Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 267 Chaos
It turned out to be the "Hidden Elder" Baberon!

In the mist, there seemed to be siege weapons such as cannons hidden. The dark cannon holes shot out deadly streams of fire, interweaving a scorching curtain of fire in the air!

The speed of the fire flow was extremely fast, and the sound of it breaking through the air resounded through the sky, causing the surrounding air to continue to vibrate violently!
The soldiers defending the city tried to aim their artillery to fire back, but to no avail.

When the artillery fired from the top of the city bombarded the fire, all sounds were eliminated like flies flying into the fire, and it was even unable to stop their momentum in the slightest.

——Boom! Boom boom boom!

In an instant, dozens of streams of fire had heavily bombarded the city wall, and a shock like a landslide came from bottom to top, and the defenders on the city wall suddenly fell down in a mess.

On the city wall below, the fire stream shot out from the mist and blasted out dozens of extremely deep holes. Fortunately, the wall of Red Maple City was thick, so there was no serious collapse.

But the foundation of the city wall has been loosened. If Baberon and his artillery fire three more rounds, the wall will inevitably collapse inward, and its defensive significance will be lost.

Lord Nelson also staggered, and Luo Xiu reached out to support him in time, preventing the "lord of a city" from falling down.

"Thank you, Master Luo Xiu."

After Lord Nelson regained his balance, he dusted himself off and thanked Luo Xiu.

"It is indeed the 'Hidden Elder' Baberon..." Luo Xiu frowned slightly and said thoughtfully, "Then where is the 'Executioner' Koros?"

In Luo Xiu's prediction, since Baberon openly launched an attack on Red Maple City, Koros would also take action on another battlefield.

The infiltration capability of the "Executioner" of the Dark Principality is terrifying. Even though they do not have the same number of troops as Red Maple City, it is easy for a small number of extraordinary people to conceal their auras and blend into the city, causing huge damage from within.

Luo Xiu had clearly felt this when they repeatedly bypassed the Red Maple City's security and carried out destruction on the church, the border court, and even the Fangbei Courtyard.

On the other hand, on the open gravel plain below, even without an army, the "Hidden Elder" Baberon was still ordering his "puppets" to attack the city, which could not help but make Luo Xiu suspicious.

It didn't seem like a hole in the city that was torn open for the army, but rather a kind of containment - because the impact of the collapse of the city wall was far-reaching. In Hongfeng City, the extraordinary people from the Border Court, the Church, and even the Square Monument Court could not ignore Baberon's actions and would definitely pay attention to it.

The most suitable people to defend against Baberon's offensive were the generalists of the "Fangbeiyuan".

They do have the means to temporarily reinforce the city walls. Even though their destiny level is not as high as that of a saint, it is enough for a short-term defense.

The "Great Alchemist" Alvan and the "Great Rune Master" Eureka are also the two people in the entire Red Maple City who can theoretically exert the strongest combat power. Relying on the spiritual power transformed from the mechanical spirit base hidden in the "Tower of General Knowledge" in the Fangbei Courtyard, they can control almost all the puppets in the Fangbei Courtyard to the maximum extent, and compete with the real "Saints" with the advantage of being the host.

It is obvious that Baberon is deliberately forcing the knowledgeable people in "Fangbeiyuan" to give up this "host advantage".

This was the battlefield game between Koros, Baberon and Red Maple City - whether to abandon the city walls or to abandon the defense inside the city. No matter what choice they made, it would have a great advantage over the future actions of the Dark Army.

Luo Xiu was thinking about these things quickly in his mind. At this time, Baberon's next round of attack was still gathering strength. Luo Xiu turned around and looked towards the direction of the "border" in the city.

Sure enough, shortly after the second round of bombardment by Baberon ended, several deep red flames erupted at the far end of the city.

The "Border" was attacked! The enemy's attack was particularly fierce, and it had triggered the internal defense mechanism.

At the same time, Luo Xiu's spirit suddenly felt a violent tremor, and the church's "Great Sun Shining Golden Barrier" was also attacked, but it was still solid.

Now, Luo Xiu was faced with two difficult choices - to stop the attack of Baberon outside the city on their behalf before Alvan and Eureka showed up; or to give up this place and rush back to the city as quickly as possible to assist Bianting in fighting against the "Executioner" Koros.

But soon, Luo Xiu no longer had to worry about these things.

Several azure figures flashed faintly at the end of his vision. Two knowledgeable people from the "Fangbeiyuan" had led the sorcerers to the top of the city wall.

Irfan and Eureka finally chose to give up the "host advantage" and went to the top of the city to resist Baberon's attack head-on.

