Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 255 Epiros, the "Three-Headed Demon Bull"

After only staying at the bottom of the ground fissure for a dozen seconds, Luo Xiu could already feel the damp and sticky smell in the air.

There was a constant surge of ominous spirituality coming from the depths. Passing through the winding and tortuous tunnel, Luo Xiu could vaguely hear the roars of monsters.

There were countless howls coming from the bloody hyenas.

Mixed in with it was a most shrill and muddy roar, which even caused the cave walls to tremble. That should be the "king" or "leader" of the hyenas.

After roughly estimating the distance to the source of the roar, Luo Xiu asked Pegasus to return to the ground to take the Holy Judges to the bottom of the ground fissure one by one. He himself waited there, thinking about his next move.

Pegasus turned into a stream of light and rushed out of the crack. Soon he carried the two Holy Judges back to the bottom of the rift.

This process was repeated more than ten times. After about ten minutes, all the Holy Judges arrived at the bottom and gathered behind Luo Xiu.

"...What a strong smell." Pamier said calmly while leaning on his sword and looking into the depths, "It's a bit disgusting."

The bloody smell spread in the air, and the source of this smell seemed to sense the intrusion of outsiders, and the roars they made became more violent.

Luo Xiu rode on the "Golden Pegasus" again and led the Inquisitors deeper into the tunnel.

……

The deeper Luo Xiu led the Holy Judges, the stronger the ominous and bloody atmosphere they sensed.

Broken bones and rotten animal flesh were scattered everywhere on both sides of their path.

Some undried blood flowed along the rock wall and dripped into the cracks in the stone.

Luo Xiu could vaguely see that deep in the tunnel, several bloody hyenas were lying on a protruding rock, with dozens of pairs of cold eyes flashing ferociously in the dim light.

Anthony took a step forward, and the hammer in his hand emitted a dazzling golden light.

At the moment when two bloody hyenas suddenly jumped up from the left and right and pounced on the Inquisitors, Anthony's hammer had already smashed down heavily!
--boom! ! !

At the moment the war hammer came into contact with the bodies of the blood hyenas, their spines were shattered by the huge force, and a huge blood pit suddenly appeared at the impact site, and flesh and blood splattered all over the ground.

Two bloody hyenas were smashed away and hit the stone wall heavily, causing a cloud of rubble to fall.

"——Roar..." The blood hyenas made low whimpering sounds in their throats. After their bodies twitched for a while, there was no more movement.

The bloody hyenas in the distance then retreated into the depths, and the dozens of pairs of scarlet spots gradually lost their luster.

After the previous decisive battle, there were only a few hyenas left in the tunnel.

Most of them were the remnants that had not yet emerged to the surface, and a small number had only just broken through the seal in the past two days, but had already lost the opportunity to invade the surface to prey.

Afterwards, the Holy Inquisitors killed a dozen of the attacking blood hyenas. The remaining hyenas no longer attacked the crowd, and they retreated in a group to the deepest part of the tunnel.

When they got deeper into this place, they were already quite close to the source... Luo Xiu was emitting spiritual perception, and he had already made some judgments about the restless spiritual surge in front of him.

Blocking the way for everyone was a large, round, solid rock.

There are faint traces of a seal on the surface of the rock, but the seal itself has been destroyed. That must have happened recently.

Luo Xiu could probably guess that this was the work of the Dark Army - there had indeed been an "ancient seal" here, but no corresponding task had been triggered, indicating that the "legacy" of the original owner had been lost or destroyed.

The gaps on both sides of the solid rock are large enough for the Blood Hyena to pass through, and a slightly thinner Holy Inquisitor can also pass through the middle, but it is quite dangerous.

Luo Xiu then came to stand in front of the solid rock. A ball of annihilation light gradually appeared in his palm and he threw it towards the crack.

——Boom! The golden light and the explosion sounded, and a huge gap suddenly appeared on the solid rock.

The Holy Judges also condensed annihilated light balls one by one and continuously threw them into the gap to expand the hole.

——Boom! Boom! Boom! Soon, the gap between the rock and the wall expanded to more than one meter, enough for two people to pass through at the same time.

The Holy Judges immediately stopped casting their holy spells and turned their eyes to Luo Xiu, only to see him take out two pendants inlaid with magic crystals from his bracelet.

"Oak Healer" and "Vibrator"! Luo Xiu infused his spirituality into the magic crystals and summoned them on the spot.

A humanoid puppet dressed in a dark blue healer's tight robe and with a body carved from white oak appeared in front of the Inquisitors after a flash of light and shadow. It was the "Oak Healer".

