Chapter 535 - 533: Kill Them All!

Hilia felt that she had discovered the secret of the Ascension Trial.

Thus, she relied on Disguise Skill and Light Body Technique, quietly returned to the village, climbed onto the roof of the village chief’s house, and overlooked the small square not far from the village chief’s house.

This square seemed to be used for village meetings, at this moment, all the villagers gathered here, a bonfire was lit in the center, and a celebration ceremony was underway.

Hilia particularly noticed the color of the bonfire.

White, somewhat resembling the stairway above the sky.

But she was more concerned about another matter.

"I’ve understood everything. To make the Ascension God Stairs descend, killing all the villagers would be perfect, but under the blessings of the night, the villagers possess the strength of Tier Four Mage... It cannot be excluded that they have the trait of becoming stronger after part of them are killed."

Looking at the crowd gathered below, Hilia felt a bit troubled.

Under the white light of the bonfire, everyone’s expressions were somewhat distorted, making Hilia momentarily see a bunch of heretics.

This is the Divine Realm, everything in the Divine Realm is simulated, it might even simulate a bunch of heretics...

"But why must the trial of ascension be completed by killing everyone..." Hilia muttered.

Rose spoke indifferently: "Just some strangers you don’t know, it’s no big deal. Wait until you see Star Ash Town inside the Divine Realm and the final boss is your Vanessa’s Mother, then you’ll know what’s called troublesome."

"Ah, that... is impossible, right?"

"Nothing is impossible."

Rose faintly smiled.

To be precise, it will certainly appear.

But Rose didn’t tell Hilia.

"Just regard these people as demon-like entities in the Divine Realm."

Hilia nodded lightly, continuing to ponder how to resolve the situation.

Everyone below possesses Tier Four strength, if only one or two are isolated, handling them would be fairly easy.

But they seemingly knew this, aside from the two sent out to capture Hilia, everyone else remained on the square, relying on the bonfire, waiting for Hilia’s arrival.

"Do I really have to go down and fight over a hundred Tier Four Mages alone?"

Hilia shook her head.

This was suicidal.

However you think about it, it’s unfeasible.

"Speaking of which, if none of them are normal humans, merely possessing Tier Four physical strength due to the Ascension God Stairs’ blessings..."

Hilia had an idea.

She quietly left, came outside the village, holding a Magic Staff that emitted a faint light, a mass of icy mist slowly emerged.

These icy mists quietly spread, flying towards the sky.

Soon, ice-crystal missiles appeared one after another in the sky.

This Magic was once used by Rose to kill the Blue-winged Seahorse, its power was immense, very effective at Tier Four.

Actually, Hilia didn’t know other Tier Four Magic.

She currently only understood three Tier Four Magic.

Ice Snow Storm, Ice Crystal Missile, Everything Freeze.

These are advanced versions of Ice Rain Skill, Ice Spike, Frost Condensation, respectively covering group, single, and control uses, very comprehensive.

Hilia wouldn’t use group magic against the villagers, firstly she hadn’t practiced Ice Snow Storm, secondly, a single group magic against Tier Four targets lacks substantial damage, requiring sustained output.

Everything Freeze would be even less feasible as freezing merely restrains for a while, far from countering everyone.

So Hilia chose the Ice Crystal Missile that had long impressed her.

Speaking of which, the name "Ice Crystal Missile" was derived from Rose, a fitting choice for Hilia.

The ice-crystal missiles were rapidly condensing.

After a while, Hilia formed over a hundred ice-crystal missiles above her head, so numerous that her Magic Power was somewhat strained.

"Almost enough."

Hilia exhaled, deciding not to continue using them.

Leaving aside whether she could control them, even if she could, she worried about any unexpected occurrences later on, given this is the deep-layer Divine Realm. Although dealing with over a hundred Tier Four is astronomically difficult for advancement, what if?

For example, upon the Ascension God Stairs descending, how to go up?

That is also a problem.

Therefore, Hilia needs to reserve enough Magic Power for preparation.

Fortunately, after experiencing the deep-layer Divine Realm twice, her total Magic Power is considerable compared to others and can be used freely.

"So then..."

Hilia looked at Mish Town, her mind moved, and all the ice-crystal missiles instantly arced across the sky, charging towards Mish Town.

She took the first step, reached the roof of the village chief’s house, looking at the villagers still by the bonfire below.

"Still waiting here for me, indeed worthy of task masters," Hilia chuckled.

Above the sky, ice-crystal missiles streaked past her back, accelerating, arcing down hard onto the crowd at the small square.

Bang, bang, bang!

The crowd became chaotic.

Various sounds mixed with the explosions, forming an unpleasing symphony.

A moment later, all ice-crystal missiles had struck, the scene was engulfed in ice mist and quieted down.

Hilia did not relax, instead watched the ice mist and ice shard fragments, lightly breathing out.

"Explode!"

Bang!

The ice mist and ice crystals covering the entire scene explosively scattered, completely annihilating.

She controlled the magic puppet to leap down, wielding the Ten Thousand Lights Sword, slowly walking towards the scene.

A gust of wind blew over, sweeping away the sand and residual ice mist on the scene, revealing all the people lying inside.

This wave of attack caused half to directly transform into light, extending the Ascension God Stairs significantly downward.

But quite a few endured the consecutive explosions and survived.

Especially the village chief, he leaned against the intact bonfire, panting as he looked at the slowly approaching magic puppet.

The magic puppet wouldn’t speak, Hilia also wasted no words, continuously killing the remaining villagers and turned them all into light.

Finally, the magic puppet stood before the village chief.

The village chief suddenly grinned.

"Hahaha... Oh traveler from afar, you are strong, but I won’t easily compromise!"

A surge of Magic Power emanated around, rapidly condensing into the village chief’s body.

He was undergoing a burst transformation, entering a second phase!

Pfft!

The Ten Thousand Lights Sword fiercely drove into the village chief’s chest.

Magic Power erupted, and the village chief transformed into white light, thoroughly vanishing.

Hilia jumped down, pursing her lips, "Treat me like a fool, just letting you increase your power."

No Protective Skill and with no one guarding, if not killed opportunistically, the trouble becomes hers.

Once the last person was dealt with, Hilia saw the final segment of the Ascension God Stairs fall, penetrating the ground, just outside the village.

Hilia didn’t act immediately but looked towards the still intact white bonfire after the ice-crystal missiles’ repeated bombardments.

She pondered a moment, attempting to sense it using Spiritual Power.

The next second, the bonfire dimmed, transforming into streams of light merging into her body.

Hilia felt her Magic Power limit swiftly increasing, of course, only the limit increased, the consumed Magic Power did not replenish.

She looked towards outside the village.

"This Ascension Trial is quite straightforward after all."