Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 286: Old...old friend?
Kolos looked at the figure in front of him in disbelief, and the remaining smile on his face finally disappeared completely at this moment.

But a subtle curve appeared on the corner of Luo Xiu Carlos' mouth.

The smile never disappears, it just moves from one face to another.

After recovering the dropped items of the "Deathborn God" and looting the base of the former "Bishop of the Dead" Passaro, Luo Xiu rushed here without a moment's hesitation.

During this time, he had accurately grasped the general situation of the battlefield through the information shared in real time on the player forum - he knew that the Dark Army had indeed been dispatched in full force, and that "Executioner" Koros and "Hidden Elder" Baberon had also arrived with the army. Hubert was fighting one against two, but he could still hold on.

And in Hubert's opinion, Luo Xiu's arrival was quite timely - unlike the extreme surprise on Koros's face, Hubert's face showed an expression of surprise.

He originally thought that Luo Xiu would need a longer time to "recover" from the weakness caused by the previous battle with the Heir of the God of Death, but the time it took for Luo Xiu to fully recover was much faster than Hubert thought.

Now Hubert had nothing to worry about.

There was no need to say hello to Luo Xiu, as Hubert had already raised his warhammer, and the White Lion of Heart behind him also raised his giant sword synchronously.

Then, aiming in the direction of Koros, Hubert's figure suddenly flashed towards the target in his eyes, accompanied by a fierce gust of wind that hit Koros' chest directly!

Alarm bells rang in Koros' heart, and he quickly retreated, flicking his finger on the blade of the snake-shaped cone blade.

——Ding! A crisp sound was heard, and just above Hubert's attack path, the air began to twitch violently, and three illusory high walls quickly condensed.

The power of the "bell curtain" that Koros held was of the same origin, but it changed its form. Hubert raised his war hammer and smashed it down on the first phantom curtain!

——Boom! A dazzling golden light burst out, and the first illusion curtain was quickly shattered. The aftermath caused ripples on the surface of the second illusion curtain.

——Bang! Hubert's second hammer arrived soon, and the second illusion screen also shattered like glass.

Koros looked at Hubert's attack with some horror, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that Hubert was about to shatter the third illusion curtain, and the giant sword raised by the illusory white lion behind him would fall on him, Koros raised his dagger, and the black light in his eyes appeared and flashed again.

——He wants to take back the shadow power he just gave to those ordinary soldiers!
Kolos understood very well that in a one-on-one fight, he was no match for the "Holy Deacon" Hubert.

What's more, the power has been distributed - the "Shadow Military Advisor" [Kutu] profession is very dependent on the environment, and the current clear single-player environment is quite unfavorable to Koros.

A deep black mist had spread from his dagger, and after wandering around, it returned to the dagger.

"..."

Koros' eyes widened.

This was not the result he expected.

——The "shadow" power that was given out did not return to his snake-shaped conical blade!

In a very short period of time, Koros tried to recall the power of "Shadow" three more times, but each time ended in failure.

The black mist that had previously permeated from it was some kind of medium that could arouse the spiritual resonance of "Shadow", but Koros did not feel any resonance transmitted back from it!
The feeling of uneasiness in his heart gradually spread, and his eyes unconsciously moved away from Hubert to look at the frenzied soldiers who had previously fought with the enemy's "city guards".

Later, Koros was horrified to find that the thousands of frenzied soldiers were all dead - most of them died in extremely cruel ways, with their limbs torn off, their heads smashed, their bodies cut in half... If it weren't for the "frenzy" state that obliterated their consciousness, it would have been almost a purgatory of massacre.

However, the death of thousands of crazy soldiers was secondary. Koros saw a more horrifying and unbelievable scene -

The number of the city guards fighting against the "mad soldiers" he gave power to was still the same as before, with almost no sharp decrease! There were no corpses of the "city guards" on the battlefield. Koros even saw the faces of several soldiers who had been torn to pieces by the mad soldiers!
The fanaticism on their faces became more and more intense. They had dispersed from the original battlefield and began to slaughter the surrounding dark army like a meat grinder.

"What's going on...what on earth is going on..." Koros was really panicked, and his mind was in a trance for a moment.

And it was at this moment that he heard the crisp sound of the third illusion curtain shattering.

