My Goddess is Good at Pretending-Chapter 712: Card Up His Sleeve

Dusk Dread, the hidden mastermind of various atrocities, felt an overwhelming chill crawl down his spine as he walked through the Sacred Sakura’s mountain region. At first, he had assumed that infiltrating this sacred sect would be challenging, but still manageable. He had evaded countless formations, avoided the gaze of powerful cultivators, and even masked his presence to blend among people with flawless disguises.

Even though he aroused some suspicions from some peak-tier demon powerhouses such as the nightmare demon ancestor and the vampire progenitor, he could still save himself from the trouble.

But he greatly miscalculated. He overestimated himself.

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The moment his senses brushed against the divine auras lingering within the air, sheer terror gripped his soul. The ’under construction’ barrier suddenly vanished, and many prospective guests and visitors immediately came to greet Sacred Sakura’s new domain.

Unfortunately, only a handful could sense the divine presence beyond the gradually vanishing barrier. It wasn’t just one divine being present... there were many! Goddesses, celestial spirits, heavenly guardians, and other sacred entities were there, radiating immense presences that illuminated this seemingly tranquil land.

Even though they shielded their presences meticulously, their lingering auras were still there, albeit faint. Still, it weighed heavily on him like an unbearable force, suppressing his soul and existence.

Dusk Dread’s raced his mind. ’If I stay even a moment longer, I’m finished. If they manage to capture us, we’ll all be done for!’

He screamed in his mind. He had planted several agents, moles, and intel to infiltrate Sacred Sakura alongside him in the past few days. However, he couldn’t consider anything else, the only decision that crossed his mind was only one, namely escape, abandoning everything behind!

Without hesitation, he activated his most advanced escape technique. His body dissolved into countless shadow fragments as he shot toward the distant land like a streak of dark lightning, but he kept his altitude low to mask his track in the forest.

He didn’t care about anything else anymore as his only objective was his survival before the divine presence inside the Sacred Sakura’s core region noticed his whereabouts.

However, they had already noticed him. The moment he made his move, divine warriors chased him down from the sky.

"A suspicious intruder indeed."

"A vile presence who tried to infiltrate Sacred Sakura Holy Land."

"Do not let him escape!"

An old sage and two ancient demons became the first to make their moves to chase the suspicious demonic cultivator.

They had been monitoring this suspicious person for the past few days, but their suspicions were proven right because the target of their surveillance suddenly fled once the Sacred Sakura opened.

There was no reason to flee when everyone came for the Sacred Sakura. Although that person disguised well and masked his escape route flawlessly, he could never escape because all of them stood at the pinnacle of the mortal realm’s power rank.

Yet, divine radiances surged as half of the Elysium Pantheon took action. Sacred beams of light tore through the sky with incredible velocity, divine barriers sealed the entire mountain region, and godly figures descended from the sky, their eyes locked onto the fleeing villain.

"You won’t go anywhere. Stop your futile efforts and surrender yourself."

Xentia gave an initial warning, but it didn’t mean much as the fleeing villain ignored her words, but her fellow sisters already made their moves to capture their target.

"Damn!" Dusk Dread cursed under his breath as he weaved through the deadly pursuit, narrowly avoiding a beam of light that could have erased him from existence.

His immediate decision to flee was absolutely correct, and he had to exert his peak force to escape from there.

It would only take a few seconds for that many divinities to spot his true identity regardless of his genetic-level perfect disguise. He had never expected Sacred Sakura to host so many divine beings, and now, many unmatched beautiful ladies, the divine cultivators from the world above, were on his tail to take his life.

He unleashed all his dark arts, shifting through dimensions, summoning shadow decoys, and distorting space, but the divine pursuers were relentless.

Clashes erupted across the land and sky. He fought with everything he had, unleashing his devastating demonic arts and forbidden techniques, causing the land to tremble. But for every attack he launched, the divine cultivators countered with their divine techniques.

The celestial spear of judgment pierced through his side, searing his flesh with holy power. The golden chain wrapped around his arm, nearly sealing his movements forever. The heavenly ice froze his legs, almost severing his limbs. The bloody fire burned the area, almost burning him to death.

"Soul Freeze!" Luna unleashed her soul technique to lock the villain in place.

