The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

An Su could understand why in this part of the original story, the protagonist group attracted their first plot-induced assassination.

There were more cultists coming and going than An Su had imagined.

The lowest rank among them was the Fourth Order.

It's just that they were older in age, and their souls were also older, not matching those of the younger people, which was why the heavy task of soul transference fell upon the heads of those talented cultists.

Otherwise, they would also have lost their cattle.
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With such forces lurking beneath the capital, as long as the demigod of the imperial city was restrained and unable to free their hands, they could inflict heavy damage on the saints of the Church.

"There's more than one entrance to the market; just Black Chicken Alley is not the only one. You guys can move around freely. Just call me when you want to leave," the Priest instructed An Su.

The items for exchange in the Sanctuary of Chaos Market were dazzling, with materials for sacrificial cultivation, a variety of alchemy arrays, precious organs of high-rank magical beasts, and unique combat skills and magic of the esoteric religion.

The three of them dispersed, excitedly exchanging for the items they wanted. They gathered an hour later, sharing the treasures they had found.

Arthur had a smug look on his face as he pulled out an unassuming stick-shaped object. Its quality, upon being inspected with magic, was only 'ordinary' grade; Arthur reverently placed it on the table, "I spent five hundred devotion points to get a 'Sun Sword'."

An Su and Lister looked at Arthur with a gaze reserved for an idiot.

Feeling the disdainful glances of his companions, Arthur chuckled softly, revealing a cryptic smile.

Arthur had been reading storybooks since he was little and knew that as the protagonist in a market like this, one should specifically buy items that seemed unimposing and useless.

He took a fancy to this sword at first sight.

His father, Annand, once said that it was rumored their ancestors possessed a Sun Sword, imbued with the holy power to eliminate all impurity with its flame, capable of slaying demons and eradicating all witches and evil rogues.

His father also told the young Arthur that because the sword was too powerful, it was envied and hated by people. The so-called 'tall trees catch much wind' was exactly what happened.

During a terrible witch hunt, under the slander of treacherous miscreants, Annand's precious sword was sadly sealed. The sword passed through many hands and finally fell into the cult's possession.

But only the purest Sun lineage could activate the sword's real power; for others, it was just a piece of junk.

Who would have thought that in this small market, he would find the long-lost family heirloom.

Contained within it was the legacy of honor, the great spirit of the family!

To restore his family's glory was today!

He boasted to An Su and Lister about this glorious past, earning their surprised looks.

Arthur, with his sunny and dashing smile, bit his finger and dripped his blood to activate the Sun Sword. The groove on the sword's body filled with blood, the alchemy runes slowly began to turn, and the fiery Sun Flames enveloped the sword, with a terrifying aura of the Sun.

An Su quickly used the identification magic to check the properties of the flame.

Indeed, once Arthur activated the sword with his lineage, the sword's attributes changed as well.

[Sun Sword]

[Legendary low-rank quality]

[Non-substantial holy flame, attacks cause no damage but can forcibly burn clothing]

[Note: Annand's favorite sword, often used to attack various female cultists, later deemed a 'lewd item' by the Order Church and confiscated]

"..." An Su's mouth twitched slightly, this was the lowest pedigree legendary item he'd ever seen.

How did your family's hereditary sword end up being categorized as a 'lewd item'...?

Is the so-called sealing just confiscation?

However, after seeing the effects of the Sun Sword, Arthur became even more fond of it as he felt it matched his combat style perfectly—during battle, he'd strike the enemy with it, burning all of their clothes off.

An Su sighed lightly; though the effects of the great sword were a bit perverse, it was still reasonably powerful. Being able to burn clothing also meant that it could burn armor, making it easier for teammates to deliver their attacks after burning through the enemy's magical armor.

Meanwhile, it could also create a psychological advantage in the game of wits.

"Lister, what did you exchange for?" An Su asked Lister.

