The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Underground hall.

Facing the birdman Alonso, who was flapping his wings and attacking quickly.

Renn took out a scroll filled with wind energy from his arms. It was the long-awaited witchcraft scroll 'Summoning Hurricane' obtained from Adams.

As Renn tore open the scroll, in an instant, a hurricane containing powerful energy swept towards Alonso, the newly promoted birdman.

Since Alonso has just been affected by the evil power and has become a winged race, his body is still in the adaptation period to the control of wings. He can accelerate very fast in a straight line, but it will take a while before he can fly up and down flexibly.

In an instant, under the influence of the strong hurricane, Birdman Alonso was immediately hit in the air and rolled 360 degrees, and his whole body was swayed left and right by the hurricane.

"Uh-huh!"

When he was able to stabilize his body, he saw a silver arc-shaped sword light flashing past!

Although Alonso was still in mid-air at this time, his wings had begun to stagnate.

Only an incision was seen, diagonally downward from the left side of his neck, through the chest and abdomen, to the right side of the abdomen!

"Hey!" sounded like the sound of a high-pressure water gun shooting out!

The huge incision on Alonso's body suddenly spurted out a ring of smelly blood.

"Plop! Plop!"

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of two heavy objects hitting the ground!

I saw the body cut in half diagonally and fell to the ground almost at the same time.

Various body fluids, organs, etc. were scattered all over the floor!

The two corpses that fell to the ground at this moment seemed to be unwilling to do something again, but all they got was violent twitching of some of the stumps!

but

With the passage of life, the power of the evil god seemed to escape, and at this moment, Alonso's dark eyes began to change again, and the whites of his eyes appeared.

At the same time, a certain clarity seemed to have returned to his eyes.

I saw him trying hard to look at Ren, his eyes full of unwillingness, regret, resentment and other emotions. The next second, his lips murmured twice, and he died.

After Ren glanced at the dead Alonso, he immediately focused his attention on the Black Flame Priest whose aura was undergoing drastic changes!

Because Ren can clearly feel that the other party's aura is constantly improving like a volcano erupting.

At the same time, the bloated body of the Black Flame Priest, which was originally more than two meters tall, was also rapidly expanding at this moment.

Two and a half meters.

three meters

Three and a half meters.

In an instant, this aura was stronger than anyone Ren had seen before, including Captain Baron, Earl Habs and other peak knights. It seemed that he had suddenly reached a higher level!

——

Outside the black air shield.

The strong man with a shield on his back waved his hand to Rudolph and said: "Don't waste the scroll, leave it to me!"

I saw the strong man carrying a shield suddenly taking off the shield he was carrying. It turned out that there was a mystery hidden inside the shield. There was a white-gold scepter about one meter long inside.

The strong man held the platinum scepter, muttered something in his mouth, and then threw it hard at the black shield!

In an instant, the platinum scepter burst out with extremely brilliant white light. At the same time, a mighty and majestic aura filled the surroundings, completely canceling out the slight pressure of the evil god's will just now!

Looking at the scepter that was like a white lightning striking the black energy shield, Rudolph looked shocked!

He looked at the scene in front of him and murmured: "Could it be that this is the emperor's scepter?"

"Of course not, this is just an imitation of the scepter held by His Majesty the Emperor." The man holding a short staff on the side explained casually.

"Compared with the real emperor's scepter, its power is less than one percent, but a trace of the will projection of this evil god is completely enough to deal with it!"

"Bang!" The white-gold scepter instantly broke through the defense of the black air shield, as easily as breaking an egg with a hammer.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw the white-gold scepter, like a meteor piercing the sky, rushing straight to somewhere underground at an extremely fast speed! ——

At this time, Ren took out the leaf he had kept but never used from his arms.

Holding this leaf in your hand, you can feel that it contains surging life energy. It is actually a special witchcraft scroll, a gift from Anna's aunt, the elf lady.

Lane put it in the most convenient position.

Suddenly, the greyhound war dog Cookie quickly ran to Renn's side. After thinking about it, Renn picked up the bow again and drew one of the only two steel arrows left.

Obviously, in the current state of the Black Flame Priest, it is best to try first to see if it can be interrupted.

It's too dangerous to go forward with a big sword in close combat. If it's a long-range attack, you can try it.

In fact, Renn has been hesitating before. Recently, he upgraded the pharmacist to obtain skill points. Should he use them to improve the giant bear sword skill or the blood rage archery skill?

On the one hand, the giant bear swordsmanship is the first extraordinary combat skill he learned, and it is still very emotional.

But since he has mastered the Tokkal Hammer Technique at the mystical level, judging from the diversity of combat, at this time, if he invests skill points in similar melee extraordinary combat skills, the benefits obtained will be reduced.

On the contrary, if the long-range attack method of Blood Fury Archery can be improved, not only can it make up for his shortcomings in long-range combat, but under the current circumstances, using long-range archery to interrupt the promotion of the Black Flame Priest is the best option. safe.

The current battle situation helped Ren make the decision!

Without any hesitation, Renn immediately invested all his remaining skill points in the Blood Fury Archery.

