Chapter 265 [Shadow Heart Devouring]!
——'Bishop of the Undead' Passaro Adoa!
When he heard Lias say this name, Luo Xiu was obviously stunned.
He didn't expect that he could actually pry out such important information from Lias' mouth——
That's "Bishop"! And he is the bishop of the old enemy "Ancient Hermitage"!
In addition to "Executioner" Koros and "Hidden Elder" Babelun, he was the third enemy with "five-fold destiny" that they knew about!
Fuck...
Luo Xiu's heart was filled with turmoil.
Is this the foreshadowing of the previous killing of "Spiritual Beloved" Starro and the destruction of the "Primordial Hermitage" plan in Red Maple City?
The strong sense of crisis made Luo Xiu clenched his fists involuntarily. Sweat continued to seep out from his palms and dripped down from between his fingers.
At this time, he looked at "Grand Inquisitor" Baines aside, only to find that his expression was also stunned for a moment, and his constantly trembling pupils betrayed his inner shock.
It's no wonder that Baines couldn't control his expression. It would be difficult for anyone to stay calm when they learned that the enemies they were about to face were three "Fifth Path of Destiny" saints.
It was just shock and astonishment, but no despair or cowardice. Baines's psychological quality was already quite high... Luo Xiu thought to himself, and then his eyes fell on Lias in front of him.
He looked carefully through Lias's character panel again.
This time, Luo Xiu directly swiped through the long list of "Techniques", "Skills" and "Features" and looked directly at Lias's "Status" column.
In the "Status" column of Lias, apart from the complicated buff and debuff states, there are two inconspicuous status entries, mixed in among the regular status entries.
[Deathbind Curse] and [Shadow Heart Eater]!
As a believer of [Lost], Lias's profession is also related to "curse", and it is normal to have various abnormal conditions.
But for these two abnormal conditions, even though the name of the initiator did not appear in the entry details, Luo Xiu could easily guess that the [Death Binding Curse] was planted by Pasaro, the "Bishop of the Dead". , and [Shadow Heart Eater] was written by Koros!
The former can be actively triggered by Pasaro, the "Bishop of the Undead". Once activated, Lias will soon die miserably.
This can be seen as a secret game between "Bishop of the Undead" Pasaro and "Executioner" Koros - if Pasaro, who serves the Theocracy, is indeed secretly colluding with Koros, then Koros's hand The lives of the "heads" below can also be regarded as Pasaro's weight to gain greater benefits for the Theocracy and himself.
The effect of [Shadow Heart Devouring] is similar to the former. Korros is also firmly in control of Lias's life and may "devour" his heart at any time!
Pasaro obviously underestimated the cruelty of Kross. The words "submit to coercion" were not in Kross's dictionary at all.
Luo Xiu had reason to believe that if necessary, Koros would not mind "exploding" his men in front of Passaro, in order to intimidate Passaro and directly knock off his chips!
Although [Death Binding Curse] and [Shadow Heart Devouring] are now "inactive", Luo Xiu has learned more from them.
From the status bar of the previously transformed "Former Tiger" Bagri, I have never seen similar restrictions like "Heart Detonator"...
This should be a new insurance policy set up by Koros to prevent the emergence of a second bagri. Although maintaining them requires more spirituality and energy from Koros, it is indeed effective.
Less than an hour had passed when Lias was captured and brought to the dungeon in the side court for interrogation.
One hour was not enough for Koros to judge the real-time status of his "monsters".
This is probably the reason why Koros did not "explode" Lias's heart immediately - if the interrogation time was delayed for even half an hour, Koros would have a high probability of abandoning his son directly, and they would not be able to interrogate such a child. Lots of information!
Luo Xiu couldn't help but feel lucky that the "President of the Side Court" beside him didn't know anything about this information.
While Baines was still digesting the huge amount of information he had just received, Luo Xiu had already begun to silently pray for the two holy arts. He then stepped up his interrogation to Lias:
“So, ‘Bishop of the Undead’ Passaro Adoa, where are they?”
"...in Gusta Street...No...."
Just before Lias was about to reveal the specific hiding place, his voice suddenly stopped, and his two eyes suddenly bulged forward from their sockets.
