Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 173 Hunting Black Fang (6k4)

About half an hour later, the law enforcer walked out of the gate of the "Case Treasure House" again.

"All the items listed in the secret notes have been sorted out."

The law enforcer said to Luo Xiu, "According to Lord Randall's instructions, you can select and take some away by yourself, and the rest will be escorted to the Sina City Church by our soldiers."

"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work."

The law enforcer turned sideways and made a "please" gesture to Luo Xiu, then walked in front and led Luo Xiu into the "Treasure House of Rings".

Stepping over the threshold of the ochre-red gate, Luo Xiu entered the "Cunjie Treasure House".

All the sorted materials were displayed on the ground of the treasury courtyard according to their categories, and the entrances to each storage area were sealed with barriers. As an "outsider", Luo Xiu could not pass freely.

He stopped looking around and walked to the sorted supplies, selecting those that he wanted to take with him.

——3 pieces of "Master" quality extraordinary equipment, 5 third and fourth level spiritual crystals, 20 bottles of high-level potions and 100 platinum coins... After selecting these, Luo Xiu stored them all in the bracelet and said to the law enforcer standing beside him:
"Okay, please send someone to deliver the remaining parts to Sina City."

"Do you have any blank paper? I want to write a statement to the church."

"..."

"Yes." The law enforcement officer nodded and said, "Please wait a moment."

After saying this, the law enforcer retreated to the other side of the storage warehouse, his figure disappearing into the barrier.

After waiting for a moment, his figure reappeared, holding two pages of blank gold-colored paper and an ink pen decorated with gold in his hands.

Luo Xiu took the pen, wrote down a rough explanation, and then handed them all back to the law enforcer, saying, "Send it with the attached letter. Our bishop and priest will understand what I mean."

"Okay." The law enforcement officer nodded, "We will carry out the execution."

……

Luo Xiu felt very happy when he left the treasure house of the ring storage with the carefully selected "subsidy".

New equipment, spiritual crystals and potions...this instantly gave Luo Xiu a lot more props to use in battle, giving him a full sense of security.

It was already afternoon, so Luo Xiu turned into an empty alley and "used up" the third- and fourth-order spiritual crystals, increasing his "skills" and "skills" slots by +10 respectively, making them more abundant.

At the same time, Luo Xiu replaced his equipment again.

The "Mysterious Rune Armband" that he had been equipped with for a long time was replaced with the "Giant Wristband", which was a "master" quality wristband made by a craftsman of the "Giant Tribe". It could greatly increase the "strength" attribute and physical damage bonus, and provide a large amount of damage reduction.

At the same time, Luo Xiu equipped himself with the "Wolf Knight Leg Armor", which is one of the master-quality equipment favored by the supreme "Throne Knight Candidates". It can greatly increase agility and greatly improve the efficiency of skill release.

However, although they all belong to "Master" quality equipment, there is still a big gap between them and the equipment of the same quality forged by the dwarf Mir himself - under the professional bonus of the Dwarf Master Craftsman and the "Rune Forger", the equipment of the same quality forged by Mir will be much stronger than others and more cost-effective.

This is also one of the reasons why Luo Xiu likes to ask Mil to customize it, and generally does not go to the official super market to buy super equipment or props.

——But getting something for free is justice! When Luo Xiu equipped himself with these "master" quality equipment, he still felt a sense of satisfaction.

There is one piece of "Master" quality equipment left, which is a dagger-type weapon. Luo Xiu plans to leave it to Index, and by the way, pass on the "Mysterious Rune Bracelet" to his "follower".

……

After quickly completing the absorption of the spiritual crystal and the replacement of equipment, Luo Xiu took out the "Silver Sundial Compass" and began to observe the movement of the sundial needle on the disk.

It was now afternoon, and it was too early to return to the Wolf Hunting Tavern, so Luo Xiu decided to do something.

