Three golden arrows of light pierced through the darkness in an instant and pierced through the palm weaved by magic power, turning it into ashes in an instant.
Shortly after, the three light arrows stood erect at the corners of the altar, forming an equilateral triangle. Then, a dazzling light barrier connected in an instant, metamorphosing into a pyramid-like barrier that shrouded the fragments of the Death Shadow Gate within.
"Who is it?!"
Seeing that they were about to succeed, only to be intercepted halfway was definitely not a good feeling. Seeing this scene, Verona also shouted angrily. He raised his head and looked in the direction where the light arrows were released. Then, he saw more than a dozen light figures descending from the sky and rushing in their direction.
Looking at the figures, Verona couldn't help but widen his eyes in astonishment. He thought that the ones who stopped him were the damn undead creatures. But … who are they?
The Doomsday Believers were astonished. On the other side, Tilly's jaw dropped as she stared at the figures descending from the sky in disbelief.
Unlike Verona, Tilly immediately recognized the people of light who descended from the sky. They were members of the "Fairy and Treasure Chest" adventurer team.
However, unlike what Tilly remembered, the adventurers were clad in golden armor, wielding all sorts of weapons that she had never seen before, and emanating a dazzling, holy aura from head to toe. If it weren't for the fact that Tilly was familiar with each member's appearance, perhaps she wouldn't have imagined that her companions would appear before them in such a state.
"Leader …"
No matter what, it was always a joyous occasion to see her companions again.
That was why Tilly stood up hurriedly and tried to call out their names.
But before Tilly could scream, Zayen, who was next to her, pulled the young girl down and covered her mouth.
"Ugh … Ugh … Mr. Jenn?"
Faced with Zayen's sudden action, Tilly was startled. She instinctively struggled, then looked at Zayen in confusion, not understanding why he would stop her.
Noticing Tilly's gaze, Zayen just smiled and whispered in Tilly's ear.
"I advise you not to make any noise, Miss Tilly. They are no longer your companions. I'm sure that if you attract their attention, we will be in big trouble."
"W-Why?"
Upon hearing Jenn's words, Tilly was full of doubts. But she obediently lowered her body and asked.
Facing Tilly's question, Jenn answered quickly.
"Simple. Because they are no longer the people you know. Of course, in terms of appearance, they are no different from the companions you know. But that is only their appearance.
In terms of the inner soul, they have nothing to do with you. "
"This, I still don't quite understand …"
Tilly was still baffled by Jenn's answer. But at the next moment, Jenn's words woke her up immediately.
"You are the priest of the Silver Saintess, Miss Tilly. In that case, you should know what it means to be possessed by a holy spirit, right?"
"Possessed by a holy spirit!?"
Hearing this, Tilly was taken aback.
As a qualified priest, of course, Tilly knew what it meant to be possessed by a holy spirit.
Even though it was theoretically a long explanation, in fact, there was only one effect. Through devout prayers, the clergy could summon the emissary of the Sky Kingdom to descend to the mortal world in the form of a spiritual body and attach it to the body.
This could be considered an 'ultimate move' for the clergy because the holy spirit attached to the clergy would erupt with immense power. This situation usually only happened in battles against powerful demons or demon lords.
However, Tilly was filled with confusion deep in her heart.
"Why would Leader and the others …"
It wasn't surprising that Tilly would have such thoughts. Generally speaking, only the most devout believers could possess a holy spirit.
However, Tilly couldn't be clearer about the situation of the 'Fairies and Treasure Chests' adventurer team. Perhaps many of them had their own beliefs deep in their hearts, but they didn't have much respect for the gods.
Under such circumstances, how could they possibly summon a holy spirit to possess them?
"It's a forceful descent."
Jenn, who stood beside her, apparently saw through the doubts in Tilly's heart and gave his answer quickly.
As the son of a demon lord, Jenn definitely knew more about this than Tilly. In fact, the instant he saw the holy spirit adventurers, he had already guessed the cause and effect of the entire situation.
However, Tilly wasn't as knowledgeable as Jenn. On the contrary, when she heard Jenn's answer, her expression turned ashen instantly.
"How could this be …"
Forceful descent.
Of course, Tilly also understood the meaning of this word. The so-called forceful descent was a ritual that used the target as a sacrifice, sacrificing their souls and lives to summon the existence of another plane of existence.
Of course, in the main plane, it was usually the cultists who did this. Only they would capture unwilling living sacrifices and use their lives and souls as the price to summon the demon lord or other messy things.
As for the gods, they didn't need to worry so much. The reason was simple. In times of crisis, there would always be people who volunteered to step forward and sacrifice their lives for justice, fairness, or truth. So for the gods, they didn't need such means.
