Just as Ian touched the Dead River Armament, swirls of hazy mist began to spin in front of his eyes.

Endless light and shadow are intertwined with blurred fragments of illusions, forming one different world and omen after another.

Unlike the prophetic dream, and unlike the hazy prophecy eight years ago, this time, Ian was greeted with one real omen after another.

And the first signs soon came to Ian's eyes.

It was a fairly ordinary, only a relatively clean country tavern, with weeds half a man high at the entrance of the tavern, and a huge hornet's nest in the trees next to it, which flew anxiously in the humid smell of the approaching rainy day, disturbing passers-by.

From this overly natural environment, it can be seen that this place is located in the South Ridge.

In particular, the hornet, which is half the size of a palm, is obviously a specialty of Nanling, just like the 'Nanling Big Flying Mantis', which is about the size of the sole plate.

There were only a few drinkers in the tavern, chatting with each other, gathered in their familiar corners, drinking cheap ales mixed with distilled dwarven spirits, and discussing topics that were either short or impassioned.

I can vaguely hear the key words of 'Grand Duchy of Thorin' and 'Dead Domain'.

"Did you hear that? The Grand Duchy of Thorin is now completely dead! ”

"I know! My uncle has an apprentice who is from the side of the Grand Duke of Thorin, and when he came back from his hometown a few days ago, his whole body was wooden, and he was a shrewd little girl, but now he doesn't eat all day......"

"It's really terrifying, I heard that the imperial capital used some top-secret extermination psionic weapon to directly kill all the people on the Grand Duchy's side? The Flame Land doesn't even dare to get close! ”

"Although the Grand Duke's treason has worried everyone for a while, it was still the territory and subjects of the empire after all...... The imperial capital is so ruthless...... If you ...... later"

"Go, go, what stupid things to say, we are all citizens of the Empire, how can we eat that kind of weapon! Archduke Solin is to blame for treason, and those who do not leave the Grand Duchy are equivalent to going to the dark with the Grand Duke, and they deserve to die! ”

"You don't say what you're talking about, do you? What do you mean to be dead, if you want to leave your hometown, you can't leave? What kind of brute thing, this ......"

"You fuck ......"

As in every tavern, there are always people chatting and drinking.

Especially when talking about political topics, if you are not careful, foul language will pour out, followed by a huge verbal battle or hand-to-hand combat.

However, this time there was no fight, but the two arguing changed tables with scolding, and the drinkers at the other tables followed the topic.

"Not to mention the Grand Duchy, even the cities around the Western Plains have become desolate...... It is said that in the middle of the night there, you can hear the wailing of demons! ”

Now it turned directly to the topic of supernatural spirits, and it was indeed a group of younger young people who spoke, they mysteriously gathered together to chat, and one of the young merchants took a sip of wine: "Didn't I go around with the caravan some time ago?" I secretly crossed the border and went to the territory of the Grand Duchy to take a look! ”

"As a result, I was in the same place as the border town that I was familiar with...... Saw a super big hole! ”

"I don't know if the hole was dug by someone or collapsed, it's very deep, and there are hot winds blowing from it, not to mention, it's about the same as the Earth Hurricane Cloud Pillar, it's very, very small."

"In the middle of the night, the sound of the cave was very similar to that of a ghost crying and wailing...... Maybe that's the truth about Devil Cry? ”

"How can there be such a thing?" Everyone else was also interested: "There's no Great Rift Valley in the West, is there?" And sure enough, I said there are no ghosts......"

The young merchant answered a few more questions, and the topic gradually drifted away from the Grand Duchy to the news from Southridge itself.

"Have you heard, on the side of the Agate Stone Plain, what is the name of the original Ryan Collar now? There's a new sect over there, what's it called...... Honorable Spirit? Or is it a reverence? It is said that it is somewhat similar to the ancestral beliefs in Yanjiang, but it advocates revenge and family happiness......"

"In short, there are many mountain people who are believers!"

