Chapter 435

Luo Ying asked again.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling and Meng Ying exchanged a glance. Meng Ying said, "I'm still a little short of reaching Ninth Rank. Once I reach Ninth Rank, it will be time for us to make our move in earnest."

Luo Ying nodded. "Mm, then I'll have the royal army step up its training. This time, we'll crush the Horton Kingdom in one stroke and bring the Horton Kingdom under the glory of our Lord."

While Lin Yan's Holy Maidens were plotting their attack on the Horton Kingdom—

The Horton Kingdom.

The capital of the Horton Kingdom had already been rebuilt.

The Wang Gong and the church headquarters had both been moved to a new location.

This rebuilding concerned the Horton Kingdom's face, so the Horton Kingdom employed a great number of magicians.

With these magicians taking part, the Wang Gong was built in only a month, and its scale was hardly any smaller than before.

The new church headquarters was built even faster—a magnificent, grand cathedral.

Every pane of glass in this cathedral was made of colored glaze, dazzling and resplendent, extravagant and costly.

The top of the cathedral was plated with a thick layer of gold.

The gold used up on this cathedral made Count Slo's Golden Hall look like nothing in comparison.

However, thanks to the magicians and even the Holy Spirits joining in, this gold was imbued with a sacred hue, and its sheen was gently subdued by magic so it would not appear too ostentatious—looking at it, one would never sense a whiff of nouveau-riche air.

For this cathedral, the Horton Kingdom's church truly spared no expense.

Their doing so was understandable.

Having been attacked at their doorstep, with even the church headquarters torn down, if they didn't quickly put up a new one, the church's prestige would decline.

And behind the cathedral, a large complex of church buildings was connected.

This was the standard architectural layout of church headquarters for the human kingdoms on the Gods' Continent.

At this moment, deep within these buildings, inside a vast palace, three Holy Spirits From the Heavenly Realm stood before an altar.

Behind these three Holy Spirits stood several church high-ranking officials.

"What is the latest situation with the Spirit Kingdom?"

One Holy Spirit asked.

"According to our scouts' report, most of the people within the Spirit Kingdom are reclaiming land and building roads. A large number of nobles are hauling the divine beans produced in Yan Country to the Ducheng of Hunhe to sell. It's very lively right now."

A bishop reported.

"It seems the Spirit Kingdom won't be attacking us anytime soon."

A bishop guessed.

"I'm not so sure. The Flame Lord of the Spirit Kingdom already possesses two kingdoms, and both have now been consolidated. I'm afraid war is about to come."

Another bishop said.

The three Holy Spirits listened quietly to their discussion and did not interject.

These three Holy Spirits had spent this period recovering their strength within the Horton Kingdom, then waiting for their god's next move.

Originally, they had expected their god to send down more Holy Spirits, so they had dispatched a large number of church personnel to search the entire Horton Kingdom for suitable vessels.

Among the Horton Kingdom's nearly twenty million people, such vessels naturally could not all have been killed off—finding them was simply very difficult.

In a short time, it was hard to find any.

The Holy Spirits of the Spirit Kingdom had last time only killed the "vessels" the church had stockpiled over the years.

With the church sparing no effort in the search, two new "vessels" were finally found.

But their god had not sent down any new oracle, nor had any new Holy Spirits descended.

As Holy Spirits of their god, they guessed that their god must be brewing something.

At this moment, a Holy Spirit's expression shifted.

"My god has sent down an oracle."

That Holy Spirit said.

At the same time, the other two Holy Spirits also received the oracle.

After hearing the oracle, the three Holy Spirits exchanged a glance, then simultaneously revealed a hint of delight!

Because their god had been brewing a major move!

In their view, a major move sufficient to turn the tables.

No, not merely turning the tables.

Their god had gone all-out this time. It seemed prepared to seize the Spirit Kingdom, Yan Country, and even the Ducheng of Hunhe in one stroke, fulfilling the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling's conception, merging the four kingdoms into a small empire. That way, it would only need to sit upon this empire for a few years and could thereby ascend to become a god of the third tier!

"Go, make preparations!"

These three Holy Spirits immediately issued a flood of orders to prepare what their god required.

What their god required was far too much.

Fortunately, the Horton Kingdom's church had existed for a very long time and its accumulated reserves were quite rich. In less than three days, they had gathered everything that was needed.

Then, these three Holy Spirits returned to that palace and performed a certain mysterious ritual.

This ritual was naturally not evil.

The gods of the Heavenly Realm, for the most part, would not perform evil rituals.

At the same time, inside and outside the great cathedral outside the church headquarters, tens of thousands of the most devout believers began singing hymns and praying piously to their god.

Countless threads of faith were opened.

These threads of faith were quickly twisted into a single strand by a certain existence.

Immediately after, a dazzling passage opened in the sky.

Blinding light poured forth from this passage!

"My heavens, has the gate of the Heavenly Kingdom opened?"

Countless believers raised their heads, gazing at the sky, each face showing signs of excitement.

Such commotion had never occurred even when the Holy Spirit descended.

The Holy Spirit's descent in the Kingdom of Hilin was conducted in secret, causing no great disturbance.

The Holy Spirit's descent in the Kingdom of Hutton, due to time constraints, also caused no great disturbance.

Of course, when the Holy Spirit descends, such commotion is possible.

The believers all assumed the gates of Heaven had opened, staring upward in excitement, awaiting what would appear next.

Soon, they saw a figure slowly descending through the passage.

As this figure descended, the passage snapped shut, and all light converged upon him.

A thousand myriad rays united upon one body!

This figure possessed a form both the most powerful and the most beautiful, his face veiled in a thin mist, making his expression and features utterly invisible.

Yet every believer who saw him felt an unparalleled solemnity and sanctity.

Merely glancing at him, regardless of gender, left them awestruck, their faith instantly becoming a hundred times more devout.

This sudden surge of devotion made them feel as if their souls had been elevated!

"Our God has descended!"

In the palace, a Holy Spirit gazed at the man in the sky.

Then he bowed his head.

Hearing his words, the surrounding bishops showed expressions of disbelief, then prostrated themselves on the ground at top speed.

"Our God has descended!"

These four words spread rapidly throughout Wang Cheng; that day, the streets of Hutton's capital were emptied, hundreds of thousands of citizens flooded into the streets, prostrating themselves on the ground, expressing their faith with the utmost devotion.

"The God of Hutton has descended!"

In the temple of Hilin, Princess Luo Ying handed a magical letter to Meng Ying and the fox maiden Sister Qing Ling, showing a Solemn Expression.

"What?"

The surrounding Holy Maidens were all startled.

Meng Ying and the fox maiden Sister Qing Ling quickly read the letter, then passed it to the other Holy Maidens.

The letter contained few words, stating only one thing: the God of Hutton had descended.

After reading it, the expressions of several Holy Maidens also grew solemn.

Yet they were not overly concerned.

"It must merely be a divine avatar descending."

At this moment, Luo Ying spoke.

Luo Ying had now become a Fifth Rank mage, making her one of the lower-ranked Holy Maidens among Lin Yan's followers.