Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 128 God-given epic, new creation and the return of the cat (5k8)

at dusk.

White Antelope Hotel, Sina City.

After taming the "werewolf" Boozer, Luo Xiu completed the transformation of four "triple destiny" pagans with his "crazy piety" within two days.

Among them, in addition to the first two [Red Lotus] people with extraordinary destiny, there are also believers from [Bitter Tea], [Lost] and [Nothingness].

Today, there are a total of six first-generation "Apostles of the Holy Abyss" who have become Luo Xiu's "Crazy Believers".

[Red Lotus] "Flame Burner", Byrne Dunster;
[Red Lotus] "Bloodthirster", Boozer Zagun;

[Ku Tu] "Hunting Blade", Undertaker·Grave Shadow;
[Lost] "Nature's Blessing", Emera Cardwell;
[Lost] "Life Blesser", Elena Cardwell;
【Nothingness】“The Dream Thief”, Pior Sorano.

These were the first six "Apostles of the Holy Abyss". They belonged to different pagan organizations, and were all slaughtered by Luo Xiu and his two beasts. They were forced to change 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 faintly felt that the stability of "Crazy Believers" maintained by "Crazy Piety" had been slightly loosened.

Although he could still "convert" new crazy believers, for the sake of safety, Luo Xiu temporarily suspended his action and instead consolidated his control over the "crazy believers".

Around Sina City, Luo Xiu had no other target who wanted to convert faith.

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 for "Flame Burner" Byrne who is the "first test subject", the other believers are all powerful combat forces carefully selected by Luo Xiu.

After converting the last four "Triple Destiny" extraordinary people into his own "Crazy Believers", the attribute value improvement brought by the "Burning Soul" increased the "Agility" and "Perception" attributes by 2 points each.

At the same time, the "Momentary Divine Gift" obtained from the "Sacred Preaching" skill has also officially arrived!

First of all, the most basic reward is the improvement of the “divinity” attribute!
The faith of six extraordinary people with "Triple Destiny" was converted, and each of them was given 2 points of "divinity" attribute improvement, for a total of 12 points of divinity improvement.

In addition, there is a new [God-given Expertise].

——[Obtain the expertise “The Radiant Preacher (Epic, God-given)”]!
[The Glory Propagator (Epic, God-given): You are the most devout believer of Glory. You devote yourself to promoting the teachings of 'Moment', allowing countless people to see the true meaning of 'Glory'.

Your mana calculation base, additionally gain 5 times the value of the "divine" attribute. And gain immunity to the primary control effects of the "spiritual" type, and a 50% reduction in the intermediate control effects. When you use the "glory" destiny skill, gain an additional bonus of 20% increase in the effect of the spell. 】

This is the first “epic” level expertise that Luo Xiu has acquired since traveling through time!

The "God-given epic" expertise that combines "mana enhancement", "controlled immunity and reduction" and "spell enhancement" has undoubtedly raised Luo Xiu's true combat power to a higher level!
With the help of the "Glory Evangelist" expertise, Luo Xiu's mana soared to a terrifying 480 points!
Luo Xiu's mana tank was deep enough to use two rounds of skills in a row. With his specialty "Ashes of Nirvana", he could recover endless mana by exchanging blood, and then continue to improve his status with his self-healing ability.

Luo Xiu’s actual mana level is much higher than what is shown on the panel.

After confirming the "momentary divine gift" obtained from the "holy preaching", Luo Xiu closed the panel with satisfaction.

Now, I am also the leader of a secret organization... Luo Xiu thought secretly.

Luo Xiu now has two identities: the Holy Judge of the Holy See Church, and the biggest behind-the-scenes boss of the Holy Abyss.

As a "priest", Luo Xiu behaves relatively kind and harmless most of the time; but as the "Shura" of the "Holy Abyss", he has reaped the lives of many pagans and is personally building a secret organization that is extremely terrifying and deterrent.

Luo Xiu knew that in the near future, he might be caught in a situation where he would "fight against himself".

Moreover, the "War of Judgment" is already approaching, and that catastrophe will not give anyone extra time to prepare.

Luo Xiu knew that before that, he had to become stronger as soon as possible and let the "Holy Abyss" grow and develop rapidly with him.

That way, Luo Xiu would have more room to maneuver and wiggle.

