With Lake Isabella at its back, Clearwater City was the world's largest refugee city.
Due to the influx of refugees, Jade Water City, which was originally a major trading city, had expanded quite a bit. However, due to the scarcity of construction materials, the expanded parts of the city were similar to the slums. Thus, if one were to look down from the sky, the greyish border area, which was far larger than the main city, gave off the feeling of a spreading mold ….
In the center of the main city, the building that was originally used as a clock tower had now been expanded into a small castle. A white glow overflowed from the highest point of the castle, and finally formed a hemispherical shield over the city to prevent the residents of the refugee city from being harmed by the black snow falling from the sky.
In the room of the steeple, a thirty-two-sided sphere the size of a durian was hanging from the ceiling, and a silver-haired girl was kneeling on the floor below the sphere. Her head was bowed, and her fingers were clasped together in a praying posture.
Holy light flowed from her body, and her appearance could not help but make people think of words like 'angel' and 'goddess'.
Holy power — this was discovered two years ago, and was a power similar to magic.
After the mutation, holy power was also proven to be one of the few powers that could resist the corrosion of the black snow.
"Miss Xia, it's time to change shifts."
A few people in white cloaks came up from the stairs at the edge of the room. Those who knew about the new church would know that the patterns on the white cloaks meant that they were bishops of the new church who had great holy power (the old church had collapsed three years ago).
This was the core of the refugee city, and through the ancient magic core above the room, the holy power spread out to form a protective shield to protect the city. Without this, Clearwater City would soon become a dead city like the outside world, a purgatory on earth.
The girl was naturally Xia Xueyao, who had transmigrated with Yi Qing.
After the discovery of the Holy Power, she was quickly identified as having the gift of the Holy Power that no one in this world could ever hope to achieve. Usually, it would require thirty-two bishops to pray together in this small room, but she could do it alone. Even the strength of the shield was far stronger than when thirty-two people were in the same state.
However, she was still a human after all, and could not support the shield without rest, so it was necessary to change shifts.
"Alright." Xia Xueyao stood up from the ground. She couldn't help but look a little tired. She patted the dust off her skirt and planned to leave the room.
But when she was walking towards the stairs, she seemed to have thought of something and stopped. She asked the leader of the bishops, "Oh right, Yi Qing and the rest should be back by now, right?"
The bishop's face stiffened, as if he didn't know how to respond.
Although Xia Xueyao had been silent the whole time, she was actually quite sensitive. She realized what had happened almost instantly.
She didn't make things difficult for him. Instead, she turned around and ran towards the stairs.
"Miss Xia … Let's go to the Princess Royal's residence. You should be able to understand what happened there," the bishop finally couldn't stand the condemnation in his heart and said to the girl.
The latter just nodded and disappeared from the corridor.
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Because the capital had already fallen, the Frost Eagle Empire's royal family could only move to Jade Water City. Although that was the case, in reality, the only surviving member of the royal family was the eldest princess.
However, the eldest princess didn't build a luxurious building in this difficult time for the sake of the royal family's reputation. She only requisitioned a wealthy merchant's villa near the city center as her own residence.
When Xia Xueyao arrived at the eldest princess' residence, she found Lin Qianxi and the eldest princess talking about something. Both of their expressions were heavy and gloomy. It seemed that the content of their conversation wasn't something pleasant.
"Lin Qianxi!" After all, they had been together for three years. The three of them were so familiar with each other that they didn't need to add 'classmate' or something like that behind their names.
Xia Xueyao went straight to the point and asked, "Where is Yi Qing? Didn't he lead a team to search for supplies with you today? "
Lin Qianxi's face darkened visibly. She bit her lips hard and didn't say anything.
Xia Xueyao's face was solemn as she stared at her without saying a word.
After a while, Lin Qianxi seemed to use all her strength to squeeze out a sentence from her throat, "We encountered the Spirit of Chaos … Yi Qing was covering for us …"
Although she couldn't finish her sentence in the end, Xia Xueyao already knew what she was going to say.
The blood drained from the girl's face in an instant, and she turned ghastly pale.
She looked deeply at Lin Qianxi, her eyes full of disappointment. Then, she ran towards the door without looking back.
"Wait a minute, Miss Xia, where are you going?"
The eldest princess of the Frosthawk Empire could not help but ask anxiously.
"To save Yi Qing."
