Red Cardinal Nero led the entire Eden Army and prayed before they departed.
Until this moment.
Only now did everyone realize how deep the Eden Army's foundation was.
They had always thought that it had completely fallen. Who would have thought that the Eden Army would undergo such a drastic change in their home field? Other than Red Cardinal Nero, Flag Bearer Arius, Silver Spoon Sage John, and the others whom Lin Dong knew, there were also three cardinals of similar status as Nero and five priests dressed in white robes. Behind them stood close to thirty Cardinal Deacons.
Any one of these people was no weaker than Phillip.
As for the Guardian Knights who had reached the strength of a Grade A.
There were a hundred of them.
They wore ancient armor and held all kinds of cold weapons. They stood in a square formation behind the Cardinal Deacons.
"So many powerful people!" Griffon felt his teeth aching. If he did not use the genetic serum, he would not even be qualified to be a soldier in the Eden Army.
"Not only that, there are more!" Jonathan signaled Griffon to look to the other side.
On the other side were the Ascetics, Hermit Order, Charity Order, Female Cultivator Sacred Path Society, Light Sacred Path Society, and other special existences that were inseparable from the Eden Army. In theory, these people were also members of the Eden Army. However, they were like the second son, third son, fourth daughter, fifth daughter, and sixth son of a family. They had already become independent.
The Ascetics were led by their mentor Vergil and Amon.
This was a group of ascetics who were not interested in power struggles, money, and curtailed their hobbies. Together with their disciples, there were about twenty of them.
There were slightly more people from the Hermit Cultivators Sect, close to 40 of them. Each of them had a large cloak draped over their bodies, some of them even used a mask to hide their faces. The Hermit Order formed their own system. Obviously, they were not on the same page as Nero and the rest of the Eden Army. Their relationship could be said to be harmonious on the surface but not on the inside. It was said that the founder of the Palace of Darkness was a branch of the Hermit Order. Of course, this was only a rumor. No one could verify the truth of what happened a thousand years ago.
The Charity Order had a close relationship with the Eden Army. They were inseparable, but they had different responsibilities.
Throughout the world, the Salesians are responsible for the education of women and children.
In recent times, the main targets have been orphans, refugees, or the unusual.
Their leader was an old man dressed in a black robe with a ruby and diamond cross hanging around his neck. His hair was white, but his face was ruddy and he was in good spirits. His smiling eyes revealed a kind of sharp light when he opened and closed them.
Beside him stood two well-dressed middle-aged women whose ages could not be discerned.
Griffon sized him up carefully.
Griffon did not know any of the three leaders of the Salesian Order, but he could sense that all three of them were top-notch experts at Philip's level, especially the old man. Griffon felt that the old man was a cut above Philip, and it was hard to tell who was stronger than the Chief Inquisitor Thomas, the Eye of God.
"Hilario, one of the two leaders of the Salesian Order, and also the Grand Priest of the Eden Army!" Philip naturally knew who this old man was.
"I've also heard of this person, but I've never seen him in person. I'm more familiar with the other leader, Robert." Big Ivan could also recognize who this leader of the Salesian Order was.
"Look!" Jonathan gestured to Griffon to look from another angle.
"It's that guy!" Griffon found that there was another group of people in the Sacred Dao Society of Female Cultivators, who were wearing gray cloaks and keeping a low profile.
Most of them were dressed in white or black robes, and standing in front of them was the mysterious person who was born with a spirit-awakened body and unfathomable combat power. Today, she was dressed a little differently from last time. She was wearing a large black cloak embroidered with a strange pattern of silver threads, and her face was covered with a simple mask that seemed to be made of gold and wood.
As if she saw Jonathan and Griffon spying on her, the mysterious person turned around and stared hard at them with her beautiful big eyes.
Jonathan, Griffon, Remiga, and Don Quixote, Panza, Barton, Redondo, and the others beside them.
All of them felt as if they had been punched in the nose.
Their faces hurt.
