Chapter 10: Showdown, the Killer's Henchman

"Who are you? What do you want by following us? Are you the one who killed those people, the descendant of that divine demon?" Haruka questioned the girl.

"No, it's not her. I don't feel any resonance with divine fire from her," the girl replied.

"That's right. I didn't kill those worthless people; it was my master. Initially, my master wanted to come out and greet the students from The Chishin Academy when he found out they were here. However, he just finished hunting and needs to rest, so I, Situ Yifei, will entertain you," Situ Yifei explained.

"Situ? Are you from the Situ family in Zhanlan City?"

Zhanlan City, a city near the imperial capital, where the Situ family holds the most powerful position. The Situ family also possesses divine fire bloodline.

"Yes, we are from the Situ family. So what?"

"Then your master is..."

"Situ Ming, the next head of the Situ family."

"What is the purpose of killing people from our academy?"

"Well, my master said to ask Elena directly."

"Does this have something to do with the president?" Haruka was puzzled.

"No... com... ment..." Situ Yifei replied.

"No comment? Then let's just capture you and ask slowly," Lilith suddenly ignited her azure darkness flame without warning and threw a fireball towards Situ Yifei.

"Hey, Lilith, you battle maniac, don't act recklessly," Situ Yifei warned.

Situ Yifei instantly drew her long sword and split the azure fireball in half with a flash of sword light.

"A high-level sword mage, quite interesting," Lilith condensed a blue flame snake and transformed it into a blue flame long sword in her right hand. She skillfully swung it towards Situ Yifei, but Situ Yifei easily blocked Lilith's blade with her sword.

"Divine fire is indeed formidable, but the gap between intermediate and high levels is not so easily made up," Situ Yifei's sword shimmered with magical runes. "Dark Sword, Thirteen Depths of Darkness."

Almost simultaneously, thirteen beams of sword light slashed towards Lilith's thirteen vital points at extremely cunning angles. In this situation, Lilith had no room to retreat or dodge. Defense was the best option, but Lilith was not a sword mage. Besides having better swordsmanship than the average person, she did not possess any extraordinary skills. While her manipulation of divine fire was exceptional, she still hadn't reached the level of "using her own power" to deal with these thirteen sharp and fierce sword lights. A full-body defense was not enough to withstand them, especially against techniques that involved magical runes. Lilith found herself momentarily at a loss.

At the same time, Haruka finally stepped in to save Lilith by using "Holy Water Protection."

"You idiot, all you know is fighting, you're not cute at all," Haruka scolded.

"You said water isn't cute," Lilith retorted.

"I know it, but let's not discuss that now. Let's think of a way to get rid of this woman and report back to the president."

"But it's rare to encounter a high-level opponent. How can we just let her go, especially since the president told us to break through to the high level now?" Haruka reasoned.

"Hehe, do you want to escape, or just give up?" Situ Yifei chuckled before swinging her sword again. Her speed was so fast that Lilith and Haruka couldn't even discern it. She possessed the same agility and flexibility as Hanya, but Situ Yifei belonged to the Dark Night element instead of the Wind element.

Haruka summoned dozens of small holy water orbs and threw them in all directions. The density of her attack was not something ordinary people could dodge, but Situ Yifei, obviously, was not an ordinary person as she skillfully evaded all of the water orbs' attacks. Meanwhile, Lilith transformed her divine fire into a whip and swept it horizontally at Situ Yifei's feet, but it ended in failure as well.

"It seems this doesn't work," Lilith remarked.

"I know, but do you have a better idea?"

"..." Apparently, she did not.

Such close-knit attacks made it difficult for Situ Yifei to approach, but the high rate of attack quickly depleted her magical power. The replenishment of magical power could not keep up, leading to a decrease in attack speed. Seizing the opportunity, Situ Yifei flashed forward and appeared behind Haruka, swinging her sword towards her back. Blood splattered, but Lilith immediately reacted and used her dark fire to knock Situ Yifei away, while also supporting Haruka with her left hand.

"Hey, are you alright?" Lilith asked.

"I won't die for the time being, but please don't call me 'hey'," Haruka replied. She then used a water-based magic spell on her back, quickly stopping the bleeding from the wound, but Haruka was not a healing magic user, so she couldn't fully recover at that moment."Deep Elysium Thirteen Swords." After being knocked away, Sutu Yifei unleashed her killing move once again.

"This woman is really troublesome."

A flash of red light.

"Qing Ming Whirlwind" - the azure flames of the Qing Ming Fire surrounded Lilith and formed a hurricane-like tornado of flames. The flames shot up to the sky, blocking the thirteen sword lights.

At this moment, Lilith's eyes turned crimson, and a demonic shadow appeared behind her. Judging from the momentum and magic power, Lilith had already reached the advanced level of a Magic Master.

"Awakening of Demonic Blood, are you going all out now?"

The Awakening of Demonic Blood, as the name suggests, refers to the awakening of the demonic blood within the descendants of the Demon Race. Conversely, those with the bloodline of the Divine Race awaken their "Divine Blood." After each awakening, their abilities would be more or less enhanced, depending on luck. However, during the awakening period, the increase in power was significant, and they would be possessed by a demon god. Some awakened the ancient demon gods, while others awakened newly ranked demon gods. Regardless, they could utilize the abilities of the possessed demon god, but the extent depended on the individual's physical capacity.

