Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 452 [Dusk and Night], Settlement! (5k)

Until the crimson light gradually dissipated.

The blood accumulated in the entire blood pool was completely evaporated under the terrifying flame-devouring slash of the [Dragon Flame Demon Sword].

Scarlet mist filled the bottom of the blood cave, and Luo Xiu could already smell a very pungent and strong fishy smell.

The flesh and blood servants that had fallen into the blood pool were turned into ashes by this terrifying flame-devouring attack, without even a trace left.

And those flesh and blood "monsters" raised in the blood pool - they were originally bodies made of flesh and blood, but now they have turned back into "flesh and blood", becoming a rotten mass without any spirituality left.

"..."

Luo Xiu stared at the scene before him.

At the same time, he maintained panel detection of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" and knew that after the previous attack, the Lord of Blood Sacrifice was almost reaching his limit.

But the monster, which had lived for hundreds of years and had long been inhuman, was still not dead at this time.

Not until the light fog that enveloped him completely dissipated did Luo Xiu finally see the current appearance of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice".

His body from the chest down was gone, and half of his head had been blown off by the "Ancient Dragon's Bite".

He was currently embedded in the cracks in the blood pool, gray blood oozing out from the numerous holes in his broken body. The flesh on his face was trembling, and his torn "mouth" emitted a muddy, weak sound:

“Why… why…”

"Why……"

"You are……"

"..."

pat, pat.

Luo Xiu walked towards him step by step. The "Four-Winged Angel" Tatia, the "Mourning Lord" Sasseer, and the three contracted beasts surrounded him and locked onto him. While the Lord of Blood Sacrifice kept asking questions, no other voice answered him.

The only sound echoing at the bottom of the blood cave at this moment was the increasingly approaching footsteps of "Bishop" Rossu Carlos.

When Luo Xiu really stood in front of the remains of the Blood Sacrifice Lord, the Blood Sacrifice Lord seemed to struggle. He stretched his neck tremblingly and raised his head which had lost half of its head.

A new crack appeared on the bloody face, and the "eyes" inside trembled and stared at Luo Xiu, uttering the last, extremely weak voice:

"We...I..."

"Why...shouldn't you...not..."

"..."

The "mouth" of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice was still twitching, and the blood-stained teeth collided with each other, making a muddy and sharp sound.

He seemed to still want to struggle, but his spirituality was completely exhausted.

His "flesh and blood" had also been transformed into blood and rotten meat by the powers of several [Glory] and the backlash from his own flesh and blood. He no longer had the capital to "sacrifice" to the Throne of Destruction.

He was indeed powerless to resist. Apart from the corroded gray blood that still covered his body, he had nothing more.

Luo Xiu was also looking at the Lord of Blood Sacrifice.

He just stared at him like this, seeing his cracks still wriggling and trembling, as if telling something fiercely, but Luo Xiu gradually could no longer hear the voice of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice.

In Luo Xiu's perception, the breath of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice was becoming weaker, thinner and imperceptible.

At the same time, Luo Xiu raised the scepter in his right hand.

A deep red light suddenly burst out from the surface of the Dragon Breath Scepter. The temperature around it was rising rapidly, and the breath emanating from the dragon ball stone on the head of the scepter was becoming increasingly hot.

And in the next moment,
--boom!!!!!

A surge of scarlet light instantly burst out from the tip of the scepter and instantly engulfed the remaining body of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice.

"The Vicious Breath of the Ancient Dragon". At the same time when Luo Xiu used the [Dragon Flame Demon Sword] to blast the Lord of Blood Sacrifice with his most powerful "Ancient Dragon's Devouring Slash", the [Dragon Breath Scepter] had also stacked up three layers of "Ancient Dragon's Remnant Soul".

This is the final blow that kills the Lord of Blood Sacrifice.

……

The scarlet flames rushed and burned everything they engulfed.

According to the panel detection that Luo Xiu kept on the Lord of Blood Sacrifice, his last bit of health was completely reduced to zero in the last "Breath of the Ancient Dragon".

The reward for killing "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" has popped up on the mailbox panel, and Luo Xiu can indeed no longer sense the spiritual aura belonging to "Lord of Blood Sacrifice".

This flesh and blood monster that had lived for hundreds of years finally died.

Completely dead, not even a trace of flesh and blood was left.

But the "Evil Breath of the Ancient Dragon" was still continuing, and it was embedded in the place before burning the remains of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" - there was gray cursed blood flowing. The body of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" had been burned, but his last source blood still remained there.

The source blood of the "Gray Blood Nightmare Curse" - that's exactly what Luo Xiu needs!

The extremely high temperature brought by the "Breath of the Ancient Dragon" is "melting" the remaining gray blood.

All the gray blood that had dried up and seeped into the rocks began to emit smoke, and in the center of the burning flames, it gradually condensed into a fist-sized ball like mercury!

That is the source blood of the gray evil!

The "gray blood" in the body of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice is both a gift and a curse from the Throne of Destruction.

When he was promoted to the fifth level of the Red Lotus Fate and became the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", the first "authority" granted by the Throne of Destruction was the Grey Blood Nightmare Curse.

