No wonder the fragments from the Dark Age and Era of Destruction collected by the Black Tiger Family back then contained knowledge far more profound than the civilization of the present continent. So the Church had been deliberately, step by step, destroying civilizations that were too powerful, too advanced. They had gradually led the civilization of the Western Continent down the road to decline.
Look at the levels of the so-called powerhouses of today's Western Continent. Look at how no one could any longer grasp the true path of power. That was enough to show exactly what the Church had done over all those years.
Clergy in robes of every color began to appear on the main road. A number of elderly fathers carried bells and censers, slowly leading trainees from the chanting classes, arranged in neat ranks, along the road as they continuously recited scriptures praising the gods.
These robed clergy, belonging to the civil ranks, looked relaxed and idle, as though they had nothing to do. Yet the temple knights racing back and forth along the road atop mounts of every kind brought an air of tension to the Holy Mountain.
From time to time, thousands of flying dragons sped overhead. These dragons were clad in heavy armor, with fully armed temple knights riding on their backs. In the short span of the journey, at least fifty thousand dragon knights swept over their heads. Even Lin Qi could not help being alarmed. The Church's military strength hidden in the shadows was truly terrifying.
What puzzled Lin Qi was where the Church kept so many flying dragons. Could it be that the Church had foundations in the abyssal world like Lin Qi did? Otherwise, the Holy Mountain could never accommodate fifty thousand flying dragons, nor was there anywhere on