Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Chapter 306: Surprise

late at night.

In the vestry hall of the church, between the bishops.

Luo Xiu, Hubert and Anthony, the three gathered here to discuss some follow-up matters about the church.

After Luo Xiu's ordination ceremony ended, the priests returned to their posts. Luo Xiu, Hubert, Baines from the "Bianting", Alfan from the "Fangbei Yard", and Eureka were very late in negotiating the follow-up direction of Red Maple City, and they were not sent back until not long ago. respective locations.

After that, they had time to gather in the Holy Office late at night and begin to formally discuss important decisions related to the church.

The original secret meeting between Luo Xiu and Hubert, this time there was one more person - Anthony, who had been promoted to the "Fourth Destiny", officially took over Luo Xiu's previous position as "Grand Priest" at the end of the ceremony. In handling matters related to the Red Maple City Church, I have the qualifications to participate in top-level decision-making.

"The ceremony went very smoothly, Luo Xiu."

Hubert smiled and said to Luo Xiu:

"I sincerely congratulate you. You are officially the 'bishop' of the Red Maple City Church, and I have also completed my responsibilities during this trip."

"It's just that about the oracle you received from the 'Divine Prophecy'..."

"What's that about 'Oncica Town'?"

Hubert asked.

Luo Xiu knew that Hubert would definitely ask about this matter after the promotion ceremony was over.

He did not reveal to the other clerics all the truth of what he saw or heard during the ceremony, but he had no intention of concealing it from Hubert and Antony.

He then said bluntly:

"Lord Hubert, and Anthony, the information about 'Oncica Town' is indeed the 'oracle' I received from the Great Sun."

"He showed me a quite tragic scene - the earth was torn apart, and the calamity fire was rising. The town was on the verge of being half destroyed, and a large number of [Red Lotus] body destroyers were slaughtering civilians, dismembering their corpses and sewing them into new flesh and blood. , they never tire of it and never stop doing it.”

Seeing the seriousness on the faces of Hubert and Anthony, Luo Xiu solemnly recounted to them the content of the oracle he had received from his "divine revelation":

"I heard His voice."

"He guided me like this - [The holy light will not shine everywhere, mourning will fill the wilderness, and thorns will bloom with flowers of destruction];"

"He also warned me - [A conspiracy is brewing there, abnormal death is hidden underground, and the light can no longer dispel the haze]..."

"——[...]"

After repeating what appeared on the panel to Hubert and Anthony, Luo Xiu finally said:

"I got such a prophecy from the 'divine revelation'. However, all this has not happened yet. What I see is the result that will occur if we don't interfere."

"That scene is absolutely real and is not a fantasy in my mind. I think you should understand that as the 'Apostle of Divine Glory' I will not and do not need to exaggerate on such things."

"..."

"A large number of [Red Lotus] Body Destroyers?" Hubert murmured, his brows gradually furrowed.

"Well, in my guess, that might be the remnants of the 'Blood of Thorns'."

Luo Xiu added:

"After all, in the oracle of the Great Sun, He mentioned that 'the flowers of destruction will bloom from thorns.' And the Pillar God that [Red Lotus] believes in is the Seat of Destruction."

"Although we have carried out large-scale adjudication and eradication of the 'Blood of Thorns', it may not have been thorough. There are still a considerable number of 'Destroyers' who have gone into hiding and developed a new batch of flesh and blood. Believer."

"Blood of Thorns"... When Luo Xiu mentioned the name of this association again, memories of the past came flooding back.

He will always remember one thing deeply - the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" is not dead yet, and the "Blood of Thorns" has not been completely eliminated from its roots. The first hidden mission he received when he came to this world, [Dusk Ends Night], is still sitting in his taskbar gathering dust until now.

Perhaps he can take advantage of this "divine revelation" to completely eradicate the "Blood of Thorns" stronghold in Songyuan Territory. When he returns from Songyuan City, if everything goes well, he can directly attack the Dark Principality. Launch a counterattack, attack Fafnir City, and drive straight into the lair of the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice"...

It just so happens that I can complete the hell-difficulty hidden task [Dusk Ends the Night] at the same time, so as to avoid long nights and endless dreams.

Luo Xiu was thinking about this, and he heard Hubert ask him worriedly:

"Luo Xiu, do you know the prophecy of 'disaster' and the time when it will actually happen?"

"..."

"In His prophecy, that would happen fourteen days later."

