Chapter 65: The Great Battle is Imminent
Chu Yi dropped a bombshell.
Bishop Ian, as one of the four... or rather, five Archbishops of the Gray Mist Sect, was a veteran figure in the church.
And such a prominent figure had betrayed the church!? Asa initially had a flicker of doubt, but he immediately extinguished it. Standing before him was the Master of Grey Mist, the deity worshiped by the entire sect. If He says Ian has betrayed, then Ian surely has! Deities can perceive the power of faith from their followers; whatever the Lord says is truth. Besides, the Lord summoned us, yet Ian, that old reprobate, is absent. If this isn’t a guilty conscience, what else could it be! No wonder Ian traveled thousands of miles to get here. It turns out he colluded with the Life Sect long ago to persecute our Lord! More importantly, with the Lord deciding to remove Bishop Ian, I, Asa, loyal to the Lord, will surely take the place of the Golden Bishop! After all, I’m merely a temporary Bishop. To advance to Gold rank, I need the Lord’s support. Isn’t this the perfect opportunity to curry favor with the Lord?
"Lord, Ian contacted me a short while ago. He must be deep within the Bloody Wilderness," Asa said, selling Ian out without a moment’s hesitation.
Because Ian, in order to hog all the credit, had concealed the truth, this group of followers, including Asa, remained unaware. Even if they had known, they would have scoffed, doubting Ian had shit for brains. The Master of Grey Mist, imprisoned by a human youth? Who would believe such a thing?
BOOM—
At that moment, the sky collapsed! It resembled shattered glass above, with cracks like those woven by Nakaya, the Mother of Spider Gods who reigned in a bygone era, spinning a gray web of chaos and lies in the Land of Illusion Dreams.
Chu Yi looked up.
A chaotic dusk enveloped the sky. A column of blood surged upward, shattering the dimensional barrier and releasing an ancient presence.
The deity summoned by the Life Sect?