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Watching Wood being knocked away and his guess falling short, the Bishop of Greed revealed a smug look on his face.

The Bishop of Greed acknowledged that Wood was a very intelligent man, but precisely because of this, directly shattering the confidence of such an intelligent person would give him even greater satisfaction.

“Mr. Wood, if it doesn’t work out, let’s retreat first. Anyway, the people of Alam Village and Lord Roswaal have been gone for a long time.”

"If we want to leave, even these two high-ranking bishops shouldn't be able to stop us."

Seeing Wood being knocked away, Ram flashed to Wood's side, shielding him behind him as he spoke to him.

To be honest, in terms of magical power alone, Ram didn't think the Archbishops of Greed and Gluttony were anything special. The key issue was that their abilities were too bizarre.

Fighting them with such a severe lack of intelligence is far too dangerous, so Ram's suggestion that a temporary retreat is the best option is to proceed.

Greed is incredibly powerful, but it lacks mobility and has no chance of catching up with Wood and Ram, who are determined to leave.

Gluttony will possess abilities comparable to teleportation, but if the opponent dares to chase after them alone, Wood and Ram will dare to turn around and kill them.

Under normal circumstances, Ram's suggestion would indeed be correct, but Wood knew that even if they retreated from here, once Subaru Natsuki died, the timeline would be reset, so even if they left now, it would be completely meaningless.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to gather more information about "Greed" and "Gluttony" in the limited time available, and try to kill the opponent in the next cycle.

Wood was puzzled. If the Bishop of Greed's ability to "stop time" was not flawed, why shouldn't he use the power on himself so that he could remain invincible?

When the Bishop of Greed initially resisted Ram and his own magic, he used the power of his authority to counter their magic.

Only after realizing that Wood's close combat skills were so high that they posed a threat to him did he choose to use the power of 'time freeze' on himself.

Chapter 375 The weakness of power is the heart!

In other words, the power that the Bishop of Greed speaks of is definitely not the "invincible" he claims to be. At the very least, maintaining such invincibility requires bearing some kind of price or expenditure.

The power of the Bishop of Sloth is the "Invisible Hand," so his abilities are related to the arm. Then, the power of the Bishop of Greed is called the "Heart of the Lion," so is it also related to the heart?

Just as Wood was speculating about the Archbishop of Greed's abilities, Ram, who was standing next to Wood, suddenly spoke up: "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but when this Archbishop of Greed is attacked by Mr. Wood, the witch's stench on his body becomes much weaker."

At first, I thought it was just my imagination, but when the same thing happened twice in a row, I felt that something was wrong.

Furthermore, the witch's stench that disappeared from the Bishop of Greed will be transferred to those people.

Seeing that Wood had no intention of leaving, Ram told him what he had just discovered.

She admitted that she didn't have Wood's brilliant mind and analytical skills, but as a member of the Oni race, she possessed a keen sense of smell, noticing things that Wood missed.

Just like Rem, who initially saw Subaru's "witch stench" as a thorn in her side, Ram can also sense the scent of a witch.

This scent originates from the power of the Witch of Jealousy, and is called "Witch's Fragrance" by the Witch Cult. However, those who dislike the Witch Cult find the scent unbearably foul.

The power of the Archbishop of Sin of the Witch Cult originates from witches, which is naturally very obvious to Ram's sense of smell, so it is not surprising that she would notice these details.

"You mean when 'Greed' activates that invincible power, the witch's scent on her body will transfer to other places?"

Could you specify which of the remaining witch cult members were being transferred?

What was said in jest was taken seriously by the listener. When Ram revealed his discovery, Wood immediately looked serious and asked a question.

"The first time it was that person, and the second time it was that one in the corner over there..."

Based on the scents she had smelled earlier, Ram pointed out the two members of the Witch Cult opposite her. They were the two people Ram had smelled earlier who had emitted a strong witch aura in an instant.

"Is it not a single object, but two people? Ram, from now on you stay by my side. Once the witch's scent on 'Greed' starts to transfer, tell me your location immediately."

Considering that the 'Sloth' they had dealt with before could also transform the witch cult members who followed him into 'Sloth's Fingertips', Wood guessed that 'Greed' should also have a similar ability.

