Chapter 217: Self-Sacrifice

Xin Yue Ke Shi, Central Plaza.

In front of the already scrapped airplane, it was crowded with agents and locally dispatched emergency personnel.

Even a few big shots had driven over in person to show their respect.

After witnessing the miracles previously displayed by Saintess Telesha Shengnyu.

Everyone present believed that Evil had retreated and that everything was already under their control.

But!

Just as everyone was escorting Saintess Telesha Shengnyu, preparing to board a specially made stretch limousine.

People suddenly heard a muffled gunshot.

A specially made brass bullet pierced through the glass curtain wall of a nearby office building and thrust toward Saintess Telesha Shengnyu.

It was also at this moment when no one had time to react.

A priest wearing a priest's robe and a mask behind Saintess Telesha Shengnyu suddenly appeared at the Saintess's side with an afterimage, swinging his left hand into a fist and smashing it toward the incoming bullet.

The bullet struck the masked priest's fist, but only after sparks and the screeching sound of metal tearing erupted.

The bullet head was forcibly knocked flying into the distance by the fist.

The people around were stunned, only then realizing that the attack on Saintess Telesha Shengnyu... was not over yet!

And the opponent had shockingly used modern technological weapons to launch a sneak attack!

Experienced agents hurriedly turned their heads to look in the direction the sound came from.

But they could only see tall buildings, and the rippling curtain walls that seemed to have been pierced by the bullet.

"There's a sniper!"

"In the southwest direction! At least three thousand meters away from the target!"

Fortunately, a large Drone had also been hanging high in the sky, observing the sniper's direction.

However, that sniper was not some bad guy from somewhere else.

But a security officer responsible for this trip!

Yet, judging by his pitch-black eyes and the black Qi rising from his body, this person was clearly possessed by a demon.

The investigator was ordering nearby personnel to move out and arrest the opponent.

Just then, they saw on the surveillance video that the masked priest who had protected Saintess Telesha Shengnyu with one punch suddenly moved, leaping dozens of meters high, and like someone walking on walls, stepped on the building's curtain wall to climb directly onto the rooftop.

Then, with a few climbs and leaps, he rushed from the Central Plaza to the rooftop where the sniper was located.

This left the armed helicopter pilots, who were contemplating whether to open fire, staring in a daze.

"Roar!"

The sniper opened his mouth wide to emit a beast-like sound and raised the sniper rifle in his hand, pulling the trigger continuously.

But just as the muzzle spat out fire, the masked priest had already appeared in front of him and, after punching the sniper in the face, knocked him heavily to the ground.

Afterward, through the Drone's perspective, people were able to clearly see black Qi emerging from the sniper who had fallen to the ground and could not get up.

Soon, one after another, Hell Three-Headed Dogs, each about the size of an adult lion and pitch-black all over, emerged from this black Qi.

These Hell Three-Headed Dogs were, in fact, Dharma Artifacts of the paper-doll variety.

After Su Ping personally drew the paper skins with his own pen, they were able to appear lifelike in the eyes of mortals.

After these five Hell Three-Headed Dogs came out, they fought for real against the masked priest, who was a puppet knight.

Although the special effects Su Ping created through Talismans and Tricks were fake.

The fight between this puppet and the paper dolls was a real fight.

In the blink of an eye, there was not a single intact man-made facility left on this rooftop.

A few seconds later.

The masked priest, who had just knocked away two Hell Three-Headed Dogs, was suddenly struck in the chest by one of the Hell Three-Headed Dogs, and after his large hand grabbed the middle dog head of this Hell Three-Headed Dog.

He fell from the rooftop together with this hellhound, landing directly on the roof of a bus with a boom.

It directly crushed the entire bus, including the roof and the chassis, causing it to even burst apart!

Awoo!

The remaining few Hell Three-Headed Dogs also leaped down one after another from hundreds of meters in the air.

One after another, they plunged into the dust that had just been smashed out.

Boom!

Suddenly, a Golden Light rushed out from the smoke.

Immediately, the Hell Three-Headed Dogs were thrown flying in all directions.

After crashing through the glass curtain walls around the street, it caused a burst of exclamations from the people inside the buildings.

Among them were men and women in a gym who were obsessed with working out and hadn't paid attention to what was happening elsewhere in the city.

