Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 387 [Promotion Mission: Ascension of the Holy Wing]! (5k8)

Until the dawn.

When I returned from the "Holy Abyss - the Lost Royal Court of Isol", a faint morning glow was already appearing outside the window of the room and on the horizon.

This time when they returned to the Holy Abyss, there were one hundred new "Adventurers" joining the Holy Abyss. As time passed, the number of new players joining every day has stabilized.

The amount of experience points accumulated in the "divine object" that Luo Xiu holds - the "Spring of Spirituality" - has once again reached its upper limit.

After returning to the room of the "Holy See", Luo Xiu opened the panel of the "Spiritual Spring" and took out all the accumulated experience points from the experience pool.

[Sacred Object: Spring of Spirituality]

[Current experience value storage: 9447182/10000000]

[Current Resonance Level: Level III]

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

【…】

[Experience extracted: 6613027]

【…】

Along with the process of "transformation" and "extraction" of the spiritual spring - Luo Xiu clearly felt that a surging and pure spirituality like a spring flowed into his body from countless aspects.

He felt his mind become clearer, and his body seemed to become as light as a feather.

The light and shadows on his panel were still floating, constantly revealing new content——

[Sacred Object: Spring of Spirituality]

[Resonance level increased! ]

[Current resonance level: Level III → Level IV]

[IV Resonance Level: When taking out stored experience points, effective conversion is 80%]

[Experience value storage capacity increased! ]

[Storage capacity increased from 10000000 to 30000000]

[Concentrating natural spirituality improves efficiency! 】

[Efficiency of Concentrating Natural Spirituality: 15/min→30/min]

【…】

——The resonance level of the "Spring of Spirituality" has finally reached Level IV!

Luo Xiu's eyes lit up, and he quickly browsed the improvement shown on the panel after the resonance level was upgraded to Level IV.

The biggest improvement is the efficiency of "effective conversion", which has increased from 70% to 80%. The attenuation of accumulated experience in the experience pool has been further reduced, which is a crucial point for Luo Xiu.

After all, his main way of gaining experience now is to continuously accumulate it from the players in the "Holy Abyss". A 10% increase in conversion is equivalent to a pure linear improvement, and the benefits are self-evident for the expectation of upgrading or even promotion.

The storage capacity of the "Spiritual Fountain" has also been increased to 30 million, which allows Luo Xiu to store experience in the experience pool for a longer period of time without having to pay attention to it all the time.

The increase in the capacity limit also has other benefits - for example, Luo Xiu can allocate a part of the capacity to take over the business of the "Golden Country Bank" in his previous life, and open up the true purpose of the "Spiritual Fountain" experience value storage and conversion to the players.

Now, "God's Destiny" has been open for public beta for more than half a month, and among the players who have joined the "Holy Abyss", many players have formed their own "guilds" and groups.

Players like "Thomas the Tank Engine" and "Iron Pot Stew" have formed a guild called "Mirror of Glow" and recruited all players who joined the outer circle of the church and became "Guardians of the Holy Spirit".

Although this so-called "guild" is more of a game nature, and can obtain various rewards and benefits through the [Guild Panel], it is not an organization that really exists in reality as a certain force, but it has also given rise to many needs -

For example, the top members of many "guilds" need to level up and break through the "triple destiny", so they will have the need to "receive" experience from ordinary members; and some guilds want to significantly improve the overall strength of their members in a short period of time, and they also have the need to "share" experience from the top members.

Just 20 days after the public beta was launched, similar demands began to emerge among players.

Luo Xiu was ready to build such a framework now that the resonance level of the "Spring of Spirituality" had risen to Level IV.

He has already figured out how, as the true owner of the "Spiritual Fountain", he can gain huge benefits from it, but this still requires some operations, so Luo Xiu is not in a hurry.

And now - he has more important things to do.

At the moment when the accumulated experience points in the experience pool of the "Spring of Spirituality" were extracted again - the experience points of "44362878" had been accumulated in the experience slot of Luo Xiu's character panel!
——Forty-four million experience points!

This has raised the career level of the "Apostle of Divine Glory" from lv.50 to lv.60, thereby triggering the [Promotion Task] that can promote [Glory] to the sixth level of destiny!
Finally the moment has arrived.

Luo Xiu's eyes flickered with excitement. He had already opened his character panel and his gaze fell on the level bar which was still at "lv.50".

