The Duke closed his eyes, his spiritual power extending out along the thousands of branches of the faith channels, like lighting one delicate lamp after another in the darkness.
Each node that was lit corresponded to a believer of the Shadow Council, and he could clearly sense the current emotional state and the intensity of the spiritual power fluctuations of each believer.
Most of the believers felt uneasy and confused, as Marcus's Life Stone had just extinguished not long ago, and the energy fluctuations of the descent ceremony were so intense that even the outer sentinels could sense the anomaly, which undoubtedly caused considerable panic among the believers.
The Duke did not directly comfort them; instead, he focused on investigation.
He retraced each faith channel, meticulously examining every believer.
