Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 152 Holy Flame and Nightmare

"Cough...cough..."

Inside the deep pit, Bishop Zuling's robe was riddled with holes, revealing horrific wounds from which blood was gushing.

Bishop Zuling was already covered in wounds. His face was pale and he coughed violently a few times. He felt as if his internal organs were broken and severe pain was constantly rising into his mind.

"what happened……"

Bishop Zuling struggled to stand up, still tightly holding the ancient staff in his hand. The staff was emitting wisps of faint green light.

Before, if the Ancestral Spirit Bishop had not taken back the wandering spirits in time and allowed them to withstand most of the impact, he would have been on the verge of death.

But even so, Bishop Zuling was also severely injured and was much weaker than when he first invaded the Sina City Church.

At this moment, the biggest doubt in Bishop Zuling's mind lingered in his mind for a long time and could not be dispelled -

"Fabion! What on earth did he do!?"

The strange golden eyes that opened above his head, the two giant guardian knight statues that exuded terrifying spirituality, and the last few holy flames that Fabian shot at him...

Bishop Zuling only felt that the intensity of the attack he received from the "Holy Light" was far beyond his expectations!

——Boom, boom, boom…

While Bishop Zuling was still pondering and brooding over the answer to this question.

The two giant guardian knight statues awakened by Fabion, emitting terrifying spiritual auras, were moving towards the direction of the Ancestral Bishop with extremely heavy steps.

These two colossal statues of guardian knights were also unexpected products of the Ancestral Bishop.

Just during the "Holy War" a hundred years ago, Bishop Zuling still clearly remembered that the Sina City Church did not have such a weapon of war!
Seeing the two knight statues rapidly approaching his position, Bishop Zuling struggled to stand up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and then raised his staff high to chant again:
"——O soul that has no chance of being born, I will give you a warm bed and I will be your swaddling clothes!"

"..."

At the side of the Ancestral Spirit Bishop, countless illusory figures soon emerged from mid-air. The newly born "spirits" roared and flew around the Ancestral Spirit Bishop.

In the ignorant intuition of these wandering spirits, the "Ancestral Bishop" is equivalent to their "father".

At the same time as the Ancestral Bishop summoned new wandering spirits, the two knight statues had already rushed to a very close position to him.

——Bang! The heavy axe fell again. But this time, Bishop Zuling did not appear in the pit created by the axe.

Not far away on the other side, the air suddenly vibrated unnaturally, and wrinkles piled up layer by layer, and the Ancestral Bishop slowly appeared.

However, the Bishop Zuling at this time was very different from before.

The left half of the body of the Ancestral Spirit Bishop has turned into a translucent spiritual body, and the wandering spirits he summoned before have all been absorbed into the body of the Ancestral Spirit Bishop and become part of that half of the spiritual body.

——The incarnation of the gods! This is exactly the biggest trump card of the Zuling Bishop!

The Ancestral Spirit Bishop is a saint who is proficient in the secret art of the "spirit". When a [Lost] believer like him reaches his current level of "Fifth Destiny", he no longer has too many concerns about the differences between species.

The current ancestral bishop is a special existence between "human" and "god"!

"Fabian... I didn't expect..."

Bishop Zuling's eyes became more profound, and the expression on his face changed from the original playfulness to a hint of cruelty.

"I didn't expect you could make me do this..."

The spiritualized half of the Ancestral Bishop's body suddenly ignited with dark green flames, and he gently waved the dark green staff in his right hand. Countless resentful souls and wandering spirits instantly condensed in the air, and they rushed towards Fabion with a roar!
……

Behind the shelter, Luo Xiu witnessed the entire process of the spiritualization of the ancestral bishop.

"He really used this trick..." Luo Xiu murmured.

In Luo Xiu's memories of his previous life, he knew deeply how terrifying the "incarnation of God" was.

The current Ancestral Bishop is equivalent to an immortal old monster.

The Ancestral Bishop will gain a lot of physical and attribute damage resistance. Ordinary physical or magical means can no longer really kill him. Only the two special attributes of "Holy Light" and "Dark Eclipse" can cause effective damage to him.

In addition, the Ancestral Bishop will also gain nearly unlimited mana, allowing him to cast ordinary spells or summon wandering spirits without worrying about spiritual depletion.

However, the reason why Bishop Zuling was reluctant to play this trump card was that he had his concerns.

——Because the ritual of "incarnation of the gods" is actually incomplete!
At this moment, the Zuling Bishop's body was not just his own soul. The Zuling Bishop shared this body with countless "wandering souls"!
The Ancestral Spirit Bishop cannot suppress these wandering spirits by blood like the "Ancestral Spirit King". All he can do is to keep these wandering spirits like pets in his specially made cages.

It is for this reason that in order to integrate all of these "wandering spirits" into his own body and become a new force, the Ancestral Spirit Bishop must devote a considerable portion of his energy to suppressing these wandering spirits who are ready to move and are always thinking about taking the initiative in the body!
"..."

