My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 703: Ancient Demonic Serpent

"Disciple Nuwa failed you, Your Holiness." Nuwa whispered, tears streaming down her face.

Miko gently touched Nuwa’s head, offering a warm, reassuring smile. "You endured with faith, and for that, you are forgiven. We stand together to vanquish the great evils, bringing the world for a better future."

After said so, Miko and her holy warriors proceeded deeper into the demonic sect’s hideout, despite knowing the entrapment that awaited them near the shore.

The land was ruined beyond repair, leaving behind a trace of destruction from the recent deadly battle between the righteous and demonic paths.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and decay. The supposedly prosperous alluvial soil area had been reduced to a barren wasteland.

She and her holy force arrived here in response to an urgent plea from one of her disciples. The emergency message for aid in the face of overwhelming evil.

However, the villain conducted a big ritual of this extent without alerting the outside world’s attention, and she wouldn’t have known about this matter so soon if Nuwa hadn’t asked for help. It was as if everything that happened on this northeast coast region was hidden even from Heaven.

"..." Miko had conducted a prediction using her grimoire, and her mama also aided her with divination. Unfortunately, the true mastermind of this incident was not there.

It was simply a trap, just like what the previously captured demoness said, the villain laid a demonic ritual formation in this region to resurrect an ancient demonic beast, waiting for more prey to enter, serving as the sacrifices.

With a single glance at the battlefield before them, it was easy to comprehend the gravity of the situation.

The fallen warriors of various factions scattered across the desolate landscape. The brave souls who carried the world’s quest to vanquish great evils. They were here to save their people, but fallen victim to the villain’s schemes and traps.

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Their bodies were drained of vitality. Knights, seasoned mercenaries, senior cultivators, and even rogue mages had all succumbed to the sinister power festering within this land.

"So many lives lost..." Miko whispered. Her voice trembled a bit with both sorrow and anger.

Despite the carnage, she could feel the faint, flickering presence of her missing disciple. He was nearby.

She found Feng Xue and the search team had already arrived at that secluded, hidden cave to rescue Bai Yuchen.

Realizing that, she heaved a sigh of relief and proceeded to the core area where the abundant malovalent energy gathered, knowing the true danger awaited them there. "Prepare yourselves. We shall venture deeper into this cursed ground."

As they advanced into the heart of the ruins on a particular cliff near the shore, they uncovered more grotesque scenes. Piles of bones drained corpses, and eerie whispers echoed through the air. A sinister energy pulsed beneath the earth, guiding them toward the center of the devastation.

They discovered the intricate ritual formation, inscribed with ancient demonic symbols pulsating with dark energy. Within its boundaries, several powerful warriors from prominent factions writhed in agony. More than twenty experts above the 7th Rank were trapped, and their life force was sucked away to fuel the resurrection of an ancient demonic beast of the sea via the demonic ritual formation.

At this moment, Miko realized they, including the fallen warriors outside, were most likely the investigation teams dispatched to unveil the mystery in this place, but they got wiped out as a result.

Towering monolithic stones surrounded the ritual circle, glowing ominously as dark tendrils of power seeped from them, channeling into the monstrous figure slowly taking shape beneath the ground.

"By the heavens..." One of the clerics gasped in shock. "They are trying to revive this monstrous demonic creature!"

Miko narrowed her eyes as her divine light flared in contempt toward the evil energy in the air. "This will end now."

"Leave this place at once..."

A faint, weak voice could be heard, so faint that it was easily carried by the wind. Alicia stepped forward to shield Miko as she could see the warning coming from the experts trapped within the demonic formation’s magic circle.

However, she then noticed a familiar face among the trapped experts.

"Holy Saint Daemyx, what are you doing in this place?" Alicia frowned, not knowing what to say. For a high-ranking figure in the Elysion Church, this saint was lack of caution. He fell into the enemy’s trap even though it hadn’t even been an hour since he carried out the investigation task with the others!

"Leave this place at once! You’ll be trapped once you step closer to this magic circle! Please tell sacred lady and high priestess, Saint Daemyx can’t make it out alive..." Daemyx snapped into throwing out his warning with the last of his strength.

His vitality and spiritual energy were drained crazily. The tremendous pressure buried him partially underground, and although he didn’t know who was coming, he didn’t want them to be trapped here like him and the other unlucky ones.

"The pressure will increase depending on who gets trapped, huh..." Miko muttered softly as she stepped closer to the core formation.

The trap couldn’t restrain or stop her regardless of the formation’s rules. Saint Daemyx stood at the 9th Rank, and he got trapped by 9th Rank pressure as he got drained in every second. However, at the moment, she was only a 0th Rank priestess, and it couldn’t put pressure on her.

