Gao Wu: You have science, and I have magic!

puff~
The sword flashed, flesh and bones were separated, and the severed hand holding the Cardinal's scepter flew into the air. Morris instantly lost the power enhancement of the Philosopher's Stone. His three major attributes, life energy level, vitality energy level and spiritual energy level, plummeted, and he also lost his "immortality" characteristic.

"No!"

Morris let out a miserable howl, and his body shrivelled up like a piece of dried bacon.

It was obvious that he had been very old for a long time, and the only reason he had been able to survive all these years was because of the magical power of the Philosopher's Stone.

Now that the Philosopher's Stone is lost, his body immediately returns to its original form.

Ye Qingzhou jumped up, stomped his feet, and flew with the wind. He grabbed the scepter in his hand, then exerted force with his five fingers, and after a teeth-grinding sound of metal breaking, he actually pulled the Philosopher's Stone off the top of the scepter.

"Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"

The vitality in his body was draining away. Morris felt his vitality was constantly slipping away. He stretched out his left hand in anger and fear to grab Ye Qingzhou.

"Your truth is now mine."

Holding the Philosopher's Stone in his palm, Ye Qingzhou immediately felt the terrifying magic contained in it, which was the unique power that was the fusion of vitality and thought.

"No! It's mine! My..."

With an unwilling roar, Morris died of life exhaustion. His body was like dead wood and rotten mud, and eventually turned into powder and flying dust.

This is what happens to people who rely on external forces once they lose that external force.

"Is this the Philosopher's Stone?"

The moment Ye Qingzhou opened his third eye, memories as vast as a mountain and as vast as an ocean came flooding in, filling his mind and impacting his soul.

The whole person's will seems to be placed in a vast ocean of history. The memories of countless people have turned into huge waves. If you are not careful, your mind and will will sink.

In this ocean of consciousness and memory, Ye Qingzhou saw Europe seven hundred years ago, when a terrible plague swept the entire Western world.

Blackness and death, along with swarms of rats and fleas, ravaged the nations.

First a few people, then entire villages, entire blocks, and even entire cities. Humans died in large numbers, and the rotting corpses covered with pus and festering piled up like mountains.

A full 25 million people died in wailing and despair, and one third of them were killed by this terrible plague.

Harvest!

This plague turned out to be a large-scale harvest of humanity!
In the end, the souls and flesh and blood of countless dead people, including their essence, were gathered together and refined into the Philosopher's Stone in Ye Qingzhou's hand.

Just when Ye Qingzhou wanted to continue to peek at the refining method of the Philosopher's Stone, suddenly, a figure riding a white horse appeared. He was covered in gray-black mist and wrapped in a thick shroud, but corpse water and pus still seeped out from the tiny cracks in the shroud, turning into light smoke and dissipating in the air.

The Plague Knight, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!
"How dare you, arrogant man, to peek at my divine power? I sentence you to death!"

Boom~
He swung his fist with his arm wrapped in a shroud, and in the wind of his fist, all kinds of deadly plagues and viruses followed him like a shadow, which made people feel uneasy.

This punch spanned a long period of time, penetrated layers of barriers, and blasted from the past.

Ye Qingzhou's scalp tingled. He did not dare to hesitate and immediately used all his means to block this terrible attack that was enough to shatter his soul.

Five Emperors Dragon Swordsmanship!
Five-scale imperial armor!

Third gear!

Five dragons flew together, five-colored divine light, and sword energy crisscrossed, weaving into a dense and tight net in front of him, blocking the attack layer by layer.

However, this punch of the Plague Knight contained the Great Way of Plague, and with his cultivation as the Heavenly King Martial God, it easily tore apart the sword net constructed by Ye Qingzhou.

Boom~
Five scales protect the body, Dragon Emperor's armor!
Green-scaled python armor, golden-scaled fish armor, red-scaled snake armor, black-scaled crocodile armor, and mountain-scaled rhinoceros armor, at this moment the five armors combined into one, forming a dense and thick absolute barrier on Ye Qingzhou's body surface.

Even a martial saint would find it difficult to break it with one strike.

However, under the Plague Knight's punch that spanned time and space, it seemed like paper and was defeated in the blink of an eye.

