There was nothing special about Salin's healing. Although Crystal Finger hurt his body, his spiritual power wasn't damaged much. As long as he had magic strings, he could still release magic. Therefore, Crystal Finger wasn't a terrible spell. At least it was powerful, and the side effects weren't fatal. It wouldn't negatively affect Salin's future magic cultivation.
But this time, Salin knew that Crystal Finger wasn't invincible. If Black William's protective divine rune was as powerful as Rex's Divine Sifter Ring, the backlash could kill him.
This made Salin completely alert. If he encountered the three heads of the Inquisition, Crystal Finger would be useless. Even if he could kill one of them, the price would be him dying together with them.
Rafael was an absolute genius. He could create such a violent spell that couldn't be avoided. If he were alive, he would probably have broken through level-10.
A level-11 mage? It didn't seem to have appeared in known history.
Rex sent someone to deliver half a bottle of magic fluid. Salin didn't have much magic fluid, but Rex obviously had a lot. She was also eager to help Salin recover. If Salin couldn't move, then she couldn't leave this place either. Killing the chief judge's disciple wasn't a small matter. The three old guys had only trained six people in all these years.
The next day, Salin could move, but it was still a bit troublesome to fight. Rex originally planned to let the team leave at noon, but the weather was frighteningly hot, so she simply waited until night. She set up a temporary teleportation array and tried to contact Metatlin City.
Any temporary teleportation array could only transmit some sounds or images at most. If she wanted to transmit something, she needed a fixed teleportation array to be safe. Otherwise, the transmitted object might be torn into powder by the space turbulence.
To Rex's surprise, Metatlin City directly transmitted the coordinates of the main temple. At the same time, there was another message. Holy Rock City's army had surrounded Lianyun City, and the East Sea Coalition Army in other places had all been annihilated or driven into Lianyun City.
The war would end at the end of the year. Holy Rock City and the local nobles had already issued a tax exemption order. All the citizens of the empire in the land ravaged by the war would be exempted from taxes for three years.
This was because the tax exemption order was jointly issued by Saint Rock City and the local nobles. This meant that in these three years, the commoners who suffered from the torture would not have to pay a single copper coin.
Rex smelled more clues. If Sacred Rock City wanted to counterattack Jialoulan, they would no longer be able to mobilize the armies of the nobles in the north. Instead, they would have to mobilize troops from the south. Moreover, Saint Rock City was very confident in its main forces. Even if they did not deploy troops from the south in time, Saint Rock City's army alone would be able to deal with the Tanggulas Empire's cavalry.
In Rex's opinion, this was a little too much. Unless … unless Holy Rock City had already formed an alliance with the Scotia Empire. Then the Rhine Duchy would join the war, and Galoulan's predicament would be solved immediately.
There was no intelligence agency for Rex in Metatlin City, so Rex could only contact the Gushui Prefecture again. Only then did he know that the Church of the Ascension of Gods had once again issued a new code of law. There were 15 new articles and hundreds of detailed rules. The core meaning was to let the glory of God shine on the entire continent.
The Church was planning to start a Holy War!
The term "Holy War" had only appeared a thousand years ago. When Goddess Myers was around, there were no religious wars on the continent. Goddess Myers didn't force people to believe in her.
The appearance of the Holy War was related to the Holy Church. When the Holy Church wanted to spread their religion across the continent, they were obstructed by the Qin Yin Empire. The Qin Yin Empire would rather ask a mage apprentice for help than a mage. The nobles were also very wary of the Holy Church.
This was because the Holy Church could own land and didn't need to pay taxes. In fact, they were dividing the benefits of the nobles. The Holy Church even had its own army and financial organization. The war between the four empires was actually a Holy War.
After the Holy War, all the empires compromised. Except for Phoenix, the other four grand duchies became the buffer zone. The Holy Church's power was trapped in the Tanggulas Empire. If they wanted to establish the Holy Church and spread their religion, they had to get the permission of the local nobles. The emperors of the four empires didn't have the power to interfere.
It seemed like the Holy Church got what they wanted. In fact, except for Qin Yin, even the local nobles of Scotia didn't like the Holy Church. The people of Yun Liu were even more conservative. In the end, the Holy Church only expanded its power in the Divine Grace Duchy, and it had a hard time in the other three empires.
In Qin Yin, no church could be built. Even if a local noble was bribed, he or she would be immediately resisted by the surrounding nobles, and the church would have to be torn down.
The Holy Church suffered a big loss in the last Holy War, and they tried to start a large-scale Holy War after accumulating power for thousands of years. Rex was surprised. What he encountered wasn't an accident. From the ambush he got on the way to Holy Rock City to the conflict in Holy Rock City, the Holy Church was involved in everything.
