The headquarter of the Celestial Church was a floating domain located above the Holy Continent's highest mountain at more than fifty thousand meters of alt.i.tude. Therefore, the Tower's light screen didn't reach it.
However, the legions of disciples and priests that occupied the mountain range were now cut from the headquarters. Or more precisely, cut from the leaders.h.i.+p of the Divine Rank Experts.
At first, when the Tower's light screen ejected them all from the Holy Continent, the Celestial and Infernal Elders believed Konrad's words exaggerated. But following a brief a.n.a.lysis of the screen, they realized the seriousness of the situation.
"An Anti Divine Power ward. Without the caster's permission, anyone with divine power cannot step inside. Hateful! Incomparably hateful!"
The leading church elder exclaimed while slapping his thigh. And though the Celestial Church was the one suffering the harshest slap of face, the Infernal Cult elders couldn't take pleasure in their nemesis' misfortune. They went in to rescue captives and were exiled from the land in a single blow.
Now, Bayiz and the third elder's son's fates remained within that lunatic's hands. What was there to gloat about?
Meanwhile, Konrad's words still echoed within their minds. The third elder, in particular, could barely restrain himself.
"In three days, your juniors will be executed before the public. But in the meantime, they will be flayed one piece at a time, until only the meat beneath their skin remains."
Whether that so-called Mortal Avatar of the One True G.o.d was a madman, or not, fact remained that he now held the initiative, and if left unchecked, was free to do as he saw fit.
Reminiscing the sight of his son's charred body and imagining him getting flayed before a public of mortal ants, the third elder could no longer contain his emotions.
"Boy, don't lose yourself in complacency! Although your screen prevents Divine Rank experts from stepping into the Holy Rank, while maintaining it, you can't use the tower for anything else!
Meanwhile, our two factions each possess more than one-hundred Star Fusing Saints, three-hundred Star Manifesting Saints, and five-hundred Star Connecting Saints.
To say nothing of the dozens of Quasi-Sages, puppets, and legions of troops! Meanwhile, we can command the Barbarian Continent's tens of millions of soldiers to coordinate with us and lay waste on the Holy Continent!
With your cultivation alone, do you really think you can stop us all? If you know what's right for you, turn the hostages into s.h.i.+elds and sue for peace!"
