The Archbishop's voice had barely faded when the bishops and priests standing around him removed their hoods.
They raised their hands high, gazed up at the incomparably dim sky, and began chanting softly in the same eerie tone.
The chant itself was simple, nothing more than a few basic prayers.
But the voices of more than a hundred priests and bishops mingled together, swiftly forming a wave with an almost bewitching quality.
As one believer after another joined the chant, the entire Land of Divine Descent echoed with that exceptionally eerie prayerful cadence.
Among all the voices, the Archbishop's was especially distinct.
Perhaps because his mechanical vocal cords were more advanced.
Chen Fan thought to himself as he raised his head to look at the sky.
He wanted to see just what sort of Divine Carriage this so-called Goddess would ride to descend into the world!
Suddenly.
As the mass chant gradually reached its climax, the sky abruptly darkened.
The sun that had been hidden behind the thick clouds vanished completely.
The divine descent had begun!
The surrounding torches were lit one by one, their firelight shining over the Land of Divine Descent and reflecting a peculiar metallic gleam.
There was not a trace of starlight in the dim sky, as though an enormous black curtain had covered the heavens.
The chanting around them grew ever more impassioned. A blinding flash of lightning streaked through the clouds and rapidly spread across the entire sky!
But...
Something appeared that Chen Fan had not expected!
The lightning did not vanish!
Cracks actually appeared in the dark sky, spreading continuously outward, with blinding bolts of lightning leaping within them!!
The sky had truly split open!!!
Endless golden lightning flowed slowly from the cracks like a river, gradually fading away into the surrounding atmosphere.