Ash and the others have been very careful.
They knew that the Four Pillars Cult was the enemy, so they stayed far away from the Four Pillars Prison; they prepared to retreat more than half an hour in advance; they did not believe in the words of the Mercury Trojan Horse...
But they didn't expect that the Mercury Trojan did not deceive them in its actions, nor did it even conceal any key information.
It was the sky she deceived.
The cult camp outside the city used miracles to influence the celestial phenomena, making the people in the city mistakenly believe that it was not yet dark.
To put it simply, this was just a trivial conspiracy, but it brought devastating disaster to Ash and his friends.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, there are many miracles that temporarily change the celestial phenomena. Whether it is the Blood Moon, Gospel or Senluo, there are Feng Shui masters who specialize in learning to adjust the weather. Otherwise, the main contradiction in Senluo should be a resource contradiction rather than a religious contradiction.
Although Senluo is a wasteland apocalypse, there is no shortage of food, and greenhouse farms can be seen everywhere. Even if the fantasy creations inside have become ineffective, seeds and other things are still there. After two hundred years of slow learning and transformation, although Senluo has not recovered to the "great material abundance" of the Gray Fox God Age, it is still no problem to produce 10,000 kilograms per mu, otherwise the various sects would not have bought "incubators" to increase their troops.
On the other hand, despite having no shortage of food and a constant source of life, the Senluo sect has not been able to restore its civilization, and its population has not exploded. This shows how intense their wars are on a regular basis.
War, heritage, green disasters... human lives here are like straw, they will fall when the wind blows, and they will fall even when there is no wind.
Faith is the wheel of history, and death is the wear and tear of the axle.
Ash and the others clearly knew that the main theme of Senluo was life and death in a day, and they also knew that Mercury Trojan was a person who would do anything to achieve his goal, so why did they fall for it this time?
Because the price paid by the Mercury Trojan this time still exceeded the limits of Ash and others' imagination - those were four Sanctuary magicians who could possess gods!
Even if one person leaves early, there are still three left!
At this point, Ash and the others naturally would not doubt whether there was Silver Lamp in the Three-Pillar Prison - if the Mercury Trojan went to so much trouble just to trap and kill Ash, it would be tantamount to helping Silver Lamp and giving up its own tactile throne!
If you calculate carefully, it seems to be a good deal. Three Sanctuary Magicians in exchange for the deaths of Ash, Silver Lantern, Igula, and Harvey, and Tamashi as a gift. Three for five, it is simply a glorious victory.
But the problem is that Mercury Trojan's enemies are not only Ash and Silver Lantern, but also the Qinri Alliance!
There are many sects in the Qinri Alliance, and their combined overall strength is bound to surpass that of the Four Pillars Divine Religion. It's just that they are struggling among themselves, like the Eighteen Princes, which gives the Four Pillars Divine Religion the opportunity to grow and develop.
There are only eight Saint Domain magicians in the Four Pillars Divine Sect, including Mercury Trojan himself. The death of three people here is equivalent to the loss of half of the high-end combat power. The Qinri Alliance was ready to make a move. Now that the Four Pillars Divine Sect is seriously injured, how could they not take advantage of the situation?
By doing this, Mercury Trojan is equivalent to cutting off its own arms, giving the Qin-Ri Alliance the confidence to unite and invade!
But soon, Ash realized his misunderstanding: Why did he think that Mercury Trojan Horse cared about the life and death of the Sanctuary and the size of the Four Pillars Religion's territory?
Is it because in the past half month, the Mercury Trojan Horse never allowed the Sanctuary Magician to fight against the Silver Lantern?
Is it because the "light-extinguishing plan" proposed by the Mercury Trojan always guarantees the safety of the participants?
It was because Mercury Trojan acted so normally that everyone almost forgot that she was not only a rebellious careerist, but also a...evil god with the touch!
"I don't know if Tamashi has told you that I never lie."
The darkness was like a torrent that submerged the city. Mercury Trojan deliberately let himself fly higher than Ash and his companions so that he could look down at these poor people who were about to be swallowed by the dead city. "But it's not that I don't lie, but I only lie to the dead."
