The villainous prince who bullied Feng Aotian was actually myself.

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With time running out, Kassalin turned and fled.

However, her body merged into the moonlight, and she directly performed a spatial jump.

But after the jump, she found herself in an unfamiliar place.

The space here was cramped, with brick walls of unknown thickness and material on all four sides. It felt as if I were trapped inside a cube.

But it doesn't matter that I got caught.

However, Kassalin also saw Philippa in this space.

"Kasaling, it seems we can't escape."

Standing at the edge of the wall, Philippa, who was looking up at it, turned to look at Kassalin and smiled wryly.

Chapter Twenty-Two: The War of the Gods (Part One)

The Church of Thorns.

The divine kingdom where Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires, lies dormant.

This is the first time since Lilith reached the Mythical level that someone else has forcibly entered this place without her permission.

King Hoyle I pulled out the bone sword that was stuck in the vampire queen's abdomen and shoved her aside.

The vampire queen collapsed to the ground, trembling for a moment before losing all life.

King Hoyle I was covered in black fur, with a sinister eye on his forehead and two other pairs of eyes that looked as if they were stained with blood, a deep crimson. Twelve enormous black wings emerged from his spine.

By this time, Hoyle I had long since lost his human form. He looked like an evil god from the deepest hell.

With a twisted, maniacal smile on his face, he walked step by step toward the coffin at the very top of the church, where Lilith herself lay in slumber.

He hadn't taken more than a few steps when he felt a powerful resistance, which made his movement toward the coffin difficult for a short time.

Then, the coffin, which had been sealed for countless years, was opened.

The coffin lid fell to the ground with a dull thud, like a heavy object hitting the floor. The coffin looked like it was made of wood, but the solid sound made it seem more like stone.

A woman sat up from the coffin. She was wearing a long, dark purple dress, adorned with various beautiful, sparkling gems that she couldn't name and that looked extremely precious.

The moment the woman sat up, she flashed and stood beside the coffin.

Her black hair was styled in an exquisite way with jeweled hairpins and other accessories. Her figure was extremely charming, and her face was flawless. She was barefoot, and although she was tall, her feet were not wide. Instead, they were slender and shapely.

Her aura was as mysterious and serene as the night, and as pure and beautiful as the bright moon. Whenever she appeared, all the beauties in the world seemed to pale in comparison.

The Moonlight Path of the vampires inherently possesses the authority of the goddess of beauty, with higher sequences being more beautiful. As the highest sequence of the Moonlight Path, Lilith remains the most beautiful woman in the world, even though tens of thousands of years have passed.

If one had to find a flaw, it would be her pale face, which lacked a normal rosy hue. This seemed to be a common ailment among vampires; no matter what, they were as pale as people who were about to die, some even paler than inanimate objects.

"Lilith, is this your true human form? Just as the legends say, you are so beautiful that all flowers pale in comparison."

Hoyle I laughed maniacally.

"It seems you haven't completely lost your mind yet."

Lilith looked at Ichishi with a cold and beautiful gaze. Her voice was gentle and serene, like Kagura, and even when she was angry, it was still incredibly alluring.

"Yes, I know exactly what I'm doing right now."

"I replied."

“I sense the complete manifestation of the authority of order in you; you have already stepped into the mythical realm.”

Lilith frowned. "If that's the case, according to the agreement, you should destroy the Sword of Divine Punishment immediately. Why did you break into the church, disturb my slumber, and kill my people?"

"Because I never intended to keep the agreement in the first place."

Yi Shi laughed and said, "Lilith, Lilith, you've been asleep for so many years, have you slept yourself sick? How can you so easily imagine someone's promise?"

"What do you want?"

Although Lilith remained unmoved, she felt a sense of panic deep inside.

She was no match for Hoyle I, who had reached the mythical level and wielded divine punishment.

If Hoyle I were to do something to her, she could only delay, but could not escape.

She knew that in this situation, no one could help her anymore, and no one was capable of helping her.

“Lilith, the best of the best can be called a king, and the king of kings can be called an emperor, but I am now the god of gods! Before, you hid in your own divine kingdoms, creating and destroying at will, always so high and mighty. But now we are all mythical beings, and I am stronger than you. Why should I be on equal footing with you?!”

