The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Ye Xiao, dressed in a magician's dark black tuxedo, slowly walked out from the side porch.

Two Templar Knights had silently appeared behind him, and he carried the standard longsword belonging exclusively to the Templars.

Ye Xiao wasn't trying to show off by deliberately waiting for this crucial moment to make a dazzling appearance.

In reality, it was just that even if Eileen was arrested by the Templars, she wouldn't be harmed for the time being, so they could wait until the fake saintess made her move before coming out.

After all, what we lack most right now is time, and every little bit of delay is precious.

But there was nothing he could do; the crybaby bishop couldn't bear to see his friend treated like that, and in desperation, he showed up.

This made the fake saintess want to kill him prematurely, so Ye Xiao had no choice but to risk his life to accompany her.

He couldn't just wait and watch Vanessa get killed to buy time.

However, this isn't entirely a bad thing... because it might attract the attention of the fake saintess.

The saintess narrowed her eyes slightly, flicked her finger, and a golden light from her fingertip instantly drew an arc straight towards Ye Xiao's brow.

Ye Xiao had anticipated this and managed to avoid it by tilting his head to the side.

The beam of holy light pierced through the stone pillar behind him, burning a small hole about the width of a finger. Clearly, if he hadn't dodged it, this beam of holy light would have been enough to kill Ye Xiao.

"Wow, how come you, the Holy Maiden of Light, kill people without even blinking an eye?"

"Templars, how long are you going to wait?" the saintess's voice was icy. "Seize him!"

"Why don't you just order me killed? Are you so afraid of ruining your saintly image?"

Ye Xiao's trash talk naturally didn't get a response from the imposter Ella, and the surrounding Templar Knights immediately swarmed towards Ye Xiao.

But while these soldiers clad in silver armor might be a threat to ordinary people, they were nothing more than clumsy toys to Ye Xiao.

He stepped onto a stone pillar and launched himself into the air, using the momentum to perform a backflip, causing the charging knights to crash headfirst into the pillar.

Ye Xiao landed in front of Vanessa, took the staff from Vanessa's hand with his right hand, and unleashed a large fireball spell at the saintess not far away.

With increased usage, the fireball spell is now more powerful than before and no longer requires incantation.

But of course, even so, this spell, which was only at the third level, could not possibly harm the saintess in the slightest.

A golden halo, like a blooming lotus, unfolded before the saintess, and the dazzling flames were nothing more than a laughable firework to her.

The explosion immediately created thick smoke in the enclosed banquet hall. Ye Xiao hadn't expected to cause any harm to the saintess. Instead, he took advantage of the chaos to sheathe his sword and carry his staff, then picked up Vanessa and Eileen in each hand and ran towards the window on the side of the banquet hall.

Without a doubt, Ye Xiao alone had no chance of winning against the Holy Maiden who wielded the dual divine powers of Pride and Light, let alone the many Templar Knights present.

But before he could run two steps, several golden chains emerged from the smoke like snakes swimming in the air.

As if they had eyes, these chains precisely blocked the space where Ye Xiao could move around.

Unable to do anything else, Ye Xiao tossed the two girls off the floor like bowling balls, then quickly turned around, drew his sword, and unleashed a powerful crescent-shaped slash that cleaved the incoming chain in two.

Eileen's mind was still blank, but Vanessa, who was all rolled around in a mess, reacted quickly, picked up Eileen and jumped out of the window.

Although she looks thin and weak, Vanessa simply doesn't have any magical talent.

As a mischievous child who often ran around with others when he was young, his slender arms were surprisingly strong.

Two Templar Knights rushed over to stop him, but Ye Xiao, who was not far away, immediately drew his staff from his back and cast a Frost Cloud spell on the windowsill. The slippery floor caused the two knights, who were caught off guard, to slip and fall flat on their faces.

A burst of golden light suddenly erupted from the billowing smoke and dust, the powerful impact not only dispersing the smoke but also blowing away the surrounding tables, chairs, and plates.

After the smoke and dust cleared, the saintess saw the window that Vanessa had smashed through while carrying Irene, and the two Templar Knights lying on the ice. She was so angry that she laughed.

She simply raised one hand, and the flowing light gathered on the ceiling into a huge magic circle.

The densely packed incantations, like swimming tadpoles, instantly covered the ceiling of the entire banquet hall, and then transformed into countless sharp light swords.

The next moment, a torrential rain of swords swept across Ye Xiao's location, and the dense bombardment turned the wine cellar beneath the paving stones into ruins.

A large hole was torn in the wall, and a gust of wind carrying cold rain poured into the warm banquet hall.

However, amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Ye Xiao's figure suddenly burst out from the other side.

His arms had transformed into wolf claws, and he carried several Templar Knights, carrying large and small bags as if he had just come out of a shopping mall, and threw them to the ground.

