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- . The imperial army was completely defeated and fled in a hurry towards Lister City.
Behind them, the undead cavalry regiment advanced step by step under the command of the prophet, without giving the opponent a chance to breathe. However, at this time, the black dragon had already set its sights elsewhere.
The outcome of this conventional war is no longer important. Even if the entire imperial expeditionary force is annihilated, it will not affect the overall situation, because in another world, the forces of the gods of light have destroyed a powerful immortal king. If they divert their attention, The black dragon will soon have to face disaster.
We go to the highest place in the world. The black dragon looked to the southeast and said.
But he was confused in his heart, was that really the birthplace of the Church of Light? Is there a way to get to another world?
There are no coordinates for the Despair Plateau, so the Black Dragon must transfer from Lister City to the Hengduan Mountains and then take the Dragon Flame there.
Looking at the plateau of despair that stretched across the entire horizon like a city wall, Black Dragon was actually quite confused. Although Daro Alexik's return answered many questions for him, more questions emerged at the same time.
For example, is this life-forbidden plateau of despair really the birthplace of the Church of Light?
Although the Church of Light is powerful, most of its main members are from the life race. Are those living races really capable of surviving in such a harsh environment?
What is the true purpose of the gods of light? Is it really for power?
Cherimo set up such a big situation, but the result was the decline of undead creatures and the rise of living races. Is this his final destination?
Except for the four known kings, where did the remaining two of the six kings go? Are they the other two main gods of the Church of Light?
There were so many questions that Black Dragon had no time to worry. Only confusion remains.
Even though he inherited the memory of Cheromanel, before he fully integrated these memories, his essence was still the little skeleton walking out of the Grand Canyon.
An illiterate man holding an encyclopedia. Still illiterate, Black Dragon needs more time to grow.
The Plateau of Despair is actually the least mysterious but most dangerous place among the seven restricted areas of life.
The reason why it is not mysterious is that its situation is clear at a glance - it is a vast plain far above the sea level, and its danger also comes from its height.
The altitude is too high, making the air here extremely thin, and the living species cannot breathe at all when they come here.
Sunlight, air and water are the three elements of life, but the air here is thin. Water is scarce, even for the most tenacious dragon clan. I can't live here for a long time.
However, these problems are naturally not a problem for undead creatures. The Black Dragon had discussed with the Prophet and others at the beginning that if the Dark Swamp was lost, they could retreat here.
Long Yan flapped his wings vigorously and flew towards the plateau, as the altitude increased. The air is getting thinner and thinner, making Dragon Flame, which relies on the power of the air to fly, become slower and slower. Fortunately, it is a tireless immortal dragon, otherwise it may fall down from exhaustion before it reaches its destination.
Daro Yali Feike is sitting on the back of Dragon Flame. The Black Dragon and his party came to the Plateau of Despair. It is to dig out the secrets of the Church of Light. So naturally he is indispensable.
But since he left Sayin City, he has said nothing. His face was expressionless, even his eyes were calm, no one knew what he was thinking.
With a whoosh, Long Yan managed to cross the edge of the plateau with the help of the updraft, and finally successfully entered the range of the Despair Plateau.
But because of the loss of the support of the air flow, Long Yan's body also moved forward and almost fell to the ground. He was in a hurry and finally managed to stabilize his body. After that, no matter how hard it tried to move its wings, it could not stir up enough airflow to support its heavy body, and it could never fly again.
Looking at the futile dragon flames, the black dragon knew that he would have to rely on his own feet to get there.
The Despair Plateau is vast, almost as big as half the Alliance. The overall shape is irregular. The mountains extend from both ends. One end reaches straight into the boundless sea, and the other end almost crosses the entire continent, becoming a crossroad that separates the Alliance and the Empire. Mountains, and the Black Dragon's destination is in the center of this plateau.
After half a day¡¯s trek, Black Dragon and Daro Alifik finally approached their destination.
The plateau is very flat. Wherever you look, the ground is uniformly gray and red, monotonous and desolate.
This kind of scenery is more monotonous than the sea. At least the sea still has waves, but here it is dead silent. Because of the thin air, there is not even a little wind here.
There are no parameters availableAs a matter of fact, the black dragon can only estimate the distance through the distance of its feet.
After trudging for half a day in this monotonous silence, they finally saw a slightly different scenery in the distance on the horizon. It was a group of buildings made of stacked stones with unknown uses. It clearly had the style of human architecture.
