99: The mission of Pope of Light Lydia (Angry Version) was easily completed.

"Lightning Spell!"

Boom, boom, boom!

The terrifying heavenly lightning struck down, illuminating Lydia's astonished face!

Then... she was engulfed!

True Damage -323136, -323136, -64627, ...... (Strong)

Ruin -400000!

Lucky Strike +10!

True Damage -64627, -64627, -64627, ......

A massive burst of luck, actually triggering the highest combo!

The rumbling thunder continued, pouring down damage!

After calculating damage reduction, a total of 3.04 million damage was dealt!

Lydia's health bar instantly dropped a large chunk!

Clearly, she didn't have the high damage reduction skills of a Demon Lord, so she could only take it head-on.

Martin, who was next to her, had already lost his invincible state.

At this moment, he hadn't even recovered from the shock of cursing the Pope when he was struck down directly!

Chain Reaction triggered!

Another Lightning Spell struck Lydia's head!

Taking away 1.45 million of her health, leaving her with less than 500,000 HP, a precarious situation!

But then, a golden holy light suddenly landed on Lydia.

"Forbidden · Grand Healing Spell!"

Whoosh!

+1000000!

Her health instantly recovered to around 1.5 million, and then more continuous healing floated up.

+200000, +200000, ......

Lydia was furious!

As the supremely noble Pope, she never expected to be cursed by someone!

And even dared to attack her!

One should know that even a king would have to show her three points of respect and treat her as an honored guest!

Now, she was actually struck by an old man?

It was an utter humiliation!

Her boundless fury prevented her from maintaining her dignified composure, and she revealed her true nature, cursing directly.

"You old bastard, I'll send you to he—... Hmm??"

She had only gotten halfway through her harsh words.

She looked up, and he was gone!

Aside from two charred corpses in the room, there was no trace of that old man!

Just then.

She suddenly felt the building beneath her feet vibrate violently, but then it quickly disappeared.

Sensing something was wrong, she kicked open the floor and jumped down!

Below was the prayer hall where the assembly was being held!

At this moment, all the church members lay sprawled on the ground, their bodies charred and emitting smoke...

Clearly, they were beyond dead...

And the old man was not here either.

Seeing this scene, Lydia's face turned ashen.

Amidst her anger, she raised her hand and punched, shattering the top of the tower, sending holy light straight into the sky!

A pair of wings suddenly grew from her back, and she soared into the sky!

Her pair of azure eyes gained several bloodshot lines as she quickly searched for the old man's figure.

The sudden explosion of the church tower caused the nearby pedestrians and residents to fall into chaos.

Large numbers of guards were rushing from a distance.

Lydia searched for a long time but couldn't find the old man's figure, which made her even more vexed.

Although she could cast super-large-range indiscriminate attacks, reason told her not to do so.

She clenched her delicate fist, the muscle lines on her fair forearm clearly defined, and gritted her teeth, saying.

"Old bastard, if I find you, I'll tear you limb from limb!"

At this moment.

A grey stream of light flew out from the City Lord's Mansion, rapidly approaching!

His figure paused; it was none other than City Lord Laji!

It was amazing that he could fly without wings or a flying mount.

Looking at Lydia, whose three thousand golden strands of hair were standing on end, completely losing her image, Laji almost couldn't maintain his deadpan expression.

The corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly twice, and he sighed.

"Lydia, everyone below is watching, hmm... please pay attention to your image."

"You dead Laji, what business is it of yours? Are you asking for a beating?"

Lydia glared at him with wide, angry eyes, not giving him a good look.

Laji sighed helplessly upon hearing this, circulated his magic, and uttered a single word.

"Fog!"

Whoosh!

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of mist gathered from all directions.

In just a few breaths, it enveloped the entire City of Radiance, making visibility extremely low.

Upon seeing this, Lydia instantly bristled!

Oh no, that's wrong, she bristled again!

She flapped her wings, grabbed Laji's collar, and raised her delicate fist to question him.

"Didn't you see I'm looking for the culprit?! Why are you creating a big fog?!"

Laji's deadpan eyes cleverly dodged the spitting saliva, and he said dejectedly.

"Please calm down. You are the Pope. If you are recognized by the people below, it might lead to a decline in faith, a collapse of beliefs, and ultimately the demise of both you and the church. You don't want that, do you?"

Hearing his words, Lydia regained some of her rationality.

After staring at him for a while, she snorted lightly and released her grip.

"You help me find the culprit, and I'll thank you. That's it, I'm leaving!"

With that, she vanished into a golden light with a bang, dissipating in mid-air...

"Hey! You..."

Laji's face fell, and he stopped himself from speaking, finally lowering his hand.

"Sigh... Don't blame me..."

"...The day I die, I will definitely apologize to you..."

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[Ding! You have over-leveled and killed the Gold-tier BOSS [Archbishop Martin Lv60], gaining 30500 experience points!]

[Ding! God Thief triggered! You have obtained the BOSS Specialty [Light Blessing]!]

[Ding! Quest [Cleanse the Church] has been completed, rewards have been issued!]

[Ding! Your level has increased to 48, gaining 3 free attribute points!]

[Ding! Skill - Lexical Entry Assignment takes effect, obtaining the Gold-tier Lexical Entry [Ballistic Splitting]!]

In a hidden corner, Chen Beixuan happily checked his gains.

"No rewards, no first kill, who would play with you..."

He clicked to view the BOSS Specialty and the Cross Army Honorary Hero title.

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[Light Blessing]: When on the verge of death, holy light will protect you, triggering 5 seconds of invincible Domination. Can only be triggered once per combat.

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[Honorary Hero · Old Man Chen]: Cross Army Honorary Hero Exclusive Title

Effect 1: All attributes +100 points.

Effect 2: Reputation with the Kingdom of Locksey's Cross Army faction automatically increases to 'Respected'.

Description: Proof of sacrifice and contribution to the kingdom. With it, you will be respected in any human city you visit.

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"Hoh, these are all good things..."

"This BOSS Specialty, combined with the near-death blood-lock lexical entry, provides two consecutive blood-lock invincibilities."

"100 points to all attributes, just intelligence alone can increase magic attack by 600, not bad, not bad."

Chen Beixuan nodded in satisfaction.

The remaining item was the Ballistic Splitting lexical entry, which would normally be given to the Chaos Spear.

But he suddenly wanted to conduct an experiment!

He opened his skill bar and clicked to view the skill description.

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[Chaos Envoy]: Class Exclusive Skill ★★★★

Description: Shoots out 4 streams of Chaos energy, summoning 4 Chaos Envoys upon landing. Envoys inherit 400% of the user's attributes and possess exclusive skills. Lasts 4 hours, cooldown 6 minutes, mana cost 400.

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"The skill description says it shoots out four streams of energy. I wonder if Ballistic Splitting will be useful..."

"Assign to Chaos Envoy!"

After assigning, Chen Beixuan immediately chose to summon to inspect the results.

"Chaos Envoy!"

Whoosh!

Nine streams of Chaos energy shot out, rapidly expanding upon landing!

In the blink of an eye, they transformed into nine awe-inspiring, cold, and menacing Chaos Envoys!

The surrounding civilians and guards were startled by the sudden appearance of these Envoys and quickly moved away!

Mainly, these things looked a bit scary.

They resembled glowing, faceless figures draped in Black Flame hooded cloaks, holding eerie black and white flaming longswords.

Chen Beixuan's eyes gleamed, and he grinned.

Seeing that it had an effect, he dispelled the Chaos Envoys with a thought.

He was just about to strengthen it with melting stone when he saw Pedro rushing over, looking excited.

"Master Chen, I found something good!"