This legendary powerhouse was quite tall. His body was proportional. There were some blue hair strands in his gray hair, which was the result of the infection of the mighty natural force in his body. His skin was very fair. He was indeed a scholar who just sat in the study room all year long, seldom venturing out. But a sharp green light that sometimes flickered in his ash-gray eyes clearly told people that he wasn’t a goody-goody man who was harmless to humans and animals.
Toward the opening speech that couldn’t be more old-fashioned of Joseph, Lei didn’t bother to listen to a single word. But conversely, he was very curious about this legendary power as he had been observing him carefully.
According to the information spread from the adventurer group, the city Lord Joseph was a person with a not-low level in both magic and martial art aspects. His martial arts were excellent. His magic was even more powerful. He was an extremely mighty priest. Since he was little, he had followed the priest of the Harvest Goddess’ church to study. Hence, he was good at using club and stick and also not bad at fighting empty-handed. As for his magic-casting aspect, his magic casting ability could be ranked as mid-level. A suitable magic coordinated with his mighty martial art was like giving wings to a tiger.
In fact, no matter if it was the martial art or magic, he couldn’t break the limit of an ordinary person. But in the level of a "legendary powerhouse", he in fact was not a very-strong character either. However, with the giant wealth accumulated through generations of the Riley family, he was able to make an extremely powerful piece of equipment that fit with him to increase his fighting power on a large scale.
In the past, he used to fight alone with a legendary power. That was a holy warrior of the Justice God’s church. Due to his righteous standpoint, the holy warrior had disclaimed the privilege of the nobility and big merchants. When he was about to judge and give a final verdict about a noble kid who rode horse and trampled on commoners for fun, Joseph had barged into the court and killed this holy warrior on the spot. The entire church was uprooted. Almost two hundred people were hung up outside Garles city. Corpses were piled up densely along the roadside--------this incident happened approximately ten years ago. That incident really caused an uproar. At least ten churches of the righteous Gods had been sent to reprimand him. But he didn’t mind the announcement of these unwelcoming churches. Anyone who dared to evangelize the doctrines of these Gods in Garles city would be all hung up.
Around the time of that incident, a large-scale war had been aroused. In the end, without a doubt, the Riley family gained the victory which made Joseph become a famous powerhouse in the mainland. Many people viewed him as a representative for the nobility and big merchants. In this area, he was given such a big honor.
Honestly, Lei really hated this man, but he couldn’t deny his ability as well as his determination and decisiveness.
The speech of the city lord - Joseph was not long either. He finished reading it very quickly and sat down. His oldest daughter, the priest of the Harvest Goddess’ Church, was obviously the next one to get on stage to read the prayer and start to perform the formal God’s grace praying ceremony.
And this was also the main reason why many people purposely came to Garles city to join the Exploitation Ceremony.
God Blessing could cure all pain, and make human people become sturdy and healthy, which was an essential luxurious enjoyment of the rich. But even if this was a low-grade God’s grace ceremony, they would have to pay one hundred gold coins. To the poor, they couldn’t afford this price. Hence, they could only put their hopes in this periodic ceremony, hoping to become healthy from this place and to be cured from the pains which they had suffered for a long time.
If looking closely, one might discover that the majority of spectators dressed very shabbily. Many people looked famished. At the beginning of the spring, the weather was still a little bit cold. Many people with weak physiques were trembling crazily due to the cold. In fact, every year before the Exploitation Ceremony, there would be many poor people that came here. As a result of lacking food and accommodation, they would die from the cold on the street. During the past few days, Lei didn’t see a sight like this once.
According to some adventurers who had been active in this place for quite a time, the number of people dying from the cold this year was pretty small compared to last year...
When thinking about this, Lei couldn’t help but look,;his heart was full of sympathy toward the miserable life of the poor citizens here.
He wanted to do something for them but didn’t know where to start.
Although he could use his power to scare a giant dragon, he still felt that he was too weak when facing such a situation.
"Maybe, having power like Highness Hollow Mask is enough to implement my belief, to change those unpleasant to the eye things..."
But he didn’t know that right now Highness Hollow Mask was badly battered.
The Devil King Shadow was not an easy opponent to deal with. This guy’s build was not big, but his power was extremely ferocious. Even if it just violently beat Sui Xiong a little, he would be in serious pain, suffering from a decent wound. But toward Sui Xiong’s attack, he could easily escape by relying on the flexibility of its small build, which made Sui Xiong unable to hit it.
Of course, to powerhouses like them, a hand-to-hand combat was one of the most powerful methods to use. If a close combat didn’t work, then it should be changed into a magic fight.
The majestic ice magic had completely covered the range of more than ten miles. Even the space was frozen, resulting in the effect of the independent anchor dimension. Sui Xiong believed that as long as he could block the nimble dominance of this rascal, sooner or later he would be able to catch it and tear it to pieces!
