Chapter 25: Saints of the World, Armageddon(1/2)
Looking at the supplies in Daxiu's hand, Webber "gurgled" and swallowed, wanting to go into the library to find out if he could find a leak.
However, when the two of them passed by, Zhu Peng grabbed him.
"Time is coming soon. If we don't go back, we may not be able to go back." Almost the second after the man finished speaking, the sound of the dong dong bell from the cathedral and the sharp and harsh alarm came.
Because of the confrontation between light and darkness, there is no room for gray to exist. The darkness in the distance erodes at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if this world is a canvas, and the gods pass by with their dark brushstrokes.
"run!"
The erosion of darkness this day was faster and more violent than before. Although the five-man led by Zhu Peng was secretly helping, at least in this world, the power balance between light and dark is not very balanced. Darkness is too strong than light. In this game, although the more desperate the beings in the cathedral see the more pious they feel, the matter of cramming at the end is really hard to come back.
Running back quickly, the dark haze quickly followed and chased after it. A large number of cockroaches, rats, and gray moths appeared after the arrival of darkness, accompanied by the evil demons hiding in the corner. In this race of life, whoever runs slowly will be covered and swallowed by the dark haze. The chance of being attacked by evil demons in the darkness will increase dramatically. Even if you are lucky enough to die, you will run slower and slower. The possibility of escaping alive in the end is too small.
Some evil demons with strong aggressiveness may even leapt out of darkness to attack the fugitives. The light will make them feel unaware and weakened, but this weakening is not fatal in a short period of time.
Daxiu Victor, Webber, and Huixiu were all running towards the church. From time to time, people joined their team, some fell in a panic, and then they were shrouded in darkness behind them, and they had no chance to get up again.
Huixiu is a girl who is very practical, but also very sober. When she found that she was not physically fit, she threw away the old curtains in her arms as soon as possible, and then went into battle with all her might. She even rushed to the front of Zhu Peng and Webber for a while.
Zhu Peng noticed that behind him a middle-aged man was targeted by a holy beast. He quickly stuffed the supplies and the boy in his hand into Webber's hand: "Help me take it for a while!"
Then, Zhu Peng turned around and ran. At the moment when the gray-white evil beast, which was like a wild boar but covered with fangs, was about to pounce on the shadow of the darkness, Zhu Peng jumped up at the same time. He held a bone sword in both hands and slashed by him. For these evil demons, the suppression brought by light was not only the suppression of physical strength, but also the speed of reaction. Even in luck, the gray-white evil beast that ventured out of the darkness emitted light smoke all over his body. Even if he successfully killed the middle-aged man, he might not be able to make a profit under the snatch of many evil demons around him.
But evil demons, such demons, killing people and doing things, really depends on their mood. Zhu Peng understands and grasps this point. A demon from the holy realm who is seeking weakening naturally has no reason not to kill. Both sides passed by in the air, but with a sword, Zhu Peng, who is already far above the other, completed the instant kill.
"You... are you also a saint? You are also a saint, right? Please, save my daughter, save my daughter, uh!" Five fingers waved in front of the middle-aged man's eyes, and his mood and eyes changed from excitement to calmness just now, and then under Zhu Peng's hypnosis, he turned around and ran towards the cathedral.
(I don’t know how an ordinary person can survive in such an environment.) As soon as Zhu Peng’s thought fell, a cry for help came from behind him. Under normal circumstances, the holy realm frequently appears in the darkness, and there are countless high-level evil demons. It’s amazing that a girl with no power can still cry for help in such an environment.
Zhu Peng, who was curious, ignored Weber and Hui Xiu's confusion behind him. He rushed into the dark shadow with his bone sword in one hand. As the only existence in the five-player group who can survive in the dark side of this world, Zhu Peng relied on not entirely strong and strong strength. A large part of it lies in his abyss demon bloodline. He and the evil demon are essentially the same, but Zhu Peng's power is very powerful, so not many of the evil demons dare to provoke him.
When Zhu Peng came to the place where the cry for help came, he saw the ghost on the first floor protecting a dirty girl with long hair. Looking at the girl in front of him, recalling the demon doll who inexplicably protected the little boy, Zhu Peng became a little surprised for a moment based on his life experience.
Compared to the two guys Jeff and Zoya Anster, the little boy and the girl in front of him are probably the saints of this world.
The ancient great wizard Angele firmly resides in this alien space, a small plane world, has developed a weak world will after thousands of years of operation. When facing great disasters and destruction, it will also use its own methods to save its destiny. Although its two saints look a bit immature and ridiculous... But even for the powerful existence of the earth's will, what happened to the saints/sons of luck, such as Zhu Peng and Li Jingxuan, hundreds of years ago?
