Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 786 - 787 Resistance

Although Yumo said that she had become a little child, her combat power and perception ability were still slightly stronger than those of her children.

Relying on her keen perception ability, Yumo noticed the abnormality of the goddess statue in an instant.

This statue, although it looked solemn and sacred, exuding a holy atmosphere, a very strange power was surging inside the statue. This power appeared to be divine power on the surface, but in reality, hidden in the divine power was a thick shadow force.

There was no doubt that this power did not belong to the goddess.

It was extremely dark and depressing, filled with the impulse to destroy and devour everything.

No wonder Mengxi felt a strong sense of difference when she saw the goddess statue before, and no wonder Youlan was so afraid of it.

Even Yumo felt a little palpitation when she perceived the pure brutality inside the statue.

Not only that, when Yumo released her perception ability to scan the statue, the energy inside the statue also slowly overflowed, sensing the situation around her, as if it was observing her.

"This statue is conscious."

Yumo quickly came to this conclusion.

For a while, Yumo’s heart was filled with mixed feelings. The first thing that came to her mind was undoubtedly a strong sense of shock...

The goddess statue was conscious, and the power inside was the shadow power?

If someone had told her this before, Yumo would have undoubtedly considered the other person brain-damaged and kicked them away.

But apart from shock, Yumo also involuntarily smiled bitterly.

It seemed that Asumos Church had gradually become unscrupulous for a reason... Behind the scenes, controlling the church and guiding its progress was actually a monster disguised as a goddess? Or a monster with murderous intent in its soul?

"However, What exactly is this thing?"

The doubtful emotion grew uncontrollably in Yumo’s heart.

On this continent, besides her, there was actually an existence that could control the shadow power? And it was actually registered in the goddess statue? What the hell is this? ! Did the goddess who sent us to this world just casually throw us in? Does she not care about anything?

’Sigh’

’Forget it,’

’Whatever...’

Although she wanted to complain, after a moment of entanglement, Yumo felt a sense of relief instead.

In short, her first goal was to destroy all forces on the continent that might threaten her children, and Asumos Church was naturally the first target. In order to let Mengxi ascend smoothly in the future, Yumo planned to send all those stubborn old men to Satan for tea.

However, if she really did this, Yumo would still feel uneasy. After all, deep down, Yumo still feared the goddess who sent her to this world...

If she confronted her, Yumo would still feel anxious.

But now what?

The reality in front of her, and Yumo confirmed...the goddess either didn’t have the power to interfere with this world, or she was just a slacker who didn’t care? Either way, it made Yumo’s restless heart calm down.

’If the goddess is like this…’

’Even if I took action against the church, she probably won’t care about me.’

Besides, "Isn’t this helping the goddess clean up her doorstep?"

The girl thought to herself.

As this thought emerged, Yumo, who had been hesitant to step into the cathedral, suddenly became unstoppable. Several dozen blood-colored butterflies danced around her, and the cold shadow power spread out in all directions with Yumo as the center.

Inside the cathedral, those holy knights who tried to stop the bloody butterflies were suppressed by it’s power and fell to the ground, unable to move, and could only watch with unwilling eyes as the black-haired girl approached the goddess statue step by step.

As for the other high-ranking church officials, they shrank in the corners and trembled, not daring to make a sound, for fear of attracting the attention of the bloody butterflies.

As one of the three archbishops, Fiona even mustered up the courage, and with the power of her protective artifact, resisted the oppression of the bloody butterflies and tried to activate the defensive magic inside the cathedral!

Unfortunately, before she could take two steps, Yumo casually snapped her fingers.

The terrifying shadow power attacked, and Fiona was blown away and knocked into a big hole in the wall. After the collision, she spat out blood and fainted. Seeing this scene, the holy knights were furious, but helpless.

The only thing they could do was to look at Kael.

And in their hearts, they kept praying, praying that their great pope could defeat bloody butterfly and resolve the crisis.

Even, praying that the goddess would descend with divine punishment and destroy the monster that dared to violate the temple.

And under the gaze of the people’s hopeful eyes, the blond man who had been sitting quietly in front of the goddess statue for a long time slowly opened his eyes and fixed them on the black-haired girl not far away.

Faced with the threat that was gradually approaching, faced with bloody butterfly that emitted a chill aura, Kael still had a calm expression, not showing any surprise, fear or anxiety, but revealing a gentle and friendly smile.

The next moment, under everyone’s tense gaze, Kael smiled and greeted Yumo:

"Welcome to the Cathedral of Prayer, Miss Yu."

"Hm?"

At Kael’s greeting, the black-haired girl was slightly startled, but she soon regained her cold expression and said with a surprised tone, "It’s unexpected that you’re still alive?"

"I have been blessed by the Goddess, I’m not that easy to die."

"Is that so? I thought that after that day, the church found a substitute. I didn’t expect that you really didn’t die."

Yumo tilted her head slightly in confusion, then glanced at the grand and magnificent golden statue behind Kael with a deep and meaningful look and asked, "You say the Goddess, you don’t mean the thing inside the statue, do you?"

"Please do not be disrespectful to the Goddess, Miss Yu."

Kael fearlessly warned in a stern voice, "Although the Goddess is not in the statue, but the will of the Goddess is left in the statue. It is the guiding mark that guides us believers forward. I cannot allow you to call the will of the Goddess a ’thing’."

"Oh, quite devout, aren’t you~"

Yumo couldn’t help but clap her hands and exclaim.

However, in the next moment, the black-haired girl’s tone changed, and she said mockingly, "Too bad, what you all believe in is not a goddess at all. The so-called will of the goddess that guides you forward is just a monster pretending to be a goddess."

"Miss Yu, you don’t think that your nonsense can shake our firm faith, do you?"

"I know it won’t. After all, it’s just empty talk."

Yumo nodded without committing herself.

As she spoke, Yumo slowly raised her hand, and the vast and boundless shadow force crazily surged in an instant, constantly gathering towards Yumo’s palm. The terrifying power surged, causing the surrounding space to gradually distort, and the walls and ground even shook out countless terrifying cracks...

"So, I’m going to take down this statue and let you see what’s really inside."

"Do you think I’ll let you succeed?"

Kael said with a stern expression, and with a resolute gaze, he fearlessly met the girl’s cold eyes. A strong holy aura began to surge out from Kael’s body.

However, compared to the vast and boundless shadow power, Kael’s power seemed so insignificant. He didn’t even have the ability to shake Yumo’s field of power.

Yumo couldn’t help but cover her mouth and sneer, "Hmph, just you? Don’t make me laugh."

"With just me, it may indeed not be enough. But with the power of our millions of believers, it’s a different story!!"

As Kael’s voice fell, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from the pupils of the goddess statue...