I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic.

Chapter 669: Hunting Ritual of the Evil God Followers

"Julian, I don't think you can wait that long?"

Holmes raised his head, looked at the girl who suddenly appeared in front of him, and said with a smile.

The girl was wearing a tight black leather armor that fit tightly against her body, as if it was tailor-made for her, outlining her graceful and powerful figure.

The leather armor was cleverly designed, showing off her heroic demeanor while exposing her jade-white skin in large areas. It glowed softly in the dim light, like the brightest jade under the moonlight.

Her long red hair spread out behind her like a burning flame, with dazzling light flashing between the strands. It formed a sharp contrast with the black leather armor, making her skin look even whiter than snow, and she was breathtakingly beautiful.

The long hair swayed gently in the wind, as if carrying endless passion and vitality, complementing her charming and attractive body.

The girl's face is as delicate as a painting, with a touch of casual charm between her eyebrows, but she is also pure and stubborn. Her eyes are deep, as if they contain endless secrets and stories, making people want to find out.

Facing such a beautiful girl, there was no desire in Holmes' eyes.

He knew that this girl was a ruthless person, and more importantly, she was very powerful. Even as the Patriarch of the Church of All Beasts, he had to deal with her with caution.

Torturing the goddess's messenger, [Torture Executioner] Juliana!
[Goddess of Sadism] Lovita is an aggressive, domineering, and fearless goddess who protects all torturers, sadists, and bullies in the world of Gaia.

His nature is both cold and calculating. He enjoys inflicting pain and always hits the gap in the victim's beliefs accurately. Unlike most bullies, he does not use violence to make people submit, but perfectly uses human selfishness to promote his plan.

Loviatar was once a member of the Dark Gods, allied with the Lady of Plague, the Whipping Maiden and other gods. He hated Ilmater, the God of Suffering, because this God of Suffering always spared no effort to protect those who were supposed to be tortured.

In fact, female gods often behave more extreme and crazy than male gods.

As an evil god, his reputation of abusing the goddess spread throughout the Gaia world and was feared by everyone.

His followers, like the goddess, enjoy getting pleasure from abusing others or themselves.

Therefore, the believers of the sadistic goddess are basically a group of lunatics and sadists who act extremely arrogantly and ostentatiously.

Because the Goddess of Abuse is very powerful among the gods, although her followers are often purged by the churches of other gods due to their madness, those who survive are all extremely powerful and crazy.

[Torture Executioner] Julianne is one of them.

Although Julianna looks like a pure and beautiful girl, in fact, the number of lives and blood she has on her hands is no less than that of Holmes.

And Holmes once witnessed Julianna fighting with the legendary pastor of the Passion Church.

Her extremely strange ability made Holmes, who was obviously stronger, feel fearful and unwilling to become her enemy.

Hearing this, Juliana laughed softly, glanced at Holmes seductively, and then looked away.

She wasn't interested in old men like Holmes.

Young and handsome boys are more to her liking.

"Okay, I'm not contacting you this time to have a fight."

At this time, the gray-robed man slowly walked out from the dark shadows. His steps were steady and calm, as if every step was in line with an unknown beat.

Time has left faint traces on his handsome face, but that trace of wind and frost not only does not diminish his charm, but instead adds a bit of depth and calmness to him.

His eyes were calm and profound, as if he could see through the essence of everything in the world, but he seemed indifferent to the affairs around him.

He was wearing a simple grey robe. The material of the robe was not gorgeous and the style was extremely simple, but when he wore it, it inexplicably exuded an aura of dignity and nobility.

"Long time no see, Rune."

Holmes looked at the gray-robed man who suddenly appeared and said in a deep voice.

If Holmes was slightly afraid of the girl Julian just now, then when facing the gray-robed man Rune, Holmes was completely wary.

Don't be fooled by Rune's calm appearance. He may suddenly attack and try to kill him at any time.

After all, as the patriarch of the Church of All Beasts, he is also one of Rune's best prey in a sense.

As for allies, they are not worth mentioning at all to the believers of the evil god.