"Your Grace!" Alicia gasped in shock as Miko suddenly passed her despite knowing it was a trap.

Miko gracefully moved her hand. A brilliant pulse of holy energy surged forth, shattering the outer layers of the ritual circle.

The corrupted priests overseeing the ritual in their secret hideout spat out a mouthful of blood as they received a severe backlash. They shrieked in pain as they attempted to defend their work.

Sadly, Miko was already one step ahead of them.

*Shatter!*

Miko only had to step into the demonic magic circle formation, an got shattered like fragile glass.

She went to the core item in the middle of the shattered formation and picked it up with a handkerchief. It was a black stone tablet in the shape of a snake skull with a series of demonic spells inscribed on it.

"Thank you for destroying the formation, benefactor." The almost-dried monk expressed his gratitude.

"Save it for later. The ancient demonic beast is already 70% awakened. I cut off its means of perfect revival, but it is already alive..." Miko stepped back and signaled her people to immediately bring the weakened experts to leave this place at once.

"Graaa!!!"

A deafening roar echoed across the ruins as the ritual reached its culmination of unperfect awakening. The dark energies condensed, and with a blinding flash, the ancient demonic beast... a monstrous, serpentine entity with countless crimson eyes and abyssal tendrils emerged from the depths of the formation space underneath the cliff. Its oppressive presence sent a wave of dread. The earthquake shook the land fiercely as the monstrous demonic beast tried to emerge into the outside world.

"It has awakened! Get out of here and regroup with the others now!" Miko commanded as she raised her divine staff to shield everyone.

They rushed to escape from that ritual chamber, getting away from the cliff before they got squashed by giant rock debris from the collapsed area.

"Get away from the beach at once. Retreat to the backline!" Miko sent her voice transmission with absolute command.

The ground collapsed right behind them as they flew swiftly to get away from the destroyed area. Everyone heard the Sacred Sakura Saintess’ command and immediately retreated to the backline as the wide area got ruined by the monstrous demonic beast’s awakening.

"They hid such a thing, unknown even by us..." Miko paled as the monstrous beast, the colossal ancient demonic serpent, emerged from the earth.

Its body was so massive and covered the entire coastal area with heads no smaller than sixteen hippos. However, part of its body was still rotten with its bone exposed to the air due to the unperfect awakening.

"What, what kind of monster is that?" Mingyue gulped her saliva nervously. The massive monster terrifies her a bit, but her firebird already transformed into a smaller form, cowering in fear.

’Countless sea monsters answered that ancient demonic beast’s roar. They are heading towards your location. Miko, bring everyone to escape from that area. We’ll dispatch our monster army to wipe them out.’ Elysia sent telepathy to Miko because the entire situation would be unfavorable if Miko led the entire party to fight the newly revived ancient demonic beast and countless sea monster spawns.

’But, the mastermind and the fallen...’ Miko was hesitant.

’The fallen have been buried due to that monster’s emergence. The masterminds were so good at planning their plans and hiding from the world’s laws and Heaven’s eyes, but we will find them sooner or later. ’ Elysia heaved a subtle sigh.

’...’ Miko just nodded in reply as she couldn’t help it either.

"We’ll fight! That monster must not be allowed to live or no one can imagine the consequences!" Bai Yuchen shouted out loud, grabbing his divine spear as if ready to fight again even though his body was covered in bandages like a mummy. Even his legs were trembling as if he struggled just to stay standing with barely any power left.

"All forces, heed my command. Retreat to a safe distance!" Miko raised her divine staff, but she cast no spell. She gained everyone’s attention, and it surprised some.

They thought they would fight it out with everything they had, but their sacred lady simply commanded them to retreat into safety and ignore that monstrous demonic beast. While some obeyed the order unconditionally, others were hesitant because it was against what their sacred lady once said to them about vanquishing the great evils they encountered.

Unfortunately, Miko didn’t have time to explain because the monsterous demonic beast stacked its buffs immensely from the power of sea and earth. Countless sea monstersweret summoned by its roar as well.

Since the main force already fled from the battlefield, those who were hesitant couldn’t remain as well because they were absolutely sure their sacred lady had something else planned.

Sure enough, a massive spatial portal emerged out of thin air, revealing many fierce gazes of calamity monsters hidden in the other space.

"Roar!" Gio, the mountain-sized immortal earth dragon, became the first to step onto the battlefield. He roared intimidatingly, warning all the beasts of his arrival.

"Shaa!" The ancient demonic serpent hissed in reply, threatening the newly arrived earth dragon.

More and more calamity beasts emerged out of the portal. Some of them went straight into the sea to face the countless sea monsters. The ancient demonic serpent was surrounded, but it stared in contempt at the surrounding calamity beasts because its body was still the largest and it believed nothing could rival its power.