Chapter 341 Deadly Cut
"Great Witch Doctor, good news! The pagans have opened the pass, and the beast trainers have detected them and started to retreat."
Somla, who was sitting on the bluestone, stood up and shouted to the leader of the beast trainers, "Go check again and report back!"
He turned his head, calmed down and said:
"Solo, contact the Mind Flayer possessed in the enemy city to confirm whether anything has really happened there. I want the result before midnight tonight."
"Yes, sir. I'll do it now," Solo took the order and left.
Although he already had a guess in his mind, Somla still wanted to confirm it.
He has been the tribe's chief witch doctor for more than fifty years. He has always been full of energy and his reputation in the tribe has been growing.
A few years ago, he received revelations from the gods in a dream, and his reputation reached its peak. Everyone in the tribe was in awe of him.
He felt that he was the man of destiny and that he would be able to lead the tribe to regain the land of their ancestors and make the name of the Kurud tribe spread across the continent again; he would be able to restore the glory of the gods and make the pagans crawl and tremble in the shadow of fear.
Somla used the secret techniques bestowed by the gods to greatly enhance the strength of the tribal warriors. Originally, third-level extraordinary people were very rare in the tribe, and he was the only strong man who had entered the silver level.
After using the secret technique, the tribe added eight silver warriors and dozens of third-level transcendents in a short period of time.
Before setting off, he used up all the materials that the tribe had accumulated over the years, and used the secret art of flesh and blood alchemy to obtain dozens of two-headed chimeras, making the tribe's power unprecedentedly strong.
I thought that with their strength they would be able to easily wipe out the enemy like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and then use war to support war and spread the glory of the gods across the continent.
If the ideal is a plump, charming and beautiful woman, then the reality is a skinny, dry and malnourished refugee.
He never imagined that he would encounter great obstacles when leading his entire tribe to break out of the Andes Mountains. This period was the most frustrating time for him.
Who would have thought that their camp would be discovered by the pagans in the middle of a snowy day? What happened next seemed like a nightmare.
The Chimera troops were almost wiped out, six Silver Warriors were killed, and even two Soul-Eating Jellyfish that came to support were killed by the enemy. The tribal warriors' originally high morale instantly fell to the bottom.
Among the fifth-order creatures, the Soul-Eating Jellyfish was definitely one of the best, but it was killed instantly. To be honest, his ambitions, which were as raging as a prairie fire, were extinguished in an instant, as if he had encountered an extreme cold storm.
People only have one life, and once they die, they are dead. They still have a bright future.
Somla paced around the bluestone with his hands behind his back. The changing expressions on his face showed that he was not as calm as he appeared.
With the flapping of his wings, Crown's figure dived down like a streak of golden light.
He saw that the protective magic circle of the church area had been activated, and the defensive magic circle of the Holy Fire Cathedral had been activated. A light shield like a flame guard enveloped the church.
Have things gotten this bad? Crown landed at the edge of the cathedral district and entered the city through the entrance of the sheltering magic circle.
The protective array will form an all-round defensive maze that cannot be entered from other locations unless you choose to storm it, but doing so is equivalent to attacking the entire array.
Even as strong as he was, he was powerless in the face of such a large formation. After all, the protective formation was one of the foundations of a divine church.
"Bishop, you are back!"
The priest guarding the gate recognized Crown. With his shining golden armor and a pair of rose-gold wings, everyone in the church knew who this person was.
The priest's originally worried expression immediately regained his confidence, and the title of a fifth-level transcendent obviously gave him reassurance.
Crown nodded in response, then spread his wings and flew towards the Holy Fire Cathedral.
The defensive array of the Holy Fire Cathedral has a no-fly function, and he landed at the gate of the cathedral.
Bishop Pazzini and Bishop Will were in charge of guarding the gate. When they saw the golden figure descending, their solemn expressions suddenly relaxed a little.
