"Hmph!" Emperor Orochi sneered, "You make it sound so easy to stick to the rules. Aren't you afraid that your Chinese people and descendants will criticize you behind your back?"
"Sigh! I have no choice but to do this. You guys are powerful, and I, Mo Shougui, can't afford to offend you!" Mo Shougui said. "As for criticizing me behind my back, let them criticize me! I'm not afraid."
"Hmph!" Emperor Orochi snorted coldly again. Everyone knew about Mo Shougui. This guy claimed to advocate peace and would do anything for peace, but he just happened to infringe on their interests.
"Alright, Mo Shougui, stop trying to sow discord here," Polu suddenly said. "Emperor Yamata no Konoha, don't forget, your country's emperor died in China."
Upon hearing Polu's words, Orochi immediately realized something and glared angrily at Mo Shougui once again.
"It's a miscarriage of justice! Although the Emperor, the Pope, and the Vice Alliance Leader died in China, it had nothing to do with China. It was all done by the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. Afterwards, the Celestial Master felt that his sins were too great and committed suicide." Mo Shougui immediately explained.
"Mo Shougui, do you think we're fools?" Solo asked coldly. Did Zhang Tianling commit suicide? He clearly used forbidden power to die.
"How could that be? I, Mo Shougui, have the utmost respect and admiration for all of you. How could I possibly have such thoughts?" Mo Shougui explained. "Solo, don't try to sow discord! Zhang Tianling is already dead. I can't possibly bring him here so you can kill him again! However, if it can ease your anger, I, Mo Shougui, will bring his body here. But in China, we have always believed in not digging up graves, otherwise, one's lineage will be cut off. Of course, I, Mo Shougui, am not afraid, after all, I am already childless. I'm just afraid of you all…"
"Alright, Mo Shougui, bring me the Holy Book and the Throne of my Holy Light Church first. We can talk about the rest later," Polu said. The most urgent and important things right now are the Holy Book and the Throne. Without these two things, his Holy Light Church will not become the new Pope. As for the matter of promising the Dark Pope, we can talk about it later.
"Oh dear! Speaking of this, sigh! I've let down the Holy See!" Mo Shougui suddenly said, his eyes filled with tears. "The battle was so intense back then. By the time I arrived, the Pope was already dead, and that bastard Zhang Tianling actually threw the Holy Book and the throne into the spatial rift! Sigh! It's all my fault! It's all my fault!"
Mo Shougui was filled with self-reproach, which made all the knights of the Holy See frown.
"Mo Shougui, stop talking nonsense! You just said, 'It's just the Holy Book and the Throne, right? Give them to me.'" The Sixth Holy Knight Commander panicked upon hearing Mo Shougui's words. If Zhang Tianling had really thrown them into the spatial rift, what would happen? They would be impossible to find again, which would mean that the Holy See would no longer have a Pope.
“That’s right, I’ll give it to you.” Mo Shougui said, and with a wave of his hand, a holy book made of gold and a throne made of gold appeared in front of everyone. These two items were made exactly like the holy book and throne of the Holy See of Light, except that they were made of ordinary gold.
At this moment, the five paladins of the Holy Light Church frowned as they looked at Mo Shougui, their eyes flashing with killing intent. Mo Shougui's actions were undoubtedly a provocation to them.
Suddenly, golden light shone from the six paladins, and the terrifying pressure caused everyone present to change their expressions.
In reality, it's a coalition of powerful nations, but not many are actually willing to fight. Apart from the Holy See, the Sakura Kingdom, and the GZ Alliance, the others are not really willing to fight. They are just taking the opportunity to share the benefits. You should know that there are already signs of the Source Gate opening in their own countries.
Moreover, they all understood that, just as Mo Shougui said, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Even if China lost its four guardians and the God of China, the remaining strength of China was no less than theirs. The Holy See alone would probably find it difficult to take down China.
