Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Chapter 583: The Madness of the Fanatics (5K chapter, please subscribe and vote)

Because of Diogakas's failure, the entire Congregation of the Holy Fathers was severely suppressed and destroyed by the Vatican.

The guilty Diogakas, unable to bear the heavy pressure, chose to end his life with the legendary Holy Sword of Thorns in front of the corpses of his fellow mourners.

But at this moment, a painful miracle happened.

No one knows how this painful miracle was triggered.

After Diogakas' emotions reached their peak, a miracle of pain befell Diogakas' body, turning Diogakas into an immortal being.

Since the miracle of suffering once again occurred outside the Painful Vatican, it attracted the great attention of the Vatican's top leaders.

In order to ensure the prestige of the Holy See, the cardinal decided to incorporate Diogakas into the Painful Church and make him a member of the sect.

However, the Holy See does not completely trust Diogakas.

In order to ensure that he would not have a negative influence on other members, the Vatican took extreme measures and tied his hands and feet tightly with ropes, forcing him to walk only on his knees.

Diogakas showed no intention of resisting.

He watched silently and sent away batch after batch of rebels who tried to embark on the path of blasphemy.

But unfortunately, everyone failed.

Most of the blasphemers died outside the walls without even seeing the main facade of the Vatican. The remaining rebels were brutally massacred when they faced the Templars after entering the Vatican, and no one was spared.

Never underestimate the Templar Army formed by the Holy See. They are not only the Holy See's official army, but also a violent machine to maintain its rule. Their strength is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

The continent of Gustodia is so vast, and the reason why the Holy See has been able to consolidate its ruling position is largely due to this Templar Army.

The size of the Temple Army is not large, but the combat effectiveness of its members is extremely terrifying.

A divine seal will be branded on the body of every Templar soldier. With this divine seal, the Templar soldier will gain a state of pseudo-immortality.

As long as there are no injuries to vital parts, the injuries of the Templars can gradually recover, making them almost immortal on the battlefield.

Moreover, all members of the Temple Army master a technical ability, proficiency in the cross sword.

Some senior generals have even practiced this skill to the level of expertise or even mastery.

In addition, the Templars all wore a full set of iron armor blessed by the Vatican.

This kind of armor is not only strong and durable, but also has extremely high defensive power and can effectively resist enemy attacks.

Ordinary armies are no match for monsters with maximum attack power, survivability and defense capabilities.

When the Templars massacred the Society of Silence, they only sent out a squadron of 100 people, and they slaughtered the entire Society, while the Templars themselves suffered only three casualties.

From this we can see how exaggerated the strength of the Temple Army is.

Diogakas also knew that the time was not yet ripe. Even though a blasphemer had rushed to the bottom of the Holy King's throne before, Diogakas did not help.

Given the Holy King's temper, it is impossible for him to give up the throne to anyone else.

As Diogakas had expected, as the blasphemer tried to wade through the mountain of ash formed by countless corpses, he suddenly felt his legs as if they were tightly bound by an invisible force.

He struggled, but found that he could not climb up any further. He could only watch helplessly as the pale arms beneath him slowly dragged him towards the corpses filled with high temperature.

Under the terrifying power of the miracle of suffering, the body of the blasphemer was instantly burned to ashes by the remaining fire, leaving no trace of ashes.

The only thing left was his tall hood, which was the blood-stained hood that Lin Yi had seen in the warehouse before.

Diogakas calmly picked up the hood from the ground and continued to perform his role as scribe.

He knew clearly that the Vatican was deliberately sending these rebels to their deaths.

As long as they are given a glimmer of hope to overthrow the Church, these people will not stir up too much trouble outside. The Church can use this opportunity to consolidate its rule.

When the plague is over and the Vatican has time, it will not only suppress these rebels, but also those lickers who cured diseases and saved lives during the epidemic.

The reason is simple. The reputation of the Licker Church during the plague has seriously threatened the status of the Church of Pain.

