Chapter 1276 - 575: Trial

Chapter 1276: Chapter 575: Trial

When the other party uttered those words that seemed like a test or a joke, Julia was thrown into tension.

She never thought the two people blocking her way were mad.

Not to mention the Heroic Spirit Warriors less than Legendary rank, even their aura made Julia wary.

At the moment they spoke, she had already made all preparations, deploying all her Spiritual Protection.

Julia indeed blocked it, but the others weren’t so lucky.

Buzz—

Two invisible and similar in nature, yet utterly different, spiritual storms instantly swept through the front row of the Heroic Spirit Legion!

"Absurd!"

Julia’s Soul Fire burned fiercely, the dark red glow on half of her skeletal face surged, and a willpower as tenacious as cold iron resisted the dual oppression firmly.

She was the legion’s deputy; her will, honed through millennia of waiting and despair, was already indomitable.

"We are the blades of the Divine, how could we bow to the desecrators like you! Warriors, hold your ground..."

Her roar abruptly stopped.

Thud!

The sound behind her was like the most venomous Curse, causing Julia’s expression to change drastically.

Of course, she knew what that sound was.

Thud! Thud!

Followed by the second, third sound... like knocked-over dominoes, one after another!

"No!"

Julia turned sharply, the scene before her made the emotions drain from her half-normal face, while the skeletal half twisted in extreme anger.

The legion’s members were not weak.

Their loyalty had been tested by the millennium, impossible to surrender without a fight.

She was utterly sure of this.

But now those kneeling were not just one or two "deserters"... but nearly sixty percent of the warriors!

That was over a hundred warriors in Heavy Armor, who had vowed to fight for the glory of the Divine Kingdom till the last moment!

Now, they were kneeling helplessly on the ground as if their bones had been removed!

Thunk thunk thunk...

Their heads hung low, weapons dropped beside them, making clanking sounds.

What’s most terrifying for Julia was their previously pure and steadfast Soul Fire was now violently distorting, changing color!

Part of it was tainted with a demonic anomaly purple, as if bound by a Demon’s pact.

Another part was drenched in ominous crimson, as if defiled by a vampire’s embrace!

"Aura! Rex! Hanna!"

Julia hoarsely called out the names of those kneeling Heroic Spirits who were about to be removed, her voice trembling with anger and disbelief.

"Stand up! Don’t kneel!"

"Where are your glory? Your faith? Our master still watches over you!"

Her roar of anger was sorrowful: "You are our master’s warriors! Don’t be defeated by them!"

However, only silence responded to her.

Those kneeling spirits were unresponsive to her cries, as if their souls had been stripped away, leaving only empty shells.

They were no longer comrades, but puppets forcibly controlled by the enemy.

"No!!!"

Julia let out a piercing soul cry, containing not just anger but the panic of a shaken foundation of faith.

"What are you doing!!?"

"How dare you defile the warriors’ glory like this!"

Kreti admired the kneeling spirits, covering her mouth with a light laugh, her voice carrying a tantalizing joy: "Defile? No, this is just the direct collision of wills, how could it be defilement?"

"They knelt only because their hearts weren’t as steadfast as they imagined."

"The weak will submit to the strong, will flatter even stronger ones, they cannot blame themselves, nor can they blame me."

And Eliza was even more blunt, her crimson eyes full of disdain: "Can’t even withstand this level of spiritual impact and still call themselves warriors? What a waste."

Humiliation!

Unprecedented humiliation suddenly engulfed Julia!

Seeing her companions kneeling in front of the enemy, losing all dignity, caused her more pain than if she saw them die on the battlefield!

"Unforgivable!"

Rage completely devoured reason, the death resolve that arose in Julia’s heart due to her companions vanished.

She did not intend to meet her end before revenge.

Julia’s figure instantly blurred, as if merging into the light.

Shadow Jump!

This was her specialty as the legion’s top assassin, able to traverse the shadow plane at lightning speed, launching deadly assaults in the blink of an eye.

She wanted to tear apart the throats of those two arrogant women, using their souls to cleanse this disgrace!

Target, directly at the seemingly more threatening Demon!

The shadow plane was bizarre, the sights of the real world here elongated and distorted.

Julia transformed into an invisible arrow, piercing through the barriers of space, carrying the accumulated killing intent from millennia of battles, the sharp blade aiming directly at the slender white neck.

However, just as her blade was about to break through the barrier between reality and shadow, reaching the target—

An eerie sensation gripped her!

Julia’s body suddenly retreated, looking ahead in shock and uncertainty.

Not from Kreti in front but from... her own shadow!

"Hey, what are you doing?"

In the next moment, in her own shadow, a deeper, more concentrated darkness rippled like water waves.

Besides Julia, another figure entered the shadow plane.

Eliza’s figure, just like that, supporting an umbrella, elegantly and calmly "floated" out from within.