Chapter 26

Ye Chen used his head to support Candace’s slight belly and helped her up.

With an embarrassed expression, he said, “Sorry, I was careless.”

Candace waved her hands repeatedly, indicating that she was okay.

Ye Chen also did not expect that the pressure gene he had activated would be so huge.

This giant golden lion’s strength was average, much weaker than the giant python and brown bear demonic beast he had encountered before.

However, it could occupy an important position in ruins.

According to Ye Chen’s estimation, it probably relied on its pressure to scare people…

If Ye Chen’s mind was not firm just now and was scared by it, he might have been bitten to death for nothing.

No matter what, he had already dealt with the demonic beasts occupying the temple.

Ye Chen then took Candace and walked toward the depths of the ruins.

Along the way, Candace would sneak glances at Ye Chen from time to time, her eyes filled with shock and respect.

The sensitive Ye Chen could naturally feel her burning gaze.

However, Ye Chen did not care.

He did not have a good impression of the candidate, Candace.

It was not because she was not beautiful enough, but because of her stubbornness and conviction.

Just like what she had said before, even if she knew what kind of situation she would face if she went back empty-handed.

However, she still believed in her so-called god, who would instead give up everything she had.

Ye Chen had always been unwilling to deal with such a ‘silly girl’.

He even had the thought of ‘training’ her and bringing her back to the right path.

This time, Ye Chen and Candace had entered the ruins together, mainly because she had said that there would be many demonic beasts in the ruins that yearned for the holy light or the light element.

That was why Ye Chen had spent so much effort to bring her in.

Soon.

The two walked past the giant tree that had pierced through the roof and arrived at the prayer room in the depths of the ruins.

The arrangement in the prayer room was no different from those churches that Ye Chen had seen before.

It was just that there was a lot of dust everywhere, which made the place look filthy.

The only thing that attracted their attention was the prayer platform.

The wooden prayer platform had rotted away a long time ago.

There was a wooden scepter stuck in the rotten remains of the prayer platform.

The scepter was made of an unknown wood. Yet, miraculously, its body was covered with spiral marks.

It was as if the entire scepter had been twisted several times.

The top of the scepter had been bent into a three-quarters circle shape, making it look like a shepherd’s staff.

And at the end of the bend, there was a golden fruit.

Ye Chen soon realized that it was a golden apple!

Just as Ye Chen was wondering if that apple was delicious…

Candace, who was standing beside him, had already recovered from her shock.

She mumbled in disbelief, “Universal Love Scepter? How did it appear here? Should it not be in Cardinal Chapman’s hands?”

Ye Chen asked curiously, “Universal Love Scepter? What the hell is that?”

Candace’s eyes were still filled with shock, but her expression was a bit unsightly.

For the first time, she reprimanded Ye Chen with a stern tone, “Saint Beast! The Universal Love Scepter is not a ghost. It is one of the sacred objects left behind by the supreme god Kronos in the mortal world!”

“Three scepters, Universal Love Scepter, Duty Scepter, and Selfless Scepter. They are all in the hands of the three most powerful bishops, passed down from generation to generation!”

Ye Chen was quite dissatisfied with her disrespect.

He had worked so hard to bring her here and even risked his life to fight two demonic beasts for it.

And now, just because he had said something wrong, she dared to scold him?

It seemed like she had been brainwashed a lot.

Ye Chen said impatiently, “It is already good enough that I did not say trash. Since it has been passed down from generation to generation, then why is it here? Was what your bishop has a fake?”

Of course, Ye Chen was not someone who would take it lying down.

His light golden round pupils also slowly stood up.

If Candace dared to be so rude to him again, he would not mind eating a Saintess candidate from the temple.

Although Ye Chen would not attack and devour humans for no reason, if humans provoked him, then he would not hold back at all.

Even if Candace was a beautiful woman, second only to the Elven Queen!

Ye Chen stared at Candace with cold eyes, and she instantly woke up.

Although she had been brainwashed, she was not an idiot.

Looking at Ye Chen’s eyes that were slowly getting more and more dangerous.

A wave of cold air rushed from the bottom of her feet to the top of her head.

Subconsciously avoiding Ye Chen’s eyes, Candace said in a low voice, “Sorry, Saint Beast, I have offended you, but… but…”

Looking at the scared and anxious Candace, who was about to cry, Ye Chen was not in the mood to scare her anymore.

Instead, he directly crawled toward the Scepter.

Since he had come here, he could not just leave empty-handed. He could give that broken staff to Candace since it would be useless for him anyway.

That golden apple was obviously a good thing, so he could not just give it to someone else for free.

Thinking about it this way, he had been here for a few months and had been eating meat every day, but he had not eaten any fruit yet.

Today, she could eat an apple to balance her nutrition…

Candace followed Ye Chen carefully, afraid that he would suddenly go crazy and break the Universal Love Scepter in half.

Coming closer, Candace was about to lean down and hold the Universal Love Scepter.

Ye Chen had already stretched out his neck and swallowed the whole apple.

“No! Saint Beast! You can’t eat that! That is the sacred forbidden fruit!”

However, it was already too late. After a few crunching sounds, the golden juice of the sacred forbidden fruit flowed down from the corner of Ye Chen’s mouth.

Seeing this scene, the surprise in Candace’s eyes gradually turned into fear.

Then, she held the scepter and ran out of the temple as if there was an extremely horrifying monster chasing after her.

Ye Chen frowned as he looked around.

However, he did not find anything wrong, not even a bug.

Just as he was about to stop Candace and ask her about it…

An irresistible desire rose in Ye Chen’s heart, completely swallowing his rationality!

“Roar!”

After a roar, considerable pressure slammed Candace onto the ground.

Candace, who could not even move a finger, was covered in fear.

Especially when she heard the sound of footsteps behind her.

The fear in her eyes had turned into despair.

She remembered the description of the ‘holy forbidden fruit’ in the ancient books.

[After eating the holy forbidden fruit, a trace of divinity will be integrated into the body. That divinity will slowly change the devourer’s physique, making him beloved by the light.]

[But the side effects are also pronounced. First, the devourer will have an irresistible desire. Second, according to rumors, it is because of this desire that humans can reproduce…]

When the footsteps behind her stopped.

Candace had wholly fallen into despair.

But no matter how much strength she used, she could not move an inch. Even her sexy red lips could not open.

Until a large golden human hand gently touched her lips.

At the same time, a golden human head emitting holy light whispered into her ear, “Saintess, why are you running? The training has just begun….”