Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 612 "Kraken" Regney

Bridget, the "Brown Demon King"—his body began to twist and expand wildly and infinitely.

It had completely lost its human form, and thick, sticky tentacles emerged from its body like buds being unfurled, shedding the flesh and blood of "Bridget" as if removing an outer garment.

In Luo Xiu's eyes, he saw the "Lich King" rapidly wither away. And a gigantic octopus—the true "Lich"—emerged from his body!
"..."

"—Waaaaaaah!!!!"

The monster let out a sharp hiss, and its hundreds of tentacles had already wrapped up Bridget's remains and put them into its rings of teeth, which were densely packed with sharp teeth, and began to chew them violently.

"Radiant Sacred Pivot" Evra and "Supreme Sword" Monigne watched this scene unfold.

Their expressions were somewhat astonished—even they had never seen such a scene before.

The "Pillars of Darkness" of the Dark Kingdom are known to betray their allies at crucial moments, a fact that is commonplace for all the saints.

They were simply astonished by the changes in "Brown King" Bridget—his aura had indeed become completely different from before. The previous Bridget had a dark and restrained turbidity, but now he exuded a completely bloodthirsty and extremely flamboyant sense of chaos, filled with a violent desire to tear everything around him apart.

"..."

"what is that……"

Evra's eyes widened.

He dared not be careless—both hands gripped the handle of the scepter, pouring almost all of his own radiant spirituality into it.

Monine raised her holy sword high, her silhouette glowing, and her whole body bursting into the fire of the sun—neither of the saints dared to be careless in the face of the terrifying monster that had just appeared on the battlefield.

They wouldn't just let the monster truly be born—almost at the same time, dazzling golden light burst forth from the scepter wreathed in flame patterns and the blade of the holy sword with swirling runes.

—BOOM! ...

Two extremely intense beams of light erupted from the scepter and the holy sword respectively—instantly engulfing the newly born monster. The air was filled with the sounds of violent explosions and the monster's painful roars.

……

Luo Xiu also raised his scepter towards "Bridget".

The moment Luo Xiu saw the monster appear, he performed a panel detection on it—

That was no longer Bridget, the "Brown Demon King".

That's the Kraken!
This was Bridget as the "Lich King"—the true lich he had completely merged with. The Black Pillars used special means to release that lich once more, in order to disrupt the battlefield!
Luo Xiu knew the intentions of the two "black pillars"—Achlad and Bogula.

The more chaos the Kraken Rignon wreaks on the battlefield, the greater the pressure on the two seventh-level saints of the Holy Court. With numerous clergy and allied expeditionary forces nearby, it means that Efra and Monigne must eliminate Rignon's threat here, or the impact on the battle will be destructive, even catastrophic.

The Black Pillars' scheme had indeed succeeded—the Kraken now unleashed on the battlefield possessed strength far exceeding that of Bridget. However, it was uncontrollable, like a wild beast released into an arena.

Monigne and Evra stood before it, their expressions tense. They knew that the situation left them no room for retreat. Evra had originally intended to trap the two "Black Pillars" and a "Lich King" in the Holy Flame Cage, but now he realized it wasn't that simple.

In Luo Xiu's panel detection of the "Kraken".

The "Sea Demon" Regnion, with a level of lv.94, has surpassed the "Brown Demon King" Bridget's level of lv.83.

"—Woo-ee-ee-ee!!!"

"..."

While Roshya continued to observe it and pray.

The Kraken, Rignon, roared once more with a deafening, piercing scream.

It was indeed enduring the combined scorching heat of Quesanx, Evra, and Monigne, but the flames did not stop its advance. Its ring-shaped jaws had completely engulfed Bridget's body, and then, from the surface of that massive, bloated form, enormous eyes opened—

The dozens of eyes rolled around, half looking at the "Pillar of Darkness" Archirad and Bogula, and the other half looking at the "Radiant Holy Pivot" Efra, the "Supreme Sword" Monine, and Luo Xiu's side!

—Bang! Bang! Bang! !!

When its tentacles drew out the air, they produced a huge cracking sound.

