Less than five minutes ago, the venue was filled with heavily armed soldiers. But in the time it took to cook instant noodles, the surrounding area was now only occupied by onlookers. Many of the spectators fled the scene when the Crusaders stormed in. The mass exodus of the audience made the already large venue suddenly seem even more spacious. With the departure of the crowd, the atmosphere became desolate and the temperature dropped.
The bishop had originally planned to execute Wang Xiaole publicly to get rid of him, and also to establish his prestige in the hearts of the citizens. But how long has it been? The execution turned into a face-off, without establishing anyone's authority. The people who left early were lucky as they didn't witness the scene just now. However, the remaining citizens, who came to see the excitement, now had a hot topic to discuss.
Tomorrow, or even before tomorrow, a certain piece of news would spread throughout the city: the respected Bishop, unable to mobilize his subordinates, being ignored by them, and facing "collective disobedience". Moreover, it was none other than the Holy Maiden of the Papal State who opposed the bishop. The Holy Maiden's actions were taken in favor of a stranger with an unknown background!
The conflict contained a huge amount of information, causing some spectators to feel overwhelmed. In fact, the bishop should be content! After all, Wang Xiaole appeared in front of people as a girl. If the onlookers knew that the stranger the Holy Maiden was vigorously defending also happened to be a man, the news would turn directly into a scandal.
"Sorry for the interruption, just pretend that I never appeared. Please continue as you were!" After resolving one trouble, Cai Bang (彩帮) Wang Xiaole didn't intend to continue being stared at by the people around him. The purpose of Cai's visit was to ensure the smooth use of the sword by the person she deeply loved. Since Wang Xiaole had skillfully used the black longsword, Cai's goal had been achieved. She made up her mind to leave and resumed her usual humble attitude. Then, Cai bowed to Wang Xiaole on the stage, without turning around, and walked back towards the entrance.
There was something Wang Xiaole wanted to say to her: "You mean I can do anything I want next in the challenge, and you won't have any objections?"
The "anything" he referred to was killing the bishop. There was no one else standing in the arena. Regardless of the emotions they had developed through living together these past few days, Wang Xiaole had decided that he not only wanted to defeat the bishop but also genuinely kill him on the stage!
However, the bishop was still Cai's colleague, and Wang Xiaole was worried about how she would explain herself when she returned to the Papal State. That's why he decided to ask her opinion.
"Kill him if you want. Just remember to say 'sorry' to the people cleaning up afterwards," Cai replied without stopping, without turning around. While she was looking at the person on the stage, she gave her answer as if she had divided her attention. The sentence was not long, but as soon as it was uttered, Cai's figure quickly disappeared into the crowd behind her.
Thinking, "She shouldn't bump into anyone," Wang Xiaole felt relieved by Cai's departure.
Compared to the time when the Crusades were gathering, the current situation is not much different.
There are only two people on stage facing each other, and regardless of whether the bishop has the will to continue the fight, Wang Xiaole is determined to make the other person bleed on the spot.
After all, it's not acceptable for someone like the bishop, who said to his face that he intends to interfere with his disciple. As a master, he cannot tolerate it!
The bishop's current state of mind is also quite delicate.
The bishop has never been courageous, but he holds grudges and never lets go of those who have offended him.
Having thoughts is one thing, but how to implement them is another.
Although it would not be difficult for him to gather another Crusade with his status as the archbishop.
But since the Crusade can turn back, no one can guarantee that the Holy Maiden will not reappear.
What if Holy Maiden suddenly turns back?
At that time, wouldn't the scene just now be repeated?
Wouldn't the dignified bishop be slapped twice by Holy Maiden in front of thousands of people?
Is it not enough to be slapped before?
Even if the bishop is not a person who values his face, he is at least someone who cares about his vanity.
He has no intention of damaging his own image again.
Therefore, the plan to rely on the army is bound to fail.
With no other options, the vengeful bishop can only rely on another external force!
"You brought this upon yourself, scum! Being beheaded by the Crusade obediently is a kind of comfort, but after that... don't blame me!"
Saying this to himself, a never-before-seen sinister look flashed in the bishop's eyes.
In the next moment, he raised his hand and waved his white sleeve, and the sunlight above the sky became even more brilliant than before.
The stretched clouds suddenly curled up and began to rotate like whirlpools of water in solidifying.
Many clouds in the sky changed shape one after another, forming a special pattern after transforming into identical shapes, as if arranging some kind of special order.
With his understanding of magic, Wang Xiaole immediately realized:
The combined pattern of the suspended clouds in the sky has turned into a hexagram formation.
The pentagram, hexagram, and even heptagram all belong to a kind of summoning formation.