……

The next day, morning.

Luo Xiu woke up very early and climbed out of bed.

He quickly changed into his formal attire for the church, took with him two "Scarlet Crystals" that he had replenished from "Tisitia", and headed for the Glorious Church.

When they arrived at the church gate, the novice clergyman on duty bowed to Luo Xiu.

"May your holy light be forever upon you, Master Deacon." The novice clergyman said respectfully, "You have come exceptionally early today. You will bless every diligent believer in a moment."

What a coincidence! How do you know that I was just "given" by Xuyou... Luo Xiu complained in his heart, but kept his usual calm expression on his face, and responded gently:

"May you be forever bathed in the Holy Light, Smulter. I hope you can be promoted to a 'Holy Light Priest' as soon as possible, and join us soon to listen to Xuyou's teachings."

After saying that, Luo Xiu walked past Smulter and headed towards the inner courtyard of the church.

Leaving the "trainee priest" Smoult alone.

Smulter was stunned for a long while, and only after a while did he come back to his senses from his dazed state.

Smulter's expression gradually became excited, and he murmured:
"That new deacon... the young high priest, Lord Ross Carlos, actually remembered my name!"

"He also knew that I was a 'trainee priest'! Oh, this is really, really..."

……

Luo Xiu did not see the reaction of Smulter, the "trainee priest" whom he had just greeted as usual.

He just "peeked" at his panel when he was in the mood, and tried his best to create a "friendly" appearance.

Luo Xiu walked to the inner courtyard of the church and followed the path to the "Place of Holy Judgment".

Passing through two huge statues of guardian knights, Luo Xiu entered the "Place of Holy Judgment" and came to the door of Priest Leonard's room with ease.

——Boom, boom, boom.

Luo Xiu knocked on the door three times, then stepped aside and waited, crushing two "scarlet crystals" in his pocket.

"--Come in."

The old and powerful voice of Priest Leonard came from the other side of the door.

Luo Xiu pushed the door open and walked in.

This time, only the old priest was in Priest Leonard's room. His daughter, the [intellectual] little Marilyn, was not there.

“…Oh, it’s you.”

Leonard looked up, glanced at the person who came, and then continued to bury himself in the pile of files.

As the priest in charge of the "Holy Judgment", Leonard has a lot of work to deal with every day.

Priest Leonard is often busy with the reporting and approval of all "supernatural events" within the jurisdiction of the "Sina City Church", the handling of emergency events, and the "judgment of pagans" tasks that should be issued when pagans appear.

This made Luo Xiu worry. If he really took over the position of the high priest in the future, would things become like this?

——Reject the dog roll, start with me! After Luo Xiu declared this in his heart, he heard Priest Leonard suddenly speak:
"Luo Xiu, I received a message from the Alchemy Institute."

"Their 'Great Knowledge' Rocklan praised you to me. You also worked with the warlocks of the 'Alchemy Institute' to clear out a medium-sized base of 'Blood of Thorns'? Well done."

The Alchemy Institute finally reported this to the church... Luo Xiu nodded slightly and said, "I was just passing by and fulfilled my duty as the Holy Judge."

"There is no need to be humble at a time like this."

Leonard shook his head and said, "This is your achievement. As for your reward for 'Judgment of Heresy', it will be paid to you together with your holy salary in due time."

"Praise your generosity." Luo Xiu then nodded to Leonard to express his gratitude.

"……so."

Leonard stopped the work at hand and looked at Luo Xiu with a calm expression and deep eyes.

"What do you want to report to me this time?"

Leonard still remembered that Luo Xiu had come here twice before and reported to him about the "Contracted Holy Beast" and "Promotion to the Third Level" respectively.

Any of these pieces of information would be explosive news within the "church". This made Leonard pay considerable attention to Luo Xiu's return.

Seeing the expression on Priest Leonard's face, as if he was facing a great enemy, Luo Xiu secretly shook his head, organized his words, and said to Priest Leonard:
"Master Priest, I am here to report the recent results of 'Judgment of Heresy'."

"……Um?"

Priest Leonard stopped the work at hand, raised his head and glanced at Luo Xiu.

"It should have been less than a week since you were promoted to 'Grand Judge of Crime'."

Priest Leonard's tone was somewhat puzzled: "Have you already started to carry out the 'Judgment of Heresy' mission alone?"

