Before the Phantom Goddess appeared, there was actually another discordant voice.

  A sharp male voice similar to a needle pierced through the void and directly entered Raven's mind.

  "No - you can't do this! I've activated the Shadow Festival, and this person's soul is mine! Hand him over to me, and I'll be willing to sign a contract with you..."

  "Get lost! I'd rather die than sign a contract with a Shadow Pearl like you!" Raven turned a deaf ear to the Shadow Pearl's wails.

  Leiwen's guess was correct. This Shadow Pearl has already gained self-awareness, and it had long been preparing to step into the legendary realm, even deceiving the old thief god and stirring up so many masters to come to Absolute Shadow Plain.

  In other words, this guy is almost crazy.

  Lei Wen is going to be the boss, of course he won't find a former emperor to come back and crap on his own head.

  The Shadow Pearl wanted to say something, a very faint mist rolled out from the 【Red Knight's Strategic Chessboard】, flew far away, and in just a few seconds, Levin heard the Shadow Pearl's miserable cry.

  He knew that the Phantom Goddess's incarnation was about to emerge.

  "For this unexpected sacrifice, I took some time to confirm the safety around me." Accompanied by a cold and clear female voice, a slender woman shrouded in thick fog emerged from the chessboard.

  "Hello! Lady Mist." Raven stood up straight and bowed to the shadowy figure of Lady Mist. Lady Mist was an alias for the Phantom Goddess Laila, usually used out of respect; mortals wouldn't dare address her directly by name, often using aliases as a form of reverence.

  "Is this your offering?" The misty lady's cold gaze swept the entire scene, finally focusing on Elricson, whose body still had a slight convulsion.

  "Right! I heard you're in a divine war with Shrek. I think you'll like my gift."

  "Oh, oh, oh! A priest of Shiliek... and one who still has the qualifications of an elector. Ha! And with a hint of divinity to boot. Is he one of the twelve priests under Shiliek's command? Sorry, the identities of Shiliek's priests are all mysteries, and I only know the names of a few of them."

  Although Raven was inwardly criticizing the unreliable Phantom Goddess, he respectfully added: "He is Ellison Venomsting. Although his strength is only at the White Silver level, he is a newly appointed priest who Shilick attaches great importance to."

  The Phantom Goddess's gentle breeze swept over the unyielding Erison, taking his soul with her. Laila spoke again: "The Deceiver King's scheme has made me a bit too sensitive. I must be extremely cautious. Can you tell me how you made this priest lose his divine protection? Oh, wait... Haha! I can sense that Shrike is anxiously calling out to Erison."

  Levin's eyes lit up as he thought of something: Fortunately, I took advantage of Shrek's momentary lapse in judgment to get rid of Ellison. Otherwise, if Shrek had focused on me again, with Ellison's qualifications as a Chosen One, once Shrek was pushed to the limit, it would have been game over for me in an instant. Even just one of Shrek's avatars would be enough to kill me ten thousand times.

  Nothing much, I just happened to pick up a dagger with a map of the Floating Island inside. Unfortunately, the location of that tiny floating island is the lair of Baan.

  In the presence of a deity, it is pointless to lie unless you have the power of Sharrak's divine lies as cover. You may be able to hide the truth but you absolutely cannot lie. Deities possess extraordinary intuition and can easily discern the truth from falsehood.

  So Raven just said it directly.

  Laila, the Phantom Goddess, was stunned for two seconds before suddenly bursting into joyful laughter: "Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter! You're saying that the floating island map that Shrek finally got his hands on actually points to a small island, and that small island is within Ban's territory?"

  Bane, another archenemy of Cyric. The portfolio of death that Cyric now holds was inherited from Bane. Bane once hung in the balance when many of his followers joined Cyric's side; four of Cyric's twelve high priests were once priests of Bane.

  Later, Bane sacrificed his own son and was reborn in the boy's body. He then attempted to reclaim his followers and priesthood from Shrike.

  Two gods have been fighting on and off for many years.

  Of course, for most of the time it was the powerful Ben who dominated Shrek.

  Now hearing Shrek fart, Leila couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "Right!" Raven's affirmative reply sparked a new round of laughter from Leila.

  "Hahaha!" Accompanied by silvery laughter, Leila laughed with her head thrown back and forth, flowers blooming. Raven even suspected that she laughed so hard that tears were about to burst out of her eyes.

  No wonder, she and Shrek are in the first stage of their divine war, with their followers attacking each other. Killing off the opposing side's followers to weaken the foundation of their divine power is a common tactic in divine wars. In terms of direct combat, Laila's followers are not inferior to Shrek's subordinates at all.

