Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 529 [Blood Feast Ceremony] and Resonance Sublimation
When Amber, the "Creator of All Things", finally smashed the incarnation of Hastia, the "Spirit of Authority", the panel of the divine object [Chain of the Divine Prisoner] on Luo Xiu's panel showed new content -

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[Hastia, the "Spirit of Authority", is watching you.]

[The next time "Hestia's Avatar" appears, its strength will increase by 50%. If you destroy "Hestia's Avatar" three more times, the specialty "Hestia's Fury" will be upgraded to a "God's Birth" quality specialty.]

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[Accumulated "Gift of Hastia": Basic Experience +2160000, Free Attribute Points +216, Legendary Specialty "Wrath of Hastia (Limited)" *1]

【…】

Luo Xiu looked at what appeared on the panel.

The next time "Hastia's Incarnation" appears, its level should be upgraded to lv.80, reaching the peak strength of the "Chaos Spirit" status.

If you smash the "Incarnation of Hastia" three more times, you can upgrade the quality of the "Wrath of Hastia" specialty to "God's Birth" -

If the strength of His incarnation continues to increase... the incarnation status in the last few appearances may reach the status of "Star Spirit", and correspondingly, the "Gift of Hastia" that can be obtained from it will certainly be more abundant.

Luo Xiu was thinking about this.

Then, he felt the space around him vibrate again.

The overlapping area of ​​[Authority] and [Vanity] began to dissolve, and the bloody prison-like area gradually lost color and faded towards the edge.

That heavy, hot and distorted feeling is gradually dissipating.

Soon, the scene of the "Holy Abyss" royal palace gradually returned to Luo Xiu's sight.

The incarnation of "Hastia" has been shattered, and the third trial of "Authority" has been completed. This time, Luo Xiu did not intervene at all, and completed the trial with only Amber and Intis.

Luo Xiu was indeed satisfied with this result.

He then closed the panel, and his right hand was once again naturally grasped on the surface of the divine object [Divine Prisoner's Lock].

The undercurrent of scarlet in the cracks on its outline has disappeared again.

The surface of [Divine Prisoner's Chain] no longer had that scorching heat, but instead became somewhat cold.

The "Spirit of Authority" Hastia, He seems to have "calmed down" again.

Luo Xiu could feel that deep in the core of the [Divine Prisoner's Chain], the angry and manic spirit of Hastia was still surging, but it had been suppressed at a higher and deeper level.

He became controllable again, and Luo Xiu then channeled his spirituality into the [Divine Prisoner's Chain], trying to establish a new, presumably friendly "communication" with Hastia, but Hastia's spirit refused to respond.

"..."

A faint smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face.

Although it is still very important to get more information about "Alfonso Durant" from "Hastia", Luo Xiu is not in a hurry now.

The third time I smashed Hastia's incarnation, it seemed that I still couldn't get Him to accept or surrender. So I had to wait until the next time.

He has plenty of patience.

Then, Luo Xiu re-seal the [Divine Prisoner's Chain] with the shining gold seal, and then he lightly tapped the golden armrest of the golden throne with his palm, and a secret compartment popped out underneath.

He placed the divine object [Divine Prisoner's Chain] into the secret compartment of the throne, moved the secret compartment back and locked it. Then Luo Xiu looked at Amber, the "Creator of All Things", and Intis, the "Faceless Man", above the hall.

"……amber."

That false god, Amber, the "creator of all things", his divine body vibrated with some low sounds.

He seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

Dissatisfied with his contractor, "Roshu Durant" suddenly arranged a difficult and avoidable battle for him.

He was even injured because of it, and the sound made by the vibration of the amber stone was expressing his dissatisfaction.

Luo Xiu could feel this emotion coming from Him.

At the same time, Luo Xiu prayed.

It was a "purifying" and "healing" holy prayer. In Luo Xiu's palm, as the holy prayer was completed, a warm light condensed and bathed the amber divine body, causing the deep cracks on the divine body's contours to gradually heal.

Then, Luo Xiu activated the resonance with another divine object, the [Spiritual Spring], and opened its panel.

Among them, more than 20 million experience points have been accumulated.

Half of it was extracted and turned into spirituality to "nourish" Amber, the "Creator of All Things". In His panel, His level immediately jumped from lv.76 to lv.77.

