Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 377 The overflow is about to overflow! (8k2, the coding attribute exploded! Double the monthly votes!!)

——Are you the "Adventer"!

When Thomas heard the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss" in front of him, wearing a crimson cloak, ask this question, a long-lost sense of familiarity suddenly surged in his heart -

That is the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss"!
Unexpectedly, on the second day of the public beta of "God's Destiny" - the "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" appeared!

The nearly 40,000 experience points left in my experience slot can finally be exchanged for new skills or knowledge from the [Holy Abyss Mall]!

——It feels great!
Thomas thought about this, and an excited expression suddenly appeared on his face. He shouted to the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss" wearing a crimson cloak opposite him:
"I'm!"

"..."

"well……"

Visibly, the pupils under the wide hood on the opposite side seemed to flash a dark red light for a moment -

The moment Thomas revealed to him that he was the "Advent One", the crimson apostle had already extended his hand to Thomas, with a black dragon claw mark on the back of his hand.

"Then...according to the will of the Lord, I come to invite you..."

A sharp, somewhat creepy sound came into Thomas' ears.

At the same time, he saw that a deep red magic circle had emerged at the feet of himself and the cloak in front of him.

Then, Thomas' vision went dark.

Then came that deep voice in my ears——

"'Holy Abyss'... welcome."

……

The Holy Abyss was left in the royal court.

When Thomas' vision regained color, he had been teleported here by the crimson apostle.

He looked into the distance, and the magnificent and ancient palace came into his sight again. The huge statues of "King Isol" and "Lord of the Holy Abyss" were still standing on the square, and there were hundreds of other Holy Abyss apostles running and patrolling around - this was indeed the "Holy Abyss"!
Thomas' heart leaped with joy, and an expression of excitement involuntarily appeared on his face.

And when he confirmed that he was indeed teleported to the "Holy Abyss" - the first landmark he looked for was the most important and iconic "Holy Abyss Spring"!
That was the main body of the [Apocalypse Mall]. Soon, Thomas saw the "fountain" that had been carved and beautified again in the middle of the square, between "King Isol" and "Lord of the Holy Abyss".

An exquisite and gorgeous "wine glass" was placed on the top of the fountain, and spring water kept overflowing from the surface of the cup, as if it would never run dry; and another giant wolf with a burning flame - that was none other than the "Ashes Wolf King", the mount of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", which was now entrenched on the edge of the "Holy Abyss Fountain".

OK OK...

Thomas' eyes lit up, and he began to think about how to spend the nearly 40,000 experience points he had accumulated after he could move freely.

And at this moment, it is around Thomas.

More and more players have been brought into the Holy Abyss by the "Holy Abyss Apostles".

Most of them are new players who joined the game during the public beta test. They still have a vague fear of "Holy Abyss" - just like players in soul-like games suddenly stepping on a teleportation trap, they always have a premonition that they will soon die unexpectedly and waste their chances of resurrection.

However, players who had joined "Holy Abyss" once during the internal test seemed much calmer, and began to introduce "Holy Abyss" to new players in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel].

Thomas was one of them, and he briefly explained to the players around him what kind of organization "Holy Abyss" was, and soon became one of the players around him.

But the players cannot move freely now, just like when they were first teleported here during the internal test. There are many Holy Abyss apostles guarding them around, exuding a faint dangerous aura.

But this was only temporary, so Thomas simply waited patiently for the moment when the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" would appear and give a speech.

But before that—

"Oh my god... who is that?"

Thomas suddenly heard bursts of exclamations coming from the players near the main hall.

Curious, Thomas squeezed through the crowd and moved forward.

As his vision gradually widened due to his forward position, Thomas also saw the figure that caused the players to exclaim -

That's Astralis, the "Crow of Despair"!

It was "Asterius", one of the three executioners who attacked during the defense of Red Maple City!
"what?"

Thomas couldn't help but let out an "Ah?", doubts rising in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but look at "Asteras".