——The first official contact with the "Black Fangs" of the executioners!
From the reaction of the silver compass, Luo Xiu knew that the group of "Black Fangs" had just arrived in Songyuan City. Before they could gain a firm foothold, he would quickly launch the first wave of sweeps against them, which would bring the greatest benefits!
Those "Black Fangs" would never have imagined that the target they originally regarded as "prey" might actually have the possibility of "hunting" them in turn!

When thinking of this, Luo Xiu smiled. He gently touched the corners of his slightly raised mouth with his fingers, walked deeper into the alley, and his back disappeared around the corner.

……

Songyuan City, Iron Cross Street.

Guildford Lane.

This is one of the earliest alleys in Songyuan City. Although the floor decorations on both sides of the alley have faded and decayed, some silhouettes of past history can still be seen from them.

It is said that this alley was named after Guilford, a wealthy businessman from the "Golden Country", who bought permanent land use rights in this neighborhood and built a luxurious manor house on it.

This big businessman of the older generation had the unique vision to discover the color value of "Guilford Lane" and turned it into a street with unique style. This originally remote alley became a "red-light street" that attracted many wealthy businessmen, nobles and officials, and became famous for a time.

However, with the promulgation of the new imperial decree, the color industry was closed down and banned on a large scale, and the industry in Guildford Lane quickly declined.

Guilford himself was regarded as the "culprit" of betrayal by some color industry businessmen whose interests were damaged by the new order. One day, Guilford was found dead in his mansion with unknown cause.

But everyone involved knew that Guilford had been murdered. Officials speculated that it was a murder commissioned by damaged businessmen, and they eventually closed the case by executing a sex industry businessman.

It is said that since then, Guilford's mansion has become a "haunted house". Citizens nearby often hear inexplicable howling, but every time the garrison officers come to check, they can't find any clues.

Because Guilford Lane had lost its value, the manpower and material resources required to revamp this remote neighborhood were too great, there were no middle-class civilians living nearby, and no one had actually been harmed by the "haunted house", so the garrison officers of Songyuan City gradually gave up on completely solving the problem of the "haunted house" and instead allowed it to continue to exist.

Guilford had no children, and his family members lived far away in the Golden Kingdom. Although the Songyuan City Government Office did not take back his land deeds, his manor house quickly fell into disrepair due to years of lack of care, and now it has become a ruin and a dead building.

……

At this time, deep in Guildford Lane.

Four shadows were lurking in the long-ruined manor.

No one knows that this is actually one of the hiding places of the "Black Fangs"!

The four Black Fangs who are hiding here now have only one purpose in sneaking in and temporarily stationed here.

Find and kill the "priest", and get the remaining pages of a notebook from him!

"I really don't know why Lord Koros cares so much about this matter..."

A deep and hoarse voice came from the black fog cloak.

"…'Mist Demon'."

Beside Black Fang, codenamed “Mist Demon”, a scarred man with completely white pupils said sinisterly, “This is not something you should consider. I just want to kill him quickly and then go back.”

"...That's right. You're right, Razor." The Mist Demon smiled and said, "But, asking the four of us to go out with Black Fangs, no matter what, I always feel... it's a bit too exaggerated."

"You are new to us, mist demon. That is not an exaggeration."

Razor's eyes rolled, and the scar on his face was bleeding, looking extremely scary. He said in a cold tone:
"Me, Gargoyle, and Viper, we've all been through this before."

"The fact that more than four 'Black Fangs' have been dispatched in succession shows that Lord Koros thinks the situation is serious. But he has not yet dispatched the 'Fang Head', which means that it is not serious enough for Lord Koros to take targeted measures..."

"..."

"Tsk, you know so much." "Mist Demon" smacked his lips.

Opposite "Mist Demon" and "Razor", the other two Black Fangs remained silent and did not join their conversation.

Suddenly, the "gargoyle"'s body moved, and he quickly reached into his black robe and took out a compass shining with silver light.

"...The target moved, very quickly." The gargoyle spoke, his voice was extremely low, accompanied by the sound of bubbles bursting, as if the person speaking was not a living person, but a corpse.

