Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 445: Divine Revelation—The Abyss Hangs Upside Down! (4k6, first update)
In the afternoon.

Outside the city of Fafnir, on the outskirts of the Dragon Skeleton Plain, is the expeditionary army's camp.

In the center of the church, a temporary altar had been built on a cleared area. All the clergy of the church with a second destiny and above had gathered nearby, their eyes focused on the altar - focused on their "bishop" Ross Carlos.

In addition to the clergy of the church, the two generals of the border court, "General Thunder" Albert and "General Winter" Lansas, have also led the throne knights to wait in the inner circle. The bishop has sent a clergyman to inform them that the bishop agreed to preside over the "Divine Revelation" ceremony and let them come here to watch the ceremony.

That would be a "divine revelation" ceremony to determine whether the expeditionary army could successfully capture Fafnir City. Albert and Lansas both attached great importance to the result of the ceremony. If the result was successful, they would order the army to march out the next day and launch a general attack on Fafnir City. This would be the last and most crucial battle for the Red Maple City expeditionary army.

Although the "expedition" of the Red Maple City Expeditionary Force was only a subdivision of the Songyuan War Zone in the Judgment War, the capture of Fafnir City was still of vital importance to the war situation in the Songyuan Territory-Fafnir Territory War Zone.

As long as they can successfully capture the city of Fafnir, they can completely cut off the retreat of their "lord" - the "Chief Executioner" and the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir. If the situation is good, they can form a pincer attack on Fafnir with the main force of Songyuan led by Lord Gawain and the "Knight of Heaven's Word" to maximize the results of the battle!

The Supreme Albert and Lansas both thought so.

At this moment, they were looking at the "bishop", looking at Ross Carlos holding the golden scepter and walking slowly towards the altar.

He has already cast several auxiliary sacred arts of [Glory] on himself, filling his own [Glory] spirituality to the extreme, to the point of almost overflowing.

Before actually presiding over the ceremony of "Divine Revelation", Luo Xiu had already thought about what "oracle" he really wanted to ask Da Ri Xu Yu to surrender.

"--bishop!"

"——Praise the glorious bishop!"

"..."

In a moment, the clergy around the altar praised their bishop with waves of praise before Luo Xiu walked to the center of the altar.

Amid the praises and prayers of the "Bishop", Luo Xiu raised the Holy Grip in his hand, and the technical knowledge of "Divine Revelation" emerged in his mind.

- Om!

Multiple buzzing sounds overlapped together, and the light emanating from the scepter continued to surge, tremble, and echo across the sky.

Above the outline of Luo Xiu's body, a pale golden light radiated outwards in waves. It was a warm light that caressed like a palm.

With Luo Xiu as the origin, rings of brilliant golden light rippled outward like water ripples. The clergy standing around the altar according to certain rules were like anchors.

When the golden rings also spread over them, they would release the [Glorious] spirituality in them, thereby stimulating more rings and emitting even brighter light.

- Om!

——Buzz!
The buzzing sound that ripples and vibrates in the air has become increasingly high-frequency, and the overlapping sounds have gradually connected into a line.

And in Luo Xiu's perception, he could clearly sense that the spirituality belonging to [Glory] had now reached its highest point.

At the same time, Luo Xiu still kept holding the scepter high, and only asked the questions he wanted to ask Da Ri Xuyou in his mind.

That was not about Fafnir City, but about another, more important and more critical issue for Luo Xiu——

That is about [The Abyss Upside Down] - about the future when the Great Seal is finally broken, about the day when [The Abyss] will truly descend!

--bass!!
When Luo Xiu was thinking about this question, he heard the obvious sound of metal clashing.
It was as if he was on a battlefield where fighting was ongoing. Luo Xiu heard the roars and shrill wails, which made him feel a chill on the back of his neck and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

For Luo Xiu, nothing is more crucial than this question.

And he was not sure whether Dayi Xuyou would answer him about the question of [Abyss], but if he didn't - at least he couldn't be killed for that, so he could give it a try.

He probably knew Da Ri Xuyou's attitude towards him.

He must have known that he was likely to be contaminated by the Abyss. But he chose to wait and see and let it go, which was consistent with Luo Xiu's previous understanding of him and the so-called "pillar gods".

At least before being promoted to the seventh level of destiny, one will not suffer real "divine punishment" for embarking on a spiritual path. In Luo Xiu's memory, there is no such precedent.

"..."

When Luo Xiu thought about this,
The invisible being has arrived.

