Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

Chapter 218: Self-Sacrifice

New York City, Central Square.

In front of a decommissioned airplane, there were crowded investigators and local emergency personnel.

Even a few important figures personally drove here to show their respect.

After witnessing the miracles displayed by Theresa Saintess before.

Everyone present believed that evil had retreated and everything was under their control.

However!

Just as everyone was supporting Theresa Saintess, preparing to ride in a specially made extended RV.

Suddenly, people heard a muffled gunshot.

A specially made brass bullet pierced through the glass curtain wall of a nearby office building and aimed at Theresa Saintess.

And at that moment, when everyone couldn't react in time.

A priest wearing a robe and a mask suddenly appeared beside Saintess, swinging his left hand into a fist and smashing towards the incoming bullet.

The bullet hit the masked priest's fist, but after a burst of fire and the sound of tearing metal, the bullet was forcefully sent flying into the distance.

The people around were stunned, only then realizing that the attack against Theresa Saintess... was not over!

Moreover, the other side had used modern technology weapons for the ambush!

Experienced investigators quickly turned their heads towards the direction of the sound.

But all they could see were tall buildings and glass curtain walls that seemed to have been pierced by bullets.

"There's a sniper!"

"In the southwest direction! At least three kilometers away from the target!"

Fortunately, the large unmanned drone had been hovering in the sky, observing the direction of the sniper.

However, that sniper was not a bad person from somewhere.

Instead, it was a security personnel responsible for this mission!

But judging from his pitch-black eyes and the black smoke emanating from his body, it was obvious that he was possessed by the Devil.

The investigator was ordering nearby personnel to arrest him.

Then, in the surveillance video, the masked priest who protected Theresa Saintess with a punch suddenly moved, leaping tens of meters high and walking on the walls of the buildings, directly reaching the rooftop.

After a few climbs and jumps, he rushed from the central square to the rooftop where the sniper was.

The helicopter pilots who were considering whether or not to open fire were all dumbfounded.

"Roar!"

The sniper opened his mouth wide and made a beast-like sound, raising the sniper rifle in his hand and continuously pulling the trigger.

But just as the muzzle spewed out flames, the masked priest had already appeared in front of him and punched him in the face, knocking him down heavily.

Then, through the drone's perspective, people could clearly see black smoke emanating from the fallen sniper.

Soon, within this black smoke, one after another, figures the size of adult lions and completely black The Underworld Cerberus appeared.

These The Underworld Cerberus were actually Law Weapons made of paper.

After Su Ping personally drew the paper skin, they appeared lifelike in the eyes of mortals.

After these five The Underworld Cerberus appeared, they fought fiercely with the puppet knight, the masked priest.

Although the special effects created by Su Ping through talismans and magic tricks were fake.

The fight between the puppet and the paper figures was real.

In the blink of an eye, there was not a single intact artificial facility on this rooftop.

A few seconds later.

The masked priest, who had just knocked away two of the The Underworld Cerberus, was suddenly hit in the chest by one of them. Then, a large hand grabbed the middle head of this The Underworld Cerberus.

With this, the masked priest and the The Underworld Cerberus fell from the rooftop, directly crashing onto the roof of a bus with a loud bang.

The entire bus, including the roof and the bottom, was flattened and even exploded!

Roar!

The remaining The Underworld Cerberus also jumped down from hundreds of meters high, one after another.

One by one, they disappeared into the smoke and dust that had just been created.

Boom!

Suddenly, a golden light rushed out from the smoke.

Immediately, one after another, the The Underworld Cerberus were thrown in all directions.

After breaking through the glass curtain walls surrounding the streets, it caused a commotion among the people inside the buildings.

Among them, there were men and women in a gym who were indulging in their workouts and didn't pay attention to what was happening in other parts of the city.

When they saw the The Underworld Cerberus crashing through the curtain wall and falling to the ground.

They were initially confused.

