Chapter 278: Desecration Ceremony
Trial space.
The secret realm of heaven, the Holy White Tower.
In fact, it is a mountain that looks like a giant tower.
The white mountain peaks that reach into the sky are as high as 70,000 feet!
From bottom to top, seven armed monasteries were built on the mountain to resist the invasion of evil spirits.
The Supreme Monastery located on the top of the mountain is divided into two courtyards, east and west.
The East Courtyard is covered with white clouds all day long and is named "Cloud Seat". The chief seat is a 7th-level Aita Clan member, known as "Huiyuntian".
The West Courtyard is only visible under the moonlight. It is named "Moon Temple". The first one is also a 7th-level Aita Clan member, known as "Yuehuatian".
All monasteries at all levels under the "Cloud Throne" and "Moon Shrine" are also stationed with angel legions of corresponding ranks.
At the foot of the mountain, there is the largest armed monastery, named "Asmo Cathedral", which is guarded by 4th to 5th level angels such as "Mastiff-headed Heaven", "Winged Serpent-headed Heaven", "Pengyu Heaven" and "Lion-headed Heaven", and is open to all celestial creatures.
During the war, the trialists who joined the "Holy White Tower" camp initially gathered at the Asmo Cathedral to receive combat missions.
Only after completing tasks, gaining military merit, and unlocking higher permissions can you go to higher-level monasteries, accept more difficult tasks, and receive richer rewards.
To date, the flames of war have spread throughout the entire Holy White Tower.
From the foot of the mountain to the top, all the monasteries are defending against the fierce attacks of demons or devil armies.
If the demons and devils hadn't been fighting among themselves and stealing each other's homes from time to time, the Holy White Tower might not have survived until now.
Of all the seven monasteries, Asmo Cathedral faced the greatest pressure.
The enemies attacking this place are mostly low-level demons.
The individual strength is not strong, but there are too many of them!
Like locusts, after one wave was repelled, another wave came, leaving the defenders no chance to breathe.
On the other hand, the defenders of Asmo Cathedral were of mixed quality.
Powerful high-level angels, including trial-takers from the Silver Moon Monastery, are stationed in high-level monasteries to fight against more powerful demons.
The heavenly realm is actually a society that emphasizes class and privilege.
Precious high-level combat power is not worth wasting in a "novice village" like Asmo Cathedral.
The troops ordered to garrison the Asmo Cathedral were not even real "celestials".
Most of them are hybrids of the Celestials and mortal races such as humans, elves, and dwarves, the so-called "Aasimar".
Similar to the Tiefling, a hybrid of a devil and a mortal, Asmo is born with extraordinary abilities and can be considered a natural warlock.
However, due to the burden of his mortal bloodline, his spellcasting talent is not as good as that of a true angel, and his status is relatively low.
As night fell, the demons' attacks became more fierce.
The cathedral had been temporarily converted into a field hospital, with wounded soldiers lying all over the floor.
The low-ranking priests in white robes tried their best to relieve the pain of the wounded.
However, with their magical powers, they can only heal superficial injuries.
There is nothing we can do about the disabled who are missing limbs.
At this time, two angels covered in blood fell from the sky.
One is "Peng Yutian" with an eagle head and a human body, with wings on his back.
The other one is the "Lion-headed God" with a human body, a lion head and thick golden mane.
Each of them held a wounded person in his arms and hurried towards the gate.
The Asmo warrior guarding the church gate hurried forward and bowed.
"Lady Julie! Lord Feilin! Thank you for your hard work!"
"Cage and Mano are injured and need first aid, open the door quickly!"
Julie said eagerly.
The guard's face changed when he heard this.
Cage and Mano are both high-ranking priests of the Asmo Cathedral.
After the abbot's unfortunate death, these two fifth-rank priests became the backbone of the defenders.
Even these two adults were seriously injured and unconscious, which shows how fierce the fighting on the front line was.