Third gear!

Avenue of Water and Fire, Cellular Resonance!
Ye Qingzhou frantically squeezed his own potential, while at the same time protecting himself with the Xuan-Yuan Sword, and using the power of the Cangyuan Realm to withstand the earth-shattering punch of the Plague Knight.

Dang~
The surging power filled every cell of Ye Qingzhou. The power of the plague continued to destroy the vitality in his body and even induced various diseases in his cells.

Black Death Fist!
How terrifying is the attack of the Heavenly King God of War?
This is the supreme power that can be controlled by those who have reached the eleventh level of the heavenly realm. Even a martial saint who has condensed his mind will die in regret under this punch.

Fortunately, this was not an all-out attack by the Plague Knight, but a projection of the Plague Knight left in the past. After seven hundred years of time and passage of time, by the time it penetrated numerous obstacles, more than 80% of its strength had been consumed.

Although the Five Emperors Dragon Sword Technique and the Five-Scale Emperor Armor failed to block the remaining 20% ​​of the power, they successfully consumed most of it. Only about 10% actually fell on Ye Qingzhou.

Less than 10 percent.

But even so, Ye Qingzhou managed to escape death, relying on the several unique skills he had cultivated to barely block the Plague Knight's Black Death Fist.

The people around did not see the confrontation just now. They only saw Ye Qingzhou holding the Philosopher's Stone, then he knelt on one knee with a scream and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

And in the black blood, there are countless mutated plague-like poisonous insects constantly wriggling.

If Ye Qingzhou had not cultivated the magical power of Taihuang Immortality and expelled these plague and poisonous insects from his body in time, he would have been unable to escape death.

The power of Plague Avenue is such that even a Martial Saint would find it difficult to survive if infected.

At this time, Ye Qingzhou had lost a lot of vitality and his body was extremely weak, even having difficulty getting up.

"good chance!"

Baker suddenly changed his tactics, abandoned Simon, and launched a sneak attack on Ye Qingzhou. His target was none other than the Philosopher's Stone in Ye Qingzhou's hand.

"Bring it to you!"

"want to?"

Ye Qingzhou smiled coldly and threw the Philosopher's Stone over.

"You know what's going on!"

Buckle grabbed the flying Philosopher's Stone and felt the infinite power contained in it. He couldn't help but reveal an almost crazy joy on his face: "God of Night, is this the reward for my piety?"

However, before Buckle could be happy for a few seconds, suddenly, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and then he screamed and roared: "No!"

Boom~
His entire body suddenly exploded, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and no bones were left.

Ye Qingzhou raised his hand and said contemptuously: "Obviously, you can't handle this overwhelming wealth."

On the other side, Vivian and Delphine teamed up to deal with Simon and Doma. When they saw Buckle's tragic death, they thought it was Ye Qingzhou who did it, so they were alert: "What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything. He asked for his own death."

Ye Qingzhou took the Philosopher's Stone into his pocket.

Just now he had played all his cards and was barely able to withstand the Plague Knight's shocking punch.

It is obvious that the Philosopher's Stone in front of us has an owner. Cardinal Maurice only has the right to use the Philosopher's Stone, but he is not the owner of the Philosopher's Stone.

Baker doesn't have that ability, but he dares to rob treasures. He is just seeking his own death.

Ye Qingzhou took a deep breath and transformed the power of thought transmitted by the Xuanyuan Sword. He finally succeeded in suppressing the injuries in his body and recovered some of his vitality.

"Wait, Bishop Morris is dead, why hasn't the ceremony ended yet?"

Delphine looked shocked.

Vivian also had a bad feeling: "Unless Morris is not the mastermind at all..."

At this moment, a thicker red beam of light broke through the seal of Saint-Etienne Cathedral, shot from underground to the sky, dyeing the night sky a deep red color.

In the red light column, a dark inverted cross slowly rose up, and on the cross, a beautiful girl in a white burqa was nailed to it.

The iron nail pierced through her white and tender palms, and the flowing blood was continuously absorbed by the cross behind her, lighting up more and more magic runes.

"That's the Saint of the Night Cult!"

"Rescue!"

