Chapter 383

"Rumble …!"

This was neither the sound of thunder nor the sound of an earthquake, but the sound of the evil aura surging violently.

On this day, like a flood or an avalanche, the dark mist-like Evil Qi finally rushed out of the divine temple, out of the land of Evil Qi, and surged towards the whole of Kosmos.

"Ah!"

"What is this!?"

"No!"

"Help!"

Many people could not help but leave the buildings due to the terrifying commotion. When they saw the evil aura surging towards them like a flood or an avalanche, they fell into panic and shock and immediately began to flee for their lives.

On the streets of Kosmos, countless people were panicking, screaming and fleeing in panic. Scenes of being chased by the dark avalanche were everywhere. It really looked no different from the end of the world.

The most terrifying thing was that within the evil aura, there were countless demonic creatures that had lost their minds and rushed out, roaring and pouncing on the people.

The people could only scream in fear, flee, and even cry bitterly, turning the fortress city into a purgatory.

It was a disaster.

It was a nightmare.

Those who witnessed this scene would never forget what happened on this day for the rest of their lives. This day would even be recorded in history.

The horrifying scene caused the knights guarding the city gates to lose their composure. In the end, they could not suppress the fear in their hearts and chose to flee.

Thanks to this, the people who had gathered at the city gates and were clamoring to leave the city rushed out without saying a word, causing the densely packed crowds of people to swarm out of Kosmos's city gates like ants rushing out of their burrows. It was a rather spectacular sight.

They were unfortunate.

But at the same time, they were also fortunate.

Although the evil aura and the avalanche were still chasing after them, attempting to devour the world outside Kosmos, at this critical moment, beams of light suddenly rose from every corner of Kosmos, straight into the clouds, and turned into a huge transparent barrier that enveloped the whole of Kosmos.

"What's that?"

Lésia, who was still watching from the top of the building, revealed a surprised expression when she saw the barrier above Kosmos.

"What a powerful demonic force …"

Anima murmured.

At this moment, a ripple-like halo of light was protecting the girls, preventing them from being touched by the surging demonic aura and falling into madness.

The halo was black and white. The black one was caused by Ai Yi, and the white one was naturally caused by Anima.

Just as the evil aura surged over, the two waved their hands at the same time, summoning the black and white halos to block the evil aura outside.

Therefore, they were able to clearly see what was happening in Kosmos.

Now, under the effect of the huge transparent barrier, the surging Demonic Qi in Kosmos' body was blocked, preventing it from rushing out of the fortress city.

It was the same for the evil aura and evil creatures. Originally, they should have rushed out of the city and spread out on the ground to create a real disaster, but they were blocked by the barrier.

Just as they were about to be caught up by the evil aura and evil creatures and were about to meet with misfortune, the innocent citizens in Kosmos suddenly disappeared.

They were transferred outside the city, or rather, they were transferred outside the barrier. They looked at the rampaging evil aura and evil creatures inside the barrier in bewilderment, their faces filled with lingering fear.

Ai Yi looked at all of this and understood something.

"This is that guy's doing, right?"

Ai Yi looked at La Xia.

"Yes."

La Xia was the only one who was not surprised by this scene.

This was because she knew very well why such a thing had happened.

"After learning about the evil goddess Lilith from Miss Elise, Mister Shien made preparations for this moment."

Hua Xia told him the reason behind it.

Ever since he learned of the seriousness of the matter and made the decision to simply destroy the seal if he had no other choice, Shien had prepared this backup plan in order to prevent Kosmos from taking the blame.

"In the past few days, Mister Shien has actually been asking me to bring him to various corners of Kosmos and set up magical properties there."

La Xia explained expressionlessly.

"The effects of those properties are all different, but generally speaking, when they are activated, they will directly form an independent barrier that can isolate the entire Kosmos and expel the individuals within the barrier."

This was not an easy thing to do.

However, Kosmos had always been randomly shifting because of the appearance of the Darkness Shrine, and there was an independent space where the Seal Shrine was hidden in the Fortress City. Hence, if he could make use of the environment and the conditions that had already been formed, and use magic to reconstruct the Seal Shrine, he would be able to achieve that easily.

For this reason, Shien squandered his mana wantonly and exerted his massive and almost endless mana to the extreme to set up such a large-scale barrier.

In this way, even with the power of the evil goddess Lilith or the powerful ancient creatures, it would not be easy for them to break through the barrier and escape.