Seeing this group of stone buildings, Black Dragon was refreshed.
Previously, he had doubts whether this place where no human beings lived would have the clues he needed, but now seeing these buildings proved that what Daro Alexik said was correct.
As the soul extends, those stone buildings seem to be some kind of sacrificial community. Countless stone pillars that have been carved and show traces of knives and axes are arranged according to a certain fixed pattern, showing an irregular pattern.
This pattern is a bit familiar to Black Dragon, or it should be said that Cheroman'er is a bit familiar - this is actually an altar for worshiping the heavens of the ancient witch sect.
Ancient witchcraft is the source of all religions. They are primitive religions that spontaneously formed from the worship of some irresistible forces by living races in their lives and production.
This religion takes as its object of worship all things that humans cannot understand. It can be the sky, the ocean, or huge creatures.
They depict these incomprehensible things on objects and worship them morning and night.
This primitive totem worship gradually developed and expanded, and finally formed large-scale sacrificial activities. They build altars. Offerings were chosen to pray for protection from the things they worshiped.
When witchcraft developed to a later stage, processed religions appeared. The things worshiped also became concrete, and gods gradually appeared in the world.
However, the development of ancient witchcraft. During the period of the Immortal Empire, they began to disappear. The greatest gods of the Immortal Empire were the six kings.
Black Dragon did not expect to see the altar of the ancient witch sect in this inaccessible forbidden area of ??life. What does it have to do with the Church of Light?
There is a pile of stones in the center of the altar. According to Cheroman's memory, this should be the altar where the sacrifices are placed.
But when the black dragon's soul stretched over and took a look, there was actually a hole hidden under the stone bag.
The black dragon quickly swept to the entrance of the cave. I can't wait to get in. But Daro Alexik followed closely and stopped the black dragon.
It¡¯s a bit weird. Release the puppet to explore the path.
The black dragon was overly excited because he had found clues as soon as he came here, so it wasn't until Daro Alex reminded him that he realized that there was something weird here. His soul couldn't extend to the depths of the cave, and there was a weird power that stopped him. extension of the soul.
Soul extension is not inevitable. There are so many ways in the world to cut off this kind of visitation. At the bottom of the Sea of ??Rest, the weight of the water alone can completely distort this soul extension.
Darroyl is undoubtedly reasonable. The origin of the soul is in the soul -elixir gun. Even if it is in danger, it will not hurt the fundamental.
The black dragon quickly took out the soul-eating gun. Follow Daro Alexik's method. The humanoid puppet and the centaur puppet were released to explore the path, and the two soul puppets entered the cave without looking back.
On the Demon Suppression Tower. A simple farewell ceremony was being held at this moment, and the five divine knights of wind, fire, thunder, water, and earth were looking at the divine knight of light.
With a hint of worry and reluctance, the Fire God Cavalry said: Light, do you really want to go? In fact, we don't have to pay attention to the church's orders at all. Guarding the plane barriers is our mission.
Yes, light.
The God of Wind Cavalry also continued: Now, the church is not facing an ordinary enemy, it is an immortal king, and there are two of them. The name of Daro Alexik is as loud as thunder even in the abyss. This is not an enemy we can deal with. Their opponent should be the supreme god.
Leo left and didn¡¯t come back. You left, but you can still come back? The God of Earth Cavalry said in a rough voice.
The God of Light smiled slightly and shook his head gracefully: I can ignore the call of the Church of Light, but I cannot ignore the call of His Majesty the Pope. I left this time and was already prepared not to come back. They have grown up enough to take over my mission.
They are naturally referring to the reserve knights of God.
Seeing that his companions were still trying to persuade them, the God of Light waved his hand and interrupted them, saying: Don't worry, I won't be stupid enough to overestimate my capabilities. And this time when I go back, my enemy may not be the Immortal King.
After saying that, the God of Light mounted the Holy Beast of Light gracefully. The holy beast hissed, jumped off the hundred-meter cliff without looking back, and slowly ran towards the sea level.
A voice said goodbye in the air: Goodbye, my companion.The Holy Beast of Light walked away on the waves, and the remaining five knights of God looked at each other with only one thought: If the enemy is not the Immortal King, then who could it be?
In the Papal Palace on the Holy Mountain of Light, there is a large bookshelf behind the desk where the Pope works daily. Behind the bookshelf is a wall, and behind the wall is a garden.
If you move the bookshelf according to a certain secret method, you will find that there is actually a secret passage behind it
This tunnel leads directly to a small secret room tens of meters underground. The secret room is very dark, with only two weak candlelights swaying.