This is how he endured the "curse", and then transformed this blood curse into power, causing others to endure the same blood curse as himself. That was the beginning of the evil reputation of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", even though this evil reputation would no longer exist from then on.

The "Gray Blood Curse" that he was initially given was the source blood that condensed and flowed in the flames.

Luo Xiu knew that in order to remove the "Gray Blood Curse" that Bishop Fabion was suffering from, he needed to bring back this ball of source blood after killing the Lord of Blood Sacrifice.

Every "curse" has a source.

As long as you bring back this source blood, "kill" the remaining [Red Lotus] spirit in it, remove the cursed part, and only leave the essential source blood.

If Bishop Fabion "takes" the inactivated source blood during the blessing of the [Glory] ceremony, the continuous division and transformation of the "Gray Blood Curse" in his body can be suppressed.

After that, it will take a long period of purification to purify the "Gray Blood Curse" remaining in Bishop Fabion's body, so that he can return to his normal state without being entangled by the curse.

"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

He was also observing the changes in the gray source blood in the ancient dragon's burning fire.

The fist-sized gray mass had gradually been "refined" to the size of a thumb, and the color of its surface was becoming brighter and more metallic.

The spirituality within it also becomes increasingly immaterial and pure.

Inexplicably, Luo Xiu felt like he was refining an elixir.

When no new smoke came out of the surface of the round bead condensed from the source blood, Luo Xiu put down the scepter, ending the "Breath of the Ancient Dragon", and no longer spewing out the scorching dragon flame.

The round bead formed by the gray evil source blood was floating in the air at this time. Luo Xiu stretched out his left hand, gently pinched the two ends of the bead with his index finger and thumb, and picked it up.

Although it had been burned by the ancient dragon's fire for a long time, its surface was not scorching hot, but rather icy cold.

The moment he pinched it, Luo Xiu's fingers that touched it did not feel any stinging pain from being "eroded". Its spirituality had indeed been completely restrained. At least there was no problem in taking it with him.

At the same time, Luo Xiu took out the engraved silk ribbon, and wrapped the round beads that were lightly pinched by the fingertips of his left hand layer by layer. Then he took out a small box and gently placed the wrapped source blood beads in it.

And when he had finished all of this, Luo Xiu put the box back into the storage bracelet. At this point, everything he needed to do at the bottom of the blood cave had been completed.

On the side of the "Mourning Lord" Sather, while Luo Xiu was "refining" the gray evil source blood, Sather had also captured the soul of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice".

There was nothing left for Luo Xiu to stay for any longer.

There were still many spoils of war that could be looted in the blood cave, but most of them were Red Lotus items, and they were not of much help to Luo Xiu himself.

But it can indeed be given to other "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" or to Index.

However, there is no need for Luo Xiu to collect these things himself.

As he thought about this, his eyes simultaneously turned to the other side, towards the crack in the rock wall where the "Executioner" Koros had been blasted into by the Lord of Blood Sacrifice.

He raised his hand and deployed several teleportation arrays there, "summoning" the figure of Koros again.

At this time, Koros had recovered from his critically injured and dying state and was able to move. When he saw his "Lord", he limped towards Luo Xiu and saluted him as a servant - "...Lord."

"..."

While paying respects to his "lord", Koros also noticed that the entire bottom of the blood cave was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The figure of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" has disappeared.

The only ones still alive here are his "Lord", the gods contracted by the "Lord", and the contracted beasts.

Even though Koros's consciousness was still a little blurred due to the previous serious injury, he was clearly aware of what had happened -

The "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" is dead!
The "Lord" has killed him, making him completely and totally disappear from the world!
"..."

Koros thought so in his mind.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt awed and terrified. That "Lord" had actually killed him in the lair of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice... The "Lord" was more powerful! He was so powerful that he could not be peeped into or disobeyed...

"..."

"I will give you a new 'mission', Koros."

When these chaotic and panicky conjectures emerged in Koros' mind, he heard the gentle but irresistible voice from the "Lord" -

"I will leave here. And you, Koros. Take away everything worth taking away and bring it back to the Holy Abyss before others find it."

"You know what I'm talking about, Koros."

"..."

"I understand... Lord."

Koros then knelt down to Luo Xiu again, with a look of fanaticism on his face, and said in a trembling voice:
"Your will be obeyed."

"..."

……

After explaining this to Kolos, Luo Xiu turned and left.

Before leaving, Luo Xiu took one last, deep look at the place where the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" was finally killed.

He let out a long sigh, feeling like something in his heart had finally been let go and he was finally relieved.

He felt more relaxed than ever before.

After Koros has finished looting the valuable treasures belonging to the Red Lotus, he will ask Howard from the "Holy Inquisition" to lead the Holy Inquisitors to search again.
However, that will have to wait until the expeditionary force actually captures the city of Fafnir.

"..."

Thinking about these.

Finally, Luo Xiu turned and left, leaving Koros alone kneeling there, following the original path that led to the deepest part of the blood cave and leaving this underground place.

……

Twenty minutes later.

