Amira's frantic cry pierced the chaos left in the wake of the explosion. With Leona's powerful strides and Amira's incredible speed, they reached Ace's battered form in a matter of seds.

  Amira k beside him, her heart pounding with fear and . Ace's body was scorched and battered, his clothes in tatters. His breathing was boured, and blood trickled from the er of his mouth. The malevolent energy of Shelia's profound mystery of evil had left its mark, and Amira khat they had to act quickly to ter its corrosive effects.

  Leona stood guard, her obsidian eyes sing their surroundings, daring the Magma Demons to e closer. The Divine Lioness emitted a low, warning growl, but the demons weren’t willing to let go of su excellent opportunity.

  Upon spotting the Magma Demons’ tinued approad uanding that Amira couldn’t afford to be distracted, Leona’s killing i soared to the heavens. Without hesitation, she charged into the oning demons, fearlessly taking on all that remained by herself.

  Amira, trusting Leona to hahe Magma Demons, focused all her attention on the severely injured dark-haired teen in her embrace.

  Gently cradling Ace's head, her hands glowing with a soft, healing light. She elled her profound mystery of purity, w to teract the malevolent energy that threateo e Ace from the inside and slowly stabilise his dition.

  A soft groan escaped Ace’s lips as Amira's healing energy flowed through him, mending his damaged body. Despite the agony, he managed a weak smile when he saw the worry etched on Amira's face.

  "I guess I overdid it a bit," Ace rasped, his voice strained.

  Amira couldn't help but roll her eyes, though the relief in her eyes was undeniable. "You think? You're lucky to be alive, you idiot."

  “It wasn’t luck,” Ace replied through boured breaths. “I already told you I’d win, remember?”

  Hearing that, Amira couldn’t help but think back to the moments before they arrived on the se. Ace had told her that no matter what happened, she shouldn't interfere; she should just trust him as he wouldn't lose.

  Recalling that, Amira turned her gaze to Shelia’s lifeless body, or rather what remained of it.

  Shelia, the leader of the Cult of Darkness and former Empress of Darkness, not only had ceased to breathe but she was also left with only half a body. The rest had been ied by the devastation of Ace’s [Myriad Point vergence].

  It had to be mentiohat, although the might of the teique had increased drastically after going from three to four simultaneous explosions, in terms of raw power, it was still marginally inferior to Shelia’s [Devilish Destroyer] – a teique that Shelia had spent the majority of her time as a saint perfeg.

  If not for Ace using his [queror’s Hak at the st moment, effectively disrupting the flow of her teique slightly, the oute of the final csh would’ve ended up very differently.

  Ace's triumph over Shelia, a formidable powerhouse of their ti, was a remarkable feat that would have made waves if known beyond their group. His sense of aplishment was well-deserved.

  However, Amira's primary was Ace's well-being.

  She couldn't help but be grateful that she had takeime to prehend the profound mystery of purity. Without it, Ace's recovery would have been uain, and at the very least, it would have taken much longer.

  Fortunately, not only had Amira started prehending the profound mystery of purity, she even had experience using it to teract the profound mystery of evil.

  There was a drawback, though: the gap in cultivation level and prehension of their respective mysteries between her and Shelia meant that it took hours to stabilise Aough to move him without risking further harm.

  During this time, Leona stood watch, guarding them against potential threats. Thankfully, with her current strength, she was more than capable of fulfilling this role.

  "Leona, it's time to go," Amira said, gently lifting Ace, who had long since lost sciousness, and putting him on the rge and muscur back of the bck-furred lioness, disregarding the pile of defeated Magma Demons Leona had dispatched. "We o find a safe pce for Ace to recover in peace."

  While the ordinary Magma Demons, being early-stage saints, posed no immediate dao the group, Tarosse's warning about several prime saint-level creatures that called the sed floor of the Necropolis weighed heavily on their minds, say nothing of their long list of human ehat had likely ehe sed floor by now.

  Amira and Leoually found shelter in a small cave they had to create to secure their seclusion in this part of the Necropolis of the Gods.

