It felt so good to be close to the witch!

The first pillar of the Twelve Pillars of Radiance has been a demigod for quite some time now. Although he has not yet reached the level of a senior demigod, he is already a veteran among demigods.

As for the former Grand Master of the Royal Knights, he was an even more important figure.

Fifty years ago, this person had already reached the level of a seasoned demigod. However, due to his advanced age, he rarely took action, so the world knew very little about his strength. But what is certain is that the former Grand Master of the Royal Knights was the face of the Radiant Empire and a super strong figure who kept the Temple in check before the border dukes came of age.

Before the fight, no one knew whether the old Grand Master of the Royal Knights or the border duke was stronger, but there was no doubt that his agreement to help meant that the imperial family would not be a hindrance in the crucial moment of the war.

Now, everything is ready, and all that's left is for the temple to reveal its true colors.

……

Ais took a whole day to achieve her breakthrough.

When the girl opened her eyes again, the entire hidden place was completely frozen by pale red frost.

Roy sat upright to one side, his body surrounded by a faint glow of crimson-gold battle aura, preventing him from being frozen by the solid ice.

The pale red frost was frighteningly cold, at over two hundred degrees below zero. An ordinary person would probably be frozen into an ice sculpture the moment they touched it, and even an extraordinary person would be no exception.

Below the legendary level, the barrier of battle qi has no effect whatsoever. Even for a legendary level, resisting this pale red frost requires an extremely terrifying consumption of battle qi.

And this was just the aftershock unintentionally revealed when Ais broke through.

It's hard to imagine what it would be like when Ais goes all out.

"Congratulations, Ais," Roy said with a smile.

"Thank you." The girl's cold expression faded as she completed her breakthrough, and a faint smile appeared on her lips—an extremely rare expression for Ais.

The two walked out of the hidden place together, and the other witches offered their blessings.

At this point, only Elena and Vivian, the two little witches around Roy, have not yet advanced to the level of Great Witch.

Oh, right, if we really have to talk about it, there's also the music witch Beya.

However, with the great war about to begin, Beya had only been in the group for a short time and had no time to react. She has now been sent to Witch Island in the rear.

However, before sending Beya away, Roy had already cleansed the girl of all her impurities. As a result, Beya only needs to cultivate quietly, and her future achievements will at least start as a great witch.

……

Peaceful and tranquil times always pass by in the blink of an eye.

Early that morning, Roy and the witches were having breakfast in the courtyard when a powerful tremor suddenly struck.

The pebbles on the ground trembled constantly, and high in the sky, a huge circular blank area was torn open in the clouds, and this area was still expanding at a visible speed.

The source of all this is a massive energy pillar, hundreds of meters thick.

Unlike ordinary energy pillars, this energy pillar that shot straight into the sky had black arcs of electricity constantly jumping on its surface, making it look eerie and terrifying.

"This is...the direction of Star Lake?!"

Roy's eyes widened as he immediately pinpointed the location of the energy pillar.

"Come on, Latie, let's go take a look."

Latie stepped forward, took Roy's hand, and with a flash of silver light, the two arrived in mid-air above the Star Lake.

Looking at the pillar of energy before him, which was several times more terrifying than when the demonic tide had erupted in the past, Roy's eyes flashed with deep solemnity.

"The demonic tide hasn't even started yet, and it already broke out once last winter. Logically speaking, there's no way it could break out again, right?"

A crimson-gold streak of light swept down from the heavens and earth, stopping beside Roy and revealing Fuma's figure.

"Roy, something terrible has happened."

“My father asked me to tell you that right now, all the large magic pulsations in the Radiant Realm are bursting out with terrifying energy pillars.”

"My father is currently at another magical energy point that has erupted in the province of Rafa."

Fuma's words made Roy's pupils shrink.

All the major magic pulsations have erupted?

At that moment, Roy, whose thoughts were racing, suddenly had a picture pop into his mind.

That was the scene when he was solving Fuma's "destined death," after the black-robed man who suddenly appeared died, emerged from the deep pit of magic points.

—It was that black, broken dagger stuck in the wall of the magic pulse point, which could not be found afterward!

Chapter 241 Upside-down Divine Image

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Recalling the broken black dagger, Roy's mind was filled with all the events surrounding the Star Lake incident.

The Star Lake Incident was caused by a premeditated action by the former Second Prince, now the King of the Radiant Empire, in order to seize the throne. His aim was to win over the border dukes and obtain the "A-grade forbidden item - the Lost Ice Coffin" from the Star Lake seal in order to save Fuma, who was about to reach her destined death.

Looking back now, the Second Prince's actions throughout the entire process seem particularly strange.

The "key" to open the sealed space of Star Lake was provided by the Second Prince, but the knight who entered the sealed space with the "key" later disappeared without a trace.

Roy's initial thought was that the person died inside the sealed space, but now it seems that this is not the case.

The Second Prince sent people into the underground sealed space of Star Lake. Besides trying to obtain the A-level forbidden item - the Lost Ice Coffin, his greater purpose was likely to leave the black broken dagger in the magic vein point, making it a "hidden switch".

