Chen Rui watched Vandis's lengthy speech on the platform with a calm expression. Hidden within his white robe, his hand silently traced one profound symbol after another.
These trajectories would trigger certain changes throughout the entire Spirit Gathering Grand Array. They were precisely what he had painstakingly arranged on the Holy Radiance Platform over the past few days.
Ben Hong had once said that the Spirit Gathering Array contained Raphael's own power as well as the immense power of faith from Light Holy Mountain. It was nearly flawless. The only opportunity would come when the Spirit Gathering Array was fully activated and at its weakest—the investiture ceremony. Using the method of reverse rune language, he could break the confinement.
This was by no means an easy task, nor was it something that could be accomplished in a short time. And there was one greatest difficulty—how could he complete all this right beneath Raphael's nose?
Thus, Raphael was "absent" today.
Naturally, this was another of Chen Rui's arrangements. For Raphael, if there was anything more important now than the Holy Son's investiture ceremony, it was... the Temple of Light!
At this moment, Raphael stood before the Temple of Light. Within the inscription array ahead, a purple figure could vaguely be seen.
Shock and fury were impossible to conceal on Raphael's face—just where had this mysterious person come from? What means had he used to silently pass through so many powerful defenses and charge straight into the Temple of Light?
If the Temple of Light's defensive array had a special connection with the three angels themselves, then the Book of Creation might very well have already been stolen by this enemy! This was the entire Church of Light... no! It was the three angels' greatest reliance in stealing faith and stepping into