Chapter 583: The Madness of Fanatics (5K big chapter, please subscribe, please vote monthly)
Because of the failure of Diogakas, the entire Silent Society was severely suppressed and destroyed by the Holy See.
The guilty Diogakas, unable to bear the pressure, chose to end his life with the legendary thorn sword in front of the corpse of the silent comrades.
But at this moment, the painful miracle happened.
No one knows how this painful miracle was triggered.
After Diogakas's emotions reached their peak, the miracle of pain came to Diogakas' body, transforming Diogakas into an immortal being.
Because the miracle of suffering once again came outside the Holy See of Pain, it attracted great attention from the top leaders of the Holy See.
In order to ensure its prestige, the Cardinal decided to incorporate Diogakas into the Holy See of Pain, making him a member of the sect.
However, the Holy See does not fully trust Diogakas.
In order to ensure that he would not have a negative influence on other members, the Holy See took extreme measures and tightly bound his hands and feet with ropes, so that he could only walk in a kneeling position.
Diogakas showed no intention of resisting.
He silently observed and sent away batch after batch of rebels who tried to embark on the path of blasphemy.
But unfortunately, everyone failed.
Most of the blasphemers died outside the wall without even seeing the main entrance of the Holy See. The remaining rebels were also massacred when they faced the Temple Army after entering the Holy See, and no one was spared.
Don't underestimate the Temple Army formed by the Holy See. They are not only the Holy See's royal army, but also a violent machine to maintain its rule. Their strength is far beyond ordinary people's imagination.
The Holy See's ability to stabilize its dominance in such a vast area of ancient Stodia is largely due to this Temple Army.
The scale of the Temple Army is not large, but the combat effectiveness of its members is terrifying.
Each temple soldier will have a divine mark branded on his body. With this divine mark, the temple army will gain a state of pseudo-immortality.
As long as no vital points are injured, the Temple Army's injuries can gradually recover, making them almost immortal on the battlefield.
Moreover, the members of the Temple Army all master a technical ability, cross sword proficiency.
Some senior generals have practiced this skill to the level of expertise or even master.
In addition, the Templars wore the full iron armor blessed by the Holy See.
This kind of armor is not only strong and durable, but also has extremely high defensive power and can effectively resist enemy attacks.
For this kind of monster with full attack power, survivability, and defense power, ordinary armies are no match for them.
When the Temple Army massacred the Silence Passage Association, they only sent a squadron of 100 people and slaughtered the entire Silence Passage Association, while the Temple Army itself only suffered three casualties.
From this we can see how exaggerated the strength of the Temple Army is.
Diogakas also knew that the time was not yet ripe. Even if a blasphemer rushed under the Holy King's throne before, Diogakas did not help.
According to the Holy King's temper, it is impossible for him to give up this throne to anyone else.
Just as Diogakas expected, when the blasphemer tried to cross the mountain of ashes made of countless corpses, he suddenly felt that his legs seemed to be tightly bound by an invisible force. .
He struggled, but found that he could not continue to climb up at all. He could only watch helplessly as the pale arms under him slowly dragged him towards the body filled with high temperature.
Under the terrifying power of the miracle of suffering, the body of the blasphemer was instantly burned to death, leaving not even ashes behind.
The only thing left was his tall hood, which was the blood-stained hood that Lin Yi had seen in the warehouse before.
Diogakas calmly picked up the hood from the ground and continued his role as secretary.
He knew clearly that the Holy See deliberately sent these rebels to die.
As long as they are given a glimmer of hope to overthrow the Holy See, these people will not cause too much trouble outside. The Holy See can use this opportunity to consolidate its rule.
When the plague passes and the Holy See becomes free, it will not only suppress these rebels, but also the Licker Church who treated the sick and saved people during the epidemic.
The reason is simple. The Licker Church's reputation during the plague has seriously threatened the status of the Holy See of Pain.
The Archbishop of the Holy See of Pain has made careful plans. Once the plague subsides, he will immediately lead an army to launch a comprehensive suppression of the Licker Church.
Their plan was to blame the Licker Church for the outbreak of the plague and use this as an excuse to wipe out all members of the Licker Church.
From then on, they will instruct scholars to tamper with history to ensure that the Holy See of Pain will always have a glorious and positive image in the history books.
In their narrative, the Holy See of Pain will be the hero who leads the people out of the plague.
They will preach that it was under the wise leadership of the Paternal Curia that the people were able to successfully escape the plague.
Those members of the Licker Church who died unjustly because of this conspiracy were not at all considered by the Archbishop.
All they care about is their own power and status.
Now the Holy King is still alive in the world for some special reasons, which makes some old immortals in the Holy See of Pain have murderous intentions towards him, so assassins appear one after another in an attempt to kill him.
"Go away, false penitent," said Diogakas.
"Both each other, Secretary." Lin Yi responded, with a hint of joking in his tone.
Hearing Lin Yi's words, Diogakas's face, which was bound by the hemp rope, showed a long-lost smile.
It has been a long time since he showed his true face to others. Hidden in the shadows for so long, he almost forgot the taste of a smile.
