Chapter 372: The Shadows
While these cultists were still slowly discussing.
Kaluto suddenly shuddered, and blood streaks covered his body.
Seeing this scene, all the cultists around them retreated in an instant. A large circle was vacated.
At this moment, next to the campfire, except for Karuto, only another figure shrouded in black robes stopped in place.
The rest of the people were all watching vigilantly from the periphery.
As the blood streaks were all over the place, a pair of large, sharp horns grew out of Kaluto's head.
The slender tongue of blood licked his cheek, and the smell of blood and sulfur spread through it.
With a pair of orange and yellow vertical pupils, he looked at the people present.
Everyone took a slight step back.
The pressure in this eye is a little scary.
They could feel that the one who had suddenly possessed Karuto was a powerful being.
Most likely, they are all evil gods that Karuto believes in.
Now let's see, what kind of evil god is. Apparently a demon of extreme power.
After looking around, the demon looked at the black-robed figure in front of him, who was still on the opposite side, through Karuto's body.
"Nightmare!"
A large amount of black smoke gathered on the body of the black-robed figure, covering it outside, forming a strange armor.
"It's you, you damned demon. Isn't he dead yet? It's a big deal.
You damn half-blood bastard. β
In the face of the nightmare's abuse, the demon was not angry at all.
He doesn't look like a grumpy demon in the abyss. It's like a devil in hell.
"Nightmare, I know you're still angry about what happened, but you can't blame me, can you? That's just to blame you for being an idiot. β
"What! You damn ......" was a phrase that clearly infuriated the nightmare.
"Alright, I have something to talk to you about, and I hope you don't make the same stupid mistakes as before." In the orange demon pupils, staring at the nightmare.
The nightmare still yelled and cursed a few words before it calmed down.
"Tell me, you must have thought of some disgusting scheme, a ritual to stop that slut's resurrection."
"Hehe, count yourself smart."
"Isn't your nightmare realm on the opposite side of where we are now? I need you to immerse yourself in reality at a given time through the link I have given.
Flip reality upside down, dragging the area I've surrounded into the realm of your nightmares. β
"Dragged into a dream, hahaha, what a good ploy. Do you want to use my Nightmare Realm to link to an even more powerful Abyss Portal? The pitch-black eyes on the armor asked, staring at the demon.
The demon nodded, not shying away from his plan.
"Of course, simple and straightforward, isn't it?"
"Okay, get out of here now."
Hearing this, the demon laughed twice, then disappeared, and the changes in Karuto began to disappear and return to the original form.
At the same time, the nightmare armor attached to the black-robed figure also dissipated.
An evil god, a demon, and so they made some kind of terrible deal.
Seeing that the two sides had returned to normal, and the figures who were surrounded by a group of people surrounded them again, they gathered around again.
Caruto twisted his neck to look at the crowd.
"Now, would you like to join this project?"
"Yes."
"I'm joining."
ββ¦β¦β
It seemed that the communication between the two evil and powerful beings just now had given them confidence. Most of these cultists have joined this plan against the flower fairy.
This is also the only chance they have left before the flower fairy recovers.
Isn't the reason why I came here because I was unwilling?
β¦β¦
The Sound of Dawn soon sailed to the closest distance to the Land of Fragrance. Arka patted the sound of dawn, and after saying goodbye, everyone rode the Swift towards the land of fragrance.
The sound of dawn also sank to the bottom of the ocean in the sun, waiting for Arka and them to return.
Arka and they rode on the Delphinium, and it took only a few days before they were about to reach the fragrant country.
Sitting on the deck, Bororo said with some novelty: "We haven't encountered a single demon along the way, and it seems that most of the demons around here have basically been cleaned up." β
Hearing this, Jason next to him said, "Didn't you turn off the channels that supply energy at the junction of life and death before?" Without more portals and more demons, it won't be long before the demons left behind will be cleared. β
Besides, without the pressure from the front, both the church and the people of the flower have more strength to clean up the chaos in the rear.
Soon their ships met the knights who were patrolling the surroundings.
The knights greeted them when they saw them, and after a little inspection, they let them go, chatting for a while.
"Is it my delusion, why do I feel like there are more people patrolling instead?" Looking at the fragrant land that was about to arrive in front of him, Xia Daiti asked suspiciously.
"It's not a delusion, it's really a lot, and there are a lot of people from the Church of Our Lady on patrol." Arka said beside him.
Naturally, they don't know why.
However, instead of continuing to the distant Land of Fragrance, they returned to their camp outside the Land of Fragrance.
After a brief cleaning, everyone walked in and rested.