Next to the "Oak Healer", another puppet of the same height but with a body made of silver metal soon appeared. It was the "Vibrator".

It has four bionic arms, with the left upper arm holding a harp, and the fingers of the other three arms lightly resting on the strings.

After completing the summoning of the "Oak Healer" and the "Vibrator", Luo Xiu walked to the crack in the solid rock and passed through it.

Two puppets followed behind him, and other Holy Judges also filed in.

When they passed through this last crack, everyone saw an extremely shocking scene.

Hundreds of bloody hyenas were now cowering in the shadow of another gigantic creature.

It was a monster that was more than ten meters long and covered in pitch-black mist. It had three heads like horned bulls, and twelve eyes were evenly embedded in each of its heads. They were shining with a strange deep purple luster, and were greedily staring at the intruders in front of it.

A bloody breath kept gushing out from the monster's three huge mouths dripping with saliva.

"--Roar!!!"

The monster suddenly let out a deafening roar, a roar that was a mixture of anger, hunger, and endless fanaticism.

"What is that..." Luo Xiu heard the slightly trembling voices coming from the Holy Judges behind him.

The air around them seemed to stagnate at this moment, and an inexplicable sense of fear was burning the spirits of all the Holy Judges.

……

As fear and anxiety gradually spread, only Luo Xiu knew what they were facing.

What was before them was undoubtedly the Abyss Beast...

Moreover, it is an abyss beast whose threat level is at the level of "natural disaster".

——Epyros, the “three-headed demon bull”!
It has a lot of similarities with the ancient Western monster "Minotaur" in the previous life, but the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros is larger in size and gives people a more bloodthirsty and ferocious feeling.

"——Roar!!!" Epiros let out another deafening roar, and the surrounding air pressed down on the faces of the Inquisitors like a knife. The weaker Inquisitors almost couldn't breathe.

But Epiros only roared and stared at the intruders in front of him with his twelve eerie purple eyes, without taking any further action.

The bloody hyenas lurking under it also began to bare their teeth in threat to the Holy Inquisitors, but there was no sign of them rushing up to bite them.

This gave Luo Xiu enough time to carefully observe the monsters in front of him.

The "three-headed demon bull" Epiros is at level 53, and its attribute values ​​are terrifyingly high, having completely reached the level of a true "five-fold destiny".

Just the "life value" alone has reached six figures, and the "strength" attribute has even exceeded 2000 points... It can easily crush ordinary triple or even quadruple fate extraordinary people, which is terrifying. - But it cannot move at will.

This is exactly why Luo Xiu, after finding out the situation, was not in a hurry to let the Holy Judges retreat even when facing such a terrifying monster.

The lower half of Epirus, the three-headed demon bull, was completely stuck! It was stuck on the ground, in the seven crimson seals that overlapped like chains!

That was a tiny exposed part of the "Great Seal" imposed on the "Sevenfold Abyss".

Restricted by the Great Seal, even if Epiros, the "Three-Headed Demon Bull", drilled out his upper body, he could not truly free his lower body from the abyss.

As a result, it was unable to move, and the ancient spirituality remaining on the seal turned into corrosive fire, constantly burning its body.

It was already very weak, and although its frantic struggle had broken the seal of the shackles a little, it had become even weaker.

But the increasingly broken seal also attracted the attention of more weaker abyss beasts that were strong enough to penetrate the seal.

A tribe of "Blood Hyenas" crawled out from those tiny broken seals, and gathered in terrifying numbers when this ancient seal still existed.

Like a tide of blood, they devoured the original owner of this ancient seal and made it their territory and nest.

The "Great Seal" was indeed loosened... Luo Xiu looked at the scene in front of him and pondered in his heart.

The Dark Army's "beast tamer" Klauer may have taken advantage of this, but it is not known whether he has discovered the horrific monster in the deepest part.

When thousands of blood hyenas were crowded in there, even if the "tamer" Klauer had all kinds of monster-friendly techniques, skills or expertise, he still found it difficult to go deep into the seal. He could only wear away the seal of the entrance bit by bit and tame the blood hyenas one by one.

"..." Luo Xiu thought divergently in his mind, and then he began to chant several sacred prayers.

The sealed "three-headed demon bull" Epiros is a pure power monster that cannot carry out effective long-range attacks on its own. In Luo Xiu's eyes, it is a very competent living target.

After completely applying a series of auxiliary holy arts such as "Hand of Judgement", "Consecration Prayer", "Consecration Blessing", etc. to himself, Luo Xiu released the holy light version of "Holy Abyss Descent", allowing the evil palace filled with sacred breath to descend on Epiros' head.

