In the battle at the Tree of Nature in the Emerald Forest, Chen Rui had encountered the most terrifying enemy of all: Quiliana, the Master of Hatred.
Though it had only been a projection, the power it displayed had been enough to reduce Chen Rui to ashes in an instant. Had Quiliana not wanted to control him rather than destroy him from the very beginning, Chen Rui could never have won.
Looking back now, that battle had truly been an incredibly lucky escape.
The projection of Sosbach, the Master of Fear, that he faced now was far weaker than Quiliana.
As the foremost of the Abyss's Three Masters, Quiliana was certainly stronger than Sosbach. Yet the true reason this projection of Sosbach was so weak was that the main altar had been destroyed.
Even so, the Master of Fear's projection still displayed a power that made Chen Rui feel extreme danger. Knowing he could not fight it head-on, he did not use the Stellar Gate to flee. Instead, without hesitation, he played his most suitable trump card: the Holy Ring Badge.
The Holy Ring Badge was the greatest life-saving talisman Raphael had bestowed upon Chen Rui in the Golden Radiance Territory. It could summon an incarnation of the Supreme Angel.
The instant Raphael's incarnation appeared, his first glance fell upon Chen Rui. "You really are alive!"
Raphael had long since received word that "Arthur" had vanished, and he could not help feeling both furious and vexed. That was the "Holy Son" he had personally chosen, someone he had spent much effort drawing under his command—only for him to suffer at the hands of the Black Death Cultists in the Blue Radiance Empire! Most crucially, the Crown of Thorns, enough to affect the Church of Light's future, was still in "Arthur's"