Blood dripped from the villain’s lips, but he smirked.

He barely managed to shatter the encirclement and escaped from his predicaments, but not before suffering yet another devastating blow from a divine decree that ruptured his internal meridians.

Realizing he wouldn’t last much longer if this situation were to continue, Dusk Dread gritted his teeth and used his trump card. He shattered a forbidden talisman that forcefully distorted the laws of space. A tear in reality formed, an unstable rift leading to an unknown void.

Without looking back, he threw himself into the void.

The newly ascended goddesses and their fellow sisters halted their pursuit, unwilling to chase recklessly into the chaotic abyssal rift as their master had reminded them to prioritize their safety. The rift snapped shut behind the villain, sealing his fate in uncertainty.

But before the rift completely closed, Sylvia flew like a flash and threw her last devastating magical technique. Even if the villain escaped, she had to inflict lingering pain and suffering so this mastermind couldn’t make a comeback in many years to come.

"Take this shit, absolute hit!"

The fireball that Sylvia unleashed this time was truly dark but so small. It flew in the speed of light and entered the rift. Before the gap vanished, she could see her tiny fireball managed to hit the escaped villain, but her action left the other sisters in wonder.

"He escaped... for now." Luna flew down, hovering next to Sylvia. Her eyes still locked onto the spot where the villain vanished.

The ladies took a deep breath. No wonder their master told them about whether they were confident to capture the disguised great evil.

This great evil was a supervillain, the great sinner and mastermind of various malicious big incidents. It would be easy to spot him with Elysium System since he couldn’t hide his overwhelming sin and hidden malice.

The supervillain came to them by himself, trying to infiltrate Sacred Sakura. It should be a perfect opportunity since they didn’t need to look for him.

But well... they overestimated themselves, too confident to capture the supervillain with their lacking abilities. The supervillain was unmistakably the reincarnated heavenly demon or an evil big shot from the Divine World.

He would obviously be so hard to catch. Probably, if their master had to make a move, this great evil could still escape even if it would cost him everything.

Their master didn’t bother to make a move to capture the supervillain because their master had another plan and the time wasn’t ripe.

"What did you throw? Was that your inextinguishable dark flame?" Yuuki sighed, turning to Sylvia as she wanted to know about Sylvia’s last move.

"It’s indeed my bloody dark flame variant of the subtle vengeance technique with a permanent debuff. The debuff won’t go away easily, and it will continue to burn him from the inside out. It also has a friendly fire effect where if he uses a fire technique, he will receive the damage by halving his fire resistance. It also has the effect of dealing 300% more damage received from liquid-type attacks." Sylvia proudly explains more about her technique.

"I see, so a debuff. You moved fast, but how do we explain this to our master?" Vanessa muttered softly.

"Our master probably has expected this outcome. We can only report it as it is." Luna shook her head.

"Ely won’t blame us, right? We need to cultivate and practice more..." Evelyn mumbled softly.

"Even with all of us here... This is an embarrassing failure." Ella bit her lower lips as she murmured to herself.

"..." Xentia sighed as she lifted the seal from the mountain region. The villain escaped, bypassing everything.

Though the supervillain managed to escape, it cost him a heavy price. His injuries were severe, his identity exposed, and now, the Elysium Pantheon had marked him through Sylvia’s dark flame. There would be no place left for him to hide in this world, but sadly, they only had a little time before the Nirvana Great War arrived.

The girls gathered for a brief exchange then returned to Sacred Mountain together as their master already waited for them there.

The human deity and two ancient demons were left flabbergasted because they had yet to make their move to show off and contribute to Sacred Sakura. They could use that suspicious demonic cultivator to their advantage, but those ladies preceded them and spoiled their good deeds.

Yet, none of them dared to convey their dissatisfaction because those ladies possessed unmatched beauty and unmeasurable strength with half of them, far above their current cultivation rank.

Still, even with that kind of combined force, the suspicious demonic cultivator managed to escape.

At that point, they suddenly realized something. Since this kind of force was deployed just to hunt that guy, then their target of surveillance was clearly not just a suspicious demonic cultivator, but one of the great evils on Sacred Sakura’s wanted list. To think this villain was so bold trying to infiltrate Sacred Sakura, the godly domain of many divine beings...