"Heave-ho... heave-ho... heave-ho..."
A chorus of shouts rang out from the hill behind the Holy See.
Dozens of ropes were pulled from the opening to drag the object inside and lift it out.
The sealing efforts of Duoxia and others ultimately failed to achieve their intended purpose. Whether it was the human sealing or the long-standing tradition of Vampire, the effort ultimately came to naught due to the passage of time and the changing circumstances.
"Boom!"
The sky, which had been clear just moments before, was suddenly filled with dark clouds that obscured the sun, making the world somewhat gloomy.
Thunder rumbled and gusts of wind blew, as if announcing to the heavens and earth the despairing news that a demon was about to be resurrected.
However, there was no concept of good or bad fortune in the Southern Continent. On the contrary, the change in the heavens and earth made Pope Lai'ao'duo more excited.
He stood at the edge of the cave, afraid to go any closer, lest the cave collapse.
However, his golden papal robes fluttered in the cold wind, yet he stood firm, displaying the grandeur of a great pope.
He slightly raised his forehead, his eyes gazing at the distant horizon. Amidst the howling wind and the sudden change in weather, a surge of heroic ambition arose in his chest.
"This divine corpse signifies the rise of my Church and a great upheaval in the world! The current change in the weather foreshadows my impending transformation, a period of great upheaval in the Southern Continent!"
This is an auspicious sign!
Pope Lai'ao'duo increasingly ambitious, and with his growing excitement, he was joined by the united efforts of the Church knights.
Finally... a slender and perfectly formed pale divine corpse and a pure white bone cross were finally pulled out of that cave!
"Boom!!!" Thunder roared and lightning flashed.
A thunderbolt swept through the clouds, and a torrential downpour began in an instant.
However, regardless of the changing weather, the atmosphere within the Holy See instantly reached its peak with the expulsion of the divine corpse!
"God!"
A cry of alarm suddenly rang out after the thunder, followed by a torrential downpour, and in an instant, countless fanatical believers cheered fervently.
" God!"
" God!"
" God!"
Upon seeing the holy, pale corpse, a group of fanatics almost instantly descended into absolute fervor.
After all, this divine corpse was perfect, exuding holiness! And its posture and shape on the cross were exactly the same as the cross symbols of the Church! (In the current revised scriptures of the Church, after God created the world, he was betrayed by the Kuba and nailed to the cross, erasing his humanity and the ugly side of reproduction in order to convert faith. This was proposed by Saint Peter, because after the Church ceased to rule, it had to mold God into an absolutely holy and spotless figure so that people could worship him forever.)
If this isn't God, then God is?
Pope Lai'ao'duo stood rooted to the spot, staring in shock and fascination at the pale, godlike corpse before him, feeling as if his previous predictions and thoughts had been a grave mistake!
Such a tall, perfect, and divinely imbued corpse shouldn't just be the Pope of the Southern Continent!
With this corpse existing, he should act as the pope of the entire world!
As for whether the corpse, which had remained incorrupt for a thousand years, would revive after the bone nails were removed, this was not even on the minds of Lai'ao'duo and the people around them.
After all, no one has been able to become a superhuman for thousands of years. People today cannot imagine what level a superhuman could reach, and no one would think that a corpse nailed to the ground for thousands of years could be awakened simply by having a bone nail removed.
Ultimately, it is the passage of time and the erasure of the Norton era that have caused people today to lose their sense of awe!
"This... this... this is absolutely the real God!" Lai'ao'duo murmured to himself, his eyes filled with a fascination and fanaticism as he stared at the slender, divine corpse that had been pulled out before him, and slowly walked toward it step by step.
" God was crucified, which is the most typical and the most fervent belief of my Holy Lord Church. After all, God was crucified by Kuba for the sake of all living beings... If I, Lai'ao'duo to unseal God, I would become the new saint of the entire Holy Lord Church!"
My name will surely travel far and wide, forever associated with the Holy Lord Church! This will also serve as my get-out-of-jail-free card; even if I fail in my attempt to seize power, no other king can hang me because I have liberated the name of God within the Holy Lord Church!
Lai'ao'duo went mad. As he walked toward the corpse of the god hanging on the cross, he thought of many things, and finally, he came up with a brilliant idea to gild himself!
With that thought in mind, he finally stood before the pure white cross, then turned around. In front of him and behind him, a dense crowd of fanatical believers had gathered, covering the entire hill behind the Holy See. They shouted, " God is holy, who created all living things, great and holy!"
Yet, despite his greatness, he was suspected by villains, ruthlessly attacked by Kuba, and ultimately nailed to the cross for the sake of heaven and earth!
