Chapter 372 Only the Owl Sage is left - Socially Anxious Witch in the Apocalypse

Su Miao didn't spend much time admiring the mushroom cloud; she continued flying towards the next ruins. The evil god who once resided in the ruins was dead, but the lingering eerie gray mist remained, along with the treasures they left behind. If something akin to a lich's resurrection box existed, it needed to be found and destroyed. Perhaps sensing the fall of the evil god, when Su Miao arrived at the next ruins, the area was in chaos. An abundance of bizarre monsters were attempting to burst from the mist, fleeing toward other areas. Sitting primly atop her alloy staff, Su Miao gracefully stood up, gripping the staff with both hands, and unleashed a burst of starlight upon the eerie mist below. In an instant, the mist was ignited, countless grotesque creatures were engulfed by the starlight, and obliterated. Ten seconds later, the vast ruins were utterly clean, revealing a beautiful island in a lake within Su Miao's line of sight. Su Miao settled back onto her alloy staff and soared through the sky, sending a magical shadow clone down toward the island. An ancient castle tangled with dry vines stood on the island. It once housed numerous eerie creatures, all eradicated by Su Miao's burst of starlight. Su Miao walked deeper inside. After a short distance, she first discovered several treasure vaults filled with gold and jewels. Mountains of gold and jewels lay amidst several dried snakeskins, and at the edge was a large snake skeleton. It's unclear how long the giant serpent had been dead. From the traces at the scene, it seemed to have transformed into an eerie creature; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been able to move just a quarter hour earlier. Su Miao merely glanced at these treasures and lost interest. The gold and jewels were also tainted by the gray mist, making them worthless to her. She pondered why these evil gods collected so much gold and jewels that they didn't use. Thirty seconds later, Su Miao entered a room filled with clay tablets inscribed with various writings, though most were shattered, making the inscriptions indistinct. Several shelves preserved many amber leaves. These tiny leaves bore intricate inscriptions, coated with thick resin that transformed them into peculiar amber, preserving them until now. Even so, many leaves preserved similarly were corroded and destroyed. A brief glance revealed the leaves documented ancient forbidden techniques of dark magic, demanding overwhelming rituals involving allegiance to a deity or self-sacrifice—truly absurd. Seeing these techniques, Su Miao understood why the monstrous entities grew so large. The larger they were, the more they could be sacrificed. Take those tentacled beasts; each time, they merely needed to shed a tentacle to offer a sacrifice—a perfect arrangement. After combing through the "library," Su Miao found nothing of interest. In the next moment, a massive purple fireball infused with the law of flames ignited the entire "library," obliterating all remaining texts. Searching the remaining rooms yielded nothing worthwhile. As Su Miao prepared to leave, she sensed a peculiar energy fluctuation. It was a fluctuation of laws. Casting a spell to probe the area, she eventually discovered a hidden vault on the island. Previously concealed by various energy barriers, the vault was now exposed due to the death of the god guarding it and the island’s subsequent upheaval by Su Miao’s actions. With a graceful wave, Su Miao tore open a large hole in the vault's barrier. At its center hovered a mysterious black fruit, occasionally emitting tendrils of dark law. The dark law was more concentrated than the previously obtained divine energy gem and gentler—seemingly edible. Yet, besides the dark law, it also contained traces of life and destruction laws. What kind of tree bore such fruit? It smelled slightly fragrant—could it truly be consumed? After a moment’s contemplation, Su Miao placed the black fruit into her magical space. Her spells required the dark law, which she needed. Though she could consume the fruit directly, doing so might let the dark law dominate her abilities—an outcome Su Miao wished to avoid for fear it might impede other laws’ development. Moreover, an overwhelming dominance of the dark law might affect her disposition. That would be disastrous. "Let’s leave." Satisfied, Su Miao recombined with her original self