Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Outside of Red Maple City, on the gravel plain.

The howling gale was blowing, and only a few thin trees could be vaguely seen on the endless gravel. Occasionally, a few lonely birds flew across the sky, and their chirping was drowned by the black tide gradually surging in the distance.

In the dark army formation.

Koros looked at the outline of the fortress wall at the end of his vision, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.

He had already calculated that at about this time, the "Death God Heir" would fall into a strong frenzy due to hunger, and would rush to the ground to "forage" at all costs - He would spread death, and would feed on the civilians and extraordinary people of Red Maple City. It would not take too long to turn half of Red Maple City into a "dead city"...

Before that, the only "saint" in the city - Hubert, the "Purification Saint Deacon" of [Glorious], would be bound by the Death God Heir and fall into a decisive battle with Him.

And at the moment when Hubert was the only "saint", he could not stop his strong devouring instinct. For Koros, the best result was that Hubert was killed and devoured by the Heir of the God of Death, which would save Koros a lot of trouble...

This ending was destined in Koros's eyes. Koros even specially scouted around Red Maple City for this purpose, knowing that although there were "saints" of the [Supreme] rushing to Red Maple City, he would definitely not have time to intervene in the crisis at hand.

Koros was quite relieved about this.

After that, he would not need to use too much force to obtain the fortress city in front of him.

As for how to deal with the "Heir of the God of Death" who had already had a full meal after entering the city, Koros had his own way.

Koros thought excitedly, and he saw the blazing smoke rising from the wall of the fortress in the distance, but he did not care.

Just as he was imagining this, Baberon's somewhat puzzled voice came from beside him:

"...I feel something is wrong, Koros."

"What's wrong?" Koros turned to look at Baberon, and saw a rare puzzled look on his face.

Baberon raised his arm and opened his palm. A spherical outline slowly condensed in his palm, and a few gray and black dots floated on it. They were gradually dimming and dissipating.

"The 'divine' reaction in Red Maple City has become extremely thin, Koros." Baberon said slowly.

"…What do you mean?" Koros was a little puzzled, "You mean, the 'Death Birth God' was not born at the scheduled time?"

"…" Baberon did not answer him, but continued to stare at the ball in his hand with a frown. After a long time, he slowly said:

"I am worried that it is another possibility that we don't want to believe."

"How is it possible." Koros shook his head, and his somewhat sharp voice seemed to tremble with laughter, "How could Hubert, a 'holy deacon' alone, complete the purification so quickly?"

"Didn't we predict it a long time ago? Baberon. In that city, there could only be one saint, Hubert, in such a short time. "

"Are you worried that the 'Death Birth God' would be purified? No, it's impossible. I think it's more likely that they used some means to cover up their aura-"

"Do you remember when the 'Ancestor Bishop' Sandos invaded the church in Sina City, and the 'Lightless Cage' pulled up by Bishop Fabion of the church... Oh, I forgot, you haven't been to Sina City."

"..."

Kross said this, and the confidence in his tone did not diminish at all, but Baberon could not find a reason to refute him.

Because what Koros said was indeed possible-Red Maple City might indeed take such a move to avoid exposing itself to the outside world that it was in crisis, and the 'Holy Deacon' Hubert might indeed have the power of the 'Lightless Cage'.

After thinking about it this way, Baberon suddenly felt much more reasonable, and his frown slowly relaxed.

"Maybe you are right, Koros." Baberon said lightly, "I hope I am overthinking."

This short conversation ended quickly, and the army behind them that covered the sky and the sun was still advancing slowly and steadily towards the direction of Red Maple City.

Then, although Baberon could convince himself with Koros' words.

But he always had an ominous premonition in his heart, which made him extremely irritated, but he could not get rid of it no matter what.

...

Half an hour later.

When the dark army's formation got closer and closer to Red Maple City, that ominous feeling in Baberon's heart became more and more intense.

As expected, the scene of the city filled with death fog did not appear, on the contrary-

The army of Red Maple City had already lined up in front of the city, waiting in full battle array. And on the city wall, the four "fourfold destiny" extraordinary people from Bian Ting and Fang Beiyuan were also looking at them, without any signs of being in crisis due to the birth of the "Death Birth God Heir"!

"Koros..." Baberon pondered for a moment and spoke again:

"...I still feel something is wrong."

"..."

This time, Koros did not refute.

Because he also felt something was wrong.

Except for the church's "high priest" Luo Xiu Carlos and the "holy deacon" who were invisible, almost all the other high-ranking people in Red Maple City appeared in front of Koros!

And there was no panic or despair on their faces. On the contrary, they were faces full of high fighting spirit.