Although it is not yet known what connection the transferred Witch's Scent has with "Greed" itself, since there is no way to deal with the "invincible" Archbishop of Greed for the time being, the only option is to try to find a breakthrough from other places.

Seeing Wood and Ram charging at him again, the Archbishop of Greed maintained his arrogant attitude and said, "Did you think you could break the deadlock by attacking together?"

Even if they outnumber me, they are meaningless in the face of my invincible power.

"Don't think there are only two of you. Even if there were ten times more, so what? I once single-handedly conquered the impregnable fortress city of Gekura of the Polachia Empire, and even the demi-human general 'Kurugan, the Eight-Armed God of War' was easily defeated by me!"

Greed has absolute confidence in his power, the "Heart of the Lion."

The essence of his power lies in the measurement of an object's state of motion by time; therefore, the essence of this effect is to make the state of the object remain unchanged from a certain moment onward. In other words, it is the power of "immutability" that "prohibits change."

Unless the opponent possesses the same power to distort or alter time, no matter how strong or numerous the opponent is, they cannot defeat his authority.

The Bishop of Greed continuously threw out what he was holding. Although he could maintain the initial velocity of matter, he could only target one object at a time, and it had to be something that his body could touch.

However, if the Bishop of Greed cancels the power of missing attacks whenever an attack misses and then grants it new material, he can launch a series of attacks.

At the cost of shattering two more ice blades, Wood's body once again drew close to the Bishop of Greed.

However, the Bishop of Greed remained completely unperturbed and looked at Wood with a mocking expression, saying, "You really don't learn your lesson. No matter how many times you try, the result is always the same. You simply cannot do anything about my powers."

The harder you work now, the more desperate you'll be later...

The Archbishop of Greed looked at Wood in front of him, completely unaware of the danger he was in, and even continued to talk back to Wood, displaying his talkative nature.

“Mr. Wood, the second person, a hundred meters to your left.”

Just as the Archbishop of Greed was watching Wood's knife approach with a mocking expression, imagining the despair on Wood's face as he did his futile effort, Ram, who was following behind Wood, suddenly pointed at a member of the Witch Cult not far away and shouted.

"understand!"

Upon hearing what Ram said, Wood and the Bishop of Greed both displayed different expressions.

Wood's expression was a mixture of surprise and delight, while the Bishop of Greed was stunned and terrified!

He couldn't understand where things went wrong that exposed his weakness in his powers. However, when he saw Wood rushing toward his "wife" who was located in his heart, the Bishop of Greed had no choice but to activate his ability "Little King" again to move the heart.

That's right, just as Wood said before, there is no truly invincible power in the world, not even the Bishop of Greed's "time stop"!

The reason why the Bishop of Greed can nullify any attack on himself is because of the 'time freeze' that acts on his own body. Because of this ability, he has lived for more than a hundred years, but still retains the appearance of a young boy.

However, this ability also has certain drawbacks. Although activating "Lion's Heart" can stop time in one's physical body, the heart itself must continue to beat.

If the heart were to be forcibly stopped, the bishop of desire could only endure the pain for a maximum of 5 seconds.

Therefore, in order for the power of "The Lion's Heart" to be fully utilized, it is necessary to use another ability of the Bishop of Greed called "The Little King".

The little king is also one of the powers of the Bishop of Greed. Its effect is to store one's own heart in the body of the target, becoming one with the target's heart, so as to satisfy the purpose of the "lion's heart" beating.

The target must be located within the "small kingdom." The concept of "kingdom" is merely a figurative way of saying it; in reality, it is the list of women that the powerful bishop of lust, who is the king of this small kingdom, unilaterally designates as his "wives."

The object that Qiangyu identifies as his "wife" can be placed in his heart, but there is a distance limit. Once the distance is too far, the power of "Little King" will not work.

The reason why Ram could sense the witch's scent emanating from the Archbishop of Greed transferring to others was because when the Archbishop of Greed activated the invincible power of "Heart of the Lion," he transferred his heart to other people, which is why those people emitted a strong witch's scent.

Once the heart stored in the "wife" is shattered or pierced, the Bishop of Greed will also die. This is why the Bishop of Greed looked terrified when Wood rushed towards the witch's cult member.

Seeing the bishop of greed's panicked expression, Wood knew he had made the right bet!

