NOVPUBEven though it was suspicious, Ely didn’t bother with it.
She made a copy of the techniques that Sylvia had learned. Luckily, it was only a few, and she could still redesign the demonic arts without risk to Sylvia.
It was only five minutes, and Ely had already copied a third of the inheritance hall. Sylvia had only learned two primary techniques, but some techniques were related to each other. Therefore, she couldn’t ignore them.
"That’s all?" Ely asked.
"Yes. Thank you very much for your help." Sylvia was excited. She knew Ely would bring a miracle to refine the flawed inheritance to become the perfect demonic art for her.
"Then, let’s leave. Our business here is over." Ely waved her hand to everyone for attention.
"Uh-huh? Will we leave soon? We’re not going to punish the big evil?" Sylvia was perplexed.
"We will deal with him anytime after I handle your demonic arts." Ely pointed at Sylvia.
On second thought, facing the Evil God’s soul remnant in his domain was unwise as she knew he had prepared something deadly for them. They would clash sooner or later but now was not the right time.
"Oh~" Sylvia dropped her fist onto her open palm. She understood Ely’s meaning as she was the priority. Ely would treat her flawed techniques first, and then she could kill the big evil with her own hands.
"!!!" A particular spiritual entity that was observing from a distance was also surprised.
He thought the blood devil girl and other challengers would come to him. However, they would leave after copying a third of his inheritance hall.
It was as if they underestimated him. Everything he had prepared to face them would be wasted if they walked away.
"Where are you going?"
The gruff and deep voice echoed in the inheritance hall. A vortex of evil energy emerged, bringing down a big stone gate from within.
Ely could recognize that gate. That was the gate in the temple’s sacred ground. However, it was similar to the ancient secret realm’s portal gate.
"We’re leaving now!" Ely immediately activated her teleportation crystal and brought everyone to the realm’s exit at the altar above the tower.
Evelyn’s faint signal was still there, and the realm’s portal was functioning normally.
"Quick, cover us with your dark energy." Yuuki urged Sylvia to act immediately.
"Okay, okay! Don’t make me nervous." Sylvia radiated her darkness and enveloped everyone.
*Bzzt*
Ely and everyone left the Artificial Hell Realm safely.
Sylvia and Ely’s disciples wondered why they ran away when the big evil appeared.
However, they believed that it was the best decision since their arrival was expected by the other party. They didn’t know when the danger would come since it had been lurking since they entered.
"Master, you’ve returned!" Jophiel instantly stood up to welcome her master with joy.
"Um, we’re back." Ely adjusted Jophiel’s veil.
*Rumble!*
The mirror-like wall rippled like a monster about to emerge from the water.
"You’re not going anywhere!"
The gruff and deep voice resounded, and the mirror-like wall instantly became a spiralling evil energy.
The big stone gate emerged and opened, drawing everyone in like a powerful black hole.
"Rawr!" Noir, the little magma black dragon, was the first to be sucked into the black hole portal.
"!!!" Ely gasped and looked back. The big evil summoned the gate to the outside world.
Everyone tried to resist the suction, but several people were sucked into the black hole.
Ely gritted her teeth and hugged Jophiel before they were sucked into the opened gate.
"I will kill you someday!" Yuuki stopped her resistance. She rushed to catch Ely.
"Damn, you!" Sylvia also followed everyone into the gate.
The distance was too close, and nobody had time to prepare against the sudden potent suction.
*Poof*
After everyone was sucked in, the gate closed and vanished from there. The mirror-like wall entrance then cracked and crumbled into dust.
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"..." Ely opened her eyes and found her lying on a barren land.
Several volcanoes and a sea of fire could be seen in the distance. The sky was like a vast sea of blazing blue flames.
They returned to the Artificial Hell Realm, but it looked different from the previous one. The evil energy here was much ticker and harmful. Also, it was pretty dark, like at twilight before the night.
"Where are we?" Gabriella wondered while surveying the surroundings.
