41. The Demon Eruption
"Buzz"
In the low, dim night of Pandaria, the sound of insects sounded from far and near in the darkness, and between the ancient mountain streams that led from the Dread Wasteland to the Praying Mantis Plateau, a strange mantis demon that was three points larger than the others, but still agile as the wind, was moving as fast as the wind through this dark mountainous area full of miasma and difficult beasts.
The armor worn by this mantis demon is more simple and gorgeous than that of other mantis demon generals, on top of its amber armor, the amber masters of the mantis demon embellished it with a lot of strange patterns with their crazy skills, and if you look closely, it is a picture scroll that tells the ancient history of the mantis demon, just like those sincere believers in the human empire will engrave scriptures on their armor, this strange mantis demon is also using the same way to express his "sincerity".
Unlike the Mantis Demon, who usually likes to use long weapons, this guy has two sharp curved short swords made of steel and amber pinned to his waist, as well as a lot of amber daggers, and is clearly a skilled fighter in hand-to-hand combat, as well as assassination.
And on the chest of this mantis demon, there is a strange emblem, which represents the Karaksi Council that occupies an important position in the mantis demon society, and being able to wear such an emblem means that the identity of this mantis demon warrior is unusual.
"Your Excellency Kruck, how long are we still from the Xuanniu Temple?"
The new servant of the Dominator has just completed the task of awakening the heroic warrior, and the deep voice of Benedictas, who has been accepted by the Council of Calaxi, resounded behind the mantis demon, and in the face of this strange outsider, the "Wind Raider" Kruck did not want to answer... As an honorary knight who has gone down in the history of the Mantis Demon and a great heroic warrior, its strange sense of glory in the face of the followers of the "Juggernaut" makes it impossible to ignore it.
So after a few moments, the Storm Sweeper said in a hoarse and obscure voice:
"Soon... If these hundreds of years have not changed the topography of the Praying Mantis Plateau... That's pretty fast. ”
Kruck the Wind Raider, a heroic warrior who was active nearly a thousand years ago, in its time, the Mantis Demon still maintained an absolute advantage over the Panda People, and it was also in the era of Kruck that the Mantis Demon gradually spread its power out of the Dread Wasteland, and placed some insect nests on the land of the Mantis Plateau on the other side of Beaulies' Spine, located in the northwest of the Pandaria continent.
In fact, the erosion of the Mantis Plateau by the Mantis Demon began a long time ago, but they have not used the Mantis Plateau as a second battlefield, and the reason why the Wind Raider Kruck can become a great hero is that under its leadership, a mantis demon division completed the blow to the panda people's forces on the flank battlefield for the first time with an absolute inferior number, forcing the panda people to retreat on a large scale, and giving up nearly one-third of the land of the mantis plateau to the mantis demon.
That was the closest the Mantis Demon came to breaking through the dragon's back, but unfortunately... Providence makes people, in short, after that, the mantis demon's activities on the mantis plateau were stopped by the two war walled cities built by the shadow faction here, the dragon shadow sentry and the Gao Lan array, which were each other's horns, and completely blocked the mantis demon's activities in the northwest, but because of this, the mantis demon could not continue to go deep inland in the reincarnation of the millennium, so it could only turn its target to the Xuanniu Temple in the northeast of the plateau, that is, the dojo of the supreme god Xuanniu Soap.
It was a temple built on an island, and like the other three temples, there was also a powerful demon suppressed under the Xuanniu Temple, which represented the fear of fear, and it was rumored that 10,000 years ago, Emperor Shaohao walked the world, and among the six demons that faded, the fear of the demon was the most powerful... It represents the primordial fear in the hearts of all things, so once the Horror Evil breaks out of the seal, it is likely to directly lead to a terrible natural disaster in the whole of Pandaria.
And the Seal of Dreadiness is the destination of Kruck and Benedictas the Stormslifter.
Benedictas, who sat behind the Storm Raider, was still wearing his black robes, looking very depressed and lonely in the dark, he had just completed the difficult mission given to him by the Council of Karaksi to awaken the heroes, and in less than 2 days, Benedictas had traveled almost all the entire Wasteland of Fear, and finally awakened all 12 heroes after several death-defying encounters.
And the price is that Benedictas's body, which was reshaped by Cthun's flesh spell, has been hit hard again.