This time, Black William probably wasn't bluffing when he said he wanted to work with him. He wanted to use Rex's identity to make the Holy Church's teachings acceptable to the nobles in Qin Yin.
If he was captured, it would be worse than death. The Holy Church definitely wouldn't let him die. Instead, they would turn him into a puppet and control him so that the Holy Church's tentacles could reach deep into Qin Yin.
This risk wasn't worth it.
Rex was alarmed, and he ordered everyone to get ready to leave without hesitation. If the Holy Church had a plan, then it would be dangerous for him to stay here for even a minute longer.
Since Salin was injured and hadn't fully recovered, Rex still rode on the same chariot with Salin, and her mages got on the other chariot. Rex had already made up his mind. If he couldn't get the seed of the Godly Tree and encountered danger, he would immediately use the power of the God Sieve Ring and escape with Salin.
After returning to Metatlin City, he would immediately build a Magic Tower. With the Magic Tower and the few Sword Saints by his side, as well as the four Demons of Byrne and Neris, even if a High Mage went there, he would only be able to hold back his hatred.
At most, he would take out all his savings and invite a few mages back from Alchemy City. He didn't believe that the Holy Church could send an army to attack Metatlin City.
Rex didn't tell Salin about these things, and Salin didn't ask why Rex suddenly left immediately. Since the coordinates of the Godly Palace were already calculated, Salin didn't want to delay.
After the team entered the Purgatory Desert, they immediately slowed down. The black sand wasn't as soft as normal yellow sand, but the magic chariot couldn't move at high speed even if the wheels were changed. The swordsmen raised their vigilance. Because it was noon, the sun was vicious, and the magic arrays on everyone's magic armor had been activated. Talking to each other would consume magic cores.
The team was quiet. At the front was the Grizzly. Although he was rough, his mental strength was frighteningly exquisite. His perception of danger was even better than Zola's.
The Grizzly Bear, as his name suggested, was very much like a powerful magical beast. On his skeleton warhorse, there was a fist-sized spider. That was Salin's Hunter Spider. Salin also liked this burly man, and was afraid that he would be ambushed by some magical beast. Letting the Hunter Spider work with the Grizzly Bear was more useful than working with him.
Who would have thought that a fierce person like the Grizzly Bear would have such a sinister trick like the Hunter Spider?
Rex left in time. Half a day after she left the camp, two mages also dressed in black robes arrived. These two mages were about the same age as Black William, and their clothes were almost the same. Beside them, however, were hundreds of warriors. These warriors wore hideous black armor, and their helmets were completely sealed, with brown crystals embedded in them.
There were not many troops in the Inquisition. The most famous ones were the hundreds of prison guards in front of them.
The crystal fingers completely shattered Black William. Salin did not clean up the battlefield. The two mages checked nearby, and their expressions became very ugly.
"Number Five is dead."
"Rex has already entered the desert. He's been gone for at least twelve hours. We can't track his scent."
"What do we do?"
"Teacher will arrive in two days, but in two days, we won't be able to catch up to Rex at all."
Not only was the environment in the Purgatory Desert harsh, but the elements were also not stable. Anyone who walked in would be completely erased in no time. After three days, even a level-nine Magic Shooter would not be able to do anything.
Neither of the two wanted to take responsibility, but it was very dangerous to enter the Purgatory Desert just like this.
"Number Two, we didn't bring much water."
"Number Four, if Rex runs away, it means that we've lost to the pope's people. Teachers will lose face too, and you and I will be finished in the future."
The two argued back and forth, but they did not mention Black William. They were afraid that Rex had used some unknown method to kill Number Five instantly. Not even his corpse and soul were left behind. Although Black William was not as powerful as the two of them, he still had a demigod weapon. It was very simple for him to die just like that.
When Rex left, he did not take the camp with him. Instead, he simply left it there. Black William died outside the camp. From the traces on the battlefield, it seemed that Black William was monitoring the camp, but the people from the camp came out and killed Black William.
Number Five was faster than them. If Rex had such a strong person by his side, how would the two of them dare to chase recklessly? It was fine to bring five hundred prison guards, but they were slow. If they did not bring them, they would face the danger of being killed.
"Number Four, we're students of the same teacher. Shouldn't we be more honest?" The second-ranked murderer finally did not want to argue anymore. One more word, and Rex would run further away.
"Honest? Then I'll say it. The person who killed Number Five can also kill us. "
"Then we'll take the prison guards and chase slowly. How about that?"
"That's not a bad idea. Although we can't leave a scent along the way, we can leave something behind. When Teacher comes, he can follow us. "
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