Chapter 1078 Holy Book

Millions of tons of light plummeted.

The ground was shattered by dazzling streamers. Long Qi, who had gathered the mental locks of the Holy Tribunal legion, invoked a deity. The god's sword pierced into the snowy wilderness, the flowing light like a waterfall, stirring up ten thousand zhang of waves.

The clamor of the entire world was pierced by an arrow.

Gu Shen loosened his string.

A wisp of black light shot out.

The divine sword was penetrated by a black, straight line of destruction, shooting from the ground to beyond the firmament. The divine statue's brow was also torn apart.

With the blessing of Achilles' Heel.

Gu Shen captured the "weakness" of this giant statue in just 0.1 seconds and shot through it!

Accompanying the rupture of the brow.

The massive statue of light began to crack. The waterfall of radiance washed over the earth, the false statue collapsing and disintegrating—

"Rumble rumble!"

Amidst the world's tremor, Gu Shen stood with his bow lowered.

In fact, he had an even better solution.

That was to aim the Extinguishing Candle at Long Qi, who was shielded by the domain.

The simplest and most direct way to break this kind of false "divine invocation" was to kill the original owner!

In a true "divine descent," the original owner would briefly transform into a god.

In this situation, even Achilles' Heel wouldn't have a good solution and could only engage in a hard confrontation.

But this false "divine invocation" was different. Long Qi himself was the biggest weakness.

No matter what means were used to assist, the most significant reliance of an extraordinary being was always themselves.

If they weren't strong enough, even if they invoked a real god, it would be to no avail.

This was also why the God Throne was especially careful in selecting apostles.

If the chosen apostle was weak, then even the time they could bear the "divine descent" would be shorter than others.

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Gu Shen smoothly completed his goal—

With that arrow just now, he had a full conceptual understanding of the trump card, Truth.

The Extinguishing Candle was still the Extinguishing Candle.

After eliminating the devil, the power of Truth wasn't diminished.

But after using the Ruler, he always felt a touch of "gloom" in his heart.

The ominousness had increased.

And the amount of increase was more than ever before!

This was the price that needed to be paid for using forbidden items.

Previously, Gu Shen had only used the Extinguishing Candle to kill fourth-tier beings. At that time, the power that the Ruler could exert wasn't as terrifying as it was now.

The essence of weapons like the Extinguishing Candle was that they shattered the rules of the material world.

Not to mention a god-level added domain like Achilles' Heel.

Drawing the bow and firing an arrow required a large amount of mental energy, and in addition to that, one needed to bear a large amount of karma.

"The price to be paid for using the Extinguishing Candle in the real world is much greater than in the spirit world."

Gu Shen had previously fought with the devil and fired the bow in succession.

He felt quite relaxed.

As for now...he was confident that he could draw the bow continuously, and his mental sea could definitely support this operation, but the subsequent "disaster" backlash would probably be no simple matter.

"It's best not to use this trump card unless absolutely necessary."

Gu Shen slowly exhaled a long breath.

At this moment, the snowfield was completely silent.

As the Xiang Zhu's domain was shattered by the Extinguishing Candle, Long Qi's greatest reliance was destroyed. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and his entire person's spirit withered to the extreme.

And those members of the Holy Tribunal who willingly offered a wisp of spirit and transmitted it to the Xiang Zhu also suffered a backlash!

"Swish—"

Gu Shen raised his hand and waved, and his Pure Land took over the situation.

Sporadic gunshots also froze on the snowfield.

Azure frost covered everything.

He walked slowly, and everywhere he passed, members of the Holy Tribunal froze into ice sculptures.

Finally, Gu Shen arrived in front of Long Qi.

This seventh elder of the temple raised his head with difficulty. His face was as pale as paper. After the Xiang Zhu was shattered, he was the one who suffered the greatest backlash.

The Extinguishing Candle directly shot at the weakness, connecting to his mental sea.

Long Qi's mental sea had already cracked. Even if Gu Shen didn't make a move, he wouldn't live long.

The glowing pupils of blazing fire had become incomparably dim, and they no longer had the power they had before.

"Don't be in such a hurry to kill me..."

"I...before I die, I have last words..."

He took the initiative to speak, begging Gu Shen not to rush to act.

Gu Shen looked at Long Qi expressionlessly.

This seventh elder of the temple opened his mouth with a miserable smile and asked, "Are you an apostle of the Underworld King? A disciple? Or...a successor?"

"..."

There was no way Gu Shen could answer this kind of question.

He knew that Guang Ming City had many ghostly tricks, and the "divine invocation" just now had already exceeded his imagination.

At this moment, he wasn't sure what the consequences would be if he took off the ghost mask.

So there was definitely no way he could give a response.

What if Long Qi could send this answer back to West Continent...

That would be terrible.

"Alright..."

Long Qi saw the狰狞 ghost mask respond with silence, and he understood what was going on. So he didn't continue to pursue the question, but just smiled softly and murmured, "The 'darkness' on your body is too frightening. I've never seen such black disaster in the temple in my entire life... All I can think of is the Underworld King's Fire."

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows.

"Regardless of whether you have anything to do with this fire, I can only assume...you are a member of the Underworld King."

Long Qi pressed his hands on his knees.

He said softly, "I want to gamble on whether you are a remnant believer of the 'Underworld King.'"

"Hmm?"

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

In the next moment, Long Qi's body burst into flames again. His mental sea completely burned. This titled being knew that his heart lake had been broken, so he simply stopped struggling and directly burned all of his spirit, only to unleash a moment of brilliance!

