Arcane Journey

Chapter 325 The Ancient Black Dragon
The wriggling black tentacles and sharp teeth of the abyssal parasite were displayed in front of Brian and Kaladna like countless blooming flowers, covering their vision.

"Boom boom!..."

The entire tower began to shake.

On the ground around the altar surrounded by dense dark energy, bulges suddenly appeared, and then, countless tentacles suddenly emerged from the ground, wrapping around a Sha who was wearing a dark purple priest robe and had loose black hair. Priestess, and dragged her to the ground.

"what!……"

Priestess Shar screamed in horror, but it was useless. Dozens of tentacles made of pure shadow energy still entangled the terrified priestess, suspended in mid-air, and hung upside down. on the tentacles.

"Tina, save me, save me, save me!!!..."

The priestess struggled frantically, trying to break free from these tentacles with all her strength, but she was unsuccessful. On the contrary, those tentacles became more and more intense because of her resistance.

As for the other priests who heard the priestess calling for help, except for a few priestesses who were pale with fright and whose delicate bodies kept trembling, the others all looked on coldly and looked devoutly at the bloody altar.

Obviously, they had expected this to happen a long time ago, or in other words, it could be seen from their pious eyes that they were waiting for this moment to come.

"Roar!"

Accompanied by the roar of the abyssal parasite full of slime, in a black pit next to the altar exuding a rotten smell, the viscous black water inside instantly boiled violently like boiling water, rising There was a strong dark breath.

After hearing a few soft noises, the clothes on the Shar priestess screaming in despair were torn.

"Everything is for the glory of the lost lady, your sacrifices are all worth it..."

The hoarse voice was only a little higher than the whisper, but it was exceptionally loud in this chaotic atmosphere.

Seeing such a horrific scene and the screams of fear and despair, the sorceress Kaladna, who was hiding in the shadows with Brian, turned her head pale.

Although she grew up in the Mage Tower in Suzar, she has experienced many things since she went out to take risks, and even joined many adventure groups.

She is quite familiar with such things, and she has seen some adventurers go upstairs in a tavern with a drunk dancer in their arms.

At the beginning, Kara Dena didn't understand it very well, but after a long time, she gradually understood what it meant.

However, it was the first time she had seen such a explosive scene replaced by tentacles, and it really shattered her three views.

"What's going on here?" Carla Dena touched Brian's arm with her elbow, and couldn't help asking, "What are they doing?"

She glanced at Brian, and found that this guy was staring intently at the heavy-tasting ceremony at the altar, and was enjoying watching it with relish, which made her complain secretly: Men are really not good things.

Brian withdrew his gaze, glanced at the female sorceress beside him, and said to her, "This is a sacrificial ceremony for the Church of Shar to tear the magic net. Now the magic net has been torn a small hole, and I want to go further To expand the wound, it is necessary to convert the energy of the Shadow Demon Web into filthy shadow energy, to gradually corrode it, and finally meet the requirement of tearing."

"To put it simply, it's no different from sprinkling salt on a wound." While speaking, Brian noticed that the consciousness of the first priestess had begun to blur.

Her body was arched upwards, stretched straight, her eyes were turned white, her mouth was wide open, but she could only make a swallowing sound.

Accompanied by the rapid retreat of these tentacles formed by the dark shadow energy, the priestess let out a final scream as if returning to the light, and then, like a puppet that was damaged in a storm, was thrown into the sticky tumbling, In violently boiling black water.

Immediately afterwards, there was the second, third, fourth... until two female priests whose strength had clearly reached the legendary realm.

Compared with other priestesses, these two legendary priests looked very calm, and there was even a trace of expectation in their cold eyes. When they took the initiative to walk towards the abyss parasitic beast, their graceful steps seemed to be attending a pleasant banquet. .

"Why don't they hide?" Kaladna, who was gradually numb to the scene in front of her, couldn't help asking curiously.

