Chapter 352: Escape
Osman felt as if the sun was blocked by a dark cloud, and the light immediately dimmed.
The corners of his eyes twitched violently, and he sensed a deadly danger spreading towards him.
The darkness seemed to have opened a hole in the bottomless abyss. The powerful attraction made it impossible for him to maintain his balance and he was involuntarily sucked into the black hole.
After a moment of surprise, Osman regained his composure. After more than a hundred years of career as a Pope and the vast amount of knowledge he had acquired, combined with the outburst of the two laws of power just now, he immediately understood the current situation he was facing.
This is the annihilation force generated by the collision of two opposing laws, representing the ultimate silence and destruction.
There were relevant records in his knowledge base, and similar scenes had occurred many times when the Sun God and the Moon God fought.
As this thought flashed through Osman's mind, his body had been sucked to the edge of the expanding black hole, and half of his arm had disappeared.
Behind him, the two faceless men were also pulled by this overbearing vortex of laws and flew to a position level with him.
There was a hint of madness in Osman's eyes. A white bone knife stabbed out from his other arm and cut off the arm that was being pulled. Then he leaned back slightly and slapped the backs of the two faceless men hard.
The borrowed recoil force gave him a chance to catch his breath.
The two faceless men who were used as springboards were swallowed up by the boundless darkness before they could make any sound, just like a stone falling into a deep pool without splashing even a wave.
Osman's body turned into a ball of fire emitting the law of explosive fire, and he fled desperately.
This ability is called Fire Leap. It can utilize the element of holy power to transform the body and use the power of the law to achieve the effect of rapid movement, as well as the flash ability of warlocks. It is an ability that only the fifth-level priests of the church can use.
Under normal circumstances, this skill was as fast as lightning, and it could move a distance of ten to twenty meters in the blink of an eye. But now it was flying out slowly, as if it was cast under a slow-motion spell.
"Hurry up, faster, faster."
His heart was beating rapidly and Osman kept shouting in his mind. He had never expected that he, who was at the top of level five, would be forced into this situation.
Crown knew the range of the black hole. He saw that although the enemy was slow, he was gradually escaping from the black hole's death space. So he activated the void rift twice in succession, bypassing the black hole and coming in front of the enemy.
At this time, as long as he can slow down the enemy's flying speed, he can naturally kill the enemy.
He took out two more talismans, but before he could activate them, he found that Osman's speed suddenly increased, as if he had escaped from the gravity of the black hole and was fleeing away from him.
Osman's body was seen flashing red light, and he moved about 20 meters in space. The enemies kept using fire jumps to escape quickly.
'You can't let the tiger go back to the mountain.'
Crown knew in his heart that if he failed to capture the enemy this time and left him hiding in the dark, the threat he would face would be very serious.
His wings flapped suddenly and he chased forward.
Osman was helpless against this kind of annihilation attack. He was so frightened when he saw his opponent take out something that could create an annihilation attack that he fled forward without sparing his holy power.
When he turned his head and saw the enemy chasing him, he immediately released a ring of fire. A circle of red fire elements spread out in all directions with him as the center.
Dust and debris were scattered everywhere, as if there was a sandstorm.
This skill is used to shock away approaching enemies and apply a fire shock effect. If you are hit head-on, you will most likely be stunned by the shock.
Clown had previously looked through all the fifth-level secret arts collected by the church in the library, and he had wanted to try whether he could practice them himself.
He recognized the skill and immediately released Void Rift, allowing him to dodge attacks while moving forward.
Seeing that he was able to dodge the attack and get closer to him, Osman's eyes revealed cold murderous intent.
This enemy's abilities are very comprehensive. Not only does it have powerful attack methods, but it also has displacement techniques, and these techniques actually ignore the effects of range skills.
You should know that although the Ring of Fire does not seem high, the surging power of fire actually blocks the air and forms an invisible elemental wall. Ordinary displacement skills cannot penetrate the Ring of Fire at all.
Like a flame jump, it cannot pass through the blockade of the flame ring and can only be dispersed.
After continuous use of Void Rift and the consumption of bullet time, there is not much sand left in the hourglass.
