Chapter 158
Why is it still tails?!
In the instant that Shaer regained consciousness, this was the only thought that flashed through her mind.
Once misfortune strikes, it strikes twice; she had rolled tails not once, but twice in a row, resulting in a super double. It was enough to make Shaer want to laugh in frustration.
As if that wasn’t enough, at that moment, her figure began to flicker uncontrollably.
The side effect, **[Time Distortion]**, had activated.
The "Judicator" was already Shaer's strongest combat power, and with the side effect kicking in, no matter which save file she switched to, it was impossible to reverse this deadly situation.
Xiu took a small step back, still shocked that two rounds of concentrated fire couldn’t take down Shaer, and began to grow suspicious of the changes happening to her.
If she managed to react and launched another round of concentrated fire, Shaer would be finished.
During the hour of **[Time Distortion]**, she couldn’t use **[Echo of Time]** again!
Shaer had no cards left to play.
I’m going to kill you!!!
The pain she had suffered made Shaer’s eyes nearly bloodshot. She fixed her gaze on Xiu, unleashing all her murderous intent without restraint.
Just give her one chance, and she would definitely tear Xiu apart.
But in the next moment, the figure of "Judicator" Shaer twisted in an instant.
The court of judgment that had adorned her vanished, replaced by an expensive dress emblazoned with the Russell family crest, and a silver half-mask that had somehow covered her face, the mask inscribed with bloodied **[Pages of the Otherworld]**.
"Hehe."
A sudden smile broke across Shaer’s face, starkly contrasting with her earlier fury.
"Xiu, it’s just this thing playing tricks."
A flash of silver light appeared as the **[Sadana Mark]** was pinched between her fingers. She casually flicked it toward Xiu, who unexpectedly stumbled back several steps.
"I’ve never been a member of the Holy Ascendancy... Look at me again, how much do I resemble a cultist?"
In Shaer’s pupils, a pink halo began to expand outward in circles, and within her irises, pink tendrils writhed like worms, as if they were trying to burst forth from her eyes.
Xiu was horrified, staring at the girl before her, her mind ringing with a deafening spiritual alarm.
It’s the Otherworld, the aura of that realm!
She couldn’t help but follow the girl’s words and look down, spotting the emblem on the ground.
This is... the bishop’s emblem of the Holy Ascendancy.
She wasn’t lying... After dropping the emblem, she truly didn’t carry the aura of a cultist anymore...
She... really isn’t a cultist?
In that moment, doubt crept into Xiu’s heart regarding her own judgment.
"I’ve said it before, but I don’t mind repeating myself..."
Shaer clasped her hands behind her back and slowly stepped forward, placing her right foot on the pool of her own blood left after the light arrows dissipated. She traced a circle in the blood-soaked gravel with her toes, then stepped into it.
"You and Yulisi both invited me to become..."
Shaer lifted her left foot, stepping forward again, lightly tracing another circle, smiling as she said, "What was it? Right, inviting me to become a saint in the church."
Xiu took a step back, her heart racing.
She... wasn’t lying?
How could that be?!
This was clearly a lie! She had never met her! Yulisi had never reported this to her!
This was a blatant lie!
"You must be thinking this is fake, right?"
Shaer pressed closer, chuckling as she asked, "Because all of this happened in a dream, and in that dream, I’ve met you more than once."
"By the way, according to Yulisi, what was it called again?"
"The Oracle of Dreams?"
"But I don’t believe it; joining the church means losing freedom... That’s why I’ve never interacted with you in reality."
No lies, no lies, no lies! The red-haired girl’s relentless advance made Xiu retreat again and again.
She was just a girl who couldn’t even sense the extraordinary aura, appearing like an ordinary person at this moment, yet she brought an unprecedented sense of pressure to Xiu.
Now, she even began to doubt her own judgment, desperately searching for contradictions in the girl’s words, trying to prove that everything she said was false.
