Chapter 226 "Priest of Death" Asvis
Red Maple City, Rusty Street.
In the large stronghold of the "Secret Prayer of Death", the "Priest of Death" Asvis has just returned from the side court and returned to the stronghold room belonging to his "Priest of Death".
At this time, he was frowning tightly, and the fingers of a dry and thin hand were repeatedly digging at the hollow socket of his left eye. The other hand was soaked in an earthen jar filled with thick black liquid. On the surface of the scaly skin, several fine black threads were constantly squirming like filarial worms.
"Priest of Death" Asvis, he is the actual person in charge of this "Secret Prayer of Death" stronghold. The "Holy Tower Theocracy", which pursues the "Lost", sends their "Death Secret Prayer" to sneak into the empire, and Asvis is the first pioneer.
However, for Asvis, he was more loyal to [The Lost] than the Theocracy, so he was not actually interested in the disputes between the forces.
He wholeheartedly pursues the true meaning of "death" - the death of the body, the death of the soul; the death of others, his own death... He believes that he will eventually transcend the boundaries of "death" and ultimately be above "death". Become the master of another essence of life.
For this reason, for "Death Priest" Aswes, before he can truly gain the power to "control" and "override" death, the first and only thing he has to do is "alive".
Only by living for a long time can we get close to the essence of "death". For this reason, Aswes does not hesitate about his status. For him, the "Holy Tower Theocracy" is only a springboard, and he is not the only one to choose this springboard.
Surrendering to the "Bianting" was the first decision Asvis made after arriving in Red Maple City. And he conveniently betrayed his colleague "Death Teller" Gray, and indeed gained part of the trust of "Grand Inquisitor" Baines in the side court.
"Death Teller" Gray was killed shortly after Aswes handed over the letter to the side court. The side court also publicized the matter to the outside world. ] It caused quite a shock among the believers.
In the following nearly a week, the activity frequency of the [Lost] believers in Red Maple City was greatly reduced. Everyone huddled up like a tortoise, waiting for the storm to pass during this period, and then waiting for an opportunity to find and unfold the secret. Opportunity for action.
At this time, the "Priest of Death" Aswes hid his identity again, hiding in the stronghold just like his real colleagues.
However, Aswis cannot hide safely. Although the betrayal of "Death Teller" Grayn was not exposed to other colleagues, he also received a new task from the "Side Court" - the "Side Court" needed Asvis to be in hiding. During this period of time, the distribution of all "Secret Prayer of Death" strongholds in Red Maple City was sorted out and mapped.
If Aswes can complete this task, he will be able to receive asylum protection from the "side court" for three months. If it cannot be achieved, the "side court" will reduce the asylum to one month and continue the protection for another three months. After the asylum ended, Asvis was also regarded as a target of "hunting".
"..." Aswes had a headache about this. But he still decided to follow the requirements of the "Bianting" and prepared to betray his colleagues again in exchange for more chances of survival.
On his right hand soaked in black liquid, the black lines on it gradually stopped moving. Aswes immediately stood up and walked to a side wall of his stronghold room.
He raised his arm that had just been soaked in black water, and his dry and pale palm fit perfectly against the wall. The next moment, the gray wall suddenly began to tremble, and fine gaps cracked from the wall and spread to the surroundings. Wisps of deep black mist emerged from the cracks and wrapped around each finger of Aswith's hand.
"——The sin-bound soul that swallowed gold and died, open your secret to me again."
Aswith murmured in a low voice, and the dark mist wrapped around his fingers also disappeared, and instead spiraled into the wall, outlining several rectangular frames.
The next moment, the wall in front of Asvis gradually "melted" like ice melting into water. A square box that was originally hidden behind the wall was immediately revealed.
It was a square box with a simple shape and about half the height of Asvis. His five sides are all pure black, with only the front being gray, and the position connecting the two doors in the middle is bound by a chain wrapped in black mist, with a small black-scaled snake clinging to the chain.