This was the moment when he used the moonlight to restore his spiritual power. Facing the ring of fire that was surging again, he had to temporarily avoid the edge and use his wings to fly in the opposite direction.
When the ring of fire completely spread out, the flying dust obstructed Crown's vision, and he could only barely make out that his opponent had escaped to the prayer hall of the church.
Klauen activated the Breath of the Fire Dragon, and violent power brewed in his fist. When the power accumulated to a critical point, he took a step forward and slammed his fist into the ground.
He never thought that the first time he used Lushan Shenglongba in actual combat was to "remove dust".
I saw a new round of "sand storm" sweeping away the dust, and visibility improved a lot in an instant.
When his vision returned to normal, Crown flapped his rose-gold wings and rushed towards the prayer hall.
"Hiss," Osman sucked in a breath of cold air. The wound on his arm was corroded by the strange power of annihilation, and the dripping blood turned into black liquid. You know, he cut off a piece more because he was worried about the sequelae.
He gritted his teeth, raised the bone knife again, and chopped off the entire arm.
"Huh!"
Osman let out a low roar, and the cold sweat on his forehead kept dripping like a stream.
Seeing the flowing blood return to its normal color, he gritted his teeth, and then activated the life source stored in his body.
After the wound felt numb and itchy for a while, a new arm quickly grew out.
He clenched his fists and felt the abundant power. He bared his teeth and said fiercely: "Crown, I will remember you."
Osman walked through the wall and came behind the statue of the Lord of Fire. He opened a mechanism in a secret location and then used the Pope's seal to activate the magic circle.
"Activate defense mode and attack any incoming enemies."
As he finished speaking, flames lit up in the eyes of the statue, and a mechanical voice sounded: "Received the order, destroy the invaders, the magic circle is activated."
The huge statue, whose height was not far from the dome, started moving and moved forward with heavy steps.
The statue moved away, revealing a round metal plate engraved with a sophisticated magic array.
Osman took off his holy emblem and placed it in the groove in the middle of the stone slab, and the rune lines of the magic circle lit up one by one.
The metal plate quickly shrank, revealing a narrow passage with torches still glowing inside. He jumped in without hesitation, and then the metal plate returned to its original state.
When Crown stepped into the prayer hall, he just caught a glimpse of Osman entering the underground passage, and the stone statue of the god actually rushed towards him waving a weapon.
"Intruders discovered, elimination plan executed."
In the hall, the Hermes language was heard.
Clown glanced at the magic circle on the ground that was stained with a thick layer of blood, caught a glimpse of the broken limbs and flesh in the corner, and looked at the stone statue of the god rushing over. He felt that everything that happened here was so absurd and ridiculous.
"Intruders discovered, elimination plan executed."
The stone statue roared again and rushed forward, wielding a stone weapon that was flashing with flames.
In the middle of the chest of the stone statue of the god is the core of his magic circle. Clown has used the wrath of thunder to shave off the place, leaving only a thin layer of stone wall, and the spiritual light of the magic circle can be vaguely seen flashing inside.
Amid the clear sounds of the dragon soul and dragon roars, Clown suddenly jumped up, twisting his body in the air to avoid the holy sword wielded by the stone statue, and then hit the stone statue's chest with Lushan Shenglongba.
He landed smoothly on the ground, naturally bending his legs to relieve the impact.
The core of the magic circle was shattered by the violent force, and the stone statue stopped moving. Without the protection of the magic circle, the stone statue began to fall apart.
First the head, then the limbs. As pieces of the body fell off, the stone statue fell to the ground with a loud bang, smashing into a thick pool of blood.
At this time, Flanders walked in. When he saw Crown slowly standing up and the broken statue, he couldn't help but cry out in sorrow: "Holy Lord of Fire."
The statue in the prayer hall is the largest statue of a god, forged using the holy power of fire and living stones. In the hearts of believers, praying to the statue is equivalent to talking to the god.
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The statue that witnessed the establishment of St. Peter's Basilica collapsed, and a corner of his heart seemed to collapse as well.
Clown stood up and faced Flanders, saying, "The statue saw me as a bandit, so I didn't hold back."
