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Appearing before everyone was a road made of countless giant steps, leading directly to the dwelling of the Giant King.
On both sides of the road were densely packed palaces and towers, and rows of giant statues clad in silver armor, each holding a long halberd, stood guard on either side of the road, protecting the path to the abode of the gods.
As if sensing the intrusion of unfamiliar creatures, the silvery-white light on their bodies became extremely bright, and one by one they turned their heads to look at Klein and his group.
Hobert turned back to Derrick and the others and said, "I think you should also have a little sense of participation."
Derrick nodded and summoned the "Unshadowed Spear," while Colin was covered in the light of dawn, holding a "Sword of Dawn" in his hand, and Lovia released several illusory figures, several meters tall and clad in full body armor, that she had herded.
The three of them cleared the way in front, while Hobert "distorted" the path of sound transmission, asking in a voice that only he and Klein could hear, "What do you plan to do with this female elder?"
Klein was slightly stunned. He hadn't considered this issue before, but now it was different. As long as this operation opened the passage between the "Forsaken Land of the Gods" and the real world, Lovia's problem would be right in front of him.
If he killed her, it might make the already suspicious City of Silver even more wary, but if he placed a believer of the True Creator in the City of Silver's power structure, he would definitely be very uneasy.
Seeing this, Hobert smiled and said, "If you haven't figured it out, I'll handle it for you."
Klein immediately said, "Thank you."
The battle between the three people in front and the statues was very fierce, while Hobert and Klein in the back were leisurely as if they were strolling through a scenic spot in a historical site.
Hobert then said, "The missionaries you sent to the Southern Balam Duchy are a bit... how should I put it? It feels like their way of proselytizing is even more cautious than the "Rose School of Thought"."
More precisely, their way of proselytizing was a bit like sneaking around. Hobert heard that the Fool Church's methods of proselytizing included, but were not limited to, secretly establishing mutual aid organizations for believers, and always liked to do prayers or sacrifices at night, and so on.
Klein couldn't help but laugh a little: "I've noticed this too, but I hope you can understand, after all, they've always proselytized like this before."
The missionaries he sent to the Southern Balam Duchy mainly came from the Church of the Sea God, the Abraham family, and the "Temperance Faction." These three organizations were all used to sneaking around, and it was difficult for them to change their ways for a while.
Hobert then said, "However, many people in the Highland County and Colon County do like this approach. After all, the "Rose School of Thought"s' methods of proselytizing used to be more crude and bloody, and they can accept this kind of mysterious proselytizing method."
"But when it's time to be aboveboard, there must also be an aboveboard side."
He paused and then said: "I can help you organize a missionary seminar to let the Fool Church's missionaries communicate with the Earth Mother Church's missionaries."
"Well, it's just an exchange on missionary aspects."
Currently, the Earth Mother Church has sent a large number of missionaries to the Southern Balam Duchy.
However, limited by the war in the Northern Continent, they cannot send too many Beyonder forces here, only each of the capitals of the two counties has a Druid squad.
The main force in the Southern Balam Duchy is mainly composed of official Beyonders who serve Hobert.
Hobert was not afraid of the God of Combat's suspicion. After all, from a very early time, he had a very close cooperation with the Earth Mother Church. If he didn't let the Earth Mother Church proselytize at this time, it would instead cause suspicion.
But currently, the Church of the Evernight Goddess cannot be allowed to proselytize. Of course, the Church of the Evernight Goddess is currently unable to take care of these things.
Klein nodded: "That's a good opportunity. When I return to the real world, I will organize the relevant personnel to study."
While they were talking about these things, Derrick and the other three had also cleared the way to the front of the Giant King's dwelling.
Before everyone had time to see the scene inside the palace, two figures flew out from inside.
One had his face covered in shadows, with black hair reaching his shoulders, and a pair of illusory black wings growing from his back. The other was a pure shadow, sometimes twisting left and right.
They were Enuni and Klein's original shadow, who had been affected by the "Dark Angel" and didn't know what kind of mutation had occurred.
Klein's shadow took the lead in launching an attack, sending a series of air cannons towards the crowd.
Two heads grew on each of Enuni's shoulders. After Lovia saw those three heads, her eyes became fixed, and her body trembled, as if she felt the aura from an absolute high-ranking being.
Hobert snapped his fingers, and all the air cannons were blocked by a transparent air barrier.
Under the illumination of the light in mid-air, this scene looked very illusory. Each air cannon exploded a huge "crater" on the air barrier, as if it had blown open the invisible air.
But Derrick and the others, who were only one step away, could not feel any impact from the explosion.
Hobert looked at the "Shadow" and strengthened the "connection" between it and Klein.
Klein immediately felt that his other half of his spirit body seemed to have contact with him again, and he quickly followed these "connections" to control that "Shadow".