Koros couldn't help but stroke his chin, trying to think, when he suddenly heard loud horn sounds in his ears--

Woo--Woo! ——In the Red Maple City's army formation, the charge horn was blown instantly!

Accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums like waves hitting the shore, their army formation in front had begun to move and charged towards the dark army formation!

Dozens of guards knights and hundreds of knights of war in the border court led thousands of cavalry to encircle from both wings, while in the center was the city defense army formation with a fanatical fighting spirit. They were wearing half-body leather armor, holding simple shields and long swords, and rushed towards the dark army on the opposite side fearlessly!

And on the towering walls of Red Maple City, thousands of crossbows were neatly pushed out, and fiercely shot out one after another of scorching fire curtains!

These scenes happened so fast that Koros was a little caught off guard.

Obviously, Maple City had already made full preparations for the invasion of the Dark Army. Before they could gain a firm foothold, they launched an attack on them!

Without time to think about where their confidence came from, a flash of black light flashed in Koros's eyes. He reached into his arms and took out a colorful mask.

After wearing the mask, Koros raised his arm, and countless streams of dark mist were immediately dispersed from his body.

With him as the origin, a thick black mist descended from the air, covering thousands of ordinary soldiers around, and shadows flowed into their bodies like cotton silk.

Visibly, the bodies of the soldiers entangled by the shadows began to twist and deform, and their eyes were covered with a layer of belligerent and fanatical crimson.

This is one of Koros's most important abilities as a "shadow military advisor" - he can force ordinary people who are not extraordinary to strengthen to a level close to that of extraordinary people, at the cost of losing their sanity and greatly shortening their lifespans.

This "enhancement" field has a certain range. The more targets that are enhanced within the range, the lower the average ability will be, and the price to be paid will be relatively lower.

On the contrary, if the number of "enhanced" targets is smaller, the degree of enhancement will be more thorough. If the foundation of the enhanced target is good enough, Koros can even "pull up the seedlings" from an ordinary person to a supernatural person with a fourth-level destiny strength.

The soldiers who were "catalyzed" by Koros to become supernatural people suddenly roared like beasts, and then rushed towards the Red Maple City Guards who were rushing across.

——Boom! The first round of front-line military formations have already collided, and the air is suddenly filled with a strong smell of blood.

Thousands of frenzied soldiers enhanced by Koros have already rushed into the military formation of the city guards on the opposite side, tearing dozens of soldiers who were first in contact into pieces.

But soon, Koros found something wrong.

The city guards who fought against his strengthened soldiers were indifferent to the death of their companions, and even showed a more fanatical and warlike light on their faces!

The number of those city guards was more than twice that of the strengthened berserker soldiers. Although the berserker soldiers quickly killed hundreds of the other side, more city guards actually overwhelmed them in turn!

Then, under Koros's gaze, the increasingly strong bloody smell in the air gradually shifted from the city guards to his strengthened berserker soldiers!

——Those "city guards" also have physiques and strength far beyond ordinary people! Although Koros could feel that they were not extraordinary, they could already compete with the berserker soldiers!

"... When did Red Maple City train such an army?" Koros murmured in some confusion. He raised his arm and prepared to strengthen another wave of soldiers around him to make up for the manpower consumed by the two or three thousand "city guards".

Although each "strengthening" will consume a lot of Koros's spiritual power, the battle situation has obviously exceeded Koros's expectations.

However, just as he raised his arm, the thick black fog flickered faintly in the air.

Suddenly, Koros saw a dazzling golden light at the edge of his vision. He stopped strengthening and took out the snake-shaped cone blade from his waist.

——Ding! He just flicked the cone blade with his fingers, and the black bell curtain he summoned burst into a series of dazzling golden lights!

A war hammer flew from the sky like a meteor, smashing Koros's bell curtain with several obvious cracks!

And following the flying war hammer, it was the "holy deacon" of the parish!

——"Holy Deacon of Purification" Hubert! He has appeared in front of Koros!

He rode on an illusory, armored white lion. The thrown warhammer had returned to his hand. His eyes were emitting burning golden light, and he looked down at Koros below with contempt.

In contrast, Koros' eyes flashed with obvious shock and confusion.

He did not expect that the "Holy Deacon" Hubert would actually appear in front of him! He did not get into a fierce battle with the "Death Birth God Heir", but appeared in front of him first!

"Why... why..." Koros asked hesitantly, "Shouldn't you be fighting with the 'Death Birth God Heir'? You shouldn't be here!"

"..."

"'Death Birth God Heir'... you mean the baby's head?"

Hubert responded to him in a flat voice, saying:

"He was indeed born. But unfortunately, He has been purified by me."

——Roar! As Hubert was speaking, the illusory white lion under his seat roared and swooped down towards Koros under Hubert's control!

