MTLNOVEL Chapter 54: The Mightiest Spear
To Yan Yu and his companions, the incident was just a minor disturbance during their journey, hardly worth a special effort to remember.
However, for the Royal Wizard Association, such a significant loss of personnel already constituted a serious situation alarming enough to disturb the Queen. Even the Prime Minister couldn't suppress it, especially since there were many unaffiliated wizards who witnessed the event and who had now fled to unknown places.
The serious damage to the nation's reputation was unavoidable. An even more troublesome issue was that, after widespread dissemination, Europe would certainly severely underestimate the strength of England's wizards. Fortunately, English diplomatic strategy was unmatched in the world, and this was not the first time they had encountered similar situations.
So Brussels quickly received a message: Lu Country's Sword Bearer, Yan Yu, had already led his people across the North Sea and was expected to land on the coast near The Hague and Rotterdam. Ten minutes earlier, they had massacred a group of passing wizards in the North Sea, with at least 20 wizards killed in the attack.
Europe immediately went on high alert, realizing that Yan Yu and his group were likely targeting the Shroud Barrier.
After all, as soon as someone declared they had the mightiest spear, and you immediately announced that the strongest shield was in use, you couldn't blame them for wanting to test their spear against your shield.
Several Transcendents were quickly dispatched to the coast north of The Hague and Rotterdam, to intercept the group before they could reach the Vosges Mountains. Meanwhile, the Brussels Allied Command Center immediately called the Papal Palace, requesting that the Blessing Ceremony be initiated.
With the arrival of Yan Yu and his two companions, the long-rusted war machine of Europe finally began to roar into action.
The group finally arrived at the coastline where Mei Yingxue said,
"From this point on, we may encounter obstruction at any moment. We need to accelerate our progress now. Don't linger, don't tangle with them, don't engage in conversation. Hurry to the destination and complete the mission to avoid any unnecessary complications."
"Okay," Yan Yu responded.
Anna naturally had no objection, so the three of them sped towards the inland at full throttle.
Mei Yingxue swept her Divine Sense over the surroundings, quietly raising her guard.
The Privy Council had prepared a batch of contingency plans in advance for Europe's potential reaction, and Teacher Mei had committed them to memory. Not seeing a dense shower of missiles above them, she relaxed slightly, but then suddenly spotted several beams of golden light shooting toward them from a distance and immediately yelled,
"Watch out!"
Europe's Clerics had a special branch known as the Angel Descent Faction, capable of summoning angel spirits to possess them. Not only could they grow wings for nimble flight, but they could also greatly enhance their overall physical and magical capabilities. These Clerics, upon reaching the equivalent height of the Hua Fu Stage, could receive blessings through the Baptism Ceremony.
At this moment, numerous churches across Europe were simultaneously holding mass. Thousands of believers, at the summons of the clergy, gathered in nearby churches to either close their eyes in prayer or sing hymns; a steady stream of the Power of Faith was pouring into the three blessed angels who had been baptized.
And these three now stood in Yan Yu's way, their radiant wings extending more than twenty meters behind their shoulder blades, each holding a long holy double-handed sword ablaze with white-gold flames. They charged towards the group with a single swoop.
Mei Yingxue, being the closest, launched the attack White Rainbow Across the Sky. As the opposition swung their sword to parry, the collision of the sword light with the double-handed sword felt like being hit by a tidal wave. Her Flying Sword was immediately knocked out of the sky by the terrifying force, causing her entire body to ache with tremendous pain.
Seeing Teacher Mei being overpowered in the swordplay clash, the well-informed Yan Yu immediately realized that these three Blessing Angels were filled with the Power of Faith from at least a million followers. Regardless of their realm or cultivation, their Mana was already approaching the Golden Core Realm in terms of strength.
"Don't tangle with them!" he commanded straightaway. "Shake them off and keep moving!"
Mei Yingxue, in pain, steadied her sword light without another word, swiftly dodged around the diving angels' slashes, and then accelerated hard to follow Yan Yu and Anna, continuing full speed toward the Vosges Mountains.
The three Blessing Angels desperately pursued from behind, but struggled to close the distance. The Sword Flight of Lu Country's Cultivators was one of the fastest modes of transportation in the world, and Anna's Flying Broom, being a specialized Magic Artifact for movement, wasn't far behind in speed.
Seeing the group choose not to fight but instead attempt to escape from the Blessing Angels, Brussels Allied Command Center became utterly chaotic.
They knew that the majority of worshippers were mere mortals, incapable of maintaining high spirits after singing hymns in churches for hours. As time went on, most would naturally desire to return home and rest, causing the Power of Faith to wane.
Judging by Yan Yu's destructive power demonstrated during the war in Tianzhu, the Blessing Angels without the support of the Power of Faith would almost certainly stand no chance against this Sword Holder!
Very soon, several Clerics proficient in Lu Country's language received orders from headquarters. Approaching from the flanks toward Yan Yu's group, they shouted in Lu Country's tongue,
"Sword Bearer Yan Yu, come and face me in a duel!"
"Fight me, Yan Yu!"
"Yan Yu, you coward!"
As long as they could provoke the group to stop and fight, allowing the three Blessing Angels time to catch up, their mission would be perfectly accomplished!