The air had become stagnant and heavy—the Kraken was turning its surroundings into its comfortable environment, greedily absorbing spiritual energy and detonating parts of it in a chain reaction, creating vast areas of spiritual vacuum.

A distinct feeling of suffocation gradually filled the chests of everyone present.

Luo Xiu knew that the "Sea Monster" Rignon was unable to clearly distinguish between friend and foe, and regarded all targets with extremely high spiritual concentration in the vicinity as threats to it.

The tentacle instantly hardened like cast iron, its surface turning a deep brown and radiating a metallic sheen, and it was about to pierce through Evra and Monigne!

--boom! ! !

—Boom! Boom!! Boom!!
The tentacle slammed into the barrier formed by several beams of holy light—the protective barrier of the "Supreme Sword" Monine, which completely withstood the storm-like onslaught of the "Sea Monster" Rignon, but cracks quickly spread across its surface.

According to Luo Xiu's known reconnaissance results, the level of the "Sea Monster" is comparable to that of the "Supreme Sword" Monine. Their strengths are also quite similar, so a one-on-one battle could easily escalate into a stalemate.

Even now, the Kraken is still in a near-mad state—

Its other half of its tentacles also blasted towards the "Black Pillars" Archirad and Bogula, but the Black Pillars did not intend to protect anything—they easily evaded these attacks and were intentionally guiding the Kraken to bombard the Holy Flame Barrier that was blocking them with its tentacles.

—Boom! Boom!! Boom!!
The [Cage of Holy Flame], formed by the activation authority of "Radiant Flame Sacred Pivot" Evra, is enduring a fierce barrage of attacks from the "Sea Demon Giant." Even though the tentacles are scorched and mangled by the barrier's intense heat, it does not stop, bombarding the barrier of holy flames again and again.

Luo Xiu could see that Evra's face was somewhat pale.

Even though he and Monigne had inflicted a great deal of effective damage on the "Sea Monster" Rignion, he himself had also had a considerable amount of spiritual energy consumed by it.

He was about to be unable to maintain the current intensity of the bombardment, and he was also about to lose control of the [Cage of Holy Incineration].

"..."

"Quisanx—"

In Luo Xiu's mind, through the spiritual transmission of the contract, Luo Xiu sent a request to the giant dragon Quesanx, who still roamed high in the sky.

"Another devastating surge. Centered on the Kraken, cover those two 'black pillars' as much as possible..."

"..."

I can't do it, Luo Xiu.

When Luo Xiu tried to convey these things to Quesanx, Quesanx refused.

I feel somewhat weak. And... two powerful spiritual entities are flying rapidly towards me.

Those should also be two 'Pillars of Darkness,' and far more powerful than the two you've encountered so far. And...

【…】

Suddenly, He stopped speaking. Luo Xiu vaguely heard a rapid breathing sound, followed by an urgent warning from Quesanx into Luo Xiu's ear—

[Get out of the way, Luo Xiu!]

"..."

...Dodge? Luo Xiu didn't know why Quesanx would suddenly warn him.

He looked up and saw Quesanx flying away from the battlefield, followed by hundreds of black dragons and two "black pillars".

The Black Pillars could not completely ignore the impact Quesanx had on the battlefield.

As Luo Xiu was thinking this, a sudden burst of intense crimson appeared in his field of vision!

That came from the specialty [Death Intuition], and it was indeed a scarlet figure who was about to be seriously injured or even die!
At the same time, a very dangerous premonition welled up in his heart, and he subconsciously darted away from his original position.

“——Get out of the way!”

He shouted at the same time, both towards Monigne and towards Franja.

They weren't far from Luo Xiu and could clearly hear his voice—Franya was startled at first. She was still observing and controlling the battlefield, but Luo Xiu had already grabbed her wrist and led her away.

Only Monine was unable to dodge from her location—she was targeted by the "Sea Monster." But the "Four-Winged Angel" Tatia, whom Luo Xiu had summoned, helped her by opening the [Holy Gate of Audience] and teleporting her to the edge.

He also wanted to teleport "Radiant Sacred Pivot" Evra away, but it was too late—

Then, in Luo Xiu's eyes, a chaotic darkness and paleness surged forth.

……

--boom!!!!!!!

