Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

It wasn't until the church's "high priest" rode the golden Pegasus and landed back on the ground that Baines came back to his senses from his dazed state.

"You are here, Lord Luo Xiu."

Baynes nodded and thanked Luo Xiu:

"You came just in time. On behalf of 'Bianting', I would like to thank you for your assistance."

Luo Xiu got off his horse, walked up to Baines, and checked his injuries first.

The "Grand Judge" of the side court has dozens of new wounds on his body. His originally gorgeous open robe is now dirty and torn, and bright red blood is constantly pouring out from his wounds, staining it. A large part of his shirt was red.

But his life was not in danger, and he could even continue fighting after taking a short rest.

"It should be said that we came too late."

Luo Xiu shook his head. He looked around, roughly confirmed that the knights in the "side court" were in good condition, and then said softly:

"I heard the noise and felt some ominous 'spiritual' aura, so I rushed over. There were also other clergymen of the church who were killing the blood-stained 'hyenas'."

"So, Mr. Baines."

After a pause, Luo Xiu asked Baines:

"What happened here?"

"...I don't know." Baynes shook his head.

"I also heard the noise and led the knights from the 'Bianting' to rush over. After that, the enemy's 'tamer' appeared here. He said that he was the one who released these 'disasters'.

"Is this the 'animal tamer' you're talking about?" Luo Xiu glanced at the half-head on the ground, while Baines nodded lightly.

"It was him, and then you killed him, Mr. Luo Xiu."

Baines said slowly:

"Before that, there were many people who claimed to be the apostles of the 'Holy Abyss'."

"Among them, there are [Red Lotus], [Ku Tu], [Nihility]... and even believers of your [Glorious] destiny. Before the group of terrifying hyenas swallowed us up, they suddenly appeared and blocked us. In front of those 'hyenas'."

As he spoke, Baynes raised his eyes and looked around, looking for the "werewolf" and "assassin" from before.

But Baines did not see them. At the same time as "Beast Tamer" Krall disappeared into the bright golden mist, the figures of "Werewolf" and "Assassin" also disappeared in it, leaving only one place. The remains of the "Blood Corpse Hyena", as well as Baines, Frosa and a group of scarred "Side Court" knights.

"Hmm...?" Doubts appeared on Baines's face. Just when he was about to say something more, he heard Luo Xiu say from the side:

"I did see some new faces here. Do they call themselves 'Holy Abyss'? I have never heard the name of this organization."

"Let's investigate these after we return to Red Maple City, Mr. Baines."

"Now that 'Trainer' Crowl is dead, and these ownerless 'hyenas' are left, it is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out."

After saying that, Luo Xiu grabbed the holy flame mane of "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus, got on his horse again, and galloped back towards the camp of "Executioner" Afatak.

"Grand Inquisitor" Baines and his "Side Court" knights, after taking a short rest, rushed towards the surrounding "blood corpse hyenas" to make a final clearing of these monsters.

The "tamer" Krall who induced and controlled these "blood corpse hyenas" is dead, and these monsters that originally swept the battlefield like a tide lost their last restraint and fell into complete madness.

Their "abyssal beast" nature exploded. In addition to attacking the "side court" and "church" extraordinary people on the battlefield, they also fell into the ultimate "civil war".

Countless hyenas showed their claws to each other towards their kin. They killed other "blood corpse hyenas", tore and devoured their flesh and blood, turned it into their own flesh and blood and strength, and then pounced on other kin.

In the short time since Krall's death, the tide of "blood hyenas" has descended into complete chaos.

Taking this opportunity, the knights in the side court and the clergy of the church launched a fierce counterattack against the tide of "blood corpse hyenas" and pushed the battle line back.

And those apostles who claimed to serve the "Holy Abyss" mysteriously disappeared after the situation was almost stable.

Until Baines led the knights in his "side court" to kill the last "blood corpse hyena" and wanted to look back for the apostles of the "Holy Abyss".

Except for a few "killed" apostles, Baines could no longer find any remaining traces of the "Holy Abyss" apostles.

It was as if they had never been on this battlefield.

…

Luo Xiu rode the "Golden Pegasus" Pegasus and rushed back to the high slope where the "Executioner" Afatak was.

He has killed "Beast Tamer" Krall, and apart from "Guillotine" Bagri, "Executioner" Afatak is the enemy's last "Fourth Path" transcendent.

——Pursue victory! While the opponent has not escaped the surveillance of "Raven" Wuying, killing the enemy's last "leader" will completely establish the victory!

Luo Xiu planned this. Now that he had played the biggest trump card of the "Holy Abyss" and solved the chaos caused by the surge of "Abyss Beasts", he would eventually get greater results from other places.

And he has also discovered the situation of the previously high forest fire - the Black Vanguard Army buried a large amount of black powder there in advance and detonated them after the "Curse of the Curse" was breached.