"--amber!"

Amber's divine body vibrated again, making a high-pitched sound.

Obviously, He was pleased—

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Luo Xiu looked at Him with a smile, and then recalled Him from the summoning state.

……

Afterwards, Intis was the only one left in the royal palace of the Holy Abyss.

Luo Xiu then turned his gaze to her and saw an expectant and excited expression on her face.

In fact, it is the same as "amber".

Index didn't know in advance that she would face a battle with the "Chaos Spirit" -

But Index didn't care.

Because she had experienced enough similar battles since she began following her "Lord".

She was actually used to this feeling and even enjoyed it a little.

"You did well, Intis."

Looking at her, Luo Xiu smiled and said in a gentle voice:

"I can feel it... Yeah. You're getting stronger."

"You are striving to pursue a higher goal, a more powerful force - to become the 'Blood Witch'. You have met some of my requirements, which is good, but it is still not enough."

"..."

When Luo Xiu said this to her.

The expectant and excited expression on Index's face then faded.

She transformed herself into the seriousness, longing and piety that a "Faceless Man" or "Follower" should have, and knelt down before her "Master", "Lord of the Holy Abyss" Luo Xiu who sat on the golden throne.

"Please guide me, my Lord."

She then raised her head and looked at her "Lord", looking at Luo Xiu with fanaticism in her eyes, and spoke loudly and respectfully.

"..."

Luo Xiu did not respond to her.

He just kept looking at her, then extracted four million experience points from the panel of the divine object [Spiritual Fountain] and "infused" them into Index's fragile body as a reward.

……

"…Um."

In a flash.

Index could feel a burning power rising and surging inside her body.

She knew that this was the reward her "Lord" would give her every time she successfully completed the task he assigned her.

But this time, the power bestowed upon her by the Lord seemed...especially greater.

This made Index feel a little bit overwhelmed for a moment, as if hot magma was rolling inside her body, making her feel a little painful.

And this pain also excites Index——

That was not pure physical pain, but the pain came from the origin of her destiny - it was a sign that the bottleneck of the Red Lotus, the bottleneck of the path to sainthood, was loosening!
As a result, she was able to "see" or "touch" the [Obsidian Gate] surrounded by dark red flames that would allow her to advance to the "Fifth Level of Destiny"!
"Try to break through your bottleneck, Index."

Then, Intis heard her "Lord" say to her: "Become the Blood Witch."

"I will guide you through the most crucial ritual - to find and kill a saint who has attained the Fivefold Fate. He will be a saint of Red Lotus or Bitter Tea."

"Their blood is your nourishment. Bath, sacrifice, and burn. In the rising blood flames, open the 'Obsidian Gate'."

"This is the [Blood Feast Ceremony]. Afterwards, behind the [Obsidian Gate], you will be qualified to be promoted to the 'Blood Witch'."

"This is no small challenge. But I believe in you, Intis."

"Your power is already able to do this."

"..."

"I will obey your will, my lord."

"And...thank you."

There was a deep light shining in Index's eyes.

She had indeed not expected that after such a battle with the "Spirit of Authority" Hastia, the Lord would directly tell her the secret of being promoted to the "Blood Witch" of the fifth destiny of [Red Lotus]!

Index had been searching for a clear and unmistakable way to be promoted for a long time. But this time, her "Lord" told her directly, which really surprised Index.

She actually didn't know why her Lord knew all this, but the Lord had never made a mistake, so Intis instinctively chose to believe him.

……

"Go away, Intis."

Watching Index's reaction, Luo Xiu nodded slightly and gave her the final order -

"Go back to the real world, back to where you are supposed to be."

"You are not needed here for the time being, Intis."

"..."

He finished speaking.

His "follower", the "Faceless One" Index, stood up from his kneeling position.

Intis finally gave Luo Xiu a pious servant's salute, and a teleportation circle appeared at her feet, and her figure became illusory and blurred.

Soon, she left the Holy Abyss and returned to the real world.

Luo Xiu was the only one left in the entire "Holy Abyss" royal palace.

He looked at Index, at the place where "Amber" had been before, with a slight, happy arc on the corner of his mouth, staring at the panel in front of him that was still floating with light.