Shouldn't he be dead... When [Pitch Black Sky Haze] was resolved, this [Nothingness] Executioner should have been dead? !

Why... is he in the "Holy Abyss" and in the Lost Royal Court?

"..."

As doubts arose in Thomas' heart, he saw that the body of Astralis, the "Crow of Despair", was indeed riddled with holes, but the broken parts were connected by spiritual threads emitting deep and misty air. He stood there motionless, with cloudy eyes and dull expression.

And above the outline of his body - there seemed to be dozens of fine spiritual threads connecting him, on which a dark light was wriggling, emitting a deep and ominous aura.

While observing the unexpectedly appearing "Crow of Despair" Astralis, Thomas also performed a panel detection on him.

He soon discovered that the panel of the "Crow of Despair" was no longer an NPC panel, but a "monster panel"!
From being a saint with the fifth level of destiny of [Nothingness], he has now completely transformed into an undead monster with the threat level of "natural disaster", and his name has also changed - now it has become "Desperate Undead Astralis"!
"So - it was actually the Holy Abyss that hunted down Astralis... and then transformed him into a dead spirit?"

Is...is that so?
Thomas guessed.

He felt as if he had suddenly realized something. While watching the former executioner who had become a "dead soul" with great interest, he had already opened the [chat channel].

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Shocked! Encountering the [Void] Executioner, fighting with all his might...

[Sweating soybeans]: No shock allowed
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: No, that's really Astralis?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Although I didn’t see him do anything on the battlefield before…

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Was he caught by the Holy Abyss? And then transformed into a dead spirit?

【Use flesh to overcome strength】: Right... When I first saw him, I was freaking scared

【Use flesh to overcome strength】: I thought the dark army was coming, fuck
[Sweating Soybeans]: Uh... I suddenly thought that 'Holy Abyss' was from the Dark Army. It scared me to death. Now it seems wrong.

【Thomas the Tank Engine】: You are not loyal!

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Damn, I suddenly wondered - was it Shengyuan who killed 'Crow of Despair' Astralis?

[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Does that mean the extra 5,000 experience points and 5 free attributes we got were given by Sheng Yuan?

[Sweating soybeans]: I am awesome, reasonable

【Sweating Soybeans】: Thank you for the gift from Shengyuan! .jpg
[Thomas the Tank Engine]: Then we'll go to the "Shengyuan Mall" to have some fun, hahahahaha, what do you mean by self-production and self-sales?
[Pure Love Yellow Hair]: Wuuwuwu, why is my Great Void so weak? Wuuwuwu

【When I type】：?

【……】：……

In the [Chat Channel], Thomas was chatting with other players, while he was still observing the "Desperate Undead Astralis".

The former executioner just stood there. Even though the players around him were discussing him enthusiastically, he remained completely motionless, as if he were dead.

Oh...he is indeed dead.jpg
Thomas muttered inwardly, chatted with other players around him in the [Chat Channel] for a while, and then closed the panel.

He was still waiting for the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" to appear, and shortly after he closed the [Chat Channel] panel, he suddenly heard a series of rustling sounds coming from the edge of the square.

The "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" suddenly knelt down in unison, raised their hands upwards in a gesture of devotion, and shouted with piety and enthusiasm:

"——Great is the Holy Abyss!"

"——Great is the Holy Abyss!"

"——Great is the Holy Abyss!"

Their voices were uniform, high-pitched and rhythmic, surging like thunder in the sky above the royal court.

Thomas had seen such a scene before, so he looked towards the ancient and magnificent palace above the Holy Abyss.

Sure enough, the figure of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" - the "Ashura" had indeed appeared there!

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" finally appeared!

He held up a staff that emitted a pitch-black mist. It was the legendary [Lament of Death]. A thick black light with a strong breath of death gushed out from it, and three black mists quickly gushed out from it!

The black fog quickly condensed into a dark and deep ghost, and flew behind the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", transforming into two wings of black light surging with death fog.