When he saw the two knowledgeable people, Luo Xiu nodded to them slightly as a greeting.

"Sir Luo Xiu, you are here too." Irfan also nodded in response, and then asked, "Is that Baberon? Eureka and I heard the sound of the 'Annihilator Cannon Puppet'."

"The two lords of Fangbeiyuan, thank you for coming to support us."

Lord Nelson greeted the two knowledgeable people from the side. A puzzled expression immediately appeared on his face and he asked, "Annihilator City Cannon Doll? What is that?"

"That's a puppet," Irfan replied, "and it's a mass-produced 'Madness' grade puppet."

"The only purpose of their creation is to attack cities. Even the shape of this puppet is designed for this purpose. Their main body is a slender gun barrel, which contains complex alchemy and rune craftsmanship, which increases its destructive power to the extreme."

"And precisely because of this, their bodies are extremely fragile, and they often need other puppets to protect them. Unless it is a siege situation, alchemists usually do not spend resources to forge them."

"It's just that I always feel that these 'Annihilator City Cannon Dolls' seem to be a little different..."

Alvan frowned, he vaguely felt that something was wrong - perhaps it was because the power of the 'City-Destroying Cannon Doll' was abnormally great, but he had no time to think too much.

The next moment, at the end of the vision of Luo Xiu, Alvan and Nelson, a dazzling flash of fire suddenly appeared.

In the distant fog, dozens of streams of fire shot up into the sky again, tearing through the sky and roaring towards the city wall!

Seeing this, Alvan skillfully took out a dark blue magic crystal from his bracelet and threw it toward the outside of the city wall.

The crystal emitted a constantly changing light, and suddenly shattered in mid-air, with strands of azure light emerging from the fragments.

The light band continued to spread and diffuse, rushing towards the surroundings, and finally formed a huge azure light curtain that was large enough to cover an entire city wall.

The whistling stream of fire soon hit the light curtain, and the sound of "boom, boom" continued to ring out. The huge impact force caused the surrounding air to distort violently.

On the light curtain, the azure surface was also rippled by the strong impact. Cracks emerged and spread from it, and from time to time there were rustling and slight breaking sounds.

Soon, all the fire streams bloomed above the light curtain, and none of them fell on the city wall behind.

Until the fire was completely annihilated, the cracks in the azure light curtain gradually widened, and finally shattered with a loud bang.

"…That is the 'Heavenly Lake Curtain'."

Elvan tilted his head slightly and briefly introduced it to Luo Xiu, "It is a product of 'alchemy'. It can temporarily offset all foreign spirituality within the range... It is just suitable for defending the city, but it is very expensive."

"Using the 'Heavenly Lake Curtain' should be enough to hold off Baberon for a while. Eureka and I will stay here. Lord Luo Xiu, please go to the border court to assist Lord Baines and the others."

After Erfan finished speaking, he took out three more azure magic crystals from his bracelet and walked to the top of the city to look out. Since Erfan chose to stay, Luo Xiu didn't say anything else, and decisively rode on the golden Pegasus and galloped towards the border.

But leaving only Elvan and Eureka to defend the city was quite risky. On the way to the border, Luo Xiu conveyed the order to Index through the "Family Emblem", letting all the apostles of the third and fourth destinies of the "Holy Abyss" go out in full force and attack the rear of Baberon.

This should be enough to relieve the pressure on Elvan and his men in defending the city, and it is also the last thing Luo Xiu can do for them.

……

After that, Luo Xiu no longer focused his attention outside the city, but returned his attention to the "Executioner" Koros and his "Fang Chief" who were causing trouble in Red Maple City.

The "獠首" who were divided into several groups, together with the enemies who had been hiding in the city, launched a complete riot.

The originally peaceful city has been thrown into chaos. Even though the war has forced most civilians to flee to the heart of the empire for refuge, some civilians are still living in the city where the riots occurred. Wailing and crying echo in every street, and the air is filled with panic.

The flames devoured the houses, and the blades licked the blood. The "獠首" no longer only targeted the church, the border courts and the square monument courtyard, but finally extended their claws to the civilians in the city.

Even though the clergy of the church and the knights of the border court have tried their best to hunt them down, the enemies, who are numerous and have no taboos, can always find a hole in the encirclement. They tear open the blockade and crawl out like rats, and then launch a horrific killing in another area where civilians gather.

The "Fang Heads" and "Black Fangs" led by the "Executioner" Koros were truly desperate criminals at this time.

On his way to the border, Luo Xiu had killed no less than a dozen 'Black Fangs', but the horrific killing was still continuing in other places.

