Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 613: Blast!

The Kraken, Rignon, hid underground and escaped the same severe damage as Evra.

Meanwhile, other "black pillars" and enemies of unknown identity appeared around them.

This localized battlefield has become the focus of the entire decisive battle—Luo Xiu can clearly sense many high-level spiritual surging forces rapidly approaching him; among them are allied Saints, as well as enemies rushing towards him with intense killing intent.

The Dark Pillar and its potential enemies will not let such an obvious opportunity pass by, since the "Duke of Darkness" forcibly tore open a rift with the Divine Spine Sword and "severely injured" a cardinal of the Holy Court.

There was even a monster like the "Sea Demon" Regnien, hindering the expeditionary force's movements. With such constraints, it wouldn't have been difficult to kill the dying Efra, the "Holy Sword" Monine, the "Saintess" Franya, and myself in the chaos.

"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about these things.

His mind raced, but these thoughts were quickly interrupted—

"—Woo-ee-ee-ee!!!"

Luo Xiu suddenly heard the "Sea Monster" Rignon let out a sharp screech, and a dozen thick, sticky tentacles were about to touch the body of "Radiant Flame Sacred Pivot" Efra, about to lift him high into the air!

But before that—

--boom!!!!!

The brilliant golden flames burst forth from the holy sword held by Monigne, the "Supreme Sword," and slashed horizontally at the dozen or so tentacles. The scorching smell and the stench of blood mingled and surged, spreading in an instant!
"—Waaaaah!! Eeeeeeeee!!"

The raven's howl grew more shrill—its tentacles, which had emerged from the ground, were all severed by the flames of Monigne's holy sword!

The severed tentacles lay scattered on the ground around them, writhing and twisting, still possessing considerable vitality.

Monigne reacted swiftly—she charged forward and reached the scorched pit where Efra lay before new tentacles could emerge from the ground.

She bent down, scooped Evra out of the pit, tucked him under her arm, and ran wildly away from the battlefield.

"--babble!!!!!"

Behind Monine, the Kraken continued its piercing howl, and the earth trembled with a series of rumbling sounds. Then, dozens of new tentacles emerged from the cracks in the ground.

The tentacles chased Monine's back almost frantically, making a series of "bang, bang, bang" explosions as they pierced the air. Luo Xiu and Franya had already completed their holy prayer spells, and their scepters were pointed at it. Just before the tip of the tentacle was about to touch Monine's back, they unleashed a surge of light at him!

--boom!!!!!

The dense and surging golden light instantly engulfed the tentacles of the sea monster.

The renewed heat forced it to slow its movements. Luo Xiu gripped his scepter and unleashed a new holy spell towards the area where the tentacles were emerging—

—Boom! Boom!! Boom!!
Golden meteors fell from the sky, swirling and slashing down alongside the holy sword that shone with scorching gold. The earth was torn open once more, revealing the writhing, gigantic flesh beneath.

That was the true form of the "Kragen" Rignon, buried deep underground!

Its surface was also covered with blood holes and scorch marks, showing that it had suffered serious injuries.

However, unlike Evra, it did not withstand the bombardment completely. Instead, it burrowed into the ground before being completely shattered by the "Black Grand Duke's" divine spine sword.

Its aura had also become much weaker—in Luo Xiu's panel detection, the "Sea Monster" Rignon, which originally had more than seven million health points, now only had more than two million.

The moment it was exposed—"Saintess" Franya, holding the scepter [Holy Silver Grip], its tip already pointing at it.

Fine golden light surged forth, rapidly weaving into a web-like shape, enveloping the sea monster like a spiderweb, layer upon layer—

Its movements became sluggish, and its sharp screech was stretched into a long, piercing sound—Franya had sealed it off, suppressing both its flesh and spirit below a certain threshold!
"..."

Luo Xiu could already see that Flanya's forehead was covered in sweat.

A holy halo resembling an ice crown had appeared above her head—that was her "holy crown," and Franya had already used the power of her "celestial holy crown"!

"Celestial Crown" is not a conventional combat class, but rather a domain-based and control-type class. She has been hesitant to reveal her power, partly because she was instructed not to expose it too early, and partly because she hadn't encountered a suitable opportunity before.

