Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

It was indeed the "Hidden Elder" Baberon!

In the mist, there seemed to be siege weapons such as artillery hidden. The black gun holes blasted out deadly fire streams, interweaving a scorching fire curtain in the air!

The speed of the fire stream was extremely fast, and the sound of breaking through the air resounded through the sky, and the surrounding air continued to vibrate violently!

The soldiers guarding the city tried to adjust the artillery to fight back, but to no avail.

When the artillery shot from the top of the city hit the fire stream, it disappeared all the sound like a fly flying into the fire, and it couldn't even stop their momentum.

——Boom! Boom boom boom!

In an instant, dozens of fire streams had hit the city wall heavily, and a vibration like a landslide came from bottom to top, and the defenders on the city wall suddenly fell down in a mess.

Just on the city wall below, dozens of extremely deep pits were blasted out by the fire stream shot out from the mist. Fortunately, the walls of Red Maple City were thick, so there was no serious collapse.

But the foundation of the wall had been loosened. If Baberon and his artillery fired three more rounds, the wall would inevitably collapse inward, and its defensive significance would be gone.

Lord Nelson also stumbled, and Luo Xiu reached out to support him in time, so that the "lord of a city" did not fall down.

"Thank you, Lord Luo Xiu."

After Lord Nelson stood firm again, he patted the dust off his body and thanked Luo Xiu.

"It's the 'hidden elder' Baberon..." Luo Xiu frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Then where is the 'executioner' Koros?"

In Luo Xiu's prediction, since Baberon had launched an attack on Red Maple City, Koros would also take action on another battlefield.

The infiltration ability of the "Executioner" of the Dark Principality is very terrifying. Even if they do not have the same number of troops as Red Maple City, it is easy for a few extraordinary people to hide their breath and mix into the city, creating huge damage from the inside.

This was clearly felt by Luo Xiu when they repeatedly bypassed the Red Maple City's vigilance and destroyed the church, the border court, and even the Fangbeiyuan station.

On the other hand, on the open gravel plain below, even without the army, the "Hidden Elder" Baberon still ordered his "Magic Puppets" to attack the city, which made Luo Xiu suspicious.

It didn't seem to tear open the city for the army, but rather it seemed like some kind of containment - because the impact of the collapse of the city wall was far-reaching. In Red Maple City, the extraordinary people of the border court, the church, and even the Fangbeiyuan could never ignore Baberon's actions and would definitely pay attention to it.

And the most suitable people to come to defend against Baberon's offensive were the generalists of the "Fangbeiyuan".

They do have the means to temporarily reinforce the city walls. Even though their fate level is not as good as that of the saints, the short-term defense is enough.

And the "Great Alchemist" Elvan and the "Great Rune Master" Eureka are also the two people in the entire Red Maple City who can theoretically exert the strongest combat power. Relying on the spirituality transformed from the mechanical core hidden in the "Tower of General Knowledge" in the Square Monument Courtyard, they can control almost all the puppets in the Square Monument Courtyard to the maximum extent, and compete with the real "saints" with the host advantage.

Obviously, Baberon is deliberately forcing the generalists of the "Square Monument Courtyard" to give up this "host advantage".

This is the battlefield game between Koros, Baberon and Red Maple City - whether to give up the city wall or give up the defense inside the city, no matter what choice they make, it will have a great advantage in the future actions of the Black Army.

Luo Xiu thought about these things quickly in his mind. At this time, Baberon's next round of attack was still gathering strength, so Luo Xiu turned his head and looked at the direction of the "Border" in the city.

Sure enough, not long after Baberon's second round of bombardment ended, several deep red lights and fires broke out at the far end of the city.

"Border" was attacked! And the enemy's offensive was particularly fierce, which had triggered the internal defense mechanism.

At the same time, Luo Xiu's spirituality suddenly felt a violent tremor, and the church's "Great Sun Shining Gold Barrier" was also attacked, but it was still solid.

Now, Luo Xiu was faced with two difficult choices - before Elvan and Eureka appeared, he would stop Baberon's offensive outside the city on their behalf; or give up here and rush back to the city as quickly as possible to help the border fight against the "Executioner" Koros.

But soon, Luo Xiu didn't have to worry about these anymore.

At the end of his vision, a few blue figures flashed by. The two generalists from the "Fangbei Courtyard" had led the sorcerers to the top of the city.

Erfan and Eureka finally chose to give up the "host advantage" and went to the top of the city to resist the attack of Baberon.

When he saw the two generalists, Luo Xiu nodded to them slightly to show his greetings.

