Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 586 The Final Fight

More and more people died on the plain, and the attraction of the throne became stronger and stronger, but still no one could ascend to the throne, and anyone who got close would be reduced to ashes in the flames.

Perhaps in order to preserve his strength, the demigod who had been with the Lord of Radiance exuding a breath of death suddenly rushed towards the periphery of the battlefield.

The Lord of Radiance did not choose to pursue him, but walked towards the throne on the hill.

Rhodes on the periphery of the battlefield stood in place, looking at the powerful demigod who was getting closer and closer to him. When he was still fighting the Lord of Radiance, Rhodes guessed his identity from the aura emanating from him.

He is the god that the death cult believed in. A long time ago, Rhodes had a grudge against one of his priests.

Rhodes had studied this demigod, and the congregation of Death God called him Death, the master of death, the great lord, the creator of all things...

He calmly and slowly approached the direction of death.

In the eyes of everyone else, Rhodes is just a powerful mortal. There are many people like him here, so Rhodes is not afraid of being discovered by Death God.

It doesn't matter if he finds out, anyway, Rhodes is going to attack him, and it would be best if he can sneak attack.

After killing several believers of unknown demigods, Rhodes had come not far from Death God.

The next moment, Rhodes turned into an afterimage and rushed towards the God of Death. Yin and Yang qi surrounded his wrist, and the three-point return to vitality gathered in his palm.

At this time, the god of death was ravaging a demigod, and he didn't care about the mortal rushing behind him.

boom!
Rhodes slapped Death God's back with a palm, making a loud noise like an explosion.

This palm also contains the inner strength of the Seven Injuries Fist. In addition to tearing the God of Death into two halves, it also has the effect of beating cattle across the mountain because of its power. The demigod in front of the God of Death was instantly shaken into flying Ash.

This is the first time that Rhodes used several powerful martial arts at the same time. He had a premonition that he could succeed, but he did not expect such powerful power.

"As the master of death, I am immortal." Reaper's body that was torn in two quickly repaired, and each half became an independent entity.

Rhodes didn't give him a chance to fully recover, and punched him several times in a row, breaking Death into countless pieces, but the wreckage on the ground was still being repaired.

"Hahaha, it's useless for you to do this. There are so many people dying in the real world. Their deaths can provide me with strength. You can't kill me." The god of death suddenly made an ugly and crazy sound. laughter.

Rhodes walked up to Death God's head, slapped it from the air and shattered it into pieces, and then he got a system prompt:
【It is detected that there is a powerful evil soul around, do you want to swallow it? 】

This is somewhat similar to the prompts that Rhodes received after killing those giant dragons, except that the previous prompts did not use powerful to describe their souls. To the system, ancient dragons are just ordinary evil souls, while those ordinary dragons are Is the weak evil soul.

Rhodes chose yes without thinking too much.

He suddenly thought of his previous experience. The most important reason why the black shadow kept getting weaker was that the system had been slowly absorbing it.

As for why the black shadow appeared, the system didn't give Rhodes a similar prompt. It may be because the part of the Lord of Radiance's soul eroded by the abyss is too powerful, or because of the influence of the will of the abyss.

Rhodes has some doubts. If the system can be improved again, it may be able to directly absorb the entire abyss.

Thinking of this, Rhodes became more curious about what the system was, but he was not afraid of it, because every time the system was upgraded, he would feel that the connection between himself and the system became closer, and he could control the system more closely. The extent is also increasing.

If the system is upgraded again, Rhodes thinks that he may be able to use the things in the system mall at will.

After burning the Reaper's remains to ashes, Rhodes walked towards the hill again.

Even though so many people have been burned to ashes, there are still countless people who want to get close to that throne, and they all turn to ashes without exception, just like moths chasing flames.

At this time, the Lord of Radiance, who was riding a white horse and bathed in holy light, also climbed to the top of the hill. She got off the white horse and walked towards the throne step by step.

When she was about ten meters away from the throne, she stopped, staring at the throne as if lost in thought.

If she ascends to the throne, even if she fails to become the only true god like Nord's holy spirit, she should be able to temporarily suppress the abyss and solve the turmoil in the real world.

The Lord of Radiance is on the side of order, justice, and humanity. This can be seen from Michel, who was raised by her teachings.

Although some high-level knights who believed in the Lord of Radiance lost themselves in power and wealth, most knights still strictly abide by the dogma and pursue honor and justice all their lives.

And the Lord of Radiance will inevitably be influenced by these devout believers.