What's more, although Rune in front of him looked calm and gentle, he was actually an out-and-out madman.

Even crazier than Julianne.

He is the son of Mara, the god of hunting!
Legend has it that the incarnation of the hunting god Mara captured a red dragon after descending to the main world of Gaia.

Well, that's a female dragon.

Rune is the child born from the incarnation of the hunting god Mara and the red dragon.

Rune's talent as the Son of God was soon revealed, and he quickly broke through to the legendary level after he became an adult.

And now, this person has been on the road to becoming a god for many years.

With Rune's strength, it is very likely that he has already gone a long way on the road to becoming a god.

Therefore, Rune is the strongest person present.

Even though Holmes is the patriarch of the Church of All Beasts, he has to respect Rune.

Even among the followers of the evil god, strength is the basis for having the right to speak.

"So, is what you said true?"

Holmes looked at Rune, nodded and said.

Several legends gathered here, naturally they came for a purpose.

"Surely, isn't that what you always wanted to do?"

Hearing this, Holmes was silent for a moment and then said:

"Of course I hope so, but I also know that the hope is not great."

"Quvido almost died at the hands of his teacher, [Flame of Judgment] Stephens. He is still in the kingdom of our Lord and has not recovered yet."

"Now that Li Si has become a legend, it will be very difficult to take action against him."

Holmes said in a deep voice:
"If he's hiding in that floating city, we don't stand a chance at all."

The Lord of Beasts is a relatively ancient deity, so there are detailed records about the floating city in the Church of Beasts.

Moreover, Holmes had carefully observed Kane's floating city from a very far distance, and he was very sure that just as the intelligence he had received before, the floating city had returned to normal.

In other words, it would be difficult to break into this powerful floating city without more than a dozen legends.

Not to mention that Holmes already knew that Li Si had the support of other legends.

Especially his teacher, although he hadn't taken action for a long time, no one dared to offend him since that time.

The [Bloodthirsty Beast] Kweiwei of the Church of All Beasts returned with serious injuries, and the [Bird of Death] Garcia died directly at his hands.

These two are not ordinary legendary strongmen, but they still have no power to resist Stephens.

In particular, for some unknown reason, this [Flame of Judgment] suddenly began to wander around the main world of Gaia, clearing out the hidden strongholds of the demons in the Endless Abyss.

The relationship between the evil god's believers and the abyss demons is very close, and many evil god's believers also died at the hands of Stephens this time.

Therefore, the evil god's followers have a very "profound" understanding of this legend.

Hearing the name of [Flame of Judgment] Stephens, not only Holmes, but also Rune and Julian were silent for a moment.

There was a deep fear in his eyes.

After a moment, Rune said slowly:

"This time, don't worry about this [Flame of Judgment]." "He is in a big trouble right now, and he can't get away in a short time."

what?
Holmes and Julian's eyes instantly turned to Rune, with a look of surprise.

[Flame of Judgment] Stephens is trapped?
This is extremely important news!
"Is this information reliable?"

Holmes looked at Rune and said solemnly:

"This [Flame of Judgment] is best at spatial magic. It will be very difficult to trap him."

"I don't want to face this person suddenly in the middle of my plan."

"The specific situation is secret, I won't tell you."

Lu En glanced at Holmes and Julian, and said in a calm tone:

"This information must be true. Even I don't want to face this [Flame of Judgment]."

Could it be that a god-level being took action to trap the [Flame of Judgment]?
Holmes felt relieved. He couldn't think of any other way to trap that person.

Having said that, when mentioning the [Flame of Judgment], Rune's eyes showed not only fear but also a hint of heat.

If he could successfully hunt down the [Flame of Judgment], perhaps he could directly reach the end of the road to godhood?

This is the core secret of the [Hunting] field. If you keep hunting strong ones, you will get more power in return if you succeed.

This is also the reason why the followers of the God of Hunting are keen on killing strong people and people of noble status everywhere.

And now, Rune, the son of the God of Hunting, regards Li Si as his new hunting target.

