Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 117 How about you fight again? (5k)

Setis was a little confused.

From the very beginning, Setis chased the "two-faced puppet" to the Alchemy Institute. After suspecting that the theft of the sacred object of his master, the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", was related to the Alchemy Institute, Setis chose to retreat.

Setis also suspected that this might be a trap. The "two-faced puppet" might just be a hook to attract him, but compared to blindly looking for a needle in a haystack, this is indeed the only clue.

Setis originally thought that it didn't matter even if it was a trap, because as the "Shadow of Slaughter", even if he was really surrounded and intercepted because his whereabouts were exposed, he would have a way to evacuate easily and calmly.

As one of the strongest fighters of "Blood of Thorns" in Sina City and a transcendent with the quadruple destiny of [Red Lotus], "Shadow of Killing" Setis has full confidence in his own strength.

…It was supposed to be like this.

But what Setis didn't expect was that he had only kidnapped two [Intellectual] Fate Scholars who were not even "Superhumans", but he would actually attract the attention of the "Great Generalist"!

[Intelligence] The reaction of the Alchemy Academy was too intense, which was somewhat beyond Setis's expectations.

According to Setis's original prediction, the "Alchemy Academy" would at most send a "senior warlock" with a triple destiny of [Intelligence]. If the purpose was simply to rescue the two scholars, this combat power would already be top-notch.

As a result, the "great knower" of the Alchemy Academy actually went out in person. Why?
There was only one answer that Setis could think of in his mind.

——“Two-faced puppet”!
These warlocks from the Alchemy Academy must not know the correct way to use the "Two-Faced Doll", so the "Great Knowledgeable One" has to go out in person to get the correct way to use the "Two-Faced Doll" from the people who have "taken the bait"!

The more Setis thought about it, the more he felt that it was right, and he became more and more certain of his guess.

"How could they possibly know that the two-faced puppet is a divine object used to resist the backlash of flesh and blood..."

While speculating, Setis, the "Shadow of Slaughter", had already completed the preliminary sacrifice of the skill [Mountain of Corpses and Sea of ​​Blood·Killing the Living].

At the deepest part of the stronghold, in front of Setis were two "blood disciples" who had just died. They had their throats cut cleanly by Setis. Blood flowed out of the wounds and gathered into the small vat in front of Setis.

By sacrificing the souls and blood of extraordinary people with "double destiny" or above, one can achieve "resonance" with the corpses in the entire stronghold, use the flesh and blood of the corpses as containers, and infuse them with the gray haze spirituality of "Shadow of Killing", then dozens of Killing Corpses with terrifying combat power can be created in an instant!
This is why Setis was not in a hurry to retreat even though he knew that the Alchemy Academy had sent out the "Great Universalist".

In a sense, the deaths of "The Destroyer" Woit, and those "blood followers" and "blood slaves" are insignificant in the eyes of Setis.

Even if they die, their corpses and flesh can be used by the "Shadow of Killing" Setis. This is the cruel truth inside the "Blood of Thorns".

These "Blood of Thorns" cultists who have been marked with the "Mark of Thorns" will always be slaves who can be killed or taken away at will, unless the "Mark of Thorns" breaks on its own like Intis did.

……

——Sizzle! Snap, snap, snap!
The "Great Alchemist" Rocklan summoned a "Madness+" level puppet, the Star-Breaking Ring!
Luo Xiu looked up and saw a huge metal ring-shaped puppet floating up and down in the air just above the fortress where the "City Forging Puppet" was deployed.

The "Mad +" level puppet - "Star Shattering Ring", its surface flickers red like flames, and Luo Xiu can clearly feel the surrounding temperature gradually rising; its inner and outer ring surfaces have countless sharp spikes, and the spikes are emitting dazzling sparks like electric welding.

Luo Xiu was shocked. He knew the reputation of the "Star-Breaking Ring" in his previous life.

Almost at the same time when the "Star-Breaking Ring" was summoned to descend, Luo Xiu raised his hands and plugged his ears with his fingers.

