Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 477 - 267: Love God’s Dark Side, Spy vs Spy, Prelude to the Slaughter_2

Chapter 477: Chapter 267: Love God’s Dark Side, Spy vs Spy, Prelude to the Slaughter_2

"So that’s why, I was wondering why the Color Demon was willing to cooperate with Jianqi; it turns out the Color Demon wants more than just the authority of the Love God.

It aims to reach into the realm of the Dark Night Goddess."

With this, everything makes sense.

He had always felt that the cost the Color Demon paid to plot against the Love God was excessively high.

Even if it succeeded in implanting the concept of the Love God’s dark side and devouring it, it could barely compensate for the losses after the saint’s descent leading to death.

But if it aimed to plan against both deities simultaneously, then it was quite reasonable.

The Goddess Shire had already fallen.

In principle, other deities should be able to steal Shire’s authority.

Even the Color Demon covets the power of such a primordial goddess.

But...

It seems now, it suffered a great loss.

Louis isn’t a fool.

From the scenes constructed from Xilin’s and Rudelson’s memories, he knew that the Dark Night Goddess’s power had been dispersed to different places.

One of those places is the Shadow Country.

Perhaps due to years of worship, a significant portion of the Dark Night Goddess’s "inheritance" fell into the Shadow Country.

This part of the inheritance was eventually transferred to the Queen of Shadow Country through the residents’ shifted faith.

And as the Black Swan absorbed a part of the Queen of Shadow Country’s existence, this inheritance flowed into the Black Swan.

Another part of the inheritance is quite apparent on the Dark Night God Demon.

God Demons don’t just appear out of nowhere.

Usually, God Demons are born under two circumstances.

The first is the offspring from the union of two gods, which undergo authority distortion, ultimately growing into a God Demon.

The second is a deity’s death, giving rise to a God Demon from the body of the deceased deity.

The Dark Night God Demon is clearly not of this nature.

Because the Goddess Shire never had a divine marriage, let alone a love affair with a mortal.

A goddess symbolizing destruction only ever contemplated dragging everything into annihilation.

The greatest likelihood is that the Dark Night God Demon spawned from Shire’s corpse.

Possessing the dark night divine power, and being a God Demon.

God Demons inherently deal a critical strike and penetration against deities.

This is precisely why deities often rally followers to besiege a God Demon, rather than acting themselves.

For the Dark Night God Demon who inherited part of the Dark Night Goddess’s power, it becomes a super-critical strike against those who inherited the goddess’s power.

It’s no wonder in the previous battle at the Shadow Country, the Black Swan preferred being devoured rather than taking the initiative to fight.

With increasing intelligence, he realized that for the Black Swan, going would have been tantamount to forfeiting her life.

Then, apart from the Shadow Country and the Dark Night God Demon, were there no other places with the Dark Night Goddess’s inheritance?

The answer is, of course, there are.

And Louis suspected, the largest portion of the remaining inheritance of the Dark Night Goddess...

Should be within the Ense Empire, or rather on the Emperor himself.

It’s known that the "Dark Night Cocoon" exists within the Little Swan’s body, which is the core of resurrecting the Dark Night Goddess’s authority.

It’s known the Dark Night Goddess has greeted her ultimate death, meaning the "Dark Night Cocoon" has lost its effect.

It’s known the largest chunk of the Dark Night Goddess’s authority holds the vast shadow plane and Shadow Demon Net.

It’s known that Princess Consort Diana suffered severe trauma to bear the negative impact for the Emperor, which Xilin miraculously alleviated.

It’s known the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm, part of the shadow plane, should not be personally controlled but is swallowed ninety-nine percent by a Black Sun.

It’s known... the Emperor’s growth-time was short, his strength of the same level was incredibly strong, and he easily rose to the top of the entire continent; even the Four Gods of the Abyss are unwilling to let him fall into becoming an Evil God.

Therefore, the answer is quite obvious.

The Four Gods of the Abyss are among the most powerful existences in the entire abyss.

