Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 325: "Hidden Elder" Elius, killed!

Then, Arius saw that the young bishop raised the scepter in his hand and prayed the last sacred art of the domain!

——"God's glory comes to the world"!
Under the gaze of Elius, the outline of Luo Xiu's body was covered with a layer of bright light. A huge circular formation that was enough to cover the entire core bottom descended from the sky at the same time, and poured down golden light beams like rain!
Arius suddenly felt that his spiritual power seemed to tremble suddenly, and its total amount became much thinner.

Is this an illusion…?
Such thoughts could not help but emerge in Elius' mind.

He was still dodging backwards at the same time, but it was not until he took the next step that he suddenly realized -

Not only his spirituality, his speed has also slowed down!

His physical strength and his control over the puppets were both weakened a lot at the same time!

This is the effect of the domain that the bishop... unfolded? !

Elius thought with some fear, while the speed of his enemy in front of him, the [Glorious] Golden Knight Gulanbaator, increased visibly!
——Bang! Clank! Elius controlled two "Madness" puppets to pounce on Guranbaator, trying to stop his charge, but was swept away by Guranbaator's sword, and hit the rock wall and turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Before Elius could even react to what was happening, Gulanbaator had already rushed in front of him, and the raised shining holy sword fell heavily!

--boom! ! !

Elius flew backwards instantly, rolled several times on the ground, and hit the rock wall.

He was deeply trapped in it.

The huge impact force caused terrible cracks in the rock wall, and gravel and dust fell from the top and stained Arius' body.

"Cough cough..."

Elius coughed violently twice, blood was already flowing from the corners of his mouth, and his body was already covered with wounds.

"What on earth is going on..."

At this moment, Arius' face was full of doubt, unwillingness, and ferocious expressions.

And the "Glorious Knight" Gulanbato opposite him has once again raised the shining holy sword, and the blade is once again bursting with dazzling golden light!

Seeing Gulanbaator rushing towards him again, Elius' eyes widened and his back teeth were almost broken!
He suddenly hardened his heart, forced his right hand out from the crack, and inserted it into the bloody flesh on his chest!

——His!
His sharp nails tore off a large piece of flesh and skin, and held it tightly in his hand, with drops of bright red blood flowing from between his fingers.

With the flesh and blood that Elius was clenching as the origin, bursts of scarlet light suddenly dissipated, and then, just opposite the "Glorious Knight" Gulanbato, the aura around the "Hidden Elder" Elius suddenly surged!

The scrapped puppet remnants on the ground seemed to be attracted by something, floating into the air one after another, and quickly gathered in the direction of Elius!

Those remnants then embedded themselves into his skin, his flesh and blood, becoming one with his colony and with him!
……

Luo Xiu has completed all the preliminary prayers for the holy arts, putting himself in the strongest state of [Glory].

Just as he was about to perform the "Divine Glory" and pray for the last two mana-free and no-cooldown holy spells, he saw that Gulanbaator had already swung the holy sword heavily, severely injuring Elius, the "Hidden Elder"!

Elius' health bar dropped below half in an instant, and because of the injury, his spiritual power declined again, and the number of puppets he could maintain control was only half of what it was at its peak.

Luo Xiu knew that this might be an important turning point in the war, because there was a great possibility that Arius would become desperate and fight to the death with them, the saints of [Glory]!

As expected by Luo Xiu, he saw from afar that Elius suddenly tore off his own flesh and blood and activated some kind of taboo technique -

That is exactly the forbidden alchemical formula recorded in "Side's Notes"!
——[Blood-grown Puppet], it is a puppet prototype made from the flesh and blood of extraordinary beings, and has extremely strong automatic combat and self-repair capabilities.

However, the pages recording this forbidden knowledge had also had key parts torn off by Luo Xiu, so what the "Hidden Elder" Elius used was actually [Blood-grown Puppet·Revised] - they combined their own analysis of the incomplete parts to create a forbidden technique that can be combined with the "puppet" based on their own flesh and blood.

It has more terrifying flexibility and self-repair capabilities than the [Blood-Colonized Golem], but the price is that it will cause irreversible damage to the "recipient" - like the "Hidden Elder" Elius, if he wants to remove the colonized suit later, he will have to separate the remnants from his flesh and blood one by one, and he himself will have to endure the pain of burning flames for a long time.

