On the way to the Cardinals' Hall of the Calamity Church, Wolf described the situation of the oldest Cardinal to Han Shuo in great detail. He was so detailed that even Han Shuo felt a little annoyed.
That Cardinal was a veteran who established the Calamity Church. His name was Kironlo. The reason the Calamity Church was besieged and suppressed by the entire continent hundreds of years ago was largely due to this person!
It was because he had unleashed the plague on Profound Continent, turning the civilians of many countries into undead creatures overnight. The plague was a vicious and contagious disease. Anyone who was infected by the plague or was gnawed on by undead zombies would also turn into an undead creature.
Kironlo unleashed the plague in every country, causing a massive amount of undead creatures to spread. This finally enraged all the countries on Profound Continent. Before Kironlo's crazy actions, although the Calamity Church's reputation wasn't as good as the Church of Light's, it wasn't too bad. Back then, the followers of the Calamity Church had rather respectable statuses.
However, due to the plague's rampage, every country on Profound Continent panicked and changed their attitude towards the Calamity Church, turning the Calamity Church into the public enemy of Profound Continent.
In that great war, the Church of Light mobilized all its White Priests and traveled to every country on Profound Continent. They exhausted all their energy to purify the vast amount of undead creatures formed by the plague.
It was also at that time that the Church of Light, a tiny religious organization, seized the opportunity of a lifetime and ascended to the throne of the number one religion on Profound Continent. Meanwhile, the Calamity Church was besieged and suppressed by all the countries on Profound Continent, forever hiding in the darkness. The headquarters of the Calamity Church was also established during that period.
As the main culprit behind that unforeseen event, Kironlo was extremely lucky to survive. As Kironlo was one of the oldest seniors of the Calamity Church, although some people within the Church held grudges against him for his actions, they tolerated it when the Calamity Church was facing a critical moment of life and death. After that, Kironlo realized how disadvantageous his madness was to the Calamity Church. For the next several hundred years, he lived in seclusion and rarely interfered with the internal affairs of the Church.
Kironlo's strength was already very formidable to begin with. After several hundred years of bitter training, he had advanced even further and became one of the most powerful existences in the Church. Within the Church, Kironlo's influence was second only to the Pope. Many of the current core forces of the Church had once received guidance from Kironlo. The long passage of time had made everyone forget about his erroneous judgment back then. After many years of silence, seeing that the Church of Light was on the brink of destruction, Kironlo once again came out to stir up trouble.
The Cardinals' Hall was located at the center of the Calamity Church. The entire hall was solemn and dignified. Bright magic lamps hung high above the black stone ceiling. The surrounding walls were engraved with all kinds of images of evil gods. Some comfortable and soft magical beast hides were laid on the hard stone floor. White bones were arranged in all sorts of strange shapes and filled the four corners of the Cardinals' Hall.
When Han Shuo walked in, the dozen or so cardinals of the Calamity Church, as well as that big fat Pope, immediately cast their gazes on Han Shuo. The strength of these people was a mix of good and bad. The stronger ones possessed the strength of basegods, while the weaker ones were merely in the sacred grade realm. Each and every one of them looked extremely old and decrepit. Thick evil auras emanated from their bodies. Their eyes were either ferocious, sinister, or numb.
Excluding the fat Pope, there were a total of thirteen cardinals. Among them, one was a basegod, three were demigods, and the rest were all sacred grade experts. Most of them cultivated in the energy of death, darkness, destruction, summoning, and other elements.
Before coming over, Wolf had described Kironlo's appearance to Han Shuo. Han Shuo didn't even need to use his consciousness to sense Kironlo. With a single glance, he could tell that the tall and skinny Kironlo, whose eyes glowed with a demonic green light. The aura of death on Kironlo's body was so heavy that he couldn't sense any aura of life. Kironlo looked more like an undead creature than a human.
While Han Shuo was sizing up the people in the Cardinals' Hall, those people were also sizing up Han Shuo. Kironlo, in particular, made no effort to conceal the hostility in his eyes. He was constantly scanning Han Shuo's body with a gaze that could make an ordinary person's hair stand on end.
All of a sudden, a soul probing energy shot toward Han Shuo from Kironlo. When that soul energy came, the corners of Kironlo's mouth curved into a sinister sneer, as though he wanted to humiliate Han Shuo.
Han Shuo, who already had a plan in mind, had a genial smile on his face from beginning to end. He cheerfully sized up Kironlo. With a thought of his consciousness, his soul energy, which was much more powerful than Han Shuo's, suddenly tightened and ruthlessly struck Kironlo.
"Ugh …" Kironlo couldn't help but let out a soft cry after his soul energy was struck by Han Shuo. He clutched his head in pain. His appearance was neither human nor ghost, making him look even more malevolent and terrifying.
After Kironlo's head felt a little better after suffering a sneak attack, he coldly stared at Han Shuo and softly shouted, "You, you dare to attack me?"