But the Devil King Shadow understood its weakness really well, not giving Sui Xiong any chance to besiege the space. It constantly condensed negative energy. It was like a long sharp pike poking through Sui Xiong’s prison space, opening a path and getting out before the space was completely blocked. But he didn’t go too far, but lingered around within the range of ten miles, fighting with Sui Xiong.
Hence, the battle had turned into a war of attrition.
By the looks of the battle situation, the Devil King Shadow was taking the upper hand, it could run away anytime. Sui Xiong didn’t have any good method to imprison it at the moment. But judging from the combat force, Sui Xiong took the upper hand. No matter if it was the power intensity or the understanding about power, he was still on a higher level than the Devil King Shadow. Every time both sides collided, he always took the advantage. If they continued eroding each other like this, sooner or later the victory would be his.
However, Sui Xiong’s heart was full of insecurities. His rage had slightly settled down. His mind once again had taken control. This time, he couldn’t help but start to doubt-----This Devil King Shadow and I have each other’s own business. Why did this rascal get crazy, and suddenly attack my believers?
Indeed, those who belong to the chaotic evil camp are mostly eccentric. They are especially chaotic, extremely evil, and are bluntly put, psychopaths. Yet, the Devil King Shadow might have accepted the prayers of these villains, not to mention he had just smoothly finished negotiating with them. But one thing I can be sure of is that it is not Tim Thrall, that extremely chaotic freak. It definitely has a reason behind its action. Moreover, it is a very clear reason, which I don’t know.
. . . What on earth is the reason?
In the square in the center of Garles city, the priest of the Harvest Goddess’ church - Holly Riley used a powerful and resounding voice to chant an anthem to eulogize the goddess. A powerful dark power emitted from her body, turned into a green light, which was like a vine that was constantly spreading toward the sky.
This woman had a very ordinary face but her sharp eyes made people unable to meet her gaze. Her eyes were so full of arrogance and confidence. She was like a blade out of its sheath, clearly showing her talent.
Without a doubt, she was very strong. Lei was able to tell from the imposing energy of that magic vine. However, Lei silently made a comparison inside. He found that she wasn’t on the same level as her father – Joseph nor could be compared to her younger brother - Shane. These two people could have restrained their true powers. On a normal daily basis, they didn’t show themselves. Especially Shane, Lei had interacted intimately with him several times. But he couldn’t tell that Shane was a caster. Such a capability like this was indeed scary!
If he was made to choose one of these two brothers and sister to be his opponent, he would rather fight with Holly. He didn’t want to be in a battle with Shane.
After a while, when Holly’s magic was slowly coming to an end, the green vine had already flown up to the sky, disappearing out of nowhere into the mass of clouds that were floating in the sky.
In this moment, a green halo appeared in the mass of clouds. Inside the halo, a beautiful and peaceful country vaguely showed up. On the big terrain, there laid many cereals and ripened fruits. There were also countless angels who were singing some harvest folk-song. It was a scene of a harvest season.
"This is the projection of the Harvest Goddess’ Kingdom." Shane said nonchalantly, "No matter how many times I look at it, it still makes me feel uncomfortable."
Lei was so frightened that the hair on the back of his back stood up.
The meaning in Shane’s words was indeed too obvious, also too terrifying. Although he normally claimed himself to have a big gut, he was scared to almost lose his wits-----judging from this situation, it is clearly a God fight!
At this moment, he was indeed stimulated to the point that he wanted to curse. I just want to inquire some information. How the hell did I end up getting involved in the conflict between some God and the Harvest Goddess?!
One thing to know was that the Harvest Goddess was a God with a mid-level God Power. In the God system in the entire worlds that took the Main Surface as a core, she had already been taken as a powerhouse. Having the intention of fighting against her, wanting to compete against her, how terrifying this guy must be!
Lei always claimed that his ability was not bad. But in such a high-class fight like this, he was not any different from a cannon fodder!
Heaven! God! Highness Hollow Mask! Right now, can I take out my sword to kill this bastard - Shane? What? Can’t beat him? Doesn’t matter! Even if I can’t beat him, I have to beat him! This grandfather is about to die because of him!
But at this moment, it had been too late for him to regret. He could only take out his sword right away, prepare his best power to fight. He didn’t do this to fight with Shane nor to protect this bastard who had made everything into this state, but to hurriedly retreat to the back in the hope of quickly reuniting with his comrades.
At the very least, he had to protect everybody well. As for everything else, no one could pay attention to them as they saw a God fight was about to happen!
While Lei was restless and frightened, taking out his sword, Shane also stood up. He coldly stared at the Harvest Goddess’ Kingdom, which was slowly appearing in the sky, and smirked dangerously as he swung his right arm up.
"Please descend here, the Lord of Swamp and Poison!
As his words were sent out the clouds and wind changed their colors, the sky and Earth were rocked.