He succeeded.

Long Qi briefly became a sun.

The heat he emitted was so intense that even Gu Shen couldn't look directly at it—

In the burst of light and fire, Long Qi stretched out his palm, took out a page of yellowed paper, and just brushed it towards Gu Shen.

"Swish."

The yellowed paper made a crisp trembling sound, dancing in the wind.

Under Long Qi's mental guidance, this yellow paper locked onto Gu Shen, and countless brilliant lights enveloped Gu Shen.

Gu Shen frowned.

He felt an unprecedented attraction. In front of him, that piece of yellowed paper, containing all of Long Qi's spirit, seemed to have turned into a black hole. Although it emitted endless light, it also burst out with an irresistible suction force.

He actually had the illusion that he was facing the Jade Thumb Ring!

Gu Shen stood firmly with his feet. He grunted and forcibly resisted the suction force of the ancient paper.

The scene entered a stalemate—

Long Qi grinned.

He looked at Gu Shen sincerely and said the last sentence of his life.

"May the light be with you..."

As the words fell, those members of the Holy Tribunal who had traveled south with him and finally arrived at the ice sea ruins all cracked. Their bodies had originally only been frozen by the frost and snow of the Pure Land and had not yet threatened their lives.

But Long Qi's spirit had spread. He began to plunder the power of the members of the Holy Tribunal to add to this final contest of strength.

So they all became sacrifices!

Before Gu Shen could act, these members of the Holy Tribunal shattered one after another.

They became a part of the "light."

And these "lights" were burning on the yellowed paper.

Gu Shen squinted at the extremely hot, snow-white book hole for a long time.

Then he recognized this yellowed paper: "This is...the Holy Book?"

As the words "Holy Book" came out.

The smile on Long Qi's face froze. The last look in his life was incomprehension, confusion, and bewilderment.

He didn't know.

Why could the "ghost-masked man" in front of him recognize the Holy Book?

In his knowledge, the existence of the "Holy Book" was a secret among secrets!

Even in the temple, only a few people were qualified to know!

The Holy Book mission in the Sang Continent five years ago was abandoned halfway due to theft...so this thing didn't have a chance to appear in the public eye at all!

He still wanted to say something, but there was no chance. The burning of the mental sea led to his complete annihilation. The remaining paper that was flying and locking onto Gu Shen, drawing a large amount of holy light spirit, began a transformation of faith.

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After recognizing the "Holy Book," Gu Shen understood the meaning of Long Qi's last words.

Long Qi knew he had already lost.

So Long Qi decided to gamble...

At the cost of burning all of his spirit, he would have the Holy Book transform him. If he won the bet, then even if the Holy Tribunal was completely wiped out, the temple would still be the ultimate victor.

Because his faith would be grafted onto the seat of the God of Light.

It was a pity that Long Qi lost the bet.

Countless holy light spirits swallowed Gu Shen. After recognizing the Holy Book, Gu Shen didn't continue to resist. He accepted the baptism of these holy lights with a calm expression.

"Rumble..."

The sound of wind and snow gradually lessened, the light gradually extinguished, and finally the plain returned to silence.

The remaining paper burned all of its spirit and slowly fell.

Nothing happened.

The Light Church paid a huge price. Long Qi burned everything he had, including everything those members of the Holy Tribunal had...The plain was full of withered bones. After burning their bodies for the light, there was no way to leave even a complete skin. These members of the Holy Tribunal had all become scorching hot ashes.

However, Gu Shen hadn't planned to bring them into the Pure Land anyway.

These members of the Holy Tribunal could die if they died...

Dying at the hands of Long Qi saved him the trouble of doing it himself.

"Sorry, in a sense, I should be considered a staunch 'atheist'..."

Gu Shen looked at Long Qi, who had withered into a stone sculpture on the ground, and told a lukewarm joke.

The yellowed forbidden paper slowly fell to the ground.

Gu Shen squatted down, picked it up, and examined it. He confirmed that it was no different from the "Holy Book" he had obtained. It was also written with obscure ancient texts from the Old World.

"This kind of forbidden item that transforms faith has no effect on faith itself."

He turned his hand and put away the Holy Book.

He had known five years ago that Guang Ming City wanted to use the Holy Book to carry out a large-scale faith harvest. He didn't expect Guang Ming City to not have given up on this in the past five years.

There was more than one of these remnants of paper.

They should all be called the Holy Book, and when torn open separately, they also had the power to transform faith.

Gu Shen stroked his chin.

If Long Qi hadn't reminded him, he probably would have had to wait a while longer to remember that in the "spiritual black room" of his Pure Land, there was a pitiful unlucky guy, and a tattered old paper, undergoing endless scorching and torment.

Five years ago.

The shadow of Guang Ming City was killed by him, and his spirit was also detained in the Pure Land.

Gu Shen asked about the usage of the Holy Book.

At that time, the shadow was a firm believer in the light. He would rather die than speak...

It was a pity that he ran into the Underworld King.

Dying was impossible.

Gu Shen threw the shadow and the Holy Book together into the spiritual black room, and this confinement lasted for a full five years. In order to ensure that the shadow had a quiet solitary environment, he also specially shielded the surrounding space of this small black room.

Later, because of the accident of the ice sea falling, Gu Shen was half-dead and unable to take care of himself.

He had already forgotten that there was such a black room.

But this was exactly what he had expected at the beginning.

First, lock him up, and then let him out after locking him up for a long time...

The shadow would spit out all the secrets.

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