The Archbishop of the Church of Pain has made careful plans. As soon as the plague subsides, he will lead the army to launch a full-scale suppression of the Licker Church.

Their plan was to blame the Licker Church for the outbreak of the plague and use it as an excuse to round up all of the Licker Church's members.

Afterwards, they will instruct scholars to falsify history to ensure that the Painful Church will always appear in history books with a glorious and positive image.

In their narrative, the Pax Suffering will be the hero who leads the people out of the plague.

They would claim that it was under the wise leadership of the Church of the Agony that the people were able to successfully free themselves from the plague.

However, those members of the Licker Church who were unjustly killed because of this conspiracy were not within the archbishop's consideration at all.

All they care about is their own power and status.

Now the Holy King is still alive in the world due to some special reasons, which makes some of the old immortals in the Church of Pain harbor murderous intentions towards him. That is why assassins appear one after another, trying to kill him.

"Go, false confessor," said Diogakas.

"Same here, clerk." Lin Yi responded with a hint of teasing in his tone.

Hearing Lin Yi's words, a long-lost smile appeared on Diogakas's face, which was bound by hemp ropes.

He hasn't shown his true face for a long time. Hiding in the shadows for so long has made him almost forget what it feels like to smile.

Lin Yi's arrival cut short the suffering miracles of Our Lady of Jiao Rong and Tepidade, and also allowed Diogakas to feel the dawn of hope again.

As the last teleportation gem lit up, dazzling light enveloped Lin Yi and Diogakas, and their bodies gradually disappeared in the dust.

When Lin Yi regained consciousness, he found himself on a steep cliff, surrounded by steep mountain walls and bottomless canyons.

At the top of these cliffs, Lin Yi could clearly see rows of wooden stakes nailed firmly to the edges of the cliffs.

Under each woodpile was a pile of firewood, burning with raging flames.

Surprisingly, even though the flames were licking the bodies of the prisoners above them madly, they were still yelling with full energy.

This is the cruel place where the Church of Pain judges heretics and betrayers.

Here, what awaits these sinners will be endless torture and suffering.

Originally, these wooden stakes would automatically burn after the pagans were burned to death, and then fall to the bottom of the cliff and shatter into pieces.

But due to the change of the Holy King, this land of twilight that symbolizes despair has also changed.

All the prisoners were in a state where they could not die and could not be killed no matter how hard they were burned.

This unrelieved pain and endless torture turned the top of the cliff into a real hell on earth.

In this situation, some fanatical believers of the Church of Pain, in pursuit of a miracle, chose to tie themselves to stakes and endure the burning flames together with the prisoners.

Surprisingly, one of the fanatics actually succeeded in attracting the favor of a miracle of suffering.

Since then, the Land of Dusk has become a holy place for these fanatics.

They believed that as long as they were willing to tie themselves to a stake and endure the torture of fire, they would be able to deeply experience the power of the miracle of pain.

What Lin Yi saw at this moment were actually the fanatics who joined later. The real prisoners had long disappeared.

The Holy King didn't seem to care about this.

In his view, whether the believers' faith is sincere is far more important than anything else.

These self-torturing believers ignored Lin Yi and Diogakas who passed by below.

In their hearts, torturing themselves in order to contribute to the Twisted Father is what they should do.

As for the rest, they all seem insignificant.

Some crazy believers not only threw themselves into the flames, but also tied up their entire families to suffer together.

Lin Yi clearly heard the cry of a baby, and the sound was particularly harsh on the cliff.

When Lin Yi looked up, he saw a man with a distorted face muttering to himself while being licked by flames.

The woman next to the man was obviously his wife. She was also surrounded by flames, but her eyes revealed helplessness and despair.

Behind the man were two white-haired old men, his parents. They silently endured the scorching flames without making any sound.

To the left of the man, a baby was crying in pain.