  Fortunately, the unique properties of this space limited spiritual sensing, ensuring their hideout remained undiscovered throughout the entire week they spent there until Ace had regained enough strength to move around on his own.

  During their stay in the cave, Ace was pelled to observe bed rest, uo wield his give for practice as he would have preferred. However, he could still engage iation, allowing him to ie the insights gained from his intetle with Shelia, further advang his strength.

  As for Leona, she had developed aronger determination to grow more powerful after her near-death experience, followed by Ace's rescue. Even though she remained in the cave, she diligently absorbed Ace's insights into the essence of fire.

  The only thing that left her frustrated was the mysterious limitation she faced. Despite her best efforts, she was uo absorb Ace's insights into the fused mysteries. In fact, aside from the essence of fire, she was uo prehend any of Ace’s other insights. A peculiarity that puzzled both Leona and Ace.

  Unfortunately, their unique ability to share insights henomenon unheard of, even by the likes of Lord Beirut.

  They didn’t know whether Leona could only absorb one profound mystery at a time or if there were other reasons at py. Regardless, Lehat her capacity to absorb Ace's insights still provided her with a signifit advantage pared to other Divis, whose uanding of natural ws gged behind their human terparts.

  Still, the most notable progress over that week was made by Amira. Her repeated usage of the profound mystery of purity to teract Shelia's corrosive ‘evil’ energy resulted in her improving by leaps and bounds in a short space of time.

  Ohey departed from their cave sanctuary, the trio embarked on a deliberate jouroward the heart of the sed floor. Along the way, they entered numerous gatherings of Magma Demons scattered amidst the ruins, using them as practid challeo bolster their strength.

  Despite being on the sed floor, the lower levels of the Necropolis would remain open for the decade. Therefore, they had no pressing desire to asd to higher floors. Unlike many older saints who had speuries at their current levels, entering seemingly insurmountable bottlenecks, Ace, Leona, and Amira possessed abundant potential frowth.

  Plus, the sed floor proved to be a treasure trove, a myriad of unique ores, mage spells, warrior teiques, and even cultivation aids for mortals making their steady progression well worth it.

  The only thing they were slightly regretful about was that they hadn’t run into Wukong or the others from the Pavilion. Still, with their strengths, there was little that could pose a threat to them on the lower floors.

  After six months of relentless effort, their progress was remarkable. Amira had asded to the middle stages of the eighth rank as both a mage and a warrior. Although she hadn't made a decisive breakthrough in terms of prehension, her progress was still steady and stant. She had even begun developing the [Sky Stance] of her [Bright Sky Sword Art], utilising the cepts of wind.

  As for Leona, though she still hadn’t found a solution to her inability to absorb the rest of Ace’s insights, her insights into the essence of fire had reached the prime saint level and was rapidly approag pletion. Additionally, with the aid of cultivation treasures, she had broken through to the ninth rank.

  If she were to face Shelia again now, even if she couldn’t win, she would at least be able to escape with her life.

  As for Ace, he was the only member of the group who refused to use the various cultivation treasures to increase his realm, instead choosing to foaxing out his prehension for each level before fog on breaking through.

  Still, his progress could only be described as mind-blowing. After spending several weeks the eruptions of various voloes, not only had his prehension of the fused mystery of the essence of fire and explosions reached 50%, he had even pletely prehended his sed profound mystery.

  After prehending the profound mystery of Fire-Body, Ace felt like he had gone back to being a true logia. Not only could he transform his body into fmes at will without wasting mageforce, unless one’s prehension had reached that of a prime saint, it was impossible to even touch him.

  Still, the thing he was most proud of was that his [Bzing Give Art] had improved drastically, to the point where its might had increased two times over.

  Overall, even though he was g somewhat when pared to the prime saints, he could look down on peak saints like Shelia and Byrius – before his st breakthrough.

  And even though he wasn’t a match for prime saints by himself, when fighting alongside Amira and Leona, the average prime saint could only run away with their tails tucked between their legs.

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