Regarding this news, many people are cautious: "Where did the cult come from?" Except for the four major orthodox religions, don't believe any of the other cults, iron cheats money, maybe you will die! ”

"Yes, didn't my aunt believe in some kind of cult after her last miscarriage? Now that the family is surrounded by walls, my uncle has run away, and he was originally quite kind to make himself a ghost and a ghost...... It's really scary. ”

"Well, you can't say that...... Aren't you saying that the Worship of the Dragon and the Church of the Iron Heart are also very good......"

Obviously, the power of the Bailong Sect in Nanling is not bad, and the reputation is also very good, so no one refutes this: "But they will also make a natural disaster war, these sects, the farther away from us, the better!" ”

An omensy world of illusions vanishes.

For many people, these unexplained signs don't provide much information, but for Ian, who already knows a lot, this time the omen vision is simply full of déjà vu.

This time the prophecy ...... Apparently built on the period when he returned to Nanling as a lord after leaving the subspace labyrinth.

Moreover, it should be the future of oneself who takes the dead king as the path.

At that time, the Grand Duke of Thorin decisively launched the plan of the Dead King, and led his people into the center of the earth as quickly as possible, and the entire Grand Duchy of Thorin has become a dead domain in the eyes of civilians, and there are basically not many living people.

Even the Flying Flame Land felt that the Grand Duke's methods were incredible, and did not dare to rashly cross his territory - the Empire knew all this, so it was naturally impossible to do anything against the Grand Duke of Thorin, and simply let him carry out the plan to kill the king.

And ...... for yourself If there is no accident, the Spirit Worship Sect over there will be made by himself.

It is impossible not to develop a sect as a lord.

Advocating revenge and family happiness...... Although it sounds strange, it does conform to the two major consensus of the dead monarch's 'stability and revenge', and it sounds much easier to package it, and it is indeed an operation that you can do by yourself.

"Interesting...... There was more than one Omenshard visible this time. ”

Ian felt deeply that his soul was drifting through the river of time with the power of foresight, leaping over one tributary of possibility after another.

He can know that he can see many fragments of the future...... It may be clear, or vague, or it may be a simple possibility, or it may be the 'concretization' of some kind of speculation in his mind.

The first sign was over, and his soul sank into the blue river once more.

Ian saw a fragment of a second future.

If someone asks who the strongest person in this world is, then everyone in every country will not hesitate to say that he is the fifth level powerhouse in his own country.

And if it is a country where there are no fifth-level powerhouses, the answer of their people should be the fifth-level leaders of the major sects.

That's it. The strongest may not be decided, but these answers themselves represent which forces are enough to be called 'first-rate' in Terra - only those with fifth-level powerhouses can be called big powers, with enough international influence to affect the entire continent.

Compared with the leaders of many large countries, the heads of major sects are even more special.

Because in addition to their respective bloodline true form inheritance, they also have unique spiritual powers...... 'Priests' who can be stably created under some special circumstances, and 'prophets' in a sense.

Only when the two conditions of having a prophet and a unique spiritual transmission are met at the same time that the foundation of 'Orthodoxy' is met.

If it can't be satisfied, even the Dragon Worship Sect, which can provide a special bloodline inheritance, as well as the Iron Heart Church and the Shadow Ruins Sect, which can provide special spiritual powers, can only be a 'cult'.

In recent years, the 'Cult of Spiritual Worship,' which has developed rapidly in Nanling and the western territories, should theoretically be a 'cult'...... Even, it doesn't seem to be able to take out the inheritance and spiritual power, and even why it has developed so much is quite puzzling.

However, just some time ago, the Cult of the Cult of Spiritual Gods showed the ability to give its core members 'psionic energy'.

And...... The power of the prophet.

Terra 778, September 3.

It's only been two weeks since the Cult of the Soul Cult held a grand festival at Lone Flame Peak, and public opinion, both locally and internationally, has not yet subsided.

It must be known that a local sect that can provide the inheritance of the true form of the bloodline is strong enough to attract many ordinary people to join - even if it is a sect that directly says that it only accepts dragon blood as a core member, all other ordinary people can only try their luck to see if they can adapt to the dragon blood, and it can be regarded as a strong force in Terra.

After all, the sects of this world really have 'divine power' to bestow them.

However, being able to provide the true form inheritance of the bloodline and the ability to provide the 'spiritual inheritance' are completely two levels of power.

