Origin Paradise!

Chapter 420 The Forbidden Land of Laziness

Returning to the Rust Iron Fortress, the biting, damp wind cut like a knife.

Upon seeing the two S-rank individuals appear, the medical instructor who remained at the fortress rushed over. This middle-aged woman, with an ordinary face but rather gentle eyes, appeared somewhat anxious at this moment.

“Amber, Sylvia, the academy may need your combined strength now.”

"Yesterday, a student exploration team from the academy found a transit armory built in the wilderness by a local fortress. After going deep inside, they were ambushed by the Knights of Atonement."

The medical mentor said gravely, "Fortunately, not far from the exploration team, the two student leaders are hunting together. Because of the rapid support, the situation has been barely brought to a standstill."

Duchess Ash listened intently. The so-called student leaders should be the Forest Sorcerer and the Thunder Sorcerer. These two guys have a great chance of advancing to Gold level if they accumulate experience for another ten or twenty years.

The medical instructor, looking distressed, continued, "Based on the assessment of the academy's tactical department and the fortress legion's command, we dispatched the commander of the Seventh Legion to provide support. The old priest volunteered this time, and the two of them went to the battle site, but they have not been heard from since."

"The fortress is currently preparing for its second reinforcement. Losing two Gold Saints and a large number of excellent seeds at once is unacceptable to anyone. Both the Grand Army Commander and the enemy's Redemption Commander need to guard against a surprise attack on the fortress, so the probability of them being dispatched is extremely low. As long as you stick together with the other Gold Saints, you will definitely not perish."

Clearly, the medical mentor wanted the two S-rank fighters to play a key role in the support efforts.

Jiang He was actually a little dispirited because there was no reward, but encountering gold meant there was room to hunt, so it wasn't entirely meaningless; it just required him to make the most of it.

Compared to someone who wouldn't act without personal gain, the Ashes Duchess was clearly very loyal to the Empire and was immediately tempted.

“Mentor, I am willing to go, but I cannot make the decision for Amber.” Duchess Ash deliberately lied, “It depends on his own wishes. I do not know whether Mentor Akatley issued a secret mission, but the mission level is definitely higher than the fortress order. After all, we are cadets, not legion soldiers.”

Upon hearing this, the medical mentor immediately looked at someone expectantly. The Forest Sin Sorcerer was her blood relative. Otherwise, the matter of preparing combat personnel would actually have nothing to do with the medical system.

“Okay,” Jiang He said calmly, “but I will not accept orders.”

"Thank you for your help."

The medical mentor thanked her profusely, while Duchess Ash sighed silently. This mentor had most likely remained in the academy all along, and had smoothly advanced to mentorship after graduating from student life. According to her observation, someone would never put in their best effort without compensation. In terms of equivalent exchange, this guy's compatibility with alchemists was frighteningly high.

Fifteen minutes later, the commanders of the Second and Third Corps arrived and joined them.

The Second Legion Commander is a bald woman with hard muscles all over her body. She wears a short shirt and shorts, and her arms are as thick as tree trunks. As a combat sorcerer, her contracted Abyss Ghost is a lower-ranking War Abyss Ghost and is extremely skilled in close combat.

"Amber, right?" the bald woman laughed heartily. "That punch you threw at Myles, well done!"

The commander of the Third Legion was a handsome young man. Upon hearing this, he immediately elbowed the bald woman and apologized, saying, "Please don't mind, she and Myles have always been at odds. There are reasons for their mutual dislike, as well as the inevitable consequences of their positions. Our Holy City Legion is clear-headed when it comes to important matters."

Duchess Ash nodded in understanding. If the first and second legion commanders got along well and were like brothers, they would be courting death. Such a situation was not uncommon.

The medical mentor bowed slightly and said, "Thank you all for your help. I will guide you in the right direction."

As the mentor reached out, four butterflies made entirely of sin energy flew out.

"These life butterflies record the life essence of the Forest Sorcerer. He has a pact with the Forest Abyss Ghost and receives preferential treatment in the Dark Forest. As long as you follow the direction of the butterflies, you can find your destination."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang He vanished from the spot.

Duchess Ash panicked slightly when she realized that someone was acting alone. Her companionship over the past few days had made her accustomed to Amber's presence. Although the other party was usually aloof and difficult to communicate with, her combat strength was obvious to all, and she felt very safe.

The bald woman and the handsome young man looked at each other, their eyes flickering.

……

A forest without light.

Jiang He appeared in the shadows behind a large tree.

The ultimate ability of the set, Eternal Night Hunter, has been activated. Within a radius of 10,000 meters, he can teleport freely. Furthermore, thanks to the four-piece set effect, Hunter's spatial abilities consume half the energy. Within ten minutes, each teleportation only requires 100 energy points.

Thirty consecutive extreme flashes.

Jiang He traveled 300 kilometers in the blink of an eye, deep into the forest.