"Ho ho... ho..." A sound like phlegm began to rise in Lias's throat, and black lines appeared and covered his face.
When he noticed the change in Lias, before Baines could react, Luo Xiu's right hand emitted golden light and opened the "Triple Holy Protection" barrier.
The pale gold light curtains were superimposed layer by layer in front of Luo Xiu, and at the same time, they also protected the "Grand Inquisitor" Baines.
After that, he then opened the field of "Pure Glow" and let the purifying light fill the entire prison.
And just when Luo Xiu had just finished this, the "monster-headed" Lias in front of him had also reached its peak of mutation!
The thin, worm-like black lines have spread all over Lias's body, and at the same time, his protruding pupils have become as turbid as ink.
From his eye sockets, ears, nostrils and even mouth, thick black smoke poured out like burning charcoal. Sometimes it rose, sometimes it settled, and finally accumulated on the ground and turned into boiling black water.
——[Shadow Heart Eater]! "Executioner" Kross, who was far outside Red Maple City, finally detonated it!
In an instant, the "shadow" swallowed Lias's heart. The blood volume displayed on his panel instantly returned to zero, without even giving Luo a chance to mend his knife.
Visibly to the naked eye, the figure of "Hunted Head" Lias quickly shriveled up, and the position of his chest corresponding to his heart gradually eroded from the inside out into a terrifying hole filled with black water.
The erosion of "shadow" did not stop for a moment, and soon, half of Lias's body turned into black water.
And the remaining body of Lias that had not yet turned into water was hanging in the shackles at the end of the iron chain like the body after a "car crack", shaking extremely strangely in the black smoke.
And this last part quickly disappeared, and the place above the shackles became empty in an instant, leaving only the thick black smoke that was still rising or settling, and a sticky black water that exuded bursts of stench.
These products that detonated [Shadow Heart Devouring], when they spread to Luo Xiu's side, they were purified, decomposed into immaterial spirituality and dissipated. The "corrosion" power did not affect Luo Xiu and Bain at all. Si's body, and the clothes they wore were not stained.
It was not until the "pure glow" completely purified the black smoke and black water that Luo Xiu withdrew the two holy spells and said to Baines:
"It's a pity that Lias is dead. That 'Executioner' Kross seems to have noticed something. He may have acted preemptively."
"But we have received quite important information - the 'Bishop of the Undead' Passaro Adoa has sneaked into the city and is somewhere on Gusta Street."
"We have discovered a new threat... As desperate as the facts are, it is better than being kept in the dark."
As he said that, Luo Xiu spread his hands and made a helpless expression towards Baines.
Baynes has also recovered from his previous state. He looked at Luo Xiu, and then at the shackles that had previously locked Lias but were now empty. He shook his head and said: "Hmm... um. Mr. Luo Xiu, what did you say? right."
"At least this is not the worst situation. Dying soberly is a hundred times better than dying knowing nothing."
Baynes said this calmly, with a faint smile of inexplicable relief on his face.
Well, I thought before that Baines was "calm"... Why does he look so indifferent now... Luo Xiu sneered.
"Knight of the Throne" Frosa also came over at this time and said from the side: "Lias is dead, Lord Luo Xiu. But the information he confessed is too shocking, and the 'side court' still needs some time to digest it."
Baynes also said: "Well, that's exactly it. The appearance of an 'executor' has already made the situation delicate, not to mention now, three such enemies have appeared at once... I have already We have prepared a request for help from the lord, but before reinforcements arrive, we must ensure that we can survive until then." "Yes, I understand," Luo Xiu nodded, and then added:
"Now is the most dangerous moment for Red Maple City, but I will always believe that the turning point is hidden in the crisis."
"Now that Lias is dead, I plan to go back to the church first and won't stay any longer."
After saying that, Luo Xiu gave a slight salute to Baines and prepared to return first.
The interrogation of Lias was over, and there was no place left in the side court to stay any longer. Baynes and Frosa immediately escorted Luo Xiu out of the dungeon and sent him to the door of the side courtyard.
After a brief farewell to Baynes and Frosa, Luo Xiu immediately rode on the "Golden Pegasus" and returned to the church in the night.
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Red Maple City, Glorious Church.
In the half hour that Luo Xiu went to the side court to participate in the interrogation, the church's clergy had almost finished cleaning up the mess caused by the battle.