"——Roar! Roar!" Epiros kept roaring. It seemed to have sensed the danger, but it failed to stop the intruders' next actions.

The "Oak Healer" has also expanded his healing field, and shield values ​​are piling up on all the Inquisitors.

The three arms of the "Vibromusician" plucked the strings of the violin in his hand, assisting all the Holy Judges in the string music field and greatly enhancing everyone's attribute values.

Only after all preparations were completed did Luo Xiu begin to condense a ball of light for the holy attack, while he chanted another prayer at the same time.

In an instant, attack skills such as "Thunder of Judgment", "Golden Meteor", "Dragon Thunder Burning Ashes" and so on, successively bombarded Epiros.

——Boom boom boom! The deafening sound resounded throughout the cave, completely drowning out Epiros's roar.

Golden and red light flowed in the air, interweaving with the blood splattered from Epiros' body, forming a bloody yet brilliant light and fire.

Behind Luo Xiu, the other Inquisitors also completed their prayers and launched intensive bombardments on Epiros.

The originally dim interior of the cave was illuminated by the continuously blooming light as if it were daytime, and Epiros' huge, terrifyingly strong body gradually collapsed under the intensive bombardment of the holy arts.

“——Roar!!!” Epiros roared in pain again, and its three heads slammed down heavily, repeatedly hitting the ground and the crimson chains that made up the seven-fold seal.

— Clang! Clang! Clang! The demon bull's huge horns struck the seal again and again, causing a series of scarlet sparks to splash out from it. At the same time, the light on the seal began to flicker rapidly, and the tiny cracks on it also spread more finely and densely.

Epiros's mad impact actually caused the seal to loosen a little again.

But it didn't help.

Affected by its crazy impact, the blood hyenas that were originally hiding in its shadow began to flee frantically, rushing towards the direction of the Holy Judges desperately.

But they were unable to break through the light curtain of the Holy Judges' holy magic bombardment, and their bodies were turned into powder under the cleansing of the holy light.

……

About twenty minutes passed.

When most of the bloody hyenas in the cave were almost dead, the health of the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros had been reduced from more than 100,000 to only a few thousand.

Luo Xiu stopped the bombardment, and the Holy Judges behind him also put down their arms that were condensing the holy magic light balls.

The Holy Inquisitors then saw their "High Priest" Luo Xiu slowly walk forward and begin to chant another holy prayer.

After finishing the prayer, Luo Xiu raised his hand, and his right hand emanated a pale golden light.

In the next moment, the body of the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros was pierced by several slender golden holy spears!
That is the sacred art of the "Holy Temple of Imprisonment of Evil". Luo Xiu's "divine" attribute exceeds half of the opponent's, and through this he can lock down Epiros's certain actions.

At this time, the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros was already extremely weak, and his body was already riddled with holes. He could only struggle and hit the ground between him and Luo Xiu, trying to use the shock to stop his actions.

But Epiros obviously couldn't stop him. Luo Xiu circled Epiros' attack range and walked to the blind spot behind him where it was difficult for him to attack.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu took out the empty bottle and blood-drawing needle that the "Great Alchemist" Elvan had given him from the bracelet. After connecting them, he inserted the sharp needle into Epirus' flesh.

The black blood immediately flowed into the bottle, and soon the bottle was full.

After receiving three bottles of "Blood of Epirus" and cutting off some flesh of Epirus with a dagger, Luo Xiu replaced the bottle caps and put the three potion bottles back into the bracelet.

Then he stood up, and golden light gushed out from his right hand.

The surge of light gradually formed a slender sword blade, and Luo Xiu had already walked in front of Epiros.

"——Roar!!!" When Epiros saw the enemy approaching him, he let out a final, shrill roar.

It raised its three heads and was about to smash down on Luo Xiu's head.

But the golden light caught up with it faster and passed through the necks of its three heads.

——Poof! Epirus' blood gushed out from its neck like a fountain, and its three heads fell to the ground at the same time.

Its headless body twitched visibly, and then there was no more movement.

Its three heads fell to the ground, and its twelve eyes had lost their luster, leaving only lifeless chaos.

——It’s dead.

The "Three-Headed Demon Bull" Epiros died in Luo Xiu's hands, and the "Sword of Holy Annihilation" was the last holy art used by Luo Xiu.

After a few seconds, Epirus' body began to disintegrate piece by piece, turning into ashes and then into turbid spirit, which gradually dissipated into the air.

All that remained was a deep purple magic core crystal and a twisted giant horn surrounded by black mist.

That was the last thing left of it.

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(End of this chapter)