Then, in the blink of an eye, their hair stood on end, and they were so scared that tears were about to fall.

One by one, they dared not move or scream, just staring at the swaying heads of the The Underworld Cerberus as they climbed up from the ground, not even looking at these people, and pounced back through the broken gap.

Seeing these monsters completely disappear.

The men and women in the gym suddenly seemed to come back to life, as if someone had pressed play.

The owner of the gym, a bodybuilder with muscles all over his body, quickly found his phone and prepared to make a call.

But just as he brought the phone to his ear...

He felt the ground shake again and heard a loud noise in his ear.

This time, a ragged priest with a mask smashed through the ceiling and landed in front of him.

In the next second...

Before the gym owner could clearly see the priest's situation...

A figure came crashing down, and with a loud bang, the masked priest smashed through the gym floor, disappearing into the next level, and then the next...

In a short while, the gym owner even heard the sound of cars in the underground parking lot through the hole in the floor.

At the same time...

Emergency plans were activated.

Theresa Saintess was arranged to enter a specially made vehicle, and the convoy roared towards the church managed by Father Victor.

Meanwhile, the buildings near the church, especially the tall skyscrapers, were taken over by a large number of personnel.

At this moment, investigators in a building discovered infected individuals with pitch-black eyes.

They quickly tried to control them.

But these people were obviously different from the others who had been invaded by evil.

Just a strange laugh caused the investigators who were attempting to capture them to lose their balance and fall to the ground, losing their ability to move.

The investigators who sensed that something was wrong immediately dispatched armed forces.

But as soon as they entered, they lost contact one after another.

This included a special team, fully armed and equipped with gear worth more than eight figures.

They wore special combat helmets and were injected with drugs representing cutting-edge biotechnology.

However, all their preparations were useless against the power of the Transcendent.

As soon as this team entered the building, they lost contact in a very short time.

Even all electronic devices were destroyed and the signals were interrupted.

In the end, a driverless car transmitted an obvious signal deliberately released by the other party before it broke down.

In the reception hall on the first floor of the building, a devil with horns and a human body three meters tall sat on a spacious sofa, stroking a three-headed dog-like creature called The Underworld, as if it were a pet. Behind it stood thousands of ordinary people and members of the team, held hostage, waiting for Theresa Saintess to arrive.

After a moment of silence, the investigator ultimately did not dare to order the use of heavy weapons to blow up the building.

They chose to leave the problem to Theresa Saintess.

When Theresa in the car learned about this, although she was afraid of the Devil that had reportedly defeated several special operations teams, she recalled the angel's assurance to her.

She smiled slightly, pretending to be calm, and reassured the officials next to her that there was no need to worry about her safety.

There was no need to change the route either. Since the Devil was waiting for her, she would deal with it when the time came!

On the way, Theresa Saintess also worried about the masked priest who had protected her before.

Although she knew that he was just a puppet made by the bishop and blessed by the angel, she still felt a little down when she heard that he seemed to be in a difficult battle.

The convoy quickly arrived at the building occupied by the Devil.

Not far away was the church in the circular community.

Theresa Saintess got out of the car and refused the request of the people around her to follow her.

She clenched her teeth, folded her hands together, and quietly prayed as she walked in.

The other priests and nuns gathered at the door, reciting scriptures together.

As soon as Theresa Saintess entered the hall, she saw the horned Devil and several Underworld dogs on the ground.

The Underworld dogs showed their fangs and drooled at Theresa Saintess.

One of them couldn't help but pounce.

But with a roar, it was blasted away by a golden light, turning into ashes and flames.

The investigators outside saw this scene through their observation devices and were filled with excitement.

In the hall...

The horned Devil sneered and stood up, appearing in front of Theresa Saintess in an instant.

The temperature in the hall also suddenly rose from over 20 degrees to nearly 40 degrees.

Even the people standing at the door could feel a wave of heat rushing towards them.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" the horned Devil curiously looked at Theresa Saintess.

