Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 102 The End of the Favored (4k2)

On the outskirts of Hongfeng City, deep in the wilderness.

There is no human habitation around, with dense fir forests being the only scenery in the wilderness.

When Starro arrived at the origin of the "ancient fluctuations", he looked around but still did not see any trace of the "seal".

"How...how could this happen..."

Starro, who had originally rushed here following the spiritual fluctuations, was once again filled with disappointment.

However, just when he was about to give up and turn around to return to the city of Red Maple.

From the distant fir forest, the response of "ancient fluctuations" was heard once again!

This was the third “ancient fluctuation”, and this time the location where the fluctuation was emitted was quite close. Starro could almost immediately lock the specific location!
Starro's heart trembled, and a fanatical look appeared on his face again.

Starro then started running as fast as he could, rushing towards the cedar forest.

……

"Why do I feel like I'm walking the dog..."

After completing the third spiritual infusion of the "Crown Fragment", Luo Xiu silently complained, then put away the crown fragment and began to chant several sacred arts.

Just before Starro went deep into the cedar forest and was about to reach where Luo Xiu was.

In the fir forest, a strange spiritual surge suddenly emerged, and the sound of the bell of "The Advent of the Holy Abyss" echoed in the forest. The boy who broke into the forest had a dark "Eye of Erosion" suddenly open on his head.

Luo Xiu raised his hand and used "Holy Abyss Descent".

Until just now, Starro felt that he was extremely close to the "Ancient Seal". Although he saw other people in the forest from afar, he thought they were woodcutters and did not pay any attention.

Until the man suddenly attacked him, Staro was suddenly horrified!

"——Children, follow me..."

When he was "spied" by the strange eyes, Starro completed the summoning of five "wandering spirits" almost at the same time.

At this time, there was no "cursed object" in this cedar forest that could assist Starro in completing the summoning of spirits, and the little boy "possessed" by Starro was relatively weak, so he could only summon five wandering spirits at most.

Just as Starro completed the descent, the branches of the cedar trees around him suddenly began to tremble.

Starro raised his head and saw only countless thick black fogs, covering his head.

"This this……"

"What are these things..."

Starro looked surprised, but at this moment he did not yet realize the seriousness of the matter.

At the same time, Starro's right hand transformed into a smaller version of the "Scarlet Blood Knife" and slashed towards the thick black fog in the air.

——Swish! The black fog was cut apart, leaving a shallow cut, but soon, more "fog shadows" filled the gap, and the momentum of enveloping Starro did not slow down.

Starro began to swing and slash continuously, and the wandering spirits he summoned also roamed and attacked among the "Mist Shadows", but they did not have any effect.

Starro finally realized something was wrong, and a sense of despair inexplicably surged in his heart.

As if he suddenly remembered the "culprit", Starro's gaze pierced through the black fog and looked at the person opposite him who attacked him without any explanation.

The man was wearing an ordinary thick velvet robe, but holding a sickle-shaped staff in both hands; he seemed to be chanting some kind of holy spell, and looked like a young follower of [Glory].

Suddenly, Starro's pupils shrank.

He recognized the other person's identity.

Just before, the young believers across from the Alley 16 stronghold where he "escaped death" had participated in the crusade against his organization, the "Ancient Hermitage"!

"——It's you! Holy Judge!"

Starro felt a nameless fire rising in his heart. He cursed loudly, "Why! Why do you want to kill me? Why do you keep haunting me like this?"

Luo Xiu did not answer. He just raised his hand and swung out the light balls of "Blessing" and "Purification". The light balls passed through the "Eye of Corrosion" and were stained with a strange black color, and then they all poured into Starro's body.

At this time, Starro, who was "resurrected" by borrowing the body of the little boy, was still extremely fragile.

When the many negative effects reversed by the "Eye of Corrosion" were inflicted on Starro, his movements came to a long standstill.

The next moment, the black fog of the Mist Raven completely submerged Starro.

According to Luo Xiu's panel detection, Starro's health began to drop sharply, and under the density of Raven's attacks, Starro was completely unable to launch any effective counterattack.

Luo Xiu then drew out the "Judgment" musket. When Starro's health was reduced to the killing line, Luo Xiu raised the musket, aimed at the location where the black fog was the thickest, and pulled the trigger.

——Bang! The musket fired, and golden light instantly spread out at the point where it landed.