"Please don't be so impulsive … I will immediately prepare a rescue plan for Mister Yi Qing. As a precious clergyman, for your own safety, Miss Xia should stay in the safety of Clearwater City and wait for news."
The eldest princess hurriedly tried to stop her.
To be honest, at this point, the eldest princess felt that Yi Qing's chances of survival were very slim.
After all, those monsters … which were also known as the Spirits of Chaos, couldn't be killed. So when facing them, the right choice was to lure them to a place with more complicated terrain and then escape after getting rid of their pursuit.
However, according to Lin Qianxi's description, it was almost impossible to escape alone from dozens of Spirit of Chaos, and there were also several stage three Spirit of Chaos. The only thing Yi Qing could do was try his best to stall them.
And the fact that he had not returned to Clearwater City until now proved this point.
No matter how powerful a warrior was, there was a limit to their stamina and energy. Sooner or later, they would show weakness due to exhaustion and finally be killed. The fall of countless powerful warriors in the early days of the Cataclysm had already proved this point. Even Yi Qing, a hero from another world, was no exception.
In that case, at the very least, Xia Xueyao, who was currently very important to Clearwater City, should be protected.
Her Royal Highness did not ignore Yi Qing's life. In fact, when Yi Qing helped Finn and the others to end the war between the humans and the demons three years ago, the girl had already secretly fallen in love with this man from another world.
However, she was a member of the Frosthawk Empire's royal family and the current highest leader of Clearwater City.
Her every word and action was related to the lives of more than three hundred thousand people in Clearwater City. When she made decisions, she had to do her best not to mix in personal feelings, which sometimes made her seem even more ruthless.
"Your Royal Highness … No, perhaps I should call you Her Majesty now. You seem to be mistaken about one thing. " Xia Xueyao finally stopped, but she didn't turn around. Instead, she used a rare icy tone to say, "I'm staying here not because of how well you treat me or how many people I can protect or save here. It's purely because Yi Qing is here."
The other two girls in the room looked at each other, speechless.
"Then, since Yi Qing is no longer here, I naturally will not continue to stay here." Xia Xueyao did not have any misgivings about the other's feelings and only continued to say, "For the current me, the most important thing is not whether it is too late to go now, but whether I can save him."
After saying this, the girl took another step forward.
"Wait a moment!" The Eldest Princess loudly shouted. Her eyes became sharp, "This princess will definitely not let Young Miss Xia send herself to death! Even if I have to use force, I will make you stay! Guards! "
As soon as she finished speaking, several fully armed guards rushed in from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, you don't think that these few people can stop me, do you?"
Xia Xueyao's tone became even colder.
Even if she was the weakest in Yi Qing's group, after nearly three years of experience, Xia Xueyao's strength could be considered as one of the top in the world. Not to mention a few soldiers, even if she brought out an army of ten thousand people to train, it was still uncertain who would win.
"This Princess naturally does not think that a few ordinary people would be a match for Miss Xia, so …" Her gaze fell on Lin Qianqian, "I would like to ask Miss Lin Qianqian to stop Miss Xia from leaving here … I believe that you do not want to see your friends die in vain at the hands of the Spirit of Chaos, right?"
As soon as she said this, Xia Xueyao, who seemed to be careless, immediately became serious. She turned around and stared at Lin Qianqian, an invisible saint power also rising from her body.
Admittedly, Xia Xueyao was now quite powerful, but in terms of combat strength, she was still the weakest among Yi Qing's group. Once Lin Qianqian became serious, it would not be easy for her to leave this place.
Lin Qianqian's expression was slightly sluggish, then she raised her hand towards Xia Xueyao.
In the next moment, the few soldiers behind Xia Xueyao were all sent flying by an invisible force, falling to the ground and losing consciousness.
"Miss Lin Qianqian?!" The Princess Royal was stunned, then she looked at the instigator in astonishment.
At this moment, Lin Qianqian's expression was as if she had figured something out and was suddenly enlightened, "Yes, I almost forgot my original intention. Xueyao, let's go save Yi Qing together! "
"As expected of my eternal rival."
Xia Xueyao revealed a rare smile.
"You … Are you all crazy?!" The Princess Royal could not help but yell in annoyance.
But Xia Xueyao and Lin Qianqian ignored her.
At this moment, a piercing alarm suddenly came from outside.
Along with the alarm, the lookout above the mansion who was monitoring the situation outside through observation magic also let out a heart-wrenching scream.
"Be careful! There's a black cigar coming down from the mountain! "
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