These two sect hierarchs were clearly not as superior as the Pope of the Sun Church.

Even with numerous sacrifices and the assistance of their followers, they could only ensure the manifestation of a part of the Divine, at best equivalent to the level of a Bishop like Borros.

The gap was too noticeable.

This was an unavoidable situation, as after all, there are only ten Churches in the West Continent, and each Pope is selected from countless followers.

And in the East Continent with its numerous sects, amidst constant chaos, talents were indeed rare.

"You wouldn't want to help me without reason."

Lin Yue glanced at the two, and asked indifferently, "What are your conditions?"

"Sect Hierarch Lv, would you like to go first or shall I?" The tall, thin man smiled at the middle-aged woman.

"Then I'll go first."

The middle-aged woman glanced at him, then turned to Lin Yue and said, "The request is simple. This time, for the Buddha Mother to descend, Mr. Lin must provide the sacrifices, and additionally, the warlord powers supported by Mr. Lin, when they expand in the future, if any war prisoners or death sentences are given, I hope those individuals would be handed over to my Killing Sect."

She paused and then added, "Also, I would appreciate Mr. Lin helping my Killing Sect find some followers with excellent qualifications."

"Sacrifices..."

Lin Yue slightly raised his eyebrows, asking, "What sacrifices does Buddha Mother require?"

"To invite Buddha Mother to descend part of her True Body, one or two interventions would approximately require thirty thousand human souls," the middle-aged woman explained.

Lin Yue was stunned.

No wonder the Buddha Mother of the Killing Sect, despite being no ordinary Divine, the sect could never grow significantly.

Thirty thousand human souls... such a condition was indeed tough to meet.

"My Holy Blood Sect's requirement is similar, only the offerings we seek are different."

The tall, thin man explained, "We only need fresh blood from the young. For the Nine Spirits Blood Saint to act once, approximately fifty thousand people's blood is needed. If not enough, we can allow living people to shed some blood on the spot."

Lin Yue finally understood.

No wonder these two sect hierarchs could cooperate; their required sacrifices did not conflict.

One required human souls, the other fresh blood.

Though it was a chaotic time and human lives were as trivial as grass, this was too much disregard for human life.

Merely for partial descent, merely for one or two interventions, tens of thousands of people had to be sacrificed.

In this Yanfu World, where even the powerful are greatly restricted, part of the True Body intervening once might not even kill tens of thousands.

Like the day the Divine Hand of the Sun Monarch descended, even if it really happened in the densely-populated Yihai City, it wouldn't be like a nuclear bomb, perhaps killing only about ten thousand people.

Yet Buddha Mother and Nine Spirits Blood Saint required tens of thousands as sacrifices for just one intervention?

"You may leave now."

Lin Yue looked at them indifferently.

Though he did not much care about others' lives, he also did not favor indiscriminate killing.

"What?"

The tall, thin man and middle-aged woman were both startled.

"There are many refugees around Yihai City and its vicinity. Mr. Lin, supporting the warlord, it shouldn't be hard to seize tens of thousands under some pretext, right?" the tall, thin man frowned.

The middle-aged woman also said, "Without Mr. Lin's protection, Yihai City would have already been reduced to ashes by the Sun Church. At this time, to save Yihai City, sacrificing tens of thousands isn't much, especially since... the warlords don't value human lives anyway."

Lin Yue glanced at them and then suddenly smiled.

Both were startled.

"Buddha Mother and Nine Spirits Blood Saint should be thankful..."

Lin Yue spoke softly, "They are not gods of the West Continent, and I happen to be someone who prefers not to meddle."

"What?"

"What does Mr. Lin mean by that?"

Both the middle-aged woman and the tall, thin man were puzzled by his words.

"Noisy." Lin Yue, tired of the banter, casually waved his hand.

Two strands of hair turned into nothingness, and with them, an invisible power surged, causing the surrounding Void to collapse and crumble.

Then, amid their terrified expressions, the two were completely obliterated.

As they realized something was wrong, they too tried to invoke their Divines, but even spiritual communication required time and sacrifices.