The "Shadow" suddenly froze on the steps, as if fighting with Klein's consciousness.
Immediately afterwards, the "Sword of Disorder" appeared in Hobert's hand, and it turned into the shape of a spear and flew towards Enuni.
As soon as Enuni was about to use his ability, he immediately realized the threat of this black spear. The head on the left side of his shoulder was suddenly bathed in sunlight, and his left hand projected a "Unshadowed Spear" towards the "Sword of Disorder".
But the pure white "Unshadowed Spear" did not even touch the black javelin, but had already been shattered by the "Sword of Disorder".
At the same time, the head in the middle of Enuni became illusory, and a black tide涌 from the main hall to block in front of him.
The momentum of the "Sword of Disorder" did not diminish, "twisting" out a hole in the black tide and nailing this affected marionette to the ground.
Hobert sighed: "This guy is almost at Sequence 2 strength."
Enuni tried hard to pull out the spear-shaped "Sword of Disorder" inserted in his chest, but before he touched the "Sword of Disorder", his hands had already turned into powder.
Hobert turned to the "Shadow" again, using the ability of "Exploit" to prematurely end its ability to exist and the foundation of its power.
The "Shadow" finally stopped struggling and returned to Klein's feet.
Klein trembled all over. Although this "Shadow" had become very cold and had a bit of a depraved aura, his spirit body had become complete again.
Hobert came to Enuni and asked Klein: "He should be the 'Historical Void' you summoned, right?"
Klein came back to his senses and nodded: "Yes."
Hobert pulled out the "Sword of Disorder", "tampering" with Enuni's state, so that he returned to the historical void, leaving only a humanoid black shadow, two heads growing on the black shadow's shoulders, and black illusory wings on the steps.
He raised his hand and cut off the "connection" between the black shadow and the power in the main hall, and the black shadow, heads, and wings immediately turned into bubbles.
In less than ten seconds, Hobert solved these two tricky opponents.
Derrick and the others thought there would be a fierce battle today, but they didn't expect that the most intense battle so far was the battle with those statues just now. Although it was intense, it was still easy for them.
Klein also sighed: "You solved the problem so easily, making us seem a bit redundant."
Hobert smiled: "No, you are very good spectators."
Then he looked in the direction of the main hall, and his expression became serious: "Next, it won't be so easy."
The group came to the front of the main hall and saw that the inside of the main hall was filled with darkness.
It was a pure darkness that could devour all light.
Klein said: "Compared to just now, there has been a certain change. Just now, I could vaguely see a tall figure sitting inside."
Hobert nodded after watching for a while. He felt that even the "True Vision" could not see the situation inside clearly: "I didn't expect that without the support of the main consciousness and Beyonder characteristics, the 'Dark Angel' would still have such a powerful force. Hmm, no, that's not right..."
He suddenly thought that in the presence of the True Creator, the "Dark Angel" could only have some symbolism.
The reason why the "Dark Angel" showed such a powerful force now should be related to the "Chaos Sea".
In Hobert's impression, even if the Ancient Sun God's avatar still had the residual consciousness of the "Dark Angel", although that wisp of consciousness was in a sleeping state, for thousands of years, it was enough for him to use the "Blasphemy Slate" to obtain a lot of power from the "Chaos Sea".
Thinking of this, Hobert said: "Everyone, do not use any abilities such as avatars or historical projections."
He said to Lovia: "Don't graze either."
"There is a very strong sense of Degeneration here. Any avatar may be betrayed, and even companions may betray you."
"If you feel any dangerous thoughts, immediately speak out to warn!"
Everyone nodded.
"Of course, the best way is for me to go in and explore myself, but you definitely don't want to just wait here." As Hobert spoke, he was the first to step into the darkness.
Colin, Derrick, and Lovia followed closely with firm eyes. As Hobert said, hope was right in front of them, and they didn't want to wait here.
Klein's body, on the other hand, had a "Corruption seed" planted by the True Creator, and could only be removed after seeing the "Dark Angel", so he walked at the end, reached out and pinched the potion he had prepared in his pocket, and followed.
After entering the dim main hall, Hobert immediately realized that it was not as dangerous as it looked outside.
This feeling was very familiar to him, and he ridiculed himself in his heart: It's very similar to the "Creator" and "Fool" in a period of time, only an empty shell that looks scary.
The group maintained a distance that was neither too far nor too close. Their vision was not completely swallowed by the darkness. They could not see anything beyond about 5 meters.
The ground was made of gray-white stone bricks solidified with dusk-like colors, without any extraordinary power.
Hobert, who was walking in the front, suddenly "eh"ed, and a thin protective shield composed of the power of the "Nation of Disorder" immediately appeared around them.
