Chapter 462: The Array Rises

Outside the City of Sin.

A pure white angel with six wings on its back spread its wings, standing in mid-air, while a golden-haired angel, also with six wings on its back, stood by its side.

Behind the two of them were twenty two-winged angels, and behind the two-winged angels was a dense legion of clerics.

Although they were a mortal legion, one could tell their extraordinariness from the fine armor they wore, the ornate weapons they held, and the powerful light of the Holy Light overflowing from their bodies.

Sophie Sophie Liya had truly kept her word; she had held nothing back, bringing almost the entire elite force of the Church in one go, clearly intending to flatten the place in one wave and never come a second time.

With so many angels and clerics gathered together, the resonating power of the Holy Light was incomparably dazzling, almost as if a second sun had appeared in the sky, illuminating the city beneath their feet in a vast expanse of white.

Coupled with the City of Sin's inherently dark Gothic architectural style, passersby unaware of the situation might have mistaken this for angels descending to subdue demons. If someone could paint this scene, it might well become a masterpiece for the ages.

However, Sophie Sophie Liya was in no rush to act immediately; after all, she still had to give some face to the master of this City of Sin, that Great Demon God of Original Sin, Satan.

Although this Great Demon God of Original Sin was a great enemy of her mother, the Lord of Radiance, the Pure White Witch herself actually had quite a favorable impression of this Great Demon God. After all, in another timeline, she, having become Lu Ma Mian, had followed this fallen angel big shot.

Therefore, the Church's great army merely halted outside the city, quietly waiting for their opponent to come out on their own.

If it were anyone else, they might have chosen to hide in the city out of fear of battle, though that would actually be useless. After all, if one didn't act with dignity at this point, the Great Demon God in the city might just help you find it.

But this time the opponent was her own Young Lady, and Sophie Sophie Liya wasn't worried at all that the Young Lady wouldn't show up. After all, she knew very well the personality of this Young Lady, who appeared to be a salted fish on the surface but was actually arrogant beyond measure.

Sure enough, the moment the angel army arrived, the gates of the City of Sin below opened, and a young girl dressed in a black and white nun's habit walked out calmly.

Upon seeing this girl, both Sophie Sophie Liya and the Michael behind her tightened their expressions. After all, they, who did not belong to this era, knew very well the true identity of this seemingly ordinary girl.

This was the God King herself.

Toward this true legend who had once simultaneously held the supreme power of both Heaven and the Witch World, both witches and angels felt reverence in their hearts.

Even though they knew at this moment that this God King, due to some accident, did not seem to have awakened as a witch and was currently still a mortal, a person's name is like a tree's shadow; now, seeing her in person, they still felt their entire bodies tighten, as if facing a great enemy.

Of course, only the two leaders knew the God King's identity. To the other angels and holy knights in the Church's army, this nun didn't seem special at all; instead, it was the giant steel warship hovering above the nun's head that made them feel as if they were facing a great enemy.

After all, even with their extraordinary experience from the Church, they had truly never seen such a thing. What was this? It was cast entirely of steel—what extravagance! And how could such a heavy object fly in the sky? Had those witches' magic developed to such a degree?

For a moment, this group of medieval natives fell into confusion and wariness as they looked at this epoch-making floating warship.

Well, let alone the natives, even the Seraph Michael, having just watched the steel church in the city suddenly transform into a warship and take flight, was stunned with wide eyes.

"Are you kidding me? A witch warship? Why would such an overpowered thing appear in this era?"

As a Seraph, and a Seraph with war as her divine office, she naturally wouldn't fail to recognize the witch's iconic war weapon—the witch warship.

One must know that back in the day, Heaven was bombarded into submission by witch warship fleets. If relying solely on individual quality, angels were stronger than witches even now, let alone during the Heaven War over a hundred thousand years ago.

But it wasn't that the angel warriors weren't capable; it was truly that the witches were cheating. They directly covered the sky with warships, riding them right into their faces, which made the angels of that time, who were more accustomed to individual combat, deeply understand what it meant for the times to have changed.