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 a black sun hanging high in the sky, oozing scarlet blood like an eye, staining the earth and rivers - that was the "River Styx".

Countless "Abyss Beasts", as well as those "Demons" that had escaped from the shackles of the Great Seal and found suitable containers, bathed in the scarlet and boiling blood river.

——In a moment of the Great Sun, He did give himself the oracle about [the abyss hanging upside down]!

Luo Xiu then saw,

The sky was covered with "scars" - tributaries of the "River Styx" flowed out from there, falling on the mountains, plains, hills, and basins, melting into deep ravines flowing with scarlet blood, and rushing wildly in between.

Countless lives were swallowed up, devoured, and then transformed into new "abyss" creatures.

Countless cities were destroyed, buried, and then occupied as the ruins of the new "abyss".

There are also those taboos who have truly embarked on the fate of the [Abyss] - the "transcendents" and "saints" of the ghost clan, the abyss clan, the half-demons, etc., who have truly set foot on the land outside the "Scarlet Continent".
They used the forbidden magic of the [Abyss] so unscrupulously, destroying all life in piece after piece of originally pure and vibrant land with the spell of "Dark Corrosion", transforming them into a demonic realm where only the [Abyss] could exist!

There was blood everywhere and corpses everywhere.

The fire of catastrophe was so high, the scarlet and deep purple flames burned everything in sight wantonly, the earth was trampled, torn apart, and collapsed...

"..."

"This is 'Hanging in the Abyss'..."

Luo Xiu was somewhat dazed as he "watched" the scenes unfolding in his mind.

He was finally able to confirm that what he saw in his mind was indeed the true scene of the 3.0 version of [Upside Down in the Abyss]!

In Luo Xiu's memory, that was the true scene where the great seal separating the "Seven Abyss" from the real world was finally broken, and countless creatures from the abyss emerged from the ruins.

He had seen it before - although it was a memory from his previous life, he had actually seen it.

In Luo Xiu's mind, these hideous and terrifying scenes suddenly became blurred, and words wrapped in gold appeared in his vision. At the same time, he heard a low humming sound as solemn and heavy as amber stone -

[Seven Abyss...]

[The Land of the Fallen Sun... The Seventh Abyss... The Land of the Fallen Sun...]

"..."

At the same time, the content of the "Divine Revelation" about the [Abyss] appeared on Luo Xiu's panel.

[He grieves with mercy and grace—]

[The shadow that sank due to the sublimation of the radiance has caused a disaster that will destroy the world.]

[His misfortune, his misfortune, his misfortune...]

[The edge of the border will collapse, the dark sun will hang high, and the scorching scarlet will boil! ]

【The demigod will fall.】

【A demigod will be born! 】

[Those who thirst for light will be quenched in darkness, and those who are in the dark will be burned in the light.]

[Struggle. Struggle, struggle! ]

【At this very moment, there is still a breath of 'Apocalypse' left. 】

[Struggling until the moment when ‘Casting Sun’ was resurrected,]

[He will pierce through the chaos and restore the sun to its glory! ]

【…】

[Complete it, and a divine gift matching your achievements will be bestowed in a moment] [Countdown to the appearance of disaster: 152 days]

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

【…】

"One hundred and fifty-two days..."

Looking at the last few lines of "Countdown to Disaster" on the panel, Luo Xiu has already gotten what he wanted to know.

——That is the time when the "Abyss Upside Down" will truly come. There are only about five months left...

The Sun had indeed told him the prophecy of the coming of the "upside-down abyss". It was earlier than he had expected, even much earlier.

Time is running out...

"..."

Luo Xiu quickly browsed the contents appearing on the panel and thought about this.

He actually didn't quite understand what this "Divine Revelation" wanted him to do, and he still had some doubts that he wanted to think about, for example, what exactly did the "Demi-God will fall" stated in this "Divine Revelation" refer to.

But there is no extra time to think about these things now.

At this time, the "Divine Glory Oracle" ceremony had actually been completed, and the brilliant golden light emanating from Luo Xiu's body had become extremely dazzling, like a glittering little golden man -

When Luo Xiu opened his eyes, he saw Hubert, Albert and Lansas, all looking at him.

There was also the "Golden Sword Saint" Klein Fesera, who was standing under a fir tree not far away from the periphery and also cast his gaze towards him.

They were all waiting, waiting for themselves, the "Apostles of Divine Light", to tell them what the oracle they had received about the "Revelation of Divine Light" was.

