Chapter 44: The Hidden Progress
As the energy flow of the two strong men gradually weakened on the earth, the raging storm slowly subsided, and freezing rain and ice and snow quietly descended on the Moldovan territory in the middle of the night.
On the banks of the Maghebu River, in the center of the huge disc-shaped depression, Joshua suppressed Heras, he held his arm bone in his hand, stuck in the center of the chest of the cult high priest, the warrior's expression was calm and indifferent, and there was not the slightest excitement after defeating the strong enemy, but a trace of regret.
At this time, the vitality of the two of them had completely converged back into their bodies, and they were no longer radiating terrifying energy towards the outside world, and the consequence was that the icy river began to pour into the depression, covering the place where the two of them were located with ice water, but neither Herras nor Joshua cared about this, they were frozen in the gradually deepening river, waiting for the final moment to come.
Herras, of course, did not die.
The vitality of the cult high priest is even stronger than that of some legendary powerhouses, even after experiencing the impact of the power of order, the erosion of Joshua's vitality, and the suppression of a trace of divinity of the warrior, his vitality has not stopped resisting. Now, with Herras's body as the battlefield, two distinct, but equally aggressive, and erosive life forces are at war, forming tens of thousands of tiny teams, fighting each other around the perimeter of blood vessels, muscles, and nerves.
But Herras is at an absolute disadvantage.
Because he was too greedy, he took the initiative to absorb the power of order in Joshua's body and the life energy that had been carefully prepared into his body, first and then hand, causing great disadvantages. If the opponent is an ordinary warrior, this disadvantage is not irreparable, but his opponent is Joshua, and the life energy level of the two is at the same level, since Joshua couldn't resist Herras's predatory energy before, then now he can't redeem the disadvantage.
This is no longer a question of whether the vitality is strong or not, the vitality of the warrior is like an extremely active cancer cell, crazy erosion, assimilation of the vitality of Heras, in just a few minutes, the face of the cult high priest has become as old as Joshua, or even weaker, this is not the incarnation that can be given up casually, but the essence of Herras in the plague world, if this body is destroyed, it means the complete death of the existence of 'Heras'.
"You want to be the will of the world."
At the bottom of the icy river, Joshua suddenly spoke, and layers of sound waves penetrated the river and reached Helas's ears: "The human form walking on the Mycrof continent is just your mouthpart that devours life force, and the plague world is your body, and this body of yours is their brain. ”
"This is your path to advanced legends, incarnating into a small world, entrenched in the outer side of the world, absorbing the life and quality of it little by little, and finally becoming a real [Void Beast], I will knock your body out of your subspace, which is the only possibility to kill you."
The warrior's words were so categorical that he seemed to have seen through all the secrets of Herras, and when the cult high priest heard this, he was silent for a long time, and then suddenly laughed.
Herras's wrinkled face was like cracked porcelain, and from time to time some fragments fell off of it, the wreckage of countless battles between the two forces, full of ownerless vitality, it floated between the icy waters, releasing a pale light, attracting countless algae and microorganisms in the river to fight, and in just a few seconds, large swaths of dark green algae appeared out of thin air, they were so strong that even the low temperature of minus ten degrees Celsius could not kill them.
"You're right, incarnating as a giant beast that roams the worlds, this is my path."
The cult high priest did not stop resisting, his life force was still fighting fiercely with the warriors, and the crimson sparks splashed out from the cracks in his body from time to time, which was Joshua's expelled life force, but even so, his tone was very relaxed: "The Microf continent is dead, I can see its destruction...... The future of the Order cannot be entrusted to this doomed world, and I have to think about their future. ”
At this time, Herras did seem to have the momentum of leading a huge cult group, he stared at Joshua's crimson eyes, as if there was a flame burning in them, and asked in a curious tone, "What about you?" Mighty warrior, what is your path? Did the battle with me lead you to the Legend? ”
Because of Herras's words, Joshua was silent for a moment.
Manifest Destiny Sagare.
At the very top of the Mycrof world, a god who walks on earth.
Creatures who have reached this stage can be called gods in ancient times, they can easily call the wind and rain, move mountains and reclaim the sea, fight with each other can easily change the terrain of the country, the battles of multiple legendary powerhouses, and even shake the foundations of the continent, causing the sea to launch a fierce rage and overturn all living beings.
How easy is it to become a legend? The induction control energy of the black iron level, the strengthening of the soul and refining the energy of the silver level, the comprehension of the power of the self of the gold level, taking the first step of transcendence, and breaking through all the limits with extreme intention, all are just to lay the foundation for the sake of advanced legends, as long as the foundation is a little unreliable, then it can only stop at the extreme intention forever.
"A legend is a radical change in life form and a further existence."
After a long time, the warrior spoke slowly, his expression serious, as if he was thinking seriously: "I have seen several legendary powerhouses, and their paths are amazing, whether it is the embodiment of holy light, the will come true, or the self is nature, or you want to become a self-contained world beast, you want to transcend the shackles of the world on 'life' and become an immortal 'existence'. ”
From life, advanced to existence, this is the dividing line from extreme intention to legend, no matter how powerful extreme intention is, it is life, and legend is no longer a simple life, they can even be said to be the controller of a certain phenomenon and a certain power.
"Herras, the direction of your advancement actually overlaps with me in many ways, and the battle with you has made me understand a lot, and the condensation of the power of steel is a big step closer to success."
Joshua held the palm of the arm bone, tightened it again, black and red lines appeared, and the light flickered, attracting a trace of divine power, suppressing Herras, who had set off another wave of resistance, and the warrior's face was hidden in the red light, and he couldn't see his expression clearly: "You are indeed a good opponent." ”
But at this point, he shook his head, his tone full of regret.
