Chapter 326
"I don't know how much time has passed, it's time to go out."
He didn't know what the path would be after the seventh rank, and Janus knew even less, so Ryan had to figure it out himself.
However, Ryan felt that the secret should be within the Misty Space. Now that he had reached the seventh rank, he wondered if he could leverage the power of the Misty Space for his own use.
Let's study this carefully when we get back... Ryan and Lin Qi quickened their pace and hurried out of the Trial Space.
Both of them were at the seventh level of the super realm, and their speed was many times faster than before. In no time, they reached the edge of the Trial Space, but before they could even get close, they were affected by the aftershocks of the collision between the two forces.
Boom!!!
The impact of the force nearly shattered the Chaos Space at the entrance, plunging everything into a state of nothingness.
One of these two powers is very familiar to Ryan; it comes from Balshatt and is clearly from the witch K. As for the other... well, it's also familiar; it Janus Path.
Eighth Tier Supernatural Being in spacetime?
Ryan narrowed his eyes, his gaze passing through the surging sea of Magic Power, finally landing on two figures attacking each other deep within the shattered space.
The witch K possessed an innate languor, and with a wave of her hand, gray-white power surged like crashing waves, her aura overwhelming. On the other side, there was a man who looked to be in his forties, with a gentle temperament and soft features, wearing a white archbishop's robe with red patterns. His identity was obvious— Cardinal Bishop Karls!
Further away from the two, near the entrance to the Trial Space, several other people dressed in archbishop's robes could be vaguely seen.
"They found out as expected, but it wasn't Sylvia who came, it was Kars." Ryan stroked his chin, not worried about the witch K being in danger. After all, judging from their strength, the witch K was definitely stronger than Kars, not to mention that K had already converted to a different faith, so the quality of her Magic Power was higher than Kars'.
Just then, a voice came from the entrance.
"Lord Karls, it's Ryan! And the Saintess! They've come out!"
It was an archbishop, who was looking towards Ryan and Lin Qi.
The three entered Janus headquarters. It was one thing for others to be aware, but Lin Qi's identity couldn't be hidden, especially since they were entering a place like the Trial Space. A little investigation would reveal that he was Ryan... After all, although he wasn't physically present at the Gate of Janus, his reputation had already spread far and wide.
In the shattered space, Karls, wielding a staff and bathed in holy light, immediately ordered, "The Saintess has brought members of the Primal Church into the Holy Land without authorization. She is suspected of colluding with other churches and leaking the secrets of the Holy Land along with Honorary Bishop Ryan. Arrest her immediately!"
"Yes!"
"Immediately notify the ascetics and the Templar Knight, don't let them escape!"
Seeing the several archbishops charging menacingly towards them, Ryan was taken aback. Good heavens, they were just thinking about a fight, and here they are, delivering themselves right to their doorstep?
Chapter 206 Ryan: Seventh Rank? I'll slap you away!
In fact, members of the Cardinal Bishop faction have always secretly supported the Saintess Faction.
However, this support does not mean unconditionally allowing Lin Qi to become too powerful; it is merely an expedient measure taken by Karls to curb Sylvia's excessive assertiveness.
It's worth noting that Kars was originally competing with Sylvia for the papacy, but unfortunately, he lost to Sylvia in the end. If it weren't for his strength and solid foundation within the church, he would have been thrown into the abyss of chaos by Sylvia long ago, to keep company with the Chaos Demon.
Therefore, anyone with some knowledge within the church knows that Cardinal Bishop and popes are at odds.
Karls has also been looking for an opportunity to turn things around.
Besides supporting the Saintess Faction, he had been paying close attention to the situation in the Southern Continent, and was even more aware that Ryan was active within the Primal Church and wielded considerable power.
As for the source of the clues, Karls has been fighting with Sylvia for so many years, and naturally he has succeeded sometime. Not to mention Ryan, he knows everything about the Primal Church's current layout in Port of Misi.
Karls' next plan is to leverage the power of the Primal, but he needs an opportunity to cooperate with the Primal, and Ryan is the entry point.
However, before Karls could take any action, he received an urgent message that Ryan and Lin Qi had appeared at headquarters. He immediately summoned several archbishops over.
He had no idea why Ryan was there.
But whatever it is, with Witch K present, plus Ryan's identity within the Primal, the seriousness of this matter is no different from an invasion by the core leadership of the heretics!
After all, the Trial Space is related to the bearing of divine oracle, and it contains the secrets of the Goddess Janus, making it a sacred place of the Gate of Janus.
Karls barely hesitated before a brilliant idea came to mind—he would use this opportunity to negotiate with the Primal Lord, provided he was in a position of advantage. For example, he could first frame Lin Qi and Ryan. As long as he could temporarily restrain Witch K, then the other archbishops could easily capture Ryan and Lin Qi.