The mist shadow of Raven was briefly dispersed by this "Judgment Shot", revealing Starro's body, which had been corroded by the black fog and was riddled with holes.

"Judgment" dealt Starro the final blow, but this time it did not hit the fatal part, but pierced through his lower abdomen.

But even so, Starro had completely lost all vital signs and was deader than dead.

"…Fog night, come back."

Luo Xiu then waved his hand and called back all the raven's mist shadows.

A reward prompt for killing "Spirit Adventer" Starro popped up on the panel. Luo Xiu was not in a hurry to claim the reward, but rubbed the bronze ring on his finger.

A faint light flashed across the ring surface, and countless "Soul Manipulators" gushed out from it and poured into the body of Starro's "boy".

The tentacles rummaged through the corpse, eventually locking onto and extracting Starro's soul.

Although the boy possessed by Starro is physically weak, his soul is a genuine soul of a "triple destiny" extraordinary being.

Luo Xiu could feel the extremely surging spiritual power from the dark purple soul light in front of him.

This time, Luo Xiu specifically set up an ambush in the wilderness. In addition to getting the reward for killing "Starro", he also wanted to extract Starro's soul!
You know, the souls of the extraordinary people with the "triple destiny" are extremely precious resources and nourishment for Luo Xiu now.

And before, in the "Ancient Hermitage" base, when Luo Xiu realized that the "Spirit Adventer" Starro might not be really dead, he felt relieved because of this.

Under the circumstances at that time, Luo Xiu had no chance to use the "Soul Manipulator" to extract Starro's soul. The risk of exposing his true trump card was too great, so he could only let Starro's soul go to waste.

……

After extracting Starro's soul with the "Soul Manipulator", Luo Xiu retracted the tentacles and sealed Starro's soul into a bronze ring.

At this time, the soul capacity of the "Copper Forged Ring" was full, so Luo Xiu quickly dealt with the body of "Starro" and then returned to Red Maple City.

Starro, the hidden and greatest threat, disappeared without the other "Holy Judges" noticing.

……

When Luo Xiu returned to the Church of Glory, he ran into Pamier who had just walked out of his room and was making up for a day's training in the courtyard.

She was not wearing heavy armor at this time, and her two slender arms were swinging a heavy sword, which was extremely visually impactful.

When she saw Luo Xiu coming back, Pamier also stopped the training at hand. She gently wiped the sweat from her forehead and greeted Luo Xiu:

"Now that you're back, don't forget that you still have the task of guarding tomorrow."

Luo Xiu: “…”

He inexplicably arose a strange feeling in his heart, as his colleagues kindly reminded him to go to work on Monday even though it was the weekend.

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded and responded with a smile, "You should also go to bed early."

……

Afterwards, Luo Xiu returned to his room, closed the doors and windows, lay on his hard bed, and opened his mailbox.

At this time, the reward for killing "Spirit Adventer" Starro was still a constantly jumping red dot.

Luo Xiu then clasped his hands together, and after completing the evil sacrifice of Connor Rune's ten-year emotional life, he looked at the kill reward on the panel.

"Receive it." Luo Xiu gave new instructions in his mind.

The moment he clicked "Receive", a long string of new data appeared on the panel in front of Luo Xiu.

[Kill "Spirit Adventer" Starro (lv.30), gain 1364 basic experience points]

[Starro (lv.30), the "Spirit Adventist", is 17 levels behind you]

[Kill above your level! Gain 170% extra experience points...]

["Burning Soul" takes effect, gain 20% additional experience points]

[The highest attribute of Starro, the "Spirit Adventer" is "Divinity"]

[You gain: "Divinity" attribute +1]

[Rewards settlement, actual experience points gained: 3955! ]

【…】

["Spirit Adventer" Starro (lv.30) is a twisted level boss]

[Rewards for killing the twisted boss are being generated...]

【…】

"It's indeed a 'distorted-level' boss..." Luo Xiu's eyes brightened.

After a short wait, the panel generated the reward for killing the "distorted level" boss.

[Kill rewards generated]

[Gain the expertise "Spiritual Container (Rare, Special)", free attribute points *3]

[Spiritual Vessel (Rare, Special): You are favored by the "Gods", and your body's ability to carry spiritual power has been unprecedentedly improved...

Your "Skills" and "Abilities" slots are increased by 3; your mana calculation base is increased from 3 times divinity to 5 times. 】

【…】

Luo Xiu's eyes suddenly brightened when he saw the new reward!
The feat he obtained, "Container of the Spiritual Familiar", turned out to be a template feat with the "Special" label!

