[First Update]
There was only one hall. There were no outer walls or roads. In the vast expanse of land, under the dark night sky, the goddess' temple stood alone.
In Salin's eyes, however, there were layers upon layers of halls, as if there was no end. Behind the hall, there was a space. Outside the space, there was another temple. Salin's Elemental Eyes could not see through. He could only see beyond the three layers of space. Beyond that, it was a very blurry feeling.
There was a huge teleportation array under his feet. This teleportation array was so big that the power of faith Salin had brought from the other teleportation array was quickly used up. Salin was shocked. If he did not have enough power of faith, he would not be able to activate this teleportation array to leave! Myer's design was really interconnected. But Myer would not have thought that, ten thousand years after her death, there would still be someone with such a majestic power of faith.
The traitor she had imprisoned had actually reignited the Sacred Fire and raised a large number of believers, providing her with powerful power of faith. Salin collected the power of faith in the Gift Ring. It was enough to activate this teleportation array.
Without this power of faith, the only way for Salin to leave was to become a true believer of the Goddess.
Good move!
Salin saw through Myer's trap, but he was not worried. He had a lot of power of faith in the Gift Ring, and it was enough to activate this teleportation array.
The only thing he needed to know now was what was left in this temple.
The layout of this temple was for true believers of Myer. Among those who believed in the Goddess, there were magicians. This was different from the believers of the God of Light. The God of Light was an exclusive God. Those who believed in the God of Light could not use anything except divine spells. Myer, on the other hand, was a God of many religions. Her teachings were very loose. In the past, there had been many races who believed in the Druidic religion, such as demons, elves, gnomes, dwarves, and so on.
Salin took a deep breath and thought to himself, there must be something in this hall that can convert people's faith, right?
He carefully released Cloud Walking. This skill was much better than ordinary Wind Walking. It could be used close to the ground and automatically cross obstacles.
The temple was still four to five miles away from the teleportation array. Salin's Elemental Eyes could see directly. The stars were bright, but there was no moon. This land was still very dark.
Salin walked to the bottom of the stairs of the Divine Temple. For the first time, he realized how majestic the Divine Temple was. The pillar was a hundred and twenty meters tall. The door was wide open, and the altar could be seen inside.
The only difference was that there was a statue on the altar.
The statue of Goddess Myers!
Salin steadied his emotions at the bottom of the steps, slowed down his pace, walked up the steps, and looked at the statue of Myers outside the door.
According to the teachings of the Druidic Order, no statues were to be erected. Myers' image had always appeared in the murals, along with numerous humans, magical beasts, and gods.
Salin had only seen the statue of the Goddess once, which was made by Ismail. Ismail, a believer of the Netherworld King, could convert to Myers and still retain the faith of the Netherworld King. This was the most shocking thing Salin had ever seen.
This was the teachings of Goddess Myers, and it was much more terrifying than the God of Light's teachings.
The statue on the altar looked down at Salin silently. Salin felt a strong pressure. It was not emitted by the statue, but by the entire Holy Temple, exerting pressure on Salin.
Salin wanted to worship it, but the injustice in his heart was hard to erase.
Myers, you have already fallen. You were once the strongest mage of the human race, why did you become a god? Why did you let the power of the Myers Continent decline? Now, even the God of Light wants to enslave the humans here!
When the entire continent became the God of Light's ranch, and finally transformed into a Holy Kingdom, this continent would sooner or later become a half plane. When that time came, the dimensional space would seal the plane, the sun, moon, and stars would disappear, and this beautiful continent would become a barren wasteland.
Yes, that would require tens of millions of years, or even hundreds of millions of years of conversion. By that time, he would no longer exist.
But if he no longer existed, did that mean he didn't need to care?
Salin could not suppress the feeling in his heart, but he only lightly spat out a syllable, "Hey …"
This sound was mixed with the sound of thunder that Salin cultivated, and it echoed throughout the entire hall. The pressure in the hall disappeared, and Salin raised his head to look straight into the eyes of Myers' statue.
"Sorry, I can't believe you!"
Salin said as he walked up the altar step by step. On his finger, he was still wearing the Blessing Ring. Salin came to the statue of the Myers Goddess and looked at it carefully. This statue's size was the same as a human's. It was not made to look tall and peerless. In terms of height, it was a little shorter than Salin.
Salin smiled. Wasn't this the image of Nelis? He took out a small piece of green mud stone, and transferred some of the power of faith from the Blessing Ring into it. Then, he placed the green mud stone on the palm of the statue.
The power of faith was quickly absorbed by the statue, like a person drinking a small cup of water.
Then, the Goddess came to life …
"Believer, what do you want?" The statue spoke.
