Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 393: Encountering the Bishop, as strong as a monster! (5k4)

The executioner, Zaska the Soul Taker, was completely stunned.

Just a few minutes ago, Zaska was still skeptical about what his subordinates reported.

It was not until he heard the first deafening roar, accompanied by a rather violent tremor in his mansion, that Zanskar finally realized what had happened to his Kaveri Fortress.

The "Soul Taker" Zaska immediately released all of his spiritual energy outwards. Thick, surging gray fog swirled around him, carrying him out of the window of the mansion and flying high into the sky above the Kaveri Fortress!

And when he was really looking down at the current Fort Caffrey.

He saw a sea of ​​fire—a raging fire that burned, melted, and devoured everything, while the streets of Caffrey Fortress were littered with corpses—

Those were all the corpses of the second and third level extraordinary people in the Kaveri Fortress. They had been killed in extremely cruel ways by the invaders who were like a swarm of locusts. They were soaked in a dark red sea of ​​blood, emitting waves of unpleasant smell.

Zanska had never imagined that the invading enemies would destroy the defenses of the Kaveri Fortress to such an extent!

Even - his "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" were unable to completely suppress the intruders!

Even though there was an absolute crushing force at the extraordinary level, they still put considerable pressure on the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" by virtue of their ability to resurrect from the dead.

Endless killing!

There is no way to kill them all!

Zaska was high in the sky, overlooking the scene.

Although his "Fang Heads" and "Black Fangs" had been warning him since late at night, reporting that the intruders who had suddenly invaded the city were wreaking havoc on the fortress' defenses, Zaska was only shocked and angry, and did not take it too seriously.

Because no matter what, the enemies that broke in were still too weak.

The strongest among them is only of the "Triple Fate", so it would be enough to send the "Fang Heads" and "Black Fangs" patrolling various places in the Caffrey Fortress to suppress them.

The only enemies that Zaska had been wary of were the two leaders of the expeditionary force that set out from the Red Maple City Fortress on the border of the empire - "Thunder General" Albert and "Red Maple City Bishop" Luo Xiu. They were the terrifying opponents that Zaska should be most wary of.

These are also what Zaska was told by the "Chief Executioner" Fafnir, the "Dragon of Destruction", who transferred him from another fortress to Kaveri Fortress.

Zaska knew that as the "Soul Reaper" of the fifth destiny of [Nothingness], it would be easy for him to target the "Thunder General" Albert of [Supreme], and facing another bishop of [Glory], he thought that it would not be difficult to deal with him with the natural defense of the Cavernier Fortress.

And in the imagination of the "Chief Executioner", the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir -

Fort Caffrey can at least hold off the Red Maple City expeditionary force for half a month.

And when Fafnir himself leads the main force of "Fafnir City" and its surrounding fortresses and towns to repel the Songyuan army led by a "Knight of Heaven's Proclamation" and "Captain of the Throne" Gawain, and then sends another three "Executioners" to support Caffrey Fortress, he can annihilate the Red Maple City Expeditionary Force together.

Zaska had already fully understood the intentions of the "Chief Executioner", the "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir-sama.

And he actually thought so.

But the current situation has far exceeded his expectations and has become completely out of control.

Those intruders actually killed more and more, killed and lived again, lived again and killed again, killed and lived again!
After repeating this process many times, Zanska felt that something was seriously wrong.

T-Is this right?

——Is this possible? ! !
But the current situation did not allow Zaska to think more.

Since the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" of the Caffrey Fortress were unable to completely suppress the intruders in the first time, they had already lost the opportunity to control them.

Zaska, who had risen high into the sky, also saw that at this moment, most of the intruders had gathered at the wall of the Kaveri Fortress. Most of them, the "Triple Destiny" and the "Guardians" of the Church, were holding red balls in their hands.

With excitement and fanaticism on their faces, they rushed to the foot of the city wall fearlessly, and then - the red sphere in their hands would explode on the spot, turning everything within dozens of meters around into ashes!
Not far away, there are quite a few "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads".

