Heart of the Castle

Chapter 865 When the Holy Spirit Comes, a Confrontation of Wills

Kerlin Hugo let out a scream that was close to a moan. He couldn't see the invisible fingers piercing his head, but he could feel the sudden pain flooding his mind. It was an indescribable pain, like a burning pain. The red iron rod pierced through the cracks in the skull, scorching the brain and drying the blood, and a pure killing intent pierced the soul.

The acting captain realized almost instantly that he was in mortal danger. He struggled desperately, twisted his body, and wanted to open his mouth to call for help... Everything was fine, but the ghost of Pope Nicholas used another invisible Covering his open mouth with his hand, he sealed Kerlin Hugo's final wailing in his throat.

After an interval of at most three heartbeats, Kerlin Hugo's struggling and breathing stopped, and the dark blood flowed down from his ears, nose and eyes, but his body did not fall down, but began to collapse. Trembling at a very high frequency.The ghost of His Majesty Pope Nicholas chanted strange sentences in a low voice, as if praying for the light to come, but every word was soaked with darkness and filth from the abyss, and golden mist began to emerge in Kerin? Around Hugo's head, and then slowly seeped into his bloody mouth.

Just as the trembling of the corpse gradually stopped, the bulkhead next to Kerlin Hugo was suddenly broken by a dazzling golden sword light. Pope Nicholas almost instinctively dodged to the other side of the corpse, but the sword light The sharpness was beyond his expectation, the corpse was easily cut in half, and the blade continued to move forward, piercing the chest of Pope Nicholas.

In the next moment, Chenxi's vindictiveness exploded, like a miniature golden sun suddenly lit up from under the bow deck of the Judgment of Light, the golden light tore through the darkness like countless invisible sharp knives, killing the ghost of His Majesty Pope Nicholas Cut to pieces.

"I've got you, devil." A cold and heartless voice came from the hole in the bulkhead, and then the figure of Chief Ingram appeared there. He didn't even look at Kerlin Hugo's death. Glancing at the miserable corpse, his eyes swept across the dark night sky, and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.

On the top of the holy mountain hundreds of miles away, His Majesty Pope Nicholas shook his body suddenly, and blood shot out from his nostrils, which immediately stained the white beard on his chin red.

"What a terrifying sword..." Pope Nicholas' voice was hoarse and ugly, and the blood was faintly visible between the gums. It was obvious that the trauma to his soul had been reflected in his body, "Ingram Siegfried, I underestimated you... But, just relying on the strength of Chen Xi's fighting spirit, can you really seriously injure a Holy Spirit?"

Following His Majesty the Pope's complex gestures, the bowl of soul placed in front of him suddenly burst with a piercing sound, and the golden liquid contained in it spewed upwards, as if forming a small golden fountain .

Chief Ingram's heart trembled slightly. Although his eyes could still only see the dark night sky, a strange feeling suddenly hit his heart, as if danger was approaching from an untouchable place.However, when Chief Ingram was concentrating on preparing for defense, he found that his body didn't seem to have any warning response.

This situation is very abnormal.Ingram raised his long sword flat, and the golden battle qi flame slowly burned on the blade, and the vigilance in his heart had been raised to the highest level.

The Knights of the Sword of Condemnation is one of the four major apologist knights of the Glory Temple, and it is also the most frequently dispatched one. Due to its rough style, it adheres to the iron law of "only dead heretics are good heretics". Every action of the sword set off a bloody storm on the mainland, creating a great reputation.Ingram started as a trainee guardian knight, accumulated merits and reached the throne of the chief commander. Naturally, he also experienced hard battles that ordinary people could hardly imagine.

Difficult battles honed a far sharper intuition than ordinary legendary powerhouses, especially when it comes to danger. Even Ingram once used this ability to successfully avoid a legend before he was promoted to a legend. The assassin's assassination, and beheaded him under the sword.

However, now, Chief Ingram's mind is constantly sending out warning signals, but his body does not feel any strange feeling. The surrounding environment is so peaceful that he feels as if he is bathed in the warm midday. The illusion in the sun, every muscle relaxes involuntarily, even though the mind is sending waves of warnings...

In the void that cannot be observed by the naked eye, invisible forces gathered from all directions, forming a small vortex, and the soul of Pope Nicholas slowly condensed into shape in the vortex.Since his soul was not built with negative energy, the burst of Chenxi battle qi did not cause too much damage to him, but only slightly shocked his original strength.

The soul of Pope Nicholas looked at his fully recovered body with satisfaction, and then floated down without a sound. His fingers stretched out again, and the fingertips were as sharp as blades, shining with pure golden light.Evil and holiness are twisted together to form the current appearance of Pope Nicholas, which makes people feel extremely weird.

"Ingram Siegfried... It's been hard work for so many years. More than a dozen sects have been destroyed in your hands, and the hands stained with the blood of innocent people still want to continue to bloom pure Is it the light? What a stupid choice...Your way, stop here!"