There is a statue placed in the center of the secret room. A straight column holds a head, and the facial features and hair are carved to be lifelike. The strangest thing is the color of the statue. The face on the front is divided into two halves, with the left side as dark as ink and the right side as white as snow.
The two pupils of the statue are shining with strange light, the light is bright and dark, as if there is life.
The old Pope is standing in front of the statue with his body bent. His head was lowered, his eyes were closed, and there was no sign of life at all.
I don¡¯t know how long this situation lasted. Finally, the light in the statue's pupils completely disappeared. The pope's body, which seemed to have lost all signs of life, also trembled slightly and raised his head.
He has an old face, cloudy eyes, and looks like he is in his twilight years. No one would have imagined that such an old man could be the spokesman for God who controls the largest religion in the world.
After standing there in silence for a long time, the Pope slowly turned around. Step by step, I walked towards the secret passage, each step taken very slowly, as if I couldn't bear to put in any extra effort to walk.
On the Plateau of Despair, the two soul puppets have been in the cave for more than ten minutes, and the black dragon has also understood the situation where the soul cannot extend through soul contact.
It was an extremely winding and long tunnel. The black dragon even doubted whether it led directly to the depths of the earth. The two soul puppets traveled through it for more than ten minutes. Haven't found an end yet.
Ten minutes are enough for the soul puppet to cross a distance of more than ten kilometers. A tunnel more than ten kilometers deep was excavated on the Despair Plateau. How huge is that kind of project? How did the living race do it?
Heilongdi was filled with doubts and admiration. What Daro Alexik said after suppressing the desperate prayers of the fighting priests - Cheromanr actually died at the hands of humans.
Now, he has a deeper feeling about this sentence.
Not only was the light godhead formed by human belief in Yuanli the annihilation of Cheromanel, but also human beings' persistence in life and pursuit of power. The desire for victory is also what Cheromaner is most afraid of.
The battle of life and death is the most brutal war between undead creatures and living races.
Every time one more life race dies, the undead creatures gain more power. However, after hundreds of years of war, humans are the dominant life race. But he never completely lost the power of resistance.
Their amazing reproductive ability makes up for the loss in combat power. For each person who dies, the undead can only add one more skeleton or corpse witch. But those who are not dead have unlimited room for growth.
Under the pressure of war, countless strong men emerged from humans, elves, dwarves, etc.
At that time, the most ordinary soldier had the strength of an intermediate swordsman today, and fighting spirit was an ability that almost every adult human could master.
The demise of Cheromanel is not actually the key to determining the outcome of this war. It only accelerates the process of the war. Even if Cheromanel does not die, the outcome of the battle is unpredictable.
Human beings can grow from ordinary soldiers to swordsmen, magisters and even gods in just a few decades, but undead creatures cannot do this.
Therefore, it is very correct to say that Cheromanel died at the hands of humans. In times of crisis, the power that humans unleash can shock even Cheroman.
Therefore, seeing a tunnel more than ten kilometers deep appearing in this forbidden area of ??life, Black Dragon not only wondered how they did it, but also felt more admiration.
More than two minutes later, the two puppets finally sent a message - the tunnel has come to an end and it is safe below.
The black dragon entered the tunnel and quickly headed towards the end.
Because the soul puppet explored the road first, the black dragon was faster.
Three minutes later, he had reached the end of the tunnel.
There was a huge space connected to the end, and the black dragon got into it without thinking. Unexpectedly, what greeted him was a large net made of energy!
This big net immediately wrapped around the black dragon, entangling him tightly. Before he could react, an irresistible force hit his back, slamming him to the ground.The extremely solid rock deep inside was also struck into a huge crater.
However, his soul extension only had time to explore behind him, and he saw Daro Yali Feike rushing forward expressionlessly, his hands turned pitch black, and sharp energy thorns extended from his fingertips, which suddenly pierced the black dragon's chest. In the head.
Zijin's body is extremely strong. Leo once used his fighting spirit to chop with all his strength, but he couldn't hurt the black dragon at all, but now the person who plotted against him was the Immortal King.
He knew the weakness of the purple gold skeleton, and the energy spikes penetrated directly from the black dragon's ear holes and eye sockets.
With mental arithmetic but no intention, Black Dragon didn¡¯t even have a chance to react.
Because he had no idea that Daro Alex would actually plot against him!
