CHAPTER 440: Bloodbathing The Church

After witnessing the merciless murder of Sky Rider Nehem Beige by Han Shuo, Red Bishop Katos of Bisli Duchy couldn't help but take a few steps back as the fear in his heart urged him to do so.

After shooting Katos a glance, Han Shuo moved towards him with great speed. Han Shuo had arrived in front of Katos before he could realise what had happened around him. In a flash, Han Shuo reached out his mighty hand and grabbed Katos by the neck, hanging him in the air.

"kaff, kaff! What the hell do you want?" Katos struggled to get out. He used both hands to grab Han Shuo's powerful hand in a feeble attempt to ease the strangulation.

"Where is Blount?" Han Shuo asked grimly as he held Katos' neck with one hand.

"Ugh, ugh....I don't know.....Really..." Katos replied as his body hung in the air. He twisted around with all his might, but unfortunately he couldn't break free from Han Shuo's tight grip.

"Hehehe, do you really think I can't do anything to you if you decide not to talk?" Han Shuo said with a fierce smile. Shortly after he said that, Han Shuo used his empty left hand to press down on the top of Katos' skull. Katos screamed miserably. Han Shuo flexed his five fingers and forcefully jammed them into Katos' skull.

Han Shuo used a secret technique derived from demonic magic called the 'Soul Searching Hand'. Five strands of grey smoke flowed from his left hand along his fingers and into his meridian channels. It then passed through Han Shuo's consciousness to retrieve the memories stored in Katos' mind.

On the receiving end of the demonic magic, Red Bishop Katos wailed like a banshee as he struggled wildly. It was as if he was in the worst pain on earth. It was the kind of scream that always made your blood run cold when you heard it.

Once the Soul Searching Hand was used, it would indeed inflict an unimaginable amount of pain on the target whose soul was being searched. While performing the search, Han Shuo's five fingers were constantly moving inside Kato's brain. Such bouts of pain were not something an ordinary person could endure.

When Han Shuo used his secret technique to retrieve the memories in Katos' mind, a cloud of divine energy was immediately set in motion in Katos' body, rapidly converging on his forehead in an attempt to resist and destroy the evil energy in his brain. It's a pity that such divine energy was too weak against Han Shuo. Before it could fully converge, Han Shuo quickly dissipated it.

Under the effects of the 'Soul Searching Hand', Kato's eyes revealed that his life force was slowly dwindling, bit by bit. Moments later, his eyeballs rolled back, revealing only the sclera, and the inhuman scream disappeared. With his soul completely gone, he was left with a zero percent chance of being reborn.

After removing the hand that had been inserted into Katos' head, Han Shuo pulled out a spotless white handkerchief to clean his brain-juice-covered fingers, and cleaned up the mess that had made its way to his legs. Only then did he calmly walk out of the great hall.

Outside the hall, a multitude of bodies lay strewn across the floor. The temple knights and priests present were simply no match for an expert like Han Shuo. They were destined to be slaughtered in the end. But in the wake of these events, more members of the Church of Light arrived from various directions. A legion from the Bisli Duchy, stationed not far away, also rushed to the scene after receiving the news.

Surveying the scene from an elevated position, Han Shuo realised that this trip to the Bisli Duchy could be considered a success. One of the rulers of the seven grand duchies, Nehem Beige of Bisli Duchy, had been killed. The largest church of the Church of Light was bathed in blood. The position of the Church of Light in Bisli Duchy will face unprecedented challenges.

As for Nehem Beige, a temple knight of the Church of Light, Han Shuo had originally planned to control him by having a mystical demon possess his body. However, Han Shuo later discovered that there was a holy aura in Nehem Beige's body, which was completely different in nature from the mystical demons.

Only if Han Shuo could get rid of all the divine energy in Nehem Beige's body would the mystical demon be able to possess his mind. But if there was no divine aura in his body, the people of the Church of Light would very quickly suspect that Nehem Beige was abnormal. Therefore, Han Shuo had no choice but to take action and kill him efficiently.

There were other Churches of Light in the Bisli Duchy, but compared to this Church, they were obviously not on the same level. Besides, Han Shuo didn't have the luxury of time to wipe out all the churches of the Church of Light in Bisli Duchy one by one. Therefore, Han Shuo didn't linger in Bisli Duchy any longer, and immediately used the Demonic Ninth Heaven Art to fly away.

From Katos' memory, Han Shuo had gleaned a lot of useful information. Katos' position in the Church of Light wasn't low. Han Shuo learned valuable information from Katos' memories, such as the position of the Church of Light, its distribution, and the secret forces that operated in the darkness. The Church of Light was a huge religious organisation. But what set it apart were the armed forces of this religious organisation, which were extremely fearsome. Apart from the large number of Light Priests and the regiments of Templar Knights, the Church of Light has three organisations operating in the darkness, namely the Tribunal of Heresy, the Holy Angels and the Grace Believers.

