Cao Xing took several deep breaths and tried his best to calm down.
Although the chance of contaminating the Light Scripture was rather low, he decided to try it immediately.
However, to be safe, he decided to find somewhere to hide first.
After all, until now, the Light Church only knew that the demon had taken the Holy Scripture.
If he took it out and was seen now, his identity would be exposed immediately.
So, he quickly slipped into the passageway of the nearby Goblin tribe.
Once there was no one around, he took the Holy Scripture out of his backpack.
The instant the Holy Scripture appeared, its pages began flipping wildly.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle!"
A dense power of light radiated from it, filling the entire cave and illuminating the surrounding walls!
However, ever since Assam had slashed the Light Scripture once, it had become much more obedient and made no attempt to resist.
When Cao Xing took out that contaminated otherworldly insect crystal, the dense evil aura it emitted made the Light Scripture feel uneasy.
The book trembled slightly.
"Only a 20% success rate. I hope it works."
With that thought, Cao Xing no longer hesitated.
He directly crushed the insect crystal.
"Crack!"
A dense aura of darkness, almost tangible, descended upon the Holy Scripture that radiated light.
It was like dropping a drop of ink into a bowl of clear water.
In an instant, the dense darkness began to spread, gradually staining the holy pages black.
Meanwhile.
In a distant border region of the kingdom lay a vast icefield.
Fortresses had been built amid the rolling mountain ranges.
The enormous fortresses stretched between the mountains like giants shielding the land from wind and snow.
Near the Crystal Ice Kingdom was a dangerous area—the Shattered Lands.
For some reason,