The sharp energy thorns pierced his head and immediately turned into fine energy lines. The mourning soul of the black dragon is wrapped around it in circles. The black dragon wanted to struggle, but immediately felt that he was quickly losing control of his body.
The soul of the black dragon is roaring angrily: Why!
Daro Alexik¡¯s voice was calm and indifferent. A voice without any change of emotion sounded in his soul: Your body is the best place to stay, your soul is the source of energy that suppresses the light godhead, and your people will become my source of strength.
Daro Alexik had just finished speaking. Black Dragon then discovered that his soul had completely lost contact with the outside world. His mourning soul was imprisoned, and he lost control of his body, lost his perception of the outside world, and lost contact with his people.
At this moment, the black dragon's soul becomes a lonely existence.
"Daro Alexik's body is melting, and the flesh and bones on his body are melting like wax, wrapping the black dragon's body layer by layer.
His feeble mourning soul. The godhead of light intertwined with it is suspended in the air above the black dragon's head, and countless energy lines connect them with the black dragon's body.
in space. The voice of Daro Alexik sounded: Protect me.
The two soul puppets that came in earlier emerged from the darkness. Under the holy light of the bright godhead, they bowed respectfully, and then disappeared into the darkness again.
For the first time, regret arose in Heilong's heart.
In the past, he never regretted anything, even when he faced mistakes. He will also try to correct his mistakes rather than waste time in regrets.
However, now he can't control the spread of this emotion, because now he can't do anything except regret.
The large network formed by those energy filaments has cut off his connection with the body. Now he can use it. Only your own soul.
However, light possesses huge soul energy. Without the body that carries it, no matter how powerful the power is, it will not be able to exert any power.
Now, his situation is exactly the same as that of the Poseidon back then.
Unless he possesses overwhelming power and can instantly break through Daro Alifik's imprisonment, it is possible to regain control of his body.
"It's a pity that although Daro Alexik has returned forcefully and his soul power is weak, the light godhead that coexists with him is extremely powerful.
Every time the black dragon strikes, he is faced with the same divine power, which instantly neutralizes and eliminates his strike. Now, he finally understood the true meaning of Daro Alexik's last three sentences.
Not only did Daro Alexik want to seize his body, he also wanted to use his soul energy to destroy the bright godhead.
Black Dragon grew up in loneliness. From the moment he was born, he faced all the wind and rain alone.
In order to have companions to communicate with, he reincarnated Svengor and others. Although there are huge conflicts in their ideas, the black dragon has always cared about his companions.
It wasn¡¯t until he met Scott in the Wailing Forest that he had a real companion.
Then Hei Da and Hei Er awakened their consciousness, conquered the prophet, entered the world of death, and met with the help of Hoffman. Although the journey was dangerous, the undead creatures were on his side from beginning to end.
We are all undead creatures and have a common enemy, so Black Dragon never thought that Daro Alex would plot against him.
He has never thought about this problem. Even in the period of the Immortal Empire, the six kings were never companions.
The practice of the Six-King Rotation was the product of the compromise between the six kings. It was not that there was no conflict between the kings, but in order to avoid both sides suffering, this kind of conflict was limited to their subjects.
Since we have never been friends, why are you so relieved about him? Thinking of this, Hei Long felt extremely regretful.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Luo Yali Feike has reached the end of his rope. His power has disappeared, and his soul is increasingly consumed by the light godhead. Even if he returns forcibly, he can only fit in this temporary body. In contrast, the Black Dragon has what he desires. everything of.
As long as the black dragon's body is captured, he will have the best place to stay.
The powerful mourning soul of the black dragon is likely to help him remove the light godhead from his soul, saving him from the fate of death.
??????????????????? The power developed by the Black Dragon is for Daro Alexik who is now alone. It is also a huge temptation.
With these three points, anyone would do this.
The prophet and others did not know the situation, otherwise the black dragon would have been on guard. And the black dragon is not stupid either. It's just that he has never thought about it. But now that he was assassinated, Black Dragon quickly figured out the key to it, but it was a pity that it was already too late.
Darro Yarika isolated his soul from his body. And use the power of the light godhead to defend.
If the black dragon wants to forcefully break through the confinement, it can consume the power of the light godhead, which is exactly what Daro Alifik wants.
In this situation of being unable to do anything, the Black Dragon could only hold its soul and wait and see what happens.
The black dragon disappeared again.
When the prophet and others lost contact with the black dragon's soul again, all the forces dominated by the black dragon came to a standstill.
