Chapter 313

Princess Luoying immediately jumped in after her.

This was a spacious worship hall, capable of accommodating several thousand people praying simultaneously.

Behind this worship hall were smaller rooms serving as confession booths.

Confessing to the gods and seeking their forgiveness remained a common practice in many kingdoms, demonstrating the gods' mercy!

Hmm, this kind of confession was not merely superficial.

If a heinous criminal received a divine response after confessing, they could be granted amnesty.

Such cases were extremely rare.

They occurred only occasionally, equivalent to the gods displaying a miracle!

When the gods occasionally demonstrated this, the effect was excellent and talked about for a long time.

Ningcui brought Princess Luoying to the back of the church.

Behind those small confession booths was another hall for church meetings.

"It should be here."

After passing through the council hall, Ningcui carefully pulled open a bookshelf.

Behind it, a deep passage revealed itself.

No one was visible guarding the passage for now.

It couldn't be said the church was negligent.

In fact, that magic array could block nearly all rescuers.

Besides, who besides members of the royal family could know the layout beneath the eastern church?

The church had previously assigned a Sixth-Rank Temple Knight to guard it, but two days ago, for reasons unknown, they withdrew the guard!

Princess Luoying stepped forward and began sensing the magic array.

She had to break this magic array to rescue her aunt inside.

The records in the magic tome proved effective; soon, Princess Luoying opened a passage through the magic array.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, a voice rang out.

Princess Luoying looked—and saw a bishop clad in a red robe!

The Qudezhu Sect bishop.

The bishop, seeing Princess Luoying, had already prepared a spell—but a slender sword suddenly appeared, piercing straight through his head.

"Princess, the situation is urgent; I had to kill him."

Ningcui emerged from the darkness.

Princess Luoying nodded, then stepped into the passage of the magic array, with Ningcui following behind.

Princess Luoying pulled out a small magic wand, gave it a slight motion, and magic flames ignited upon it.

The space below was small and simple, with dungeons on both sides and a central passage.

All the dungeons were empty.

Princess Luoying said nothing and walked forward quickly.

Finally, at the end, she saw a familiar figure in a dungeon barred with black iron.

"Aunt!"

Princess Luoying cried out joyfully.

Her aunt was truly imprisoned here.

Princess Luoying's aunt was not chained—she sat there, head bowed, her expression hidden.

"Aunt, aunt? It's Luoying."

Princess Luoying called out several more times, but her aunt gave no response.

Princess Luoying shook the dungeon bars hard—but they wouldn't budge at all.

"Let me!"

Ningcui struck the lock on the door with her slender sword.

"It's a magic lock."

Ningcui muttered.

Princess Luoying cast a spell to break the lock, but the lock remained utterly unmoved.

She had broken the magic array using the tome—but this lock far surpassed her ability to decipher!

Princess Luoying grew anxious.

They had come this far; if they couldn't open the lock now, it would be maddening.

"Aunt, aunt, wake up!"

Princess Luoying called out.

At that moment, heavy footsteps echoed from outside.

"Worse, Princess, we've been discovered."

Ningcui's expression turned solemn.

"We'll have to kill them all."

Ningcui rushed out with her slender sword—but returned within a minute, stepping back quickly.

"Princess, there's a Sixth-Rank Temple Knight—I can't fight him."

Ningcui's expression turned solemn.

In the dungeon passage, all the torches ignited at once.

Princess Luoying turned her head and saw a tall knight clad in pale golden armor entering from the end of the corridor.

"So something went wrong—you won't be leaving today, not one of you."

The Sixth Rank Temple Knight spoke coldly.

Princess Luoying's face was covered in black cloth; he couldn't recognize her, and even if he could, he wouldn't spare her anyway.

"Don't kill her—this girl's body is strong enough; we can use it to summon another Holy Spirit down. Then we'll have ten Holy Spirits, and we can launch an offensive against the Houton Kingdom."

At that moment, her "aunt," the Crown Princess of the Xiling Kingdom, suddenly lifted her head and spoke in a cold tone.

Upon hearing her words, Princess Luoying's face turned pale.

Her aunt had been possessed by that thing called a "Holy Spirit"!

And her "aunt" was already muttering incantations; soon, a mysterious passage opened before her, radiating a sacred, holy aura.

But to Princess Luoying, this sacredness and holiness felt no different from the breath of demons!

Then, from the passage, a mass of light descended, turning the entire dungeon into a realm of Bai Guang.

The Sixth Rank Temple Knight and all the other Temple Knights behind him knelt down!

"We humbly welcome the descent of the Holy Spirit."

The Sixth Rank Temple Knight said with devout reverence, his face filled with solemn awe.

After the mass of light descended, it did not pause—it lunged straight at Princess Luoying!

Princess Luoying felt a terrifying, overwhelming consciousness crash into her.

"It's over!"

Despair rose in her without warning.

Under the impact of this terrifying consciousness, even her soul might shatter!

As the terrifying consciousness was about to strike her, the pendant given to her by the fox girl Sister Qing Ling on her chest flared suddenly with Abyssal Demon Flame!