Immediately afterwards, a part of the darkness in everyone's field of vision seemed to become more intense, and it was difficult to see unless you observed carefully.
That mass of darkness also seemed to sense that the protective barrier was impenetrable, so it disappeared again in front of everyone, and the darkness returned to its original density.
Hobert pondered for a moment, but said nothing, and continued to walk towards the depths of the hall.
After more than ten minutes of exploration, they arrived at the depths of the hall, where there was a high platform composed of layers of huge steps. The throne on the high platform was empty, with nothing at all!
This made everyone's eyes narrow. The 'Dark Angel' had awakened… and left?
Hobert felt that something was wrong. He pondered for a moment before saying, "To see the most important 'Dark Angel' here, you must weaken yourself a bit."
As he spoke, he used his 'Weakening' ability on himself, so that he would only be at Sequence 3 level for the next few seconds.
Immediately afterwards, Hobert removed the protective barrier made of 'Power of Order': "Ha, that 'Black Knight' was indeed the first."
Derrick and the others were all stunned, but they suddenly realized that Lovia, who had been close at hand, was gone.
The most surprised was Klein. He was clearly at the back, but he didn't even notice when Lovia disappeared.
Before everyone could figure out what was going on, and while they were all carefully observing their surroundings, Hobert continued, "I'll help it a bit."
As he spoke, he 'magnified' the surrounding darkness.
In that instant, everyone noticed that the surrounding darkness, like that suddenly dense patch of darkness just now, had deepened in color all at once.
The darkness, which looked somewhat viscous, surged towards everyone. Before they could avoid it, everything in front of them had changed. The surroundings were no longer dark, but had become dim and gray.
The surrounding walls and huge stone pillars were clearly visible, but they seemed to be covered with a thin layer of shadow.
Outside the window, there was no sun, no moon, and no stars, but a faint light shone in.
Lovia, who had disappeared first, was already observing the surroundings here.
Everyone's spirituality almost simultaneously felt something, and they all turned their heads to look at the iron-black throne at the end of the palace, at the top of the layers of steps.
On the throne sat a man with shoulder-length black hair and an indistinguishable face. Behind him were layers upon layers of black wings, and complex patterns were engraved on his robe.
At this moment, the man's left elbow was resting on the armrest of the throne, and his palm was supporting his cheek, as if he were asleep.
Just a glance was enough for Derrick and the others to have thoughts like 'sacred' and 'inviolable' Blink through their minds. Only Hobert was unaffected.
Immediately afterwards, everyone understood that this sleeping man, who was the same height as a giant, was the Left Hand of God, the Viceroy of Heaven, the 'Dark Angel' Sasrir.
Lovia once again clearly felt the pressure from a high-level being, and this time the pressure was even stronger, like receiving a response when praying to the 'True Creator', making her body tremble.
Hobert had already returned to Sequence 1 level. He was trying to connect with the 'Nation of Disorder'. Now his situation was similar to before in the 'Wall of Spirituality' of the 'Chained God'. It was as if he had lost contact with the 'Nation of Disorder'.
But because he was now Sequence 1, he could not only mobilize the power of the 'Nation of Disorder', but also take out Sealed Artifacts from it.
It was just that the process of taking out Sealed Artifacts was very slow. It took about 2 seconds to take out the 'Sun Scepter'.
Klein also said, "I can't feel the existence of historical voids."
Not only could he not feel the existence of historical voids, but because his Sequence was relatively low, he was almost completely disconnected from the Sefirah Castle.
"Don't panic too much. Although the power here is very high-level, I can distort it," Hobert said. "Let's continue forward and see if we can find any clues to get out."
From their current position, they couldn't see the black iron throne, and Hobert didn't see the 'Blasphemy Slate' that he had been longing for.
Klein was about to suggest that Lovia use a pastured soul to test the waters first, but Hobert had already taken the lead, holding the 'Sun Scepter' and walking towards the throne.
So Klein quickly followed.
At this time, Hobert suddenly realized that something was wrong. It turned out that his memory of this exploration seemed a little blurred. He only remembered that the door leading to the outside was behind the throne, and he only remembered that the 'Blasphemy Slate' was near the throne.
This was not difficult to understand. After all, whether it was the current 'Dark Angel' or the 'Blasphemy Slate', their levels were very high. It was normal for him to lose some memories about them.
Arriving at the huge steps designed for giants, Hobert felt a strong 'Corruption' aura on the steps. The next second, a black tide spread out from under his feet.
That was the ability of 'Corruption' at the Sequence 1 level.
The 'Corruption' aura on the steps was deceived by the 'Corruption' ability emitted by Hobert, and stopped approaching them.