The "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" around them had stopped praising the "Lord of the Holy Abyss". They had stood up from their prostrate postures and were gazing at their common lord with fanaticism and desire on their faces.

The Lord of the Holy Abyss had already flown high into the sky, and he raised the [Lament of Death] in his hand once again. The divine spirit made of a blend of gray mist and amber had appeared behind him on the left.

——That is the "False Guardian"!
He waved the dark staff once again, and the surging black fog of death was released from behind him. A slender spirit with four eyes and four arms appeared behind him on the right.

——That’s the “Deathrattle Demon”!
Under the gaze of everyone, the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" waved his staff once again.

This time, an unprecedented deep light burst out from the tip of the staff of [Lament of Death].

The sky dimmed, cracks opened, and a beautiful and flawless figure, yet emitting a dangerous and charming aura, stepped down from the sky steps frozen by light, stopped behind the "Lord of the Holy Abyss", and gently put her arms around his neck.

——That is the "blasphemous demon"!
The names of the gods summoned by the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" have been displayed in Thomas's panel detection.

Even though all the places except the name were still invisible question marks, it did not prevent Thomas from immersively appreciating the special effects when the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" appeared.

Even though he had seen this “Lord of the Holy Abyss” make an exaggerated appearance once during the internal beta test, Thomas was still quite shocked and excited when he saw it again during the public beta test.

That's so cool! .jpg
It is a kind of handsomeness that is completely opposite to [Glory], revealing a kind of taboo, profane, and dark beauty.

It is a little different from the internal test. This time, the god summoned by the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" has an additional "Deathrattle Demon".

In just one month, this "Lord of the Holy Abyss" seems to have become stronger again!

So...what is the fate of this "Lord of the Holy Abyss" and what level has he reached?
Thomas thought to himself, still staring at the sky, unwilling to miss even a single scene.

He couldn't help but think of the "bishop" of his church, and involuntarily wanted to compare the bishop "Rosius Carlos" with the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" in the sky.

"If we only talk about special effects, our bishop and this 'Lord of the Holy Abyss' seem to be equally handsome..."

"I wonder who will win if the Bishop and the Lord of the Holy Abyss fight?"

"..."

Thomas pondered this in his mind.

He had already begun to imagine in his mind the scene where the "Bishop of Red Maple City" Luo Xiu Carlos encountered the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" Shura and had a real fight with him.

And when I was daydreaming.

The "Lord of the Holy Abyss" floating in the air, surrounded by three "spirits", uttered a deep, majestic voice:

"——I am Shura of the Holy Abyss, the lord of this place."

"——I welcome you, the 'adventurers' from outside the world."

"——I will guide, I will carry, I will reconcile;"

"——I will dominate, I will surpass, I will rise to the top!"

After a pause, the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" raised his staff again and drew a perfect arc in the air.

The words and actions of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" were the same as during the internal test. Thomas still looked up, staring intently -

A black ring appeared above the trajectory of the staff in the hand of the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" and slowly rose into the air.

When it reached a certain height, the circle emitting dark mist suddenly bloomed, and the deep light that emanated continued to outline the contours of the ancient, deep, and magnificent "Holy Abyss" hall, and ancient and distant chanting sounds floated from an unknown source.

The Lord of the Holy Abyss then issued a majestic, echoing declaration:
"——Live here!"

"——All the exiles, all the abandoned, all the people who do not belong to this world!" "——You will explore, you will discover, you will pry!"

"—I will bear witness!"

"——witness the engraving of the 'natural disaster' on the surface of the world;"

"——Witness the inscription of 'Holy Abyss' engraved on the fate!"

After he pronounced the last few sentences loudly, a deep red light began to flicker behind him.

A scarlet ring emerged from behind him, and then the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" disappeared.

And his three "gods" - "blasphemous demons" lifted their skirts slightly, with charming smiles on their faces, bowed slightly to the "descenders" below, and then ran towards the red ring.

The same goes for the "Void Guardian" and the "Deathrattle Demon" - they quickly disappeared into the sky.

