Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 407 Settlement! [Body Forged by Divine Fire] (6k6! Please give me a monthly ticket~)

Monur, the "Lord of the Evil Beasts", is dead.

He finally died - the few traces of his body that remained were quickly eaten up by the red-eyed abyss beasts that surrounded him.

After watching this scene, Luo Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He is still in the battle form of [Abyss] - the vigorous dark spirituality that radiates outward can prevent the abyss beasts rampaging in the lightless cage from actively attacking him.

In the middle of the battle, he had already felt that Monur, the "Lord of the Evil Beasts" of the fifth level of [Red Lotus], was indeed very strong and difficult to deal with, even though he had the home advantage.

This is also the combat power level of the top group of saints who have reached the fifth level of the Red Lotus destiny.

Violent, bloodthirsty, yet tough - they serve the "Throne of Destruction" and their combat power is indeed terrifying.

They are a group of violent people who carry the will of "destruction" and gain terrifying power at the cost of the pain of constantly burning and reshaping their bodies.

The higher the level of the Red Lotus believers, the further they are from the concept of "human".

In fact, when the battle was halfway through, Luo Xiu wanted to use "Crazy Piety" to transform the "Lord of Evil Beasts" Monur into a crazy believer and bring him under the control of the "Holy Abyss".

But later he gave up the idea - there were not many positions that could transform the "Fivefold Destiny" into a saint and become an "Apostle of the Holy Abyss", and the profession of "Lord of Evil Beasts" was not scarce. If possible, he would rather transform into the hidden profession of "Alienated Demon" which is a higher level than the Tamer.

While thinking about this, Luo Xiu also looked towards the opposite side, at a small hill formed by the abyss beasts. There was the place where Monur, the "Lord of the Evil Beasts", finally died.

This was also the first time that Luo Xiu truly faced a "saint" with the fifth level of Red Lotus destiny.

The main damage to the Red Lotus Executioner and Silver-Blooded Dragonborn Quilton who were killed before was actually caused by Thunder General Albert.

At that time, Quilton was also beheaded but not dead, and quickly recovered from the near-death state with the loss of sanity.

This characteristic of suppressing reason, gradually abandoning the flesh, and embracing the power of destruction is exactly the path pursued by the followers of [Red Lotus] -

At least in terms of combat, they are indeed quite strong, and their average strength is stronger than any other destiny.

However, this kind of power always comes at a price - the practitioners of [Red Lotus] who worship "destruction" are always on the path of destroying others or destroying themselves.

As for the "Silver-blooded Dragonborn" Quilton, Luo Xiu finally killed him by releasing several heavy-damaging annihilation spells at the same time when Quilton was recovering from his near-death injuries.

But the "Silver Blood Dragonborn" Quilton, his level is only lv.52, and he is not considered the strongest among the [Red Lotus] saints. "Thunder General" Albert is at the maximum level of lv.60.

The level of Monur, the "Lord of Evil Beasts", is lv.59, which is much stronger than Quilton.

In the previous battle, he relied solely on the "authority" of the two [Red Lotus] and his own terrifying recovery ability to withstand two full sets of the Holy Annihilation Art and six times of "Ancient Dragon's Breath" and "Ancient Dragon's Devouring Slash".

It was the first time for Luo Xiu to have such a large amount of output poured into the same "Fifth-level Destiny" saint.

And Luo Xiu will have to face at least two more enemies like this——

One of them is the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice";
The Blood Lord, who has lived for nearly two hundred years and has been promoted to the fifth level of the [Red Lotus] destiny for more than a hundred years, has actual combat power higher than Monur, and he can be regarded as an opponent of the "sixth level of destiny".

The other one is the "Chief Executioner" of Fafnir Territory - "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir Rochester;

He has been promoted to the sixth level of [Red Lotus] and is an enemy that Luo Xiu will have to face sooner or later.