"We can continue to stay here now because the mana of the two of you is not much weaker than Mister Shien. When the two of you cast the protection, the barrier cannot expel us unilaterally."

La Xia said.

"By the same logic, as the creator of the barrier, Mister Shien, who has mana no less than that of the barrier, and Goddess Lilith, who has broken out of the seal, are probably still in the shrine and have not been expelled by the barrier."

In other words, now, Shien was facing the evil goddess Lilith alone.

In the entire Kosmos Kingdom, there were only four bystanders left.

No, not four.

"There seems to be one more person who unexpectedly stayed behind." Ai Yi seemed to have seen something. While looking in the direction of the shrine, she said to Anima, "It seems that it's because your mana is protecting that little girl, so she hasn't been expelled by the barrier, right?"

"… That should be the case." Anima sighed, and said, "I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse for her."

Anima's words did not affect Ai Yi much.

As if she was not interested in the girl at all, Ai Yi continued to look at the shrine, causing La Xia to fall silent.

Naturally, Lésia felt the same way.

However, looking at the huge barrier that enveloped the entire Kosmos, and thinking of the once slightly inexperienced Hero, Lésia had mixed feelings.

"Has he already grown to the point where he can even build such a large-scale magical barrier?"

She still remembered that when she was still secretly observing Shien, Shien was just preparing to learn new magic, and could only rely on his massive mana to cast elementary elemental spells that had been forcibly enhanced in power to fight against enemies.

It had only been a few months, yet this newbie mage had already attained such a level of attainment in magic. Laxia couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

La Xia seemed to have sensed her master's thoughts.

"This is Mr. Shien."

For some reason, La Xia said this to Lésia.

"La Xia?"

Lésia was stunned, and looked at La Xia in surprise.

However, La Xia did not seem to be paying attention to Lésia anymore, and also looked in the direction of the shrine.

There, an earth-shattering collision was just about to begin.

…

"Boom!"

The storm-like Demonic Qi swept out in all directions like a dark explosion, ravaging everything in its path.

The shrine had already collapsed.

All the demonic beings were blown away by the demonic aura, and disappeared without a trace.

The Goddess with twelve black wings on her back floated in mid-air, like the center of a pitch-black storm, like the core of a whirlpool in hell, constantly releasing a shocking demonic aura.

This was no longer the demonic aura that was left over from thousands of years ago, but the true power of the Evil God, the endless demonic poison that could cause all living beings in the world to go mad, fall, and turn into madness. It was the deepest darkness, the most fundamental chaos.

There was no life that could remain rational under this demonic poison.

A will that could resist the demonic aura was also not something that an individual could possess.

It was not a sin that humans could bear, and even gods and demons would fall for it. It was extremely terrifying.

Under such circumstances, in the midst of the demonic storm, there was actually a figure carrying a young girl, and while resisting the storm-like demonic aura, he exclaimed in astonishment.

"Why are you not expelled by the barrier?"

Shien hugged Elise, and his expression was not very good.

"Gurgle …! Ah …! "

Elise seemed to be moaning in pain, her face twisted, and a hint of madness flashed in her eyes from time to time. This told Shien that she had been eroded by the power of the Evil God Lilith.

If not for the power of the Goddess of Life still working in her body, Elise would have lost her rationality and become a demonic being.

Only Shien was unscathed in the storm of demonic aura, and he was not affected in the slightest.

However, Shien did not feel very good now either.

"Boom!"

The demonic storm was still raging, and its power was very shocking. Shien, who was carrying Elise, did not know how many times he was sent flying, and like a cannonball, he crashed into the outer wall of a building.

For a moment, rubble and debris flew everywhere, and smoke and dust also rose, causing Shien to be directly smashed into the interior of the building.

The power of the Evil God Lilith did not work on Shien, but it could still cause physical phenomena like this, affecting Shien.

Of course, Shien was not injured.

"Boom!"

With an explosion, Shien punched away the stones and debris that covered him, and with Elise in his arms, he jumped out.

"Damn it!"

Shien spat out a mouthful of saliva that was stained with dust, and he put Elise on the ground.

"Hey, Holy Maiden, work hard and hold on. If there is a way, then leave this place as soon as possible."

Shien could only shout at Elise.

"What … what are you going to do?"

Elise could not help but grab Shien, and she spoke with some difficulty.

Shien replied with one sentence.

"I'm going to stop her."