And those "Abyssal Beasts" and "Blood Corpse Hyenas" that should not have appeared, they came from an "ancient seal" under the forest.

The huge amount of black gunpowder buried in the coniferous forest exploded, completely tearing a hole in the "seal".

Among them, the "Abyssal Beasts" that gathered and wandered, that is, the tide of "Blood Corpse Hyenas" poured out from the seal and swept onto the battlefield.

As a "tamer" of the fourth fate of [Red Lotus], Klauer had already tamed dozens of the most powerful "Blood Corpse Hyenas" before detonating the seal.

Afterwards, Klauer used these "head dogs" to "tame" other hyenas one by one, which is also the way "tamers" usually use to control the entire group of demon beasts.

Now, Klauer, who was regarded as the "leader" by the blood corpse hyenas, has died, and the "head dogs" that Klauer had added power to control are basically dead.

And in the coniferous forest that was still burning with raging fire, no new "Abyss Beasts" emerged.

In the forest, the breath of the "Abyss" has disappeared. Judging from the situation, there should be no new "Abyss Beasts" emerging from the seal. Luo Xiu is still relieved about this.

...But why would an "Abyss Beast" appear in the "Ancient Seal"?

Luo Xiu thought with some doubt in his heart. He did not remember that a similar situation had happened in his previous life.

In his memory, the big seal imposed on the "Seven Abyss" should be quite strong. There is no reason to let the "Abyss Beast" escape from the big seal and escape to the "Ancient Seal" on the upper level.

Although there are still many doubts in his heart, Luo Xiu cannot say what went wrong without going down to the "Ancient Seal" to find out the situation.

And in the current situation, it is not convenient for him to stay on the edge of the battlefield for too long. He can only consider finding an opportunity to come and explore later.

Luo Xiu stopped thinking about other things and focused on sensing the direction of "The Executioner" Afatak.

Compared to investigating the truth behind the established facts, it is more important to focus on the battlefield in front of him.

In the foggy perception of the "Shadow Raven" foggy night, "The Executioner" Afatak seemed to be preparing to escape - after the "Beast Tamer" Klauer was killed, Afatak began to retreat to the rear of the Vanguard Army camp.

And there are still a considerable number of elites in the "Giant Legion" of "The Executioner" Afatak following him.

Several legions of the Dark Vanguard Army that were stranded on the battlefield seemed to have received some instructions, and there were faint signs of a full withdrawal.

On the main battlefield, the warlocks of Fangbeiyuan have begun to chase and kill in the direction of Afatak's withdrawal.

The "War Golem" of Fangbeiyuan has killed more than a dozen giant warriors of the "Giant Legion" of the Dark Vanguard Army in the previous battle.

Although they paid a high price for this, they made an extremely outstanding contribution to stabilizing the war situation.

And Lord Nelson has also ordered the entire army to pursue, trying to expand the fruits of victory.

At the same time, the knights of the border court and the clergy of the church have gradually withdrawn from the edge of the battlefield and invested in the pursuit of the dark army.

The situation on the battlefield has been completely clear. If nothing unexpected happens, this will be a complete victory for the Red Maple City!

Luo Xiu drove the "Golden Pegasus" in the air. He looked down at the dark tide above the battlefield retreating to the edge. That was a sign of the defeat of the dark army.

In the distance, at the forefront of the dark tide, the giant chariot of "Executioner" Afatak was moving at high speed towards the end of the horizon, leaving the pursuers and other dark army troops far behind.

In the air behind the giant chariot that Afatak was riding, the galloping figure of the "Golden Pegasus" was almost a shadow, and its speed had reached its maximum.

The giant chariot of the "Executioner" Afatak was getting closer and closer in Luo Xiu's field of vision, and it was getting clearer and clearer.

However, just as Luo Xiu was about to let Pegasus make a final sprint and fall on the giant chariot of Afatak like a real meteor, several dazzling lights suddenly flashed in the dark army formation below him.

——Boom! Boom boom boom! Four deep red light surges suddenly burst out from the dark army formation and shot towards Luo Xiu in the air!

It was a giant carrying four huge cannons, launching a long-range bombardment at Luo Xiu!

At the same time, the flying stars lingering around the "Golden Pegasus" also shot towards the four light surges.

——Boom! Boom boom boom! Several beams of light collided with a bang, and brilliant light and fire burst out in the air.

The fire bursting from the giant cannon continued, and the increasingly intensive bombardment disrupted the rhythm of Pegasus' charge several times.

The giant chariot of "Executioner" Afatak also took advantage of this time to speed up, and once again widened the distance between it and Luo Xiu!

"... Tsk." Luo Xiu frowned on Pegasus's back, and his eyes looked in front of Afatak's giant chariot and saw a large area of ​​dense forest.