——Sizzle! Boom!!!
The spikes of the "Star-Breaking Ring" quickly turned red, and terrifying energy gathered towards the center of the ring through the sparks emitted by the spikes. The high-density annihilation energy ball expanded rapidly and exploded when the energy reached its peak!

Everyone's vision turned pale, and the huge sound exceeded the hearing limit of most people, causing them to suffer a brief tinnitus. The ground began to shake violently, and the blood mist and haze in the air were all wiped out by this world-purifying attack.

One after another, the "Death Corpses" were turned into ashes by the Star-Breaking Ring. Except for Luo Xiu and the warlocks of the Alchemy Academy who were protected by the "Forge City" and the "Solid Shield", all objects that were not hard enough in this space were blown into pieces.

Rockland's face was tense. The annihilation attack of the "Star-Breaking Ring" could only be launched once.

After that, the "Star Shattering Ring" will fall into a "broken" state and it will take a week to recover its function.

This is Rockland's life-saving trump card.

In order to prevent the annihilation attack of the "Star-Breaking Ring" and not accidentally injure the scholars abducted by the enemy, Rocklan deliberately waited for all the "Killing Corpses" in his sight to enter the attack distance and controlled the attack range of the "Star-Breaking Ring".

Rockland waited for the scattered light and smoke to dissipate due to the annihilation attack of the "Star Crushing Ring".

……

After a short wait.

The dust settled, and in Luo Xiu's sight, there was no trace of any enemy.

Rockland opened his perception, but he did not detect any spiritual fluctuations from the Red Lotus pagans.

All the "corpses of slaughter" had been completely destroyed by the Star-Breaking Ring, and the corpses of the "Red Lotus" pagans on the ground were also blasted into pieces by this annihilation.

Luo Xiu was temporarily relieved. Although he knew that the "Shadow of Killing" would not be killed by this annihilation, at least for the time being, there was no possibility that a new "Shadow of Killing" would be born from its corpse.

Rocklan then dismantled the defensive forms of the "Forge" and "Solid Shield" puppets and led the alchemists into the depths.

The middle of the road had been cleared by the "Star-Breaking Ring" and no enemies survived. However, a dazzling light suddenly poured in from the side of the wall. Luo Xiu looked towards the light source and saw a huge hole in the wall.

The "Shadow of Slaughter" and some of the surviving "Blood Disciples" should have chosen to break through the wall and escape when they sensed the terrifying fluctuations emanating from the "Star Shattering Ring"...

Luo Xiu thought secretly, but he didn’t care about it now.

He mixed in with the team of alchemists, and continued to go deeper into the stronghold, looking for the room where the two scholars might be imprisoned.

At this time, the judgment time for [Promotion Mission: Hymn of Peace of Disaster] has passed, and Luo Xiu is ready to complete the mission at any time and truly be promoted to a transcendent being with the "Triple Destiny".

While following the alchemists from the Alchemy Academy to search the rooms one by one, Luo Xiu was secretly thinking about other things.

This time, following the "universalist" Rocklan to wipe out the pagan stronghold can be said to be the most confusing battle for Luo Xiu since he traveled through time.

He didn't make any move at all. The output of "The Universalist" Rocklan should have accounted for more than 90% of the entire battle. Luo Xiu relied on his looks and enjoyed the good life with Rocklan.

By the way, Luo Xiu also got a lot of assist experience points for free. Although it was only 20% of the basic experience and there was no cross-level reward calculation, the number of enemies killed was large, so the experience gained was quite generous.

"..." Luo Xiu suddenly understood something in a trance, and he suddenly understood the benefits of following the thigh.

Just when Luo Xiu was savoring the joy of slacking off.

"Found it!" A sorcerer from the Alchemy Academy shouted in front, and Luo Xiu looked in the direction of the voice.

In front, several warlocks were surrounding a huge birdcage.

In the birdcage, two "scholars" had their heads covered with black cloth and were shivering.

They had some scratches on their bodies, but no serious wounds. Apart from being a little frightened, there was nothing serious wrong with them.

