Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 243 The Creeping Abyss (5k)

When Luo Xiu was riding on the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus and rushing up the high slope where the "rock"-like spirituality was, he suddenly heard a loud explosion in his ears.

At the same time, he caught a glimpse of flames rising into the sky from the corner of his eye, and his "spiritual" perception also detected an ominous, distorted aura.

What happened... Luo Xiu frowned, and had a bad feeling in his heart.

At this time, he was riding on the "Golden Pegasus" and hovering in the air, staying at the same spiritual level as the "rock".

At the same time as the explosion sounded, the spirit of the "rock" suddenly moved, and a tall, majestic figure slowly appeared from Luo Xiu's sight.

"The Executioner" Afatak walked out from behind a real huge rock. With a braided face and a pair of bear-like eyes, he was staring in the direction of Luo Xiu.

"You are finally here... the 'High Priest' of the Red Maple City Church, Ross Carlos."

Afatak made a low and rough voice and greeted Luo Xiu:
"I knew that someone would come here first. It could be the Grand Inquisitor of the Border Court, or it could be you from the Church. You must be thinking that beheading me will solve all problems, haha... I knew it all along."

His emotions were stable, and Luo Xiu did not seem to detect any "anger" in his words. On the contrary, he showed considerable calmness and composure, as if he had already secured victory.

"You knew this a long time ago?" Luo Xiu stroked Pegasus's holy flame mane and said with a playful look, "You mean, this was your 'plan' from the beginning?"

"Haha, of course. The high priest of the church."

Afatak smiled, and slowly took out a heavy mallet wrapped with a lot of cloth from behind. He looked straight at Luo Xiu with his bear-like eyes and said:

"You should have heard the explosion coming from the west."

"Haha... guess what happened? You'll never guess - I let Klauer release the taboo, the real taboo!"

"He has opened the cage - the cage we accidentally discovered, which contained a monster that was born only to 'devour'!"

"The flames over there are proof! Haha! None of you have discovered, and no one has thought, that something like this is buried under the ground in that forest!"

The more Afatak spoke, the more excited and enthusiastic his expression became. The calmness and serenity he had shown before were gone, and all that was left was extreme joy.

A monster born to devour... is underneath that forest? Listening to Afatak's words, Luo Xiu felt an inexplicable palpitation.

He was in mid-air, and Afatak, as a giant warrior of [Ku Tu], could not attack him, let alone restrict his movements. Luo Xiu immediately ordered the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus to turn around and gallop towards the sea of ​​fire.

——Although he still had many doubts in his heart, Luo Xiu temporarily changed his current top priority.

Now that the "Executioner" Afatak has appeared, the "Raven" mist shadow that Luo Xiu had already deployed around the battlefield will also closely track Afatak's real-time location to prevent him from escaping control.

The "beheading" earlier or later would not have much impact on the battle situation. The sudden outbreak of unknown disasters was what Luo Xiu was more concerned about. He rode the "Golden Pegasus" in the air and soon came to the edge of the sea of ​​fire where he could see the whole sea of ​​fire.

He gasped as he looked down and took in everything that was happening there.

Thousands of scarlet spots swept across the battlefield like a swarm of locusts. The source of the scarlet was the eyes of countless monsters like "hyenas"!

But this monster frenzy was not the reason why Luo Xiu was shocked. What really made him feel cold was that he had recognized what those "monsters" were!
Born to "devour", an ominous creature exuding a twisted, bloodthirsty, and violent aura...

——That is the "Abyss Beast"! It is the "Blood Corpse Hyena"! It is the abyss creature from the shallowest layer of the "Seven Layers of Abyss"!

Although the aura of the "abyss" on them is very thin, they are all genuine "abyss beasts" from the "seven layers of the abyss"!
When seeing these, Luo Xiu had a bad feeling in his heart.

Based on his understanding of the current situation, creatures from the "abyss" should never appear at this time.

According to the memories of the previous life, the current "Seven Abyss" should still be in a state of being heavily sealed. It was not until the "Scarlet Frenzy" of the 2.0 version of "God's Destiny" that the seal imposed on it would gradually loosen!

Although Luo Xiu knew all this deep in his heart, the facts he saw forced him to change some of his ideas.

The progress of this world was definitely not as orderly as in the previous life. But what went wrong, Luo Xiu couldn't figure it out for a while.

And now is not the time to think about these things clearly.

Between beheading the "executioner" Afatak and stopping this wave of "bloody hyenas", Luo Xiu temporarily set the latter as the top priority.

This is not only to minimize the damage, but also to find out the reason why the "Abyss Beast" suddenly appeared - how he should continue the destiny of the [Abyss] in the future, and he also needs to make a new decision after learning the truth.

When he figured this out, Luo Xiu slowly raised his arms.

