Chapter 2419

Thin mist drifted in the sky. Murder Bee lay on the building ruins, looking at the sky. There were star-like bloodstains on her face, and her arm had been bitten off. This was a battle without suspense, ending very quickly.

"Ah, even reaching Tier 7... can't do whatever one wants?"

Murder Bee murmured. She didn't feel unconvinced; being able to hold on until now was already an above-average performance.

The sound of stepping on ruins came. Murder Bee's body could no longer move. The last thing she saw was the tip of a long blade.

*Puchi. *

The long blade pierced Murder Bee's heart. Her fingers trembled slightly, and she lost her strength.

Solving this hidden danger of Murder Bee made Su Xiao feel relieved. There was no Scarlet Card drop; after all, there were helpers, which was a normal situation. He lifted his foot and walked toward the Redemption Church.

Su Xiao's current information was obtained through guessing + connecting. Whether it was accurate remained to be verified. If he hadn't stayed in Ango City for so long but had arrived in Doom Town directly, he wouldn't have discovered the existence of the other party until the Archbishop took the initiative to show himself at the end. There was no possibility at all.

That old guy's time was too abundant. Almost everything related to him, whether it was his name or deeds, had been gradually cleared away in the long years. Wanting to know of his existence before arriving in Doom Town was completely impossible.

The Archbishop was essentially different from Gru. Gru belonged to the type of decision-maker who would confront opponents across the air, and enemies could know of his existence.

The Archbishop was different. This old guy's patience was infuriating. He prepared his plans, calculating every small link in decades. Anyway, he had plenty of time. This led to the fact that before truly meeting him, it was very difficult to know of his existence.

Traveling between the dense buildings, Su Xiao had already started preparing. He was preparing for the contingency of not being able to see the Archbishop. His only advantage now was that the Archbishop didn't know everything. For example, the short Ciesl disguising himself as a giant skeleton had deceived the Archbishop.

It was just the implicit information given by the Saintess, which was far from enough to expose the Archbishop. The Saintess couldn't reveal secrets directly at all. She used a very implicit way to let Su Xiao know that there was such a person as the Archbishop in the Redemption Church.

When Su Xiao awakened the Saintess with the Redemption Stone Slab, the first thing the Saintess did wasn't to talk to Su Xiao, nor was she confused. After waking up, she first knelt in front of the stone pillar in the church and started murmuring prayers. The content had no problems at all.

"May the Holy God be with us, may the Archbishop be with us, may immortality be with us..."

A very long prayer. At that time, Su Xiao just habitually recorded it and didn't suspect anything, and there was nothing to suspect.

After checking the Saintess's data multiple times, Su Xiao saw the word "Baptism" many times. The Saintess's three abilities were all related to baptism, either sealed or granted by baptism.

"Baptism"—this information, people in this world couldn't possibly know. They didn't have detection-type equipment.

Who was qualified to baptize others? The Nun definitely didn't have it. As for the Priestess, it was unclear. The Archbishop must be qualified to baptize others. This was the key clue Su Xiao obtained. At that time, he just vaguely felt that things were wrong, but it was just a feeling.

Through the Saintess, Su Xiao learned that the Ash Furnace was with the short Ciesl. His first thought was to snatch the Ash Furnace and Ciesl's metal bracelet. At that time, he already had half a foot in the Archbishop's trap.

While fighting Ciesl, that "Church's running dog" from Ciesl made Su Xiao think of many things. It wasn't determining that the Archbishop was the creator of everything, but finding a way to "shift the blame."

The short Ciesl definitely knew something. Whether he could win if he continued fighting was unknown. Even if he won, Ciesl was definitely a tough nut to crack and wouldn't spit out any information before death.

"The Archbishop's terrifying plan" was born. Su Xiao connected all the clues he knew and threw all the "black pots" onto the Archbishop. This wasn't making things up, but a summary based on known situations.

As for whether these things were plotted by the Archbishop, Su Xiao was just speculating. Moreover, did it really matter whether these things were created by the Archbishop? It didn't matter at all. As long as the short Ciesl believed a part of it, Su Xiao's plan would succeed.

Su Xiao took the short Ciesl to find the Resentful Orphan. On the surface, it was to find helpers to deal with the Archbishop together. In reality, he didn't know at all whether the Archbishop was strong or not, and he couldn't foresee the future. He was just making the Archbishop sound as terrifying as possible at the time. Su Xiao's real purpose was actually to bring Ciesl to fight the boss. Su Xiao felt he couldn't handle the Resentful Orphan and needed a helper.

If the Resentful Orphan didn't cooperate, that was too good—just go all out. This was the best situation, indicating that Su Xiao's deduction had a huge deviation and the Archbishop was an innocent scapegoat. In that case, it wouldn't be a question of whether Ciesl wanted to fight or not; Su Xiao had many ways to make Ciesl deal with the Resentful Orphan with him.

But if the Resentful Orphan was willing to cooperate, then the problem was huge, indicating that the Archbishop was really the ultimate big boss, and the Resentful Orphan itself also had problems. It wanted to take advantage of the current opportunity to get rid of the Archbishop.

The Resentful Orphan's mother's holy relic? That thing was picked up by Su Xiao on the way. He didn't believe his luck was so good that he just picked up a set of bones while walking away under the pretext of letting water go, and it happened to be the Resentful Orphan's mother's bones. That was impossible.