But when they saw the "Guardians" holding the red balls in their hands, no one dared to approach them. They could only watch as they blew terrible holes in themselves and the fortress's walls.

The "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" who came rushing over after hearing the news were all stunned by the horrific scene before them. They stood there in a daze, almost unable to control their bodies, and stared at the "Guardians" who blew themselves up one after another, and at the terrifying cracks on the walls of the Caffrey Fortress that grew larger and larger.

There were even the "Guardians" of the triple destiny, holding the terrifying red sphere, screaming and rushing towards the direction where the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" gathered. Before the dark extraordinary people of the Caffrey Fortress could react, they "boomed" very close to them!

In an instant, two or three dark transcendents with "triple destiny" and more than a dozen dark transcendents with "double destiny" were blown to pieces.

Most of the "獠首" with quadruple fates avoided this deadly self-destructive attack, but some were unable to dodge and had a leg or an arm blown off.

Can't be stopped.

——It can’t be stopped at all!
Although the "Black Fangs" and "Fang Heads" of the Caffrey Fortress, the "Saint Guardians" of the Church and the "New Warriors" of the Border Court who broke into the fortress and wreaked havoc had significant advantages at the level of extraordinary beings, they were completely unable to stop their desperate terrorist attacks!

The executioner and "Soul Taker" Zaska himself was also deeply shocked by the scene he saw.

As the highest-ranking person in Kaveri Fortress and one with the "Fivefold Fate", he still regards these intruders, who have only the highest triple destiny, as ants, but for some reason - Zaska has felt fear, a deep fear that contains "despair".

--monster!

——They are all monsters!

A monster must have broken into his Caffrey Fortress!

He had never encountered anything like this before - he had never seen "priests" blowing up walls so fearlessly as they did today!

And such a scene, Kaveri Fortress would be almost burned down overnight, even the "Chief Executioner" and "Dragon of Destruction" Fafnir-sama, could never have imagined it...

"..."

Such thoughts quietly emerged in Zaska's mind.

He could still hear the loud explosions of "boom" and "boom boom" in his ears, and he knew what he should do to stop those crazy intruders and prevent them from continuing to destroy the fortress's walls.

He had raised his arms, and the gray mist surrounding him quickly surged up and turned into gray snakes that coiled around his arms, neck, waist and abdomen.

——【Soul-Eating Snake】!
This is the ability given to him as the Soul Reaper of the Fifth Fate of Nothingness by the Pillar of Chaos, the Void Devouring Serpent that controls Nothingness.

"Fizz, fizz!"

The countless gray snakes entwined around him kept making cold, trembling hisses, and then, under Zanska's orders, rushed towards the walls of the Kaveri Fortress, where the "Saint Protectors" were holding the "Skull of the Martyr" and were still tirelessly blasting the walls!

But his [Soul-Eating Snakes] did not rush out too far.

In Zanska's eyes, he suddenly felt that the air around him began to twist and vibrate.

This gave Zaska, who was in mid-air, a sudden bad feeling in his heart.

And his ominous premonition soon came true.

In front of Zaska, a crack suddenly opened up in mid-air, and countless golden meteorites, containing terrifying annihilation spiritual power and emitting brilliant golden light, roared and fell towards Zaska!

His vision was immediately covered by the dazzling golden light, and his eyes felt a burning pain like needles at the same time.

And the gray snakes he had just condensed, those [Soul Devouring Snakes]——

They continued to make cold hisses, and in the blink of an eye they were drowned out by the dazzling light emitted by the clusters of golden falling stars!

And their voices, along with their gray misty bodies, soon completely disappeared!
--boom! ! !

The clusters of golden meteorites were still falling, hitting the body of "Soul Taker" Zaska quickly and heavily.

Most of the gray fog lingering around him was dispersed in an instant. Before Zaskar realized what was happening, he was already embraced by the golden meteorite in the bright golden light, and fell rapidly downwards with a thunderous roar!
--boom!!!!!