Luo Xiu said, "This is enough for us to be fully prepared. I don't plan to wait until then. We can organize the Holy Inquisitor's team now and go to Oncica Town to solve it."

"..."

"Fourteen days..." Anthony pondered, his eyes showing determination, "Let me lead the team, and I will judge them."

Just waiting for your words, Captain Anthony... Luo Xiu looked at Anthony, nodded and said:

"Of course, Anthony. This is a task tailor-made for you."

"At that time, all the newly formed 'Saint Protectors' will go with you. You can also choose half of the 'Deacons' and fifty 'Double Destiny' priests to accompany you. Wipe out all those [Red Lotus] villains.”

In Luo Xiu's plan, Hubert needs to stay in Hongfeng City temporarily, and he is ready to go to Songyuan City to meet the Archbishop. If he wants to rescue Onsika Town at the same time, Anthony is indeed the most suitable candidate, no one else.

As a "bishop", Luo Xiu does not need to share energy for an enemy with a triple fate level like "the destroyer". This is one reason; and Anthony has just been promoted to "the host of the high priest", Luo Xiu simply lets him take this opportunity to gain merit and accumulate prestige, so that the authority hierarchy of the church will be much more stable. This is the second reason.

In fact, there are more personal reasons mixed in - after the previous major events, the majority of players need to use new events to divert their attention - the disaster of the destroyer hidden in "Onsika Town" is a good target that can attract players' firepower.

This is almost equivalent to the "main task" that Luo Xiu "gives" to the players, so Luo Xiu wants to complete it quickly - now there are less than four days left before the end of the "deleted file internal test", Luo Xiu must also hurry up.

"I understand." Anthony nodded solemnly.

"I will solve them. I will eliminate the disaster in Onsika Town."

Anthony said, "I will go back and formulate the tactics and itinerary. If the conditions are met, I will lead the team to set off tomorrow morning."

...

The high-level secret talks in the Holy Office ended in about half an hour.

After that, Hubert left the church and returned to his residence in Red Maple City, while Anthony returned to the Holy Inquisition to formulate the "Holy Inquisition" task arrangements to be carried out the next day.

Luo Xiu also left the Holy Office and returned to the bedroom of the "Bishops' Room", lying on the bed with a relaxed mind and body.

He outlined several important tasks that would be carried out later - he would go to Songyuan City to meet the archbishop and participate in destroying the secret "Black Crystal Factory"; Koros would eliminate the "Steel Furnace" on his behalf; Anthony was going to Onsika Town to quell the disaster that was still brewing... Everything was developing in an orderly and orderly manner, and it was all under Luo Xiu's control.

After confirming that the itinerary was correct, Luo Xiu temporarily cleared all the heavy tasks in his mind and began to browse the new posts in the [Player Forum].

Compared with the previous day, the number of players who appeared on the streets of Red Maple City at night doubled. Many players summed up their "experiences" and wanted to try their luck to "encounter" the Holy Abyss apostles again and get the opportunity to join the "Holy Abyss".

For Luo Xiu, this is a good development.

Long before, he had asked Intis to arrange dozens of Holy Abyss apostles with second and third fates, who were responsible for appearing in the streets and alleys of Red Maple City and bringing the "descenders" they met back to the Holy Abyss.

Because the clothes of the descenders are basically specially customized, even if they have not joined the periphery of the three major settlements, they are easy to identify with the refugee clothes they wear, and the "descenders" brought back are basically correct.

However, there are very few exceptions. A few "civilians" were taken into the Holy Abyss as "adventers". The memories of these poor children were washed away by the Holy Abyss apostles of [Nothingness] and then teleported back, as if nothing had happened.

So far, nearly two thousand players have been taken into the "Holy Abyss". They have all received the initial task of joining the Holy Abyss [Great! Holy Abyss]. Most players chose to complete it as soon as possible and obtained the pass to enter and exit the Holy Abyss.

As for the players who are still waiting and even unwilling to join the "Holy Abyss", they cannot get the "Isor Royal Court Seal" that can enter and exit the Royal Court Secret Realm, and they cannot leave the "Holy Abyss" - they will not be able to return to the real world, which is equivalent to the "Holy Abyss" imprisoning and threatening them.

In a sense, "Holy Abyss" is a "secluded neutral organization" and a "secret mall" for most players, but it is a real "cage" for a few players - they can't beat them, and they can't escape. In the end, they can only be forced to "become good" and apply to other "Holy Abyss Apostles" to join in order to get the seal of entering and leaving the royal court.

