Chen Fan heard the footsteps behind him stop.
When he turned around, he found that all the pedestrians around them had vanished.
Chen Ke and the others were also standing there without moving.
He immediately stopped and followed their gaze toward the opposite side.
With all the ordinary people in the area evacuated, the lone figure standing beneath the streetlamp was especially conspicuous.
When Chen Fan made out the other party's attire, his pupils contracted.
A priest?
And judging by the patterns on his robes, his status was definitely higher than that priest they had hired before.
Could they really be so unlucky as to run into a Godblessed?
Recalling what they had been doing earlier, Chen Fan fell silent.
Did this count as drawing a blade right under the "god's" nose?
After all, Godblessed were the "gods'" agents, and they also bore an implicit title like the Eye of God.
Especially those Godblessed who were deeply favored—there were countless cases where attacking one would provoke the "god" behind them.
He could not help swallowing.
Although he had joined the Aberration Association and encountered all sorts of powerful Contract Anomalists, he had grown up in this world listening to legends of gods and Godblessed. If he truly felt no longing or fear toward Godblessed at all, then he would not have gone out into the wilderness to seek out wild gods and place his hopes on their blessings when he had run out of options.
"Are we really going to face off against a 'god'?"
Priests differed from one another.
Just as Godblessed differed from one another, some possessed exceptional talent and were deeply beloved by the gods, giving them extremely high rank and status.
The hidden dark patterns on the robes of the person standing before them were defensive