Chapter 703: Joan of Arc Performs a Shaman Act and Is Promoted to Blood Angel
Eastern Continent, Corridor of Truth.
Boom boom boom.
The artillery fire rumbled, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the thick smoke obscured the sun in the sky. I don’t know how much knowledge and legends were successfully revitalized through the mass death of intelligent creatures.
The war between the southern wizard countries, mainly the Lighthouse Federation, and the northern clan countries, mainly the Church of the Old Gods and supplemented by the activation of knowledge, continued.
The overall trend is that the former advances and the latter retreats!
Byron’s ascension to the top [Human Emperor] brought earth-shaking changes to the human world, and the title of the country radiated to every citizen of the empire.
Especially the "Berserker Gene" is also called the collectivist gene. With this kind of organization in the bones, the combat effectiveness of the human army group cluster is at least increased by two or three times.
One human soldier may not be the opponent of the clan soldier, but three human soldiers will definitely beat three clan soldiers. With the distribution of advanced weapons, the more people they have, the stronger they are.
The new legion title: "The World's Strongest Light Infantry" is not far from being born.
Of course, relying solely on the power of the Lighthouse Federation, at best it can only recover the desert god system countries little by little, as well as a small number of countries that suffered heavy losses in the last war with the Mermaid Kingdom.
As the battle line lengthened as it went deeper into the inland, it also encountered strong opponents, and the situation gradually became stalemate.
It has been more than half a year since the last time the six major sects of the Mermaid Kingdom besieged the blood beast's nest. This Civil War has also been fought for more than half a year, and there is still no end in sight to this day.
Moreover, those clan countries with relatively well-preserved combat power have not ended. They are happy to see other clans and human forces wear each other out, and then, like before, sharpen their knives and prepare to take advantage of the fire.
The night demon nobles of the Twilight Church are typical representatives of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
After licking the wound of the mother goddess Lilith who was stabbed to death, they continued to play music and dance as usual.
The legendary warship [Twilight Church], one of the most powerful whale oil alchemy warships in the world, is quietly anchored in the Port of Angeles. The towering castle church on the warship is brightly lit, and melodious music echoes repeatedly throughout the bay.
In addition to serving as the flagship of Lilith's priesthood incarnation for a period of time, this warship has always been the religious and political center of the church, cruising back and forth between various night demon kingdoms.
Ding!
"Cheers, ladies and gentlemen, to celebrate the 2.5% increase in our blood tax last year, achieving 20 years of continuous growth."
"To our respected leader, Her Majesty Queen Elsa [Bloodthorn Rose]!"
In the luxurious auditorium, handsome men and beautiful women with scarlet eyes raised their cups of blood wine and toasted a beautiful and seductive figure in the center of the stage.
The person who was originally standing here should be Archbishop [Iron Blood Knight] Ganggro.
Unfortunately, he followed Lilith to the battle, and was killed by the bald and stronger Salant with the divine art [Miracle Punch].
And [Grand Duke of Thorns] Vlad III was also killed and replaced by Byron.
Only [Ghoul Lord] Hannibal and [Corrupted Blood Stigma] Macavian fled back to the Night Demon Kingdom with Joan of Arc.
The high-level officials of the Twilight Church naturally could not watch a divine "vessel" of the Mother Goddess parachute to the position and lead all the Night Demons.
Before they returned, the original second-in-command [Blood Thorn Rose] Elsa Ashbel was elected by all the high-level officials to become the new archbishop and wear the supreme blood crown.
This is not only a fifth-level false god, but also a charming and seductive succubus queen.
The figure in the center of the venue, with a head of rich red long hair tied behind her head, wearing a shining crown, her eyes fixed on the purple eyeshadow, every frown and smile made people feel itchy.
There is almost nothing that can be called clothes on her flawless white body. She only has heart-shaped sequins on her private parts, a transparent gauze skirt, and a pair of black open-toed high-heeled boots on her feet.
There is a snake whip wrapped around her slender waist. Like most succubi, a fluorescent pink emblem appears on her lower abdomen, attracting everyone's attention.
Even in the night demon group full of blood thirst and sex addiction, she is still very impactful.
Whether male or female, they all swallow their saliva when they see her, even if she does not use any extraordinary abilities.
In fact, this succubus queen who has lived for more than 500 years has an affair with all the night demon high-ranking officials of the Twilight Church.
Most of the male and female succubi born are also married to nobles of the major night demon kingdoms, and even high-ranking officials of other clan countries.
