“My lord blesses us!”

  “Praise the God of Light!”

  “The great God of Light agreed with His Highness the Holy Son to become the new Holy Father.”

  “His Highness Nicholas is about to become the new Holy Father!”

  The Holy Father of Light, the senior officials of the Curia, the representatives of the major forces, and the believers in the audience were all looking at the scarlet crystal descending from the sky.

  Everyone knew that the great God of Light had given a blessing, which means that he agreed with His Highness Nicholas to be crowned as Holy Father.

  “Praise you, the great God of Light!”

  Nicholas was even more excited. The great God of Light agreed that as long as he infused the Divinity Profile into him, he would officially become the 127th Holy Father of the Light Curia and the Light Empire.

  By then, he would become the supreme ruler of this empire.

  Besides, his strength would skyrocket once he infused the Divinity Profile into him.

  He would advance from the ordinary to the acme of the Sacred, becoming one of the most powerful people on Auguland.

  “After infusing himself with the Divinity Profile, His Highness Nicholas will advance tremendously in the next few years, and will soon attain to the acme of the Sacred. By that time, there will be few people who can defeat him on Auguland.”

  “Exactly. With the infusion of the Divinity Profile, the improvement of the physical body or the breakthrough of the laws of heaven and earth will be as simple as drinking water. With His Highness’s talent, it may take less than a year or two to achieve the acme of the Sacred.”

  “You two should probably change how you address His Highness now.”

  “Absolutely.”

  People looked on and could not hide their envy.

  The Divinity Profile was one of the rarest and most precious things on Auguland.

  It allowed people’s cultivation base to achieve tremendous improvement in a short time.

  It was a shame that this thing was too scarce. Not even the True Gods had it except for the Prime Gods, such as the Gods of Light.

  So there were no two ways about it.

  “Come on! Get into my body.”

  Nicholas stared at the slowly descending scarlet crystal, unable to conceal his yearning and anticipation. It was getting closer and closer.

  Just as the scarlet crystal was about to land on Nicholas, a shadow appeared quietly and snatched the Divinity Profile.

  Everyone was stunned at that moment.

  As if someone had pressed a pause button, everyone in the Light Square stared at the figure that suddenly appeared, and did not know how to react.

  Someone came and spoiled the party at such an important moment.

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  What was going on?

  Everyone was in an uproar after a brief stupor. They looked at Ling Jiu who suddenly appeared and became agitated.

  “Who is he?”

  “What does he want to do?”

  “How dare he?”

  “Moron!”

  “How audacious!”

  All the higher-ups of the Light Curia were furious. Their energy burst out like a stormy sea crashing towards Ling Jiu in the air.

  “Who are you? How dare you create trouble here! You are disrespecting the Light Curia!” the Holy Father of Light shouted.

  “The Light Curia?” Ling Jiu snickered as he glanced at the Holy Father of Light. “What the hell is the Light Curia? Why should I care?”

  Everyone was in an uproar.

  People stared at Ling Jiu as if they were looking at a monster. How could that guy be so arrogant and disrespect the Light Curia?

  The point was, this was the Holy Hill of Light, the headquarters of the Light Curia. The Pantheon of Light was right in front, and all the higher-ups of the Light Curia were here.

  How dared he said this?

  Had he lost his mind?

  “How dare you?”

  The Holy Father of Light was enraged, his furious aura shooting out of him as he was about to take down Ling Jiu. But someone was even quicker than him.

  The Holy Son Nicholas rose into the air all of a sudden and flew up in front of Ling Jiu, his face expressionless, his eyes icy and his voice bitter.

  “Heretic, you have sinned!

  “Sin number one: you trespassed the Holy Hill of Light!

  “Sin number two: you interrupted the coronation ceremony!

  “Sin number three: you insulted the Light Curia!

  “Sin number four: you disrespected the great God of Light!

  “These are heinous sins, and they are unforgivable!”

  Nicholas’s body was glowing in holy light, like a bright sun, exuding a holy air, and like an angel descending on Earth to judge evil.

  “I will punish you on behalf of the God of Light!” Nicholas drew a long sword from his waist, held it high above his head, and then shouted, “Go to hell, you sinful heretic!”

  “Shut up!” Annoyed, Ling Jiu extended his hand.

  Kaduum!

  An invisible big hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed Nicholas, who felt an overpowering force pulling him toward Ling Jiu.

  “Open! Open!”

  Nicholas’s expression changed drastically. Holy light burst out of his body like boiling water, trying to force open the invisible big hand.

  However, he was disappointed to find that the invisible big hand did not even budge an inch.