"Because this way, there is no need to make up for the loopholes of the lie afterwards, let alone deal with the consequences of the lie." She said: "Reality has proved that my caution is meaningful - over the years, I have only made one mistake. Although that one time created a nightmare that I am afraid of all day long."
"Lies must be ended with death." She said, "I finally don't have to worry about losing the favor of the four pillars of gods, and I won't hear the sound of sharpening knives at night anymore."
Harvey didn't want to tolerate her, and he directly atomized and split a ghost claw to grab her. Mercury Trojan didn't resist, but just had a slightly mocking smile on his face, as if asking Harvey if he hadn't eaten.
Igula glanced at the completely dark night sky and asked: "Do you have a way to rescue your Sanctuary Magician?"
"There is no other way. If there is a way, it means you also have a chance of survival. I never doubt the vision of the Four Pillar Gods. Ash and Silver Lantern are definitely human miracles who can survive any crisis and be reborn." Mercury Trojan smiled and said, "You may be worried about how to deal with me, but I am also worried about how to deal with you."
"As long as I can completely eliminate you and Silver Lantern, why would I be reluctant to sacrifice a few Saint Domain magicians?" She said, "When the prophecy of Silver Lantern sneaking into the City of No Disaster came out, I knew this was my best chance."
"Although the Four Pillars Cult is powerful, it is not enough to annihilate you and Silver Lantern, not to mention that you may become touch at any time and steal my authority."
"I have to thank Yin Deng for being so well-behaved." Mercury Trojan's voice became softer and softer: "Perhaps she also realized that although the Four Pillar Prison can last for 30 minutes without anyone, because it is a rootless source, she only needs an instant burst to easily break the prison... She thought this was just another test, another encounter."
"You are the same. You don't think this is the final battle, and you don't think you can catch the silver lantern. You are not underestimating the enemy, but you understand the enemy's strength too well and believe in your own strength."
"You have been the strong ones for too long and have forgotten how the weak ones survive."
Ash said, "Why do you make it sound like you're a weakling?"
"I have always been a weakling," said Mercury Trojan, "a weakling who cannot survive without relying on others... That's why I became Touch."
Her body trembled slightly, and her voice became intermittent: "The dead city will be completely blocked, and my sense of touch cannot extend here... Well, goodbye everyone."
She looked at Black Crow: "Tamasi, is there anything you want to tell me?"
"Yes," Black Crow said, "but I will save it until the next time I appear in front of you. If possible, it would be best to say it while stepping on your face."
"I see..." Mercury Trojan smiled and said, "To celebrate, I will apply a facial mask tonight."
"Farewell, Crow Killer."
After a few seconds, the mockery and arrogance in her eyes disappeared, replaced by fear and panic.
Igula approached her, and confirmed by some miracle, the fraudster shook his head and said, "There is no mercury horse inside."
Ash was alert to the surrounding situation: "She said that the blockade of the dead city would prevent her sense of touch from extending into it... Indeed, if anyone could observe or even control the people in the dead city from a distance, the secret of the dead city should have been solved by the magician long ago, instead of becoming an unsolved mystery."
"But she has deceived us once. This may also be her lie. We cannot rule out the possibility that she will come again." Harvey handed the sorceress to Black Crow with his mist claws. His movements were very smooth and natural. "Here."
Although the necromancer would not deliberately help Tamashi's revenge, he would not prevent Black Crow from venting his anger. Things like tearing up the Mercury Trojan Horse's leather suit would naturally be enjoyed by Black Crow, who has a deep hatred for him.
The sorceress did not beg for mercy or say anything harsh. She lowered her head and looked at her chest. It was only her slightly trembling shoulders that silenced Black Crow for three seconds.
However, Black Crow slowly raised his hand and gently pressed it on her head. Everyone knew that Black Crow only needed to exert his strength to easily tear apart all the tissues and organs in her brain, leaving her body intact except for bleeding from seven orifices.
"etc."
The person who spoke was not Ash, not Black Crow, and certainly not Harvey.
Igula flew to the sorceress, lifted her chin, brushed away the strands of hair in front of her eyes, and stared into her brown eyes. "What's your name?"
"Gwen." Her voice was trembling. "Gwen Morningstar...but now it's just Gwen."