"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "And it should be... completed quite well."

Leonard didn't answer anything, but just looked at Luo Xiu with some suspicion.

Then, Leonard saw Luo Xiu take out six "certificates" from the "storage bracelet" worn on his right arm.

"Master Priest, in the past four days, I have executed judgments on six medium-sized bases of 'pagan organizations'. They belong to the 'Torch Party', 'Beast God Cult', 'Assassin's Alliance', 'Original Sect' and 'Funeral Mask'..."

Leonard: "..." The priest's expression froze again.

Leonard was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the "certificates" presented by Luo Xiu.

——"Sacred Fire Token", "Werewolf's Mane", "Hunting Shadow Dagger", "Natural Spiritual Transmutation"...

As an old priest, Leonard could recognize at a glance that these props or materials with unique styles were indeed "proofs" that could point to the organization behind them.

"You said that you... carried out six 'Judgment of Heresy' missions in four days?" Leonard's tone was filled with some disbelief.

"Yes." Luo Xiu nodded, "It is indeed quite energy-consuming. In fact, in organizations like the Adventurer's Association, there are more clues about those dangerous pagans."

"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 told Luo Xiu:
"……be safe."

"Even if I grant you the power to carry out the 'Judgment of Heretics' missions below the 'Triple Fate' alone, it is easy to get into danger if you deal with those heretics in a too high-profile manner."

"I understand."

Luo Xiu knew Leonard would say this, so he nodded in agreement and said, "I'll pay attention."

"But..." Leonard said slowly, "This is undoubtedly your personal achievement. You have independently completed six "Judgment of Heresy" missions, plus the previous resolution of the Red Maple City incident and the achievement of assisting the Alchemy Institute in eliminating the cult's 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 See on your behalf."

Here it comes... Luo Xiu was waiting for Leonard to say this.

"Well, Master Priest." Luo Xiu said to Priest Leonard with a serious expression, "I would like to apply for two skills of the Holy Court's 'Holy Treasure' - [Holy Confinement] and [Holy Judgment]."

With these two skills, combined with other existing "Glorious" skills, you can create new skills with high output and strong control. In the long run, obtaining these two skills is also a prerequisite for unlocking a hidden profession when unlocking the "Quadruple Destiny".

Hearing this, Priest Leonard thought for a while and nodded slowly.

"Yes, your contribution to the church is more than enough to exchange for these."

Leonard then added: "Besides that, do you have anything else that needs assistance?"

"Then please help me apply for a few second-level spiritual crystals from the Church." Luo Xiu said, "Also, I would like to apply for some blank scrolls..."

……

Leonard agreed to all of Luo Xiu's requests.

The high priest then wrote a signature and asked Luo Xiu to go to the Holy Storage Hall to pick up the props or materials he had requested.

This time, Leonard was particularly generous. He granted Luo Xiu five second-level crystals at once, and also granted him twenty "blank scrolls", which was enough for Luo Xiu to squander for a long time.

……

Luo Xiu then went to the "Holy Storage Hall" of the church and received the crystal and scroll with special seal from the priest on duty.

These are supplies that can be obtained directly from the church, and the two [Glorious] sacred skills "Holy Confinement" and "Holy Punishment" that were previously applied to Priest Leonard will require some time to wait for the approval of the "Holy Court".

Luo Xiu was not in a hurry. He put the crystal and scroll he took from the "Holy Storage Hall" into the "Storage Bracelet", then left the church and returned to the White Antelope Hotel.

……

White Antelope Hotel, Sina City.

The first thing Luo Xiu did when he returned to the hotel room was to take out the five newly acquired "Second-Level Spiritual Crystals" from his storage bracelet.

Luo Xiu began to meditate, imagining that the spirituality sealed in it flowed into himself. The spirituality contained in the "spiritual crystal" in his hand also continued to radiate as he meditated, and the size of the crystal gradually shrank.

[Use "Second Order Spiritual Crystal"——]

[Skill slot +1, skill slot +1]

["Second-level Spiritual Crystal", usage limit (1/5)]

【…】

[Use "Second Order 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 the slots in the "Skills" and "Abilities" columns on his panel had expanded from 21 to 26.

The skill slots became abundant again, allowing Luo Xiu to boldly create new skills.