As Luo Xiu watched, the puppet parts around Elius flew towards him one after another. His exposed wounds were quickly covered by the shiny iron shell, leaving only the eyes on his face that were gradually turning into a violent scarlet color.

The "Glorious Knight" Gulanbaator seemed to feel a huge push, and his charge slowed down. The light emitted by the Glorious Holy Sword that was originally held high in his hand also instantly dimmed.

"——Die! Die! All of you die!"

"Elius" roared like a wild beast, and its strangely twisted, stitched-like metal body suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed back to Gulanbaator!
At the same time, the two "Natural Disaster" puppets that were still operating quickly turned their guns towards Gulanbaator, and scarlet and scorching flames condensed in the dark gun holes.

Sensing a strong sense of crisis, Gulanbato suddenly stopped and dragged the holy sword back to rush towards the blind spot where "Elius" might attack.

However, "Elius" and the two Scourge puppets he controlled did not continue to lock onto Gulanbaator as he moved. Instead, they aimed at another target in the opposite direction of Gulanbaator's dodge!
——He aimed at "Rosius Carlos"!
With Arius maintaining a clear judgment, the biggest enemy that caused the current passive situation was the bishop who had deployed multiple sacred domains in the center!

As long as he could force away the Shining Knight who had been harassing him, he could launch the heavy attack he had been planning for a long time on the bishop, killing him instantly or at least severely injuring him!

This was what Elius had planned, and by the time Grunbach realized his intention, it was too late to react.

boom! Boom boom boom boom!
The two gun holes on Elius's arm colony and the dozens of large and small gun holes on the two "Natural Disaster" puppets have fired high-energy scarlet light surges in the direction of Luo Xiu!
The roar was incessant, and the light fog kept exploding and blooming where Luo Xiu was. The light it emitted was so dazzling that even Gulanbaator couldn't help but squint his eyes.

He looked at the origin of the explosion with some despair, and a strong sense of self-blame surged in his heart.

He knew that the path to promotion to the priesthood of the "Bishop" was not as strong as that of the priest or the paladin. It was impossible for a "Bishop" to remain unscathed under such a high-intensity bombardment. Even Archbishop Sid would be injured under such an explosion...

But soon, Gulanbaator's eyes, which were fixed on the center of the explosion, froze.

His eyes penetrated the rising smoke and saw the figure of "Rosius Carlos" standing there unharmed!
At the same time, dozens of golden discs with a diameter of about one meter appeared around him. Those discs completely covered Luo Xiu's body and completely absorbed all the damage caused by Elius and the puppets!
Then, under the watchful eyes of Gulanbaator.

The moment "Aelius" and his "Scourge" puppets stopped their bombardment, the dozens of golden discs with flowing golden light suddenly changed from bright gold to scarlet - that was the color of the high-energy light burst shot out by Elius!
The dozen or so completely "scarlet" discs immediately reflected the same scarlet light surge towards Elius and the puppets that participated in the explosion!
——"Return of divine glory"!
Arius had never expected that the bishop, whom he had originally regarded as a corpse, still had this trick up his sleeve!
His expression changed suddenly several times, but before he could figure out what was happening, he was engulfed by the returned scarlet light!
——Boom! Boom boom boom boom!

The "Glorious Knight" Gulanbaator who was watching from the sidelines saw "Elius" not far away being engulfed by the scarlet light. The violent explosion that occurred at Ross Carlos' position had now occurred to Elius.

It was not until the explosion ended and the smoke dispersed a little that Gulanbato could see the state of Elius at that moment.

His right arm and left leg were blown off by the returned scarlet light, and no body parts were found around, which meant they had probably been shattered into pieces by the violent explosion.

As for Elius, the violent scarlet in his eyes disappeared mostly due to the multiple severe pains, and was replaced by a distorted hideousness caused by the intense pain.

He gnashed his teeth and stared at the young bishop in the middle. He had no idea what had just happened, but as a saint of [Wisdom], he at least knew that he had been crippled by his own attack...