He transferred his spirituality and infused it into the mark on the back of his hand, and issued the "Shura" order to his subordinates in the "Lost Royal Court".

He is going to play his biggest trump card in advance.

……

“—Roar, roar, roar, roar!”

In front of the "Grand Inquisitor" Baines, a bloody hyena with three heads let out an extremely shrill roar.

Half of its body had been neatly cut off by the sharp blade, and its remaining front paws were crawling ugly on the ground. The broken end of its body was now completely attached to the gravel, leaving a long, twisted blood trail on the ground.

Baines ignored its roar and swung the red sword in his hand down again, completely extinguishing all the luster in the hyena's scarlet eyes.

"What kind of monster is this..."

Baines frowned and looked at the hundreds of "hyena" corpses piled up beside him.

He, Frosa, and other knights from the "Border Court" had tried their best to kill these monsters outside the edge of the battlefield. But the more they were killed, the more monsters there were, pouring into the battlefield like a tide.

More than a dozen "war knights" have died tragically at the hands of these hyenas. Baines pays close attention to the situation around him and has a vague statistics of the battle situation.

At this time, "Throne Knight" Frosa walked over. In Baines's sight, he was covered in blood and obviously had suffered serious injuries.

"We don't have many knights left, President."

A hoarse voice came from under Frosa's visor: "In the previous fierce battle with the Berserker Legion, we have already lost nearly half of our knights. If this continues, our remaining, exhausted knights will be wiped out."

"Nelson has ordered the royal knights who were protecting him to return to the border, and has dispatched all the knights we left behind to the battlefield. But it will take some time for them to actually arrive."

There was no emotion in Frosa's voice, as if he was just stating a fact.

He then asked Baines: "What should we do next, Mr. Judge?"

"…'Judge'. Frosa, only at times like this would you address me in such a serious manner."

Baines sighed and said, "I've already said it before. We have no way out. 'Behind us is Red Maple City'. This is not only a declaration of the Supreme's vow to protect, but also because it is our only foundation."

"We have no choice, Frosa. But we still have a chance to gather our strength."

After a pause, Baines said slowly:
"We can still take a gamble, Frosa."

"If the 'high priest' of the 'church' noticed the abnormality here, gave up beheading the 'executioner' Afatak, and led the clergy here, we still have a chance of survival."

"I believe, or rather we can only believe, that the 'high priest' is the one who can distinguish between the important and the unimportant."

"..."

When Baines said this, hundreds of scarlet gazes surrounded him and the "Throne Knight" Frosa again.

Dozens of three-headed and more than twenty two-headed "blood corpse hyenas" were staring at the two with their bloodthirsty scarlet eyes. The stench emanating from them made Baines frown again.

He then drew out his scarlet sword once again, and at the same time issued a decree: "I will judge, I will rule."

The moment Baines' "decree" fell, the red mist on his sword blade quickly deepened in color, turning into a darker and richer crimson.

Then he swung his sword and slashed at the nearest hyena.

——Shua! As a crimson crescent slashed out, a large and deep wound suddenly appeared on the body of the three-headed bloody hyena.

Turbid blood spurted out, and the hyena staggered back two steps, and the scarlet light in its eyes dimmed in an instant.

Soon, the red light appeared again in its six cloudy eyes.

It was not the bloodthirsty "scarlet" color, but a deeper and darker "crimson", the same color as the light emitted by the sword held by Baines.

“——Roar roar roar…” The three-headed hyena then let out a low roar and pounced on another hyena next to it.

Its sharp bloody claws quickly cut through the hyena's flesh, and its bloody fangs were biting its fellow man madly.

Faced with the sudden attack from its own species, the other hyena responded with crazy tearing and biting. They were heading towards common destruction in the tearing and biting of each other.

Until the hyena "dominated" by Baines completely "killed" the other one, it began to "enjoy" the corpse of its newly killed fellow hyena like a real beast.

While it was "eating", its injuries were recovering rapidly and the surge of its "spirituality" was gradually increasing.

As a true descendant of the Abyss, it devoured its own kind and thus gained greater power. But Baines didn't pay attention to the situation here, he had already slashed his red moon blade at several other blood corpse hyenas.

……

Compared to Baines's "Domination", "Knight of the Throne" Frosa is more accustomed to using simpler and more brutal methods.

The kite-shaped shield in his left hand drew out several dark red spiritual threads, which firmly "bound" the bodies of several bloody hyenas in front of him. Then the double-edged axe in his right hand chopped down heavily!
——Boom! The two bloody hyenas blocking his way exploded in an instant, and a turbid mixture of blood and flesh splashed everywhere, with an unprecedented stench spreading out.

While Baines and Frosa were fighting with the surrounding group of bloody hyenas.

The other knights from the "border" also gradually gathered towards their leader, forming a formation that could facilitate mutual support.