"You're such a jerk, killing your own teammates." Ye Xiao's scalp tingled, and a rather gruesome wound on his waist was gushing blood.

However, he immediately chanted a prayer, drew his staff from behind him, and waved it, summoning a blood-red magic circle.

A black tentacle-like ball crawled out of the magic circle and burrowed into the wound on his waist, and the horrific bloodstain immediately began to heal.

"Ha, the evil god's tricks." The saintess snorted coldly at the sight. "The rest is up to you. Don't disappoint me."

After saying that, he actually closed his eyes and began to silently chant a spell.

Several beams of azure light then moved across the floor of the banquet hall, forming a peculiar magic circle.

At the same time, Ella, who was still in the North City, suddenly realized that the divine power that was slowly dissipating from the subdued Fish Mother into the surrounding space was being attracted by something and suddenly began to converge towards the location of Wind Chaser Fortress in the South City.

Damn, this guy really did have a trick up his sleeve.

But... who was she talking to just now?

Ye Xiaoxin felt a chill and suddenly heard a deep voice behind her.

"As you command, Saint Lady."

A sense of danger suddenly struck him like countless needles pricking his neck, making his hair stand on end.

Ye Xiao suddenly flipped forward, and a sharp greatsword almost grazed his hair as it slashed diagonally to the ground.

The sword's edge dragged across the stone bricks, creating a blinding flash of light and leaving a deep mark.

Ye Xiao used his hands to support himself on the ground and somersaulted around to look behind him, only to see an exceptionally tall Templar Knight standing behind him.

Unlike other Templar Knights, the flamboyant red feather on his helmet fluttered in the wind and smoke, making him appear particularly ostentatious.

“Good response, sinner. I am Augustus, the Grand Master of the Fourth Knights.” The Templar Knight gave a brief self-introduction. “State your name, and you will become the six hundredth name I inscribe on the Holy Monument.”

"No, that imposter saint has already killed even the Templar Knights in front of you, and is still performing strange rituals. Can't you be a little suspicious of her?!"

"It seems you've chosen to face judgment as an unknown man." Augustus raised his greatsword, pointing it directly at Ye Xiao's face. "Holy Light, this enemy is worth fighting!"

"I'm absolutely blown away!"

This is why Ye Xiao hates the Holy Temple; the brains of these fanatics are like external accessories.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Forced Crossing of the Lake

Augustus's enormous body was equivalent to a steel golem nearly three meters tall, but the moment his foot touched the ground, he had already appeared in front of Ye Xiao.

The seemingly heavy greatsword was surprisingly light and agile, slicing through the figure in a tuxedo with a whistling sound.

However, it was merely an afterimage. With the surge in physical attributes after transforming into a beast, Ye Xiao's assassin skill, Shadow Step, was far faster than usual.

Seeing that the fake saintess was still performing the ritual as if no one else was around, divine power that had drifted over began to circulate through the magic circle beneath her feet and was being transmitted deeper underground.

Ye Xiao realized that this was not the time to get entangled with this stubborn guy. He had to buy time for Li Cheng and the others and not let the Holy Maiden complete that obviously problematic ritual.

However, Augustus, as the leader of the Fourth Holy Knights, was almost at the threshold of the Saint rank, and was not someone Ye Xiao could easily shake off.

Even with Cynthia's beast transformation and Grandmaster-level swordsmanship, Ye Xiao is now barely considered a mid-level extraordinary being who has been forcibly elevated.

The powerful and relentless sword strikes were impenetrable, and the golden sword beams made it almost impossible for Ye Xiao, who could only focus on dodging and weaving, to breathe.

Several Templar Knights stood guard nearby, their shields erected in a neat defensive formation, blocking the fake saintess who was preparing for the ceremony. Although they couldn't participate in the fierce battle between the Knight Commander and Ye Xiao, the protection they provided for the fake saintess after forming a battle formation was far greater than that of the troublesome Augustus.

[Late Night Snack: Exploration Team, how's it going over there? The Holy Maiden is performing a ritual to channel divine power underground!]

[Late-night snack: Hey? I can't hold on much longer!]

[Saintess's Dog 2: Received, hold on a little longer! Damn, we just got ambushed! There are so many murlocs down here, give us a little more time!]

……

At this moment, in the underground lake of Wind Chaser Fortress.

Li Cheng stood on the ice and cleaved the fishman who was trying to pull at his shoes with his sword.

The arcs of electricity leaping from the sword spread across the lake, causing the surrounding fishmen to tremble with shock.

Nearby, members of the Seven Stars Society were also engaged in a fierce battle with hordes of fishmen that kept surging from underwater onto the ice.

They were now about eighty meters away from the sleeping little girl in the middle of the lake. However, the closer they got to the center of the lake, the more frenzied fishmen emerged from the water, like an endless horde of zombies constantly crashing into the ice cap they had created on the lake using the freezing scroll.

