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Chapter 229: The Battle between Zeed and Leticia
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Hey.

Hey.

In the lightless corridor, there was a regular sound of footsteps, accompanied by a dim light clinging to the walls of the corridor.

Every brick and stone that Ximu stepped on recorded the passage of tens of thousands of years of history. The murals on both sides recorded the original story, how humans met the omniscient god, what great blessings the omniscient god bestowed on them, and the myth of obtaining almost eternal peace of mind.

The murals moved backwards as the footsteps progressed until the last one depicted humans, elves, dwarves, gods, and giants struggling in flames.

Those are the living beings struggling under the flames of ash.

"Would the original chosen ones have anticipated my arrival and burning them all?" Ximu asked the long knife in his hand as he buried it into the opened ancient stone door.

The Segment Demon did not answer after hearing this, even though he had the ability to communicate with Akhtar after being held in his hand. However, when he thought that he was cursed because the All-Knowing Saint wanted to give Akhtar a gift, he felt bad and lost interest in talking.

Ximu didn't care. After passing through the stone gate, he saw a strange scene. In the middle of the hollow were rows of drooping tree roots, which were bent into a ball at the end. The ball wrapped around many fair-skinned humans, who were unconsciously immersed in dreams.

These were the original elect.

"Are these also considered God's chosen people?" The Slicing Demon took the initiative to speak, his eyes moving around the position of his blade, staring at the original chosen people wrapped in tree roots.

He had anticipated the so-called initial voters, but he had never imagined that the so-called initial voters would be like this.

Wrapped in tree roots, providing nutrients necessary for life.

"Akhtar, are you really going to burn them all?" He rolled his eyes and looked at the man who had transformed into the Lord of Ashes.

"That woman wants you to spare their lives, right?"

"Hope doesn't mean I have to agree." Ximu's ruby-like eyes were emotionless. "I need to use their lives in exchange for a vital piece of information."

He grinned maliciously, with flames spilling out from between his teeth, and then he exhaled hot dragon breath, directly igniting all the drooping tree roots in the huge cavity.

It's really weak.

The Demon of Severance stared at the Original Chosen Ones who began to struggle in the flames of ash, and watched helplessly as the Original Chosen Ones who had received endless blessings turned into ashes in the flames.

This group of original voters hiding in the shelter of tree roots are very powerful. If they can exert their due strength and resist the burning of the ash flames a little, there will be no problem in finding a chance to escape.

But after leaving the shelter, they were as helpless as a baby who had just learned to walk, and were burned to ashes in the blazing flames.

And right now.

An extremely fat man broke away from the tree roots. His eyes widened the moment his body touched the flames. Then a golden light burst out from his body. He resisted the flames of ash and looked around nervously.

Beelzebub.

This is a man who intends to eat the Tree of Omniscience. Although he has never succeeded, the endless appetite hidden in his heart makes him more concerned about improving his own strength, so he can react quickly.

"What happened? Is it Ragnarok now?" His pupils reflected the flames as he thought of the prophecy given by the omniscient god.

Could it be possible that he would sleep until the end of the world?

Before he could figure out the situation, he found a man wearing silver armor standing at the exit, holding a long sword with eyes.

The man was unharmed in the flames.

"Hey, how are you safe..." Before he could finish his words, the space was suddenly split in two. A line of blood spurted out from Beelzebub's forehead to his crotch, and his body fell into the raging sea of ​​fire and turned into a ball of ashes.

"Don't the original voters have any sense of crisis?" The Slicing Demon who transformed into a knife showed a speechless look. It seemed that this group of original voters had no concept of "danger". When they met a strange man like Akhtar, even if they didn't run away, they should be alert to the possibility of sneak attacks at any time. But they didn't have this intention at all.

"It will be easier to deal with them this way." Ximu casually swung the long sword in his hand and directly killed the original chosen ones who occasionally resisted the Flame of Ashes.

This group of initial voters were actually quite strong, and their physical hardware was even better than that of dragons. However, they had lived without any crises for tens of thousands of years, so the concept of danger was basically unavailable to them.

Therefore, the best way to deal with this group of initial voters is to use a large-scale attack to kill them before they can react.

