"Holy Light is the power that purifies chaos and distortions and turns them into Order."
The power of Holy Light, which had risen to prominence in the last Holy War, received a new interpretation in this Holy War. In the Southern Sect's newest Holy Bible, the first pope who interpreted the Southern Sect's teachings directly abandoned the Holy Church's belief that Holy Power was blessed by God and that Holy Power was blessed by God. Instead, he used a simple and direct method to explain what Holy Light was.
"Holy Light itself is a type of incredibly powerful positive energy. Its core is purification, and its manifestation is the forceful transformation of chaos, distorted creations, energy, and existences into Order."
This explanation was closer to that of alchemists and mages. According to the first pope of the Southern Sect, Holy Light, which had previously been a divine item bestowed by the Gods, had become something ordinary enough to be researched. Even the audacious archmages had long since come to such a conclusion. However, ordinary devout priests and Holy Knight Holy Light had completely changed their worldview.
If this was a materialistic world of nature, this would probably be nothing more than a few different religions' doctrines. However, in this world where wills existed, many things would be different.
In the past, Holy Knight and Holy Light priests would only pray to the Gods and desire Holy Light's bestowments. That was why they would improve incredibly quickly after receiving Holy Light's bestowments. However, not understanding the Holy Light would also mean that their foundations would be shaky. No matter how powerful someone else's power was, it would still belong to someone else. After reaching a certain level, they would naturally be stuck unless they truly met a God's favorite and continuously received divine power.
When a certain prince obtained the title of Son of Holy Light, that was only because he miraculously reached Legend rank at the age of fourteen. The main reason why he was able to reach such a level was because of his unique understanding of Holy Light.
But now, the "Holy Light Salvation Incident in the Bardi Empire's Eastern Plains" caused countless Holy Light job class members to reconsider the definition of Holy Light. Believers of the "Pure Holy Light" religion had spread to every corner of the world. From Holy Light bestowed by the Gods to a special type of power, many mages were even beginning to research Holy Light, treating it as a type of pure special power.
Holy Light had fallen from grace. Perhaps this would affect the venerated status of Holy Light job class members and some Holy Light job class members, but it would have a profound effect on the overall usage of Holy Light.
In just the past seven years, when the shackles of thought were broken, it was as if a treasure trove of wisdom had been opened. With the tremendous number of Holy Light masters in this world to begin with, countless new Divine Arts and new technologies were created. This was the fact that the Holy Light theories resonated with each other, further breaking the shackles of thought, finally leading to a revolutionary change.
After all, sometimes, the furthest distance from the truth was the closest worship and wild belief. There were many things that weren't impossible or unthinkable, but rather, they didn't dare to think about it and wouldn't think about it …
At this moment, the City Amongst the Clouds had opened its own Shadow Canopy. In the sky garden on the top floor of the city, on the Ancient Tree of Life, many seeds were condensing.
The branches were covered in a golden radiance, and the roots and branches were like crystals. Liquid energy flowed within them, and the seeds were maturing rapidly. The crystal gradually expanded, and slowly pressed down on the branches.
"Seed of Holy Light …"
This wasn't an original spell of my own. It was a new Divine Art created by the Southern Church's priests in recent years. Fine, they copied it as well.
The principle behind this spell was Druil's Seed of Life. However, only the priests who had immersed themselves in the Holy Light for several decades would be able to fuse a spell from a completely different system into their own.
Although this spell was someone else's, I was probably the only one capable of using it to its full potential.
"After all, I have a second-generation Ancient Tree of Life here. This is a top-level item that even the Kingdom of the Elves doesn't have many!"
"How did you get it?"
"I stole it!"
I had a proud expression as I gave her a thumbs-up. Considering my relationship with the Elven Kingdoms (the Elven Kingdoms), I didn't feel any pressure at all about stealing from them.
Although the silly cat seemed like she didn't care, she was actually the one who told me the Ancient Tree of Life's location and how to enter the forbidden area. As long as she could see "those ungrateful bastards with long ears" suffer misfortune, this former Elven Princess would be more enthusiastic than anyone else, even if she was also a forest long ear.
At this moment, this incredibly rare second-generation Ancient Tree of Life was displaying its astonishing power. A tremendous amount of Holy Light energy was poured into it, and numerous Holy Light crystals started forming on its branches.
"47%, 46%, 44%. We're already below the danger level. Should we continue?"