  “D*mn it! How is this possible?”

  Nicholas screamed frantically. He was in the alpha stage of his Sacred-hood. At this stage, even the acme of the Sacred could not catch him so easily.

  Yet Ling Jiu, this unknown guy who came out of nowhere, did it.

  “You are great at pretending but not your strength.”

  Ling Jiu sneered at Nicholas and then grabbed the air with his right hand. Nicholas’s body exploded into a cloud of blood mist all of a sudden.

  Ling Jiu released his grip. Blood mixed with internal organs splattered on the square made of white stone of Light. It was a horrible sight.

  There was dead silence in front of the Pantheon of Light at this moment.

  No one could have thought that Ling Jiu would kill the Holy Son Nicholas. No, not the Holy Son but the Holy Father, to be exact.

  At the moment when the God of Light gave his blessing, Nicholas was the new Holy Father.

  “How dare he!”

  The Holy Father of Light trembled with fury, and the higher-ups of the Light Curia were even more furious.

  How dare Ling Jiu kill their new Holy Father in front of so many people on the Holy Hill of Light! This was an utter contempt of the Light Curia.

  This was clearly an act of humiliation and provocation to the Light Curia. It was utterly disrespectful to the Light Curia.

  A dozen streams of light shot into the sky and surrounded Ling Jiu.

  They all wore armor of Light, helmets of Light, and carried holy swords of Light.

  They were the 18 Knights Templar who guarded Nicholas.

  The Knights Templar were the highest-ranked, most powerful, and prestigious guardians of the Light Curia.

  Some of them were responsible for guarding the Holy Father, some the pantheon, and some the Holy Son.

  These 18 Knights Templars were Nicholas’s lifelong guardian knights.

  They guarded Nicholas when he was still the Holy Son.

  When Nicholas became the Holy Father, they guarded him, the Holy Father.

  But now, Nicholas was dead. What had they done?

  They were derelict in their duty.

  It was their shame.

  They wanted to wash away this shame with Ling Jiu’s blood.

  “Have a few more people who are not afraid of dying arrived?”


  Chapter 293: Swallowing the Knights and Crushing the Holy Father

  “Have a few more people who are not afraid of dying arrived?” Ling Jiu sneered as he looked at the 18 Knights Templars who surrounded him. “Get out of the way if you don’t want to die. I have no time for all of you.”

  “Slash of Light!”

  The 18 Knights Templars roared as they drew their Swords of Holy Light. It burst with a dazzling white light as they struck the sword down at Ling Jiu.

  18 incredibly sharp sword lights shot out, tearing apart the void, and came in front of Ling Jiu. Typical Sacred would not withstand this attack and be cut into 18 pieces. But was Ling Jiu a typical Sacred?

  “You’re all biting off more than you can chew.”

  Shaking his head slightly, Ling Jiu did not dodge but let the 18 Slashes of Light strike him. He took the 18 strikes to the shock of everyone’s life.

  Everyone was horrified to see the Sword of Holy Light hit Ling Jiu with a loud clunk. But he was unhurt apart from a series of sparks flying all around.

  “H-How could this be possible?”

  The 18 Knights Templars were stunned.

  The representatives of the major forces who came to observe the ceremony were just as stunned as the Holy Father of Light and the top leaders of the Light Curia.

  “I can’t believe that he is unscathed having taken the full blow of 18 Knights Templars! Is this guy a monster? How strong is his body?”

  “Even the strongest Sacred-class Magic Beasts, the Vajra Giant Turtle, can’t possibly withstand the attack of 18 Knights Templars without suffering heavy injury!”

  “What kind of monster is this guy?”

  There was an uproar among the spectators.

  “Formation!”

  The 18 Knights Templars reacted quickly. They formed a Light Battle Formation, trying to stack their 18 attacks into one when they saw their earlier attack fail.

  “You all are just annoying!”

  Ling Jiu frowned slightly. As he opened his mouth and inhaled, a black hole appeared and swallowed the 18 Knights Templars.

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  The black hole disappeared, and the light returned to the sky. But those Knights Templars had disappeared.

  “Where are the Knights Templars?”

  “Where have they gone?”

  People watched in disbelief as the Knights Templars vanished. Was Ling Jiu still a human being when he swallowed 18 people at once?

  The Holy Father of Light slowly rose into the air at this time, his aura becoming stronger as he rose. When he reached the same height as Ling Jiu in the air, his aura had reached an unparalleled level.

  It was unfathomable as the abyss in the sea.

  “It is His Majesty the Holy Father!”

  “His Majesty the Holy Father strikes back!”

