The Night Patrol, who came up empty-handed outside the city, were hurrying back. The obstacles they encountered along the way and the empty castle made Kathy and the others realize they'd been deceived. It was clearly a diversion tactic. She didn't care about anything else; she was worried about Luo Jin. The carriage was racing wildly. At some unknown time, the sky had darkened, and heavy rain poured down. Kathy suddenly felt a void in her heart, and a strong sadness welled up inside her.

Li Xin took the pyramid-shaped object left by Luo Jin and sensed the same aura as the Divine Relic.

Matthew's headless body on the ground moved. Suddenly, countless tendrils extended from his neck, connecting to the head. The head was pulled over by the tendrils, and before long, it was reattached.

Matthew's body returned to normal. He looked at the object in Li Xin's hand with a complex expression and sighed softly, "You must have guessed by now, this is the Original Embryo of the Divine Relic. All Divine Relics are transformed from the Abyssal Worm, starting as Original Embryos. Once the Original Embryo exudes the Power of Law, it becomes the Divine Relic. This is a secret of the Church Court."

Li Xin carefully put away the Original Embryo, looking at Matthew. Matthew also looked at Li Xin, "You really resemble him. Do you know why I'm telling you all this?"

"To silence me, of course." Li Xin said, "Do you know I'm quite happy too?"

Matthew froze, then Li Xin laughed, "This way I can kill you again!"

Li Xin's ability to enter indicated that Zhao Xun had already been dealt with by him. Zhao Xun was not weak in strength. Matthew clasped his hands in a Half Moon Ceremony, and an array appeared on the ground as he chanted in the Hera Language.

Luo Jin had turned into a monster to counteract the Holy Word Technique. Li Xin couldn't allow that.

The Preacher, invincible at the same level.

"God said, you have lost the light."

At this moment, Li Xin clasped his ten fingers tightly, with his index fingers extending to connect, forming a mudra. An unrecognizable sound escaped, space rippled, and the holy space created by the Holy Word Technique collapsed directly.

"Lin!"

Li Xin was enveloped by a beam of light. At the same time, a loud noise erupted. Matthew staggered back as if struck by divine punishment, his clothes exploding to shreds. His Spiritual Ability was in disarray, and the worm inside him howled in agony.

"Who exactly are you... you..." As someone from the high echelons of the Church, his knowledge of secret lore was beyond imagination, yet the type of power just displayed was unheard of. Not only did it break his Holy Word Technique, it also caused a backlash of his Spiritual Ability.

Li Xin's lips curled into a cold smile, ignoring Matthew, "I don't care about judgment, just sending you to Hell."

With a gesture of his hand, Li Xin grasped Luo Jin's long saber, buzzing~~~~

Terror-inducing golden Spiritual Ability exploded in brilliance. Matthew's expression finally changed, whoosh...

A beam of golden light slashed through with a roaring sound. Intense and indescribable Spiritual Ability swept through, obliterating the entire secret chamber in one go, as the golden light continued to slaughter outward relentlessly.

In the dust and rubble, Li Xin frowned tightly. This strike should have landed, but the opponent had used some kind of spatial power and managed to escape. However, they couldn't have gotten far. The power of this strike was sufficient to sever all their life's vitality.

Li Xin emerged from the secret path. Not a long-distance hidden array like a Teleportation Array, so they couldn't have gotten far, alive to see a person, dead to see a corpse!

Li Xin's eyes glowed with a pale light, activating the Pale Eye.

In the secret passage, all the worms and sacrifices were dead. Zhao Xun and Zhao Qing, this father and son, were finally laid to rest together, though they likely wouldn't have been too pleased about it.

The arena had turned from silent to a noisy barrage of curses because the scene was truly tragic. After Luo Xue and Zhao Qing failed, Nan Kai, who appeared, was also brutally defeated. Facing random opponents from Iron Blood, Nan Kai was stomped completely, without any power to fight back. The Iron Blood Canon Law School achieved a 3-0 victory effortlessly, claiming the championship without breaking a sweat.

However, looking at the out-of-control scene, Kazi and the others didn't care about what happened next. They already left through the passage; the airship was right outside.