Compared with the brutal, warlike and bloodthirsty Nord Holy Spirit, she is much more upright and kind.

Rhodes stopped not far from the hill, staring at the top of the hill.

The other demigods and their followers were either killed in battle or turned into ashes when they approached the throne, and now only the followers of the Lord of Radiance are left near the hill, fighting against those who have deformed into monsters .

The Lord of Radiance stopped thinking and continued to walk towards the throne. She stood in front of the throne and stretched out her hand.

Flames burned at her fingertips, and she pulled her hand back immediately.

"It seems that the world still hasn't received enough sacrifices." A familiar old voice came from behind Rhodes.

He turned his head and found that the Chief Grand Maester was standing not far behind him.

"Why are you here?" Rhodes asked, probably because the chief scholar was proficient in space magic, Rhodes hadn't even noticed his existence just now.

"I'm dead in the real world, and I'm going to use my last remaining heat." The chief scholar said: "Whether she or the holy spirit is taking the wrong path, it is true that combining the beliefs of countless souls in one body can obtain a powerful force." Power, but this power will cause certain damage to the world.

The power that would have been returned to the world was forcibly occupied by them, and the power they got was mottled and messy. The pure power would be polluted by the dirty power, just like pouring ink into water.

At the end of the last era, the Holy Spirit, who gathers the power of all beings, defeated countless races including the dragons, and finally ascended to the throne, and there are many unclean forces in his body.

These unclean powers come from his followers. All of us carry some of this unclean power in us, and it is difficult for the world to absorb these powers after our death. These powers are deposited to form the abyss.

Just like the enrichment you mentioned in the book before, the Holy Spirit accepts the beliefs and offerings of countless people, and their power flows into the Holy Spirit's body. A grain of sand, but countless grains of sand gather together to form a desert, and the Holy Spirit cannot destroy this "desert".

Although these holy spirits will not be affected by this unclean force, after the origin of the world absorbs his power, the origin of the world is also polluted.

Now the Lord of Radiance carries some polluted power, and she should be aware of this in her heart. She hesitated for a while before, but in the end she couldn't resist the temptation. "

"Then what are you going to do?" Rhodes asked after thinking for a while.

"Let's wait and see what happens, there may be abnormalities later, it will depend on the situation." The chief academician replied.

"What's abnormal?" Rhodes asked again.

"I don't know, the deviation between the picture I saw in the prophecy and the reality has been getting bigger and bigger since a few years ago..." The Chief Grand Maester shook his head.

Is it affected by my time travel?
Rhodes looked at the chief maester in front of him and began to think about what he just said and whether his identity was true.

Although the Chief Grand Maester looked exactly the same as before, Rhodes felt a little different. I don't know if it was caused by his death in the real world, or because he was a counterfeit, or Rhodes' illusion.

At this moment, a golden light shone on the body of the believer of the Lord of Radiance, and countless spots of light drifted out from the light, converging towards the Lord of Radiance on the top of the mountain.

The darkness at the edge of the plain accelerated the speed of devouring, and Rhodes had to continue moving towards the hill.

"Is there any way to solve the crisis in the real world?" Rhodes asked.

"Someone must sit in that place, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, he will temporarily suspend this catastrophe." The Chief Grand Maester explained.

"What happens if you fail?" Rhodes asked again, he needs more information now.

Even if what the Chief Grand Maester said may not be completely correct, most of them must still be valuable.

"Would be the food of this world, literally 'eaten' like other people who died before." The Chief Grand Maester replied: "I've been researching the history of various eras for some time, and it turns out that magic in the real world The concentration has been continuously decreasing, and this result is not completely caused by the abyss.

The world has been devouring the power of the abyss, although this speed is very slow, after all, the power of the abyss must be modified to a certain extent before it can meet its taste. "

Rhodes was a little surprised after hearing this.

"We are like pigs in a pigsty, the world is the master of the pigsty, and the abyss is the plague?" he asked again.

"That's pretty much what it means, but you're not a pig. If you don't become a demigod, you're just a pigweed." The chief academician smiled.

The light on the believers of the Lord of Radiance became brighter and brighter, and some of the believers' bodies turned into spots of light, gathering towards the Lord of Radiance, and even the white horse also shone with light.

"She is drawing the power of all believers." The Chief Grand Maester said again.

"If she ascends to the throne, but fails, how can we leave here?" Rhodes asked again.

