Chapter 128 God-given epic new creation and the return of the cat (5k8)
Late afternoon.
Sina City, White Antelope Hotel.
After conquering "Werewolf" Boozer, Luo Xiu completed the transformation of four "triple destiny" heretics with his "crazy piety" in two days.
Among them, in addition to the first two [Red Lotus] who have extraordinary destiny, there are also believers from [Ku Tu], [Lost] and [Nihility].
Today, there are six first-generation "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" who have become Luo Xiu's "crazy believers".
[Red Lotus] "The Burner", Byrne Dunst;
[Red Lotus] "The Bloodthirsty", Boozer Zagun;
【Ku Tu】"Hunting Blade", The Undertaker·Tomb Shadow;
【Lost】"The Favored by Nature", Emera Caldwell;
【Lost】"The Favored by Life", Elena Cardwell;
[Nothingness] "The Dream Stealer", Pior Solano.
These are the original six "Apostles of the Holy Abyss". They belong to different pagan organizations, and after being slaughtered by Luo Xiu one by one and two beasts, they forcibly changed their beliefs with their "crazy piety" and became Luo Xiu's "crazy believers".
After expanding the peripheral forces of "Holy Abyss" to six people, Luo Xiu had a faint feeling that the stability of "Crazy Devotees" maintained by "Crazy Piety" had been slightly loosened.
Although he could still "transform" new crazed believers, for the sake of safety, Luo Xiu postponed his actions and instead consolidated his control over the "crazy devout people".
Around Sina City, Luo Xiu had no other goals that he wanted to convert his faith to.
Either the sum of the target's "Divinity" and "Resistance" attributes is too high, or the strength does not meet Luo Xiu's expectations... Among the six "Crazy Believers" today, except "The Burner" Byrne is the "First Time" Except for the "test subjects", the other devout believers were all carefully selected by Luo Xiu for their powerful combat capabilities.
After transforming the last four "Triple Destiny" extraordinary people into their own "Crazy Believers", the attribute values brought by the "Scorching Soul" increased, so that the "Agility" and "Perception" attributes increased respectively. 2 o'clock.
At the same time, the "Moment God's Gift" obtained from the "Holy Preaching" skill has also been officially received!
First of all, the most basic reward is the improvement of the "divine" attribute!
Transformed the beliefs of six "Triple Destiny" extraordinary beings, each of whom was given a 2-point "divine" attribute increase, for a total of 12 points of divinity.
In addition, there is a brand new [God-given expertise].
——[Acquire the expertise "Glowing Preacher (Epic, God-given)"]!
[Glory Propagator (Epic, God-given): You are the most devout believer in Glory. You have devoted all your efforts to promote the teachings of 'Glow', allowing countless people to see the true meaning of 'Glow'.
Your mana is calculated as the base, and you gain an additional 5 times the value of the "divine" attribute. It also gains a status bonus of being immune to "mental" primary control effects and reducing intermediate control effects by 50%. When you use the "Glory" fate skill, you will receive an additional bonus of 20% increase in spell effect. 】
This is the first "epic" level expertise Luo Xiu has obtained since time travel!
The "God-given Epic" feat, which integrates "mana increase", "controlled immunity and reduction" and "spell amplification", has undoubtedly raised Luo Xiu's true combat effectiveness by another level!
With the blessing of the "Glowing Preacher" specialty, Luo Xiu's mana immediately soared to a terrifying 480 points!
The depth of Luo Xiu's mana tank at this time is enough to use two consecutive rounds of skills. And with his specialty "Ashes of Nirvana", he can recover an endless stream of mana through exchanging blood, and then rely on his self-healing ability to continuously improve his status.
Luo Xiu's real mana level is much higher than what is shown on the panel.
After confirming the "momentary divine gift" obtained from the "Holy Preacher", Luo Xiu closed the panel with satisfaction.
Now, he can be regarded as the leader of a secret organization... Luo Xiu thought to himself.
Luo Xiu now has two identities. As the Holy Judge of the "Holy Court" Church, and as the largest behind-the-scenes boss of the "Holy Abyss".
As a "Priest", Luo Xiu behaves relatively kindly and harmless to humans and animals most of the time; but as a "Shura" of the "Holy Abyss", he has harvested the lives of many pagans and is personally organizing A secret organization with great terror and deterrence.
Luo Xiu knew that in the near future, he might fall into a situation of "beating himself."
Moreover, the "Judgment War" is approaching, and that catastrophe will not give anyone extra time to prepare.
Luo Xiu knew that before that, he must become stronger as soon as possible and let "Holy Abyss" accompany him to grow rapidly.