He lost his left arm, the attack the Wind Raider had made in the chaos when he was awakened, and the razor-sharp wind slash sliced off Benedictas's left arm so quickly that Benedictas didn't even feel pain.
He lost both legs... It was when he woke up Canoz, the most violent "gluttonous locust" in Yingjie, and was brutally gnawed by the brutal madman, and after the gluttonous locust was still awake, he ate 2 of his followers in front of Benedictas.
He also lost an eye, which was a "memorial" left by the swarm guard Hissec, who was the best at long-range sniper assassination, with his war bow, and if it wasn't for the help of the Wind Raider at that time, I am afraid that Benedictas's skull would have been directly exploded by the amber arrow.
It can be said that the act of awakening the 12 heroes has destroyed Benedictas's flesh and blood by 60%, in other words, this body has been abolished, and it can no longer do more heavy work except for the dark soul that carries Benedictas, but the dark bishop is almost "indifferent" to his tattered body, he doesn't care about this body... What he cares about is the "return" for this effort.
He was even happy to see that with an insignificant body, he could exchange the "kindness" of the Mantis Demon Council, which was a very important link...
"Your Excellency the Storm Sweeper..."
Benedictas looked out at the dark strait in the distance with his remaining left eye, and suddenly asked:
"I haven't had much contact with the Praying Mantis, but I can sense that you don't seem to have a good impression of the Demon, but after all, it is the last trace of the Great Ancient Venerable in Pandaria, and it stands to reason that you should also be close to the power of the Demon, but in the past thousands of years, you have never done so, why is that? ”
Benedictas's sudden question made the silent Storm Sweeper hesitate for a moment, and as he got closer and closer to the noisy Xuanniu Temple, the Wind Raider replied in his own insect-like voice:
"It's simple... Those illusory things have something to do with the Master, but they are not the essence of the Master's power, they are only the most clumsy imitations, they are only the embodiment of the Master's eternal curse on this land, their existence is meaningless except destruction and destruction, it is not the power that the Mantis Demon is willing to accept..."
"We are also intelligent beings, we were born from the flesh and blood of ancient gods, we also have souls, we also have emotions, demons can affect panda people, can affect other creatures on this land, it can also affect us, but the eternal reincarnation of the mantis demon is based on our civilization, although the order we worship is completely different from the order recognized by most living beings, but it is order after all..."
"We were born of chaos, but we also reject chaos, and we want to follow and reshape the glorious Empire of Darkness for the Great Master, and in this Empire of Darkness there is no place for those clumsy imitations, this is my answer... Are you still satisfied, new servant of the Master? ”
"Oh, I see..."
Benedictas let out a meaningless pandering, but in his only remaining left eye, but a trace of disapproval flashed, he looked at the Xuanniu Temple that was getting closer and closer, he could see that millions of local praying mantis demons were frantically attacking the temple of that island, and the Supreme Heavenly God, the huge Xuanniu Soap, had transformed into a huge true form with a height of 15 meters and a body length of nearly 30 meters, and was driving those mantis demons out of his temple with a crazy attack.
And the only remaining guardian monks of Xuanniu Temple followed closely behind the soap, beating back those praying mantis demons who poured into the nest.
Obviously, relying on the power of the mantis demon in the mantis plateau alone is not enough to fight against the power of the Supreme Celestial, these local mantis demons are just cannon fodder to attract the Supreme Celestial.
"Their sacrifice is not for nothing!"
Like the most terrifying assassin, the Wind Raider carrying Benedictas silently swept over the Xuanniu Temple, which had been completely occupied by the mantis demon, and then flew towards the mountain behind the Xuanniu Temple.
There, where the Fear is sealed...
"Look, thousands of years of war have led the panda people and the powerful Supreme Celestial Gods into the wrong place of thinking..."
When the Wind Raider fell into the mountain wall behind the Xuanniu Temple, Benedictas shook his fingers, supported his body with his dark magic, and floated forward in the air, he condescendingly looked at the fierce and crazy battlefield in front of the Xuanniu Temple, and he said to the Wind Raider beside him:
"Even the Panda people know about your rejection of the demons, and they know very well that you will not take this opportunity to unseal the Evil of Fear, so they haven't even sent anyone to guard this vital seal."
The Dark Bishop sneered in the cold night:
"Like beasts that blindly fight each other to the death on the earth, it is not clear that it only takes a faint spark to set off a raging fire of destruction on this meaningless earth, and burn it all... Yes, the Great Lord will return, and the dark calamity that the demons have brought on the land of Pandaria will be the death knell of the Doom reigning again over the whole world..."