The three different levels of summoning formations have a relationship of increasing levels from left to right.
Back then, Isabella used a hexagram formation to summon the people from the Celestial Empire to the continent of H̵o̵z̵o̵n̵h̵u̵.
From this, it can be seen:
How advanced the hexagram formation is!
Even in those small and medium-sized countries, even if the whole nation's mage power is mobilized, it is not necessarily possible to set up a summoning formation above the pentagram level.
However, it should be noted:
The fact that the bishop summoned a hexagram formation by himself does not mean that his magic attainments are particularly powerful;
In fact, the summoning formation that appeared in the sky was a kind of welfare provided by the Pope.
The four archbishops are all high-ranking officials in the Pope's country, and the Pope naturally worries about their personal safety.
In order to prevent any of the four archbishops from dying on an unknown day, the Pope intentionally added an additional layer of insurance.
In the past, when the four people were appointed as archbishops, the Pope set up an instant-activation summoning formation on them.
This means:
With the help of the Pope's power, the Bishop in the red robe exerted external forces in the arena.
"Not being discovered means it's not against the rules!"
The Bishop strongly agreed with this principle and secretly took advantage of it.
(whispered) "That damn Holy Maiden is gone. Even if I use the magic power of His Holiness the Pope, no one will know, and no one can expose me!"
With the external forces as a boost, the Bishop's attitude immediately became more reckless than before.
As the hexagram formation in the sky erupted with dazzling white light in just a few rapid breaths, the onlookers were astonished.
The vast divine power gathered and caused violent tremors in the space, as if an earthquake spread through the air.
Suddenly, a brilliant "meteor" fell from the sky, descending unstoppably.
At the moment when the light from the tail of the "meteor" became dazzling, the air around the arena seemed to be showing signs of escaping and scattering.
As it crashed onto the ground, the intense light elements burned the space, causing the void above the Bishop's head to appear slightly charred.
The white light turned into an intense series of arcs, forming a circular pattern as it swiftly passed through;
At this moment, people realized that the meteor was not as big as they had imagined, at most only half the size of the arena.
The light flowed like a torrent, surging into the Bishop's body.
As the white light gradually faded, the legendary being immediately appeared;
The silver armor repelled the air, and the vibrating wings whipped up a whirlwind. A tall male figure, like an illusion, appeared before everyone's eyes.
An angel!
To be precise, it was the projection of an angel, descending onto this arena!
Even if it was just a true angel projected into the human world as an ethereal image;
But no matter how it was interpreted, the fact remained:
The divine realm responded to the call of the hexagram.
"Church of the Supreme God, representing the gods";
This slogan is not just empty words.
Back when the church was founded, the first Pope made an agreement with the divine realm:
As the highest representative of the gods, every generation of Popes organizes bishops, monks, and other subordinates to spread the teachings in the human world and increase the number of believers for the gods;
Regarding these new believers, as long as they have a sense of worship in their hearts, this emotion can be converted into a part of the power of the gods and angels.
The mission of the Church of the Supreme God is to help strengthen the power of "faith" in the divine realm;
As a reward to the church, the divine realm grants the church and the imperial authority the authority to rival each other and responds to the call of the hexagram at critical moments.
At this moment, relying solely on the illusion originating from the divine realm, all the citizens standing in the arena couldn't withstand the pressure released by the higher beings and inevitably fell to their knees.
Even Sister Glasses, who had considerable strength, had to grit her teeth and endure in order to maintain her upright posture, otherwise she couldn't stand at all.
Wang Xiaole's demeanor and behavior remained the same as before, but the Bishop thought:
The other party was only pretending to be calm; pretending to be at ease was already difficult.
"Hmph, ridiculous commoners, is it useful to suffer just for the sake of saving face? Face can't be used as your life!"
In the game of "cat catching mouse," the Bishop, who considered himself the "cat," had played enough.
He was determined to borrow the power of the divine realm and cut Wang Xiaole into halves face to face.
"Lowly peasant, die..."
"Stop!"
Since being stopped earlier, the bishop has developed a psychological shadow. Whenever similar words echo in his ears, his actions involuntarily stop.
The bishop turned his head towards the source of the voice, not knowing who it was.
Wang Xiaole, on the other hand, turned his head first, knowing exactly who it was.
A girl who didn't look very bright entered their sight one after another, and the girl looked up and told one of them,
"Xiaole, that creepy guy cheated! The summoning array he just used wasn't set up by himself at all."
"..."
The silence was because the bishop suddenly realized:
Before leaving, he should have carefully looked at the calendar. Today was really not a good day to go out!
