[Inside the Divine Capital]
Divine Advent Seraph, Siya, followed behind Fifth Prince of the God Clan, Changge.
The two headed toward the Divine Pool.
On the way, Siya said, "Fifth Brother, I never betrayed the God Clan. Mother taught us from childhood to do as many good deeds as possible. Back then, I only wanted to do everything I could to help Inferno City overcome its crisis."
"Enough!"
Without turning around, Fifth Prince Changge said coldly, "Since you've already left, don't come back."
"The Human Race may not be one of the Supreme Races, but I think that human called Rulebound is quite capable."
"Once you've obtained the Holy Water, stay with him from now on. Don't come looking for me again."
"And don't call me Brother anymore. From this day forward, I no longer have a sister like you."
Hearing those words from the Fifth Brother who had loved her the most since childhood, Siya felt a stinging pain in her heart.
Just as she fell into despair, feeling as though there was no longer any meaning in living, the Fifth Prince Changge, walking ahead, suddenly stopped.
It seemed he had sensed something.
His gaze instantly turned sharp.
Whoosh!
A golden longbow materialized in his left hand.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
He drew the bow and fired two arrows straight ahead.
The next second, two monsters with ghostly faces and wolf-like bodies fell out of thin air.
Seeing the two monsters Changge had shot down, a look of surprise appeared in Siya's beautiful golden eyes.
"Ghost Clan!"
"Ghost Beasts?"
As soon as she spoke, "Grrr..."
Low growls echoed through the air.
Black mist suddenly spread in every direction.
Then, one ghost-faced, wolf-bodied monster after another emerged from the mist.
In an instant, dozens of monsters surrounded Changge and Siya.
Looking at these Ghost Beasts from the Ghost Clan, one of the Supreme Races of Divine Oracle, Siya asked Changge in disbelief, "Fifth Brother, how did Ghost Beasts enter our God Clan territory?"
Changge didn't have time to explain.
Watching the Ghost Beasts around them, ready to pounce at any moment, his first instinct was to grab Siya's hand and pull her firmly behind him.
"They infiltrated the Divine Capital long ago. They've been lying in wait here for a long time."
"Stay close to me. Be careful!"
When Siya saw her Fifth Brother holding her hand, she finally seemed to understand.
The next second, the surrounding Ghost Beasts suddenly lunged at Fifth Prince Changge and Divine Advent Seraph Siya.
———
[Meanwhile, Outside the Divine Capital]
Seeing the large number of God Clan guards stationed at the gate suddenly abandon their posts and rush toward the city in a panic, leaving only two guards behind, Lin Mo realized something had happened inside.
He immediately said to the two guards, "Let us in! We can help you fight the invaders."
Seeing the two guards hesitate, Lin Mo shouted, "Hurry! If you're too late, your Fifth Prince and the Princess will be in danger!"
Originally, Lin Mo was only trying his luck.
Unexpectedly, the two guards actually had the authority.
Worried about the prince and princess, one of the guards holding a command token raised it.
The next second, a system notification appeared before Lin Mo and Ning Xi.
[Ding~ You have obtained temporary permission to enter the Divine Capital, ignoring rank requirements.]
Without another thought, Lin Mo and Ning Xi immediately rushed into the Divine Capital.
———
[At the same time, inside the Divine Capital]
Whoosh!
As Fifth Prince Changge drew his bow and released an arrow, a massive golden barrier materialized in the sky.
The next second...
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless golden arrows wrapped in divine energy rained down from the barrier, covering the ground.
-325,463!
-336,975!
-329,999!
In an instant, all of the dozens of level 75 Ghost Beasts approaching Changge and Divine Advent Seraph Siya were instantly killed by the massive crimson damage numbers.
The overwhelming divine aura of a High God of the God Clan dominated the battlefield!.
Just then, Changge spotted a lone Ghost Beast ahead that had escaped his attack and was fleeing deeper into the Divine Capital.
"Trying to run?"
"It won't be that easy."
Gripping his bow, Fifth Prince Changge immediately gave chase.
But at that moment, another large group of Ghost Beasts suddenly burst out of the black mist around them and charged straight at Divine Advent Seraph Siya.
Sensing the disturbance behind him, Changge turned around and saw dozens of Ghost Beasts pouncing toward Siya.
His expression changed immediately.
"Siya!"
At the critical moment, the temperature within a fifty-yard radius centered on Siya suddenly dropped to freezing.
The next second..
Crash!
Endless snow and ice poured down from the sky, surrounding Siya and covering the Ghost Beasts rushing toward her.
-1,119,643!
-1,097,845!
-1,102,469!
Faced with seven-digit area-of-effect damage, the level 75 Ghost Beasts didn't even have a chance to reach Siya before they were all instantly wiped out.
Seeing this, Fifth Prince Changge finally let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time, Lin Mo and Ning Xi arrived behind Siya.
It had been Ning Xi who, while under the effect of her tier 6 set skill Hellfire, used the SSS-rank ultimate World Destroyer · Frozen Heaven and Earth, amplified tenfold by her SSS-rank talent Supreme Nine-Five, to wipe out the Ghost Beasts.
Seeing Ning Xi's terrifying destructive power, Lin Mo couldn't help sighing beneath.
'She's still way too strong. She needs another nerf.'
After all, these were members of the Ghost Clan, one of the Supreme Races of Divine Oracle.
Even the lowest-ranked Ghost Beasts were about thirty percent stronger than ordinary monsters of the same level.
Yet in Ning Xi's eyes, they were no different from ants...
At that moment, Fifth Prince Changge hurried over to check on Siya.
"Siya, are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Siya shook her head. Looking at her Fifth Brother's face full of concern, her golden eyes were filled with surprise.
Ning Xi took the opportunity to say, "If you care so much about your little sister, why pretend you don't?"
Siya also looked at her brother.
"Fifth Brother, what you said before wasn't the truth, was it?"
"You still think of me as your sister, don't you?"
At that moment, even the surrounding God Clan guards couldn't stay silent anymore.
Guard A said, "Your Highness the Fifth Prince may not be willing to say it, but we'll say it for him. Your Highness the Seventh Princess, the one who caused the disaster in the Beast Clan's Inferno City twenty years ago was the Ghost Clan. Our God Clan had a peace treaty with them, which is why His Majesty the God Emperor forbade you from interfering."
Guard B said, "The moment you left the Divine Kingdom twenty years ago, His Highness the Fifth Prince immediately chased after you without hesitation. But as soon as he arrived, he heard that you had already died. Even so, His Highness firmly believed you were still alive, so he stayed here in the Divine Capital waiting for you."
Guard C said, "After Your Highness broke the peace treaty between the God Clan and the Ghost Clan twenty years ago, the Ghost Clan began taking revenge on us. They've been trying to capture the Divine Capital. Since the Divine Capital is the only route from Inferno City to the Divine Kingdom, once it falls, Your Highness will never be able to return to the Divine Kingdom."
Guard D said, "So even after twenty years and tens of thousands of attacks by the Ghost Clan, leaving the Divine Capital battered and scarred, His Highness the Fifth Prince has never abandoned this place. He's been waiting for the day you would return."
"His Highness the Fifth Prince has been waiting for you."
"He waited for you for twenty whole years."