"Let me know when it reaches 30%. We need to keep at least 10% of our energy reserves."
Even though we were using the Winged Tribe's floating city, we still had to pay an additional price for overloading our equipment and facilities. 20% of our energy reserves wasn't even enough to keep Yongye City afloat and defend against the sky.
A tremendous amount of energy was being converted into the power of Holy Light. The ancient churches and Holy Relics that we had stolen from the Holy Church were the best conversion tools. But even so, the conversion efficiency was still no higher than 70%.
As more and more Seeds of Holy Light appeared on the branches, our energy reserves were starting to run low. Conservation unhesitatingly attacked us even more when she saw the changes on our side. Even though Harloys successfully intercepted the Seeds of Holy Light, our energy reserves kept running low.
"Damn it, this floating city's energy reserves are still too small. I need to find a bigger one next time."
"I recall that this is the backup energy reserve of the Mage Country's Cloud Tower, isn't it? It's probably the strongest mage tower in the world. Where else would you like to rob a better one next time? The real titan's heart? "
"Good idea! Let's rob the titan giants next time. They're currently living on my land, so it's about time they pay some rent. "
"Titan's hearts are truly eternal energy sources? Isn't that just a fake legend made up by some outsider? "
"I don't know if they're truly eternal energy sources or not, but if we catch a titan and toss it into a power plant, we definitely won't have to worry about a lack of energy anymore. Doesn't that make a completely harmless, perpetual motion machine? "
While we were still vexing over our lack of energy, our energy reserves had already fallen to 34%. At this moment, the sky above Yongye City had completely opened up. The Tree of Life's main body was still here, but its light incarnation had already covered the entire city.
From a distance, the gigantic Tree of Light was even larger than the entire city. Countless branches of light reached into the clouds, making the floating city look nothing more than tiny flower beds. The Tree of Holy Light's frightening energy waves could easily destroy any detection device. Even an idiot would realize that the situation was far from good.
Unfortunately, no matter how powerful the undead army on the ground was, they couldn't do anything to us. Skeleton archers and ordinary necromancers couldn't attack us from such a high altitude. Most of the gargoyles and bone dragons from the Undead Calamity were already harassing Starwood City. The remaining undead didn't even dare to approach the Tree of Light. The only threat to us was the Undead Emperors' long-range attacks.
* Boom! *
This time, Harloys, who had been intentionally conserving her energy reserves, was unable to successfully block Conservation's attack. Judging from where the smoke was coming from, Yongye City had lost its third negative energy source, recording studio, swimming pool, and a candy warehouse … Fine then, I admitted that the last few losses weren't that big of a deal. A candy store running out of stock would only cause a certain someone to be displeased. However, the loss of the negative energy source further increased our lack of energy.
"27%! 25%! Release it! We can't hold on any longer! Release it! "
"This isn't enough! This level of power isn't enough! There's no helping it even if we take a risk! "
While I was worrying, a beam of light descended from the sky and directly struck the Tree of Light.
Before I could even react, the Tree of Light suddenly grew even larger. Its branches reached all the way into the clouds. If it wasn't for the fact that the world was concealing us, it was likely that even Starwood City would be able to see this gigantic Tree of Light.
Meanwhile, in the starry sky, at the top of the Hades — the golden Pillar of Holy Light of Salvation — I could faintly see a tall figure waving his hand at me, as if he was trying to tell me something.
"What is he saying?"
When I saw that familiar figure, I thought about how he would likely forever remain in the Hades. Even though I tried my best to remain calm, I still felt uncomfortable as if something was missing in my heart.
It was obvious that he saw that something was wrong with us, so he directly sent reinforcements.
We were so far away from each other that it was practically impossible for us to see each other. It would already be quite good if we could even see each other's figures, let alone read his lips.
However, we were still able to communicate with each other. A certain half-slime creature was one of the Hell Kings who guarded the Inferno, and had left countless incarnations in the Hades dimension.
"Harloys, can your incarnation go over there?"
"… Harloys, Harloys, everything is Harloys. You're Harloys when you need me, and you're the silly cat when you don't. I still have to deal with that guy, so I don't have the mood to deal with so many things. "
"… Fine, I apologize, but we have more important matters to attend to right now. Can you send an incarnation over?"
"Hmph, he's already here. He's saying, be, careful, head …"
"What?"
