Even for the transcendents present with some strength, they could tell right from the start that Bai Yi was holding back, aware that Bai Yi wasn’t using their true strength against that God believer.

However, actually witnessing Bai Yi take down Runing with such ease was still completely beyond their expectations.

Even though that God believer wasn’t truly 8th Rank, Fan Mao had also just recently broken through to 8th Rank!

Moreover, wasn’t Fan Mao always a strong person of the Life Series, always lacking decisive combat skills?

This doesn’t look like someone lacking combat skills at all!

For these knowledgeable transcendents, this one-hit kill was even more shocking than the recent Gemini Civilization’s show of force with artillery fire!

The fleet’s artillery achieving that effect was expected, as it was purely constructed from magic power and energy.

But Fan Mao, who hadn’t shown much combat prowess earlier, relied entirely on personal strength!

It’s like an expensive restaurant where good food is expected.

But how can an ordinary person often frequent such "big restaurants"? If inexpensive meals can also taste great, that’s true strength!

All the high-tiers only watching and following the situation online were immediately filled with respect, gaining a new understanding of Bai Yi’s strength after ascending to 8th Rank.

Many had initially doubted when they heard Fan Mao took down the Great Mage, thinking it was achieved with some other means as part of Gemini Civilization’s efforts to promote Fan Mao.

But now, actually seeing it, they realized that perhaps the Gemini Civilization’s promotion back then wasn’t overstated.

With their knowledge, they could roughly discern the abilities Fan Mao exhibited just now, and even without knowing the details, they had some speculations.

Silently, they established a rule for themselves: not to provoke Fan Mao lightly.

And it wasn’t just limited to the high-tiers; after the initial shock of this one-hit kill, intense discussions also erupted among the audience’s ships.

For ordinary people and low-tier transcendents, although they couldn’t see as much as the high-level strong persons, the unusual phenomenon of a high-level strong person’s fall was easily identifiable even by ordinary people.

Coupled with timely reports from the Gemini Civilization, even ordinary people became intensely enthusiastic about the discussions.

"So that cultist was actually a powerhouse from the opposing civilization in the New Star Zone. No wonder Lord Fanmao had such a grudge. I thought Lord Fanmao..."

"Hey, you actually didn’t believe in Lord Fanmao. To think you call yourself a fan of Lord Fanmao. I’ve believed in Lord Fanmao from the start, certain they’re not like the cultist said..."

"I think ’Kongyu’ was the real problem. Actually colluding with cultists from foreign civilizations; she’s just like her mentor..."

"Hey, forget about that. Can someone explain what move Lord Fanmao used? To instantly kill that cultist..."

"..."

Suddenly, a surge of discussions flooded the quantum network.

From various conspiracy theories to curses of the fallen high-level strong persons, most attention focused on Bai Yi’s display of power.

No one even noticed that Bai Yi, the central figure of these discussions, had already withdrawn the plants and left the battlefield, returning to their warship.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the mission is complete. All traces have been removed, and no remnants of faith will be discovered."

"Thank you for your hard work...

Truly unexpected, such a significant oversight allowed a high-tier Faith God to infiltrate and disrupt the Judgement.

Almost exposed the Faith God completely.

Luckily, with you here to eliminate this remnant swiftly, otherwise the other two civilizations might have discovered our concealment.

Well done!"

Upon confirming Bai Yi’s results, the Emperor’s expression relaxed significantly more than before.

Though the Emperor knew that because of this Faith God’s appearance, the other two civilizations would inevitably inquire, and a portion of middle and low-tier knowledge would need to be sacrificed to handle it.

Nevertheless, the most core and crucial part, those high-tier faith and deification systems, remained secretly under his control.

A feeling of gratitude surged in his heart; fortunately, Fan Mao was present this time to handle the Faith God in time, reducing the losses.

Even if it seemed that without the deliberately arranged Judgement for Fan Mao, none of this would have happened.

The Emperor understood that pretending the issue didn’t exist wasn’t a viable solution.

After Fan Mao laid the foundation in that civilization, the remaining responsibilities were entrusted entirely to the Gemini Civilization.

Their negligence allowed the Faith God to escape from the New Star Zone to Starry Sky Society, which couldn’t be blamed on Fan Mao at all.

On the contrary, had the Judgement not lured out this Faith God, the stealthily infiltrating Faith God might have continued their activities, eventually leaking the knowledge and information of deification based on faith.

Calculating it this way, he had to thank Fan Mao.

Although it seemed Fan Mao had deliberately delayed, causing the Gemini Civilization to spend money on a resolution.

Still, even having one’s own people work requires expense, and Fan Mao hadn’t deliberately inflated the price, so it wasn’t a big deal at all.

Thinking this, the Emperor’s smile grew even more satisfied, looking at Bai Yi with a gaze that resembled seeing a true member of their direct lineage, continuing to add: