Two Bishops

After Dr. Hua finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the arena.

He knew that Chen Miemie would not choose him.

Although Dr. Hua had some treasonous thoughts, he hadn't actually started to implement them yet, plus he was still enveloped by the blood pillar at this moment.

No one stopped him from leaving.

He wouldn't return to the medical team, and perhaps he wouldn't go back to the East District Clinic either. Where he would go, no one knew.

Madam Jin glanced around.

The high-level Mystics, all starting at [Mystery] 4, whom she, as a newcomer to the mystic circles, would normally treat with utmost respect upon meeting, were now looking at her as equals. When their eyes met, they all gave a slight nod.

Madam Jin, with red eyes, held her head high and puffed out her chest, as if she were walking among her neighbors in her former glamorous clothes, finishing the last 5 meters to the [Magic Mirror].

At the very end, she looked back in the direction of the South District building.

The final image frozen in the Magic Mirror was the once-again flamboyant face of a woman who loved to show off. She tossed her hair and gave a looking-back smile, just like when Chen Miemie first met her at Old Li's fruit stand.

The voice of the [Trial] sounded: "The second seal, repair complete."

Chen Miemie was teleported away, appearing at the seal point in the south of the city.

At this third seal point, there were two leading people in charge. The original leader was Nan Jun of the [Nan Jun Society], making it a relatively weak location in terms of power.

After the [Trial] began, neither friend nor foe could continue attacking the seal, so the [Director] guarding the city wall came here as reinforcements. At this time, Director Deng was the second person in charge on site.

No one was surprised by Chen Miemie's appearance.

But the next two chosen ones immediately drew waves of gasps.

In the two newly appeared blood pillars.

On the left was Father Jing.

On the right was Joker.

Many people gasped because, unlike the previous two times where a total of four people had appeared who all seemed like good guys, the difficulty of the choice lay in finding the hidden bad guy.

As for the two this time, any high-level Mystic in Sixiang City knew that both were bad guys, and extremely evil ones at that.

Father Jing, it was almost confirmed that he was the one who sold the defense map and destroyed the seal earlier. According to the latest news, he had also gone on a killing spree in the City Hall, and even this [Trial] was his doing.

Joker, the former bishop of the Mist Church in Sixiang City.

The bishop of the Mist Church, just this title alone meant he was absolutely covered in blood debts, capable of stopping a child from crying at night.

Were there any good guys between these two? And a good guy willing to sacrifice their life?

"Bishop Jing, I didn't expect you to escape the City Hall and cause so much trouble." Director Deng, standing outside the arena, put on a look of being so angry that his beard floated up.

This guy had disguised himself as a divination teacher right under his nose for years; just speaking of it made his face burn with shame.

Father Jing chuckled. "If I didn't need to obtain the auras from the three of you before the ceremony, I wouldn't have gone to the City Hall as a guest. You entertained me quite well."

"What... So that's it. You were caught on purpose. You calculated that the others didn't have enough authority, and the three of us would interrogate you personally." Director Deng gritted his teeth secretly.

Joker was very excited as soon as he appeared.

First, he let out a weird hehe laugh, and while laughing, he attacked Father Jing.

He actually wanted to kill Father Jing directly, erasing Chen Miemie's option other than himself.

The characteristic of the blood pillar was that it cursed whoever attacked.

Joker's attack had no effect; instead, he was cursed.

But since he was now also a person inside a blood pillar, he was protected by it, thus neutralizing the curse's damage.

Joker was hyperactive; he couldn't stand still and was very restless.

Seeing that the attack was fruitless, he turned his head and rushed directly toward the [Magic Mirror], pulling off another outrageous move of entering the mirror himself without being chosen.

The result was obvious. The [Trial] did not leave such a major loophole. Enveloped by the blood pillar, he was stuck three meters in front of the [Magic Mirror] and could advance no further.

Joker's actions were fast and sudden. Although unsuccessful, they still gave the onlookers a huge scare, causing them to retreat in succession.

If this madman relied on the blood pillar to run over and start a massacre indiscriminately, anyone close by could easily be killed.

While Joker was doing these things.

Father Jing ignored the Joker who was baring his fangs and brandishing his claws in front of him.

He tinkered with a new blood array, released a large bucket of blood, and his face turned deathly pale from excessive blood loss.