outside, leaving the island to head toward the next ruins. The next destination was a swamp. Here, a deadly stench lingered year-round in an extremely harsh environment. No wonder the evil gods liked residing in such places; Su Miao wouldn’t stay a second if it were up to her. With a flick of her wrist, Su Miao ignited the eerie gray mist shrouding the swamp with a burst of starlight, dispelling it. She then launched a massive purple fireball below, transforming the vast swamp into a hell of raging magma. Perhaps due to her relative inexperience with the fire law, her second attempt with the purple fireball resulted in more destruction than expected, blasting a massive breach in the ancient structures beneath the swamp, now blocked by magma and debris. Now unable to explore for materials, how unfortunate. After a moment’s thought, Su Miao once again employed her starlight burst, completely annihilating the ancient buildings sealed by lava. Gazing at the mess she'd left, Su Miao blinked, turned away, and moved on to the next destination. "I seem to be getting faster." Feeling the speed of her flight, Su Miao felt a sense of joy. During her flight, Su Miao discovered a small beastman town inhabited by various humanoid animals, seemingly hosting some celebration. Weighing the importance of dismantling the next ruins, Su Miao only spared the town a glance before moving on. The following ruins were located in the ocean. Upon arrival, she initially saw no sea until she traversed a certain region and encountered a mysterious ocean—a truly bizarre sight. With only an ocean in sight, pinpointing the ruins' exact location would be difficult, but the gray mist hanging over a part of it gave the ruins away. Mindful of the swamp incident, Su Miao this time infused her alloy staff with eighty percent of her magical energy. As the magic compressed to its utmost, a starlight burst erupted. Boom! The sky plunged into darkness, the semblance of a galaxy plummeting from the heavens, the grey mist above the sea evaporated in an instant. The creatures hidden within had no chance to even scream. A hole blasted into the sea, reaching the ocean floor. The ocean floor revealed the evil god’s temple. The temple's barriers were torn apart by the starlight burst, annihilating the entire temple. The explosion triggered an endless storm, clearing the sea within a ten-thousand-meter radius and sending hundred-meter-high waves rolling into the distance. Su Miao stood in the void, satisfied with the scene before her. Capturing a photo, she turned and left. For several days, Su Miao ventured to multiple ruins. Once every ruin on the ice wilderness map was marked with a red X, she contently halted, assured she’d left no stone unturned. Now, the lingering threat on the ice wilderness in this shadow world was the owl grand sage residing in Demon King City. According to the evil gods, they only dared tamper with the owl grand sage indirectly through prophecies. Any direct confrontation would result in their demise, a testament to the owl’s power. Glancing at the map, Su Miao pinpointed Demon King City’s coordinates and flew towards it. This owl grand sage needs to be dealt with. … At the camp in the ice wilderness. Amidst a landscape strewn with corpses and rivers of blood stood Lin Jiu Jiu and Xia Xiao An. From the distance, Su Luo Li quietly observed, munching sunflower seeds, as no enemy requiring her intervention had appeared thus far. During this time, Lin Jiu Jiu and Xia Xiao An obediently stayed at the camp, studying, training, sleeping, and awaiting Su Miao's return. Each fulfilling and swift day passed, and having witnessed the magnificent mushroom cloud, they firmly believed Su Miao would soon return. Unexpectedly, the beastmen appeared first. The initial wave consisted of hundreds of wolf riders, mounted by kobolds, gnolls, and various beastmen alike. Appearing savagely fierce, they howled as they charged toward Lin Jiu Jiu and Xia Xiao An. The swift wolf riders reached the camp's front in the blink of an eye. In fact, Xia Xiao An had sensed their thoughts as soon as the beastmen neared. Despite being unable to understand their language, she discerned from their thoughts that their intentions were hostile. How should they handle this? Su Miao had demonstrated countless times before them. At the first opportunity, Lin Jiu Jiu transformed into a beautiful idol, setting up her concert stage and beginning to sing. The charging