His Majesty Pope Nicholas murmured silently, his ten fingers continued to stretch, and the fingertips slid to the forehead of Chief Ingram little by little, without any fluctuation of strength, touched, and then...

There is no more.The sword light suddenly appeared on the chest of Pope Nicholas, and penetrated deeply, exactly the same place as the last time.His Majesty's eyes showed a look of astonishment, but without hesitation, he suddenly closed his hands, intending to pierce Chief Ingram's forehead with his sharp fingertips.

Grabbing his sharp fingers into the air, Commander Ingram moved so fast that even his thoughts could hardly catch up, and he slid back in front of Pope Nicholas.After a breath interval, he backhanded his sword again, separating the sharp claws chasing in the air.As if understanding the small mistake last time, Commander Ingram did not burst out the power of Dawn Dou Qi in vain, but formed a deadly steel storm with delicate steps and sword skills.The sword edge slashed across the soul body of Pope Nicholas again and again, but apart from bringing a slight distortion and fluctuation, it did not cause any substantial impact on the Holy Spirit.

His Majesty Pope Nicholas laughed silently. He no longer even tried to avoid the slashing and stabbing of the long sword, allowing his illusory body to be pierced by the sword again and again.Under the state of the holy spirit, he can still use many powerful divine spells, but for the head of Ingram, who is a fanatic, the effect of divine spells is far less than the threat of those sharp claws, and It also consumes a lot of light source power that makes up the body.

After several consecutive melee attacks were blocked, Pope Nicholas raised his height with a sneer, and then swooped down like a shooting star.This attack almost worked. One of the Holy Spirit's fingers almost touched the forehead of Chief Ingram before being blocked by the long sword by a hair.

Chief Ingram's breathing became a little heavier, but his footsteps were still not messed up. He retreated cautiously step by step, and swung his long sword dozens of criss-crossing strikes in an instant.However, it had no effect on the Holy Spirit. Pope Nicholas once again broke through the barrier of the blade, and this time he came closer. His fingertips brushed against the forehead of Commander Ingram, and immediately let the legendary apostolic knight His expression was startled, and his movements were also sluggish for a moment.

This moment is deadly enough, if His Majesty Pope Nicholas can seize the opportunity.This shouldn't have been a problem originally, but the Holy Spirit also stopped moving at this moment, and until Chief Ingram woke up from the phantom of the light boundary, the Holy Spirit was still unable to move.

"It's actually... the little god's presence technique? Reincarnation of the Holy Spirit!" When Chief Ingram woke up, his expression became very ugly, and the sword pointed straight at the faint halo in front of him. "The reincarnation of the holy spirit is said to be a legendary divine art that surpasses the ninth energy level. Only clerics above the cardinal can practice it, and in the current Glorious Temple, there are only two suspects... So, are you a holy man?" ? Bogdan, or... His Majesty Pope Nicholas?"

The Holy Spirit did not answer the question of Chief Ingram, but instead asked in an ethereal and holy tone, "How did you find me? No power of light attribute can kill the Holy Spirit... let alone restrict The action of the Holy Spirit, this is... what's going on?"

"I didn't find you, but my sword felt your killing intent." Chief Ingram explained in a cold tone, "As for why you can't move, is it that my willpower is so weak until After dozens of hits to your body, still can't affect your soul core?"

On the top of the holy mountain hundreds of kilometers away, His Majesty Pope Nicholas showed an expression of enlightenment, "So..." The enlightened voice came from both his mouth and the Holy Spirit's mouth at the same time, "I was negligent, it was a confrontation of wills Make me lose... Ingram, your sword is indeed powerful, but it is still nothing in front of pure light!"

With a burst of ominous laughter, the Holy Spirit's body suddenly swelled up. Originally, it was only a faint pale golden halo, but in the blink of an eye, it formed a huge, scorching golden light ball.

Seeing that the diamond sandalwood deck under his feet was also melted by the heat of the light ball, although Chief Ingram still had doubts about the identity of the Holy Spirit, he did not dare to wait any longer.A sharp arc flashed, and the expansion of the Holy Spirit's body suddenly stopped, and then countless small cracks burst out from the inside to the outside, and the crisp sound like crystal cracking resounded through the sky above the Judgment of Light.

The holy spirit, which has lost its core restraint, turned into countless bright golden rays of light, but unlike the self-explosion just now, these golden rays of light no longer have the terrible scorching heat and lethality, and are not much different from ordinary sunlight, except that The hidden light power is purer.After witnessing this miraculous scene, many Condemned Knights who heard the sound couldn't help gesticulating with the sun and praying in their mouths. Some of them burst into tears, and some even prostrated themselves on the ground. .