He wouldn't harm the two of them, but he could use that as leverage in negotiations.
As long as he signs the contract, placing Lin Qi completely against Sylvia, and gets the Primal Church involved, then he'll be confident in dealing with Sylvia!
Kars wasn't worried that Witch K would refuse. All signs indicated that Ryan held a very special position in the Primal Church, and now that Ryan was in danger, he definitely had the leverage to negotiate.
So what if he can't beat Witch K? Battles between Eighth Tier transcendents aren't so easily decided. If he can't win, he can simply stall and defend. Remember, this is Janus's headquarters, and all the archbishops around him are seventh-tier. Soon, other Seventh Tier Transcendent from within the church will arrive, including ascetics and Templar Knight. With that, how can he possibly lose Dragon Riding Face?
However, what soon happened to Karls completely overturned his understanding.
When the first seventh-tier archbishop was sent flying back, Karls initially thought that the witch K had left some kind of backup plan on Ryan that was enough to deal with Seventh Tier Transcendent.
But when he saw Ryan slap an archbishop away with a Magic Power conjured hand, he knew something was wrong.
"How can he be so strong?!"
Karls was greatly alarmed.
According to the information, Ryan's strength should be at the Fourth Tier of Supernatural Being, or at most the fifth level.
This has already shocked many people.
After all, back in Berman City, church records showed that Ryan had only recently become Supernatural Being. How long has it been? Even flying couldn't have happened that fast, right?
Karls was momentarily stunned and almost got blasted away by the witch K's magic. He quickly created some distance and stood with the archbishops.
"What's going on?" he asked in a low voice to the person next to him.
"This... I don't know. Could it be that Ryan obtained some kind of power in the Holy Land?" The archbishop's Magic Power surged. He had been slapped by Ryan's big hand and almost didn't react in time. Fortunately, he was strong enough.
His other companion was not so lucky. Although they were both at the seventh rank, their professions and Magic Power differed greatly, resulting in vastly different combat abilities.
What profession does Ryan belong to? Simply put, he's a hexagonal warrior, he's 'a little bit of everything'.
The power characteristic of the Balshatt pathway is fusion, and the symbolic meaning of the mark actually corresponds to Ryan's identity as the creator. Different marks can greatly reduce the damage of different pathways of power. It can be said that under the same level, it is difficult for the Supernatural Being of the Moonlit Night, Earth, Death, and Time-Space pathways to cause damage to Ryan.
"Janus's Gift?"
Karls's gaze darkened.
Something's not right. Ryan's strength is beyond his imagination, and with the addition of the witch K, things are gradually slipping out of his control.
Although the headquarters had enough power to take them down, Kars was not the Pope and could only mobilize limited forces. Moreover, this matter would likely reach Sylvia's ears soon, so he had to act quickly.
When the hard approach didn't work, Karls immediately decided to try a different strategy.
"Saintess, what do you mean by this?" he questioned sharply. "Bringing a primordial witch into the Holy Land, aren't you afraid of the wrath of the exalted Goddess?"
Lin Qi remained silent.
Ryan really wanted to laugh.
Punishment? You probably don't know that the person standing in front of you right now is the next Lord of Space-Time.
However, he couldn't be bothered to explain. He had the power to back it up. After slapping an archbishop away, Ryan felt incredibly awesome.
He didn't speak, gave the witch K a look, and then summoned the Sword of Order to attack.
Swish!
The Sword of Order delivered an ordinary, unremarkable strike.
The grayish-white fusion power sliced through space, its target the archbishop beside Karls. The latter's strength was close to the peak of the seventh rank, and his profession was Holy Word Teacher Holy Word Fighter. Both were hidden professions, but the latter leaned more towards warrior.
As the lightsaber fell, the archbishop abandoned his benevolent and serene image, roared, and unleashed a burst of Magic Power, tearing his shirt to shreds and revealing his bulging muscles.
He was wearing a pair of boxing gloves. He swung his fist at the trajectory of the falling lightsaber, and it felt like a million tons of force crashed down, colliding head-on with the light and producing a deafening roar.
"So powerful!" Kars's eyelids twitched.
Just as he was about to do something, he became extremely vigilant, waving his staff to release a field of holy light, blocking the witch K's attack.
"Tickus!"
"Leave it to me!"
The Holy Word Fighter Tickus responded to Karls with a low shout, activated the defensive necklace he wore on his chest, and then transformed into a beam of holy light, rushing towards Ryan.
He realized from that attack that although Ryan was strong, he was still within his control. He had been at the seventh rank for nearly thirty years and had several high-level relics on him. He didn't believe he couldn't defeat a kid who had only recently entered the seventh rank.
"As expected of the Holy Word Fighter, just like the Son of the Sun, one of the two main common classes in the game."