Those who leave the sect cannot continue to use the religious surname. In theory, all the followers of the Four Pillars God Sect should change their surnames to Four Pillars God, but the Four Pillars God does not seem to have the habit of being a father.
Igula asked, "What is your position in the Four Pillars?"
"Agent." She said, "An agency directly under His Majesty, responsible for supervising the administrative situation in various places and... responsible for the arrival of His Majesty's will."
"In other words, you know a lot about the inside story of the Four Pillars Divine Religion?"
She didn't answer, nor did she deny. Igula straightened up and said, "Harvey, let her go. Now that we have broken with the Mercury Trojan, we should also know the enemy's intelligence... I will be responsible for digging out her secrets."
Ash blinked his eyes, and suddenly said in an angry voice: "No! What if the mercury Trojan Horse falls on her again? There is no need to carry this invisible bomb, just kill her now and be done with it!"
"I am her jailer and she is my prisoner. If the Mercury Horse comes again, I will be responsible for killing her." Igula said calmly: "I can tell whether she is Gwen or the Mercury Horse."
"You don't need a complete person to interrogate secrets, right?" Harvey said, "At least there's no need to keep the limbs, right? The eyes and nose are a bit redundant, right?"
"Yes, yes." Ash chimed in, "It's not like we don't have the means to treat her. Why don't we disable all her abilities first and then treat her after we leave? Besides, the Four Pillars Cult members are all a bunch of lunatics. If we don't let them feel the pain, how can they be willing to reveal their secrets?"
You guys are having a great time, right... Igula had a headache and was too lazy to talk to them. He just stared at the Mist Claw. The sound of swords rang in the air, and then Harvey's Mist Claw was cut to pieces. He put his arms around Gwen's waist and said, "You are a prisoner now, do you understand?"
Gwen nodded silently, spreading her gold and silver wings and following Igula.
Igula naturally didn't really want to interrogate for any intelligence, they just saw that Black Crow couldn't do anything with the temporary suit of 'Mercury Trojan Horse is no longer there'.
If the Mercury Trojan Horse was still there, Black Crow would never hesitate; but if the Mercury Trojan Horse was gone, Black Crow would hesitate.
If he really wanted to kill Gwen, he would have reached out and shattered her brain tissue long ago. He would not have raised his hand slowly like a fairy tale villain.
But Black Crow cannot let Gwen go on his own initiative, not only because of the principle of "Black Crow sue death", but also because he cannot let Mercury know that he will be soft-hearted.
Only a tyrannical and cruel black crow can make the Mercury Trojan Horse afraid, while a soft-hearted black crow will only make the Mercury Trojan Horse laugh in his dreams.
In this case, Ash and his friends can only be the good guys, and Igula's reason of "interrogating intelligence" is the most appropriate. Don't say that Igula and his friends said something horrible, as if they would break Gwen's legs if she dared to run away, but in fact, it was just to give Black Crow an excuse not to take action.
In fact, as long as Gwen spoke quietly and didn't disturb others when she left, everyone would pretend not to see her.
At this time, the three-pillar prison not far away finally collapsed, and three Sanctuary magicians soared into the sky. When they saw Ash and the others, they immediately rushed over.
"Your Majesty, isn't it still more than half an hour before dark?"
When they got closer and saw Gwen, they immediately knew that the Mercury Trojan Horse was gone. With a panicked look on his face, he asked, "Messenger, did the Lord leave any message? Don't worry, we will rescue you right away!"
"We are all Saint Domain magicians, so stop deceiving yourselves, right?" Igula sneered, "In order to completely eliminate us and Silver Lamp, your lord Mercury Trojan decided to bury you three together. Don't you feel honored that you can become the cornerstone of Mercury Trojan's great cause? When she achieves success and fame, she will definitely not forget your contributions!"
The Holy Domain magician was shocked. They were not fools and they had already guessed the truth in their hearts.
Rushing over to find the Mercury Horse now is just praying for an impossible miracle.
Only one person shouted angrily: "You are lying! She must have a way to leave the dead city, hand her over!"
As he spoke, he raised a fox-shaped Dafa, as if he was going to transform into a spirit. Ash immediately revealed his transformation belt, inserted the Transcendence Prison Dafa card, and prepared to fight them!