Vivian did not mean well. She was a Dian and did not care about the lives of the Night God's followers. However, the ceremony had to be disrupted now. Otherwise, if it continued, the entire fashion capital would be destroyed.

Bang~bang~
Delphine fired two shots in a row, but the two bullets hit Vivian and herself respectively.

Alchemical bullets can not only cause damage, but also use the power of elements to provide special blessings for yourself and your teammates. This time, the bullet shot by Delphine is called "Wings of Victory". After hitting, it will generate a pair of "V" shaped wings, allowing people to temporarily gain the ability to fly.

The two men spread their wings and flew high, quickly approaching the dark inverted cross.

Just when they were about to rescue the Saint of the Night, a sword energy came from nowhere and first cut off Vivian's Wings of Victory. Then the sword energy bounced at a clever angle and shattered the wings behind Delphine.

Kill two birds with one sword!
"who!"

"How despicable of you to hide your head and show your tail!"

After Vivian and Delphine landed awkwardly on the ground, they immediately looked around vigilantly.

At this moment, an elegant figure appeared in everyone's sight with leisurely steps. He held a book in his left hand, a sword in his right hand, and wore a pair of glasses on his nose. He was full of the intellectual temperament of a scholar.

"Knight Gavin!"

Vivian looked incredulous: "Sir, why are you here?"

She held the handle of the gun in her hand, and actually already had the answer in her heart, but she still clung to a lucky hope and refused to accept this cruel reality.

The Bloody Templar has replaced Europe's native pantheon for more than a thousand years and has become the lifelong belief of countless people.

Vivian, who was born into a knight family, has been the most devout believer of the Scarlet Templar since childhood. Gavin, as one of the twelve Knights Templar, is not only of noble birth and a descendant of the Holy Blood of God, but also knowledgeable and talented. Therefore, he was awarded the title of "Knight of Wisdom" and was admired by countless believers.

Vivian is one of them. The wise knight Gavin is the person she admires most in her life. She joins the Knights of the Round Table in order to practice the way of chivalry and become a guardian of light.

"Knight Gavin, have you also betrayed God?"

"betray?"

Gavin had a high nose bridge and deep eyes, like a scholar with a wealth of knowledge, but what he said made Vivian feel cold in her heart: "You are wrong, Morris did not lie, this is indeed God's will."

"impossible!"

Vivian still didn't want to believe it: "God is merciful, how could he issue such an absurd oracle?"

As the ceremony progressed, brutal fighting continued in the fashion capital, and in just a few moments, the death toll exceeded 100,000.

If the ceremony continues, the entire city will probably be destroyed, and the death toll will exceed two million, shocking the entire blue planet.

This will be a tragedy following the British Fog City tragedy.

Knight Gavin looked at Vivian calmly and said, "Little girl of the Wester family, it is you who presumptuously guessed the will of God. God came to the world to bring not peace, but war."

The dark truth was cruelly revealed by Gavin in front of Vivian, one scene after another.

"God destroyed Sodom, Gomorrah, and even Babylon. Every inch of the mountains and rivers of the Fertile Crescent is soaked in blood."

Gavin is one of the Twelve Knights of the Scarlet Templar, the highest level of the church, and therefore knows that God is a being of both light and darkness.

The grace of God is like the sea, and the power of God is like a prison!
There is kindness and light, as well as tyranny and darkness.

In order to carry out God's will, all sacrifices are bearable.

"I am about to ascend to heaven and be crowned a god. This is God's will. No matter how great the sacrifice, God's will cannot be violated."

Gavin raised the knight's sword in his hand, his eyes wise and pious: "God said, I will ascend to heaven and be on par with God. I swear by the sword of enlightenment and the book of omniscience in my hands that I will kill evil for my God."

As soon as the words fell, the red light suddenly increased. The power of the sacrificial ritual was constantly increasing, and the casualties in the fashion capital were also rising sharply.

One hundred thousand people, two hundred thousand people, three hundred thousand people...

In just a few moments, more than half a million people died tragically, becoming sacrifices for this deification ceremony.

Their flesh and blood, their souls, have all become nutrients for the wise knights to ascend to the heavens and stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods.

