The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Ye Xiao said quietly, "If we put them all together, I can save some mana when I use my skills."

Okay, for those who are cheating, it seems that going through stages separately is indeed more time-consuming than attacking all at once.

Mingya immediately understood.

"That girl said you came from the future, is that true or not? That sounds pretty cool."

"But I see you're about my age now, and you're from the future, so theoretically you should call me brother, right? Uh, or is it possible you're uncle?"

Ye Xiao glanced at Mingya, somewhat speechless.

"Hey, I was just saying. But you're practically cheating, so I'll call you 'Big Brother'."

Mingya waved his hand again.

"Yes, in my previous life, I married into the Loren royal family, was betrayed by my wife, and framed by villains. In this life, I have been reborn and am determined to take back everything that belongs to me."

"My God, really?!"

"Of course it's nonsense."

"puff."

Koi didn't understand the joke and couldn't participate in the conversation between the two, but she still found it amusing.

"Huh."

Mingya thought for a moment, then asked, "So you're the Terminator type, someone who comes back from some future catastrophe to reverse it and save the world?"

“Indeed, twenty years from now, the world will be in crisis. I am the Sorcerer Supreme from the future, and I have come to find you as the next one so that I can pass on my mantle to you in advance.”

"Oh!"

Mingya excitedly raised his fist upon hearing this, but he quickly realized something was wrong. "This is just made up, isn't it? You told me to practice my swordsmanship properly before."

"Knowing that, why are you getting so excited?"

Ye Xiao smiled.

"Damn, for a second I actually believed it!"

Mingya was furious.

Peaceful times are always fleeting, and the three of them soon arrived at the top floor of the city lord's mansion.

Ahead lies the bronze gate leading to the ceremonial hall, wide and majestic, engraved with countless ferocious beasts prostrate beneath the skirts of a goddess statue with tentacles, as if the supreme sea god is enlightening these savage creatures.

"Little evil god, you've come up with quite a lot of mythological backgrounds."

Ye Xiao scoffed and then kicked the door open.

Chapter 106 The Altar of the Usurper

At the same time, the bronze gate slowly opened a crack.

This caused Ye Xiao's kick to miss its mark, but fortunately, his lower body was stable and he did not stumble awkwardly.

"High-end, it's even an automatic door."

Mingya gestured with his hand through the crack in the door.

Those who come with ill intentions will not come with good intentions.

Ye Xiao took the lead and slowly walked in through the crack in the door.

The gap in the doorway is only significant in comparison to the massive bronze door, which is as tall as a four- or five-story building. In reality, it's more than enough for two people to pass side by side.

Ye Xiao and the others were like ants passing under its feet. As soon as they stepped in, a magnificent and spectacular statue came into view.

No longer is it a modified stone statue in the shape of an ocean goddess; this time, it is a black sun with inlaid eyes that stands in the hall.

However, it's really just a change of falsely claimed target. One moment they use the sea goddess as a costume, the next they use Lydia as a costume. As for the real person hidden under this false image, they probably don't have the courage to create a statue of him.

Inside the arched sacrificial hall, rows of black-robed followers of the Dark Shepherd knelt on one knee. Despite their large numbers, the silence was chilling.

At first glance, this scene was exactly the same as what Ye Xiao had seen when he first met the other party in the cave in the Mansa Islands.

The black-robed priestess still stood at the forefront of the cult, her hands raised high, as if bathing in the moonlight streaming through the sapphire arched windows of the dome.

"You're finally here. What took you so long?"

The priestess was still wrapped in bandages, but one of her eyes, which was visible, seemed slightly different from before, gleaming with a deep, dark blue.

However, Ye Xiao was speechless upon hearing the girl's words, "What a delay! It's like I'm late. Stop messing around with those broken stone statues downstairs, I'm already here."

"Stone statue?"