Giving Index the spiritual power of "experience points" as a gift was a customary reward. But this time, there seemed to be something else -

[Sacred Object: Spring of Spirituality]

[Resonance level increased! ]

[Current resonance level: Level IV → Level V]

[Level V Resonance Level: When taking out stored experience points, effective conversion is 90%]

[Experience value storage capacity increased! ]

[Storage capacity increased from 30000000 to 50000000]

[Concentrating natural spirituality improves efficiency! 】

[Efficiency of Concentrating Natural Spirituality: 30/min→50/min]

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——The resonance level of the divine object [Spiritual Spring] has finally been raised!

After extracting full experience points from the [Spiritual Spring] dozens of times before, Luo Xiu had already felt that the resonance level of the [Spiritual Spring] was increasing. And now, the four million experience points extracted and given to Index seemed to have broken through the last bottleneck of the [Spiritual Spring]'s resonance level.

As Luo Xiu thought about it, his mood became quite happy.

And now, he is in the royal court of "Holy Abyss" and has no other arrangements for the time being.

He then raised his right hand, and on the back of his hand appeared the deep red mark of the royal court with a sword and a dragon claw. Then, several deep red rings appeared at his feet, and he was quickly teleported back to the real world.

……

Vaal Fortress.

In the core "Scar" restricted area, under the ruins of an abandoned building.

A deep red ring slowly emerged, and from it the figure of Archbishop Ross Carlos emerged.

When color returned to Luo Xiu's vision and he felt his feet were firmly on the ground again, he had truly teleported himself from the "Holy Abyss" back to the real world. He was the only one in the entire restricted area of ​​"Scar".

The "fog shadows" differentiated by the foggy night were still hidden on the broken beams of the ruins of the building, and from the scenes transmitted back by its vision, no one passed by here during the short few dozen minutes when it was heading to the "Holy Abyss".

Luo Xiu felt the synesthesia transmitted by "Mist Shadow", then summoned it back, smoothed his holy robe, took a step forward, and walked out of the ruins of the building.

He had already looked at the largest "scar" in the entire restricted area.

When he came out of Rochester Manor, what he told the "guiding pastor" Colen, that he would go deep into the "scars" to conduct some investigations, was not completely false.

Luo Xiu did have such a plan, but upgrading Amber, the "Creator of All Things", to a Chaos Spirit was a higher priority.

And now, he is indeed ready to start the investigation. After returning, he will be able to share some information about the "scars" with the "Sky Ring Paladin" Davild.

Also, when the "Saint" Franya of the Holy See arrives tomorrow, he will be able to tell her some of the results of the investigation into the "scars".

This is also the final preparation before welcoming the arrival of the saint.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu then transferred his spirituality to another "god" with whom he had contracted - to the "Dragon of Justice" Quesanx.

"...I call upon you, [Quesanx]."

"..."

"……Roar."

In the sky above the entire "Scar" restricted area, the clouds turned dark red and a bloody wind began to howl.

The huge body of Quesanx, the "Dragon of Justice", blocked the light in the sky. Then, he soared and landed in front of Luo Xiu, causing a heavy rumbling sound to be heard from the earth.

In fact, ever since the "Archbishop" Luo Xiu was seriously injured and unconscious for a day, Quesanx has been in the Val Fortress, under the surveillance of the "Supreme".

Because the Archbishop has not awakened, all other saints are unable to exert any control over Him.

"Monitoring" Quesanx is the only "warning" that Gawain, Stuart and others can do to Him.

Earlier, Luo Xiu had already told Quesanx about a similar situation that might happen.

To Quesanx, he actually doesn't care about the "surveillance" of these mortals.

He was simply on guard against the vicinity of Rochester Manor, and at the same time, against the remnants of Fafnir outside the Val Fortress who might make a comeback.

Therefore, He did not go to the "Holy Abyss", but spent the previous day entirely in the Val Fortress.

And now - since the "Archbishop" Luo Xiu has awakened, Quesanx originally wanted to go to the "Holy Abyss" to restore some of His [Authority] power, but before that, he sensed Luo Xiu's call.

at this time.

Quesanx was looking at Luo Xiu, and Luo Xiu was also looking at him.

Eyes wide open.

After a while, Quesanx tilted his head and roared again -

"……roar?"

[…Do you have some other ‘authoritative’ aura?]

……

(End of this chapter)