Chapter 102 The End of the Beloved (4k2)
On the border of Red Maple City, deep in the wilderness.
The surrounding area is deserted, and only the dense cedar forest is the only scenery in the wilderness.
When Starro arrived at the origin of the "ancient wave", he looked around, but he still didn't see any clues about the "seal".
"How...how could this happen..."
Starro, who had originally followed the spiritual fluctuations and arrived here, felt disappointed again.
However, just when he was about to give up and prepare to turn around and return to Red Maple City.
In the distant cedar forest, the reaction of "ancient fluctuations" came again!
This is the third "ancient wave", and this time the location of the wave is quite close. Starro can almost immediately locate the specific location!
Starro's heart trembled, and a fanatical look appeared on his face again.
Starro then took off and ran towards the cedar forest.
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"Why does it feel like I'm walking a dog..."
Luo Xiu, who had completed the spiritual infusion of the "crown fragments" for the third time, complained silently, then put away the crown fragments and began to chant several sacred arts.
Just before Starro went deep into the cedar forest and was about to arrive at Luo Xiu's location.
In the cedar forest, a strange surge of spirituality suddenly surged. The bell of "The Coming of the Holy Abyss" echoed in the forest, and the boy who broke into the forest had a dark "Eye of Corrosion" opening above his head.
Luo Xiu raised his hand and used "Holy Abyss Descending".
Until just now, Starro felt that he was very close to the "ancient seal". Although he saw other people in the forest from a distance, he thought they were woodcutter, so he didn't pay attention.
Until the man suddenly attacked him, Starro was immediately horrified!
"——Children, follow me..."
At the moment when he was "peeped" by strange eyes, Starro almost completed the summoning of five "wandering spirits" at the same time.
At this time, there is no "curse" in this fir forest that can assist Starro in completing the spirit summoning, and the body of the little boy Starro "possessed" is relatively weak. He can only summon five wandering spirits at most. .
At the same time that Starro completed the spiritual seance, the fir trees around him suddenly began to tremble.
Starro raised his head, and all he saw was countless thick black mist, covering his head in darkness.
"This, this..."
"What are these things..."
Starro looked surprised, but at this time he did not yet know the seriousness of the matter.
Starro's right hand simultaneously transformed into a small version of the "Scarlet Blood Knife" and slashed towards the thick black mist in mid-air.
——Shua! The black mist was separated by a shallow slash, but soon more "fog shadows" filled the gap, and the momentum toward Starro did not slow down.
Starro began to strike continuously, and the wandering spirits he summoned were also attacking in the "fog shadow" group, but it did not have any effect.
Starro finally noticed something was wrong, and felt an inexplicable sense of despair in his heart.
As if he suddenly recalled the "initiator", Starro looked through the black fog and looked at the person opposite who attacked him without any reason.
The man was wearing an ordinary thick velvet robe, but he was holding a sickle-shaped magic staff in both hands; he seemed to be chanting some kind of holy magic, and he looked like a young believer in [Glory].
Suddenly, Starro's pupils shrank suddenly.
He recognized the other person's identity.
Just before, the young believers opposite the No. 16 stronghold where he "escaped death" had participated in the crusade against his organization "The Ancient Hermitage"!
"——It's actually you! The Holy Judge!"
An unknown fire suddenly rose in Starro's heart, and he cursed fiercely: "Why! Why do you want to kill me! Why do you still linger like this!"
Luo Xiu didn't answer. He just raised his hand and waved out the light groups of "Consecration and Blessing" and "Purification Technique". The light group passed through the "Eye of Corrosion" and was dyed strangely black, and then poured into Starro's body. Body.
At this time, Starro was "resurrected" by borrowing the body of a little boy, and his physical strength was still extremely fragile.
When the many debuff effects reversed by "Eye of Corrosion" were applied to Starro, his movements fell into a long stagnation.
The next moment, the black mist of Kirigakure Raven completely submerged Starro.
In Luo Xiu's panel detection, Starro's health began to decline at a cliff-like rate, and under the density of attacks surrounded by ravens, Starro was completely unable to carry out any effective counterattack.
Luo Xiu then pulled out the "Judgment" fire gun. When Staro's health was reduced to the killing line, Luo Xiu raised the fire gun, aimed at the thickest part of the black mist and pulled the trigger.
--Bang! The fire gun was fired, and a golden stream of light instantly spread out at the impact point.
The raven's fog shadow was dispersed by the brief earthquake of this "Judgment Shot", revealing Starro's body that had been riddled with holes by the black fog.
