Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 426: Fierce Battle! (3k8, first update)
Outside Latama.

The moonlight obscured by the rich dark purple sky leaked out from the gaps, shining faintly on the battlefield that had not yet been stained with blood, and countless flags were fluttering in the cold wind.

And this final murderous scene was soon shattered by a series of deafening screams of killing.

"--kill!!!!!"

On the Black Sand Plain, after "Thunder General" Albert gave the order to charge the entire army, all the Supreme Border Knights shouted loudly,

They simultaneously raised their weapons, tightened their grip on their horses, and followed their "general" into the black tide surging out of Latama City!

Before the expeditionary force came into direct contact with the fierce tide of Latama City, the church clergy led by the "bishop" had already completed the first round of holy prayers.

They cast auxiliary holy spells for all the Supreme Knights, and then condensed countless annihilating light balls in the air above the battlefield, and waved them towards the tide of disaster!
——Boom! Boom boom boom boom!!
The first round of the sacred art of annihilation has already exploded in the fierce tide!

The golden light exploded instantly, and the dozen or so Abyss Beasts in the center of the explosion were instantly shattered into pieces, with rich blood and tiny pieces of flesh splattering everywhere. Their corpses were soon licked up by other Abyss Beasts around them and became food for their own kind.

——Boom! Boom boom boom boom!!
The moment the annihilation light surge condensed by the priest exploded, azure light surges shot out from above the Acropolis into the surging black tide!
That was a rune creation of the warlocks of the "Fangbeiyuan". The heavy firepower blessed by the runes protected the charging Supreme Knights and formed fire suppression on the surging black tide.

At the same time, the clergy have begun the next round of holy prayers.

Before the priests finished their prayers, the Supreme Knights had already charged to the edge of the fierce tide!

"Winter General" Lansas and "Thunder General" Albert were leading the way, at the forefront of the Supreme Knights.

Hundreds of icy cones, piercingly cold, had gathered around Lansas and formed into a circle.

Albert had also drawn out his huge red sword. Flames and red thunder burst out from his broad blade and heavily slammed into the approaching abyss beasts with their howls!

The abyss beasts that were howling and rushing in the front, as well as the "black teeth" and "fang heads" that were taken as vessels by the demons, would be turned into ice sculptures and crushed by countless cavalry in a very short time when they approached Albert and Lansas, or directly blasted into pieces by flames or thunder!

In just a few blinks of an eye——

The [Supreme] Knights of the expeditionary force have pierced into the belly of the disaster tide like sharp swords!

“——Kill!!!”

"--roar!!!!!"

The frenzy of abyss beasts and demons soon collided violently with the expeditionary army's formation. The sounds of metal clashing, screams, and shouts suddenly merged into one.

The smell of blood soon spread, and blood had seeped into the land. This was the beginning of the decisive battle.

In an instant, dust flew up, accompanied by the neighing of war horses and the clashing of armor. The expeditionary force's phalanx and the black tide composed of abyss beasts and demons began to blend, fight, tear each other apart, and swallow each other, like red and black waves stacked up and rolling endlessly.

This was undoubtedly the most brutal battle the expeditionary force had ever encountered.

……

While the brutal fighting was going on.

The "bishop" of the church, Ross Carlos, had meanwhile ridden his golden Pegasus high into the sky, flying across the battlefield like a golden meteor.

He is different from the other two Supreme Saints. He has a special mission that only he can accomplish.

While riding the golden Pegasus to patrol the sky, Luo Xiu had already opened the panel, which suddenly jumped and revealed brand new content -

That triggered a new "hell" difficulty, "limited-time mission"!

——[Trigger the limited-time mission: Tyrant of Latama (Hell Difficulty)]!
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[Mission Description: The expeditionary force of your camp, "Red Maple City", has arrived at Latama City, and this fortified city has been completely occupied by disaster.