"There is no way to leave. You can only enter but not exit here." The chief scholar shook his head: "Even if I am, I can't think of a way to leave, unless you can ascend to that throne."

Rhodes froze for a moment, feeling very surprised by this.

The light on the Lord of Radiance in the distance gradually extinguished, she turned and sat on the throne on the top of the mountain, and then a flame burned on her body, and disappeared from Rhodes' vision.

"It seems to be the same as my guess, the original place of the world we are in is just the surface." The Chief Grand Maester closed his eyes while speaking.

Afterwards, a strong spatial fluctuation emanated from his body, and everything in a large nearby area was severely distorted, and finally disappeared in front of Rhodes.

Rhodes is the only one left in the whole world now.

Did he go to the place where the Lord of Radiance is now?

Rhodes shook his head and walked towards the top of the hill.

Standing in front of the throne, he resisted the impulse from his body and did not continue to move forward.

Originally, he always thought that being able to handle things lightly and meticulously meant that he had complete control over his body, but now he found that this was not the case.

But this also gave Rhodes an idea to improve his strength.

Demigods can separate the body from the soul. For them, losing their bodies has almost no effect. Even if they lose part of their souls, it is not a big problem. If it is in the real world, they can recover slowly like a dragon. Trauma to the soul, at most, will cause part of the memory to be lost when the soul is traumatized.

Rhodes is now thinking, if he can fully integrate his soul into his body, will his strength take another qualitative leap.

This is the complete opposite of becoming a demigod.

After hesitating for a while, he finally started to act.

Instead of being trapped to death here, it is better to choose to fight once, and this road does not seem so dangerous.

Rhodes sat cross-legged, while resisting the urge of his body to face the throne in front of him, while carefully observing his soul.

A mage with a little bit of strength can do this, but it is impossible for a powerful warrior. At most, he can only vaguely feel his own spirit, unless he starts to cultivate with martial arts.

Now Rhodes has fully integrated the magic power and internal power in his body, and the observed soul is clearer than the two. He found that there is an irregularly shaped foreign body in his soul, which should be the system.

Rhodes began to try to use internal force as a medium to attract the soul into the body.

What he didn't expect was that this matter was as easy as a matter of course.

It didn't take long for him to stand up again, his whole person's aura was much restrained, and he didn't seem to be much different from ordinary people.

Rhodes felt the powerful force flowing in his body, and then he slapped the throne in front of him.

boom!
After a loud noise, the throne instantly turned into dust, and the surrounding space also violently shook.

It seems that now I have truly reached the inner three-in-one state of heart and mind, mind and qi, and qi and strength, and I am a little bit close to reaching the state of three-element unity.

A crack appeared in the original position of the throne, and Rhodes walked into the crack without thinking, and then he felt a burst of tingling pain from the surface of his body, like countless sharp knives cutting his body.

Is this space turbulence?

The pain only lasted for a while, and it didn't take long for his eyes to brighten up again.

In the distance, the Lord of Radiance, who was burning with raging fire, was fighting a group of creatures that looked like charred corpses.

Floating above their heads are more than a dozen thrones exuding an ancient and eternal aura and a huge crystal. Most of these thrones are empty, and only two thrones have creatures.

The creature on one of the thrones should look like a human being. His body was burning with flames, and he looked like a scorched corpse. Several chains made of unknown metals bound him firmly to the throne.

And another huge throne bound a huge but skinny red dragon with metal chains.

If nothing else, they are August, the holy spirit believed by the Nords, and Pasnak, the strongest dragon once.

The ground here looks very similar to the world of the dead, all gray and lifeless.

Rhodes felt strong space fluctuations constantly coming from behind him. He turned his head and saw the Chief Grand Maester standing in the ocean formed by silt.

But he probably didn't touch the mud directly, but used some kind of spell to isolate it.

Is it the body of the abyss?

Where should we help now?
Rhodes thought for a while, and finally ran in the direction of the Lord of Radiance.

He felt that he was better at dealing with this kind of thing. He didn't know how to help him on the side of the chief scholar. Now the battle situation on the Lord of Radiance's side was not good, and she was suppressed by those scorched corpse-like creatures.

The Lord of Radiance showed a surprised expression after seeing Rhodes.

"Be careful, they used to be at least as strong as me." She reminded.

Rhodes noticed an empty throne floating not far away.

Could it be that they want to forcibly bind the Lord of Radiance?

Rhodes smiled, turned around and punched one of the scorched corpses in plate armor holding a sword and shield.