This is their child, yet he has also been dragged into this crazy belief. This man has been completely driven crazy by his belief.

For him, pleasing the twisted father became the whole meaning of life.

Family, once the center of his life, has become irrelevant.

For these fanatics, family is something that can be discarded at will.

Their beliefs have gone beyond the understanding of ordinary people, and they are even willing to give up their lives for their beliefs.

“What a bunch of lunatics.”

Lin Yi raised his hand, and four or five fine sword energies instantly pierced through the men and women around the man.

Under the erosion of the power of the abyss, the weak power of miracle was instantly extinguished like a fragile candle flame.

What was shocking was that the other believers nearby actually looked at the man with envy.

They don't seem to care about the passing of life, but instead regard this death as a kind of relief and sublimation.

"Great! My wife and children have entered Paradise Mountain. I want to go to Paradise Mountain too. I must go to Paradise Mountain." The man shouted frantically with a twisted joy on his face.

Here, these fanatics interpret the situation where the energy of the miracle is exhausted and the lamp is turned into ashes as "going to heaven."

They longed to reach what they called "Mount Heaven" and realize their pursuit in this way.

"These guys have gone crazy. Let's go and not continue to entangle with them here." Diogakas stopped Lin Yi from taking the next action. He knew very well that it was meaningless to entangle with these fanatical believers.

This area of ​​steep cliffs is densely packed with fanatics who have flocked from other parts of the Gustodia continent.

Their beliefs have become distorted. They pursue the so-called "mountain of heaven" and turn a blind eye to the pain and difficulties in reality.

Lin Yi can save people temporarily but not forever. The most important thing right now is to collect the third mark.

"Damned pagans and traitors, we finally got you!" On the cliff, several Templar soldiers roared and rushed towards Lin Yi and Diogakas.

Diogakas moved swiftly, dodging an enemy's spear thrust by leaning sideways. At the same time, he swung the sword in his hand, and with a flash of cold light, the enemy's arm was instantly cut off.

The other Temple soldiers did not retreat. They continued to attack with roars.

Diogakas dodged the siege of several cross swords with an almost incredible speed. At the same time, he stabbed a Templar soldier in the chest with a backhanded sword, and the blood instantly dyed his clothes red.

Diogakas's movements were clean and neat, without any delay. Every time he struck out with his sword, he either cut off the enemy's weapon or left a deep wound on the enemy's body that could be seen to the bone.

The long sword in Diogakas's hand is slightly different from the cross swords of these Templars. The long sword in Diogakas's hand is larger than the cross swords of the Templars. The sword body is pitch black, and there are many black inscriptions all over the body. These inscriptions glow slightly red, and black thorns are entwined on Diogakas's sword.

But unfortunately, Diogakas' attack had no effect on the Templars.

Although Diogakas's attacks were many times stronger than those of the Templars, the injuries of these Templars were recovering at an astonishing speed. Whether they were minor injuries or serious injuries, they could be healed in a very short time.

As time went on, the Templars began to gain the upper hand and suppressed Diogakas.

Two fists are no match for four hands. Although Diogakas was brave, he began to seem a little overwhelmed under the siege of many Templar soldiers.

Seeing this, Lin Yi realized that he could not hold back. The next second, Lin Yi turned off the skill [Destiny Upper Limit].

On weekdays, Lin Yi seldom turns off this skill. Even if he encounters an enemy, Lin Yi will usually use the Black and White Rose to send him off.

The main reason for doing this is that by killing enemies with the Black and White Rose, he can collect more of the Origin of Death.

If you use other methods to kill the enemy, although the Black and White Rose can still absorb the dissipated negative energy from the corpse, its efficiency is far less than killing the enemy directly through the Black and White Rose.

"Group therapy."

Lin Yi didn't do anything else, he simply released a group healing attack.

The next second, their body organs began to swell rapidly and uncontrollably, as if a crazy force was rushing wildly within their bodies.

