American Exorcism Male God-Chapter 342: The "Baptism" of the Gate of Truth

Notting Hill.

Xu Yi suddenly found himself immobilized, like an insect trapped in amber.

He tried hard to move his eyes, looking towards the Gate of Truth at the edge of the sky. It was clearly a gate, yet he felt the gate observing him.

With his peripheral vision, he noticed that others were merely astonished by the terrifying aspect of the gate; their movements were not affected.

Why was the Gate of Truth singling him out? Could it be because of the Ring of Destruction?

What terrified him most was the fact that he could not move at all, and even the flow of blood in his body seemed to have stopped. He could not activate "Blood as Sacred."

In other words, he couldn’t even kill himself!

"Could this be the true power of the three great gates?" Xu Yi was extremely alarmed.

In front of the Soul Gate and the Black Void Gate, he was quite pathetic, but at least suicide was an option.

Of course, this did not mean that the Gate of Truth was more powerful than the other two; it was more likely that the previous two gates did not exert their full strength. This could be inferred from the extent to which the gates were opened.

The Soul Gate and the Black Void Gate were only slightly ajar, while the Gate of Truth in front of him was almost fully open.

A powerful suction force suddenly acted upon Xu Yi; he couldn’t resist and was pulled into the sky.

"Xu Yi!" Maria, also standing in front of the villa, was the first to notice Xu Yi’s anomaly and shouted angrily.

She rushed towards Xu Yi, trying to pull him down.

But the next second, she was bounced away. Xu Yi was enveloped in an invisible force field that no one else could get close to.

Xu Yi floated in the high sky. He was like a kite tied to a string, and now the other end was reeling him in; he could only watch helplessly as he was pulled away.

As he drew closer to the Gate of Truth, he saw the Crow Man and the Lizard Dragon below. They looked at him coldly.

He tried every method, even attempting to make a deal with the Black Void Gate.

But the Black Void Gate, true to its nature of a cunning merchant, probably thought the Gate of Truth was too troublesome, and Xu Yi’s bargaining chips were not enough. It didn’t respond at all.

"What is inside the Gate of Truth, exactly?"

Xu Yi knew he couldn’t escape; as the Gate of Truth enlarged before his eyes, he grew curious.

His body was pulled into the Gate of Truth, engulfed in a strong golden light.

Strangely, he felt no pain; instead, there was an indescribable lightness throughout his body. It was as if a weary traveler was soaking in a warm spring, with both body and mind being healed.

His soul gradually sank into the light. After an unknown period of time, he slowly opened his eyes.

The sunlight was exceptionally dazzling. Xu Yi squinted for a while before adjusting to the light, and found himself lying under an ancient tree with a vast canopy.

He looked a bit bewildered, as if he had forgotten something important. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t remember it.

"Xu Yi, why are you still here? The god ascension ceremony is about to begin!"

A youth clad in bright silver armor suddenly appeared behind him and exclaimed in surprise.

Xu Yi remembered what the important thing was. Yes, he was to participate in the god ascension ceremony today.

Because he was too excited the night before, he hadn’t slept at all, and just prior to the event, he had somehow felt sleepy and inadvertently dozed off.

The air was filled with an unknown fragrance; the god ascension ceremony was ready to commence.

The attendees of the ceremony seemed endless—a statement not quite accurate because they were not people, but divine beings, with seven-colored divine light shining behind them.

Palm-sized flower fairies flew chaotically through the air, leaving colorful petals to fall from the sky wherever they passed.

In front of the crowd, Xu Yi saw his father, the Divine King of the Divine Kingdom, and of course, he was the "Son of God."

Today was his coming-of-age day and also the time to inherit his divinity.

Standing behind his father was a goddess of similar age, standing gracefully.

The goddess was dressed in a cloud-green flowing yarn skirt, wearing a crown of vines and flowers, watching his beautiful face was an incredibly pleasant experience.

When the goddess realized Xu Yi was looking at her, she immediately hid behind her mother. But she couldn’t help peeking out, her face flushed with shyness as she stole glances at Xu Yi.

She was his betrothed, and after the god ascension ceremony, he would marry her.

