After reaching the maximum level, my "soft rice system" finally arrived.

next moment.

The golden figure formed from the astral spirit had already plunged headfirst into the statue.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Big Moves

The astral plane overlaps with the real world, but they cannot interact directly unless interfered with by special means.

In layman's terms, no matter how much commotion the Charr made in the astral plane, those cultists who lacked the means to observe the astral plane were completely unaware of it.

And at this very moment, if we were to summarize what is happening in the astral plane, it would probably be something like this—

"Let me be healthy!"

"do not want!"

Initially, they noticed that Ciel's celestial body had infiltrated them.

The divine consciousness residing within that statue was still subconsciously plotting to erode and devour the intruder, transforming it into its own nourishment.

And then, predictably, it ended in tragedy.

It wasn't until Xia Er had pinned it to the ground and rubbed it repeatedly, and it finally realized that the golden figure before it was an invincible being, that divine consciousness finally remembered that escaping was the most important thing.

Unfortunately, if this statue had chosen to self-destruct from the beginning, diverting all its power to escape in countless directions—

Given the vastness and unique nature of the astral plane, even Charles could not capture it all.

However, once most of their strength had been exhausted by the Charles, the chance to escape was naturally gone.

The golden figure formed from the spirit of Xia Erxing reached out and grabbed the last wisp of gray-white mist that was trying to escape from the statue.

"interesting."

The spiritual sense that Xia Er captured this time was much more complete than the wisp of aura he had caught during the previous illusionary trial.

It was precisely because of this that, after thoroughly deciphering the information flow contained in that wisp of divine consciousness, Xia Er also gained a considerable amount of information.

To be precise, the wisp of divine consciousness residing in the statue is a sub-body of the evil god known as "Iron-Patterned Moon".

The function of this sub-body is to receive the power of faith from believers according to pre-set rules, and to provide feedback to believers when necessary.

In some ways, this is quite similar to the operating rules of the Dawn Church when the true gods existed.

The difference is that both the means and the ends are much more brutal, since when an evil god spreads his faith, he doesn't care whether the other party is willing or not.

The accumulated faith power within this statue is actually quite substantial.

From the perspective of magic power alone, it is already comparable to a legendary powerhouse. In addition, given its unique characteristics and status, even ordinary legends would likely suffer a setback.

If given more time and allowed to continue accumulating the power of faith, it is not impossible that quantitative change will eventually lead to qualitative change, thus crossing the threshold of legend.

Unfortunately, it encountered the Shire.

And so, that was the end of it.

"Although it is only a separate sub-body that has been cut off from the main body."

"However, since the offspring exists, it means that the evil god also truly exists; it's just that we don't know where it's hiding—"

"After all, this is just a stronghold of the cult. Perhaps the real higher-ups have channels to directly contact the evil god himself."

Charles looked at the statue before him and pondered for a moment.

Because it lost the control of divine consciousness, the power of faith within this statue lost its restraint and control, and began to overflow and leak out continuously.

At the current rate of depletion, it will be completely depleted within a few weeks.

The total amount of this faith power is quite astonishing, comparable to the power of a legendary demon, and at this moment it is all ownerless.

If this power were infused into an ordinary superhuman who had just advanced to the next level, it would probably be enough to elevate them to the peak of the near-legendary realm.

However, Charles would naturally not use this power, pieced together from countless believers, to enhance himself.

Who knows if some of this power of faith came from some burly man? The thought of using it on myself is disgusting.

However, borrowing the power within the statue briefly before it completely dissipates is a viable option.

After thinking for a moment, Charles left his own spiritual imprint in the statue.

……

Because Charles had been lingering in the astral plane for half a day, it took him much longer to come to his senses compared to Seele.

However, even so, the leader of the religious group was still quite satisfied with this.

"Your affinity with the Lord is also very high. Given time and refinement, you may very well become His agent on earth."

Seeing that the two had completed their initiation ceremony, the leader of the cult lowered his guard against Charles and Seele.

Those who can remain unharmed before the idol of the Lord must be true believers who have a pure faith in the Lord.