At the Hell Three-Headed Dog that suddenly crashed through the curtain wall and fell to the ground.

They were stunned at first.

Then, in the blink of an eye, their hair stood on end one by one, and they were so scared that tears were about to fall.

Not daring to move or scream, they just stared as the Hell Three-Headed Dog shook its big head, climbed up, and without even looking at these people, pounced back down through the broken gap.

Seeing that the monster had completely vanished.

The men and women in the gym seemed as if they had been pressed 'play', coming back to life.

The owner of the gym, a bodybuilding expert who seemed to be all muscle, also hurriedly found his phone to prepare to dial.

But just as he brought it to his ear.

He felt the ground shake again, and a loud noise came to his ears.

This time, it was a masked priest in tattered clothes who had smashed through the ceiling and crashed in front of him.

The very next second.

Before the gym owner could see the priest's specific situation clearly.

A black shadow came crashing down, and with a "Boom—", it smashed through the gym floor while carrying the masked priest, plunging into the next level, and then the next...

Before long, the gym owner could even hear the wailing of vehicles in the second basement parking garage through the large hole in the floor.

At the same time.

The emergency protocol was activated.

Telesha Shengnyu was arranged to enter a specially modified motorhome, and then the motorcade roared toward the church formerly managed by Father Wei Ke Tu.

Simultaneously, buildings near the church, especially those high-rise towers, were taken over by a large number of personnel.

At this moment, agents in one of the buildings discovered infected individuals with pitch-black eyes.

They hurriedly tried to restrain the other party.

But they did not expect this person to be clearly different from others invaded by Evil.

With just a burst of strange laughter, the agents attempting the arrest lost their balance one after another, fell to the ground, and lost their ability to act.

Realizing something was wrong, the investigators immediately sent reinforcements.

Yet, every batch that went in lost contact.

This even included the Special Squad, who were armed to the teeth, with each member carrying equipment worth over eight figures.

They wore special combat helmets and had also injected serums representing cutting-edge biotechnology.

However, in the face of transcendent power, these preparations were all useless.

As soon as this squad entered the building, they also lost contact in a very short time.

Even all electronic components were destroyed, cutting off the signal.

In the end, an unmanned vehicle transmitted a signal that was clearly released by the other party on purpose before it broke down.

In the reception lobby on the first floor of the building, a three-meter-tall, goat-horned, human-bodied demon was sitting on a spacious sofa, stroking a hellhound that looked like a pet dog, and using the thousands of ordinary people and squad members standing behind it with their heads bowed as hostages, pointing out that it was waiting for the arrival of Telesha Shengnyu.

After a moment of silence, the investigators ultimately did not dare to order the use of heavy weapons to blow up the building.

They chose to leave the difficult problem to Telesha Shengnyu.

Telesha, in the car, learned of this matter; although she was somewhat afraid of the demon that was said to have already defeated several special operations teams.

She recalled the angel's promise to her.

She still feigned calmness with a slight smile and indicated to the official personnel beside her that there was no need to worry about her safety.

There was also no need to change the route; since that demon was waiting for her, she would go and meet it!

On the way, Telesha Shengnyu was also somewhat worried about the masked priest who had protected her earlier.

Although she already knew that it was just a knight puppet refined by the Bishop and blessed by an angel.

Hearing that the other party seemed to have fallen into a bitter battle, she still felt somewhat downcast.

The motorcade soon arrived at the building occupied by the demon.

Not far away was the church in the circular community.

Telesha Shengnyu got out of the car and refused the request of those around her to follow.

She gritted her teeth, put her hands together, whispered a prayer, and walked in alone.

The remaining priests and nuns gathered at the entrance and chanted scriptures together.

As soon as Telesha Shengnyu entered the lobby, she saw the goat-horned demon and several hellhounds on the ground.

These hellhounds bared their fangs at Telesha Shengnyu and drooled.

One of them couldn't even help but pounce over.

But with an "Awoo—", it was blasted away by Golden Light and burst into flames, turning into fly ash.

The agents outside saw this scene using observation equipment, and their spirits were lifted.

In the lobby.

The goat-horned demon looked at this with disdain; it grinned, stood up, and instantly appeared in front of Telesha Shengnyu.