The red circle also closed, and the "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" at the edge of the square once again knelt in the direction where the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" left, praising him fanatically and devoutly:

"——Great is the Holy Abyss!"

"——Great is the Holy Abyss!"

"——Great is the Holy Abyss!"

The waves of praise were so loud and enthusiastic that Thomas felt touched.

And when the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" left.

Thomas's panel finally started to move.

That is a hint that you have received a new, hidden mission!

[Trigger the hidden mission: Great! Holy Abyss! (Normal Difficulty)]!
【…】

[Hidden Mission: Great! Holy Abyss! (Normal Difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.1+, not yet in the destiny path or above]

[Task type: Hidden task]

[Mission Description: You were guided by an unknown source to the lost secret realm of the royal court, and saw the true secret of this world and this place - [Holy Abyss]. It is a neutral, harmonious, mysterious force that strives to balance the two sides of black and white. It is secretive and powerful, perhaps more powerful than any force you have known before.]

[The Lord of the Holy Abyss has announced to the Adventers - He will guide you, observe you, and protect you. He prophesied that the Adventers will eventually become the shadow of the natural disaster, and the Holy Abyss will be forever engraved on the world's monument because of you.]

[At this moment, a unique opportunity is before you - join [Holy Abyss], and become the shadow of the world together with the "Lord of the Holy Abyss"; you will gain power, wealth, and find the true "truth" of this world. ]

[Main mission objective: Under the guidance of the "Holy Abyss Apostle", join the "Holy Abyss" and become the new "Holy Abyss Apostle"]

[Completion Rewards: Basic Experience +1000, "Lord of the Holy Abyss" Shura Favorability +10%, "Isol Royal Court Seal (White)*1", "Holy Abyss Fountain" Usage Permission]

[Isol Royal Court Seal (White): A seal that allows teleportation between the "Holy Abyss Royal Court" and the real world. Only the recipient of the seal can teleport, and cannot bring others with them.]

[Holy Abyss Fountain: can consume experience and gain extraordinary knowledge of specific destiny skills and techniques]

[Fate options: [Glory], [Wisdom], [Lost], [Nothingness], [Red Lotus], [Bitter Tea]...]

【…】

——That’s it!
Thomas' eyes lit up!
He has been waiting until now just to trigger this task in the panel after the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" completes his declaration!
That is an invitation mission to join [Holy Abyss]!
Without hesitation, Thomas quickly glanced over the content of the "Great! Holy Abyss!" mission, which was almost the same as the internal test, and gave the panel the command to "settlement"!

A flash of light suddenly appeared in front of him. [Great! Holy Abyss!] had been completed, and Thomas received the reward for completing the mission.

Then, on the back of Thomas's hand, a white dragon claw mark appeared from nowhere. It was the "Isol Royal Court Seal (White)" obtained after completing [Great! Holy Abyss!], which was a pass to enter and exit the Holy Abyss - the Lost Royal Court!
At the same time, he also regained the right to use the [Holy Abyss Fountain]. As long as he was within the Holy Abyss - Lost Royal Court Square, he could directly open the [Holy Abyss Mall] on the panel.

Compared to the internal test, when the [Holy Abyss Mall] could only be opened within five meters of the "Holy Abyss Fountain", this can be considered a major optimization, Thomas thought.

And he could not wait to open the [Holy Abyss Mall], and the dazzling skills, techniques and knowledge from various destinies came into view. They were all clearly marked with experience values. One only needed to invest the marked experience to immediately acquire the corresponding knowledge.

Some skills or expertise are still grey and cannot be "absorbed". They require a certain number of "Holy Abyss Points" and a certain level of favorability with the "Lord of the Holy Abyss" before they can be learned. Thomas looked at them and began to plan in his mind the direction of his future efforts.

While planning in his mind, Thomas has quickly learned two "absorbable" [Glorious] destiny skills and three [Glorious] destiny skills.

That used up nearly 30,000 of his experience points. After that, Thomas saved the remaining 10,000 experience points for future use.