Because the hidden mission that is strongly related to the "Ancient Dragon's Secret Treasure" - [Hidden Mission: Dragon of Yago], that is, "The Disaster of Quesanx", is a mission triggered by the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir!
"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

He had just won a fierce battle, but there was no sign of slackness or relaxation on his face. Instead, he became more serious.

For him now, the battle with Monur, the "Lord of Evil Beasts", is actually, to a large extent, a rehearsal for the subsequent battle with the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice".

The old monster hiding at the bottom of the blood cave, although he does not have a physique as strong as Monur, he has all kinds of strange forbidden techniques and extremely rich life-saving abilities.

That should be the most difficult battle of the same level before I was promoted to the "Sixth Fate"...

As Luo Xiu was thinking, his eyes were already looking around, at the "Abyss Beasts" that were summoned and split by Monnur.

They had finished eating the remains of Monur, but that did not satisfy them. Instead, it made them even hungrier. Their bloodthirsty eyes were becoming increasingly red.

"……call."

Luo Xiu let out a long sigh, and immediately gave new instructions to the three "gods" and three contracted "deep beasts" on the scene -

That was an order to clean up this place, kill most of the violent and bloodthirsty abyss beasts in the "Lightless Cage", and devour them.

——For the "Deathrattle Demon" Mourner, the "Amber Wolf King" Fenrir, and the "Shadow Raven" Misty Night, these true creatures of the abyss, this is a grand feast.

"Devouring" other abyssal creatures can make them stronger.

The mourners were fine, but Fenrir and Wuye were already starving and thirsty.

The moment they received the master's order, Fenrir and Wu Ye suddenly rushed towards the nearby abyss beasts, releasing a very strong "Dark Erosion" spirituality, wrapping their bodies and gradually devouring them!

“——Ahhhhh!”

In Luo Xiu's ears, Fenrir's voice was the happiest, as if he was in the abyss version of "heaven" and enjoying the abyss version of "celestial communion".

Their current threat level is only "Mad Evil +" - let them devour the other abyss beasts here, and perhaps they can be "sublimated" on the spot without having to feed them enough souls like before!
Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

And when he thought of the soul——

He has also opened up his "spiritual vision" and is searching for a violent spirit in the lightless cage.

That is a spirituality as red as blood.

It is the color of the soul light ball of Monur, the "Lord of Evil Beasts".

His corpse had been completely devoured by the abyss beasts, and his soul, which was caught by the power of "destruction", had already broken free from the shackles of his body and was floating aimlessly in the air within the lightless cage.

[Honglian]'s soul, "destruction" not only affects his body, but also his soul.

At the edge of the deep red soul light ball, the scorching light was flashing frequently. It wouldn't take too long before the soul would truly melt and dissipate due to the burning of destruction, returning to its intangible spirit.

Luo Xiu stared at the soul while his fingers were rubbing the surface of the mithril ring he was wearing.

The "Soul Manipulator" emerged from the ring, quickly captured Monur's soul, and put it back into the ring.

This is the new soul that can serve as nourishment...

After that, it would depend on how Fenrir, Wuye and the others devour the abyss beasts on the scene. If they could capture a few more souls at the "Fifth Fate" level, perhaps one of them would be able to ascend to the "Destruction" level.

Luo Xiu thought to himself, he turned off the "spiritual vision" state and opened the mailbox panel.

What he will do next is to wait for the Mourner, Fenrir and Fog Night to kill and devour the abyss beasts in the cage.

After that, he would take them away from here. Before that, he would first settle the reward for killing Monur, the Lord of Evil Beasts.

"I sacrifice Anthony's ten years of singleness..."

"I sacrificed Albert to be single for ten years..."

"I sacrificed Thomas to be single for ten years..."

"I offer my sacrifice..."

"..."

After the routine ritualistic "sacrifice", he gave the panel the "receive" command.

The huge red dot quickly disappeared, and the settlement interface immediately popped up in front of Luo Xiu, with a blue light floating in it, generating the settlement content.

[Kill "Lord of the Evil Beasts" Monur (lv.59), gain 14622 basic experience points]

["Burning Soul" takes effect, gain 20% additional experience points]

["Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 30% additional experience points]

["Extremely Evil Soul" takes effect, gain 50% additional experience points]

["Noble Judgment" takes effect, gain 16 free attribute points]

[Rewards settlement, actual experience points gained: 29244! ]

【…】

["Lord of the Evil Beasts" Monur is a disaster-level boss]

[Rewards for killing the disaster-level boss are being generated...]

【…】

[Kill rewards generated]

[Obtain the expertise "Body Forged by Divine Fire (Legend, Special)", free attribute points*10]!
[Body Forged by Divine Fire (Legend, Special): You have been forged by the Burning Fire for thousands of years. It has given you death and life, and an indestructible body that can fight a hundred battles.]

[Your "Constitution" and "Resistance" attributes gain a basic correction of 38 points. Your "Health" gains an additional calculation base of 15 times the value of the "Constitution" attribute, and your "Defense Reduction" gains an additional calculation base of 5 times the value of the "Resistance".

Your body has become quite strong and has strong recovery ability - all damage you receive will be reduced by an additional 20%, and every time you receive 30% of your upper limit of health damage, you will gradually recover 10% of your upper limit of health within 15 seconds. This effect can take effect up to 2 times at the same time, and can be stacked up to 2 times. 】

【…】

"……what?"

When he saw the settlement results, Luo Xiu was stunned for a moment.

Wait a minute...

With the label of "Legend, Special", that is to say——

The result of the settlement is a feat of "legendary" quality.

——And it’s a “Legendary” template specialty!

This specialty is one of the three "legendary" quality template specialties that Luo Xiu can see in his panel detection of Monur.

The kill rewards he obtained from his recent killings of saints with the fifth level of destiny were all ordinary specialties of "epic" quality.

Luo Xiu was a little uncomfortable with suddenly obtaining a template expertise of "legendary" quality.

As if he was afraid of clicking the wrong button and refreshing the awesome expertise that he had suddenly gained due to his luck, Luo Xiu took a quick look and found no debuff, then quickly confirmed the result of the calculation.

Then he went back and carefully read the contents of the new settlement from beginning to end.

"My special legend..."

"This sacrifice really worked!"

Luo Xiu murmured, his eyes becoming brighter.

The legendary template specialty "Body Forged by Divine Fire" is one of the key specialties that makes Monul quite tough.

The most crucial thing is the blood recovery effect - for every 30% loss of health, 10% can be gradually restored within 15 seconds, which is half of the loss amount. This is equivalent to almost increasing his health limit by half!
Luo Xiu also has several recovery specialties like "Ashes of Nirvana", plus several specialties that can refresh shields like "Hand of Radiance", his survivability has been enhanced again to an outrageous level.

For the vast majority of "Saints" at the same level as Luo Xiu, being able to break Luo Xiu's constantly refreshing shield is already a great victory. His toughness has reached a new level.

He had previously estimated that if the inherent skills of the two "Ancient Dragon Weapons" were aimed at himself, he could probably withstand five attacks of "Ancient Dragon's Breath" and "Ancient Dragon's Devouring Slash" at the same time.

But now - he estimated that he could withstand it six times, or even seven times!

Shocked, the legendary tough guy is actually me! .jpg
Luo Xiu muttered in his heart, his intense excitement becoming difficult to suppress, and finally a subtle curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

However, he now has almost the same tankiness as the "Lord of Evil Beasts" Monur.

He thought about this in his mind and closed the settlement panel.

His gaze was also looking further away - the Mourner, Fenrir and Misty Night had already slaughtered and devoured two-thirds of the emerging abyss beasts.

The remaining one third of the abyss beasts were still fleeing, and some even jumped into the purple dark river, trying to avoid the upcoming slaughter.
The level of the "Deathrattle Demon" Mourner has also risen by 2 levels, reaching lv.56.

The Mourner's level increase is not obvious - as a "superior demon", the improvement he can get from the Abyss Beast is still quite limited.

