Chapter 1045: Great Wisdom in Simplicity
Chapter 1045: Great Wisdom in Simplicity
Chapter 1045: Great Wisdom in Simplicity
The Nine Archangels were thrown into the Pool of Rebirth?
After hearing Pope Hundred-Eyes' words, Director Capricorn stared at the bubbling black Pool of Rebirth, and his mind buzzed with alarm. He felt as if the world was spinning.
"Are you out of your mind?"
Director Capricorn, who had always shown unwavering loyalty, suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Pope Hundred-Eyes' wings, roaring in rage:
"Quick, get them out! Hurry, call for help to pull them out! It'll be too late otherwise!"
"?"
Faced with his Guard Captain's outburst, Pope Hundred-Eyes was taken aback for a moment, then his face darkened as he barked:
"What are you doing? Mind your place!"
At a time like this, who cares about protocol!
Director Capricorn, who had spent years purifying angels on Heaven's Mountain and was most familiar with the situation, grabbed the two eyelids near Pope Hundred-Eyes' navel and shouted, his eyes filled with frustration:
"You fool!
The reason the Nine Archangels have been in a long-term slumber is because they can't digest the [Malignant Sludge] on their bodies. If you throw them into the Pool of Rebirth, what if they lose control?"
"They won't lose control."
Pope Hundred-Eyes snorted and said with certainty:
"My Lord's light shines on all. Although those nine heretics are powerful, I have already bestowed them with my Lord's blessings. Once they emerge from the Pool of Rebirth, they will immediately become the most loyal followers of my Lord!"
"..."
This is bad! He's a complete fool! There's no point in trying to reason with him!
Realizing that communication with Pope Hundred-Eyes was futile, Director Capricorn stomped his foot and glanced in the direction of Director Scorpio.
Upon receiving a private message from Director Capricorn, Director Scorpio's face stiffened for a moment, then he took a deep breath, his eyes filled with reluctance, and began to tremble.
"Look, everyone!"
Pointing at Director Scorpio, who was starting to act strange, Director Capricorn "joyfully" shouted:
"Disciple is showing signs of something unusual! He must have contacted my Lord and received a divine decree!"
A divine decree?
The Purple-Skinned Angels, led by Pope Hundred-Eyes, were taken aback and immediately turned their attention to Director Scorpio.
Under Director Capricorn's urging, Director Scorpio forced himself to act strange for about ten seconds, his face turning red, before he finally broke out of his "revelation" state and whispered, his eyes darting around:
"I... I was in a trance, and suddenly... I suddenly contacted my Lord and received his oral decree.
My Lord said... although the Nine Archangels are heretics, they have contributed to suppressing the Sin Great Demon God in the past. Therefore, they should be treated with some leniency and do not need to be forcibly converted through the Pool of Rebirth. They should be left for... for my Lord to personally enlighten upon his arrival."
"Oh!"
As Director Scorpio, enduring his shame, stumbled through his lines, Director Capricorn immediately exclaimed and turned to Pope Hundred-Eyes, his heart filled with regret as he urged:
"Quickly! Pope, call for help to pull those nine heretics out, or it will be too late!"
"..."
"Pope?"
"Hmm..."
Pope Hundred-Eyes looked at his Guard Captain, then at the red-faced "Disciple", blinking his fifty pairs of eyes. His expression was hesitant as he asked:
"Are you two acquainted? Are you working together to deceive me?"
"..."
Damn it! When you should be stupid, you suddenly get smart!
Director Capricorn, who had never failed to deceive Pope Hundred-Eyes before, took a deep breath, preparing to catch him off guard.
However, before Director Capricorn could make a move, the Pool of Rebirth, which had been darkened by the Malignant Sludge, suddenly began to clear visibly.
Amid the astonished gazes of the Purple-Skinned Angels, nine enormous, pristine white light spheres suddenly illuminated the center of the vast Pool of Rebirth. They spun rapidly like gyroscopes, creating a bizarre vortex of black and white within the pool.
The seemingly endless darkness and corruption in the Pool of Rebirth began to quickly separate from the water, being drawn toward the spinning white spheres. In the center of the rotating spheres, a dense, purplish-black mass of corruption began to form, eventually being firmly pressed to the bottom of the pool by the nine spheres.
After leaving a small portion of the spheres to completely lock down the highly concentrated Malignant Sludge, the nine light spheres dispersed their brilliant glow, revealing their original forms.
Led by an angel with seven wings and a human-like appearance, the Nine Archangels, whose bodies were blindingly white, flew back from the now purified Pool of Rebirth and hovered above Pope Hundred-Eyes and Director Capricorn.
"You did well."
The angel with seven wings looked down at Pope Hundred-Eyes and the Purple-Skinned Angels, who had been tainted by the Demons, and spoke with a tone of admiration:
"Truly befitting the Angel of Wisdom, Hesper. To think you could devise a method to distribute the Malignant Sludge within our bodies, forcing us to awaken. This was truly a difficult task for you."
Distribute Malignant Sludge?
Upon hearing the angel's words, Director Capricorn couldn't help but be momentarily stunned. He then suddenly realized what had happened, his eyes widening in shock as he looked toward Pope Hundred-Eyes.
No! I've been wrong all along!
While the Pool of Rebirth still contained a large amount of Malignant Sludge, it was indirectly infused, making its concentration lower compared to the directly contaminated Nine Archangels. Over the past few months, as Pope Hundred-Eyes' Aon Church continuously captured angels and sent them into the pool, the Malignant Sludge would cling to their bodies. After being "purified", these angels were removed, effectively distributing the Malignant Sludge.
Additionally, the recent war against the Abyssal Hundred Hells resulted in the fallen angels' Malignant Sludge-infested bodies sinking into the Abyss, where they were absorbed by the marshes. Their lighter souls, however, would rise and enter the Pool of Rebirth, only to be reborn and carry away more Malignant Sludge.
If all this were taken into account, the amount of Malignant Sludge consumed by the Purple-Skinned Angels would be even greater—equivalent to the consumption by approximately forty thousand angels. They had been using their bodies as vessels to transfer all the pollution from the Pool of Rebirth into the Abyss!
The reason I didn't notice the change in the pool's water wasn't because the Malignant Sludge in the Pool of Rebirth was inexhaustible, but because the Malignant Sludge within the Nine Archangels was being continuously expelled, flooding into the less polluted Pool of Rebirth.
Over the past few months, the Nine Archangels had been gradually freeing themselves from the Malignant Sludge's influence. They finally reached a critical threshold, allowing them to completely rid themselves of the corruption and regain their sanity!
You... damn it! You weren't foolish at all!!!
(End of Chapter)
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