Chen Yun was sitting at her desk, engrossed in a book, which contained the understandings of the essence of divine magic from the church's predecessors, some of which had almost stepped into the realm of forbidden knowledge.

But only such books could teach the reader in detail how to use divine magic, as exploring its essence was an offense to the Lord. However, if one relied solely on faith and old-fashioned beliefs, the number of high-ranking divine magic users in the church would decrease by at least two-thirds.

Perhaps only a genius like the current Pope wouldn't drop in rank, but even he probably wouldn't have advanced to Tier V so smoothly in his teens, nor would he be as dominant as he is now.

In truth, Chen Yun wasn't particularly interested in such spells. After coming here with the other members of the church, she began to study the matters of the anomalous world, and according to her understanding, even if she studied hard, there was no way she could truly change this world.

In the end, divine magic was a gift from the Lord to mortals, a manifestation of His power in the mortal realm, and merely a tool and means to execute His will, not something that truly belonged to the users of divine magic.

With her talent, no matter how hard she studied, she could never truly surpass the will of God, which was the conclusion she came to after comparing herself with others.

What took her half a month to learn, the Pope had completely mastered in just three days back then, and the real gap between them was definitely far more exaggerated than that ratio. No matter how hard she studied, she could never reach the shadow of that young Pope, and therefore, she couldn't use this magic to make decisions that didn't align with the church's interests.

She was still working hard to learn these things only because this was a dangerous world, and she needed to have enough power to protect the people she cared about, and divine magic was the easiest way for her to obtain it.

Knock, knock.

Someone knocked on the door.

Chen Yun glanced at the page number of the book in her hand, gently placed it on the table, then stood up and turned around, wanting to walk to the door to see which clergyman had come to visit her.

But before she could reach the door, she already saw the figure of the person knocking.

Her brother, Ma En, was standing at the door, seemingly looking at something else.

"Ma En?" Chen Yun said in surprise, "Why are you suddenly here?"

Ma En looked up at her, revealing the calm expression she had gradually become familiar with during this time:

"I've recently gotten into some trouble. Someone might try to deal with me by using you as a breakthrough point. We don't have time to explain in detail now. Leave here with me, and I'll tell you later."

He didn't ask for Chen Yun's consent, because Ma En knew very well that Chen Yun would never refuse.

Chen Yun nodded:

"I understand."

She indeed had no intention of asking questions, not only because Chen Yun trusted Ma En very much, but also because she understood the importance of every second, and this wasn't a particularly suitable place to talk.

Ma En walked over, raised his hand, and placed it on Chen Yun's shoulder. Then, shadows began to envelop them, taking her into the shadow dimension, and then began to leave towards the distance.

Only then did Chen Yun relax a little:

"Are you now able to take me out of the church's holy land at will?"

Ma En said gently:

"It seems you're not particularly surprised."

Chen Yun said:

"I've always had confidence in you. By the way…"

"Where are we going?"

Ma En replied:

"The safest place."

After saying this, the surrounding shadows began to slowly recede, and then a dazzling white light directly crashed into their eyes, revealing the appearance of their destination—endless white light.

There was nothing else.

"You're not Ma En, are you?" Chen Yun's calm voice came from behind him.

The shadow turned around to look at Chen Yun, slowly revealing its original appearance:

"That's right. When did you realize it?"

Chen Yun replied:

"Your initial disguise was indeed somewhat indistinguishable from the real thing, but after entering the shadow dimension, your answer to me was a little off. It seems your understanding of Ma En is still limited."

No matter how carefully the shadow disguised itself, it could only deceive Chen Yun for half a minute. If it really had the opportunity to enter Ma En's mind, it could probably only extend the deception for a few more days. Normal siblings are indeed very familiar with each other, but they often don't possess such keen perception.

The shadow smiled:

"It seems he has deleted the important memories in your heart, but there is a safe place in your heart, but now the position of this place in your mind has been replaced by these blanks."