The night demon's [Bloodline Original Codex] can be compatible with various taboo routes, and the panacea can also eliminate the side effects of black witchcraft, which naturally makes the night demon ladies very popular.
Many high-ranking officials in the clan countries have her bloodline, and she has deep roots in the northern countries of the continent.
[Bloodthorn Rose] Elsa Ashbell also got another flattering title: "Grandmother of the Northern Continent."
Coincidentally, the full name of the succubus princess Therese under Byron is: Therese Ashbell (Chapter 420), and she is also one of her many children.
The succubus queen drank a cup of blood brew with the night demon nobles, and then winked at the false gods. They all walked to the corner with their wine glasses and sat down on the sofa.
Including [Bloodthorn Rose] Elsa herself, [Ghoul Lord] Hannibal, [Corrupted Blood Stigma] Macavian, there are a total of seven false gods.
If we add the dead Grand Duke of Thorns Vlad III and the Iron Knights, the number of false gods of the Night Demons has almost reached double digits, which is undoubtedly the top handful among the many churches of the old gods.
This is all due to the blood tax "abundant collection system" that has gathered people.
Now they have also encountered a big problem because of gathering people.
Elsa opened the barrier of the divine domain to prevent the conversation from being heard by others.
She put another letter from the Solomon Empire to Joan of Arc on the table and asked everyone in a heavy tone:
"Everyone, how do you think we should deal with this saint lady?
The Night Demon countries are full of her admirers and supporters. If she is not handled properly, there will be a big mess."
The eyes of a group of false gods fell on the opened letter paper, and before reading the content on it, the rustling sound rang in everyone's ears.
Mortals would be transformed on the spot if they approached the handwritten letter of the demigod, let alone read it. They were not affected, but the invitation to the "favored one" Joan of Arc to join made them all look unhappy.
When the incarnation of Lilith's priesthood descended, [Saint] Joan of Arc made many public appearances, which was no secret.
Outsiders naturally thought that Joan of Arc was a true believer like the Pope at the beginning, completely controlled by the Mother of Creation Lilith, and could not escape the palm of an old god no matter how hard they tried.
After successfully communicating with the blood angel Lamia in the Pantheon, she would soon be polluted and eventually degenerate into a demigod incarnation of Lilith.
However, only the high-ranking officials inside the Twilight Church knew that Lilith had no time to personally train her after her first embrace.
At first, she wanted to use [Grand Duke of Thorns] Vlad III to induce her to fall, and everyone saw the ending.
Before Joan of Arc really fell, Lilith herself was stabbed to death by Byron.
However, Joan of Arc has gained a large number of supporters and high prestige among the Night Demons because of her special status and the achievement of successfully bringing back most of the fleet.
Now, it is ridiculous to let a Paladin with firm faith rule a group of bloodthirsty Night Demons?
So when faced with Elsa's question, the other Night Demon pseudo-gods had no second answer and said in unison:
"Even if the Solomon Empire was defeated and urgently needed reinforcements, we must never hand over the ruling power of the Night Demons to a container.
Unless the Mother Goddess successfully awakens or sends the priesthood incarnation again."
Power is the most poisonous poison in the world, and the only antidote is power itself. Once you leave power, you will immediately die of poison.
It happens that the core promotion ceremony of the Night Demon is "usurpation of power", advocating internal fighting and palace coup.
Once they lose power, their strength will be greatly weakened, and they will no longer have the capital to compete with Joan of Arc, the saint.
Glorious wealth cannot be kept, but can only be pushed forward, because its essence is a raging fire, and it can only continue to burn if it constantly obtains fuel.
This is true for every noble family and every vested interest group. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many giant whales that won't die in this world.
Even if a knife is on your neck, you have to think about it, let alone now.
The first white-haired Night Demon King on Elsa's right added:
"Your Majesty Elsa, everyone, this is not because of our selfishness.
But if we give the power to the Saint now, she won't become the Mother Goddess's [Blood Angel Lamia], but will most likely become [Blood Angel Jeanne].
We are defending the Mother Goddess's property and authority."
This is the father of Grand Duke Vlad III of Thorns, [King of the Castle] Vlad II, and also Elsa's most determined courtier.
Byron pretended to be his son Vlad III and stabbed the Mother Goddess Lilith in the back, which naturally made him feel uneasy and had to hold Elsa's thighs more tightly.