It is also impossible to turn the tide, and it is also impossible to turn the building up. The world will is sometimes very powerful, but sometimes it is also very fragile. What's more, the world will of this alien space. Think about the scale of this plane, you can know that its power is not much stronger.
A bone sword, spear, spear extended from his sleeve. Zhu Peng charged forward with both weapons. At this moment, the evil demons who were robbed of food were no longer killed. However, the necromancer of the Holy Realm level raised his eyebrows, and his dark bone armor was covered with layers of entanglement. The pseudo-holy realm skeleton soldiers supported by the eighteen pairs of halos surrounded the master to fight and storm the evil demons.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the undead rushing formation, Zhu Peng ran over and picked the woman with a spear and threw it on his back.
"Hold it tightly, if you fall down, you will be dead." Feeling that the girl behind her was entangled with her arms and legs, Zhu Peng began to rush outward. However, in this process, even Zhu Peng did not realize that everything he did was already being watched by some existence in the darkness.
"...I think...you make me very upset!" Steve, a fishy red robe, white hair, and long-lost dark mage, lying in a thick and smelly pool of blood. As long as he closes his eyes, he can see through everything in this world as if he is dreaming. Of course, it can only be limited to what happened in the dark world.
"The Leo family is ready to wait for today's plan, and for a thousand years. I will not allow anyone to destroy it, I will not allow anyone to destroy it." Opening his eyes and standing up in the darkness, a weak but solid demon body of a dragon-horned demon appeared and enveloped Steve. As long as he spread his arms, he would have endless magic power.
Thousands of years ago, Angela, the ancient black wizard of the Ring of Time/Lord of Silver Scorpion/Lord of Fear, actually had no descendants in the Immortal World. However, Angela's father, Baron Leo, had.
The higher the living body, the more difficult it is to inherit the offspring. This is the law of the universe, the law of the way of heaven, and even when scientific and technological civilization develops to a large-scale urbanization and reaches a certain level: low fertility rate, aging population, lifelong non-marriage, and the DINK tribe, these social problems will also arise.
It's very interesting. The third-level legendary level is still an ordinary person. Even if it is a little more difficult to pass on his offspring due to his special nature of the martial arts, it will not be too difficult, unless he practices the Pure Yang Boy Craft who refuses to break his body or the more extreme Sunflower Unbeaten.
After the level of the life body is promoted to the fourth and a half level of energy, whether you can have a child is really like buying a lottery, it depends on whether God gives you this life.
The same is true for scientific and technological civilization. There is no problem with human reproduction in the third-level, and there may even be explosive growth in humans. However, after entering the fourth-level civilization that follows, global urbanization brings higher social welfare, while humans are increasingly reluctant to have children.
Even to the extreme, some countries will experience self-destruction!
There are more and more elderly people, fewer and fewer children. I have seen the eyes full of gray-haired elderly people on the street and take the bus. It is derived from the last prosperous country that does not lack food and clothing: extinction.
Of course, this is the result of theoretical deduction. In fact, this situation will not occur. What is described here is only the difficulty of inheriting the descendants of higher-level living bodies, the terrifying stability of the laws of the universe, and the laws of the laws of heaven.
Whether it is a technological civilization, a martial arts civilization, or a magic civilization, after entering the fourth level, they have to face such invisible restrictions. The universe, all laws and deeds are treated equally. Does it make people feel interesting and a little scary?
The greed of a gentleman was killed for five generations. Although the existence of the ancient great wizard Angele made the Leo family glorious and prosperous, as Angele no longer paid attention to the Leo family, which had no direct blood relationship with him, as he went to other plane worlds, the huge family that was parasitic to Angele's reputation also fell apart.
Steve Leo was born in the declining Leo family, carrying the glory of his ancestors in front and the responsibility of reviving the family. He wanted to become the second Angeles!
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When Webber was panting and ran back to the cathedral with the little boy Harry on his back, the surroundings were completely covered in darkness.
A middle-aged woman was only one step away from rushing into the church. She was instantly penetrated by an iron hook behind her. She didn't dare to look back at all. She cried and stretched out her palm forward. She hoped that someone could save her and someone could pull her.
However, the next moment she was dragged into the darkness. A pale man, who was about two meters tall, grabbed it like a chicken, and pulled off her skin in front of everyone. The whole scene was bloody and unbearable to look at it.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the last Lord of Darkness. At least, it will be one of the Dark Lords." Familiar voices came from his side, and Weber and Huixiu turned their heads to look.
But Da Xiu, who had just rushed into the darkness, was frivolously brushing her sleeves. Weber and Hui Xiu had a lot of words to ask, but at this moment, they saw the dark-haired young man's eyes shining brightly in the darkness, and his expression became confused. When they woke up again, their original memories had been changed.