"Now... hey, I've become stronger again!"

Looking at his brand new personal panel and feeling the surging power in his body, Thomas thought excitedly.

And after learning the necessary [Glorious] skills and techniques, he did not linger any longer.

After activating the "Seal of the Isol Court (White)", a teleportation array with a faint red light appeared at Thomas' feet.

His figure gradually faded and disappeared, and he had returned to the real world belonging to the "Fanor Continent".

……

Red Maple City Church, Holy See of the Bishop.

Luo Xiu, who had just returned from the "Holy Abyss Royal Court", was now lying on the bed. He opened the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] and began to pay attention to the players' movements.

In just one night, he had the "Holy Abyss Apostles" capture nearly a thousand players and bring them into the "Holy Abyss".

This number is already twice as much as during the internal test, when players were first captured and taken into the Holy Abyss Royal Court!
After the task of recruiting players to join "Holy Abyss" during the internal test was once again issued to the players, the number of players who chose to join "Holy Abyss" at the first time was about 400, and the number of players who joined after waiting for a while was over 400.

Soon, more than 80% of the players chose to join Shengyuan.

Because many players who participated in the internal testing of "God's Destiny" have tasted the sweetness of joining the "Holy Abyss" during the internal testing, under their influence, the proportion of players who choose to join the "Holy Abyss" this time is much higher than during the internal testing. Luo Xiu estimates that - soon, the proportion of players willing to join the Holy Abyss will reach more than 90%.

Luo Xiu also opened the [Holy Abyss Mall] to the players at the same time - now is the time to reap the rewards!

While paying attention to his lovely players, Luo Xiu simultaneously opened the panel of "Spiritual Fountain".

In the "Spiritual Spring" panel, after the [Holy Abyss Mall] was officially opened to the players, the experience accumulated in the Spiritual Spring experience pool began to rise at a terrifying speed.

It went from over 300,000 to over 2 million in just five minutes, and after another half an hour, the experience value in the experience pool had reached over 6 million!

Thanks to the generous experience points rewarded by [Dark Sky Haze] before, the current players are simply "rich" - the players who have just joined "Holy Abyss" have an average of 15,000 experience points saved, and the experience points they use to acquire skills, techniques and knowledge in [Holy Abyss Mall] account for about half of them.

Luo Xiu estimated that it wouldn't be long before the experience points accumulated in the experience pool of the [Spiritual Spring] would approach the upper limit of 10 million points.

He thought happily, while paying attention to the players in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] who had started a very heated discussion about "Holy Abyss", and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Just at the moment, the players in Red Maple City are...

Including the new players who joined "God's Destiny" later, there are currently about 13,000 players in Red Maple City alone.

Among them, 60%, or about 7,000 players, have chosen to join the periphery of the three major forces, "Church", "Border Court" and "Fangbei Court". The remaining 6,000 players have not yet joined any force and are wandering around Red Maple City as "refugees".

It is in Luo Xiu’s plan for the “players”.

His "Red Maple City Church" should absorb about 6,000 players to join the periphery and become "Church Patrols" within half a month. With the layout that Luo Xiu had made long in advance, the church does have the conditions to accommodate this number of players.

The number of players that "Holy Abyss" will absorb will be twice that of "Red Maple City Church" - "Holy Abyss" should absorb 12,000 players to join, and the main target of absorption is the "individuals" of unofficial forces - let them embark on the four illegal destinies of [Red Lotus], [Bitter Tea], [Lost], and [Nothingness].

Such a number is not exaggerated - because Luo Xiu clearly knows that the number of players who will join "God's Destiny" and the number of players migrating from other "initial landing points" will only increase. The most conservative estimate is more than three times the current number of "13,000 descenders" in Red Maple City!
In the previous life, on the eve of the end of the "Judgment War", Red Maple City already had nearly 100,000 players.