As the remaining skill points went from 3 to 0, the Blood Fury Archery skill rocketed from lv6 to lv9!

In an instant, a majestic memory of practicing Blood Fury Archery poured into Ren's mind. For a moment, Renn felt as if he had been practicing Blood Fury Arch in some mysterious space for decades. !

When Ren once again grasped the huge battle bow in his hand, the feeling was completely different!

Especially at this moment, there are still some memories in his mind about the secret skill of Blood Fury Archery, ‘Blood Fury Blow’.

Didn't have time to check the system prompts.

Renn's face was solemn, his whole body exuded a thick blood-colored halo, and the blood vessels on the surface of his skin were swollen, which was extremely scary!

The bowstring in his hand was also stretched to the extreme. At this moment, the steel arrow in his hand suddenly appeared with complex and strange blood lines, which were more intense than when Phil Kratz used it. , bright red.

A "chirp" sound!

The bloody steel arrow broke through the air at an extremely high speed and shot towards the head of the fat officiant!

Almost at the same time!

There was something that was faster than his arrow and hit the rising Black Flame Priest first!

Renn only saw a white-gold light, like a meteor falling down, heading straight towards the position of the Black Flame Priest!

Instantly! A painful roar echoed throughout the surroundings!

This roar gave the impression that it was not the original voice of the Black Flame Priest, but that it came from the majestic being behind him!

At the same time, the majestic aura of Yuan Ting Yue Zhi also overwhelmed the terrifying aura that originally filled the underground hall.

This majestic aura is like facing the supreme emperor of mankind!

Only then did Ren see clearly that the ray of light was a platinum scepter. At this moment, the platinum scepter hit the chest of the Black Flame Priest, making a big hole like a bucket.

The promotion process of the chief priest was also interrupted, and the black flame defense around him suddenly disappeared.

Therefore, the arrow containing the 'Blood Fury Blow' that Ren had just shot happened to break through the defensive black flame at this moment and hit the officiant's originally round head.

"Snapped!"

It sounded like a watermelon bursting!

The round head on the main priest's fat body suddenly turned into a splash of white flowers, flesh, body fluids and broken bones.

At this time, the system prompts like refreshing the screen came:

[Your skill Tokkal Hammer has been improved, and your experience value is +2392]

[Your skill Bloodfury Archery has been improved, and your experience value is +2106]

[Your skill Giant Bear Swordsmanship has been improved, experience value +899]

[Your skill Sharpness is improved, experience value +78]

(Note: The above skills and experience have already enjoyed the 30% increase of the exclusive talent ‘Junior Extraordinary Comprehension’.)

[Congratulations, you defeated a strong enemy and gained 1 gold skill point! 】

[You have experienced a battle, the experience value of the weapon master (legendary) is +1997, the experience value of the wizard apprentice (extraordinary) is +138, and the experience value of the beast tamer (extraordinary) is +109. 】

[Congratulations, your Weapon Master (Legendary) career level has been improved! 】

The Weapon Master (Legendary) career level has been upgraded by another level, reaching lv6 (13/3000), which also allows Renn to gain one attribute point and one skill point again.

Now his remaining attribute points are 8 points, and his remaining skill points are 1 point.

When Ren saw that he had successfully killed the Black Flame Priest, he felt relieved.

Fortunately, the promotion process of the Black Flame Priest was interrupted by the white-gold hammer before he was completely promoted.

I have made a big mistake!

But where did the platinum scepter just come from?

Ren looked around and found no source.

Hmm. What is this?

Ren keenly noticed that there was a special aura lingering around the dead fat priest.

This kind of breath made Ren feel vaguely familiar, much like the great being that the Black Flame believers prayed to just now. But at this moment, the evil charm was much less, and instead it was filled with a vast and great feeling.

Before Ren could get closer, the system prompt sounded again:

【Ding! Testing found unknown high quality absorbable energy, yes/no to absorb? 】

(Note: This high-quality energy can be directly converted into talent points after being absorbed.)

Huh?

Can it be converted into talent points?

Looking at the system prompts, Ren was stunned!

He had thought about this problem before. His talents, such as "junior steel body", could obviously be further promoted. After all, the word "junior" indicated something.

But he has never figured out how to improve his talent.

Because both skill points and gold skill points are used to improve skills, not talents.

At this moment, the answer appears!

Although Ren didn't know yet if this was the only way to obtain talent points, at least it was a way.

He was overjoyed and chose ‘Yes! ’

In an instant, the strange aura or energy that originally lingered around the fat corpse of the officiant, at this moment, like the confluence of hundreds of rivers, poured into Ren's body, and rushed further into the body!

For a moment, not only did Ren not feel any discomfort, but he also felt an indescribable sense of comfort and sublimation all over his body.

If someone observes from the side, they can find that Ryan is emitting a faint golden glow and an indescribable pressure.

The next second, the absorption is completed, and this strange phenomenon disappears!

Looking at the entire underground hall, at this moment, it has once again returned to its previous state of slightly damp, bloody and smelly.