Its eyes flickered with blood-red light, and flames erupted from its feet.

The space around seemed to twist along with it.

"I am the chosen one of the angels," Theresa Saintess said.

"My death will only come at the destined time."

"If I am to die now, it must be the will of the Saint Lord!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this response, the puppet controlled by Su Ping, the Devil with Goat Horns, burst into laughter.

"How interesting!"

"But indeed, you are an extremely important person. There is more than just the blessing of an angel within you."

"I really can't harm you."

"But!"

"So... how do you plan to save these people under my control?"

"Before you perform the exorcism, I can bring them into The Underworld at any time!"

"I will choose to sacrifice myself."

Saintess Teresa closed her eyes, lowered her head, and softly spoke the best solution she could think of.

"Hmm?"

"Sacrifice myself?"

The Goat Horned Devil was slightly taken aback.

Immediately, it understood.

Then, upon seeing Saintess Teresa take out a small dagger and aim it at her chest, its pupils contracted in fear.

The City of Saint Lords does not allow suicide.

But if it is to sacrifice oneself in order to save others' lives.

That is the highest virtue of the followers of the City of Saint Lords!

As the dagger pierced through her clothes and approached her skin, a golden light enveloped the building.

The brightness in the hall increased rapidly, accompanied by a buzzing sound.

"Stop!"

The Goat Horned Devil retreated a step, while also looking fearfully at the angelic apparition that appeared behind Saintess Teresa.

In fact, it was not only Saintess Teresa who had an angelic apparition appearing behind her at this moment.

Even in the sky above the building, there was a blurry angelic apparition at least a kilometer tall.

Those who noticed this apparition couldn't help but think of the angel statue being constructed by the City of Saint Lords with the help of Europa.

It seemed to bear a striking resemblance to the design of that angel statue!

It's just that they didn't know which noble celestial being's incarnation this was after descending to the mortal realm.

It would be good to have some knowledge in advance.

"It seems that your importance is even higher than we initially estimated."

"Now is indeed not a good time for you to go to The Underworld."

"But next time we meet, we won't show any mercy."

"We will be prepared to take away your sweet soul..."

The Goat Horned Devil revealed an ugly smile and grabbed one of the three-headed Underworld dogs with each claw.

They disappeared from people's sight along with the flames.

At the same time, in an underground garage where the Masked Priest was engaged in a fierce battle, he suddenly realized that his opponent had disappeared in the flames.

After a brief pause, he resumed his protective duties, leaped out of the garage, and headed towards where Saintess Teresa was.

"Why did that Devil retreat like that?"

In the control room, the investigator looked at the scene with some confusion.

Beside him, a mysterious scholar chuckled and said, "Because it realized it underestimated the importance of Saintess Teresa."

"It didn't prepare to deal with the guardian angel of Saintess Teresa. I speculate that they initially misjudged the Spirit Level of Saintess Teresa's guardian."

"After realizing that her level exceeded their limit, they chose to abandon their original plan."

"And then, in order to force the guardian angel to appear and make the Devil relent and spare the innocent people under its control, Saintess Teresa chose to sacrifice herself."

"Wait, does it mean that if Saintess Teresa didn't sacrifice herself, the angel wouldn't have saved the people?"

The investigator suddenly noticed a blind spot and was slightly startled.

"Well... angels are highly unlikely to help humanity proactively."

Upon hearing this, the mysterious scholar awkwardly smiled, confirming the investigator's doubt.

The investigator was shaken by this revelation and quickly realized that many prayers were merely wishful thinking.

Transcendents have their own thoughts and codes of conduct.

And from many mythological legends, it seems that there are very few Transcendents who consider earthly beings as important.

In comparison, those cultivators from the East were at least human before. Even after becoming Transcendents, they still have some empathy.

However, these troublesome matters will soon no longer be their responsibility to handle.