Then he felt a gust of hot wind blowing past, and his cheeks felt like they were burning.

Koros quickly came to his senses, and Hubert's heart lion had already clenched the giant sword and slashed down!

—Buzz!!! Koros heard a high-pitched, sharp buzzing sound, and then his chest was hit by a huge rock, and he flew backwards.

The Heart Lion's Slash had hit his body solidly. Even if it failed to cut him in half, it was enough to cause him considerable injuries.

At the same time that Koros was chopped off, Hubert had already swung his war hammer and chased in the direction of Koros together with the Heart Lion!

This is a very rare opportunity, a chance to execute Koros in one fell swoop!

Hubert would never let it go easily.

……

While Hubert and Koros were engaged in a fierce battle, on the other side.

The "Hidden Elder" Baberon gave the summoned puppets the order to attack without hesitation, and they all surrounded Luo Xiu.

More than a dozen "Mad" puppets of various shapes suddenly emitted surging spiritual fluctuations from their bodies and prepared to attack.

During this process, the "hidden elder" Baberon, who was hiding behind the group of puppets, was looking carefully at Luo Xiu Carlos opposite him, with a kind of curiosity and amazement in his eyes.

"Rosius Carlos, you are indeed...unexpected."

Baberon said calmly, "I didn't expect that you would break through the shackles and reach the level of 'sainthood' - in the history of the 'Holy Court', you should be the fastest clergyman to be promoted to this level... hehe."

"What a shame, what a shame. You and I have embarked on different destinies, and the 'Omniscience' that I serve is not tolerated by you. I will kill you here, just as you would kill me without hesitation if you had the ability..."

"..."

Baberon's voice gradually became illusory and ethereal. As the "Mad Evil" puppets gradually surrounded him, Luo Xiu could no longer see the view behind them. Feeling the approaching spiritual surge, Luo Xiu cast several auxiliary holy spells on himself at the same time. At the same time, he summoned "Holy Flame Wolf King" Fenrir and "Burning Feather Raven" Wu Ye, letting them surround his body.

Soon, the first "Mad" puppet came out. The temperature of its eight extended metal arms continued to rise, and its eight palms were opened, with the palms aimed at Luo Xiu's position, shooting eight different colored rays at him!
——Boom! Boom boom boom! The rays burst out right where Luo Xiu was, and the surroundings were immediately filled with smoke.

Luo Xiu took the attack head-on, and the shield value given by "Triple Holy Protection" was broken by half, and he did not escape from his original position.

And at the moment when the light mist dissipated, Luo Xiu had completed the next few prayers of holy arts.

Six small Holy Annihilation Swords had condensed and surrounded him. Just as the first "Madness" puppet attacked him, the six Holy Annihilation Swords also shot towards the puppet!
Unlike Luo Xiu who has many ways to save his life, most puppets do not have effective defensive means, because this often means breaking through the shackles of the design.

Boom boom boom! The six Holy Annihilation Swords had already flown in front of the Laser Golem and pierced through it in an instant!

Before it could even fire its next round of blast, it collapsed into a pile of scrap metal.

But more "Mad" puppets rushed up, stepping on its broken body, and more attacking postures had locked onto Luo Xiu's figure.

Seeing this, Luo Xiu still did not dodge, but continued to pray.

His HP has now exceeded 40,000. With the defensive properties of the sacred arts such as "God's Glory", "Triple Holy Protection", etc., it would take a long time for this kind of "mad evil" puppet to break his shield.

Even though they do have a lot of "Black Devouring Runes" and "Corrupted Bone Alchemy" modifications on them, in Luo Xiu's eyes, these are not enough threats to be taken seriously.

Therefore, Luo Xiu no longer needed to spend energy dodging their attacks, and could instead focus more on praying for the holy magic to speed up the recovery of the holy magic.

The first puppet had been turned into scrap metal by the "Holy Annihilation Sword Formation". More puppets had rushed to Luo Xiu, but under their gazes without self-awareness, they only saw layers of golden rings erupting from Luo Xiu's body.

In the air above the two puppets, a conspicuous crack suddenly appeared, and a meteor with a golden glow fell violently towards their heads!

——Boom! Boom boom boom! The rolling meteors of the "Golden Starburst" fell rapidly, smashing several deep pits in the body of a huge earth and stone puppet, completely turning it into dust again.

