Starting Unlimited Evolution from Grinding

Holy Light Power is an extremely rare force across the entire Heavenly Continent, with very few people able to earn the recognition of Holy Light.

Even among those who possess Holy Light Power, most only grasp the most basic, superficial aspects. This power is enough to help them stand out among ordinary professionals, demonstrating superior performance and giving them a massive advantage against threats like undead creatures. But the meager Holy Light Power within them can only achieve so much.

Those truly capable of using their own Holy Light Power to confront and even dispel the Dark Tide are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Most of them have joined the Holy Light Church, and under the Church’s arrangement, they are sent to various places where traces of the Dark Tide exist to investigate and purge it.

In recent years, as the Dark Tide has grown increasingly active, those within the Holy Light Church capable of dispelling it have become busier than ever. Most have their own tasks to handle, making it difficult to send additional help.

That’s why, for this operation, only the Holy Son came alone.

But there was one exception...

That was Princess Lily.

Because she was an imperial princess with a lofty status, it was unsuitable for her to join the Church. She had always operated relatively independently, with her activities mostly confined to the Violet Empire’s territory.

So, naturally, he had no idea that Princess Lily was also on this battlefield.

Although Princess Lily was still very young, her talent was overwhelmingly powerful—even surpassing him, the Holy Son, including his successor, the current quasi-Saint.

With Princess Lily here, it could somewhat ease his pressure.

But the problem remained: the scale of this war was simply too vast. While Princess Lily possessed immense potential, relying on her alone to face this situation might not amount to much.

Take the current moment, for example. Lily’s Holy Light Power could only cover a radius of a few dozen kilometers, which already seemed impressive, but for the entire battlefield, it was just a tiny fraction.

In other words, the issue at hand couldn’t be resolved.

Lyons furrowed his brow tightly, gripping his staff firmly as he watched people being swallowed by the Dark Tide because they couldn’t evacuate in time. He almost couldn’t hold back, tempted to forcibly use Holy Light Power to shape a barrier and block the spreading Dark Tide.

But he couldn’t do that.

If he wasted his Holy Light Power for the sake of this immediate situation, he wouldn’t have enough strength later to maintain the barrier isolating the Dark Tide. They wouldn’t even have the right to fight these goblins and gnomes empowered by the Dark Tide.

The Gnome Kingdom’s army would be unstoppable.

And if that happened, the victims wouldn’t just be these soldiers—they would include billions of ordinary civilians!

This decisive battle had to be fought, and to fight the Gnome Kingdom under the Dark Tide’s influence, he had to rely on his Holy Light Power to construct a barrier.

So, right now, he could do nothing...

The knights who came with him had already joined the battlefield. With their formidable strength and the blessing of Holy Light, they wouldn’t have to worry about the Dark Tide’s influence for a short while. They could buy time on the front lines, minimizing casualties as much as possible.

The only one still by my side is Knight-Captain Harvey.

I must ensure the Holy Son’s safety. That is the Pope’s order and the highest priority.

“Your Holiness the Holy Son, you should evacuate.”

Harvey reminded him, “You need to head to the pre-prepared location and set up the barrier. Leave this to us.”

Lyons let out a long sigh, helplessly releasing his clenched fist, and nodded.

Knight-Captain Harvey was right. He had to prioritize the bigger picture. To resolve this disaster, this was the only way.

So he turned, ready to follow Knight-Captain Harvey to the prepared location.

But just as he was about to turn his head, a brilliant radiance caught his eye in the corner of his vision.

Lyons’s body suddenly froze. A familiar yet unfamiliar sensation struck him like a thunderbolt.

He stopped in his tracks and quickly turned around. In the distance, where Princess Lily’s Holy Light had just flared up, a much vaster and purer Holy Light Power erupted like a volcanic explosion, surging into a pillar of light shooting into the sky!

This power was so condensed that, for a moment, he felt dazed.

As the Holy Son of the Church, his Holy Light Power was naturally the strongest in the world. Even the Pope, though superior in strength, had a slight gap in the quality of his Holy Light Power compared to him.

His successor, the quasi-Saint Adam, was roughly on par with him. Then there was the exceptional Lily—weaker than the three of them but stronger than everyone else.

As for the rest, the gap was enormous.

But now...

Lyons stared in stunned amazement at the blazing golden light shooting into the sky, so holy it felt like a deity descending, as if it were purifying his very soul.

This Holy Light Power wasn’t vast in quantity—it still had a long way to go to match him and the Pope—but in terms of quality alone, it could already be called “Source”!

What does “Source” mean?

It means the Holy Light that originated at the world’s creation, the god worshipped by the Church—the leader of all gods: the Goddess of Holy Light.

As someone fortunate enough to have once felt the goddess’s presence, Lyons was utterly certain of this.

There was no mistake—this was the power of the Goddess of Holy Light!

But how could that be?

The great goddess had already...

Behind him, Harvey was equally dumbfounded. As a knight-captain of the Holy Light Church, he had witnessed the Pope and Holy Son in action many times, but even their Holy Light Power, compared to what he was seeing now, was markedly different.

After this powerful Holy Light erupted, it quickly spread like what Lily had done earlier, transforming into a pale golden wall that blocked the oncoming Dark Tide.

But compared to Lily, this current burst of Holy Light was far stronger in both quality and quantity.

Because of the difference in “quality,” Lily’s Holy Light, once diluted beyond a certain point, couldn’t effectively block the Dark Tide.

But this new Holy Light was different...

To put it more concretely: if Lily’s Holy Light needed a thickness of at least 10 to fully block the Dark Tide, this newly appeared Holy Light could compress its thickness to 1, or even 0.5, and still make the Dark Tide retreat in fear!

