Chapter 482

Amidst the crazy and terrifying roars, in the area where the weather was abnormally chaotic, a tornado blew up, carrying smoke, flames, lightning, hail, etc., and rotated into the high sky, connecting to the invisible flames that were burning quietly.

Not far from the hurricane that was so exaggerated it seemed like a harbinger of the apocalypse, two figures were simultaneously affected by the roar. One head leaned back slightly, as if punched by someone, and the other's wrinkles trembled gently, his eyes becoming increasingly sharp.

The former was the man who originally stood behind Olsen, the vice president of the "Iron and Blood Cross Order," Tony Dunn. The latter was elderly, wearing a blue military dress uniform, equipped with a sash and medals, with deep red hair combed neatly back. He was the mysterious president of the "Iron and Blood Cross Order," who called himself Dister.

Dister withdrew his gaze from the hurricane, turned his head, and said to Tony Dunn:

"The opportunity to become a 'Conqueror' is right in front of us. If I can obtain it, I will find a way to separate the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Weather Warlock' and give them to you."

Tony Dunn looked at the violent hurricane, lightning, and heavy rain, his pale blue eyes carrying a bit of mockery:

"Can we really succeed? It seems that a 'Weather Warlock' has already joined there, and even if Vormunda Soron has lost control and become a monster, that is still a Sequence 1 monster."

In his conversation, Tony Dunn had no respect for the Sequence 2 "Weather Warlock" and the Sequence 1 "Conqueror," even though he was not yet an angel.

Dister's expression didn't change at all, and his momentum suddenly rose.

This, combined with the military dress uniform on his body, made him look like the commander of all armies.

"In the outside world, we would definitely fail. Even without other interference, we would have to go through a long hunt to have hope of solving the out-of-control Vormunda Soron. But here..." Dister said in a low voice, "We can borrow that power in a short time."

Just as he finished speaking, the center of his eyebrows suddenly turned red, as if something wanted to drill out.

At the same time, Dister took a coin purse from his waist, which was covered by his dress uniform.

Inside were full of soybeans and several palm-sized tin soldiers.

Dister grabbed these things and threw them forward.

Amidst the sound of the wind, the tin soldiers came alive and became huge, while a large number of soybeans seemed to have been soaked in water, expanding rapidly, eventually evolving into one giant after another with blurred faces and yellowish skin.

Dister, who didn't have time to bring his own team into here, suddenly turned into deep red-near-purple flames burning fiercely, sweeping the newly created soldiers into them.

A rainbow light then rose, cutting through the sky and throwing itself straight toward the giant figure within the tornado.

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At the edge of the magnificent city shrouded in faint gray fog.

Gardner Martin took off his helmet, and there was spiderweb-like damage on his breastplate, where bloody clothes were vaguely visible inside.

His other hand pressed against his head, and he walked forward staggeringly, with crimson-near-white flames occasionally erupting from his pores.

He was obviously also affected by the terrifying roar just now.

Just like this, Gardner Martin walked through the ruins and soon approached the faint gray fog. Inside the gray fog stood asymmetrical buildings that were half-collapsed. They hadn't left any traces from the erosion of time, as if they were still staying at the moment they suffered a devastating blow and sank into the ground.

Suddenly, Gardner Martin stopped his steps, looked to the side, and shouted in a deep voice:

"Who?"

Amidst the sound of rolling gravel, Olsen, who looked like a hungry bear, walked out from behind a completely collapsed black building, carrying that small, brownish leather suitcase.

This "Supervisor," wearing a half-high silk top hat, a yellow vest, and a black suit, looked at Gardner Martin and said:

"I didn't know who was coming, so I hid first.

"Where is Philippe?"

Gardner Martin breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"We encountered Lu Mi and his team. Philippe was taken down by them. I was slightly injured and managed to escape by force."

"Your state isn't too good." Olsen, who had a thick beard, didn't ask about the details of the battle and looked Gardner Martin up and down.

Gardner Martin smiled and said:

"It's okay, the 'Armor of Pride' helped me block most of the damage. Hmm, it was mainly the roar from the angel just now that caused me some influence. Fortunately, the distance was relatively far, and the problem wasn't that serious. Look, the 'Armor of Pride' didn't attack me, which means I haven't become weak yet."

"That's good. We are now entering the Trier of the Fourth Epoch." "Supervisor" Olsen nodded with an indifferent expression.

Gardner Martin turned his body, holding the silver-white helmet with one arm, and walked toward the faint gray fog not far away.

Olsen carried the small, brownish leather suitcase and followed behind the side of this "Officer" of the "Iron and Blood Cross Order."

As the two walked forward step by step, Olsen's eyes suddenly became fierce and vicious.

"You used 'It's okay' twice...

"You have already taken off the helmet of the 'Armor of Pride'..." While Olsen muttered silently, Gardner Martin's silver-white armored, slightly staggering back was reflected in his brownish-red eyes.

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At the edge of the wilderness scattered with a large number of mirror fragments, although Forsyth and Jianna couldn't hear what was being chanted within the "Wall of Spirituality," they could see that the gray-white stone pillars and the two candles of the same color had eerily become soft. They could see that the candle flames were as large as a fist, silver-white with black, and they could see that a phantom silver-black liquid flowed out from Lu Mi's chest, wrapping his whole person in it.