After that, he glanced at the lower and middle class Night Demon nobles in the auditorium who were kept in the dark like outsiders, and acted as a mouthpiece to express the concerns that Elsa did not express:
"The most critical issue is not what we think, but what the lower and middle class Night Demon ruling class thinks.
Facing the authority of the Mother Goddess, only we, the fifth-level pseudo-gods, have a certain degree of autonomy. The [rudder] of others is completely in the hands of the Mother Goddess, and they can only kneel down unconditionally to the Saint.
The worst news is that we can also rely on the residual power of the Mother Goddess to maintain the rule of the "Abundant Collection System".
Gather the people, gather the people, it is really the success and failure of gathering the people!"
Vlad II's words made everyone silent.
Power has always been from the bottom up. If they do not recognize Joan of Arc's status, their own status will also be shaken.
At this time, a group of pseudo-gods were all set up, and they could neither violently solve the hidden danger of Joan of Arc nor really compromise with her.
To be disrespectful, the Mother Goddess Lilith died at a really bad time.
Joan of Arc was like a thorn in their throats, which they could neither spit out nor swallow, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Elsa saw that no one else had a good solution, so she could only make the decision herself:
"Then sell the news to the people of the Lighthouse Federation, and let them kill the messenger of the Solomon Empire halfway, and we pretend that we have not received the letter from the world monarch Lucifer.
Then continue to maintain the strategy of the previous few months, give Joan of Arc a high honor according to the standards of the Night Demon Saint, hold her up high, and don't let her have the opportunity to get involved in power, and put her under house arrest in disguise.
She was quite honest some time ago and stayed on the Twilight Church without going anywhere. I hope she can continue to be honest.
As time goes by, sooner or later she will be contaminated by the immortal divinity of the Mother Goddess.
I believe that the Mother Goddess will understand our painstaking efforts. "
Before anyone else could agree, she heard a pleasant female voice with a sonorous tone suddenly ringing in her ears:
"Oh? My Archbishop, who do you want to put under house arrest?"
Hearing this voice, the group of false gods were all frightened and turned their heads quickly.
Then he saw the door of the auditorium suddenly opened, and a tall figure covered in blood strode in.
Ta-ta-ta.
The steel boots hit the floor with a crisp sound, and the melodious music stopped abruptly.
When a group of night demon nobles saw the visitor, they all knelt down on one knee in surprise and saluted her:
"Your Highness the Saint, the Mother Goddess is looking after you!"
The person who came was none other than Joan of Arc, wearing a knight's armor and holding her sword on the hilt.
It's just different from the past. She appeared today, her whole body was spitting out blood all the time, and she seemed to be resonating with a great being in the void. An invisible sense of oppression spread and filled the auditorium.
None of the Night Demon nobles dared to look at her.
Only a group of false gods still stood there in shock and uncertainty, shuddering deeply at the huge power that seemed to have touched the realm of demigods.
Elsa, who was specially named by her, even exclaimed:
"The Mother Goddess Blood Angel Lamia has arrived?! How is this possible?"
Joan of Arc didn't answer her question, strode up to her, raised her hand and made an inverted cross on her chest.
Buzz—!
An angelic shadow suddenly appeared behind him. The graceful female body was naked, with several pairs of curved horns on her head, her skin was red, and the wings on her back covered the sky and the sun.
It is the immortal divinity of Blood Angel Lamia.
The phantom immediately jumped into Jeanne d'Arc's body. The girl's eyes turned outwards and her whole body twitched as if she had successfully obtained the "divine surrender" in a dance.
When he calmed down again, his stern face lost all traces of charm and became as indifferent as only divinity remained.
The powerful momentum surged from his body, making the night demons couldn't help but cheer wildly:
"Praise the Mother of Creation! Praise the Mother Goddess!"
They didn't know the inside story and thought that Lilith had come again through their true followers.
Joan of Arc just looked down at Elsa, the most powerful person in front of her, and shouted coldly:
"How dare you not kneel down and worship the Mother Goddess?"
The false gods headed by the Succubus Queen were somewhat undecided. The existence in front of them seemed to have the anchor chain of faith of the Night Demons.
But they find it hard to believe that Joan of Arc, the divine vessel, has been corrupted and fallen so naturally without doing anything?
But there were so many Night Demon nobles watching around, doubts and even anger slowly appearing in their eyes.
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These people don't know that the Mother Goddess is actually limited in her abilities and left them with an unfinished project. They only know that the top management is absolutely disloyal!
