Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest Chapter 1917: Too Strong To Defeat? Seal It!

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"What do you think? Do you like it?" Noah inquired, his features contorted with evident strain. "Do you desire more?!"

Elayne’s sharp gaze ignited with brilliance as her colossal form disintegrated into countless fragments of corrupted dark wood. A tiny shard ascended towards the heavens, bearing her true spirit core, and reconstituted itself into her familiar humanoid shape.

"There you are."

Instantly, Noah unleashed Lifeblood Exceed Level 5. He traversed the distance instantaneously, slamming her head into the ground below. This act triggered a massive eruption of crimson flames and spectral void, distorting and fracturing the very fabric of space as it consumed her being.

Yet, a radiant glow emanated from Elayne.

Spreading her arms, she embraced Noah tightly, resolute in her grip.

"...!!!"

Noah felt an profound sensation penetrate his very soul and heart.

A wave of terror washed over him. He attempted to break free, but found it impossible, his hands merely passing through her incorporeal form.

"What?!"

At that precise moment, Elayne’s profound compassion and the unyielding ruthlessness of Gaia coalesced into a perfect, harmonious union.

Noah realized, far too late, that Elayne’s strategy had been to transmute her physical manifestation into spirits.

She had completely relinquished her wooden structure, transforming her new physical form into solidified Light Spirits.

And these were not merely hundreds, but legions.

Billions.

A piercing scream escaped Noah as the overwhelming holy radiance seared his entire body. He writhed in excruciating agony and despair, his very soul feeling assailed. Elayne’s Divine Will sought to probe it, to comprehend the essence of his being and the fervent reason behind his desperate pursuit of the Holy Grail.

However, Noah resolutely denied her access. The darkness entrenched within him ran too profound, too eldritch. Her eyes widened as a fleeting glimpse revealed the depths of his soul and its true nature.

A colossal entity. A savage beast. A cosmic aberration. A fragment of something immeasurably greater.

Perhaps a scion, or possibly a remnant.

She remained uncertain, but recognized this entity possessed the potential to imperil the entire world.

And yet, Noah’s mortal frame served as the vessel for such a fragment, which functioned as his very soul.

An utterly bewildering lifeform, surpassing anything a vampire could ever aspire to be or achieve.

"What are you?!" Elayne demanded.

"Now you comprehend my nature?" he retorted. "I am the scion of ultimate malevolence. My bloodline is eternally damned, and my entire lineage now endures that curse because I foolishly harbored the belief that a better existence was attainable..."

"...! Wait, I can offer you aid. If it is a curse you face, there is no need for conflict! You need not resort to killing!" Elayne pleaded, desperately attempting to breach his defenses.

But...

"No... the hour is past."

"...!"

Elayne had acted with naive impetuosity. By venturing into Noah’s soul, she had presumed to have ensnared him.

The reality was the inverse. Her own soul was now being systematically consumed by his. The encroaching darkness and crimson void within him permeated her own essence like insidious, bloodthirsty tendrils of pure malevolence.

She gritted her teeth, employing her light to purify the oppressive gloom, yet could only postpone the inevitable.

Greater and greater swaths of darkness vied to engulf and defile her. Elayne desperately sought to withdraw, but escape was rendered impossible. Noah held her firmly within his unyielding grasp.

"It is a vain endeavor. You have willingly entered the lion’s den. Prepare for your demise, Goddess of Life. You shall join the many who preceded you. I will subjugate as many deities as required to fulfill my purpose... I shall preserve my beloved... and my offspring...!"

"Nnnggh! Noah... you leave me no recourse!"

While Elayne’s mortal aspect may have been swayed by misguided sentiment, her divine nature, influenced by Gaia, had meticulously prepared for precisely this contingency.

Thus...

From the external realm, Ninsun reached Noah, who remained immobilized while Elayne infiltrated his soul. At that critical juncture, his entire form convulsed as his inherent malevolence was purged, subjecting him to agonizing torment.

His power, born from a wellspring of madness, was being systematically dismantled and momentarily neutralized by Ninsun’s potent ability, the very same she had previously employed against Foreigner.

However, this respite was inherently transient.

Consequently, Elayne—nay, Gaia—initiated her contingency, Plan B.

Elayne had already manifested one of her formidable Fusion Spells. Despite the absence of her Magic Circle, she had begun its reconstruction, drawing upon the knowledge meticulously preserved within her Spirit Core.

This enabled her to wield such potent spells, their efficacy further amplified by her Spirit Treasure as a Heroic Spirit, thereby dramatically enhancing their overall power and capabilities.

The spell she had specifically engineered for the subjugation of demons was now magnified by a factor of a thousand.

Noah’s agonized roar erupted as chains forged of pure holy energy enshrouded his internal being, sealing him from within, while Ninsun simultaneously bound him from without.

Yet, Noah’s sheer potency proved too immense. He began to extricate himself from both restraining enchantments through sheer physical might, gradually accessing the formidable power of Lifeblood Exceed Level 6.

However...

"You neglected to account for someone, did you not?!"

Olivia’s voice resonated from above him. Dozens of replicas of Shamsh Uruk rained down upon Noah, impaling him. The brilliant divinity emanating from the Mesopotamian Sun God inflicted searing damage upon his physical vessel.

An attempt was made on his life, but his demise proved unachievable. Sealing him became the sole recourse.

But where could such a being be contained? What location could possibly hold such a monstrously powerful entity?

A piercing scream escaped Noah as his entire being, body and soul, contorted and reshaped into a minuscule form. He was pulled into Elayne’s expansive spiritual domain, compelled to its most profound depths and bound by trillions of sacred chains.

Above Noah’s sealed essence, now appearing as a crimson cube equipped with an eye and a mouth, Gaia’s hand descended, affixing a ‘lid’ to the containment.

His voice and very presence ceased to exist entirely before he could complete his thought.

Elayne plummeted from the heavens, her descent ending near the still-intact edifice that sheltered her daughter.

The protective barrier, erected by the formidable magicians of the Amaterasu Clan, had, by a narrow margin, preserved the structure.

"I... I succeeded... Ninsun... Olivia?"

As Elayne gazed upwards, Olivia and Ninsun descended towards her. Without delay, they commenced the crucial task of mending her compromised Spirit Core and the grievously fractured Divine Soul, which remained heavily afflicted by Noah’s lingering curse.

"Hold on, Elayne!" Olivia urged, her voice filled with concern. "Ninsun, utilize my entire Mana supply. Heal her thoroughly, I implore you!"

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