Chapter 102 The End of the Followers (4k2)
At the edge of Red Maple City, deep in the wilderness.
There is no one around, only the dense fir forest is the only scenery in the wilderness.
When Starro arrived at the origin of the "ancient fluctuation", he looked around, but still did not see any clues about the "seal".
"How...how could this happen..."
Starro, who had originally followed the spiritual fluctuation to get here, was once again filled with disappointment.
However, just when he was about to give up and turn around to return to the urban area of Red Maple City.
In the distant fir forest, the reaction of the "ancient fluctuation" was heard again!
This is the third "ancient fluctuation", and this time the location of the fluctuation is quite close, Starro can almost immediately lock the specific location!
Starro's heart trembled, and a fanatical look appeared on his face again.
Starro then ran wildly, rushing towards the location of the fir forest.
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"Why do I feel like I'm walking a dog..."
After completing the third spiritual infusion of the "Crown Fragment", Luo Xiu silently complained, then put away the crown fragment and began to chant several holy arts.
Just before Starro went deep into the fir forest and was about to reach Luo Xiu's position.
In the fir forest, a strange spiritual surge suddenly surged, and the bell of "Holy Abyss Advent" echoed in the forest, and the boy who broke into the forest suddenly opened a dark "Eye of Erosion" on his head.
Luo Xiu raised his hand and used "Holy Abyss Advent".
Until just now, Starro felt that he was extremely close to the "Ancient Seal". Although he saw other people in the forest from a distance, he thought they were woodcutters, so he didn't care.
Until that person suddenly attacked him, Starro was immediately horrified!
"——Children, follow me..."
When being "spying" by the strange eyes, Starro almost simultaneously completed the summoning of five "wandering spirits".
At this time, there was no "cursed object" in this fir forest that could help Starro complete the spirit summoning, and the body of the little boy "possessed" by Starro was relatively weak, so he could only summon five wandering spirits at most.
Just as Starro completed the spirit summoning, the branches of the fir trees around him suddenly began to tremble.
Starro raised his head, and he only saw countless thick black fogs, covering his head in a dark mass.
"This, this..."
"What are these things..."
Starro looked surprised, but at this time he did not know the seriousness of the matter.
Starro's right hand transformed into a small version of the "Scarlet Blood Knife" at the same time, slashing at the thick black fog in the air.
——Swish! The black fog was slashed apart with a shallow cut, but soon, more "fog shadows" filled the gap, and the momentum of enveloping Starro did not slow down.
Starro began to swing and slash continuously, and the wandering spirits he summoned also flowed and attacked in the group of "fog shadows", but they did not play any role.
Starro finally realized something was wrong, and a sense of despair surged in his heart.
As if he suddenly remembered the "culprit", Starro's sight passed through the black fog and looked at the man who attacked him without explanation.
The man was wearing an ordinary thick velvet robe, but his hands were holding a sickle-shaped staff; he seemed to be chanting some kind of holy art, and looked like a young believer of [Glory].
Suddenly, Starro's pupils shrank.
He recognized the other party's identity.
Just before, the young believer opposite the stronghold of Lane 16 where he "escaped from death" had participated in the crusade against his organization "Ancient Hermitage"!
"——It's you! Holy Judge!"
In Starro's heart, a nameless fire suddenly rose, and he cursed: "Why! Why do you want to kill me! Why are you so persistent!"
Luo Xiu did not answer, he just raised his hand and swung out the light balls of "Holy Blessing" and "Purification". The light balls passed through the "Eye of Corrosion" and were stained with a strange black color, and then they all poured into Starro's body.
At this time, Starro, who was "resurrected" by borrowing the body of a little boy, was still extremely weak.
When the many negative effects reversed by the "Eye of Corrosion" were applied to Starro, his movements fell into a long stagnation.
The next moment, the black fog of the Mist Raven completely submerged Starro.
In Luo Xiu's panel detection, Starro's blood volume began to decline drastically, and under the attack density of the Ravens, Starro was completely unable to launch any effective counterattack.
Luo Xiu then drew out the "Judgment" musket. When Starro's health was reduced to the killing line, Luo Xiu raised the musket, aimed at the location where the black fog was thickest, and pulled the trigger.
——Bang! The musket fired, and the golden stream of light instantly spread at the landing point.
