Chapter 659: Xu Jingming Is an Obstacle? Entangle Him!

Crack-crackle—

A muffled rumble of thunder rang out, and Xu Jingming, wreathed in golden Lei Ting, wove through the crowd like a phantom.

The savage-faced Divine Blood Envoys were like fragile dolls before him.

A blast of Lei Ting, or a thrust of his spear, could take their lives.

Of course,

he wasn't only killing Divine Blood Envoys.

If he ran into ordinary members of the Tianming Sect, he would strike them down as well.

"Save me! I don't want to die!"

"Lady Goddess! Why won't you help us?"

"My lord High Priest, I don't want to die yet! Save me!"

"..."

On the blood-reeking plaza, countless wails and cries rose into the air.

Some believers of the Holy Court noticed the High Priest on the presiding platform.

Under the threat of death, they couldn't help but turn to him for help.

But the High Priest, who in days past had been harmonious and friendly, his mouth full of talk of salvation,

now stood on the presiding platform, utterly unmoved, watching them die with an icy expression.

"These are all believers of the Holy Court, and this High Priest doesn't even show the slightest intention to act?"

Xu Jingming, who had just casually slain a Divine Blood Envoy, couldn't help clicking his tongue in wonder.

The Holy Court of the United States had always packaged itself as a savior capable of completely eradicating the ferocious beasts from Blue Star.

But when the moment truly came for them to act, they were terrifyingly cold.

"Katherine still has kindness in her heart, but I don't know if she can keep it up in the future," Eva said inwardly.

"I think it'll be very hard," Xu Jingming replied, shaking his head.

Katherine was chuunibyou and kind because she had stayed in the northern polar regions for a long time and rarely interacted with people.

And she had been that way only because of long-term exposure to American-style values education.

But as her experience grew, she would eventually see that the so-called God of Light was nothing but a fabrication.

The original purpose of founding the Holy Court was merely to better consolidate rule, to have ability-users gather resources for the upper echelons.

The moment she discovered the truth, Katherine, as a beneficiary of the system, would most likely choose to go along with the corruption.

Of course,

in such a dangerous world facing terrifying ferocious beasts,

being self-interested wasn't really some shameless behavior.

The only thing the Holy Court shouldn't have done

was packaging their actions as salvation for the ordinary masses, when in reality they only cared about their own interests.

This was what was called wanting to have it both ways.

As for the other guilds and legions, it was simply each taking what they needed—you risk your life for me, and I provide you with all kinds of resources.

Unlike the Holy Court, which used the name of the God of Light to fool people into doing their bidding.

And when these common folk actually got into trouble, this peak eighth-rank Grandmaster merely stood by and watched coldly.

"Really? I don't quite see it that way."

Eva, who had keenly detected the fury in Katherine's eyes, giggled.

"Oh? Then let's make a bet.

We'll bet on whether Katherine, after discovering the truth, will continue to enjoy everything she has in the Holy Court.

I bet she will."

Xu Jingming replied with a smile.

He felt the day Katherine discovered the truth was no longer far off.

After all, she had already begun to feel that something was off about the United States' propaganda toward the Great Xia.

Once she discovered the Holy Court wasn't what she had imagined, it probably wouldn't take long.

She might even already be harboring strong dissatisfaction with this cold-hearted High Priest.

"Alright."

Eva didn't hesitate at all, nodding directly:

"If you lose, you have to take me to those few places I want to visit.

If I lose, I'll get you an SSS-rank natural treasure!"

In her database, there were several places where SSS-rank natural treasures could be born.

Running around a few more places, she'd surely find one.

"No problem," Xu Jingming said with a smile, golden Lei Ting billowing around him.

This artificial intelligence lifeform Eva, perhaps because she had been locked up by the Demon University for too long,

was always thinking about traveling around the world, seeing the local culture and scenery.

Just as Xu Jingming had predicted, Katherine was already filled with strong dissatisfaction with High Priest Parker.

