"How many demons have we killed?"

"I don’t know, over a hundred, I guess."

"That’s a lot."

The one-sided slaughter continued.

However, compared to the beginning, there were significantly fewer now.

Encore took out five bottles of potions, handing one to each person.

"These are magic power recovery potions. Although they can’t instantly restore full power, they can recover seventy to eighty percent. Although for everyone’s magic power concentration, it can only restore about ten to twenty percent, it should be enough for us to clear the remaining demons."

Little Encore spoke earnestly, the sight of it made one want to pat her head.

Hilia accepted the potion from Encore and glanced at Rose who mimicked patting Encore’s head in the void, secretly pursing her lips.

What’s so great about being cute?

Even though Hilia was unwilling to accept it, she admitted she was slightly inferior to Encore in terms of cuteness.

However, when it came to overall looks, Hilia was definitely the most beautiful among the Holy Daughters!

Drinking the potion from Encore, Hilia once again threw herself into the task of clearing the demons.

By this time, the afternoon had arrived.

Clearing over a hundred demons wasn’t easy.

Fortunately, these demons were quite "well-behaved", never rushing in all at once. They always attacked in small numbers, while the majority waited for the right moment, like a pack of hyenas, circling without attacking.

The difference was that these demons had no concept of life and death. Bolstered by their numbers, they didn’t know how to flee; they only knew to relentlessly attack.

Even when their numbers dwindled, they didn’t think of escaping. They continued lying in wait, then attacking.

This allowed Hilia and the others to use attrition warfare to clear away all the demons.

After a prolonged battle, none of the five young women were full of energy anymore. Each of their faces was filled with undeniable exhaustion.

Looking at the ten or so demons remaining, Doris took a deep breath and loudly declared, "Hang in there, victory is in sight!"

Finally, after a while, Doris slashed the last demon with her great fire sword, marking the end of this battle.

Seeing the mountain of loot, the girls all showed relieved expressions.

Hilia couldn’t help but look at Rose, and only after confirming that Rose didn’t mention any strong enemies approaching, did she fully relax.

Encore was bending over, panting heavily, wiping the sweat from her forehead, "There are just too many demons here."

Benovia turned to Doris, "Doris, in the ruins you’ve entered, were there so many demons?"

Doris shook her head, "No, I’ve never been surrounded by so many demons before, fortunately, they didn’t all attack at once, otherwise..."

Benovia understood what she was about to say.

If those demons weren’t lurking, waiting in the mountains, and instead were directed by higher-tier demons to attack all at once, they would surely have faced a grim fate.

At this moment, a humble voice came from behind, "My lords, this situation... it might have been caused by your forceful intrusion. Of course, I’m not saying breaking in is wrong, just that boldly entering might trigger a demon siege."

The five turned around and saw it was the two mercenaries that Hilia had just saved.

Their gazes were filled with awe, and when they saw the five looking over, they slightly lowered their heads, not daring to look directly, afraid of offending them.

"My name is Qiosen, and this is my friend Adonis. Thank you for saving us. Without you, we might have died by now."

"We’re so grateful, we don’t know how to repay you..."

Hilia waved her hand, "If you want to repay us, help us collect the demons’ loot, and it would be even better if you could sort it."

At these words, Qiosen’s eyes lit up, and he immediately sprang into action.

"Alright, collecting loot is what we do best!"

"Hold on."

Phil stopped them.

"I’ll purify these things first before collecting them."

Saying this, Phil took on a prayerful stance, and a white glow emerged from her body.

The white glow emanated from her, projecting onto most of the loot pile.

After a few minutes, the white glow disappeared.

"Done."

"Got it!"

The two began to take action.

Phil then looked at the others, "Protect me for a bit, our purification task isn’t completed yet."

"Alright, you focus on the purification. Need any help?" Hilia asked.

Phil smiled, "No need, Holy Word: Purification is too inefficient here; save your strength, so you can carry me out later."

The others: "???" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Phil didn’t give anyone the chance to protest, she shut her eyes and began the purification of the surroundings.

A dense holy light emerged from her as if a god had descended, engulfing everything around.

Whether Hilia and the others, the loot, coconut trees, rocks, or even the distant seawater and coconut crabs in the water, everything was enveloped in the sacred radiance.

Under the holy light, a thick fog representing pollution suddenly surged around, and then slowly faded under the glow of the holy light.

Feeling the sacred light emanating from Phil, Hilia exclaimed in surprise, "This purification skill can also strengthen us?"

Rose seemed to be bathing in the holy light as well, he laughed and said, "This Phil, she’s truly a natural enemy of the Abyss. Purification of the Holy Body, if I had drawn such a super-rare character back then, it wouldn’t have been so troublesome facing the Abyss."

As he spoke, a thought arose in Rose’s mind.

Such an amazing SSR card, it would be a shame for the Gods’ followers. Instead...

"Purification of the Holy Body?" Hilia couldn’t help but look at the glowing Phil. Seeing the demonic Qi pollution appear faintly on her body, she hesitated, "Could it be she’s using her body as a vessel, absorbing the pollution before purifying it?"

Rose said, "That’s one way to put it, but she’s not just simply absorbing the demonic Qi pollution."

Hilia now also didn’t understand.

But whether it was her, Benovia, Doris, or Encore, they could all see that as Phil purified the surrounding pollution, expelling the contamination from the beach, coconut trees, rocks, and so on, the concentration of pollution emanating from her body also increased correspondingly.

When everything ended and the sacred glow disappeared, Hilia clearly saw that Phil’s complexion was even paler.

It was whiter than after being dead for three days.

She couldn’t help but say, "Phil, is your body really okay?"

Phil used her magic staff to support herself, slightly bending over and breathing heavily, "No, no problem."

After saying this, she tried to stand, but suddenly blacked out and fell forward, caught by the quick-handed Hilia.

Looking at Hilia, Phil smiled helplessly, "The magic puppet has already set the return program. I... can only rely on you."

"You..."

Hilia hesitated but finally sighed.

Benovia stepped forward to help support Phil.

Doris and Encore also came over. Doris checked her condition carefully and said, "Probably can’t walk anymore. Hmph, such a hassle, but since I’m the team leader, let me carry her out."

"You?" Hilia scrutinized Doris, knowing Doris’ condition wasn’t much better than Phil’s.

After long battles, her face was also pale as paper, and her steps were unsteady.

Meeting Hilia’s skeptical gaze, she snapped, "Who do you think you’re looking down on?"

Saying so, she attempted to lift Phil onto her back, but her legs gave way, nearly causing Phil to fall.

Hilia shook her head, catching Phil and placing her on her own back.

"Let me handle it."

Nearby, the two mercenaries collecting loot exchanged glances, but in the end, they didn’t dare offer to carry her.