My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 687: Celestia’s Evolution

The surrounding area soon turned into a desolate expanse, and the divine infernal powers of the Heavenly Demon God’s awakening scarred the land beyond repair. The Heavenly Demon God Murugan was forced to emerge prematurely from his partial awakening. His avatar was slain with just one move, and his only chance for survival lay facing the foe who had cornered him.

Draped in shadow and wielding an aura of death, his adversary stood tall clad in a dark armor with a menacing helm that concealed all but glowing crimson eyes. He thought she was a death knight, the senior or predecessor. Still, she turned out the enemy, coming from the Sacred Sakura Goddess’ faction.

However, this female death knight appeared as an entity of unparalleled strength and malice, coming to extinguish his life.

He fucked up so badly for targeting the Sacred Sakura, especially the greed to take down a Goddess. And he was there, staked everything just to ensure he could shake off the pursuit and escape to safety.

Yet, unknown to him, the death knight before him was no ordinary foe. She was the Sacred Sakura Goddess he wished to take down, but she disguised herself as a devil to deliver justice without revealing her divine identity.

"You forced me! I shall bring you to deepest Hell!" The Heavenly Demon God roared. His voice shook the ground and the sky. He unleashed torrents of dark energy, a chaotic blend of destruction and corruption. The air around him shimmered with malevolent force, and the ground cracked under the weight of his wrath.

Elysia was unyielding. Each attack from the Heavenly Demon God was met with calculated precision.

Her odachi, Celestia Sword, was imbued with divine judgment. She slashed her enemy, cutting through his defenses like a hot knife through butter. She moved with an elegance that belied her fearsome appearance, unleashing follow-up devastating strikes, showing no mercy.

"You dare to challenge me to the bitter end?!" Murugan Demon God spat as his voice filled with disbelief and rage. "I am a being destined to rule, not to be slain by a lowly devil!"

Elysia responded with silence. She was there to kill the enemy as his sins granted him the death penalty.

Realizing he was outmatched, the Heavenly Demon God unleashed his ultimate technique. A sphere of annihilation, a culmination of his infernal might designed to erase everything in its path, began to manifest. The sky darkened as the demonic energy expanded, threatening to consume everything.

"Hmph!" Elysia raised her Celestia high, commanding the sky with her divine authority to summon the divine judgment, the lightning tribulations.

From Celestia’s tip erupted a cascade of dark purple sparks, glowing with ominous light. They danced through the air, merging into a massive wave of energy that clashed with the Heavenly Demon God’s ultimate attack. The two forces collided, creating a blinding explosion that tore through the battlefield.

However, the confrontation soon turned into a one-sided annihilation as the divine tribulation of lightning fell from the sky. Not just one or two, but a hundred massive divine lightning bolts rained down on the Heavenly Demon God’s body.

When the light of calamity faded, the Heavenly Demon God was kneeling on the ground. His body was battered and his energy drained. The female death knight stood unscathed and landed in front of him with an unshaken presence.

"This... this cannot be happening." Murugan mumbled in his dying state with a trembling voice. "We have no grudge, why do you go as far as to hunt me down? With this kind of power... why did you become their hunting dog?"

"..." Elysia remained in silence as she aimed her sword to kill the Heavenly Demon God. However, she remained alert in case the enemy hid some trump cards up his sleeves.

As Murugan knelt on the verge of death, the Heavenly Demon God looked up at his silent executioner. "Before I fall... I demand to know your name. Who are you... to wield such power?"

The Death Knight did not respond. She raised her blade, and with a single, swift motion, she delivered her divine judgment. The Heavenly Demon God’s form disintegrated into ash, and his essence scattered to ensure he could never return.

In his final moments, Murugan’s voice echoed faintly in the fleeting wind, filled with both despair and grievance. "Your name... tell me..."

But Elysia, in her guise as the death knight of steel, remained silent. She watched as his presence faded completely, ensuring the great evil would never re-emerge.

"You should know the answer. The one you wished to take down was a pacifist, but you harmed those she swore to protect. Be on your way if you are lucky to be granted another chance." Elysia mumbled softly, but her voice was lost in the wind.

The dimming demonic power soon returned to nature, but she absorbed the scattered demonic energy from the Heavenly Demon God into a spiraling dark orb.

