Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

…Big body means weak back, big body means weak door.

A huge and bulky monster like Epiros, the "three-headed demon bull", always has similar weaknesses no matter which game it is in in the previous life... Luo Xiu, who was a senior soul player in the previous life, thought about this and walked towards Epiros's drops.

A piece of deep purple magic crystal, which is the crystal core of Epiros as a "natural disaster" level monster.

In addition, an "Epiros Horn" was dropped, which is also an extremely rare material that can be used to forge "legendary" level weapons or equipment.

These are all good things, but it's a pity that the former needs to be used for other things in advance...

Luo Xiu leaned over to pick them up and put them into his storage bracelet. He was going to give the "Epiros Horn" to Mir for forging after he went out.

He should also refurbish his equipment again to be enough to adapt to the strength of his upcoming "Five-fold Destiny".

After that, Luo Xiu said to his Holy Judges:

"Anthony, and Pamier, you lead the Holy Judges to search for any remaining hyena monsters here. I need to stay here for a while to deal with this seal."

"Yes." Anthony and Pamier responded at the same time, and they dispersed in two directions and led the Holy Judges to conduct a carpet search.

After sending all the Holy Judges away, Luo Xiu walked to the place where the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros collapsed before, and leaned over to observe the exposed "big seal".

It was a seal formed by a lot of "chain"-like pattern loops, which were flashing with a dark or bright crimson luster.

Many "chains" have been broken, and a deep breath is pouring out from the cracks in the seal, and the source is the source of the "abyss" at the other end.

Luo Xiu looked at the broken seal in front of him, thinking.

He knew that the "Seven Abysses" and the real world were not physically connected, and the "Great Seal" was equivalent to blocking the tunnel that connected the abyss and the real world spiritually, so that the two could not transmit any information in any way, and formed a complete isolation between the real world and the "Seven Abysses".

Now that the "Great Seal" has loosened, this phenomenon may not only happen here... Luo Xiu thought.

While thinking about this, he also vaguely understood another thing.

... He could summon the "Shadow Raven" Wu Ye and the "Cinder Wolf King" Fenrir from the Ruins, which was essentially a "smuggling" from the abyss to the real world, and it was probably also affected by the loosening of the Great Seal.

For a while, Luo Xiu was not sure whether this was a bad thing or a good thing for him, and could only temporarily judge it as a "can be used" situation.

Luo Xiu thought about these divergently.

And the "Ancient Seal" where he was at this time was probably one of the "tunnels" that connected the abyss to the real world.

After "peeking" at the exposed seal for a while and making sure that there would not be another monster like Epirus, the "three-headed demon bull", coming out of the broken seal, Luo Xiu stood up and began to explore the surroundings.

The corpses of monsters were everywhere around, and the traces of the original "ancient seal" had been mostly destroyed, but some traces could still be found.

In the deepest part of the cave, on the broken stone tablet whose surface had been eroded by the monster's blood, there were still some traces of engraved words.

Luo Xiu walked forward and gently touched the surface of the broken stone tablet, and his panel immediately showed the contents of the tablet.

[——Hemoro State·Foreign Immortal Master·De Oliveira]

[——Willing to sacrifice for the supreme 'revelation', turn into a heroic spirit to guard here, and block the boundary between the black and white worlds]

"..."

In other words, this was the ancient seal of De Oliveira, the national master of a certain state in the "Age of Gods".

He is also a believer of the "Ring of Apocalypse", that is, [Balance].

"Foreign Immortal Master" De Oliveira is one of the "creator" of the Great Seal. From the brief content on the inscription, Luo Xiu already understood what his final fate would be.

—— De Oliveira dedicated his body and soul to the "Ring of Apocalypse", and he eventually became part of the Great Seal.

But now, apart from this stone tablet, there is no trace of his existence in the world. Luo Xiu couldn't even find his corpse - he was upgraded from a transcendent to a "guardian spirit", and after death he would be transformed into a spirit and dissipate. The "Sea of ​​Spirituality" is his final destination.

"..." Thinking of this, Luo Xiu's palm exuded a faint golden glow, and gently stroked the stone tablet.

The blood on it was washed away and dissipated the moment it came into contact with the light, and the base color of the stone tablet was revealed, with a clear boundary from the blood stains around it.