The arrival of Lin Yi cut off the miracle of suffering of Our Lady of Jiao Rong and Tepidade, and also allowed Diogakas to feel the dawn of hope again.
As the last teleportation gem lit up, dazzling light enveloped Lin Yi and Diogakas, and their bodies gradually disappeared in the dust.
When Lin Yi regained consciousness again, he found that he was already on a cliff, surrounded by steep mountain walls and bottomless canyons.
At the top of these cliffs, Lin Yi could clearly see rows of wooden stakes nailed firmly to the edge of the cliffs.
Firewood was piled beneath each pile, burning with blazing flames.
Surprisingly, even as the flames licked the bodies of the prisoners above them crazily, the prisoners still roared with great energy.
This is the cruel place where the Torment Church judges heretics and betrayers.
What awaits these sinners here will be endless torture and pain.
Originally, these wooden piles would automatically burn after burning the pagans, and then fall to the bottom of the cliff and smash into pieces.
But due to the changes in the Holy King, this twilight place that symbolizes despair has also changed.
All the prisoners were in a state of being unable to die and could not be burned to death no matter how hard they were burned.
This inextricable pain and endless torture turned the top of the cliff into a real hell on earth.
In this situation, some fanatical believers in the Holy See of Pain, in pursuit of a miracle, even chose to tie themselves to wooden stakes and endure the burning flames together with the prisoners.
Surprisingly, one of the fanatics actually succeeded in attracting the miracle of suffering.
Since then, the Land of Dusk has become a holy place for these fanatics.
They believe that as long as they are willing to tie themselves to a stake and endure the torture of fire, they can deeply appreciate the power of painful miracles.
What Lin Yi saw at this moment were actually fanatic believers who joined later, and the real prisoners had long since disappeared.
The Holy King didn't seem to care about this.
In his view, whether a believer's faith is pious or not is far more important than other things.
These self-tortured believers paid no attention to Lin Yi and Diogakas passing below.
In their hearts, torturing themselves to contribute to the Distorted Holy Father is what they should do.
As for everything else, it seems insignificant.
Some crazy believers not only threw themselves into the flames, but also tied up their whole families to suffer together.
Lin Yi clearly heard a baby's cry, which was particularly harsh on the cliff.
When Lin Yi looked up, he saw a man with a distorted face mumbling words while being licked by the flames.
The woman next to the man was obviously his wife. She was also surrounded by flames, but her eyes showed helplessness and despair.
Behind the man, two white-haired old men were his parents. They endured the flames silently without making any sound.
To the left of the man, a baby was crying in pain.
This is their child, but he is also involved in this crazy belief. This man has been completely driven to madness by his faith.
For him, pleasing the Twisted Father became the whole meaning of life.
Family, which was once the focus of his life, has now become insignificant.
For these fanatics, family is something disposable.
Their faith has surpassed ordinary people's understanding, and they are even willing to give up their own lives for their faith.
"What a bunch of lunatics."
Lin Yi raised his hand, and four or five pieces of sword energy instantly passed through the men and women around the man.
Under the erosion of the power of the abyss, the weak power of miracles was instantly extinguished like a fragile candle.
What was shocking was that the other believers on the side actually looked at the man with envy.
They don't seem to care about the loss of life, but regard this death as a kind of relief and sublimation.
"Great! My wife and children have entered Heaven Mountain. I also want to go to Heaven Mountain. I must go to Heaven Mountain." The man shouted crazily, with twisted joy on his face.
Here, these fanatics interpret the situation when the miraculous power is exhausted and the lamp is turned into a ball of ashes as "going to heaven".
In this way, they long to reach what they call "Heaven Mountain" and realize their pursuit.
"These guys have gone crazy, let's go, don't continue to struggle here." Diogakas stopped Lin Yi's next move. He knew that there was no point in entangled with these fanatical believers.
This cliff was densely packed with fanatical believers from other parts of the ancient Stodia continent.
Their beliefs have been distorted, and they are pursuing the so-called "Heaven Mountain" while turning a blind eye to the pain and difficulties of reality.
Lin Yi can be saved for a while, but not forever. The most important thing right now is to collect the third mark.
"Damn heretics and traitors, we are finally waiting for you!" On the cliff, several Temple soldiers roared and rushed towards Lin Yi and Diogakas.
Diogakas moved swiftly and sideways to avoid the thrust of an enemy's spear. At the same time, he waved his long sword and a cold light flashed through, and the enemy's arm was instantly cut off.
The other Temple troops did not flinch. They roared and continued to attack.
Diogakas dodged and avoided the siege of several cross swords at an almost incredible speed. At the same time, he stabbed a Temple soldier in the chest with a backhand sword, and the blood instantly dyed his clothes red.
Diogakas's movements were clean and neat, without any sloppiness. Every time he drew his sword, he either cut off the enemy's weapon or left a wound that was deeply visible on the enemy's body.
The long sword in the hand of Diogakas is slightly different from the cross swords of the Templar Army. The long sword in the hand of Diogakas is larger than the cross sword of the Templar Army. The sword body is pitch black, with many dark spots on the whole body. The inscriptions glowed slightly red, and black thorns were wrapped around Diogakas' sword.