That way, Luo Xiu would have more room for maneuver and room for turning.
…
The next day, morning.
Luo Xiu woke up very early and climbed out of bed.
He quickly changed into the formal attire of the church, took two "Scarlet Crystals" replenished from "Tistia" with him, and headed to the Church of Glory.
When they came to the church door, the trainee priest on duty bowed to Luo Xiu.
"May your holy light shine forever, my lord aide." The trainee priest said respectfully, "You came extra early today, and you will bless every diligent believer in a moment."
What a coincidence, how did you know that I had just been "gifted by God" for a moment... Luo Xiu cursed, but maintained his usual calm expression on his face and responded gently:
"May you be bathed in the Holy Light forever, Smult. I wish you can be promoted as soon as possible and become a 'Pastor of the Holy Light', and join us as soon as possible to listen to Xu's teachings."
After saying that, Luo Xiu crossed the side of "Smult" and headed towards the inner courtyard of the church.
The "trainee priest" Smult was left alone.
Smult was stunned for a while, and after a while, he recovered from his dull expression.
Smult's expression gradually became excited, and he murmured: "The new acolyte...the young high priest, Mr. Rossu Carlos, he actually remembers my name!"
"He also knows that I am a 'trainee priest'! Oh, this is really, really..."
…
Luo Xiu did not see the reaction of "trainee priest" Smult who he had just greeted as usual.
He just "peeped" at his panel out of interest and tried his best to create a "friendly" external image.
Luo Xiu walked to the inner courtyard of the church and followed the path to the "Holy Judgment Place".
Passing through two huge statues of guardian knights, Luo Xiu entered the interior of the "Holy Inquisition" and came to the door of Priest Leonard's room in a familiar way.
——Dong dong, dong.
Luo Xiu gently knocked on the door three times, then stepped aside to wait, while crushing two "Scarlet Crystals" in his pocket.
"--Come in."
Priest Leonard's old and powerful voice came from the other side of the door.
Luo Xiu pushed open the door and entered.
This time, the old priest was the only one in Priest Leonard's room. His daughter, the [intellectual] little Marilyn, was not there.
"...Oh, it's you."
Leonard raised his head, glanced at the visitor, and then continued to immerse himself in the piles of files.
As the priest in charge of the "Holy Judgment", Leonard has to deal with quite a lot of affairs every day.
Priest Leonard is often extremely busy with the reporting and approval of all "paranormal events" within the jurisdiction of the "Sina City Church", the handling of emergencies, and the "judgment of heretics" tasks that should be issued when heretics appear.
This made Luo Xiu worried about whether he would be like this if he really took over the position of the priest in the future.
——If you say no to curly dogs, it starts with me! After Luo Xiu made this declaration in his heart, he heard Priest Leonard suddenly say:
"Luo Xiu, I received a message from the 'Alchemy Institute'."
"Their 'Great Master' Lockland praised you to me. You also collaborated with the warlocks of the 'Alchemy Academy' to clear out a medium-sized stronghold of 'Blood of Thorns'? Well done."
The Alchemy Institute finally informed the church about this matter... Luo Xiu then nodded slightly and said, "I was just passing by and fulfilled my obligations as the 'Holy Judge'."
"There is no need for modesty at a time like this."
Leonard shook his head and said: "This is your merit. And the holy reward for your 'judgment of heresy' will be distributed to you together with your holy stipend."
"Praise for your generosity." Luo Xiu then nodded to Leonard and thanked him.
"……so."
Leonard stopped what he was doing and looked at Luo Xiu with a calm expression and deep eyes.
"What do you want to report when you come to me this time?"
Leonard still remembered that Luo Xiu came here twice before and reported to him about the "Contracted Holy Beast" and "Promotion to the Third Level" respectively.
Any one of these would be quite explosive news within the "church". This cannot help but make Leonard pay considerable attention to Luo Xiu's coming again.
Seeing the expression on Priest Leonard's face, as if he was facing a formidable enemy, Luo Xiu shook his head secretly, organized his words, and said to Priest Leonard: "Master Priest, I Let’s report on the recent results of the ‘judgment of heresy’.”
"……Um?"
Priest Leonard stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and glanced at Luo Xiu.
"It should be less than a week since you were promoted to the 'Judgment of Judgment'."
Priest Leonard's tone was a little confusing: "Have you already started to carry out the task of 'adjudicating heretics' alone?"
"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "And it should be... completed quite well."
Leonard didn't answer anything, but looked at Luo Xiu with a somewhat suspicious expression.
Later, Leonard saw Luo Xiu take out six "vouchers" from the "storage bracelet" worn on his right arm.
