Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

The next day.

Red Maple City Church, Glory Church.

In the High Priest's Residence, Luo Xiu just received a routine call from "Burst Sword Master" Bagri, and learned that Bagri had come to the pitch-black military camp outside Red Maple City with two other "Fang Heads".

"Executioner" Koros is about to arrive, and Bagri, "Shadow Warrior" Bode, and "Curse Binder" Haziz are the "vanguards" sent by Koros to explore first. This is the full lineup of high-ranking extraordinary people reinforced by the Dark Principality.

At the same time, Bagri also reported another important intelligence to Luo Xiu - about the "Dark Principality" vanguard entrenched outside Red Maple City, led by "Executioner" Afatak, his profession is a "Storm Warrior" with the fourth destiny of [Bitter Tea].

Afatak also has two deputy commanders, "Poison Hunter" Alessa and "Beast Tamer" Crower, they are also "fourth destiny", the former's destiny belongs to [Bitter Tea], and the latter's is [Red Lotus].

In other words, if the "Berserk Swordsman" Bagli is included, the enemy now has a total of six "four-fold destiny" extraordinary combat forces.

Judging from the number alone, the high-end combat power of the Principality Vanguard has already suppressed the Red Maple City defenders. After all, the "Border Court" plus the "Church" plus the "Fangbei Court" currently have only five "four-fold destiny" extraordinary people.

However, what the enemy does not know is that there is a traitor among them... Even their estimation of combat power has a fundamental blind spot.

With this thought, Luo Xiu summoned the "Shadow Raven" Wu Ye, asked it to create a real phantom of "Luo Xiu Carlos" and let the phantom stay in the residence, then activated the engraved key to the "Lost Royal Court" and teleported to the Royal Court Hall.

...

Isor's Lost Royal Court.

On the ground in front of the throne of the hall, a scarlet ring magic circle suddenly appeared. The figure of "Shura" quickly condensed in the hazy light of the magic circle, gradually becoming clear from blurry, and gradually becoming real from illusion.

In the past two months, the architect found by Intis has preliminarily completed the planning and construction of the vacant areas of the royal court. Several major areas have basically been built and can be put into use.

The royal palace has also received a major renovation. The most obvious change is that more classical-style seats of different sizes and colors are set up in front of the palace.

These seats surround the throne in a fan shape like stars surrounding the moon. The inner ring seats closest to the throne are dark red, with a total of six seats; and the outer ring is black, with a total of thirteen seats.

The owners of these seats are the "Sacred Abyss Apostles" who have undergone the "Crazy Pious" transformation of Luo Xiu. Now, these seats have their owners, and they also represent the current distribution of the combat power of the "Sacred Abyss".

——Six "quadruple fates" and thirteen "triple fates", this is the current "Sacred Abyss" The real high-end combat power level!

This is also the current limit of the number of "crazy believers" that Luo Xiu can maintain stable.

Luo Xiu looked around the empty seats below, and at the same time he raised his arm, pressed his fingers lightly on his forehead, and issued a gathering order to all the "Holy Abyss Apostles" with spiritual conduction.

That was the highest priority order. After Luo Xiu issued the order to all the "Holy Abyss Apostles", no matter where they appeared or what they were doing, they must be together within ten minutes.

Soon, in Luo Xiu's vision, on the open ground in the middle of the hall, one circular magic circle after another began to emerge, and figures quickly condensed from it.

The "Faceless" Intis, who governs all the apostles, appeared first. After she was completely teleported to the hall, she first saluted Luo Xiu as a servant.

Afterwards, Intis came to the side of her "lord", gently folded her hands in front of her, and looked down indifferently at the other "Sacred Abyss Apostles" who were being teleported into the hall.

In the center of the hall, the first few figures who completed the teleportation soon became clear. After completing the teleportation, "Furious Sword Master" Bagri and "Death Priest" Asves bowed to Luo Xiu, and then each walked to their dark red chairs and sat down.

Then came "Bloodthirsty Werewolf" Buzer and "Hunting Blade" Undertaker. These two original "Sacred Abyss Apostles" had also recently completed their promotions and have now transformed into "Fourfold Fate", ranking among the top combat forces of "Sacred Abyss".

They also bowed to Luo Xiu, and then sat down in front of their respective dark red chairs, waiting for the other "Apostles" to come and pay their respects.

The last two dark red chairs belonged to the two newly transformed "Fourfold Fate" extraordinary people. They belong to the destiny of [Glorious] and [Wisdom] respectively, and their original camps are "Pure Order" and "Hidden Omniscient" respectively.