Lin Yue could connect with his True Body in an instant, and could supplement with sacrifices afterward, merely to replenish Power. Other divines feared not being able to recover, but why would he worry for himself?

"Truly some sinister sects."

Lin Yue slightly shook his head, glanced indifferently where the two had disappeared.

He naturally did not have a good impression of the so-called Buddha Mother and the Nine Spirits Blood Saint.

But after all, they were Divine of the East Continent, and killing them wouldn't cleanse the Black Moon; he was too lazy to bother much, not to the extent of laboriously drawing out his True Body to slay them again.

He had casually eliminated the two Sect Hierarchs, simply because he found them displeasing.

If he wanted to kill, then he killed.

These two seemed to be coming to help, but they not only demanded sacrifices from him but also imposed many conditions, all because they saw the Warlord forces he supported growing stronger and wanted to loot amid the chaos.

"However..."

Lin Yue pondered,"The Sect of Life and the Holy Blood Sect used to keep a low profile and didn't support warlords, so why did they suddenly seek me out? Could it be the Gods behind them demanding this?"

As far as he knew, once hidden by the world's laws and turned into Divine Beings, the Divines could not communicate with one another.

All actions had to be carried out through their followers.

Even the Yanfu Master had not contacted him anymore; he had only spoken a few words before entering the Yanfu World.

If they truly needed his help, there wouldn't be a complete lack of communication, right?

Thus, he suspected it might indeed be impossible to communicate.

Moreover, from the current situation, the Yanfu Master's control over this world was not high; otherwise, even if he couldn't directly destroy those ancient gods, he could have directly interfered with the situation in the East Continent, right?

For example, making East Continent develop like West Continent, it wouldn't have been suppressed to around this extent by the West Continent Church.

From such speculations, it appeared that the Yanfu Master was probably largely restricted.

...

That night.

The Contractors of both the Sect of Life and the Holy Blood Sect had all received dreams bestowed by their respective Gods in their sleep.

"What? The Sect Hierarch was killed by Lin Yue of Yihai City? How... how dare he?"

"Buddha Mother above, immediately select a new Sect Hierarch!"

"The Sect Hierarch went to assist that Lin Yue by order of the Buddha Mother, and he not only showed no appreciation but also killed him?"

"Hmph, the Sun Church of the West Continent is about to invite the True Divine to descend, and he, a mere individual, refuses our Church's help—is he not seeking death?"

"Let's see how he dies when the time comes."

...

In the following days, Lin Yue also gradually received messages from several sects willing to help.

Most were looking to take advantage of the situation, but since the required sacrifices weren't as cruel, he didn't care and simply refused.

However, this made several sects quite curious.

This Contractor, who worships alone, where does his confidence come from?

Everyone knows that worshipping alone, no matter how high the Divinity or how strong the spiritual power, could at most summon only a small part of a Divine's True Body or Divine artifact.

Unless it's a universally recognized strongest Divine being like Starry Sky Mother or Freedom of the Heavens, relying on just a small part of the True Body couldn't possibly counter the True Body of the Sun Monarch.

But such mighty Divinities, in both the East and West Continents, were only a few, each well-known by all.

From the miracles Lin Yue had shown, it was clear he wasn't one of them.

So...

This left everyone even more puzzled about what was the source of Lin Yue's confidence.

Before long, half a month had passed.

This day, watchers from all over State City noticed that the Sun Church, after half a month of preparations, had finally made their move.

Unconcealed, openly.

As if wanting the whole East Continent to witness the strength of the Sun Church.

This was also the first time the West Continent Church truly demonstrated its strength, the first time a True Divine had descended.

Outside Yihai City, Contractors of various sects had already quietly arrived. Some were on orders from their worshipped Gods to investigate for confirmation, some were looking for opportunities to make their move, and others harbored different intentions...

This day, still at that mountaintop outside Yihai City, the Sun Church came again.

But this time, not only thousands of followers but also the Pope, dressed in a splendid golden robe and leading four Archbishops and twelve Bishops, assembled!

"The time has come."

The Pope, standing atop the mount looking out over Yihai City, said indifferently, "It is time to let the world witness the true Divine Power of my Lord."