Traversing countless worlds from the primordial era

Chapter 103 Qualification

Haytins suppressed the matter of Lampson, after all, the death of an archbishop in the Holy City would severely damage the image of the Holy See. Moreover, Haytins dared not retaliate.

In terms of strength, Hastings is also at the peak of the Saintly Realm, and possessing the Great Prophecy Technique, he is stronger than Hise. However, Hise is a lone wolf; he is the leader of the Sabre Organization, but he doesn't care about them. Hastings is different; he is the Pope of the Holy Light Church and must consider its interests. If he were to truly turn against Hise, given Hise's style, he would undoubtedly assassinate many key members of the Holy Light Church. Apart from Hastings, no one in the entire Holy Light Church is Hise's match.

With that in mind, Haitings had no choice but to keep quiet.

"How could Lampson have angered Hise?" Haitings was furious. "Tell everyone to stay away from that lunatic. Anyone who messes with him should just kill themselves!"

The news of Lampson's death went unnoticed by outsiders, but the beheading of Clyde's two sons the following day caused a huge uproar in the Kingdom of Finlay. Shaq and Kare were brutally beheaded in broad daylight by an assassin who left the Sabre organization's insignia on the ground. Caesar arrived after the killings but dared not intervene, for the assassin had already taken flight.

"My lord, I don't know what the two princes have done to offend you. On behalf of the Kingdom of Fenlai, I apologize to you," Caesar said, kneeling down.

The assassin said coldly, "They didn't offend me, they offended the leader of the Sabre organization. I'll only kill them. If you want revenge, come on then."

Caesar was sweating profusely; the enemy's murderous aura was simply too intense.

"No, no..."

Around noon, Lei Ming heard the news of Shaq and Kare's deaths. He had never taken them seriously, but since they had repeatedly tried to harm him, Lei Ming wouldn't show any mercy.

Soon, Clyde rode his snow lion alone to Thunder's mansion. He was pale, and his eyes held a hint of anger.

"Did you kill them?" Although Clyde was asking Lei Ming, he had clearly already identified him. "Although Kare and Shak were scoundrels, they weren't capable of offending a Saint-level expert."

Lei Ming did not defend himself; the two men had indeed died because of him.

"They're your brothers!" Clyde roared.

Lei Ming's face remained expressionless: "They should have died years ago, you know that very well. I can spare them once, but there won't be a second time."

Clyde was trembling with anger, but he calmed down in the face of Lei Ming's indifferent gaze.

Although Lei Ming was his son, he was also a Saint-level expert. As the king of a country, Clyde calmed down and immediately analyzed the pros and cons in his mind.

"They really went too far." Clyde said dejectedly. "I'm getting old, so I'll pass the throne to you." Clyde assumed that Lei Ming and Kare were like them, aiming for the throne.

To his surprise, Lei Ming shook his head: "I have no interest in becoming king. What good would it do to become the emperor of the empire? You should be the king. I will help you with any reasonable request you make."

Clyde's face regained some color, and fearing that Lei Ming might change his mind, he took off a ring from his hand.

"This is a spatial ring, a heirloom of my Kingdom of Fenlai. Today, I will give it to you as a gift for your attainment of the Saintly Realm," Clyde said.

"There are several magic crystal cards here, worth a total of 10 billion gold coins. You can use them as you like," Clyde added.

Lei Ming was somewhat surprised, but he did not refuse. The magic crystal card was useless to him, but the spatial ring was of great use.

Seeing that Lei Ming had accepted the spatial ring, Clyde breathed a sigh of relief.

"Consider this ring a loan; I'll return an even better one to you in the future," Lei Ming said.

Clyde quickly declined, not really believing Lei Ming's words. Spatial rings were extremely rare on the Yulan Continent; the Fenlai Kingdom, with its millennia-long history, had only acquired this one. Most of the holy domains on the continent didn't possess spatial rings, making it highly unlikely that Lei Ming would obtain one.

Clyde was unaware that spatial rings were rare items on the Yulan Continent, but quite common in Hell; even gods skilled in magic arrays could craft their own spatial rings.