His father was the Divine King, and he was about to take over the Divine Kingdom. His fiancée was so beautiful and charming—it was as if he was a "God-given" winner in life.

The Ascension Steps, forged entirely from heavenly gold, lay before him. There were twelve steps in total, and at the very top sat a dazzling, diamond-shaped Divinity.

As long as he ascended the steps and reached the top to claim the Divinity, he would ascend to godhood!

"Go! Remember to let down all your defenses and accept the baptism of the Divine Kingdom’s light!" His father’s eyes were filled with encouragement.

"You can do it!" his fiancée clenched her fist and whispered words of encouragement.

Xu Yi smiled and nodded in response. Taking a deep breath, he stepped onto the first of the Ascension Steps.

White divine light surged from all directions, carrying a strange fragrance. Xu Yi was enveloped in the light, and every cell in his body was leaping for joy, greedily soaking up the divine light.

As he stepped onto the Ascension Steps, everyone was behind him, so he couldn’t see how everything behind him had suddenly changed.

The encouragement in his father’s eyes, the Divine King, had vanished, replaced by cold indifference. His fiancée no longer looked shy but stared at his back with a mocking expression.

The gods who had come to witness the ceremony were not radiating seven-colored divine light but thick, dark mist and the aura of blood.

Those beautifully featured Flower Fairies were, in actuality, fleshless skeletons, and instead of scattering petals, they were shedding pieces of white bone.

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Notting Hill.

Maria’s heart was filled with anxiety at that moment, but she knew she must not panic.

Xu Yi had been sucked into that door, and Lisa lay unconscious. The only person in Notting Hill who could take charge was her now.

She kept taking deep breaths, forcibly calming herself down.

They had to rescue Xu Yi—there was no doubt about that. What mattered was how to do it.

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There were two possible ways, one was to follow through the door.

But no sooner had this thought emerged in her mind than she dismissed it.

Although she didn’t know what the door was, if even Xu Yi couldn’t withstand it, they would be even less likely to do so. By entering it, not only would they be unable to save Xu Yi, they might even endanger themselves.

"Then the only option left is to sabotage the ceremony!" Maria gazed determinedly at the source of the light.

Once she made her decision, Maria didn’t hesitate; she commanded Ailent to gather everyone while she returned to the Eight Monster House.

Moments later, when she emerged again, she was followed by a metallic cabinet.

The metallic cabinet opened to reveal seven weapons of various shapes, neatly arranged. It was the first time the Alchemical Weapons, "Seven Deadly Sins," were revealed before the crowd.

After being used to amplify the Deification Array, the "Seven Deadly Sins" had remnants of the scourging Crystal Stones’ radiation, so Xu Yi temporarily stored the "Seven Deadly Sins" in the cabinet, intending to wait for the radiation to dissipate before distributing them.

Now that Xu Yi was absent, it was natural for Maria to act on his behalf.

"I’m going now to destroy the nodes of the ceremony. Decide for yourselves what you will do!"

Maria swept her gaze around; familiar faces surrounded her, as Ailent had gathered everyone.

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After speaking, she took the katana "Pride" from the cabinet and ran towards one of the sources of the light, feeling a kinship in its aura.

"As Mr. Xu Yi is a benefactor of our Finns, how could I stand by while he is in danger?" said Cass as he took the Recurve Knife "Lust" from the cabinet. Xu Yi had been his savior, and he couldn’t leave him to face death alone.

William silently stepped forward and picked up the Foiled Sword "Envy."

He felt the battle intent boiling inside him as he held the sword, having waited for this moment for a very long time.

Carrie silently took down the Knight’s Sword "Envy."

Though her strength was not great, she was willing to risk it all. Xu Yi was not only her teacher but also her "family."

"Do you need our help?"

A cool voice suddenly sounded from behind. Yukeni, accompanied by students from the Isotope Institute, had come of their own volition, without being summoned by Ailent.

"Our teacher is in trouble. As his students, how could we just sit back and do nothing?" little Judy exclaimed with a clenched fist amid the crowd.

While the others discussed teaming up, a fiery figure swept across the sky. The Ghost Samurai, under the direction of Xu Changrong, flew at high speed toward one of the ceremony nodes.