wolf riders paused, bewildered by the scene before them. Were they truly unafraid? Why had singing begun? Indeed, there was something suspicious about these sudden human arrivals. Their mission was easy: simply capture these three girls and bring them back to Demon King City. But after only a few strides, they unexpectedly found their wolves had vanished. Not vanished—the wolves stood beside them, waving their front legs animatedly, as if enacting some indescribable ritual. The wolf riders attempted to stop the wolves, only to notice they held glowing cheer sticks, gazing mesmerized at the singing and dancing idol Lin Jiu Jiu on stage. "So beautiful! So adorable! So dazzling!" "Hey! Hey! Hey!" They sincerely called out in admiration! Particularly when Lin Jiu Jiu winked during her performance, a few beastmen, enchanted, transformed into golden light points, ascending in sublimation. Meanwhile, Xia Xiao An drew a longsword from her dimensional storage. Lightning coursed beneath her feet as she darted beside each fallen wolf rider, precisely striking their hearts, swiftly reaping the beastmen's lives. "What have you done?!" The Goat Head General seethed with rage as he observed the battlefield. These humans indeed lived up to their sly and ruthless reputation—deceitful and brutal. They only intended to capture the human girls to Demon King City, not harm them—but the girls dared to resist and slaughter their warriors. "Kill them!" The Goat Head General ordered, unleashing a volley of countless arrows. Yet these arrows froze mid-flight, halted by Lin Jiu Jiu's stage domain. As for Xia Xiao An, with a simple sidestep, no arrow or attack ever found its mark. Witnessing this, the Goat Head General felt as though he was confronting not humans, but demons. Worse still, during his moment of shock, his wolf riders were nearly depleted. "General! General! We can't fight any longer!" The Crocodile Deputy General's voice trembled, "The 800 wolf riders we brought are nearly annihilated." What?! The Goat Head General looked around, realizing with horror that his wolf riders had unknowingly all engaged. Only 300 ordinary beastmen soldiers remained by his side. "Jiu Jiu! Strike!" Xia Xiao An shouted, transforming into lightning, charging towards the Goat Head General. "Alright." Lin Jiu Jiu released her domain and sprinted in their direction. Unlike Xia Xiao An, Lin Jiu Jiu refrained from approaching too closely without discerning her opponent's strength—her attacks didn't require close range. In combat, she only needed to envelop all enemies within her domain's range. "Such arrogance!" The Goat Head General was livid. What seemed a simple task turned into this humiliating confrontation with two human girls. He had to personally engage—there would be no facing his kin or the sage upon returning otherwise. The Goat Head General emitted a cacophony of twisted, alien syllables. In an instant, Xia Xiao An felt a psychic shock, nearly plunging into a nightmare on the spot. She had assumed her strength would swiftly resolve things, but this was unexpected. Had she not been a psychic adept, she might have succumbed directly. Too impulsive! Luckily, these beastmen were relatively weak. She'd be careful next time. Lightning Strike! Xia Xiao An unleashed a bolt of lightning at the Goat Head General. Instinctively, he wanted to dodge, yet inexplicably met the strike with his head. The jolt had his wool standing on end, leaving him paralyzed. Xia Xiao An glanced at his guards. In the next moment, six guards turned their weaponry inward, simultaneously stabbing the Goat Head General. "You!" The Goat Head General quickly recovered, blasting psychic waves that exploded the guards’ heads. Seeing this, Xia Xiao An retreated in a flash. "Jiu Jiu, sing!" … On the other side, Lin Jiu Jiu also felt the Goat Head General’s psychic impact while the Crocodile Deputy General charged with an axe. With a gesture, Lin Jiu Jiu made the Crocodile Deputy General halt mid-charge, fall asleep, and collapse. Upon hearing Xia Xiao An’s call, Lin Jiu Jiu picked up the microphone, transforming back into an idol, expanding her concert domain. Sing? The Goat Head General burned with fury. Such audacity! Just as he was about to issue orders, he found his guards had silently collapsed. In the blink of an eye, he was standing beneath the concert stage with a dazzling glow stick, staring in shock at the radiant idol Lin Jiu Jiu. "What is this?!" (End of Chapter)