Chapter 42

Vanessa was corroded by the miasma of the Demon God Pillar, rotting from the inside out.

The only reason she was still alive was because her willpower was keeping her last breath.

Previously, she had used all her mana to burn the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings], leaving no extra mana to heal herself.

Now that her mana was exhausted, she used her life and body as fuel to ignite the holy fire, releasing the largest [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] she had ever unleashed.

Yet, even so, compared to the towering black shadow, this flame was still too insignificant.

She was like a fallen angel, spreading her wings despite being severely injured and on the verge of death, standing in front of everyone.

The tentacles of the Demon God Pillar, as massive as a pillar of heaven, extended greedily towards the Order Spire.

The shocking scene made all the teachers and students hold their breath, as if the air around them had been sucked away by the high-dimensional field of the Demon God Pillar.

The tentacles of the Demon God Pillar crushed everything in their path, leaving a mess in their wake. Everything within a radius of ten miles was shattered into primitive particles.

Like a collapsing building, the towering tentacles swept towards the spire crafted by the pinnacle of human skill.

This spire, which sealed the indescribable, had stood the test of time, embodying the wisdom and accumulation of countless generations of human civilization.

Even so, in the face of the overwhelming attack launched by the Demon God Pillar, it was equally vulnerable, likely to be knocked down with a single swipe.

Oh, no, not even a single swipe, the [High-Dimensional Domain] surrounding the Demon God Pillar’s tentacles was enough to crush it into dust.

In the face of such a despairing gap, the dying Vanessa was resolute. Though her life was like a flickering candle in the wind, her personal resistance was feeble and weak in the face of the Demon God Pillar.

When the tentacles approached her burning with the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings], the flame dimmed slightly, like a small flame being blown by the wind. For the first time, the holy fire became so unstable, flickering on and off.

The [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] seemed to be engaged in a fierce contest with the field power surrounding the Demon God Pillar’s tentacles.

However, when the massive tentacle was about to collide with the insignificant flame, it paused.

Then, as if sensing something that even the Demon God Pillar itself feared, the unimpeded behemoth halted for a moment and deliberately changed its course, bypassing the girl who had ignited the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] with her own body.

Clearly, even the Demon God Pillar understood that there was no need to take such a risk.

Having waited in silence for so long, it was for this moment. Any variable, even for one as powerful as Erunes, must be avoided.

Perhaps other Demon God Pillars would have stubbornly clashed with the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] to save face, after all, how could a Demon God Pillar lose face to a mortal?

Changing the path of attack because of a mortal, isn’t that being scared off by a mortal?

Erunes was different. ‘He’ would not create unnecessary variables for the sake of the Demon God Pillar’s dignity.

Since there was something ahead that threatened ‘him’, ‘he’ would simply bypass it. The initiative was in his own hands, and this was insignificant to ‘him’, but fatal to the mortal.

Erunes didn’t know why, after so long, the bloodline of its mortal enemy still existed. Logically, they should have been eliminated by history.

But now was not the time to worry about such things. As long as he could successfully unlock and destroy what was sealed in the Order Spire, ‘he’ would return to the position of the Supreme God.

By then, even the Goddess of Graceful Radiance would not be its match, so why bother with a mortal bloodline that was already incomplete?

Just as Erunes had anticipated, seeing his tentacles trying to bypass her, Vanessa became anxious.

Now, severely injured, igniting the last wisp of the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] with her life was already her limit.

Her broken wings, like shattered organ strings, could not move. It was a miracle that she could even hover in the air. To move further, if Erunes tried to bypass her, everything she had done would be meaningless.

She must, she must…

Vanessa gritted her teeth, her mouth already filled with the metallic taste of blood.

She couldn’t count how many wounds she had on her body, or rather, she was wounded from the inside out. Her body was about to run out of fuel.

Her wings could no longer move.

As fuel, her life was about to burn out.

How could she fall here?

But she seemed to have reached the end of the road.

Her vision was gradually being engulfed by darkness. She raised her hand and reached forward, but couldn’t even see her own fingers.

So dark, so cold, she felt like she could hear nothing, see nothing.

Where was she?

Her wings couldn’t hold on anymore, was she about to fall? Like a burnt-out feather, turning into falling ash.

Her eyelids were too heavy to open.

Who would have thought that her final death would not be at the hands of the vengeful Aesphyra, not from an unknown AOE, nor from failing to turn the tide and repeating history, but from sacrificing herself for others.

This was something that the former Winnie, who only acted to survive, could never have done, nor could she have imagined such an ending.

Her raised hand slowly fell, and a tear glistened in her once charming peach-shaped eyes, gradually dimming.

Had she still made a grave mistake?

“Goddess, fight on!” However, at that moment, a burst of intense shouting erupted from below.

“Goddess, are you really okay?? She’s so injured, her feathers are almost all gone…” A female student with a church background, her eyes red, was already filled with tears.

“What are you all talking about?! How could the Goddess, how could the Goddess possibly lose!?… Damn the Demon God Pillar, that despicable cockroach must have used some underhanded trick!”

“No, no way! The Goddess is invincible, how could she lose to the evil Demon God Pillar??”

“No, we can’t just stand here and do nothing, we should go up and help the Goddess!”

“Calm down, are you crazy?? You can’t help at all by going up now, you’ll only cause trouble for the Goddess! Even if its true body hasn’t descended, it’s still the Demon God Pillar. Its surroundings are filled with a field that kills mortals on contact. We don’t have the protection of the holy fire like the Goddess, going up would only crush us into dust!”

“But… are we just going to stand here and do nothing??”

“Goddess, fight on!”