Then, the panel was instructed to "upgrade" -

[Current main occupation "Divine Apostle" invested 2305565 experience points]

[The current main occupation "Divine Apostle" has been upgraded to lv.51! ]

[Get 10 free attribute points! ]

【…】

[Current main occupation "Divine Apostle" invested 4907623 experience points]

[The current main occupation "Divine Apostle" has been upgraded to lv.60! ]

[Get 10 free attribute points! ]

【…】

It was today - before embarking on the sacred journey, Luo Xiu raised his level to the upper limit of his current "Fifth Level Destiny" level!

Feeling the surging power in his body continuously emerging, Luo Xiu's panel was still flickering and floating with mottled light and shadows, and new content emerged one after another -

[The current destiny level limit has been reached... the promotion conditions have been met...]

[Promotion mission is being generated...]

[Trigger promotion mission: Ascension of the Holy Wing (Hell Difficulty)]

[Recommended level: lv.60+, fifth level of destiny and above]

[Task type: Promotion task]

【Mission Description: You are the Apostle of Divine Glory and the Herald of God. Now, you have once again come to the critical node of spiritual sublimation.

In order to achieve the path of ascension - you should complete at least three "Divine Revelations" and obtain a moment of divine blessing; you should obtain enough authority; you should master enough [Glory] skills and enough [Glory] knowledge; you should injure enough and powerful heretics from the date the mission is triggered, and accumulate enough "Divine Punishment" points; you should improve your own strength to the level it deserves.

Completing these will prove that you are indeed qualified to continue to rise, open the "Mirror Crystal Gate", and be promoted to the "Sixth Fate". 】

[Mission Objective 2: Complete at least three "Divine Revelation" (3/)]

【任务目标二：获得2项Ⅱ级权柄，5项Ⅰ级权柄（Ⅱ级权柄：1/2，Ⅰ级权柄：3/5）】

【任务目标三：掌握至少15项【光辉】命途技艺、30项【光辉】命途技能（掌握【光辉】命途技艺：17/15，掌握【光辉】命途技能：31/30）】

[Mission Objective 0: Inflict divine punishment on heretics, current divine punishment points 20000/]

[Task Objective 4000: Total attribute value exceeds 3921 points (4000/)]

[Complete three of all the mission objectives to proceed to settlement]

[Completion Rewards: Audience with the Mirror Crystal Gate, Basic Experience +1800000, Skill Slots +15, Skill Slots +15, Free Attribute Points +100]

【…】

This is my... promotion mission...

Looking at the task content appearing on the panel, a thoughtful expression appeared on Luo Xiu's face.

Now, he can finally determine the direction of his future efforts - Luo Xiu is now not far from meeting all the requirements of [Promotion Mission: Ascension of the Holy Wings].

Although the mission mentioned that settlement could be made after completing three of the five mission objectives, Luo Xiu had no intention of taking shortcuts from the beginning - because completing all the mission objectives was the most important prerequisite for advancement to the next level of hidden profession.

As for the [Promotion Task] that was triggered this time, it did not contain any task requirements that were difficult to complete, which made Luo Xiu feel somewhat fortunate.

Now, in the [Promotion Mission: Ascension of the Holy Wings], Luo Xiu can directly meet two of the five mission objectives.

——For mission objectives three and five, Luo Xiu has already mastered all the skills and techniques required for the former; as for the latter, he can also complete it immediately by distributing the free attribute points he just gained from the upgrade.

As for the first mission objective, to complete at least three "Divine Oracles" - you just need to ask the Oracle for instructions during the final mobilization before leading the clergy of the church and the players on the sacred expedition. The newly acquired "Oracle" mission can also be completed during the expedition.

The key difficulty lies in the requirement of collecting authority in mission objective two, and the requirement of inquisition of heretics in mission objective four - in Luo Xiu's short plan, they will also be completed during the expedition.

"..."

I thought about it for a while, thinking about what preparations I should make for "promotion" later.

He suddenly felt a strong wave of sleepiness rising up in him, and his eyelids felt like drooping uncontrollably, so he closed the panel.

He was already quite tired - he had just finished dealing with church affairs in advance, then went to the forge to purify the [Seal of Ignorance] for the dwarves of "Gravel", and then went to the "Holy Abyss" to guide the players. His workload today was indeed a bit excessive.

Luo Xiu then lay back on the bed.

He needed to catch up on the last of his sleep.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet completely light, he quickly fell into a light sleep.