Aswes pressed his palm on the top of the square box, and black mist immediately emitted from one of his empty eye sockets, and a large amount of black mist evaporated from the six sides of the square box. The little snake on the chain then quickly got into the box through the gap, and the chain he was wrapped in also slipped off.
——Click, the door of the square box opened. Sealed in it is a three-sided scroll, which contains the distribution map of Aswith's strongholds that has not yet been completely drawn.
Aswes then reached into the box and took out the scroll, his eyes becoming sinister and deep at the same time.
"This, this is enough. Soon, soon I will..."
Aswes murmured, but before he could finish his sentence, a huge explosion suddenly sounded in his ears.
--boom! Just outside the room where Aswes was, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in the stronghold of the "Death Prayer". The powerful wave generated by the explosion even penetrated the wall, causing Asvis to feel a knife-like pain in his back.
Aswes turned around in shock, and then he saw that the door to his room had been blasted with an extremely deep dent by an inexplicable force. If an explosion of the same power happens again, the door of the room will be completely destroyed.
"What happened..." Aswes thought in panic. He could probably guess that this was the stronghold of the "Secret Prayer of Death" that had been invaded by foreign enemies, but except for the "side court", he did not reveal his hiding place to any enemy...
There is no reason for the "Bianting" to kill the donkey at this time. They still need to provide new information themselves... Aswes thought to himself. Apart from this, there are only a few chief priests [lost] in Red Maple City, each of whom knows the location of the other. The only one who knows where he is hiding is "Death Teller" Gray, but he is also dead...
While Aswes was still thinking about this, a violent explosion soon came from the external stronghold.
--boom! ! ! This time, the power of the external explosion penetrated directly into the room, blasting the door open into a huge hole.
The aftermath of the dark purple light penetrated the door, and then directly hit Aswes's thin body, causing his body to fly backwards and hit the wall hard, creating a deep depression.
"Cough! Cough cough..." Aswes coughed twice. He coughed up two balls of black phlegm and blood in his mouth, and his face became a little pale.
The power of the explosion was completely beyond Asvis's imagination... It was definitely an attack that could only be unleashed by a transcendent with at least "fourth level of destiny"... Aswes's expression became solemn, and he stepped out of the gap in the wall. He broke free and picked up a death staff placed on the table.
The door to his room had been blown down, and the completely dark environment of the stronghold outside made it impossible for Aswes to see clearly who the intruder was.
However, the terrifying spiritual surge coming from the outside allowed Asvis to roughly determine the spiritual level of the other party.
There were six different groups of spiritual surges in total. The strongest reaction was undoubtedly that of the "Fourth Destiny" transcendent. In addition, there are two spiritual reactions between the third and fourth levels. The three spiritual reactions belong to the pinnacle of the "three-level destiny", which is the entire configuration of the incoming enemy. After knowing the general configuration of the enemy, Aswes couldn't help but take a breath.
One fourth-level extraordinary person, five third-level extraordinary persons... This configuration can only be produced by "Bianting"... Are they really those [supreme] people? Do they want to burn bridges after they have benefited from themselves?
A fierce deep light suddenly flashed in Aswes's only remaining eye. He quickly thought of an escape route in his mind, and walked towards the darkness of the stronghold with his staff in hand.
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At this time, Luo Xiu had broken through the last forbidden area of the "Secret Prayer of Death" stronghold on Rust Street.
Fenrir, the "Ember Wolf King", opened his bloody mouth, and a purple light group with ominous black flames in his mouth was rapidly condensing, and he was about to launch the next attack in the opposite direction.
The two terrifying violent explosions before were the "Ember Explosion" cast by Fenrir. That is a powerful attack that can be used by the "Ember Wolf King", and with Luo Xiu's various auxiliary buffs on it, the power of its attack is no less than that of the real "fourth level" "Destiny Path" Extraordinary Ones.
On the other side, "Shadow Raven" Wuye was hovering in the mid-air. Half of its fog shadow was left in the church to condense into a "real phantom", while the other half was scattered in every corner of this stronghold, capturing any heretics who tried to escape.
