Chapter 657 Church War

Under the night, Lighthouse Town was peaceful.

On the street, figures in black robes gathered in one direction and finally came to a hidden building.

Following the stairs that continued to spread downward, everyone came to the underground space.

This is a dark basement, the size of a stadium. There is a candlestick every few meters on the wall, and the flickering flames of the disc player disperse the darkness.

"Your Highness, the great goddess of night, please accept our humble service."

As all the believers arrived, an elderly man came to the front of the altar, cut his palm with a sharp blade, and let the blood flow on it.

At the same time, all the believers knelt down.

They prayed together in the direction of the altar, asking for the response of the goddess of night, and everyone's face showed a pious expression.

"Sister, has the goddess of night abandoned us?"

Among the many believers, a little boy turned pale. Seeing that the altar had not received a response from the goddess of night, a trace of sadness appeared on his face.

"Don't let your imagination run wild."

Sister Yara scolded, biting her lip and said, "The goddess didn't respond, it must be because we are not pious enough. As long as we serve the goddess of night sincerely, we will definitely win the goddess' response."

Although she said so, Yara's face was also a little complicated.

These people are all devout believers of the goddess of night. Since they contributed their faith to the goddess, they can get a faint response every time they pray, but this response has disappeared in recent days.

The abandoned land has ushered in the era of faith.

The giant tree church and the night church are like mortal enemies. The believers of both sides are constantly in conflict, but recently, due to the disappearance of the goddess of night, the actions of the giant tree church have become more and more frequent.

Without the extraordinary power bestowed by the goddess, the believers of night can't compete with the giant tree church at all, so they also suffered heavy casualties.

Yesterday, another stronghold was destroyed by the giant tree church.

The bishop of the Kaiyuan Kingdom quickly sent a call signal to the believers, trying to get in touch with the goddess of night through a group prayer.

However, after a long time.

In the front area of ​​the altar, the three goddess statues still did not receive any response, and the old bishop's heart sank.

But as the most loyal believer of the goddess, he did not give up.

"Offer the sacrifice!"

The Bishop of the Night was ruthless and raised his arm. Two believers immediately came over with a box.

After opening it, there was a man inside.

There was a giant tree symbol on his forehead, representing the believers of the Giant Tree Church. The Bishop of the Night pushed him onto the altar and cut his throat directly with a sharp blade.

"Uh..."

The Giant Tree believer made a painful sound and couldn't help but cover his throat, but blood kept flowing from his fingertips.

"Great Goddess of the Night, please give us a response."

Many believers began a new round of prayers. The Giant Tree believers fell to the ground, and the blood gathered into a strange pattern. This was also part of the sacrifice. For the Goddess of the Night, the souls of the Giant Tree Church believers were the most delicious things.

Almost every large-scale sacrifice, the Night Church would offer the souls of the Giant Tree believers.

And similarly, the Giant Tree Church also has this purpose.

After they caught the Night Cultists, they would also offer sacrifices to the Green Tree God Geweng, and their methods were even more cruel. If there were no Night Cultists, they would even offer their own souls to the Green Tree God Geweng.

Compared with the Night Church, the Giant Tree Cultists were more fanatical.

This was related to the methods of the Green Tree God Geweng. In order to recover his strength as soon as possible, the Green Tree God Geweng did not care about the lives of his believers at all, and had no intention of establishing a foothold in the Abandoned Land.

For the Green Tree God Geweng, this was just a place to live.

Recovering strength as soon as possible was the way to resist the pursuit. When he converted everyone in the Abandoned Land into believers, he would prepare for a large-scale sacrifice to devour the lives and souls of the believers.

"Great Night Goddess!"

"Please respond to your humble believers!"

The blood was already flowing on the altar, but the Night Goddess still did not respond. The Night Bishop suddenly felt depressed and vaguely uneasy.

"Could it be that... the Goddess of Night has really abandoned us?"

The bishop's face turned pale, but he immediately threw away this blasphemous thought and knelt on the ground devoutly.

The loss of contact with the Goddess of Night caused the Church of Night to suffer heavy losses.

The development of the Giant Tree Church was much stronger than that of the Giant Tree Church in the Kingdom of Kaiyuan. The Prime Minister Edgar, who they supported, controlled five of the seven cities in the kingdom.