Listers revealed an elegant smile and calmly pushed up his glasses, "I spent a hundred devotion points to exchange for a Golden Finger."

The Golden Finger, in storybook novels, is an existence equivalent to picking treasures in the market square, the protagonist's Golden Finger is always super cool, with all sorts of systems that can turn a weakling into a successful talent overnight,

That Arthur could find his family's hidden treasure in this Esoteric Market was incredible enough, but An Su had not expected Lister to actually get his hands on the legendary Golden Finger.

Lister gave a disdainful smile, removed his black gloves, and raised his middle finger, on which there was a layer of blasphemous gold skin, inscribed with runes that twisted the heart, glittering and very eye-catching.

An Su felt an unexplained surge of anger the moment he saw that middle finger.

[Chaos Golden Finger]

[Common-Level High-Rank Quality]

[Effect: Can increase the speed of finger casting by ten percent, and, when displaying the Golden Finger in battle, there is a twenty percent chance of amplifying the enemy's emotions and attracting their hatred]

"..." An Su should never have had faith in anything produced by the Sanctuary of Chaos.

That stuff was never reliable.

What a combination to mess with people's minds, Arthur first releases solar flames to burn off all the enemy's clothes and armor, then Lister gives these naked men and women the Golden Finger, guaranteed to cause an instant cerebral hemorrhage.

This pair might not necessarily be strong, but they were sure enough to be sensational.

"Brother An Su, what did you exchange for?" Arthur and Lister asked in unison.

An Su had a thousand devotion points, more than the two of them combined.

An Su smiled but remained silent, he was a serious person.

The items he exchanged for were plain and simple, all rather practical, as a glorious saint, naturally, he ought to choose the most righteous and bright alchemical items, and he wanted to make a clear distinction from these two.

He browsed the exchange areas of various Esoteric Religions.

For instance, in the Life Esoteric Church's exchange area, he exchanged for a vast amount of High-Rank sacrificial materials, like bloody human bones, twisted candles, death incense, etc., each material could enhance the sacrificial effect by ten percent.

This was in preparation for the great battle a few days later, as a glorious saint, An Su felt obliged to sacrifice all the Esoteric Witches of the dark religions to the light for the sake of the goddess.

In the Painful Court's exchange area, he also exchanged for a number of bleeding magics, An Su already had two bleeding-type magics, and this time he replenished a massive store of magic supplies.

This too was in preparation for the upcoming battle against the Esoteric Witches, he decided to use a new style 'Menstrual Bleeding Flow'.

In the exchange area of the Sanctuary of Chaos, An Su spent all his devotion points in one go, exchanging for various rare and novel Chaos magics, cheap in price and modest in effect, covering a wide range of fields.

However, he did not plan to use these low-quality but numerous magics himself.

He planned to resell them.

The believers led by Mage God Merlin were quite interested in the Magic Circuits of Mysticism of Chaos, but since he was imprisoned in Heaven and because Esoteric Magic was taboo and not circulated among the righteous, it was very rare and almost impossible to obtain.

But if An Su acted as a middleman, importing cheap magic from the Esoteric Market and reselling it to Merlin, he could earn a large number of devotion points from the Magic Association, and then go exchange them for items from the Magic Guild.

With such buying and selling, not only would the number of his devotion points increase, but they would be completely laundered as well.

Merlin would gain the Chaos Magic Circuits he had been longing for, the Cultists would sell their magic, and everyone would have a bright future—another win-win-win.

After a bout of shopping, they left the stronghold market completely satisfied.

From a distance, Bishop Rada had already begun practicing the Gender Transformation Spell, and he was currently troubled by how to deal with his barren scalp; An Su believed that with Bishop Rada's talent, he would certainly be able to solve that problem.

Moreover, since His Excellency the Archmage was also bald, a monk paired with a nun was acceptable enough.

An Su could hardly wait to report today's achievements to Merlin, he had prepared many surprises.