It was a tough enough wall of flesh. The scarlet tide washed away the knight's "dam" like a torrent, but it was indeed unable to break through this solid wall in a short period of time.

But cracks have appeared in this "solid wall" - most of the knights were covered with scars. If they were not supported by some kind of unyielding belief, they would have fallen in a pool of blood and become food for these horrible monsters.

But this tenacious resistance cannot last long, and Baines and Frosa both understand this very well.

From this fatal battle that should not have happened to the present, "Throne Knight" Frosa could always clearly see that the "commander" of the Dark Vanguard Army, who was also the "culprit" who released these "disasters" - "Beast Tamer" Klauer, was staring at them closely not far away.

The tamer never took part in the battle himself. He just rode the largest "hyena" and wandered around their "border" knights, as if watching them and making sure they were truly "swallowed" by the disaster.

The "tamer" Klauer had a strange smile on his face, a mocking, gloating, and fanatical smile.

It was as if a long-planned conspiracy had finally succeeded, and he smiled grimly as he witnessed his enemy die tragically in front of him.

...behead the "tamer"? Frosa had tried this before, but he failed.

He was unable to break through the blockade of the "hyenas". They blocked his way with their twisted and terrifying bodies like they were protecting their master.

——Boom! Boom boom boom! While thinking about this, Frosa had already chopped several times with the axe in his hand. A dozen bloody hyenas were crushed into meat paste under his axe, but more hyenas gathered around after smelling the smell.

Under Frosa's gaze, the blood hyenas first scrambled to bite the corpses of their own kind, until the corpses were eaten clean, and then they launched an attack on the knights of their "border".

Every time a knight died in battle, the hyenas would quickly gather around. They were just like the real "hyenas" that ate corpses in the wilderness, but they were even bloodier and more terrifying.

Gradually, Frosa began to feel overwhelmed.

He looked in the direction of Grand Inquisitor Baines. This old Supreme was sweating on his forehead and was almost reaching his limit.

Frosa looked back and saw that at the back of the home field, the golden light representing the clergy of the "Church" was indeed approaching, but it would take some time to actually reach the front line of the disaster.

“……”Flosa didn’t think he could hold on until then.

The group of bloody hyenas were still rushing up like mad, and the endless scarlet kept crashing into the "dam" formed by the knights. The collapse of this wall of flesh and blood was only a matter of moments.

……

Just as despair gradually emerged in Frosa's heart and the axe in his hand became heavier.

Suddenly, it was right in front of him.

On the gravel ground that had long been stained with layers of blood, a red magic circle exuding an ancient aura suddenly emerged.

The same scarlet magic circle quickly appeared in every corner of the battlefield at the same time.

——Those are all "teleportation" arrays! Frosa quickly recognized the type of array, and an extremely surprised expression appeared on his face under the helmet.

The patterns of the magic circle exuded a dense light, and several surging spiritual surges emanated from it, which were no less powerful than those of the "Quadruple Destiny" extraordinary people. An unknown intruder was about to "descend" on this battlefield!

Three, four... no, there were a total of five "quadruple destinies" of extraordinary spiritual surges emanating from it, and beyond that, there were dozens of "triple destinies" and hundreds of "double destinies" of spiritual reactions pouring out from those magic arrays!
"What on earth just happened..." The expression on Frosa's face became more and more shocked, and his inner vigilance increased unprecedentedly.

The spiritual aura emanating from those magic arrays, most of them do not belong to the legitimate destiny of the empire. Those will undoubtedly be their new enemies...

When he thought of this, the despair in Florosa's heart surged up again.

But even though he knew that the situation was irreversibly heading towards collapse, he had already exhausted all his strength and no longer had the energy to stop what was about to happen.

Under Frosa's gaze, in the teleportation array closest to him, the spiritual root of the "Fourfold Destiny" had also condensed into a shape.

It was a tall werewolf with red fur. He was wearing an animal-shaped mask, so the details of his face could not be seen clearly.

And behind him were more werewolves wearing animal armor.

They were all extraordinary people of Red Lotus! The red werewolf in the lead was a Red Lotus 4th level destiny. Frosa could clearly feel that they were on the same spiritual level!
The red werewolf looked around the battlefield, and the werewolves behind him ran towards the group of "hyenas" and soon engaged in a battle with the monsters.

But their leader stayed where he was for the time being and walked in front of Frosa.

Under Frosa's hostile gaze, the red werewolf suddenly spoke:

"You're Froza, right?"

"Heh. Although I really want to kill you and suck your blood and flesh, the 'Lord' won't allow us to do so."

"You can rest assured that we are not your enemies, at least not now."

After a pause, the werewolf continued in an irresistible tone:

"Tell me what the situation is now."

"'Holy Abyss' will help you clean up the mess."

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(End of this chapter)