Pol is a demigod, as is Mo Shougui. Among the other Holy Knight Commanders, only the Second and Third Holy Knight Commanders are at the peak of the Royal Realm; the rest are at the late stage. And in China, there are not only Li Shanpo and Huangfu Kui at the peak of the Royal Realm, but also Li Qingdao of the Daoist school! Even the leader of the Lamaist sect is at the peak of the Royal Realm. As for the Royal Realm, there are quite a few in China! And they are mostly at the late stage of the Royal Realm. Otherwise, why would the Holy See of Light unite so many forces? You know, the Holy See of Light is usually arrogant and looks down on them.
In the past, when the allied forces of various powers attacked China, many of the second generation of Chinese died, resulting in no new Emperor Realm cultivators being born for sixty years. However, the same was true for the Western countries. In the past sixty years, the number of Emperor Realm cultivators born in them was pitifully small, not even enough to fill a handful.
"Oh dear, everyone, calm down! I really had no choice. These two golden holy books and thrones cost me countless years of accumulated wealth, and I personally supervised their creation. Although they don't have the power of semi-divine artifacts, they are absolutely indistinguishable from the real thing." Mo Shougui said again as he looked at the Holy See of Light, who were already preparing to take action. His words were undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
"Mo Shougui, it seems that your China is about to be destroyed today." A golden greatsword suddenly appeared in the hand of the Second Holy Knight Zhang, and he pointed it at Mo Shougui.
"You've misunderstood me, Paladin Commander's men. You've absolutely misunderstood me." Mo Shougui quickly waved his hand and said, "I've already given you the Holy Book and the Throne, and you still want to attack my China? That's not right! Don't you all agree?"
Mo Shougui turned his gaze to the others and asked.
Everyone frowned. "What the hell? Their holy book and throne are semi-divine artifacts. What is this thing?"
"Mo Shougui, let me ask you this: have the Holy Book and the Throne of my Holy See really fallen into the spatial rift?" Polu asked, looking at Mo Shougui. To be honest, he hadn't expected this either.
“That’s right,” Mo Shougui nodded and said, “Sigh! It’s not that I don’t want to take it, it’s that I really can’t!”
“You, Mo Shougui, can’t produce the Holy Book and the throne. Do you know what that means?” Polu asked with a cold expression.
"I don't know, but I can compensate you," Mo Shougui shook his head and then said.
"Compensate? Can you afford to compensate? Do you know that this means my Holy See and your China are mortal enemies?" Polu said.
"Can't we talk?" Mo Shougui asked with his usual grin. "Polu, think about it! Without the Pope, you're the most powerful in the Holy See. The Holy See will be yours in the future. Isn't that what you've always dreamed of?"
"Shut up." Upon hearing Mo Shougui's words, Pol's face immediately turned cold.
“Pol, you don’t need to pretend. Actually, you don’t want the Pope to be born even more. With your current strength, what are you afraid of? You can drop the pretense. After all, even if the other five Holy Knights joined forces, they wouldn’t be a match for you.” Mo Shougui said, looking at Pol. “Besides, the reason you can cooperate with the Dark Pope is because you promised him that after it was done, you would hand over the Holy Light Church to the Dark Pope. Shouldn’t it be a merger, called the Holy Church, with the Dark Pope as Pope and Pol as a prospective Holy Knight? As for you, if you’re unwilling, well! You know what I mean.”
"Hmm?" Upon hearing Mo Shougui's words, the other five paladin commanders suddenly turned their gazes to Polu. They had always been curious about how Polu had persuaded the Dark Pope to cooperate. After all, Polu was a demigod, and so was the Dark Pope, who would not be coerced by Polu.
If what Mo Shougui said is true, then Polu is a traitor, a traitor to the Church of Light. The Church of Light and the Church of Darkness have always been irreconcilable, a zero-sum game. How could Polu possibly want to merge the Church of Light and the Church of Darkness? For countless years, the Church of Light and the Church of Darkness have fought, and countless members of the Church of Light have died. These members would never agree to this. In their eyes, Polu's actions are a betrayal of the Church of Light and a betrayal of their faith.
