The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 644: “Please Come With Me.”

“Since life has limits, what about non-life?”

This was the High Priest’s hypothesis for achieving Transcendence, the basis for the Greater Spirit of Death.

Transforming a being with extreme negative emotions into an existence beyond any current life form, allowing it to naturally ignore and surpass the limits of life and achieve Transcendence – this idea was incredibly far-fetched.

However, as Danas said, the world’s logic wouldn’t allow such an existence.

If a stone gained sentience, wouldn’t it be considered life?

In the High Priest’s hypothesis, a Greater Spirit of Death couldn’t be considered life, or it wouldn’t be able to naturally transcend. But Transcendence was a concept based on surpassing the limits of life. Non-life didn’t even have the concept of levels, so how could it transcend?

Could a lifeless stone transcend? And a stone with life, would it still be considered non-life?

Therefore, the High Priest’s hypothesis, although imaginative, was inherently contradictory and wouldn’t work.

The proof was that both Limgir and Leni, as possessors of the Greater Spirit of Death, had levels.

Leni was Limit Level, and Limgir was Legendary Level. If he continued to grow, he would eventually reach Limit Level.

But their limit was just Limit Level. They couldn’t naturally transcend as the High Priest hypothesized.

Moreover, because of their special nature, after transforming into Greater Spirits, they would absorb large amounts of [Soul Essence] to increase their power, having no bottlenecks before reaching Limit Level. But once they reached Limit Level, they would encounter their true limit, unable to transcend.

This was the result of the High Priest’s wishful thinking. She wanted to create non-life that could naturally transcend, but this made the Greater Spirit of Death inherently contradictory. Not only did it have levels like other life forms, but because it was created with the goal of being non-life, it couldn’t even break through the limits of life.

This was the Greater Spirit of Death, a contradictory and flawed hypothesis.

And this was also the High Priest’s limit.

She was destined to fail.

However, Leni, as a possessor of the Greater Spirit of Death, found another way, a way to break through.

That was to borrow external power.

“The Branch of Rejuvenation, the world’s first material form, is a crystal of power condensed from the residual power the Supreme God Omniis used to create the world.”

“At that time, Omniis had only created the world, not yet other things.”

“Including the laws that govern this world and maintain its order and existence – Logic.”

In other words, the Branch of Rejuvenation was born before Logic was formed.

It was inherently beyond the scope and constraints of Logic, a remnant of the world that shouldn’t exist.

If one could obtain it, they could, to a certain extent, break free from the limitations of Logic.

For Leni, with the Greater Spirit of Death and bound by Logic, this was her only lifeline.

“Only by obtaining the Branch of Rejuvenation and borrowing its power, which predates Logic, can the Greater Spirit of Death break free from the constraints of Logic, perfect itself, and naturally possess the power of Transcendence, right?”

Danas thus revealed Leni’s plan.

“For this purpose, Your Highness orchestrated this ten-year plan.”

“Find a blessed one of the Goddess of Fate.”

“Carve the magic circle for the sacrificial ritual on the Empire’s land.”

“Finally, using the power of the ritual, activate the power of the Goddess of Fate, manipulate the celestial phenomena, and make the prophecy come true.”

“Only then can the Branch of Rejuvenation appear and help Your Highness transcend.”

Saying this, Danas applauded.

“I have to say, Your Highness’s plan is admirable. Throughout the three realms, besides you, perhaps only Sara, the Moon Demon, possesses such ingenuity.”

Sara, the Moon Demon, was a renowned strategist, the leader and supreme being of the Demon Race. Her intellect was even feared by the God Race, and even Lildas, the Goddess of Fate hailed as the strongest, was sometimes outmaneuvered by her. For Danas to compare Leni to her was high praise indeed.

However, Leni didn’t seem interested in this.

“Aren’t you the same, little one of the Old Demon Faction?” Leni said impassively, “You painstakingly searched for me, even finding my maid and cooperating with her, not for the grand cause of the Original Demon, but for Transcendence, right?”

Danas’s smile slowly faded.

But only for a second, before he recovered.

“Who doesn’t desire Transcendence?” Danas said in an ethereal voice, “Throughout history, only Heroes have truly achieved self-transcendence. Other Transcendent Level beings are all inherently powerful, truly blessed.”

Compared to them, Danas was undoubtedly unfortunate.