Although she knew that what she asked was like nonsense, she still couldn't help asking.

"Because they are the most devout believers of the Lost Lady." Brian replied patiently, "Even if they die, their souls will enter the Divine Kingdom of the Lost Lady. The souls of the priestesses will become part of the Shadow Demon Net, and for fanatics like them, it is undoubtedly the best destination."

At this moment, traces of dense dark energy rose from the boiling puddle, and finally turned into a black vortex that was constantly rotating.

Covered with thick red, like dried blood on the altar, etched silver symbols and dark purple magic runes suddenly erupted with terrifying dark energy.

Along with the viscous black water in the deep pit tumbling, surging, and boiling crazily... A strong dark breath, like a whale drinking from a cow, quickly rushed towards the vortex rising in the midair.

"Did you see it?" Brian pointed to the black vortex that was constantly shrinking, expanding, and rotating in mid-air, and said to Kala Dena:
"The place where this black vortex is connected is the wound where the magic net was torn, and the viscous black water in the deep pit is a dirty thing mixed with obscene breath and the energy of the shadow magic net. As long as all the energy in the pool is sent to In the wound of the magic net, the black dragon on the other side will use this energy to completely tear the magic net of Guangze completely, and become the first area in the material plane to be replaced by the shadow magic net."

"Since you know so well, why are you still hiding here so patiently." Kara Dena nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at the calm Brian with a puzzled face, "At this time, can we Shouldn't we rush out and stop them?"

"You are stupid." Brian glanced at her, then at the last legendary priestess who was entangled.

Her eyes turned white, and her slender body was trembling violently, like a piece of rag hanging from a branch of a tree in a storm and swaying wildly, "With the strength of the two of us, rushing out without thinking at this time is nothing like dying Different."

"Wait a minute." He glanced at the abyss parasite, and said calmly, "We will rush out when the last priestess is completely killed. In this case, the enemy we face is only one abyss parasite." beast."

In fact, just the two of them facing an abyss parasitic beast made Brian feel a little tricky, not to mention facing a priestess whose strength reached the legendary realm.

In this case, it is natural to wait for this obscene sacrifice ceremony to end, and while the black vortex is crazily absorbing energy, the two will suddenly appear again and kill the abyssal parasites stationed here.

Waiting patiently, in just a moment, in this high tower like a cave tunnel, from the sticky black puddle, the strong smell of blood and stench spread and filled every corner.

Even the ground under Brian and Kaladna's feet was gone, turned into a carpet of rotting flesh, and it was still trembling slightly as if it had life.

More attention is drawn to the front.

The size of the abyssal parasite has become as tall as the entire large cavity, like a huge piece of meat, standing contentedly within the reach of their sight.

With the help of the deep purple light emanating from the altar, Brian could easily see the crimson skin and rotten flesh of the abyss parasite, with countless tentacles gliding across it.

But the most astonishing thing is the touch of white inlaid in the middle of that huge piece of meat.

"My God, I can't bear to look at it."

Karadena held Brian's arm tightly with both hands, staring wide-eyed.

It was the body fused into the red flesh that caused the lady warlock to react so violently.

The last priestess whose strength reached the legendary realm was naked at this moment, her limbs had been completely swallowed by the flesh.

Her eyes were wide open, but there was only a blank inside, and she could not see the slightest emotion and soul.

"It's evil, it's horrible, it's unforgivable."

Kara Dena's delicate body trembled. On the surface, it seemed that she had recovered without any fluctuations. However, the white knuckles of the hands holding Brian's arms showed the indignation of this lady warlock very well. mood.

"Get ready to fight!" Brian's voice revived Kaladna, who had been in a brief trance, and at this moment, the two heard a not-so-familiar creaking sound at the same time.

"We have been exposed!" Kala Dena immediately realized the problem.

As soon as the words fell, hundreds of devil beetles the size of cats with bat-like wings appeared from the darkness in all directions and rushed towards the two of them.