When they first arrived underground, Li Cheng, who was pulled to the surface, almost died.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and used his Lightning Sword skill to electrocute a group of murlocs, the leader of the Seven Stars Guild might have been dragged underwater and dismembered on the spot.

Although the violent electric current caused by the lightning element was conducted through the water and made him feel numb, as a semi-tank warrior in the guild, he could still withstand the damage. In comparison, the Murloc's lightning resistance was almost negative.

This was all thanks to Ella for giving them a lot of general points beforehand, and the Tide Merchant Guild for selling them skill books at a discount; otherwise, he wouldn't have been willing to learn these expensive offensive spells and combat skills.

Then, with quick reflexes, Xiao Deng immediately reached into the water and pulled Li Cheng out after the flash of electricity.

Even after regrouping, the Seven Stars did not falter when facing a large group of Murlocs.

After careful consideration, they decided to take the risk and create a path across the water to the center of the lake using the frozen scrolls stored in their rings.

After all, time is of the essence, and there's no time to leisurely search for a more appropriate and lower-risk solution.

So the members of the Seven Stars Society took potions, applied oils, and applied various buffs. Then they kept throwing freezing scrolls on the water to create ice and forcefully cross the lake while withstanding the attacks of a large number of murlocs.

Even so, the endless stream of merfolk would not only attack from the edges, but would also occasionally break through the hard ice surface to launch surprise attacks from inside.

Li Cheng led a group of players to face these extremely treacherous corrupted individuals, fighting together while traveling, which was no easy feat.

Even so, time is still very tight.

As the lake began to tremble, they saw azure light slowly gathering above the huge hollow cavern, like raindrops falling slowly from the sky.

Countless strands of magical light contained terrifying energy, slowly gathering on the little girl's body, like a pool of water gradually spreading.

[Late Night Snack: Still not enough?? That fake saintess's magic circle is almost complete!]

[The Saintess's Dog 2: Just a little more time, just a little! Two minutes!]

Li Cheng naturally understood the immense pressure Ye Xiao was under.

But the battle on their side was also incredibly intense and breathtaking.

He roared, directing the players in various locations to cooperate in advancing and defending. Several groups rotated continuously during skill cooldown periods, using scrolls and combat skills to repel the endless waves of murlocs.

"Group A retreats for ten seconds, Group B takes over! The monsters are gathered at the nine o'clock direction, Group C, prioritize using your Lightning Scroll in that direction!..."

No one dared to be distracted for even a moment. Despite taking turns and repeatedly using drugs, they couldn't withstand the intense drain on their mental and physical strength.

But their positions were indeed steadily moving closer to the center of the lake, fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters...

A dark shadow lurked on the surface of the water during the fierce battle. When Li Cheng was shocked to discover the irregular outline underwater, which was several times larger than that of an ordinary fishman, in the cold light emitted by a piece of brilliance stone, it was too late.

"Holy crap! Jump in now!!!"

Before some players could even process the meaning of this sudden command, the solid ice surface was suddenly pierced by the monsters that rushed out from underwater.

It was a deformed fish-man with no arms but only feet, and a huge tumor-like protrusion on its head.

The once stable and solid ice surface shattered into pieces in an instant, and the powerful impact that erupted at the center sent all the members of the Seven Stars Society flying.

The formation that had held out so long was instantly shattered.

Amidst the swirling ice shards, scattered players were grabbed by the shoulders and dragged to the surface by murlocs that surged from the water's depths.

In desperation, Li Cheng did not hesitate to once again grasp his greatsword and summon lightning from the water's surface.

The stray electric arcs crackled and flickered, electrifying a large area of ​​water and causing a group of fishmen to bubble and tremble.

As the commander, Li Cheng had naturally considered the possibility of falling into the water, so he had all the members apply essential oils that would increase their lightning resistance beforehand.

Taking advantage of the fact that the fishmen in the water were unable to move, the Seven Stars Society members, who were only slightly numb from the electric shock, broke free of their restraints and immediately threw out new freezing scrolls, creating connected ice surfaces that allowed them to come ashore.

Anyway, with the Saintess, a wealthy duke, backing them up, everyone just threw their scrolls and props around like firecrackers.

But Li Cheng, who had climbed ashore and gulped down a bottle of mental energy potion, soon noticed that the eerie shadow that had just broken through their ice surface was swimming over again.

That day, some mutated dog-like creature somehow developed a high resistance to lightning. If it wasn't dealt with, it would keep ramming into their ice caps.

However, the anti-lightning essential oil will only last for one or two uses before reaching its limit, and underwater there is no opportunity to apply the buff or oil.

At that point, we'll be truly finished.

So Li Cheng gritted his teeth, threw the bottle in his hand into the water, took off his armor, and jumped into the water.

Taking advantage of the moment when the nearby murlocs were paralyzed by the electric shock and the murlocs in the distance hadn't yet rushed over, he was going to kill that thing!