“My lord blesses us!”
“Praise the God of Light!”
“The great God of Light agreed with His Highness the Holy Son to become the new Holy Father.”
“His Highness Nicholas is about to become the new Holy Father!”
The Holy Father of Light, the senior officials of the Curia, the representatives of the major forces, and the believers in the audience were all looking at the scarlet crystal descending from the sky.
Everyone knew that the great God of Light had given a blessing, which means that he agreed with His Highness Nicholas to be crowned as Holy Father.
“Praise you, the great God of Light!”
Nicholas was even more excited. The great God of Light agreed that as long as he infused the Divinity Profile into him, he would officially become the 127th Holy Father of the Light Curia and the Light Empire.
By then, he would become the supreme ruler of this empire.
Besides, his strength would skyrocket once he infused the Divinity Profile into him.
He would advance from the ordinary to the acme of the Sacred, becoming one of the most powerful people on Auguland.
“After infusing himself with the Divinity Profile, His Highness Nicholas will advance tremendously in the next few years, and will soon attain to the acme of the Sacred. By that time, there will be few people who can defeat him on Auguland.”
“Exactly. With the infusion of the Divinity Profile, the improvement of the physical body or the breakthrough of the laws of heaven and earth will be as simple as drinking water. With His Highness’s talent, it may take less than a year or two to achieve the acme of the Sacred.”
“You two should probably change how you address His Highness now.”
“Absolutely.”
People looked on and could not hide their envy.
The Divinity Profile was one of the rarest and most precious things on Auguland.
It allowed people’s cultivation base to achieve tremendous improvement in a short time.
It was a shame that this thing was too scarce. Not even the True Gods had it except for the Prime Gods, such as the Gods of Light.
So there were no two ways about it.
“Come on! Get into my body.”
Nicholas stared at the slowly descending scarlet crystal, unable to conceal his yearning and anticipation. It was getting closer and closer.
Just as the scarlet crystal was about to land on Nicholas, a shadow appeared quietly and snatched the Divinity Profile.
Everyone was stunned at that moment.
As if someone had pressed a pause button, everyone in the Light Square stared at the figure that suddenly appeared, and did not know how to react.
Someone came and spoiled the party at such an important moment.
What was going on?
Everyone was in an uproar after a brief stupor. They looked at Ling Jiu who suddenly appeared and became agitated.
“Who is he?”
“What does he want to do?”
“How dare he?”
“Moron!”
“How audacious!”
All the higher-ups of the Light Curia were furious. Their energy burst out like a stormy sea crashing towards Ling Jiu in the air.
“Who are you? How dare you create trouble here! You are disrespecting the Light Curia!” the Holy Father of Light shouted.
“The Light Curia?” Ling Jiu snickered as he glanced at the Holy Father of Light. “What the hell is the Light Curia? Why should I care?”
Everyone was in an uproar.
People stared at Ling Jiu as if they were looking at a monster. How could that guy be so arrogant and disrespect the Light Curia?
The point was, this was the Holy Hill of Light, the headquarters of the Light Curia. The Pantheon of Light was right in front, and all the higher-ups of the Light Curia were here.
How dared he said this?
Had he lost his mind?
“How dare you?”
The Holy Father of Light was enraged, his furious aura shooting out of him as he was about to take down Ling Jiu. But someone was even quicker than him.
The Holy Son Nicholas rose into the air all of a sudden and flew up in front of Ling Jiu, his face expressionless, his eyes icy and his voice bitter.
“Heretic, you have sinned!
“Sin number one: you trespassed the Holy Hill of Light!
“Sin number two: you interrupted the coronation ceremony!
“Sin number three: you insulted the Light Curia!
“Sin number four: you disrespected the great God of Light!
“These are heinous sins, and they are unforgivable!”
Nicholas’s body was glowing in holy light, like a bright sun, exuding a holy air, and like an angel descending on Earth to judge evil.
“I will punish you on behalf of the God of Light!” Nicholas drew a long sword from his waist, held it high above his head, and then shouted, “Go to hell, you sinful heretic!”
“Shut up!” Annoyed, Ling Jiu extended his hand.
Kaduum!
An invisible big hand appeared out of thin air and grabbed Nicholas, who felt an overpowering force pulling him toward Ling Jiu.
“Open! Open!”
Nicholas’s expression changed drastically. Holy light burst out of his body like boiling water, trying to force open the invisible big hand.
However, he was disappointed to find that the invisible big hand did not even budge an inch.
“D*mn it! How is this possible?”
Nicholas screamed frantically. He was in the alpha stage of his Sacred-hood. At this stage, even the acme of the Sacred could not catch him so easily.
Yet Ling Jiu, this unknown guy who came out of nowhere, did it.
“You are great at pretending but not your strength.”
Ling Jiu sneered at Nicholas and then grabbed the air with his right hand. Nicholas’s body exploded into a cloud of blood mist all of a sudden.
Ling Jiu released his grip. Blood mixed with internal organs splattered on the square made of white stone of Light. It was a horrible sight.
There was dead silence in front of the Pantheon of Light at this moment.
No one could have thought that Ling Jiu would kill the Holy Son Nicholas. No, not the Holy Son but the Holy Father, to be exact.
At the moment when the God of Light gave his blessing, Nicholas was the new Holy Father.
“How dare he!”
The Holy Father of Light trembled with fury, and the higher-ups of the Light Curia were even more furious.
How dare Ling Jiu kill their new Holy Father in front of so many people on the Holy Hill of Light! This was an utter contempt of the Light Curia.
This was clearly an act of humiliation and provocation to the Light Curia. It was utterly disrespectful to the Light Curia.
A dozen streams of light shot into the sky and surrounded Ling Jiu.
They all wore armor of Light, helmets of Light, and carried holy swords of Light.
They were the 18 Knights Templar who guarded Nicholas.
The Knights Templar were the highest-ranked, most powerful, and prestigious guardians of the Light Curia.
Some of them were responsible for guarding the Holy Father, some the pantheon, and some the Holy Son.
These 18 Knights Templars were Nicholas’s lifelong guardian knights.
They guarded Nicholas when he was still the Holy Son.
When Nicholas became the Holy Father, they guarded him, the Holy Father.
But now, Nicholas was dead. What had they done?
They were derelict in their duty.
It was their shame.
They wanted to wash away this shame with Ling Jiu’s blood.
“Have a few more people who are not afraid of dying arrived?”
