229: Let's give it our all!

Ketch was spat on, making him very angry. He said solemnly, "Old man, I am a knight of the Holy See. Please respect me!"

"Bah! Not only will I not respect you, I'll hit you!" The old man raised his staff to strike Ketch.

Ketch snatched the staff away and threw it over three meters away, warning again, "Please control your behavior, or I won't mind taking you to the Inquisition!"

The Inquisition, full name the Heresy Tribunal, mostly held demon worshipers, heretics, and demons that had escaped from Hell. In people's hearts, those who had been inside could not go to Heaven even after death.

The old man pointed at Ketch, his lungs sounding like a leaking bellows. After a long moment of wheezing, he died of anger.

He had already been afflicted by Demonic Qi Contamination and had a death wish. Having just overexerted himself striking the Formation Demon's corpse, he was completely spent; death was inevitable.

Xu Le shook his head, walked to the old man's side, and began reciting the funeral eulogy.

"...God's love is as universal on earth as it is in Heaven. He will forgive us, just as we forgive those who harm us. May the light be always with you."

The old man's transparent Soul floated out of his body and bowed piously to Xu Le and the knights, thanking them for avenging him. However, he specifically avoided Ketch's group of four, then floated behind Xu Le and disappeared.

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Xu Le felt that the old man didn't look like he was coveting Spu's body. Just as he was about to search, he found that the other party's Soul had floated into Spu's Sea of Consciousness and was spinning around like a lost ant.

Sensing something, Xu Le gave a gentle tap with his Divine Soul. The old man then floated into Xu Le's own Contract Space and began praying silently to the divine statue modeled after Xu Le himself.

Faith +1000 points.

Xu Le's heart jolted. This old man had actually become his Fanatic Believer—the only Fanatic Believer he had so far! Even after using Universal Salvation to transcend 30 million ghosts, he hadn't managed to produce a single Fanatic Believer!

Sighing inwardly, he vaguely understood the conditions for gaining a Fanatic Believer and knew the benefits.

Previously, believers of light who worshipped him had died, but they all went to the god of light. This was the first believer's Soul he had obtained in this world.

Xu Le came back to his senses and found that except for Ketch, all the knights were kneeling on the ground, praising in the most devout posture. Even the three knights Ketch had brought with him were doing the same.

"You, you... he's a fake, a fake!" Ketch roared in anger.

But no one paid him any attention.

Who else could harvest a Fanatic Believer and lead them directly to Heaven besides the Son of God?

Xu Le's eyes shifted. Suppressing his original anger, he put on a look of compassion. "Ketch, your heart is lost. Face your heart, and do not deceive yourself!"

No one noticed this scene except for Ketch.

He knew that no matter what he said, he couldn't win an argument against this fake Son of God. With a bitter and indignant laugh, he ran toward the village exit.

He would wait at the village entrance. The moment the barrier was broken, he would go and seek the true Son of God.

With the Formation Demon dead, the barrier's core was quickly destroyed under the Wolf King's guidance... One month later.

Ku Mu Fort.

Michael successfully passed the priest examination and became a proud Acolyte Priest.

After hearing the legendary story of how Spu became a full priest in just one month, he waved his newly acquired staff and shouted, "I must practice hard and surpass Priest Spu!"

Whoosh!

As if God had performed a divine art, everyone looked at Michael in shock, then all showed expressions of disdain.

Hodge Lin John, who had become a full priest, was no longer the chuunibyou Little Fatty of the past. He walked up to Michael with a serious expression.

"Can you defeat a five-meter-tall Greatsword Demon General from Hell and close the Gate of Hell?"

"Can you convert a miserable old man, whose family was murdered and who was full of hatred, into a Fanatic Believer and lead him to Heaven?"

"Can you purify the blood of Satan and protect all our safety?"

"Can you sweep through all the demons in nineteen regions, day and night?"

"..."

Under the continuous questioning, Michael was stunned and said weakly, "You're talking about the Son of God. What does that have to do with Priest Spu?"

Everyone shouted in unison, "Priest Spu is the Son of God! Do you never listen to stories?!"

"I... I didn't realize that Priest Spu was that Priest Spu!" Michael shed tears of grievance.

The experiences of the legendary Son of God spread across the entire Beidian Continent as if they had grown wings, carried by the mouths of priests and bards... Jason Jean had just finished handling a demon incident. Upon returning to the Holy See, he heard information that drove him mad.

"Shameless, utterly shameless! To gain fame, he didn't hesitate to fabricate all sorts of appalling stories."

"Hah, blood of Satan? Even I can't purify the blood of Satan. On what basis does he claim to purify it?"

"Gate of Hell? Where would a Gate of Hell come from? If a Gate of Hell really opened, the first thing he'd have to worry about is not wetting his pants!"

"..."

The priests of the Holy See looked at Jason with disdain. Although they had heard the Bishop say that Jason was the true Son of God, they didn't believe it.

Based on his current performance, they felt they could do it too, perhaps even better. This guy was fit to be the Son of God? Poor Bishop Hal, he had been deceived so badly!

Jason returned to his bedroom in a rage, and the old man appeared beside him out of thin air once again.

Jason's face was contorted. "Go and kill him."

The old man refused. "I can only protect your life. This is a test from God for you!"

Jason was furious. "What test? How many years has it been since I've seen Satan? If I lose this much faith again, I won't even be able to return to Heaven! And you'll never be able to go back either."

The old man remained silent for a while, then vanished on the spot... Night.

Xu Le looked at the map in his hand; he still had seventeen regions left to visit.

In about two more months, he would reach the Central Holy See and truly obtain the status of the Son of God.

During this time, his faith had skyrocketed, and he had just barely reached Level 10 faith.

After reaching Level 10 faith, he discovered Level 11 faith. He had a vague premonition that reaching Level 11 would bring him immense benefits.

Kunpeng jumped out to confirm this, though it believed Xu Le couldn't possibly achieve it.

The faith required for Level 10 was 100 times the sum of the first 9 levels. Xu Le found that the faith required for Level 11 was much, much, much more than the sum of the first 10 levels combined—about a thousand times more.

One must know that even for a Pope, after ascending to the throne, it would take an average of thirty years to accumulate Level 10 faith.

It was only because of the bonus from his status as the Son of God, the tireless promotion by 38 regions, and the allure of the blood of Satan and the Gate of Hell that Xu Le had reached Level 10 three days ago. Reaching Level 11 was as difficult as ascending to Heaven!

"Let's take a gamble!"

Xu Le gritted his teeth and directly transferred all the faith from his main body to Spu. He didn't believe that with 30 million Devout Believers plus a steady stream of other faith, he couldn't fill the gap for Level 11!

"Still thinking of gambling? You truly deserve to be cast into Avici Hell!" A cold voice rang out.

Xu Le looked up. The newcomer was an ordinary-looking old man in a gray robe, but in the Divine Eye, the other party was a Four-Winged Angel.

"Could it be... I've been exposed? Do I need to run away early?" Xu Le thought, then questioned sharply, "Who are you?"

"Stop shouting! I've set up a Heaven-Veiling Barrier here. Even God can't see through it, let alone those blind Mortals outside!"

"You're saying... a barrier has been set up here?" Xu Le's eyes lit up.