When a huge, deafening roar suddenly erupted from the center of the Kaveri Fortress, the "Soul Taker" Zaska was smashed deeply into a deep crack in the ground.

The golden meteorite finally dissipated, and Zaska, who had taken a strong blow, was now covered in blood, with most of his clothes torn, looking quite disheveled.

But the good thing is that, as a "saint" with the fifth level of destiny of [Nothingness], he can "void" himself in urgent, life-threatening moments to avoid fatal attacks.

He was not seriously injured as a result, but only felt his internal organs churning. He immediately reached out his hand from the crack in the fortress street, grabbed the edge of the fissure, and dug himself out of the crack.

His vision was still filled with dark red. When he finally saw the colors, he also saw who had attacked him just now.

In Zaska's eyes.

He saw it - the "bishop" of the church, Ross Carlos!
……

When the "Saint Guardians" with triple destiny or above, carrying the [Skull of Martyrs], blew up the city wall, Luo Xiu had already ridden the "Golden Pegasus" and flew across the crack in the city wall.

In his left and right hands, he each held a dark red long sword with a spiral blade pattern and a dark red scepter that exuded a dangerous aura.

——【Dragon Flame Demon Sword】and【Dragon Breath Scepter】!
He is fully prepared to fight against the "Soul Taker" Zaska.

The divine spirit belonging to [Glory] was now filling every inch of the area around Luo Xiu.

Before he was about to face the "Soul Taker" Zaska, he had already deployed the five sacred realms of "God's Glory Coming to the World", "Holy Abyss Descent", "Holy Hall of Purification", etc., and had cast all the auxiliary sacred arts on himself.

After he actually entered the fortress, he directly launched an attack on the "Executioner" in mid-air and the "Soul Taker" Zaska!
It was at the same time that "Golden Starburst" was used to blast Zaskar to the ground.

Luo Xiu had raised the dark red scepter in his hand and continued to chant several sacred Sanskrit prayers.

hum! ! !
Suddenly, a violent buzzing sound was heard in the ears of the "Soul Taker" Zaskar.

At the same time, he saw that the "Bishop" Ross Carlos opposite him had raised the dark red scepter in his hand. On the scepter stand that looked like an open dragon claw, and in the round beads, there were bursts of brilliant and dazzling golden light!

Countless shining swords of light emitting golden light quickly gathered in the Sanskrit prayer of the "bishop" opposite.

At the same time, the [Dragon Breath Scepter] held tightly in Luo Xiu's hand also drew a cross in the air, and two golden, scorching flames appeared above its path!

Zaska's heart was filled with alarm.

He quickly leaped back, and at the same time released the spirit of [Nothingness] outwards again, which turned into gray mist that enveloped and wrapped around his body!

And in the next moment——

The "bishop" in front of him, Ross Carlos, had completed his prayer at the same time.

The six condensed Holy Annihilation Swords suddenly emitted a terrifying, heart-pounding wave of annihilation, and then circled and slashed towards Zaskar!
——Boom! Boom boom boom boom!

Soon, the sword formation of annihilation slashed Zaska's body one after another, and Zaska also summoned gray fog and virtualized himself, trying to offset the holy magic cast by the "Bishop"!

The golden mist and the gray mist then surged out at the same time.

When Zaska realized that his gray fog could indeed block the first holy spell released by the "bishop" on the opposite side, he quickly turned his spiritual power once again, and countless [Soul-Eating Snakes] gathered around Zaska again!
Those gray snakes let out cold, trembling hisses, quickly gathered in the air, bypassed the threads containing the spiritual power of annihilation, and rushed towards Luo Xiu!

In Zaskar's expectation.

There is no way he could defeat the notorious "Bishop" on the opposite side after a long-term firepower bombardment - he should play to his strengths, bite and plunder his soul, and thus win!
That’s what Zaska thought.

And when he saw that his newly summoned [Soul-Eating Snake] had successfully circumvented the sharp edges of those annihilation sacred arts, baring its fangs and rushing straight towards the body of "Bishop" Rossu Carlos, and the bishop seemed to be completely unaware of this.