"Excuse me, who injured the two adults? A high-level demon?"
The guard opened the door and asked.
Feilin shook his head and answered seriously: "The murderers who hurt the two adults are the evil demons of Luosha and the magicians of lust."
"ah?!"
The guard was surprised.
Rakshasas and demons have also joined the siege of Asmo Cathedral. The cathedral may be about to fall!
Crunch——
The church doors are open.
The corridor leading to the hall was blocked by a golden barrier.
Any outsider entering the church gate must first pass through this barrier to verify their identity.
If it is a demon in disguise, or possessed by an evil spirit, it will trigger an alarm and reveal its true form.
Julie and Ferrin each picked up a wounded person and walked towards the door without changing their expressions.
Just at this moment, a red light suddenly flashed behind him!
call out!
Like a long rainbow, it passed between the brother and sister and shot towards the open door.
BANG!!
The golden barrier was bombarded by the light beam, trembling violently, and disintegrated sadly...
The guards in front of the door were all shocked and looked towards the direction where the red light came from.
The sky, shrouded in darkness, was lit up and dimmed by the fire on the battlefield.
A long-haired woman can be vaguely seen, standing proudly in the air.
After a careful observation, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill down their spine!
This witch has a slender and graceful figure, but her appearance is extremely terrifying!
Eight claws and eight eyes, carrying a blood wheel!
It turned out to be a spider mother Rakshasa.
Rakshasa witch, snapping her fingers in the air.
The scarlet beam shot out from the fingertips not only has extremely strong penetrating power, but also has the special effect of dispelling magic.
Shoot and blast the "anti-evil barrier" of the Asmo Cathedral with one finger!
As everyone watched in horror, a large group of Aasimar warlocks flew in the night sky.
They have all entered their ancestral form, with white wings spread out behind them, angel halos on their heads, and enchanted swords in their hands, besieging the Rakshasa Witch.
Spider Mother Rakshasa sneered slightly.
The eight eyes on his face simultaneously showed a ferocious light.
Swish!
Countless threads of fighting spirit gushed out from her body.
It intertwined into a dense web in the night sky, and in the blink of an eye it bound all the celestial sorcerers who were attacking from all directions.
The spider mother Rakshasa calmly waved her eight strange limbs.
Like a spider weaving a web.
At the same time, the celestial sorcerers who were entangled in the threads of fighting spirit also danced along with her movements, as if they had turned into a group of puppets.
The Spider Mother Rakshasa used "puppetry" to remotely control the celestial sorcerers, who turned around and killed their companions.
Under the control of this witch, a tragedy of fratricide is unfolding.
“Damn it!”
Felin pretended to be indignant, handed the wounded man in his arms to a guard, and rushed towards the Spider Mother Rakshasa.
"These two wounded soldiers are in your hands. Send them for treatment immediately!"
Julie hurriedly gave instructions and turned to fly towards the battlefield.
At this time, a graceful and terrifying figure appeared in the night sky again.
It was a succubus wearing pitch-black leather armor, surrounded by tubular metal devices like a flock of birds.
Before Julie and Feilin could get close to the Spider Mother Rakshasa, they were intercepted by the remote-controlled floating cannon of the Devil of Lust, and their figures were submerged in the flames.
laugh!
A security guard was unfortunately hit by a stray bullet from the floating cannon.
He didn't even have time to scream before black flames started burning all over his body.
In the blink of an eye, the unfortunate guy was burned to charcoal.
The corpse exploded with a loud bang, and hellfire splattered wildly in all directions.
Another guard nearby who didn't have time to dodge was also set on fire by the hellfire.
He rolled on the ground in fear, but was unable to put out the vicious black fire.
I was about to be burned to death...
“Ahem…”
High Priest Cage woke up from his coma in time.
He propped himself up and sat up, holding the holy emblem tightly in his trembling hands.
Swoosh——
A holy light emanated from this gray-haired old man.
