Chapter 431 Digestion of Harvest
Chapter 431 Digestion of Harvest
Three days later, in the evening.
West coast line, the Kingdom of Atonement.
Wrangell main city.
A distant bell sounded through the streets, and hundreds of believers in white robes walked out of the houses, with their hands clasped together and their heads lowered. A cross pattern was engraved on each of their foreheads, and shoes woven from thorns were on their feet.
The people of the theocracy are called Lambs, who perform basic labor and are prohibited from owning private property.
After violating the Ten Thousand Chapters of the Precepts, the Lambs will be considered minor sinners and will need to "atone for a thousand days" before they can be forgiven.
At the main city gate, a once magnificent cathedral stands quietly, with more than half of its spire broken and its stained glass shattered over the course of time, leaving only mottled window frames. The church door is half-closed, and the holy images on the rotten wooden door are blurred.
Beyond the city gate, one can see the endless black sea. In this coastal main city, there live tens of thousands of fishermen and civilians. Due to the countless dangers in the ocean, the mortality rate of these civilians is terrifyingly high, but they can often obtain precious materials.
There are many villas around the church.
The sin-purifying priest led the group to one of the villas. He took out the silver wine jug he carried with him and introduced it enthusiastically: "Red Flower Pavilion, the previous owner of this villa was a priest like me. We are friends, but he participated in the fortress war..."
The priest lowered his head and whispered, "It is said that he met the sadistic demon Amber. When the Knights of Redemption found his body, his two arms had been broken. One was stuffed into his mouth, and the other was stuffed into his buttocks... Ugh, how disgusting."
Among the companions, A Da, A Er and A San all turned around to look at the cloaked man behind them.
Jiang He shook his head in response. He didn't have the habit of killing people cruelly. After all, there was not much meaning in wasting time on this.
In the official propaganda of the Empire, he has become a villain not seen in a thousand years. He attacked the city of Carmel in the name of the End Society, destroyed the Ring Railway, murdered several legion commanders and important students in the Fortress War, stole the Imperial Sword, stole important alchemical information, and planned to launch the Battle of the Holy City.
All the evil things that have happened recently were caused by Amber Ashes, and he deserves to be cut into pieces.
"...a classical-style sofa made of the fur of fallen wolf beasts." The priest took a sip of wine and stroked the surface of the sofa with his palm. He looked around with intoxicated eyes.
"If I wasn't in urgent need of money, I would never sell it to outsiders. This villa is like a friend's widow to me. It is dignified and holy, and it makes people want to live here. But I need money to atone for my sins, so I'll give you five thousand Hate Crystals for the price, and I won't bargain."
The pastor said sadly, "Mr. Felix, can you understand the pain I feel when I have to give up my friend's widow?"
Ah Da tried to smile and replied, "Of course, I'm happy to enjoy it in the days ahead. Please pay the bill."
Ah Er brought out a wooden box. After opening it, the crystal light inside sparkled.
After a while, the money and goods were settled.
The priest turned and left with an excited look on his face.
Jiang He led the way into the villa, sat down directly in front of the sofa, and took off his cloak. A strange fishy fragrance filled the air. The seal of various Abyss Ghost abilities had ended, but the mark of corruption left by the drop of gray rain still remained on the heart, and the gray-black color almost covered the entire left chest.
"It's not good."
Lilith appeared quietly, sitting sideways with legs bent in mid-air. She looked at the wound carefully and speculated, "It's not an ordinary blow. It should be something similar to the blood of the vampires. This kind of corruption completely affects the flesh, and it is difficult for me to absorb it from the soul."
Lilith reached out her hand, and her slender jade fingers stroked the other person's chest. She pondered and said, "It will probably take you more than ten hours, but you have the final time ring, so it's not particularly dangerous."
"What I want to know is why this thing can't be removed using the time ring." Jiang He took out the dragon blood wine and gulped down a few gulps.
Lilith covered her mouth and laughed, "Do you really think that the ability of immortality can make you invincible? There are countless ways to bypass the recovery mechanism. The source of the gray rain comes from the current external environment of this world and the time gap ghost in your body."
"Combining the inside and outside to assimilate, even if you refresh and restore, the result will be the same, because the two key points have not changed. Since your life is not in danger, you must be reluctant to give up your time rift ability. Just bear with it, and the problem will be solved after you kill the Pope."
Jiang He sighed softly and leaned back on the sofa. The prolonged decline had taken a heavy toll on his combat status. The Pope's powerful attack, which he had been accumulating until the end of the battle, was no small feat.
"Don't forget to upgrade." Lilith ruffled the other person's hair.
"I know." Jiang He rolled his eyes. Unless he died in battle, he would never forget to become stronger.
[Hint: Your main quest ③: Destroy the Ashes Academy has been completed, and you have obtained 3 Ultimate Skill Upgrade Scrolls]
Jiang He chose three skills, the first was the perfect-level fatal strike, the second was the rare-level passive fire bath, and the last was the excellent-level butterfly wings obtained when using silkworm life.