Yi Shi chuckled, his three pairs of sinister eyes growing even more intensely red. He began to move faster, and the restrictions Lilith had placed on him seemed about to be broken.

"From this moment forward, I will establish a divine court, and I will be the king of all gods. All of you gods must kneel and worship me, and obey my commands!"

Yi Shi laughed loudly, his laughter extremely unrestrained and wild, and his three pairs of scarlet eyes also burst out with golden light due to excitement.

"Lilith, you now have two choices: either perish here or acknowledge me as your master. Kneel down and please me now, and if I am pleased, I may consider making you the second-in-command of the Divine Court."

"you……"

Lilith's face grew even paler, and her bright, beautiful eyes revealed sorrow.

"I never imagined that when I, Lilith, slept in darkness for ten thousand years and saw the light of day again, it would be the time of my fall."

Lilith sighed softly, then her expression hardened.

"In this life, although you have a divine status, you have no divine heart. You can only be a false god. If it weren't for your power of divine retribution, you would be nothing more than a slightly more powerful ant to me."

Lilith's expression was solemn. "Even though you are now blessed by divine retribution, do you think my tens of thousands of years of foundation are so easily defeated? Today I will perish, but you will also pay a heavy price."

As soon as he finished speaking, the floor beneath his feet began to undulate, and the entire silent Thorn Church seemed to come alive in an instant.

"Funny, hahaha, fun!"

Yi Shi laughed heartily, "How exciting! Is this the start of the legendary war of the gods? Just how strong are the gods? What is the difference between them and angels? I've always been curious! Hahaha, come on, Lilith, let me see all your tricks. Fight with all your might to defeat me. I really want to see you give it your all but still be trampled under my feet!"

He became increasingly erratic as he spoke, and his voice even changed halfway through.

It was as if the speaker was not him, but something else, something extremely terrifying.

"You will pay the price for your arrogance."

Lilith groaned. Her eyes were now pitch black, with no pupils visible at all, as if her eyeballs had been gouged out, leaving only two dark eye holes.

At this moment, Yi Shi's legs also became transparent. He felt as if he were a line drawing in a sketch, and an eraser was trying to erase his legs.

As the outline of his legs became increasingly blurred, the connection between his legs and his body began to weaken rapidly, and he felt as if he could hardly feel that he had legs anymore.

And this power is still spreading upwards.

But with each upward movement, Lilith felt it becoming increasingly difficult and strenuous, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"What incredible power! Can you really wipe out a mythical-level being directly?"

He remained completely calm, allowing Lilith's divine power to attack him.

Suddenly he grinned and said, "How about trying to erase the divine punishment from my hand?"

Author's Note: My memory of Philippa's plot is a bit hazy, and I made some mistakes. I'm very sorry, but the changes are minor; the main plot revolves around her new encounter with the rebellion. To be honest, I've forgotten some of the plot points I wrote earlier, so I'm just following the outline. I've been reading it myself these past few days. Those who have followed this far must be true fans, right? You'll forgive this silly author, right???

Chapter Twenty-Three: The War of the Gods (Part Two)

To erase something, Lilith needs to subconsciously sketch out the outline of that thing and believe that it no longer exists.

When the first life revealed the Divine Punishment in his hand, Lilith's subconscious immediately and uncontrollably thought of that sinister bone sword. She wanted to avoid the Divine Punishment, but her mind was clearly already affected, with only the Divine Punishment left in her thoughts.

In Lilith's mind, the sinister bone spurs on the Heavenly Punishment now resembled countless wriggling maggots, which detached from the bone sword and burrowed into her head.

In an instant, Lilith felt herself being subjected to an extremely filthy contamination.

Her empty eyes returned to normal, and she suddenly stepped back, almost falling.

Yi Shi's legs, which were originally transparent, quickly regained color and then returned to normal.

"Alright, I'm in a hurry. Lilith, since you're unwilling to submit, I'm not in the mood to mess around with you anymore!"

As she took a step forward, it seemed as if unwritten rules were being established within the area. This filled Lilith with intense unease.

The writhing church returned to calm once more. The power that Lilith had initially used to restrict Isaac's movements through the church's divinity was now having little effect on him.

