The unknown Angel Statue before them shattered cleanly, without the slightest hesitation.
If this Angel Statue could speak, it would probably have let out a bitter laugh by now.
Dear lady, bringing God in your belly to kneel before an angel—did she think angels lived too long?
Clearly, the people in the church had not expected such a change. They looked at one another, unable to understand why the statue had shattered.
Finally, an elderly priest spoke in a trembling voice. "Perhaps it was simply too old."
Even he did not believe it when he said that. After all, this statue had only been erected a few years ago, when the New Pope took office.
But other than that explanation, there seemed to be no other.
Yet Ye Lingtong had an intuition. Looking at the statue that had shattered into stones, she felt that this Angel Statue had only broken because it could not bear her kneeling before it.
Was it because of the child in her belly?
At that thought, Ye Lingtong unconsciously stroked her stomach.
Just what kind of extraordinary being was she carrying?
With the statue shattered, there was no need to continue the prayer.
One of the church's priests cleared his throat and looked toward the Ye Family Father and Daughter, a kindly smile on his face.
"May the Angel God bless us." He smiled at Ye's Father, his gaze finally falling on Ye Lingtong.
He silently assumed that she was another pregnant woman praying for her child's safety.
After all, it was not unusual. Many pregnant women came to churches to pray for the Angel God's blessing, hoping the Angel God would protect their children through a safe birth and allow them to awaken high-level Innate Soul Power in the future, becoming Soul Masters admired by all.
However, this pregnant woman seemed rather too young.
"Have you come to pray to the Angel God for the safety of mother and child?" The Old Priest remained composed. He was already thoroughly familiar with this routine and stepped forward to begin reciting the prayer, only to be interrupted by Ye's Father.
Ye's Father rubbed his hands awkwardly. "Lord Priest, my daughter and I did not come here for that." After hesitating for a moment, he did not mention last night's dream. Instead, he described the changes that had occurred to his daughter today.
Although Spirit Hall had always been lenient toward commoners, his daughter's dream was simply too shocking!
Even the great Angel God had been a creation casually made by the fetus in his daughter's womb. If Spirit Hall learned of such a thing, it would be fine if they accepted it. But what if they did not?
Would that not mean that his daughter and the child in her belly were an insult to Spirit Hall?
With his daughter's safety at stake, Ye's Father did not lay everything out in the open at such a critical moment.
Yet merely hearing about the changes that had happened to Ye Lingtong today left the Priests and Deacons of Martial Soul Hall utterly dumbfounded!
What kind of person could gain a full twenty levels of Soul Power in a single day? And without even hunting soul beasts to obtain Soul Rings, she had condensed them herself!
How was that possible?
"Little friend, could you show us your Soul Rings?" The Old Priest had never heard of such a bizarre tale in all his life. At this time, matters such as God-bestowed Spirit Rings were kept tightly hidden, so he had not connected it to God-bestowed Spirit Rings at all.
He did not even know that such a concept as God-bestowed Spirit Rings existed.
Ye Lingtong nodded blankly and summoned her spirit.
Holy white light enveloped the girl's body, making her originally pure temperament appear sacred.
At the same time, one white and two golden Soul Rings slowly rose at her feet, making the sacred aura around her seem almost tangible!
Even previous possessors of the Angel Spirit had never carried such an intense sense of holiness!
While the Old Priest stood in shock, Qian Daoliu, within the Angel Temple, seemed to sense something. He opened his eyes and looked toward a certain location in the city. Then, with a flash, he vanished from where he stood.
Inside a church in Spirit City, three Soul Rings rose at the girl's feet.
Everyone whispered among themselves at this strange sight. As everyone knew, Soul Rings came in only five colors. Ten-year Soul Rings were white, hundred-year Soul Rings were yellow, thousand-year Soul Rings were purple, Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings were black, and the legendary hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings were crimson!
The golden Soul Rings at the girl's feet belonged to none of those colors!
How had such Soul Rings appeared?
"This..." The Old Priest was too shocked to speak. He even wondered whether this might be some kind of illusion.
At that moment, Qian Daoliu stood to one side, his sharp eyes witnessing the entire scene. The girl's spirit was merely pure Light Element, but even so, it vaguely felt comparable in quality to his Angel Spirit.
More importantly, there were two golden Soul Rings at her feet!
Were these not the legendary God-bestowed Spirit Rings?
Qian Daoliu naturally knew the secret of God-bestowed Spirit Rings. Combined with the divine oracle he had heard yesterday, his eyes lit up as he looked at the girl. He strode forward and grabbed her wrist.
"What is your name?" As he spoke, his gaze paused on the girl's swollen belly. He had already formed a rough guess as to the identity of the one inside her womb.
This was most likely The Lord!
"You? Who are you?" Ye Lingtong was instinctively bewildered when an unfamiliar old man suddenly grabbed her wrist. However, the old grandpa holding her wrist had white hair and beard and looked to be at least ninety, if not a hundred years old.
So she did not struggle, merely asking calmly.
"I am Qian Daoliu, the Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall," Qian Daoliu stated his identity directly. Afraid that the girl would not believe him, he revealed his Soul Rings.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
Nine Soul Rings emerged one after another. The oppressive presence of a Titled Douluo rendered everyone speechless.
But Ye Lingtong was the exception!
A phantom of a Six-winged Angel emerged behind Qian Daoliu. The angel should have stood upright and dignified behind him, but the moment he appeared, he was already kneeling on one knee before the girl.
"This...!" Forget everyone else—even Qian Daoliu himself had not expected such a change!
His Six-winged Angel spirit was one of the most powerful spirits on Douluo Continent, yet it was now kneeling before a three-ring Soul Elder who was not even twenty!
No, more accurately, the angel was kneeling before the infant in the girl's womb!
Ye Su watched this scene with satisfaction and unconsciously nodded.
That was more like it!
Since when did God kneel before angels?
Were angels not supposed to kneel before God?
Respect had unconsciously appeared in Qian Daoliu's eyes.
He had not found the wrong person. This was The Lord he had been seeking!
After hesitating slightly, he released the girl's wrist and withdrew his spirit as well.
Although this girl truly was the person he had been searching for, he was the guardian of Spirit Hall and an unparalleled powerhouse. Having his spirit kneel before a girl under twenty in front of so many people was, frankly, rather embarrassing.
Ye Lingtong withdrew her hand as well. She had not expected this unfamiliar old man to be such a renowned figure. She immediately became somewhat nervous and quietly gave her name.
"My name is Ye Lingtong."
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