Chapter 152: The Only Way to Follow
Westerners always pay attention to "original sin", believing that people are born with congenital original sin, so they have to repent, atone, and judge Yunyun at every turn, but Orientals do not believe this, not only do they not recognize the existence of "original sin", but even Xun Qing, who thinks that human nature is inherently evil, has been banned by Confucianism itself.
In the beginning of man, his nature was good, but where did any sin come from? Since there is no sin, what is the talk of repentance and atonement? Not to mention what kind of trial? Are you doing the right thing for heaven?
Therefore, the method that is very powerful in the West may not be so easy to use in the East, because of the difference in the world and the difference in people's hearts.
Spiritual officials, especially high-grade spiritual officials, their own realm cultivation is not high, and they can't be said to be dispensable, but they are really nothing. However, the people who can withstand the armor of a first-grade spiritual official are all strong-willed people, and even better than many Taoist priests of the same realm.
Jiachen Lingguan is not a fanatical believer, so he can't have a complete clear conscience, he can only say that he has no loss. However, his will is enough for him to bear the rest of the pain, and his years of experience as a spiritual officer not only kill, guard, and attack, but also make his mind as strong as steel, and the so-called flames will not burn him into a puddle of molten iron, but will only help him remove impurities.
Countless illusory flames gushed out from the inside out, clinging to the surface of the spirit officer's armor, wandering and burning wantonly, and the spirit officer of Jiachen was indifferent, still holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, striding towards Renatus.
Renatus's face was obscured by his visor, and he couldn't see his expression, thinking that he must be very dignified, he pulled out his great sword and plunged into the ground, facing the spirit officer of Jiachen.
Paladins are different from martial artists, and they have a bit of a resemblance to Qi Refiners, they can use spells and fight with people in close combat, and they are very versatile. However, it cannot be completely equated with a qi refiner, whether a qi refiner uses spells or fights with a blade, he is mainly based on his own true qi, supplemented by the power of heaven and earth, and his own true qi and the power of heaven and earth can be converted to each other.
The paladin is divided into two distinct systems, one is the traditional fighting spirit system, and the other is the belief system belonging to the Holy Court, and there is no master and slave. Dou Qi is an inner power similar to True Qi and Blood Qi, which is born from the human body, while the power of faith is not much different from divine power. Strictly speaking, the paladins are not using spells, nor arcane arts, but divine arts, mainly to bless themselves, mainly halo-type divine arts, as well as blessing weapons, etc., and a small number of spells such as "judgment".
Generally speaking, after the paladins left the Holy Court, they lacked the source of the power of faith, and either turned to the arms of the devil, or became heretics or heretics, and became self-reliant, just like many cults and demons in the East.
In the Western system, the devil is not the same as the demon, just as in the context of the Daomen, the Gu Immortal is not the same as the demon and the monster.
Demons inhabit a world called the "Abyss", chaotic, evil, irritable, malicious, arbitrarily violent, immoral and unpredictable, one moment the idea will be overthrown, the next moment they can't even predict what they will do, naturally they can't unite and plan their actions, they are committed to destroying and destroying everything, bringing destruction and fear to people, and taking pleasure in it. In short, this is a group of powerful and evil madmen, like the devils who take pleasure in killing.
The devil dwells in a world called "hell", and unlike the chaotic and fickle demons, although the devil is just as evil, they are hypocritical and orderly. Hypocrisy is the highest tribute that evil has to show to virtue.
In a sense, the devil is very much like people, or more like the dark side of people, they are united, hierarchical,
Orderly. So the devil has seven leaders, who are called the Seven Monarchs of Hell or the Seven Demon Kings.
For the devil, cruel demons are just a group of brainless beasts, the devil never disdains low-level killing, and playing with people's hearts is the devil's specialty. In this respect, the devil is very similar to the Gu Immortals. They spend most of their time corrupting mortals, making contracts with mortals, tempting mortals to sell their souls.
Although the devil plays with words, hides additional terms, has the final interpretation of the contract, does not exchange for equal value, and always grants wishes in a twisted way, they never force others to sign a contract, nor do they break it.
The devils revere those who dare to pay the price to change their fate.
The devil likes to see destruction, and the devil prefers to see the fall.
Because of this, paladins who have turned their backs on the Holy See can choose to "fall" and make a deal with the devils to gain power from them.
The advantage of being proficient in Western studies is to know oneself and one's opponent, not to be blindly arrogant, and not to make jokes about the invincibility of the ancient martial arts in the East.
As a senior spiritual officer, Jiachen Lingguan naturally knows the foundation of the Western Paladin's inheritance, and since this person has left the Holy See, there are only two paths to take, degenerate or become a heretic. If he doesn't take either path, he will fall into an ordinary knight, which is probably similar to changing from an immortal or a qi refiner to a scattered person, and a significant loss in strength is almost inevitable.
Judging from the power of "judgment", he seems to have some demonic power, but he can continue to summon the flame of light, and it is clear that he has not yet fallen.
