The vast, twisted chanting filled He Ao's mind, as if it were tearing his entire soul apart. Dim Blood Tears streamed from his eyes.
However, this did not greatly affect He Ao's thinking or judgment. He stared at the light covering his eyes as countless thoughts raced through his mind.
He could clearly sense that when he spoke the syllables "Atmorayeh," some vast and great gaze seemed to have descended from far beyond Outside of Time and Space.
And it was because of that gaze that the power hidden within the pendant had been activated, further affecting the space around the church.
It seemed that this might have been a "simplified" ritual.
The syllables "Atmorayeh" might have come from some mysterious language. Their correct pronunciation alone could perhaps produce a certain mystical effect.
Moreover, those syllables were most likely related to Eternal Radiance. Otherwise, they would not have drawn Eternal Radiance's gaze.
However, the effect of this long-distance projected "gaze" was not as potent as a communication ritual. It could not establish a stable connection between the speaker and the deity.
Its actual effect seemed to be that it caught Eternal Radiance's attention for a moment, and Eternal Radiance looked over here, sweeping its gaze across the speaker.
But even such a simple "sweep of the gaze" carried contamination that most ordinary people could not endure.
It seemed that the Eternal Sect possessed some technique capable of reducing the effects of that contamination. However, based on He Ao's understanding of these Evil God cults, that technique was most likely a method only believers could use.
The contamination itself might even have been one of the methods used to select the cult's core members.
If you could not even withstand the contamination from your own god, how could you become one