"Judgment" gave Starro the final blow, but this time it didn't hit the fatal point, but penetrated his lower abdomen.
But even so, Starro had completely lost all vital signs and was too dead to die.
"...Wuye, come back."
Luo Xiu then waved and called back all the raven's fog shadows.
A prompt for the reward for killing Starro, the "Spirit Beloved", popped up on the panel. Luo Xiu was not in a hurry to receive the reward, and at the same time rubbed the bronze ring on his finger.
A subtle light flashed across the surface of the ring, and countless "soul manipulators" erupted from it, pouring into the body of Starro "Boy".
The tentacles rummaged through the corpse, finally locking on and extracting Starro's soul.
Although the boy possessed by Starro is physically weak, his soul is also a genuine "triple destiny" transcendent soul.
Luo Xiu could feel the extremely surging spiritual surge from the dark purple soul light group in front of him.
Luo Xiu specially set up an ambush in the wilderness this time. In addition to exploding the "Starro" kill reward, he also had the purpose of extracting Starro's soul!
You must know that the souls of the "triple destiny" extraordinary people are extremely precious resources and nutrients for Luo Xiu now.
In the previous stronghold of the "Ancient Hermitage", when Luo Xiu realized that Starro, the "Spirit Beloved", might not really be dead, this was why Luo Xiu felt so happy in his heart.
Under the circumstances at that time, Luo Xiu had no chance to extract Starro's soul with the "Soul Manipulator". The risk of exposing the real trump card was too great, so he could only let Staro's soul go to waste.
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After completing the extraction of Staro's soul with the "Soul Manipulator", Luo Xiu took back these tentacles and sealed Staro's soul into a bronze ring.
At this time, the soul capacity of the "Bronze Forged Ring" was full, so Luo Xiu quickly disposed of the body of "Starro" and then returned to Red Maple City.
Starro, the "Spirit Beloved", this hidden and biggest threat, disappeared without realizing it when the other "Holy Judges" were not aware of it.
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When Luo Xiu returned to the Glory Church, he met Pamier who had just walked out of the room and was catching up on a day of training in the courtyard.
She was not wearing heavy armor at this time, and her two slender arms were wielding a broad and heavy sword, which was very visually impactful.
When she saw Luo Xiu coming back, Pamiai also stopped the training at hand. She gently wiped the sweat from her forehead and greeted Luo Xiu:
"You are back. Don't forget that you still have the task of guarding tomorrow."
Luo Xiu: "..."
There was an inexplicable feeling in his heart that even though it was a weekend, he was kindly reminded by his colleagues that he had to go to work on Monday.
"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded and responded with a smile, "You should also go to bed early."
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Later, Luo Xiu returned to his room. He closed the doors and windows, lay down on his hard bed, and opened the mailbox.
At this time, the reward for killing Starro, the "Spirit Beloved", was still a beating red dot.
Luo Xiu then clasped his hands together, and after completing the evil sacrifice of "Connor Roon's" ten-year emotional career, he looked at the kill reward on the panel.
"Get it." Luo Xiu gave new instructions in his mind.
The moment he clicked "Receive", a long list of new data appeared on the panel in front of Luo Xiu.
[Kill "Spiritual Beloved" Starro (lv.30) and gain 1364 basic experience points]
[The level difference between "Spiritual Beloved" Starro (lv.30) and you is 17 levels]
[Leap level kill! Get 170% extra experience points...】
["Seering Soul" takes effect, gain 20% additional experience points]
[The highest attribute of "Spiritual Beloved" Starro is "Divinity"]
[You get: "Divinity" attribute +1]
[Reward settlement, actually gained 3955 experience points! 】
【……】
["Spiritual Beloved" Starro (lv.30) is a twisted boss]
[The reward for killing the twisted boss is being generated...]
【……】
"It is indeed a 'twisted' boss..." Luo Xiu's eyes were bright.
After waiting for a moment, the panel generated the reward for killing the "twisted" boss.
[Kill reward has been generated]
[Acquire the expertise "Container of the Spiritual Beloved (Rare, Special)", free attribute points*3]
[Container of spiritual favor (rare, special): You are favored by the "god", and your body's spiritual carrying capacity has been improved unprecedentedly...
Your "Art" and "Skill" slots increase by 3; your mana calculation base is increased from 3 times divinity to 5 times. 】
【……】
Luo Xiu's eyes suddenly brightened when he saw the newly obtained reward!