"The target has moved?" Razor and Mist Demon looked over at the same time, surprise flashing in their eyes.

Suddenly, a "buzzing" sound came from the silver sundial compass in the gargoyle's hand. The compass began to vibrate violently, and the temperature of the surface began to rise rapidly.

"He's getting closer!" the gargoyle shouted in surprise, and his voice suddenly rose several degrees.

However, just as the Black Fangs were pondering the strange behavior of the "target", the gargoyle saw that the "silver sundial compass" in his hand, the sundial needle condensed with mercury in the plate, suddenly exploded the next moment, and the silver liquid was deposited in the groove, and all movement stopped.

The spiritual power attached to the mercury was ineffective! They had completely lost track of their target! When the scene suddenly happened before their eyes, the gargoyle, razor and fog demon were all stunned at the same time.

Hiss, hiss... A real poisonous snake came out from the cloak of the "Viper". It spit out red letters at the black teeth around it, and its vertical pupils, which symbolized its cold-bloodedness, gradually changed from bright gold to deep red!
"Ero is telling me about the danger..."

Viper made a sharp but unobtrusive voice and said to the surrounding Black Fangs, "I have a guess. The target may be..."

——Bang!!!
Before Viper could finish his words, all the Black Fangs were blinded by the dazzling white light. Then, they heard the sound of glass breaking.

The dusty colored decorative glass on the outer wall of the manor house was shattered in an instant by the lightning. The broken glass flew everywhere and scratched shallow scars on the bodies of the Black Fangs in the house.

“…coming towards us.”

Feeling his vision gradually returning, Viper finally uttered the second half of the sentence in full.

However, the moment his vision recovered, he saw a horrifying sight - the hood of the cloak of the "Gargoyle", the leader of their "Black Fang" team, had been torn, and his head had disappeared, leaving only the severed neck, which was gushing blood!

As the "Viper" looked terrified, he saw the culprit who killed the "Gargoyle".

A figure wrapped in a pitch-black cloak and wearing a puppet mask with black patterns suddenly appeared in front of the "Black Fangs" without anyone knowing when!

The uninvited guest held a scarlet scythe in his right hand, with bloodstains still on the blade. That was the blood of the "gargoyle"!

In his left hand he was holding a gorgeous green staff. The "Viper" could sense that there was a very terrifying aura hidden in the staff. If he was even slightly touched by the staff, he might die from the poison!
Black Fang, who was associated with poison and was codenamed "Viper", had a rare look of fear on his dark purple face corroded by the poison.

……

“…Huh. You actually hid it in a place like this.”

Under the black-patterned puppet mask, Luo Xiu joked softly.

He used the "Thunder of Judgment" to break the glass wall of the mansion, and then used the shared ability of the "Nightmare Wolf" to quickly move through the shadows and arrived at the center of the Black Fangs just before their deprived vision was restored.

"Gargoyle" was the leader of the Black Fang team this time. He happened to take out his "Silver Sundial Compass" for observation, which made Luo Xiu lock on him as his first target of attack.

Starting with the "Hand of Judgement", Luo Xiu's right hand began to burn with holy flames. At the same time, the "Demon-Destroying Flame" of the "Ancient Heritage" was activated, and the Moon-Cutting Scythe in his right hand suddenly emitted a terrifying scarlet flame!

Afterwards, when all the "Black Fangs" lost their ability to move, Luo Xiu transformed the sickle in his hand into the "decapitation" form of the Red Moon. The power of his sickle's slash was so great that it instantly separated the head and body of the "Gargoyle"!
The first Black Fang was beheaded, and the silver sundial compass in his hand rolled to the ground along with his head. Blood and turbid liquid smeared a bloody and horrible pattern on the ground.

When they saw the "Gargoyle" being attacked and killed, the "Viper" who was closest to him was stunned by fear, while the "Mist Demon" and "Razor" were the first to react. They immediately used their spiritual powers to attack towards Luo Xiu!
The fog monster turned into black mist, and the interior of the mansion was suddenly filled with darkness. The scars on Razor's body suddenly burst open, and the blood gushed out and gathered in his left hand, forming a scarlet sharp knife.