"Deep Elysium Overlapping Shadows" - suddenly, Sutu Yifei split into dozens of figures, each figure moving like a phantom, creating a dazzling and unfathomable display. It was impossible to discern which one was the real Sutu Yifei. But for Lilith, who had not yet awakened her demonic blood, she saw the same situation. However, for Lilith, who had awakened her demonic blood, she could clearly see through the illusion. She believed that even if she couldn't see, this move posed no threat.

The blue-eyed Lilith's eyes once again glowed red, and the Qing Ming Fire burst outwards. In the blink of an eye, it completely annihilated all the figures. The fire then swiftly surrounded Sutu Yifei, like a lion spotting its prey, launching a fierce attack.

In Lilith and Yaoyan's eyes, Sutu Yifei was already destined to lose.

Just as the Qing Ming Fire was about to engulf Sutu Yifei, it was abruptly pushed away. Sutu Yifei's magic power suddenly surged and continued to rise until it approached the Sub-Holy stage. At that point, it slowly subsided. Behind her, another demon god appeared, even more realistic and with a more terrifying visage than Lilith's demon god.

For Sutu Yifei, who could also awaken her demonic blood, Lilith felt quite troubled. Her previous advantage had suddenly turned into a disadvantage.

"Let's see whose demon god is superior." Sutu Yifei raised her jet-black sword high, and the tip of the sword emitted a faint black glow.

"Deep Elysium Sword Dance" - Sutu Yifei performed an enchanting sword dance, with the sword light flickering. The black sword aura revolved around her, tearing through the space and smashing the trees and stones along the road. The previously orderly street was completely destroyed by this dance from the abyss.

One circle, two circles, three circles... The sword light and aura kept swirling. The blue flames on Lilith's body were torn apart by the sword light and aura, leaving clear visible scars as blood continuously flowed out.

"Ugh!" Lilith couldn't withstand the pain and knelt down.

The sword dance finally reached its climax. All the sword light and aura converged into one, forming the strongest and most destructive sword light, exuding an imposing aura.

Lilith was filled with fear. Nothing had been more terrifying than facing death in the past sixteen years, not even the trials of her family. "What should I do? Am I going to die here~~~~ It hurts, it really hurts. I can't move at all. I don't want to die here. I haven't erased that sheep yet. How can I die? No~~~~~"

"Sanctified Water Blessing" Yaoyan's voice emerged from despair. Then, a milky-white light flickered, complementing the dark sword light. A large amount of holy water surged, containing magic power fluctuations roughly equivalent to the high-level intermediate level. The surging holy water gathered into a milky-white giant shield.

"Boom~" The dark sword light collided with the milky-white shield, causing the shield to scatter into countless water droplets, while the sword light disappeared simultaneously.

"Soul Contract? Impossible. In this world, Magic Masters who understand soul contracts have already become extinct," Sutu Yifei exclaimed in astonishment as she looked at the blue-and-white contract magic array hanging from Yaoyan's waist. She saw a faintly visible dragon head at the center of the magic array.

Yaoyan gradually floated in the air, and a pair of water wings formed behind her back. A holy aura flowed through her entire body, and the injuries on her back slowly healed and disappeared.

"Divine Water Dragon's Chant" - a dragon's chant echoed in all directions. A crystalline water dragon surged from under Yaoyan's feet, leaping through a blue-and-white magic array. The distinctive scales of the water dragon could be clearly seen, and its body emitted alternating blue and white radiance, illuminating the entire night.In the giant dragon's mouth, a large amount of holy water gathered into a huge water ball. With a loud bang, the water ball shot towards Situ Yifei and exploded, creating a large pit. The original road and street no longer existed.

When the smoke and dust from the water ball cleared, Situ Yifei curled up her body, and the demon god behind her crossed his hands, protecting her body.

"Hmph! I was careless."

"Huh?" This outcome surprised Ling Yao.

Suddenly, Lilith shouted, "Get down!"

A purple glow, no, a purple-black flame rose from behind Ling Yao. Lilith used her body to knock Ling Yao aside and raised her hands to create a green fire barrier. But it was pierced through in an instant, brushing past Lilith's waist and staining her damaged uniform with blood.

Lilith looked in the direction of darkness ahead and said, "Is it the Fire of Corrosion, one of the Four Divine Fires? But the Fire of Corrosion is supposed to be reddish-purple. Why is this one purple-black? And it's ranked third, yet it can pierce through the second-ranked Fire of the Underworld. Could the rumors be wrong?"

"No, the rumors are not wrong. This is a mutated divine fire—the purple-black Fire of Corrosion." A wild and unrestrained teenager walked out from the direction Lilith was looking at.

I was assigned to a team with Qin Yin. After patrolling outside the school and not finding any abnormalities or special individuals, we immediately returned to report to the president once everything was confirmed to be normal.

After reporting to the president, as I stepped out of the student council, in the eastern sky where the scene of the incident occurred tonight, bursts of intense black, blue, and milky white light lit up. The fluctuation of their magical power was very oppressive, to the point of suffocating, and the three types of magical power were shining together with astonishing momentum. I felt a sense of unease and even heartache, as if someone was calling out to me, with a very weak and distant voice, causing me to lose myself for a moment.

It must be an illusion, right? Why would there be such a reaction for no reason? Maybe I just didn't get enough rest. I should go back and take a shower and sleep early. Perhaps something big happened over there, but it's not something we can handle. The president and the others should be able to handle it. If even the president can't handle it, there are still the principal and the teachers, who are experts.

Thinking this, I headed towards the boys' dormitory. At the same time, the president sent Hanya to investigate quickly.