That title truly shocked Chen Rui—Gabriel!
Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael were collectively known as the three supreme angels of the Light Holy Mountain.
Gabriel was a female angel?
No matter how Chen Rui thought about it, he never would have imagined that this "goddess" dwelling in a remote desert was actually one of the three giants of the Church of Light!
In an instant, Chen Rui understood many things. The reason Gabriel had slumbered in the Black Prison Desert and assumed the identity of Tessaniel, the Desert Goddess, must have been to attempt another path toward "godhood." No wonder the "Desert Messenger" had been acknowledged by the Church of Light and even elevated onto the altar, eventually evolving into the "Desert Goddess."
Yet it seemed Gabriel's attempt had not yielded the desired result. Chen Rui had already sensed that the power of faith within Tessaniel's kingdom was relatively mottled and chaotic, because that faith belonged to the "Desert Goddess," not Gabriel herself. As an angel, Gabriel could not truly possess the power of faith that should belong solely to gods.
By all accounts, Chen Rui was the Church of Light's number one wanted criminal. And now he had encountered his "old friend" Raphael again, so...
Gabriel still did not open her eyes. She said calmly, "Raphael, you've awakened as well? What about Michael?"
"Hmph, Michael has gone back into slumber. Not long ago, Ben Hong and an accomplice ambushed the Temple of Light and stole the Wind Chapter... Oh, right, speaking of the Wind Chapter, that happened after you fell asleep, about a hundred years ago..."
After saying a few words, Raphael finally noticed the armored figure in the distance, whose body faintly glimmered with purple starlight. His pupils suddenly contracted. "It's you!"
Though his appearance was different, Raphael had