Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Chapter 416 Preaching
Gao Wu was certain that Athena was dead. He had read the Book of Immeasurable Merit and received a large amount of merit back.

However, Athena did not accumulate much merit, at least not as much as Venus and the others.

The Hercules he killed earlier was quite effective, providing at least 20 billion merit points. This shows just how much evil this guy has committed!

Compared to the other seven level-eight saints, Athena was practically a normal person, at least not so outrageously evil.

Athena is definitely going to die, but as the Pope of the White Eagle Cult, her status is even higher than that of the Archbishop.

He can be said to be the person closest to God.

This is the Eternal City, the earthly kingdom of gods. Athena, such an important figure, has died. Will the demons descend?
Given Athena's personality, she would inevitably drag everyone down with her even in death.

As Gao Wu was thinking, he sensed a huge change in the invisible source force magnetic field. The giant white eagle king statue shone with silver holy light once again, and this time there was a faint, melodious song in the holy light.

Tiny specks of silvery holy light drifted out, transforming into little children with wings, like little angels from legends, both adorable and imbued with a sacred aura.

The silver holy light resonated throughout the entire Eternal City, causing holy light to shine everywhere and hymns to echo.

The believers of the Eternal City, unaware of what had happened, were exceptionally excited to see the holy light shining down once again. They all knelt on the ground, praying and chanting, asking for God's blessing.

Even ordinary tourists without faith couldn't help but kneel down and worship under the powerful holy light, instinctively reciting scriptures.

The silver holy light is a powerful spiritual magnetic field that directly controls the consciousness of everyone through resonance. Regardless of whether one is a believer or not, everyone is forced to resonate within this vast spiritual magnetic field.

The deep spiritual resonance led them to naturally learn to pray.

Gao Wu, being within it, was inevitably suppressed by the immense spiritual magnetic field. However, his Yang Spirit was powerful, and his Taiyi Battle Body completely sealed off his inner and outer defenses, so this level of spiritual magnetic field could not pose a substantial threat to him.

But he felt very uneasy because the resonance caused by the mental magnetic field was too strong, so strong that it exceeded the limits of ordinary people, and even exceeded the limits that humans could withstand.

Even if a level seven or eight expert resonates in such a powerful spiritual magnetic field, all self-awareness will be washed away by the immense power of resonance, and they will be completely integrated into the vast spiritual magnetic field.

What makes a person human is their self-awareness. Without self-awareness, even if the physical body doesn't die, it's just a piece of living flesh.

Moreover, such a powerful resonance of spiritual magnetic fields can cause fundamental damage to the body.

The millions of believers in the Eternal City will have their bodies destroyed in a very short time during this resonance, but their spiritual magnetic field will be preserved for a period of time because of the resonance.

When Gao Wu activated the Crimson Sky Sword just now, he was very careful, and the Crimson Sky Sword was aimed directly at the statue of the god and Athena.

The intense heat emanating from the Crimson Sky Sword did not overflow from this sealed sacred domain. Nor did it cause any substantial damage to the ordinary people of the Eternal City outside.

This is also due to his great advancement in cultivation, enabling him to use the Sword Domain and the White Tiger Divine Weapon Incantation to restrain the Crimson Sky Sword, concentrate its energy for a more powerful burst, and make it more lethal to enemies while causing less damage to the surrounding environment.

As a result, ordinary people who had not suffered any damage in the great war had their souls and consciousness taken away and their physical vitality taken away in the holy light.

Gao Wu realized this, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The main reason is that the Eternal City was established decades ago and had long ago prepared various divine power laws and spatial domains.

Once the rules of the entire divine realm are activated, even high-ranking martial artists will be suppressed by the holy light descending from the sky, let alone other ordinary believers.

Moreover, these believers had long been connected to the demon god through their vows. From that moment on, their lives were in the demon god's hands, and no one could save them.

"The demon god is here. Why don't you come out first?" Qin Liuhe's reminder arrived.

Gao Wu shook his head: "I'm just about to experience the Demon God's abilities."