Otherwise, their accounts in this wave of deleted files and internal testing will be wasted... But most players don't care about this.

Joining "Holy Abyss" can unlock a secret mall where experience can be exchanged for extraordinary knowledge. In the eyes of most players, this kind of exchange is a pleasure.

While Luo Xiu was browsing the increasingly lively discussions about "Holy Abyss" in the [Player Forum], he also looked at the accumulated experience points in his "Spiritual Spring" panel, which were rising like a rocket.

[Current experience value storage: 1743285/5000000]

[……]

[Current experience value storage: 2834226/5000000]

[……]

[Current experience value storage: 3779263/5000000]

[……]

The accumulated experience value is increasing at a terrifying speed. The "Holy Abyss Mall" is booming at the beginning of its opening, and the initial skill of each fate, "Inscription", is very popular!

So far, more than 1,500 players have chosen to consume 2,000 experience points to learn the Inscription Method at the "Holy Abyss Fountain", thus truly touching the extraordinary.

And the "Guardians" who have learned the initial skill "Glorious Inscription" of [Glorious] in the church can also further learn the skills and skill knowledge of [Glorious] in the first level of destiny in the Holy Abyss Spring. Luo Xiu currently opens the skills and knowledge for them, including [Holy Light Affinity] and [Spiritual Vision], and the skills and knowledge include [Primary Healing] and [Primary Prayer]...

Among them, [Holy Light Affinity] and [Spiritual Vision] are skills that can be learned automatically after being promoted to the "Second Level Destiny", but if they are taught in advance, they can also be learned in the first level of destiny. Luo Xiu priced them all at 1500 experience points, making a good profit from the price difference in intelligence!

For the skills and knowledge that can be used directly, Luo Xiu's pricing is more expensive-[Primary Healing] is priced at 2500, and [Primary Prayer] is priced at 3000, and there are "Guardians" players willing to pay for it with experience.

--It's a great profit! This wave is really a great profit! .jpg

This is the first feeling of the majority of "Guardian" players when they gain new knowledge, and it is also Luo Xiu's truest feeling at this time.

In addition to the skills and skill knowledge of [Glorious], the knowledge opened for exchange in other destiny is almost the same arrangement, but the sales volume is slightly lower than that of [Glorious].

But it doesn't matter - it always takes a certain amount of time to make players "rich". The good chive field has just been harvested, and Luo Xiu is not in a hurry.

Until the accumulated experience value in the "Spiritual Spring" panel exceeded 4 million, Luo Xiu extracted all the experience.

[Current resonance level: Level II]

[Level II resonance level: When taking out the stored experience value, the effective conversion is 60%]

[……]

[Experience extracted: 2408023 points]

After effective conversion, the accumulated experience value in Luo Xiu's character panel instantly exceeded 3 million!

I have never fought such a rich battle... Looking at the cold seven-digit number lying in his experience slot, Luo Xiu couldn't help but raise his mouth with a happy arc.

He was still level 40 at this time, and the experience required to upgrade one level was "310480" points. The upper limit of the level of "Five-fold Destiny" was lv.60. It took about 5 million to upgrade from lv.40 to lv.50, and it took several times this number to upgrade from lv.50 to lv.60. Luo Xiu was not going to use all the experience to upgrade the level.

He actually planned where this batch of experience would go - all the levels of the skills and skills that had been mastered in [Glorious] and [Abyss] would be maxed out! That would require nearly 1.5 million experience points.

Then, the remaining experience points were used to upgrade the levels of Amber, the "False Guardian", Tatia, the "Winged Angel", Fenrir, the "Ember Wolf King", Misty Night, the "Shadow Raven", and Pegasus, and their levels were increased by an average of about 2 levels, just enough to use up all the experience points.

And this is not the end.

After Luo Xiu completed this series of self-strengthening, new content suddenly appeared on his "Spiritual Spring" panel -

[Divine Object: Spiritual Spring]

[Resonance level increased! ]

[Current resonance level: Level II → Level III]

[Level III resonance level: When taking out stored experience points, it is effectively converted into 70%]

[Experience value storage capacity increased! ]

[Storage capacity increased to: 5000000 → 10000000]

[Enhance the efficiency of natural spirituality! ]

[Enhance the efficiency of natural spirituality: 7/min → 15/min]

[……]

Wow!