When Lu Mi curled up on the ground, rolling from time to time, and the face covered by the silver-black liquid "mask" was obviously distorted, Forsyth sighed in a low voice:

"Looks very painful..."

And Charles should be enduring such a thing for the fourth time.

"Yeah." Although Jianna was standing outside the "Wall of Spirituality," she was still inexplicably terrified, and a layer of goosebumps rose on her skin.

She had seen the pain and confusion in Charles's heart, but this was the first time she had witnessed his body suffering such intense pain.

Forsyth said sincerely:

"If Charles were to switch to drinking the 'Pain' potion now, he wouldn't even need to worry about not reaching Sequence 4. It's too fitting!"

The Sequence 5 of the "Assassin" pathway is called "Pain," also known as "Pain Witch."

After the terrifying roar echoed once more, the silver-black phantom liquid beads on Lu Mi's body seeped into his body, his expression gradually relaxed, and his body no longer curled up.

He lay spread-eagled on the ground beside the collapsed gray-white stone pillar, unwilling to move for several seconds.

His spirituality had not only recovered but had also become more abundant, but his body and spirit were obviously exhausted, as if he had done a very difficult thing in the most focused state. Once completed and relaxed, it was inevitable to have such a feeling.

Lu Mi knew that time was pressing and forced himself to stand up.

He found that the silver-with-black candle flame had returned to normal, and the gray fog around him was gradually receding.

This caused his plan to stay here and rely on the gray fog's protection to resist the terrifying roar to fail before it even started.

Mr. "Fool's" response had a time limit!

Moreover, he also had to consider the interference of the "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."

While quickly packing up the altar, Lu Mi examined his own changes:

The "Ascetic" gift had a very obvious improvement on spirituality. Lu Mi felt that even if he used the "Hum-Ha Technique" several times, he could still complete about eight "Spirit World Shuttles."

The "Ascetic" also further improved his endurance, making him more adaptable to extreme weather. Even if he encountered frost, he wouldn't be frozen stiff. Similarly, he was better at enduring emotions and desires. Many things were not that he didn't feel them, but that he could endure them.

This extended to a core ability of the "Ascetic," "Accumulation," which could play a role in the mental aspect and also produce good effects in both material and mysterious domains.

The former corresponded to emotions and desires. Many times, the generated emotions and desires were endured, not completely disappearing, but suppressed. When they reached a critical point, they always needed to be vented or resolved, otherwise, it was easy to have psychological problems. The "Accumulation" ability could save these emotions and desires and explode them at a critical moment to achieve the desired effect. For Lu Mi, the negative effects of the three abilities of the "Contracted Person" and the corresponding effects of the magical items on his body were all more bearable, just needing to be released periodically through behaviors like snapping an enemy's neck;

The latter referred to spirituality, strength, and ritual steps, etc. Through "Accumulation," Lu Mi could compress and store spirituality and strength that exceeded normal people when there was nothing to do, and then release them when needed. This could allow his spirituality to recover once, and it could allow him to briefly become giant-sized, with strength, speed, and agility all sufficient to contend with the Sequence 6 "Dawn Knight" of the "Warrior" pathway for one or two minutes. In addition, the "Accumulation" of ritual steps could allow Lu Mi to use abilities like "Beast-Making Technique" and "Ghost-Driving Technique" in actual combat.

In addition, after becoming an "Ascetic," the gifts Lu Mi had previously obtained were also enhanced. For example, the number of contract abilities he could bear increased by three, but he didn't really want to sign them all, preparing to pick one or two suitable ones. Too many contracts would have too many negative effects, all kinds of them, even an "Ascetic" would suffer because of it. The parish priest Guillaume Bénet and Bovar were negative examples.

Of course, this was not a problem that needed to be considered now. There was no way to summon Spirit World creatures here at all.

Lu Mi packed up his items, lifted the "Wall of Spirituality," and while returning the lucky gold coin to Jianna, said in a deep voice:

"We are going to that Trier of the Fourth Epoch now."

"Ah?" Jianna looked dazed.

Charles had just said he wanted to stay away from that giant figure and that magnificent city!

Forsyth looked back thoughtfully and said:

"You suspect that the mist shrouding that city belongs to Mr. 'Fool,' and entering there can provide a certain degree of protection, so you don't have to worry about being roared to death by that madman or losing control and becoming a monster?"

"Yes, it's very dangerous there, but there's also hope for us to protect ourselves and wait for the follow-up." Lu Mi reasonably inferred that the mist shrouding the Trier of the Fourth Epoch was the same mist based on the mist around the "Samaritan Woman's Spring" and the fact that the shadows of many great figures of the Fourth Epoch were wandering there.

Power from Mr. "Fool"!

Forsyth didn't talk nonsense and nodded gently:

"Okay."

Jianna chose to trust her two companions and didn't waste time questioning.

At this time, Anthony Reid had also finished cleaning up the battlefield and approached with his gains.

(End of chapter)