Especially after realizing that Xu Jingming was killing enemies among the crowd while she could only stand here, she felt even more stifled.

"I, the Holy Court's Goddess, am actually less capable of protecting believers than an outsider like Xu Jingming?"

Katherine clenched her pearly teeth against her red lips, a strong unwillingness burning in her beautiful eyes.

Once this was over, she was determined to strip Parker of his position.

For someone like this to actually become a High Priest — this is simply a disgrace to the Holy See!

Unlike Catherine, Heavenly Sword, who had not made a move among the crowd, wore an expression on his face as if he had long anticipated this.

"As expected, the people of the Holy See are still so afraid of death."

Heavenly Sword shook his head.

Clearly he had already conducted extensive investigations on the Holy See beforehand.

"But you, you've given me quite a surprise."

Heavenly Sword looked with keen interest at Xu Jingming, who was cutting through the crowd.

The people of Great Xia have never believed in gods.

Of the nearly twenty thousand faithful participating in the Holy See's celebration this time, fewer than ten were from Great Xia.

He had originally expected that Xu Jingming would immediately retreat once people from Tianming Sect appeared.

But unexpectedly, he instead began killing with great enthusiasm.

"Speaking of which, when this fellow was still in Great Xia, he seemed to really enjoy killing our people."

As if the ones Xu Jingming was killing were not members of Tianming Sect, Heavenly Sword seemed to display a strong interest in Xu Jingming — as well as killing intent!

"Divine Son, the strong ones from Moben will be arriving soon.

But we're still over a thousand people short for the blood sacrifice — what should we do?"

At this moment, an anxious voice rang out through the spiritual link.

"What's going on?"

Heavenly Sword furrowed his brow.

The blood sacrifice requires the blood of at least four thousand people.

Before they began their operation, they had already carried out a meticulous plan.

They would withdraw before the strong ones from Moben arrived.

And at this point, with less than twenty seconds before the strong ones from Moben arrived, they should have already gathered enough blood for the sacrifice long ago.

"It's Xu Jingming — he's killing too fast," someone replied helplessly.

Before they began their operation, they had never expected Xu Jingming to make a move at all.

"So it's because of him."

Tianming's brow smoothed out, and he immediately arranged: "Lei Kesi, go stop Xu Jingming — make him stop attacking."

Lei Kesi is a peak seventh-tier Archbishop, and also a Divine Blood Emissary!

Once he releases his state, he can even fight an eighth-tier Grandmaster.

Having him contain Xu Jingming while the final number for the blood sacrifice is completed — it couldn't be more fitting.

"Of course, if you can kill Xu Jingming,

once we return to the sect, I will immediately arrange a high-tier baptism ceremony for you."

A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Heavenly Sword's pale, handsome face.

Although he didn't think Lei Kesi could kill Xu Jingming — after all, Xu Jingming carried a high-grade protective talisman capable of warding off life-and-death crises.

But being able to inflict serious injuries would still be quite good.

"A high-tier baptism ceremony?!"

In the crowd, a man currently locked in combat with the Holy See's Guard Captain suddenly had his eyes light up.

If he could really have another baptism ceremony, he might very well break through from peak seventh-tier to eighth-tier!

"Xu Jingming!!"

A roar burst from Lei Kesi's heart, and he immediately used spiritual transmission to order:

"Ke'er, go contain Xu Jingming now, and steer the direction of the fight toward me — I'll seize the moment to strike!"

He naturally knew Xu Jingming possessed a high-grade protective talisman, but such talismans were not without ways to be broken.

The talisman detects life-and-death crises, but when multiple people attack at once, there's a probability it won't detect them.

He only needed another seventh-tier Master to entangle Xu Jingming while he seized the moment to strike — then there would be a certain probability of a successful ambush.

"Although the probability of the talisman failing to detect is very small, what if?

What if I succeed — Xu Jingming, your life will be mine!"

Lei Kesi's eyes burned with a wild, bloodthirsty intent.