However, nothing happened.
Ash didn't transform into the Beyond Infernal Dragon Knight, and the other party didn't use the Four Pillars God. The other two also changed their expressions and quickly took out their own magic, only to find that the magicians were motionless and had no reaction at all, just like they had turned into dolls.
Will the night mechanism of the dead city block Dafa?
However, their magical powers and magical spirits can still function normally, and simply blocking the Dafa does not have much impact on them.
"Hand her over, otherwise you will still be——" The Divine Sect's Dafa was ablaze with flames, "There is no escape!"
He stretched out his hand and clenched it, and a huge black flame spiral sword shot up from his hand, cutting through the entire night! His flame was not black, but he combined the space faction with the fire faction, allowing each flame to burn the space all the time, so that the light of the flame could not pass through the space cracks at all!
There is no doubt that if the flesh is stained with these black flames, it is impossible to extinguish them. It will devour all enemies like burning through space! Even if you attack the Holy Land, the black flames can stick to the outside of the Holy Land and consume magic power continuously. If the magician moves, it will consume more magic power!
Miracle: Sky-fire!
The other two Sanctuary magicians also took action immediately, cooperating with the Fire Sanctuary to kill Ash and his group!
One of the Saints held his hand to his mouth and blew gently, blowing out chaotic wind and light gray gas. Once the Saint was hit by the wind, countless ripples would be set off to accelerate the consumption of magic power; once the Saint came into contact with the light gray gas, it would stick to the outside and block the view!
Miracle, evil spirit!
The last Saint was holding a spear. He was not as fancy as the first two. He just thrust forward silently.
Then, he stabbed out thousands of bloody spear shadows, like a barrage of bullets that drowned Ash and others!
Miracle: Bloody Scene of Flowers!
It can be seen that these three magicians of the Divine Religion are all experienced combat magicians. They each have a miracle targeting the Holy Land, the purpose of which is to consume, hinder, and imprison the existence of the Holy Land!
The power of the sanctuary lies in its perfect conversion of magic power into life value. Before the magic power is exhausted, the magician is almost immune to all damage. Whoever can exhaust the opponent's magic power first will win in the end!
Facing the strong attack of black flames, wind, and gun shadows, Ash quickly increased his altitude to dodge, threw a dagger to the ground, and then called out the "Heart Sword", drawing a circle in front of them extremely quickly, leaving a circular sword mark!
The next second, a warm yellow circular barrier suddenly appeared in front of them. Even though it was immediately torn apart by the black flame and wind gun shadows, it was quickly repaired and blocked, reducing the intensity of the attacks of the three Sanctuaries by 90%!
This is the new miracle that Ash created under the guidance of Sword Princess, combining "Heart Pen", "Sword Body Barrier" and "Love Sword" - "Wall of Heart"!
No matter what pattern he draws, it can become a medium for the "Sword Barrier" to form a defensive wall, and the strengthening effect of the "Sword of Love" is also useful for physical miracles - he discovered this when he accidentally used a "Sword of Love" on his stand - plus he has the blessing of the fantasy power, all the magic spirits can play a three-wing effect, the strength of the "Wall of Heart" exceeds that of the Sanctuary, but the consumption is lower than that of the Sanctuary, and it can recover quickly. It is a sure win to use it to defend against attacks!
As Ash defended, the Trickster and Necromancer's counterattacks followed.
Igula stared at the three opposing sanctuaries, and sharp sword sounds burst out in the air, creating ripples on their sanctuaries!
Miracle · Visualization overlap!
Now in Igula's sight, the area around the Holy Land of the Cult was not empty, but there were thousands of "Asher" attacking them, so there were the sounds of swords, and ripples were created by the slashing of their holy land.
This is the "overlapping visualization" attack method: the Trickster can preset a set of "Ash's current attack" templates through daily visualization, and when needed, directly overlap them with the enemies in reality, thus turning visualization into reality and creating the effect of "countless Ash attacking the enemy".
Some people may wonder, if you are going to fantasize anyway, why not fantasize about a more powerful template?