[Name: Fatal Shot]
[Category: Active Skills]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Effect ①: Fatal - Shooting power increased by 80%]
[Effect ②: Baiyi——Provides additional 80% armor-breaking damage/80% bullet flight speed/50% concussion damage/50% shooting kinetic energy enhancement]
[Note: Let the bullets fly (100 energy points will be consumed each time it is activated)]
...[Name: Bath of Fire]
[Category: Passive]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Effect: Immune to fire damage at the Ultimate level and below]
[Note: Burnt in Fire (Since the Fire Stealing Mark has the ultimate fire damage immunity, the overall fire damage immunity after the two are combined reaches the baseline of the Undying Level)]
……
[Name: Silkworm-born butterfly wings]
[Category: Active]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Effect: Immunity to spatial confinement abilities of the same level or below. For abilities above the same level, the ability will be reduced depending on the situation.]
[Note: Wings of Freedom (consumes physical strength)]
Three skill upgrades completed.
Jiang He found the jealousy container from his portable imperial city.
Lilith shrugged regretfully and said, "It's hopeless. There was still hope before the remnant soul of the body floated up, but now the remnant soul has been fatally hit by Marquis Tommen. Sylvia can say goodbye to the world once and for all."
Jiang He touched his chin, "Is there something else behind your words?"
Lilith chuckled: "You did have hope of saving her at that time. Of course, I always respect your wishes."
Jiang He said calmly: "I may be able to help her, but it has nothing to do with her own tragedy. If she knew, she would blame the murderer. However, considering that the murderer is her father, it is meaningless to just imagine the specific situation."
Lilith pretended to wipe her tears and said, "When I think about how she led you to the Ash Academy, but you were left to die without help, I feel so sad."
"Favors are really becoming cheaper these days."
Jiang He stabbed the container with one hand and said casually: "It is my greatest sincerity to avenge her."
Anger and jealousy devoured one after another.
[Title: The Evil of This World]
[Category: System]
[Level: Epic]
[Effect ①: God Moves with the Heaven - Blessed Talent Gluttony Lord (unique) can temporarily transform all the extraordinary powers in the Gluttony body into extraordinary factors (freely selectable), thereby greatly enhancing the overall attributes, and the final effect is increased by 160% (this ability can be promoted as the number of world-destroying level abyss ghosts collected)]
[Effect ②: The Evil of This World——When all the world-destroying ghosts are gathered, the overall status is +1 (not activated)]
[Effect ③: Enemy of the Seven Sins - After the skill is activated, immunity to 40% of the same-level mysterious attacks (soul, curse, abnormality, spell, etc.)]
[Note: A crude imitation of Origin-level power]
Skill improvement is over.
Jiang He took out a tattered golden armor with shocking cracks on the surface, like hideous scars.
Finally, the time ring was activated, a faint light like the morning sun flowed, the cracks began to heal slowly, and there seemed to be fine golden threads flowing in the gaps of the armor, intertwining and entwining with each other.
The originally broken parts were quickly reassembled and became flat and smooth. The cracks that were deep enough to see the bones became shallow marks, and then even the shallow marks disappeared. As time recovered, the armor regained its original glory and shone brightly under the dim setting sun.
Jiang He fed the Emperor's Battle Armor to the Changhen Dragon Spear, and the former turned into golden powder and completely merged into the spear body. This time he chose the epic solidity effect, which made the dragon spear's solidity a big step forward on the original basis, and the total weight increased to 50000 jin.
"The fourth immortal-level item." Jiang He pondered. He wanted to upgrade the Everlasting Sorrow Dragon Spear to immortality. The last item must have a certain degree of durability and must be epic. Among the many immortal weapons in the World of Ashes, only the Emperor's Armor and the Shield of War met the requirements.
Currently, the armor has been fed. As for the War Shield that has been missing for a long time, the exploration duo has already gained some information. When it comes to intelligence, Wuhe is quite professional.
The upgrade was completed. Lilith reached out and tapped the other person's shoulder, looking towards the entrance of the villa.
"What's going on with this old guy?"
On the carpet next to the door, the old priest had a calm expression on his face, but his complexion was extremely haggard. His robe had long been changed into ordinary clothes. The girl in his arms had a hideous look on her face and had lost her breath.
Jiang He said perfunctorily: "When jealousy was born, it tempted everyone in the academy to fall, including Rorona. The old priest arrived and took her away, unable to save her."
As a gold, as long as you can avoid the most dangerous waves, surviving will not be a problem.
After leaving the Holy City, Jiang He found Ada and his threesome going abroad to the Theocracy. Due to the main mission, the old priest chose to go with them, but his mental state was obviously not good.
Lilith whispered, "First it was the orphan from Carmel Church, then it was the sinner Green, and now it's this girl's turn. It looks like the old priest might become a time bomb."
"Anyway, it wasn't me who got blown up." Jiang He spread his hands.
Not long after, on the dark sea outside the city, a broken ship was rapidly approaching the shore. At the bow, a burly man with a wolf's head and a human body was looking into the distance, and the crow on his shoulder was combing its feathers.
"Ah, I see land, brother."
Lao Hei turned back to steer the ship, "Xiao He should have arrived early, let's go meet him."
The mob was chirping, the upper half of the treasure map pointed to the city of Langer, but it was obviously just a landing point, and the possibilities were complicated. Fortunately, the lower half of the treasure map was in the boss's hands.
(End of this chapter)