’Ely...’ Ai called out, curious about what Elysia planned with that dark orb.

It had been going on for quite a while, and every time they slayed the evil, especially the great evils, Elysia asked them to gather the scattered demonic energy into the dark orb artifact.

’This is a super dimensional collapse bomb. The more demonic energy stored, the stronger the explosive power. Zera has made two fully recharged super dimensional collapse bombs recently.’ Elysia told him in case Ai didn’t remember.

’Oh, no wonder you only absorbed part of your prey, Zera.’ Ai finally understood. Zera only carried out Elysia’s order, but Zera did it secretly, and that made her misunderstand.

"Master, Celestia has consumed enough demonic flesh, blood, and corrupted power. She is about to evolve." Zera announced with a bit of excitement, curious about what would happen to the ninth of her united soul in Celestia.

It was actually the soul with the codename first, the first fragment. But since it refused to obey, she refined it as Celestia’s foundation and soul, turning it into a living weapon.

And now, it would evolve and rank up into a more useful God-tier demonic weapon.

’That’s...’ Elena wanted to say something, but she didn’t know how to say it.

Celestia soon broke free from Elysia’s grip, floating into the air, shaking violently, and soon being wrapped in a dark liquid, forming a black cocoon that emitted a dangerous purplish black miasma.

"Celestia..." Elysia mumbled softly. She put away the super dimensional collapse bomb and took a safe distance, realizing that Celestia couldn’t recognize anyone during evolution.

It might be her first experience to witness how a living weapon would evolve, but when she recalled it, Celestia was the odachi she received in her early days. It was one of the few weapons that accompanied her from the moment she started her adventure and journey in the otherworlds.

Well, Celestia was the reward she got from the magic academy, but so many things happened, and the overweight sharp odachi, after years of efforts, finally stepped into the realm of the high-rank divine weapons.

Celestia began to pulsate with an eerie crimson glow within the dark cocoon. Intense dark energy swirled around it, and with a burst of unholy light, the sword’s form began to twist and reshape. In its place stood a towering, two-meter-tall sexy figure, a devilish woman of breathtaking beauty and menacing allure. Her presence was overwhelming, a perfect blend of elegance and danger, captivating yet terrifying to behold.

Her long, flowing hair shimmered like molten obsidian, cascading down her back, while her piercing crimson eyes glowed with an inner fire. Her skin, pale as moonlight, was etched with delicate patterns of arcane markings that pulsed faintly with otherwordly demonic power.

She wore an armor-like ensemble, seamlessly blending metal, adorned with jagged edges and intricate designs reminiscent of the odachi’s original hilt and blade.

A faint, sinister aura surrounded her, exuding both menace and grace as if she were a living embodiment of the weapon’s lethal essence.

"..." Zera reverted back into her human form and stood before Celestia. This was no ordinary living weapon, it was a new force born to complement her.

However, Celestia was so tall, and she had to look up because of their thirty centimeters height difference.

"Kneel." Zera commanded.

"..." Celestia spoke no words and immediately knelt down.

"Not to me, but to our master." Zera pointed her hand at Elysia, the only worthy master for them to serve.

When Celestia knelt before Elysia, Elysia offered a hand and blessed Celestia with a blessing of the nebula, granting Celestia a new power to command the otherworldly storm. "Congratulation for your rebirth, Celestia."

"..." Celestia looked up and then kissed her master’s hand like a knight to her owner.

She couldn’t speak any words because she couldn’t speak yet, but her intention was delivered to her master through her burning gaze as she was always ready to serve as her master’s weapon to eradicate all enemies.

"I shall educate her, master. If you allow us." Zera stepped forward, bowing respectfully while glancing at her master’s shadow.

"Go ahead." Elysia gave her consent. The matter was concluded and they were much or less done with the incident here.

The Elysium members had also arrived in the vicinity to pick her up. Xentia’s spaceships were approaching from the eastern sky, complete with the Sacred Sakura’s full force and some affiliated factions following behind.

"I think... we need to put some lucrative bounties to eliminate the great evils..." Elysia sighed softly.

"That’s a great idea. We can let the others eradicate the evil seeds for us, making sure the villains are afraid to act, let alone plan a grand scheme." Elena was pleased with that, considering they had to focus on their preparation and cultivation because the Nirvana Great War was drawing near.

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