But there exist several special deities in this world.

Colossal powers to the extent that even the Four Gods avoid initiating conflicts.

Among the most famous are the Moon Goddess Suren and the Dark Night Goddess Shire.

"No wonder..."

Louis sighed as he continued moving towards the mist:

"In other words, once he leaves the Star Continent, the Emperor would directly ascend to godhood."

"Because he harvested the greatest fruit of the dark night?"

Louis contemplated briefly, not knowing what to jest about.

Because just moments ago, he suddenly realized, the Emperor had already gathered all the cards.

He doesn’t believe the Emperor has no attention on the Black Swan.

And now with the Dark Night God Demon slain by the Emperor.

The Ense Empire now practically holds all the inheritance of the Dark Night Goddess.

Once it all merges onto one person, it might directly evolve into a replica of the Dark Night Goddess.

"Why not simply rename the Ense Empire to the Dark Night Holy Country?"

Louis jested.

Then he felt Beatrice’s presence within the mist.

His eyes brightened, and all previous thoughts were cast aside.

The beating of dragon wings carried him in that direction.

Once inside, he saw Beatrice waving a knight’s spear, raising her hand to unleash a terrifying storm.

Louis paused for a moment.

He truly hadn’t seen his fiancée in full combat mode.

Those berserk beasts condensing remnants of the Dark Night Goddess’s power and the Love God’s dark side powers, even with weaker auras, were LV8; the stronger ones directly reached exemplar levels.

Even as he flew closer, he vaguely sensed the oppressive aura emanating from deep within the mist.

It was an existence of legendary level.

Initially, Louis intended not to fully engage, worried about attracting attention from certain entities.

Yet seeing Beatrice surrounded, all earlier thoughts vanished.

"Damn! Might as well wield the Hero’s Sword."

He raised the sword.

"World, stand still!"

In an instant, the whole world seemed to return to tranquility.

Next moment, time restarted flow.

Yet all surrounding dark-side berserk beasts seemed struck by lightning.

Their bodies twisted in agony, instantly collapsing, lifeless.

"Beatrice!"

Louis reached her side, distraught viewing her blood-stained attire:

"Are you hurt?"

Beatrice’s eyes widened at seeing Louis, then moments after, turned into joy.

She embraced him:

"You’re safe! That’s great, you’re safe!"

Her heart filled with countless emotions yet manifested into brief words once pronounced.

Only after a while did she say:

"I’m not much hurt, the blood on my clothes is others’."

"Others?" Louis frowned, "What exactly is the situation?"

Beatrice replied:

"Seems like a large pack of followers from the Love God’s dark side, noticing a placebo of dark side here, with intentions to turn the City of Art into a sacrificial site."

Louis paused.

How could it involve followers of the Love God’s dark side?

Then a slap on the forehead brought clarity.

"Damn it, Mad King, did you deliberately gather that lunatic crowd here?"

Certainly, the most perilous part of the Love God’s dark side, due to Rudelson’s, Xilin’s and the Mad King’s actions, was significantly restrained.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t an Evil God.

With dark-side followers converging in the City of Art, claiming that the Mad King wasn’t involved, he’d eat Limuru alive on the spot.

Limuru: ???

Beatrice added:

"Relax, although the Love God’s dark-siders arrived, they’re all trapped here."

"Qian encountered the demigod from the God of Love Church, who upon detecting something amiss, directly activated a demi-plane, drawing people in."

Louis paused.

A moment later, sensing some clarity, he responded in exasperation:

"What ’detecting something amiss’, those priests were waiting here specifically to feast on people’s arrival!"

"Huh?" Beatrice was perplexed by Louis’s words but soon caught the drift, "You mean the God of Love Church knew the criminals would act in the City of Art?"

Louis promptly added:

"Yes, and I can clearly tell you, it’s not the God of Love Church inserting a spy on the dark side."

Beatrice curiously remarked:

"Someone with a sudden conscience whistle-blowing?"

"No... Bea, have you heard of spy among spies?"