"Heh..." Mo Shougui suddenly sneered, "Looks like none of you knew! I thought you had planned this all along."
At this moment, Polu frowned, while the Dark Pope watched all this calmly. This Mo Shougui is truly a talent!
"Alright, stop listening to his attempts to sow discord. I think we should just take action, take over China, and then what's the point of negotiations? We can just divide it up and get whatever we want." Solo said, looking at the dire situation of the Holy See.
"Pol, is what he said about sticking to the rules true?" The Second Holy Knight Commander ignored Solo and looked at Pol, asking.
"Oh dear! How can you not believe me? You can ask the Dark Pope Sedon!" Mo Shougui said, pounding his chest in frustration.
"Sedon, is what Mo Shougui said true?" The Second Pope looked at the silent Polu and then turned his gaze to the Dark Pope Sedon.
Even Polu's gaze turned to Sedon at this moment.
"Guess?" But the next second, Sedon said something that left everyone speechless.
"Gentlemen, the most urgent task is to deal with China. China has an irreconcilable feud with us. Gentlemen, whatever else is needed, we can discuss it after we've dealt with China. Gentlemen, do not listen to that old bastard Mo Shougui's attempts to sow discord! His goal is to make us fight amongst ourselves." Solo hurriedly said upon seeing this.
“Yes! The most urgent task is to deal with China together,” Orochi Huang hurriedly added.
As for the others, they didn't say anything at this moment, but looked at each other, wondering how things had turned out this way when they had originally planned to take advantage of the situation.
“Pol, I’m asking you, is what Mo Shougui said true?” The Second Holy Knight Commander looked at Pol again. “Whether you say yes or no, I believe you, but I want an answer from you.”
At this moment, Polu frowned deeply. His conversation with Sedon was supposed to be quite private, so how could it have been leaked? Could it be that Sedon told Mo Shougui?
Of course, he didn't suspect that Mo Shougui had overheard it himself. He felt that with his abilities, if Mo Shougui was eavesdropping, he wouldn't have missed it.
However, none of that matters now. What matters is that if he says yes, the other five paladins will likely break with him completely, and the plan to deal with China will fail. But if he says no, the Dark Pope might break with him, and the plan to deal with China will still fail. He is now in a stalemate.
"Pollut, say something!" The Second Holy Knight Commander gritted his teeth and asked, looking at the silent Pollut. He had wondered why Pollut had been ordering no resistance in the face of the Dark Church's constant attacks. So that's why.
At that time, the entire Church of Light had fallen to the Church of Darkness, all the believers of Light were killed, and Polu announced the merger. Even if they wanted to stop it, it was too late.
"Second Holy Knight Commander, now is not the time to dwell on this issue. We should first face our common enemy, China. Your Pope was killed by China. China is your true enemy," said the Mountain Spirit Emperor.
Are you kidding me? If things continue like this, those who wanted to take advantage of the situation will probably have to slink away in disgrace.
“Yes!” someone immediately chimed in.
“Pol, isn’t it a difficult choice?” Mo Shougui looked at Pol again. “If you say yes, your brothers will definitely turn their swords against you. Of course, you can also say that you lied to the Dark Pope and only agreed to him temporarily, and you can always go back on your word later. After all, what can the Dark Pope do to you? Even if the Dark Pope is furious later, at most he will just launch a large-scale attack on you. Haven’t the Dark Church and the Light Church often done this over the years?”
"Stubborn to the rules!" Pol gritted his teeth and roared.
"See, I told you so. He got angry and started biting," Mo Shougui said, looking at the others.
"Hmm?" At this moment, the Second Holy Knight Commander suddenly realized something and panicked. The other Holy Knight Commanders were the same; they seemed to have ruined Polu's plan.
