Chen Rui did not make any rash move. He merely kept his head raised, gazing up at the "sun" in the sky.
Though he was looking upward, his gaze was no more than level.
The "sun" swiftly shifted into a humanoid shape. The blinding radiance around its body gradually receded, and those pure white eyes shot sword-like beams that fixed upon Chen Rui.
Raphael's current mood could be summed up in four words: fury beyond restraint—the ant-like "Arthur" had actually deceived him! Deceived him, one of the supreme rulers of the entire Holy Mountain, even of the whole human world!
Earlier, Raphael had been held back at the Temple of Light by a mysterious purple figure. After a gradual investigation, he had finally rooted out that "rat." He had initially intended to capture and interrogate it alive, but the "rat" had been exceedingly cunning. In the end, it had self-destructed, leaving not even dregs behind.
Judging from the mysterious intruder's familiarity with the Ancient Rune Language arrays around the Temple of Light, this had clearly been premeditated. There had to be a traitor within.
Ever since Ben Hong had led people into the temple and stolen the Wind Chapter, nearly all the inscription arrays around the Light Holy Mountain had been replaced. Michael and Raphael had personally joined forces to set them up anew. Even peak pseudo-gods such as Ben Hong and Satan would never be able to easily breach the defenses and reach the summit of the Holy Mountain. Yet this mysterious person had silently arrived directly outside the Temple of Light—and had even used the temple's own inscription arrays against him. This traitor must have emerged after the Ben Hong incident.
In recent times, only one person fit those conditions: the "Holy Son," Arthur, whom Raphael had personally