When the dark army rushed into the dense forest, they would split into several groups and flee in all directions. It would become quite difficult to annihilate them all.

Luo Xiu had foreseen this, and his eyes also looked at the battlefield behind the giant chariot.

The main force of the dark army, which was black and dense, came into Luo Xiu's field of vision.

They kept leaving behind small groups of remnants to delay the pursuit of the Red Maple City army.

The Red Maple City army, which was following closely behind the main force of the Dark Army, was getting farther and farther away from the enemy's main force.

At the same time, from the Dark Army formation below, crimson light surges continued to burst upwards. The enemy was still trying desperately to stop Luo Xiu from chasing and desperately covering their leader, "The Executioner" Afatak, to escape.

Although Luo Xiu wanted to kill Afatak himself and completely establish the victory of this decisive battle, he knew that it would be difficult for him to succeed under the dense artillery fire.

But he was not ready to stop, but began to chant a few prayers of holy arts while avoiding the bombardment below.

Soon, a golden holy art light ball condensed in Luo Xiu's palm.

When the light reached fullness, he threw the light ball downward.

The light ball flew through the air and dissipated in all directions, turning into several strands of misty silk that enveloped the heads of the Dark Army below.

Visibly, the dark soldiers, who were shrouded in light, suddenly behaved strangely. They picked up their weapons and slashed at other soldiers around them.

——Frenzy Glow!

Although this holy art can only affect the minds of dark soldiers in a small range, it is enough to disgust them for a while.

And at this last moment, it can also maximize the results of the pursuit.

Afterwards, Luo Xiu released several holy arts into the dark army formation below. The light balls carrying different holy arts fell into the dark army formation one by one.

"Golden Meteor", "Thunder of Judgment", "Dragon Thunder Burning Embers" and other skills were released in turn, harvesting the enemy's fleeing remnants like a rotten wood.

But even so, the giant chariot of Afatak, the "executioner" in the front, still showed no signs of slowing down. Instead, under the cover of the giant cannon, it rushed into the dense forest at the end first!

The few dark army soldiers who were not affected by Luo Xiu's large-scale attack also filed into the dense forest and fled in several small groups.

But most of the dark army soldiers were not so lucky - the soldiers who were previously affected by Luo Xiu's "Frenzy Glow" blocked the way out of a large group of dark soldiers in the rear. This allowed the pursuers of Red Maple City to catch up with them soon and capture or kill them in a short time.

Although the enemy leader, "Executioner" Afatak, finally escaped successfully, only one in ten of the dark vanguards who escaped with him survived.

And Afatak, who lost such a large army, could not cause any trouble in a short time, and his threat to Red Maple City had been reduced to a very low level.

When he saw the last small group of dark soldiers entering the dense forest, Luo Xiu withdrew the holy magic light group that was ready to be released.

Afterwards, he drove the "Golden Pegasus" back, met with Anthony, Pamier and other clergy on the way, and then returned to the front of Red Maple City and the camp where Lord Nelson was.

...

Half a day later.

"Grand Inquisitor" Baines and "Knight of the Throne" Frosa led the surviving "Border Court" knights to return from the battlefield on the edge one after another.

Inside the temporary military camp in front of Red Maple City, Lord Nelson, who was originally pacing anxiously, finally showed a look of relief on his face when he saw Baines and Frosa return safely.

He hurried over, and after a simple salute to Baines and Frosa, he heard Baines say to him:

"... Nelson. Tell me the result of this decisive battle."

"..."

"We won, Lord Baines."

Nelson said in a high-spirited tone:

"We have driven the enemy out of the Red Maple City for 23 miles, and this result has far exceeded our previous goal."

"At the same time, we annihilated almost all of the enemy's troops and killed one of their "Leopards" and one "Commander"!"

"Lord Baines, I think we should be proud and happy, because we have just won a hearty victory that is enough to be recorded in the history of the empire!"

"..."

"...Yes, we should be happy."

Bains murmured, but there was no "joy" on his face.

"Nelson, there were too many unexpected events in this decisive battle."

After a pause, Baines said in a low voice:

"...First, the strange monsters released by the enemy's 'tamer', and then the organization claiming to serve the 'Holy Abyss' suddenly appeared... Even though we won the final victory, I always feel that a new threat is approaching..."

"..."Nelson was speechless. He only felt that the "Grand Inquisitor" in front of him was exuding an aura called "anxiety".

"But you are right, Nelson."

Suddenly, Nelson felt that the anxious aura of the "Grand Inquisitor" in front of him seemed to disappear in an instant, and he saw a faint smile on Baines' face.

"This is indeed a hearty victory. Even if there are new 'threats', that will be a matter for the future."

Bains raised his hand, patted Nelson's shoulder lightly, and told him:

"Get ready, Nelson."

"Go and notify the entire army that we are about to return to Red Maple City."

"-This will be a glorious triumph."

...