The Foundation of the Radiant Church

"How is this possible?" The woman from the Water God Sect felt as if a violent storm were raging in her heart.

Having lived for a million years, she had never encountered another Lowgod capable of injuring her to this extent with a single strike. If that blow had been aimed directly at her head, wouldn't she have been killed instantly?

Unfortunately, she had no time to ponder. The immense force sent her flying, her body crashing into a mountain range behind her. Although the bodies of Lowgods were not exceptionally durable, they were certainly not something the rock and stone of a material plane could withstand.

A mountain over a thousand meters tall was pierced through by the sheer force. A massive explosion Shrouding the Heavens followed, and the entire mountain split apart, collapsing into a pile of rubble.

Fortunately, before Sean made his move, he had already confirmed that no one lived inside this mountain. Although ordinary people were like ants to him now, he would not actively harm them without cause if he had the ability to avoid it.

However, the people in the vicinity of the mountain were a different story. The massive tremor felt like an earthquake, with shockwaves spreading for a hundred miles, terrifying everyone and sending them fleeing in all directions.

"Still not coming out?" Sean hovered above the rubble, speaking in a calm voice that, while not loud, could be heard for dozens of miles.

He hadn't aimed for her head with his previous attack, so it wasn't fatal. His divine sense had already locked onto her, and there was no way she could escape.

A figure surged out from the rubble like a stream of water and stopped beneath Sean, looking up at him with a face full of terror. She truly couldn't understand why Sean was so strong.

However, with her life now in someone else's hands, she had no time to overthink. She bowed and said, "Lord Sean, please spare my life. Although I participated in the siege against the Radiant Church, I did not take part in the slaughter at Shengyue City."

"What is your name?" Sean asked in return.

"My name is Andrea, my lord," Andrea replied.

"Andrea? Very well. I ask you, what is the situation with that Midgod of the Darkness Church who practices the Death Law?" Sean asked.

The reason he hadn't killed Andrea immediately was partly to test the strength of his physical attacks. So far, it looked quite good.

With two profound mysteries just beginning to fuse, combined with the body of a God-Eater Rat, he could easily kill a Lowgod in one strike. If he could continue to devour Lowgod Godheads to strengthen his body later, his physical attack power would inevitably become even stronger.

His second purpose was to extract information.

The information he had obtained while in the Dark Forest had come from a peak Saint-level expert. Setting aside whether she had lied, even if it were true, there were things she might not have known, especially regarding the god-level experts of the Darkness Church.

Before becoming a god, any Saint was just an ant, unworthy of knowing the secrets of the god world.

Andrea also knew that the only reason she was still alive was because of this information, so she said, "Lord Sean, I can tell you anything you wish to know, but you must swear in the name of the Supreme God that you will not kill me afterward."

"Is that so?" Sean's eyes turned cold, and a soul attack surged toward Andrea like lightning.

In her terror, Andrea was struck by the soul attack. At such close range, she had no way to dodge and could only endure it.

Deep within her soul, the transparent membrane Andrea had formed using water-style profound mysteries was suddenly struck by a soul-force attack shaped like a dagger. The membrane shattered instantly, and a large amount of black soul force began to devour her soul.

However, by the time it broke through the membrane, the soul force contained within the black dagger was already quite weak. In the end, while it severely wounded her soul, it dissipated.

"As expected of the water style, which has the strongest defense. It actually blocked seventy percent of my soul attack." Seeing that Andrea's aura had greatly diminished but had not vanished, Sean realized she had managed to withstand his soul attack.

Although he had begun to fuse two profound mysteries, it was only the beginning, and neither of these mysteries was specialized in the soul aspect.

Even when using only seventy percent of his power, a water-style Lowgod specialized in defense had managed to block it, though her expression showed that her soul had indeed been injured.

"Thank you, my lord, for sparing my life," Andrea said, bowing humbly while enduring the excruciating pain in her mind from her soul, which had nearly scattered.

At this moment, she understood that the person before her did not care about her at all. With such strength, he probably even had the ability to protect himself if he encountered that Midgod from the Darkness Church. If he wanted to, Sean could easily go find other god-level experts.

"I will not give you any promises. I ask, you answer. If you do not answer, or if you lie, I will kill you immediately," Sean said indifferently.

With Sovereign Power in his possession, he feared no one in this material plane. However, using Sovereign Power in a material plane was a massive waste.

Therefore, he needed enough information to decide how to proceed.

Furthermore, growth required leveling up through battle. In his current situation, it was difficult to become a Midgod through mere seclusion, especially since he still wanted to fuse profound mysteries and had yet to independently become a god in the earth and wind elements.

These things required tempering. Without a challenge, his upper limit might be capped. Even Linley, in the original story, only achieved growth after experiencing life-and-death epiphanies multiple times.

"Yes, Lord Sean." Andrea dared not say anything else and replied, "That Midgod of the Darkness Church is named Patrick. He is one of the three god-level experts of the Darkness Church and cultivates the Death Law.

Millions of years ago, he was notorious and incited an undead disaster across the entire Zhongyuan Continent. Later, he was hunted by the Radiant Church and joined the Darkness Church, where he had been in seclusion. No one expected that just over twenty years ago, he would break through to become a Midgod.

As for what happened afterward, Lord Sean should already know. Anything else is unimportant; what matters is that the Darkness Church now has a Midgod, and their strength has easily suppressed the Radiant Church.

The Death Law loves nothing more than slaughtering living beings to refine undead souls. After Patrick defeated the alliance of god-level experts from the Radiant Church, he ordered his hundreds of Saint-level subordinates to launch a slaughter. Honestly, I also felt that was too extreme, but I had no power to stop it."

"Did any of the Radiant Church's god-level experts fall?" Sean asked.

"No, but the only god-level expert of the Water God Sect fell," Andrea replied. "The six god-level experts of the Radiant Church who cultivate the Radiant Law used a special formation passed down from the Radiant God Plane. It actually managed to trap Patrick and even killed one of his subordinates, but that formation didn't seem to be sustainable, and in the end, the Radiant Church still had to retreat."

"A formation?" Sean nodded. The angels of the god planes seemed to have formations as well; he just didn't know if it was the same one.

Six Lowgods, if they coordinated well, could indeed tangle with a Midgod for a while. With a formation, they might truly be able to suppress one.

However, given enough time, they would eventually fall into a disadvantage. Still, looking at it this way, the Radiant Church did have some hidden depth.

"We had no choice. If we didn't help the Darkness Church, we would have died on the spot. I hope Lord Sean understands," Andrea said.

"I understand. However, you should still die," Sean said calmly. Behind him, a phantom of a mouse several dozen meters tall appeared—it was the innate divine ability of the God-Eater Rat: God-Eater.