"Pope, who is this guy?" Han Shuo didn't pay any attention to him. He merely looked at the fleshy fatty with a beaming smile and innocently said, "I just came in and haven't even sat down. Why is he suddenly slandering me?"
None of the people present in the hall were weak. Although many of them didn't know the specifics of the situation, they could faintly sense the confrontation between the two souls. Han Shuo had a very sincere and innocent look on his face. He had obviously taken advantage of the situation, but he still acted as though he was being wronged. His ability to lie with his eyes wide open immediately won the unanimous approval of everyone present.
'Truly shameless and malicious. As expected of one of us. No wonder the Church of Light couldn't gain any advantage in his hands!' The many cardinals in the hall secretly sighed in their hearts.
They were all sinister, cunning, and wicked people. They sincerely admired Han Shuo's actions.
The big fatty Pope didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Han Shuo had clearly taken advantage of the situation and yet he was still trying to act innocent. There was nothing he could say. He let out a hollow laugh and tried to mediate the situation, "You must be mistaken …" Before the two could say anything else, he hastily raised his voice and said, "Come, come, let me introduce you all. This is the most outstanding young talent of our Church — Brian. Hehe, I don't think I need to narrate his deeds, do I?"
"Well done! I can tell at a glance that you're one of us!"
"Yes, although you're not a member of the Church, no one treats you as an outsider!"
"…"
Each of these people was more hypocritical than the next. All of them were sincerely praising Han Shuo.
It was at this moment that another group of people walked in from behind. When Han Shuo turned his head to look, he discovered that it was the six-horned tribal king of the Soul Race and his two penta-horned subordinates. This somewhat surprised Han Shuo. He couldn't understand why a foreigner would be allowed to attend such an internal meeting of the Calamity Church.
"Brian, let me introduce you. These are our people. In the great war five thousand years ago, one of the leaders on our side came from them!" As soon as the big fatty saw the Soul Race clansmen enter, as though he knew about the grudge between him and Han Shuo, he immediately revealed his identity as the six-horned tribal king to Han Shuo.
Meanwhile, Kironlo, who had just secretly crossed swords with Han Shuo, suddenly fell silent. He looked at Han Shuo and the six-horned tribal king as though he was watching a joke, as though he was waiting for the six-horned tribal king to make a move on Han Shuo.
It appeared that all the cardinals present were well aware of the enmity between Han Shuo and the six-horned tribal king. They had only heard of Han Shuo's might and had never seen it for themselves. Therefore, they were still skeptical. However, most of the cardinals present had a deep impression of this six-horned tribal king of the Soul Race. They knew that his strength was extremely terrifying. Now that the two of them had encountered each other, their eyes were filled with contemplation. No one knew what they were thinking.
It turned out that the Soul Race had participated in the great war five thousand years ago that involved all the experts on Profound Continent. Who would have thought that these foreigners were actually one of the leaders of the evil forces back then? No wonder. After hearing the Pope's words, Han Shuo was suddenly enlightened.
With a quick glance, Han Shuo understood what was on the minds of the many cardinals present in the hall. He sneered incessantly in his heart. After carefully sizing them up, he saw that the big fatty Pope was the only one with a calm and unruffled expression.
It appeared that Edwin and Belinda had pledged allegiance to him. The two must have reported to him what happened with the six-horned tribal king yesterday. Otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared so calm.
These people would look at Han Shuo from time to time, and then at the six-horned tribal king of the Soul Race. They seemed to be waiting for something. Kironlo was even more anxious. Seeing that the two of them had yet to fight, he suddenly thought of something. He suddenly let out a sinister laugh and said, "The two of you must be old acquaintances. According to our understanding, the two of you met Tanai at Tarrag Gorge and had some misunderstandings, am I right?"
Just like Han Shuo, Kironlo also believed that the six-horned tribal king wouldn't be able to distinguish a human's appearance. Therefore, he maliciously warned Han Shuo, all in preparation to see Han Shuo make a fool of himself.
How could Han Shuo not know what Kironlo was thinking?
"Hehe, that's right. When you were at Tarrag Gorge, I indeed had some misunderstandings with this one," Han Shuo calmly admitted.
The crowd's hearts tightened, as though they had all anticipated what was about to happen. Each and every one of them focused their attention on the six-horned tribal king of the Soul Race, waiting for him to make his move. They knew how cruel and merciless this foreigner was. He didn't have too many scruples like a human. Therefore, it was only natural that he would attack Han Shuo without hesitation.
Kironlo, on the other hand, was sneering incessantly in his heart. As someone who had personally attacked the six-horned tribal king alongside the Pope, he knew better than anyone else how dreadful the six-horned tribal king was. Seeing that a good show was about to unfold, he could hardly contain the excitement in his heart!
However, despite the crowd's desperate wait, the six-horned tribal king did not make his move. Instead, he ferociously pounced on Han Shuo. Everyone was puzzled. They had no idea what the six-horned tribal king was thinking.
"Brian took something from you. Don't you have a grudge against him? Back then, you told me that you would definitely kill him. What's the matter? "Kironlo couldn't wait any longer.
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