But such a "holy art" can only be used once!
The severe pain did not completely devour Elius's sanity. His eyes seemed to want to eat Luo Xiu alive. He quickly mobilized almost all of his spiritual power and controlled all the puppets to launch the next fierce attack on Luo Xiu!
——Boom! Boom boom boom boom!

The scarlet light once again flooded everyone's vision, and the figure of "Rochu Carlos" was instantly engulfed in flames and smoke!

The "Glorious Knight" Gulanbato who was standing next to him witnessed the entire process.

He should have gone to stop Elius, but the second bombardment still happened in an instant and he was unable to react in time.

But somehow, although the power of this bombardment was almost the same as the last time, Gulanbaator was not so nervous.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, Gulanbato saw the expected scene -

As expected, dozens of golden discs appeared around the bishop of Red Maple City, "Rosius Carlos", and they once again absorbed the bombardment from Elius and his puppets!
——Once again, “God’s glory is returned”!
——This time, "Return of Divine Glory" has no cooldown, it is "Divine Glory Coming" that has activated its effect!

The color of those discs quickly turned into scarlet, and under Elius' astonished gaze, they returned the scarlet light to him and his puppets!

——Boom! Boom boom boom!

Elius' figure was once again engulfed in the scarlet flow.

When the smoke cleared, the Shining Knight Granbat saw Elius's body, which was even more riddled with holes...

This time, he lost even his left arm and right leg, and the iron sheet of the puppet that half covered his face was blown away to who knows where, revealing a bloody face.

It was impossible to tell whether his expression was one of hatred or fear... and as a "Hidden Elder", he seemed to want to make one last struggle.

He opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue!

I'm about to bite it!

Complex black and purple lines appeared on the surface of the tongue, and the flowing luster in it was deep and creepy. It was not difficult to guess what would happen after Arius bit his tongue!
Seeing this, Gulanbaator raised his holy sword and rushed towards Elius.

This time, no matter what Elius wanted to do, Gulanbato was ready to stop him.

But Luo Xiu is faster than him!
Almost at the same time, the figure belonging to "Rosius Carlos" disappeared from the spot, and the angel with whom he had contracted also disappeared.

The next moment, before Elius bit off his tongue, Luo Xiu and the "two-winged angel" Tatya appeared in front of him like ghosts!
In Tatia's hand, the scepter emitting brilliant golden light had now turned into a thin and slender pure white holy sword. The blade of the holy sword had ignited with pale flames and stabbed straight into Elius' mouth!

The sword penetrated the handle directly, piercing Elius from the mouth to the back of the head, nailing him firmly to the ground!

His upper and lower teeth were blocked by the Radiant Sword, and he could no longer bite his tongue to pieces, and thus could not activate any further reactions of [Blood-grown Golem·Modified].

——Bang bang bang!

In Tatia's hand, pale flames burst out from the blade of the Radiant Holy Sword and instantly exploded in Elius' body!
The remains of Arius were already burning, but he was not dead yet.

His eyes were covered with a layer of white film, and his vision had become fragmented and blurry, but he could still vaguely recognize what appeared before his eyes -

The [Glorious] young bishop had completely occupied his final field of vision.

The bishop had replaced the sacred scepter in his hand and was now holding a staff that emitted a deep dark green light. The tip of the staff was emitting a pale golden light!

Right in front of Elius' chest, Luo Xiu held the "Poisonous Bite" in his hand and lightly drew a cross there.

——Boom! Hiss!
The "Holy Cross of Glorious Annihilation" condensed at a very close distance from Elius, and hit Elius' body in an instant!

--boom! ! !

This annihilation magic, which originally had an extremely slow flying speed but was extremely powerful, ignored the flying process as it was cast at almost zero distance, and directly opened two huge blood windows on Elius' body!
Golden light spread, and the smell of blood mixed with rubble and smoke spread.

In the midst of the smoke—

[You have killed "Hidden Elder" Elius (lv.46)]

The panel refreshed with a prompt to kill Elius, and Luo Xiu's gaze immediately left the diffuse smoke and looked towards another battlefield.

"First."

He murmured, with a barely perceptible smile on his lips, and rushed towards the battlefield where the "Glorious Knight" Evans and the "Hidden Elder" Gattuso were fighting.

……

(End of this chapter)