1236 Flower of Evil Part 1 (1/2)

”You're mad!” Theisio came to his senses after seeing the great head inquisitor attacking him.

The huge spear of light was broken with a punch from the great head inquisitor. A sign from the Armageddon Codex could be seen on his fist.

”I'm not mad, I'm awakened!” The great head inquisitor's face began to twist and golden light dissipated from the Armageddon Codex, turning bluish-black.

Seven huge signs flew out at the same time, heading straight for Theisio. 49 red-robed bishops at the pope's side cast Divine Protection at the same time, erecting a dazzling barrier of light before the pope.

”Eleanor!” Saleen called. Eleanor acknowledged, drawing a lightning arrow and shooting it right away. Eleanor did not practice lightning magic herself. She was only familiar with the properties of lightning, enabling her to shoot arrows with lightning attributes gifted to her by Saleen.

It was more than enough. Lightning had devastating power on its own, able to reduce the power of all energy shields by over nine levels.

Eleanor's archery had reached the pinnacle of level-nine. No energy shields from anyone could defend against her common attacks. After all, the Seven Nights was a powerful god-tiered piece of equipment.

Eleanor shot 49 arrows consecutively against the 49 layers of Divine Protection. All 49 arrows lined up into a straight line, penetrating the defenses of Divine Protection as a flash of blue light.

Eleanor used the Elvish Space Arrow skill and did not feel any resistance shooting from underwater.

The lightning arrows' speed was quicker than the great head inquisitor's attack, wrecking the layers of Divine Protection completely. Pope Theisio's face went pale. The seven huge signs from the Armageddon Codex were upon him.

A huge specter appeared from within the God Grace Staff. It was over ten meters tall and stood before Theisio.

Saleen was stunned when he saw that, yet quickly composed himself. The specter actually held the image of their god. The Lord of Glory's blessing was actually sealing a part of his power within the God Grace Staff, protecting the leader of his shepherds.

God's grace. There is god's grace!

Eternal Blessing was like trash compared to the grace of their god. Theisio knew very well that Eternal Blessing would not be able to contend with the power of the Armageddon Codex, so he cast God's Grace instead.

The grace of God was akin to the ocean.

Theisio's status had never been so high before. A white light began to shimmer on the Bramble Crown on his head. The light was not shooting out at his surroundings, but wrapping Theisio in a white, transparent robe from top to bottom.

The pope was also known as the ”Emperor of the Faith.” The Bramble Crown cast Divine Robe, the power of which emanated from the inside out. It seeped into every cell of Theisio's body.

Theisio's powers were heightened in an instant and reached level-11 right away. Furthermore, the advancement was a true, solid one. Even when the skill dissipated, Theisio would not drop back to level-10.

The Seal of Divine Power on his neck cast a huge flower.

The black flower had thousands of petals and they opened bit by bit. The area within 100 miles was shrouded by the rules of the Seal of Divine Power, sealing in all manner of energy within.

A huge cage was conjured by the Seal of Divine Power's power.

The power of God was akin to a prison!

Only the image of the Lord of Glory continued to emanate light within the area of the Divine Might spell. The red-robed bishops at the pope's side all fell to the ground. They were unable to bear the power of Divine Might. They fell prostrate as they worshipped.

”What is this!?” The purplish-red pupils within the great head inquisitor's black eyes spun furiously, intending to see those huge petals clearly. However, his eyes blew up in his eye sockets, spraying black liquid everywhere.

The power of Divine Might forbade any to peer into it.

Saleen sealed the Magical Element Tower off altogether. His Ring of Cosmos did not act funny again, as if what happened earlier had nothing to do with the ring at all. Saleen knew, however, that the Ring of Cosmos had yet to be completely restored. He had no way of wielding that terrifying power.

The huge metal gears at the top of the Magical Element Tower rescinded. Saleen had no way of commanding the demonic spirits to do battle at the moment, but the tower's defenses reached their pinnacle nonetheless.

Saleen decided to simply sit by and watch events unfold after over 40 arrows were fired.

Saleen did not attempt to leave after the huge black flower bloomed. There was simply nowhere to run. The area within 100 miles was shrouded by the black aura from the flower. There was nothing holy about that black aura.

”Flower of Evil!” Nicholas shouted.

”Flower of Evil?” Saleen watched the huge petals and had no idea why Nicholas was so worked up.

”The Lord of Glory said that he was just, holy, and pure...” Nicholas uttered the three words in a very sarcastic tone.