Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 411 Strategic Meeting (Second update, please give me a monthly ticket~)

"Don't be modest, Luo Xiu. We have all seen it - your 'Guardians' have indeed performed their duties conscientiously." Albert nodded.

Actually, it’s not like that... Luo Xiu felt a little helpless, but didn’t say anything else.

And when Albert had just finished saying this -

Boom! ! !

There was another loud rumble coming from the West City District, and even the ground at the armory shook slightly.

"Another 'Saint Protector' detonated the [Skull of the Martyr]?"

Albert's tone was a little doubtful. He seemed to have heard something wrong with the explosion.

There was a hint of inquiry in his eyes when he looked at Luo Xiu, but the "bishop" Luo Xiu Carlos still maintained a calm expression, as if nothing had happened.

Albert was a little dazed, thinking that he might have heard it wrong, and since the "bishop" of the church didn't say anything, he didn't ask any more questions.

Of course, he didn't know that the "Rosius Carlos" next to him had already opened the panel in his mind and started flipping through the [Chat Channel] -

Of course Luo Xiu heard that there was something wrong with the voice just now, nine out of ten points.

It was not until he "sneaked into" the "Mirror of Radiance" guild chat group created by Thomas and scrolled through dozens of messages that he saw the name of an "epic" feat.

——[Burning of the Devourer (Epic)]!
... grass.

"Thomas the Tank Engine", he actually obtained such a specialty by calculating the reward for killing the "Black Burning Demon", a beast of the "Mad Evil" level!
Luo Xiu, who had memories of his past life, knew that this was a somewhat outrageous specialty—

That was a feat that players could only obtain after the start of version 2.0 by killing various "Mad" level and above abyss beasts.

In the abyss, there are indeed many monsters that will "self-explode" in critical moments.

Like the "Black Burning Demon" that Thomas blew up, it was like this. When its mana or health dropped to extremely low, it would howl and rush towards the person who attacked it, then explode, perishing together with all the creatures around it.

There are many monsters like this under the category of "Abyss Beasts".

The "epic" specialty [Burning of the Devourer] can only be obtained by killing a type of abyssal beast that can "self-destruct" and has reached the "Madness" level or above. This specialty is the cornerstone of a particularly underworld school.

According to common experience, this expertise is quite difficult to obtain.

Luo Xiu remembered that in his previous life, a high-level player in the strategy group had drawn up a table, which showed that there was a 10% chance of obtaining an "epic" quality feat by killing a "mad evil" level abyss beast during the "quadruple fate".
The probability of obtaining [Burning of the Devourer] is only about 3.7% of the "epic" expertise obtained, which is indeed quite difficult to obtain.

In a sense, Thomas can be said to be extremely lucky.

In the previous life, this style of play based on [Burning of the Devourer] was called the "Syrian Style" - or the "Suicide Truck Style".

That can be combined with many other specialties that can "self-destruct" -

For example, in the [Snake Cup (Epic)] that Luo Xiu had encountered before, his death due to the snake taking away his soul was actually a resurrection for the players.

In addition, there are specialties that can cause self-destruction when the health volume drops to a certain value, causing super-large multiplier and super-wide range damage calculated according to the upper limit of health volume, and specialties that can cause explosion again after death, etc.

There are also various blood burning and flesh burning techniques and skills like [Red Lotus]'s fate, which can be superimposed with [Burning of the Devourer] at the same time, allowing players to use a cheap "death" and explode five or six or even eight or nine times in a row to wash a large area into bleach!
It was in the early days of version 2.0 that the "Red Lotus - Suicide Truck Flow" directly surpassed the "Glory Pure Damage Flow" and became the answer to the version for a while.

The top players who have enough experience can even blow up the "natural disaster" level boss by half its health or even to the point of death.

This greatly narrowed the gap in combat power between players with the "quadruple destiny" and the "quintuple destiny" NPCs who had attained sainthood. Before the self-destruction flow was nerfed, it was also a period of unprecedentedly high numbers of "saints" dying.

Being able to "resurrect" is the biggest reliance of players, which allows them to do whatever they want in the game world without paying any real price.

For them, they can do whatever they want in the MMORPG game world, and the biggest price they pay is just having their account banned. They can then buy another account and return to being heroes again.

In the previous life, at the beginning of version 2.0, the players at that time had just unlocked the level cap of "Quadruple Destiny" lv.40.
Players who have been promoted to the "Quadruple Destiny" are now able to face the "Mad and Evil" monsters alone in terms of combat power.

Precisely because the "suicide truck flow" did indeed demonstrate quite terrifying destructive power, a large number of players went to blast the "Mad Evil" and other level abyss beasts that emerged from the ground due to the "Scarlet Moon", and almost caused them to become regionally extinct.

Perhaps because this was too abnormal, the game planner of "God's Destiny" - now it seems that it was the believers of "Balance" on the "Ring of Apocalypse" who restricted the "expertise" that players could obtain when the 2.0 version of the previous life was halfway through.

Almost half of the "self-destruct" feats are marked as "special" and are used as template feats, preventing players from obtaining them through normal means.

For players who have already collected two to three "epic" quality self-destruct specialties, the multiplier has been lowered to about two-thirds of the original value.

