The maid squad is too strong, what use is there for me, the Demon King?

The abyssal rift resembled a dark red wound torn open by the earth, its thick, ominous aura churning and boiling. The colossal creature coiled upon the scorched earth—the Shadow Abyss Serpent—was the very embodiment of this filth.

Its body, thicker than an ancient tree, is covered with layers of dark, metallic scales, and with each breath it exhales a thick, churning black mist.

Wherever the fog passed, the rocks hissed and groaned, quickly softening and collapsing, leaving behind pits emitting highly toxic blue smoke.

On the massive, furnace-like head, two vertical pupils burning with eerie green flames were fixed on the tiny yet dazzling figure below—the hero Philippa.

Philippa's silver armor was stained with dust and monster blood, but it did not diminish her upright posture.

Faced with the terrifying pressure of the giant python, which was enough to crush mountains, there was no fear in her emerald green eyes, only a rock-solid determination.

The giant python's massive body suddenly contracted, like a taut bowstring. In the next instant, it brought with it a thick black mist and a foul wind that could corrode even the finest steel, and with the force of a landslide and a tsunami, it lunged at Philippa! An aura of destruction instantly enveloped her.

Just as the gaping maw of the abyss was about to close, Philippa moved. Instead of retreating, she faced the overwhelming shadow and abruptly raised her left wrist!

On her slender yet powerful wrist, a brand-like mark suddenly burst forth with a molten gold-like brilliance!

The mark was shaped like a long sword with ancient lines and sharp edges. At this moment, it seemed to come alive, with blazing light flowing through its patterns, as if the surging power of the warrior within her had found an outlet!

The intense light of the mark not only dispelled the nearby chill but also made the Shadow Abyss Python hiss.

Philippa's right hand was spread out with the five fingers open, palm facing up, as if supporting the sky, while her left hand was clenched into a fist. The sword-shaped mark on her wrist shone even brighter, almost enveloping her entire body!

"Holy Light - Judgment!"

The clear, crisp command resounded like thunder. With her call, the magical power of light elements in the world ceased to converge; instead, as if responding to a supreme decree, it surged and roared wildly, collapsing towards her outstretched palm!

Countless dazzling golden points of light, imbued with a sacred and scorching aura, emitted a deafening buzzing sound as they were compressed and collided to the extreme!

A sphere with a bright white core and molten gold-like liquid flames flowing around its edges was instantly formed, and then it was stretched violently by an invisible force!

A giant sword made entirely of highly concentrated, wild and unrestrained holy light energy, in the shape of a holy light judgment sword, tearing through space and appearing fiercely!

The sword was not a solidified pillar of light, but rather like a bound, roaring, surging liquid sun!

Pure golden flames surged and convected violently within, emitting terrifyingly high temperatures that could burn away all evil and filth, instantly melting the scorched earth beneath Philippa's feet into crimson glass.

The edge of the blade is not a solid object; space is distorted and blurred by the extreme heat and light, forming a sharp blade tip.

The most mysterious thing is the runes that move along the sword. They are not engraved, but are naturally formed by the light-attribute magic itself under extreme compression.

Countless ancient, sacred, and eternally radiant golden runes, like living stars, rise and fall, flicker and swirl at high speed in the surging flames.

Each flash of the runes caused the surrounding space to tremble violently, emanating a purifying pressure that made the muscles beneath the giant python's scales involuntarily spasm.

For the first time, an overwhelming, instinctive fear appeared in the Shadow Abyss Python's eerie green eyes! It let out a roar that shattered the mountain rocks, and its massive head instinctively tried to tilt back to avoid it.

But Philippa's will had already locked onto her target! The sword-shaped mark on her wrist shone with an intense light, like a burning star! Her outstretched right hand suddenly swung downwards, as if she had truly grasped the greatsword of judgment, roaring with light and runes! There were no fancy techniques, only the most direct and violent strike, poured with all her conviction and power!

"Break!"

From bottom to top, the lightsaber strikes in reverse!

There was no loud clanging of metal colliding.

There was only a faint, yet soul-chilling "sizzle" sound, like a red-hot iron being pressed onto thick, oil-soaked leather.

The blade of Holy Light Judgment sliced ​​into the churning black mist, strong enough to corrode even the finest steel, like a scalding knife cutting into solidified grease. The moment the evil mist came into contact with the annihilating sharpness and holy heat of the blade's edge, it emitted a shrill "hissing" sound, instantly evaporating and purifying itself! The light sword's momentum did not diminish in the slightest, slicing with unparalleled precision into the thickest, darkest, metallic-shimmering scales on the giant python's lower jaw.

The Shadow Serpent's proud Shadow Scales, capable of withstanding siege crossbows, were as fragile as dry, rotten wood before the Holy Light Judgment.

The lightsaber cut in without any hesitation.

The surging flames and rapidly flowing runes on the sword erupted with a terrifying purifying power, like the core of a sun, the moment they came into contact with the dense, viscous shadow magic within the demon.

“Sizzle—boom!”

Scales, flesh, tendons, bones... all the shadowy matter that makes up the giant python's body, like filthy ice thrown into a stellar furnace, exploded with earth-shattering roars, violently boiling, twisting, and vaporizing.

Thick, pungent black smoke, carrying a foul stench, burst forth from the massive wound, only to be instantly purified by the aftershocks of the flames!

The giant python's mountain-like body suddenly froze in mid-air, its earth-shattering attack abruptly stopped.

It raised its head and let out a soul-rending scream filled with extreme pain and unbelievable terror! The entire space trembled at this scream.

Philippa's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and the light from the mark on her wrist pierced the darkness! Her arm, which was holding the sword (in her mind), burst forth with even greater power, following the trajectory of the giant python's neck, which was instinctively raised due to the excruciating pain, and the Holy Light Judgment Sword, like a thunderbolt of judgment piercing the night sky, pierced and tore through its twisted spine with unstoppable force.

Target—the pitch-black magic core hidden deep behind the giant serpent's heart, heavily enveloped by layers of shadow magic and tough tissue!

"Judgment—Penetrating!"

The lightsaber's distorted, spatially-distorting tip pierced the core of the demonic core with unparalleled precision, which was pulsating violently and radiating the chill of the endless abyss!

Time seemed to freeze for a fraction of a second.

Then came the beginning of annihilation.

The power of the Holy Light Judgment, a purifying torrent that embodies Philippa's will and the purest light in the world, poured into the magic core without reservation along the blade of the lightsaber.

The pitch-black magic core suddenly shrank inward, its surface instantly covered with dazzling white-gold cracks like a spiderweb, as if a black heart was about to be burst open by the light bursting from within.