In his divine state of mind, he continuously adjusted his direction according to the guidance of the butterfly of life, and throughout the process, he kept his all-seeing eye, which was empowered to unleash extraordinary power, open.

Ten kilometers directly ahead, a giant castle-like armory was clearly visible. Hundreds of cadets were holding the fortress. A man dressed as a legion commander had lost his left arm, and an old priest held a scythe in one hand, exuding the demeanor of a strongman, confronting two descendants of the saint.

A semi-spherical barrier, used for a ritual of atonement, sealed off the armory, severing all communication between the inside and outside.

The Church's atonement ritual is extremely famous. It aims to seal hatred within each person through the power of the ritual, with an effect of about 70-80%. In this way, the hatred is reduced from leaking out, effectively lowering the probability of the birth of the Abyss Demon.

At the same time, the Church can also control the life and death of sin sorcerers to a certain extent through the atonement ritual. This ritual can suppress sin energy, because the essence of sin energy comes from hatred. In terms of combat, suppressing sin energy is equivalent to cutting off most of the means of communication with the supernatural.

in the forest.

Jiang He calmly loaded the City Burning Explosive Bomb into the magazine, then flashed forward seven kilometers before raising the Momentary Echo.

boom!

Flames shot from the muzzle of the silver-gray revolver.

Three kilometers away, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of students, the descendants of the Holy Kingdom in front of the giant castle suddenly changed color.

The lone sinner, a Gold-ranked mage, clutched his chest in agony. Then, with a deafening roar, flames of fire, as powerful as a burning city, erupted from his chest. The ultimate weapon, combined with the ultimate bullet, shattered his heart and burned his chest cavity to ashes.

"Who's firing!"

Another Gold Sorcerer was shocked and enraged, but only a second muffled thud responded to him.

The Lone Sorcerer's head suddenly exploded, blood mixed with bone fragments flying everywhere, and the cracking sound of the domain core shattering rang out. When he returned from the brink of death, his face was filled with extreme fear.

"help me……"

Boom!

In an instant, two more explosions occurred inside his body, and the Lone Sorcerer collapsed and died.

On the giant castle, before the Silver Academy students could react, one of the enemy's strongest fighters had already fallen.

The old priest felt a chill run through his body; this invisible attack was directly acting within him, and he had very few means of defense.

"Who is it? Step forward!"

The theocracy's sorcerers besieging the castle were in chaos. The gold-ranked storm sorcerer looked around frantically, searching for the attackers, but all he could find was a gloomy and eerie forest.

On the giant castle, the one-armed commander of the Seventh Legion seized the opportunity, raised his Mind Image Armor - Radiant Splendor with one hand, and drew back the bowstring with his teeth, a giant bow almost as tall as a man. He condensed a violent and powerful arrow that could shatter armor, intending to shoot down the enemy's Gold.

But in the next moment, his head and heart suddenly exploded, and the sound of his domain shattering rang out. Even in the previous deadly battle between the two sides, he had not suffered such severe injuries.

As the Seventh Army Commander returned from the brink of death, before he could fully regain consciousness, the seventh bullet struck. The echo effect activated, releasing double armor-piercing damage into his brain. His head instantly shattered into a bloody mist, and even his soul was annihilated.

Three kilometers away, Jiang He put away his revolver.

The ability to fire and hit is dependent on a hidden condition: aiming and hitting the target must take into account the shooter's field of vision. With the support of the All-Seeing Eye, one can directly see and hit the prey's vital organs, making the kill even more lethal.

Seven shots were fired, killing two Gold Sorcerers—a remarkable achievement. However, neither of the Sorcerers, as the prey, showed any joy whatsoever.

After the Seventh Army Corps commander was shot, the cadets and soldiers who had been cheering froze. The shooter might not have been a friendly force, which made the psychological fear of the enemy being judged from afar also descend upon their own side.

"What's going on? How come the legion commander got attacked too!"

"It's not an empire, it's not a theocracy, it must be those beasts from the End Times Society!"

"What should I do? I don't want to die like this, so confused and clueless!"

The situation has become delicate.

Jiang He pushed the incineration bombs into the chamber one by one, while sending a friend message to the old priest.

[Mo Ke: What's inside the castle?]

[The old priest: It's you!?]

[The old priest: There are no weapons in the castle. This is the dwelling place of the Slothful Abyss. It's in a coffin on the first floor, and it's awake, but it just doesn't want to move.]

Jiang He fired four shots in a row, using up a total of eleven premium bullets.

Bang bang bang!

The Storm Sorcerer, who was trying to retreat in front of the castle, was attacked repeatedly. His head and heart exploded twice in succession, and he finally died tragically.

[Mo Ke: Who found this place? Don't tell me someone's luck is so good that they just stumbled upon the core of the Dark Forest.]

[The old priest: It looks like Green; he's unconscious.]

Just as the two sides were exchanging intelligence.

Following the guidance of the Life Butterfly, the three Ash Duchesses arrived around the castle.