An unprecedentedly loud roar resounded across the sky.

The sound was so loud that even Luo Xiu experienced a brief loss of hearing.

His vision was scorched by the sudden burst of intense light, and then he could vaguely see that a narrow crack had appeared in mid-air.

The Cage of Holy Flame has had a huge gap ripped open from top to bottom in its barrier of holy flames.

The barrier, which had been radiating golden light, was now gradually dimming. The user of its power—the "Radiant Flame Saint" Evra—had been blasted away to an unknown location.

Just before Luo Xiu's vision was filled with chaotic darkness and pale light, he saw that golden-red figure being engulfed by a sudden surge of light from outside the barrier.

"Radiant Sacred Pivot" Evra was positioned right in the path of that terrifying bombardment that suddenly struck.

"..."

"..."

Luo Xiu subconsciously felt fear.

That power was far beyond my current reach, and certainly not the power that a Saint who had entered the "Sevenfold Destiny" could possess.

"..."

When Luo Xiu realized these things.

He raised his head and looked in front of him.

It was as if a narrow rift valley had suddenly appeared out of the ground before him.

The path of the surging chaotic light was reduced to scorched earth—the expeditionary force and the dark army that had been fighting each other along the path were blasted to smithereens.

At its end stood a black figure, a figure raising a black sword.

—That's the "Black Grand Duke"!
Luo Xiu's pupils suddenly contracted.

...Shouldn't he be engaged in a fierce battle with Emperor Augustusville...?

Doubts arose in his mind, and then he saw that above the Grand Duke's head, from within a dark gray mist, crimson light emerged, and from it broke free the figure of Emperor Augustusville.

The Emperor was bound by something, but he had just broken free—he then blasted towards the direction of the Dark Grand Duke, the crimson light covering the chaotic blackness and paleness, surging up patches of mist.

Luo Xiu could no longer see the Dark Duke, nor Emperor Augustusville.

The floating city high in the sky continued to bombard the battlefield with dense artillery fire, and the Holy Crowned Pope flew towards the direction of the Dark Duke, as if he had finally discovered something.

The battlefield was still the same familiar battlefield, but the narrow rift in front of me was like a scar etched on the earth.

"Luo Xiu..."

Luo Xiu heard a weak voice.

Monigne, the "Sword of the Holy One," stood somewhat weakly behind Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu could sense that even the "Supreme Holy Sword" was trembling almost imperceptibly.

She felt fear too—the “Black Grand Duke” had suddenly launched such a terrifying attack in their direction, something no one had anticipated.

If Luo Xiu hadn't had the angel open the [Holy Gate of Audience] and teleport her out of her original location just now, she might have faced that terrifying bombardment head-on.

……

“Evra…”

"..."

Tatia's [Holy Gate of Audience] cannot simultaneously teleport "Radiant Sacred Pivot" Efra.

Monigne looked around, and as she had expected, the two "Black Pillars," Archelad and Bogula, had completely vanished.

The Dark Guild suddenly unleashed a barrage of attacks in this direction... in order for their "Dark Pillars" to escape successfully?

As she was thinking about these things, Monigne's pupils suddenly contracted. In a scorched crater, she saw the body of her colleague—the "Radiant Flame Saint" Evra.

His holy robes had been shattered, and his body was riddled with holes. He lay there weakly, unconscious.

He was in a "near-death" state, but at least he wasn't dead yet.

When the [Cage of Holy Incineration], which was maintaining the connection, was cleaved apart by the chaotic light surge unleashed by the Grand Duke of Darkness wielding the [Divine Spine Black Sword - Void Rift], Evra suffered a backlash. In addition, since he was completely immersed in the chaotic light surge at that time, his spirituality was completely severed.

It's a miracle he's still alive—Monigne thought to herself as she made her way to Evra's location.

"—Waaaaaah!!!!"

Suddenly she heard a sharp, piercing screech.

Right around Evra—in the rubble-studded ruins—one, two, then a dozen tentacles emerged.

The force rapidly extended towards Evra's body, about to engulf him and send him into the jaws hidden beneath the ground.

That's the Kraken!
Even though it was on the same path of bombardment as Evra, it did not die!

……

(End of this chapter)