Although Shad and Mr. Barton and his party did not leave the house from the same door, the blood on "Professor Maggis" was very thick, so when Shad went around to the alley behind the house, the blood halo was still very conspicuous.
Especially in foggy weather, the halos are like bright bars in the field of vision:
"The ring wizard from the Truth Society, didn't he come here just after killing someone?"
In order to avoid being discovered that he was being followed, Shad did not call a carriage, but instead walked through the city with Mia the cat.
He walked very fast, and after about an hour he left the urban area and entered the southern suburbs of the city. However, the bloodstains did not enter the mountain, but turned into the manor area of the local nobles at the foot of Xikar Mountain.
The "Russell Manor" where the spiritual sect opened the narrow passage for Shad a month ago is also nearby.
"Could it be that the ring sorcerers that the Truth Society sent to Midhill Castle this time are all gathered in a nearby manor?"
Xia De in the forest was holding onto a tree and thinking in surprise, but because of this thought, he did not move forward:
"Let's go into the city and tell the witches about this, or tell the church. If a fight really breaks out, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to escape."
"Meow~"
Mia, who was being brought by Shade, had long been impatient with the strange city. At this moment, she seemed to see through Shade's thoughts and shouted as if to please him.
"Tomorrow I will go deeper into the narrow space with the witches. Today I will..."
He turned around and was about to leave, but outside this woodland belonging to a noble, he heard the sound of dense horse hooves.
Shade subconsciously hid behind a tree. Through the thick fog, he saw a carriage and people on horseback passing by. It was a caravan of the Church of Nature, as evidenced by the barely recognizable holy emblem on the carriages. More than half of the people in the caravan were ring sorcerers, and the middle-aged man with strange green hair on horseback was so handsome that Shade didn't even dare to look at him directly.
It wasn't that the other party had the ability to pollute the mind, but Shade was worried that he would be discovered if he looked directly at him. That man was most likely a thirteen-ring warlock of the Church of Nature.
"What have I encountered? What is the Church of Nature planning to do? That direction seems to be the direction where the blood-red halo extends..."
The carriage in the middle of the convoy was filled with a strong whispering element. Judging from the concentration of the element alone, it was definitely not lower than the sage level. Shade held his breath and leaned against the tree, covering Mia's mouth, quietly waiting for the convoy to go away. But before Shade could even leave the woods, footsteps came from the depths of the dense forest behind him.
This time they are the ring warlocks of the Church of the Sun, a total of 13 people, a standard combat team configuration.
They did not rush forward, but scattered around, throwing some shiny powder in the thick fog. Occasionally, a member holding a compass would stop and bury something on the ground, which looked like a stone rune.
"Are they setting up a corner for some larger ceremony?"
Even though he had the witch's jewelry, Shade knew that he was no match for a full-strength ring wizard team. He hurried to the other side of the forest. Fortunately, this foggy weather was very suitable for hiding himself.
Less than ten minutes later, another ring wizard appeared in the depths of the fog. This time, it was a ring wizard from the Church of Creation. Just like the people just now, he was throwing powder and burying runes. Shade chose a direction to leave again, but soon found that it was safer for him to stay where he was.
There seemed to be shadows of divine rituals everywhere in the fog. It seemed that in just half an hour, a huge regional divine ritual had already set up a base array nearby. The elements were being pulled, and the church's ring magicians were walking through the fog. If Shade guessed correctly, something big was going to happen.
"It looks like the church has completely surrounded this place... Things are going better than I thought. If the Truth Society is completely destroyed and Mr. Joey Barton is captured by the church, then everything I did in Midhill Castle this fall will have the perfect ending."
Shade did not move toward the center of the church's encirclement, nor did he break out to the periphery. Instead, he stayed in the woods, wanting to wait until the matter was over before leaving safely.
The wait lasted from the afternoon to the evening. Shad sat on a tree branch and watched the sun in the thick fog and the setting sun with Mia. As the bright sunset gradually appeared on the horizon, it gradually disappeared behind Mount Xikar.
The light and shadow shone on Shad and the cat, and the mottled shadows kept shaking on the ground. It was as if they were completely still, but time was flowing rapidly.
The last sunset reflected red on the faces of the man and the cat. Shad looked at the sun and thought about the future, while Mia stared at the red sun with wide eyes. It seemed to understand something, but it seemed to understand nothing.
The wind brought someone's thoughts from afar, and then passed by them. Watching the sun disappear in the sky, time passed faster than Shade thought.
And when the last ray of setting sun completely disappeared, the fog still covered the sky, making it difficult to see the sea of stars.
With the help of Yueying's illusion, Xiade was confident that he would not be discovered by anyone.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, the peaceful night finally began to be disturbed.
As strange changes appeared in the normal environment around, "she" in my ear gave a hint.