"Master Priest, in four days, I executed rulings on six medium-sized strongholds of 'pagan organizations'. They belong to the 'Torch Party', 'Beast Cult', 'Assassin's Alliance', 'Original Sect' and 'Mourning Mask'..."
Leonard: "..." The expression of the priest froze once again.
Leonard was stunned for a while, and then his eyes fell on the "certificates" presented by Luo Xiu.
——"Sacred Fire Token", "Werewolf's Mane" and "Shadow Hunting Dagger", "Natural Spirit Slaughter"...
As an old priest, Leonard can almost recognize at a glance that these props or materials with unique styles are indeed "credentials" that point to the organization behind them.
"You said that you...performed six tasks of 'adjudicating heretics' in four days?" Leonard's tone was filled with disbelief.
"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "This is indeed quite energy-consuming. In fact, in organizations like the 'Adventurers Association', there are more clues about those dangerous heretics."
"That's not what I wanted to ask..." Leonard opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.
After thinking for a while, Leonard warned Luo Xiu:
"...pay attention to safety."
"Even if I give you the power to independently carry out the task of 'adjudicating heretics' below the 'Threefold Destiny', dealing with those heretics in a too high-profile manner can easily lead to danger."
"I understand."
Luo Xiu had known that Leonard would say this, so he nodded in agreement and said, "I will pay attention."
"But..." Leonard then said slowly, "This is undoubtedly your personal achievement. You have independently completed six tasks of 'Judgment of Heretics', plus the previous defeat of Hong Maple. City incident, and the merits of assisting the Alchemy Institute in wiping out the cultists’ stronghold..."
"Luo Xiu, your contribution to the church is already quite high."
Leonard said solemnly: "I can apply for two copies of the Holy Treasures from the 'Church' and the 'Holy Court' on your behalf."
Come on, come on... Luo Xiu was waiting for Leonard's words.
"Then, Master Priest." Luo Xiu looked solemn and said to Priest Leonard, "I hope to apply for two skills of the Holy Court's Holy Treasures - [Holy Confinement] and [Holy Judgment]. "
By combining these two skills with other existing "brilliant" skills, you can create new skills with high output and strong control. In the long run, acquiring these two skills is also a prerequisite for a hidden profession when unlocking the "Fourth Destiny".
Hearing this, Priest Leonard thought for a while and nodded slowly.
"Yes, your contribution to the church is completely enough to exchange for these."
Leonard then added: "Besides, do you have anything else that needs subsidies?"
"Then please help me apply for some second-order spiritual crystals from the 'Church'." Luo Xiu said, "Also, I also want to apply for some blank scrolls..."
…
Leonard agreed to all Luo Xiu's applications.
The priest then wrote a signature and asked Luo Xiu to go to the Holy Treasure Hall to pick up the props or materials he applied for.
This time, Leonard was particularly generous. He approved five second-level crystals for Luo Xiu at one time, and also gave Luo Xiu twenty "blank scrolls", which was enough for Luo Xiu to spend a long time.
…
Luo Xiu then went to the church's "Sacred Treasure Hall" and received the specially approved crystal and scroll from the priest on duty.
This is a material that can be received directly from the church. However, the two [Glorious] sacred skills "Holy Confinement" and "Holy Judgment" that were previously applied to Priest Leonard will need to wait for some time and wait for the 'Holy Court' of approval.
Luo Xiu was not in a hurry about this. After depositing the crystals and scrolls he picked up from the "Sacred Treasure Hall" into the "Storage Bracelet", he left the church and returned to the White Antelope Hotel.
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Sina City, White Antelope Hotel.
The first thing Luo Xiu did when he returned to the hotel room was to take out the five newly acquired "second-order spiritual crystals" from his storage bracelet.
Luo Xiu began to meditate, imagining that the spirituality sealed in it merged into himself, and the spirituality contained in the "spiritual crystal" he held in his hand continued to radiate with meditation, and the size of the crystal gradually shrank.
[Use "Second-Level Spiritual Crystal"——]
[Skill slot +1, skill slot +1]
["Second-level spiritual crystal", upper limit of use (1/5)]
【……】
[Use "Second-Level Spiritual Crystal"——]
[Skill slot +1, skill slot +1]
["Second-level spiritual crystal", usage limit (5/5)]!
Luo Xiu quickly knocked down five crystals, and the upper limit of slots in the "Art" and "Skills" columns on his panel has been expanded from 21 to 26.
Skill slots have become abundant again, which allows Luo Xiu to confidently and boldly create new skills.
However, the focus of this self-creation this time, Luo Xiu plans to focus on the skills of [Abyss] Destiny.