After cleaning the blood stains on the surface of the stele with the inscriptions, the light from Luo Xiu's palm gradually faded. He stood up, turned to the place where the seal was broken, and walked away step by step.

This was a tribute to the "foreign immortal master" De Oliveira, who spanned tens of millions of years.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu came to the broken place of the big seal and took out the deep purple crystal core of the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros from the bracelet.

He gathered the spirituality in his palm and infused it into the crystal core of Epiros, making it emit a strange deep purple luster.

But the luster soon faded, and the pure white light of "glory" replaced it, and the holy color burst out from this deep purple magic crystal.

After completing this step, Luo Xiu placed the Epiros crystal core on the ground and meditated on the relevant skills in his mind.

——That was the knowledge about the "Great Sun Shining Gold Barrier" that Bishop Fabian entrusted to him!

That can be either a "barrier" or a "seal".

Although Luo Xiu did not know the knowledge of the Great Seal of the ancient [Balance] skill, since it was to repair the broken seal, the [Glorious] skill "Great Sun Shining Gold Barrier" could do something similar to a certain extent.

And this skill just needs a strong enough material as a spiritual container and medium, and the "Epyros crystal core" is just right.

…

After completing everything before, Luo Xiu took out the staff from the bracelet and infused the spirituality of [Glorious] into the staff again.

After that, he used the staff as an extension of his right hand and leaned over to "carve" the array pattern of the barrier on the ground.

After completing the engraving according to a series of complex processes such as three outer circles, three inner circles, and overlapping positive and negative triangles, Luo Xiu's forehead was already covered with fine beads of sweat.

He checked the engraving for the last time and found it was correct, then put away the staff and came to the center of the golden barrier circle.

Then, he raised his hands, gently formed an equilateral triangle in front of his chest, and prayed in a low voice:

"--I pray for the sun to be cast for a moment."

"--I pray for the wall of radiance to be lowered to protect all believers."

"--I pray for the wall of radiance to be lowered to block all evil."

"--I pray for the sun to be cast for a moment again."

"..."

After reciting the prayer seven times in a row, the barrier circle at Luo Xiu's feet suddenly lit up with golden light.

The light spread from the inner ring to the outer ring, from shallow to deep, layer by layer, just like rippling water waves spreading to the surroundings.

The deep purple crystal core of Epiros placed in the center of the circle also melted away, and the spirituality of "dark erosion" and "holy light" intertwined and mixed in it was evenly "smeared" on every line of the circle of the barrier.

Gradually, the small broken parts of the seal were "patched up" by the golden light curtain, and the largest broken part, where Epiros drilled out half of his body, was also slowly covered with a thin layer of light curtain, "healing" visibly to the naked eye.

After that, Luo Xiu stepped out of the range of the Yaojin seal, waiting for the seal to be completely repaired and reinforced.

...

This process lasted for nearly half an hour, until the last trace of broken light splashing outward also tended to stabilize, and the repair of the big seal was truly completed.

At this point, if there is no existence with a strength far higher than Luo Xiu and the "three-headed demon bull" Epiros trying to break the seal from the outside, there is almost no risk of breaking the seal again.

To do this, one must have at least the sixth level of destiny... Luo Xiu thought to himself.

At this time, the entire Fanol Continent still does not know about the "Seventh Level Abyss", and Luo Xiu led the Holy Judges to investigate a secret shared by the Church, Border Court, and Square Monument Court. People who can reach this level have no motivation to do this.

After repairing the seal, Luo Xiu found a flat rock, washed off the blood stains on it, and sat on it waiting for the other Holy Judges to return.

...

Ten minutes later, Anthony and Pamier led the Holy Judges to return to the cave where the "High Priest" Luo Xiu was.

"I have cleared out eighty-six hyena monsters here, and no traces of monsters were found." Anthony reported to Luo Xiu.

"... I have seventy-seven here." Pamier said concisely.

The source tunnel where the "blood corpse hyenas" came out, the monsters hidden in it have been completely cleared, and the threat to the defense of Red Maple City has been greatly reduced.

There may be a few blood corpse hyenas hiding in other cracks, but they will devour each other first without their leader, and consume most of the surviving groups.