The expertise he obtained, "Container of Spiritual Favorites," turned out to be a template expertise with a "special" tag!
This far exceeded Luo Xiu's expectations.
This is the second template expertise that Luo Xiu has obtained after "Death Realm Intuition".
Although the "Container of the Spiritual Favorite" feat is only at the "rare" level, its improvement is quite huge.
Three "Technique" and "Skill" slots were added at one time, making Luo Xiu's originally tight slot capacity suddenly become a lot more generous, and this is not the most important thing, the upper limit of the base for calculating "Mana Value" The improvement is the top priority!
Earlier, Luo Xiu had extracted the specialty "Rock Body" from "Senior Warrior" Nayef. It was also a "rare" level specialty, and its effect was to increase the upper limit of health by 1.5 times.
And this time, the "Container of Spiritual Beloved" specialty obtained by Luo Xiu, in addition to the effect of increasing slots, also increased the calculation base of mana value to 1.67 times!
Although both are "rare" specialties, "Container of Spiritual Beloved" is much more improved than "Rock Body". This is the power of "Template Specialty" compared to "Ordinary Specialty".
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After obtaining the specialty "Container of Spiritual Beloved", Luo Xiu's upper limit of mana has reached 135 points.
Combined with the expertise "Ashes of Nirvana" previously obtained from the ancient seal of "Wandering Rider" Miklos, Luo Xiu's high health and mana can already complement each other to a certain extent.
After confirming the reward for killing Starro, the "twisted" boss, Luo Xiu closed the mission panel.
At this time, Luo Xiu's accumulated experience points had exceeded the 20,000 mark.
Luo Xiu began to close his eyes and meditate, calculating some key values.
"It feels like... I'm almost ready to reach level 20 and unlock the three-fold destiny promotion mission."
Luo Xiu murmured.
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The day passed quickly.
The next morning, Anthony came back from the Priory's stronghold in "Alley Sixteen", his eyes full of exhaustion.
On this day, Luo Xiu got up very early. When he put on his priest's robe and put on his sickle and walked out of the room, he saw Anthony's shaky figure.
"He stayed up all night..." Luo Xiu, a veteran late-night player, quickly diagnosed Anthony's current state.
"Ah, Luo Xiu, it's you."
Anthony looked up at the young priest not far away, let out a long yawn and said, "Haha... It's time for you and Coren to go on duty at the Priory's stronghold."
"Whether you want each of you to take turns for half a day, or to take turns at the same time, you can discuss it yourself..."
After saying that, Anthony staggered back to his room.
Luo Xiu then checked his clothes and equipment one last time, and then searched around the church, but did not see Column.
Luo Xiu simply stopped looking and went to the Priory's stronghold alone.
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When Luo Xiu arrived at the monastery's stronghold, he discovered that Coren had already arrived here and had been waiting for him for a long time.
"... Luo Xiu, you are here."
Coren nodded to the priest who had just arrived. He was currently half lying on the newly made floor, with a small pot of burning bonfire beside him.
"You came very early." Luo Xiu responded with a smile and asked at the same time, "Where is my bunk?"
"There." Coren pointed.
Just next to another wall in the stronghold is a soft bed that has been rolled up and filled with high-quality cotton. There is also a small pot of unlit bonfire beside it.
Luo Xiu nodded, then walked over and lit the bonfire, spread out the group and got in.
This is one of the most basic treatments for the "Holy Judges" when they perform their guarding duties. As long as they remain conscious and "monitor" the spirits in the corpses of the extraordinary beings without disorder and rampage, they can do whatever position is comfortable for them.
From the position where Luo Xiu and Column were laying on the floor, they could see clearly all the corpses placed in the "stronghold" at the same time. This ensured that the "Holy Judges" on duty would not have blind spots in their vision and could clearly perceive Any spiritual anomalies within the stronghold.
Looking at the corpses of the "Hermitage" believers in front of him, Luo Xiu forcibly suppressed the urge in his heart to create a bunch of "undead" monsters again.
Kelun and Luo Xiu covered themselves with quilts and watched each other silently.
The two chatted for a while, and then remained silent for a whole day.
When Pamier came to change shifts with Column the next day, Luo Xiu briefly caught up on his sleep in the stronghold.
The "Holy Judgment" guards continued like this for four full days.
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The "guarding" task ended on the morning of the fifth day.
——Connor is back.
He finally returned from "Songyuan City" with the [Supreme] Arbitrator.
(End of chapter)