Chapter 363: [Fearless Guardian] and [Secondary Wheel Slash]

The night air remained icy.

But the darkness and shadows from the depths of the night, at this moment, had been completely driven away by the brilliant glow bursting from the church.

Not holy light.

That kind of sweet, greasy, and strange pink brilliance, looking at it made people trance and lose their minds. Thinking about it, it couldn't be associated with the word "holy" at all.

Coupled with the hymns that drifted and rippled from it, it also added a touch of unspeakable weirdness.

"We praise you, Chauntia, Mother of Abundance, nurturer of life!"

The glass stained window that occupied a whole wall was reflected into a huge pink, turning into a strange background light, set against the altar, behind the Goddess sculpture.

"Your fingertips brushed the earth, and the wheat waves surged into gold;"

"Your breath turned into summer wind, and the lush branches bore fruits;"

"Your gaze is like the rising sun, flowers bloom, and grain fills the granary!"

Infiltrated with pink light, pious hymns lingered in the air.

The strange atmosphere in the church and the pink light surrounding the body seemed to have no effect on her holiness.

That kind lady, holding a rosebud in one hand and plump wheat grains in the other, looked down at the world peacefully and gently as always.

"In the name of Chauntia, our great and merciful mother, the shaper of all things..."

"May the land be abundant;"

"May life be endless."

The hymn seemed to reach its end, and the chanting sound drifting in the air rose quietly.

The old priest in a brown-green ceremonial robe knelt at the feet of the Goddess, his body trembling slightly due to the surging emotions in his heart, making the holy emblem on his waist sway gently.

Behind him were more than twenty other pious figures.

They might be butchers in the town, farmers working in the fields, or sheriffs guarding the safety of the townspeople.

But at this moment, they only had one identity:

—Believers of the Goddess.

"Damn it, what the hell is this!"

This was the first sentence said by Suoerding, the dwarf in the team, after pushing open the church door and seeing the scene inside.

With rich adventure experience and a long professional career, he had traveled to countless places and naturally visited many churches of gods for various reasons.

Honestly, the scale of this agriculture goddess church in Yangjiao Town could not be considered large at all; compared to it, it could even be called "small"; the scene of more than twenty people worshiping at the same time was also exceptionally shabby compared to those large churches with hundreds or thousands of people.

Regardless of the angle, the scene in front of him didn't seem to be worth being surprised.

But he happened to know clearly that this church was the source of the beam of light that shrouded the entire town like a birdcage.

Knowing that the priest in the church who enjoyed high prestige in the town had likely fallen; knowing that the consciousness of these so-called pious believers had been rewritten, and their sanity had fallen into chaos.

In this case, when Suoerding saw the "holy and solemn" scene reflected in the sweet and greasy pink light, he only felt a chill on his back, and the inexplicable weirdness made him pull his vigilance to the highest level in an instant.

"Careful!"

The reminder from his teammates behind him made the dwarf recover slightly.

A glance from the corner of his eye saw that the black-haired youth in the team who had quite outstanding strength seemed to be looking at something, and his gaze followed the direction the other party was looking.

The next second, his sturdy body couldn't help but stiffen.

The pink light shining in the air was too bright, making him not notice it for a while.

Now, following Xia Nan's reminder, Suoerding finally noticed the unnatural pink emitted from the skin surface of those believers.

Those were extremely tiny, but almost covered every inch of exposed skin on the believers' clothes, pink crystal particles.

The degree of influence was more serious than the blacksmith just now, even the fingertips were covered with pink crystals.

And in the center of the chest, one could see bright and enchanting pink brilliance flickering under the clothes.

*Whoosh*—

The cold wind from outside the church door whistled in.

The air was silent for an instant.

The elderly priest seemed to be unaware, still praying piously to his Goddess as before.

The twenty-odd crystal-like figures behind him, however, turned their bodies stiffly in unison, without any emotional fluctuation, and their eyes, which made people feel horrified, fell on the three people at the church door at the same time.

"Retreat!"

The feeling of fatal danger burst from his heart, Margaret made a decisive decision, no longer caring about the volume, and roared at the two people beside her.

At the same time, her feet exerted force, and the whole person jumped toward the square behind like stepping on a spring.

Xia Nan's reaction was faster than the other party.

Almost the moment Margaret's retreat shout was shouted, the wolf howl followed closely.

Wrapped in the giant wolf phantom, the pitch-black broken hair shook violently and disappeared in place.

Only the dwarf Suoerding in the whole squad, limited by race and profession, had a perception attribute that was inferior to ordinary professionals, and because of his role as a front-row meat shield, he basically walked at the very front of the team during tasks, coupled with the fact that his agility attribute was only ordinary, he couldn't react at all.

Making it so that when Xia Nan and Margaret retreated rapidly, and under the effect of instantaneous explosive power, had already detached from the church and even pulled away a small distance, the other party was still standing in place.

However, unexpectedly, the speed at which Suoerding retreated back to the square was faster than both of them.

Because the next second, accompanied by a huge noise of hard object collision, the sturdy body covered with metallic luster was blown out of the church like a cannonball.

It was just that he was thick-skinned and fleshy, and after Xia Nan and Margaret's reminder, he was prepared for defense in advance, so that he didn't suffer much injury under this violent blow.

Rolling a dozen times on the ground, when he climbed up gray-faced, he only had the clothes on his left forearm cracked, and his skin was slightly bruised.

Without any hesitation, a pair of short legs moved rapidly on the ground, and he had already raised his shield and topped the front of the team again.

"Be careful!"

"These things, each one should be much stronger than the blacksmith just now!"

The muffled voice was like a drum, and the dwarf reminded the two teammates behind him based on the power he had felt for a fleeting moment before.

And just as his words fell, one after another, figures flashing with pink light filed out of the church door.

The gray-black sword body of the 【Ash Meteor】 straight sword refracted the enchanting light from the sky, drawing an arc in the air.

Xia Nan stared at the twenty-odd ferocious figures rushing toward them, and his brain turned rapidly.

Venue: Yangjiao Town Central Square—the field of vision is open, the space is spacious, whether it is 【Tooth Hunt】 or 【Spinning Slash】, it can be released at will, it is the type of combat venue he is most adapted to;

Enemy: More than twenty townspeople deeply infected by the pastel gem—considering the previous combat experience with the blacksmith, these enemies whose skin surface is covered with gem particles should possess exceptionally strong physical defense capabilities, and their strength and explosive power have been further improved, of course, the specifics still need to be tested in actual combat. ===== CHAPTER 364 =====