Otherwise, if you give them some time, they will become more difficult to kill.

"It's easier to handle this way?" The Slicing Demon who turned into a knife asked, "Now are you Akhtar or the Lord of Ashes?"

Ximu did not answer. He swung the long sword and the space in his field of vision was suddenly split into two halves. A barely surviving original elect was cut in half in an instant.

The Slicing Demon who transformed into a knife did not continue to ask questions when he saw this. If someone else used him, he would have to resist, or directly control his user. However, the man who used him was the legendary Lord of Ashes.

Then he can only serve as a weapon obediently.

Shortly after.

The blazing flames turned everyone in the cave into ashes, and the drooping tree roots had all turned into charcoal.

Ximu turned and left indifferently.

"Speaking of which, there is something I'm curious about." The Slicing Demon, who had transformed into a knife, glanced at the hole burning with the flame of ash. "With your ability, you should be able to save the Omniscient Saint, right?"

He asked so.

"Use my power to separate the Omniscient Saint from the Omniscient Tree."

"Do you think you have the ability to reach the divided world?" Ximu asked back, making the divided demon silent.

Unless he reaches the level of omnipotence, no... unless he reaches the level of the Lord of Ashes, it is impossible for him to elevate his ability to divide to the level of dividing the world.

This has nothing to do with how strong Akhtar is. It is because his own qualities do not support the division of the world. The Tree of Omniscience, which is everywhere, has an existence scale equivalent to the world.

"Don't be too confident in your abilities." Ximu Wuqing added, "There are many people in this world who have stronger abilities than you, but they all seem very... insignificant before reaching the Tree of All-Knowledge, which is equal to the world in size."

In fact, let alone splitting the Tree of Omniscience, it is very difficult to use the ability to split the devil to deal with omnipotent-level strongmen. As long as you reach the realm of omnipotence, even instinct can resist the influence of splitting.

As for the scale of the Tree of Omniscience, even if the Demon of Division continuously uses the division ability, it is impossible to divide the Tree of Omniscience to the same scale as the world.

This is like someone swinging a knife at the sea. It can indeed cause a certain amount of damage, but it has no effect on the vast ocean.

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This world.

Castle in the sky. Leticia opened the window and looked at the burning tree reflected in the sky with her emerald eyes. The dazzling fire was directly reflected in the whole world.

What on earth is happening in this world?

"Are you the girlfriend of the Lord of Ashes?" A doubtful voice suddenly came, making Leticia look vigilantly, only to see a petite girl sitting in mid-air, raising her hand to greet her.

"The God of Thieves."

"..." Leticia was stunned for a moment, then she regained her demeanor as a queen and asked the God of Thieves, "You may have misunderstood..."

"There is no misunderstanding." The God of Thieves interrupted with a wave of his hand, "The current Lord of Ashes is Akhtar. After you lent the Sword of Light to Akhtar, he embarked on the destiny of becoming the Lord of Ashes."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Leticia seemed to doubt whether she had heard it wrong. She had no way of connecting the Lord of Ashes with Akhtar. There was no way that man could be the Lord of Ashes.

She has absolute confidence in this.

"The one who burned the tree was Akhtar." The God of Thieves pointed to the sky. "It's no use trying to deny it."

She stared at Leticia and spoke.

"Human, are you not going to take responsibility?"

"Wait!" A panicked voice was heard, and Zed hurried over and stood beside Leticia.

She waved her hands in panic.

"The boss is a good man. He would never burn trees."

“It’s no surprise that his thoughts changed after being infected by the Ash Flame.” The God of Thieves retorted calmly, “Leticia, you should make up for your mistakes.”

"Even if the boss becomes the Lord of Ashes," Zed summoned up his courage and dragged Leticia behind him, "Sister Leticia can't make up for it!"

The God of Thieves looked at his finger nonchalantly: "Akhtar still retains his humanity. As Akhtar's girlfriend, I can still use her to my advantage."

Now the situation has reached the point where any means are unscrupulous. In order to gain a slight chance, the gods are willing to do anything.

It may not be possible to win by frontal combat.