He could foresee that even if he could win this battle, expel Koros from Red Maple City, or even kill him, the "fear" that the Black Fangs had planted in the city would be difficult to completely eliminate, and the panic of the people would eventually erupt, boiling over and drowning the entire city.

But now Luo Xiu can no longer think about things further into the future.

It was not until he galloped above the border that he finally saw the source of the terror.

——"Executioner" Koros! He has indeed sneaked into the city and is fighting fiercely with "Grand Inquisitor" Baines and "Throne Knight" Frosa!

The gate to the side courtyard was unguarded at this time, and the two heavy doors were open to the inside. The ground and the surfaces of the doors were smeared with blood.

The messy and twisted bloodstains and the dozens of corpses of "Knights" and "Black Fangs" lying on the ground formed a complete bloody picture.

Surrounding Koros, dozens of royal knights were surrounding six fang heads and fighting in several groups.

Although the Border Court had the advantage in numbers, the difference in hard power still made the balance of victory tilt increasingly towards Koros. Soon, another Royal Guard Knight fell down due to exhaustion!

At this time, Luo Xiu, who was riding the "Golden Pegasus" and suspended in the air, ordered Pegasus to dive at high speed towards Koros' position!
Dozens of flying stars gathered around it also shot out, like a swarm of meteors falling towards Koros' head.

Koros, who had noticed something, suddenly dodged backwards. The snake-shaped cone blade in his hand left a fancy afterimage in the air, which was quickly obliterated by the sudden golden light.

——Boom! Pegasus fell to the spot where Koros had been. The golden light suddenly burst out around him, leaving a deep pit in the spot.

Soon, Pegasus soared into the sky again, galloping in the air, and began to condense the next round of flying stars.

Luo Xiu stayed where he was, and while the golden light mist was still obscuring Koros's vision, he summoned the "Holy Flame Wolf King" Fenrir and the "Burning Feather Raven" Wu Ye.

At the same time, he quickly cast several auxiliary sacred spells on himself, and took out several potion bottles from the bracelet, uncorked them and drank them all, using all the means to enhance himself.

This was the first time that Luo Xiu faced a true "saint", which forced him to be twice as alert as usual.

At the same time, he expanded his perception as much as possible, trying to detect whether Koros had any intention of attacking the light fog.

But there was no abnormal surge in Koros's spirit. He just sat there like a sleeping lion, observing himself.

This allowed Luo Xiu to fully complete his own strengthening without missing any step.

Until the light mist dissipated, Koros' figure flashed suddenly, and he and the snake-shaped cone blade in his hand disappeared at the same time.

In an instant, Luo Xiu suddenly realized that the air around him seemed to become heavy and stagnant.

The conical blade engraved with complex patterns was close to his chest and abdomen in a moment!

——Hiss! A crisp, smooth cutting sound was heard, and Koros's dagger had pierced through Luo Xiu's chest!
It was not until his chest was pierced by a sharp blade that Luo Xiu saw the playful face of Kolos.

Then, he was suddenly pushed backwards by a huge force, and Koros's conical blade was pulled out of his body, pulling out a string of blood silk shining with red light.

In the "panel detection" that Luo Xiu maintained on himself, the first layer of his "Triple Holy Protection" shield was shattered in an instant, and his health even dropped by nearly two thousand points because of this sudden attack!
That is close to 10% of Luo Xiu’s current health!
And this is when the "Triple Holy Guard" has not been completely broken!
"Executioner" Koros, a considerable portion of his damage is "origin" trauma!
Luo Xiu was pushed away by the huge force, and then he felt a relatively gentle force catching him from behind.

That was the "Throne Knight" Frosa. Even though he was covered in wounds now, he could still hold on fighting for a while.

Luo Xiu gave Fuluosa a thankful look, and then he heard a sharp, questioning voice:
"……who are you?"

Kolos, who had just dealt a heavy blow to the intruding "priest", was surprised that the target who was severely injured in the vital parts did not die on the spot, and was looking at him with strange eyes.

Soon, a cunning light flashed in Koros' eyes. He nodded as if he understood something and said:

"Oh I see……"

"You are the 'high priest' of that church, right?"

"..." Luo Xiu did not answer him, but just casually performed a healing spell to heal the injuries he suffered.

He then heard the sharp voice of Koros say:
"Haha, a 'priest' who rides a golden Pegasus and can summon a sacred beast, a giant wolf... You are the 'high priest' of that church, Ross Carlos."

"I wanted to go to the church first and deal with you first, but there is a barrier there that I can't remove in a short time."

"Now is the perfect time, haha."

Koros looked at Luo Xiu, then at Frosa behind him, and Baines beside him, and said slowly:

"To save you the trouble, I'll deal with you both at the same time."

……

(End of this chapter)