Standing next to the mysterious person was an old woman wearing a white robe, her face full of benevolent smile.
She turned around and smiled at Griffon and the others. She lightly drew a cross in the air with her hand holding a short cane, and then used her other hand to stroke the air, as if she was trying to soothe the pain of a patient.
Griffon and the others felt the pain in their faces lessen by more than half.
Immediately, they looked at each other in shock.
This.
Another spirit-awakened body?
Fortunately, this was a modern society. If it was in ancient times, people would probably think of her as a saint who was ordered by the Lord to descend to the earth to save the people!
"That's the Light Spirit Lady of the Sacred Dao Society of Light, don't be rude!" Philip was startled by Jonathan and the others' actions. This Light Spirit Lady's status was above Nero's, second only to the Pope who didn't appear. Being disrespectful to her would make all her followers spurn her.
"Children love to mess around, I apologize!" The old woman's attitude was very humble, and she nodded to Philip in apology.
"We don't dare, we were too rash!" Philip hurriedly bowed to the old woman.
"I feel that she, along with the two low-profile monks who quietly stand among their companions, an elder of the Hermit Cultivators Guild, and a Cardinal Deacon who is most likely the Pope in disguise, can be considered the Eden Faction's Five Experts. Moreover, they are the Five Experts who far surpass their companions. Strictly speaking, Nero and the other red-robed archbishops aren't even in the top ten. The Eden Army is indeed filled with experts, no wonder the Darkness Palace still has to keep a low profile despite being so powerful! " Ye Qianru's senses were different from Griffon's and the others'. She could clearly sense the strength of everyone present.
"Not only are these five powerful, they should also have treasures on them!" Senior Sister Yun Jiyu didn't know that foreign treasures were called Sacred Artifacts, but she could sense that many people in the Eden Army had treasures with different powers.
"They should be from the Holy Land." Qianjun nodded.
"Why are you looking at me?" Lin Dong didn't say anything, so everyone looked at him to see if he had anything to add. Lin Dong waved his hand.
"Stingy!" Ye Qianru knew that Lin Dong must have sensed much more than she did, but he refused to say anything, so she gave up on the idea. Perhaps he felt that if the truth was revealed, this expedition would be very boring!
Qianjun saw that there was another group of people coming from behind.
It wasn't anyone else.
It was Hussain, the Little Prince who had brought the lion to Dong Mountain to cultivate young fans. Wasn't he having fun?
Why did he come here to suffer?
Besides.
The tycoon prince's religious beliefs were completely different!
Only the heavens knew how he had managed to communicate with the Eden Army. The most shocking thing was that not only had he come, he had also invited Xing Qianren to be his guard captain. Standing behind Xing Qianren were ten other members of the special forces.
Qianjun dared say that if there was any danger, these special forces would be the first to protect Lin Dong, and not Hussain, the Little Prince.
"Why are you here?" Qianjun snorted as he arrived before Xing Qianren.
"I, uh, came to earn some extra money!" Xing Qianren and the special forces behind him didn't need to be said. Qianjun knew that Elder Yan was definitely worried about the lack of manpower, so he had agreed to arrange a special forces team for Hussain, the Little Prince, as bodyguards. In reality, their true purpose was to protect Lin Dong. The Little Prince, Hussain, was no fool. Besides hiring a special forces team with a high salary, he had also invited Xing Qianren to be his guard captain to further ensure his safety.
With Xing Qianren around.
As long as The Little Prince, Hussain, didn't court death, there would most likely not be any danger.
Of course, if they encountered an enemy that even Xing Qianren couldn't handle, The Little Prince, Hussain, reckoned that the entire expedition team would be more or less wiped out. At that time, the best course of action would be to cling tightly to Lin Dong.
In truth, throughout the entire journey, The Little Prince, Hussain, had no intention of staying more than fifty meters away from Lin Dong.
Whether or not the underground journey would be dangerous, or whether or not someone would die, he didn't know.
But staying by Brother Mu's side was definitely the safest.