The former is equivalent to only giving a seed, and what it can become in the end requires years of hard practice, as well as talent and resources.

Psionic energy, on the other hand, is power, and it is different from talents that are extremely difficult to change and resources that are difficult to obtain.

Since you can get psionic energy, it means that you must have relevant talents, and you don't need resources to grow up, you just need to be relatively ethereal, and everyone has confident 'desires' and 'dreams'.

At most, the most, that is, the relevant 'creed'.

The power that can give psionic energy, no matter how complicated the conditions, as long as it has this ability, will be respected by the nations.

But just some time ago, the Cult of Soul Worship, which was originally only regarded as the 'strange native religion of the Southridge Region' by the Empire and the Flying Flame Land, actually endowed their core members with two different spiritual abilities during the grand celebration two weeks ago, as well as the Soul Worship Priests known as the 'Knights of Protection' and the 'Messenger of Vengeance'.

- Two!

The Cult's research on psionic abilities was obviously beyond the expectations of everyone in Terra, especially since those two psionic abilities were very practical.

The 'Shelter Domain' of the 'Shelter Knight' can unfold a light blue spherical shield centered on itself, and all those who are inside the shield will be offset by nearly half of the power of the attack, no matter what attack they encounter.

Although it is not like most shield psionic abilities, which can be unharmed before the shield value is consumed, this kind of enhanced defense, the shelter ability of deflecting attacks has a miraculous effect in positional warfare in the face of many different attacks, and can last for a long time, unlike most shield psionic abilities, which can only block the first wave of damage at most.

This sanctuary realm can even be upgraded - there are some extremely talented Soul Worship Cult sublimators, when they awaken this spiritual ability, they directly let it advance to the second stage.

At this stage, the shelter field can not only protect teammates, but also strengthen all those located in the field, so that their strength, physical fitness and all-round resistance can be improved, and even the bullets and arrows issued in the field will be attached to some spiritual power, which can damage ghost-like enemies.

The 'Vengeance Messenger''s 'Vengeance Heart' is more mysterious, and the only thing that can be manifested so far is that it can deprive the criminal as an experimental subject of his physical strength and bless himself.

According to the Cult of Spirits itself, the enemies targeted by the Heart of Vengeance are those who have hurt civilians and members of the sect, and the Vengeance Messenger can target them within a certain range and extract their vitality by attacking them as 'punishment'.

In other words, a real, pure damage that ignores defenses.

- Isn't this the 'Nether Armor' and the 'Spirit'?

When he saw this, unlike in the past, Ian, who could take the initiative to think during the prophecy, couldn't help but complain in his heart: "It's just to take out my Dead King's ability and change the name, which is also called giving spiritual energy?" ”

"Hmm...... It's not wrong, maybe the inheritance spiritual energy of the major sects is essentially disassembled in this way. This is indeed a very interesting research direction, and I don't know if I came up with it or if Adalbert came up with it. ”

The Prophet nodded, and he accepted his future research direction.

Without wasting time in the wrong direction, he was enough to save more than a year.

These two abilities alone are enough to prove the legitimacy of the Cult of the Cult of the Spirit-Worshipping God—although it is far from being comparable to the four major Orthodox Religions, at least the Empire will never try to exterminate it again and make trouble for the Cult of the Spirit-worshipping God.

Who knows if there will be room for cooperation in the future? As long as the Spiritual Cult does not overstep its own fire, it crosses the boundaries set by the empire for the sects, so that the local lords feel that they are overstepping...... The Empire is not going to take the initiative to find trouble.

No one expected that the local lord Ian was the sect leader of the Cult of the Spirit God.

And these two abilities are also the best explanation of the Cult of Spiritual Spirit's own teachings of 'protection' and 'revenge', which have attracted a large number of local believers.

Of course, if this is the case, it will not attract the attention of so many forces.

After all, in the current world, there are few organizations that can endow spiritual energy, but it is not nothing, at most, everyone sighs, but I didn't expect that in the small corner that everyone didn't notice, there was actually another organization with potential, and a strong person who might be hidden behind the scenes.

The Worship of the Dragons has one more ally. Most of them are so emotional.

