When Cheng Yu personally led his main force to the Kabonebog Church's Homeworld, he found a clash of flesh and blood.
The faithful of the Kabonebog Church were locked in a bloody struggle with the Insect Swarm.
Although their fearless disregard for death allowed the faithful to briefly hold the tide of insects at bay, Cheng Yu knew that the Kabonebog Church's defeat was inevitable.
Indeed, as one of the giants of the Star Sea, the Kabonebog Church naturally had its strengths. Its soldiers were all believers, for instance, and every one of them possessed considerable strength.
But against the endless Insect Swarm, no amount of mental fortitude or indomitable will could conceal one fact.
The Kabonebog Church was still made up of creatures of flesh and blood, and creatures of flesh and blood grew tired. Even the most skilled church-defending knights would suffer a momentary lapse after slaying hundreds, or even thousands, of insects.
Then the insects lurking in wait for a killing blow would seize that opening and grievously wound a knight before he could react.
What an injury meant on a battlefield surrounded by enemies was all too clear. The insects swarmed in, trampling the knight's glory, tearing apart his dignity, and devouring his body.
As the faithful of the Kabonebog Church died, tiny golden motes emerged from their perishing bodies.
Those golden motes converged upon their Lord. For a time, countless fallen believers of the Kabonebog Church released specks of golden light from their bodies.
As those tiny motes gathered, they seemed to sing a hymn in praise of the Lord, like the ethereal voice of a young girl.
Ah~ ahhh~ ahhh.
Seeing this, the faithful of the Kabonebog Church fought with even greater abandon. It was as though they had all become the most devout