But the two real Abyss Beasts that Luo Xiu contracted were different—

The level of "Ashe Wolf King" Fenrir directly jumped to lv.53, breaking through the level limit of "Madness" level monsters and truly reaching the level of "Natural Disaster"!

The level of "Shadow Raven" Wu Ye has reached lv.54, which is also the level of "Natural Disaster".

They have broken through the upper limit of their own strength and have indeed achieved sublimation in their essence. The values ​​of various attributes have made a qualitative leap, and the multipliers of the skills they have mastered have also increased accordingly.

And when their level reaches lv.60, you can try to feed them souls at the "Fifth Destiny" level, and try to make them evolve into "disaster" abyss beasts, thus achieving a wave of racial sublimation.

Luo Xiu maintained his panel monitoring of them, with a smile growing on his face.

Then, a clear voice like a silver bell came from behind him:

"What are you laughing at again, Luo Xiu?"

That's Tatia.

Luo Xiu turned around and saw the "blasphemous demon" - but now he had shed his demon disguise and turned back into the angel with a sacred aura.

He just hovered in the air like that, with a half-smile on that beautiful, impeccable face, and his eyes were full of curiosity and interest, staring into Luo Xiu's eyes.

"I remember happy things."

Luo Xiu replied with a smile.

"…You always say that, huh."

Tatia blinked her eyes, and the pair of holy wings with golden glow behind her danced gracefully. She had landed at the same height as Luo Xiu, and stretched out her two white arms like jade lotus roots to hug Luo Xiu's neck.

That was Tatia's exclusive move. Luo Xiu did not resist but just let Her hug him.

"You always make that expression, Luo Xiu~"

Tatya said softly:

"I believe you did encounter something happy, but what exactly made you so happy?"

"Is it because of these 'Abyss Beasts' that have escaped from their seal? Is it because of these 'Abyss Beasts' that have made you feel at home?"

"Or is it because of the victory over the general of the 'Throne of Destruction' just now?"

"I'm curious~"

"..."

Uh, let me tell you, I got the legendary template feat of [Red Lotus]?

You won't believe it even if I tell you.jpg
Luo Xiu complained in his heart, but he still kept a smile on his face. He looked at Tatia gently, like a kind old man.

"Okay, I know, I know~"

Tatiya smiled, tightened her arms around Luo Xiu's neck, and said as if she was talking to herself:
"I know you don't want to say it, but I don't really want to know the answer~"

"It's just that you have been getting stronger, all the time, without any interruption."

"Huh... In the end, what will you become, Luo Xiu?"

“I’m looking forward to it~”

"..."

He murmured these words half to himself.

And His last words became unreal and vague, and the arms around Luo Xiu's neck gradually loosened.

In Luo Xiu's eyes, the shining wings behind him had spread out again, and his figure, like his voice, became illusory and blurred, and finally disappeared.

He has gone back, back to the "Eternal Kingdom" where He should be. Only a few golden threads are floating in the air, which are the traces of His existence here.

Luo Xiu's attention was no longer on Tatya.

He was concerned about the number of remaining abyss beasts in the lightless cage.

When thousands of abyss beasts were killed and devoured, until less than a hundred were left.

He gave the order to Mourner, Fenrir and Night of Mist to stop.

They obeyed Luo Xiu's order and stopped killing, and Luo Xiu called them back to the Abyss.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu released the "Lightless Cage".

He raised his head and looked at the stalactite rock wall above his head, where several huge and deep cracks had appeared due to the previous fierce battle.

Staring at the deep cracks above his head, Luo Xiu had already raised the "Dragon Flame Demon Sword" and "Dragon Breath Scepter" in his hands.

Then——

boom! ! ! ! !
Two terrifying scarlet lights surged and blasted towards the rock wall above after Luo Xiu infused enough spiritual energy into the magic sword and scepter.

Pieces of rocks fell from above, bringing with them a thick cloud of dust.

There was a noticeable tremor throughout the underground, and on the cracked rock wall above, two largest, most terrifying cracks, like scars, had appeared.