Now, you will face your true fear - face a "tyrant" and his minions. You are truly involved in this final battle, and you will fight for your side. 】

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[Main Mission Objective 1: Capture Latama City within the limited time.]

[Main Mission Objective 2: Assist in killing the enemy's ultimate leader, "Greedy Tyrant" Brigantes]

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【主要完成奖励（完成主要目标一）：视任务完成情况结算。基础经验+15000、自由属性点+10……】【主要完成奖励（完成主要目标二）：基础经验+50000、自由属性点+15，随机命途适配“史诗”品质专长*1】

[Additional completion rewards: calculated based on the completion of additional mission targets]

[Special Completion Reward: Complete the final kill of "Gluttonous Tyrant" Brigantis, and you will receive an additional 500000 basic experience points, 50 free attribute points, and an additional limited legendary feat "Gluttonous True Ancestor·Tyrant Terminator"*1
After completing the final kill of at least one "Natural Disaster" level boss, you will receive an additional 100000 basic experience points, 20 free attribute points, and an additional "Legendary" quality specialty*1 that matches your destiny (up to 1)...】

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A new "Hell Difficulty" faction mission!
The siege of the city of Latama and the subjugation war against the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantes can actually yield such a limited-time mission of "hell" difficulty!

The reward for this task was quite generous, which was a pleasant surprise for Luo Xiu.

And in the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel] that he was also following, it seemed that the players of the expeditionary force had also triggered this limited-time mission, which made their enthusiasm for participating in the current "Ratama Battle" unprecedentedly high!

For Luo Xiu, this limited-time task, which allows him to obtain up to two "legendary" quality specialties, one of which is a powerful limited legendary specialty, is also very attractive!
He quickly browsed through the contents of the new mission [Tyrant of Latama], then closed the panel and began to focus on the current battle.

On his mount, on the side of the "Golden Pegasus", countless golden flying stars condensed at this time. They dragged tails of light and flew towards the tide of Abyss Beasts below. The moment each flying star exploded, it would blow a "twisted" or lower-level Abyss Beast into pieces!

At the same time, Luo Xiu had also completed the prayers for several skills and released them into the black tide below -

A golden ball of light quickly broke away from the tip of the Dragon Breath Scepter and spread out in an area where a large number of abyssal beasts gathered, forming an area of ​​brilliant gold.

The abyss beasts in that area suddenly began to howl miserably, and pounced towards other abyss beasts around them, revealing their sharp and bloodthirsty fangs, and began to bite their own kind!
——That is [Frenzy Glow]!
This is still a very practical battlefield sacred art, and the light emanating from the Dragon Breath Scepter in Luo Xiu's hand has gradually turned into deep blue. He pointed to another location where the abyss beasts gathered, and dark clouds with thunder and fire quickly condensed in the sky above it!
——Boom! Boom! Boom!

Thunder and fire fell, and deep blue lightning chains linked and splashed at high speed between the Abyss Beasts. Those Abyss Beasts burned by the thunder and fire were quickly burned from the inside out and turned into gray-black smoke, which evaporated on the battlefield.

——That is the [Cloud of Sky's Wrath]!
He then blasted several annihilation sacred arts with shorter cooldown times at the abyss beast tide below, while the "Golden Pegasus" also roared and blasted out streams of brilliant golden light filled with annihilation spirituality downwards.

Dozens or even hundreds of Abyss Beasts were wiped out in the blink of an eye, and Luo Xiu was already riding Pegasus and was about to cross the solid wall of Latama City!
His goal, or rather, the "mission" he, Albert, and Lansas had agreed on in advance was only one;
While the expeditionary force was fighting against the abyss beasts and the tide of demons outside the city, relying on the Golden Pegasus's ability to stay in the air, they were the first to rush into the city of Latama!
Entering the city of Latama with him will be those fearless "Adventers" - they will glide into the city of Latama from the walls of the Acropolis, in order to shake the defense foundation of the city of Latama, and force out the "True Ancestor Demon" and the "Gluttonous Tyrant" Brigantis to show up!