  The problem is that Shrek's subordinates have always been playing with secrecy. Many followers have dual identities, and outsiders can't tell who are Shrek's followers, let alone catch their important priests.

  As a result, Layla's followers were almost annihilated in a one-sided massacre.

  After several months of divine war, Layla was already exhausted.

  Without Raven's intervention, Leila would probably soon become like in the previous Raven game, weakened by the killing of many followers and forced to make a desperate last stand when she encountered Sharrak and the Thief God Mask collaborating against her, and was killed by Mask transformed into the Devouring Sword.

  Levin didn't know if his appearance would change Leila's fate.

  But he didn't mind taking advantage of Lila to screw Shrek over.

  "Dear Miss Fog, delighted you're so cheerful."

  Leila clutched her stomach, taking a good half day to respond: "I'm very satisfied with your gift. Speak up, what kind of reward do you want? I'd be happy to provide fair compensation for anyone who can deal with Shrek."

  "Then... I wish to obtain 1 point of mystical power from you, Lady Fog."

  Laila was taken aback for a moment, seemingly biting her lip: "I..."

  "Mrs. Fog?"

  Laila's hesitation made Raven a bit unhappy: Hey! I'm the one who killed your enemy and delivered it to you. And divinity is a fair trade, why are you hesitating?

  In his heart, Raven had already labeled the Phantom Goddess as a miser.

  "One for one, this is fair in terms of numbers. But to give up my divinity and also absorb Shiryu's divinity, it's not a good deal for me who has much less divinity than Shiryu."

  Levin heard this and almost wanted to summon the divine beast, Claymore, on the spot to greet Laila.

  Seemingly aware of her own unfairness, Leila hesitated for a moment before proposing a second plan: "Alright, as long as you sacrifice another Shriek Twelve priest or bring me one point of his divinity, I can give you one point of Phantom Divinity. Of course, I won't shortchange you on the Elricson matter..."

  Laila glanced around: "Your soul puppet was destroyed?"

  Laila didn't mention it, but as soon as she did, Raven's heart was shattered. The Assassin's Statue that had been signed back with great difficulty was reduced to a pile of ashes by Elrond's 【Faith】, and the three nearby Shadow Steel Statues were completely destroyed. If Laila doesn't give a satisfactory return, Raven vows to open champagne to celebrate when Laila falls.

  "I can help you re-cast the Soul Crystal, deal with the Shadow Pearl here, and throw in a top-quality dagger for free."

  Sounds like there's something going on!

  "What else can I ask for?" Raven asked greedily.

  Laila was visibly annoyed: "No way! I've already spent a lot of spiritual energy on these."

  "Alright, deal!" Raven nodded and Lila dropped a small sacrificial disk in front of him before her entire figure vanished into thin air.

  "What? You're leaving just like that?"

  Just as he was about to say something, Raven found a pale mist rushing towards him.

  Leiwen didn't dodge, letting the mist drill into his nostrils.

  Then... he was thrilled to death by a string of system prompts.

  "[Mistress of the Fog's Blessing]: You have been favored by the Mistress of the Fog, this blessing imbued with divine power makes your charm permanent +2 and grants you the [Weak Cold Resistance] specialty."

  "You have obtained the passive skill [Misty Enshroud]: When you are physically attacked, your reflex judgment is permanently +2 and your armor value is +10. All skills related to mist and shadow gain a +2 correction value. Enemies using reconnaissance on you receive -5 judgment penalty. Due to the long-term presence of a slight mist on your body, [Thunder Vulnerability] +1."

  "Mistress Fog has used her divine power to protect the soul of your Soul Servant, Cord, and placed it within a restored Shadowsteel Golem."

  "You have obtained a Large Shadow Steel Image!"

  Name: Yī Shéng (must be changed)

  Macro-Assembly Organism (Heterotopia)

  Health: 712/712

  Initiative Judgment: +2

  Speed: 10 meters per second (perfect)

  Armor value: 132 points + 20 points of fog armor

  Basic Attack Bonus: +20/+36

  Attack: Slash +124 Melee

  Special Attack: Negative Energy Blast

  Properties: Constructed, Damage Immunity 15/Precious and Magic, Darkvision 20m, Spell Immunity, Dim Vision, Low Intellect

  Immunity: Strength +9, Reflexes +11, Willpower +9;

  Attributes: Strength 136; Agility 64; Constitution -; Intelligence -; Perception 44; Charisma 28

  Skills: Stealth +10, Sneak +18

  Organization: Alone or in squads (1 shadowsteel golem commanding 2-6 large shadow creatures)

  Note: Due to adjustments made by Phantom Goddess Laila, Jianyi has undergone further soul refinement, resulting in a lower probability of advancing to Legendary.