The fog shadow of the raven was briefly dispersed by this "Judgment Shot", revealing Starro's body, which had been eroded by the black fog.
"Judgment" gave Starro the last blow, but this time it did not hit the fatal point, but penetrated his lower abdomen.
But even so, Starro had completely lost all vital signs and could not die any more.
"... Wu Ye, come back."
Luo Xiu then waved his hand and called back all the fog shadows of the raven.
The panel popped up a reminder of the killing reward for "the descending spirit" Starro. Luo Xiu was not in a hurry to receive the reward, and at the same time rubbed the bronze ring on his finger.
The ring surface flashed a layer of subtle light, and countless "soul manipulators" gushed out from it, pouring into the body of Starro's "boy".
The tentacles searched the body for a while, and finally locked and extracted Starro's soul.
Although the boy possessed by Starro was weak, his soul was also the soul of a genuine "triple destiny" extraordinary person.
Luo Xiu could feel the incomparable surge of spirituality from the dark purple soul light ball in front of him.
And this time, Luo Xiu set up an ambush in the wilderness, in addition to the purpose of exploding "Starro's" killing reward, there is also the purpose of extracting Starro's soul!
You know, the soul of the "triple destiny" extraordinary person is an extremely precious resource and nourishment for Luo Xiu now.
And before in the "Ancient Hermitage" base, when Luo Xiu realized that the "Spiritual Descendant" Starro might not really die, the relief that rose in his heart was precisely because of this.
Under the circumstances at that time, Luo Xiu had no chance to extract Starro's soul with the "Soul Manipulator". The risk of exposing the real trump card was too great, so he could only let Starro's soul go to waste.
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After completing the extraction of Starro's soul with the "Soul Manipulator", Luo Xiu retracted these tentacles and sealed Starro's soul into the bronze ring.
At this time, the soul capacity of the "Copper Forged Ring" was full, so Luo Xiu quickly dealt with "Starro's" body and then returned to Red Maple City.
"Soul Descendant" Starro, this hidden and biggest threat, disappeared unknowingly when the other "Holy Judges" were unaware.
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When Luo Xiu returned to the Glorious Church, he ran into Pamier, who had just walked out of the room and was making up for a day of training in the courtyard.
She was not wearing heavy armor at this time, and her two slender arms were swinging a heavy giant sword, which was very visually impactful.
When she saw Luo Xiu coming back, Pamier also stopped the training at hand. She gently wiped the sweat from her forehead and greeted Luo Xiu:
"You are back, don't forget that you still have the task of guarding tomorrow."
Luo Xiu: "..."
He inexplicably felt a strange feeling in his heart, that it was a weekend, but his colleagues kindly reminded him to go to work on Monday.
"Okay." Luo Xiu nodded and smiled in response, "You should also rest early."
...
Then, Luo Xiu returned to his room.
He closed the doors and windows, lay on his hard bed, and opened his mailbox.
At this time, the killing reward of "Spirit Descendant" Starro was still a red dot that was constantly jumping.
Luo Xiu then put his hands together, and after completing the evil sacrifice of "Connor Rune"'s ten-year emotional career, he looked at the killing reward on the panel.
"Receive." Luo Xiu gave new instructions in his mind.
At the moment of clicking "Receive", a long list of new data appeared on the panel in front of Luo Xiu.
[Kill "Spirit Adventist" Starro (lv.30), get 1364 basic experience points]
["Spirit Adventist" Starro (lv.30) is 17 levels higher than you]
[Kill above your level! Get 170% extra experience points...]
["Scorching Soul" takes effect, get 20% extra experience points]
["Spirit Adventist" Starro's highest attribute is "divinity"]
[You get: "divinity" attribute +1]
[Reward settlement, actually get 3955 experience points! ]
[...]
["Spirit Adventist" Starro (lv.30) is a twisted-level boss]
[Reward for killing a twisted-level boss is being generated...]
[...]
"It's really a 'twisted-level' boss..." Luo Xiu's eyes were bright.
After waiting for a while, the panel generated the reward for killing a "twisted-level" boss.
[Kill reward generated]
[Obtained the feat "Spirit's Container (Rare, Special)", free attribute points * 3]
[Spirit's Container (Rare, Special): You are favored by the "Gods", and your body's ability to carry spirituality has been unprecedentedly improved...