The black tide under the feet of Hobert and the others became like a soft-bodied animal, carrying everyone forward. The surrounding 'Corruption' aura thought it was a 'fellow', and did not 'disturb' them.
When they reached halfway, cracks appeared on the surrounding walls, giant pillars, and bricks, and one bronze-colored eye after another grew out.
Hobert's first thought: Did these eyes represent the God of Knowledge and Wisdom? After all, the key to opening this hall was obtained from the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
But immediately afterwards, his spirituality sensed danger, so he raised his hand and 'distorted' the extraordinary attack coming towards them, turning it towards a stone pillar.
The stone pillar immediately lost its grayish-white color, and then the twilight color inside also faded, turning into a stone pillar with obvious signs of corrosion.
Crack ~
The stone pillar broke in the middle and fell to the ground.
This was the 'Reader's' ability of 'Analysis', which could see through all things and imitate powers by analyzing them.
All the bronze-colored eyes suddenly shook together, making a very ethereal sound: "The aura of the 'Nation of Disorder'…"
Those eyes then looked at Klein: "The aura of the 'Sefirah Castle'."
Hearing 'Sefirah Castle', Colin seemed to remember something, and his eyes were somewhat dazed.
At this time, Klein suddenly understood: You must have a 'Sefirah' to get a response here, or get close to Sasrir. No wonder the True Creator, even though he had Lovia, a demigod believer from City of Silver, still forced me to enter the palace and see the 'Dark Angel'.
At this time, the bronze-colored eyes made a sound again: "The fates of you two are very peculiar. You have interacted with Amanises, Adam, Amon, Medici, and of course, Him."
The three demigods of City of Silver were no strangers to these names. They were slightly stunned, not expecting that these two helpers had interacted with so many existences beyond Sequence 1.
But when they thought of Hobert's strength, all of this seemed reasonable.
Seeing Hobert deep in thought, Klein asked back, "Him?"
Bronze-colored eyes: "He is another me…"
Hobert suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: I thought you were talking about the 'Celestial Worthy'.
Klein and Derrick also understood that the bronze-colored eyes were talking about the True Creator.
Didn't they all have connections with the True Creator? Hobert and Klein had clashed with the True Creator's forces more than once.
Especially Hobert, after his own strength and power became strong enough, he directly beat the Aurora Order into oblivion.
At this time, Hobert said: "I heard that you slept for a long time, and then woke up from the 'Chaos Sea'?"
The bronze-colored eyes did not directly answer, but said: "I can see more than you think, for example, the parts of your two bodies and fates that are inconsistent."
Hobert and Klein were both stunned. The other party seemed to be saying: I can see that you are transmigrators!
That ethereal voice said again: "As you have learned, I did sleep for a long time before waking up."
Hobert asked again: "There is a question I am very curious about. As a researcher, why do you always carry a cross with you?"
"At first it was to ward off evil…"
Hobert twitched the corner of his mouth: "Ward… Never mind, please continue."
Bronze-colored eyes: "Later, I realized that this was the intention of the 'Primordial One', including those crosses related to me in the Second and Third Epochs, all of which were the 'Primordial One' showing His existence."
At this time, the three demigods of City of Silver, Derrick and the others, successively realized that they were talking to the 'Dark Angel'. The expressions on their faces were very complicated, with surprise mixed with doubt and confusion.
Especially Derrick, he knew that this was actually like talking to the 'Omnipotent and Omniscient Lord'.
Hobert slowly nodded: "So, you were influenced by the 'Primordial One' very early on?"
The bronze-colored eyes seemed to have some human emotions: "Yes, I noticed this problem not long after I came out of the 'Chaos Sea'.
"So I fused the authority of 'Degeneration' and the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Hanged Man' pathway, and created another self, the purpose of which was to control the 'Chaos Sea' and isolate it from the main body…"
The description of this ethereal voice was similar to the information Hobert had told before.
After the other party finished talking about his failed actions against the Primordial One, he said: "You don't seem surprised by this?"
Colin and Lovia were obviously very surprised, but these bronze-colored eyes only seemed to care about Hobert and Klein.
"What's so surprising?" Hobert smiled: "I am a Beyonder of the 'Lawyer' pathway. The 'Primordial One' cannot be resurrected in my body. I only need to be careful of the 'Oldest One's' consciousness."
"No, you have misunderstandings about the Oldest One, the Primdordial, and the Celestial Worthy!" The ethereal voice said seriously: "When the 'Oldest One' is asleep, the Primordial and the Celestial Worthy can exert a certain influence any pathway among the 22 pathways.
"As far as I know, the Celestial Worthy has already left imprints in the advancement rituals of the 'Black Emperor' and the 'Justiciar'. When you become a True God, His will can initially awaken in your body."
"Fuck!" Hobert knew that this was the Celestial Worthy's arrangement!
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