Both bishops are from Daniel's line and are die-hard fans of His Holiness the Pope. However, in the current situation, the one who can give them a sense of security is not the Pope, but the bishop in front of them.
The record of killing the fifth-order soul-eating jellyfish was so dazzling that they had also asked the Pope's attendants and confirmed that the record was true.
What is the best way to calm people's hearts in troubled times? Of course, having strong people to rely on.
Pazzini took two quick steps forward, bowed slightly and said, "Your Excellency, you have had a hard journey! The Archbishop is currently receiving treatment at the sanctuary, and he has asked you to see him as soon as you return."
Klauen nodded slightly and asked, "How is the Archbishop's injury?"
"The skull was scratched, the right shoulder blade was shattered, the left arm was broken, the back was scratched, five ribs were broken, and the spleen and lungs were severely lacerated."
After listening to the other party's description, Crown had a general idea in his mind.
He breathed a sigh of relief. The archbishop's injuries were serious, but for the physique of a fourth-level transcendent, as long as he could recuperate for a period of time, the possibility of recovery was still very high.
"I'm going to the sanctuary. See you both later."
"goodbye."
Will retracted his gaze from looking at Clown's back and said softly, "If Bishop Clown had been in charge of exterminating the evil beast at that time, he would not have been injured and would have been able to eliminate the target in the opposite direction."
He paused, lowered his voice and continued, "Do you think it is possible for Crown to become the next Pope? His Majesty Osman has nominated him as a candidate for Pope."
Pazzini shook his head slightly. "Your Majesty is only training him as a candidate. Without more than ten years of experience as a cardinal, he cannot become a candidate for the Pope."
"Do you want him to be Pope?"
Pazzini did not give a direct answer, but said leisurely: "I hope the most powerful person in the church will become the Pope."
He touched the holy emblem on his collar, which was engraved with a burning flame, just like his mood at the moment.
The more desperate the world is, the more people hope to have strong people to follow, because that can bring them hope.
Clown placed the holy emblem in the depression of the stone door of the sanctuary and activated the magic circle, but the door did not move at all, and he frowned slightly.
After a few seconds, the door rumbled open.
He walked in and found that there were not many people inside, only Flanders, Purinton, two bishops and several second-level female priests.
Two wounded men were lying on the bed, with a few streaks of bright red blood on the thin white quilt.
The archbishop's exposed body was wrapped in bandages, and the air was filled with a strong smell of medicine.
Daniel stepped forward and said, "For the Archbishop's safety, we have locked the sanctuary from the inside."
He felt complicated. On the one hand, he was happy to see his opponent, whom he had fought for many years, in trouble. On the other hand, he was scared. The death of the silver-ranked warrior made him realize that danger was approaching.
If it were in the past, he would have thought of replacing Flanders if he was injured, but now he has no such thought at all. It is too dangerous.
Clown nodded slightly and asked:
"How are they doing now? What kind of treatment are they receiving?"
“Fortunately, the archbishop had some water of life, and their injuries have been basically stabilized.
The archbishop's broken bones were fixed using secret techniques, the best secret medicine was applied, and the wounds were sutured.
The healing spell that speeds up recovery is released every hour, and they are fed a little holy water every half hour.
However, healing spells will consume some of the injured person's vitality. Given their current condition, I think it is better to use them less.
Now that their injuries are stable, I plan to reduce the frequency of healing spells to once every two hours.
Lord Purinton's injuries were less severe than the Archbishop's, but both of them had lost too much blood and would need some time to recover."
Clown approached the bed where the Archbishop and his companion lay, and seeing that they were breathing evenly, he nodded gently, "You don't need to cast the healing spell. I still have some water of life here."
As he spoke, he took out two rune crystal bottles and handed them to Daniel.
The bottle is filled with emerald solution, which gives people a vibrant feeling from the appearance.
"Great! With the water of life, their recovery will be much faster."