Arka and Shadetti headed towards the Land of Fragrance to find out what was going on.
Soon the two came to the land of fragrance.
The vine wall that had been built around them had not been removed, and as they arrived, a vine gate was opened and they walked in.
A soldier approached and led the two towards the barracks, saying that Gilena had been waiting for them for a long time.
The two of them walked down the street, and although there were a little more residents coming and going than before, there was not much change overall.
It was still in a grim state, and soon the two came to the barracks. When I came here, Arka found that in addition to the people of the flowers, there were also many members of the Church of Our Lady.
And it's clear that he wasn't a priest or a knight of the Church of Our Lady.
There was something strange about the outfit on his body.
Here Arka found acquaintances.
"Chebrid? Why are you here? β
Shadetti also saw the slightly gloomy man, remembering that he seemed to be the one who had been on the same team as Poloro before.
Chebrid looked at Alka, and the two nodded politely, still unchanged from the gloomy aura they had once had.
"Help the people here weed out the demons, and the cultists." After saying that, he turned around and left, as if he had something to do.
Arka looked at Xia Daiti and shrugged helplessly, and walked inside.
Soon I saw Jilena writing something on a table inside.
The two came to the side.
"You're here."
"I heard you're looking for us? The demons must have been cleared away, and we didn't see any of them when we came back. β
Hearing Xia Daiti's words, Gilena hugged her, then nodded.
"That's right, almost all of the demons have been cleared. Without the supply of energy, there will naturally be no portal.
And I don't know if it's because it's basically useless, and the hidden power used to shield the hub of the teleportation circle has also dissipated. We've destroyed the entire circle as well. β
Arka asked curiously, "Then why does it feel like it's patrolling more tightly than before?" β
And there are more troops to patrol.
Hearing this, Jilena sighed, and said with a little irritability: "No way, you also saw the negative energy cloud floating in the air. There is too much negative energy, and it is difficult to eliminate it when it comes together.
I can only wait until my god recovers to have the strength to get rid of it.
Of course, those damned cultists couldn't just give up, but almost most of the pirate cultists in the Giant Tree Habitat began to harass the land of spirits. β
After speaking, he frowned and scolded viciously: "These damn rats." β
Arka could still understand that these pirates and cultists might not be able to wreak havoc on a massive scale like the border between life and death.
Pull up a large number of troops to attack, but they can't stop them from having many means and disgusting people, and they are extremely good at stealth operations.
Nothing else, internal sabotage, disgusting people are definitely one of the best.
It doesn't kill people, but it disgusts people.
After speaking, Jiliana frowned and looked at the two of them and said, "And the big gardener divined a little, and the crisis still did not dissipate, but became more serious." β
Hearing this, Arka frowned and nodded, the divination of the great gardener is definitely not good in terms of detail.
If it's a rough warning, it's still more or less accurate.
Since it's more dangerous, it won't be easier than before.
"Arati also said that the cultists must be trying to find a way to stop the revival of our gods.
We can only patrol and defend nervously to prevent any accidents before our gods can be revived. β
Xia Daiti patted Jilena on the back and comforted her slightly. Now there is really no good way but to try to prevent accidents.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" Arka asked next to him.
Jilena smiled and shook her head: "You have already helped a lot, it would be rude to trouble you again." β
"We didn't help before, after all, you paid for it." Arka said with a smile.
"Then you can play here for a while longer, and wait for the recovery of the flower fairy."
The two nodded.
That's why they're coming back.
Then he said goodbye and left.
Headed back towards their camp.
"You said that Karuto must be the mastermind this time, why do you say that?" Shadetti asked, walking next to Alka.
The reason why they will come back this time is naturally to kill Karuto.
After all, this damn thing was almost going to be done, Juan Lu's life, if they hadn't rushed back.
There were even the puppet girls who stayed in the camp at the time.
In terms of revenge, Arka pays attention to an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
How could it be just a runaway?
Not to mention that their relationship with the Flower Fairy is completely good, not to mention that the Flower Fairy is still an ally of the Virgin.
If you want to say who has helped them the most, then Our Lady must be at the top of the list. It's great to be able to help when you can.
"Hunch." Arka said vaguely.
He still looked at the map every day to see where Kaluto was. You can tell that Karuto is moving wildly throughout the giant tree habitat, not knowing what he's doing.
And Karuto just didn't go towards the land of the spirits, but wandered around.
The main thing is that for some time before, Arka saw the Carruto logo disappear from the map.
This was something he was very concerned about, and there were only two situations where he could either temporarily leave the map through the teleportation of the Devouring Mouth.