On the other hand, the Church of Night.

Because they were one step behind the Giant Tree Church, they lost the initiative. They could only choose the new king Dylan, but the huge gap in strength between the two sides prevented the spread of the faith of the Church of Night from developing.

Now, even in Kaiyuan City, Giant Tree believers have begun to appear.

In Wolf Heart City and Black Crow City, the Night believers who spread their faith were ruthlessly killed by the Giant Tree Church. Therefore, the Church of Night suffered heavy losses, and the pressure from the Giant Tree Church was getting closer and closer.

Now, the Giant Tree Church has completely controlled Lighthouse Town.

Almost every morning, they became believers of the Giant Tree Church. They launched a comprehensive search, trying to find the believers of the Night Church and kill them all. As a last resort, they could only pray for a response from the Night Goddess.

But even after offering sacrifices, the Night Goddess still did not respond.

And at this moment.

There was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and a fire appeared above. The faces of the believers of the Church of Night changed.

"Oh no, it's the Giant Tree Church!" The bishop's heart sank.

The attackers outside were obviously from the Giant Tree Church. They had discovered the prayers of the believers of Night, so they came to encircle and suppress them.

"My Lord Bishop, the outside is surrounded by fire."

Yara hurriedly stood up and said solemnly, "If we don't break through as soon as possible, we will all be trapped here to death."

"But..."

The Bishop of Night hesitated a little. They had been exposed. What was waiting outside must be the heavy encirclement of the Giant Tree Church. If they went out, they would definitely be attacked. The believers of Night who had lost most of their extraordinary powers were obviously not opponents.

"No time to hesitate."

Yara gritted her teeth and said, "If we continue to delay, we will only fall into a greater crisis. If we break through now, there may be a glimmer of hope."

"Good! Break through!"

The Bishop of Night also nodded fiercely. A black mist emerged from his wide robe and attacked the entrance to the underground space.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the door shattered, and the Bishop of Night rushed out of the underground space first, surrounded by flames.

"Dark water!"

The Bishop of Night slapped his hands on the ground, and the dark and damp black water began to spread around, instantly extinguishing the flames.

At the same time, other believers also rushed out.

As the Night believers walked out of the building, the outside was already full of Giant Tree believers. They used the power given by the Green Tree God Ge Weng to transform into tree demons, waving twisted branches.

"Heretics, accept the trial!"

The Giant Tree believers immediately launched an attack, and the vines attacked forward like poisonous snakes. A Night believer was accidentally swept up and thrown into the sky, and fell heavily into a meat pie.

"Evil heretic!"

The Bishop of Night had a firm look on his face, and the black mist under his robe surged, saying: "The Goddess of Night will always protect us."

The chaotic battle unfolded under the night.

Both the Giant Tree Church and the Night Church considered the other to be heretics. The war between faiths was extremely brutal, and both sides took it as their mission to wipe out the other side.

The night was dominated by the Night Goddess.

Therefore, the Night Church had an advantage in terms of environment, but now they had lost contact with the Night Goddess, and there was a huge difference in numbers with the Giant Tree Church, so they soon fell into the lower peak.

The surrounding Night believers fell one by one.

Even though the bishop resisted with all his might, the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. Seeing that everyone was in danger, Yara gritted her teeth.

The next moment, she lay on the ground.

A painful expression appeared on Yara's face, and her spine began to wriggle. One by one, something like limbs pierced through the skin and grew out. In a moment, she had turned into a half-human, half-spider form.

The Night Church worshipped more than just the Night Goddess.

Although for most believers, the most important belief was still the Night Goddess Lucyless, but Yara was an exception. She was more devout in the Giant Spider God Qiluo.

This is mainly related to Yara's experience.

A long time ago, Yara was still a slum girl. Her father was beaten to death because of his gambling addiction, and her mother became seriously ill. Yara and her younger brother could only beg for a living.

However, one day.

Yara suddenly had a dream. In the dream, she was guided by Qiluo, the God of Giant Spiders, and went to the wild to collect a herb, thus curing her dying mother.

Since then, Yara has become a believer of the God of Giant Spiders.