Daniel took the Water of Life and handed the Rune Crystal Bottle to the priest next to him, explaining, "They are priests who specialize in healing arts. Their secret arts can unleash the full power of the Water of Life and avoid wasting such a spiritual object."
Clown felt itchy when he thought about the fact that he didn't have any healing skills.
However, only priests can release this kind of secret art, because holy power is needed to activate the secret art.
He decided to go to the library later. His life energy was special and contained some healing power. He wanted to see if he could use the life energy to stimulate the secret healing technique.
The priest poured out half of the water of life into a fist-sized azure bowl with wood texture shaped like annual rings.
Then she began to release her secret spell, and the water of life in the bowl actually rippled in waves along with her spell, just like a spring breeze rippling the calm water of a lake.
Daniel spoke again: "This bowl is made from the branches of the golden apple tree, the sacred tree of the Church of the God of Life, and is infused with the Church of Life's special spell.
Even ordinary water poured into it will have magical powers.”
A priest gently pried open Flanders mouth, and another poured the water of life into his mouth. Crown saw the archbishop swallow the water of life naturally.
Not long after taking the water of life, the archbishop woke up slowly.
He glanced around, and when he saw Clown, he showed a trace of relief: "You're back."
His voice was weak, as if just speaking had taken up a lot of his energy.
Crown took a step forward and bent his back.
"It's good to be back. I'm becoming more and more useless as an old guy."
Flanders took a deep breath, held the hand that Crown handed over, and continued:
“The evil beast was very powerful. After a few of us were injured, no one went to chase the injured female beast that escaped.
Although Audrey was only slightly injured, she was no match for the monster alone, and she was not a member of the church, so I did not force her to give the order.
You need to do this quickly. We have found that the growth rate of evil beasts is amazing. As long as there is enough food, they can advance quickly.
If I had searched as soon as Londo asked us for help, things wouldn't have turned out the way they did and Cavendish wouldn't have died.
But there is no regret medicine in the world, we must kill the evil beast as soon as possible, every day we delay, more people will die as a result. "
"Leave it to me," Klauen said softly, but his tone was full of murderous intent, "I will take care of it quickly."
“I don’t doubt your ability. After all, you are a strong man who can kill two fifth-level soul-devouring jellyfish at the same time. I am worried that some evil beasts will escape.
If an evil beast escapes into the wild and reproduces, within a few months, a large army of monsters will be reassembled."
Clown gave him a reassuring look: "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
Flanders nodded slightly and said, "Daniel has all the information about the evil beasts. You can ask Audrey for help. She lives in my mansion now."
"Take good care of your injuries. I'll be back soon."
"May the Lord of Fire protect you."
"The Lord of Fire protects you and me."
Daniel bowed and said, "Sir, please follow me."
Whitechapel, in the underground passage.
Daniel smiled bitterly and said:
"Now there are flying objects constantly investigating these channels, and we have drawn a map that covers most of the pipelines.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
However, the damage rate of flying artifacts is very high, and there are still a large number of evil beasts lurking inside. Many evil beasts like to hang out above the passages and wait for prey. "
The passages here are well-developed, which greatly increases the difficulty of clearing out the enemies.
The original operation failed at the last moment, and the cleanup forces had to be reassembled.
Audrey looked around the passage and added:
"I found that the evil beasts are very smart and have a strong learning ability. The failure last time will increase the difficulty of our elimination.
In addition, the passage is filled with the body fluids of evil beasts, which greatly affects our spiritual acuity, making it difficult to spot the evil beasts that are staying motionless in a corner."
Daniel exhaled softly, "Sir, you can't just take a few of us with you. We must gather a large force and clear it out bit by bit so that no one slips through the net.
I will now go and gather the troops and notify the City Hall and the Warlock Brotherhood to cooperate."
"No, you guys don't need to follow me."
As Clown spoke, he was still wearing the alloy armor, and in his hands he had a shield and a bronze sword. Both weapons had golden light shining on their surfaces, which was the golden light covering them after leaving his body.