But judging from the current situation, perhaps' most of the time 'should be added.
"I knew there must be something wrong with the Mirror of the Sun. Now it seems like it's true. Those cultists came looking for the things below, but they didn't find the seal of the Mirror of the Sun above.
So after they touched the seal, the Mirror of the Sun was activated immediately.
And Leader Steve and the others were obviously very unlucky to be chosen by the Mirror of the Sun as a sacrifice for the holy spirit guarding the seal. "
"How could it be …"
Although she didn't want to believe Jenn's judgment, Tilly had to admit that what he said was true.
This made Tilly feel very sad. Since she was a child, Tilly had heard a lot of legends about the Nine Saints. In her heart, the gods were amiable, sacred, and inviolable, and gentle existences that protected every one of their people.
But now, everything that happened in front of her had subverted Tilly's long-held beliefs. The thought of those high and mighty gods doing such terrible things like the demons made Tilly feel sad and painful.
She used to believe that every god would treat their people gently and do everything for the sake of their people. But why would they do such a thing?
Ignoring the will of others and forcibly taking away their bodies and lives, wasn't this something that only the evil demon lords would do?
The Sun God, Amon, was one of the greatest gods among the Nine Saints. Why would he do this?
If Jenn knew what Tilly was thinking deep in her heart at this moment, he would definitely scoff at it.
Only humans would have the wishful thinking to think that the gods were definitely on their side, and that the demon lords were definitely here to destroy them.
In fact, to the gods and demon lords, humans were beings who could do whatever they wanted. To put it bluntly, humans were nothing more than toys placed on the sand table of the Klein Continent, and were fought over by the gods and demon lords. One said, "I like this toy, and I will place it at home. Leave it to me." The other said, "You will forget about it after two seconds at home. Leave it to me. I have a lot of dolls here, and it will be more fun to have them together."
Although both sides were fighting fiercely, without a toy, for both sides, at most, it was just another way of playing.
To put it bluntly, the reason why the gods were friendly to humans was that after they snatched the toys from the hands of the demon lords, they wanted to show the demon lords that "I will do what I say. I said I will take good care of this doll, and I will definitely take good care of this doll." Then, they would clean and mend it every day.
And when it came to a critical juncture, no god would be foolish enough to protect a bunch of toys with their own lives. It was more likely that it was the other way around.
Just as Tilly was in a dilemma, the battlefield below began to become chaotic.
Although there were restrictions from the Plane Constraint, the holy spirits who had obtained their bodies through forceful descent displayed great power. According to the classification of Jenn's dungeon, the adventurers who were originally only at the elite level were almost at the level of 3 Star, and they were even stronger than Elyse.
The one who possessed Steve seemed to be a sword-wielding Archangel, and his strength had reached the level of 4 Star Legendary.
However, the believers of the Doomsday Church that they were facing were not easy to deal with. The Doomsday Church was an existence that carried out "destruction plans" in various planes. In addition, those who could come here were the elites of the Doomsday Church, and the strength of both sides was almost the same.
The leader, Black Robe, was fighting with Steve. From the Black Robe, Zayen could also sense a powerful aura of dark magic. It seemed that he was an existence that belonged to a high-level demon from a plane in the Lower Realm.
Of course, it was not only the Doomsday Church and the guardian holy spirits who were fighting. The dark beasts that were suppressed once again were also restless at this moment. They did not care who the holy spirits were and who the cultists were. In the eyes of these dark beasts, anyone who trespassed into their territory was an enemy.
Soon, the dark demonic creatures condensed again and rolled over, launching an attack on both sides.
For a moment, the scene was extremely chaotic. The holy spirits had to protect the seal and repel the attacks of the dark beasts and cultists.
On the other hand, the Doomsday Church was here to snatch the seal, so there was naturally no reason for them to stop here.
As for the dark beasts, they did not care about anyone as long as they were all killed.
As for Jenn, he hid far away with Tilly and Ina to watch the show.
Now, he was even more certain that the fragment sealed here was not ordinary. Otherwise, there would be no need to use a sealing method like the holy spirit's possession — one must know that even when sealing certain demon kings, there was no need to use such a grand formation.
If one were to say that there was no problem with the fragment of the Door of Death, Jenn would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.
Now, Jenn was extremely glad that he was cautious enough. Otherwise, be it the holy spirits or the dark beasts, he would not be able to deal with them easily.
Not only that …
Thinking of this, Jenn raised his head and looked forward.
The bone-chilling coldness of death had gradually spread out without anyone noticing.