You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

Chapter 243 Aim the Cannon of Ten Thousand Spirits at the Crimson Heart World

In August of the 186th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, more than one-third of the territory of the world of Avia fell to the enemy.

The light representing the civilization of Avia rapidly faded on the world map, and despair spread like a plague in the hearts of the remaining Avia people.

After all, even the mighty Red Heart Society is no match for Hell.

The world of Avia is on the verge of destruction.

At that very moment, Reese, the Monument of Wisdom, a fugitive demigod once condemned as a blasphemer by the Holy See, descended like a moth to a flame into a fallen territory called Wind-Eroded Valley.

She faced the direction pointed at by the army of hell, and on the front lines of the hellish fortress constructed of painful flesh and twisted rules, she began to burn with all her power.

[It wasn't burning its own energy, but rather burning the core of her rules and the essence of her life.]

Faced with the onslaught of the hellish army, she was like a stubborn sculptor, using her own collapsing will to carve out a solitary paradise called the City of Freedom.

Under normal circumstances, a demigod would be utterly unable to withstand the onslaught of Hell.

[However, through her suicidal fighting style, using a trade of injuries to forcibly kill two demon viscounts, she managed to halt Hell's offensive.]

[Of course, the main reason was that the Red Heart Society had sent a warning message to the Devil Duke: "Don't say you weren't warned."]

The message is simple: the Red Hearts want to see Reese establish a relatively peaceful area in the occupied territories.

As the maintainer of the tacit understanding between the two sides, the Devil Duke naturally had to give the Red Heart Society face.

Most importantly, a severely injured demigod and a tiny territory are simply not worth him daring to challenge the Red Heart Society!

He had witnessed firsthand how those lunatics from the Red Heart Society could disguise their own people as demonic soldiers; if they really turned against him, he would be the one to suffer first!

People say that the demons of hell are like dogs, turning on you in an instant.

[But in his view, the Red Heart Society was the real wolf in sheep's clothing!]

He wasn't naive; as the founder of a vast, demonic family, he had also experienced brutal struggles in hell.

When politics is involved, concessions are necessary.

It's perfectly normal for a family to split into several factions, with one demanding war, another peace talks, and yet another surrender.

Even more absurdly, situations can occur where one side is on the verge of victory, only to surrender unexpectedly.

However, in most cases, a counterattack involving one side of the world is never so swift and decisive.

[At the very least, we need to provide support, fight, negotiate, and hurl insults at each other simultaneously.]

In short, many things happen at once.

However, the Red Heart Society, as an organization, somewhat defies normal political logic.

[They immediately turned hostile!]

[Completely ruthless!]

Faced with such an organization, the Devil Duke felt he still needed to be careful.

He quickly issued an order.

[Notify all subordinates!]

[Avoid the three marching units surrounding the City of Order!]

[Disobedience will be punished!]

[Soul extracted and burned for ten thousand years!]

After establishing a firm foothold, Reese began to appeal to the entire world of Avia.

Her severely wounded mental state, like a spark igniting a wildfire, spread its voice throughout the world via the makeshift Tower of Truth at the center of the City of Order.

【All citizens of Avia!】

[To all those who have huddled under the shadow of religious lies!]

[To all souls who refuse to accept their fate and yearn for the true rhythm of the universe!]

Look at this world, ravaged and devastated!

Our world has fallen to this state not entirely because of the abyss and hell!

[It stems from our own ignorance and self-imposed constraints!]

Look at our once-proud cathedral!

Has it ever illuminated our path to truth and power?

【study!】

【change!】

[Awaken!!]

Why is a pure heart so powerful?

Because of these three fundamental reasons, the only way for us to become strong is to emulate the steadfast faith and break the suffocating monopoly of the Holy See.

Embrace the extraordinary technology that can empower everyone!

Let knowledge become the new holy light against darkness!

Let the power of creation transform into a new blessing for protecting our homes!

A saying circulates within the Red Heart Society: "Everyone is like a dragon; human will can conquer nature!"

Therefore, if we truly wish to stand up, we can no longer rely on the illusory grace of God, but must take power into our own hands. Using the theoretical knowledge learned in the Red Heart Society, we will inscribe the war song of civilization, composed of steel and logic, into the blood of Avia.

Join me!

Join the City of Order!

Let us use our minds and hands to rebuild an era of awakening that belongs to the people of Avia!

This declaration, which calls for a radical overhaul of the religious order, has caused an uproar around the world.

In October of the 186th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, a thunderous roar shook the very foundations of the Avia religion.

Julian Morning Radiance, the Left Saint who heads the Holy See's Inspectorate and is one of the three core figures of the Papacy, has publicly voiced his support for Reisbeth.