Brian was no stranger to this group of bugs. They possessed fast speed and sharp minions. The only flaw was that their bodies were very fragile.

——"Oath from Another World, Heavenly Mountain!"

A dazzling golden light interweaves into a summoning circle, and several archon protoss exuding divine radiance are summoned here by Brian from Tianjie Mountain.

"The patron of Tianjie Mountain, the envoy of the holy sword, Reginas... huh?"

An incomparably majestic voice sounded, and before the greeting was finished, this male angel exuding rough beauty noticed the situation here.

"It turned out to be an abyssal parasitic beast?" Angry holy flames suddenly appeared in the eyes of the Holy Sword God Envoy, revealing the purest disgust for evil creatures.

"Dirty devil, accept the purification! The soul of any fallen person will be imprisoned in the prison of the seventh heaven forever!"

As soon as the words fell, the Holy Sword God Envoy, as well as the 5 Guard God Envoys and the 3 Night Owl God Envoys standing behind him, suddenly burst into scorching holy flames.

Walls of light filled with sacred aura emerged, and the scorching air waves were a hundred times more intense than the noon sun, spreading in the surrounding space.

Even Brian could faintly feel his face being scorched hot, but compared to his own feeling, the reaction of those bugs was more intense. They couldn't stop their footsteps, and rushed towards the bright flame like moths , is instantly purified and evaporated.

The battle is imminent.

Carla Dena, the Angel of Night Raid and the Angel of Defense, under Brian's order, joined the battle to clean up the demon beetles.

And Brian signaled the holy sword god envoy to attack the abyss parasite together with him.

"Roar……!!"

Faced with the pincer attack of the two, the abyssal parasite opened its mouth and roared. No one could tell whether it was because of pain and anger, or for some other reason.

However, these are no longer important to Brian.

On the contrary, at the same time as the abyssal parasite roared, he had already moved his body, activated the flashing technique, and appeared in front of it without warning.

Not far behind him, the arms of the Holy Sword Divine Envoy transformed into two lightsabers with sacred and blazing attributes in an instant, and the whole body burst into a blazing flame, turning into a meteor followed closely behind.

The abyssal parasite raised countless tentacles and drew towards Brian and the holy sword angel.

Especially the latter, as an abyssal demon of an evil camp, it should be impossible for it to tolerate the existence of such a dazzling divine brilliance.

Facing the tentacles whistling with the sound of the wind, Brian turned sideways, swung his long sword upwards, blue and white flames flickered, and accompanied by the screams of the abyss parasite, all tentacles trying to approach him were cut off one after another. It fell to the ground, wriggled crazily, and was finally burned to ashes.

The Holy Sword Divine Envoy is equally prepared. After all, kindness and evil are always mutually restrained. To deal with the attack of the abyss parasitic beast, he only needs a protective evil full of divine energy to instantly bounce off all tentacles, and all It rushed towards Brian, as if venting the anger of the failed attack.

Seeing this scene, Brian cursed secretly, and the long sword danced with a sword light, cutting off the tentacles close to him, then distanced himself, and quickly recited a spell.

——"Nine-ring spell: Ice Rage!"

Accompanied by the surge of arcane energy, the air around him immediately dropped to freezing point.

Afterwards, sharp swords condensed from the ice emerged from Brian's side, and accompanied by his movements, they roared and shot forward.

In an instant, dozens of icy sharp swords pierced into the body of the abyss parasitic beast. Not only that, the icy cold air quickly and quickly extended from the sword, covering its body with a thick layer of hoarfrost , making it look like it was made of water, its movements quickly became stiff and solidified, and even the originally waving tentacles hit the ground heavily.

At the same time, the two arms of the Holy Sword God Envoy condensed amazing sacred flames and swung them down forcefully.

Immediately, the radiance condensed on the blade was released at the first time, turning into an incomparable giant hammer, and smashed heavily on the body of the abyss parasitic beast. The priestess in the flesh also screamed in pain.