Could it be that being hired by the emperor was the reason why he gained the power of faith?
His Majesty the Emperor is really generous.
Jiachen Lingguan thought so, without the slightest pause in the movements in his hands, and with the blessing of the mighty divine power, he used the shield in his hand to block Renatus's two-handed sword, directly stabbed Renatus's chest, and then stepped on Renatus's chest with his foot and kicked hard, and pulled out the knife.
Such an injury is already fatal for ordinary people, but for high-level paladins, at most, it will cause him to suffer a certain amount of trauma, and it will not even affect his actions.
Taking advantage of the situation, the spirit officer of Jiachen slammed into his shield again, and a slightly illusory crown appeared above Renatus's head, which seemed to be made of thorns and covered with spikes.
At the same time, a third aura was born under his feet, showing a faint green.
This is the "Crown of Thorns", which becomes the "Divine Aura of Thorns" after being blessed by the "Divine Aura".
The effect is also simple, that is, half of the damage received by oneself is returned to the opponent, and after being blessed, it becomes all the damage, which involves the divine power system of the paladin inheritance, distorting reality, changing the rules, it seems unreasonable, but it is so unreasonable.
So this collision of Jiachen Lingguan, even if it knocked Renatus off the ground and flew upside down, but he himself was also hit by the same force, this force came from nowhere, as if it was born out of thin air, making the Lingguan armor on Jiachen's body roar, even if he had a shield to unload, he still retreated again and again, step by step and deep footprints, shaking the cave hall here can't help shaking. After Renatus stopped his body, he clenched his big sword with both hands and slashed towards the Jiachen Spirit Officer.
A mighty white light surged.
As far as Jiachen Lingguan's field of vision could see, it was like the Milky Way pouring down, and it was like a great river agitating, only the snow-white fighting qi mixed with divine power, and only a white expanse remained.
This is the basic martial art of the "Paladin", "Evil Breaking Slash", which is almost equivalent to a means such as "Palm Thunder", everyone can do it, and the power varies from person to person. When used by a master like Renatus, the power is completely different.
The Jiachen Spirit Officer did not retreat, but advanced, did not raise his shield, but slashed out with the same sword, and the mighty white light was like a flood touching a reef, and was split into two, surging through both sides of the Jiachen Spirit Officer.
Then the spirit officer continued to rush forward with the shield, but instead of raising the shield, he held it flat, so that the surface of the shield was facing upwards, and the edge line was aimed at Renatus in front of him, and then the whole shield began to spin rapidly, like a saw wheel.
Many people don't know that the shield of the spirit officer can attack and defend, and it is indestructible.
Renatus reached out and pushed forward.
In an instant, thousands of rays of light were pulled by Renatus's palm, because of the sudden disappearance of the light, there were even many dark areas, making the light and shadow here scattered, light and dark uncertain, and a crystalline wall formed by the condensation of countless rays appeared between him and Jiachen Lingguan, and slowly moved in the direction of Jiachen Lingguan.
"Wall of Sighs".
The shield of the spirit officer of Jiachen slammed into this crystalline wall, and immediately sparks flew everywhere, countless crystal powders scattered in all directions, and the "Wall of Sighs", which was known as the strongest defense method of the paladin, was actually sawed out a deep trace.
If such means fall on people, the result can be imagined, even if it is a celestial person, they will be sawn into a ball of meat sauce.
After a few moments, the shield at the end of the crossbow rotated more and more slowly, and finally came to a slow stop.
The "Wall of Sighs" also turned into countless points of light and fine sand scattered with the wind.
Jiachen Lingguan laughed, "Fortunately, I still have spare divine power, otherwise I would have been consumed by you."
Before the words fell, Jiachen Lingguan had already approached Renatus.
However, Renatus's means are far more than that, he swept with a big sword in one hand, the power was extremely terrifying, he was already full of strength, temporarily forced back the Jiachen Lingguan, and then hit the chest heavily with his right hand that had never held a sword, and the whole person directly turned into a giant nearly ten zhang high, the long sword in his hand was burning with a raging holy fire, and there were brilliant light wings behind him, sprinkling countless brilliance, and a golden ring appeared above his head, exuding an invisible Weiya.
This is the first stage of the "Ascension to the Divine Ladder".
Jia Chen Lingguan muttered, "This is the Dharma Body of Westerners? It's kind of interesting."
Before the words fell, the armor of the Lingguan on Jiachen's body began to change, and a dark disc appeared behind him, and then it was broken down into countless irregular pieces like a puzzle, and at the same time it was reorganized and extended outward, and finally turned into a Daomen logo of Tai Chi Bagua.
This is the second form of the first-grade spirit official, and the function of the disc is to connect the "thirty-three days" of Yujing, and obtain more majestic divine power in the air, similar to the divine descent of the Gu immortals.
Jiachen Lingguan said slowly, "Only the way is from."
A mighty divine power passed through the mountain of the Five Elements Mountain, ignoring the restrictions of the formation, and descended from the sky, enveloping the Jiachen Spirit Officer.