Chapter 1309 - A Bizarre Victory (2/2)

Bodies of cultists and the injured were everywhere. The church knights, monks, and the abhumans suffered casualties too. The vicinity of the Ark of the Sacred Covenant was almost flooded with blood. There was a heavy, festering scent in the air.

A small number of cultists who survived had gathered around Willie. Not far away, Calaxus was clenching his golden-white staff, and his chest had a long bloody wound. Black smoke billowed as healing energy surged in his wound. It was clear that this senior monk would not be able to regain his combat strength in a while.

The church soldiers had also gathered around Calaxus, while wounded abhumans stood beside the alpha.

It seemed both sides were evenly matched and suffering the same level of casualties.

Lily was probably the single most powerful warrior at the scene. There were only a few bruises on her body, and those wounds were squirming and healing quickly. The blood of the cultists was still dripping from her fangs, and her golden pupils were glowing in high spirits.

“Come on! Come and fight! I thought you have more men than us?”

“Beast!” Willie’s voice was filled with ridicule and anger. He looked at his few men left around him—those were his most loyal men who were ready to die for him, and more fanatical than Lamore and others. Those willing to sacrifice themselves using dark magic and become his puppets were his last card in the Cult of Armageddon. But half of them had died in this short battle.

Those barbarian soldiers and church warriors were relatively easy to handle. The senior monk was powerful but merely a mortal. The one who could inflict significant damage was the alpha.

But Willie was helpless against her. Even with the power of the Great Lord in his hand, Willie had found out something that frustrated him.

The power of Order of the alpha was a counterbalance of the power of Chaos.

However, it was not important anymore.

Willie put away his angry expression and smiled cunningly.

He knew that his goal was not to defeat these enemies in the first place but to buy Lavinia time so that she could complete the ceremony.

Willie looked in the direction where Auguste VII had been. He felt no sadness for the old pope’s death because the believers of the Cult of Armageddon never lived in unity. He was just surprised that Hao Ren also had a Worldbreaker and seemed to be skillful with it. Unfortunately, Willie did not have the time to find out what it was all about.

Lavinia had almost finished reciting the incantation.

“Holy moly!” Hao Ren exclaimed in surprise after he saw what happened next.

Lavinia had successfully removed the seal on the disc.

Before she finished the chant, the seal was already broken from the inside out. The last few syllables of the chant were merely ritual.

A bright light burst from the disc and swallowed Lavinia in it. Before Lavinia could even scream, the light had consumed her, turning her body into photons of light.

The bright light continued to expand, but it had slowed down so much that it was as if a fluid. It first hit the surface of the Ark of the Sacred Covenant, and then flowed along the crystal pyramid with divine energy filled the air. Except for Hao Ren and Lily, who had been adapted to this divine atmosphere, everyone who saw the light felt an urge to worship it.

Just when Hao Ren thought that the divine power would go on a rampage and destroy everything here, a strange sight appeared.

The bright light suddenly calmed down as if it was in thought. It then rippled and rushed toward the twenty-one prison wardens around the Ark of the Sacred Covenant.

In the blink of an eye, the divine energy permeated and disappeared into the body of the wardens, who were restrained and corroded by the power of Chaos.

Everyone froze. Willie came to his senses at once. He realized that things were beyond his control now; rendering all his plans and intelligence useless. The resurrection of Lockmarton had become a farce.

It was his last chance to get away.

The thought swiftly developed in Willie’s mind, and he swung into action. Before the others knew what happened, he had punctured the skin of his fingertip and was ready to cast an escape spell.

Yet, halfway through his actions, he suddenly saw ripples appearing in the air in front of him. A small, red princess shoe emerged from the ripples and kicked him in the face with two and a half tons of force.