be so, why wasn't it like this—

Drip...

Drip...

Bright red blood gushed out from the pierced chest of YeYu and fell into the pool containing gold and azure, very eye-catching.

"Why... Why..."

Lelia was stunned by the sudden bloodshed and still maintained the action of thrusting the sword.

The Sword of Judgment, containing the power of the goddess, was a symbol of sacred radiance that wouldn't harm human bodies, her subjects. However, the power of radiance was particularly effective against certain beings.

They were evil, brutal, bloodthirsty, and inhuman...

Those were the enemies of mankind, the sworn enemies, the demons. Was NanGong YeYu a demon? It was impossible because she hadn't felt any evil power and the barrier at Castle Cogunar wouldn't let demons in so easily.

"Why did you...?!" The trembling voice, YeYu couldn't hear, as it seemed that all sounds had disappeared.

He touched his chest and felt the warm, thick wetness. Then, with a bewildered expression, he opened both hands in front of his eyes. Was this blood?

He gently licked his index finger.

Ah, it was blood...

YeYu's eyes blurred as he looked at the strange sword blade impaling his chest. The blood made the weapon emit a golden glow—

Lelia let go of the sword with both hands, stepped back unsteadily, leaving the Sword of Judgment embedded in YeYu's chest. Perhaps this was for the best- if she pulled it out, YeYu would immediately bleed even more.

The Gate of Judgment shone brightly, and ancient runes lit up on its tower-like structure.

YeYu and Lelia's eyes met.

Bewildered eyes...

Desperate eyes...

The two were silently gazing at each other.

"This is really bad, my consciousness is starting to blur..."

Splash...

Splash...

Splash...

Lelia stood there blankly, watching YeYu struggle to move through the water.

One step...

Two steps...

Three steps...

With every step he took, blood would gush from his chest and fall into the water, dissipating bit by bit. In the divine pool, which used to be only azure and gold, another color appeared.

He walked in front of Lelia.

YeYu raised his bloody hand high, tightly clenched it into a fist, gathering the last bit of his strength.

This was YeYu's deadly punch. If he slammed it down like this, he believed that no matter whether it was magic or the so-called "The Brilliance", anyone's head would be instantly smashed to pieces—This martial art was learned by the Nangong family after harsh and self-torturing training. The existence of this martial art is for nothing else but slaughter -- not for protection or self-defense, only for killing.

Night Rain, whose consciousness was blurred, raised his fist and smashed it down--

Pa…

…Separator line

"Father, what just happened?"

Many people had gathered in the courtyard outside the temple, all of them escaped from the wedding taking place inside the temple. Everyone was discussing the events.

At this time, the third princess, a silver-haired girl named Bella·Pandragon, led the fourth princess, a little loli, to the king's side.

Her sister was still in the temple, and she couldn't help but worry as the glaring light from the temple could still be seen in the courtyard.

"It's nothing, just…”

“The Sword of Judgment is a blessing from the goddess to lovers who vow to stay together for life. It is said that the sword does not harm anyone, at least for humans. The divine scriptures mentioned that the goddess loves humans, but hates the demons that bring suffering to them…”

The weapon originally had no significant attack power to humans. Bella could only imagine that the Sword of Judgment suddenly went berserk.

“Is his name NanGong YeYu?”

Bella bowed her head, muttered the name, pondered for a while, and then looked solemnly at Everton.

“Please allow me to enter the temple, if my guess is correct, NanGong YeYu may be…”

“…”

The surroundings of the temple were sealed under the orders of the king, who denied entry to anyone without permission. The king looked at the temple and refuted Bella's guess.

“He is a human, not a demon.”

Everton did not approve the request of the third princess, just shook his head lightly, looking at the sky as if recalling something.

“Dark energy, resonance, madness, Night Song, your prophecy has come true…”

…

“You really can do it, damn woman…”

With a weak voice, Night Rain pressed his palm on Lelia’s light gold hair, seemingly taking revenge for the stab she had given him, and ruthlessly rubbed it. Lelia just stood there, dazed, unable to react for a long time.

Um…

His consciousness was fading…

So sleepy…

This was the sign of death approaching. Night Rain knew this very well for he had experienced wandering on the edge of life and death before. Ah, it's not bad like this. Will he wake up after death and see the familiar ceiling?

"That's why I said, I feel the call from hell…”

“Damn it, if I had resisted just now, maybe there was a chance to turn things around…” The cold, wet hand moved away from his head, stroked Lelia's cheek, then dropped weakly, leaving a bloody fingerprint on her pale face.

Bang——

He fell back, his entire body sinking into the water, splashing water.

The water began to boil.

Blood began to blend with the azure and golden colors, glowing with a poignant red light.

The Gate of Judgment became even more glaring, and Lelia instinctively covered her eyes.

The whole temple ——

No, the ground was shaking, and a milky white light gushed out from the Gate of Judgment. In an instant, it contracted and converged into a violently shaking white dot.

The next moment ——

There was a dazzling explosion.

The entire temple building burst from the inside out, as if a giant force had poured out from the inside all at once.

Unable to withstand this force, the magnificent building turned into ruins in an instant.