novellhall Chapter 442 - 443: Iris Ashford Awakens!
Chapter 442 - 443: Iris Ashford Awakens!
顾星没有丝毫犹豫.
He poured out all his remaining spiritual power without reservation!
A gentle golden light column accurately enveloped the core area most severely eroded by demonic qi.
Her heart and head!
"Zzzzzz——"
The moment the golden radiance touched the demonic qi...
The reaction was incredibly intense!
Fortunately, the amount of Celestial Grace seemed to have a natural restraint on the demonic qi.
The place it illuminated, the demonic qi thick as ink, began to churn violently and dissolve!
"Uh ah...!"
When the column of light touched her body, Iris Ashford let out a moan mixed with extreme pain and a hint of relief.
In her completely blackened phoenix eyes...
A faint yet resolutely persistent golden-red light began to flicker and jump fiercely!
That was her self-awareness about to be completely consumed.
At this moment, with the help of Celestial Grace, it began a counterattack!
"It’s effective!"
Aster Grant felt a surge of joy, but his expression immediately turned more solemn.
He could sense that the demonic qi within Iris Ashford was extremely stubborn.
The purification speed of Celestial Grace could not keep up with the speed of the demonic qi rebounding and regenerating from deeper within her body!
"It’s not enough... far from enough!"
Aster Grant clenched his teeth, his soul body fluctuating violently due to excessive exhaustion, almost on the verge of collapse.
But he knew that he absolutely must not back down now!
To interrupt now would be to lose everything, plunging into endless ruin!
Meanwhile, a crisis unfolded in the sky above.
"Ants... you’ve completely angered me."
The cold voice of Demon God Valley suddenly rang out.
The interference caused by Isabelle’s full-strength strike had ended.
Although his figure wavered and his demonic qi was chaotic, he did not suffer any substantive damage.
At this moment, his scarlet eyes locked firmly on Aster Grant and Iris Ashford at the bottom of the pit.
Especially the golden light column purifying the demonic qi!
"Trying to stop this transformation? Foolish delusion!"
He no longer paid attention to Isabelle, who was weak and had temporarily lost her threat in the distance.
Nor did he heed Sally, who sought to block his advance again by releasing the Time Law.
That giant demonic claw began to condense.
But this time, the demonic qi entwined upon it was more solid and terrifying.
Slowly descending upon Aster Grant and the purifying Iris Ashford!
Its speed was not fast, but it filled everyone present with despair!
"Master!"
Sally was utterly terrified, desperately urging the Time Law, attempting to slow the descent of the gigantic claw.
But her power, in the face of the Demon God’s enraged strike, was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
The Time Law shattered inch by inch upon touching the demonic claw!
Isabelle’s eyes were wide with fury.
She wanted to struggle to rise, but the power of the Dragon Emperor Talisman had already been exhausted.
Even as a Monarch Level being, she had reached her limit.
Now even raising her dragon head was incredibly difficult.
Aster Grant’s spiritual perception naturally caught this scene.
But he did not turn back, nor did he cease maintaining Celestial Grace.
His entire focus was wholly concentrated on rescuing Iris Ashford.
He knew that stopping meant death.
Continuing might still hold a glimmer of hope!
"Iris Ashford! Awake!!"
Aster Grant no longer merely relied on the power of the Celestial Grace.
He further invaded Iris Ashford’s mind with his will.
He was making a final attempt!
Betting on the pride of Iris Ashford as a Supreme Beast, refusing to succumb so humiliatingly to the Demon Clan just as she was about to break through!
As if in response to his call.
Or perhaps the continuous purification of Celestial Grace finally took effect.
Or maybe she felt the unyielding will of Aster Grant, resisting the Demon God...
"Chirp——!!!!!!!!!"
A piercing cry filled with endless fury erupted suddenly from Iris Ashford’s mouth!
This time, the cry of the phoenix was no longer solely pain...
But carried an aura of washed grandeur, reborn anew!
Her eyes, once completely corroded by demonic qi, now shone with a great golden-red brilliance.
Though still entwined with demonic qi, the clarity had seized dominance!
"Boom——!!!"
Meanwhile.
A far purer and more immense aura.
Truly belonging to the Pseudo-God level, burst forth thunderously from within Iris Ashford!
The demonic qi and spiritual energy around her were no longer in conflict, but under her guidance...
They began to fuse and transcend!
She had successfully retaken control of her body!
Moreover, seizing this opportunity of destruction and rebirth, she broke through the barrier that had troubled her for so long and truly stepped into...
The Pseudo-God Realm!
The newly reborn Pseudo-Phoenix opened her eyes.
The first thing she saw was the Demon God’s claw poised to crush her and her benefactor!
There was no fear, only boundless rage!
"Valley——!"
Iris Ashford uttered a thunderous roar, her wings suddenly unfurled.
Her newly born Pseudo-God Power flowed unreservedly out, transforming into a golden-red pillar of fire that could scorch The Void, rushing upward, fiercely smashing into the enormous claw!
"Boom rumble rumble rumble——!!!!!!!"
A face-to-face clash at the Pseudo-God Level!
An energy storm more terrifying than Isabelle’s shadow strike unfolded!
The entire sky crater groaned under the stress of this collision, with vast swathes of rock instantly vaporizing and vanishing!
The Demon God’s killing claw was forcibly stopped, suspended in mid-air, by Iris Ashford’s furious strike!
At the bottom of the pit, Aster Grant kneeled in exhaustion.
His soul body was so faint it seemed ready to dissipate the next moment.
But as he looked at the immense phoenix aura ahead, a difficult grin tugged at his lips.
He’d won the gamble!
Up in the sky, the Demon God Valley looked down at Iris Ashford, whose aura was now entirely different, having successfully stepped into the Pseudo-God Realm, his face terrifyingly dark.
He hadn’t expected these ants to actually undermine his plan right under his nose.
Forcibly reversing a nearly transformed Demon Clan existence back to a Pseudo-God!
"Very well..."
Valley’s voice was icy cold, his body starting to condense demonic qi with unprecedented scale, darkening the entire sky over the Demon Abyss.
"The freshly ascended Pseudo-God... I shall personally weigh your worth!"
Aster Grant, scarcely holding onto his fragmenting consciousness, struggled to look toward the sky.
Although Iris Ashford had successfully broken through to the Pseudo-God Realm, forcibly blocking the Demon God Valley’s strike, the current situation was far from optimistic.
After all, she had only just entered the Pseudo-God Realm; her realm was not yet stable.
Her mastery of power was far less adept and deep than the Demon God Valley.
The furious strike seemed overwhelmingly magnificent, but was in fact her utmost exertion.
And Demon God Valley had apparently yet to unleash his true strength.
Now, the entire sky above Demon Abyss dimmed with Valley’s wrath, vast demonic qi converging from all directions, its pressure several times more terrifying than before!
The next strike was guaranteed to be exponentially more powerful!
"We must leave here as soon as possible..."
Iris Ashford might barely hold off Demon God Valley for a moment, but victory was impossible.
Once her strength waned and she was defeated, everyone would face utter annihilation.
He glanced at the weakened Isabelle and the overexerted Sally beside him, then looked to the phoenix guarding them in the air.
The urgent priority was to find a way to escape.
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