Right now, this "switch" has been turned on.

A pillar of magical energy shot into the sky, scattering the clouds high above. Under Roy's watchful gaze, a network covering the entire sky slowly took shape.

The magical energy pillar that erupted over Star Lake was just one node in this indescribable giant net.

Countless energies converged northward along the giant net high in the sky.

Roy soared into the air, attempting to attack the giant net, only to discover that while it appeared to exist, it was not a physical entity and could not be touched at all.

Roy's gaze turned grave as he looked towards the direction where the giant net's energy was gathering: "The royal capital, Saint Fuye!"

"call out--"

A crimson-gold light shone from afar, revealing the figure of the border duke.

"The temple has begun its operation," the border duke said in a deep voice. "Such enormous energy must be intended to revive some kind of divine creation. We must stop the temple's actions before that thing revives."

"I tried contacting the Radiant Pillar of the Royal Capital and the former Grand Master of the Royal Knights, but I received no response whatsoever. I don't know if it's due to the influence of the chaotic magic, or if they've already..."

Roy felt a chill run down his spine. Compared to the former, he was more inclined to believe the latter possibility: these two demigods in the royal capital of Saint Fuye might have already met with a terrible fate.

The current energy convergence point is the royal capital, Saint Fuye. If it were his own temple pope, he would certainly eliminate these two potential threats before taking action.

Blackstone Territory, the lord's residence.

Roy looked at Elena and Vivian: "You two stay here. The rest of you, let's set off together for the royal capital, Saint Fuye."

The two little witches who were called out pouted, but did not refute it.

The two women knew very well that in the great battle to come, they, who had not yet reached the level of Great Witches, would only be a burden.

Besides Elena and Vivian, Fuma was also left behind.

While his legendary combat power wasn't low, it wasn't quite enough.

Fuma's expression was complicated. She never expected that one day, she, who was hailed as a "genius," would become a burden.

Finage, Latie, Shanica, Lilia, Ais, and Tonine nodded in unison.

Five great witches, plus Roy and the border duke, make a total of seven super combatants.

Latie stepped forward, and a dazzling silver magical light emanated from her hands, enveloping all seven people who had gathered together.

With a flash of light, the seven people vanished from their spot, leaving only the three women looking at each other and then sighing softly.

……

His vision went dark and bright.

When Roy and his seven companions emerged from the spatial portal, what they saw was the inverted statue of God, hundreds of meters tall, in the center of the royal capital, Saint Fuye.

Normally, a deity's statue consists of feet, body, and head from bottom to top. However, this strange gray statue consists of head, body, and feet from bottom to top, giving it a very unsettling and bizarre feel.

The colossal statue, hundreds of meters tall, remained incredibly clear even from a considerable distance.

A faint gray hue enveloped the entire surface of the royal capital, Saint Fuye. Roy stared intently and saw that the guards standing in front of the city gate had become withered and gray, as if they had lost all vitality.

"Boundary?"

Without hesitation, Roy, still in mid-air, had a flash of light from the spatial ring on his finger, and the A+ grade forbidden item—the Demon-Slaying Bow and Arrow—appeared in his hand.

This is a purely defensive taboo item, extremely effective against barriers and protective shields.

The bow is fully drawn, and the light gathers into an arrow.

In the next instant, a chilling arrow streaked across the sky and struck the gray protective shield on the surface of the royal capital, Saint Fuye.

However, the imagined collision did not occur.

When the Demon-Slaying Arrow landed on the surface of the gray shield, the gray shield actually collapsed into gas, allowing the Demon-Slaying Arrow to penetrate deeply. Just as the Demon-Slaying Arrow penetrated several meters, the dense gray gas directly eroded all the energy light on the Demon-Slaying Arrow.

This scene caused the expressions of the seven people watching from the sidelines to change.

Everyone present was well aware of the power of the A+ grade forbidden item - the Demon-Slaying Bow and Arrow. In the past, when attacking the Holy Mountain of the Temple, it was able to break through the Holy Mountain's protective formation with a single arrow.

The power of an A+ grade forbidden item is enough to threaten a demigod. Even a seasoned demigod would not dare to be careless when facing the Demon-Slaying Bow and Arrow.

But now, this incredibly powerful arrow has failed?!

"What should we do?" Roy asked the border duke beside him.

"This gray aura is very effective against pure energy entities." The border duke observed carefully and came to this conclusion after a few seconds.

"Let's take a closer look first," Roy said, landing on the ground and coming to the edge of the gray gas shield.

He raised his hand and gently pressed it against the surface of the gray gas shield.

With Shanika by his side, he became much bolder in his actions.

Even if he were to die on the spot, Shanika could bring him back from the brink of death.

"呲呲..."

A strange sound of energy corrosion came from the air, but Roy's expression was rather odd.

This gray mist... it looks so much like the black mist inside the Black Mist Forbidden Zone!

Saying it resembles something else isn't quite accurate; to be precise, this gray mist is more like primordial black fog.