Just as Wood gripped his ice blade, preparing to slice the slender, black-robed witch in two, Ram suddenly called out, "Mr. Wood, the witch's aura has changed again. This time it's about ten meters to your right!"

Within the Bishop of Greed's "little kingdom," the Bishop of Greed, as the "little king," can freely change the position of his heart.

Clearly, just as Wood was about to strike his target, the Bishop of Greed moved the location of the heart.

This time, the witch followers brought by "Greed" and "Gluttony" totaled 53 people, and all of them were "wives" of the Bishop of Greed, who had long been scattered in various corners of Alam Village.

In fact, over the past century, the Bishop of Greed has had 291 wives, all of whom were numbered and not called by name. However, due to his frequent and inexplicable killing of his wives, only 53 remain today.

Furthermore, all of these "wives" were beautiful women and virgins.

Because the criteria for choosing a wife is based on appearance, and he only accepts her when she is expressionless. After marriage, he does not allow his wife to show any joy, anger, sorrow or happiness.

Secondly, he has a kind of mental fastidiousness, not allowing his wife to have another lover. Finally, he has a virginity complex, but due to his own power, he will not actually do anything to his wife, so his wives remain virgins until death.

Upon hearing Ram's reminder, Wood looked at another person in the Witch Cult again. It was clear that even if Wood was slow to notice, he would realize that Greed could freely transfer his "weakness" among these Witch Cult members.

Even if it charges at another person now, it can use its ability to transfer the "weakness" to that other person again.

"There's no other way, so we'll just have to use a wide-range spell to clear the area at once. You, Archbishop of Greed, have invincible skills, but these Witch Cult members can't possibly have them, right?"

Although the Bishop of Greed had previously scattered his "wives" throughout the village to avoid being targeted, he could still use his abilities to constantly change the position of his heart even if someone analyzed his weaknesses.

However, this measure had almost no effect on Wood, because with his magical power, it was far too easy for him to cast a spell that would cover the entire village.

Seemingly aware of Wood's actions, the Bishop of Greed dared not harbor any more illusions and directly returned the heart that had been entrusted to his "wife" to his own body.

The heart has returned to its own body, but the "Lion's Heart" ability is temporarily unusable. If Wood were to kill the wife who housed the heart, he would be truly doomed.

Noticing that the Witch's Scent had returned to the Bishop of Greed's body, Ram was about to warn Wood when she realized that Wood was being blocked by Gluttony. So she took matters into her own hands, wrapping wind magic around her sharp claws and grabbing directly at the Bishop of Greed in front of her.

Because his heart had returned to his body, the power "Lion's Heart" could not be used for long. The Bishop of Greed, having lost his invincible power, could only retreat and dodge when he saw Ram's wind blade claws tearing towards him.

Unfortunately, without the ability to use his powers, the Bishop of Greed is clearly inferior to Ram in both magical power and physical constitution.

So, as the Bishop of Greed retreated, his handsome face was still scratched by Ram, and a few streaks of blood appeared.

"Damn bitch! It's all because of you, you bastard, that guy discovered the flaw in my powers!"

Ram had repeatedly reminded Wood to accurately state the location of his heart, but the Archbishop of Greed was unaware that the reason his weakness had been exposed was largely due to Ram.

Adding to his rage, his face was scratched, and his proud "invincible" power was broken, so the Bishop of Greed was naturally furious.

On the other side, just as Wood was about to kill the witch's cult members here first and then deal with the Archbishop of Greed after hearing that the Archbishop of Greed's witch fragrance had returned to his body, the persistent Archbishop of Gluttony reappeared and launched a sneak attack on Wood!

Because Wood was gathering magic to use magic, his body was in a state of pre-casting animation, and he was unable to take effective defensive measures against Gluttony's sudden sneak attack. Therefore, he could only retaliate with a punch.

The fists of similar size collided in mid-air, generating a powerful gust of wind. However, compared to Wood's fist using Armament Haki, coupled with his own formidable physique, the Bishop of Gluttony was clearly no match for him.

After a brief stalemate, the Bishop of Gluttony was sent flying backward like a cannonball, coughing up a mouthful of blood. His small body even plowed a deep trench in the ground!

After sending the Gluttony Bishop flying with a punch, Wood did not press his advantage. Instead, he flashed to Ram's side and kicked the stone that was supposed to shoot towards Ram's head, shattering it once again.