The guards who were suffering from the torture of hellfire were illuminated by the holy light. The black flames on their bodies were immediately extinguished, and their burns healed at a speed visible to the human eye.
Seeing this, the guards around all breathed a sigh of relief.
However , Priest Cage, who was casting the spell despite being injured, fainted again.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Mano sat up.
This gray-haired priest with glasses is younger and stronger than Cage.
Just now when Cage guided the divine power and released the holy light, Mano also benefited from it.
Under the illumination of the holy light, the pain was relieved and he woke up.
Now, it was Manoj's turn to take care of his friend.
"Quick, help me get Mr. Cage into the church!"
Mano commanded the guards.
"My magic power has been exhausted. The only way to save Mr. Cage is to return to the church and activate the rejuvenation array on the altar."
The guards immediately helped Priest Cage up and followed Mano through the church gate.
Mano suddenly stopped, frowned and asked the guard.
"Why isn't the exorcism barrier activated?"
"I'm sorry... Mr. Mano, the church has just been attacked by a Rakshasa evil spirit, and the barrier has been destroyed."
"Damn it! This is a huge safety hazard and must be repaired as soon as possible to prevent evil spirits from getting in!"
The guard shrugged and said nothing.
They certainly knew it was a safety hazard, but unfortunately there was nothing they could do.
Including Priest Cage, the church was filled with seriously injured people, dying.
The few remaining low-level priests were already too busy taking care of the wounded to have the energy to repair the barrier.
They didn't dare to complain about this in front of Mano.
Priest Mano is a stiff, harsh, and boring man, and the guards cannot expect any sympathy from him.
Fortunately, Mano also knows the priorities.
Without wasting time on repairing the barrier, he hurried to the church hall where the wounded were kept, cleared a space in front of the altar, and helped Priest Cage lie down.
The guards returned to guard the church door.
All the low-ranking priests in the church were summoned by Mano.
According to Mano's request, they stood around the altar, ready to unite everyone's strength and perform the "Rejuvenation Ritual".
The white jade altar looks like a bathing pool.
The central groove, seven meters in diameter and three meters deep, is filled with clean water.
Once the "Rejuvenation Ritual" is successfully launched, a magic circle will be spread out with the altar as the center, radiating throughout the entire church hall.
The physical strength and vitality of people inside the magic circle will slowly recover.
Although the "Rejuvenation Array" cannot regenerate the limbs of the disabled, it can at least prevent the injuries from getting worse.
Especially for seriously injured soldiers like Priest Cage who have all his limbs intact, the effect of receiving treatment with the "Rejuvenation Array" is particularly good.
A total of twelve priests participated in the rejuvenation ceremony, including Mano, who stood in front of the holy water pool and served as the main priest.
The priests held up the holy emblem and chanted prayers in praise of the holy light in unison.
Ever since the gods of heaven lost their battle with the ancestor of sorcerers, lost their power, their kingdom was destroyed, and they themselves were sealed deep in the void of the astral world, their corpses turned into cold stars wrapped in the immortal divine fire...
The heaven, which was reduced to ruins in the war, also ushered in a great change in the level of faith.
Almost all angels and Asmoks choose to give up worshipping specific gods and instead offer their faith to the abstract "holy light".
No one can clearly explain what the "holy light" is.
He is invisible yet omnipresent, and is said to be the original light in the universe.
All the statues of gods that were previously worshipped in the church were removed.
The beautiful icons in Ecclesiastes were also torn up.
Because the "Holy Light" is invisible and intangible, its believers must abide by a basic doctrine - do not associate anything with God!
The vigorous "iconoclasm movement" lasted for several centuries.
Eventually, all the churches of the gods were banned, and the faith of the heavens was unified under the "Holy Light".
Priests who are inspired by
"Holy Light" will not command believers to do anything specific, but will only grant them extraordinary power equal to their faith.
It's like a cold machine without any emotions, operating completely according to the principle of equal exchange.