The exaggerated seals, the girl who couldn’t be killed, the unheard-of resurrection, the aura of the Otherworld... everything was assaulting Xiu’s mind, and combined with the girl’s relentless approach and her unceasingly provocative words, even normal thought became difficult for Xiu.
The girl’s relaxed demeanor and her graceful, stage-like steps almost made Xiu feel like she was the one in control, while the girl before her was the one at a disadvantage.
Suddenly, the girl stopped, a hint of disappointment in her voice as she said, "You still don’t want to believe me?"
"I want to believe you."
Xiu took a deep breath, finally realizing that she was the one in control.
The girl before her was merely putting on a show.
"On the condition that you must come back to the church with me,"
Xiu fixed her gaze on the girl’s smile and said, "Only then can they determine whether what you say is true or false."
Her own emblem and letter, the bishop’s emblem of the Holy Ascendancy, the numerous seals, the bizarre methods of immortality and resurrection, and the shocking words...
The girl before her had too many secrets... No matter what, she had to bring her back to the church.
"I’m willing."
Shaer smiled, a flash of silver light appearing as the **[Deadly Blood Rose]** vanished from her feet, and in the next moment, silver light flickered into her right hand.
"But they probably won’t agree."
Shaer’s left hand slammed against the wall to her left, and her right hand swung up the blood rose!
What effect would this have?!
Several white shadows darted in front of Xiu. Even though she was now at the third tier, after witnessing the terrifying abilities of the girl before her, she dared not underestimate any of the seals she used.
As Xiu fully assumed a defensive stance, in the reflection of her pupils, the girl raised her gun, directly slicing toward her left hand with the blade at the tip.
Four fingers were severed at the root, blood streaming down the moss-covered wall.
Those four fingers seemed to be drawn by some force, rolling down behind the girl.
Rolling down behind the girl, they landed on a twisted blood array formed from blood and gravel, manipulated by the tips of her shoes.
On the already established framework, the blood array quickly coalesced, and the girl’s four fingers were rapidly drained of blood.
The writhing blood threads formed a twisted blood-red vortex behind the girl.
The girl smiled at Xiu, her back to the blood-red vortex, slowly raising her left hand to her face.
The four severed fingers bled profusely, paired with her intact thumb, making it look like she was giving a thumbs-up.
Shaer’s thumb slowly turned inward, the originally upright thumb now pointing downward, and the carefree smile on her face gradually morphed into mockery: "It hurts a bit... I think I’ll give you a bad review."
This was "Inciter" Shaer, able to crack jokes even in such a situation.
"Ugh... I really don’t want it to be like this... Xiao Zuo! Hurry and take me away!"
The terrifying aura emanating from the blood-red vortex made Xiu’s scalp tingle. She quickly raised her hand, controlling all the white shadows, using nearly all her strength to draw back a full bow once more.
Determined not to give any chance for a response, Xiu made her decision—she would bring back a corpse, or at least some pieces of it.
But just as her hand was about to swing down, a pale hand with bulging, tumor-like eyes suddenly emerged from the blood-red vortex, covering Shaer’s mouth.
Shaer: "Mmm? Mmm?!"
With her mouth covered, Shaer looked utterly confused.
What? There’s misfortune here too?
How unfair?!
What’s going on? Didn’t I tell Xiao Zuo to take me away? Four Xiao Zuos dragging me shouldn’t be too difficult, right?
Several hands emerged from the blood-red vortex, grabbing Shaer’s arms and legs, and even a slightly larger hand grasped her slender waist, pulling her toward the vortex.
A few smaller, spider-like hands quickly picked up the pocket watch that had fallen to the ground, the **Sadana Mark** diving into the blood-red vortex, even the bishop’s emblem and letter that Xiu had been holding were snatched away in an instant.
At that moment, Xiu’s raised hand was just about to fall, unleashing a barrage of arrows.
The light arrows shot toward Shaer at an unimaginable speed, but at that moment, Shaer was already struggling, completely dragged into the blood-red vortex.
Countless white light arrows densely pierced the blood array on the ground.
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