Looking at the person who had turned around with a smile on their face, the Great Artisan God fell silent for a moment, his gaze carrying a hint of scrutiny.
“The trap you set was truly ingenious, Great Artisan God. But sacrificing so many of your own people… don’t you feel any guilt?”
Hearing Muxuan’s words, the Great Artisan God’s expression did not change in the slightest.
“No plan is perfect. At least this time, we won.”
His voice was very calm, as if nothing could affect him.
Then, the Great Artisan God slowly walked to a nearby pile of corpses and picked up the four black metal blocks from the ground.
“And, there were some unexpected gains… weren’t there?”
Muxuan didn’t speak.
The Lightforce within her entire body began to surge, almost instantly—
As the Great Artisan God’s fist came hurtling towards her, the crosier in Muxuan’s hand also shot out violently.
With a sharp cry, the crosier flew up, and Muxuan’s figure split into four at that moment.
One of them heavily caught the crosier but was forced back nine steps by the immense force, letting out a muffled grunt.
Countless points of light materialized, all hurtling towards the Great Artisan God.
Seeing those points of light, the Great Artisan God’s expression tightened slightly, and then his heavy form abruptly vanished.
In just an instant, he bypassed the countless light points and directly destroyed two of Muxuan’s split figures.
The figures dissipated, and the crosier flew high into the air again.
The remaining two Muxuan figures were just about to move when rock spikes suddenly shot up from beneath their feet, forcibly pushing them apart.
A steel hammer appeared from nowhere in the Great Artisan God’s hand, and he threw it with great force.
It shot towards the crosier with a tearing sound through the air.
BOOM!
A massive explosion sounded.
Lightforce surged from the crosier’s phantom form, transforming once more into countless arrows of light that shot towards the Great Artisan God.
The Great Artisan God’s body jolted heavily, a flash of seriousness appearing in his eyes, but it was mostly disdain.
With a rumbling roar, the ground shook, and a rock wall shimmering with a metallic sheen instantly erupted from the earth, standing between him and the light arrows.
The dense light arrows deeply embedded themselves into the rock wall, emitting dull thudding sounds.
The Lightforce reacted violently with the rock, exploding into countless fragments of stone and light.
But no matter how hard the light arrows tried, they could not break through the rock wall to injure the Great Artisan God.
Watching her final figure also pierced by the rock spikes, Muxuan’s eyebrow twitched.
The hidden crosier reappeared in her hand.
Her power was already nearly depleted, and the Great Artisan God was a peak Mohorovicic-level powerhouse.
She simply couldn’t contend with him.
“Haven’t you tested enough?”
Muxuan’s voice was very low.
Even knowing the Great Artisan God wasn’t using his full strength, it was clearly beyond her ability to handle.
She really didn’t want to be hit by the Great Artisan God’s fist.
That would definitely hurt like hell.
Hearing Muxuan’s words, the Great Artisan God finally stopped his movements.
He juggled the four black metal blocks in his hand, his expression serious.
“Then do you know what you’re doing?”
“What?”
Looking at the Great Artisan God, Muxuan was momentarily confused.
“Isn’t this coming to help? Aside from wanting to confirm a few things, I really am here to help.”
Seeing Muxuan’s puzzled expression, the Great Artisan God simply turned his head and walked towards the direction covered by the dark red torrent near the “Heart of Molten Fire.”
“No need to play dumb. You should understand the consequences this could lead to.”
“The Lightforce on you is indeed pure, but how long can you last?”
As the Great Artisan God’s somewhat heavy voice reached her, Muxuan immediately understood his meaning.
“And what is the Great Artisan God implying?” Muxuan looked at his back and couldn’t help but retort.
The Light Church she had rebuilt was indeed a conspicuous, obstructive presence in this world covered by the Black Mist and eroded by Corruption.
But so what?
Since she had inherited the position of Pope, there were some things she simply had to do.
“No… I just want to know if the Church has established a Saintess yet.”
Having said that, the Great Artisan God said no more and plunged directly into that dark red torrent.
The dark red torrent seemed endless, even now, still continuously flowing from the cliff wall.
The nearby lava river had long since mingled with this dark red torrent, emitting an unbearable high temperature.
Upon hearing the Great Artisan God’s final sentence, Muxuan’s expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant, and her hand gripping the crosier subconsciously tightened.
“Looking for the Saintess again…”
Muxuan thought of Lutherch’s words.
Almost all the remnant forces on the continent were searching for the Saintess… was it for the Heart’s Blood, or something else?
The Great Artisan God hadn’t shown malice towards her, more of a warning.
But that didn’t mean he harbored no ill intent towards the Saintess.
Last time, just taking a bit of Heart’s Blood nearly killed her.
If the Great Artisan God was here for the Heart’s Blood…
However, he didn’t seem to have discovered she was the Saintess, and he showed no intention of further probing.
Muxuan hurriedly shook her head, dispelling that thought.
If he continued to probe, once the Lightforce within her body was exhausted, she wouldn’t be able to maintain her disguise.
Sighing, Muxuan reached up and touched her smooth, round little face, which was already covered in a fine layer of sweat.
“Damn it, why do I feel like I’m the Tang Monk’s flesh, something everyone wants a bite of…”
The main problem was, she didn’t even have three disciples to protect her!
Feeling somewhat helpless in her heart, Muxuan also slowly walked to the edge of the dark red torrent.
Lightforce once again covered her entire body, and then she slowly stretched her hand into it.
“Huh?”
Somewhat unexpectedly, after her hand went in, it felt like she touched nothing.
Hesitating for a moment, Muxuan walked directly in.
When the scene before her suddenly opened up, and she saw the Great Artisan God not far away, along with Theodore and Qiansitelin, Muxuan’s heart gave a slight jolt of surprise.
She had indeed been somewhat worried about Theodore and Qiansitelin’s safety.
Qiansitelin being with Theodore naturally meant she was safe.
But the moment the Great Artisan God appeared, Muxuan had felt relieved—no matter how she thought about it, the Great Artisan God wouldn’t let anything happen to Theodore.
But Muxuan hadn’t expected the scene behind this torrent to be like this—
A massive platform floating in the air, with countless streams of magma flowing down from all around.
Was it spatial transference, or something else?
Muxuan couldn’t judge, but she was certain this was the core part of the Wonder Building, the “Heart of Molten Fire.”
Seeing Muxuan had also entered this place, the Great Artisan God slowly turned around, a trace of poorly concealed surprise in his eyes, but his voice remained low.
“So… has the Church truly established a Saintess or not?”
He had already sensed the Lightforce within Theodore’s body.
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