How could he just take a beating without fighting back? Besides, although the statue was huge, its movements were very agile. If it had gone crazy and attacked him, he would have definitely turned into a pool of meat paste if he hadn't been more skilled.
Flanders sighed and said:
"I know the situation of the statue. Only the Pope can activate it. Have you seen Osman?"
"Yes," Crown nodded.
"What happened to him?"
"He was contaminated. There were obvious signs of contamination on his body. I couldn't be sure if his consciousness was his own."
"That makes no sense. How could one be exposed to a source of pollution in St. Peter's Basilica? Could it be that we were framed by some secret entity?"
Flanders scratched his head, he really couldn't figure out the reason why the other party was contaminated. Although he didn't like many of the other party's decisions, Osman still made certain contributions.
It is an indisputable fact that the church is prospering under the leadership of the other party.
“Perhaps, it was Osman who took the initiative to leave the church and be exposed to pollution.”
"What do you mean?"
Klauen's eyes became sharp, and he said softly:
"Osman has become a fifth-order extraordinary person, and he is the best among them. Otherwise, he would not be able to escape."
Logically speaking, Osman should not be able to advance to the fifth level. This abnormal situation fully demonstrates that Osman has a lot of secrets. He must have used these secrets to enable himself to reach the advancement standards, but later some mistakes occurred and he became a contaminated evil creature.
Clown dared to conclude that the church's soul detection array must have lost its effect long ago.
Flanders was stunned, trying to digest this shocking news. So, Osman had deceived everyone!
After a brief silence, Clown pointed to the innermost passage of the hall and asked:
"Do you know where that secret passage leads to?"
Flanders came back to his senses and shook his head slowly. "I don't know. Only the Pope knows this kind of secret. As far as I know, there are three secret passages in St. Peter's Basilica. Where they lead to is highly confidential. No one knows except the Pope."
Clown raised the Thunder Fury and ran to the back. He activated the life energy and broke the magic circle in a short while.
The weapon passed through the metal plate, but it felt like there was something behind it.
He twisted it hard and cut the metal plate into pieces. Without the protection of the spell, the plate was no different from rotten wood to him.
Flanders came over, saw the stone behind the metal plate, and said:
"It should be some kind of mechanism. If I'm not mistaken, the passage has been completely blocked.
The secret passage is used for escaping, and setting up traps to block the road can stop the pursuers behind. "
Clown shook his head. It seemed that he could not catch up with Osman. He turned his head and said, "Why are you alone? Where are the others?"
"They are all in the side room. There are too many evil beasts. We tried our best to kill them, but we lost four people and two are seriously injured. Those who can still fight, please keep watch on the wounded. I'll see if there's anything I can do to help you."
Flanders paused and continued, "I plan to wait for the others to rest for a while, and then start searching for survivors."
Only with more help can the church be rebuilt faster.
Clown nodded and said, "Just do it. Now take me to see the wounded. I've recently taken some time to study the Wind of Healing, and now I can use it as a healing priest."
He has already upgraded Healing Wind to the third level, which should be stronger than most healing priests.
"It's great that you can use the Wind of Healing," Flanders said, the sadness on his face fading a little. "Archbishop Martin is seriously injured. Do you have any Water of Life that can be used?"
Clown took out a bottle of Water of Life from his space ring and handed it to the other party: "You can take out another one."
He left one as a spare so that if he was seriously injured one day, he could use the water of life to recover quickly.
"By the way, how do you plan to deal with the current situation? The Pope's defection will have a huge impact on the reputation of the church."
“The first priority is to clear St. Peter’s Basilica, then search the neighborhood and reorganize the Crusader forces.
In addition, we must elect a new pope as soon as possible to stabilize the situation.
Crown, in this critical moment, you can no longer shirk your responsibilities."
Crown waved his hand and rejected the proposal:
"Forget it. As Pope, I simply cannot spare enough time to handle church affairs. Instead of throwing the work of handling church affairs to others, it is better to let someone else be Pope.
But according to the canon of the church, I am not qualified to succeed the pope."
He doesn't want to be Pope. This position has little appeal to him.
(End of this chapter)