Author: Zhonglu Twelve

The scarlet flower bloomed gorgeously, and within a moment, the aura of corruption completely enveloped the bottom layer of the holy tree.

At this moment, the bottom layer of the Holy Tree is like a sea of ​​​​blood hell, filled with a corrupt red mist that will kill you if you touch it.

Seeing that the red mist of corruption was about to spread outside, the original corruption pool that had turned into a black pool suddenly started to move.

The thick black water in the black pool gurgled and rolled into dark foam, and then all of it was submerged into the roots of the trees below.

The originally sacred golden tree roots suddenly appeared with dark lines. It was a darkness that could be completely swallowed up by even light. The moment the lines appeared, the shadows expanded.

The black shadow expanded rapidly, and then fire patterns emerged from the shadow. The two-color curtain, mainly black and supplemented by red, instantly wrapped the entire bottom layer of the holy tree.

Before the blooming scarlet corruption could successfully spread, it was trapped in a small space by a deeper force.

If the corrupting red mist emitted by the Scarlet Flower is allowed to spread, all the lives in the holy tree will be infected and then wither under the power of corruption.

Michaela's sacred tree will also turn into the second Galede, which may even be worse than Galede, because the goddess of corruption is here.

"Tsk, this isn't right."

Xia Yu, who was wrapped in black wings, controlled the darkness in the roots of the tree to prevent the spread of the corrupting red mist, while frowning and thinking about this unreasonable scene.

According to normal circumstances, even if Malenia loses her personality to resist scarlet corruption, she will not bloom immediately.

The first and second stages of the game prove this. The tone of the first stage is sad, with pain and struggle everywhere.

At this stage, Marlenia does not know any corrupt law prayers and can only use the flowing water sword technique.

It was the sword technique of Flowing Water Sword that was opposed to corruption that prevented Marlenia, whose personality was broken, from completely succumbing to the fate of blooming.

After all, flowing water does not corrupt the household hinge, and the flowing water sword, which represents change, is the nemesis of unchanging corruption. This is why the blind swordsman in blue can seal corruption.

But when Marlenia was beaten to the point of death, she blossomed.

The second stage is coming. The tone of this stage no longer has any sadness, but can make people feel relieved and accepted.

Whether it is Marlenia's lines or the background music, it shows that she obeyed her destiny of blooming, and she did bloom.

She no longer even suffered or struggled, and fully accepted her identity as the corrupt goddess.

The two stages are Malenia's psychological journey, a process from resisting fate to accepting fate.

So...there must be a process!

What does it mean to bloom when you come up? What about your struggle? What about your resistance? Why can you accept your fate so easily and calmly?

Did someone give instructions? Or is there someone behind the scenes?

Xia Yu, who was thinking silently, pieced together the clues he knew, and he did think of two candidates.

They are the god-man Michaela and the sealed corrupt god.

But it should be impossible for a corrupt god. That thing is still sealed in the Ansel River. If it could affect Malenia's choice, Malenia would have blossomed long ago, why wait until now.

So, it was actually Michaela who made Marlenia bloom?

But that is even more impossible. In order to cure her sister's corruption, Michaela abandoned gold fundamentalism and turned to research on pure gold. She even watered the sacred tree with her own blood.

Such a god who values ​​his sister would take the initiative to let his sister accept corruption and become a goddess of corruption?

Everything is possible and nothing is possible.

Gumperson's law has shown that probability has a contradictory side, that is, the more likely things may not happen, and the less likely things may happen.

Therefore, Michaela, who is the least likely, is the most likely.

This is not something Xia Yu made up out of thin air. First of all, Marlenia, a brother-controller, would hardly refute her brother's wishes. Even her own name is "Mikayla's Blade".

If Michaela lets Marlenia bloom, then Marlenia might actually bloom right away.

She trusted her brother unconditionally, even if he asked her to give up her self-flowering and become a corrupt goddess.

"..."

Xia Yu was silent for a while when he came to this conclusion, and then he shook his head hard. The guess cannot be regarded as fact, even if it is infinitely close to the truth.

Sure enough, there was still a fight, and after Malenia was subdued, his suspicions could be verified.

…

Outside, the scarlet flowers gradually faded away.

The blooming Marlenia also flew out of the buds. At this moment, her appearance had changed drastically.