Afterwards, the two supreme generals who were holding back the disaster tide in the main battlefield - "General Thunder" Albert, and "General Winter" Lansas, will rush out of the disaster tide as quickly as possible, and fight three against one with Luo Xiu against the "Gluttonous Tyrant" Brigantis, trying to kill Him!

This is a set plan and a predetermined tactic.

As Luo Xiu recalled all this, he had already ridden the "Golden Pegasus" through the high walls of Latama and arrived at the inner edge of this huge city.

Below his field of vision, thousands of players had successfully glided into the city of Latama and were engaging in fierce battles with various monsters inside!

This is all as expected.

In Luo Xiu's eyes, he had already seen the largest official residence in the city of Latama - the magnificent official residence that originally belonged to the three executioners, but now it was covered in blood, looked dilapidated, gloomy and deserted.

At the edge of Luo Xiu's vision, the dark mansion had already outlined a vague outline, and a huge hole had been broken in its dome. A terrifying, dark purple light surged through it, and an extremely deep and ominous aura emanated from it.

The official residence where the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantes was hiding, which Luo Xiu had "seen" in the scenes seen by the "blasphemous demon" and the "deathrattle demon", was right there!

Luo Xiu could clearly feel that the terrifying and oppressive feeling that could stop one's heart from coming from the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantis was coming from this huge mansion within his sight.

With this thought in mind, Luo Xiu had already raised the [Dragon Flame Demon Sword] and [Dragon Breath Scepter] in his hands, and pointed them directly at the dome of the dark mansion.

Behind him, two overlapping afterimages of giant dragons as big as mountains appeared at the same time, and on the surface of the magic sword and the scepter, there were also traces of red light.

And in the next moment——

boom! ! ! ! !
A terrifying crimson light surged out from the magic sword and the scepter toward the official residence!
——"The Vicious Breath of the Ancient Dragon"!
——"Ancient Dragon's Devouring Slash"!
First, a terrifying chopping wave exploded heavily on the dome, shattering the entire roof of the residence into pieces; then - a terrifying dragon breath gushed out from the Dragon Breath Scepter, carrying with it a scorching, flying flame, and the entire residence was instantly filled with a sky-high scarlet color, and the raging flames began to burn and burn everything!
"--roar!!!!!"

The moment after the dark mansion was half-destroyed in an instant by the ancient dragon's "evil breath" and "devouring slash", waves of furious roars emanated from the bottom of the mansion!

That was the roar of the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantes!

In the entire city of Latama, in the most central area, the ground erupted with violent tremors, and something extremely huge began to move.

At the same time, Luo Xiu heard bursts of sharp, knife-like whistling sounds that were enough to shatter his eardrums. At the same time, he looked at the dark mansion below and saw clouds of dust rising up from there, and the entire mansion began to collapse!
A giant hand covered in blood and flesh suddenly smashed upwards and instantly broke through the ruins of the official residence. A dark purple light mixed with a terrifying fishy wind suddenly shot out into the air where Luo Xiu was!
--boom! ! !

As the surge of light blasted straight towards Luo Xiu, Luo Xiu had already raised his scepter and superimposed three holy shields in front of him using the "Triple Holy Protection". The terrifying surge of light that shot out from the ruins of the official residence instantly shattered the first piece!
When the shattered dark purple and bright golden light fell to the ground, the light in it finally disappeared.
Luo Xiu also saw the terrifying entity that attacked him——

It was a bloody, huge monster. He was raising an extremely strong arm towards the sky. On his five fingers, which were as thick as the strongest human waist, he was holding a head with a flashing purple light in its eye sockets. That was the "sacrificial vessel" that had shot out the surge of light before.
The original owner of the head was one of the executioners, the "Omniscient Attendant" Calivian.
And that huge monster that looked like a mountain of flesh was none other than the "gluttonous tyrant" Brigantes!

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(End of this chapter)