545: Chapter 545 Second World Exploration

10 days later.

In an uninhabited mountain range far from Nimesoya.

The mountains were layered with peaks and shrouded in mist, with the roars of beasts echoing from time to time.

Deep within the mountains, in an inconspicuous ravine, a flat ground covered in runes housed a ring-shaped structure about ten meters in size.

Over a dozen people dressed in black with masks stood around it.

At this moment, a man wearing a black mask with blue lines walked up to Nie Ning and said in a calm voice, "Holy Son, everything is ready."

Nie Ning looked up at the sky; it was indeed about time, so he turned to look at the masked man.

"I'll leave the rest to you."

"Mm."

The masked man replied coldly.

Nie Ning did not pay much attention to it.

The reason was simple: the masked man before him was the helper he had invited, the Level 9 High Priest of the Nales Church, Isidore Ezekiel!

Of course, strictly speaking, he hadn't really invited him.

Recently, undercurrents had been surging near Nimesoya, and the Nales Church wanted to stir up trouble there, which naturally required strength.

Therefore, Nie Ning used the excuse of needing manpower to have the Nales Church send some people over.

Nie Ning had originally thought it would be good enough if they sent someone of the eighth rank.

He hadn't expected Eugene to be so accommodating, immediately sending a ninth-rank High Priest, along with an eighth-rank Temple Knight, five seventh-rank Priests, and five seventh-rank Temple Knights.

With this lineup, it was much stronger than when he went to the Lata World.

However, this time the opponents were not weak either, and he only hoped this High Priest had some real strength so he wouldn't have to resort to his final trump card.

After all, he had come in his true form this time, and he absolutely could not afford any mishaps.

Besides, bringing along Nales Church personnel was also because they were wealthy and powerful.

There was no help for it; building an interstellar portal was no simple matter, especially since it required star-type formations for positioning and so on.

Not to mention that he hadn't mastered teleportation technology, even if he had, the construction materials alone would be a huge expense—he wouldn't be worth that much even if he sold himself.

As a ninth-rank, Isidore naturally understood Nie Ning's intentions after learning that he wanted to explore a world; asking him to come and hold down the fort was clearly a lie.

However, it was a new world after all, and it would be foolish not to take such benefits; perhaps in the future, it could serve as leverage for his bid for the Papacy.

...

Nie Ning walked to a square stone pillar next to the portal, which was covered in various formations and a pattern resembling a star map.

He took out the cyan bead given by the Green-skinned Demon.

As Nie Ning activated the cyan bead, dozens of runes emerged from it and merged into the square stone pillar.

In an instant, a star map appeared in the air, and as the celestial phenomena shifted continuously, it soon stopped at an unknown region of the starry sky.

One of the celestial bodies was shining brightly.

Seeing that the planetary coordinates had been successfully locked, Nie Ning opened the interstellar portal.

Looking at the black, mucus-like opening in the star ring, Nie Ning could only say that the Nales Church lived up to its reputation—it truly reeked.

He turned to look at Isidore, who nodded at the eighth-rank Temple Knight beside him.

The eighth-rank Temple Knight did not hesitate and walked straight into the portal.

After waiting for a moment, the eighth-rank Temple Knight did not return, and Nie Ning could not help but frown.

"I'll go take a look."

Before Nie Ning could speak, Isidore passed through the portal.

Seeing this, Nie Ning had nothing to say.

It was just as well that someone had volunteered to go in; he just hoped they wouldn't encounter any danger, or rather, not right now.

After all, he still needed others to protect him; a sudden death of a ninth-rank would not be conducive to his subsequent actions.

Fortunately, there were no issues, and soon the soaked eighth-rank Temple Knight came back through the portal.

"We encountered those demons and devils you mentioned. We can go over now."

The eighth-rank Temple Knight said concisely.

Nie Ning nodded upon hearing this.

Judging by the current situation, the Nales Church would not harm him; after all, the title of Holy Son was still useful.

Nie Ning then walked straight into the portal.

...

'Glug glug～'

As soon as Nie Ning passed through the portal, he choked on a mouthful of water.

He hurriedly erected a shield, pushing away the surrounding blue seawater, and only then did Nie Ning get a moment to catch his breath and observe his surroundings.

However, there was nothing to observe, as there was only seawater all around, and no other creatures.

"In the ocean?"

Nie Ning raised an eyebrow slightly; he hadn't expected to be teleported directly into the ocean this time.

He didn't even need to think to know that the Green-skinned Demon must have intentionally marked the teleportation point here.

Immediately after, the church members passed through the portal one by one and appeared behind Nie Ning.

The eighth-rank Temple Knight pointed upwards. Nie Ning understood, and with mana surging through his body, he rose rapidly.

In just a few seconds, everyone arrived at the surface of the sea.

They also saw the Green-skinned Demon and the devil, as well as their overwhelming number of subordinates.

At this moment, Isidore was confronting the demon and the devil.

However, Nie Ning's gaze did not fall on the demon and the devil, but instead looked suspiciously at the sky full of white clouds, or rather, at the two huge bright spots above the white clouds.

Two suns!

Nie Ning widened his eyes.

Normally speaking, the heat emitted by two stars would exceed the critical point for conventional life forms. Could it be a dead star?

But that wasn't right either; he didn't feel it was too hot, and the temperature was about the same as spring in the Belvis World.

"You didn't follow the rules. Wasn't it agreed that you would come alone?"

At this moment, the voice of the Green-skinned Demon interrupted Nie Ning's thoughts.

Nie Ning came to his senses, looked at the Green-skinned Demon, and couldn't help but curl his lip.

"Capybara, you aren't joking, are you? You want me to go alone to retrieve my one-third of the resources? Or is it that you never intended to give me the resources at all?"

Capybara was the name of the Green-skinned Demon.

Compared to their last meeting, this demon had clearly descended in its true form; its twenty-meter-tall body was exceptionally conspicuous.

It had huge green bat wings and a pair of small wings, and its thick tail ended in a mace-shaped spiked ball. Beside it were the Grey-skinned Monster subordinates, much like last time.

"Little rat from the Wizard World, you have a sharp tongue."

At this moment, a soft female voice came from behind the Green-skinned Demon.

A humanoid creature about the size of a human walked out.

Its body exuded an inexplicable smell of scorched earth, and it wore a revealing black outfit made of some kind of keratinous layer.

It looked very similar to a human, with a near-perfect female face, but there were two curved ram horns on the top of its head.

Succubus!

It had to be said, Nie Ning hadn't expected the helper the Green-skinned Demon mentioned to be a succubus.

Nie Ning calmed his little brother down and looked at the succubus with disdain: "I wondered who it was; isn't this the famous slut of the Abyss."