Afterwards, the other attacking "Mad Demon Puppets" were blown away by a huge force when the golden ring around Luo Xiu suddenly exploded, and their original process of accumulating power to attack was interrupted.

——"Divine Light Rhythm"! This was another sacred technique that Luo Xiu had used before.

This sacred art has a range-pushing effect, and although the damage is not high, it is often very effective in a siege environment. After pushing away all the "Crazy Evil" puppets around him, Luo Xiu immediately gave new instructions to the three "holy beasts" on standby.

"Roar!--" Fenrir roared, then leaped into the air and spewed out a column of fire that had been accumulating power for a long time.

The "Burning Raven" Wu Ye was hiding in the pillar of fire, creating countless "fire feathers" to fan the flames, making Fenrir's prairie fire burn even more fiercely.

Right at the place where Fenrir was spewing the pillar of fire, there were three "Mad" puppets gathered there. They were piled up there after being pushed away by Luo Xiu's divine light rhythm. They were just about to stand up and launch an attack on Luo Xiu again.

But the next second, blazing flames engulfed them, quickly melting their shells.

Their core was soon exposed, and then another golden beam of light fell from the sky!

——Boom!!! The “Golden Pegasus” sent down a beam of annihilation light, completely shattering the cores of the three “Madness” puppets, and the countless flying stars condensed around it also shot down, causing continuous damage to the bodies of the puppets wandering around!
The puppets' original attacking posture was forced to stop, and the remaining eight puppets began to avoid the attacks of Luo Xiu and his "holy beasts", and the offensive and defensive sides were reversed for a while.

Seeing this scene, Baberon, who had hidden his body, frowned.

Although his original intention of sending dozens of "Mad Evil" puppets to launch a joint attack on Luo Xiu was just to test him and he did not really want to kill him in this way, Luo Xiu's performance still exceeded Baberon's expectations.

The "High Priest" of the church... no, now he should be the "Bishop of the Church", Ross Carlos, the fighting ability he displayed was definitely more than the level of a newly promoted "Saint" - his calm posture when fighting, and the spiritual surge that continuously erupted from his body, those should be the reactions that can only be achieved after being promoted to a "Saint" for at least ten years!
Having lived for hundreds of years, Baberon would never have misjudged this point, but it was precisely because of this that Baberon became even more confused - Ross Carlos, no matter how you looked at him, was just a young man who had just reached adulthood. It was impossible for him to have such a long time to accumulate strength. This was completely contrary to Baberon's common sense.

The more Baberon looked at him, the more he felt that Luo Xiu Carlos was definitely a genius that would be hard to come by in a few hundred years. But Baberon also understood the principle that "his genius is my great enemy", and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he should kill him before he was fully grown!
With this thought in mind, Baberon no longer kept his thoughts to himself. He raised his arm and wrote a series of complicated instructions in the air.

Suddenly, the "Crazy" puppets that were still avoiding the attacks of Luo Xiu and his holy beasts stopped their actions, and then ran towards Baberon at the same time.

Their bodies gradually became illusory and transformed into spiritual threads that drilled into several magic crystal pendants in Baberon's hands, and disappeared from the battlefield.

Then, Baberon took out two other scarlet magic crystals.

While recalling the "Madness" puppet, Baberon had already infused new spirituality into the scarlet magic crystal, causing the surface of the magic crystal to emit bursts of dazzling luster.

"--Roar!!!"

Then, a roar mixed with electric current and mechanical sounds suddenly came from mid-air!

A giant bronze dragon with six wings and two heads on its back appeared and circled in the air, roaring!

——That’s also a puppet! [Burning Heaven Aolong] is a puppet rated as a “natural disaster”!

And below the bronze dragon, another magic knight wearing ancient armor appeared.

In his hand he held a curved hunting knife that was more than twice as long as a human. A closer look at the armor on his body revealed dark dragon scales that reflected a dazzling luster.

And its aura is even stronger than that of the bronze dragon hovering in the air!

The moment the panel detected the results, Luo Xiu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

That is also the puppet of "Natural Scourge"! And its name is...

——【Dragon Hunter Rocklan】!
"...?"

Luo Xiu felt that he might, probably, perhaps... vaguely saw the figure of an old friend.

……

(End of this chapter)