"—!!"

The great pain caused by the double blow of ice and fire caused the abyssal parasite to howl angrily. It opened its mouth wide, and soft tentacles shot out from it, spraying a poisonous green gravy.

Brian's body suddenly blurred, disappeared, and suddenly appeared behind the abyss parasitic beast, waving the long sword in his hand.

The sharp sword bursting out with blue and white flames easily pierced into the body of the abyssal parasite, and the energy condensed on it also exploded at this moment.

The violent shock wave tore apart the huge body of the parasitic beast, opening a large hole more than one meter wide in it, and palm-sized demon beetles spewed out from the wound. They twisted and tried to open The mouth with its small sharp teeth tried in vain to bite anything it came into contact with in order to prolong its life.

But they quickly screamed and burned in the holy brilliance of the holy sword angel, and fell to the ground with little flames, which added a bit of normal beauty to this dark and evil space.

At the same time, Kaladna, who cleaned up some demon beetles, also joined the battle.

With the wild magic energy raising the sorceress' long hair, the chaotic balls condensed into shape, and hit the body of the abyssal parasite like a storm, spreading wounds corroded by deep purple energy.

——"The brilliance burst!"

Streams of radiance carrying the energy of the heavens were released by the guardian angel and the night owl angel almost at the same time.

The dazzling light merged together, condescendingly covering the huge body of the abyssal parasitic beast, like a noise waterfall, and amidst the roar, shrouded the parasitic beast in the sacred flame.

"Remember your mission, Reginas."

Bryan said in a low voice, while the Holy Sword God Envoy beside him nodded, and then crossed his arms and blades in front of his chest, observing the surrounding situation in readiness.

Although the abyssal parasitic beast in front of him seemed helpless after being beaten by them, the reality was not as good as it looked. Brian knew very well that if he wanted to completely kill the parasitic beast, he could only destroy it from the inside.

After whispering the command to the Holy Sword Divine Envoy, Brian immediately flew up with him, left the ground, and rushed towards the abyssal parasite.

Kala Dena and the guardian angels frantically poured out their attack spells to suppress the attack of the abyssal parasites and buy time for the two of them.

"—!!"

Feeling the pain of the overwhelming magic blasting on the body, the demon uttered a roar that was enough to scare middle and low-level professionals to death, and then all the tentacles around him lifted up, like flexible poisonous snakes, He rushed towards the two people who were flying over.

Brian was enveloped by the surge of teleportation energy of the flash technique, and disappeared in an instant.

When he flashed several times in a row and appeared in front of the abyssal parasitic beast through the gaps of countless tentacles, he immediately swung his sword forward without mercy.

One after another, energy mixed with chaos and curse fire emerged from the sword body, turning into torrents and rushing downward.

Under the tearing of dozens of terrifying energies, the originally tough outer skin of the abyssal parasite was quickly blasted into a huge wound, and the bright red tender flesh trembled and ruptured, revealing the deeper darkness inside.

last blow!
Bryan's eyes were slightly condensed, the mixed energy on the sword had been condensed and compressed to the limit by him, and then under his intentional guidance, he trembled like a beast about to be released, eager to release this unparalleled destructive power.

At this moment, a snow-white figure suddenly stood in front of Brian.

I saw the Priestess of Shar whose strength had reached the legendary realm originally embedded in the meat, looked at him with dull eyes, and reached out her hand in despair, trying to get his help.

"Please...help me...I don't want to die..."

While the priestess begged bitterly, a tentacle suddenly appeared from her mouth, opened its sharp teeth, and threw itself at Brian viciously.

At this time, Brian, who was not affected in any way, threw the Star Sword in his hand, which was condensed from arcane energy and blessed with Chaos and Cursefire energy, without hesitation.

The long sword shining with blue and white flames seemed to have fallen from the sky at this moment. A fleeting meteor burst through the head of the priestess, piercing the torn wound of the parasitic beast in the abyss like a bamboo.