"Lord Luo Xiu, you are here too." Irfan also nodded in response, and then asked, "Is that Baberon? Eureka and I heard the sound of the 'City Annihilation Cannon Puppet'."

"Thank you for coming to support, the two adults of the 'Fangbei Courtyard'."

The Lord of Nelson greeted the two knowledgeable people from the side, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face, and asked, "City Annihilation Cannon Puppet? What is that?"

"That's a puppet." Irfan replied, "and it's a mass-produced 'Madness'-level puppet."

"The only purpose of their creation is to attack the city. Even the shape of this kind of puppet is designed for this purpose - their main body is a slender barrel, which contains complex alchemy and rune technology, which increases its destructive power to the extreme."

"And precisely because of this, their bodies are extremely fragile and often require the cooperation of other golems to protect them. If it is not the occasion of siege, alchemists usually will not spend resources to cast them."

"It's just that I always feel that these 'City-Destroying Cannon Puppets' seem a little different..."

Irfan frowned, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong - maybe it was because the power of the 'City Destroyer Cannon' was a bit abnormal, but he had no time to think too much.

At the next moment, at the end of Luo Xiu, Erfan and Nelson's vision, a dazzling fire suddenly flashed.

In the mist in the distance, dozens of fire streams rose into the sky again, tearing the sky and roaring towards the city wall!

Seeing this, Irfan skillfully took out a dark blue magic crystal from his bracelet and threw it in the direction outside the city wall.

The crystal emits a constantly changing light, and suddenly bursts into pieces in mid-air, and wisps of blue light are pulled away from the fragments.

The light band continued to diffuse, spread, and rush to all directions, eventually forming a huge blue light curtain that could cover an entire city wall.

The roaring fire quickly hit the light curtain, and the explosions of "Boom, Boom--" resounded continuously, and the huge impact caused violent distortions in the surrounding air.

Above the light curtain, the azure surface also continued to ripple like water due to the strong impact. Cracks appeared and spread from it, and from time to time, rustling and slight breaking sounds were heard.

Soon, all the fire streams bloomed on the light curtain, and none of them fell on the city wall behind.

Until all the fire flow was gone, the cracks in the blue light curtain gradually widened, and finally shattered.

"...That's the 'Sky Lake Curtain'."

Irfan tilted his head slightly and briefly introduced to Luo Xiu, "It is the product of 'alchemy'. It can temporarily offset all heterogeneous spirituality within the range... It is just suitable for defending the city, but it is expensive to build."

"Using the 'Sky Lake Curtain' should be enough to resist Babelun for a while. Eureka and I will stay here. Lord Luo Xiu, please go to the side court to assist Lord Baines and the others."

After Irfan finished speaking, he took out three more azure magic crystals from his bracelet and walked to the top of the city to look out.

Since Alfan chose to stay, Luo Xiu said nothing and decisively mounted the golden Pegasus and galloped towards the side court.

But leaving only Erfan and Eureka to defend the city was quite risky. On the way to the side court, Luo Xiu conveyed an order to Intis through the "Family Crest" to let all three and four of the 'Holy Abyss' The apostles who had their destiny set out in full force, attacked the rear of Babylon.

This should be enough to reduce the pressure on Erfan and others to defend the city, and it is also the last thing Luo Xiu can do for them.

…

After that, Luo Xiu no longer focused on the outside of the city, but returned to the "executor" Koros and his "monster head" who were causing trouble in the Red Maple City.

The 'Hunters' who were divided into several groups, together with the enemies who had been hiding in the city, completely launched a riot.

The originally peaceful city was in chaos. Even though the war had caused most civilians to flee to the hinterland of the empire, some civilians still lived in the urban areas where the riots occurred. Wails and cries echoed in every street and in the air. There was an air of panic.

Flames engulfed the house, and the blades licked the blood. The "monsters" no longer only targeted the church, the side courtyard and the Fangbeiyuan, but finally extended their claws to the civilians in the city.

Even though the clergy of the church and the knights of the side court have tried their best to hunt them down, the enemies who are numerous and have no taboos can always find an opening in the encirclement, and like rats, they will tear open the blockade and get out. And launched a horrific killing spree into another gathered civilian area.

The "Horseheads" and "Black Teeth" led by "Executioner" Koros are truly desperadoes at this time.

On the way to the side court, Luo Xiu had killed no less than a dozen ‘Black Fangs’, but the horrific killings continued in other places.

He could already foresee that even if he could win this battle and expel Koros from Red Maple City, or even kill him, the "fear" that the Black Fangs had planted in the city could no longer be completely eliminated, and the people's panic The moment of eruption will eventually come, boiling and flooding the entire city.

