World Version Updates-Chapter 481 - 306: The Storm Descends! (Part 2)

Lu Yan slightly furrowed his brow, trying to capture the source of this unrest, but as Divine Thought swept across the area, nothing unusual was discovered.

Inside and outside the Royal Palace, everything was calm, and the night sky over Oranck City was no different from usual, only the stars hanging high in the sky continued to sketch that huge and blurred outline of an ancient skeletal remains in the night.

This strange star phenomenon had been present ever since the stars returned to their positions more than twenty days ago, and the world had already become accustomed to it.

However, on this night, some keen-sensed Transcendents faintly perceived that today's star phenomenon seemed different from the past.

"What... what is that?" A surprised voice pierced the silence at an astronomical observatory.

In the area where the outline of the ancient skeletal remains formed by billions of stars was located, endless starlight gathered, outlining seven towering, majestic humanoid phantoms.

Their figures were indistinct, yet they exuded a terrifying pressure that shook the soul, resembling ancient, eternal deities quietly surrounding the ancient skeletal remains, each in a different pose.

Some were bowing their heads in contemplation, others raised a cup to the moon, while others listened intently, as if they were sitting around an invisible grand banquet table, waiting for an unprecedented feast to begin.

At the same time, within Oranck City, at the depths of the magnificent Steam Cathedral representing the God of Steam and Mechanics, in the Secret Divine Hall where the Angel King resided, the atmosphere suddenly became fervent and solemn.

Thousands of devout followers, dressed in uniformly styled church robes, held intricately designed brass clocks high in their hands, chanting ancient and sacred hymns.

Their voices coalesced into a torrent, filled with fervent faith and devotion. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Boom!"

In an instant, a brilliant Holy Light suddenly shot up from the Secret Divine Hall.

This Holy Light contained the immense Power of Faith accumulated over hundreds of years, its strength so formidable that it pierced through the layers of restrictions and the heavy ground above the Divine Hall, like a Divine Sword stabbing through the darkness, tearing into the night sky and reaching the firmament, responding to one of the seven towering phantoms.

Under the illumination of that scorching Holy Light, the outline of one of the seven towering phantoms became rapidly clear.

The once blurred face gradually revealed a texture of metal and a mist of steam, and the endless stars surrounding it began to spin and reorganize swiftly, eventually transforming into a prominent and conspicuous church emblem.

It was a gigantic iron hammer ingeniously pieced together by countless intricate gears, representing the emblem of the Church of the God of Steam and Mechanics.

"This is bad!"

In the quiet room, Lu Yan, almost at the moment the Holy Light shot up, was abruptly awakened by this intense celestial anomaly.

The feeling of unrest in his heart peaked at this moment.

Without thinking further, Lu Yan swiftly took a step out of the Royal Palace's quiet room, appearing atop the highest tower of the Royal Palace, gazing sharply at the celestial anomalies above.

However, what weighed down his heart was that the anomaly was not confined to the Steam Cathedral alone.

In the directions of the other six kingdoms, far beyond the Victoria Kingdom, almost simultaneously, similarly brilliant columns of Holy Light erupted.

The scorching radiance of the Eternal Fierce Sun Church, the deep shadow of the Night Goddess Church, the arcane brilliance of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom Church shining with texts and star tracks, the life-filled, earth-toned halo of the Earth Mother Goddess Church, and the blood-red battle will of the War God Church.

Each emblem representing the Seven Major Gods Churches lit up like stars on their respective mighty phantoms, radiating dazzling brilliance, illuminating the entire night sky as if it were day.

Only after the emblems of the other six Major Gods were all illuminated did the seventh sky-piercing light column, carrying a cataclysmic force, slowly emerge.

Endless dark clouds rolled and gathered from the void, violent thunder and destructive storms intertwined and roared within the clouds, finally forming a fierce emblem of lightning and hurricane, representing the mark of the Storm God.

The Seven Major Gods' emblems appeared simultaneously, and the seven towering phantoms solidified.

Only then did Lu Yan, struck as if by lightning, suddenly realize where the source of the unease he had vaguely perceived earlier lay.

"Devout followers!" he uttered these four words, his expression instantly becoming somber.

As early as over twenty days ago, when the stars first realigned, Lu Yan had Elizabeth closely monitor the movements of the Seven Major Gods Church.

The information at that time showed that all seven churches were summoning their most devout followers on a large scale, numbering in the thousands or even tens of thousands.

At that time, Lu Yan instinctively believed that the gathering of these devout followers was to conduct some large-scale ritual to evoke the alignment of the stars, manifesting the outline of the ancient skeletal remains.

After all, such a grand celestial phenomenon surely required an enormous amount of Power of Faith for support.

Thus, confirming this, he discarded the matter from his mind, and during the subsequent surveillance of the Seven Gods Church, he subconsciously ignored these devout followers who had completed their task and vanished from public view.

But with the appearance of tonight's terrifying phenomena, Lu Yan was suddenly awakened to the fatal error he had made.