The damaged buildings could not be restored, but the ruins of the crumbling buildings had been cleaned up.
The corpses of those "monster heads" have also been completely burned by the "holy flame", completely eliminating the possibility of "distortion" of their corpses.
After that, the church entered a state of "martial law", and some clergymen had gone to blockade the surrounding streets. The remaining clergymen, under the command of Anthony, patrolled the church all night long.
This is a consistent arrangement - to prevent enemy remnants from hiding in nearby streets, and to maintain peace and keep civilians from panicking.
…
Luo Xiu returned to the church and went straight to his "high priest's residence" as usual.
But halfway through, I remembered that the "Daji Residence" had been completely destroyed in the previous battle.
At this time, the "Original Residence", which was originally a two-story building, was destroyed until only the base remained.
Fortunately, the small tower of the "Boundary Matchmaker" is still intact, and it will be quick to rebuild the residence later.
…But I definitely won’t be able to go back “home” tonight. Luo Xiu then turned around and walked towards the Holy Office.
After entering the Holy Office and opening the door of the "bishop's room", Luo Xiu made do with spending the night here.
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Early next morning.
Luo Xiu, who had been lying on a soft chair all night, rubbed his sore waist.
He stayed up all night, just to prevent the enemy's possible second raid, and even more to prevent "Executioner" Kross from ending up in person.
But fortunately, this extreme situation did not happen, and the possibility of them sneaking in for a surprise attack during the day was slimmer than at night, which gave Luo Xiu enough time to prepare.
Luo Xiu then sat up directly and started his usual day's work.
The only advantage of sleeping in an office is that it saves the trouble of traveling... Luo Xiu thought to himself. He quickly finished the day's work, then opened the panel and counted the time when the "Wrong Path Explorer" cooldown would end.
The moment the cooldown ended, he reopened the kill reward interface for "Erotic Master" Razish and recalculated it without hesitation.
[The reward for killing the mad boss is being regenerated...]
[Kill reward has been regenerated]
[Get the expertise "Battlefield Mage (Rare)"]!
[Battlefield Mage (rare): You have received professional training. Compared with mysterious places, you can exert your full power on the battlefield. 】
[Your "Strength" and "Physique" attributes are +8, and the physical damage you receive is reduced by 10%. When an attack initiated by you causes damage to five or more targets, additional damage will be caused to all damaged targets, and the damage value is 10% of the base damage. 】
【……】
Uh...battle mage...
Luo Xiu held his forehead. He thought of some strange professions in other games in his previous life, and felt a little want to laugh for no reason.
This expertise is still not of much help to Luo Xiu, but compared to the "Doom Curse", it can be considered a substantial improvement.
Luo Xiu, who was not prepared to wait for another three days to cool down, simply confirmed the result of this settlement.
After that, he stood up from his chair, walked out of the bishop's room, and came outside the Holy Office.
He was going to go to the Holy Inquisition and ask Anthony to investigate the matter about "Bishop of the Undead" Passaro.
But as soon as he walked out of the door of the Holy Office, Luo Xiu saw the chief officer of the 'Missionary House', Maiyev, rushing towards here in a hurry.
He was walking in a hurry, holding a brand new dossier with the ink not yet dry in his hand.
You don't need to think about it to know that they are all reports on the damage caused by the intrusion of the tiger heads the night before yesterday... The priests of the "missionary" worked overtime all night for this.
In Mayyev's eyes, there was a faint sheen called "exhaustion".
Luo Xiu then waited where he was, and Maiyev soon saw him and walked towards him holding the file.
When Maiyev came to Luo Xiu, he said:
"Greetings to you, Lord Luo Xiu of the Great Sacrifice. The colleagues in the mission have sorted out the damage situation, and it is up to you to make the final decision. approval.”
Sure enough... Luo Xiu was not surprised, he just nodded lightly.
He then heard Mayyev say:
"Also, the materials for the three bottles of 'Guardian Knight Colossus' and two 'Golden Barrier Altars' that you asked me to prepare before have been fully prepared for the mission."
"The prototype has been formed, and now only the last process remains."
"As long as you infuse them with enough [brilliant] spirituality, they can be put into use."
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(End of chapter)