As the leader of the quasi-secret organization "Holy Abyss", he needs some more symbolic "Abyss" skills and means.
Currently, in Luo Xiu's skill list, there is only one "Eye into the Abyss", which is the skill of [Abyss] destiny, and this is a "control" skill, which is usually not used as the main method of casting spells.
And Luo Xiu, who is about to become the boss behind the scenes, has a very clear understanding of himself.
After thinking for a moment, Luo Xiu took out the blank scroll from the "storage bracelet" and laid it flat in front of him.
At this time, including the gains from the previous six waves of clearing out the pagan strongholds, Luo Xiu's experience points savings at this time have once again exceeded 20,000!
Luo Xiu, who has obtained the power to independently execute judgments on heretics, now has a stable channel for harvesting "experience points". He is no longer as stingy with experience as he was at the beginning.
He then meditated in his mind on the skills he was about to invest in creating his own skills.
——[Abyss Inscription] + [Eclipse Affinity]!
【……】
[Obtain: Corrosion Demonic Arrow (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Necrotic Arrow (Abyss, lv.1): A dark arrow that penetrates the soul. 】
[Gather spirituality with the power of "corrosion", and launch a "corrosion magic arrow" at the enemy, causing "corrosion" attribute damage of 80% spell attack + 70% physical attack. The maximum number of "Necrotic Arrows" that can be fired is equivalent to the current skill proficiency level...]
"Erosion Demonic Arrow", like "Holy Light Annihilation", is one of the most basic skills among the attack spells of [Abyss].
However, just because it is "primary", the rotation speed is quite fast. With Luo Xiu's current spell output intensity, he can almost ignore the cooldown and mana consumption, and release it in conjunction with "Holy Light Annihilation".
After creating this most "elementary" [Abyss] skill, Luo Xiu began to try and create more "advanced" skills.
——[Abyss Inscription]+[Soul Manipulator]+[Scorching Soul]!
【……】
[Obtain: Soul Blast (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Soul Explosion (Abyss, lv.1): Turn the power of the abyss into a concussive magic explosion, enough to tear apart any weak soul. 】
[Specify a target to cause a single "eclipse" attribute damage of 300% of spell attack. Then, with the target as the origin, large-scale concussive magic explosions are periodically erupted outward. Each magic blast causes 100% of the magic attack's "necrotic" attribute damage, and applies "moderate soul-stealing" and "moderate disorientation" effects to all targets within the blast range...]
【……】
——[Abyss Inscription]+[Gazing into the Abyss]+[Eclipse Affinity]!
【……】
[Get: Howl of the Abyss (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Howling of the Abyss (Abyss, lv.1): The terrifying echo from the bottomless abyss. 】
[Release "Abyss Roar" in a wide area ahead, causing "anecdotal" attribute damage of 300% spell attack + 300% physical attack to enemies on the path at one time. At the same time, it will cause the effects of "deep fear" and "deep soul-stealing" to the target damaged by "Abyss Roaring"...]
【……】
——[Abyss Inscription] + [Anecrotic Affinity] + [Abyssal Beast Summon]!
【……】
[Get: Demon Incarnation (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Devil incarnation (Abyss, lv.1): He gave up his mortal body and embraced the devil. 】
[Fusing with a "Contracted Abyss Beast", briefly transforming itself into a "half-demon" form. Obtain 30% of all attributes of the Contracted Abyss Beast, and obtain a demon shield of 100% of the upper limit of HP. At the same time, all damage caused will be converted into "corrosion" attribute damage, and gain effects such as a 30% increase in "Abyss" skill damage, a 30% reduction in cooldown time, and a 30% reduction in mana consumption. 】
【……】
Luo Xiu temporarily created four conventional [Abyss] destiny skills to enrich his skill set.
Among them, the fourth skill "Devil Incarnation" is the most critical. It is the most important trump card skill among all the self-created skills this time.
After completing the creation of these skills, Luo Xiu temporarily put away the remaining blank scrolls.
The next time you create your own skills for the [Abyss] destiny will be after you upgrade the [Abyss] destiny to the third level. At that time, Luo Xiu can continue to read the "Sacred Scripture of the Abyss" and learn new knowledge of [Abyss] skills from it.
And at the same time that Luo Xiu completed the creation of the last [Abyss] skill, a familiar figure suddenly flashed across the window.
Luo Xiu cast his gaze out the window.
A white cat was lying on the window sill of the room.
——That is the civet cat transformed by Intis Fognier. She has successfully completed the task assigned by Luo Xiu and has just returned from the main city of Songyuan.
Thanks to Yiyi Lingmo for the 100 coins!
(End of this chapter)