Chapter 443
Having ended the Divine Possession, Charlotte’s consciousness returned to the spiritual world of Dark Night Ancient Castle.
This long-distance Divine Descent had exhausted her significantly, causing even the divine glow from the Blood Holy Scripture to dim.
Charlotte checked her divine power levels, calculating based on the “True Ancestor Liberation” rate of one divine power per second—her divine power had fallen from nearly a full 60 points recently accumulated to 25 points.
However, it wasn’t without gain.
Charlotte extended her right hand gently, a crimson glow forming in her palm. Gradually, a vague divine statue emerged in her hand.
The features of the statue were indistinct, and it was only the size of a palm at that moment, flickering with a misty glow as if it contained some mysterious power.
This was the same mysterious divine statue forcibly implanted into the Black Dragon by the Blood Demon Priest, intended for the Divine Descent of the Blood Demon Duke, and it was the artifact in the ruins that had caught Charlotte’s attention.
No, not only in the ruins.
Even now, holding it in her hand, Charlotte could feel a strong sense of calling and closeness.
It seemed… as though it inherently belonged to her.
Moreover, Charlotte could sense the immense force, or rather… divine power encompassed within this small statue.
Though she hadn’t yet closely examined it, by virtue of the Blood Holy Scripture’s sensitivity to divine power, she could clearly feel that the force within it was definitely divine power!
“The Ancient Hall, the mysterious divine hall left by the Blood Ancestor Lilith, enshrining a mysterious divine statue…”
“Without a doubt, this divine statue is the core of the Ancient Hall. The reason why the Blood Demon Church chose the Ancient Hall as the ritual site is essentially to harness the divine power contained in this statue.”
“Yulster mentioned that the Ancient Divine Palace might have been established by the Blood True Ancestor for their return, or perhaps to resurrect a venerable elder.”
“Whether my previous ’Crossing’ in slumber was real or false, since the Ancient Divine Palace was established by the Blood True Ancestor and stored a certain divine power, it most likely harbored the Blood Divine Power!”
Pondering upon the small divine statue before her, Charlotte seemed thoughtful.
She closed her eyes, carefully extending her awareness and infiltrating inside the divine statue.
At the same time, she was extremely vigilant, preparing to end the investigation immediately should anything arise…
After all, the specifics of this artifact were still unclear, and although her senses felt unusually close to it, it was still better to be as cautious as possible to avoid any unforeseen accidents.
For instance… if any real will of the True Ancestor still lingered within, waiting for her to willingly give herself for possession.
However, as it turned out, Charlotte was overthinking.
As her consciousness entered the divine statue, she soon grasped the essence of this statue.
Within her perception, in the interior of the statue, a viscous red liquid shimmered with a misty glow, akin to blood.
No, that wasn’t actual blood but a manifestation of the power of bloodlines.
It was divine power, the purest form of divine power, and… it was the Blood Divine Power that Charlotte had long yearned for!
Charlotte finally understood why this divine statue gave her a strong sense of calling and closeness.
The divine statue contained Blood Divine Power, and she was the successor to the Blood Holy Scripture; if she couldn’t feel closeness, then something would be amiss.
Looking at the enormous divine power inside the divine statue, Charlotte was almost stunned.
Almost instinctively, she began calculating how many True Ancestor Liberations such an amount of divine power could support, and the result of her calculations startled her.
The divine power stored within the statue could likely allow her to completely perform True Ancestor Liberation for half an hour without any issue!
It can be said that even without replenishing her divine power, Charlotte needn’t worry about the depletion of Blood Divine Power for a short while and could indulge liberally.
“Good thing the Blood Demon Church’s ritual did not succeed, for if they had, with such a scale of Blood Divine Power, they might indeed have been able to summon the Blood Demon Duke into this world.”
Charlotte couldn’t help but remark.
The answer had become obvious.
If her judgment was correct, the persistent infiltration of Castel by the Blood Demon Church was likely in order to use this divine statue to perform Divine Descent and summon the Blood Demon Duke!
No, or more accurately, it was to assist Him in swiftly regaining power after being summoned.
Since her crossing, Charlotte had gained quite some understanding of the mysterious aspects of the Mireya world.
She knew that most of the deities in the Mireya world were currently in slumber.
This included the Divine Lord Haral, the Contract God Mitra, and even the Stargazer Cosy from the Nais Clan.
However, there were some exceptions.
According to the records, the Blood Demon Duke had completed his resurgence, and it was His resurgence at that time that allowed the Dark Clan Shedite to overturn the rule of the New Moon Kingdom.
Of course, resurgence was one thing, and regaining full power was another.
Otherwise, the New Moon Kingdom wouldn’t have later returned under the rule of the Holy Royal Court.
If Charlotte’s guess was not mistaken, the Blood Demon Church planned to use the divine statue of the Ancient Divine Palace to not only bring the Blood Demon Duke to this world but also to rapidly restore His power, avoiding the previous expulsion by the Holy Royal Court.
Of course, this was just Charlotte’s speculation.
“The Blood Demon Church has attempted Divine Descent more than once. Such frequent occurrences of Divine Descent without the prompting of a deity are impossible. The Blood Demon Duke is so eager for Divine Descent, seeking entry into this world; could it be that something is about to happen in the Mireya world?”