Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 396: Authority [Splitting Snake]! (Second update! Consider this a leave update)

The severed "snake" - that might be the Pillar God of Nothingness, the symbol of the "Void Devouring Snake".

He was cut into two pieces by the scarlet sword, and his back half was smashed by the golden hammer...

Is that what happened to the [Supreme] Pillar God "Supreme Sky", his own [Glorious] "Casting Sun Moment" and [Nothingness] "Void Devouring Snake"?

"..."

Luo Xiu thought about it, but did not waste too much time trying to understand the inner and outer meanings of the scroll.

Even as he was thinking, he had already picked up the scroll he had taken out of the treasure chest, and stared directly at the back half of the "snake" that was flashing with a dark and deep light.

In this silent, long gaze.

At a certain moment, Luo Xiu's panel suddenly jumped, revealing brand new content -

[“Ancient Heritage” has been discovered]

[“Ancient Heritage”: Split Serpent (Level I authority, can be learned)]

[Requires 120000 experience points and occupies 1 "Level I Authority" slot]

【Do you want to study? ——Yes/No】

【…】

Such content appeared on Luo Xiu's panel.

"Level I Authority" - the Split Serpent, this was the purpose of Luo Xiu's special trip to the Zaska residence.

"--Yes."

Without thinking too much, Luo Xiu gave the panel a positive instruction.

The moment he gave the order, Luo Xiu clearly felt that the intangible spiritual energy quickly flowed out of his body.

There was a flash of light in front of his eyes, but it did not come from the panel alone, but also from the ancient scroll.

Luo Xiu's spirituality had been integrated into the ancient scroll in front of him, and the pattern on it - the flickering light from the blurred back half of the "snake" - suddenly "floated up" until it left the surface of the scroll.

The round light, which was flickering with a dark grey color, had been continuously blending, changing, and shaping itself in mid-air since it left the surface of the scroll.

And when the process of self-shaping reaches a certain depth.

The originally disordered and chaotic light gradually formed a clear-textured, gray-glowing mark.

As for the newly formed "engraving" that had detached from the scroll, Luo Xiu could already see clearly what the still somewhat abstract pattern meant.

——That was the "giant snake" that was cut in half.

——And His hind half eventually turned into a new snake, chasing and biting the front half.

"Two split snakes biting each other's tails" roughly means this.

At the same time, new content appeared on Luo Xiu's panel -

[Obtain the skill "Split Snake (ancient heritage, level I authority, lv.3)"]

[Splitting Serpent (Ancient Heritage, Level I Authority, lv.3): The ancient World Devouring Serpent was finally split into two. One half of it rose upwards, and the other half fell downwards.

Mastering this authority means mastering the power to split the soul of yourself or others - you can create a rift in the soul of yourself or others, which lasts for 72 hours. Before the rift disappears, release the "Split Snake" on the target's soul again, which can make it truly split at a specific moment. (This authority can only be used once every 24 hours)]

【…】

This is the authority of the "ancient heritage" - the "splitting serpent", the power to split the soul of oneself or others.

In the previous life, it was not the natives but the players who finally obtained and mastered this authority.

Even Zaska only treasured the scroll that seemed to be the miracle of the "Void-Devouring Serpent" and did not truly comprehend and master the authority contained therein.

However, players could not truly unlock the "Authority" skill slot until version 2.0, and that was already the "Scarlet Moon" version. Luo Xiu had seen how players who mastered this authority performed when releasing it.

When the target of the "Split Serpent" is another person, it can be regarded as a "unpurifiable and unresolvable" mental split on the target. When the "Split Serpent" hits the target for the first time, the "subconscious" split out will take away some of the target's abilities; this is equivalent to the target losing the part of the ability that was taken away when in the "dominant consciousness" state, which can be regarded as a very terrifying weakening authority.

When the fissure opened by the "Splitting Snake" expands again and becomes two, the split subconscious will be out of control, and may compete with the main consciousness for dominance, or directly overflow from the body's container and look for a new host outside.

This is the ability of the "Split Snake" -

And this authority can also be used against oneself.

But generally speaking, no one would do this unless they were faced with a situation where they were certain to die - using the "Splitting Serpent" to split one's soul into two might prevent the "self" from perishing at the same time.

But this can't be called a life-saving skill... at best it can be considered a transfer of consciousness.

Luo Xiu thought to himself.

He looked at the new content that appeared on the panel, then looked at the engraving floating in the air in front of him, emitting a dim light, and finally gave the panel the instruction to "confirm learning" -

Wow!

The mark of authority that was floating in the air and flashing with light floated towards Luo Xiu's body after Luo Xiu gave the panel the "confirm" command.

It penetrated all physical obstacles on the path, directly touched and merged into Luo Xiu's chest where his heart was, making a splashing sound like water washing over rocks.

At the same time, a circle of light gray light appeared above the outline of Luo Xiu's body.

"Hiss..."

He seemed to hear a series of low, cold hissing sounds in his ears, as if some huge and invisible thing was spitting at him; the invisible existence seemed to want to devour him, but there was a tragic barrier between him and him that was close at hand but insurmountable.

In a trance, at a certain moment after the imprint of the authority of the "Splitting Serpent" was integrated into the body -

Luo Xiu suddenly felt that his vision dimmed briefly, and two gray, cold eyes hidden in the darkness seemed to be staring at him at the same time.

Even Luo Xiu couldn't help but sweat profusely because of this sudden strange phenomenon.

It was as if he was really watching her, as if the "Void Devouring Snake" was really staring at her.

And this abnormal and uncomfortable feeling soon dissipated.

Luo Xiu's vision returned to clarity, and the strange, eerie sound no longer came to his ears.

Almost subconsciously, he raised his arm.

On the back of his right hand, the engraved pattern of two snakes with their tails intertwined flashed a dark and deep light in Luo Xiu's eyes.

And in his dashboard, in the "Authority" column -

[Splitting Snake (ancient heritage, level I authority, lv.3)], there is indeed one more item in the authority column.

In the promotion mission [Ascension of the Holy Wings], the progress of collecting Level I authority in "Mission Objective Two" has also advanced from 3/5 to 4/5.

"……call."

It was only at this point that Luo Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He finally and successfully obtained this authority.

Then after that - just stay here and wait for the players, the clergy of your church, and the knights of the border court to completely wipe out the remaining resistance in the Caffrey Fortress. And when the expeditionary army truly enters the fortress, the "Thunder General" Albert will also come to the official residence.

"..."

Thinking about the future arrangements, Luo Xiu grabbed the scroll of authority and closed the treasure box where he had taken it out.

The scroll that carried the seal of the authority of the "Splitting Serpent" had lost its profound light and was now just an ordinary object.

At the same time, brilliant golden, scorching flames burst out from Luo Xiu's fingertips.

It started to burn from a corner of the scroll, and soon turned into flying embers.

……

(End of this chapter)