Breaking the Shell

Light Holy Mountain, Hall of Holy Favor.

"A bunch of worthless trash!" Isyorul snorted coldly. "The first time, four Holy Disciples—two badly wounded, two dead. The second time, eight Holy Disciples were led around by the nose, and in the end, they did not even touch the edge of the enemy!"

Saintess Eudora and Archbishop Pusmir lowered their heads in silence. In the battle at Mirror City, Cancer Holy Disciple Murev and Aquarius Holy Disciple Kelena had perished, while Capricorn Holy Disciple Clark and Scorpio Holy Disciple April had been seriously wounded. The news of Archbishop Phil's death had left the churches throughout the Loa Kingdom leaderless. The Holy Mountain had no choice but to reassess the mysterious enemy's strength.

Vandis swiftly summoned the remaining eight Holy Disciples to stand by around Mirror City. Using the Holy Mountain's authority, he requisitioned the teleportation gates of several kingdoms, prepared to teleport to the enemy's location at any time. Yet after the eight Holy Disciples had finally obtained intelligence through Isyorul's God-Peering Art and set an ambush in Para City of the Loa Kingdom, the enemy had mysteriously vanished.

The entire city was sealed off by the church. They searched it inside and out, turning it upside down, yet found nothing.

"Lord Isyorul, please calm your anger." Pope Vandis spoke. "Though the enemy is cunning, his general location remains in the eastern region. He certainly cannot have gone far. Please use the God-Peering Art to seek out his whereabouts."

With a flip of his hand, Isyorul produced the blood pearl again. Its original dark red had faded into a pale red, so thin that it seemed liable to vanish at any moment. "The God-Peering Art can only be used one last time. It absolutely cannot be wasted lightly. The Xuedalai Tree may