In order not to damage their spirit, memory changes of this level may be restored after being tampered with such a degree, especially when the spirit reaches its peak after being strongly stimulated or when the spirit reaches its peak after being in the prime of life, but that will only happen a long time later. Even if they think about it, Zhu Peng doesn't mind caring.
"Daxiu, I didn't find anything, and the curtains were lost when they ran. You... can you share something with me?" It seemed pitiful, with a look of shyness, but Zhu Peng knew that the girl in front of him who was very good at taking advantage of her advantages had already done a lot of things like this.
However, it is understandable that a woman wants to survive in such a social environment as she is now.
"Here, I'll share you with a salted fish. Don't lose it again this time." Zhu Peng didn't mind, so he took out a salted fish and knocked the girl on the head. Weber, who had always liked Hui Xiu, felt embarrassed and also distributed some food that he didn't have much to Hui Xiu. Then Hui Xiu looked disgusted with him, and instead wanted to kiss Da Xiu, who was more handsome and capable.
However, looking at the chill and cold eyes of the young man with black hair and black eyes, the woman's instinct made her afraid, and Huixiu still didn't dare to do anything after all.
When entering the cathedral, many people lost this time. Even with the help of the saints, the life of counterattacking and returning to their homes was far away. There were not many living resources in the entire town. If this continues, everyone will have to eat mysterious meat to survive.
Da Xiu, who could bring back a considerable amount of food every time, was of course rewarded. Zhu Peng chose to bring back the cashmere blanket, and then he gave it to Webber's mother, Mrs. Dos.
Life is becoming more and more difficult, but because of the hardships of life and the harsh situation, the more pious the people in the church are.
"With your power as a saint, you can obviously help more people in difficulties, so why don't you stand up bravely and hide in the shadow like a mouse?" At this time, Zhu Peng was staying in the corner of the church with little Harry and eating, and then a girl in gray cloth pants came to the two of them.
A Duosha, the town flower in the town, the daughter of the middle-aged male pastor, was obviously saved by Zhu Peng, but A Duosha showed no gratitude. Instead, she came to question why Zhu Peng did not stand up and assumed the responsibility of his role as a "saint".
"You are also a saint, why didn't you stand up?" It's not that you don't want to hypnotize and modify the memory of the son of luck in this small plane, but for a target with a certain strength, it's much easier to destroy the other party's spiritual memory than to modify and tamper.
This talented high mental qualification of A Duosha did not want to turn her into an idiot and cause the backlash of this small plane. Zhu Peng could only avoid using hypnosis on her.
Mind-like spells are not that easy to use. Only when the legendary holy realm level casts on ordinary people can they have a stable success rate. The human mind, spirit, and soul are all very complex, mysterious and subtle things.
"I..." Facing Zhu Peng's retort, A Duosha was a little hesitant and could not speak. Her hand unconsciously reached the pendant around her neck. Zhu Peng knew very well that the ghost who had rescued her before was hidden there at this moment.
"My abilities are really too similar to the evil powers eroded by darkness. Although I am sure my sister will not hurt me, other people may not be afraid of ghosts." People who are loved by the luck of the plane often encounter some seemingly coincidental life experiences.
A Duosha has had a very good relationship with the sister next door since childhood. By chance, her sister next door died of illness. By chance, her sister next door gave A Duosha a string of necklaces. By chance, the gem on the necklace was a soul-binding gem that was very suitable for the residence of the dead soul. By chance, A Duosha was born with strong mental power and could support her ghost sister.
The ghost is becoming increasingly powerful due to A Duosha's mental power. The Soul-Binding Stone protects A Duosha from the erosion of the ghost. She has experienced some deaths since she was a child and has repeatedly sacrificed her necklaces for blood. In addition, when the dark side of this plane is strengthened, the ghost who also belongs to the dark side of the plane is also on the reinforcement side. This leads to an almost born ghost witch in this plane world without a civilization system.
While receiving the spiritual power of Aduosha, the ghost also trained Aduosha's mental power since childhood.
"Just as if you can't show your strength in front of everyone, my ability is also not suitable for everyone to be known." In the swing of his hand, a bone dagger was tumbling between Zhu Peng's five fingers, but the next moment he took it back into his sleeve.
"You control ghosts, I control bones. If a power like you and me is discovered by Archbishop Mrs. Zhuoma, what kind of result do you think will be?" Even if you cannot hypnotize, it is not difficult for Zhu Peng to control a girl who is only 20 years old with words.
In fact, Zhu Peng really understands the model of choosing and creating saints in this world. He is weak and has little original power. Of course, it is impossible to consume too much power to impart to the sons of luck directly. Otherwise, the sons of luck will become stronger and die, and then put the cart before the horse.
Obtaining power from the dark side creates a dark saint not only increases the power of the old side, but also consumes the same power on the dark side. When his own strength is weak, it is inevitable to fight against the big one.