Elsa felt that the anchor chain in her body began to shake, and she could only grit her teeth and kneel on the ground and said:
"Mother Goddess!"
I secretly felt cruel in my heart:
"The Paladin, who only had a single mind, actually learned to take advantage of the situation. This day went much faster than I thought.
I'll suffer this loss for the time being. When the banquet is over and everyone else leaves, I have plenty of ways to verify whether you are the real Mother Goddess or just pretending to be a God.
If there is any flaw, I must let you, the damn paladin, know what a training hell is that would make even succubi scream in fear! "
Seeing her kneeling down, the other false gods also knelt down.
Joan of Arc glanced around the auditorium, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and cheered to the existence on the other end through the anchor chain of faith:
"My lord, your method is indeed effective. Silently accumulate strength to show weakness to the enemy, and when you suddenly take action in public, they will really be forced to recognize me."
Two anchor chains extended from her chest.
One of the blood-colored anchor chains is connected to [Blood Angel], and the other golden anchor chain is connected to [Ten Thousand Wings Angel].
The former comes from Lilith's pollution, and the latter comes from her unwavering faith throughout her life.
And the latter is far thicker, stronger and unbreakable than the former.
The advent of the so-called [Blood Angel] actually comes from Byron, the ever-changing demigod.
It's still too early for Lilith's immortal divinity to completely pollute Joan of Arc.
It was all just a pre-planned bureau.
When Byron's consciousness came here, it was the first time he saw the mother of the succubus princess Therese with his own eyes. She looked like a pair of sisters who were similar to each other.
But he didn't have any intention of letting her offend, but decisively ordered to Joan of Arc:
"Joan of Arc, you already have Lilith's 'name and weapon', and it's much easier than others to gain real power.
Remember, the essence of power is the word ‘reward and punishment’.
There is no need to seize the power to command the army or collect the blood tax. As long as you have the power to reward and punish all night demons, your "usurping power ritual" will be completed.
You are now only one step away from the success of the palace coup. Don't worry about anything else. Now just step on the head of this succubus queen and ascend to power. "
Jeanne nodded vigorously in her heart.
"Yes, my lord."
Then she raised her hand and the letter written by Lucifer himself fell into her hands. She glanced up and down, and said indifferently to Elsa whose expression changed:
"You have exceeded my authority and attempted to destroy the covenant between our Night Demons and the Solomon Empire and the World Consciousness. I will punish you. Do you accept it?"
The eyes of the Succubus Queen flashed.
This political creature who has lived for more than 500 years instantly heard something wrong from Joan of Arc's serious tone:
'How could the Mother Goddess need a reason to punish me? When did the Mother of Creation become so kind? '
She subconsciously raised her head, but before she could verify her suspicion, she was suppressed by the demigod power borrowed from Byron by Joan of Arc, and every bone in her body was groaning in pain.
She was also like a basin of cold water poured on her head, and she woke up all of a sudden.
Realizing that Joan of Arc already had the strength of a demigod, she was also real!
Looking into Joan of Arc's eyes, through her pupils, she seemed to see another existence that was even colder than the Mother Goddess, and couldn't help but shudder.
Unless you are willing to risk your life, you may be able to expose the other party's conspiracy. Of course, it is only possible. The greater possibility is to be trampled to death.
The key is that the church belongs to the Mother Goddess, but your life is your own!
In the end, you can only lower your head again, grit your teeth and admit your mistake:
"I am wrong, please punish me, Mother Goddess."
Joan of Arc raised her hand and the snake whip wrapped around Elsa's waist automatically untied and fell into her hands.
Snap!
With a casual wave of her hand, a loud whip flower immediately fell on Elsa's white and flawless back.
Breaking the gauze skirt, leaving a scarlet whip mark, the succubus queen trembled, but she resisted the urge to cry out in pain.
As the owner of the whip, the succubus queen knows the effect of the snake whip best. This is not a weapon for fighting.
'If I am whipped twenty times, I will.'
I don't know if it is an illusion, Joan of Arc accidentally found that the eyes of this noble succubus queen rose a little mist, and she was obviously much tamed.
He paused, thinking:
"I heard that there is a hotel called 'Succubus Dream' on the Corridor of Truth, which seems to have this kind of activated knowledge, and there are two most famous people.
The writer Marquis de Sade from my motherland, the Iris Kingdom, was a Hall of Fame [writer] during his lifetime, and his representative work is "120 Days of Sodom".
There is also a famous [writer] Masoch from the Habsburg territory of Vinaya, whose representative work is "Venus in Mink".
