Nightmare Light

Chapter 224 Starlight in the Cafeteria

In the darkness, Lin Wang and the Holy Army advanced.

Although Miaomiao said that only those with strong enough divinity can play a role in the upcoming battle.

In the end, no one present—not the two Holy Crusade battle groups, Lin Wang, or even Teacher Liu—chose to leave.

Most people don't leave because they are brave.

Ah Zhe is afraid of the dark.

"Miaomiao, do you know what that dead god's name was?" On the way to the cafeteria, Lin Wang pulled Miaomiao in front of him and asked her.

The little girl had already finished her candied hawthorns, and now she was holding a small paper crane that A-Zhe had conjured up from somewhere, which she was fiddling with.

"I remember, His name was something like... Tai... Tai something? I'm too old, my memory is bad."

A few seconds later, she slapped her forehead: "I remember now, his name is Grandpa Taishan!"

"Grandpa Tai...?" Shi Xiong's face darkened immediately. "A...grandpa?"

“Yes.” Miaomiao nodded firmly. “An old man.”

"What's an old man?" A-Zhe asked, puzzled.

"Lord Gongbo...Lord Gongbo is a True God...Master Shi is an extremely powerful immortal who is only one step away from becoming a True God." Shi Xiong's hand gripping the knife bulged with veins, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"The one we fought in the Underworld was the Duke of the Underworld. Although he was known as the strongest warrior under the God of the Underworld, he was still just a 'Duke' in name only. But this one... is a real big shot!"

"Just Huang Quan Gong is that powerful, a Grand Duke..." Lin Wang frowned as well—the battle with Huang Quan Gong was still fresh in his mind. If it weren't for the coincidence that he found the core, Huang Quan Gong would have been fully capable of killing them all.

Now, an... old man?
Is this how you fight monsters way above your level?! Don't you even know about gradual progression?!
Lin Wang mentally complained, his expression unpleasant, but he knew that complaining wouldn't solve anything—the real enemy would never jump in front of you according to rank.

This is real life, reality is never a fantasy novel...

As long as one hasn't reached the level of a true god, there's always a way to defeat or kill Him.

Or... hopefully, the ceremony for Vice-Bishop Zhao hasn't been completed yet...

As Lin Wang was thinking this, he suddenly heard the little girl in his arms say softly, "Oh, right, I just remembered something."

She said, "Grandpa Taishan is His name during His time as a deity. People have always used this title to address Him when they worship Him, but He Himself is not actually a deity, but a real god."

"His divine title is Lord of the Mountains—the god who rules over all the mountains in the world."

A-Zhe's voice trembled with tears: "How about we go back... I want to go back and leave my mother a last message..."

"You're an orphan, where did you get a mother from?" Lin Wang retorted.

"Can I find someone else now?"

Almost all the priests present showed varying degrees of hesitation and tension.

On the contrary, Shi Xiong was excited, his eyes shining, and his whole body and the armor shimmered with a dazzling light in the shadows.

Lin Wang asked him, "Cook, why are you so excited?"

"Godslayer! This is godslayer!" He brandished a frying pan, his expression excited. "Have you forgotten our order's name? The Shadow Godslayer Order!"

"Isn't this just a coincidence? We're walking in the shadows, preparing to slay a god!" Shi Xiong said excitedly. "Isn't this god-slaying in the shadows?"

"Can you stop waving the pot around when you talk? It makes me feel like you're about to devour a god."

"Uh, I don't have that much of an appetite..." "Is it a matter of appetite?!"

As they talked, they reached the entrance of the cafeteria.

The priests drew their weapons, activated their divine spells, assumed a defensive stance, and crept towards the doorway.

In fact, they didn't need to be vigilant. Even a "mortal" like A Zhe had already noticed that something was wrong with this place.

Starting from outside the cafeteria, a shadowy current, almost tangible, appeared out of thin air and then surged wildly into the cafeteria.

No matter how intense the divine light of the Crusaders outside was, it could not illuminate the interior of the dining hall at all—it seemed that the rules of light were blocked there.

[Warning, divine magic reaction detected]

[Non-standard recyclable material is approaching! Recycling is recommended! Recommendation...]

[Reaction weakened by abnormally recycled materials]

Bishop Du raised his scepter, and a blinding burst of divine light exploded, instantly dispelling a large portion of the darkness at the entrance to the dining hall.

"Wow! Your magic is amazing!" Miaomiao clapped her hands enthusiastically, then her little face fell. "Oh no, I ruined the paper crane..."

“No, quite the opposite.” Shi Xiong shook his head slightly, his expression grave. “The Blazing Sun Technique is a divine spell used in grand ceremonies: the kind used to deceive believers by pretending to be a miracle. Normally, this spell should be able to illuminate at least a large plaza several hundred meters wide. Now, Bishop Du can only illuminate the area around one entrance, which means that the shadow energy here has become extremely concentrated.”

“Bishop Shi is right.” Bishop Du nodded seriously, and then said, “Don’t expose me next time… Please forgive my crude language, Mother.”

The group, still arguing, filed into the cafeteria.

After several miraculous spells, a large area of ​​the cafeteria was illuminated.

Finally, they saw it: in the center of the dining hall, Vice-Bishop Zhao was inside the magic circle.

She can hardly be called a "human being" anymore.

At this moment, although at first glance she still had the appearance of a curvaceous woman, apart from that she could hardly see any human features.

A jet-black aura enveloped a two-meter-tall humanoid figure, covered by a thick armor of aura. Purple light flickered intermittently through the gaps in the armor.

At the confluence of air currents, crackling sounds constantly rang out. Each time a sound was heard, an ugly and grotesque "limb" would grow out from the surface of the air current armor, and then dissipate into a cloud of black mist.

On her lower body, there was a vortex formed by the convergence of air currents, which spread out in all directions like the hem of a skirt.

Her face turned into an endless expanse of black, and in the pure blackness, countless purple stars could be faintly seen twinkling. These stars swirled inward, gradually forming a purple galaxy where starlight converged.

"Watch out! Starlight is swirling, galaxies are converging... She's gathering divinity!" Vice-Bishop Zhao shouted. "Attack her before her divinity is complete!"

As he spoke, Vice-Bishop Zhao raised his staff high: "Condemn sin and punish evil! Break!"

A pure and powerful beam of light, composed entirely of holy light, slammed into Vice-Bishop Zhao's head, instantly shattering his skull into a cloud of shadowy energy.

However, before people could even rejoice, Vice-Bishop Zhao's head was completely reformed—and not only that, the starlight was much more solid than it had been a few seconds earlier.

She slowly raised her head and glanced at everyone around her with the swirling starlight.

Then, at the same time, everyone heard a harsh, grating sound that seemed to be the voices of countless women overlapping.

Am I... beautiful...?

(End of this chapter)