"The Proux Guild Hall is holding a stone carving auction in a few days. I heard there are some masterpieces. Why don't you come with me to take a look?" Clyde said.

"I have no interest in these things."

Before Clyde had even left, Gilmer came knocking on his door. He was quick; Thunder had only returned to Fenlai City yesterday, and Gilmer was here today.

"Clyde, you're here too?" Gilmer was a little surprised to see Clyde. Clyde always liked to make a grand entrance, and Gilmer had never seen him travel alone before.

Gilmer noticed that Clyde's expression was a bit strange, but he didn't pay any attention to it. He turned to Lei Ming and said, "Lei Ming, I heard that you went out to train for a few years. You should be a level seven mage by now."

"I guess so," Lei Ming nodded.

Gilmer exclaimed with delight, "That's wonderful! Now you can apply for graduation and officially join the Church of Light!"

"Why join the Church of Light?" Lei Ming asked rhetorically.

Gilmer was taken aback: "This is what you promised, and your father Clyde promised too. Are you going to go back on your word?"

Clyde immediately replied, "I agreed back then, but Lei Ming didn't. Besides, you threatened me with the lives of Kare and Shak to get me to agree. Now that Kare and Shak have been killed by assassins, I only have Lei Ming left as my son, and I will not let him join the Church of Light."

Gilmer's face darkened: "This is His Holiness the Pope's order. Are you going to disobey?"

Clyde fell silent.

"Thunder, what do you think?" Gilmer asked.

Lei Ming said, "I have no interest in joining the Church of Light unless the Pope can give me the Great Prophecy Technique."

Gilmer was taken aback by Lei Ming's tone. The Great Prophecy was the most important magic of the Holy See, and even he had never had the chance to see it.

Gilmer laughed angrily; he had lost patience with Thunder.

"It seems you have been corrupted by heresy over the years and must be baptized by the Lord again." A powerful aura surged from Gilmer, and the snow lion beneath Clyde took a few steps back in fear.

"Come with me to see His Holiness the Pope." Gilmer waved his magic wand, and several beams of white light bound Leiming. Four knights of light walked over, seemingly to take Leiming away.

"Considering that Kerry saved him before, this is the first and last time." A flash of red light appeared on Lei Ming's body, and the binding magic cast by Gilmer disappeared. Several knights of light who were escorting him were sent flying at the same time.

The situation changed so quickly that Gilmer was caught off guard.

"Thunder, do you intend to rebel against the Holy See?" Gilmer shouted sternly.

"I don't want to be enemies with the Papacy, but I'm not afraid to be enemies with the Papacy either. Go back and tell Haytings."

Gilmer chuckled: "You want to be an enemy of the Papacy? Do you even have the right?"

"If this is the qualification you speak of, then I should have it." Lei Ming said, his powerful force binding Gilmer. Gilmer was horrified; Lei Ming was not using magic, but the power of heaven and earth, a power that only a Saint-level expert could wield.

"You, you've reached the Saint Realm?" Gilmer tried to struggle, but he couldn't resist at all. He realized that he had seriously underestimated Lei Ming's strength.

"Good, then do you think I'm qualified?" Lei Ming asked.

Gilmer's face turned ashen, and he lowered his proud head: "It was my fault, Lord Thunder."

Lei Ming drove Gilmer and the others away, closed the gate again, and quietly began to comprehend the laws.

Gilmer returned to the temple and met with Haytings, reporting the situation with Thunder. Haytings nearly fell off his chair upon hearing it.

"You're saying Thunder has become a sacred domain?" Haitings stared intently at Gilmer.

Gilmer smiled wryly: "It sounds unbelievable, but it's true, Your Holiness. I was powerless against Lei Ming. I felt that his strength was not at the initial stage of the Saint Realm, but at the middle stage, or even the peak of the Saint Realm."

Haitings sighed deeply, and after a long pause, said, "If Lei Ming were born in a divine plane, I wouldn't be surprised at all, but this is the Yulan Continent. Are there such geniuses in matter as well?"

Gilmer was also very upset. They were all human, so why was there such a big difference?

(End of this chapter)