If Monigne were still by her side, Franya could indeed continue to accumulate power. But the battle situation changed drastically, and Franya knew she could no longer hide her power.

Now—the Kraken's power has diminished to a point where Frania is able to control it.

Even if we use our power now, it's still too early for the overall battle situation—but it will buy Monigne enough time to take Evra away from the battlefield.

In Franya's most intuitive judgment, if they could eliminate "Sea Monster" Rignon here, they could reverse the disadvantage caused by the severe injury of "Radiant Sacred Pivot" Evra.

The Black Pillar cannot endlessly transform into such monsters; trading one death for another is worthwhile, at least on the battlefield.

……

"—Eee—Eee—Eee—!"

In Luo Xiu's ears, he heard the voice of the sea monster grow increasingly thin and elongated.

The voice had become distorted, as if the vocal cords were worn out. Franya's control over it had become increasingly solid, and holy light had condensed into a strong field that sealed and imprisoned it.

This is indeed a very good time—

At this point, the entire set of "Ancient Dragon Artifacts" was fully stacked with Ancient Dragon Soul Remnants, and several offensive holy spells had been completed. Calculations showed that it was possible to kill "Kragen the Sea Giant" Rignon in one fell swoop.

Killing Rignon will complete the final goal of the ascension quest [The Crown of the Great Sun] - at which point you will be able to summon Quesanx, climb onto His dragon's back, enter a "disengaged" state, and complete your ascension on His dragon's back!
Hopefully, Quesanx has shaken off the two dark pillars that were pursuing him.

"..."

Luo Xiu was thinking about these things, and the golden holy wings behind him had already fully unfolded.

He flew toward the Kraken, in his "Holy Wing Avatar" form, concentrating almost all of his [Radiant] spirituality on the demonic sword and scepter in his hand, pointing them at the Kraken's physical body.

At the same time, his left hand was slightly raised, and a brilliant golden light shimmered on it—the holy rune of the [Punishment Holy Seal] was revealed, and it was engraved into the body of the sea monster almost at the same time as the surge of light that burst out from the demon sword and scepter.

--boom!!!!!!!

The first resounding roar erupted from the Kraken.

All the "Ancient Dragon's Ferocious Breath" and "Ancient Dragon's Devouring Slash," combined with the light of several holy arts, pierced through the flesh of the giant sea monster from top to bottom!
A massive, vertical crater was instantly carved out of the sea monster's body. This time, it reduced the sea monster's health by nearly a million points, bringing it ever closer to death—

"Eee-ee-ee-!!!"

It was still screaming in pain and struggling violently, but the air that had once allowed it to move freely had now turned into thick "glue".

Franya's suppression of it had become increasingly apparent, leaving it no choice but to endure such a fierce bombardment. At the same time, Luo Xiu swiftly activated the highest level of [Divine Forged Flesh and Blood]—his blood transformed into an even more intense [Radiant] spirituality that gushed outwards, rapidly layering several layers of ancient dragon remnant souls.

He pointed his magic sword and scepter at the Kraken once more, about to unleash a new barrage.

But suddenly—that intense sense of crisis welled up in his heart again; he could feel that he was being targeted by at least two hostile gazes.

He immediately withdrew his spiritual energy, and his holy wings suddenly unfurled behind him as he retreated.

—Wow!!!

In the instant he retreated, Luo Xiu suddenly heard the air pumping.

His vision went black; darkness was spreading from all around him.

Luo Xiu immediately activated the authority [Guardian Seal] – the figure of “Four-Winged Angel” Tatia quickly appeared in front of him, and then he heard a crisp shattering sound.

—Click!

That was the sound of a protective barrier being shattered—Tatia withstood the sudden attack.

A crescent-shaped blade almost grazed Luo Xiu's ear—it was "Blind Shadow" Archirad, who had returned!

If the [Guardian Seal] hadn't completely negated his sneak attack, the Sevenfold Fate "Pillar of Darkness," an attack from Archard, would have severely injured him.

Luo Xiu's mind raced as he considered the situation. However, he had previously observed Archirad's movements and knew that even though his attacks were difficult to predict, authority like the [Guardian Seal] could indeed protect him.

"whispering sound."

Luo Xiu heard a "tsk" sound, and before he could retaliate against Archirad, his presence vanished as if a stone had sunk into the sea.

