Elven cultivators

"The Church of Radiance?"

Ryan put down his teacup, his eyebrows slightly raised, and his tone carried a hint of surprise.

Flora, sitting opposite, nodded and pushed a thin file onto the table.

"The people were captured three days ago in a refugee camp outside Black Mountain City. There were six of them in total. They disguised themselves as refugees and mingled in the group. They were secretly preaching in the camp when they were discovered by the guards. They were detained on the spot and interrogated overnight, and that's when they confessed their origins."

Lucius sat by the window without saying a word, seemingly indifferent to the matter.

Mia leaned closer, flipped through the files, glanced at them, and clicked her tongue twice: "The Church of Radiant Light... I've never even heard of it."

Flora nodded slightly: "According to them, the Church of Radiance has only been established for a little over two years and has been operating in the northern part of the continent. But as you know, the north is in a terrible state right now. The dead are everywhere and there are hardly any living people. They can only recruit a handful of believers and cannot expand their influence at all."

"Later, I heard from somewhere that things were stable in the east, so I decided to take a risk and come here to try my luck and see if I could make a breakthrough in Black Mountain City."

Mia looked puzzled: "Don't they know the clan has already destroyed two churches?"

"The Church of Radiance is just a small church. Since its founding, it has been confined to the north, with limited access to information and intelligence capabilities, so..."

Flora spread her hands, her meaning perfectly clear.

Ryan and Mia exchanged a glance, both finding it somewhat absurd. They had seen many ambitious forces, but this was the first time they had ever encountered one like the Church of Radiant Light, which dared to come knocking without even having gathered basic intelligence.

"What is the origin of the false god they worship?" Ryan asked.

Unlike the outside world's limited understanding of the church, Ryan and his companions, as true disciples of the Primordial City, had long learned the church's true nature from Anton.

These churches are actually tools used by false gods to draw faith and enhance their power.

Behind every church, there is inevitably a false god who attempts to become a god.

Most of them gained power by fusing fragments of divine essence, but their foundation was unstable, and they had to rely on the faith of their followers to stabilize and consolidate their authority over the laws.

That's why they are so keen on missionary work, even at the risk of exposure when operating in war-torn regions.

However, most churches, due to their short history of development, are far from being strong even with the power bestowed upon them by false gods.

Most churches don't even have a saint.

Therefore, once the false gods are eliminated, the church will naturally collapse without a fight.

"Those church members didn't know any more specific information, they only knew that the false god was called the Lord of Radiance."

"Lord of Radiance..." Mia clicked her tongue. "The name sounds grand, but I wonder how strong he is." Ryan pondered for a moment. "Judging from the name, this false god probably controls the Law of Radiance, or a similar law. His power shouldn't be that strong."

"That's what I think too," Flora nodded in agreement.

The reason why the false god named Morais was able to break through to the demigod level in a short period of time after obtaining the fragment of godhood was that the law of soul was an intermediate law, which had the characteristic of devouring souls to quickly improve.

Secondly, the north was in the midst of war at that time, and no one paid attention to him, which allowed him to calmly slaughter and accumulate power.

But the Law of Radiance is different; it is only a lower-level law, and there is no shortcut to rapid advancement.

Therefore, the so-called Lord of Glory is probably not very powerful.

Otherwise, the Church of Glory wouldn't have dwindled to its current size of only a handful of members.

"According to those people, their leader is only at the peak of the Gold rank, not even a Legendary rank."

Mia's eyes lit up immediately: "So, this Lord of Radiance is only at the Saint level? And most likely only at the Saint Transformation Realm, or at most the Resonance Realm, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a miserable state."

The other three elves present only glanced at her before knowing what she was up to.

Sure enough, Mia immediately followed up with, "Do you think... we can take care of this 'Lord of Radiance' ourselves?"

The two false gods in the churches that were discovered earlier were both dealt with personally by the teacher. The main reason was that both false gods were considered to be divine beings.

Apart from the teacher, the clan has no other fighting force capable of dealing with enemies of this level.

But if it's just a Saint in the Sanctification Realm or the Resonance Realm, then it's much easier to deal with.

Even if there were only Saintly Realm cultivators, it wouldn't be impossible for the four of them to kill them if they joined forces.

Among them, Ryan and Lucius, who had the highest cultivation levels, had recently advanced to the third level of the Golden Core stage, but with spiritual weapons in hand, their strength far surpassed that of ordinary legendary peak cultivators.

With numerous trump cards, even if he couldn't defeat a Saint in a one-on-one fight, he could still escape.

While Flora and Mia are slightly less powerful, currently at the second level of the Golden Core stage, they also possess spiritual artifacts, making them no less formidable than peak legendary cultivators.

If four true disciples joined forces, it wasn't impossible for them to kill a pseudo-god in the Saint Transformation Realm.

Seeing that the three of them remained silent, Mia urged, "So? Do you want to do it? If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement!"

Flora frowned subconsciously: "This is quite risky."

"But the teachers and elders are either in seclusion or too busy to get away. We can't expect them to handle everything, can we?" Mia argued logically. "Besides, as true disciples, isn't it our duty to share the burden with those above us?"

Flora opened her mouth, but didn't immediately refute. Just then, Lucius, who had been leaning against the wall without saying a word, suddenly spoke.

"I think it's okay."

His tone was as brief and straightforward as ever, but a rare sharp glint appeared in his usually emotionless eyes.

Clearly, fighting against a false god was a very tempting proposition for him.

Mia was overjoyed and immediately looked at Ryan.

Ryan didn't answer immediately. After a moment of contemplation, he slowly said, "It would be a bit presumptuous of us to rely on just the four of us."

He paused for a moment, then said, "However, if we had one more helper, our chances would be much better."

Flora paused for a moment, then realized what she meant and tentatively asked, "You mean...Evie?"

Ryan smiled and nodded: "That's right."

Flora immediately showed a look of excitement.

Although Ivy was promoted to a true disciple two or three decades later than them, she has surpassed them in cultivation and her cultivation level has already surpassed theirs and Mia's.

Both Beren and Lucius are equally formidable.

With her joining the team, the five of them working together would give them a fighting chance even against a pseudo-god at the Resonance Realm.

With that in mind, Flora no longer hesitated and nodded in agreement.

Mia and Lucius naturally had no objections.

Ryan smiled slightly and stood up: "Then there's no time to lose. I'll go talk to her, and you all should start making preparations too."