The bone sword in Yi Shi's hand blazed with golden flames, smashing through the invisible barrier between him and Lilith, and thrusting towards Lilith. This strike was as swift as lightning.

But just as the bone sword was about to pierce Lilith, her figure transformed into specks of white light as bright as the moon, and she vanished from the spot.

The points of light converged at the church entrance, forming Lilith's body.

Although she wasn't stabbed, Lilith was still affected, and golden flames, just like the bone sword, ignited on her body.

But the flame lasted only a moment before being extinguished by a mysterious force.

Next, Lilith began her counterattack.

Around Yi Shi, countless black thorny vines, some thick and some thin, covered with sharp thorns, appeared out of nowhere. They were like countless venomous snakes of different sizes, coiling around Yi Shi.

He swung his sword repeatedly, slashing and dodging, avoiding the attacks of the fastest thorns. Then, the twelve pairs of enormous black wings on his back flapped violently. All the thorns crumbled in an instant.

Just as he was resolving the Black Thorns,

A transparent bronze mirror appeared in front of Lilith. She closed her eyes and touched the mirror. As soon as her hand touched the mirror, it was as if she passed through the water and entered the mirror directly.

But when her hand emerged from the mirror, she dragged out an exact replica of herself directly from the mirror.

The moment this new Lilith opened her eyes, the nails on her fair, slender fingers grew wildly, and she charged towards the First World.

Then, Lilith continued to drag, and one Lilith after another was dragged out of the mirror.

Some of them joined the first Lilith directly, engaging in physical combat with the First, while others used Eradication and Black Thorns as auxiliary controls from the sidelines.

Lilith continued to grasp, and the mirror images within the church multiplied, but Lilith continued to grasp. It seemed that what she wanted to grasp was never herself, but something else entirely.

Finally, Lilith seemed to touch that thing. Her grasping speed slowed down, and as her hand stretched out further, the once clear mirror surface turned blood red.

Something terrifying is about to emerge from the mirror.

He was not afraid, but he could sense that if that thing came out, things would become much more complicated, and he might have to expend too much energy on Lilith.

At the same time, Yi Shi felt he was about to lose control of the bloodthirsty desire within him. A strange voice kept calling out from the depths of his heart, "Let me out! Let me out!"

"Invalidate! Invalidate it!"

"I shouted," he said, his voice echoing.

All the mirror images attacking him froze at that moment. But the freeze didn't last long; they quickly returned to normal.

At this moment, the monster in the mirror was also dragged out by Lilith.

This is a monster with a bat-like face and bony wings. Only its face has flesh and blood; the rest of its body is covered in white bones.

Its eyes were crimson, and it let out a shriek towards the world.

This piercing scream sent a shiver down my spine.

The monster lunged at Yi Shi, and with each collision, Yi Shi's flesh would become blurred, until his entire right arm, which held the sword, turned into the same white bone as the monster.

At this moment, Yi Shi felt his power greatly diminished, and he could no longer grasp the Heavenly Punishment with one hand.

Lilith continued to grab at the monster reflected in the mirror. This didn't seem to be the strongest monster she could capture.

As expected of the progenitor of the vampires, the oldest being among all existing mythical beings.

Her strength was probably far more than that. Yi Shi realized that he had underestimated his opponent. Even though they were both at the mythical level, there was still a gap in strength between mythical beings.

Without divine retribution, he probably wouldn't have lasted this many rounds against Lilith.

However, only after defeating Lilith, among the new generation of mythical beings, apart from the Goddess of Justice who could put up a fight, there was no other god who could stop him.

"You're too weak, you can't defeat him. Stop suppressing the desire in your heart, let me do it, I'll help you settle everything!"

The voice in his mind kept echoing, and he felt his mind was in complete chaos. The situation had entered a realm that he could no longer control.

No, I can't get entangled with Lilith any longer. I need to get back to the dungeon right away.

I have a bad feeling about this.

"Lilith, you are strong, but I don't want to get entangled with you anymore. I need to go back to the dungeon immediately. If you want that thing to come back to life, then keep hindering me."

He spoke loudly for a lifetime.

Lilith indeed stopped her attack.

All the mirror images were frozen in place.