In the process of swooping down from the sky, the white lion's claws had condensed into a huge sword that emitted a bright golden light and could not be looked at directly.

The huge sword chopped down from the top of Koros's head!

Under Koros's gaze, the flow of spirituality in his eyes seemed to stop in an instant, and the sound of the wind that was originally whistling and circling around him also returned to silence at the same moment.

The invisible sword wave, which was enough to cut off everything, flew towards Koros quickly!

Koros' eyes went dark, and he had subconsciously bent his fingers. A "mad evil" puppet behind him had rushed forward and blocked him.

——Boom!!!

The golden light suddenly burst out, and Koros's vision was instantly completely occupied by a dazzling golden light.

The fine steel surface of the puppet took the blow of Hubert's heart lion firmly, and a large smooth fracture suddenly appeared on its surface, and the gear bearings and other small parts inside poured out like an hourglass.

Under Koros's gaze, the puppet that blocked the blow for him suddenly turned into scrap metal and collapsed heavily on the gravel.

"What are you dazed about? Koros?" Baberon's voice came from behind Koros, "Even if the current situation deviates from the plan, he is only one person now!"

"Delay leads to changes! Koros! Remember that delay leads to changes!"

While speaking, Baberon has commanded all the "Mad Evil" puppets around him to surround Hubert.

Koros also came back to his senses from the extremely shocked state of mind, and when he looked at Hubert opposite, a layer of deep light appeared in his eyes again.

Although he didn't know whether what the "Holy Deacon" Hubert said was true, he couldn't feel the breath of the "Death Birth God Heir" even though he was so close. Hubert was probably not lying.

But when Koros thought so, a greater sense of crisis had already surged in the hearts of Koros and Baberon at the same time.

It was impossible for the "Holy Deacon" Hubert to purify the "Death Birth God Heir" by himself, which just showed another possibility-

In the Red Maple City, the "second saint" that they didn't know about had appeared!

But this unknown enemy had not appeared yet. At the moment, Hubert was obviously alone in the situation where Koros and Baberon were present at the same time.

A fierce look flashed in Koros' eyes. He flicked the snake-shaped cone blade in his hand again, and the previous bell curtain quickly faded and dissipated. A new bell curtain soon appeared above Hubert's head and fell down quickly!

The next moment, Hubert was covered by the bell curtain. Koros flicked the snake-shaped cone blade again without hesitation, causing countless sharp spikes to quickly protrude from the surface of the bell curtain!

Countless spikes grew and pierced Hubert's body rapidly, and bright red splashed from the bell curtain.

But a rich, dazzling golden light also surged in the curtain - "Holy Deacon" Hubert avoided the vital points and opened several protective barriers in time to block more spikes outside the barriers!

Then, he swung the war hammer, mobilized all the [Glorious] spirituality in his body in the hand holding the hammer, and smashed it hard towards the surface of the bell curtain!

- Boom! ! ! All the spikes on one side were broken, and a large gap appeared in the bell curtain behind it. Hubert's figure quickly flashed out from the gap.

At the moment when Hubert broke away, the surrounding "Madness" puppets had gathered around and launched a round of explosive bombardment at Hubert!

The indestructible steel fist, the beam of destructive spirituality, etc., bombarded Hubert, the only target, but Hubert did not retreat, but raised his left hand.

A circular golden light pattern appeared on the back of his left hand.

——Boom!!! With Hubert as the origin, a surging air wave full of spiritual pressure suddenly burst out, shaking all the puppets around!

That was the power of "rejection" held by "Holy Deacon" Hubert!

In Koros's field of vision, Hubert's body outline was covered with a layer of dazzling golden light, and the light even made Hubert's facial features difficult to distinguish. The whole person was like a shining golden man.

Around Hubert, several circles were circling and covering him. They "rejected" everything they touched, and the alien spirits could not approach at all!

The cruel look on Koros's face became deeper and deeper, and he became anxious.

He raised his dagger and wanted to summon all the remaining bell curtains at once, trying to break Hubert's "rejection" ring and get rid of him once and for all.

But his idea was not implemented, and another ethereal howl came from the air.

A figure emitting golden light then descended in front of Koros. He started with two glowing crosses to dispel the bell curtain spirits that had not yet condensed in the air!

The sudden attack made Koros take a step back, until the light in front of him dissipated, he could see who the person was.

Then, Koros widened his eyes.

The person who just appeared in front of him and started with a very oppressive holy art was undoubtedly the "fifth level of destiny".

But what Koros never expected was that

The person who appeared before him was actually the "high priest" of the church, that "Roshu Carlos"!

——He was actually the second "saint" of Red Maple City!

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