Along with it, the surrounding pitch-black symbiotic domain also vanished—the moment the color returned to his eyes, Luo Xiu retreated explosively.

Because the intense sense of crisis in his heart had not dissipated, and his "Death Intuition" was still frequently giving him warnings.

really.

The next moment, the spot where he had been standing was torn open in mid-air, from which a shower of scarlet raindrops poured down.

As the raindrops fell to the ground, clusters of scarlet fire quickly rose up. The flames formed a circle on the ground, and cracks extended from top to bottom to the surface.

A bright red figure emerged from among them—it resembled a human, its entire body wrapped in bandages, from which blood continuously seeped. From the wounds that could not be covered by bandages, countless tiny, wriggling hands grew out.

He only had one eye, which was darting around, watching the figures of the sea monster and Luo Xiu.

—That is a new "Lich King"!
Morsori, the "Red Lich King," a lich king even more powerful than Bridget, the "Brown Lich King," glanced at the "Kraken" buried deep underground, a sticky sound emanating from the cracks beneath his bandages—

"Oh...how tragic..."

“My fellow countrymen… should not suffer this torment. Let’s go home… let’s go home.”

He murmured, seemingly not regarding Luo Xiu as his target, as countless tiny, eerie hands that grew from his body reached out towards the sea monster.

But he failed to reach it, and even grew further and further away from the Kraken—

In Luo Xiu's eyes, he saw that the "Red Demon King" Mosori was already wrapped in a golden halo.

That was like a hanging bell, suspending him—and "expelling" the "Red King" Mossori from that position.

The surrounding air was now filled with a translucent golden light.

Before Mosori realized what was happening, Luo Xiu had already seen it: in Franya's right hand, she was holding the same halo that had lifted the "Red Demon King".

"Turned into firewood, this is the path of holy burning."

"Turning into thorns, this is the gate of rejection."

"..."

Franya recited a prayer.

She has ascended—and the "holy halo" above her head has now fully appeared.

It was a ring of thorns formed from pure white radiance, which was her "holy crown," symbolizing her current identity and that she was now the "Celestial Crown"!

Her golden eyes were now fixed on the direction of the "Red Demon King" Mosori, and the holy ring in her right hand then blazed with golden flames, burning the "Red Demon King" fiercely along with it!

"—Ughhhhh!!!"

A painful roar erupted from the mouth of "Red Demon King" Mosori.

He had not expected that the "saintess" possessed such power—even though Franya, who had just advanced to the "seventh level of destiny," was still far behind Mosori, Mosori still felt that his origin had been damaged, and his movements were thus halted.

It was as if a sacred and solemn palace appeared above the sky, which was filled with dazzling holy light.

The Sacred Domain of the Rings has simultaneously unfolded with Franya as its origin, covering the domain of "Red King" Mosori, covering the Kraken, and illuminating "Blind Shadow" Archirad, who was hiding in the shadows.

Sacred chants rose within the domain's hall, with Franya at its very center—her power was no longer concealed, radiating the full spirituality of her [Radiance] to suppress and seal the Morsori, the Kraken, and Archirad within the domain!
—The domain of the [Sky Dome]!

In Luo Xiu's perception, he felt that his own strength and spirituality had increased almost exponentially compared to before.

Combining the "Holy Wing Avatar" with Luo Xiu's own domain state, his strength had reached its peak. At the same time, the flesh of the monstrous sea monster was once again exposed before Luo Xiu—

The demonic sword and scepter, with their blades and tips surging with brilliant gold and deep red, burst forth in the next moment, heading towards the Kraken!
All the skills that had previously gone on cooldown were unleashed when Franya activated her [Sky Dome] domain. Furthermore, these sacred spells no longer required prayer and were unleashed alongside "Ancient Dragon's Ferocious Breath" and "Ancient Dragon's Devouring Slash" towards the Kraken!

--boom!!!!!!!

A mist of light rose up.

The aura belonging to the "Kraken" Rignon gradually dissipated amidst the terrifying surge of light.

You have defeated "Kragen the Sea Giant" Rignon (lv.94)

A new notification popped up in Luo Xiu's panel—

[Promotion Quest: The Crown of the Great Sun (Cataclysm Difficulty), Completed.]

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(End of this chapter)