The temperature in the lobby also rose from over twenty degrees to nearly forty degrees in this instant.

Even the people standing at the entrance could feel a heatwave rushing toward them.

"Are you not afraid of me?"

The goat-horned demon looked at Telesha Shengnyu curiously.

While its eyes flashed with blood-red light, flames erupted from its feet.

The surrounding space seemed to distort along with it.

"I am the one chosen by the angel."

"My death will only occur at the destined time."

"If I am to die at this moment, then it must be the will of the Holy Lord!"

"Hahaha!"

Hearing this answer, the goat-horned demon puppet laughed loudly under Su Ping's control.

"Interesting!"

"However, you are indeed an extremely important person; there is more than just the angel's blessing on you."

"I truly shouldn't touch you."

"But!"

"Then... how do you intend to save these people controlled by me?"

"Before you perform the exorcism ritual, they can be dragged into hell by me at any time!"

"I will choose to sacrifice myself."

Telesha Shengnyu closed her eyes, lowered her head, and whispered the best solution she could think of.

"Hmm?"

"Self-sacrifice?"

The goat-horned demon was slightly taken aback.

Immediately, it understood.

Then, upon seeing Telesha Shengnyu take out a small dagger and aim it at her chest, its pupils constricted.

The Holy City does not permit suicide.

But if it is to save the lives of others by sacrificing oneself.

That is the highest virtue for the believers of the Holy City!

The moment the dagger pierced her clothing and touched her skin.

A golden light enveloped the building.

The lobby's brightness increased rapidly, and it began to hum with a buzzing sound.

"Stop!"

The goat-horned demon took a step back, looking warily at the phantom of an angel that had emerged behind Telesha Shengnyu.

In fact.

At this moment, it was not just behind Telesha Shengnyu that an angel phantom had appeared.

Even above the building, a blurry angel phantom at least a thousand meters tall had appeared in the sky.

Those in the know, looking at this phantom, vaguely thought of the angel statue that the Holy City was building with the help of Ouluoba.

It looked quite similar to the design of that angel statue!

It was just unclear which noble heavenly spirit this avatar's image belonged to after descending.

It would have been good to be able to prepare knowledge in advance.

"It seems your importance is even higher than we initially estimated."

"Now is indeed not a good time for you to head to hell."

"However, we will not show mercy next time we meet."

"We will be prepared to take your sweet soul next time..."

The goat-horned demon revealed an ugly smile, and after each of its two claws grabbed a hellhound.

It disappeared before people's eyes amidst flames along with them.

At the same time, the masked priest who had been locked in a bitter struggle in an underground garage also suddenly discovered that his opponent had disappeared amidst the flames.

After a brief pause, he resumed his protection order, leaped out of the garage, and began to run toward the direction where Telesha Shengnyu was located.

"How did that demon just chicken out like that?"

In the surveillance room, the investigator looked at the live footage, somewhat confused.

Beside them, an occultist chuckled:

"Because it discovered it had underestimated the importance of that Telesha Shengnyu."

"It was not prepared to deal with Telesha Shengnyu's guardian angel; I suspect they misjudged the level of Telesha Shengnyu's guardian spirit at the start."

"After discovering that the level exceeded the upper limit they could handle, it chose to abandon the original plan."

"And then, in order to make the other party yield and let go of those innocent people who were being controlled, Telesha Shengnyu chose to force the guardian angel to appear through self-sacrifice, thereby making the demon yield."

"Wait, why does it sound like if Telesha Shengnyu didn't sacrifice herself, the angel wouldn't have saved anyone?"

The investigator was slightly taken aback and suddenly noticed a blind spot.

"Hmm... the angel likely would not have actively helped the people of the world."

Hearing this, the occultist gave an awkward smile, yet confirmed the investigator's doubt.

The investigator was shocked upon hearing this, and immediately realized that many times, people's prayers were actually just wishful thinking.

The transcendent have their own thoughts and codes of conduct.

And looking at many original myths and legends.

There are very few of these transcendents who truly view the people on the ground as important.

By comparison.

It seems those Cultivators from the East were at least human before.

Even after becoming transcendent, they still possess a little bit of empathy.