A pair of beautiful yet strangely corrupt wings condensed from her back. They were composed of Ionian butterflies as the main body, with falling leaves as decorations, and were woven with red hair.

Malenia floating in the air, her naked body looks like an ancient Greek sculpture, revealing a strong divinity.

The goddess of corruption is here!

"This is really troublesome."

Xia Yu spread out his four black and red wings to disperse the surrounding red mist, hugging Millicent across his arms, looking at the aloof Marlenia and murmuring to himself.

He also thought about letting Millicent have a fateful battle with Malenia in person. No matter whether Millicent lost or won, he would suppress Malenia in the end.

Then, while Malenia was not blooming, he directly allowed it to be reborn, eradicating the scarlet corruption that had been parasitic since birth.

As a result, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the goddess of corruption came directly.

Forget about the fateful battle. Among the two people present, he was the only one who could compete with the goddess of corruption.

Millicent, who was being hugged by Xia Yu, heard Xia Yu's mumbling, and without any hesitation, she grabbed Xia Yu's clothes and spoke urgently.

"Xia Yu, don't worry about me, just run away."

She also saw the extremely oppressive and corrupt goddess in her eyes. She was a god who had no chance of winning.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xia Yu lowered his head and smiled: "How could I abandon you? Moreover, no one can stop her except me now."

"Xia Yu..."

Millicent was a little touched. She had been taken care of by Xia Yu all the way, but now she could only hold back when facing the most powerful enemy.

"Okay, you can rest with your sister first, and then you can come out after I deal with her."

"My sister?"

Millicent looked up in confusion. Weren't her sisters swallowed by the tree spirit? What does it mean to rest with them?

Before Millicent could think clearly, Xia Yu suddenly used both hands to throw Millicent out.

And in the shadow at the edge, a dragon head covered with black lines suddenly appeared, and under Millicent's stunned gaze, it swallowed her in one gulp.

At the last second when her vision went dark, Millicent finally understood what it meant to rest with her sisters.

…

Scarlet and Flame confronted each other, and after sending Millicent to a safe space, Xia Yu looked at the corrupt goddess holding a sacred prosthetic knife.

"Big sister? Are you still conscious?"

"..."

Marlenia, who had accepted the power of the Corruption Goddess, had no intention of speaking. She raised her prosthetic sword high and then erected it in front of her chest.

Seeing this, Xia Yu didn't say any more nonsense, mainly because it was useless to talk nonsense now, and Marlenia obviously couldn't listen to anything.

He made a virtual gesture and pulled his palm out of the air, and an extremely gorgeous sword was pulled out from the void.

After taking out the Sword of Night and Fire, black and red colors wrapped around it, extending the hollow sword body a lot.

Then the darkness and flames became restrained and solidified, dividing the sword into two parts like rubies and black gems, with golden runes lingering at the connection.

Xia Yu, holding the sword of True Night and Fire, squinted at the motionless goddess of corruption, with the four wings behind his back slightly closed.

Whoosh!

Clang!!!

With a flick of his wings, Xia Yu held the night fire sword and collided with the prosthetic sword of the Corruption Goddess. Xia Yu looked serious and ferocious, while the Corruption Goddess remained expressionless.

At this moment, both of them were holding swords and fighting with each other in the most primitive way. The two faces were only a palm's width apart.

The face of the Corruption Goddess was eroded by corruption, and both eyes were blind. Only the skin below the nose was still intact.

Although it looks a bit scary at first glance, it is quite stunning when you look at it face to face, especially the incomplete beauty, which makes the goddess of corruption even more sacred.

Xia Yu's eyes lit up when he saw it.

The next second, the light in Xia Yu's eyes became brighter and brighter, yellow sparks burst out from the corners of his eyes, and yellow twisted flames were ignited in his eyes.

Blank epilepsy!

The blazing epilepsy compressed to the extreme shot out from Xia Yu's eyes. The nemesis of scarlet corruption is flame, and epilepsy is also fire.

Because the distance was too close, even though the Corruption Goddess quickly dodged to avoid it, she was still scratched on the head by the epileptic fire.

The twisted yellow flames immediately spread over it, and the Corrupt Goddess who lost the initiative was immediately caught by Xia Yu, and the Nightfire sword struck down on her head.

The Corruption Goddess had no choice but to ignore the ecstasy in her ears and raised her sword to block Xia Yu's direct attack.
To be continued...