That skeleton wasn't the Resentful Orphan's mother's holy relic at all. There was no such coincidence in the world. The Resentful Orphan was just looking for a step down to reach cooperation with Su Xiao and Ciesl.

This meant that the Archbishop was really the ultimate big boss. As for how he used Okaz, Gru, etc., and Azaz's path of redemption, this was all Su Xiao's narration with the short Ciesl. Judging from the Resentful Orphan's reaction, the general direction of the deduction was correct. As for the deviation in details, it was still the same sentence: as long as the short Ciesl believed a part of it, Su Xiao's plan would be a success.

Thinking of these, Su Xiao quickened his pace. After entering the Redemption Church, the result would appear: four against one (Su Xiao's team vs. Ciesl, reason: Su Xiao's deduction was wrong), or five against one (Su Xiao's team + Ciesl vs. Resentful Orphan, reason: Su Xiao's deduction was more than 50% correct), or six against one (Su Xiao's team + Ciesl + Resentful Orphan vs. Archbishop, reason: Su Xiao's deduction was over 90% correct).

Moving quickly, Su Xiao arrived in front of the Redemption Church's gate. The Resentful Orphan beside him let out a low roar; it couldn't enter the Redemption Church.

"Smash the stone pillar; it no longer has any reason to exist."

The short Ciesl walked into the church with big strides. Seeing him walk over, the Saintess standing under the stone pillar bowed slightly, her expression not changing much.

The short Ciesl arrived under the stone pillar. Seeing the Immortal One's name on the stone pillar, he clenched his fists and swung a side punch at the stone pillar.

*Snap! *

Su Xiao grabbed the short Ciesl's arm, a small wave of air spreading. The short Ciesl turned his head to look at Su Xiao. There was confusion in his gaze, disbelief, and even a bit of bewilderment. At this moment, he understood everything.

"You, you bastard."

The short Ciesl stuttered a bit when speaking. He was both angry and somewhat happy.

The anger was because Su Xiao had been fooling him earlier. Whether the Archbishop was the planner of everything wasn't certain yet. The joy was that if the Archbishop wasn't the planner of everything, the Blacksmith would likely be fine. The Blacksmith's name was on the pillar of the alien god. As long as the Blacksmith was in the Redemption Church, the speed of being eroded by Ancient God power would be very slow.

"Open the stone crystal wall first."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. Ciesl didn't turn hostile directly; this was the most ideal result.

"Hmph."

The short Ciesl shook his arm and walked toward the stone crystal wall with big strides. He arrived in front of the stone crystal wall and pulled up the sleeve of his right arm. A metal ring was embedded on his right wrist.

Ciesl pressed his hand onto the stone crystal wall. Large patches of cracks appeared on the pitch-black wall, which then shattered with a *snap*.

A corridor over ten meters wide appeared ahead. On the left side of the corridor, a smelting furnace, forging table, etc., were placed.

*Clang, clang, clang~*

The sound of hammering iron came. The molten iron in the smelting furnace was red-hot, and a strong figure was standing in front of the forging table, hammering the red-hot iron bar, sparks splashing everywhere. It was the Blacksmith.

The Blacksmith's beard was very lush. Because he had been beside the smelting furnace for a long time, his skin was blackish-red, and those arms were exceptionally thick.

"Blacksmith, stop messing with your scrap metal."

Ciesl's pace wasn't too fast, but somewhat hurried. Meeting an old friend after a long time, his excitement was inevitable.

Hearing Ciesl's voice, the Blacksmith raised his head, his eyes meeting Ciesl's. Seeing the Blacksmith's eyes, Ciesl was like being struck by lightning, stopping his pace suddenly.

"Bastard, you really... 'guessed right'. Bastard!"

Ciesl stepped back step by step, because the Blacksmith's eyes were very turbid, and the skin on his face was cracked, with faint sparks flickering inside.

"You opened the stone crystal wall, right? Since you've passed the test, go see the Archbishop. He's waiting for someone like you. My time is running out, and the time I can stay clear-headed is also running out."

After the Blacksmith finished this sentence, he continued hammering. This was a lure. The second stone crystal wall couldn't be opened with Ciesl's bracelet; it needed to be opened with the Resentful Orphan's heart after killing it.

Of course, this might just be a statement. Killing the Resentful Orphan was the key. There was no need to bring the heart. At that time, the Archbishop would open the stone crystal wall from the inside.

The Blacksmith was here for only two reasons: to provide the information that killing the Resentful Orphan could open the second stone crystal wall, and to use the Ash Furnace to forge weapons for the person who came.

Seeing the Blacksmith's wooden expression, Ciesl's lips under the mask trembled. He took a deep breath, his gaze returning to normal.

"Archbishop, I'll dig up your pig mother!!"

Ciesl cursed angrily, black smoke rising from his body.

*Boom! *

A loud noise came from behind Ciesl. Fragments of the stone pillar splashed. Su Xiao stood beside the only remaining section of the stone pillar, the crystal layer on his forearm slowly peeling off.

With a *whoosh*, the Resentful Orphan rushed into the church, biting toward the Saintess's head.

*Zing. *

Blade light flashed, and the Resentful Orphan retreated sideways, those crazy eyes staring at Su Xiao.

"Solve the Archbishop first."

The Saintess was one of the people the Resentful Orphan wanted to kill. Su Xiao naturally wouldn't let the opponent have their way. The Resentful Orphan was temporarily an ally; after the Archbishop died, the Resentful Orphan would be the enemy.