When they crossed a certain boundary, the ground within a radius of a hundred miles suddenly shook violently.

Inside the castle, the Sloth Abyss Ghost, resembling a young boy, lay idly in a coffin with his eyes open. He wasn't incapable of moving; he was simply too lazy to do so. Surrounded by an inertial defense, it was difficult for ordinary gold-level beings to penetrate. This had been going on for decades.

But in an instant, the hemispherical atonement ritual outside suddenly contracted, turning into a cage that ignored the inertia defense and was engraved on the Sloth Abyss Ghost, like red-hot iron chains binding it.

The ritual to suppress hatred and sin was like poison to the Abyss Demon. The Slothful Abyss Demon's eyes were bloodshot, veins bulged on its forehead, and it unleashed a piercing scream that shook the very soul.

As if obeying the command of the Creator, with the castle as the origin, all the black trees within a hundred miles turned into ashes and nutrients, causing a pure black barrier to rise, tightly covering the area above, below, left, and right, as if creating a forbidden zone.

The Lazy Abyss Demon prepared to get up and kill all the intruders who disturbed its daze.

Before the forbidden area was fully formed, Jiang He flashed three times in succession, collecting the remains of the three golden corpses. He did not hesitate to activate God Hunt, Night Hunt, and Time Rift to absorb the heart's blood at the fastest speed, raising the blood poison to LV75.

The moment he returned to his original position, a notification sound rang in his ears.

[Note: Your energy and stamina recovery rate has reached zero]

[Note: Teleportation is prohibited in this area]

[Note: Perception-related abilities are prohibited in this area]

[Note: Flying abilities are prohibited in this area]

[Note: Jumping between life levels is prohibited in this area]

[Note: Communication features are disabled in this area]

At the same time, on the edge of the forbidden area.

Without warning, the bald woman and the handsome young man attacked simultaneously, their gauntlets and spears striking the Ashes Duchess's back together.

At the critical moment of life and death, the Ashes Duchess's expression changed, and she decisively activated the Oathbreaker and the Oathbreaker Pact, which increased her physical strength by 200% and stunned the handsome young man for 0.5 seconds.

The bald woman grinned maliciously and swung her fist, smashing her prey's upper body to pieces with the aid of the Mind Image Armament: Fist of Ten Thousand Armies.

Duchess Ash was sent flying, crashing through the castle wall, and the shockwave pulverized more than a dozen Silver Academy students.

The situation changed suddenly.

The old priest, who was exceptionally perceptive about life and death, immediately realized that this was a trap.

The atonement ritual on the Sloth Abyss Ghost disappeared. Even though there were intruders everywhere, as long as it wasn't disturbed while it was daydreaming, it had no desire to attack and instinctively lay back down in the coffin.

At the other end of the forbidden area, a man and a woman walked side by side.

The woman was stunningly beautiful, leaning against the man's shoulder. Both were middle-aged, but showed no signs of fading beauty. The woman held a heavy hammer, while the man carried a long sword, both exuding extraordinary power.

"Chief Inquisitor of the Holy Kingdom..."

"The leader of the Church's Redemption Corps..."

Cold sweat dripped from the old priest's forehead.

If someone hadn't killed the three of them at an incredible speed, then in the worst-case scenario, this trap would have been led by the strongest one, assisted by six ordinary Gold Saints, and suppressed from multiple angles by the Sloth Abyss Demon.

Such a display of force is definitely not aimed at me.

The sword-wielding man had blond hair, resembling a lion in its prime. He looked at the tall, slender young man and laughed, "Showing off your sharpness isn't always a good thing. There are countless people who want you dead. Coincidentally, I am one of them. The Imperial Sword doesn't belong to swordsmen. Isn't it a case of a pearl being covered in dust?"

Jiang He stretched out her palm, her four fingers curled back, and said calmly, "Come."

The old priest clicked his tongue in amazement. It was like teasing a cat or a dog. When it came to provocation, even if he racked his brains, he probably couldn't match what this person did so casually.

Duchess Ash pushed herself up, ignoring the blood spilling from her mouth. She glared hatefully at the woman beside the leader of the Redemption Guild, her eyes brimming with murderous intent.

The hundreds of Silver-ranked warriors on both sides of the forbidden area fell silent, realizing that the most important thing right now was not victory or defeat, but how to survive in the chaotic battle of the Gold-ranked warriors.

Ding!

The leader of the Redemption Guild raised the Undying Sword in his hand.

The Sorcerer of Slaughter specializes in killing and slaughter. The Slaughtering Demon, under contract, has long been cultivated by the Theocracy and has already risen to a higher position than the Blade Demon.

Chapter 421 Domination of the Battlefield

boom!

A dazzling slash, hundreds of meters high, erupted from the ground.

The sword light was so swift that time seemed to stand still.

Jiang He's expression turned solemn. With the help of three speed-based abilities, she dodged to the side and moved a thousand meters horizontally.