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face.

This is a secret that only Luo Xiu and the Zuling Bishop himself know. At this time when the "players" have not yet arrived, no third person knows about this weakness of the Zuling Bishop!
Bishop Zuling was determined that Fabien could not possibly attack him spiritually - because he really did not have the corresponding means, so he dared to use the "incarnation of the god" blatantly!
But Luo Xiu is different, he is the most proficient expert in this field.

In other words, what his Er Gouzi is best at is torturing people on the "mental" level!

……

The other side of the battlefield.

When Bishop Fabion witnessed the changes in Bishop Zuling, an expression of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

"What is that..." Fabion murmured, "It looks like a spirit, but purer and closer to the origin..."

While thinking, Fabien did not forget to command the guardian knight colossus to continue suppressing the ancestral bishop.

Previously, the "Guardian Knight Colossus" had succeeded in a stealth attack. It was an indisputable fact that no matter how the Ancestral Bishop changed his form, he had suffered quite serious damage.

Well, as long as Bishop Zuling is busy dealing with the two guardian knight statues and Fabien's own pursuit and blockade of him, the balance of victory will sooner or later tilt towards the church.

As Fabion was thinking this, he saw the Ancestral Bishop summoning wandering spirits to attack him again, so he also raised his scepter and quickly completed the prayer of the holy spell to fight back.

Countless holy flame balls emerged from the air and shot towards the group of wandering spirits.

—Boom! —Boom! —Boom!

In the center of where Fabion and the Ancestral Bishop were, dark green and golden light continued to bloom, forming clusters of light mist that emitted terrifying spiritual shocks.

However, the moment those "wandering ghosts" were burned by the holy flame, they did not dissipate silently like before, but instead expanded violently in the instant before dissipating, followed by a secondary explosion!
The dark green light balls exploded again and again, and this strange deep light even carried some kind of corrosive power, which made the holy flame light balls and the sacred and dazzling golden flames that it touched suddenly become dim.

A moment later, hundreds of resentful souls completely dispersed the first wave of holy flames cast by Fabion, and continued to rush towards Fabion with a roar.

"Bishop Zuling...Sandos strengthened the wandering spirit?"

Fabion quickly analyzed the situation in his mind, then he raised his left hand, with the sacred mark on the back of his hand glowing.

In the distance, the "two-winged angel" Herag, who was fighting fiercely with the "King of Ancestral Spirits", disappeared again, leaving the "King of Ancestral Spirits" standing there in a daze.

The figure of the angel Hellagur appeared in front of Fabion the next moment. He raised the golden sword in his hand high, and the sacred golden light burst out from the blade, and then the sword chopped down heavily!
——Swish! The golden sword wave, which was emitting a terrifying spiritual surge, completely wiped out the wandering spirits that were whistling towards him, and Fabian's vision returned to peace again.

The next moment, Fabian heard the angry roar of a wild beast.

“——Roar!!!” “The King of Ancestral Spirits” Malvus roared and rushed over, entangled with the “Two-Winged Angel” Herag again, and wanted to pull Him without saying anything to continue fighting on the edge of the “Lightless Cage”.

As the two "gods" fought further and further away, Fabian turned around and saw the look of disdain on the face of the "Ancestral Bishop".

"——Fabion, I told you. It was a battle between gods."

"Even if you can keep calling back your angels, how long can you hold on?"

"..."

Fabian was silent, and he replaced his answer with a new round of Holy Flame Light Curtain.

The dazzling golden light flashed, and rows of holy flames flew towards the direction of the Ancestral Bishop. The two giant statues of guardian knights also raised the giant swords and axes in their hands and ran towards the direction of the Ancestral Bishop.

The dark green flame burning on the outline of the spiritual body on the left side of the Ancestral Bishop suddenly rose a little higher.

In the palm of his translucent left hand, which was glowing with deep green light, a small ball emitting dark green mist quickly condensed.

The dark green ball continued to expand, and a terrifying spiritual surge emanated from it, soon reaching a certain critical point.

--boom! ! !

The Ancestral Bishop continued to infuse spirituality into the small ball, and the small ball suddenly exploded the next moment, sweeping up the countless holy flames that were attacking him, as well as the two approaching giant statues of guardian knights.

A certain dark green spirituality containing terrifying energy visible to the naked eye continued to dissipate and overflow in the air, forming a layer of light like thick fog.

This is an indiscriminate attack by the "Spirit of Corrosion"! The Ancestral Bishop regards all energy bodies within a certain range, including himself, as his attack targets!

However, the ancestral bishop who had undergone the "divine incarnation" was naturally immune to this power. However, those holy flames were completely swallowed up, and the annihilation power contained in them disappeared in an instant.

The two "Guardian Knight Statues" also suffered a considerable impact.