"The most powerful and powerful weapon is right under their noses, and now, I'm going to activate it."
The Dark Bishop manipulated the magic power and sent himself into the dark and deep cave in front of him, and at the moment when he was submerged in the darkness, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the Wind Raider standing at the entrance of the cave, the Dark Bishop could feel that this powerful mantis demon hero was still clinging to some of his "glory", although the Council of Karaksi had given Benedictas all the authority to act, it was obviously unwilling to use such bottomless means.
"Well, you're a true warrior, and despite your mantis appearance, your character reminds me of the great knights of the Silver Hand I've ever seen, Windslayer... The same adherence to the bottom line, the same pedantic..."
The Dark Bishop sneered, but instead of forcing the Storm Reacher, he waved his hand:
"Then step away, Mr. Kruck, and don't let the blood of the 'innocents' stain your boots. ”
"What you don't want to do, I'll come... I will also be the first to welcome the dark glory of the return of the Lord! ”
As the mocking voice slowly disappeared into the darkness, the mantis of Kruck the Wind Raider shook its head, and a glimmer of disdain flashed on its terrifying compound eyes, just as Benedictas said, this strange mantis demon hero still has a insistence on "glory" in his heart.
It will even fight with the gluttonous locust because of another hero, the "gluttonous locust" Canoz, who wantonly killed the pandaren fisherman... Seriously, the soul of a quirky guy like Kruck is more of a positive character than a Chaos Walker.
But things are sometimes so impermanent.
"Buzz"
The Wind Raider didn't stay long at the entrance to the abyss, flapping its wings and disappearing into the night sky at speeds beyond the speed of sound... It was only responsible for sending Benedictas to the Xuanniu Temple, and whether or not he could complete the tasks he had promised was none of the Storm Raiders.
Rather than using the nasty tactic of "stealing" to win, the Storm Reaver prefers to stay alone on the battlefield of the Dreaded Wasteland, fighting the mantis demons loyal to the Grand Empress Shakohir.
Regardless of what the other heroes were going to do, the Storm Reavers themselves had already made up their minds that if the Calaxy Council decided to use the Demon to defeat the Pandamen, it would never go into battle... Anyway, now the mantis demon is facing two battles at the same time, in addition to the hundred-year reincarnation war with the panda people, it also has to fight a civil war with the rebellious empress.
At the same time as the Wind Raider left, Benedictas, who was slowly floating forward in the dark and cold cave, closed his eyes, and as he went deeper and deeper into this seal from 10,000 years ago, he could feel more and more clearly that the power of the void in the cave was becoming stronger.
Each of the Elder Gods has the power of the Void in its power, but each Elder God uses the power of the Void differently, for example, Enzos is good at transforming the Void into a nightmare, and Yog. Saron prefers to use the whispers of the void, Cthun likes to use illusions, and the essence of power left by the seven sub-hyptic songs in front of him is undoubtedly based on the emotions of all things.
This is a variant of the power of the Void that Benedictas has not been exposed to, but for a high-level cultist like him who can skillfully sense the power of the Void, it only takes a little little time of study for him to master this variant of power.
It's not difficult at all.
And although the Demon Sealing Array left by Emperor Shaohao is strong and mysterious, as we all know, simple destruction is much easier than construction...
Under the dark night, on the battlefield of Xuanniu Temple, under the furious charge of Xuanniu Soap and the desperate battle of the warrior monks, at midnight, the mantis demon that invaded Xuanniu Temple was quickly repulsed, leaving only the last few of the most tenacious bastards who continued to make trouble, and the Xuanniu Soap that was galloping on the battlefield, the guardian Tianzun of the Supreme Heavenly God suddenly felt a strong palpitation, it subconsciously raised its head, and in the eyes that shone with a solid halo like the earth, it looked at its own dojo.
In the darkness around the dojo, a familiar and palpitating force was rapidly evaporating, like a pillar of smoke that had been rekindled in the night, and a low, low, muffled moan filled with a certain taste of fear seemed to be brewing in the darkness.
"Fear of it! Seal! ”
The roar of the soap, full of anger and terror, suddenly resounded on the battlefield at this moment:
"Back to the defense!"
"It's a trap!"