His array successfully took effect.

A translucent blood curtain rose around Chen Miemie, Joker, and himself.

The three of them were suddenly wrapped inside the blood-colored curtain, as if they had entered a large tent by themselves.

Chen Miemie looked at the two people in front of him.

It was a bit strange.

If it were anyone else, neither Father Jing nor Joker were good people, making it hard to choose.

But for him, Father Jing was the one who sent people to kill him, while Joker was half a subordinate to him. Who was on his side was completely obvious.

However, was it really that simple?

Father Jing spoke first.

He bowed respectfully to Chen Miemie. "My respects to you. Should I call you Chen Miemie, or some other honorific title?"

Chen Miemie looked at him suspiciously.

Was this old fox really this polite?

"Chen Miemie is fine. What about you? Should I call you Bishop Jing or Teacher Jing?"

"I wouldn't dare. Just calling me Father Jing is fine. I have already set up a curtain around us; no one else can hear our conversation."

"What wouldn't you dare to do? You even sent people to assassinate me. What's the use of being polite now?"

"I know full well that my past offenses against you are unforgivable. Whatever the punishment, I am willing to accept it."

Father Jing's extremely low posture left Chen Miemie a bit puzzled.

Even if he was pretending, there was no need to pretend to this extent.

Joker couldn't stand still, pacing back and forth in front of and behind the two of them. He suddenly interrupted, "Since you accept anything, then just kill yourself, hehe."

Father Jing still kept his head slightly bowed. "If it is your wish, Chen Miemie, suicide is not a problem either."

Chen Miemie's eyes rolled. Since he was acting so humble, regardless of whether it was real or fake, he might as well dig some information out of him first.

"Father Jing, tell me about the assassination attempt on me before. Explain the causes and consequences clearly."

"Alright."

"The matter starts from ten years ago.

Ten years ago, the Sun Church in Sixiang City produced a stunningly brilliant figure.

He was only thirty years old when he received the [Blessing] of the Sun, reached [Mystery] 6, took the position of Bishop, and became one of the Big Three.

His surname was Yi, and people called him Bishop Yi.

At that time, he was full of vigor, held immense power in Sixiang City for a time, and acted dictatorially.

Whether it was the other two giants or myself, the neighboring Bishop of the Moon Church, we all lived in his shadow.

Hehe, that which is too rigid easily breaks, and extreme strength brings humiliation. His dominance gradually attracted a lot of dissatisfaction.

Soon, a conspiracy against him began.

The previous [Chief], myself, and the previous [Nan Jun] along with other society presidents, set a trap for him together.

We knew that his [Magic Mirror] could control an anomaly, so we encouraged him to subdue an incredibly powerful anomaly.

That's right, it is the very one you see today, the Danger Level 7 [Trial].

Bishop Yi was very arrogant; he led the team during the last trial.

The location back then was out in the wilderness. Bishop Yi was truly exceptionally gifted. Despite the heavy casualties, he ultimately managed to scrape through and pass the trial.

[Trial] is a very special rule-based anomaly. It is formless and colorless, and it does nothing but sleep and initiate trials.

When a challenger succeeds, it will expend all its energy to grant a reward, and then fall into a deep slumber due to the massive exhaustion. It will only wake up to start a new round of trials once it has accumulated enough energy again.

Bishop Yi obtained the reward, and then we ambushed him.

We killed him. The previous [Commander] and the previous [Nan Jun] both died. In the end, I was the only one who came back alive.

The story was quite thrilling.

Chen Miemie and Joker listened with great interest.

Joker chuckled, "As far as I know, Bishop Yi might be strong, but it would still be hard for him to kill everyone, right? Wouldn't the Mystics just run away if they realized they couldn't win?"

Father Jing glanced at Joker, seemingly displeased by his chattiness.

"Half of the people died at the hands of Bishop Yi. The rest were ambushed and silenced by me."

A stray strand of hair on Chen Miemie's head stood straight up. "You ambushed the teammates who were ambushing him with you? Why?"

Father Jing hadn't sugarcoated his actions from the very beginning.

"At first, I only wanted to kill Bishop Yi, but halfway through, I changed my mind. I wanted to monopolize the reward from that trial."

"What reward?"

"A meteorite fragment from the Eternal Moon."