After Su Ze absorbed and converted the life-force energy from Mr. Kang, his body swelled to over three hundred meters in height, towering over even the tallest skyscraper in the capital of the Ancient An Country.
The power boost Su Ze could gain from his Bloodthirsty skill was also approaching its limit.
His colossal size put immense pressure on the seven Venerable Powerhouses of the Filth Earth Organization.
Su Ze was now thinking, ’Who should I kill?’
He planned to kill another Venerable Powerhouse from the Filth Earth Organization. For one, it would completely max out the boost from his Bloodthirsty skill; for another, it would rebalance the number of Venerable Powerhouses on each side.
Both sides currently had seven Venerable Powerhouses, but Su Ze was already preparing to disengage and intervene in the battle between the two Legendary combatants.
Once Su Ze left, Lin Hua Country’s side would be down to six Venerable Powerhouses, while the Filth Earth Organization would still have seven, including a top-tier Venerable Powerhouse like the Gu’an Saint Envoy.
’I can’t kill that old fellow, the Gu’an Saint Envoy. He’s only one step away from his sixth evolution and will very likely be the next Legendary Powerhouse...’
The Filth Earth Organization had far too few Legendary Powerhouses compared to the Nian Race experts on the three major continents. Su Ze would actually prefer for the Filth Earth Organization to gain another one.
After all, Pulamon was already Su Ze’s target. If Pulamon were to fall, the Filth Earth Organization would be left with only one leader at the Legendary Powerhouse level.
’Holy Sword Adams it is, then.’ Su Ze had heard of Adams’s reputation and decided to continue targeting those he was "familiar" with.
But before he could act, the legendary battle raging overhead took an unexpected turn!
Originally, Pulamon and Deng Sui had been evenly matched, with neither able to gain an advantage over the other.
If the fight had continued on that trajectory, it was unlikely there would be a clear victor. The losing side could have easily retreated without suffering any major losses.
Unless Su Ze joined in to shatter the stalemate.
But Su Ze hadn’t even made his move yet when another interloper suddenly appeared.
He was a pot-bellied, balding, middle-aged man. He didn’t carry the air of a powerhouse at all; in fact, he looked more like a school dean.
Yet this "dean" flew toward the two Legendary Powerhouses, his short little legs churning through the air.
But the faint blue light of evolution emanating from his body revealed his status as a Legendary Powerhouse, and no one dared to underestimate him.
Everyone just had one question: who was this man?
No one had ever heard of a figure like him.
A Legendary Powerhouse couldn’t possibly be a complete unknown.
It wasn’t until Pulamon’s cold shout that the "dean’s" identity was revealed.
"Pope! You’re sticking your nose in this, too?"
The Pope?
Everyone’s eyes widened in disbelief. Even the distant spectators were stunned.
There was only one person on Blue Star who could be called "Pope" and was also a Legendary Powerhouse—it was undoubtedly the Pope of the Evolution Divine Teachings.
Not long ago, the Lin Hua Continent had been completely inundated with scandals about the Evolution Divine Teachings. The organization had even been expelled from the continent. The Pope’s appearance at this moment was, therefore, a shock to many.
Moreover, the Pope’s appearance was far different from what most people had imagined.
People imagined the Pope as either tall and majestic or deceptively benevolent.
No one had ever imagined him as a balding, pot-bellied middle-aged man who looked rather sleazy.
Even Su Ze was a little surprised, but he was thinking, ’Is this really the Pope’s true form?’
’It might just be another avatar!’
Su Ze faintly sensed that this portly Pope’s aura was different from that of Pulamon and Deng Sui—it seemed more insubstantial.
After all, the Pope’s true self reportedly hadn’t been seen in over a decade. As a veteran Legendary Powerhouse who had been possessed by a Thought Race Divine Spirit, his methods were strange and unpredictable. Who was to say he didn’t have a Legendary-level avatar?
In any case, this portly Pope definitely possessed Legendary-level combat power. His entry into the fight would instantly shatter the balance between Deng Sui and Pulamon.
In other words, Pulamon was in danger!
The Pope’s appearance at this moment was surely to help Deng Sui; after all, the Pope was also a member of the Nian Race.
Regardless of whether Deng Sui had been possessed by a Thought Race Divine Spirit, the Nian Race was hostile toward the Filth, so the Pope was certainly there to deal with them.
Su Ze even considered the possibility... ’Maybe the Alien Party wants to use this as an opportunity to allow the Evolution Divine Teachings to return to the Lin Hua Continent.’
’Although the Evolution Divine Teachings was mired in scandal, if the Pope helps Deng Sui kill Pulamon in this battle, the Alien Party could launch a massive media campaign to whitewash his image afterward.’
’Then the Evolution Divine Teachings could trot out a few scapegoats to take the fall, stage a few public executions, and plenty of the uninformed masses might actually choose to believe they were innocent. They could claim it was just a few bad apples in their ranks, or that they were framed by their enemies.’
Su Ze, of course, couldn’t just stand by and let that happen. ’We went to so much trouble to drive out the Evolution Divine Teachings, how can we let them come back so easily?’
Besides, Pulamon was the target he had already claimed for himself.
’If the Pope gets involved, what excuse would I have to make a move? My chances of seizing the spoils from Pulamon’s defeat would also drop.’
Su Ze instantly abandoned his plan to kill another Venerable. Transforming into a streak of light, he shot ten thousand meters up into the sky!
His target wasn’t Pulamon, but the Pope!
Seeing Su Ze depart, the seven Venerable Powerhouses of the Filth Earth Organization all breathed a sigh of relief. Adams had no idea he had just had a brush with death, narrowly escaping with his life.
Otherwise, he would have had to get on his knees and thank the Pope.
If the Pope hadn’t appeared and drawn Su Ze’s aggro, he would be a dead man by now.
Although the boost from his Bloodthirsty skill wasn’t fully stacked, it was close. At this point, Su Ze’s combat strength had just barely reached the Legendary level!