Sims, with all his might, swung his sword and peeled away Charles I's "Light Human Skin", revealing the true and horrific pollution beneath the Holy Divine Radiance for all to see.

The aberration was brief, but impossible to conceal.

Tang Qi and the "Big Shots" were therefore thrown off balance, plunging into terror.

At that moment, the Bright believers, united in their immense devotion and shared animosity, dedicated everything to the "Master". But when they saw the unholy flesh writhing under the Holy Light, the human faces filled with pain, distortion, and resentment...

The Bright believers fell into unprecedented chaos.

Since the founding of the Bright Church, they had withstood countless wars and trials, but they had never seen such a sight before.

That fleeting moment was shaking the very foundation of their faith.

No, it was the meaning of their "existence".

"If the 'Master' has fallen, what is it that we believe in? What are we praying to? What are we seeking penance from..."

Including the Holy Judgment Knights like Lancelot, including Tristan Sophia, including every one of the devout priests and nuns... they all fell into indescribable chaos, and the ongoing slaughter and combat came to a halt.

Lancelot, along with the Red Robed Bishops, who were climbing and destroying the Holy Thorns Tower, also stopped and let their bodies fall.

The future Knight King Tristan set down his Knight Sword, as the terrifying world "spit out" a battle-worn and decrepit figure, with her Vanguard Army dropping their weapons simultaneously.

Throughout the Federation, in every Light Church, believers chanting and praying lost their ability to speak at once.

On their faces, the same expression appeared: first doubt, then "collapse".

In Secret Phoenix City, inside the Bright Cathedral.

Stanna also saw that dreadful scene, so she stopped imitating, her comrades who had just returned from battling Abnormalities did the same, the priests and nuns hesitated and stopped, including the tall, scholarly-looking regional archbishop of Secret Phoenix City.

His face, usually calm, now was full of doubt and incomprehension.

An ordinary human, upon coming into contact with the Mysterious Side, is termed a "Contactor".

From the real world to the Extraordinary World.

In this process, they must experience "the collapse and reconstruction of their worldview". Many Contactors fall into madness, taking fatal risks that cost them their lives on their first adventure, unable to smoothly gain Extraordinary Power.

If simply the collapse of a worldview could have such consequences, what the Bright believers had to face at this moment was the collapse of their faith.

Suddenly, Stanna realized that the faint Holy Light above her head had completely disappeared.

A few knights by her side were experiencing the same.

In the hall, the light falling upon the heads of some priests and nuns, along with that regional archbishop, had all vanished.

But for others, the Radiance continued to fall.

"Is it because of doubt that the identity of a believer is temporarily revoked?"

As Stanna came to this conclusion, she immediately observed a knight next to her who had resumed "praying". In the Radiance above his head, it seemed there was something else mixed in—dark, filthy, barely visible with the naked eye, and amidst the Radiance, twisted, pained faces emerged one after another.

As these faces merged into the knight's body, the once exhausted and bloodstained knight's expression turned indifferent. He silently rose, approached a comrade still in "chaos" from behind, and raised his Knight Sword high.

Boom!

In Stanna's mind, thoughts were churning wildly.

In the corner of her eye, similar scenes were unfolding. The priests and nuns in the hall began showing bizarre expressions mixed with indifference and ferocity. Some drew daggers, some revealed sharp fangs with sinister smiles, some raised their hands to strangle their comrades...

Stanna sprang to her feet, blocking an attack from behind with her Knight Sword. Amidst the loud noise, she swiftly moved in front of the knight about to behead his comrade, her pale fist fiercely hammering against the bloodstained, peculiar Knight Sword.

"Bang!"

"Stop them!"

The walls of the Great Cathedral were shattered by a distorted knight, and amongst the exploding fragments of Knight Swords, Stanna's voice pierced through the chaos and screams, reaching into the ears of every conscious Bright believer, including the regional archbishop John Wesley.

At the same moment, the entire Divine Eagle Federation, no, the entire Origin Star, fell into an unprecedented riot.

The Big Shots, still reeling from the "shocking truth", had to shift their gaze to scenes of unimaginable "slaughter" unfolding in every Light Church across Origin Star.

They even witnessed, in the Old Continent, within the "First Holy City", dozens of Red Robed Bishops lunging like crimson shadows at the Pope, who remained lucid in the center, with a lopsided massacre playing out behind them.

And even more terrifying was the scene outside the churches.

There had never been a detailed census of Bright believers by either the Mysterious Side or the real world, but one thing was certain: it was an immensely large number.

Now, this number was about to demonstrate unimaginable destructive power.

The Curios used by Tang Qi and the "Big Shots" to observe, within the ghost light, automatically switched scenes to civilians across Origin Star, who were originally in their sleep. Due to Charles I's incarnation as the "Master", the continuous prayers and chanting of the Bright Church were bringing the Bright Kingdom to descend upon Origin Star.

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