The Strange Divine Statue, and Wild Dog Ridge Again

In a church, the most sacred object was the altar.

There was even a saying that the earliest churches had been built to protect the altars, because saintly remains were often placed inside them back then. Such altars were generally also called Holy Sepulchres.

"Crucifix, candles, altar cloth... Sanctuary Lamp."

Jiang Qiao's gaze moved as he examined the objects placed on the Sacred Altar. In particular, he focused on the Sanctuary Lamp made of gold. It not only contained lamp oil, but also held a bean-sized flame.

This meant that the altar truly contained some kind of remains being worshiped!

"This crucifix has problems too. The face looks very unfamiliar, and its form is completely different as well..."

He observed it more closely.

Jiang Qiao discovered that the crucifix hanging in the center was very strange. The person nailed to the cross was not the commonly seen Son of Gade, but a bizarre thing that looked somewhat like an infant while having the face of an old man.

Its eyes were closed, and its mouth was slightly open. Its expression looked ferocious and vicious, as if it were enduring some intense agony.

Not only that.

Chains were wrapped around the eerie Monster Infant's body, and things resembling thorns grew from the chains.

"Selling dog meat under the guise of mutton..."

"This church's structure is no different from that of an ordinary church. At most, it's more luxurious. But there's a serious problem with the deity being worshiped. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the true god worshiped by ordinary people."

"Is it an evil god brought here by the ancient castle's master, Durahan, or does the true deity really look like this?"

Jiang Qiao recalled the strange deities in the Supernatural World.

Although they were called deities,