Those who can develop inheritance spiritual energy are basically powerhouses around the fourth energy level - and being able to create a new sect within the traditional sphere of influence of the Dragon Worship Sect is undoubtedly with the acquiescence of the Dragon Worship Sect.

In fact, they all thought that the Spirit Worship Sect was a certain vest of the Dragon Worship Sect.

What really made all the powerful and great forces face up to the Cult of the Worship Spirit God was a prophecy about natural disasters.

He predicted that the Half Moon Lake in Canaan Moore would usher in a natural disaster, and if you don't want to lose your life, you should evacuate the local people as soon as possible.

In this regard, the various forces did not laugh, did not believe, or expressed any 'skepticism'.

Because there really are prophets in this world.

Therefore, they dare not believe this kind of important event.

In particular, as a force with obvious technological advantages and now on the rise, why did it take the risk of being regarded as a 'cult' by many major forces after the prophecy failed, and had to issue such a prophecy that had nothing to do with it?

Even the Huaiguang Church sent an envoy to cautiously ask, is the Cult of the Spiritual Worship grandstanding, or is it really aware of it? The Huaiguang Prophecy does not foreshadow this natural disaster, unless it is ......

There is about another prophet.

But herein lies the problem - it is impossible for a prophet to predict a prophet, and even if there is a prophet in the Cult of Spiritual God, how can he predict a natural disaster related to a prophet?

In this regard, the Cult of the Spiritual God even added relevant prophecies.

He said that the natural disaster was related to the real dragon.

In this way, it is not only the four major orthodox religions and Canaan Moore who are paying attention to the Cult of the Spirits—even the true dragons on the Orbital Dragon Island, who are high in the sky, have cast puzzled glances at the earth.

- Something to do with real dragons?

Could it be ......

The initiator of this natural disaster was a ...... 'dragon prophet'?

Since the Cult of the Spiritual Gods dared to release such words, obviously blocking the future of the sect on this prophecy, then Canaan Moore naturally did not dare not prepare.

They relocated all the local residents, and sent several legions of guards to blockade the surrounding regiments, and there were even fourth-level powerhouses in the surrounding area under martial law.

And the powerhouse of the fifth energy level of Canaan Moore, the storm master above the tall wood, the 'wind of eternity' Aviliwen is also always focused on this.

And then...... This is when the prophecy is confirmed.

Terra 779, February 25.

Canaan Moore Half Moon Lake.

Amid the exclamations and roars of all the Guardian Legions, an extremely violent earthquake suddenly occurred in Half Moon Lake, which had been unusually calm and had been inspected several times without any signs of abnormality.

If this is the case, it will not shock the well-trained elven legions, and the accompanying fourth-level powerhouses also have the ability to deflect and guide the slow release of the power of the earthquake.

But just as Gugkaev, the fourth-level powerhouse of Canaan Moore, known as the 'Blade Mountain', was about to rush to the bottom of Half Moon Lake, an incredible geological change occurred - with the flames and smoke rising into the sky, a pillar of golden-red lava fire that went straight into the sky erupted from the bottom of the lake, and in Half Moon Lake, the largest freshwater inland lake on the Terra continent, a giant volcano with a height of 4,000 meters directly uplifted!

Blade Mountain was directly swept away by the force of the volcanic eruption, most likely floating into the outer layer of Terra's atmosphere, and a huge amount of lake water was evaporated, forming a dense cloud layer around it, and the tsunami-like shock wave shook these hot rains and storms, and slapped the surrounding empty elven territory.

In just an instant, the mountain and wood city of Gelo, which was originally built on the halfway of the Faft Mountains, was completely destroyed, and the ancient stargazing tower built on the mountain broke with a bang, and was swept into the clouds by the terrible storm.

Lightning and thunder, howling winds, and volcanic ash mixed with rain turned into a hot, acidic mud that suffocated or roasted all living things in the enveloped area.

Everything is like the end of the world.

And among the legions of guards who were struggling to hold on, there were people who struggled to look up at the sky.

Then he made a desperate sound.

"Dragon!"

That's a dragon.

One emerged from a volcanic eruption, and then soared all the way to the sky, galloping towards the outer universe...... Dark Golden Dragon!