But unfortunately, Diogakas' attack had no effect on the Temple Army.
Although the attacks of Diogakas are many times stronger than those of these Temple soldiers, the injuries on these Temple soldiers are recovering at an alarming speed. Whether they are minor injuries or serious injuries, they can be healed in a very short time. .
As time passed, the Temple Army began to gradually gain the upper hand, suppressing Diogakas.
Two fists were no match for four. Although Diogakas was brave, he began to seem a little powerless under the siege of many temple troops.
When Lin Yi saw this, he knew he couldn't hold back. The next second, Lin Yi turned off the skill [Destiny Upper Limit].
Lin Yi rarely turns off this skill on weekdays. Even if he encounters an enemy, Lin Yi will usually use Black and White Rose to send him on his way.
The main reason for this is that by killing enemies with Black and White Rose, he can collect more sources of death.
If other methods are used to kill the enemy, although the black and white roses can still absorb the negative energy escaping from the corpse, the efficiency is far less than killing the enemy directly through the black and white roses.
"Group therapy."
Lin Yi didn't do much, he simply released a group therapy.
The next second, their body organs began to expand rapidly and uncontrollably, as if there was a crazy force rushing through the body.
The originally solid muscles and bones were stretched open by this force and twisted and deformed.
The rapidly proliferating flesh and blood, with a strange vitality, was forced out of the gaps in their armor.
The bright red muscle fibers were tangled together and expanding, like the tentacles of a demon.
These Temple soldiers fell into extreme panic. They tried to cut off these crazy-growing flesh and blood with swords in order to curb this terrible change.
Their hands had turned into balls of flesh due to the expansion of life energy, completely losing their original form and function.
The hands that once wielded the sword have now become two useless lumps of flesh, unable to move at all.
These temple soldiers could only watch helplessly as their bodies were swallowed up by the crazy proliferation of flesh and blood.
"Impossible, why didn't the Holy Seal help us deflect the damage?" A soldier of the Temple Army looked at Lin Yi with difficulty, his face full of shock and confusion.
"What did you do?"
Diogakas took two steps back, away from the still-expanding Templar soldiers.
Stimulated by life energy, these soldiers have turned into monsters several meters tall, with different shapes.
Since everyone's life origin has different endurance capabilities, the forms they exhibit are also different.
Some soldiers' arms swelled larger than a human's, their muscles were twisted, and their veins popped out.
Some soldiers' ears grew crazily, even covering their faces.
"I didn't do anything, I just helped them with their treatment."
Lin Yi smiled slightly, as if he really just released a healing spell.
"I've never seen healing techniques turn people into this." Diogakas put away the sword in his hand and looked at Lin Yi again.
Now he is really more and more curious about Lin Yi's identity.
"Then you can't blame me. You can only blame them because their life source is too weak and cannot withstand my healing power, which is why they become such a twisted look."
The moment Lin Yi finished speaking, the body of a Temple Army soldier expanded to the limit, and an explosion sounded in front of the two of them the next second.
Lin Yi took a few steps back to avoid the blood and flesh splashing everywhere from being stained on his robe.
Diogakas didn't care whether this thing would stain his clothes. He usually walked on his knees on the ground, and even the best clothes had been worn out by Diogakas.
This explosion seemed to be a signal. The next second, continuous explosions sounded in Lin Yi's ears.
A smile appeared on Lin Yi's face, as if he was very satisfied with this flesh-and-blood fireworks.
"That's right. It can actually explode so much meat. It deserves to be an elite army."
After Lin Yi eliminated these soldiers, the sound of Samsara Paradise appeared in Lin Yi's ears.
[Kill the Temple Army x6, obtain 6.8% of the Source of the World, and now obtain a total of 49.2% of the Source of the World]
[Obtain 4 light golden treasure chests. 】
Seeing the resources provided by the Temple Army, Lin Yi frowned. He did not expect that the Temple Army, which could suppress Diogakas, would actually be the same as the flesh-and-blood fusion monster on the snow mountain in the Samsara Paradise. It's a level of irony.
"Your power is very strange. You can actually destroy the Temple Army without causing harm. Maybe you can really change this fucking world."
Diogakas didn't want to ask where Lin Yi's power came from. He only needed to know one thing now, that is, Lin Yi's power could kill these bastards.
"Diogakas, you betrayed the Holy See."
After Lin Yi dealt with these Temple soldiers, a slightly deeper voice appeared behind the two of them.
Looking in the direction of the sound, Lin Yi saw a man carrying a sledgehammer appear in his sight.
After seeing the appearance of the person clearly, Diogakas's face showed a trace of concentration. He did not expect that the Holy See would actually send him out.
It seems that the church is really anxious this time, otherwise it would not throw out its trump card when the mainland is in such chaos.
"Edas, why are you here? Aren't you going to guard the gate of your Holy See?"
Diogakas obviously knew the person who came and even called him by his name.
"There are other people guarding the gate of the Holy See, and my goal this time is to take him away. Diogakas, I hope you will not make a choice that embarrasses me."
Edas said as he leaned the heavy hammer on the ground, a blue lightning flashed faintly in his eyes.
(End of chapter)