If it were an ordinary telepath, they might ignore the erased memories, but as a Tier V ability user who also knew that Ma En could erase memories, the shadow easily noticed the problem with Chen Yun's memory.

Chen Yun stared straight into the shadow's eyes without any fear:

"Don't think about getting anything from me. Ma En would never leave you any clues."

The shadow sighed:

"It seems you really understand Ma En. Maybe we should hire you as a consultant, but have you ever wondered why he didn't take you away from here, but instead let you wait here for our attack?"

Facing his provocative words, Chen Yun didn't care at all:

"Don't think about using me to threaten my brother. Since he left me here, it definitely means that no matter what happens to me, it won't affect him. He's not worried about what will happen to me at all."

The shadow never expected Chen Yun to be so tricky. It wouldn't be difficult for him to distort Chen Yun's mind, but it wouldn't be so easy to bury an influence in it that neither Ma En nor the church could detect.

Especially the current Pope of the church, Raphael, although he is far inferior to himself in the mental field, he can also be said to be half a professional. The seed that he forcibly buried in half a second could easily be found, not to mention the existence of that spiritual angel who specializes in the mental field.

That's right, although they seem to have been talking for a while now, the passage of time in the real world hasn't even reached half a second. Even for him, it would take some time to quietly bury a seed in Chen Yun's heart that would be meaningful for finding Ma En.

But he doesn't have much time in the holy land.

If something happens at that time, he will have to face the accusations from both the Federation and the church at the same time. The shadow doesn't want to offend the church for the sake of the Federation. He can also see that Chen Yun is a relatively promising young member of the church.

Therefore, he wanted to find a breakthrough with words, but he didn't expect that Chen Yun had never considered the possibility that Ma En might have abandoned her, and it seemed that even if Ma En really abandoned her, Chen Yun probably wouldn't have any resentment towards her brother.

This appearance of not caring about anything is a bit similar to Ma En, but in the shadow's impression, Ma En can do these things because he has a strong rationality that can control his emotions, while Chen Yun seems to be completely based on love…

Selfless love.

This is a particularly difficult emotion to deal with, even more difficult to resolve than fanaticism and hatred, which are difficult to deal with. Those kinds of emotions can often find loopholes, but love is like a ball of cotton that can never be flattened, which can easily defuse attacks from any angle and direction.

Moreover, what is rippling in Chen Yun's heart is still true and pure love, not born in rotten soil, without any deformed or twisted parts, which also makes it more difficult for the shadow to find any foothold.

I didn't expect that the biggest challenge I would encounter here would not be the holy land or the angel, but Chen Yun herself.

Worthy of being Ma En's sister.

After realizing the reason for Chen Yun's perseverance, the shadow chose to get straight to the point and said:

"That's right, then I'll tell you what Ma En has done. He helped the evil ability user Qin Luan secretly infiltrate the Federation as a sleeper agent, and attempted to rescue this evil ability user."

"Now he has become the highest-level wanted criminal in the entire Federation. I am the shadow, the Minister of the Investigation Department of the Federation's Anomaly Ability Agency, but I am only one of the countless members in this manhunt."

"Now he can be said to be fighting against the entire Federal government, and basically against the entire world we live in. I know you trust his abilities very much, but I don't think that even in your mind, Ma En is not an evil demon king who can subvert the world, right?"

"Even his leader, Shenxiao, has been imprisoned by us. I believe Ma En will definitely struggle wonderfully, and may even cause severe damage to the Federation, but the final outcome will not change."

"No matter how long Ma En can last, he will eventually be caught by us, and in this process, he will definitely commit countless crimes, which will lead to his end becoming particularly miserable."

"But if you can persuade him to surrender for us, I can sign a contract to guarantee that Ma En will never be killed or abused, but only imprisoned, and his leader Shenxiao has also been accepting negotiations recently, and it is only a matter of time before she returns to our Federation camp, and then Ma En can also be released."