Before the "Shadow of Slaughter" was about to torture them, he was interrupted by the sudden intrusion of the Alchemy Academy. In the end, the "Shadow of Slaughter" fled in a panic and had no time to care about these two scholars.

Luo Xiu secretly thought that from this incident on, the "Alchemy Academy" and the "Blood of Thorns" were at odds with each other.

"Shadow of Slaughter" Setis will become more and more certain that the "Two-Faced Doll" is in the hands of the Alchemist Institute, and the Alchemist Institute will officially become enemies with "Blood of Thorns" because of this incident.

For the Alchemy Academy, although no casualties were caused, this intention threatened the terrorist forces of "Fangbei". Even though the Alchemy Academy is almost entirely focused on research, it does not mean that they will allow such terrorist acts to happen.

And Rockland, the "universalist" himself, would also be certain that the incomplete pages of "Said's Notes" were in the hands of the "Blood of Thorns" cultists, and Rockland would never give up easily.

Afterwards, the "Shadow of Slaughter" will inevitably cause trouble for the Alchemy Academy again, and there will no longer be any need for Luo Xiu to provide any guidance.

……

While he was thinking, the alchemists in front had already rescued the two scholars from the cage.

The two scholars were so frightened that even when they saw their former colleagues, they were unable to quickly recover from their fear.

Several sorcerers then supported the scholar and walked out of the stronghold. Lockland searched the stronghold and found nothing related to the fragments of "Said's Notes". He was a little disappointed, but he quickly hid his disappointment.

"We have rescued our colleagues." Rockland walked in front of the group of sorcerers and said, "Let's go, let's leave this place of trouble."

……

Rocklan, Luo Xiu and other alchemists left the "Blood of Thorns" base with the rescued scholars.

The group went straight back to the square monument of the Alchemy Institute, where the warlocks comforted the two frightened scholars, while Luo Xiu followed Rocklan to the "Room of True Knowledge".

In the room of the "universalist" Rockland, Rockland sat in the main seat, and Luo Xiu sat opposite him.

This time, it was Rockland who took the initiative to invite Luo Xiu to visit his laboratory.

"...Luo Xiu." Rockland sighed, "This is such a farce."

"Yes." Luo Xiu agreed, "The cultists of Red Lotus are indeed... unpredictable."

The two chatted for a while. Rocklan didn't care about Luo Xiu who was slacking off in the battle. Rather, in the eyes of this "universalist", it was normal that Luo Xiu, who was only a second-level priest of destiny, couldn't be of much help.

Long before they entered the stronghold, Luo Xiu had already bestowed a "holy blessing" on everyone. In Rocklan's opinion, this was all the help Luo Xiu could provide.

But what Rocklan didn't know was that not using the sacred art of [Glory] in battle would allow Luo Xiu to avoid exposing his identity as a priest in front of the "Blood of Thorns", which was the real way to divert trouble.

"... Luo Xiu."

Locklan frowned and suddenly asked the priest opposite him, "You are the Holy Judge of the Church. You should be more familiar with some secret organizations of pagans than I am. Do you know which pagans in the territory of 'Sina City' are following the [Red Lotus]?"

This time, Rockland did not unfold the "spiritual net". This was not a temptation, but a sincere request from Rockland.

Luo Xiu then showed a thoughtful expression. He lowered his head and pondered for a while before raising his head and said, "Lord Rockland, if you are asking about the relatively influential secret organizations of the Red Lotus, I can probably think of four."

"The most powerful organization in Sina City should be the Beast Ancestors, but... you know, the nature of their organization is completely different from what we saw when we went deep into the base this time;"

"The second is the Torch Party. They are a group of extreme pagans who are accustomed to carrying out large-scale terrorist attacks. Most of the followers of the Torch Party hold cursed torches as weapons. They are our main targets for judgment;"

"The next is the Blood of Thorns. They are true believers of the Throne of Destruction and have mastered many blood mysteries and evil rituals of flesh and blood sacrifice.

"Finally, there are the Nirvana Nobles. They are the most low-key followers of the Red Lotus. They are focused on studying how to be reborn after death. They have never caused any major trouble, so the Holy Judges usually don't go out of their way to cause trouble for them."

