Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Wounded Pope
The Pope's speech was not very successful, and his impassioned exuberance ended up moving only himself. But so what, he didn't care, this was destined to be a path to loneliness, whether it was going forward or backwards.
This is a world-wide achievement, a great miracle, and his story does not need to be recognized, only to be witnessed, just like the Netherworld that he has summoned, he no longer cares about the world's eyes, as long as he can get to that place, then he is not afraid of anything.
The Pope firmly believes that history is written by the victors, and that gods and demons are only the preferences of the singers, that there is no difference, and that he is willing to take any path in order to become stronger. Even if it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood around him, the road that leads directly to the temple is forged with blood, it can be called Shinto.
This idea of almost demonic obstacle comes more from revenge, he once longed for everything of the gods so much, he was willing to bow his head under the sun, kneel in front of the god statue and listen to the teachings; He once burned 30,000 volumes of books in his house, and the light of the fire disturbed the night sky just to prove the purity of his faith; He had walked through the snowy fields with great difficulty, forgetting the road ahead at every step, and perseverance and faith had led him to that Atami, and he only asked "St. Ann, are you disgusted?" ”; He was a traitor and founded a religion, and he also established a temple in the world, opened up the sacred land, and even wanted to establish a kingdom of God in the northwest that spanned thousands of miles.
He didn't really ask for anything in return, but he wanted a recognition.
But no, decades of belief can't make a turn behind the curtain, not even a straight eye. Like a child who is trying to get the approval of his stepmother, he has been pious, he has worked hard, this heart has been hot, he has been down, but no.
He is not reconciled, he firmly believes in his excellence, since he is not recognized, then prove it himself.
The funny thing is that he seems to have been blessed by the devil, his cultivation has been a thousand miles in the day, the speed of improvement is not the same as before, and his understanding of the Shinto path has become more and more profound, and the road that was originally getting narrower and narrower has become wider, and even a shortcut has appeared.
He had waited for decades without success, and he didn't want to wait any longer, so he resolutely stepped onto the shortcut paved with dead branches and bones, and the temple that stood in the void immediately became clear and close in front of him.
He just didn't expect Si Boluo to abandon the city and flee, although Si Boro was stupid, but he was very familiar with pleasing him, and he even had the intention of handing over the spokesperson to Si Boro after becoming a god, but Si Boro escaped, so he had to personally guard this ongoing gift, this transformation.
He is not afraid of any army, even if it is the imperial army that claims to be the first in the world, because the entire Oasis City is his domain, it is definitely the realm of the undead, the meeting point between the human world and the netherworld, he also has thousands of troops, not to mention that he is also thousands of troops.
The Pope stood in front of the city gate, and one person resisted the thousands of troops attacked by the Lanhe Empire, and the Oasis City became a territory where no one could enter, and the commander himself had been defeated, and the army of Lanhe was now leaderless, and he didn't know what to do. It is impossible for them to leave Zhao Fu behind, but the Pope's combat power far exceeds their estimates, which has completely subverted their cognition, even their astonishing Zhao Fu is not an opponent, but even summoned the realm of the dead, all this is too weird and unusual.
Fortunately, the Pope never took those ordinary soldiers seriously, and what the Pope didn't expect was that he would meet Zhao Fu at this critical juncture, and meet this young man who claimed to have a relationship with God and a gift from God. This completely detonated his anger, and he vented all his dissatisfaction with God on Zhao Fu. In a sense, he is an outcast abandoned by God, and Zhao Fu is a person chosen by God, who can knock Zhao Fu to the ground and ravage at will, which is a good start for him.
The Pope was so absorbed in self-absorption that he forgot that he was not yet a god, and that there was still room for everything to develop.
Soon, two figures appeared behind the Pope, Lin Ji and Zheng Yuan got rid of the entanglement of those dead souls, they were just undead, they were no longer able to think for themselves, everything was just following the rules designed by the Pope, and they found the loopholes in the rules and successfully approached behind the Pope.
The two of them played a tacit understanding at this time, and the two sharp blades stabbed the Pope in the back of the heart at the same time.
The blow under the combined efforts of the two is not even as powerful as the knife that Zhao Fu slashed casually, but the emphasis is on surprise, this is not a frontal hard shock, but a sneak attack, taking advantage of the Pope's most distracted attention.
The Pope has not yet become a god, and of course he does not have the body of Vajra, and he is injured.
Even if the blade was only shallowly inserted into his back, causing no effective damage to him, he was still angry. He was injured, but he was still two mortals whose strength was far inferior to Zhao Fu, and he shook the blade out of his body, glaring at these two guys who were not self-sufficient.
He let out an angry roar, setting off a strong wave of qi from his center, sending Lin Ji and Zheng Yuan flying away, and they fell not far away.
How can you hurt me, just a mortal......
Before the Pope's euphoria was over, he felt a sharp pain that reached his heart from his back.
Unlike the injuries caused by Lin Ji and Zheng Yuan, this time, his heart felt the weight, which was a real heart-rending pain.
It was Zhao Fu who made the shot, and he had been brewing this knife for a long time. Even though he was knocked to the ground by the Pope and treated as a dead dog by the Pope, his head was never lowered. This is not Zhao Fu's stubbornness, if he can survive by abandoning his self-esteem, then he doesn't mind. But in the face of the Pope, this stunned monster, the only way to continue life is to defeat him. Zhao Fu's head was tilted up, looking for an opportunity, and what was hidden under him was still holding the broken knife in his right hand.
Lin Ji and Zheng Yuan's sneak attack aroused the Pope's anger, and at the moment when the Pope turned around, Zhao Fu saw the two shallow knife marks on his back, which was a great opportunity, and those two knife marks were like signs, guiding Zhao Fu to return to the knife.
That was the last power that Zhao Fu had saved, and it really worked wonders. The Pope didn't expect Zhao Fu to be able to use the knife at all, he was defenseless against it, he had not yet escaped from the mortal and entered the sainthood, although he was strong now, but he was also vulnerable in the face of this sudden and fatal blow.
"Just ants!" But he was still the Pope, still the strongest man in the world, he could feel the piece of iron stuck in the center of his heart, but he wasn't dead, it was fatal to anyone, it was only a sharp pain for him, and his heart could still beat carefully.
The Pope did not choose revenge this time, and the broken knife stuck in his back would greatly affect his actions, so he chose to stay away for the time being, and then find those daring ants to settle the score.
This is a pseudo-theological embarrassment
Go back to the south for the winter
(End of chapter)