These three organisations, the Heresy Tribunal, the Holy Angels and the Grace Believers, were secret forces serving the Church of Light without anyone knowing. There were many experts in the three organisations. Several secret operations of the Church of Light were usually carried out by these three organisations. Compared to the Temple Knights, whose strength was known to everyone, these three dark organisations are much more formidable.

It was only after learning the true strength of the Church of Light that Han Shuo realised why the Church of Light had such a powerful influence on the entire Profound Continent. At the same time, Han Shuo's desire to slaughter grew exponentially. Having seen his strength grow dramatically, Han Shuo felt that the Church of Light was no longer a threat to him. The transgressions they had committed over the years, and the damage they had done to the Earth Elite Zombie, made Han Shuo realise that the enmity between him and the Church of Light was something that could not be alleviated.

However, Han Shuo did not get any specific information about Blount from Katos' memories. All he knew was that after two years of rehabilitation at the Church of Light's headquarters in the Oden Empire, Blount had fully recovered from the injuries he had sustained last time. Whether the fully recovered Blount was still in the Oden Empire, Katos had no idea.

Although Han Shuo couldn't get any definite information from Katos, he still had a strong determination to kill Blount. After some thought, Han Shuo suddenly remembered the existence of the Calamity Church. With that in mind, he flew to the Boulet Duchy.

The last time the seven grand duchies tried to form an alliance to deal with Brettel City, Han Shuo had snuck in and learned the true identity of the Grand Duke, Burt Zili, of Boulet Duchy. This summoner's meeting with the Necromancy Grand Magus Wolf made Han Shuo aware that he was from the Church of Calamity.

Since Burt Zili was a key figure in the Church of Calamity, he might know the whereabouts of certain Sacred Knights, such as Blount. The Church of Calamity and the Church of Light are sworn enemies and must be very aware of each other's activities and movements. As a religious organisation as vast as the Church of Light, the Church of Calamity was indeed a target that Han Shuo could use.

Boulet Duchy, Grand Duke Burt Zili's Mansion. Han Shuo arrived in the dark.

Beneath the curtain of night, beneath the Grand Duke's mansion, Burt Zili sat upright in an altar surrounded by thick green and black smoke. Surrounding the sinister and terrifying Burt Zili were countless organs of magical beasts. The entire wicked altar was filled with all kinds of organs from high-level magical creatures, making the wicked altar look like a strange magical beast made up of various kinds of flesh and organs.

In the centre of the altar, a diamond shape was drawn with blood, which overflowed with strands of sinister and cold aura whenever Burt Zili's hands pressed through the air above it. A series of terrifying, inhuman howls ran through the centre of the rhombus drawing, giving people an intense, palpitating feeling.

"Oh....Darling, come out, come out quickly!" Burt Zili cried softly with a tender smile on his face. His two eyes were fixed on the centre of the diamond drawing in the altar.

The rhombus was the link from this world to another, the abyss of a hell. As the horrible screams grew more intense, the smile on Burt Zili's face grew more charming. His two hands manipulated the empty space above the rhombus, repeatedly pulling the air upwards, as if pulling an invisible thread that would lift a certain magical creature out of it.

A lush green, strange-looking hand with only three sharp claws and a disgusting liquid on its surface slowly emerged from the diamond. A dark, cold, and sickening aura slowly emanated from within.

"Hahaha! Arise! Arise!!" Burt Zili became somewhat agitated.

"Aooo!" A confusing, mournful wailing sounded. Suddenly, a monstrous, terrifying, lizard-like creature crawled out from the centre of the diamond. It had thick green skin all over its body, covered in a disgusting liquid. Its body was five metres long and it had two tails. This stinky creature had a strong smell of fish on its body. It had two elephant-like tusks and pointed teeth in its mouth.

As soon as it emerged from the rhombus, the magical creature shot towards a shadow outside the altar. Its four spear-like, pointed, devilish hands snatched at the shadow.

"Eh," a soft sound suddenly came from the shadow. Unexpectedly, some sort of merciless energy began to congeal in the air. The rapidly approaching magical creature suddenly froze in mid-air, maintaining its fierce posture as if it were being forcibly trapped by some kind of energy.

"Who's there?" Burt Zili cried out in surprise. He was overwhelmed with shock in his heart and stared at the shadowy spot where the 'eh' sound came from.

Only Burt Zili knew how hidden and closely guarded this secret room was, where he practised summoning magical creatures. This person who silently entered this secret room obviously gave him an enormous shock. . But what was even more shocking was that the high-level magical creature 'Dejarka' was stopped and frozen in mid-air.

This high-level magical creature, Dejarka, possessed enough power to kill a Great Swordmaster, and its power was at its most formidable when it leapt into the air at high speed.

And yet, like the person in the shadow, this powerful creature seemed to have no ability to resist.

How terrifyingly powerful this person might be, Burt Zili simply did not dare to imagine!