A hint of doubt flashed across the girl's face, but she didn't dwell on the details. She simply lowered her hands slowly. "I was indeed waiting for you. From my Lord's revelation, I have come to understand that you have only unintentionally strayed onto the wrong path and become a follower of the false god Lydia."

“My Lord admires your strength. Why not abandon your faith in the false god who usurped my Lord’s name and come with me into the embrace of the true God?”

"A follower of Lydia?"

Mingya muttered to himself, "No, Brother Ye, how many gods have you followed? I remember you told me before that you believed in the God of Greed, then you believed in the Holy Light Saintess, in life, and in God... and now you have Lydia too."

"Oh, I just said I believed in God casually."

"Is everything else about feelings genuine?"

Mingya, now accustomed to the subtle meaning in Ye Xiao's words, asked, "You're a playboy, aren't you?"

"Don't try to smear my innocence out of thin air. Alright, stop interrupting, can't you see I'm going through the plot?"

Ye Xiao shrugged, then resumed his conversation with the young priestess in the distance.

"So you mean you deliberately waited here to steal my boyfriend?"

"The misalignment of time will maximize the weakening of your connection with that false god,"

The priest spoke slowly.

Her voice was no longer hoarse; it was clear and melodious, yet it also held a hint of allure. Like the song of a siren, it gradually captivated the listener, transforming into an invisible net that was slowly ensnaring their soul.

A strange feeling welled up in his heart. Jinli, a mage skilled in music, keenly sensed this and slapped a soundproof talisman on Mingya's forehead without saying a word.

She herself used magic to block out the sound in an attempt to dispel the bewitching sound effects.

Even so, the effect was minimal. Even with the sound completely blocked out, the koi could still hear faint and ethereal murmurs echoing in its mind as the black-robed priest's lips opened and closed.

"Huh?"

Ye Xiao turned his head and glanced at his two companions who were being affected by the sound magic.

If it weren't for the koi's movements, Ye Xiao wouldn't have noticed that the other person's voice also contained the effect of divine magic.

However, the allure of that voice had no effect on Ye Xiao, otherwise he wouldn't have been completely oblivious. It's just a pity that he couldn't share his resistance with his companions.

"Wow, that's interesting. This probably wasn't an ability you always had, was it?"

Ye Xiao looked back at the black-robed priest.

"This is the authority inherited from the daughter of the sea goddess," the priest said, not surprised that Ye Xiao was unaffected. "Of course, it can indeed be considered my power now."

She raised her hands and slowly unwrapped the bandages wrapped around her face.

"The true gods of today have been high and mighty for far too long."

"They occupy positions without performing their duties, following the foolish doctrines of the Holy Light, which divide life into different classes."

"Those who monopolize the right to speak and despise the masses are despicable and have no right to occupy the altar and be admired by others."

As the bandages were removed, a beautiful, flawless face was revealed beneath the black hood. Deep blue hair cascaded down her smooth, alabaster-skinned shoulders. Her divine beauty exuded a holy aura even in the presence of a group of cultists under the moonlight.

"...Encia?? How is this possible???"

Koi, a true devotee of the ocean goddess, exclaimed in surprise. She was familiar with the various deities within the ocean goddess system, and the other party's stunning appearance, which could completely overlap with a certain deity's statue, was enough to shock her.

Encia, the third daughter of the sea goddess Undine, is actually the mastermind behind the distortion of the sea goddess's faith.

"That can't be right, you didn't always look like this."

Ye Xiao frowned. The divinity he sensed from the other person seemed genuine. "Have you completely replaced a deity?"

It is a miracle that humans can usurp the power of gods. Even those who attempted to ascend to godhood, such as Freya or Prince Loren, did so by borrowing the power of existing gods and creating their own laws and establishing new paths.

But this kind of complete replacement from head to toe was something Ye Xiao had never heard of before... Uh, wait, it seems like it wasn't the first time?

Ye Xiao suddenly thought of his situation with Ella.

Damn it... Thinking about it this way, if even someone as powerful as Lydia can be replaced by an ordinary human like him, then it doesn't seem entirely impossible for the gods of this world to be replaced by others.

Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?

Seeing Ye Xiao's expression turn serious, the priestess girl finally smiled, her face which had been as cold as ice.

"As you can see, I am now the true goddess Encia."

"This is the miracle that our Lord's grace can bestow, a height that those other insignificant false gods can never reach."

“Those gods we once thought were invincible and high above, Encia, Undine, or the God of Light… are nothing but false things that can be pulled down from their altars at the feet of my Lord.”

"Rather than burying your head in the dust and believing in those empty and worthless things, it is better to embrace my Lord, take their place, and accomplish a greater myth than theirs."

As she spoke, the priestess girl, or rather the goddess Encia, gracefully passed through the countless kneeling, motionless followers of the Dark Shepherds, and came to Ye Xiao, extending her fair and slender hand.

“Followers of false gods, my Lord admires you, and so do I. Stop indulging in that false faith.”

"Follow me into the temple, and together we will reshape the order of this world."

Chapter 107 The Trend Has Begun

It has to be said that if it were Ye Xiao from his previous life, it would be hard for him not to be tempted by such conditions.

There are living examples of people becoming gods right before your eyes, and there is also a goddess with an absolutely beautiful face who sincerely wants to lead you into the religion.

Even Mingya, who was standing next to him, was a little tempted. He wanted to say, "Brother Ye, if you don't care about this opportunity, why don't you let me sacrifice for you?"

Unfortunately, this was of no appeal to Ye Xiao at the moment. He was only curious about how the other party had done it, which involved the nature of his relationship with Ella.

Who am I? To some extent, this may be the clue to Ye Xiao's ultimate answer.

"So you delayed me for so long just to become a god here?"

Ye Xiao asked.

Ye Xiao thought to himself that in the past, he always arrived just in time and fought the opponent three hundred times at the crucial moment.

Ye Xiao didn't even see the ritual formations when he arrived, and the other party had already become a god. It was only now that Ye Xiao realized how late he had arrived.

Encia raised the corners of her mouth slightly, with a charming smile that could captivate a hundred hearts. "Heh, this isn't a story from a novel. All the hard work in preparing everything, just waiting for someone to arrive in the last thirty minutes and ruin the ceremony."

“My ascension ceremony was completed a week ago.”

Ye Xiao was taken aback. If he took his own experience as a coordinate, it seemed to coincide with the time of the little black dog's death.

No, was it all over by then? So all his hard work crossing time was for nothing?

"Then why are you wasting my time with all this nonsense?"

Ye Xiao was unwilling to accept this; he didn't believe that the other side hadn't prepared anything big.

"The army in the dungeon is just a small test, to verify your qualifications. Haven't you thought about it? If they really wanted to stop you, why would they leave that underground lake connecting the past and the future, giving you the opportunity to travel through time?"

Encia proudly raised her snow-white swan neck and let out a soft hum.

"On the contrary, normally speaking, who would be stupid enough to wait until someone they know will be an obstacle comes over before doing the most important thing?"

Stop talking! The Second Prince's heart is bleeding in heaven.

Ye Xiao never expected things to turn out this way.

So from the moment the little black dog died, the other party's plan was actually complete.

Having achieved the divine realm, he holds great power in Thunder City, and his sect has absorbed a multitude of powerful figures, earning the admiration of countless beastmen believers.

My own time travel back to the past was merely a scheme orchestrated by the other party to sever my connection with Ella and to win her over.

Indeed, if he and Ella were truly two different people, Ella's future time would be frozen at this moment, making it impossible for her to care what she was doing.

This seemed to be a complete victory for the opponent. Ye Xiao was just a pawn who rushed over from the side of the chessboard after the veterans had all left, standing alone like a fool facing a neat row of chariots, horses, and cannons on the other side of the Chu River.

"I must admit, what you've said is quite appealing."

So Ye Xiao hesitated for a moment, then spoke up.