One is good at attacking, and the other is good at defending.
Putting the initials of the names of the two great writers, Marquis de Sade and Masoch, together is the origin of the taboo abbreviation.
Could this succubus queen have some unique hobbies?"
The "pure" girl's wild thoughts did not affect the progress of the ceremony. As the whip symbolizing "punishment" fell, the prestige of the succubus queen was also severely damaged.
Even if you are an emperor under centralized power, if you are punished to kneel and beaten by the queen mother every day, you will have no prestige.
The middle-level Night Demon nobles saw everything.
They naturally thought that the authority of Saint Joan of Arc was above that of the Succubus Queen Elsa, who had ruled them for hundreds of years.
As people's hearts shifted, the "Abundant Collection System" representing the ruling power of the Night Demon Kingdom also trembled suddenly.
Some of the power was naturally stripped away and fell on Joan of Arc, the empty-headed "Saint" who held the power of "reward and punishment".
From then on, she was no longer a paper tiger.
This was the road to power that Byron tailored for Joan of Arc.
During this period, Joan of Arc followed Byron's instructions and quietly hibernated, and has been steadily improving her "All Things Return to One" realm.
She was also appointed by Byron as the Army Marshal of the "First Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" and obtained the authority of the Law Network.
Half a month ago, the spiritual realm had reached 10% of the demigod.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of this early New Year gathering, when most of the middle and senior levels were present, they took advantage of the momentum of gathering the crowd and defeated the senior level with one move.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Joan of Arc did not stop her movements, and continued to swing the snake whip. Soon, the back and the white buttocks of the succubus queen were covered with whip marks.
After this public whipping, the prestige of [Blood-piercing Rose] Elsa was almost destroyed.
And Joan of Arc's authority of "reward and punishment" also condensed into substance, and she completed her usurpation ceremony in a fraudulent way like "dancing the gods".
Just as the false god of the Night Demon said, if it was after passive pollution, the only one who would be born in the end would be [Blood Angel Lamia].
But now she is following the most orthodox "palace coup" ceremony. The power she has seized makes this demigod-level power obediently tame under her own will, and only [Blood Angel Joan of Arc] will be born!
Huh——!
The spiritual wind swept through all the Night Demon Kingdoms, and suddenly rushed into Joan of Arc's body. A golden-red divine fire spread all over her body, and ignited the [Twilight Church], a legendary battleship symbolizing the Church of Lilith.
An anchor chain stretched straight above Joan of Arc's head.
She forcibly pulled down the immortal divinity in the Pantheon, and it was forged in the divine fire into Joan of Arc's own power.
Although everything belonged to others, Joan of Arc took too many shortcuts, and it was almost impossible for her to go further after being promoted, let alone be on par with the Byron family.
Even the power of demigods is ready-made [Blood Crown, Abundant Collection].
But the status of demigods is real.
She transformed into her own mythical form.
The overall appearance is still a night demon woman, two meters tall, with several pairs of curved horns on her head, a blood crown symbolizing dominance on her head, and a pair of wings composed of countless blood threads spread out behind her.
The end of the blood thread disappeared into the void, connecting her with all the night demons, clans, and human food reserves under the system of abundant collection.
The power rose straight up.
The false gods of the night demons finally accepted their fate, knowing that the situation was over, and bowed their heads deeply, praising with other night demons.
Byron's consciousness nodded with satisfaction in Joan of Arc's heart:
"Although in a situation like Joan of Arc, once she encounters the original owner of the immortal divinity, she will be 100% defeated and have no power to fight back at all.
But Lilith is not the only night demon demigod in the world.
As long as Lilith is killed, this power will be ours."
Just like he said when he made the plan, no one knows better than him what "the father of heaven kills the brother of heaven, and it will all be in vain".
Since he can pretend to be the second son of the Creator and the Holy Spirit, he finally succeeded in backdoor listing and seized the status of [Holy Spirit].
Joan of Arc, who has his support, can naturally use Lilith's identity as a "holy woman" to usurp the throne of the "mother of heaven", and then do another trick of "the goddess of heaven kills the mother of heaven"!
The half of immortality that was eaten fell into Jeanne's hands, which was equivalent to falling into Byron's hands. They would never give Lilith a chance to revive again.
He casually glanced at the content of the letter for help and smiled maliciously:
"Mr. Lucifer, since you have invited me sincerely, it would be impolite for me not to stab you with a sword."