The paladin armor on their bodies, which originally shone with golden patterns, was now stained with a dark green. The dark green kept jumping in the golden patterns and soon spread to half of the body of the knight colossus.

It was visible to the naked eye that the half of the Knight Colossus' body that was invaded by the "dark green" seemed to have become much more difficult to move. The spiritual conduction that originally supported the operation of their huge bodies had been blocked by the strange creature.

When the Ancestral Spirit Bishop launched this attack, the dark green light flowing in the left half of his body suddenly became much dimmer, and the number of wandering spirits sealed in it was also reduced by more than half at once.

This move consumed a considerable amount of energy from the Ancestral Bishop, which made his face turn a little pale.

……

"…You've almost reached your limit, Sandos."

When the battle reached this point, Fabian finally took the initiative to speak the first words.

However, although the Ancestral Bishop was on the verge of his limit, Fabion was also shaky at this time. He was overloaded in the battle and could fall down at any time.

Fabian looked towards the Ancestral Bishop, towards the golden eye that opened above his head.

"I don't know who that is..." Fabien shook his head.

Although Bishop Fabion did not know what it was, from the moment the ancient phantom hall and the golden eye appeared, Bishop Zuling seemed to have been weakened by a large part of his power by some existence.

This gave Fabion some breathing room, allowing him to use special advantages such as the Knight Colossus to crush the Ancestral Bishop into such a situation.

But... Fabien also understood that not only was the Ancestral Bishop on the verge of his limit, but Fabien himself was also almost at the end of his rope.

"Maybe... maybe I can still use my power for the last time and cast the last two fifth-level sacred arts..."

Fabian was thinking in his heart, and at the same time he raised his scepter, ready for the final fight with the Ancestral Bishop.

However, just as Fabion raised the scepter.

He suddenly caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye and saw a ball of golden flame suddenly burst out from the angle and headed straight towards the direction of the Ancestral Bishop!
"What is that...?" Fabian was surprised, and his attention was immediately attracted by the flame.

Fabien quickly saw that it was a wolf-shaped quadruped burning with holy flames. It moved very quickly and soon ran to the side of the ancestral bishop.

It exuded a familiar scent, allowing Fabien to quickly identify its owner.

——Holy beast!
——That is a sacred beast!
——Moreover, it is a holy beast of the “Spiritual Glory” rank!

"What's going on...who is that..." Fabian fell into thought.

Suddenly, something that Priest Leonard had told him before came to Fabion's mind.

It was about a newly promoted Holy Inquisitor, a genius priest who advanced to the "Triple Destiny" and was promoted to "Holy Inquisitor" in just one month.

The priest named "Roshu Carlos" seems to be the "Son of Glory".

And the "holy beast" that favors him and establishes a sacred contract with him seems to be in the form of a wolf!
"Could it be... Could it be him...?" Fabion's thoughts raced, and his eyes closely followed the actions of the wolf-shaped sacred beast.

All this happened in an instant. At this time, Fabion had not yet finished chanting a new round of holy arts, and the Ancestral Bishop urgently needed to recover and did not summon any new wandering spirits.

This was exactly the time when the Ancestral Bishop was at his weakest, and the appearance of the Holy Flame Wolf completely disrupted his pace.

Fenrir, the "Wolf of Holy Flame", quickly rushed to the front of the Ancestral Bishop. Before the Ancestral Bishop could react, the golden holy flame burning on his body suddenly dissipated in the blind spot that Fabion could not see, and was replaced by a deep purple flame that exuded a weird and ominous aura.

"…What is this!" Bishop Zuling was horrified. The staff in his hand emitted a deep light in an attempt to stop the intrusive demon wolf.

However, Fenrir had already pounced on the face of the Ancestral Bishop, and the next moment, it turned into a nightmare and invaded the depths of the Ancestral Bishop's soul.

“Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

Bishop Zuling suddenly had a splitting headache. He covered his head with both hands, his expression became extremely ferocious, and he let out a painful roar.

The "nightmare" struck without warning, causing the spirit of the Ancestral Bishop to experience an extremely violent shock. An ominous black mist suddenly filled the left half of his spiritual body, and the spiritual half of his body also showed a tendency to erode towards the right half.

Bishop Zuling had never thought that he would face such a crisis.

That is not a sacred art that "Fire Bishop" Fabian can use...

That's definitely not even the holy art of [Glory]!

"Did the Holy See gain new power? Or did the old party of the Worldly Faction revive? Did the remnants of Alfonso make some new attempt...?"

Bishop Zuling, who was experiencing it firsthand, kept guessing at the possible answers in his mind.

But he couldn't tell anyone and could only endure the pain silently.

Otherwise, the wandering spirits sealed in his body would attack him in an instant and take away his control over his body.

If you lose control of your body, you will become a monster, a complete monster.

"..."

In a trance, Bishop Zuling seemed to have glimpsed his own end that would come prematurely.

(End of this chapter)