"I will kill the most powerful evil beasts, and then you can gather your troops. This way, the safety factor will be much higher and unnecessary casualties will be avoided. You just stay on the ground."
After saying this, he released the golden light to protect his body and the Heart Purifying Mantra, and then flew up in the passage.
The passages opened up by these evil beasts are not low and do not affect flight.
"It should be difficult to find the target evil beast, right?"
Daniel murmured as he watched the golden light fade away.
"Perhaps fifth-level extraordinary people have their own unique methods. Never doubt the means possessed by the strong." Audrey had no worries. She was very happy that she didn't need to follow up on the adventure.
Klauen first released Bullet Time, activated the 5% speed-up mode, and then activated Breath of the Flame Dragon. The dragon soul was summoned and moved along with his body.
Every time he came to a fork in the road, he would stop and release time to go back and correct the direction of his pursuit.
With such special powers, he can observe the movements of evil beasts as easily as reading lines on the palm of his hand. The only drawback is that he needs to absorb the spiritual essence of the golden spirit coins every once in a while to ensure that there is enough sand of time in the hourglass of time.
He was flying at an extremely fast speed, and occasionally he would pick up the bronze sword and release a wind-slashing attack. Then an evil beast would fall from a hidden place and break into two pieces on the ground.
None of the evil beasts he encountered could stop his attacks, and they all died.
When Crown encountered several evil beasts that released a storm of blades, he paused.
The evil beast was turned into pieces of meat in the sword storm, but its red-yellow body fluids dripped onto the alloy armor, making a "sizzling" sound.
He hurriedly shook off the body fluids that were stained on him, and the corroded areas on his armor turned black.
Through the Fire Cube, Crown could feel that the iron essence in the charred area had actually been corroded a little.
The Fire Cube is a fourth-level spirit controller, and the strongest of these sneak attacking evil beasts is only a third-level extraordinary creature. The essence of iron was actually corroded, which means that the acidity of the evil beast's body fluids is stronger than he expected.
He became alert in his heart. If the essence of iron was corroded too much, his time to devour the essence of metal would be wasted.
Clown released the time reversal, and the images of time flowing backwards flashed through his mind as quickly as turning the pages of a book, and he felt more and more surprised.
Evil beasts seem to have their own language, and they can convey information through sound.
However, he saw the evil beast that ambushed Cavendish in the picture.
This evil beast is much larger than other evil beasts, with many spikes on its body and its surface covered with strange patterns.
What he didn't notice was that a cloud of black smoke was forming in the shadows behind him.
Almost at the moment when the black fog appeared, a red wolf-like creature leaped out of the smoke and pounced on the back of his neck. Its interlaced canine teeth emitted a cold light in the darkness. The Tindalos hound that ran out of the Lingxu revealed its hideous side.
When the Hound of Tindalos pounced, Crown noticed it, but the enemy was so fast that it was at his back before he could react.
This thing is not an evil beast. Clown became more alert. He released time stillness without thinking, and then released the time clockwork force field.
At the same time, he adjusted his position and slightly turned sideways to observe the situation behind him. He saw a blurry group of wolves pounce on him, and he immediately released the Cross Slash.
A strange feeling arose in his heart. He always felt that looking at the attacker was like looking at flowers in the fog, with an absurd sense of being separated by something.
The Hound of Tindalos felt the threads of time spreading around its body, binding it tightly, and then it also felt a strong force of interference, as if it was trapped in the quagmire of time. For a moment, it was a little dazed.
However, when it saw the red light on the golden sword piercing its forehead, a mocking sneer appeared in its eyes.
A wolf's face showed a variety of expressions, which was really scary.
The enemy could actually use the power of time to suppress its attack, which was something the Hound of Tindalos had not expected. It seemed to be still in the air, but in fact its body was in a time turbulence.
However, the enemy's attack did not contain much power of law, and it was impossible to break through the fog of time and attack its body.
