Shua!
Lin Ran's flying speed was extremely fast, and he soon arrived at the area in the southeast where the cardinal was located.
Since the opponent was a strong tenth-tier expert, Lin Ran was not confident enough to consider his illusion formation as an invincible means.
Therefore, he kept Luo Qingyan and the Holy Light Crusade troops at a relatively safe distance, observing from afar.
With the amplification of high perception and the Heart of Nature, Lin Ran could still easily grasp their movements.
"How cruel is the Holy Light Church, they are actually slaughtering without discrimination!"
Luo Qingyan peeked out from Lin Ran's embrace for a moment and couldn't help but stick out her tongue.
Lin Ran chuckled:
"Isn't this their usual style?"
"And they always bestow upon themselves the name of justice... calling such inhumane acts purification."
"The existence of the Holy Light Church has somewhat whitewashed many of the other churches..."
"But this is not something we should be concerned about."
"We just need to do our own thing and continue searching for that damn Red Moon..."
"Let them handle the infighting among themselves."
Saying that, Lin Ran began to fully activate his Eternal Kaleidoscope, analyzing the power of the cardinal in this small troop.
However, because Lin Ran did not want to be discovered, this power analysis was not very efficient, but it was very safe.
"Huh?!"
"Who would have thought, who would have thought, that we would actually meet acquaintances in this place!"
"And it looks like these former brothers have turned against each other!"
Halfway through the power analysis, Lin Ran suddenly started laughing to himself.
"What?!"
Luo Qingyan, who had not noticed these details at all, was stunned.
"Oh! Right, you don't have that field of vision!"
Lin Ran nodded as if he had just realized, and patted Luo Qingyan's head.
"How about this, I'll share my vision with you..."
"Come, relax, don't tense up your spiritual sense so much, prepare to enter!"
Saying that, Lin Ran naturally pushed his spiritual power, directly entering Luo Qingyan's spiritual consciousness space.
Luo Qingyan was completely unprepared and was completely occupied by Lin Ran's consciousness.
It was then that she was surprised to discover that Lin Ran's spiritual power had actually reached such an exaggerated level!
Although she was indeed not on guard against Lin Ran, with Lin Ran's rate of progress, even if she resisted with all her might, it would have been of little use...
After all, Lin Ran's terrifying spiritual control was enough to crush her completely.
And when Lin Ran's spiritual power fully entered Luo Qingyan's spiritual consciousness, Luo Qingyan was surprised to find that she seemed to be able to intervene in a strange perspective...
And as soon as she entered this perspective, she saw two familiar faces!
These two people were not unfamiliar to Luo Qingyan at all, as they were both contestants she had seen before, and they were also believers under the Holy Light.
Arthur!
And... Caesar!
But for some reason, these two seemed to be in a tense standoff, with a strong sense of animosity between them.
The comfortable smiles they had during the competition were nowhere to be seen...
Especially the topics they were discussing were all explosive!
At this moment, Caesar's entire face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water was about to drip from it.
He suppressed his voice and growled angrily:
"Arthur! What is going on!"
"Didn't you say we were just here to spread our faith?"
"How did it suddenly turn into a massacre competition where we're killing wildly!"
"The souls that have died by your hands are countless. Hurry up and stop before things get worse!"
Arthur's extremely handsome face immediately showed a playful smile:
"Oh? Brother Caesar, why are you pretending not to understand here?"
"Logically speaking, you shouldn't be unaware that our Holy Light Church always carries out large-scale purges before spreading its doctrines, right?"
"Otherwise, it would be extremely easy to provoke strong resistance from external forces and even larger-scale wars..."
"What we are doing now is simply nipping the threat in the bud!"
Caesar's anger intensified upon hearing this:
"What?! Purge?!"
"Even for the purge of heretics who openly oppose us, we would never be so bloodthirsty and exterminate them completely!"
"This is indiscriminate slaughter! It completely contradicts our doctrines!"
Arthur stared at Caesar's old face, which was contorted with extreme anger, for a long time, and then suddenly burst into laughter:
"Indiscriminate slaughter? Don't be ridiculous, Brother Caesar..."
"The reason we want to expel and eliminate them all is simply because they are our potential threats, and for no other reason."
"For our beloved and merciful Lord, I believe these things should be done..."
Caesar felt his mind buzzing with anger.
But now that his life was in the hands of Arthur's men, he naturally could not act rashly and could only continue to roar at Arthur:
"Nonsense!"
"Among the beings you have slaughtered, ordinary people constitute the vast majority!"
"They are clearly our potential followers, not targets that need to be purged and eliminated!"
"What you are doing now is fundamentally wrong!"
Arthur immediately put on an extremely exaggerated expression, opening his mouth wide and saying theatrically:
"Brother Caesar, you are barely thirty years old, and you are already senile? You can even say things are 'fundamentally wrong'..."
"Let me tell you the truth!"
"This plan was personally reviewed and approved by the Pope!"
"Surprised, aren't you? But you should have thought of it sooner..."
"After all, besides him, who else has such great power?"
"Especially, His Holiness the Pope's exact words were... leave no one alive!"
"We are merely performing our duties and fulfilling our responsibilities, doing everything His Holiness the Pope has commanded. What is wrong with that?"
As soon as these words were uttered, Caesar's mindset visibly collapsed. He could no longer suppress the rage in his heart and rushed forward, grabbing Arthur by the collar and roaring:
"What did you say?!"
"His Holiness the Pope's order was... leave no one alive?!"