——"Head of Fire Worship" Sevis, and "Great Alchemist" Frank. After the two saluted to "Lord" Luo Xiu on the throne, they quietly sat down in the last two seats of the dark red chairs.

Afterwards, the "Triple Destiny" apostles, including "Dream Thief" Pior, "Nature Favored" Emera, "Life Favored" Elina, and other first-generation "Sacred Abyss Apostles", were teleported to the hall, saluted to the "Lord" in turn, and then sat down in their respective black chairs.

"Very good."

After seeing that the seats in the hall were full, Luo Xiu nodded and said:

"Everyone is here."

"Well, now. I will announce something."

Luo Xiu's eyes swept over the "Sacred Abyss Apostles" in front of him, and said slowly:

"——The 'Judgment War' has begun. Both the Empire and the Dark Principality are spewing angry flames of revenge at each other."

"I, and you who follow me and serve in the 'Holy Abyss', have been dormant for a long time just for this moment."

"The empire is on the verge of collapse. From now on, we can no longer hide ourselves, but can truly intervene in the war in the name of the 'Holy Abyss'."

"Let the empire feel shocked and make the principality pay a bloody price - this is the first step for the 'Holy Abyss' to become truly great."

"so."

After a pause, Luo Xiu looked around the apostles in the temple with his deep eyes again, looking at the breathless solemn and fanatical expressions on their faces, and then slowly continued:

"——I will officially initiate the trial of the Holy Abyss against the Dark Principality. The Holy Abyss will seize everything we need from them."

"The first step is to wipe out all the enemies in the 'Black Army Camp' outside Red Maple City and leave our traces."

As he said that, Luo Xiu's eyes fell on the "violent swordsman" Bagry. With a smile on his lips, he said to Bagry:

"And you, you are the one among us who is the deepest in the enemy's territory, Bagri."

"You have a new mission, Bagri. You can instigate our enemies and let them launch a decisive battle against Red Maple City without any scruples."

"Wait until they are in a state of war madness and unable to evacuate, and then work with the other apostles of the 'Holy Abyss' to completely annihilate them to prove your loyalty to the 'Holy Abyss'."

"Can you do it, Bagry?"

"..."

"Thank you for your trust, Lord."

The moment Luo Xiu finished speaking, Bagri stood up from his seat, nodded to Luo Xiu and said, "I will not live up to your expectations, let alone tarnish the mission you gave me."

"Very good." Luo Xiu nodded.

"Then, I will hand over all the apostles and temporary scheduling rights to you."

"I'll give you another ten days."

"In ten days, I hope to see results that satisfy me."

"Sit down, Bagry."

"Yes." Bagry nodded again and sat back down in his seat as instructed.

After giving Bagri this task, Luo Xiu gave the other apostles some detailed tasks, then sent them out of the hall and returned to their respective posts.

Except for Intis and some apostles who stayed in the royal court, the apostles saluted the "Lord" in turn and then activated the "key" and teleported back to the real world.

The royal hall suddenly became empty again. After all the apostles left, Luo Xiu stood up from the throne, took off the black-striped mask he was wearing, and an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Let Bagry increase the strength of the new group of "monsters", and by the way, take this opportunity to increase all the attribute values ​​​​of "Glorious Judgment"... This is me, working to advance to the "Fifth Level of Destiny" The second preparation... While thinking about this, Luo Xiu turned back slightly and said to Intis:

"Go and monitor the situation in Bagri. If there is anything unusual, please tell me at any time."

"Yes." Intis nodded, and the teleportation ring immediately lit up under her feet, and her figure quickly blurred, faded, and finally disappeared.

After Intis also left, Luo Xiu activated the key engraving on the back of his hand and teleported back to Red Maple City from the Forsaken Royal Court and returned to the high priest's residence in the church.

…

Red Maple City, Glorious Church.

The inner courtyard is the residence of the great sacrifice.

Luo Xiu, who had just teleported back, easily removed the "real phantom" created by "Shadow Raven" Wuye, and lifted the golden barrier in his residence. After sorting out that he was wearing the robe of a high priest, he walked out of the bedroom. , walked outside the residence.

He went straight to the mission house, found the chief official there, Maiyev, and asked about the preparations for the "altar ceremony."

"I have given full notice, Master Luo Xiu."

Mayyev reported to Luo Xiuhui: "All the church's priests with a 'three-fold destiny' or above, as well as all the ordained priests with a 'two-fold destiny', are ready to assist you in performing the ceremony."