But even so, the damage caused by a player's death is still quite large, which still attracts many players.

hiss……

But now - it is obvious that, normally speaking, the 1.0 version of "War of Judgment" should not have things like "Abyss Beasts".

And now the hand of the planner, no, the hand of "Apocalypse" has not yet reached out, and Thomas was able to obtain the [Burning of the Devourer] so quickly, which really surprised Luo Xiu.

God knows how he suddenly became so lucky. In his previous life, he was a loyal member of the Glory, but now Luo Xiu felt that his loyalty was beginning to deteriorate!

But Luo Xiu didn't want to interfere too much.

In fact, for him, the more players play, the better it is for him.

Anyway, he can take care of both "Church" and "Holy Abyss". Even if a new trend or school is formed as a result, his "Holy Abyss Mall" may be able to seize the business opportunity at the first time.

While thinking about this, Luo Xiu opened the panel of "Spiritual Fountain" and glanced at the more than 20 million experience points stored there.

These are all strategic reserve grains! .jpg
He also didn't know how big a splash the [Burning of the Devourer] Thomas obtained would cause, so he decided to take it one step at a time.

"Luo Xiu?"

As he was thinking about this, he heard Albert's voice entering his ears.

He stopped thinking too much for the moment, raised his head, looked at Albert with a calm and gentle gaze, and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Albert, Alvan and Eureka were just discussing their future plans. The first step was to actually occupy the city of Latama.

Luo Xiu just listened without saying anything - he still adhered to his usual principle of "anything is fine". As long as Albert and his team's final decision did not lead to fatal mistakes or deviations, he would not interfere too much as the "bishop".

This is also the truth I learned from my experience as a corporate slave in my previous life.

This is what Luo Xiu is like, but Albert has a lot to consider -

The three "executioners" who have never appeared are always variables. The city of Latama has kept its gates locked from beginning to end. Its extremely high city walls make it difficult for scouts to cross, so there is no way of knowing what is going on inside.

Only by looking down from the highest point of the White Hills can one see the scenery inside the city of Latama. Previously, a player who studied civil engineering had submitted a rough map of the city's defenses to the church.

But it was not much different from the maps that the Border Court and the Church had previously mastered, and no new value could be extracted.

If I really want to say it, it is on the wall of Latama City - there are more than a dozen high towers of the same type as the Acropolis filled with the remains of the "Abyss Beast". The scarlet light flashing on them is becoming more and more intense, and it seems that it has not weakened due to the breaking of the great seal and being re-sealed.

Luo Xiu had the worst guess about this, but it was not confirmed yet.

"We are considering whether we need to force our way into Latama City."

Albert's voice was a little hoarse, but he still said to Luo Xiu patiently:
"According to our original plan, we were going to join forces with 'Winter General' Lansas first, then besiege the city of Latama and force those executioners to come out of the city to fight."

"The fifty 'Scorching Dragons' that have been engraved with rune armor at Fangbeiyuan are prepared for this purpose."

Those were the red dragons raised by the "Silver-Blooded Dragonborn" Quilton that were captured by the puppets of Fangbeiyuan in the previous "Red Maple City Defense War".

After being modified by the two deans of Fangbei Academy, these red dragons can already be considered a major trump card of the expeditionary force, but they have not yet been actually deployed on the battlefield.

"But the 'Winter General' Lansas did not arrive as promised," Luo Xiu asked with a smile, "What do you think now, Sir Albert?"

"--storm."

Albert said in a deep voice, "I am not going to wait for Lansas any longer. Now, we have obviously made unexpected progress. We have successfully occupied the 'Acropolis' of Latama. We no longer have to face the high walls of Latama."

This is true - the terrain of Latama's "Acropolis" is higher than that of Latama City. The Acropolis looks down on Latama City from a "overlooking" perspective. If the long-range heavy weapons developed by Fangbeiyuan are set up here, terrifying firepower can be poured on the west side of Latama City.

This is the strategic significance of occupying the Acropolis, which is equivalent to occupying the commanding heights of the battlefield around the city of Latama.

The stretches of barren white hills on the east side were also under the control of the expeditionary force. Theoretically, there were no higher commanding heights that could threaten the Acropolis and were not in the area controlled by the expeditionary force, unless the dark army of Latama City could gain air superiority - releasing flying puppets, or flying dragons, etc., but they did not have such things.

"can."

Luo Xiu nodded slightly, agreeing with Albert's decision.

If the remaining two executioners in Latama City are indeed hiding in Latama City and not coming out, then they are not a big threat to Luo Xiu.

But if it was the other worst possibility as he was thinking, then it would be necessary to storm Latama City as soon as possible and enter the city to find out what was going on.

"Well, then, that's it—"

Albert was about to say the word "decision" when he suddenly heard the crisp sound of steel boots stepping on the ground. He glanced outside the door curtain and swallowed the word "decision" that was about to come out of his mouth.

When the curtain of the big tent was lifted, a "throne knight" walked in.
But that was not the throne knight under Albert.

He was a throne knight from Snowd Fortress, under the command of "Winter General" Lansas.

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(End of this chapter)