This was far beyond Luo Xiu's expectations.

This is the second template specialty that Luo Xiu has obtained after the "Intuition of Death".

Although the "Vessor of the Spirit" feat is only "Rare" level, its improvement is quite huge.

The addition of three "skills" and "skills" slots at one time made Luo Xiu's originally tight slot capacity suddenly become a lot more spacious. But this is not the most important thing. The increase in the upper limit of the "mana value" calculation base is the top priority!
Earlier, Luo Xiu had extracted the expertise of "Rock Physique" from the "senior warrior" Naif. It was also a "rare" level expertise, and its effect was to increase the upper limit of health by 1.5 times.

This time, the "Container of the Spirit" expertise that Luo Xiu obtained, in addition to increasing the slot effect, also increased the calculation base of mana to 1.67 times!
Although both are "rare" specialties, the improvement of "Vessel of the Spirit" is much greater than that of "Stone Physique". This is the power of "Template Specialty" compared to "Ordinary Specialty".

……

After obtaining the expertise "Container of the Spirit", Luo Xiu's mana limit has reached 135 points.

Combined with the expertise "Ashes of Nirvana" previously obtained from the ancient seal of "Wandering Rider" Miklos, Luo Xiu's high health and mana values ​​can already complement each other to a certain extent.

After confirming the reward for killing Starro, the "twisted-level" boss, Luo Xiu closed the task panel.

At this time, Luo Xiu's accumulated experience points have exceeded 20,000.

Luo Xiu closed his eyes and began to think and calculate some key values.

“I feel like… I’m almost reaching level 20 and unlocking the Triple Fate promotion quest.”

Luo Xiu murmured.

……

The day passed quickly.

The next morning, Anthony returned from the monastery's base in Alley 16, his eyes full of fatigue.

On this day, Luo Xiu got up very early. When he put on his priest robe, took his sickle and walked out of the room, he saw Anthony's staggering figure.

"He stayed up all night..." Luo Xiu, a veteran late-night athlete, quickly diagnosed Anthony's current condition.

"Ah, Luo Xiu, it's you."

Anthony looked up at the young priest not far away, yawned and said, "Haa... You and Colen, it's time to go to the monastery's base to guard it."

"Do you want each of you to take turns for half a day, or do you want to take turns at the same time? Just discuss it among yourselves..."

After saying this, Anthony staggered back to his room.

Luo Xiu then checked his clothes and equipment one last time, then looked around the church, but did not see Colen.

Luo Xiu simply stopped looking and went to the monastic base alone.

……

When Luo Xiu arrived at the monastery's base, he found that Colen had already arrived here and had been waiting for him for a long time.

"...Luo Xiu, you are here."

Colen nodded to the priest who had just arrived. He was half lying on the newly made mat on the ground, with a small burning bonfire beside him.

"You're here so early." Luo Xiu responded with a smile, and asked, "Where's my bunk?"

"There." Colen pointed.

Just against another wall inside the stronghold was a rolled-up soft bed filled with high-quality cotton, and next to it was a small unlit bonfire.

Luo Xiu nodded, then walked over to light the bonfire, spread out the ball, and got in.

This is one of the most basic treatments for the "Holy Judges" when they are performing guarding duties. As long as they stay conscious and "monitor" the spirits in the corpses of those extraordinary people so that they do not become disordered and run wild, they can do whatever posture is comfortable for them.

From the position where Luo Xiu and Colen slept on the floor, they could also see clearly all the corpses laid out in the "stronghold". This ensured that the "Holy Judges" on duty would not have any blind spots in their vision and could clearly sense any spiritual abnormalities inside the stronghold.

Looking at the corpses of the "Hermitage" believers in front of him, Luo Xiu forced himself to suppress the urge to create a bunch of "Undead" monsters again.

Colen and Luo Xiu covered themselves with quilts and stood guard in silence.

The two chatted for a while, and then remained silent for the whole day without sleeping.

When Pamier came to take over shifts with Colen the next day, Luo Xiu took a short nap in the base.

The guarding of the "Holy Judges" lasted for four full days.

……

The "guarding" mission ended on the morning of the fifth day.

——Connor is back.

He finally returned from "Songyuan City" with the Supreme Arbitrator.

(End of this chapter)