"Heh... knowing and having the ability to stop it are two different things. Over the past century, the Empire's accumulated problems have gradually surfaced. That also presents an opportunity for other powers."
Rafa shrugged, looking utterly unconcerned.
"The believers of Rose merely seized that opportunity."
"You openly violated the Seven Gods' Covenant and inflicted irreparable harm on the Empire. You lackeys of Beelzebub will surely suffer the punishment of the Blazing Sun and repent for your crimes as you burn."
Terrence spoke coldly.
"We're merely getting what we each need. There's no need to put it so harshly... Terrence, even if you destroy this incarnation of mine now, it won't do me any real harm."
Rafa tilted his head back and laughed.
He raised his skeletal hand, extending a sinister, sharp, white index finger toward the pale young man hiding silently to one side.
"I have a suggestion. Why don't we kill that fellow first, then fight each other?"
Following Rafa's words and the direction of his finger, Terrence and the several Sun God Priests behind him all turned their gazes toward Chen Lun.
Those gazes burned like the Blazing Sun and seemed immensely penetrating, giving Chen Lun the illusion that he had nowhere to hide.
He silently cursed Rafa, that bastard.
Then he raised his head and gave Terrence and the others a polite smile.
"Your Eminence Terrence, Rafa, a criminal of the Red Apple Church, orchestrated over a dozen large-scale supernatural disasters, violating numerous laws in the Sun Codex and Containment Regulations. He even personally deployed an incarnation to destroy Pyrite City, along with Bingnuo Town, Youdou Town, and dozens of other towns and villages. His crimes are so heinous that no record could contain them...
"I fought him with all my strength and ultimately lived up to