Start from Panlong and kill through the heavens

Chapter 27: Thorn Stairs
It was still very cold in the Magnolia Capital in February, and even snowflakes were floating in the sky.

Accompanied by the sound of bells and ritual music, a slender figure in a moon-white robe walked step by step through the void.

He has long, flowing, and smooth silver hair, and wears a mask that looks like it's made of ice and snow, with a faint green light lingering on the surface.

His height of about 1.8 meters is only considered average among powerful warriors and magicians, but his elegant and indifferent temperament makes him seem as if he does not belong to this world, like a god high above.

Behind him were two beautiful women in green robes flying in the air. Both of them were messengers of the Temple of Life and possessed the powerful strength of Sanctuary Magisters.

He is the high priest of the Temple of Life, the pillar of the Magnolia Empire, a powerful existence beyond the Holy Land, and the most ancient human powerhouse on the Magnolia Continent!
But even such a powerful being had an exceptionally gentle gaze. When his gaze swept over the crowd, they felt as if basking in the spring breeze, and even the chillness on their bodies disappeared.

Li En's eyes were always on the high priest. From the appearance, it was indeed impossible to tell whether the high priest was a man or a woman, and even her temperament was very neutral, but he knew that the high priest was actually a female deity.

What appeared before his eyes should be the life clone of the high priest. The clone was composed of divine power and could naturally change its appearance at will.

From the high priest in front of him, Li En felt the terrifying soul power, as vast as the ocean.

Since entering the realm of Holy Mage, Li En's mental power improvement speed has slowed down a lot, but it is still much faster than ordinary Holy Mage relying on meditation practice. He thinks that his current mental power is not too weak in the Holy Realm.

However, in front of the high priest, he felt that the other party only needed a look to hurt his soul.

"As expected of a powerful person who practices the rules of life, his soul is truly terrifying." Li En was secretly surprised. He felt that he had underestimated the strength of this high priest.

Perhaps he had a preconceived notion that the high priest was just a lower-level god, no different from an ant in the later stages of the Panlong world, but he forgot that he was just a sanctuary.

The Holy Domain is nothing but an ant in front of the God-level. Even if it is at its limit, it is difficult to pose a threat to the God-level powerhouse.

Especially for a strong person like the high priest who has become a god independently and is extremely proficient in souls, even the most powerful sanctuary will still be vulnerable in front of her if it does not have special methods to protect the soul.

Ever since Rean killed Kramerson, the leader of the fallen angels of the Dark Church, and merged with the blood of Suzaku, he has felt extremely confident in his own strength.

With the power of his fused bloodline, his own comprehension of the mysteries, and the strength of the Holy Mage, he believed that apart from those extremely powerful people, it would be difficult for anyone in the Holy Land to pose a threat to him.

To the extent that he even felt that before long, he would dare to touch even the god-level strongmen.

But when he faced the high priest of the Temple of Life, he realized how big the gap was between the god level and the holy realm.

Not to mention the divine realm that only god-level strongmen possess, the huge gap in divine power and soul power alone makes the Holy Land far behind.

Perhaps for a lower-level god like the God of War O'Brien who became a god by refining his divine nature, some gifted Sanctuary masters still have a chance to kill him through a sneak attack.

However, it was almost impossible for the Sanctuary to harm a powerful lower-level god like the High Priestess.

"If my fused bloodline can be increased to 10%, my physical strength is comparable to that of a divine weapon, and my profound comprehension and mental power are close to the limit, then perhaps I can pose a certain threat to the high priest." Li En thought to himself.

As the owner of two divine bloodlines, even though the power of his bloodline is still a long way from reaching the divine level, the innate divine light in his bloodline can protect his soul.

There is a natural blue light in the Azure Dragon bloodline, and there is a natural red light in the Vermillion Bird bloodline. The fusion of the two bloodlines makes the natural abilities stronger, and the ability to protect the soul is also stronger.

With Li En's current bloodline power, coupled with the mental strength of a Saint Mage, ordinary Saint Mage mental attacks would not pose a threat to him. If the bloodline power were increased to 10%, it would be equivalent to the bloodline of a core member of the Hell Azure Dragon family, allowing him to unleash innate magical powers.

Although one cannot use innate magical powers before reaching the god level, the ability of the innate divine light to protect the soul will become extremely powerful.

If his mental strength grows to the peak of the holy realm, Rean is confident that even if he cannot withstand the soul attack of a god-level strongman, he can at least hold on for a long time.

However, these are not enough. He must at least have a body of artifact level and mysterious attacks at the limit of the sanctuary, otherwise he cannot even break the high priest's defense.

Of course, this is just Rean's guess. There is no example in the original work of the Sanctuary killing a god-level strongman. Even when Lin Lei was in the Sanctuary, there was no record of him challenging a lower-level god.

Rean had such a guess because of the existence of the plug-in, but in fact he didn't need to do so at all. After all, he had no hatred with any god-level strongman in the Magnolia Continent.

If he wanted to kill a lower-level god, the safest way would be to wait for him to enter the divine realm, and then increase his bloodline power to 10%. After activating his innate magical powers, he would be able to easily kill most lower-level gods.

Just as Rean was lost in thought, the high priest above had already landed on the altar and finished a brief speech.

Her voice is gentle and magnetic, and it is hard to tell whether it is male or female, but it makes people feel convinced unconsciously.

After the high priest finished his speech, the clergy of the Temple of Life set up a giant magic circle on the altar. The moment the magic circle was completed, endless red thorns grew wildly around it.

The thorny brambles grow from the ground and spiral upward like a spiral staircase leading to the sky.

At the end of this staircase, there is a huge throne of life, and the high priest is sitting on the throne.

If anyone wants to take the test to become a personal disciple, then he must walk up this thorny staircase and come before the high priest. As long as he can do this, he will be qualified to become the high priest's personal disciple.

It sounds like a very simple test, but throughout the ages, over tens of thousands of years, no more than a hundred people have been able to do this, with an average of only one person being able to do it every hundred years.

From the words of the clergy of the Temple of Life, Rean learned that anyone present was qualified to step onto the Stairway of Thorns, but only those with good intentions could approach the altar.

So this first step has already excluded most people.

Just as Rean was watching, powerful auras rushed out from the crowd and were the first to climb the thorny stairs.

These people are almost all from the Holy Domain, nearly ten in total.

They may not all want to become the high priest's personal disciples, but the high priest has promised that no matter who it is, as long as they can reach the end of the thorny stairs, she will fulfill one of their conditions.

Most of these people probably want to learn from the high priest about his insights and experiences in becoming a god.

After these sanctuaries came up, next came a group of extremely talented magicians, among whom was a brother and sister with long golden hair.

The brother's name is Dixie and the sister's name is Delia.

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