Even if they finally raise a much stronger individual than their own kind, they are limited by the limitations of their own race. The low-level "blood corpse hyena" group, no matter how powerful it is, cannot break through the shackles of race.

Unless they can complete the "race sublimation" like Fenrir and Wu Ye, even the strongest among them can only reach the level of "twisted", that is, the level of "triple destiny" extraordinary people, and the threat to the safety of the entire Red Maple City is minimal.

At this point, the knights of the border can take over the finishing work...

Luo Xiu thought about this, and then he led the Holy Judges out of the tunnel and returned to the ground.

After briefly explaining the following situation to the guard knights on duty and asking them to take over the finishing work, Luo Xiu immediately received the knights' respectful praise and thanks.

"There are still monsters of 'natural disasters' there, my Supreme God... Thank you, 'High Priest' Lord Luo Xiu, you and the Holy Judges of the Church have helped us eliminate the great hidden dangers."

"I will arrange the subsequent matters as soon as possible, please rest assured, Lord Luo Xiu. I will also send someone to inform Lord Baines of these things as soon as possible, and ask the 'Border Court' to send more people."

"Thank you again, Lord Luo Xiu... Both me and the 'Border Court' sincerely thank you for your help."

"..."

The knight thanked him so much, and Luo Xiu just responded to him with a gentle attitude, and then took the Holy Judges back to Red Maple City and the church.

...

Late at night.

After completing the investigation of the coniferous forest outside Hongfeng City, Luo Xiu and the Holy Judges returned to the church and said goodbye in the inner courtyard.

Everyone returned to their own homes to grab the remaining little sleep time as much as possible.

Luo Xiu also returned to his high priest residence, changed some of his dirty clothes, and did a simple wash, then lay down on the bed.

Before going to bed, he opened his mailbox panel and glanced at the new content.

The reward for killing "Three-Headed Demon Bull" Epiros has appeared on it, but Luo Xiu is not in a hurry to claim it. Instead, he is ready to settle all the rewards at once after delivering the hidden task [Seal Hidden in the Forest].

After confirming the mailbox panel, he immediately closed the panel, and sleepiness surged up like a tide.

Soon, Luo Xiu fell asleep and made up for his sleep before the dawn.

...

Early morning.

After waking up from his dream, Luo Xiu changed into a new high priest robe and walked out of the high priest's residence.

He first went to the Holy Office to handle the day's affairs, and then prepared to leave the church and go to the Square Monument Courtyard to complete the delivery of the previous commission to the "Acting Dean" Elfan.

Anthony and Pamier were busy with the affairs of the Holy Inquisition, so Luo Xiu brought the guiding priest Colen and asked him to visit the Square Monument Courtyard with him.

...

Red Maple City, Square Monument Courtyard.

Luo Xiu went straight into the Square Monument Courtyard, and after explaining his purpose to the scholar on duty, he was soon introduced.

"Lord Elfan, you have been in the Tower of General Knowledge these days." The guiding scholar said to Luo Xiu, "Dear guest, Lord Elfan will be happy if he knows your purpose."

This time, Luo Xiu and the guiding scholar did not talk much, and he soon came to the Tower of General Knowledge with ease.

The scholar bid farewell to Luo Xiu, and Luo Xiu took Colen straight into the interior of the tower and went directly to the third floor of the tower.

The last heavy door rolled and slowly opened to both sides in front of Luo Xiu with a stagnant sound.

The sound of "——Puchi, Puchi" rushed into Luo Xiu's ears, just like the last time he came here.

Irfan is still insisting on his previous research... Luo Xiu thought.

But the "blood corpse hyena" abyss beast tribe should not appear for a certain period of time. Irfan's research may only fill some academic gaps, but it does not have any practical significance...

While thinking about this, Luo Xiu has also come to the door of Irfan's room.

Irfan, who entered Luo Xiu's field of vision, was still covered in blood like last time. He was sharpening a knife for a blood corpse hyena. He was so focused on his research that he didn't seem to notice that there was a guest visiting.

It was not until Luo Xiu deliberately increased the sound of his footsteps that Irfan raised his head and took a look.

When he saw that it was Luo Xiu, a surprised expression appeared on Erfan's face.

"Greetings to you, Sir Erfan."

Luo Xiu nodded to Erfan and then said:

"I have brought you what you want."

...