Chapter 367: The Temple Knight Order Surrenders! The Outcome Is Sealed!

"The Holy Spirit has truly died!"

In the sky, with the death of the Seven Holy Spirits, the Temple Knights and Temple Mages all turned ashen-faced, as if mourning their dead.

At the very front of these Temple Knights, an unusually tall Temple Knight stared blankly at the sky—his entire worldview was collapsing.

All Seven Holy Spirits sent down from Heaven were dead!

And even until all Seven Holy Spirits perished, their god never once descended power.

It seems the rumors were true.

Their god has already been defeated by the Lord of Flames in Wang Cheng, and is now powerless to fight further.

As warriors of the Church, every one of these Temple Knights now felt the heavens had fallen.

Though they were powerful, without their god, without Holy Spirits, and now not even a single Grand Mage, how could they possibly oppose a Forbidden Spell Mage?

Even if the shields they held were specially forged, blessed by the divine, and when raised together in unison by a thousand-man unit, they could outright withstand a single Forbidden Spell attack.

But only once!

The divine blessing within the shields was not infinite.

A thousand-man shield wall holding back one Forbidden Spell was already an astonishing feat!

After all, these thousand men were only Fourth Rank!

While the Forbidden Spell Mage was Eighth Rank!

On the battlefield, if both sides had Forbidden Spell Mages, the enemy's Forbidden Spell Mage could barely spare a moment to sneak in a strike against these Temple Knights—maximum one strike!

So, holding back that one strike was enough!

But only if there was a Peer of the Same Rank to restrain them!

And now, there was no Peer of the Same Rank here!

They could block the first strike, but they could not block a second!

"Drop your weapons and step to the side within ten minutes, and your lives will be spared. The False God is not worth fighting for—it was the god who abandoned you first. If you now believe in the Great Lord of Flames, you may still fight for the divine. If you do not wish to fight for the divine, you may lay down your arms and return to the fields. Those who do not drop their weapons within ten minutes will be deemed enemies—killed on sight!"

The voice of the Princess rang out again, cold and clear.

These Temple Knights had been raised since childhood by the Xiaobeijiao Society, their faith far more unshakable.

So, recognizing how difficult it was to train a knight, she would give them one chance.

But only one chance!

Those who stubbornly refused—even if powerful—would remain loyal to another god, offering the Lord of Flames less faith than a common peasant, and if they still resisted, they would leave endless future troubles!

Hearing the Princess's words, many among the Temple Knights and Mages showed signs of inner turmoil.

"The Princess is right. The god has abandoned us. There's no point fighting for him anymore."

The first to drop their weapons were several ordinary knights and mages from the Church's regular units.

After discarding their weapons, they stepped out of their ranks and walked to the open ground on the other side.

"Yes, the god has lost. He has abandoned us. The Holy Spirits never lifted a finger for us. Continuing this fight is meaningless."

Another man, utterly defeated, dropped his weapon, shed his armor, and walked to the other side.

With their example, members of the regular knight and mage units began to drop weapons and gear en masse, streaming over to the other side.

Soon, not a single one of the fifteen thousand ordinary knights and mages remained at their original positions.

These ordinary knights and mages all possessed at least First Rank power.

In fact, among the twenty million people of the Xiling Kingdom, these knights and mages made up half!

This was precisely why the Seven Holy Spirits had wanted to destroy them.

These twenty thousand-plus individuals were of exceptionally high quality—their faith offerings surpassed those of a million ordinary Xiling peasants.

"I'm done. Fighting further is just suicide. I came here to spread the god's glory, but the god himself ran off. No more fighting."

After the regular knight and mage units laid down their arms, immediately, members of the three newly recruited Temple Knight units behind the Church began to drop their weapons and walk to the other side.

These three newly recruited Temple Knight units were mostly Second Rank knights, gathered only within the past month.

These men surrendered the fastest.

Of course, the Princess did not use the word "surrender"—she merely asked them to drop their weapons and step to the other side.

This was to avoid provoking desperate resistance; after all, these knights were strong, and if recruited, they could offer substantial faith and serve as valuable combat forces.

Time passed slowly.

Three minutes before the Princess's deadline, all three newly recruited Temple Knight units and their accompanying Mage units had surrendered.

The only ones still not surrendering were three Temple Knight units and two Temple Mage units.