This was a bombardment that consumed only two layers of "Ancient Dragon Remnant Soul", but it was enough to completely expand the crack, creating a narrow gap between it and the ground, allowing some of the moonlight outside to pour down.

——The "deep beasts" that survived the claws of Fenrir and Wuye were able to break through the final gap with their own strength.

After doing all this, Luo Xiu took back the two ancient dragon weapons.

He wants to give the players a "surprise" - this underground place full of corpses, and the dark river next to it where abyss beasts are still constantly emerging, is the natural monster spawning ground he prepared for the players!

The corpses of the abyss beasts that were left by the dark river and not cleaned up were the inducers. It wouldn't be long before the abyss beasts that were still hiding under the dark river would rush out like crazy.

Luo Xiu finally stared at the crack above and the pale blue moonlight flowing out of it for a long time.

Afterwards, he did not stop and went back in the direction he came from.

Those abyss beasts did not dare to stop him from leaving. They stared at him with their scarlet eyes, and with every step Luo Xiu took, they would retreat a distance.

Until his back truly disappeared into the darkness and his breath finally dissipated without a trace.

"Roar!!!"

The remaining abyss beasts began to howl wildly and rushed towards the crack in the sky where light blue light was flowing.

They could already smell it—there was a fresher, richer smell of blood outside.

That is a world much more vast than this underground.

They want to go outside.

They have never been so anxious - just like newborn animals, and the outside world is their inexhaustible and inexhaustible dining table.

……

Latama, in the Acropolis.

"Fuck, was there an earthquake just now?"

Thomas scratched his head. He had just clearly felt a very obvious tremor coming from the soles of his feet, which made him stagger and almost lose his balance.

As for the "Black Fang" on the opposite side, he really fell down, and then Thomas took the opportunity to swing his sickle and cut heavily from his left shoulder to his waist and abdomen.

Black Fang died instantly, and Thomas then kicked Black Fang's body over and pulled out the sickle from the body.

Now, the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" in the Acropolis have almost been killed by the players. It has been more than an hour since the tower was destroyed, and no "Executioner" has appeared to stop them.

At this point, we can declare that we have successfully captured the Acropolis.

only……

"What happened to that earthquake just now..."

Thomas had a puzzled expression on his face, and he felt as if something was happening underground.

Beside him, other "Guardian" teammates also gathered around him.

"Did you feel it just now? It seemed like... an earthquake?"

To make sure it wasn't just his illusion, Thomas asked his teammates for confirmation.

In front of him, the big crocodile wearing the heavy armor of the Paladin nodded first.

"I feel it too."

"Uh...me too."

"Me too."

Alicia and Liuhan Huangdou also nodded in agreement. They both felt a distinct earthquake.

Thomas then frowned slightly.

Just as he was about to say something, there was another violent tremor under his feet.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

This time the shock was not as severe as the previous one, but it lasted longer.

It was as if a group of things were ramming the ground crazily...

"Uh……"

Thomas steadied himself, looked at his teammates, and said slowly:
"I have a bad feeling—"

——Boom! ! !

Before he could finish his words, the ground beneath his feet began to shake violently, more violently than ever before!
This time, Thomas failed to keep his balance - he even felt his whole body lighten, and then he "fell" deeper.

That was a real "fall"!
Because the ground beneath his feet completely collapsed in the violent tremor just now, taking Thomas with him into a cave of unknown depth!
It seemed that when he fell, a bunch of strange things emerged from the ground, but Thomas didn't see clearly.

He only saw——

As he continued to fall deeper and deeper, there were countless pairs of scarlet, bloodthirsty eyes around him.

There were all kinds of strange monsters.

They followed a bloody path, trampling flesh and corpses as they headed to the surface. They should be the source of the previous waves of earthquakes.

There are at least thousands of such monsters!

But Thomas couldn't see them clearly either. He was falling faster and faster, and the monsters only left blurry afterimages in his eyes.

And he also uttered the last sound of his life—

"I am stupid!!!"

……

(End of this chapter)