Chapter 308 Departure for the Trial
Half a day later, in Holy Spirit City.
"Holy Lord".
Upon Jiang Yan's divine instruction, the five angels who were closest to him returned first.
They bowed respectfully, most of them with a hint of joy in their eyes, clearly having reaped considerable rewards in the past few months.
"No need for formalities, how's the progress?" Jiang Yan asked with a smile.
“We only need to visit 117 more cities to complete the mission, and the average level of faith is already approaching fanaticism,” Etherra was the first to speak.
"I've only taken up one-fifth, but my faith level has already reached the fanatical level, and it's expected to get faster and faster in the future."
"Me too."
Tina and Annalia echoed this sentiment.
"Although I haven't officially started preaching yet, I have already built hundreds of thousands of temples throughout the continent."
Losia flapped her wings and said proudly, "Once the missionaries arrive, we'll surpass all of you."
"Hmm, both are good."
Jiang Yan nodded, then looked at Flora, who was folding her wings and carefully huddled at the back, and couldn't help but laugh, "Stop hiding, what about you? Tell me."
"Ahem... Holy Lord, don't you think this Holy Spirit City is missing something?" Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Flora's eyes darted around as she leaned closer and said.
"What's missing?"
“You see, apart from us, there are basically only believers who pray all day long and dwarves who only know how to work. If someone comes to visit, there isn’t even anyone suitable to guide them.”
"Therefore, I carefully selected outstanding beings from all races on the continent, taught them etiquette, and those who performed well could be sent to Holy Spirit City to fill these roles and make up for the vacancies."
"Then why don't you just select and train people from among the angels or preachers?"
Ether, standing to the side, bluntly contradicted him.
“Occasionally, there also need to be some other living beings to better reflect the Holy Lord’s love and compassion,” Floria argued.
After undergoing the Transcendence Enhancement, her combat power is now comparable to that of a top-five Seraph, and she has no fear of her opponent at all.
According to the order, Etherra should wait until at least after Aberystwyth and Assal... wait... then it seems like she's next!
"Uh...of course, I will also listen to Lady Etherra's advice."
Thinking of this, Floria blinked ingratiatingly, her voice immediately softening.
"alright."
Jiang Yan chuckled and interrupted, "In that case, after this trial is over, Floria, you can stay in Holy Spirit City and select some people to train properly. As for Aesera, her planet is yours to take care of."
"Yes, Holy Lord."
The two exchanged a glance, a hint of joy appearing on their faces; this outcome was a happy one for both of them.
After chatting for a while, a violent spatial fluctuation suddenly came from beyond the sky.
"Oh, they're back too."
Jiang Yan waved his hand lightly, and a beam of faith flashed, instantly teleporting the Grim Reaper and his companions there.
"Your Majesty."
Unlike the angels, the people of the Netherworld were all enveloped in a dense aura of death.
The cycle of reincarnation within Jiang Yan's divine kingdom unfolded automatically, and in an instant, he even felt that several layers of hell had become crowded.
Good heavens, how many lives have been killed!
Jiang Yan couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
"Hehe, Your Majesty, I killed 11 trillion." As if he had seen through Jiang Yan's thoughts, Satan said with great pride.
“990 billion.” Sheena shrugged helplessly, almost breaking the legendary bow in her hand.
"1.3 trillion."
"5.1 trillion."
Assar and Big Fat followed suit, counting off.
"And you?" Satan asked, glancing at the composed Death standing to the side.
"1 trillion."
"Haha, you too..." Upon hearing this, Satan immediately laughed.
But before he could finish speaking, Death calmly straightened his cloak, which was soaked with souls, and softly uttered two more words.
"every day."
A silence fell over the air...
Even Loshia glanced at him sideways, not expecting this frail old man to be so ruthless, having killed nearly 100 trillion living beings in three months.
Jiang Yan wasn't surprised. The Grim Reaper's customized death, combined with his favor, was a devastating blow to those whose strength generally didn't exceed that of a high-level god.
"Have we left enough for reproduction?"
"Rest assured, Your Majesty."
Satan grinned and said, "I was afraid they would starve to death, so I left quite a few corpses there. The rest have been summoned by necromancy and temporarily stored on an uninhabited planet. After all, there are too many of them, and the passage between the two worlds is not enough to support their teleportation."
"We are too, Your Majesty," the others replied in unison.
"Hmm... Let's go to the Underworld first and bring these warriors into the Divine Kingdom, then go directly to the 90th floor of the Abyss to prepare for the trial."
Jiang Yan looked at everyone and said, "Time is of the essence, so you may not have time to rest."
"Fighting for you, we never feel tired."
"Hey, Your Majesty, we weren't warmed up enough before, there's no need for a rest."
The crowd bowed again, their eyes burning with fighting spirit.
“Alright, in that case, Etherra will stay in Holy Spirit City and be in charge of promoting the faith. Fatty, you will continue to return to the ‘Underworld’ to replenish the undead, and the rest of you will enter the Kingdom of God and head to the Abyss together.”
Jiang Yan thought for a moment and then gave the order.
"We will obey the imperial decree."
With that, apart from the two who remained behind, the rest of the group entered the divine kingdom.
Because a resource planet containing rare minerals was discovered a few days ago, twelve light-years away from Holy Spirit City, Li Miaolin personally led some researchers and several teams of dwarves to investigate and mine it, and was not in the city.
Jiang Yan could only leave a message to say goodbye before taking out his staff and lightly tapping the void, instantly opening the passage to the "underworld".
"Set off."
...
Ten days later, on the 90th floor of the abyss.
Since the location of this trial is below the ninety-layer abyss, in the interlayer between it and the real abyss, in order to avoid accidents, all realms temporarily sealed off the passage to this layer and evacuated all living beings.
At this moment, the gods who usually came and went have vanished without a trace, replaced by powerful true gods and well-equipped divine legions.
The leading pantheons, such as the Time, Space, and the major elemental pantheons, each had one or two main gods standing beside their respective gods.
Clearly, the gods were not idle during this time either, spreading their faith with all their might and awakening some of their dormant subordinates within the pantheon.
"This time, we have no choice but to confront the Abyss."
The God of Time sighed softly, his expression somewhat complicated.
"It seems that the battle was initiated by the various realms. During this period, they have been asking me for money every month in different ways, saying that it is needed to fight against the Abyss. They are doing both the work and the effort." The Wind God also shook his head and said.
"Huh? Did they ask you for money? They asked me for money too!" The Dragon God was slightly taken aback and asked in surprise.
Are you all like that?
"That's right, once a month, almost right on the clock, they're treating us like ATMs!"
Many deities indignantly echoed this sentiment.
Suddenly, the sky rippled, and a vast divine kingdom crossed over from another realm.
The gods' expressions tightened, and they all looked up.
"Hey, the Holy Light and the Necromancers have arrived."
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