"But your path is not my path, and the direction in which I become a legend is not on you."
At this time, the vitality of the two has been urged to the limit, Herras's life energy turned into a pale ball of light in his body, and Joshua's life force condensed into a black fire, and now the fire surrounds the ball of light, like a group of greedy hungry wolves, tearing off fragments from it little by little, and the loss of each fragment makes the flames more vigorous and the ball of light more and more dim.
The reverse current of the vitality caused the wrinkles on the warrior's face to gradually disappear and return to its original state, only the gray hair was not restored, Joshua sensed that the cult high priest under him was getting weaker and weaker, but the other party's vitality was also becoming more and more condensed, and the black flame was already difficult to tear off the fragments from the ball of light, and could only burn on its shell in vain.
And Herras didn't have the strength to continue speaking - his soul was in the center of the core of his life force, surrounded by black flames, and the power of the warrior to deprive him of his soul was always affecting his spirit, so that Herras did not dare to relax in the slightest.
"It's over, Heras."
Having reached the last step, Joshua looked up and looked at the surface of the icy river, he raised his left hand, and a gray light flew out of thin air, piercing through the thick ice water and algae, and the dragon hunting sword and spear obeyed the call of the master and came into the hands of the warrior.
"Die."
The next moment, Joshua held the sword and spear in his hand and pierced the core of Herras's life neatly.
The high priest of the cult originally had no life core, his body was actually the plague world outside the world, and there was no need to condense the core as the body of the brain and the incarnation of the mouthparts, as long as the soul was not destroyed, he would not die, even if he was temporarily eliminated, he could be reborn with the plague world.
But now, in order to resist Joshua's ferocious, cancer-like erosion, Herras had to condense his life core to fight it, but this was only to quench his thirst, and as a result, his soul was crushed by a single blow from the warrior with his core.
The pale ball of light instantly disintegrated into countless fragments, and Hellas's body was also shattered in an instant.
The high priest of the plague cult, who had been crisscrossing the West Mountains for decades, died silently on the banks of the Mega Frozen River, but Herras did not stop resisting even before he died.
As he said, life is like this, fighting each other, devouring each other, being as selfish as a plague to kill other lives to survive.
The immense vitality spread in all directions, looking down from the sky, as if a huge white ring was rapidly expanding, and the place where the aura arrived, the Moldovan territory that had been dead and silent by the battle between the two was revived, the river was clean, the air was fresh, and new shoots were drawn out from the ashes of the woods destroyed by the aftermath.
The wave of vitality, which can only be described as terrifying, has even caused all kinds of wonderful changes in the surviving creatures around it, and the brown algae in the river water seems to have spanned thousands of years of evolution in just a few seconds, becoming fearless of frost and cold, and even able to absorb the free energy between heaven and earth. Complex beings such as insects, trees, and beasts, although they have not changed much under the light of life radiation, the power accumulated in their bodies makes their offspring definitely have far more powerful power than their parents, and the prototypes of several new Warcraft races have been born.
Of course, most of the life force has been absorbed by Joshua who is the closest to him, even if most of Herras's life force has been consumed during the battle with the warrior, but the life force obtained by Joshua has made his own life force reserve more than double that before, and the too majestic life fluctuations can no longer be suppressed, and it spreads to the outside world according to the heartbeat of the warrior.
So he closed his eyes and stayed at the bottom of the cold, unfrozen river, controlling these newfound life forces little by little with his own will.
【You have severely damaged the Evil Domain: Plague World】
[You killed the High Priest of the Cult, the Plague Archdemon, 'Herras the Blighter']
[You have received the title - Extinction Spreader]
[In this world, the most difficult to be eliminated are all kinds of microbacterial viruses, the plague they cause can kill countless creatures every year, but the vast majority of intelligent life is helpless against them. You have slain the Plague God's agent in this realm, slaying the hardest life to kill, and no life will survive in your hands. 】
[You increase your threat to any life by 35%, and your damage to any life is increased by 10%.] 】
Threat,Refers to the existence of a similar vigilance index.,Classes such as shield battles,Anti-riding and other professions,There are taunting skills that increase the threat level.,They can greatly attract the attention of monsters.。 The threat to any life is increased by 35%, which means that if those monsters are not frightened into running away after approaching the wielder, then their eyes will definitely be subconsciously focused on him.
Generally speaking, monsters with huge bodies and terrifying shapes are very threatening, such as dragons and demons, and the like, most people will focus on these powerful monsters, which is a good attribute, but for Joshua, it is useless, the strength of the warrior is high, the momentum is strong, and the aura of despair that comes with it, the threat has already exploded, even if it is increased by thirty-five percent, it is useless.
In addition to this, there are some changes to other attributes.
[Name: Joshua van Radcliffe]
【Template:Hero】
[Title: Extinction Spreader]
[Race: Human??? 】
[Race Skill: Divinity (?) )】
[Level: LV71 - Extreme Intention High-Level]
[Challenge Level: LV68 (Hero)]
【Attribute:......】
[Charm: -243]
But for some reason, the originally stable system trembled under Joshua's gaze, as if a vague snowflake like a bad signal overshadowed the second half of the attribute list, making a large string of words suddenly refreshed after it obscured and could not be seen clearly.
Even with Joshua's observational powers, he could barely distinguish a few fragmentary words in just a few seconds.
【Steel ...... Request...... Not available for ...... time Observe the new ...... Reached...... Advanced】
[Current progress 4/5]
It wasn't until the long list of words ended that the system's fluttering stopped, and the previously refreshed words disappeared completely.