Nightmare Light

Chapter 174 No Past Events
hum!
A piercing sound shook the entire square.

Amidst this violent tremor, dark clouds churned in the sky, and the light dimmed.

The already thin mist around the temple gradually dissipated, but beyond the mist lay a gray void, where neither the sky nor the city could be seen.

At the same time, the pillars of light that were in the process of initiating the divine ritual also broke and dissipated immediately.

Nearly ten thousand lay teachers in the square also noticed this change immediately.

Fortunately, almost all lay masters are seasoned veterans who have experienced numerous unusual events, both large and small.

The moment this strange change occurred around the temple, the lay priests took out their personal belongings, and some even began to scatter incense ash around themselves.

"What happened!"

"Why was the initiation ceremony interrupted?!"

"Don't panic! This is the Great Temple of Tangsheng City! Mother is watching over us! Everything will be alright!"

Shi Xiong, wearing a robe, frowned and looked around warily.

When the temple began to exhibit strange and unusual phenomena, he sensed that the space had entered a peculiar state.

In this space, his communication with the gods continued, but there was a slight delay compared to before—although this delay was not enough to affect his strength, some weaker priests would definitely see their strength greatly reduced.

As for the lay masters... their strength will definitely be affected even more severely.

Shi Xiong frowned slightly and gave his subordinate a wink.

The latter immediately understood, took out a bronze bell engraved with temple runes, held it in his hand, and kept a watchful eye on his surroundings.

Just then, a loud bang suddenly came from directly above the temple.

As everyone looked over, they saw that a large section of the top of the trapezoidal building at the highest point of the temple had suddenly collapsed, with bricks and stones falling tragically.

The lay teachers gasped in shock.

"what happens!"

"Could it be that someone attacked the temple?"

"Who dares to attack the temple here?!"

"Brothers, this is Mother's temple, should we go in and help?"

At that moment, a gray light shone through the collapsed gap.

Within the light, a cube-shaped light and shadow broke through the gap, flew out along the gray light, and headed towards the temple steps.

As they drew closer, everyone saw that the patch of light and shadow was a cubic space with an area of ​​about five or six cubic meters.

The tall northerner and the graceful woman in high-ranking divine robes stood in that space.

A thought flashed through Shi Xionglue's mind: Could it be...?

Before he could make his judgment, his subordinates shouted, "It's that northerner! He attacked the temple! The priest is stopping him!"

The lay teachers all looked up.

"Northerners!"

"How dare they attack the temple!"

"Brothers, as soon as they land, swarm them and kill him!"

Shi Xiong felt a sudden urgency; he had a vague feeling that things weren't so simple.

Just then, the young priest spoke up from the crowd: "Don't be reckless! I know that northerner! He certainly won't attack the temple!"

However, he was alone, outnumbered, and his voice was weak, and he was quickly drowned out by the angry shouts of the surrounding laymen.

Among the group of laymen, a burly man waved his hand: "Kill him!"

Many laymen surged toward the temple square, each with a fierce expression and holding mundane objects.

The glowing cube gradually landed.

Meanwhile, those angry laymen gradually approached the cube.

Inside the cube, the tall northerner and the graceful priestess also saw these laymen.

A strange look appeared on the faces of the northerners.

The layman, who was at the forefront, was less than five meters away from the cube, and the angry and fanatical look on his face was clearly visible.

The cube fell to the ground, and cracks appeared all over its body.

The layman raised the wooden sign in his hand.

At that moment, the area around the cube suddenly fell silent.

Suddenly, a series of deep, rhythmic, metallic footsteps echoed from inside the temple.

As footsteps echoed, hundreds of pairs of eyes gradually appeared deep within the temple. Then came hundreds of cold, hard faces, and armor gleaming with a chilling light.

"The Crusades!"

"An entire battle group of Crusaders!"

The lay teachers shouted.

The few lay priests at the forefront shouted excitedly to the Holy Crusaders, "Sir! This northerner has done something to harm the temple... Ah! You, what are you doing!"

The layman shouted.

Under his horrified and bewildered gaze, the Crusader closest to him, his armor gleaming with a cold light, his eyes hidden behind it, strode toward him, drawing his longsword as he went.

Then, he slashed down with his sword.

The longsword, gleaming with holy light, hummed with runes. The layman only had time to lift the wooden plaque before he and the plaque were cleaved in two.

Immediately afterwards, more Crusaders charged past the dead and into the crowd of lay teachers.

Hundreds of longswords were raised and then slashed down.

Throughout the entire battle, no one spoke or shouted.

The lay teachers were immediately thrown into chaos.

"Ah!" "The priests are killing people!" "Why are these Crusaders trying to kill us!"

"Screw it! You want to kill me? I'll fight you to the death!"

"That's right! We outnumber them by dozens of times; we could drown them with our spit!"

"Let these tin cans know what kind of power this old man has!"

Fortunately, the lay priests were also fierce men. After the initial chaos and fear, these tough guys quickly adjusted their mindset and pounced on the priests.

Then they realized that something was wrong.

When they performed hand seals or prayed, they discovered that the secular powers they had relied on for their livelihood did not respond immediately.

Instead, it became slow and obscure.

The lay teachers were terrified.

"My mundane techniques went unanswered!"

"Why is it so difficult for me to summon the Gu Ancestor!"

"My ancestors did not answer my call!"

"Why is this happening!"

Despite their shock and anger, some lay priests remained courageous, brandishing their mundane skills and charging forward to engage the Crusaders in hand-to-hand combat.

However, although their bodies, enhanced by the power of the secular masters, are already much stronger than those of ordinary people.

But faced with the heavily armed Crusaders, and with divine power at their disposal, their resistance was like a primary school student fighting a professional boxer.

A one-sided massacre began.

……

Shi Xiong's eyes widened slightly.

Unconsciously, his body began to tremble slightly.

The scene before him made him feel as if he had traveled back more than a hundred years.

It was the same temple, the same steps, and the same brutal battle...

"Commander, shall we join the battle?" his subordinate shouted, pulling him back to reality.

"Join the war... but who are we helping?" Shi Xiong muttered to himself.

“Uh…who should we help…” his subordinate hesitated.

Just then, the young priest charged towards the Crusader.

He spread his arms, as if to stop the clergy and to protect the lay priests behind him.

His voice trembled, but remained clear and loud: "I... in the name of my mother, demand that you lay down your weapons! Stop this killing!"

Then, Shi Xiong saw that in front of the young priest, a fully armored Crusader raised his longsword.

Blood droplets flew up from the longsword.

The longsword gleamed with a cold light.

puff.

(End of this chapter)