“The Goddess is invincible, she won’t lose to such a guy!”

Countless cheers came from below, and even though Vanessa’s senses were weakened at that moment, she could still hear them clearly.

“Everyone! Release our [Holy Envoy], and aid the Goddess!” Under Fanya’s organization, all students with a church background and the [Holy Envoy] soul armament released their skills.

In an instant, the strong light released by countless [Holy Envoy] connected together, illuminating an area in the pitch-black darkness.

Then, [Healing Beam], [Healing Orb], [Healing Spell], [Vitality Dew], and countless other healing spells of different colors and types flew towards the sky, towards Vanessa.

However, the distance between them and Vanessa was too great. Most of these healing spells couldn’t reach Vanessa, and only a few high-level healing orbs from senior students barely reached the distance, only to be crushed into magical fragments by the Demon God Pillar’s [High-Dimensional Domain].

Even so, the encouraging cheers and power seemed to truly reach Vanessa, as if an invisible energy had been injected into her body.

She couldn’t fall here.

Even if she burned out here, she couldn’t let the Demon God Pillar’s conspiracy succeed, or else…

The continent of Terraria would be devastated, torn apart.

The angel girl, with her incomplete wings covered in black spots, used all her potential and the last trace of her life force, exerting her final strength to charge towards the Demon God Pillar’s tentacles.

However, after dragging it out for so long, the last bit of the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] on her body had been exhausted.

The reason Vanessa could stand by the Demon God Pillar for so long was entirely due to the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] burning away the Demon God Pillar’s [High-Dimensional Domain], thus preventing her from being crushed by the Demon God’s domain.

Now, the [Flames of Myriad Divine Blessings] had been extinguished.

What would happen next was self-evident.

Vanessa’s final effort did not bring a miracle. The moment her life was exhausted and the holy fire extinguished, all hope was lost.

Even her attempt to use the last of her strength to crash her body into the Demon God Pillar and stop it in such a way was impossible.

The moment she was exposed to the Demon God Pillar’s domain, she felt her entire body being crushed by an invisible, terrifying pressure. At that moment, she seemed to hear the sound of her bones shattering one by one.

Like a priceless, flawless porcelain vase falling to the ground, turning from a priceless piece of art into worthless shards.

The process of being crushed was longer than she had imagined, though to others, it might have only been less than half a second.

Not even a drop of blood would be seen, the spotless angel girl perished, all traces vanishing into thin air.

Vanessa’s consciousness completely returned to the boundless darkness.

At the moment of death, the greatest despair Vanessa felt was not the pain of her body or the fear of the unknown word “death,” but…

What would happen to the countless lives on the continent of Terraria?

No, she couldn’t die like this.

Saving everyone was her decision. If she failed, even the survivors would be in danger.

All the responsibility was hers, she had to see it through to the end!

For those who survived, for those still waiting for her to save them.

‘This is the courage and determination my junior should have.’ A gentle, melodious voice sounded in her ear, as if a gentle girl was whispering softly to her.

Who? Who is speaking??…….

“Miss, Future Saintess Vanessa seems to be losing??” In the maid cafe, Mioka looked very anxious.

Luna held her teacup, silent and unchanged in expression, though a closer look would reveal that her fingers gripping the teacup had tightened slightly.

Success or failure hinged on this moment.

Heaven has bestowed a great responsibility upon her.

Whether she was truly favored by the goddess, by destiny, depended on whether she could survive this calamity.

“Vanessa?!…” In the air, Mirexia, with her dragon wings, looked pale as she watched this scene, her eyes filled with a terrifying emptiness.

‘Virtue + 1000.’

‘Current Virtue: 1524.’

Just as everyone was at a loss, strands of sacred cherry-colored light enveloped and protected the girl’s body.

These cherry-colored holy lights did not come from the girl herself. People instinctively looked towards the source of the light and found that the origin of these cherry-colored holy lights was the Saintness Selina Cathedral.

“What is this?!” People simultaneously looked towards the holy light that seemed to break through the dark clouds in the sky like dawn, converging into the shape of a six-winged angel in the heavens.

The six-winged goddess, as tall as the sky, clasped her hands in prayer, as if bestowing blessings upon all beings.

Then, the six-winged angel transformed into beams of light, diving down and intertwining with the fallen angel who had already been defeated.

“A miracle!” A church student fell to their knees, staring blankly at the six-winged goddess in the sky and the holy light that illuminated the darkness like daylight.

“This is a true miracle!”

Faced with this scene, Erunes also seemed to be in shock. That familiar aura made it extremely wary, and the sound it made caused waves of shock in the space of Terraria.

“Who are you??” Vanessa only remembered that at the moment her consciousness completely dissipated, she heard that gentle voice full of infinite love, the tone as if it was a family elder caring for a junior.

When she regained consciousness and opened her eyes again, she found herself in a sacred hall, with clouds floating beneath her feet.

Countless pillars supported this celestial hall, and in front of the hall, a six-winged goddess wearing a winged crown was enshrined, with two rows of tall and mighty Saint Radiance Cross Knights standing on either side.

Vanessa looked down at her hands and body, which were completely unharmed, and even her [Armour Fortress] had been fully restored.

Where was this??

It was somewhat similar to the place where she had met Varelis, but ultimately not the same place.

“Finally, we meet, my adorable little junior~” In front of her, a girl wearing a strappy dress with white thigh-high socks and high-heeled boots, looking youthful and full of energy, appeared vividly in front of Vanessa.

The girl also tied her pink hair into flowing twin tails with a cute ribbon bow, and at first glance, this style reminded Vanessa of the popular idol girls from her previous life who performed on stage.