Boom boom, a thunderous sound came from the thick fog filled with fog monsters. Luo Xiu suddenly felt a wave of mental turmoil, but the absolute advantage of the spiritual level allowed him to quickly return to a clear state of mind.

At the same time, Luo Xiu raised his hand, and a burst of brilliant golden light floated, quickly dispersing the thick fog of the fog monster.

——“Burning Feather Raven” Foggy Night! It burned with golden holy flames and flew towards every corner of the room where black fog was swirling.

"Ugh, ahhhhh!" A wailing sound came from the corner. It was the painful howl made by the Mist Demon when his body was burned by the holy flame.

Luo Xiu was no longer paying attention to the movements of the fog monster. He glanced at Black Fang, codenamed "Razor".

In Razor's hand, the strange long sword with flowing scarlet color had already taken shape. A ferocious smile appeared on his face, and his pupils turned bloodthirsty scarlet at the same time. He slashed towards Luo Xiu with the sword.

A blood curtain flowed out from the blade, and Razor suddenly jumped up. The sharp knife in his hand drew a string of blood flowers, and those blood curtains approached Luo Xiu's position at the same time.

"…Are you a 'bloodthirster'?"

Luo Xiu looked at Razor and said with some surprise.

That is the forbidden spell of "Blood Eater", which can only be controlled by the "Bloodthirsty" with the destiny of [Red Lotus], and only non-human races can become "Bloodthirsty".

In other words, the "Black Fang" in front of him with completely white pupils and scars on his face is actually not a human, at least not a pure-blooded human race... Is the standard for selecting "Black Fang" in the Black Principality so broad? While thinking, Luo Xiu cast the next holy spell on "Razor".

——"The Temple of Imprisonment of Evil"!
"Razor" was still leaping in the air when suddenly a golden ring appeared under his feet. Countless thin lines emerged from the ring and tightly bound his ankles.

The next moment, an illusory golden spear rushed out from the ring and completely pierced "Razor" from the back to the chest!
The sudden change occurred, but "Razor" did not feel the pain of being injured, and a wild laugh appeared on his face, "Is that all! Only..."

"Razor" had just slashed out all the blood curtains, waiting for those blood curtains to be slashed towards the enemy in front of him with his final slash.

However, Razor failed to make that final cut. When he was about to swing his arm, he found that he could not move!
In an instant, the wild smile on Razor's face turned into horror. He struggled to wave his arms, but failed twice and three times.

Luo Xiu's sickle flashed, and the "blood curtain" that the sickle blade touched was shattered in an instant, turning into mottled spirituality and then dissipated.

As Razor looked horrified, Luo Xiu slowly hooked the sickle around his neck.

“Isaac is right.”

Luo Xiu said in a cold tone, "You are indeed insects."

——Wow!

The scarlet sickle blade suddenly chopped down, and the neck of "Razor" was instantly empty, and the head rolled down, with blood gushing out.

The headless body of "Razor" gradually fell limp and lost all life.

After killing the second Black Fang, Luo Xiu turned his gaze and looked at every corner of the room.

The black fog spread by the "Fog Monster" had now been completely extinguished by the holy flame burned by the "Burning Feather Raven". There was still a faint wailing sound coming from the corner, but the sound was very low.

Luo Xiu raised his hand, and a ball of light containing the power of annihilation appeared in his palm, and he threw it towards the source of the sound.

——Sizzle... A burning sound was heard, and the wailing sound from the "Fog Monster" disappeared immediately. The last trace of black fog also completely disappeared, and a skinny, dry, charred corpse appeared on the ground.

The "Burning Feather Raven" Wu Ye summoned back all the fire feathers that filled the entire room. It flapped its wings and flew up, landing back on Luo Xiu's shoulder.

Luo Xiu killed three of the four Black Fangs in an instant. The remaining Black Fang, code-named Viper, hid while Luo Xiu was entangled by the Mist Demon and Razor.