As a sacrifice for his hunting ritual!

Li Si had just achieved legendary status, so logically speaking, he should not have become Rune's target.

But Li Si is really special.

As a disciple of [Flame of Judgment] and the controller of Kane's floating city, either identity makes Li Si quite special in the legend.

What's more, he is the fourth World Tree-loving One to appear.

In the eyes of many people who know the secrets of the gods, Li Si at least has the potential to become a powerful god.

The thought of hunting such a creature made Rune feel hot all over.

If we can successfully hunt Li Si, the benefits we get might be no worse than hunting [Flame of Judgment], right?
Thinking of this, a blush appeared on Rune's handsome and mature face. He licked his lips, and his body began to tremble slightly.

The extreme desire for killing in his heart continued to burn Rune's reason, making him almost groan.

Holmes and Julian both noticed Rune's abnormality, but they were used to it and didn't say much.

Among the evil god's followers, Rune's behavior was considered quite normal.

"World Tree Blessed One, this is an extremely rare treasure, and it's also very handsome."

"If possible, can you make him my new slave? Hehe~"

"Wheeling him with a whip, and making him scream, that must be an extremely wonderful enjoyment~"

Julianne murmured in a sweet voice, not hiding her unique quirk.

"If you are not afraid of being hunted down by the [Flame of Judgment] for your entire life, then do this."

Holmes glanced at the girl and spoke calmly.

".I was just joking, my Lord Patriarch~"

Julian's expression froze for a moment, then she continued with a sweet smile:
"Or is my Patriarch jealous?"

"Humph!"

Holmes snorted coldly and stopped talking.

He didn't want to be entangled with this troublesome woman.

In fact, all three of them knew that if the plan to hunt Li Si was to succeed, Li Si must die.

There is no second possibility!
The Patriarch of the Church of Ten Thousand Beasts wanted to kill Li Si to wash away the shame he brought to the Church of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Hunting the Son of God Rune is to complete the hunt for the World Tree's Blessed Ones and to go one step further.

The purpose of abusing the goddess's messenger Juliana is even simpler, which is to satisfy his own desires and at the same time eliminate the powerful enemy of this evil god's believers who has not yet grown up.

As a person favored by the World Tree, even if Li Si is complacent in the future and does not give up the path of an arcanist and turn to godhood, he will at least be able to reach the [Land of Judgment] in the future.

After a brief explanation, Holmes looked at Rune and said:

"Since you have made this plan, you should understand that if he stays in the floating city, it will be difficult to kill him even if you summon a god."

"Then wait!"

"Wait until the day he is away from the floating city!"

Rune said without hesitation, his eyes full of coldness.

To successfully hunt prey, strength is certainly one thing, but patience in waiting for the final blow to kill the prey is also essential.

As a top hunter, Rune has no lack of patience.

"Even so, I don't think the three of us can surely defeat Li Si."

"Not to mention there are other legends."

Holmes said in a deep voice.

He suddenly wanted to kill Li Si immediately, but it would be troublesome if he failed.

"Of course we won't be the only ones taking action."

Rune nodded, and after calming down, he said:

"The World Tree's followers are a threat to us, so others will take action as well."

"They will be responsible for preventing Li Si's helpers from coming to rescue Li Si. As for killing Li Si, leave it to us."

Rune said this, and then glanced at Holmes:

"What level of clone did you bring this time?"

"The level of all beasts."

Holmes nodded, not caring at all about Rune's words.

This is the most unique ability of the Church of Ten Thousand Beasts, inherited from the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, and only a few people in the Church of Ten Thousand Beasts are qualified to inherit it.

However, only the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts can reach the level of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Even so, Holmes's beast-level clone is extremely strong, and at the legendary level it also has extremely powerful combat and life-saving abilities.

Not only does it have strong combat capabilities, it can also transform into hundreds of ferocious beast spirits at any time, and its abilities are quite comprehensive.

"Then the task of detecting when Li Si left the floating city is left to you."

Rune nodded and started assigning tasks to each of them.

(End of this chapter)