Only Chief Ingram looked at the gradually dissipating golden light with a stern expression. The long sword in his hand trembled slightly, and a drop of golden liquid was slowly dripping along the blade.

At the same time as the Holy Spirit was being wiped out, a furious roar resounded through the sky over the Pass of Desperation. "Damn the gods! It's Nicholas...how did Nicholas' aura disappear?" This voice didn't sound like Charlemagneton, the only surviving lord of terror among the seven lords of the abyss, but a bit like the mad battle lost in Tarlon Fortress Lord Ramston.Many demon leaders looked up at the sky in surprise, but they saw nothing except the sky full of stars.

Those who can know the truth are limited to a very small number of noble abyss lords. Of course, Charlemagne and Shakross are among them. In fact, when the roar came out, they were talking with the abyss lord Amur Hydras to discuss the next step. way of doing.Just when Shakros timidly proposed a new plan, the plane projection of the abyssal monarch suddenly distorted, and then there was a roar that resounded through the night sky.

"Nicholas?" Shackles and Charlemagne looked at each other, and they both saw the astonishment in the other's expression, "Could it be the legendary pope from the Temple of Radiance? Didn't he stay on the holy mountain all the time, as a Is the puppet of His Majesty the Great Sovereign manipulating everything in the Shining Temple? How could it suddenly fall?"

"Your Majesty Amur Hydras," Shakross bowed respectfully under the illusory body formed by the gray haze, "something happened to Pope Nicholas, and it is obvious that there is a serious problem inside the Shining Temple. Whether it is the puppet's Our identities have been exposed, and there are still ambitious people vying for power. When the news comes, the defenders of the fortress in front of us are bound to be in chaos. It seems that the time for us to break through the Tarlon fortress is just around the corner. Maybe as long as we launch another violent attack tomorrow, we will be able to... ..."

"Shut up! You idiot who doesn't know anything!" Although the pitch of the Abyssal Monarch's roar has been lowered, the anger contained in it has not diminished, "Do you think... do you think Pope Nicholas is just an ordinary puppet? Without the cooperation of Pope Nicholas, how can I draw strength from the faith of the Lord of Radiance, Flandara? These powers of faith can only flow into the void of nowhere!"

Shacklesh's body suddenly fell even lower, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, I didn't know that the matter was so serious..." His voice rose again, and his tone regained some of the calmness he once had, "But this Firstly, we have to destroy the fortress in front of us in order to gain the chance to regain the upper hand... As long as we successfully destroy the resistance of the Radiant Alliance, even if Pope Nicholas has indeed fallen, there are so many bishops who are greedy for life and afraid of death in the Radiant Temple. Are you afraid that you won't be able to find a replacement puppet?"

The plane projection of the Great Monarch of the Abyss lowered his head, with a thoughtful expression on his face.Time passed minute by minute in silence, and it was not until 5 minutes later that he raised his eyes again, "There is some truth in what you said, Shackles. But from the beginning of the war to the present, under your ingenious planning, the devil The loss of the army has exceeded one-fifth, and the life and death of Ramsdon, the lord of the berserk war, is still unknown, and morale is even more worrying. What do we need to do now so that we can regain the upper hand?"

"You have to do it yourself, Your Majesty, this is the only way to regain victory now." Shackles replied loudly, "It can make Ramsdong, the mad warrior who personally leads hundreds of mad warrior guards, silent The disappearance of the Griffon Knights is more powerful than we know. Al Yaf, the president of the Erudite Guild, once told me personally that Levi Ston has a lot of talents under his command, and it is very likely that he still has us An unknown legendary powerhouse."

Amur Hydras clearly showed a hesitant expression on his face, "My plane projection is not stronger than that of the berserker Lord Ramsdong, and if it falls, it will cause short-term disorder of the main body... Only the real body comes Only on the main plane can I exert my full power... But after igniting the divine fire, any action my real body takes will consume the power of faith. Once I fight with all my strength, the consumption will be very huge. Obtaining the legacy of the Lord of Radiance The power of faith required for a priesthood is greater than I imagined, and if too much is consumed, the day of becoming a god will be far away."

"But we have no other choice, Your Majesty." Charlemagne the Dreadlord added in a deep and deadly voice, "After nearly a week of bitter fighting, Fort Tarlon still stands before us, and yesterday's The failure made the morale of the humans guarding the fort even higher, and I believe that even if Ramsdon, the lord of the berserk war, is still there, it will be difficult for us to quickly break through the defense of Fort Tarlon."

"And there is no benefit in stalemate now." Shackles spread his hands helplessly, "Your Majesty, as you just said, after losing the puppet of Pope Nicholas, the prayers of the glorious believers can no longer continue to serve you. Increase the power of faith. In this case, indecision can only make the situation worse. The Knights of the Sword of Condemnation are probably on their way to Tarlon Fortress. Together, we may lose the chance to break through Tarlon Fortress forever!"

(End of this chapter)