Seeing that Chen Yun's expression had not wavered, the shadow continued:

"Ma En is not doing so much now for any great ideal, but actually working for his leader Shenxiao in order to win negotiation terms, he is not doing anything good."

"How about this, I don't even need you to persuade Ma En, just bring him a message, just pass on the news that we accept his surrender to him, he will trust what you say more."

"In fact, if you go and inquire, you may also know that I can barely be considered Ma En's friend. Recently, I have also been criticized for recommending Ma En to enter the Federation. Of course, I am saying this in order to reduce my own troubles, but I can also guarantee that doing so is really a good thing for Ma En."

"If you really love him, think about it carefully for him."

Selfless love is one of the most difficult emotions to deal with, and any attack can only be easily resolved by it, but the shadow, who has been through hundreds of battles, cannot possibly not know how to solve this problem.

Just go along with her love.

Chen Yun showed a look of resistance:

"If I really do what you say, it proves that I don't trust Ma En at all. If I really believe in his judgment and ability, I will let him make the decision."

The shadow had already expected her to say that:

"But he will make the decisions that he thinks are correct, not the truly correct decisions. Shenxiao is a particularly persuasive bad person, and Ma En has been blinded by her."

"He needs your help now."

Chen Yun showed a puzzled look:

"Are you saying that you think I can decide what is right for Ma En?"

"No, only he knows what is right for him. Even if what you said is true, and I really don't want him to die, I will never forcibly distort his will."

"At most, I will tell him that I don't want him to die like this, but after that, what kind of decision he will make is not something I can interfere with, and I am very sure…"

"Ma En already knows what I am thinking now, so he is already doing what he thinks is absolutely right."

"As his sister, I will only silently support him."

The shadow frowned slightly. This was already the best inducement he could offer in a short period of time, but Chen Yun was still unmoved, and her mind was exactly the same as what she expressed in her words.

There was not the slightest flaw.

"Then what about the people he is going to kill?" The shadow began to attack things outside of Ma En. The things concerning Ma En here in Chen Yun can be said to be indestructible, and no loopholes can be found at all.

"Ma En is going to kill countless good people." The shadow said, "I know you are a very good person, are you just going to watch your brother do evil?"

Chen Yun said with a face full of righteousness:

"I know who is right, Your Excellency the ability user from the Federation, don't try to deceive me."

The shadow opened his mouth and said:

"Perhaps, but if…"

Swoosh.

A dazzling golden light tore apart this white world, instantly piercing into the shadow's eyes, directly tearing his body into powder, and then the entire world began to darken rapidly.

Then the space they were in turned into another body of the shadow.

But then a few more pure white and bright red hazy lights appeared in the distance, and the golden light that had just torn the shadow steadily landed in front of this group of hazy figures, slowly revealing its true appearance.

A particularly young and handsome man stood in front of Chen Yun, and behind him, there were vaguely a few pure white or bright red figures floating, ready to descend here at any time, gradually surrounding the shadow.

"Is the Federation going to start a war?" Raphael said with a cold expression, "You actually have the guts to invade the mind of a saint in the holy land. If the saint's soul is harmed in the slightest, I will personally kill your clones one by one."

"Wherever the will of the Lord reaches, all shadows will retreat."

At this moment, the shadow finally knew why Ma En didn't take Chen Yun away. Damn it, this was a trap that Ma En had specially left for the Federation, and he almost stepped on it directly.

Fortunately, he had already noticed the abnormality and hadn't done anything special to Chen Yun, otherwise the entire Federation and himself would have been caught in a entanglement with the Holy Church, and it would have been impossible to have the energy to deal with Ma En in a short time.

The Holy Church is one of the few organizations that is not afraid of confronting the Federation openly. Those heavenly beings do not take any mortal organizations seriously, and the Federation is indeed unable to threaten Heaven itself.

"Sorry, I went to the wrong place." Shadow raised his hands in a gesture of surrender. "Can you hear me out?"

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