The strange thing is... the warlock ancestors took a tacit attitude towards the expansion of the Holy Light faith.
He even secretly supported the followers of Holy Light and rebuilt the Church in the ruins of Heaven.
Why is the ancestor of warlocks, who regards all gods as enemies, so tolerant of the belief in Holy Light?
Some people speculate that "Holy Light" is the incarnation of the "Originator of Light".
In the minds of believers, He is an abstract and omnipotent deity.
In the eyes of the warlocks, He is one of the oldest ancestors in the world and the creator of the bloodline of light.
The Holy Light priests refused to acknowledge that the "Ancestor" could be deified, and denounced this heresy as a conspiracy theory.
The clergy of the Asmo Cathedral, including Priest Cage, are all believers in the "Holy Light".
When they began to pray devoutly, the power of light emerged from their bodies and gathered in the holy water pool.
The clear water in the pool glows and steams up.
The glittering steam quickly filled the church hall.
Nourishing the injured people, helping them relieve pain and healing wounds inside and outside the body.
As the magic circle operated, the water level in the pool slowly dropped.
The ceremony lasts for a full hour, after which the holy water dries up.
This rejuvenation ritual will also come to an end.
After a full day of recovery, the pool is filled with holy water again before the rejuvenation array can be activated again.
Two minutes into the ceremony, the priests noticed something was wrong.
The holy pool actually began to turn a shade of scarlet.
The steam rising from the pool was also a strange red color, emitting a faint fishy smell...
What's going on?
Is the holy water contaminated?
Priest Mano noticed the commotion among his assistants and his face immediately darkened.
"Stay focused! Do you want to kill Mr. Cage?!"
Faced with the rebuke from their superior, the lower-ranking priests remained silent.
Since Priest Mano asked everyone to continue with the ritual, I think there should be no problem.
After all, he is now the highest-ranking priest in the church. If they don't listen to his orders, who else can they listen to?
So, the priests suppressed their doubts, put aside all distractions, and continued to cooperate with Mano in presiding over the somewhat strange "rejuvenation ceremony".
No one noticed that while Mano was scolding loudly, he was quietly casting a charm spell.
With his authority and words full of magical power, he unknowingly hypnotized the lower-ranking priests who participated in the ceremony.
The holy water pool is like a boiling porridge pot.
The clear water completely transformed into a strange liquid as thick as blood.
Like a chaotic blood pool in a bottomless abyss.
The blood-red steam filling the hall was frantically sucking the life force from the wounded, gathering on the body of the high priest Mano.
The originally platinum skin of this Asmoan priest had been dyed red by the blood mist.
The muscles beneath the membrane were throbbing, and the whole person looked extremely ferocious.
When the ceremony was halfway through, Mano suddenly threw the holy emblem into the holy water pool.
Then he leaped into the pool with a splash.
Chi Chi Chi——
The blood-colored pool water seemed to be highly corrosive.
Mano's body dissolved in the blood.
The muscles broke down, revealing pale bones.
In the blink of an eye, the bones and internal organs turned into pus and blood.
A cloud of mist-like germs separated from his body and transformed into a naked and alluring succubus!
The witch raised her red lips, smiled slightly, and then dived into the depths of the blood pool and disappeared without a trace.
The priests surrounding the altar were all in a deep hypnosis, still following their instincts and continuously injecting magic power into the blood pool.
In their imaginations, they were performing a rejuvenation ritual to save the dying and the wounded.
Little did they know that they had already been bewitched by the witch.
He is overdrawing his magic power at all costs to help the witch perform an evil promotion ceremony in the holy church!
The vision of blood mist filling the church finally alerted the angels.
A figure broke into the room!
This is a fifth-rank "Winged Snake Sky".
The lower body resembles a thick python, while above the waist is a charming female body.
Silver scales cover sensitive areas, revealing large areas of smooth skin.
A pair of white wings spread out behind him, and he held a silver harp in his hands.
