Chapter 667: Chapter 666: Replacing Fate_1
"Betrayal" brought successive Mental Attacks, and Melissa could only counterattack using her power of "Persuasion." Their spirits began to erode and devour each other, and Melissa’s gaze grew empty, as both consciousnesses focused on their struggle, leaving no mental energy to control the body.
Shortly after Aiden summoned Halo, the goddess of revenge immediately used "Sacrifice" to transfer herself into Halo’s body.
When Melissa called upon her spirit as a part of Melifilia, she accepted without hesitation and thus entered the body of her long-despised enemy.
While summoning Melifilia, Melissa granted her an equal right to control the body. Being a fellow goddess of "Conspiracy" with a similar pattern of thought, if synchronization wasn’t complete, one would absorb the other, and the weaker would naturally resist.
And that provided the goddess of revenge with the opportunity to fight the goddess of conspiracy on equal footing within the same body.
"You already know that you are one of my incarnations, and the authority you have was arranged by me. Despising me is pointless," Melissa attempted to instill her perspective in the goddess of revenge.
However, the goddess of revenge’s hostility did not diminish, "’Hatred’ itself never concerns itself with meaning!"
"Merge with me, and we can share the power of the Throne of Spirit. Our memories will become our shared treasure, and together we can form a new self," the goddess of conspiracy enticed, "Our power will reach the rulers of the ancient throne!"
"Don’t think you can waver me. The hatred I hold won’t vanish until you are utterly eradicated from this world. How can two mutually loathing spirits merge?" the goddess of revenge replied. "Since it doesn’t matter to you who rules, why not let me tear and devour you instead!"
Attacking each other purely with powers, the goddess of revenge soon gained the upper hand; the power of the "Hatred" authority was more aggressive than "Desire."
Moreover, the goddess of revenge’s attacks were reckless. Upon ascending to ruler status, the powers "Revenge" and "Sacrifice" somewhat melded, allowing her to directly harm herself to inflict equal damage upon her target.
Even if "Betrayal" had no effect, theoretically, she could destroy herself along with the goddess of conspiracy—she would do so without hesitation if necessary.
In some way, this was precisely the outcome Aiden had hoped for.
The irrational hatred of the goddess of revenge would directly shatter Melissa’s spirit, leaving only Melifilia under Aiden’s watch as the sole "goddess of conspiracy."
Aiden exercised the power of "Punishment," subjecting Melissa to imprisonment.
The entrance to the space opened up behind Melissa. Anchored by Aiden, this space connected with the world on this side. Once inside, Melissa’s powers couldn’t directly affect the prison anymore, but she could still use her powers on Aiden. If she could tempt him even once, she could make Aiden release her.
But now, Melissa was firmly entangled by the goddess of revenge, struggling just to protect herself. She had no spare energy left to deal with Aiden. It was absolutely safe for him to lock her up now.
He just needed to intervene in the goddesses’ fight at the right moment to break the balance of power at any time.
He was one step away from completely outmaneuvering the goddess of conspiracy.
However, at that moment, he suddenly felt like he had stepped into thin air—he realized that up to now, he still hadn’t understood how Melissa had previously managed to nullify the power of "Punishment."
The next second, Melissa was locked within the space of "Punishment."
Aiden submerged his consciousness into that space, where he could monitor the situation within the "Punishment" cell at any time.
To his surprise, as soon as he entered the space, Melissa’s previously vacant eyes became spirited again, meaning some consciousness had begun to manipulate the body.
"Who are you?" Aiden sought to identify the owner of that consciousness.
"Melissa" suddenly spoke up with an impatient tone, "Kid, hurry up and let me out."
"Phoenix?" Aiden was stunned for a moment, "Is that really you?"
But in just that instant, the Goddess of Revenge had already won the control over that body, which was a bit too fast to say the least.
"Do I need to tell you how many times you had a physiological reaction when I was attached to you for you to believe it’s me?"
"...Have you been counting?"
"No! Anyway, it’s me, don’t waste time, she’s gone! Hurry up and let me out, I can’t sense her here, that bitch is definitely outside!!" the Goddess of Revenge urged loudly.
Aiden believed this person was the Goddess of Revenge, but he simply couldn’t understand how Melissa’s spirit could have suddenly disappeared, his intuition told him that it was the same trick that had rendered Melissa’s "Mental Attack" ineffective before.
Aiden released "Melissa" from her confinement once again.
"Can you feel what’s going on?" Aiden asked.
"That person has shifted beyond the prison... damn, how strange?" the Goddess of Revenge, controlling Melissa’s body, replied. She suddenly furrowed her brows, showing a puzzled look.
"What do you mean?"
"I can feel it... not just one of her." The Goddess of Revenge said, "Two... no, three!"
"How is that possible?"
The Goddess of Conspiracy could create clones of herself, but for the Goddess of Revenge’s target, it should only be the one with the authority of the "Goddess of Conspiracy".
The same authority couldn’t possibly exist in multiples; there must be other "powers" confusing the revenge senses of the Goddess of Revenge.
"Strange things pile up, just a moment away and I could’ve torn her to pieces, but then the spirit within this body was bizarrely replaced." the Goddess of Revenge said through clenched teeth.
"Replaced?" Aiden paused, "Wasn’t it disappeared?"
"That bitch’s spirit disappeared, but there was a new, completely shattered spirit entity in this body, which I’ve already dealt with." the Goddess of Revenge answered.
"Replaced..." Aiden muttered, then suddenly his eyes widened.
"Stand-in"!!
It was the "Stand-in" power of the Fantasist, the Fantasist was helping Melissa from behind!
The highest-order ruler-level "Stand-in" power could perfectly replace a person!
It could not only confuse revenge sensing (something Aiden and the Goddess of Revenge had used against Mr. Blood Cloak before), but it could also replace the fate a person was supposed to suffer onto another being!
This was the method used; Melissa had grafted the injuries, deaths, and even the ultimate defeat she was destined to suffer onto another being.
