Chapter 1860: The Prophecy of God

Hulse's eyes had turned pure black, devoid of pupils, and his entire face carried an eerie aura.

His power originated from the Dark Abyss; even while maintaining the image of an Angel, he could not function without the power of the Dark Abyss.

Chen Yu let out a sharp shout, his left hand tracing a void in mid-air, and a black-and-white Taiji appeared.

He gripped Lichen in his right hand and thrust it forward in a sword strike.

Hum— The sword pierced through the Taiji, and in an instant, all things in heaven and earth shuddered.

A massive Yin Yang Fish appeared, completely covering the cave, while countless Sword Lights swirled, shrouding the image of the Angel.

The Angel let out a roar of fury and unwillingness, then shattered with a boom, turning into trails of light across the sky.

Pfft... A mist of blood exploded from Hulse's body, and his thin, frail frame fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

He gasped violently, his throat rattling like a bellows; his internal organs could not withstand the erosion of the Dark Power, and combined with the backlash of his own strength, his internal organs were almost entirely destroyed.

As he was now, he was merely lingering on in a desperate attempt to survive.

"Even a powerful Angel is nothing more than an illusion. You have only learned a smattering of the divine prophecy; your own power is insufficient to drive Divine Power." Chen Yu slowly sheathed Lichen.

"You are a Cultivator from the East?" Hulse struggled to stand up, then raised his head to stare at Chen Yu: "No wonder the aura radiating from you is so powerful."

"This has nothing to do with my identity. We in Huaxia have a saying: evil cannot triumph over good. Your actions have already caused you to lose your humanity, so your defeat was inevitable. Even if I hadn't come, someone else would have dealt with you."

Chen Yu took a step forward, his powerful presence exerting immense pressure on Hulse: "Now, do you have anything else to say?"

"I am defeated; there is nothing to say. I was already a discarded pawn of the Pope to begin with. Having lingered on for so long, I have already profited." Hulse chuckled, struggling to lift his head to look at Chen Yu: "But I did not expect a Cultivator to interfere in this matter."

"I have no desire to interfere in your messy affairs; it is you who affected me, so I could not sit idly by." Chen Yu said: "Where is that girl?"

"She should be locked in the stone cave behind; rest assured, she is still alive." Hulse caught his breath and murmured: "Actually, I didn't want to do such heinous things either; my original intention was not to harm people."

"But if I didn't do this, I would have been assigned to guard Purgatory forever, with no hope of ever getting ahead."

"You don't need to find excuses for your actions, because no matter the reason, it cannot change the fact that you are a heinous scoundrel." Chen Yu said: "Perhaps the higher-ups of the Pope have other intentions for obtaining Dark Power."

"But unfortunately, you are the executor. Although you are far less detestable than the planners, you are the one who directly pointed the butcher's knife at these ordinary people, so you deserve to die all the more."

"Perhaps, I deserve to die." Hulse let out a long sigh, sat down, and calmed his mood: "Young man, I didn't expect you to accompany me on my final journey. Can you chat with me for a while?"

"Fine." Chen Yu sat on the ground: "Having harmed so many children, do you not feel even a shred of guilt in your heart?"

"Guilt?" Hulse laughed: "I have dealt with those Dark Creatures in Purgatory for so long that my heart was corroded long ago."

"How could I still understand what guilt is? A person who has been in Purgatory for a long time is no different from a devil."

"Is this how you evaluate yourself?" Chen Yu sighed slightly: "When you joined the Pope back then, your ambitions were not this, were they?"

"Of course, when I was young, I was also full of hot blood. I wanted to save the world and cleanse all the sins in this world, but I never imagined that I would eventually become the source of evil myself," Hulse murmured.

"Do you feel it's unfair?" Chen Yu asked.

"Unfair. The higher-ups of the Pope can control a person's destiny or even their life and death at will. They stand high above, acting recklessly in the name of the gods."

Hulse shook his head and pointed at himself: "And I, carrying a heart full of piety, was eventually assigned to Purgatory and ended up falling into darkness."

"If you could do it all over again, would you still serve the Pope?" Chen Yu looked at him with some sympathy.

"If I could do it all over again, I would choose not to come into this world at all." Hulse slowly shook his head and said: "All living beings suffer; to be born into this world is to suffer. So if I could do it all over again, I would not come to this world."

"To be able to say such things shows that you have reached a state of great enlightenment." Chen Yu nodded slowly: "Very well, I will see you off."

"Thank you. The girl you are looking for is still there; she is locked in the stone chamber in the back. Take her away from here, far from the Pope." Hulse raised his head to look at Chen Yu: "Please settle the other children for me, but you must know that the Pope will not let this go."

"Without me, they will send others to take over my work. I know these people too well; the things they want to do, they will persist in doing."

"Fine, I understand, but I'm afraid they won't be able to do it even if they want to. This place is nothing more than a passage to the Dark Abyss. Using the flesh and blood of children as a sacrifice here captures the Dark Power of the Dark Abyss." Chen Yu said: "Destroy this passage, and nothing else will happen."

"What you say is also a solution. If you can destroy this place, then destroy it; otherwise, more people will suffer," Hulse said.

"Your Pope, don't they believe in the Lord? They and the Dark Power are irreconcilable enemies. What exactly are they capturing so much Dark Power for?" Chen Yu asked, puzzled. This was something he had always wondered about.

"In recent years, Faith Power has become less and less, because many people no longer believe in the Lord." Hulse said: "With less Faith Power, the Divine Power fed back by the Lord is less and less. Although Dark Power is evil, it is still power..."

"The power the Pope controls is already strong enough. What else do they want to obtain?" Chen Yu's brows locked tightly together. He vaguely felt that there must be a conspiracy involved, but he could not say exactly what it was.

"Not enough, far from enough. They want to compete with the secular world, compete with Dark Creatures, and compete with the major sects of the world. Moreover, human nature is greedy; people are never satisfied with their current situation, so they will find ways to obtain power from other places."