Today, we are fortunate enough to see the corpse of God. I, Lai'ao'duo, in my position as Pope, completely liberate the body of God, cater to the soul of God, and proclaim the purity of my Holy Church!
I declare that from this day forward, at this hour, a new festival for the Church is Easter!
As Lai'ao'duo recounted his story, the crowd erupted in uproar, with countless people shouting and screaming wildly, and some even fainting from excitement.
Lai'ao'duo was so excited he went mad, and he reached out to grab the pale bone nail.
However, when pulled, the bone nail did not budge at all. Instead, it felt delicate and cold when it came into contact with the corpse, which was chilling.
At this moment, Lai'ao'duo's mind was working very fast.
The small end of the nail is on the outside, and the large end is on the inside ( Norton was stabbed in the back by Kuba ). If the nail can't be pulled out, why not just pull it out of the corpse?
Thinking of this, he quickly called for several Church knights to come up. Several of them pulled at the pale cross, while he himself pulled at the pale, cold, and delicate-feeling corpse of the god, and then suddenly exerted his strength.
"Sizzle sizzle..."
It must be said that Kuba's decision to drive the bone nail into Norton's body from behind was ultimately a miscalculation.
If it were driven into the chest, given the unique characteristic of the bone nail being smaller at the front and larger at the back, and the fact that both Norton and the bone nail belong to the Fourth Stage flesh and blood level, there is truly no one in this world who could pull it out. After all, no one can harm these two bodies. The only way to save Norton is to feed him blood and let his flesh and blood be expelled automatically.
However, by nailing it in from behind, with the larger end facing inward and the smaller end facing outward, it was nailed to the cross. In this way, by simply pulling outward, Norton's body could be pulled out more easily.
With a soft 'pop' sound, the pale corpse was indeed easily pulled off the pale cross...
"Whoa!!!"
" God!!!"
" God!!!"
The thousands of believers gathered on the back mountain watched as Pope Lai'ao'duo pulled the pale corpse from the cross. As the pale corpse was pulled off, a violent cheer broke through the torrential rain and suddenly rang out. Thousands of believers knelt on the ground, bowed their heads and kowtowed, weeping bitterly!
This was exactly the scene Lai'ao'duo wanted to see!
But at this moment, he was not moved at all; in fact, his body was frozen in place.
"Whoosh..." A loud cheer erupted as believers and Church knights alike knelt on the ground, congratulating God on His release from the cross.
Lai'ao'duo alone trembled, his eyes wide open as he stared at the corpse he had just pulled from the cross.
The pale corpse, after being pulled from the cross, did not collapse to the ground as he had expected. Instead, it stood upright as if alive, its toes slightly bent.
Standing still...
Lai'ao'duo's body began to tremble. An extremely bad feeling arose in his heart, and an intense sense of panic rose up for no apparent reason.
"Giggle giggle..."
Lai'ao'duo's teeth even started chattering from the fear he felt inside.
His stiff neck twitched slightly, and he slowly raised his head, his scalp tingling, to look up at the pale corpse.
Then, his terrified gaze met a pair of slowly opening, dark eyes...
"Ah..."
A strange wave seemed to ripple through the air in an instant, followed by a deep sigh that sounded like a sigh of relief, echoing throughout the entire Holy See and clearly reaching everyone's ears!
What year is it now...?
"Whoever breaks the seal... I will grant them eternal life and power..."
Accompanied by that deep sigh that seemed to resonate in the human heart, another ethereal and sacred voice, as if accompanied by special effects, spoke in an ancient language, resounding in everyone's ears.
"Whoosh..." As such a strange sound rang out, the thousands of believers surrounding the Holy See all looked up in alarm and stared ahead.
Under the horrified gazes of everyone, the pale corpse that had just been unearthed suddenly opened its eyes and stood before the Pope, who was trembling like a leaf!
Having been sealed away for a thousand years, he eventually felt somewhat lost.
However, this did not affect his eating.
Before he could finish speaking, the Pale Norton stretched out his delicate and perfect slender arm, then grabbed the trembling pope who was about to urinate, opened his exquisite little mouth, and his jagged, sharp teeth came out, and then he took a bite.
"Ah!!!"
A piercing scream, accompanied by the stench of blood, echoed across the mountaintop. The thick blood was being continuously sucked, completely terrifying the fanatics on the entire mountain, who also bit the one who had released him to death.
Norton lives up to its reputation; it broke its promise as soon as it was revived...
"Ah... the fragrance of blood intoxicates me... all of you present, offer your blood..."