Although her mother, who recovered from a serious illness, died due to the interference of the Giant Tree Church later, Yara's faith has taken root in her heart. Even if she joined the Church of the Night, she still maintained the greatest respect for the God of Giant Spiders.

Therefore, Yara was given by Qiluo, the God of Giant Spiders.

She has the ability to transform into a spider demon and can control dreams at the same time. Using this ability, she has spread faith in the slums many times. Those who have been guided by Yara in dreams have joined the Church of the Night.

Among the Night believers in Lighthouse Town, Yara is the second person.

In fact, her strength is no less than that of the Bishop of Night. If it weren't for the fact that her main belief is the Giant Spider God, she could even get a higher status.

"You all deserve to die for blaspheming the goddess' altar!"

Yara, in the form of a spider demon, made a sharp sound, and waved her eight limbs to penetrate the bodies of several giant tree believers.

Then, she spit out a giant net.

The giant net formed by the gathering of transparent white silk threads seemed to cover an area around it, and the fluorescent powder was sprinkled like rain.

"Death will be your eternal dream."

Yara murmured in a low voice, and the giant tree believers who inhaled the powder fell into a deep sleep. This is the dreamlike ability of the Giant Spider God, but this kind of sleep means that they will never wake up.

Snap!

Seeing Yara's great power, several high-level members of the Giant Tree Church naturally couldn't sit idly by. Three tree demons attacked quickly, unaffected by Yara, and waved vines to form a blockade.

"Forest Sea Prison!"

Several high-ranking members of the Giant Tree Church joined forces to form a forest sea prison. Yara was trapped in it and could not escape even after waving her limbs.

Fortunately, the Bishop of the Night took action in time.

He waved his long sleeves, and the surging black water surged out. The black water, which had a strong corrosive effect, immediately corroded a hole in the forest sea prison. Seeing this, Yara quickly restored her human form and got out.

"This won't work!"

Yara's face was very solemn. More and more companions fell around her. The huge gap in numbers made the Church of the Night have no chance of winning. The entire Lighthouse Town seemed to have become a huge trap.

"For the glory of our Lord, we must never retreat."

However, the Bishop of the Night was serious and ready to die. He had not received a response from the Goddess of the Night for more than ten days, which made the Bishop uneasy, so he planned to use his death to express his loyalty to the goddess.

Yara's face changed slightly and she bit her lips lightly.

She was also a loyal believer, but her prayers in this short period of time were not responded to, which made Yara feel a little uneasy. Even a devout believer could not remain indifferent to death.

Snap! Snap!

Beside them, the believers of the Church of the Night were still resisting. As the number of people continued to decrease, many believers showed desperate expressions on their faces. Perhaps they were not afraid of death, but such sacrifices were somewhat meaningless.

Elena waved a long whip and repelled several giant tree believers.

Next to her, her daughter Nicole was pale and bleeding from her abdomen. She was injured by the giant tree believers in the battle just now.

"Hold on, Nicole."

Elena waved her whip and said in a deep voice: "The great goddess of weeping will never abandon her believers. All the sufferings in the world are tests prepared by the goddess for us."

A trace of a miserable smile appeared on Nicole's face.

Compared with the mother of the fanatic believers, Nicole's faith was not firm. She knew her identity very well. She was just an ordinary believer, even if the goddess of weeping sensed everything that happened in Lighthouse Town.

Would she come down in person for these people?

There were too many kingdoms in the abandoned land, and there were many believers of the goddess of weeping. The war with the giant tree church resulted in a large number of casualties every day. Even the gods could not always pay attention to every believer.

The battle became more and more intense.

Even the most powerful bishop was in crisis. Several giant tree believers surrounded him, and Yara, who turned into a spider demon, was trapped by vines and could not get out at all.

The situation of other believers of the night was not optimistic either.

Some believers had even given up resistance and were captured by the Giant Tree Cultists. There were less than 20 believers who still insisted on resisting.

Elena's arms trembled slightly.

Even the fanatical believers of the Weeping Goddess were a little shaken at this time. The fear of death made her tremble. What was even more terrifying was that if she was captured by the Giant Tree Church and used as a sacrifice, her fate would be even more horrible.