Harloys' voice became softer and softer as she spoke. Even though our soul connection shouldn't have such a bad connection.
The next instant, Harloys suddenly sped up and finished speaking. I came to a sudden realization, but I regretted coming to such a realization too late.
"… Head! Be careful of your heart! "
"You're trying to screw me over again!"
A black wind whistled past my head. If I hadn't lowered my head in time, my head would have probably been split into several pieces.
* Boom! *
The black wind directly smashed through two houses and finally stopped. It was an ancient silver warhammer.
"The Light of Salvation, the Hope Hammer of the Envoys of Light?"
This war hammer had once been a Holy Knight's war hammer that had been passed down from generation to generation. However, during the battle of the Hades, it became a holy artifact that carried the soul of Holy Light. I left it in the Hades as the foundation of the Four Pillars of Light, and it became the symbol of the God Equipment of the Pillars of Holy Light.
Now, when I met with trouble, it once again fell into my hands … and almost smashed my head into pieces.
The ancient silver war hammer silently lay there. The ancient scars on it were a record of history. However, I had no intention of picking it up … I wouldn't be able to lift it even if I wanted to.
"… Harloys, is there something wrong with the style again? We're clearly at war. Shouldn't we be more serious? "
"There's nothing wrong with the style. Haven't you always been a comedy character?"
"Hey, hey, hey, that can't be right. I'm supposed to be the main character. Look at my identity as the prince of a country, my identity as the avenger, and my identity as the savior of the world. No matter how you look at it, I'm the male lead of an epic opera. I'm not a comedy character at all! "
"… Opera? The superstar Princess Peach? I heard that the fairies have already sold images of your opera all over the world. Even your opera fans are asking when you're going to make a comeback. You have an undying idiot body for comedy main characters, you look better in female clothing than in male clothing, you're constantly flirting with women, but you're still a virgin. You're a perfect example of a comedy main character. "
"… Let's talk about the war instead."
But before I could even look at the war hammer, our Tree of Holy Light received support from the Hades Pillar of Holy Light. It was finally time for our Tree of Holy Light to bloom. It was also time to activate the super Divine Art that consumed nearly 40% of Yongye City's energy.
* Ding! *
All the golden crystals on the tree began to shake. The faint resonance caused everyone's scalp to go numb.
Those Holy Light crystals, each the size of a person, were the seeds of the Tree of Holy Light. The next instant, countless seeds scattered everywhere. The seeds drew strange arcs in the sky as they suddenly descended like meteors.
This was the majestic sight of a meteor shower. Countless golden meteors rained down like a torrential downpour. Every strike caused a massive explosion of Holy Light.
But this was only the beginning.
New Tree of Holy Light sprouted and grew from the crystal seeds. In just a few short seconds, the Tree of Holy Light transformed into a new Tree of Holy Light. Then, even more seeds appeared.
Soon, the Seeds of Holy Light spread throughout the entire battlefield. This pitch-black land was now covered in a golden forest.
Any undead that came into contact with a Tree of Holy Light would be directly burned to ash. Even the specially crafted bone giants would find it difficult to move through this Forest of Holy Light.
But this still wasn't the end.
"Explode, reality!"
With a snap of my fingers, a Tree of Holy Light in a corner of the battlefield exploded. The glorious golden light directly devoured everything around it, creating a flower-shaped golden mushroom cloud in the sky. The next instant, all the intelligent undead's cold expressions revealed inconceivable despair when they realized what was about to happen.
* Boom! *
* Boom! *
Numerous Trees of Holy Light exploded, causing numerous flowers of Holy Light to ignite in the sky. Golden Crusaders stood upright in the direction of the explosions. Their souls' screams of despair became the accompaniment to the continuous explosions.
Finally, when the whole world turned golden, there was only white in front of me.
At this moment, even the faraway Starwood Town could feel the violent shaking of the ground. I could see the golden Devil Flower slowly blooming, which pierced through the clouds. It was quite beautiful as a flower made of pure energy. The top of the flower pierced through the clouds, and its golden petals gave off a feeling of holiness and nobility. However, it was still nothing more than a mushroom cloud from an explosion. The even more dangerous shockwave was already upon us.
The residents didn't even have the time to rejoice before the undead in the sky were wiped out by the explosion. The pitiful scene before them made it impossible for them to guess what had just happened.
"The mountain is gone, the entire mountain is gone …"
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