"Hahaha, welcome to my Hell Trial. You will be corrupted and become mindless demons sooner or later. Until we meet again, my future dolls and minions!"
The gruff, deep voice resounded as a big demonic head projection appeared in the sky.
The big evil laughed like a villain. He then faded into the blazing blue fire sky.
Sylvia was annoyed and threw a bomb at the big evil, but it exploded in the sky, hitting empty air.
"Don’t let me catch you, bastard! I will kill you sooner or later!" Sylvia raised her fist to the sky.
[Hell Trial 0% completion]
A mini screen popped out before Ely’s vision. She looked up at the sky with complicated feelings. She deliberately avoided the Hell Trial because she could feel a terrible premonition.
However, the big evil was already determined to drag them here.
"Ma-master..." Jophiel blushed as she looked up, staring at her master’s face.
"Are you okay?" Ely looked down at Jophiel in her arms.
She felt the soft, fluffy, and springy-like feeling from behind at that moment. Yuuki was hugging her, and Yuuki’s fluffy tails coiled around her body to protect her.
"Un." Jophiel nodded, and then her master released her.
"This kind of evil energy... He truly wants to refine us into corrupted demons." Yuuki surveyed the environment with a solemn expression. They were sent to a death zone that was detrimental to them.
"So, it’s only a matter of time before we become insane and get corrupted into mindless demons? Is it possible that big evil is the Heavenly Demon?" Gabriella wondered, but she glanced at her master.
Her response caught the attention of the other disciples. It was still vivid in their minds. The worst memory of their lives. It wasn’t the first time they had become mindless demons who knew nothing but destruction.
Their master saved them, but this so-called big evil tried to convert them into demons again!?
"Anti-debuff zone, activate." Ely took out an amulet and activated a protective formation.
A green magic circle emerged on the ground, protecting everyone from the evil energy in the air.
Ely did a follow-up purification to ensure everyone was clean of evil energy. She then heaved a sigh of relief.
"Yuuki, thank you for protecting me. But, can you please let me go?" Ely patted Yuuki’s fluffy tail and asked softly.
"Alright." Yuuki helped Ely to stand up. Somehow, she felt at peace to find Ely still calm in this situation.
"No, this big evil is far weaker than the Demon God we encountered in Lumina City last month. He is just a soul remnant, a soul essence that still exists eons after his death." Ely enlightened her disciples with a confident attitude.
If it was already like this, she still had a 99% chance of getting out safely with everyone as long as it was minimal exploration.
"Master, how much difference is there if we need to compare them?" 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
"It is like heaven and earth. The big evil is nothing more than the Evil God of Artificial Hell Realm’s soul remnant. He is not a Heavenly Demon, similar to the God of Light’s situation, but the evil one. He is no greater than the Tiangong Sacred Land’s great ancestor. If he is capable, he will face us head-on instead of throwing us into this Hell Trial."
"!!!"
Michael asked, and Ely answered. However, Ely’s answer made her disciples gasp.
If that was the situation, there was nothing to fear. Even if the Heavenly Ancient Demon appeared before them, they and their master could still wipe out their enemies. That was what Ely’s disciples thought.
"Can we get out of this blue hell secret realm by breaking the sky dimension? The big evil appears there."
"This is a separated realm. Destroying the dimension will only lead us to get lost in the unknown. But, can you tear the dimension and return to the outside world? We still need to find a way out."
Azrael asked in wonder, but Ely didn’t think it was such a good idea.
"I can! But I don’t know where we will end up." Sylvia raised her hand.
"That means no. Forget it. We need to find a way out. A secret realm inside a separate secret realm, huh... The Hell Trial. This secret realm definitely has an entrance and an exit. Every separated realm has a core. We only need to find it if we can find no other solution." Yuuki shook her head.
"The sky tower over there... Isn’t that too conspicuous?" Evelyn pointed in a direction, and everyone stared that way.
It was hazy because it was so far away. That sky tower was indeed so eye-catching. A clue to the exit might be there, considering the previous exit was in a destroyed tower.