It was precisely because they were frightened by the witches' warship fleets that the current Heaven and Abyss had also begun to develop their own warships. Even the dragon race, the laziest among the three primordial races, hadn't been lazy this time. Although dragons were too large and didn't seem to need to operate warships, they apparently intended to cultivate a special dragon species and turn it directly into a living warship, which was quite terrifying.

In short, one could see the terrifying reputation of witch warships.

And now, wasn't this supposed Witch's Night a simulated war game between young people? Normally, shouldn't everyone be shooting water guns and slashing with wooden swords? What was the meaning of you suddenly pulling out laser guns and laser swords?

And after the shock, Michael looked at the Lady Sophie Sophie Liya in front of her again and suddenly understood. No wonder the Lady had reminded her not to be too proud and to go all out; she had long since anticipated that there existed such a monster on the witch side who could hand-craft warships in the Middle Ages.

Well, in fact, the Pure White Angel's mouth also twitched as she looked at that steel warship.

Although she had indeed anticipated whether this monster of a Young Lady, who could build ships single-handedly, might conjure up another warship this time, and had made certain preparations for it, now that she was witnessing with her own eyes a warship that didn't fit the style of this era appearing before her, she also inexplicably felt a bit of a toothache.

Although this steel warship was not as good as the White Dragon warship they had hand-crafted together in the club last time—after all, although the White Dragon warship was made of building materials, those were top-tier materials used for witch floating islands, containing many spiritual materials, and its strength was far from what the ordinary steel of this era could compare to.

And the White Dragon warship was also modified based on a legendary warship template, while this one looked like an ordinary cannon-fodder warship, a standard grunt's ride.

But the rules of this Witch's Night were strictly limited. If the angel side hadn't been snatched away by Mother, then only Michael would have descended first; more young angels were still queuing up waiting to be summoned.

And on the witch side, it seemed that magic knowledge had been sealed. That meant that in just five months, the Young Lady had developed an entire witch warship system from scratch, all by herself?

Damn, what kind of monster is this?

Even though Sophie Sophie Liya never doubted the greatness of her Young Lady, she still felt as if her worldview had been ruthlessly crushed.

She now suspected that if it weren't for Mother having little patience and only giving the witches five months to prepare, if she had been given the decades of development time that the original God King had, perhaps the Church side would still be happily conducting witch barbecues, while here they would already be riding fleets into their faces and mindlessly planting mushrooms.

Fortunately, such a thing ultimately did not happen. Although this warship had already exceeded her expectations, if it were just such a beggar-version warship, it couldn't deal with the Church army she had brought. The only thing to watch out for was to guard against the Young Lady using the warship's speed advantage to escape.

Immediately, she hurriedly ordered the legion to begin dispersing, absolutely not giving the opponent a chance to escape.

Once an expert makes a move, one knows if it's real. Although Sophie Sophie Liya's deployment seemed casual, the Michael on the side watched with eyes shining.

One must know that this encirclement looked simple, but there were many tricks to it. If you split the army too thinly, it would weaken your own advantage and might instead be seized by the opponent to concentrate their strength and tear through the weakest point of the encirclement, then successfully break out.

And if the encirclement was too small, it would be full of flaws, easily leaving gaps for the opponent to escape, good for finding needles in haystacks.

Among many battle classifications, an annihilation battle is recognized as the hardest to fight, and the difficulty lies in the structure of this encirclement.

But now, Lady Sophie Sophie Liya's deployment was very skillful. Seeing the small to know the large, just this seamless encirclement alone showed the solid basic military skills of this Witch Net God of War.

Only, what puzzled Michael was that the God King and the witch warship below didn't seem to have any intention of escaping at all. They just quietly waited for the Church army to complete the encirclement.

This made the Seraph miss a bit confused.

After all, no matter how one looked at it, the strength of both sides was absolutely in their favor, so why were these witches so calm? Who gave them the courage to not panic at all? This was truly too abnormal.

Could it be that the witches knew they couldn't play, so they just gave up?