The beautiful winged snake angel broke through the blood mist barrier.
He hurried to the altar.
The scene before her made her heart shudder!
The holy pool has been polluted by the devil's blood from the abyss.
The Holy Light priests who were offering sacrifices around the pool also degenerated into half-human, half-demon monsters.
"You despicable demons, I won't let you succeed!"
The winged serpent angel gnashed his teeth and plucked the strings of his harp.
A string of melodious notes floated out.
Winged Serpent Angels are like the bards of ancient times.
He is good at casting spells through musical instruments and playing sacred music to purify evil spirits.
The sound of the piano echoed in the hall, and the bloody mist gradually dissipated.
Dense bubbles appeared in the deep of the blood pool.
The witch hiding at the bottom of the pool seemed to feel threatened and was writhing in pain.
At the critical moment, the old man lying next to the altar suddenly sat up.
He raised his hand and pointed at Yi Shetian who was concentrating on playing, and shot out a green beam of light!
laugh!
Yishetian was caught off guard and hit by the "Dissociation Technique".
The pretty face suddenly lost all its color!
The harp, a magical instrument, disintegrated into dust in her hands.
"Priest Cage, you——"
"Sorry, I'm not Cage."
The old man with white hair and beard suddenly exploded!
A tall and upright young man, naked, emerged from the remains of flesh and blood.
Yi Shetian's face turned pale with horror, and he hurriedly made a spell-casting gesture.
But it was too late.
Ride the thunder and flash in the sky!
The tall young man turned into a flash of lightning and approached her in an instant.
He stretched out his left hand and grabbed that beautiful face.
"Feel sorry!"
The apologetic sigh was still echoing in Yishetian's ears.
A bone spur had popped out from the palm of Allen's left hand.
With a "whoosh", it pierced through the center of the eyebrows and came out through the skull!
Scarlet pearl-like blood flowed along the sharp spikes that emerged from the back of Yi Shetian's head.
Alan had a blank expression on his face as he silently extracted the essence of Yi Shetian's blood.
Until this beautiful corpse completely lost its vitality.
Crash...
There was the sound of splashing water behind me.
Alan threw down Yishetian's body and turned to look at the pool.
The red-haired witch, who had completed her evolution, slowly surfaced.
Her jade-colored skin was crystal clear and flawless, and behind her were spread devil wings, with the edges seemingly having traces of burns.
The buttocks are full and perky, and a translucent scorpion tail extends from the coccyx, with a jade-like texture and a heart-shaped tip.
Allen was no stranger to this beautiful and seductive image.
In the meditation world of the ogre wizard's ancestor spirit, he had seen a witch who looked similar to Helen.
"Lady Pampered" Bayara is the so-called "demon possessor".
Alan and Herent used "parasitism" to control the two injured priests, and with the help of the Griffin siblings, they sneaked into the Asmo Cathedral to help Herent advance to the magic possession.
Although there were some minor accidents, fortunately the result was perfect.
Helen got what she wanted and successfully advanced to the level of a magician, looking more charming than before.
"Junior Brother Allen, thank you for helping me fulfill my wish..."
Throwback to Helen, eyes full of affection.
Just naked, I threw myself into his arms.
Alan stroked the silky smooth skin of the witch in his arms and couldn't help losing his mind.
The charm of the demon is so powerful.
Even he couldn't resist it.
Fortunately, Alan's spiritual attributes are high enough, and "Requiem Meditation" can automatically resist enchantment.
He soon came to his senses and took out a white priest robe from the storage bag to cover Helen's overly sexy body.
When Helen put on the sacrificial robe, her temperament changed drastically.
From a seductive witch to a holy priestess.
Alan knew that this was a unique ability of the demon, which could imitate the clergy so realistically that it could even emit holy light!
Not even magic could tell her true identity.
Alan also put on a cloak to cover his body, took Helen's hand, and left the desecrated cathedral.