Octopus-headed "Mo Shate"!
Bai Pu couldn't help but think of the Cleaner task from before. During the mission to clear the Otherworld Space-Ti Node, the Otherworld Traveler who guarded the node—Mo Shate, had endless displacent life-saving spells and powerful Void Ice Spike skills.
At that ti, Mo Shate's mission failed and he was about to be erased by the Spirit Realm he belonged to. However, Mo Shate must have activated so deity's divine power, turning the result of erasure into the punishnt of the "Path to the Abyss".
Now, Bai Pu's strength is not what it used to be, but the strength of octopus-headed Mo Shate has also made progress.
Just from the appearance, Bai Pu noticed sothing abnormal; the two fleshy tendrils on Mo Shate's chin have now beco four.
Perhaps the punishnt of the "Path to the Abyss" is also a kind of training?
Bai Pu lowered his gaze.
However, the attire and appearance of Bai Pu and Blood Spider were quite different from the natives of the Original Sin World; Mo Shate and the fish person with shark teeth behind him easily spotted Bai Pu.
"Who are you?" Mo Shate walked up to Bai Pu, his tone unfriendly.
"Sa as you," Bai Pu said blandly.
He was not worried about being recognized by Mo Shate.
Although this ti in the Original Sin World, the Spirit Realm Will didn't give Bai Pu any appearance adjustnts, the last ti in the world of the Flesh and Blood Plague: Aberration, Bai Pu did have appearance adjustnts.
The then Northern European handso image and the current Huaxia handso image are two different styles of handsoness.
Moreover, after Bai Pu changed his profession, he grew taller and more masculine, and his aura changed significantly from before.
Bai Pu concluded that Mo Shate was also conscripted as a preparatory voter.
However, Bai Pu couldn't understand why Mo Shate arrived at Miulan City earlier than them and obtained the qualification to participate in the Suffering Ceremony—this qualification is not available to everyone.
"Sa as us?"
Mo Shate seed to have heard sothing funny and said coldly, "Foolish human, you know nothing about the truth!"
Blood Spider's hand had already moved to her thighs, where her set of dual daggers was strapped.
Mo Shate, with a sense of superiority, looked down at Bai Pu and said:
"Human, I don't know whether you have been sent by a deity or summoned by your Spirit Realm Will to this Original Sin World, but you'd better rember that this is the Earthly Divine Kingdom of the great ally of Musulu—the Master of Suffering! If you co with malice, I, as a warrior blessed by the gods, will definitely break your head!"
Musulu's ally... the Master of Suffering's Earthly Divine Kingdom?
Bai Pu's eyes suddenly lit up.
Mo Shate's words were like the last piece of the puzzle, completing Bai Pu's speculation about the grand background of the Original Sin World, and the relations between the deities and the Spirit Realm Will.
The Original Sin World, as a part of the Substrate Plane, produces "Holy Artifacts". This is very important curios for both the deities and the Spirit Realm Will.
There is a deity nad the "Master of Suffering" who first discovered the Original Sin World and, through the divine envoy known as the "Our Lady of Thorns," exerted influence here, gradually twisting it.
The Master of Suffering has a ho-field advantage here; he took a long ti to establish the Thorn Church, mastering the highest level of power on the continent, then set limitations with twisted laws to prevent Advanced Awakened from entering this world.
Clearly, other deities are unwilling but can only send their own preparatory voters to the Original Sin World to compete for Holy Artifacts.
It's like erosive ants, even though preparatory voters aren't as powerful as Advanced Lords, sheer numbers can still pose a threat to the Lords and possibly seize the Holy Artifact.
The Master of Suffering isn't alone; he has allies too—naly the deity Musulu, whom the octopus head believes in.
The allies of the Master of Suffering will synchronously dispatch their preparatory voters to enter the Original Sin World to assist the Thorn Church in defense!
After understanding the grand background, Bai Pu instantly realized why Mo Shate attained such a high status in the Original Sin World.
Here, it's half his "ho-field"!
Now Mo Shate knows for sure that Bai Pu is definitely not sincerely on the side of the Master of Suffering. Bai Pu's joining of the Thorn Church likely harbors ulterior motives.
"You co if you wish, I'm also very curious about what makes you so impressive; is it just that you've got more tendrils than others?" Bai Pu looked at his four fleshy tendrils.
"These are not tendrils!" Mo Shate snapped, the four fleshy tendrils beneath his chin twisted.
"Mr. Mo Shate, is sothing the matter? You and our foreign believer here seem to be having an engaging conversation," a gentle voice sounded.
Bai Pu and Mo Shate turned to look.
The speaker was a tall old man wearing a red pointed hat and a red priest robe. Beside him stood Father Arius respectfully, resembling a lackey.
Needless to say, this person was the mission leader of the Thorn Church in Miulan City—Bishop Yajino!
Mo Shate wanted to say that he was a spy sent by other deities and not to trust him.
But as an Awakened, Mo Shate didn't have the ability to warn the natives of the Thorn Church.
Because as soon as he spoke any secrets related to the Awakened, the real world, or Spirit Realm teleportation, it would trigger the natives' "knowledge barrier," turning it into gibberish in their ears or getting directly blocked.
Unless Mo Shate invites the divine envoy, who then consults the deity "Musulu", who then communicates with the Master of Suffering, and then the Master of Suffering sends down an oracle through the Our Lady of Thorns...
The complexity and difficulty of such operations are imaginable, and it's just to deal with a single Level 5 Awakener like Bai Pu. It's as exaggerated as using a missile to kill a mosquito, and would be vetoed by Musulu's envoy at the first step.
Mo Shate could only defa Bai Pu as much as he could, coldly saying, "I really don't like this person; I can't see any devotion to suffering in him! I suggest the Church remains vigilant of him!"
Yajino chuckled softly and said, "Mr. Mo Shate, you are not a follower of suffering yourself, are you not here as well?"
Bai Pu smiled slightly. Mo Shate's baseless defamation would have no effect.
Unless his reputation in the Thorn Church reaches admiration or his affinity with Bishop Yajino reaches a level of friendship, significantly surpassing Bai Pu's reputation and affinity, such defamation might be effective.
Now, Mo Shate only has an early advantage due to the divine background. It's impossible for the Thorn Church to expel or confront Bai Pu just based on a few casual comnts.
Mo Shate knew this too, he snorted coldly and said to Bai Pu, "I will be watching you."
Bai Pu innocently shrugged, then took out the Admonition Stick, hitting his unarmored body twice, and showed an expression of enjoynt: "Praise the Holy Mother, praise suffering... I will prove my devotion to faith."
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