And when daybreak comes, he will go to the Altar of Suyu to carry out the final and most solemn mobilization before the sacred expedition.

After that, he will leave the church and lead the clergy and players on the "sacred" journey.

……

Until the morning hours.

On this day, the atmosphere in the church was quite solemn. Almost all the clergy of the church and all church players above the "Second Fate" were summoned to the Altar of Sumo to listen to the final oracle of the "Bishop" Ross Carlos before the Holy Expedition.

The players were still dressed casually, but the clergy were all dressed in the most holy pure white robes. They held sacred books that recorded the teachings of the "Holy Court" in their hands, and stood in rows before the altar. Their shadows were stretched by the blazing fire in the altar on the cold graystone ground.

The "bishop" of the church, Bishop Ross Carlos, was wearing a white robe with gold patterns and a golden sun-patterned shawl on his shoulders. He stood in front of the altar, holding a golden, sacred scepter in his hand, solemnly and powerfully announcing to the clergy of the church:

“——We have a sacred mission.”

"Bishop" Ross Carlos said loudly to all the clergy:

"——We will set foot on that dark, sinful land."

"——Use the light of Holy Judgment to break through the fog called chaos and sin!"

"——This is a sacred expedition, a necessary expedition. We will use it to warn the world of the true nobility, true faith, and true meaning of [Glory]."

"——He will protect us in a moment. He will give us the holy sword, the holy staff, the holy spear and shield. He will make us, the pious ones who receive the blessing of [Glory], to impose holy excommunication on the unbelievers on His behalf!"

"—I will move forward, clothed in the blessing of the Holy Light."

"—and you, my dearest comrades, will be with me."

"——Perhaps, we will bleed, be pierced by the sword of blasphemy, and encounter the thorns of turbid light."

"——But don't be afraid, for this is our holy deed!"

"..."

The "Bishop" of the Red Maple City Church, Ross Carlos, had a solemn and resolute expression as he declared this to his clergy.

The clergy in front of the altar all had holy desire and piety on their faces. They would all set out today - just as their "bishop" Ross Carlos said in the declaration, embarking on the sacred journey to fight against sin.

Everyone - all the clergy and players gathered here, were looking up at the altar, where "Bishop" Ross Carlos was still making a brief and sonorous proclamation.

At the same time, he raised the scepter in his hand high, and bursts of sacred golden light burst out from it. At his feet and on the ground above the altar, five layers of bright golden rings lit up in an instant.

"—Before you embark on your journey, I will grant you my divine protection!"

Luo Xiu's eyes swept over the players and clergymen in front of the altar. His pupils flashed with burning golden light, and he declared in a solemn and sacred tone:
"——For you, my sacred comrades, I will bestow the holy shadow of 'divine light'!"

——[Altar Ceremony]!
At this time - a month had passed since the last "consecration ceremony".

That is exactly the full duration of the momentary blessing of the "Consecration Ceremony" - before Luo Xiu leads the clergy and players to truly embark on the sacred journey, he will give them a layer of [Glory] buff bestowed by the "Bishop"!

"——Supreme moment, eternal radiance!"

Luo Xiu chanted the words of the "Altar Ceremony" prayer loudly:

"——I am a devout worshipper, I worship the altar!"

——Crash!!
The ceremonial formation under his feet suddenly began to flash brightly!
The light flashed five times in succession, each time brighter than the last. This was the symbol of the "Fifth-Level" altar ceremony.

Luo Xiu continued to chant:
"——A moment of supreme majesty! Show me the true miracle!"

“——As a spectator, I often feel sad;”

"——I am willing to be a firewood for a saint!"

——Boom! ! !

Just behind the "Bishop" Luo Xiu, a huge roar came from the altar in front of the Xuyu colossus.

His silhouette began to radiate an incomparably dazzling and holy pure white glow.

As for the "Bishop" Luo Xiu, his face and clothes became blurred and invisible, and were completely covered by this pure white light.

The surging light suddenly bloomed, unfolding into a sacred light curtain overflowing with golden light in the air. It then began to slowly sink, and finally covered the outlines of the bodies of all the clergy and players.

The golden glow above the ritual formation also slowly faded away, and the sacred spiritual residue bestowed by "Shu Yu" was permeating and dissipating in the air above the entire ritual formation.

At the same time, Luo Xiu was monitoring his own panel and the panels of the clergy and players under the altar.