However, the "Viper" is not really hiding.

——Swish! There were bursts of breaking sounds in the air, and right behind Luo Xiu, a dagger with a strange dark green fang suddenly attacked him!
"Viper" had a crazy look on his face. He held the poisonous dagger in both hands, waiting to make the sure-fire attack.

The dagger was getting closer and closer to the enemy's waist and abdomen. The corners of "Viper"'s mouth began to rise, and he unconsciously imagined in his mind that the enemy's vitals were severely damaged and he fell in a pool of blood, allowing him to slaughter him.

"The Viper" is very confident. The dagger in his hand is tempered with the venom of his natal snake "Ero". Its toxicity is enough to kill a transcendent with a second destiny instantly. Even a transcendent with a third or fourth destiny, if completely pierced by his dagger, will suffer from the erosion of the poison and be seriously injured, losing the ability to move within a short period of time!
However, the fantasy of "Viper" did not come true. The tip of the dagger did touch the mysterious enemy in front of it. However, the place where it stabbed caused layer upon layer of spiritual ripples, and did not convey the actual feeling of piercing.

The pupils of "Viper" constricted, but it did not give up.

This is just the damage of piercing being offset by "spiritualization"! Many extraordinary people have similar means of immunity to damage! "Venomous Snake" thought so, and at the same time he stimulated all his spirituality and poured it into the green dagger in his hand.

At the same time, his natal snake "Ero" quickly jumped out from his cloak and drilled into the "dagger", making the dark green color emanating from the dagger appear deeper and more weird.

That dagger was also the container of the venomous snake "Ero"! A rampant smile appeared on the face of the "venomous snake", and an extremely strong poison emanated from the dagger in his hand.

However, in the next moment.

The "Viper" saw with his own eyes that the "venom" formed by the spirits and "Ero" did enter the enemy's body, but was quickly dissipated by an unknown force.

All the "venom" became ineffective, which made the madness and ferocity on the "Viper"'s face quickly disappear and turned into despair.

"Why...why!" "Viper" roared angrily, and the enemy in front of him finally turned around.

——Swish! A deep red light flashed, and both hands of the "Viper" were cut off at once. Half of the arm fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and stopped at the feet of the "Viper".

"Viper" looked at everything happening in front of him in shock. He didn't understand and couldn't accept the scene before his eyes.

He failed, but he didn't understand why he failed until the intense pain of his arm being cut off surged into his brain. Only then did he clearly realize the true despair of his situation.

"Ugh, ugh, ahhhh!" "Viper" roared in pain. He fell to his knees on the ground in front of his two broken arms, his eyes filled with fear and despair.

"Do you know why I kept you until the end?"

A cold, emotionless voice came from beneath the enemy's mask.

"Viper" looked up in astonishment, but saw that his enemy did not give him the final blow, but turned around and walked slowly towards the door of the room.

Why did you keep me until the end... This question began to repeat in Viper's mind.

He soon got the answer.

The mysterious enemy had walked to the door, raised his arm, and gently turned the handle.

"Only you, hehe... Only you, it's impossible for you to hurt me..."

He left this last sentence, then opened the door and walked out alone.

What does that mean? Viper was confused.

But... he just let me go like that? Just like that...

A lucky thought emerged in Viper's mind, and he was just about to feel lucky for having escaped death.

Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the ears of "Viper", and countless tiny, terrifying and strange waves appeared in front of his eyes at the same time.

—Demon spiders! Colorful demon spiders! All colorful demon spiders!
At this point, the "Viper" could no longer suppress the fear in his heart. He began to struggle violently, trying to escape from this visible hell.

However, the demon spiders' frenzy was faster than his movements.

They quickly climbed onto the body of the "venomous snake", and their sharp teeth began to bite his flesh frantically, injecting a large amount of fierce poison into his body.

“Ah…ah…ah…” “Viper” was soon overwhelmed by pain. His wailing gradually weakened, and finally completely disappeared.

(End of this chapter)