The path to immortality is forged with the blood and flesh of all living beings.

Behind the flawless light are the miserable cries and wails of countless people.

The Temple of Blood claims to be holy and bright, but it treats all living beings like lambs, taking and giving without mercy. Such behavior is neither holy nor bright.

"Ah~"

In the sky, countless red threads converged on the expression of the Saint of Night.

After sacrificing half of the fashion capital's one million residents, the Flesh and Blood Refining Array injected enormous power into her body through special rituals, catalyzing the divinity of the Night God in her body.

As a powerful ancient emperor of Blue Star, Night God ruled the Fertile Crescent for tens of thousands of years until the arrival of Emperor Mie, when she fell in disgrace.

Thousands of years have passed, and the divinity of the God of Night is still retained in the body of the Saint of Night. Because divinity is immortal, as long as the God of Night still has descendants left in the world, her divinity will always be able to remain in the world with this kind of attachment.

If the divinity is nourished with a large amount of flesh, blood and soul, there may be a chance for the Night God to return from the spirit world, revive on the Blue Star, and rule the earth again.

It’s a pity that the Knight of Wisdom did all these things, naturally not to create a hostile god.

He flew into the air and stabbed the Sword of Enlightenment in his hand into the chest of the Holy Maiden of the Night, until it pierced through her snow-white back and finally pierced into the pitch-black inverted cross.

The revived divinity of the Night God was taken away by Gavin. The dark cross began to frantically absorb the power of the Night God, and the darkness on its body became deeper.

And below, Ye Qingzhou was already considering running away.

The wise knight Gavin obviously has the cultivation base of a peak martial saint. He is an unrivaled warrior who has reached the ninth level of the heavenly realm and is only one step away from becoming a god.

And he is about to take this step.

Ye Qingzhou came here to cause trouble for the Source Blood Society, but he had no intention of sacrificing his life for Fran. No matter how many people died in the Fashion Capital, it had nothing to do with him.

However, something unexpected happened!

Just as the Holy Maiden of the Night was about to be sacrificed and her divinity was about to be taken away by Gavin, the dark inverted cross suddenly cracked.

First there were tiny cracks, then the cracks kept expanding, and finally the whole thing shattered and exploded directly in the sky.

Gavin frowned: "I performed the sacrifice strictly according to the rituals, why did the sealing and seizure of divinity fail?"

Just when he was puzzled, the runaway divinity broke through the shackles of the black cross and turned into a torrent, heading straight towards Ye Qingzhou.

In other words, it should be heading straight for the ruins behind him.

Ye Qingzhou dodged and watched with his own eyes as the energy torrent transformed from divinity penetrated into the ruins.

Rumble~
Tons of rubble were blown into the air, and Sophia stood up from the ground. Her bright eyes reflected the stars in the sky and the bright silver moon.

"After a long wait, I finally got the chance to be resurrected."

Sophia... No, she should be called Night Goddess at this moment.

Knight Gavin's face darkened when he saw this. He immediately understood the key point: "You left behind two divine powers, and with the help of the bloodline inheritance, you have been planning for thousands of years, just waiting for this moment to come. This is a good plan."

"This is all thanks to the Green Emperor. It was He who allowed me to cast my gaze to the other side of the river of time and glimpse my destiny."

"impossible!"

Gavin clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand: "After your fall, your fate has been locked by the Omni-Cause Network. Why didn't the Omni-Cause Network warn me? Unless..."

Then Knight Gavin thought of the only possibility: "Variables, your fate, variables that are not controlled by the network of all causes have been added!"

Ye Shen did not answer, but he paid more attention to Ye Qingzhou.

Her plan was able to conceal the truth and bypass the lock of the All-Cause Network, all thanks to Ye Qingzhou.

"You deserve to die!"

Gavin called upon the power of the Blood God. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that the Night Goddess had just revived and her divine power had not yet fully recovered to kill her.

"Tonight, you will all die!"

"The one who is going to die is you."

Boom~
A palm of thunder came down from the sky with the force of a mountain, breaking through the bloody sky and pressing towards Gavin.

"I, Zhang Xinwu, will take your life here today!" (End of this chapter)