"As far as I know, these are probably the main secret organizations that follow the Red Lotus in Xina City." Luo Xiu spread his hands, "The other organizations are either too small or have never made any extraordinary moves. They are not to the extent that the Holy Judge needs to be dispatched."

"..."

After listening to Luo Xiu's narration, Rockland put his hands on his forehead and fell into deep thought.

"Blood of Thorns...Noble Nirvana..." Locklan murmured. In his opinion, these two hidden organizations were the most suspicious.

"Well, Lord Rockland." Luo Xiu stood up at the right time and nodded to Rockland, saying, "I have disturbed you for too long. I should leave now."

Luo Xiu had already completed all the necessary guidance, and now all he had to do was wait for the seeds to germinate and bear abundant fruit.

Rockland was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said:

"Well, goodbye, Luo Xiu Carlos. This time, on behalf of the Alchemy Institute, I thank you for your assistance. And I will find time to report to your Holy See Church about your assistance in clearing out this stronghold."

"Thank you for your help, Lord Locklan." Luo Xiu responded politely and then quietly left Locklan's laboratory.

……

Sina City, slums.

In the "Blood of Thorns" stronghold.

Under a thick gray fog, there was a sound of heavy breathing.

"Shadow of Slaughter" Setis chose to retreat immediately when "The Universalist" Rocklan summoned the ring puppet that emitted terrifying waves.

Setis acted decisively, blasted through the wall on one side, and took the opportunity to escape with half of the "blood disciples".

Half of the "blood disciples" who were unable to react in time were annihilated by the Star-Breaking Ring, and not even a trace of them remained.

But Setis does not care about the life and death of those blood followers who only have a "double destiny".

For the "Blood of Thorns", their way of cultivating extraordinary people is not step-by-step like other destinies or organizations. They only need to find ordinary people who are suitable to be "containers" and combine them with the selected monster bodies or crystal cores to mass-produce "blood disciples".

Therefore, "Blood of Thorns" has no shortage of cannon fodder with "double destiny". Although most of the "blood disciples" are much weaker than normal double destiny transcendents, the number of blood disciples can often bring out a crushing advantage.

Setis took half of the surviving blood followers and split them up and returned to their base in the "slums", which was the area truly under his control.

At this moment, Setis had no time to care about what the controller of the "Triumph Square" stronghold would think when he found out that Setis had messed up his stronghold. Setis just walked towards a secret room in his stronghold with an indifferent expression and wiped a crystal clear magic crystal ball on a dusty table.

Setis infused his spirituality into it, and after a long time, the appearance of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" appeared on the "Magic Crystal Ball".

"Lord..."

Setis' attitude turned into humility and fear. He said respectfully to the Lord of Blood Sacrifice:

"I found it. I found where the 'two-faced doll' is..."

"It's in Sina City, in the monument of the [Intelligence] Alchemy Institute..."

"..."

……

Sina City, Triumph Square.

Whitebuck Lodge.

Luo Zheng was sitting on the bed, in front of him was a task panel with floating light and shadows.

[Promotion Mission: Hymn of the Peace of Disaster (Hard Difficulty)] has been changed to the "Completed" status.

Luo Xiu finally confirmed the "Silver Key" in his hand. After making sure it was safe, he clicked the "Finish" option.

Here, he will officially start the promotion to the "Triple Destiny" of [Glory]!

[Completed the promotion task: Praise of the End of Disaster (Dangerous Difficulty)]

[You have managed to hold out for more than five minutes under the fierce attack of the "Quadruple Fate" powerful enemy, "Shadow of Slaughter" Setis. You have proven that you do have the potential to go further.]

[The task is being settled...]

[Completion rewards: Basic experience +10300, skill slots +3, skill slots +3, free attribute points +10]

【…】

As the reward settlement page popped up, the environment around Luo Xiu gradually fell into emptiness and darkness.

……

Ross Durant has once again come to the "Spiritual Sea" full of magnificence and mystery.

5k big chapter, there will be more in the evening, I will have a meal =w=
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