Although the Holy Word Fighter is a hidden class, it is not difficult to obtain. As for the Son of the Sun, it is not hidden at all, but both classes have outstanding abilities.
With a thought, Ryan 'Janus Mark flew out of the Sword of Order and circled around him.
As Tickus's fist fell, the shield formed by the mark immediately flew up to meet it.
"Hmm? Relics?"
Tickus was taken aback when he failed to shatter the defense with a single punch. He looked at the mark, felt the power of Janus Path emanating from it, and frowned slightly.
I don't recognize them, but it doesn't matter.
Seeing him continue his attack, Ryan smirked and controlled the mark to fight.
He was testing the limits of the mark's defense, and as he expected, even hidden classes at the same level would find it difficult to break through this defense.
"It does look a bit like a certain alpaca."
His power is not yet complete. If it were Balshatt at his peak, only god-level power could probably harm him.
After all, he was the one who opened up the pathways, and the shields formed by these marks actually correspond to the source of power for each pathway. The power that Tickus uses all comes from Ryan, so how could it possibly harm him?
"Damn it, what kind of relic is this?!" Tickus was completely dumbfounded after failing to break through the barrier. He even thought for a moment that he was dreaming and had been unknowingly pulled into a dream by a superhuman professional skilled in dream manipulation.
However, when Ryan finished testing and unleashed the power of the Sword of Order to shatter his defensive relic, the imminent threat of death made Tickus realize that this was no dream!
Boom!
The necklace on Tickus's chest exploded, sending him flying backward and crashing down, creating a huge crater upon impact!
"Tickus!"
"He actually lost?!"
"By the Goddess above, this must be a dream! How could Ryan possibly possess such power???"
The remaining three archbishops looked on incredulously.
"Not bad."
Ryan nodded in satisfaction. The Sword of Order had become much more powerful after incorporating five different powers. He had only used three powers to break through Tickus's defenses.
If we use all four powers, killing Tickus wouldn't be a problem.
"This guy is on the verge of being T1 or even T0 among seventh-tier players. I'm already invincible in the seventh tier with my current strength. Against an Eighth Tier player... I should be fine fighting Kars, but I'd have a hard time against Sylvia."
Ryan had a clearer understanding of his own abilities.
Knowing your own limitations is important, so you don't end up like these archbishops, blindly rushing in to your death.
At this moment, a group of figures appeared at the entrance to the Trial Space.
These people were all from inside the Gate of Janus, divided into two groups with distinct features. One group wore simple gray or pale yellow linen clothes, while the other group was uniformly dressed in silver-gray armor, exuding a strong aura of killing intent.
"It's the Ascetics and the Templar Knight." Lin Qi flew over and whispered, "The Ascetics are mainly led by Hyunt, and their profession is Great Ascetic. The leader of the Templar Knight is Kai, and his profession is Templar Knight. It is said that their strength is stronger Tickus."
Ryan nodded slightly.
The Ascetics and the Order of the Templar Knight are the two trump cards of the Gate of Janus. Unlike the Paladins, who are responsible for the daily operation of the entire Gate of Janus, including guarding, fighting, and cleaning up the Chaos Space.
As the name suggests, ascetics are dedicated to rigorous self-cultivation. Their origins are difficult to discern from their appearance, but each of them possesses exceptional strength.
The Templar Knight is quite famous; they mainly operate in the Chaos Space, and this class is also a hidden class in the game, belonging to the top tier.
"Archbishop Karls."
After the two groups arrived, neither of them immediately attacked. Kai, with a cold expression, asked indifferently, "What's going on here?"
"K, come back first," Ryan called out into the distance.
Witch K chuckled softly, withdrew her hand, and stepped back, standing on either side of Ryan alongside Lin Qi.
Karls, finally able to catch his breath, breathed a sigh of relief.
He gave Ryan a deep look, then suddenly said, "It's nothing, Commander Kai, Elder Hyunt, I was just sparring with this friend."
"A sparring match? In the Holy Land?" Kai's eyes narrowed slightly. "You should know that only the Saintess and the Pope are qualified to enter here."
Ryan scoffed, "So, according to you, coming in now is a violation of the rules?"
"Ryan Basque." Kay's gaze shifted, and he said coldly, "You are merely Honorary Bishop within the church. Regardless of your external status, you have no right to enter the Holy Land. As for Her Your Excellency the Saintess, I expect you to provide a reasonable explanation for this matter."
"Commander Kai, just as Archbishop Karls said, he was merely sparring with Miss K and accidentally ended up here. As for Ryan, I brought him in following divine instructions. Didn't the Pope tell you about this?" Lin Qi's expression remained as calm as ever.
"Oracle."
The ascetic Hyunt glanced at Kai, who nodded slightly.