Everything had been arranged. They were returning in full triumph. As for how Celestial Capital wanted to deal with them, honestly, the Black Meteorites never cared about the laments of the weak. Let them come and fight. The only regret was that in this victory, Kazi didn't acquire what he desired. With so many people and such a large scene, it all felt so hollow.

Li Xin saw the airship but paid it no mind. He was searching for the Archbishop's trail. Some of the bizarre happenings in this world were indeed hard to guard against, with no aura at all. He used the tracking ability of the Pale Eye yet found no trace, relying only on intuition to follow. This guy couldn't have gotten far with such a fatal wound, and suddenly from a certain direction, Li Xin got a hunch.

At this moment, Matthew was sneaking through the sewers. The once highly esteemed Archbishop was now like a rat in the sewer. That strike was terrifying, imbued with a strange power, neither seen nor of holy nor corrupted essence. Yet, it destroyed all his life energy.

But he couldn't die just yet.

Holding on by a thread, Matthew's body was already twisted into a half-monster shape as he returned to his manor. Hearing a noise, Eliza emerged, puzzled, to find Matthew on the ground, barely alive and his body grotesquely twisted. But Eliza still cried out, rushing over, "Matthew, Matthew, what's happened to you?"

Her eyes reddened, tears she had been holding back welled up in her eyes. Matthew's body was already undergoing aberration. Like Luo Jin, Matthew chose self-devouring, else he wouldn't sustain, "Don't cry, my Eliza, I'm fine. I just can't stay with you anymore."

Matthew gently stroked Eliza's cheek, cautiously. Eliza grasped Matthew's mutated hand, tears finally breaking from her eyes, "It's all my fault, all because of me..."

Eliza bore a withering curse, which threatened her life at any moment. Seven years ago, it had claimed the life of her fiancé, leaving Eliza a widow. She confessed at the Church, resolved to end her life when she encountered Matthew. Then, Matthew saved her, guided her, and eventually, the two fell hopelessly in love. Matthew disregarded societal and Church opposition, forsaking his chance for promotion, and wholeheartedly married Eliza.

But the withering curse was incurable. This inherent bloodline curse would cause the cursed individual to rapidly lose vitality at a certain age, and die painfully, ultimately implicating those around them. It's a Forbidden Technique, even hereditary. To replenish her vitality, Matthew began using worms to extract power and nourish Eliza, step by step leading up to now.

"It's not your fault; it's my destiny. Once I'm in Hell, I'll bear all the sins," Matthew smiled, "My beloved Eliza, don't cry, don't be sad, you're my salvation. I don't believe in the Moon God. You are my faith."

Eliza finally broke down in tears, sobbing uncontrollably on Matthew. He managed to stroke Eliza's hair as his body disintegrated, "You're so much like her. I have no regrets now. Thank you... for deceiving me until the end."

Once, as a young man, he had a beautiful fiancée, but just before they could marry, she was ravished and killed by a noble. The young man joined the Church to exact revenge, using its power to ultimately succeed. For several decades, he diligently upheld the doctrines, ascending to power. But the regret lingered deep within until one day, he saw Eliza, a striking resemblance to her from the past, even more beautiful. At a single glance, he was ensnared.

Matthew's body shattered, golden light beaming, and an Original Embryo emitting a dark golden glow surfaced.

Eliza let her tears fall as she gently grasped the Original Embryo, her gaze lowered.

Hao Ye rushed out from the corner, his face filled with flattery and eagerness, "Honored Songstress, you've finally succeeded, you've done it, you'll give everything to me, right?"

Eliza caressed Hao Ye's head, no joy or sorrow, her fingers smoothly pierced through Hao Ye's skull, and his brain matter spilled out. With a gentle flick of her hand, she discarded Hao Ye's body to the side. Eliza then pulled out a pristine handkerchief and wiped her hands clean of the filth, discarding the handkerchief.

Tears streamed down Eliza's face as she gently held the Original Embryo, her eyelids lowered. When she stood up, her expression had returned to calm.

Elder Hao Ye rushed out from the corner, his face drawing a flattering and eager look, "Honored Songstress, you have finally succeeded. You have completed the task given to you by the Travel Group, to have a Moon God's Court Archbishop willingly sacrifice themselves."

The obsessed are the most fragile.

She was Hera the Twelfth Seat from the Song of Hell — Sister Eliza.

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