Behind Luo Xiu were Intis, "Bloodthirsty Werewolf" Boozer and "Hunting Blade" Undertaker. They all received the order from the "Lord", so they came to Rust Street at the agreed time, and worked with the "Lord" to clear out this heretical stronghold.
At this time, most of the believers in the "Death Secret Prayer" stronghold had been killed. Without the "Death Priest" Asvis taking action, Luo Xiu, his Abyssal Beasts, and his apostles relied on the With their fighting power, killing all these heretics is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.
There were originally four "Third Destiny" believers here and nearly fifty "Second Destiny" believers, but at this time they were all broken into two or three pieces and fell at the feet of Luo Xiu and the apostles. Turned into cold corpses.
And after Fenrir's last two blasts cleared the place, bursts of dark and profound spiritual vibrations suddenly came from the room opposite to the "chief priest" Asvis.
Weird whispers spread outward, and slightly stagnant footsteps were mixed in. The last person in this stronghold finally appeared. Under Luo Xiu's gaze from the "spiritual vision" in the darkest place, "Priest of Death" Asweis took a staggering step, held up the staff of death, and chanted:
"——We are all born and will die, this is an unchanging destiny..."
"——As a prisoner of death, the soul is the way back to death..."
"——Return! Those who are lost in the realm of life and death, return!"
"——Burn the soul and burn it to spiritual cinders."
"——Burn the body and burn it into ashes."
"——Deliver me to the ultimate death!"
"..."
"Priest of Death" Asvis, the death staff in his hand immediately released one after another of gloomy and profound spirituality of death. The spirituality suddenly permeated the entire stronghold, and the power of "death" has occupied every inch of the corner.
At the same time, the corpse on the ground began to squirm strangely. Wisps of fine black threads turned into spiritual souls and penetrated into the flesh and blood, causing those flesh and blood bodies that had long lost their vitality to move again, twisting and searching for their respective halves.
Even those pieces of flesh that had been blasted to pieces also grew twisted limbs to varying degrees. They squirmed toward other pieces of flesh and spliced together to form new, twisted and terrifying flesh and blood monsters.
The spirit of death also penetrated into the aggregated flesh, blending into a twisted soul. The deep resentment before death that remained in the flesh and soul filled the newly born monsters with a violent desire to kill. The murderous intent coming from all directions had killed Luo Xiu, the Abyss Beast, and the "Holy Abyss" apostles. Heavy packages.
——"Reanimate the Dead"! That was the death spell cast by "Priest of Death" Asvis at the moment of meeting.
"Priest of Death" Asvis has allowed the souls of the pagans who have lingered in the stronghold to return to their original bodies. Different from the ability of "Death Teller" Gray, the "death" power possessed by Aswes is to create undead spirits attached to the body. They are stronger than the undead spirits transformed by the soul. Tough and more violent.
In order to prevent a situation like today from happening, Asvis has already engraved the mark of death on all the believers in the "Death Secret Prayer" stronghold. This allows them to die, and even if their bodies and souls are blown to pieces, they can always retain some traces, and be "resurrected" by Asvis like this, becoming Asvis's trump card for self-protection.
It wasn't until Asvis released this spell and the "cultists" in the stronghold were resurrected in a strange way that the "Priest of Death" put down the death staff in his hand and slowly faced the intruders who came from nowhere. said:
"You... heretics who come from nowhere and are not my kindred spirits."
"I don't know the reason why you are here, and I don't want to know more."
"But since you have come here and killed many of my comrades, you should understand what kind of foolishness you have committed. You will eventually be swallowed up by the flames of revenge."
"Now, you are surrounded by resentful souls who killed with your own hands. You should know that you have no chance of defeating me."
After a pause, Aswes hit the staff heavily in his hand, and the violent aura of the undead gathered around him immediately subsided. Asvis changed the subject and said:
"But now, I allow you to make a choice you regret."
"Leave here, leave Rust Street. I won't stop you. I can pretend that nothing happened."
"Thank you for my mercy. This is your last chance to survive."
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(End of chapter)