"Be careful. If you want to return alive, stop trying to be a hero!" Qianjun didn't have much ill will towards his brother anymore, but he still didn't forgive him verbally.
"If there's really a monster you can't handle, then bring your team to our side!" With that, Qianjun turned and left, returning to stand by Lin Dong's side.
"We will!" Why had The Little Prince, Hussain, asked Xing Qianjun to be his guard captain? Apart from Xing Qianren's formidable battle prowess, the more important reason was that Xing Qianren was Qianjun's brother. Even if she was usually cold and unwilling to forgive him, if they really met with danger, she definitely wouldn't sit idly by!
The prayer ended.
Cardinal Nero had each team's guide pass on the message.
The guides in charge of guiding Lin Dong's team, Joao, Luca, and Marck, came over and quietly indicated that the team was about to depart, and that if they had any needs, they could mention it in time.
"We've prepared two backpacks for each member of the expedition, one big and one small. Inside, there's a variety of survival necessities and medicine. Apart from that, we've also provided a small number of weapons. If you have any additional needs after checking, you can also mention them. If we can satisfy them, we'll definitely give priority." Joao led Lin Dong's team to a pile of boxes. Then, he let the service staff standing in front of the boxes open them and distribute backpacks and weapons to everyone.
"Great God, I …" Griffon fought to carry Lin Dong's backpack.
"No need, we have plenty of people!" Fang Yizhi was determined not to give him the chance to flatter. You want to show your face? Sorry, let's do it first!
"It's alright, I'll carry it after we've collected the spoils of war inside!" Griffon wasn't worried. So what if they had more people? No matter how many people there were, could they carry the entire Holy Land home? He had to conserve his strength first and show it at the important moment later.
"You carry it for us!" Fox and Enoko Kazama suddenly passed their backpacks to Griffon.
"Don't you have subordinates?" Griffon was furious. Even if they were bullying honest people, they shouldn't be like this.
"Not carrying it?" Fox raised his eyebrows. "Are you sure?"
"Zhizi suddenly feels like hitting someone. What should we do?" Enoko Kazama lowered her hand. Griffon reckoned that if she raised her hand again, he would definitely be in trouble.
"Isn't it just four backpacks? Don't you know that I, Griffon, don't lack strength the least? " Griffon knew better than to fight when the odds were against him. He immediately carried Fox and the others' backpacks. In any case, he would just treat it as doing a good deed. Who knows, he might even get a good evaluation from Great God Kami! Jonathan, who was standing at the side, rolled his eyes. Griffin, where's your stand?
"Let's, let's all carry a few more!" Don Quixote didn't think it was a big deal to carry a few more backpacks. After all, he had plenty of strength. As long as he brought more necessities, he would be more prepared for the expedition.
"No problem!" Joao originally wanted to say that each person could only carry two, but after thinking that there was an extra backpack, he didn't mind if these guys wanted to carry more.
The backpacks were checked.
Joao asked the service staff to bring weapons.
These weapons were all cold weapons. Knives, spears, swords, halberds, bows and arrows.
Lin Dong directly ignored these things. Senior Yun Jiyu also waved her hand and said no. Qianjun and Ye Qianru each chose a tiger-tooth dagger and two crescent-shaped curved swords as temporary weapons. Fang Yizhi and the others did not dare to be negligent. This was different from the last time they fought the Alien Lizard. This time, Lin Dong allowed them to use weapons. If they didn't, they would be idiots!
"Why are there no guns?" Griffon was a little puzzled. Could it be that the Eden Army's Holy Land was the same as Purgatory, where cold weapons were ineffective?
"The Law of Gunpowder is ineffective in the Holy Land!" Joao explained.
"Uh …" Even someone as careless as Griffon realized that the Holy Land had some kind of relationship with Purgatory. Maybe they were connected, but the distance was too far, so the Eden Army and the Palace of Darkness had never encountered each other.
Red Archbishop Nero was the first to set off.
Griffon asked Joao while there was still time, "Have you entered the Holy Land before?"
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