"Well, I understand." Luo Xiu nodded, "Then let's temporarily set it for tomorrow afternoon. If the army of the Dark Principality makes no new moves, let everyone gather in front of the Xuyu statue."

"I understand." Mayyev nodded in agreement and said, "I will arrange it as soon as possible."

…

After leaving the mission house, it was getting late.

Luo Xiu then went to the Holy Office, preparing to handle some final matters before returning to his residence to rest. However, when he was walking halfway, he suddenly felt a spiritual turmoil, and a new communication request was sent to him by the "Apostle of the Holy Abyss"——

Luo Xiu then accepted spiritual guidance, and the voice of "Violent Swordsman" Bagri came into his mind:

"Lord," Bagri said, "One of Koros's 'bosses', the 'Shadow Warrior' Bode, will sneak into the church tonight and wait for an opportunity to assassinate you."

"Joining him in the operation were another 'Deputy Commander', 'Poison Hunter' Alessa, and the ten subordinates 'Black Fang' selected by Bode."

"I did not move with them. Please be careful, Lord."

"..."

So fast? I just told Bagry in the morning that we should try our best to let the enemy launch a decisive battle against Red Maple City without any scruples... This is more than just 'having no scruples', this is simply arrogance... Luo Xiu was thinking about this, and at the same time Using spiritual guidance, he said to Bagri:

"I already know, Bagli. Get ready to take over the position of 'Shadow Warrior' Bode, he can't go back."

Then, Luo Xiu cut off the spiritual connection with Bagli, and the steps that were originally intended to go to the Holy Office turned around and went to the Holy Court of the Church instead.

...

Inner courtyard of the church, the Holy Court.

Anthony, Pamier, and "Qihui Zhushou" Chilanta, who was temporarily serving as the adjutant of the "Holy Court" for "good performance", were all in this holy court at this time, discussing and finishing the evening.

Luo Xiu went straight to the room where they were, and solemnly told them about the "Shadow Warrior" Bode and "Poison Hunter" Alessa's upcoming invasion of the church, but concealed the source of the news from them.

"You mean tonight?" Anthony was stunned. "Two enemies from the Dark Principality with 'quadruple destiny' will sneak into the church... Where did you get the news, Luo Xiu?"

"When you stand in my position, you will know how dangerous it is to be blocked from 'information'. For this, I have made many preparations."

Luo Xiu said this to Anthony, but still did not explain the source of the information, and Anthony did not ask any more questions.

And Pamier, who had been listening quietly and rarely spoke, suddenly asked:

"So, what do you need us to do?"

"I need you to deal with the black teeth brought by the '砠头'." Luo Xiu smiled and said, "And I will deal with the '砠头' and the 'deputy commander' of the Dark Army."

Hearing this, Anthony and Pamier were stunned at first. But they soon calmed down, understanding Luo Xiu's speech as normal, and said:

"... I know, we will be ready."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Luo Xiu nodded slightly, then stood up and left, leaving Anthony, Pamier and Chiranta to discuss the arrangements and arrangements.

...

After explaining these to the Holy Inquisition, Luo Xiu returned to the Holy Office, moved the mountain of files, and began to review some of them.

Time often flies fast when working.

Gradually, the dim sky has completely lost its color, and the blue cold moon is gradually hanging high, rendering several silk-like light bands in the sky.

When the last bird song faded away, it was about two o'clock in the morning.

Luo Xiu then pushed away the half-reviewed files, stood up, stretched his muscles a little, and left the bishops and the Holy Office.

Before leaving, Luo Xiu silently recited several holy prayers, and cast "consecration prayer", "consecration blessing", "hand of judgment", "triple holy protection" and other holy arts on himself.

After completing these, he slowly walked towards his "high priest residence".

At this time, there was no longer any lingering priest on the road where Luo Xiu was. Except for the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the branches of the trees, it was unusually quiet around him.

Just when Luo Xiu was about to arrive at the "high priest residence".

He had already opened the "spiritual vision", and suddenly saw a different color from the garden on one side.

It was a deep black that was different from the gray spiritual color. The strange black light was crawling in it, exuding a gloomy and ominous atmosphere.

The next moment, the strange dark spirit suddenly dissipated, and a vague, teasing voice came to Luo Xiu's ears:

"I found you..."

Suddenly, all the scenes in front of Luo Xiu disappeared, and he only saw a dark, deep black that seemed to swallow the daylight.

At the same time, a gray figure appeared in front of him, and a twisted dark green dagger appeared on his chest.

The thick poisonous fog spread in an instant, and the dagger blade, which exuded a deep and misty aura, was infinitely close to Luo Xiu's chest.

……