For a moment, a bright light appeared on the originally filthy dark red meat, like a beacon for igniting explosives.

"It's now!"

Brian quickly gave an order, and then swiped his right hand in the air. Three bottles filled with liquid-like holy water were thrown into the torn wound of the abyssal parasite by his telekinesis ability.

The holy sword envoy suddenly vibrated the red glowing wings, and the shining holy light surged around him, making him like a light arrow off the string, aiming at the dark and deep wound of the abyss parasitic beast, penetrating into it.

At that moment, the demon fell silent.

But then, a shrill scream suddenly broke out.

The twisted, high-pitched cries sounded dizzying enough, as if thousands of souls were tormenting in the flames of an abyss.

The fat chunks of meat began to tremble irregularly, bursting, and filthy blood spurted out, and holy and dazzling rays of light shone from the inside of the demon.

"Get out!"

Seeing that the Holy Sword Divine Envoy had ignited the holy water and rushed out of the abyss parasitic beast in time, Brian immediately opened the portal and led everyone away from this place.

"—!!"

And at this moment, the most terrifying explosion happened.

A bright and hot pillar of fire rises from the ground, erupts from the devil's mouth and goes straight into the sky. The ground begins to tremble uncontrollably, gravel falls downward, and huge stalactites burst under the action of the shock wave, falling to the ground.

For a while, dust was flying everywhere, and the diffuse dust enveloped the entire ghost tower.

At the same time, inside a fortress on the cliff.

The gloomy study room is illuminated by the diffuse green cold light, and two black and white intertwined tapestries are decorated on the wall.

The first one uses simple lines to describe all races in the world: humans, elves, dwarves... demons, golems... all creatures are prostrate on the ground, saluting a huge black disc in the sky.

The second picture is under the star-studded night sky, on a steep and rugged cliff, strangely shaped buildings and bushes are intertwined and 'grow', and the edge of the tapestry is embroidered with scenes of the full moon and lunar eclipse on both sides.

Despiel, the ancient black dragon—purple runes gleamed on his skin, and a thumb-sized fragment of... was tied around his neck by a copper chain.

He was crawling on a deep purple magic circle in the center of the room, and in the air above was a black vortex that was constantly rotating...

On the wall beside him hung a row of cages, each containing a ragged humanoid.

The cage was so small that it could hardly hold a normal human being, so everyone in the cage curled up helplessly.

The vortex above the black dragon's head continuously extracts wisps of blue-white energy from them, pouring it into the black vortex and disappearing...

This is where Despierre's life's work lies.

From the day he was born, what he instinctively wanted to do... was this ceremony.

He won't back down, and he won't give up until he fights to the death.

"rumble……"

At this moment, the whole fortress felt a slight shaking, and on the tea table next to the seat, there were obvious ripples in a cup of tea emitting bursts of mist.

The black dragon Despier, who was prostrate on the ground, raised his head, stared at the constantly rotating black vortex, and muttered to himself, "It seems that the ceremony below has been interrupted."

"Okay, I admit that I underestimated you, you actually have the ability to kill parasitic beasts."

There was no emotion on his hideous face like a skeleton, he just stretched out his paws while stroking the pendant hanging around his neck, and said to himself: "But, let's stop here."

"Sarabak." The black dragon called out.

As soon as the words fell, a terrifying creature flew to the center of the room.

There are six tentacles growing around his mouth, his head looks like an octopus, but his body looks like a humanoid creature, wearing a somewhat worn black robe.

The whole creature looked like some kind of evil alien.

"The ceremony is about to be completed." The black dragon stared at the black vortex and told him:

"You lead someone to stop these two intruders. When I open a hole in the magic net that is big enough to cover the entire swamp, the magic they possess will become useless."

"Obey, my master." The black shadow bowed humbly, and disappeared in an instant.

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(End of this chapter)