However, this time, Luo Xiu plans to focus on the skill 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 column, there is only one skill "Eye of the Abyss", which is the skill of [Abyss] destiny, and this is more of a "control" skill, which is usually not used as the main means of casting spells.

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 a blank scroll from the "storage bracelet" and spread it flat in front of himself.

At this moment, taking into account the gains from the previous six waves of clearing out the pagan strongholds, Luo Xiu's experience points savings had once again exceeded 20,000!

Luo Xiu, who has obtained the power to judge heretics alone, 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 about the skill he was about to create.

——[Abyssal Inscription] + [Dark Corrosion Affinity]!
【…】

[Obtain: Dark Magic Arrow (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Dark Magic Arrow (Abyss, lv.1): A dark magic arrow that pierces the soul. 】

[Use the power of "Dark Eclipse" to gather spirituality and fire a "Dark Eclipse Magic Arrow" at the enemy, causing 80% of magic attack + 70% of physical attack "Dark Eclipse" attribute damage. The maximum number of "Dark Eclipse Magic Arrows" that can be fired is equal to the current skill proficiency level...]

"Dark Eclipse Arrow", just like "Holy Light Annihilation", is the most basic skill in the attack technique of [Abyss] Destiny.

However, because it was "elementary", the rotation speed was quite fast. With Luo Xiu's current spell output strength, he could almost ignore the cooldown and mana consumption, and release it in conjunction with "Holy Light Annihilation".

After creating this most "basic" [Abyss] skill, Luo Xiu began to try and create more "advanced" skills.

——[Abyss Inscription] + [Soul Manipulator] + [Burning Soul]!
【…】

[Obtain: Soul Blast (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Soul Shockwave (Abyss, lv.1): Transforms the power of the Abyss into a shockwave explosion, enough to tear apart any weak soul.]

[Specify a target, causing a single 300% magic attack's "Dark Eclipse" attribute damage. Then, with the target as the origin, a large-scale shock wave explosion will periodically erupt outward. Each magic explosion causes 100% of the magic attack's "Dark Eclipse" attribute damage, and applies "Moderate Soul Stealing" and "Moderate Lost" effects to all targets within the explosion range...]

【…】

——[Abyssal Inscription] + [Gaze into the Abyss] + [Dark Corrosion Affinity]!
【…】

[Obtain: Howling of the Abyss (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Howling of the Abyss (Abyss, lv.1): A terrifying echo from the bottomless abyss. 】

[Releases "Howling of the Abyss" in a large area forward, causing 300% magic attack + 300% physical attack "Dark Corrosion" attribute damage to enemies on the path at once. At the same time, targets damaged by "Howling of the Abyss" will be affected by "Deep Fear" and "Deep Soul Stealing" effects...]

【…】

——[Abyssal Inscription] + [Dark Corrosion Affinity] + [Abyssal Beast Summoning]!
【…】

[Obtain: Demon Incarnation (Abyss, lv.1)]!
[Devil Incarnate (Abyss, lv.1): Abandon the mortal body and embrace the devil. 】

[Merge with a "Contracted Abyss Beast" and temporarily transform yourself into a "half-demon" form. Gain 30% of the Contracted Abyss Beast's full attributes and gain a demon shield with 100% of the HP limit. At the same time, all damage caused is converted into "Dark Corrosion" attribute damage, and gain "Abyss" skill damage increased by 30%, cooldown reduced by 30%, mana consumption reduced by 30%, etc. 】

【…】

For the time being, Luo Xiu created four regular [Abyss] destiny skills to enrich his own skill combination.

Among them, the fourth skill "Demon Incarnation" is the most critical, and 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 he would create a skill for the Abyss Fate, it would be after he upgraded the Abyss Fate to the triple Fate. Only then would Luo Xiu be able to continue reading the Abyss Sacred Scripture and learn new knowledge about the Abyss skills.

At the same time when Luo Xiu completed the last [Abyss] skill he created, a familiar figure suddenly flashed outside the window.

Luo Xiu looked out the window.

A white cat was lying on the windowsill of the room.

——That was the civet cat incarnated by Index Fugne. She had successfully completed the task assigned by Luo Xiu and had just returned from the main city of Songyuan.

Thanks to Yiyi Lingmo for the 100 coins!

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(End of this chapter)