However, the appearance of two pseudo-saints, Jeff and Zoya Anste, made the real saints in this world dare not emerge. Jeff's powerful and skillful swordsmanship, glorious holy power, and even the power of Zoya Anste to control the strong wind and flames are undoubtedly more powerful than controlling the demon doll and the dead ghost.
Although in Zhu Peng's view, strength is strength and it is enough to be useful, there is no need to stick to its manifestation.
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The ghost witch Aduosha was banned by Zhu Peng and sent back.
In the next half month, the situation in the church took a sharper and sharper turn. Although Zhu Peng, with the assistance of the demon doll and the ghost witch Aduosha in Little Harry's arms, worked harder to kill the evil demons, but the situation of the thousand-year period was difficult to return, and darkness eventually became increasingly condensed and began to erode the entire cathedral.
I can feel that the day of the decisive battle is no longer far away.
Zhu Peng could feel the faint division within the five-member team, but in terms of social interaction, Zhu Peng's skill tree was not very high. Back then, he led his group of college classmates to rush out of the abyss and ends. Logically speaking, this should be a life-and-death friendship that has lived and died together.
As a result, there were not many people who knew Zhu Peng in the end, but there were many people who hated him. They could only say that Taoist methods and military techniques were not very suitable for making friends. These knowledge could allow lions and tigers to control the flock, but they could not make the flock really respect lions and tigers. They were just afraid.
Many years later, Zhu Peng's social ability has improved a lot, but people's hearts are still unpredictable. Among the five people, except for themselves: Nakato Villen, Zoya Anste, Knight Jeff, and Witch Dara, there is no one that Zhu Peng feels can trust.
Nakato Villen was originally an enemy, and Zoya Anste and the Knight Jeff vaguely established an offensive and defensive alliance. The biggest threat to Zhu Peng was the witch Dara. She seemed to be planning something secretly. Zhu Peng always felt that during the occasional gathering, the woman looked at the other four people in Yifang, just like the eyes of her classmates... It was a kind of look that the predator looked down.
If you practice to the point of being strong and exposed, you can easily develop this temperament by hitting a dozen or twenty first-level warriors, because compared to you, the people around you are all fragile and can be quickly knocked down or even killed.
Practicing martial arts, especially practicing real martial arts, is actually not a good thing in modern society like the 21st century on Earth.
What is martial arts? After all, it is a technique of killing.
The Taoist martial arts that Zhu Peng practiced since childhood further extended it to the connotation level of life evolution and spiritual evolution, but it still made Zhu Peng a little in line with the crowd. Although it was because of his own low realm at that time, there were not many people who could reach a high level in that era.
After confirming his eyes, Zhu Peng knew that everyone had their own thoughts, especially the witch Dara had an extremely powerful secret weapon. But he still did not contact anyone to form an alliance. With the people he joined with, Zhu Peng would rather communicate with the natives of this world: Little Harry, Aduosha and others. At least he was sure that these two people would not suddenly stab him in his back.
Well, at least it's a high chance that I won't do this.
Because of the continuous impact of the dark wave, the cathedral, which seemed like an isolated island, gradually became dilapidated, and people's hearts were floating. Some people heard the whispers of evil spirits in their ears, saying, "Kill, kill, as long as you kill everyone, you can survive and become one of us."
Some of these evil demons whispered in their ears, some of which were hallucinations, while others were real. So, the killing among believers... blood sacrifice... sons killed their fathers, mothers killed their daughters, and an old man killed all their family with a sharp knife when everyone was sleeping.
The ugliness and horror of human nature are staged in a cathedral that gradually becomes like a desperate hell. Against this background, the more pious some people see, the more crazy they see.
The old lady who killed all her family was sent to the stolen stand by the furious Archbishop Zhuoma Leo, but it was useless. The shaking cathedral under the erosion of the dark power was already full of holes.
The soul of the vicious old woman was not purified by the holy light after the stolen fire, but actually escaped outside the church under the protection of black smoke, where she would be reincarnated as a powerful evil demon, which was the evil power she exchanged for her family's children and grandchildren.
These tragedies continued to be in the shrinking and squeezed deformed society, and the cathedral continued to be staged. This night, everyone slept particularly hard due to the various disputes during the day.
A shadow flew up and touched the holy coffin. When his strong big hand was about to touch the holy coffin, a cold and cruel sword light passed by. Because of the burning rays on the tip of the long sword, the shadow had to retreat, but his figure that was retreating in the void could not completely avoid it. The sword light lifted open his black robe!
"Nakato Villen, the dignified Seven Pirate Kings... I really didn't expect that the first person who chose to give up would be you." Walking in the void, like walking on the flat ground, Zhu Peng blocked the holy coffin in the air, tied up by iron chains, and stared at the opponent in front of him, saying this.
To be continued...