In a small town more than 100 kilometers outside Lister City, Prophet, Scott, Bisegrin and other top leaders of the Black Dragon Mercenary Group. As well as many undead strong men gathered here, all of them were silent.
The prophet's expression looked a little anxious. His expression was uncertain.
The last time he lost contact with the black dragon was because he went to the world of death, so it was logical for the prophet to think so this time.
Is there any way to know the current situation of Black Dragon? he asked Levis.
This undead saint who came from the world of death knows the secrets of the plane better than those of them who grew up in the material plane.
Levis set his sights on the Lich Kings who also came from the world of death. They have a closer relationship with Hoffman and should know more about the planes.
However, the Lich Kings shook their heads in unison.
If Mr. Hoffman is still here, he should have something to do. One of the Lich Kings said regretfully, with a hint of unwilling anger in his tone.
Hoffman¡¯s death is a pain in the hearts of these people. Although they did not dare to oppose Cheromaner's decision. But they have the right to be angry.
So what should we do now? The prophet sighed helplessly.
The situation is very good now. The imperial army has completely lost its ability and courage to resist.
Led by these undead warriors, the 20,000 undead cavalry regiments have chased the remaining nearly 300,000 imperial expeditionary troops like lost dogs. He fled back to Lister City in embarrassment.
The prophet is confident that he will continue his efforts to attack Christ and drive those emperors out of the alliance.
But at such an important moment, Black Dragon disappeared again.
If something unexpected happens to Black Dragon, no matter how hard he tries, it will be in vain. This feeling of being unable to control one's own destiny is really frustrating for a proud person like the prophet.
Everyone was silent, and no one had any good ideas.
The tradition of undead creatures has always been like this. Although the black dragon usually does nothing, he will always be the supreme king.
As long as he is here, everyone has a backbone.
A small-scale riot broke out in Sayin City. A group of people shouted slogans to get out of the undead and kept attacking the city gate. The human soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop them, as they had already controlled the city gate. Agulito suddenly broke in with the news.
Acyclovir laughed disdainfully: Hey, big lizard, didn't you prepare a soul-sacrifice magic array? Just activate it directly. Why are humans still unclear about the situation now?
The prophet gave Acyclovir a cold look and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
He hates people calling him big lizard. If it were just Acyclovir, he would give him a lesson first, but he couldn't help but worry about those undead strong men who also came from the world of death.
The prophet did not respond, but Agulito said coldly: Black Dragon has already said that it will not use the soul-sacrifice magic array until the last moment. Now that the danger has passed, there is no need for this.
How could it not be? Levis was very surprised and asked: Those are millions of souls and bodies.
The scene instantly cooled down, and Agulito glared at Levi?One glance.
The prophet had a headache and subconsciously rubbed his forehead like a human.
The conflict of ideas between the undead creatures reincarnated from humans and the original undead creatures. This contradiction has long existed within them.
His concept favored native undead creatures, but the previous warning from the black dragon and even taking back the final control of the undead dragon made him realize that this was not something he could decide.
What was the reaction of the Natural Temple? This conflict of ideas can only be suppressed by the strength of the black dragon, and the prophet can only choose to change the topic.
The Temple of Nature was very calm and did not make any remarks against us. However, some believers of the Temple of Nature also participated in this riot. Agulito responded.
??Among the participants, are there any priests from the Natural Temple? asked the prophet.
No, at least he didn¡¯t clearly show his identity as a clergyman. After communicating with an undead, Agulito replied.
The prophet nodded. He could understand Lister's current situation. Between destruction and compromise, he could only choose the latter. As for the Natural Temple, he must have used his authority to appease it.
Now that there is the support of the Natural Temple, these small fights will not be a problem.
????????????????? Also, there are differences among the coalition forces in Sai City. The military headquarters of some cities have forcibly evacuated Sai City, and the troops of the Haitu Family also refused to participate in our operation. Agulito said again.
The prophet nodded to express understanding. This is the sequelae of being exposed. The fear of undead creatures among living races is deep-rooted. Even if the ruling authorities have to adopt a cooperative attitude due to the situation, they cannot affect the hostility of their subordinates towards undead creatures.
The prophet is already very satisfied with the current situation. His worst plan was that the Alliance and the Empire would join forces to deal with them.
As long as they don¡¯t cause trouble, we have enough to deal with these homeless dogs. As for other things, just wait until the Black Dragon comes back before making decisions. The prophet reluctantly ended the meeting. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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