Devil's Bible

Chapter 359 Forbidden Manifestation
Clement and his partner had been cooperating for over two hundred years.

Over the course of these two hundred years, he was dragged down by the twin demons and became a monster who would stop at nothing to do anything for his own benefit.

He did not fall into depravity after becoming a golden seed; he fell into depravity from the very beginning.

Therefore, his faith in the God of Commandments was problematic from the very beginning.

These issues will not have a significant impact when upgrading from Black Stone to Steel or Gold.

The real problem occurs during photochemical metamorphosis.

Because of its strong connection to faith, the mental stress involved caused Clement to have constant overthinking.

The disharmony between his will and his beliefs will continue to put a heavy burden on his mind, and the past will unconsciously resurface, with those emotions that once tormented him resurfacing.

In this situation, he became increasingly distressed and was even unable to withstand the photochemical transformation.

He had considered whether to abandon the light transformation from the beginning and instead use the spellcaster's magic to modify his body.

But he was unwilling to give up the advantages of photochemical transformation.

During the transformation, the stats of the Golden Priest can steadily increase, not quickly, but not too slowly either.

Clement's stats are currently around 400.

More than two hundred of these values ​​are due to photochemical transformation.

In contrast, a Gold-ranked Paladin might not increase their stats by more than ten points even after hundreds of years of daily training. If they want to increase their stats, they need even stronger resources of the same type than when they were promoted to Gold rank.

This is the only way to broaden the upper limit of the numerical value by tens of points. After quickly completing this increase of tens of points within a few years, it will be necessary to find numerical resources again.

One reason why legendary species are so powerful is that they don't need to search for resources everywhere. They only need to become trendsetters of the times and constantly complete various legends to continuously obtain the historical number of completely homologous substances, and then reach the peak.

Clement had specifically examined his own body before. His body needed to maintain the light transformation for about two to three hundred years to complete it. Of course, no matter how many years it took, the final value he could provide would be around three hundred points.

Therefore, Clement underestimated the danger of photochemical degeneration.

After about thirty years as a Golden Seed, he had reached his peak and could explode and die at any time due to the high degree of inconsistency between his spirit and faith.

Therefore, he had to begin researching taboo subjects.

Once taboos are involved, many things become beyond one's control. At his current point, if he doesn't want to die, he can only keep going with his head down.

Guilliman's earlier assessment that Lotus wouldn't do such things for the Sinister Souls was actually accurate.

While the souls of wealthy Gold Saints are indeed highly valuable, they are not enough to justify their complete betrayal of the Church.

However, this does not apply to Clement, who is about to die.

Taboo is a path of no return. If it's just for research, that's fine, but once you use the forbidden power on yourself, your body will become more and more 'strange'.

And gradually, it became the target of hostility from the world.

To solve this problem, we must involve more taboos.

So far, Clemente still has some free time, but not much.

If one cannot obtain the Sin Soul, then every step behind will lead to further setbacks, and one may very well die violently due to the taboo.

But reason told Clement that retreating at this moment was the safest and correct choice.

The immense mental pressure caused Clement's resolve to waver, and he then witnessed the great monster he had summoned instantly turn into a bloody pulp. The white line of sword energy that Nemus and Feng Qi had unleashed disintegrated rapidly after traveling a certain distance, unleashing countless razor-sharp gusts of wind that sliced ​​through the surrounding area.

Balthazar was also affected.

The red in his eyes pulsed further, then entered the third stage.

Nemus is a formidable rival, and Clement is also a powerful figure. As a Metal-type, he has to fight his life to fight these monsters...

Balthazar, who originally only had two swollen arms, now had a larger body, and his physique was becoming more and more like a real berserker demon.

However, if a true berserker were to stand in front of Balthazar, it would probably be smashed into mincemeat in an instant with a single slap.

The forbidden power has been fully unleashed.

Unlike the calamity creatures, the taboos on Balthazar are comparatively more manic and violent.

However, judging from the characteristics of previous calamities, it is similar to calamities to some extent.

Sensing the calamity characteristics that the other party was further manifesting with the riot, Nemus also had some insights: "Could it be that the taboo on Balthazar is the Abyss's research on calamity?"

Thinking about it that way, it makes sense.

The abyss is the greatest collection of taboos.

However, more than 1,200 years ago, another major taboo emerged—the Great Calamity of Earth.

The Abyss cannot ignore this.

Some research will inevitably be conducted.

Balthazar may be one such research finding.

That's why the Abyss released Balthazar back, letting him walk on the earth to see if he could react more to the earth, thus calculating the other's situation.

Before he could think too much, a large amount of dark green energy appeared around Balthazar.

These auras were like steam, and every move Balthazar made caused them to spread rapidly outwards.

Under this aura, the flesh that had just been shredded into mincemeat by the wind blades rapidly rotted and withered, then emitted a further stench, and finally turned into black sludge like oil, dripping all over the ground.

"Is the stench of the Berserker Demon really that powerful?" Nemus couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

The Berserker Demon possesses a putrid aura. In the abyss, its most common tactic is to charge forward and then use its massive arms to tightly constrict you.

Then the putrid stench emanating from the body will billow outwards like steam.

In this situation, even a demon would be disgusted to the point of vomiting.

However, the stench emanating from Balthazar at this moment can no longer be considered a disgusting attack.

Once affected, all life will decay.

He is a monster born to protect, and now he is simply continuing to push that forward, protecting more lives in his own way!
Balthazar's will completely collapsed, leaving only the berserker's violent fighting instincts.

Forbidden power manifested, and everything around him began to devour each other.

Then, he let out a beast-like roar, and his entire body erupted with dark green energy as he charged toward Nemus.

(End of this chapter)