His own "divine" attribute continued to soar during the course of this "altar ceremony", and in the "status" column of his panel, the status content of "altar divine gift" was also updated accordingly.

——[Holy Altar Divine Blessing (Divine Power: 423, Divine Glory Revival: 2/2)]

He himself increased his "divinity" attribute by 423 points through the "altar ceremony", while before the altar - his clergy and players, the "divinity" attribute values ​​increased by between 12 and 120 points through the "altar ceremony".

This is the greatest improvement that bishops and clergy who preside over the churches can achieve.

At the end of the "Altar Ceremony", Luo Xiu saw that the faces of the clergy in front of the altar were showing increasingly pious, solemn and dignified expressions, while the players were excited and fanatical - the attribute value upgrades they obtained through the "Altar Divine Gift" could leave those non-church players far behind!

On the altar, the ceremony held by "Bishop" Luo Xiu has not yet ended.

He immediately raised the golden, sacred scepter in his hand,

At the same time, another piece of knowledge about the skill of [Glory] began to emerge in his mind.

——The technical knowledge of [Divine Revelation]!
Soon, he heard a sacred, vague whisper from the moment -

At the same time, Luo Xiu opened his eyes that were glowing with golden light, the image of the 'Holy Expedition' emerged in his mind, and he raised his scepter to the sky!
"—I pray for guidance."

"—I pray for the disaster that is sure to happen;"

"——Show me the noble and sacred sign!"

Luo Xiu prayed loudly.

And then the invisible existence came.

The sacred will enveloped him, transforming into clear yet fragmented images and ancient yet low whispers, flashing before Luo Xiu's eyes and echoing in his ears.

He saw smoke rising from the dark city walls, scarlet and golden flames interweaving into a curtain, blood flowing into gullies one after another, filling up the canals.

Horrible monsters emerged from the ground one after another, and the priests in sacred white robes fought against those monsters one after another, tearing them apart, or being torn apart by them.

——That’s the “Abyss Beast”!
And the picture of the "future" that Xu Yu showed him was exactly in the territory of the Dark Principality!

Just like the "bloody hyena" craze that was first encountered outside Red Maple City, it seems that the executioners of the Dark Principality also found the same broken seals in their border areas and "liberated" them from the seals!

Almost at the moment he saw these scenes, Luo Xiu had guessed what Xu Yu had warned him was about to happen.

And his panel also showed new content in real time——

[He grieves with mercy and grace—]

[That sacred expedition will encounter true blasphemy, and the sealed darkness will break out again! ]

[Go to the city of Latama and stop the resurrection of the disaster——]

[Even if the upside-down situation in the abyss cannot be reversed, please still stop them until the last moment.]

[Complete it, and a divine gift matching your achievements will be bestowed in a moment]

[Countdown to the disaster: 30 days]

[After completing this "Divine Glory Oracle" or before the countdown ends, you will not be able to conduct a new "Divine Glory Oracle"]

【…】

The panel has shown the content of this "Divine Glory Oracle" mission -

Regarding the "Latama City" where disaster is about to occur - it is on the way to the "Fafnir City".

"——Latama City!"

Then he pressed the panel to display the contents of the "Oracle" and announced loudly to his clergy and players in front of the altar:
"——The great and majestic sun has revealed its oracle to me in a moment."

“—He said that the sacred expedition will encounter true blasphemy, and the sealed darkness will break out again!”

“—He has given us guidance.”

"——Go to the city of Latama and stop the resurrection of the disaster!"

"——That will be the first step of our sacred expedition."

"——That will be the holy deed we are waiting for!"

After making his final declaration, Luo Xiu raised his arms high and closed his eyes.

The golden light once again surged from the outline of his body, accompanied by passionate and excited expressions on the faces of the clergy and players in front of the altar. Like their "bishop", they raised their arms high to the sky.

"——That will be the holy deed we are waiting for!"

"——That will be the holy deed we are waiting for!"

"——That will be the holy deed we are waiting for!"

"..."

The solemn, sonorous, and high-pitched sound blended into the wind and waves, interweaving, repeating, and circling above the church.

That sacred and inspiring proclamation, along with the brilliant golden light, rushed straight into the sky.

The final mobilization before the holy expedition,

At this point, the most pious and determined seeds were planted in their hearts.

At the moment of true departure,
Sprout.

……

(End of this chapter)