Dark Council Headquarters.
"Mr. Yang." Tus, who had already received the message from Yang Qi, had been waiting early in the morning.
Yang Qi looked at Tus and said, "President Tus, has the Holy See of Light made any moves recently?"
"Mr. Yang already knows about this?" President Tus was stunned and smiled bitterly. "I just confirmed the news and was about to inform Mr. Yang. I never thought that the Holy See of Light would arrest its own believers."
"Arresting your own followers?"
Yang Qi was startled and asked quickly, "Are you saying that those missing believers were arrested by the Holy See of Light?"
"Mr. Yang doesn't know?" Tus was stunned and looked at Yang Qi in surprise.
When he saw Yang Qi asking about the recent actions of the Holy See of Light, he thought that Yang Qi already knew about this. After all, according to his investigation, several of the believers arrested this time were Chinese.
"The Ninth Bureau contacted me before, saying that some believers are missing, but I don't know the details yet, so I came to ask you. Your Dark Council is more powerful in the Western world, so you should have some information." Yang Qi glanced at President Tus and continued, "How much do you know about this matter?"
"According to our investigation..." President Tus quickly told the Dark Council the situation they knew.
In fact, this incident happened not long ago. For some unknown reason, the Holy See of Light suddenly performed miracles. The Dark Council's base was in the Western world. Although it had moved outside the southern border, deep down, they still wanted to return to the Western world. Therefore, they attached great importance to the Holy See of Light's miracles and immediately used secular forces to investigate. After their investigation, they found that although the Holy See of Light performed miracles, it was mainly aimed at some areas where the Holy See of Light had strong control. Those areas were basically inhabited by the followers of the Holy See of Light.
After learning all this, the Dark Council was relieved. After all, if the Church of Light was allowed to recruit believers without limit, the secular power of the Dark Council in the Western world would inevitably suffer a great blow. However, as the Dark Council continued to investigate, it was discovered that after performing miracles, the Church of Light actually began to secretly arrest its own believers. It was only because they acted very carefully that it was difficult for outsiders to know. It was because the Dark Council was deeply rooted that they were able to investigate some of the circumstances.
"As expected, the Dark Sect is probably behind this."
Yang Qi's face darkened. The information he got from Tuss also made him confirm that the one controlling all this must be the Dark Sect that controls the Holy See of Light.
"What happened to those believers who were arrested?" Yang Qi frowned.
President Tus had a bitter look on his face and said helplessly, "After these believers were captured, they were concentrated in different towns. Because there were several martial arts masters guarding them, our people couldn't get close at all."
"Is that so?"
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows. This matter seemed to be more complicated than he thought. The Black Demon Sect obviously attached great importance to this matter, otherwise they would not have spent so much effort on it.
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The town of Knowles.
One of the important towns under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Light, almost all the residents of the town are believers of the Holy See of Light, and the Lord is their only belief. In the center of the town is an ancient church, which is also one of the few churches under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Light that has a martial artist in charge, which shows how much the Holy See of Light values the town.
However, a few days ago, some changes took place in the town. Many practitioners from the Holy See of Light appeared in the town. The residents of the town not only did not have the slightest aversion to the arrival of these people, but were very welcoming.
With the arrival of these practitioners, some foreign believers are brought here every day, and the church announces that a grand pilgrimage ceremony will be held here.
Ordinary people don’t know that the church at this moment is very different from what it was a few days ago. It is now guarded by a formation, and inside the church, in addition to the practitioners of the Holy See of Light, there are also several more people in black robes.
A middle-aged man in fancy clothes came up to the black-robed leader and said respectfully, "Sir, a new batch of believers has arrived."
“Are we there yet?”
A gleam of light flashed in the black robe's eyes, and then he said indifferently, "You go out first."
After the man in fancy clothes left, a mid-level martial arts master beside the man in black robe said, "Brother, we have gathered so many believers this time. Should that be enough to gather the number of people we need?"
"That should be enough." The man in black robe nodded slightly. The most important thing for this operation was to gather enough believers, especially those with devout faith, otherwise they would not have spent so much effort to perform the so-called miracles.
“These ants thought they had gained some advantage by breaking through to the Martial Sect realm. They are nothing but cannon fodder.” The mid-level Martial Sect laughed coldly.
"Cannon fodder also has its uses. If there are not enough people, then it will probably be you and me who become cannon fodder." The man in black robe sighed.
Hearing this, the middle-level martial arts master suddenly fell silent. His fellow disciples had long heard of Li Xueyang's reputation. This time, in order to save their lives, Zeng Jiang and others had spent a lot of resources to cultivate enough martial arts masters to set up the formation. If something went wrong on their side, they would probably be the ones to become the sacrifices.
“I heard that Guo Zhou and Lin Qian both died at the hands of indigenous practitioners. Fortunately, we were in Africa before, otherwise we would probably have died.” The six-star martial master at the side sighed.
They had also heard about the deaths of Guo Zhou and Lin Qian. After all, there were not many practitioners in the Black Demon Sect. Apart from Zeng Jiang and a few other practitioners at the Martial Honor Realm, the rest were those of them who had managed to survive.
"They are just some indigenous practitioners. Once the sect leader comes out, they will surely die. Once they leave this world and return to the sect, people like us will be the sect's backbone and will definitely be given key training." The black-robed man said in a deep voice.
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the other people became excited. After the previous war, there were only a few strong people left in the sect. The status of these living practitioners would definitely increase greatly in the future.
"Okay, get ready to do the work and finish this task as soon as possible to avoid any more trouble at night." The man in black robe said lightly.
"yes."
Everyone responded and left the room, each preparing to go their own way.
As night fell, the lights in the town gradually brightened. At the same time, strange fluctuations were heard around the town. Under the strange fluctuations, the residents of the entire town felt that there were waves of calls in their ears, and their bodies walked towards the church involuntarily. If there were powerful practitioners here, they would definitely be able to notice that the town was covered by a formation at this time, and all the residents were trapped in an illusion.
When the residents of the town gathered in the church, there were already nearly a hundred devout believers gathered in the church. These believers put their hands together and knelt devoutly before the statue.
Wow~
Suddenly, a strange light descended from the sky and landed on the statue. Then, in front of everyone's eyes, the statue bathed in the strange light came to life. (To be continued)