But Luo Xiu would not and could not tell them the true content of the oracle received this time.

What they wanted was the result of the decisive battle in Fafnir City. However, a golden light flashed in Luo Xiu's eyes. He looked at Hubert, Albert, and Lansas, and the next moment he said to them loudly:
"—I have received the divine decree!"

"——Fafnir City will not be an obstacle for us. We will enter that city, purify it of the filth that is filled with heresy, and preach the justice we call "Judgment" and "Holy Inquisition"!"

"——That will be our holy deed."

"—honor the Sun for a moment. He said; 'The way of salvation is now revealed.'"

"..."

This is what Luo Xiu announced to Hubert, Albert, Lansas and others.

When Hubert, Albert, Lansas and others heard "Bishop" Rossu Carlos announce the result of the divine revelation, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, with bright lights flashing in their eyes.

This was the result they wanted to hear about the "Oracle".

Since the bishop's "divine revelation" had predicted victory, they had nothing to worry about.

Albert nodded secretly, his expression remained calm, but in fact he was more excited than anyone else.

But why did the bishop say at the end: "The way to salvation is revealed immediately?"

"..."

While thinking about this, Albert suddenly felt a dim spiritual surge coming from the front of their tent.

That does not belong to [Supreme], nor to [Wisdom] and [Glory]. It is a "Fang Leader" who stumbled out of the city of Fafnir in a daze. He belongs to [Bitter Tea].

Albert had seen the figure from afar. He walked towards the expeditionary army's camp in a crooked manner like a withered corpse staggering in the wind and sand.

"Stop!"

The "Royal Knights" on guard at the periphery had already raised their axes, blocking the path of the "Fang Head" and continuously issuing warnings to the "Fang Head" -

"Stop!"

"I told you to stop!"

"..."

But the beast continued to stumble forward, oblivious to the warnings from the royal guards.

Just as a row of guards were preparing to attack him, suddenly, the "fang-headed man" fell to the gravel with a snap, and his already dim spirituality was completely annihilated, as if he was dead.

"..."

Albert watched the whole process, his brows slightly furrowed, not knowing what the executioner in Fafnir City wanted to do.

Two of the royal knights on guard outside walked up to the body of the "fang-headed" creature and hit it twice.

Blood gushed out, and the dark red was tinged with black, which was a sign of being cursed and having an attack.

But it's not a spreading curse.

It is only applied to "Liaoshou" alone and explodes at a fixed time.

——That is "Shadow Gnawing Heart"!
That was the work of [Ku Tu]'s "executioner" and "shadow military strategist" Koros.

But Albert didn't know this. He had never dealt directly with the "executioner" Koros, but just watched the scene that suddenly happened outside.

The Royal Guards had also confirmed that the "fang-headed man" posed no threat to the camp, and discovered that he was holding something that looked like a strip of cloth in his hand.

A royal guard knight squatted down, pried open the "Fang Head"'s fingers one by one, took out the cloth strip from them, and came to Albert, knelt on one knee, raised his hands, and presented the cloth strip to Albert.

Albert raised his right hand to take it, and unfolded the cloth to see.
There was only one short line of words written in blood:

[Tomorrow at 4 a.m., at the east gate of Fafnir, I will clear all the city defenses and open the gates.]

"..."

Albert was confused.

He had never seen anything like this in all his expedition.

Suddenly, he remembered the "divine revelation" just now - the bishop said, "The way of salvation will be revealed immediately"...

Is this what "instant manifestation" means?
Albert pondered, his brows sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed, and the light in his eyes began to change. He thought that this must be a trap or conspiracy set by the executioner stationed in Fafnir City.

Luo Xiu noticed all these subtle changes on his face, and he just wanted to laugh—

It didn't matter what Albert thought. He just asked Kolos to act out a scene with him to highlight the authenticity of his fake "divine revelation"...

Moreover, he was indeed planning to have Koros open the east gate of Fafnir at the time agreed upon in the banner.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu slowly walked down the altar.

He had presided over and "completed" a ceremony of divine revelation as Albert, Lansas and others had hoped.

And when he stepped down from the altar,
Suddenly, he felt a sudden tremor in his mind and the origin of his spirituality.

That was the spiritual transmission from the "angel" he contracted with - from Tatia.

At the same time, he could hear Tatya's light laughter and the clear voice like a silver bell -

He said that the "Executioner" Koros had contacted him.
Moreover, he and Koros have determined the real hiding place of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" at the bottom of the blood cave.

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