Before the White Eagle King even appeared, he had already killed millions of believers in the Eternal City, clearly preparing for his arrival.

Or, with Athena dead, the Eagle King lost interest in managing the Eternal City and simply seized all the spiritual beings in one fell swoop?
Gao Wu thought it should be the former, because it wouldn't be easy for such a powerful and advanced life form to cross space and enter the secret realm.

This is like a tiger or lion wanting to enter an anthill; they must first adapt their physical form to the anthill's environment.

The same applies to demons; to enter a low-energy secret realm, they must lower their own energy level. Simultaneously, the Eternal City needs sufficient spirituality to withstand the energy expenditure of their descent.

Gao Wu had witnessed the Flying Whale King's avatar in Orchid Kingdom and had gained some understanding of demon gods. He was somewhat curious about the White Eagle King who was about to descend. Given the opportunity, he would be willing to slay this demon god for the people of the Eternal City.

If we really can't beat them, then we'll just have to try again next time...

The soaring silver holy light slowly dissipated, and a blond man appeared above the White Eagle King statue.

The man had a high forehead and deep-set eyes, with exceptionally handsome features. His casually draped blond hair was as bright as the sun. He was tall and strong, wearing a loose white robe, and surrounded by a faint silver halo.

Judging by appearance alone, the blond man looked like a typical Federation man, except he was exceptionally handsome. The silver light surrounding him made him appear mysterious and divine.

Apart from that, the blond man didn't seem to exhibit any other obvious abnormalities.

Gao Wu observed his opponent from various angles, but he could not see the opponent's source energy aura or spiritual magnetic field.

The blond man was standing right in front of them, yet he seemed as unfathomable as an abyss.

Compared to the massive, mountain-like Flying Whale King clone, the White Eagle King, who was the size of an ordinary human, was far more imposing.

The White Eagle King's emerald eyes were also sizing up Gao Wu. He wore a gentle and cheerful smile, behaving like a hospitable young man.

The White Eagle King spoke first in a language with extremely complex pronunciation; it was neither the Federation's language nor Chinese, nor even the language of any human on the planet.

Gao Wu was so certain because the structure of the human oral cavity determines that humans cannot produce such syllables.

"Sorry, I rarely come here, and I'm still getting used to it."

White Eagle King quickly realized the problem and explained it to Gao Wu in perfect Chinese.

"Are you the White Eagle King?" Gao Wu didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly.

“Comparing deities to certain animals originates from the primitive totem worship of your civilization.”

The blond man said slowly, "A strong person like you should understand that the gods are not the same as the gods you understand."

"However, it is not wrong to use it as the official title of a deity to make it easier for believers to accept and understand."

Gao Wu was genuinely surprised. The blond man displayed extraordinary wisdom, primarily in his understanding of human culture, which was vastly different from his understanding of demons.

However, this very handsome and elegant man before us has arbitrarily killed millions of believers. The more intelligent and rational he appears, the more terrifying he becomes.

The White Eagle King said to Gao Wu with a sincere expression, "Your potential is quite good. I can make you my Pope, to manage all the believers in this world. What do you say?"

Gao Wu sneered: "Help you turn everyone into sacrifices?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Instead of being angry, the White Eagle King laughed and pointed to the Eternal City ahead, saying, "I don't really like blood sacrifices. They're too crude and direct. Only those primitive and barbaric gods would do that."

"I prefer order. There are billions of intelligent beings in this world. If it is managed well, it will develop very well."

"Athena was ultimately incapable. She's dead, and that's that. I only came here to see you, which is why I used some methods."

Gao Wu shook his head firmly and said, "I'm not going to be a dog!"

"Where there is society, there is order; where there is order, there are classes. You can't be unaware of this principle, can you?"

The White Eagle King said calmly, "There is never absolute freedom. You are, and so am I."

"This world will eventually be ruled by the gods. You, as my pope, can also resist all other evil gods. Let this world develop in an orderly manner."

"As for which deity one worships, it makes no difference to ordinary people..."

(End of this chapter)