  Everyone went delirious in an instant when they saw the Holy Father appear in the air. The Holy Father had presided over the Light Curia for 100 years and has a lofty status in the hearts of the people in the Light Empire. He was the pillar and bastion of stability of the empire.

  Seeing him take action, people instantly felt relieved at seeing his appearance.

  “I don’t know who you are, what your background is, and what your purpose of coming to the Holy Hill of Light is.” The Holy Father of Light looked at Ling Jiu, his voice avuncular with reassuring magical energy. “But you made a big mistake when you came looking for trouble in the Light Curia and killed the new Holy Father as well as the Knights Templars. You have sinned!”

  A blinding light erupted from the Holy Father of Light as soon as he finished talking. The next moment, a 100-meter light appeared behind him. The light had six wings on its back, the head of an eagle, and the body of a human, which looked exactly like the statue of Light.

  “The God of Light!”

  “It is the great God of Light!”

  All the believers at the scene went down to their knees and prayed devoutly at seeing the enormous light above the Holy Father of Light.

  “Judgment of Light!”

  As the Holy Father of Light stretched out his hand and struck with his hand, the shadow of the God of Light also raised its right hand and struck down at Ling Jiu.

  Ling Jiu did not dodge when he saw this. Instead, he did nothing but let the giant palm hit him. Yet nothing had happened to him.

  The giant palm that covered the sky trembled violently and then exploded into light and shadow.

  “How could this be possible?” The face of the Holy Father of Light changed drastically.

  “Is it over? It is my turn now.”

  The corner of Ling Jiu’s mouth curled up in a wicked smile as he stretched out, clenched his right hand into a fist, and struck.

  “Kaboom!”

  A loud boom rose in the void as Ling Jiu’s fist tore the void open and came in front of the Holy Father of Light.

  “Guardian of Light!”

  The Holy Father of Light quickly performed a Guardian of Light in desperation with the six wings of the phantom of the God of Light, shielding him from above.

  It was a pity that Ling Jiu’s fist still crushed the wings of the God of Light and struck him in the chest.

  The chest of the Holy Father of Light collapsed inwardly. He burped up a mouthful of blood as he flew out backward like a cannonball shot out from the chamber. He did not stop until he hit the Pantheon of Light and crashed through the ceiling.

  “Your Majesty the Holy Father!”

  The top leaders of the Curia were shocked. They quickly rushed into the pantheon, looking for their Holy Father. Those believers and representatives of the various forces on the square gasped in horror, their expression changing.

  The Holy Father of Light was an apex Sacred, one that truly stood at the top of the power pyramid on Auguland. His Guardian of Light was deemed as the most powerful defensive spell on the entire Auguland. Yet, he could not even withstand a punch from Ling Jiu?

  How terrifying was Ling Jiu’s strength?

  “What the hell is this thing, Leoux?”

  He did not know how shocked other people were. Even if he knew, he would not have cared less. He was more interested in the scarlet crystal in his hand, wondering what it was.

  “It is the crystallization of a perfect three-dimensional being,” Leoux explained. “The perfect three-dimensional being has comprehended half of the laws, and is starting to form the Body of the Laws. Do you know what the Body of the Laws is?”

  Ling Jiu shook his head.

  “The Body of the Laws uses its own physical body as a template. It brands the laws of the universe on the body, so the body has the characteristics of the laws. This is the Body of the Laws,” Leoux said. “The formation of the Body of the Laws will increase combat strength tremendously with the laws of the universe in the cells and blood.”

  “You said that this thing is the crystallization of a perfect three-dimensional being. Could it be……” Ling Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly.

  “Since it is the crystallization of a perfect three-dimensional being, this thing contains not only the powerful vitality of perfect three-dimensional beings but also has part of the cosmic laws imprinted in it,” Leoux said. “As long as you refine and infuse this thing into you, you will not only improve your physical body tremendously but also comprehend the laws of the universe. Your strength will increase enormously to a terrific level in a short time.”

  “I didn’t know that!” Ling Jiu now understood. But he had another question. “Where did they get this thing? Isn’t the most powerful person in Auguland the super-clustered beings?”

  There were the stellar beings, galactic beings, super-clustered beings, and then the perfect three-dimensional beings.

  On a planet where the most powerful being was only a super-clustered being, there was a crystallization of a perfect three-dimensional being. What was going on here?

  “That is the key question,” Leoux said in a low voice. “If you want to figure out this problem, talk to that God of Light if you want to know the answer.”

  Ling Jiu nodded slightly. “It’s time to have a little chat with him.”