The second cycle has begun. Current number of illusionary realm resets: 2.
"Holy Lord..."
A familiar shout rang out, and Analia rushed in from outside the hall, about to speak.
"Wait, don't speak yet!"
Analia was startled by what she heard. She quickly nodded, covered her mouth with both hands, cast a silencing spell on herself, and then cautiously peeked out.
On the other side, Jiang Yan didn't have time to explain and immediately waved his hand, casting a beam of faith.
"Go back!"
In an instant, a golden beam of light descended, and Losia, still in her sword-wielding stance, appeared within it. A vast sword aura slashed out, instantly cleaving half of the palace in two.
Anna, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but widen her eyes upon seeing this. Her Majesty had actually cleaved the Holy Lord's Temple of Faith!
Since the founding of Heaven, no angel has ever caused such a disaster!
According to the laws of Heaven, this person should be imprisoned in the Sixth Holy Prison and executed by the Angel of War and Punishment... uh, that is, herself!
"Huh, where's the monster..."
Losia blinked, still somewhat bewildered.
She almost killed that monster that dared to defy the Holy Light, and then she was dragged here... Uh, wait! This seems to be... Oh no!
"Losia!"
Jiang Yan shouted expressionlessly.
Losia jolted awake, immediately sheathed her weapon, and hurriedly knelt on one knee to beg for forgiveness, saying, "Holy Lord, please punish me, I...I..."
The trouble she caused was so great that even she, with her supreme power, was momentarily speechless.
"Alright, alright, get up."
Seeing the other person's flustered state, Jiang Yan suddenly laughed, unable to bear blaming them too much. He used divine power to help them up and subconsciously said:
"It's nothing, just a small tear. We'll have the dwarf team fix it when they have time."
"You must not repeat the mistake of going deep into enemy territory alone. From now on, you must not act without my orders. Do you understand?"
"Ah?! But Holy Lord, I gave you..." Losia was stunned, raising her head in disbelief.
"Are you going to disobey the imperial edict?"
"This subordinate dares not..."
"That's good. Let's go, prepare for the final assault. If you feel guilty, kill a lot more enemies later. Uh... Anna, you don't need to cover your mouth anymore, you can speak now."
Jiang Yan then noticed Anna, who was standing cautiously to the side, and couldn't help but chuckle.
Then, sensing the location of the angel legion, they led the way out.
"Phew... Your Majesty, you have caused a great disaster. Fortunately, the Holy Lord did not blame you too much. You must not be so reckless in the future."
Anna patted her chest, somewhat relieved.
"Thanks to the Lord's mercy, let's go. I still need to atone for my sins by performing good deeds."
Loshia nodded in deep agreement and was about to teleport there when she suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to ask:
"Anna, the Holy Lord just said to have the dwarf squad take some time to repair things. What is that dwarf squad? I don't remember there being any such creatures under Heaven's rule?"
"Let me take a look."
Analia also looked puzzled. With a flick of her wrist, a holy book appeared in her hand.
"The beings that the Holy Lord points to, manifest them!"
A phantom projection appeared above, and a group of creatures, four or five meters tall and covered in thick beards, appeared in it.
"So they are the Little Giants."
Annalia suddenly realized: "This is indeed a race that is skilled in construction and crafting, and is also very diligent. No wonder they were blessed by the Holy Lord and given a name."
As she spoke, she took out a thick register that read "Race Subordinate to the Holy Light," turned to a page, erased the words "little giants" and changed them to "dwarves," and added two more words after it: "Holy Favor."
“Alright, now they can enjoy the blessing of the Holy Light pantheon. Dwarf... hmm, that sounds much better than Little Giant. No wonder it was named by the Holy Lord.” Annalia said happily.
“Anna, I feel there’s something wrong. These guys don’t look like dwarves at all.”
Losia suddenly frowned and said, "Does the Holy Lord's calling them dwarves imply something?"
What do you mean?
"Hmm... I plan to ask Ifina to change their life sequence later. Change their height to three feet, which will better suit the Holy Lord's wishes. However, as compensation, let's triple their lifespan and physique."
"Um... Your Majesty, I think..."
"It's settled then, Anna, let's go."
Having understood the divine will, Losia smiled with delight, grabbed Anna, flapped her wings, and teleported away.
......
On the other side, Jiang Yan flashed to the front line.
In an instant, a vast army formation stretching for hundreds of millions of miles came into view.
Thirty-six legions of angels, 108 legions of paladins, 360 legions of giants of light... Above them each rose a magic circle, like a vast golden ocean spanning the starry sky, boundless and sacred.
Between the various formations stood enormous illusory portals, from which one could vaguely see well-organized, fully armed armies ready to be teleported over at any moment.
"A stable channel built by faith...that's quite a feat."
Jiang Yan looked at the battle lines and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.
Maintaining a faith channel of this scale requires at least one day's worth of faith from a large world to consume every second. The Holy Light pantheon was truly wealthy and powerful during its heyday.
He even saw that every two-winged angel wore armor with twelve layers of enchantment, while the four-winged angels, as local commanders, wore armor with fifteen layers of enchantment.
Even the weaker true gods are nothing more than this.
What surprised Jiang Yan even more was that the power fluctuations of these angels, who were also at the High God level, were slightly stronger than those of the angels in the original world that had been strengthened multiple times.
This includes lower-ranking units like Paladins.
He sensed it closely and discovered that each soldier was faintly connected to a vast and boundless sea of faith, and the immense power of faith was making them stronger.
"So it was the blessing of faith..."
Jiang Yan suddenly realized that in the original world, the meager amount of faith light was barely enough to maintain the operation of the vast pantheon, let alone bless the warriors under his command.
For Heaven at its peak, having accumulated faith over thousands of epochs, it could naturally squander it at will.
—That's good news. It means that after being enhanced by my talent, I can become even stronger.
"Holy Lord".
Just as he was about to continue observing the various legions, a series of flashes of light appeared, and hundreds of powerful auras appeared around him, bowing in unison.
They were none other than the four archangels of Heaven, the twelve seraphim, and hundreds of holy gods who had merged with the universal divine positions.
Jiang Yan glanced around and saw, besides the familiar Tinas, Floria and others, there was also Ifina, whom he had met once before, and a twelve-winged angel he had never seen before.
Her temperament was completely opposite to that of Loshia; she appeared somewhat frail, but in her hand she held a seven-colored warhammer taller than a person.
"I don't know what their individual abilities are."
Jiang Yan smiled and gestured for everyone to stand up, his gaze lingering on the two twelve-winged angels.
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