The little fighting instinct left made it subconsciously want to dodge the punch, but it found that it was firmly attracted by an inexplicable force on the fist and could not dodge.

boom!
The three-point Gui Yuan Qi attached to the surface of the fist disintegrated its plate armor, leaving a big hole in its body, and all the nearby muscles and bones were twisted into a ball.

Weaker than expected.

The target of these scorched corpses was only the Lord of Radiance, and they ignored Rhodes at all. This made him only need to attack without defending, and he could kill one with a few moves. It didn't take long for these scorched corpses to die completely.

"Thank you." After the Lord of Radiance finished speaking, he walked towards the throne floating in mid-air not far away without looking back.

Just as she was about to reach the throne, there was a strong fluctuation in space around her, and the next moment she disappeared from Rhodes, replaced by the chief scholar.

Transition?
"No one can resist this temptation, even me, stop me quickly..." The Chief Grand Maester stood on the spot, his body trembling violently.

Rhodes drew out the invisible dagger of the King of Assassins and swiped it horizontally in front of him. A sword qi shot out quickly, cutting off the legs of the chief scholar.

The chief maester fell to the ground.

Although he only has his soul left now, the soul will be realized here just like the world of the dead. Even if he can return to normal, it will take a while.

Rhodes walked to the throne and slashed with his sword.

boom!
The invisible short sword shattered, and the throne was cut in half obliquely, and then gradually collapsed and shattered.

Roar!
A roar came from the sky, and the chains rattled. After a few crisp sounds, the mournful and majestic Nord battle song suddenly sounded in the whole world. A man with a giant metal ax in one hand and a crown of burnt steel The burly man landed not far in front of Rhodes.

The red flame that was burning on his body quickly extinguished, and the pitch-black flame rose from his body, and the scorched skin was returning to normal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Accompanied by the mournful and majestic Nord's war song, he walked towards Rhodes step by step with a huge axe, and the ground trembled every time he took a step.

The Holy Spirit let out a roar, raised the giant ax and swung it down towards Rhodes. The black flame surging on the giant ax roared like a newly awakened ancient dragon.

Rhodes felt as if a whole world was about to hit him. He took out the Xing Tian ax and placed it across his head to block the heavy blow, and took the opportunity to kick the Holy Spirit with a Fengshen leg.

There was a strong wind, and it crashed into the Holy Spirit with an angry howl.

The Holy Spirit took a step back, and more black flames emerged from him, engulfing Rhodes in them.

"Thank you." Rhode's body automatically absorbed the flames, not only did not cause him any damage, but also increased his strength.

Afterwards, Rhodes turned from defense to offense, and he applied the Dugu Nine Swords to the axe, one ax after another, only defending but not attacking, and continuously smashed towards the Holy Spirit with the Xing Tian axe.

The holy spirit has very rich combat experience, and his attainments in axes have basically reached the extreme. Rhodes can't find any flaws at all, and their strengths are almost the same, so all his attacks are easily resolved.

After a few moves, Rhode found that he was at a disadvantage instead. He found an opportunity to put away the Xing Tian ax and use his fists instead, using his lightness kung fu to the extreme for a close fight with the Holy Spirit.

boom! boom! boom!
Rhodes walked around the holy spirit like a ghost, dodging the giant ax that was swung, and punched the holy spirit repeatedly.

However, Rhode's attack did not cause substantial damage to the holy spirit, and the places decomposed by the three-point return to vitality will return to their original appearance after a few breaths.

The Holy Spirit is much more durable than those thrones...

I have to find a way, whether in the real world or in the world of the dead, there are many Nords who believe in the Holy Spirit, and they will continuously provide the Holy Spirit with power.

Even if the power provided by each person is only a small amount, the power provided by countless people adds up to be very terrifying.

Rhodes could feel that the strength and speed of the Holy Spirit would increase every second. If he couldn't find a way to quickly deal with the Holy Spirit and wait for his strength to recover, then the situation would definitely reverse.

I don't seem to need to continue to entangle with him...

Rhode stepped on the ground and jumped into the air. He planned to destroy the throne that originally belonged to the Holy Spirit. If the throne was destroyed, it might cut off the believers of the Holy Spirit from supplying the Holy Spirit with power.

Although here is the same as the previous plain, you can't borrow power in the air, but the jump is still unaffected.

The yin and yang qi surrounded Rhodes' arms, and the three-point return to vitality gathered in the palm of his hand. Rhodes slapped the bottom of the throne with one palm.

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(End of this chapter)