Your "Skills" and "Skills" slots +3; your mana calculation base is increased from the original 3 times the divinity to 5 times. ]
[……]
Luo Xiu's eyes suddenly brightened when he saw the new reward!
The feat "Spirit's Container" he obtained turned out to be a template feat with the "Special" label!
This was far beyond Luo Xiu's expectations.
This is the second template feat Luo Xiu has obtained after "Death Realm Intuition".
Although the "Spirit's Container" feat is only "Rare" level, its improvement is quite huge.
The addition of three "skills" and "skills" slots at one time made Luo Xiu's originally tight slot capacity suddenly become much more spacious, and this is not the most important thing. The increase in the upper limit of the calculation base of "mana value" is the top priority!
Earlier, Luo Xiu had extracted the specialty "Rock Physique" from the "Senior Warrior" Naif, which was also a "rare" level specialty, and the effect was to increase the upper limit of health value by 1.5 times.
And this time, the "Spirit Container" specialty that Luo Xiu obtained, in addition to the effect of increasing the slot, also increased the calculation base of mana value to 1.67 times!
Although both are "rare" specialties, "Spirit Container" has a much greater improvement than "Rock Physique", which is the strength of "Template Specialties" compared to "Ordinary Specialties".
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After obtaining the specialty "Spiritual Vessel", Luo Xiu's mana limit has reached 135 points.
Combined with the specialty "Ashes of Nirvana" obtained from the ancient seal of "Wandering Rider" Miklos, Luo Xiu's high life and mana can already complement each other to a certain extent.
After confirming the reward for killing Starro, the "twisted" boss, Luo Xiu closed the task panel.
At this time, Luo Xiu's accumulated experience points have exceeded the 20,000 mark.
Luo Xiu began to close his eyes and meditate, calculating some key values.
"I feel... I'm almost able to reach level 20 and unlock the promotion task of the triple destiny."
Luo Xiu murmured.
...
A day passed quickly.
The next morning, Anthony came back from the hermitage base in "Alley 16", his eyes full of fatigue.
This day, Luo Xiu got up very early. When he put on his priest robes and took his sickle and walked out of the room, he saw Anthony's staggering figure.
"He stayed up all night..." Luo Xiu, a veteran late-night player, quickly diagnosed Anthony's current condition.
"Ah, Luo Xiu, it's you."
Anthony looked up at the young priest not far away, yawned and said, "Ha... You and Koren, it's time to go to the monastery's base to guard."
"Do you want to take turns for half a day, or take turns at the same time? Just discuss it yourself..."
After saying that, Anthony staggered back to his room.
Luo Xiu then checked his clothes and equipment for the last time, and then looked around the church, but did not see Koren.
Luo Xiu simply stopped looking, and he went to the monastery base alone.
...
When Luo Xiu arrived at the monastery base, he found that Koren had already arrived here and had been waiting for him for a long time.
"... Luo Xiu, you are here."
Koren nodded to the priest who had just arrived. He was half lying on the newly made mat, with a small pot of burning bonfire beside him.
"You're here so early." Luo Xiu smiled and responded, and asked, "Where's my bed?"
"There." Kelun pointed.
Just beside another wall in the base, there was a soft bed filled with high-quality cotton, and there was also a small pot of unlit bonfire next to it.
Luo Xiu nodded, then walked over to light the bonfire, spread out the bed, and got in.
This is one of the most basic treatments for the "holy judges" when they perform guard duties. As long as they stay conscious and "monitor" the spirituality in the bodies of those extraordinary people without disorder and runaway, they can do whatever posture is comfortable.
From the position where Luo Xiu and Kelun slept on the ground, they could also see all the corpses placed in the "base" at the same time, which ensured that the "holy judges" on duty would not have blind spots in their vision and could clearly perceive any spiritual abnormalities inside the base.
Looking at the corpses of the "hermitage" believers in front of him, Luo Xiu forced himself to suppress the impulse in his heart to create a bunch of "dead" monsters again.
Koren and Luo Xiu covered themselves with quilts and stood guard without saying a word.
The two chatted for a while, and then remained silent all day without sleep.
When Pamier came to replace Koren the next day, Luo Xiu took a short nap in the base.
The guarding of the "holy judges" lasted for four days.
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The "guarding" mission ended on the morning of the fifth day.
——Connor is back.
He finally returned from "Songyuan City" with the [Supreme] Arbitrator.