There are two reasons. First, if the magician does not have enough understanding of the template, the damage will be greatly reduced. For example, Igula can imagine a dragon breathing fire, but the effect can only roast Lala at most. Second, if the template in reality becomes stronger, the effect of "visualization overlap" will also be enhanced. In other words, if Ash's combat effectiveness is improved, Igula's miracle will become more ferocious.
Ash was the only person Igula knew who was willing to show off his strength without reservation, and Ash's upgrade speed was as fast as Tamashi's combat power. Using him as a template was both the only choice and the best choice.
When Igula was showing his power, Harvey had quietly merged with Alice and turned into a ghost king who was neither alive nor dead.
Although this body is cold and fiery, I still look forward to the time when it will burn out.
His right hand misted into a huge skeleton dragon head, and then sprayed forward, spewing out a dark green tide of aging mist!
The dragon lich is localized!
Although Harvey has not yet fully unlocked the penultimate unit of the "Ghost King Shackles", the "Dragon Lich", the partial limb grafting can already be used in actual combat. The Dragon Lich is a sanctuary-level unit, and its "Aging Breath" is comparable to the golden river water, which can make everything age rapidly!
The magicians of the cult took the damage from Igula and Harvey with their sanctuary, and their expressions were very embarrassed. Ash was responsible for defense, Igula and Harvey were responsible for attack, which was equivalent to each of them paying one part of their magic power; but the three of them had to attack and use the sanctuary for defense, which was equivalent to paying two parts of magic power.
Although the accounts were not calculated in this way, it was still uncertain what would happen if a real fight broke out. After all, Ash and the other two had just been promoted to the Holy Realm not long ago, and they certainly did not have much magical power. But everyone realized that they would not gain any advantage in a fight.
So they all retreated to a safe distance at the same time. The two sides looked at each other, and the Fire Blessing Sanctuary said, "Return the messenger to us."
It's not handing over, it's returning. Using this word already shows that they want to talk about reason, not fists.
Igula almost agreed immediately. After all, they didn't need Gwen and wanted to find a chance to get rid of her. Now that the Fire Buff Sanctuary needed a step down, they could also get rid of this burden they had picked up. Why not?
However, Gwen still hid behind Igula, her hands tightly grasping his sleeves. Although she said nothing, this time she raised her head and stared at the Trickster. Her eyes reminded Igula of those dirty stray cats and dogs.
I don’t like pets... Igula subconsciously looked at Ash, but found that Ash was looking at him quietly.
The team's diplomatic power has always been controlled by Igula, and Ash listens to him on matters like this.
No, Igula thought, when he did not make a decision immediately but looked at Ash, he actually just wanted to get the support of the cult leader so as to shift the blame.
So...it's all Ash's fault.
In front of Gwen's uneasy eyes, Igula grabbed her arm and said to the Pyromancer Sanctuary in a tough tone: "This is the prisoner and intelligence source we captured. We can't just give it back to you like this. When the Mercury Trojan broke with us, we were already hostile. You actually want to take away our spoils?"
The Fire Buff was hot-tempered and seemed to want to fight again after hearing this, but the Wind Buff stopped him: "If you want to fight, leave the Dead City first. It's been so long and there's been no movement in the Dead City. Maybe there's still a chance to leave—"
"There's movement," Harvey said. "The shelter effect is gone."
Everyone was stunned, realizing that although a battle had just broken out, it did not trigger the time-slowing effect of the "Shelter".
Although the danger had not yet arrived, a feeling of uneasiness lingered in everyone's hearts. Ash and the others immediately flew out of the city. The three members of the Fire Buff Sanctuary looked at each other and followed them from a distance.
Soon, they came to the edge of the dead city and encountered an invisible air wall - no matter how they flew, they could not break through the edge.
The magicians of the Sanctuary naturally did not believe it and tried to use this miracle to break through the barrier. Even Black Crow tried it with the Gray Fox Blade, but to no avail.
Ash touched the air wall and found that it was not 'hard', but 'slippery'. When they flew over, it was not like a mosquito hitting the glass, but more like encountering a smooth slope and sliding back.
This feeling reminded Ash of the slope at the end of the golden river in the underground of Nightfall...
"Oh, right," he immediately realized, "Where's the silver lamp?"
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