The originally solid muscles and bones were stretched, twisted and deformed under the influence of this force.

The rapidly growing flesh and blood, with a strange vitality, forced its way out from the gaps in their armor.

The bright red muscle fibers were tangled together and continued to expand like the tentacles of a devil.

The Templars fell into extreme panic. They tried to cut off the wildly growing flesh with swords to stop this terrible change.

Their hands have turned into a ball of flesh due to the expansion of life energy, completely losing their original shape and function.

The hands that once wielded swords have now turned into two useless lumps of flesh, unable to move at all.

These Temple soldiers could only watch helplessly as their bodies were devoured by the madly growing flesh and blood.

"Impossible, why didn't the Holy Seal help us divert the damage?" A soldier of the Temple Army looked at Lin Yi with difficulty, his face full of astonishment and confusion.

"what have you done?"

Diogakas took two steps back, away from the still growing number of Templar soldiers.

Under the stimulation of life energy, these soldiers have turned into monsters several meters tall with various shapes.

Since each person's ability to bear the essence of life is different, the forms they manifest are also different.

Some soldiers' arms swelled larger than humans, with twisted muscles and bulging veins.

Some soldiers' ears grew wildly, even covering their faces.

"I didn't do anything, I just helped them with their treatment."

Lin Yi smiled slightly, as if he really just released a healing spell.

"I've never seen healing magic that can turn a person into this state." Diogakas put away the sword in his hand and looked at Lin Yi again.

Now he is really becoming more and more curious about Lin Yi's identity.

"Then you can't blame me. You can only blame their life source for being too weak and unable to withstand my healing power, which is why they became so distorted."

The moment Lin Yi finished speaking, the body of a Templar soldier expanded to its limit, and the next second an explosion sounded in front of the two of them.

Lin Yi took a few steps back to avoid the splattered blood and flesh from staining his robe.

Diogakas didn't care whether this thing would dirty his clothes. He usually walked on his knees, and even the best clothes would have been worn out by Diogakas.

This explosion seemed to be a signal. The next second, a series of explosions rang in Lin Yi's ears.

A smile appeared on Lin Yi's face, and he seemed very satisfied with this bloody fireworks.

"Not bad, they can actually fry so much meat, they are worthy of being an elite army."

After Lin Yi eliminated these soldiers, the reminder sound of Samsara Paradise appeared in Lin Yi's ears.

[Kill 6 Temple Troops, obtain 6.8% of the Origin of the World, now a total of 49.2% of the Origin of the World is obtained]

[Obtained 4 pale gold treasure chests. ]

Seeing the resources provided by the Templars, Lin Yi frowned. He did not expect that the Templars who were able to suppress Diogakas would be judged by the Samsara Paradise to be on the same level as the flesh-and-blood fusion monsters on the snowy mountains. It was really ironic.

"Your power is very strange. You can actually destroy the Templars without causing any harm. Maybe you can really change this fucked up world."

Diogakas didn't want to ask where Lin Yi got his power. He only needed to know one thing now, that is, Lin Yi's power was enough to kill these bastards.

"Diogakas, you betrayed the Church."

After Lin Yi dealt with these Templar soldiers, a slightly low voice appeared behind the two of them.

Looking in the direction where the sound came from, Lin Yi saw a man holding a sledgehammer appear in his sight.

After seeing the appearance of the person who came, Diogakas's face showed a trace of solemnity. He did not expect that the Holy See would actually send him out.

It seems that the church is really anxious this time, otherwise it would not throw out its trump card when the mainland is in such chaos.

"Edas, why are you here? Aren't you going to guard the gate of your church?"

Diogakas obviously knew the visitor and even called out the other person's name.

"There are other people guarding the gate of the Holy See, and my goal this time is to take him away. Diogakas, I hope you won't make a choice that will embarrass me."

As Eddas spoke, he placed the heavy hammer in his hand on the ground, and a blue lightning flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)