Fafnir City.

Luo Xiu has left the blood cave, passed through the huge, blinding "furnace" in the remote streets of Fafnir City, and returned to the ground of Fafnir City.

He has left the battle and will soon be thrown into a new battlefield.

The siege of Fafnir City has not yet ended. While Luo Xiu was paying attention to the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], the third "Executioner" stationed in Fafnir City has also appeared. On the main battlefield of the siege of Fafnir City, the heat of the battle has temporarily reached its peak!

Albert, Lansas, and Hubert all seemed to have caught their respective opponents. After dealing with the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", Luo Xiu was also ready to intervene in the battlefield over there.

After all, there is no such thing as too many heads. Before truly being promoted to the "Sixth Level Destiny", this is the last surplus value of exploiting the enemies of the "Fifth Level Destiny"!

"..."

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu had already returned towards the main street of Fafnir City.

At the same time, he also opened the panel——

Before joining a new battle, he will make several new settlements!

That was the reward for killing the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", and there was also another task that had been shelved for a long time - [Hidden Task: Dusk and Night (Hell Difficulty)] had been completed!

[Dusk and Night], this hidden mission of hellish difficulty, has been on his list since the first day he crossed over to the "Apocalypse World" and arrived at Dawn Town.

And with the death of the final leader of "Blood of Thorns" and the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", this mission has finally come to the day when it can be settled!
Luo Xiu opened it with great interest. He rushed towards the real-time location of "Thunder General" Albert while performing the necessary "sacrifice" as usual. At a certain moment when he was inspired, he gave the panel the command to "settlement"!

[Completed the hidden mission: Dusk and Night (Hell Difficulty)]

[You killed the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" and finally destroyed the "Blood of Thorns", putting an end to this secret paganism that worships flesh and blood.]

[You have seen through the conspiracy of "Dusk". The Lord of Blood Sacrifice ultimately failed to corrupt the vessel of the "Gray Blood Curse", and the will of destruction ultimately failed to come.]

[Mission Objective 1: Understand the true conspiracy of "Blood of Thorns" (completed).]

[And "Chenxi Town" has survived safely to this day under your protection. People will never know - they will never know what kind of disaster once hung over their heads.]

[Mission Objective 2: Protect Dawn Town from being destroyed by "Blood of Thorns" (completed).]

[As for "Blood of Thorns" - since the death of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice, the existence of this secret organization can be declared over. Although there are still flesh and blood believers in the world, they will not pose too much threat to you. ]

[Mission Objective 94.8: Destroy "Blood of Thorns" (completed). (Current progress: 30%, more than % can be settled)]

【…】

[The task is being settled...]

[Completion rewards: Basic experience +356212, free attribute points +35, "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" legacy ("Lord of Blood Sacrifice" random skills, "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" random skills, "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" random expertise) *1]

【…】

I'm coming……

Luo Xiu rubbed his hands excitedly, looking expectantly at the panel where light and shadow floated.

"The Legacy of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice" is a rare reward category, and the skills and abilities of the Lord of Blood Sacrifice that can be obtained across the destiny will be transformed into "Ancient Heritage"——

The "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" possesses many skills and techniques that are rarely seen outside!
["Lord of Blood Sacrifice" is the destiny of [Red Lotus], and the skills and abilities acquired will be converted into the "Ancient Heritage" category]

【…】

The following content prompt appears in the panel.

And new content is still emerging——

[“The Legacy of the Blood Sacrifice Lord” is being settled…]

[In the battle with the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", you have mastered some knowledge about "Blood Sacrifice".]

[Obtain the skill "Blood Sacrifice to the Blood God (Ancient Heritage, lv.3)"]

[Blood Sacrifice to the Blood God (Ancient Heritage, lv.3): Use the Inscribed Blade to cut into the body, and the blood that gushed out can be used as a sacrifice to the "Throne of Destruction". If the ritual is successful and the sacrifice is pleasing enough to Him, He will respond to you - regarding "power", "lifespan", and all these requests, He will give some, and take some away at the same time.]

【…】

[In the battle with the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice", you realized the authority of "God-cast Flesh and Blood".]

[Obtain the skill "God-cast flesh and blood (ancient heritage, level I authority, lv.4)"]

[God-cast Flesh and Blood (Ancient Heritage, Level I Authority, lv.4): Authority granted by the 'Destruction Seat' to its believers. You can consume different levels of life points in advance to "sacrifice" and put yourself into a "God-cast Flesh and Blood" state that cannot be removed by normal means.

基础消耗20％点生命值上限+1800的生命值，“神铸血肉”初始持续时间为5秒，每多提前消耗2％生命值上限的生命值，“神铸血肉”持续时间增加1秒（最多持续25秒）
During the duration of "God-Forged Flesh and Blood", you will not be affected by any damage or any negative effects caused by targets within 20 levels of you. (This authority can only be used once every 24 hours)]

【…】

When he saw the result of the settlement of "skills", Luo Xiu's eyes suddenly burst into bright light!

——Brand new level I authority!

The legacy of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" produced such good things!
……

(End of this chapter)