Either it was discovered that someone had deliberately shielded it, no matter which one it was, it was an existence worth pondering and being vigilant about.
Soon the two returned to the camp.
I told everyone about the current situation.
"Let's rest in the camp during this time and wait for the flower fairy to recover.
Of course, if you have nothing to do, you can help them. β
There was not the slightest opinion on this, because everyone present was basically moving towards the fourth stage.
A short stay will help them get into the fourth stage.
After all, they are at an important stage.
It is very important to calm down and meditate slowly, and to experience the feelings.
This time has been running around everywhere, and it has had a slight impact.
Not to mention that their camp is right on top of the node of the energy vein, which is a rare and good place.
It can make their promotion more stable and more natural.
That's it.
I waited quietly until nearly 5 months had passed.
β¦β¦
Simon opened his eyes in the circle of the Gathering Stone, and the sweat on his body evaporated in an instant.
Turning off the energy stone above his head, he walked out.
"Congratulations." Jason, who was waiting next to him, said with a smile.
Simon smiled.
After so much meditation, he finally made it to Stage 4, barely keeping up with Alka's footsteps.
"You should be fast, right?" Simon asked, looking at Jason.
Jason nodded: "There is probably a month and a half, and I should be able to advance to the fourth stage." β
Now among the people, except for Matlisha, who has just obtained the second treasure, and Juan Lu, who is at the bottom of the strength.
All of them have reached the three-stage consummation, and they are basically accumulating energy. Breaking through to the fourth stage, the interval between each other is at most between half a month and a month.
This means that in a month's time, there will be several more Stage 4 members on board.
"But Shadetti and Bororo, the two of them should be one step ahead of me." Jason thought about it.
With the meditation speed of Xia Daiti and Bororo, it will probably take less than 10 days, and they may be about to advance to stage 4.
The crowd waiting outside felt the fluctuations inside stop, and they walked in.
"How does it feel?"
When it came to Alka, Simon smiled: "It's not bad, it will take a day or two to stabilize a little." And then it will take a long time to get used to the improvement of strength. β
The ascension at each stage is enormous.
Especially Phase 4.
This indicates that they are able to control the Holy Grail level treasure perfectly. I am already qualified to control a higher level, representing the treasure of the scepter.
It is also the most important of these stages.
The improvement is certainly enormous, both physical and internal.
Now Simon has the illusion of being reborn and shedding his coat.
"Not everyone is like you." Simon teased with a slight envy.
Hearing this, Arka just smiled and waved his hand, and didn't say anything more.
After all, Arka had already experienced most of the abilities that could be achieved in the fourth stage in the dream world, so when it was promoted to the fourth stage in reality.
It basically only took him a day or two to stabilize and be able to play perfectly in the strength that he could show in the emergence stage.
The chaos of strength improvement is hardly reflected in his body.
If you are a normal person, you have to spend a few months or even a year to perfectly control the strength at this stage.
After all, even the complete control of the treasure and the full excavation of its power will take long enough to complete.
It is equivalent to many years of accumulation, which exploded in this instant, and the strength grew explosively.
Looking at Simon, who has been promoted to the fourth stage. Arka took the ring off his hand.
The fluid ring like a galaxy is a scepter-level treasureβthe galaxy.
He took it off and handed it to Simon.
"What are you?" Simon asked, somewhat incomprehensible.
"Like I said before, this treasure isn't for me, is it? So you try to see if it matches your treasure. β
Hearing this, Simon frowned and said, "You are the strongest among us, you can wait until you have a new treasure suitable for you, and then replace it and give it to us to use?" β
The others around nodded as well.
This method is actually the best, and it does not affect the play of strength.
It also does not affect the structure of their overall strength.
Safe and secure.
Who knew that Arka shook his head: "It's different, Xinghe is already suppressing the growth of my strength." Holding it inevitably weakened my grip on my dreams and the other two treasures.
Only the magic power in my body is improving, and the other improvements are minimal, and this treasure has begun to block my path. β
And it would be a waste of time for Arka to not be able to understand and control the treasure for a long time, especially in a dream.
After listening to Alka's explanation, Simon nodded and did not delay taking the ring.
"If I'm not suitable, there's no way to do it."
Arka nodded, of course.
After all, if it was really suitable, he would have to pick up the ring and eliminate his own aura above it before he could really give it to Simon.
At this stage, he only suppressed his breath slightly, mainly to see if Simon's treasure repelled the galaxy or was rejected by the galaxy.
If it's not suitable, then he can only take it for a while.
After all, it is a scepter-level treasure, and it is also an extremely powerful and comprehensive treasure.
(End of chapter)