“You’re too ugly, so I’m sorry.”
It seemed to sense a great threat.
The Eliana Doll’s eyes continuously flashed with blue light.
She gripped the curved blade in her hand tightly, while the gears within her body turned incessantly, emitting a piercing noise.
Jessica looked at Henry, her expression filled with immense surprise.
It had been a long time since she had seen Henry fight.
The last time was when he took a blade for her.
But now, looking at Henry before her, although Jessica couldn’t sense any magical power, the aura he emitted wasn’t lying!
Henry had truly shattered everyone’s prejudice against him and walked his own path!
Selina instinctively took a step back.
This wasn’t the first time she had felt such pressure.
Previously, Henry had given her quite a bit of pressure in the prison cell, but it was nowhere near as exaggerated as it was now.
At the same time, the bound and immobile Demon Scorpion stared fixedly at the scene before him.
He could feel that Henry seemed to have reached the same state he was in during their previous fight.
“Damn it, what kind of monster is this guy?”
Demon Scorpion muttered under his breath, but being tied up, he couldn’t move.
Selina decided she couldn’t just let Henry walk towards them unimpeded!
She coated her long whip with black flames and, at the same time, began chanting an incantation, raising her hand to point at Henry!
Dozens of vines suddenly burst from the ground, swaying constantly.
Their attention seemed fixed on Henry, unanimously lunging towards him.
“Henry, be careful!”
Jessica gathered her magical power and unleashed a powerful, charged sword strike!
Furious flames burned several vines to ashes, but some still flew towards Henry!
The thorny vines wrapped around Henry like a barrier, continuously shrinking, seemingly intent on trapping him to death inside.
In the span of a breath, a golden light flashed from within the mass of vines.
The next moment, the vines enveloping Henry instantly exploded, countless juices spraying into the air before the vines fell powerless to the ground, devoid of life!
The moment the vines burst open, the Eliana Doll seized the opportunity to charge right up to Henry.
With just a swing of her blade, Henry’s longsword clashed fiercely with her curved blade, sparks flying like fireflies.
The curved blade in the Eliana Doll’s hand gleamed with an eerie azure light, its surface covered in hook-shaped cursed runes. With every clash, a bone-chilling coldness seeped along the sword blade into Henry’s meridians.
But Henry’s Primordial Sword Heart seemed to resist the invasion of the cold energy.
After they exchanged several blows, a sudden bright light flashed in the Eliana Doll’s hollow eye sockets. Her right hand formed a complex magical seal, and the ground suddenly cracked open. Countless chains entwined with purple flames burst forth from the earth, coiling like venomous snakes towards his ankles.
Henry flipped backwards, and another longsword steadily caught his form.
At the same time, the longsword in his hand seemed unable to withstand the strain, shattering into pieces on the ground!
Henry casually discarded the hilt, then summoned another longsword from the ground into his hand.
His eyes swept casually over the ground.
There weren’t many longswords left that he could use for himself.
It was just that the Eliana Doll’s weapon seemed to be of a much higher grade than his. According to Joseph’s words, the weapon in her hand was likely an alchemical weapon.
In terms of strength, Henry could still hold his own, but when it came to weapons, he was truly at a natural disadvantage.
He instinctively glanced at Jessica.
And Jessica instantly understood his meaning.
She had just taken a step towards Henry when a long whip slammed down fiercely in front of her, leaving a deep trench!
Selina slowly descended from the platform, her steps seductive.
“Princess Jessica, you didn’t really think I would just sit here and watch you go help him, did you?”
“You damned cultist, I won’t let you get away with this!”
Jessica gripped her sword and charged at Selina, the flames dancing on the blade illuminating the surroundings with a fiery red glow!
Selina sneered, her crimson long whip cracking through the air. The dark ancient runes entwined at the tip of the whip lit up with a ghostly green light.
The ground suddenly cracked like a spiderweb, and ink-black vines burst forth, lashing towards Jessica’s face!
But Jessica pushed off the ground with her toes, leaping into the air. The trajectory of her blade left behind burning golden-red afterimages.
The vines sizzled and burned under the holy power, instantly turning to flying ash.
Seeing this, Selina threw a sphere onto the ground, and immediately, a cloud of black mist exploded!
Selina’s figure hid within the black mist, her mocking voice coming from all directions.
“Poor Princess, you’ve been used by others since birth. Your existence is nothing but a tool to your father. The mother you revere most was merely an obstacle in your father’s path. I truly don’t understand how you can still maintain your true heart.”
Jessica gritted her teeth, the bones in her sword hand even making cracking sounds.
She wasn’t good at trading verbal barbs with these cunning enemies. Right now, she just wanted to drag the person out and execute her!
But Henry’s voice suddenly cut in from outside.
“That’s because she truly received a mother’s love, but you didn’t. What you never had, you naturally can’t comprehend. Can’t blame you for that.”
“Shut your filthy mouth, you damned castoff!”
Selina’s voice seemed somewhat flustered and exasperated, as if Henry had struck a nerve.
“Oh? Getting angry? Did I hit a sore spot? No wonder you hate Jessica so much. So it’s because you can’t stand seeing others have harmonious families. Although I find it quite pitiable and feel like forgiving you, you’re just too ugly. I have no goodwill towards overly ugly people, so I’m sorry.”
It seemed to sense Selina’s rage.
Within the black mist, Jessica clearly felt a whip lash out from a certain direction towards the outside!
And Jessica seized this instant. She took a deep breath, and the sword in her hand, amidst intense, scorching flames, suddenly slashed forward!
In that split second, the erupting light illuminated the entire hall as bright as day!
All the black mist instantly dissipated under the radiant light. At the same time, Selina’s terrified gaze was exposed before Jessica’s eyes.
Jessica flashed in front of her. Selina’s long whip came crashing down towards her.
But Jessica didn’t even turn her head. With a backhanded upward swing, the sword’s glow surged dramatically. The sturdy long whip actually shattered inch by inch under the scorching magical power, the broken ends emitting green smoke with a charred smell!
Selina’s face changed drastically; she wanted to cast a teleportation spell to blink away a short distance.
But Jessica gave her no chance to cast any spell.
The ring on her hand flashed with a strange light.
It was her mother’s memento, and also a top-tier alchemical item!
Instantly, the surrounding magical power seemed to be restrained by something.
Selina fell awkwardly to the ground, the fear in her eyes completely exposed before Jessica.
“Princess Jessica, we can—”
Before she could finish her sentence, a red sword energy shot out diagonally.
A head flew into the air, finally landing on the ground and rolling several times before stopping.
The headless corpse before her slowly collapsed, copious amounts of blood flowing from it.
Joseph, who witnessed all of this with his own eyes, slid down from his throne.
Because he clearly saw the killing intent in Jessica’s eyes.
“Joseph, I’m going to kill you!”