Moreover, its wielder clearly had the ability to do this. Their control over Holy Light Power was incredibly fine and precise, maximizing the power’s potential to cover as large an area as possible.

In this way, over half of the vast battlefield was now under the protection of the Holy Light barrier!

The Dark Tide surged to the edge of the barrier—not even blocked, but like a mouse seeing a cat, stopping far short, hundreds of meters away, and daring not advance an inch.

Such a sight was unprecedented, even for Lyons, the Holy Son.

But this wasn’t the time to dwell on it. Though he was extremely curious about who wielded this powerful Holy Light and why it was so pure, those questions could wait until after the war.

Right now, the most important thing was to do his part. After all, while this Holy Light Power was top-notch in quality, comparable to a true god’s descent, the wielder’s strength hadn’t reached a high enough level. Its total quantity was limited, only capable of blocking the Dark Tide’s advance for a certain time, not purifying all of it and resolving the crisis.

So, the battle still had to be fought.

“Please, hold out as long as you can!”

Muttering this to himself, Holy Son Lyons turned and left, hurrying toward the pre-prepared location for the decisive battle.

Because the news hadn’t been transmitted, Lin Mo still didn’t know that the Church’s Holy Son had already arrived on the battlefield.

The Dark Tide before him far exceeded his earlier expectations. This massive war had provided too much nourishment for the Dark Tide, allowing it to grow to a terrifying extent.

Just as Lyons had judged, Lin Mo’s Holy Light Power was no longer enough to end this crisis.

So, Lin Mo fell into deep thought.

Only Holy Light could deal with the Dark Tide, but he didn’t have enough powerful Holy Light Power right now... It seemed like a dead end.

Until Lily suddenly spoke up beside him: “Those are Church knights! If they’re here, it means the Church might have sent someone.”

The Church?

Lin Mo followed Lily’s gaze and saw the knights, letting out a small sigh of relief. The Holy Light Church was the expert in handling such situations.

Although he was now the successor of the Goddess of Holy Light, his predecessor hadn’t left much useful information. His understanding of the Dark Tide, including the number of times he’d directly clashed with it, was limited. So, when it came to dealing with the Dark Tide, the Holy Light Church was naturally more experienced.

In that case, there was no need to overthink it. He should just evacuate with them.

Lin Mo had no intention of staying here long. While his Holy Light Power had formed a barrier, temporarily blocking the Dark Tide’s advance, it was only temporary and wouldn’t last much longer.

And most importantly, with the Gnome Kingdom and the Dark Tide blocked, they would start looking for ways around it—like finding the person who set up the barrier.

Staying here would make him their target.

This Holy Light barrier could stop the Dark Tide, but it couldn’t stop powerful gnomes.

If some Epic Level peak monster showed up, things would go south fast.

So, the best choice was to evacuate.

He sent Lily into the Portable Space, then used the Life Contract’s effect to quickly appear beside Ellie and the others.

The fight had been intense, so they looked a bit battered, but since they were a group of Transcendent Level fighters, none of them were injured.

After sending them all into the Portable Space one by one, Lin Mo prepared to leave.

As for the barrier, it wouldn’t disappear until the Holy Light Power he’d released was exhausted.

Turning around, Lin Mo checked on Nuolun and Shirleyas’s situation. They had already evacuated with the army a while ago, so there was no need to worry.

Then, the next moment, with a thought, he activated his [Teleport] skill and appeared several dozen kilometers away.

The convenience of the [Teleport] skill was just too powerful.

Looking back, since Lin Mo had left spatial nodes along the marching route, after waiting a while, he saw people heading his way.

The main army couldn’t move that fast, so the first to arrive were small groups from various factions.

The war, now especially with the Dark Tide’s emergence, had far exceeded everyone’s earlier expectations in scale and intensity.

For weaker factions, this was already beyond their limits and extremely dangerous.

So, some talents and groups didn’t stay—they abandoned the competition and simply withdrew.

But most factions, especially Lockesetz’s own forces, naturally had to keep fighting.

Lin Mo stood to the side, observing the approaching crowd.

On one hand, he didn’t know what the higher-ups planned next... Although he’d received an invitation, to avoid trouble, Lin Mo hadn’t contacted those forces, so he didn’t know where to go. He decided to wait here and see.

On the other hand, he needed to confirm whether the Church had sent someone with enough weight.

Earlier, Church knights had appeared on the battlefield. While they were all strong, they clearly weren’t enough to tip the scales. To end this war and purify such a vast Dark Tide, a core member of the Church would probably have to come in person.

Lin Mo didn’t know the exact strength of Holy Light Power in others within the Church, but using Lily as a reference shouldn’t be wrong.

Lily had the special presence of Saintess Joan within her, so her Holy Light Power should represent a high level in the Church.

If he used Lily’s Holy Light Power as a benchmark, even if several Epic Level upper-tier Cardinals showed up, it probably wouldn’t solve the problem.

At the very least, it would need figures at the Archbishop level—and more than one...

If the Church didn’t send someone with enough clout, this crisis would be hard to wrap up.

Creating that huge barrier earlier had consumed most of Lin Mo’s Holy Light Power. Recovering it would take a long time—this stuff wasn’t like mana; no alchemical reagent could help replenish it.

And even if Lin Mo fully restored his Holy Light Power, he’d still be powerless against a Dark Tide of that scale.

If he could have handled it, he wouldn’t have only used Holy Light Power as a defense.

A distance of several dozen kilometers was vast for an army but not that far for powerful individuals.

More and more people approached and passed by. Many of them had clear directions—they weren’t scattering or retreating but relocating. It seemed the war would continue.

Lin Mo waited a bit longer, and two figures suddenly appeared in his sight.

A young man, and a knight clad in golden armor.

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