Chapter 148: The Black Goat of the Woods

As Ron spread his arms and roared, a large number of clergymen from the Church of Holy Blood emerged from the shadows.

Among them were many clergymen Silas recognized, including Priest Gael with his severed arm, Vice-Bishop Laurien, the Head Nun in charge of the warehouse, and even the instructors who had taught Silas combat training and marksmanship. Counting both clergymen and ordinary church personnel, there were over fifty people in total.

Colleagues who usually wore smiles and greeted warmly were now, with fanatical expressions, surrounding the Holy Blood Cathedral, their hands raised high. Their faces were filled with a bizarre fervor, their mouths wide open as they howled madly.

In the distance, Clausen and Luke were evenly matched, locked in a fierce and inseparable battle. Adeline, however, was struggling in her fight against the obese man.

This man's mystical power was electricity, and at this moment, he was wielding Bishop Ron's secret treasure: the Thunder Branch, making him very difficult to deal with.

Although water is an insulator, when summoned and contaminated with impurities, it turns into ice and is no longer an insulator. This put Adeline in a very passive position.

But Adeline was not anxious. She knew her mission was to keep these small fry occupied, awaiting His Holiness Pope's decision.

"Your Pope has already been crushed to death by Lord Ron, hasn't he? Do you still have any expectations of him?" the obese middle-aged man asked with a sneer, believing victory was already in his grasp.

Adeline responded calmly, "A lustful fat pig like you can probably only think two minutes ahead. You can't even comprehend what will happen two minutes and one second later, so naturally, you wouldn't understand my profound foresight."

"Just as rumored, truly sharp-tongued. I'll tear your mouth apart later. I hope you can still be so glib then!" The middle-aged man knew he couldn't out-talk Adeline, so he fell silent and began to attack fiercely.

While Adeline was in a tough battle, the chunibyo, perverted knight Virginia, along with Helles and Bernice, was on a winning streak, having now nearly wiped out the surrounding ghouls.

"Lord of Water who masters the profound nightmare, do you need our help?" Virginia asked Adeline, catching her breath.

Helles and Bernice pursed their lips, said nothing, and directly rushed up to attack the obese man.

"Hey! We are all future overlords; we should communicate more!" Virginia hurriedly ran up, carrying her greatsword.

Not far away, Luke looked at his wound-covered body and sighed helplessly, "Since neither of us can defeat the other, can we rest for a while and just put on a show? Your mission is just to hold me back, right? At worst, I won't make a move, alright?"

This proposal hit Clausen's sore spot. He nodded in agreement. "I think so too. With this time, it would be much better to hide in the kitchen, cook some dishes, brew a cup of coffee, and relax. Why must we fight to the death here?"

Luke pursed his lips. "I'm not interested in those two things. I prefer women, especially ladies who have been married for a few years and live alone in empty rooms."

Although their interests differed, the two surprisingly reached an agreement and simultaneously began to muddle through, just putting on an act, and instead started chatting.

"Why are you helping that kid? That kid, although somewhat special, isn't worth you helping him so much, right?" Clausen asked casually.

Luke thought for a moment and replied, "Have you heard his bell sound?"

"Bell sound?" Clausen looked taken aback, then said, "I don't like bell sounds. They remind me of some bad things from ancient times."

"Related to the extinction of the 'King'?" Luke's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he asked tentatively.

Clausen's expression instantly turned cold, as if he had become a different person. "Little fellow, your curiosity is too strong."

Luke hurriedly retreated, waved his hands, and said with a grin, "Don't get excited, I was just asking casually. Come on, let's continue to muddle through!"

Hearing "muddle through," Clausen instantly returned to normal and continued talking with a grin…

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle…

Suddenly, a deep and indescribable sound came from the black mud of the magic circle here.

At this moment, a pitch-black rift gradually appeared above the Holy Blood Cathedral.

That rift was as if the sky itself had cracked open. Through the rift, people could see countless twisted stars and nebulae within, and an indescribable, terrifying aura howled out from it, sweeping across the entire magic circle.

Ahhhhh!

The first to be affected were Ron's ordinary believers. The moment they felt this aura, their expressions instantly became extremely twisted, blood flowed from their seven orifices, their bodies contorted into frightening angles, and they curled up on the ground and died.

This aura was extremely terrifying. The moment the fighting crowd here was swept by it, everyone was scared and sprawled on the ground, their faces pale with lingering fear.

Looking up, they happened to see that deep, chillingly terrifying rift gradually enlarging, eventually occupying the entire sky above the city.

"Great Black Goat of the Woods!" Ron, on the ground, his eyes wide, roared with extreme fanaticism.

"Great Black Goat of the Woods!" Others followed suit, roaring as if they had already lost the constraints of Spirit Vision.

When that rift grew to its limit, countless black things descended from the sky and merged into the black mud on the ground.

It looked like a black waterfall flowing down from the sky into a lake on the ground.

As these black things flowed in, the surrounding Great Devouring Wyrms instantly became agitated, as if they had sensed something, something summoning them, something soothing them.

The black things flowed for about ten seconds and then suddenly disappeared as the red color of the magic circle in the sky faded.

It was as if a portal had lost its energy.

However, these ten seconds were enough.

With the infusion of the black substance, the black mud on the ground gradually solidified, as if transforming from liquid to solid.

Then, its volume gradually shrank, revealing countless disgusting black tentacles and ferocious mouths from within.

Those ferocious mouths, like those of goats, dripped with bizarre viscous fluid from their corners.

The enormous body gradually shrank, transforming into a deformed, disgusting monster covered in mouths and tentacles.

It looked like a disgusting monster piled up from countless octopus tentacles and goat mouths. Just looking at it instilled an indescribable fear that lingered in one's mind, constantly destroying people's reason and wisdom.

But at this moment, the original system of this entire space seemed to have completely collapsed. While everyone directly looked at this terrifying existence, they only felt fear and showed no signs of a surge in Spirit Vision or going mad.

"This is… this is!" Adeline stared at that thing, her eyes wide. All the knowledge in her mind churned, but she couldn't find a single thing that corresponded to it.

Luke and Clausen, who possessed stronger power, were shocked and their faces grave at this moment.

Because they gradually felt that the mysticism in their bodies was rapidly disappearing.

It wasn't that someone had absorbed their power, but that the rules of power in this space had been completely rewritten.

And the source was His descent!

Their knowledge was not suitable for this brand new space.

Maa, maa, meow, rawr…

Strange cries echoed throughout the entire space. However, due to the rewriting of the world's rules, when everyone heard these bizarre cries, they didn't feel much, only a slight dizziness.

Boom!

The moment that disgusting body completely solidified, a terrifying black shadow flashed past.

Instantly, the entire Holy Blood Cathedral completely collapsed and shattered.

It could be seen that that area was pitch black, and the only thing left was the solitary Holy Blood Library.

And from this angle, that Holy Blood Library seemed like a huge monster's head.

"Great Black Goat of the Woods! My great Lord, break the hypocrisy of this world and bestow upon us the knowledge to see through everything in the world!!" Ron roared fanatically.