However, these troublesome matters would soon no longer be theirs to handle.

Someone of higher status would soon come to take over their position!

Thinking of this, the investigator also suddenly felt the world open up and their mood became relaxed.

Not long after Telesha Shengnyu walked out of the building, which had returned to normal.

The people in the building gradually woke up and then began to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

Telesha Shengnyu also felt the urgency of the situation.

After entering the church, she took an Array Tool from her Storage Bag and, with a toss, it transformed into an Array.

As Spirit Qi was generated and confined to the surroundings of the church.

Telesha Shengnyu, who took a deep breath of Spirit Qi and felt her Dharma Power begin to fluctuate.

Stood at the entrance of the church and officially announced the commencement of the exorcism ritual.

After this.

This neighborhood became bustling with traffic.

Just like the exorcism rituals in other places.

Saintess Telesha in the church, along with the two nuns she brought who at least counted as having Entry-level Qi Refining and a bit of Dharma Power.

Began to busy themselves for Su Ping's Ten Thousand Blood Array without a moment's rest!

Su Ping, meanwhile, stayed for a while to confirm that the Array was set up perfectly and that no accidents had occurred in the surroundings.

After giving Saintess Telesha's performance a not-bad evaluation.

He moved his body and headed elsewhere.

And in the downtown area of Xin Yue Ke Shi.

As the security department personnel who were the first to benefit from their proximity, they were the first batch to receive the exorcism ritual, and could be considered personnel vaccinated against the invasion of Evil.

They began to carry out cleanup work in the city area.

The two agents who had originally transported Father Wei Ke Tu arrived at the heavily damaged gym and shook their heads slightly as they looked at the hole.

Afterwards, they saw the knocked-down street lamps, various billboards, and, most frequently, the destroyed curtain walls along the path where the masked priest had run.

"This guy is simply like the Terminator robot from the movies."

After one agent finished recording the damage information, he couldn't help but complain aloud.

"This one... doesn't seem to be human indeed!"

Another agent saw the information received on the terminal and gave a wry smile:

"He is a holy artifact puppet sent by the Holy City to protect Saintess Telesha, similar to the gargoyles at the church entrance."

"It's just that there is a holy spirit residing inside, allowing it to unleash extraordinary power."

"In an urban environment, such an extraordinary being is simply everyone's nightmare!"

"I heard that the military has already started developing new cannons?"

"Previously, because of the reinforced concrete of modern cities, the military had already realized that artillery caliber was seriously insufficient and began adjusting the caliber to above 148."

"As for now, it is said that all previous plans have been scrapped."

"Some generals have directly stated that it must be at least 203; plans without a 203 caliber don't even need to be submitted!"

"They have even started to take an interest in railway guns; who knows, in our lifetime, we might see the arrival of the era of giant cannons again!"

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Pot Heaven.

After Su Ping returned to several Fishing spots and finished his Fishing quota for this time.

He returned to Pot Heaven for meditation and cultivation.

Along with the successful operation of the Gathering Spirit Chain Array he had set up in his room using his knowledge of Arrays.

The already dense concentration of Spirit Qi increased by a few notches.

Su Ping suddenly felt a stir in his heart during his cultivation.

He took out the Heavenly Sword and placed it between his hands.

As this divine weapon also breathed in Spirit Qi and then transformed it into Dharma Power to feed back into its master, Su Ping, for a grand circulation.

Su Ping vaguely.

Felt that in his sea of consciousness, besides the Greedy Wolf Divine Sense.

There was also an extra small sword that looked exactly like the Heavenly Sword.

However, this small sword had just been born.

The three-headed Greedy Wolf Divine Sense let out a collective howl.

Immediately, the small sword disappeared.

On the forehead of the Greedy Wolf Divine Sense, the Mark of the Heavenly Sword appeared.

Su Ping felt his Divine Sense becoming increasingly swift and unstoppable.

And with the help of his Divine Sense.

The speed at which he absorbed Spirit Qi to circulate into Dharma Power and nourish his physical body was also improved.

Su Ping hurriedly drank the Purification Potion to perfectly repair the various aftereffects on his body.

The bottleneck between the Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage and Late Stage suddenly showed signs of loosening.

Allowing Su Ping to see the possibility of quickly breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.