There will soon be someone to replace my position!

The investigator thought of this and suddenly felt a sense of relief and openness.

Not long after, Saintess Theresa walked out of the restored building.

The people in the building gradually woke up and began to receive medical treatment.

Saintess Theresa also felt the urgency of the situation.

After entering the church, she took out the formation tool from her storage bag and threw it, turning it into a formation.

With the emergence of Spiritual Qi, it was imprisoned within the church.

Taking a deep breath of Spiritual Qi, Saintess Theresa felt the fluctuation of Magic power.

Standing at the entrance of the church, she officially announced the commencement of the exorcism ritual.

After that,

The community became bustling with activity.

Just like in other exorcism rituals,

Inside the church, Saintess Theresa and the two nuns who had a bit of Magic power from Qi Refining Initiation were busy floating in the air to set up the Blood Array for Su Ping!

Su Ping stayed for a while, confirming that the formation was perfectly arranged and nothing unexpected happened.

After giving a favorable evaluation of Saintess Theresa's performance,

He moved to another place.

In the downtown area of New York City,

As members of the security department who were close to the action, they were among the first to undergo the exorcism ritual, like people who had been vaccinated against evil invasion.

They began to clean up the aftermath in the city.

The two investigators who had previously escorted Father Victor arrived at the heavily damaged gym and shook their heads at the holes.

Then, as they ran along the path where the masked priest had fled, they saw collapsed streetlights, various billboards, and the most damage to the curtain wall.

"This guy is like the Terminator in the movies, an intelligent robot."

After one investigator finished recording the damage information, he couldn't help but comment.

"This... seems like he really isn't human!"

The other investigator saw the information received on the terminal and smiled bitterly:

"He is a holy puppet sent by the City of Saint Lord to protect Saintess Theresa, similar to the stone gargoyles at the entrance of the church."

"But there is a holy spirit residing inside, allowing it to unleash Transcendent power."

"In an urban environment, such a Transcendent is a nightmare for everyone!"

"I heard that the military has already started developing new cannons?"

"Previously, due to the reinforced concrete in modern cities, the military realized that the caliber of artillery was seriously inadequate and began adjusting it to at least 148."

"Now it seems that they have scrapped all the previous plans."

"Some generals even directly stated that it should be at least 203, and any plans without a caliber of 203 should not be submitted!"

"They have even started to show interest in train cannons. Maybe in our lifetime, we will see the era of giant cannons!"

...

Grotto-Heaven in the teapot.

After fishing in several fishing spots and finishing this round of fishing,

Su Ping returned to the Grotto-Heaven for meditation and cultivation.

With the help of his knowledge of formations, the Spirit Gathering formation he set up in his room successfully operated.

The already dense concentration of Spiritual Qi increased a bit more.

Suddenly, Su Ping felt a movement in his heart during cultivation.

He took out the Divine Armament, Heavenly Sword, and placed it between his hands.

As this Divine Armament also breathed in Spiritual Qi, it transformed into Magic power and circulated back to Su Ping, its master.

Faintly, Su Ping felt that in his sea of consciousness, in addition to the Greedy Wolf Divine Sense, there was another small sword that looked exactly like the Heavenly Sword.

However, as soon as this small sword was born,

The three Greedy Wolf Divine Senses all howled at the same time.

Then the small sword disappeared.

On the forehead of the Greedy Wolf Divine Sense, the mark of the Heavenly Sword appeared.

Su Ping felt that his Divine Sense became even faster and more unstoppable.

With the help of Divine Sense,

The speed of absorbing spiritual luck and nourishing the physical body with Magic power both increased.

Su Ping quickly drank the purifying potion, allowing all the various aftereffects on his body to be repaired perfectly.

The bottleneck between Foundation Building middle stage and Late Stage suddenly loosened.

This allowed Su Ping to see the possibility of quickly breaking through to Foundation Building Late Stage.

(End of this chapter)