Then they can only use some more despicable means, such as taking advantage of people who have a good relationship with Akhtar to influence Akhtar himself.

"Letitia, don't you want to see Akhtar one last time?" Her words were full of temptation. "That man's humanity is almost burned out. If you don't meet him now, you might meet the Lord of Pure Ashes in the future."

Her figure disappeared from the spot.

"If you want to make amends, come find me in the square."

"How is this possible?" Zedd grabbed Leticia's wrist, "It's impossible for the boss to turn into the Lord of Ashes, Sister Leticia, you have to believe in the boss."

Letitia sighed, her emerald eyes reflecting Zedd's appearance, and asked, "Sleipnir has been to the Sky City, right?"

Zed turned his head away.

"Given Aslaqi's ability to talk, she must have learned a lot about Akhtar from Sleipnir." Leticia said calmly, "You often go to see Aslaqi, so you must have learned a lot of information, right?"

Zed turned his head away, not looking for an answer.

She did know some information through Sleipnir, such as Akhtar wanted to kill the fire giant, that Akhtar was the only demon in history who possessed the Ash Flame, and that the legendary omniscient saint wanted Akhtar to... burn trees.

This kind of secret information that ordinary people could never know was spoken from Sleipnir under the guidance of Aslaqi's mature words.

"Is that true?" Through Zeed's reaction, Leticia confirmed that there was some truth in the words of the God of Thieves.

"It's fake." Zedd retorted, "And even if the boss became the Lord of Ashes, it was the result of fate."

She grabbed Leticia's shoulders.

“This has nothing to do with Sister Leticia. Even if the boss hadn’t been infected with the Ash Flame because of you, there would have been…” Before she could finish her words, she saw Leticia’s face suddenly turn pale, and she immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing.

If Akhtar became the legendary Lord of Ashes, then the initial trigger must be Letitia. If she had not given the Sword of Light to Akhtar, the fire giant Surtur would not have been unsealed. If it had not been for helping Letitia to retake the Kingdom of Iris, Akhtar would not have been infected with the Flame of Ashes.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

Leticia's delicate face was pale and bloodless. She obviously realized why the God of Thieves said that she was the cause of the birth of the Lord of Ashes and asked her to make up for her mistake. If Akhtar became the Lord of Ashes, it was because it helped her take back the Iris Kingdom.

Then she really had an inextricable connection.

"I'm sorry, Sister Leticia." Seeing this reaction, Zed took out a dagger from under her skirt and stabbed it into Leticia's thigh.

However, Leticia grabbed his wrist in advance.

"Zed, what are you going to do?"

"I promised the boss." Zed loosened his grip on the dagger, and at the moment the dagger fell, he held it with his other hand and stabbed it into Leticia's shoulder.

Leticia quickly took a step back, and the dagger grazed her chest.

"If the boss becomes a Shura one day, I will risk my life to stop you, Sister Leticia, from seeing the boss." Jed challenged the dagger-holding posture and took an attacking stance. When she parted with Akhtar in the underground kingdom, she promised that if Akhtar became a Shura one day, she would definitely stop Leticia from looking for Akhtar. Now is the time for her to fulfill her original promise.

"Zed, do you know what you are doing?" Leticia's eyes became stern. Normally, Zed would immediately become timid when facing this look from her.

But this time it was different.

Zed did not waver at all, instead he showed the sharpness and decisiveness of a mercenary without any hesitation.

"Sister Leticia, have you forgotten that I'm a mercenary?" She took the initiative to attack, and the dagger turned with her wrist and stabbed at Leticia's limbs.

"The most important thing for a mercenary is to complete the commissioned mission!"

"Zed, you are no longer a mercenary." Leticia dodged the incoming dagger, but Zed did not waver at all, and there was no hesitation in the dagger in his hand.

In order to fulfill his promise to Akhtar, Zeed would not hesitate at all, even if it meant destroying Leticia's ability to move.

Although she should support Leticia in the interests of justice, she was just a mercenary, not a well-educated noble lady, and did not understand the so-called justice and benevolence.

Commitment is the most important thing to her.

(End of this chapter)