Salin knew that this was only a shadow left behind by the Goddess' divine arts. He offered the power of faith, and this shadow spoke to him according to the arrangement of the divine arts. This was Salin's understanding of divine arts. He would not think that the Goddess had long known of his existence.
The power of divine arts was also limited. Cain was a level-18 astrologer, once at the same level as the Myers Goddess, but he could not predict the details of this person.
"I want everything," Salin replied in Ancient Myers.
"Then you … will pay a great price." The statue of the Goddess was not a living projection. It was a little like a puppet, but it had the power of life. This was an extremely complicated divine art, and it even had some combat ability.
"If you want something, you must pay the same price." Salin's reply was purely a mage's maxim.
The statue was a little confused. The power of this hall could suppress professionals below level-12, but Salin's lightning rule could resist all kinds of rule power. According to the Goddess' plan, the power of this temple was also a space formed by the principle of a crystal coffin. Even the strongest person on the continent would worship and tame her statue when he entered.
But Salin did not. The sound of thunder in his mind kept vibrating. Although it made his brain hurt, he maintained absolute clarity of mind. The pressure of the Goddess could not affect his judgment.
"Believer, accept my blessing." As the statue spoke, two beams of green divine light shot out of its eyes towards Salin. This time, Salin did not stop it. Instead, he used the Blessing Ring to receive it.
The Blessing Ring originally contained pure power of faith, which was for the gods to digest. But the divine light shot out by the statue directly transformed the power of faith into Divine Power.
After the divine light shot out of the statue, its eyes became even more confused. It continued to say to Salin, "Believer, there is something left for you behind …"
Salin directly pressed the Blessing Ring on the statue. Green divine light frantically surged into the Blessing Ring, purifying the power in the Blessing Ring and transforming it into unparalleled Divine Power.
The statue quickly petrified and no longer had any vitality. Salin sighed. "Say no more. I'm very disappointed in you!"
The statue stared blankly at Salin in front of it. It could no longer hear what he said. Salin directly put the statue into the Star Ring. He still had use for this statue. He could infuse Divine Power into it and turn it into a combat puppet. This was simply …
Salin did not know how to describe it. Perhaps only ancient humans would have such thoughts. The statue of the goddess was made of wood. Salin did not know what tree it was carved from. It was extremely light, but its strength was similar to the digested things of the big fish he collected.
Salin was overjoyed after obtaining the statue. Once Divine Power was infused into the statue, it could also release divine spells. He needed such a thing to establish the Druidic Church. If he wanted to play tricks in the future, it would be much easier with such a thing.
After passing through this hall, Salin entered the second Shrine. The second Shrine was empty. Salin searched around and found many Divine Power Crystals. These Divine Power Crystals were not high-grade. They were even inferior to the Divine Power Crystals condensed by Ismail.
However, this was exactly what Salin needed. The Divine Power in his Blessing Ring was surging, but it would be exhausted sooner or later. The Knight Division that Winter had established did not have enough power for his own use. Moreover, Salin had his own uses for those people. He could not summon them to provide him with power.
This large number of Divine Power Crystals was consecrated by the believers of Goddess Myers. The amount was astonishing. Salin collected all of them into the Blessing Ring and transformed them into Divine Power.
This Shrine was a little interesting. It finally revealed some of Goddess Myers' desires and plans.
Without devout believers, it would be very difficult to resurrect. This Shrine could be opened because Winter had established the Knight Division. The appearance of more than two thousand believers had affected Goddess Myers' plans.
However, this Shrine was interconnected. If he destroyed the front, he would not be able to enter the back. Salin simply passed through the Shrines one by one and only collected the Divine Power Crystals inside. When he reached the 22nd Shrine, Salin finally found what he wanted.
On the altar of the 22nd Shrine was a Divine Power Crystal.
Inside the verdant gourd was the essence of the Water Element. Salin held the Divine Power Crystal in his hand, delighted. The two Divine Power Crystals he had obtained before were not strong enough. The Divine Power Crystal in his hand was even about to become an Elemental Spirit. This Divine Power Crystal was specially prepared for Water Mages. Only Water Mages could easily enter the entrance of this Shrine.
Salin carefully put away the Divine Power Crystal. This Divine Power Crystal was the key to him advancing to level-13! The Water Elemental Law was the most basic manifestation of this Divine Power Crystal.
Salin was finally satisfied. Although he did not obtain the Assassin's equipment and materials, he had obtained the most suitable item for himself. It was far more worthwhile than ruining the enemy's plans. Even if Agares died in front of him, it would not be as meaningful as his advancement tomorrow.
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