The cult leader coughed lightly, gathering the surrounding cult members together, before speaking in a mysterious tone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, three days from now—"

"Our order will be undertaking a major operation."

"Big move?"

Charles seemed quite surprised; "Could it be that our organization is finally going to launch a full-scale attack on the Black Tower headquarters in the Arcane Capital? I've been annoyed by those bookworms who only know classical Chinese all day long for a long time."

"Capture [Golden Scourge] Vimers alive, and assassinate [Arcane Overlord] Shar Egut—"

"Oh, by the way, I heard that there is a legendary mage in the Black Tower named [Dragon Speaker] Kilan. After we conquer the Black Tower, I would like to ask the Divine Envoy to hand him over to me. I will pluck out all his white beard hairs one by one."

A few drops of cold sweat trickled down the forehead of the cult leader.

So you really think highly of a lowly seventh-tier berserker like me?

Let alone those three legendary mages in the Arcane Capital, even Tevis, the branch tower master in the Imperial Capital, I could only tuck my tail between my legs and walk away.

However, the leader of the religious sect could not show weakness in front of his subordinates.

He then shook his head mysteriously: "Those wizards may be annoying, but they have always stayed in the Arcane City, and have been quite honest and law-abiding. They have never challenged the Lord's majesty, so the merciful Lord has granted them the right to live."

"If one day those wizards cross this line, they will naturally deliver a thunderous blow to the Black Tower."

Charles thought to himself, "Well, I really am quite honest and law-abiding. All I did was tear apart the incarnation of the Lord that you all talk about."

However, he did not show it on his face, but instead gave a look of sudden realization.

"I see--"

"Our goal is actually the Dawn Cathedral in the City of Summer Flowers."

“Those heretics in the distant past competed with the supreme Lord for faith in the name of false gods.”

"And now they are even more audacious in claiming that the gods have long since disappeared, and that all so-called gods are the result of the conspiracy of dark creatures and the abyss, equating the supreme lord with those inferior demons of the abyss. This is simply a great disrespect to the lord."

"Thinking about it this way, it is indeed my oversight."

"Compared to the Dawn Church's direct defiance of divine power, those cowardly wizards are indeed insignificant..."

Chapter Thirty-Six: I Suddenly Remembered Something Happy (Part Two)

The leader of the religious group felt numb.

Theoretically speaking, the Dawn Church, which competed with the Ironmoon Order for faith, labeled them heretics, and forced them to hide in various places, was indeed the Order's greatest enemy.

But why do you think we only dare to preach in secret, and even recruiting a new member requires layers of testing and screening, while the Dawn Church can openly open branch churches in every human kingdom in the Western Continent?

Not to mention the Dawn Cathedral of the City of Summer Flowers—

Do you think the High Priest's legendary magic isn't harsh enough against our special attacks, or do you think the Judgment Knights' swords aren't sharp enough?

I heard that there is a trial court inside the Cathedral of Dawn, which is specifically for dealing with heretics like myself.

It is said that every heretic sent to the trial, no matter how devout they were when they went in, completely abandoned their former faith and became a staunch atheist when they came out.

They start talking about materialism and methodology as soon as they open their mouths.

God knows what they went through in that courthouse!

The cult leader shuddered.

"Cough-cough-"

“Those heretics of the Dawn Church have indeed offended the Lord’s majesty and committed heinous crimes.”

"When the time is right, the Lord will naturally bring down divine punishment."

He coughed lightly, trying to subtly change the subject.

But they discovered that the surrounding believers were also moved by the words of the new member named Moriarty, and now they were all extremely excited.

It seemed they were truly ready to follow in their footsteps and conquer the City of Summer Flowers, renaming the Dawn Church from the Western Continent.

You bunch of bastards, if you're going to die, don't drag me down with you!

If it weren't for the need to maintain his and God's prestige in front of the many believers, the leader of the religious community would have loved to give this arrogant newcomer a good slap on the back, to teach him a lesson about not being too cocky.

But at this moment, seeing that the believers were all in a state of high agitation—

In order not to discourage the followers, the leader of the sect had no choice but to leak a small part of the plan that he originally did not intend to reveal.