But now Luo Xiu can no longer think about things further ahead.

It wasn't until he reached the sky above the side court that he finally saw the source of the terror.

——"Executioner" Koros! He has indeed sneaked into the city and is fighting fiercely with "Grand Inquisitor" Baines and "Knight of the Throne" Frosa!

The gate of the side courtyard was no longer guarded, and the two thick doors were opened inside. The ground and the surface of the doors were covered with blood.

The messy, twisted bloodstains and the dozens of corpses of "Knights" and "Black Fangs" lying on the ground formed a complete bloody scene.

Surrounding Koros, a dozen guard knights were surrounding six monstrous heads, fighting in several battle groups.

Although the side court held a numerical advantage, the gap in physical strength still tilted the balance of victory more and more towards Koros. Soon, another guard knight fell from exhaustion!

At this time, Luo Xiu, who was riding the "Golden Pegasus" hanging high in the sky, asked Pegasus to dive towards Koros' position at high speed!

Dozens of flying stars condensed around it also shot out, like a swarm of meteors falling towards Koros' head.

When Koros noticed it, he suddenly dodged back. The snake-shaped awl in his hand left a fancy afterimage in the air, which was quickly annihilated by the sudden golden light.

——Boom! Pegasus fell to the original position of Koros, and the golden light burst out all around, leaving a deep pit in the original place.

Soon, Pegasus flew high again, galloping in the air, and began to condense the next round of flying stars.

Luo Xiu stayed in the original place. While the golden light mist was still covering Koros's sight, he summoned Fenrir, the "Holy Flame Wolf King", and Wu Ye, the "Burning Feather Raven".

He also quickly applied several auxiliary holy arts to himself, and took out several potion bottles from the bracelet, uncorked and drank them all, using all the means to enhance himself.

This was the first time that Luo Xiu faced a real "saint", which forced him to be twice as energetic as usual.

At the same time, he spread his perception as much as possible, sensing whether Koros had any intention of attacking the light mist.

But Koros's spirit did not surge abnormally. He just lingered there like a sleeping lion, and he was also observing himself.

This allowed Luo Xiu to complete his own strengthening completely without any mistakes.

Until the light mist dissipated, Koros's figure flashed suddenly, and he and the snake-shaped cone blade in his hand disappeared at the same time.

In an instant, Luo Xiu suddenly realized that the air around him seemed to become heavy and stagnant.

The cone blade engraved with complex patterns had been close to his chest and abdomen in a moment!

——Hiss! A crisp, unobstructed cutting sound came out, and Koros's dagger had pierced Luo Xiu's chest!

It was not until his chest was pierced by the sharp blade that Luo Xiu saw Koros's playful face.

Then, he was suddenly pushed back by a huge force, and Koros's cone blade was pulled out of his body, pulling out a string of blood silk shining with red light.

In the "panel detection" that Luo Xiu maintained on himself, the first layer of the shield of his "Triple Holy Guard" was instantly broken, and his health even dropped by nearly 2,000 points due to this sudden attack!

That was close to Luo Xiu's current health, nearly 10%!

And this was when the "Triple Holy Guard" was not completely broken!

"Executioner" Koros, a considerable part of his damage was "origin" trauma!

Luo Xiu, who was pushed away by the huge force, immediately felt a relatively gentle force, catching him from behind.

That was "Throne Knight" Frosa, even though he was now scarred, he could still barely support the battle for a while.

Luo Xiu cast a thankful look at Frosa, and then a sharp, puzzled voice floated into his ears:

"... Who are you?"

Koros, who had just dealt a heavy blow to the intruding "Holy Cleric", was surprised that the target who was severely injured in the vitals did not die on the spot, and was looking at him with a strange look.

Soon, a cunning light flashed in Koros' eyes, and he nodded as if he understood something, and said:

"Oh, I understand..."

"You are the 'high priest' of that church, right?"

"..." Luo Xiu did not answer him, but just casually cast a healing spell to heal the injuries he suffered.

He then heard Koros' sharp voice say:

"Hehe, the 'priest' who rides a golden Pegasus and can summon the sacred beast giant wolf... You are the 'high priest' of that church, Luo Xiu Carlos."

"I originally wanted to go to the church first and deal with you first, but there is a barrier there that I can't remove for a while."

"Now is the perfect time, hehe."

Koros looked at Luo Xiu, then at Frosa behind him, and Baines beside him, and said slowly:

"To save trouble, I will deal with you at the same time."

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