Shade climbed to the top of the tree and looked out with the cat. In the depths of the fog, under the western sky, the shadow of a huge green tree suddenly appeared. The huge tree was much taller than any other tree in the forest, as if it could support the sky and the earth.
The green halo made the fog in the distance glow, and the lush trees were silent, but just by looking at them, one could even feel the natural power that seemed to encompass everything. But soon, the giant tree collapsed into tiny dots of light, like a tornado that lingered for a long time under the night sky.
"Such a strong element of enlightenment. What happened over there?"
Xia De hurriedly placed Mia the cat on his head and squinted his eyes to see more clearly:
"Is this a puzzle lock? Or a word of ascension? Is it the thirteenth ring warlock of the Church of Nature who is doing it? Who is his opponent?"
A few minutes later, the scattered green light spots also arrived at the forest where Shade was. The green light looked completely harmless, but it swayed with the wind, making the quiet night in the fog even more hazy.
At 7:10 in the evening, shortly after the enlightenment element erupted in the distance, a blood-red light suddenly flashed into the sky, and then there was a rumbling sound like an entire arsenal exploding, which continued to spread under the night sky.
Whispering elements.
"I know, what level of relic is this? Isn't this sound and light effect too exaggerated?"
But something even more exaggerated happened afterwards. Xia De held the cat and stared at the fog in the sky in amazement. As the blood light suddenly became weaker, the starry sky appeared above his head. Then, the stars in the distance shifted, and a twisted black hole suddenly appeared in the blurred sea of stars. After just one look, Xia De immediately heard the squirming, slippery whispering sound like tentacles.
He immediately looked away:
"What's in there?"
A huge meteorite wrapped in flames "slowly" flew out of the black hole, leaving traces of fragments in the air, and directly hit the battlefield in the distance.
The flame tail of the huge fireball was not normal, but rather like a fiery red tentacle that was constantly wriggling and swaying. When he saw the meteorite, the whisper in Shade's ear became clearer. The voice bewitched him to worship a great being that lived in the starry sky, and that great being had the ability to call upon meteorites:
"Damn, the Truth Society used an angel-level relic?"
Even though the meteorite landed very far away from Shade, he couldn't get rid of the primitive panic in his heart when he saw it falling. As the whispers became louder and louder, the fireball finally hit the ground.
Xia De thought there would be an earthquake or something like that, but he didn't expect a golden light to appear all around him. Then, the fog in the entire area was lit up by the golden light on the ground. If you look down at the foot of Mount Xikar, a standard circle blooms among the rugged mountains.
In the light of the divine ritual that had been arranged long ago, a huge figure with golden wings on its back appeared in the foggy sky.
The giant, faceless angel was wearing a simple robe, but dense golden runes could be seen faintly on the robe. Amid the sound of the whistle that almost pierced the eardrums, a huge twelve-ring warlock's life ring that was exactly the same size as the angel appeared behind him.
This was the first time that Xia De had observed the life ring so clearly. The core spirit rune in the center was the Holy Summoning Spirit. The more than fifty spirit runes in the twelve rings (note) were mostly related to the concepts of summoning and divine arts.
The rotating huge brass life ring faced the meteorite head-on, and then as the giant angel slashed out with the golden sword, the fiery red and golden light dissipated at the same time. In the light that illuminated the entire area, the meteorite, which was dragging a flaming tail like a tentacle, disappeared silently.
Xia De didn't know what to say:
"Is this a twelve-ring sorcerer from the church, using the power of divine rituals to directly counter a highly dangerous relic? I knew that as long as the Orthodox Church was prepared, those lunatics would never succeed. Which one is this? The Star-Calling Magic Stone, the Wriggling Star Remains, or the Star Curse? Oh!"
The shock wave generated by the collision between the divine ritual and the Star-Calling Relic almost knocked Shade, who was watching the excitement from the tree, to the ground. The surrounding trees rustled, and the leaves, which were already yellow in late autumn, fell with the wind.
After this blow that seemed to be able to flatten Mount Xikar, a painful wail came from afar, echoing in the silent night. Then there was another muffled sound, and the ground shook slightly.
At this time, Shad had already returned to the ground from the top of the tree with the frightened cat. He leaned against the tree under the cover of illusion, waiting for what would happen next.
Rumbling sounds continued to be heard, and the faint golden spiritual light on the ground floated with the frequency of breathing. The dark light shot up into the sky, and was then covered by the divine light. Someone could be vaguely heard shouting the words of sublimation under the night sky, but because of the obstruction of the fog, it could not be heard clearly.
The Orthodox Church is besieging the Truth Society, which is not a fair fight in itself. After seeing what happened tonight, Shade once again confirmed that as long as the Church is prepared in advance, there is no ring magic force in the material world that can compete with them... ...Except for the three major schools of magic.
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