Zaska couldn't help but let a sinister and devious smile appear on his face.

But the smile quickly disappeared.

He only saw that the [Soul-Eating Snakes] he summoned did touch and bite Luo Xiu's body.

But the "bishop" - his soul was not hurt at all by the [Soul-Eating Snake]. The outline of his body just flowed with bright gem-like light again and again, "rejecting" those gray snakes, like a solid wall built outside the soul!

That is the effect of the "Legendary" feat - "Hand of the Radiant"!

When Luo Xiu is under the protection of the "Sky Shield", any control-related status abnormalities are ineffective against him - and Zaska's "Soul Stealing" is completely restrained by the ability of this "legendary" quality expertise!

But Zanskar didn't know this.

He could only watch as his [Soul-Eating Snake] eventually dissipated due to the exhaustion of the spiritual energy attached to it. He felt his eyes burst and a headache kept coming.

And in the next moment——

The two slashing waves of [The Shining Holy Cross] dispelled Zaska's gray fog and landed heavily on him!

--boom! ! !

In the ever-surging golden light,
The figure of "Soul Taker" Zaska was immediately blasted away by two golden cross lights.

At the same time, Luo Xiu pulled away and rushed forward, following the trajectory of the Holy Cross, and at the same time began to pray for the next few holy arts!
By the time the "Soul Taker" Zaska's body crashed heavily into the ruins of a building, Luo Xiu had already arrived in front of him.

The scepter in his hand immediately pointed at Zaskar, and a rich, hot golden light burst out from it, and the dazzling light quickly condensed into a golden sword blade, and then slashed heavily towards Zaskar's position!
--boom!!!!!

The light of the [Sword of Holy Annihilation] quickly engulfed Zaskar's body.

The building ruins behind him, which had just been hit with a big hole, were then smoothly cut into a terrifying gap, and one of Zaska's arms was also annihilated without a trace by this terrifying sword, without even a trace left!

Then he took all the damage from several annihilation spells from "Bishop" Luo Xiu at once.

"Soul Taker" Zaska, his face showed an intense expression of panic and fear.

His body had been shattered by the blow just now, and blood was oozing out from the wounds all over his body. His pupils could not help but tremble as he looked at the "Bishop" Ross Carlos who was not far away holding a scepter in his right hand and a spiral sword in his left hand. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind -

monster……

He is a monster just like those "Saint Guardians" who broke into the Kaveri Fortress...

Even a monster among monsters!

Zaska had never heard of anyone who was at the same "Fifth Level of Destiny" level as himself, a "Glorious" saint, who was so strong!

The strong sense of oppression emanating from the "bishop" on the opposite side almost made Zaska breathless.

In Zaska's eyes, the "Bishop" Rossu Carlos has raised the scepter again.

Zaska knew that if he was hit by the terrifying annihilation magic again and again like before, he would surely die.

He looked across at the "bishop" who seemed to have begun praying, and then his eyes quickly moved to the side.

Because of the huge commotion caused by the fierce battle on their side, many "Saint Guardians" have gathered here.

Zanska's gaze then turned towards the dozens of "Saint Guardians" not far away.

The thought of a desperate struggle emerged in his mind.

Although the "Bishop" on the opposite side - for some reason, he could not be controlled by "Soul Stealer".

But his "Guardians" can!

As long as we can control those "Saint Guardians" and use them as a human shield...

Maybe, maybe I can have a chance to escape from the terrifying "Bishop" on the opposite side!
"..."

Zaska thought so.

He looked across with a gloomy gaze, at the figure of "Bishop" Ross Carlos who was still praying, and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up.

Just before Luo Xiu cast his next sacred spell.

Zanskar had already raised his remaining arm, releasing a thick, dark gray mist before him.

The gray fog quickly transformed into wriggling, hissing "soul-stealing" snakes.
They made a cold, soul-shaking hissing sound and quickly rushed towards the surrounding "Guardians".

……

(End of this chapter)