But is it their fault? Pol could have told them beforehand! But Pol didn't. Considering the recent fall of most of the Holy See to the Dark See, and the Dark Pope's willingness to cooperate, how could they not be suspicious?
"Hehe..." Mo Shougui revealed a harmless smile, "You can't blame me for this! It's all your fault for not being united! Did you promise the Dark Pope that you would be able to suppress him by giving him the Holy Book and the Throne? But I already told the Dark Pope that these two things no longer exist."
“Very good, very good.” Hearing Mo Shougui’s words, Polu gritted his teeth and said. This was indeed something he hadn’t expected. It seemed that Sai Dong really had told Polu. This made him give Sai Dong a cold look. “Sai Dong, now most of the territory of my Holy Light Church has fallen to you. You have already gained tremendous benefits. Continue to cooperate with me. We will destroy China. At that time, the Holy Light Church and the Dark Church will divide China equally, each of us taking half.”
"Haha..." Upon hearing Polu's words, the Dark Pope sneered, "Polu, someone has offered me even better terms. He has allowed my Dark Church to preach in his China. Do you think I came here to cooperate with you? I was just playing along. I should thank you. Now most of the West has fallen to my Dark Church. As long as I kill you, there will be no more Church of Light in the West, only my Dark Church."
"What did you say?" Upon hearing Sai Dong's words, Polu's expression changed. "Mo Shougui, you actually agreed to let the Dark Church preach in your China?"
"Mo Shougui?" Huangfu Kui and Li Shanpo looked at Mo Shougui when they heard Sai Dong's words. China has always prohibited the Church of Light and the Church of Darkness from proselytizing. This is an ironclad rule. But Mo Shougui actually agreed. What is the difference between this and selling out the country for personal gain?
Whether it's the Dark Church or the Light Church, their brainwashing methods are extremely powerful. Their followers will do whatever they are told. If they were to proselytize in China, they would be a cancer to the Chinese people!
“That’s right. The sects in China are useless. We might as well bring in another sect.” Mo Shougui said. The largest sect in China, Taoism, did not help when China was in crisis. Moreover, it seemed that they were going to cause trouble. Mo Shougui thought it would be better to find them a rival.
"Fine!" Polu's face was extremely ugly at this moment. Taking over China would be difficult for the Holy See of Light alone, so he brought in the Dark Pope. However, he never expected that the Dark Pope would cooperate with China. From beginning to end, he had become a clown. Actually, it was not his fault. The conditions offered by Mo Shougui were too tempting. Proselytizing in China was something that the Holy See of Light and the Dark See had dreamed of for many years!
Despite numerous attempts to coerce and entice, Huaxia had refused. Yet now, Mo Shougui had actually agreed to Saidong's request.
"Saidon, as you know, we have already made contact with the Angelic Source Gate. If you remain obstinate, the day the angels descend to earth will be the day your Dark Church perishes." Polu suddenly threatened Saidong.
“Yes! Angels will descend to earth, but do you think that if I cooperate with you, the angels will spare my Dark Church?” Sai Dong said coldly. “The Church of Light and the Church of Darkness have long been irreconcilable enemies and there is no way they can cooperate. Besides, when angels descend to earth, are only Seraphim allowed? My Dark Church’s fallen angels will also descend to earth.”
“Sai Dong, sticking to the rules?” Polu’s face was grim at this moment.
This sudden turn of events caused both Orochi and Solo to frown. The Dark Pope was their most powerful ally at the moment, and for him to cooperate with China was a disaster for them.
"Do you want to fight? Or continue negotiating?" Mo Shougui asked, looking at everyone. "By the way, that guy whose father died, hey! Yes, yes, you, do you still need to explain yourself? By the way, your king is lacking a father. There are many elderly people in China who are widowed and have no sons, so we'll reluctantly become fathers to your king. How do you see my explanation?"
Upon hearing Mo Shougui's words, the man's face turned green, but he dared not utter another word.
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