210: True Artifact "Gift of the God of Light"

A long-sealed name almost escaped his lips—Alicia!

The “predecessor” whom they had personally entombed within the artifact's core!

“Impossible! You... you should have already...”

Elian’s cry of alarm was forcibly cut short.

Because Saintess Alicia made her move!

She didn't hesitate for a moment, not even giving Elian and Baal any chance to explain or react.

The scepter in her hand, symbolizing the god of light’s supreme grace, was gently raised by her, and then, she lightly tapped it against the void.

Buzz!

There was no earth-shattering roar, only a dull hum as a law was forcibly rewritten and space was completely solidified.

Centered on the scepter's point of impact, a ripple of holy light, visible to the naked eye and pure to the extreme, spread out instantly like a frozen lake, covering an area of several thousand meters!

Time seemed to completely halt at this moment.

The surging magma solidified in mid-air, maintaining its erupting posture.

The flickering arcs of electricity at the edges of the spatial crack were fixed into eternal threads of light.

Even the dust particles drifting in the air were as if embedded in invisible amber.

Most terrifying of all were Elian and Baal, who were at the core of this solidified space!

The horrified expression on Elian’s face froze; the brilliant wings on his back remained slightly spread but could no longer flap an inch.

The pale horn in his hand, condensed from the Law of Finality, still glowed blindingly, but it was like a flame frozen in ice, having lost all dynamic power.

He couldn't even move his eyeballs!

Baal, on the other side, was in the same state.

His massive Infernal Demonic Body maintained the posture of wielding his twin blades, and the two extremely collapsed Infernal Flame Cores on his steel-breaking twin blades had their rotational trajectories forcibly fixed, their dark red light, emitting an aura of destruction, also solidified.

On his ferocious face, bloodthirsty fury was replaced by a deeper, instinctive terror, but it too was completely frozen on his face.

He tried to roar, tried to struggle, but even the Infernal Demonic Energy that composed his body lost its activity under this absolute holy light confinement!

Space was completely locked down!

Even powerful beings like Archangel Legion Commander Elian and Infernal Archdemon Lord Baal, under the might of this divine scepter, were like insects pinned in amber, where even moving a single finger became a luxury!

The only things they could still control were their thoughts and the ability to speak, and this was more like the Saintess's final “grace” to them!

Allowing them to clearly feel their helplessness and the impending judgment.

“Sa... Saintess-sama...”

Elian struggled to speak, his voice dry and hoarse, carrying unprecedented fear and a trace of imperceptible pleading.

He tried to invoke the Archangels' current status.

“We are the god of light’s representatives in the mortal realm, upholding...”

“Shut up, thief.”

Alicia’s voice coldly interrupted him, like an arctic gale, instantly freezing all of Elian’s words.

Her gaze swept over Elian; the disgust and hatred in her eyes were a hundred times more intense than when she looked at the demon Baal!

“You defiled the god of light’s name and usurped his glory.”

“Every inch of your existence is permeated with betrayal and lies; compared to the pure filth of the abyss, you maggots cloaked in sanctity are even more revolting to me!”

Although Baal couldn't move, upon hearing Alicia's reprimand of Elian, a flicker of extreme satisfaction and mockery flashed in his solidified demonic eyes.

To see this hypocritical birdman suffer, even if it meant facing common destruction, brought him a twisted pleasure.

Alicia’s gaze swept over Elian and Baal, as if she were inspecting two animals awaiting slaughter.

The “grace of the god of light” scepter in her hand, its miniature sun at the top, suddenly erupted with unprecedented light!

That light was no longer warm and gentle, but became intensely scorching, incredibly pure, carrying an absolute will to purify all “impurity” in the world!

“In the name of the god of light, I bestow upon you... eternal purification.”

The scepter moved.

There were no complex incantations, no elaborate techniques.

Alicia simply held the scepter level, aiming the scorching miniature sun at its tip at the confined Elian and Baal respectively.

Boom!!!

Two torrents of holy light, whose brilliance and power were beyond words, erupted from the scepter's tip!

That light surpassed Elian’s pale holy flames, surpassed Baal’s infernal demonic fire; it was the manifestation of the most fundamental law of light, an extension of the god’s will!

The instant these two torrents of holy light appeared, the recently solidified space seemed to emit a groan of unbearable strain!

They did not shoot out in straight lines, but rather, like living beings, they intertwined and coiled in the void, instantly transforming into two colossal nets of light, composed of pure holy light!

One giant net enveloped Elian and the ordinary Archangels behind him, who were severely wounded by Baal, barely clinging to life, and also confined by the space!

The other giant net enveloped Baal and the various frozen Infernal Demons around him!

“No!!!”

Elian let out a desperate roar; he could feel the terrifying power contained within that light net, enough to completely erase his existence!

He frantically activated the divine power within his body, attempting to break free from the confinement, trying to unleash the final power of the Horn of Finality, but all was in vain.

In front of the “grace of the god of light,” a true artifact, his power was like a firefly to the bright moon, completely suppressed and disintegrated!

Baal let out an even more violent and unwilling roar; infernal demonic energy surged wildly, attempting to resist the purifying holy light, but the result was the same.

The moment his demonic energy touched the holy light, it melted like ice and snow, emitting sizzling wails, rapidly purified and annihilated!

The light nets descended, silently, yet carrying an aura of ultimate finality.

In the distance, Lin Feng, who had been thrown by the previous battle's shockwaves, struggled to regain his footing, and was utterly stunned by the astonishing scene before him, witnessed a sight he would never forget.

Those two colossal nets of light, composed of pure holy light, gently yet irresistibly covered the groups of angels and demons.

There were no earth-shattering explosions, no horrific scenes of flesh and blood flying.

The moment the holy light nets touched their targets, the frozen Archangels and Infernal Demons—whether they were the angelic warriors in splendid armor under Elian's command or the terrifying abyssal monsters around Baal—their bodies, like ice sculptures thrown into the scorching sun, began to melt and decompose silently.

From the outermost armor, scales, skin, to the internal muscles, bones, organs... everything that constituted their material form was decomposed into the most basic light particles in that exquisitely pure holy light!

There was no pain, no struggle, only an absolute, complete obliteration!

Lin Feng could even see the terror and despair frozen on the angels' faces, the madness and unwillingness remaining in the demons' eyes, all rapidly fading and disappearing under the holy light, like stains being wiped away.

The entire process was incredibly fast, yet chillingly clear.

One second they were living beings, emanating terrifying pressure, the next, only rapidly dissipating outlines enveloped in holy light remained.

In just a few breaths!

Behind Elian, dozens of surviving Archangels, along with their shattered weapons and scattered feathers, all turned into nothingness, as if they had never existed.

Around Baal, the ferocious Infernal Demons also completely vanished into the holy light, like pencil drawings erased by an eraser, without even a trace of sulfur remaining.

The entire battlefield, except for the confined Elian and Baal themselves, and the distant, dumbfounded Lin Feng, had all angels and demon retinues completely purified!

The center of the battlefield became exceptionally “clean,” with only the cores of the giant nets formed by the two holy light torrents remaining—Elian and Baal's main bodies!