“I’ve said it before, I have no talent, no gift. Not to mention a Unique Skill, I can’t even learn ordinary skills. My level is pathetically low, and I was once even abandoned.”

“If I hadn’t found an ordinary Bio-Creation Magic grimoire in the desolate lands of the Demon Realm and discovered my talent in this area after trying it, I might have been forgotten there, becoming a insignificant dead ant.”

“From that moment on, I’ve constantly been thinking, am I really that incapable?”

Danas muttered to himself.

“Can’t I become strong?”

“Can’t I earn people’s recognition?”

“Can’t I stand at the apex?”

“Can’t I transcend?”

These self-questionings were all answered with a single word – “no.”

So, Danas began planning everything for himself.

“Your Highness has been planning for a thousand years, and I’ve been planning for ten. I can’t compare to you in terms of time and effort.”

“But just as I said to Miss Mara before, in order to have a place for ourselves in the future, we can only gamble everything.”

“And Miss Mara has already taken the first step.”

These words finally caused a ripple in Leni’s emotions.

The princess of Erei was silent for a moment, then sighed.

“I told her, she’s not the true possessor of the Greater Spirit of Death. Using its power through [Symbiosis] is already her limit. If she wants to transcend with the Branch of Rejuvenation and activate the Greater Spirit’s true potential, her body definitely can’t handle it.”

[Symbiosis] could indeed allow people to share levels, skills, and even life force, but it was just a skill. How could it borrow the power of Transcendence?

Transcendence meant the concepts of levels and skills would disappear, only Unique Skills, which defied logic, would remain.

[Symbiosis] was just an ordinary skill, although rare and powerful. It couldn’t compare to a Unique Skill.

Therefore, Mara could use [Symbiosis] to obtain the power of the Greater Spirit of Death, but using it to obtain the power of Transcendence was absolutely impossible.

Moreover, Mara wasn’t the true possessor of the Greater Spirit of Death and couldn’t naturally transcend. Obtaining the Branch of Rejuvenation and forcibly activating the Greater Spirit’s power would cause not only her body, but also her very being, to collapse.

Even if Leni shared her life force with Mara, Mara wouldn’t be able to recover.

In other words, if that happened, Mara would definitely die.

But Mara still chose to do it.

“She didn’t want me to be exposed, didn’t want me to face Lilith and the Hero directly, fearing I would be slain by the Holy Sword, so she took on this task herself, acting as my shadow warrior, obtaining the Branch of Rejuvenation according to plan, and then transferring it to me through [Symbiosis].”

Besides sharing power and life force, the [Symbiosis] skill could also allow them to switch places and move at high speed, achieving an effect similar to teleportation.

That’s why Mara planned all of this.

“I intended for her to immediately transfer the Branch of Rejuvenation to me once she obtained it, but in the end, she used it herself and was even killed by that Hero before she completely collapsed.”

Leni sighed softly.

Danas, however, didn’t seem saddened by Mara’s death.

“After seeing that Hero’s power, I think her choice was quite wise.”

This was Danas’s thought.

Undoubtedly, the power Shien displayed this time had reached the level of Transcendence.

If Mara hadn’t risked her life and taken on everything, then even if Leni obtained the Branch of Rejuvenation, they wouldn’t have been able to easily leave the Imperial Capital with the Hero and Lilith joining forces.

Now, no one noticed any of this, and this outcome was good.

“I want to ask Your Highness,” Danas looked at Leni, “Will you honor the alliance I made with Miss Mara?”

This was Danas’s purpose for coming here.

“You want my support?” Leni looked at Danas.

“There’s no helping it,” Danas said indifferently, “With Your Highness’s support, my chances of achieving Transcendence will greatly increase. I can’t refuse such a temptation.”

“…Interesting.” Leni narrowed her eyes, looked at Danas for a moment, glanced at the Limit Level Magic Fighters around him, then smiled, “In that case, I’ll help you.”

“Thank you,” Danas bowed to Leni.

Then, he slowly said,

“Then, please come with me.”

“The first Queen of the Mitra Kingdom, the Hero’s wife.”

“Lady Leni Mitra.”

These words made Leni smile.

A cold smile.

…

“…” Lasha looked at the empty bed, silent.

“Sigh…” Leisha stood beside Lasha, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she just sighed.

They both returned to the room.

However, the person who should have been lying there was gone.