This guess had just emerged in her mind when it was directly extinguished by Michael; this was simply impossible.

Inexplicably, a sense of unease surged in the Seraph's heart.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you guys in the Church really think highly of me."

At this moment, the cabin door of the steel warship opposite suddenly opened, and a black-haired girl also dressed in a black and white nun's habit flew out.

This girl's face was still covered by a veil, making it impossible to see her features clearly, but the moment she appeared, everyone's gaze on the scene involuntarily gathered toward her.

Some people in this world are born protagonists, carrying a searchlight wherever they go. Michael herself was such a protagonist in Heaven, but now, the protagonist halo of this black-haired witch opposite was clearly much more powerful than hers.

She was simply too beautiful. Even though one couldn't see her face clearly, this mystery instead made her even more charming. That kind of demonic beauty directly subjected everyone present to a round of charm checks.

The Church army's perfect encirclement hadn't even started fighting yet, and it immediately revealed flaws, because even the holy knights, who were always known for their willpower, actually had people whose morale was shaken.

The army, which had originally been full of momentum, now saw its morale greatly reduced just because of one person's beauty.

At this, Sophie Sophie Liya's mouth twitched even more violently.

In previous simulated battles, she considered herself well-informed and had seen all kinds of tactics, but she was seeing a beauty trap this overpowered for the first time.

And she couldn't even accuse the Young Lady of cheating. After all, she could tell that her Young Lady was already trying very hard to restrain her charm. Otherwise, after that round of charm checks, she might have become a commander without an army.

emmmm....

The Pure White Angel thought about the Godly Face of the Young Lady she had caught a glimpse of once, and then remained silent.

Correction: she wouldn't be a commander without an army, because she herself couldn't hold out either; she would be the first to lead the defection.

Helplessly, Holy Light flashed around Sophie Sophie Liya, and a huge halo appeared beneath her feet, enveloping the entire army.

Halo: Heart of Steel.

With the assistance of this halo that increased willpower, the morale of the Church army was barely controlled, but even so, it was no longer at its peak.

One can only say, as expected of you, my Young Lady. Every step of yours perfectly exceeds my expectations. This is war, be a little serious; it's not your personal fan meeting.

Pulling herself together from her somewhat helpless mood, the Pure White Angel tried very hard to look serious and cold. She looked at the Young Lady opposite and shouted.

"Evil witch, you colluded with a traitor of the Church and ambushed an entire witch-hunter squad. Your crimes are unforgivable. Surrender immediately."

Well, in such an occasion, she certainly couldn't call her Young Lady anymore, and she still had to say the opening lines to seize the moral high ground, emphasizing that the expedition was justified.

After all, no matter what, at least on the surface, the Church was still the force of justice.

Besides, people who are full of benevolence and morality always need a reason to convince themselves when they do bad things, right? She had to give this group of hypocrites in the Church a way out.

Such a reason was indeed effective. At the very least, once these words were spoken, the morale that had been sliding slightly rose again.

Yeah, yeah, the woman opposite is so beautiful, she must be a witch. She must have just used evil magic to charm us; otherwise, how could I have lost focus? It couldn't be because I'm lecherous, impossible, absolutely impossible.

The Church's encirclement began to shrink, clearly preparing to act directly.

Only, even so, the black-haired girl still didn't panic at all.

"Don't misunderstand. I mean, since you've come, why did you bring so many gifts? You're too polite. Knowing I wanted to build a house, you sent so many building materials all at once."

The girl smiled somewhat shyly, and then, standing on the warship, she elegantly lifted her skirt and bowed to the army that was surrounding her.

Then she raised her head, revealing those cold eyes without a trace of a smile.

"Well, since you've all come, you might as well stay—permanently."

And as her words fell, the surroundings suddenly shook. Something huge began to emerge from the ground, and then eight rays of light shot straight into the sky, forming a huge Taiji Bagua diagram in the air, encompassing the entire Church army within it.

... Eight Trigrams Array deployment in progress... ===== CHAPTER 463 =====