But the current situation is different from the previous life. In the "War of Judgment" in the previous life, the tug-of-war between the Dark Principality and the Empire in border areas such as Red Maple City may have ended early due to the variables brought by Luo Xiu, but this does not prevent it - "Red Maple City" is still a very important military stronghold and still has considerable appeal to players.

And anyway.

Whether it is the "Red Maple City Church" or the "Holy Abyss" - Luo Xiu's plans for them will not stop for a moment.

This is just the beginning.

Luo Xiu knew deeply——

In the future, his influence will definitely not be limited to Red Maple City.

He is already a bishop, and in the future he will become an archbishop, a cardinal, or even replace the "Holy Crown Pope"!
And "Holy Abyss" - it will secretly become the largest dark force in Red Maple City, Songyuan Territory, the Empire, Fanor Continent, and the Apocalypse World!

This is the final plan - in Luo Xiu's mind, it is already a very long-term plan.

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

……

Soon, another hour passed.

Luo Xiu temporarily put aside the grand blueprints in his mind and glanced at the panel of "Spiritual Fountain".

At this time, the accumulated experience points in the experience pool of the "Spiritual Fountain" were about to break through the threshold - within an hour, the players with high consumption desire contributed more than 3 million experience points to the [Holy Abyss Mall].

Luo Xiu was quite satisfied with the current result. Before the experience pool was about to overflow, he opened the "Spiritual Spring" panel to instruct it to extract all the experience.

[Sacred Object: Spring of Spirituality]

[Current experience value storage: 9832287/10000000]

[Current Resonance Level: Level III]

[Level III Resonance Level: When taking out stored experience points, effective conversion is 70%]

【…】

[Experience extracted: 6882601]

——Nearly 6.9 million points!
Seeing that the experience bar in his character panel, which had been "dry" for a long time, was filled again, the joy in Luo Xiu's eyes deepened.

He roughly estimated in his heart that with another 60 million experience points, he would be able to upgrade the level of his "Apostle of Divine Glory" profession in his [Glory] destiny to lv., thereby officially triggering his [Promotion Mission] to be promoted to the sixth destiny.

That's not far away, Luo Xiu was sure of it.

He took one last look at the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel]. The players' enthusiasm for discussing "Holy Abyss" had cooled down a bit at this time.

There are also many players who have just logged off - in the real world where they actually exist, the corresponding time is already late at night.

In the experience pool of the "Spring of Spirituality", the speed at which experience was accumulated gradually slowed down, and Luo Xiu also felt a wave of sleepiness rising up.

The "energy" that he had replenished from the only two hours of sleep before was finally exhausted. Luo Xiu felt that his eyelids were becoming heavy, heavy, and heavier.

He took one last look at the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], then closed all the panels. Unable to hold on any longer, he slid onto the bed and soon fell into a deep sleep.

……

Until the next morning.

The sunlight has filtered through the gaps in the curtains and shone in from the window, casting a warm golden glow in the room.

After sleeping for about four hours, Luo Xiu woke up naturally.

The first thing he did after waking up was to pay attention to the panel of the "Spiritual Fountain" - during the four hours he slept, the experience value in it increased by more than two million.

For the first wave of players joining "Holy Abyss", these are roughly the amount of experience points that can be gained from them. Luo Xiu has begun to look forward to the "gains" that can be obtained from the second wave of players.

But that would have to wait until tonight, until his Holy Abyss apostles would issue a sincere "invitation" to the lovely lone players. Now, as the "bishop", Luo Xiu had to go to the Holy Office to handle the church's affairs for the day, and then go to the "Holy Judgment House" to preside over the final "soul-sending ceremony" for the clergy who had died in the previous defense battle.

Luo Xiu then went to the bathroom to quickly wash up, then returned to the bedroom to change into the pure white robe of the "bishop", then took the golden scepter, left the "Bishop's Seat" and walked towards the Holy Office.

And when he came to the Holy Office and walked into the "Bishops' Room".

Luo Xiu saw Anthony - he was already sitting in a seat at the side, looking at the stack of files on the table in front of him, which was thicker than the day before, with a wry smile on his face.

……

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