Once it breaks free from the thread of time, the enemy will die.
Although the attacker did not move at all, Crown felt that the restraints of time were beginning to loosen.
Then he saw the Hound of Tindalos continue to lunge forward, biting at his throat.
The duration of time standing still was wrong, more than half of the normal duration. Crown's precise grasp of time enabled him to detect the problem.
Then he saw the bronze sword actually pierce through the enemy's body, but there was no feeling, as if it was not a solid object but a realistic 3D image.
At this moment, the fangs of the Tindalos Hound were only seven or eight centimeters away from his throat.
Clown did not continue to release time stillness. Firstly, that would consume too much of the sand of time. Secondly, he did not know how to deal with this strange creature. He needed to think briefly about how to break the impasse.
Danger was like a sharp sword, stimulating his body.
He saw that the enemy's blind red eyes were filled with bone-chilling coldness, like the eternal ice and snow on the top of the Andes.
The Hound of Tindalos showed astonishment on its human-like face as it found that its sure-fire attack had come to nothing and the enemy had suddenly disappeared.
Klauen had already released a void rift to get behind the attacker. His position at this moment was at the same point in time as before, so he was able to avoid the enemy's attack.
Sword skills didn't work, the weapon couldn't even hit the target, and he knew that the shield's defensive function would most likely not be effective.
Therefore, he directly transformed the bronze sword and shield into metal streams and put them back into the Fire Cube.
If physical attacks don't work, I'll use spells. I'm a jack of all trades, I don't believe I can't defeat you.
He suddenly took a step forward, and mysterious golden lines spread from under his feet. The golden light field was filled with the aura of the Sun's True Fire Law, which spread to every corner and permeated the space within a hundred meters.
He raised his palm, lightning flashed, and palm thunder was sent out.
When the Hound of Tindalos discovered that the enemy had escaped, it immediately turned around and pounced on it again, crashing head-on into the lightning net.
However, the palm thunder still failed to shatter its support, and the time turbulence on its body transmitted the attack power into the unknown time fog.
The rose-gold wings flashed, and Crown continued to release palm thunder while dodging the enemy's attacks.
He didn't know what means the enemy used to resolve his attack, but he understood that the enemy's use of ability could not be without cost.
When the fourth palm thunder hit the target, the enemy's ever-changing outline became real, as if it was originally observed through a dirty glass that had now been wiped clean.
After the time turbulence protecting its body was broken, the Hound of Tindalos immediately thought of temporarily avoiding the attack.
This innate spell is very powerful, but if it is broken by other laws, it will take time to release it again.
Although this time is very short, only one second, with the ability shown by the opponent, he will definitely be able to seize it.
What's more, he actually felt an extremely strong pressure from the dragon soul, which meant that without the protection of the time turbulence, the dragon soul would pose a strong threat to him.
The Hound of Tindalos did not hesitate at all. A large amount of black mist floated from his body and he pounced towards a shadow. As long as his body blended into the darkness, he could hide temporarily.
However, it found itself entangled by the thread of time again just as it leaped into the air, and was bound tightly.
When Crown discovered that the awkward feeling on the target disappeared, he immediately released Time Standstill. At the same time, he released Palm Thunder again.
This time, the palm thunder actually hit the target, causing damage to the enemy's tail, and the entire buttocks of the strange creature were blown black.
He felt more confident and a blue weapon appeared in his hand. He also adjusted the bullet time to a 25% amplification mode.
He wielded the wrath of thunder into a brilliant galaxy, and the secret art of cutting the wind triggered countless afterimages that attacked the enemy one after another.
The Hound of Tindalos realized something was wrong when its body was restrained again, and it risked getting injured to re-activate the time turbulence.
In an instant, it was chopped dozens of times from skull to tailbone and cut into dozens of pieces.
The Hound of Tindalos succeeded, and the temporal turbulence was reactivated. It also failed, and when the temporal turbulence was activated, the body had been cut.
(End of this chapter)