This top-tier demigod, known for his majesty, profundity, and unwavering loyalty to doctrine, brazenly tore apart his magnificent holy robes embroidered with sacred runes during the morning prayer ceremony at the Starry Sky Sanctuary, in front of a group of high-ranking priests.

Behind him, six equally high-ranking priests simultaneously drew their swords and pointed them at the Pope, who stood high above them.

Modern religions, after millennia of decay, have long since tarnished the sacred mountains!

My heart!

[Yearning for the truth!]

This chaos caused a great upheaval within the Avia religion.

That same month, he led his elite troops, overcoming the relentless pursuit of the Avia religion, and traveled thousands of miles to the City of Order established by Reese.

The Left Saint's open defection was a fatal stab in the back to the Avia religious system.

Pope Avia's prestige was instantly brought down from its pedestal.

In an attempt to salvage the crumbling faith-based rule, Pope Avia launched her final and most vile counterattack, launching a complete smear campaign against Reese!

[Let's bring this once-great monument of wisdom down from its pedestal!]

[When Pope Avia publicly attacked Reese with various slanderous and defamatory means, she tried to minimize Reese's positive influence in his efforts to save the world and make it stronger.]

Most importantly, he wanted to cement the labels of thief and traitor in Reese's life.

Pope Avia's actions also drew a counterattack from Reese.

[In the past century, the Pope, under the guise of a soul reincarnation ritual, secretly abducted and sacrificed over 100,000 underage girls with pure psychic potential, stealing their souls and life force through sexual intercourse.]

[More than 70% of the members of the College of Cardinals are involved in crimes of keeping and defiled underage boys and girls under the guise of holiness and purification, and have even developed livestock chains composed of blood-related families to satisfy the perverse sexual desires of the higher classes.]

In the deepest well of purification on the holy mountain, tens of thousands of stubborn heretics were dissected alive, and their organs, containing the life force of faith, were extracted to make human oil fuel to maintain the operation of the Holy Light Array.

These scenes, these events, their cruelty, their blasphemy, their hypocrisy, far surpass any biography of the most depraved demons depicted in ancient mythology!

The devils of hell demand souls and submission, while the sacred mountain system of the Avia religion demands the complete devotion of believers, both physically and spiritually.

[Even the oil extracted from every drop of their marrow must be used to ignite and illuminate their decadent and corrupt throne!]

When this overwhelming evidence of darkness was laid bare for all to see, the remaining order of the entire world of Avia completely collapsed.

Previous accusations were easily suppressed because those who spoke out faced an impenetrable, all-powerful theocratic behemoth.

However, Reese is not alone today.

First and foremost, she is a powerful demigod with her own formidable power.

Secondly, she has the military power of the Left Saint Envoy Julian behind her, and is also secretly connected to the powerful information warfare technology provided by the Red Heart Society in the City of Order.

Her voice was no longer a weak struggle, but a resounding judgment bell capable of piercing the heavens!

Those bloody, irrefutable pieces of evidence, like a flaring bomb, were precisely thrown into Avia, a powder keg already riddled with cracks due to the accumulated pressure of faith.

The sacred mountain's proud foundation of faith and rule was instantly shattered into pieces!

[If an ordinary professional possessed such explosive evidence, even if the evidence was irrefutable and the scandal caused a huge uproar, they would be quickly silenced.]

[Considering the impact on public opinion and religious beliefs, the Avia religion only needs to issue a statement clarifying the rumors.]

After all, the two sides are not evenly matched in strength; if the stronger party wants to, the weaker party has absolutely no power to resist.

However, when the two parties involved in this matter have equal power and influence, then it becomes a battle of wits, a test of who has the most dirt on them.

In April of the 187th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, as the world of Avia teetered on the brink of collapse, with the Abyss and Hell simultaneously invading and pushing Avia to the brink of destruction, the Pope of Avia did something utterly astonishing.

He unleashed the core resources of the world of Avia, preparing to use the terrifying power of the Myriad Spirits Forged Cannon to blast open a door of hope for the world of Avia.

However, after activating the Myriad Spirits Cannon, he pointed the cannon at the location of the Crimson Heart World.

[He's using these actions to blatantly pressure the Red Heart Society, forcing them to do everything in their power to help the world of Avia!]

The terrifying attack, condensed from the power of the All-Spirit Cannon, is already poised to strike!

He had only one thought: if the world of Avia was about to perish, he would drag the world of Crimson Heart down with him!

[Heaven and Earth unite as one!]

Let's die together!

Even if we can't destroy the Crimson Heart World, we must at least cripple it!

[Then, in the near future, they were swallowed up by the abyss!]

Otherwise, why would the world of Avia be destroyed while the world of Red Heart remains intact?

(End of this chapter)