[Ding! Convert a total of one talent point, please choose the talent 'Primary Weapon Mastery (Passive)', 'Primary Extraordinary Comprehension (Passive)' or 'Primary Steel Body (Passive)' to upgrade. ]

(Note: The talent 'Intermediate Giant Strength (Active)' requires two talent points to upgrade. At present, the talent points are insufficient and cannot be upgraded.)

Looking at the system prompt, Ryan quickly realized that the first three talents with the prefix 'Primary' are of one level, and 'Intermediate Giant Strength (Active)' is a higher level talent.

Since it cannot be added to the talent 'Intermediate Giant Strength (Active)', how should the remaining three talents be chosen?

Ryan couldn't help but ponder.

‘Primary Supernatural Comprehension (Passive)’ was first excluded by Ryan because it was not an instant combat talent.

This talent increases the speed of mastering supernatural combat skills.

But in fact, Ryan basically directly improves the supernatural combat skills by adding skill points.

Because generally speaking, after skill level 7, even if the ‘Primary Supernatural Comprehension’ shortens the time by nearly one-third, it still takes a long time to improve it on a daily basis.

As for ‘Primary Weapon Mastery (Passive)’ and ‘Primary Steel Body (Passive)’, they can both be classified as instant combat talents.

Their respective characteristics are also very obvious, one is biased towards offense and the other is biased towards defense.

After a little thought, Ryan decided to choose ‘Duplicate Armor’ first!

"After this incident, if it weren't for the last 'Flying Hammer from the Sky', facing the Black Flame High Priest who has surpassed the peak Knight and entered the next level, the subsequent battles might be extremely difficult."

"But if you have stronger defense, the tolerance for error will naturally be higher."

After making up his mind, Ryan silently recited the 'Primary Steel Body (Passive)' in his heart.

Instantly, a surge of heat flowed through the surface of the body. Ryan stretched out his hands and looked down, only to see that the skin on the palms and backs of his hands suddenly lit up with a silver-gray metallic halo.

This halo flowed on the surface of the body like mercury, flickering.

After a few seconds, the halo converged, and Ryan's skin returned to its original color.

At this time, a system prompt appeared:

[Congratulations, your talent 'Primary Steel Body (Passive)' has been upgraded to 'Intermediate Steel Body (Passive)'! 】

Seeing the second newly generated intermediate talent on the attribute panel, Ryan couldn't help but show a bright smile on his face.

Just as Ryan was about to check, he suddenly heard a rustling sound of hurried footsteps coming from the hole above!

Ryan turned his head and saw a group of people coming down from above, including the familiar Archbishop Rudolf of the Goddess Church and a small group of elite Templar Knights.

However, Ryan was a little surprised that Rudolf and others stepped back a little, and two unfamiliar men with steady steps walked at the front of the team.

The other party was very cautious holding weapons and moving forward slowly, but when they saw the scene in the underground hall at this time, they were stunned immediately!

The empty underground hall was almost a slaughterhouse at this time.

There were scattered limbs and arms everywhere, and the smell of blood and a kind of rotten smell of corpses came to the nose!

Especially in the center of the hall, the pile of corpses piled up like a hill, and the fat body of the chief priest several meters high on the side, were particularly eye-catching!

Of course, in comparison, what was more eye-catching at this moment was Ryan holding a war bow and wearing a banquet dress.

Everyone instinctively pointed their weapons at Ryan, until Priest Rudolf seemed to see Ryan clearly and asked tentatively: "Ryan?"

Ryan smiled and nodded, saying: "Priest Rudolf, thank you for coming to help!"

Hearing Ryan speak some human words, Rudolf immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Ryan, you are fine, that's great!"

The two strange men also looked at the boy in front of them with a little surprise.

They didn't expect that under such circumstances, the boy actually survived.

Great Knight?

At this age, it is considered a very good strength, but it is still a little short to survive under a trace of the evil god's projection.

The young man holding a short staff stopped Rudolf who was about to come forward and said: "I need to perform the spirit-detecting technique."

"You are worried." Rudolf immediately thought of something.

So, his face became serious, and he turned to look at Ryan, saying: "Ryan, for the sake of caution, these two gentlemen from the Imperial Sword Bearers need to perform the Soul Appraisal Technique on you."

"The Soul Appraisal Technique does no harm, it is only to judge the changes in one's spiritual brilliance."

After hearing this, Ryan suddenly realized.

Is this because he is worried that he will be controlled or possessed by the great being worshipped by the Black Flame Cult?

"Of course!" Ryan said without hesitation.

In addition, Ryan heard that these two people were affiliated with the Imperial Sword Bearers Organization, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

I saw that these two people, one was a burly man with a shield on his back, and the other was relatively thin, holding a short stick, and it was this man who was going to perform the Soul Appraisal Technique on him.

After hearing that Ryan readily agreed, the group immediately relaxed a lot.

As the man holding the short staff softly recited the incantation.

Soon, a small, snake-like energy beam appeared out of thin air in front of his short staff.

With a slight wave of his short staff, the energy snake rushed towards Renn. After reaching a few dozen centimeters in front of Renn, it no longer approached, but spiraled and entangled.

At this time, Renn could feel some special mysterious energy particles interacting with himself in some way.

After a few seconds, the flashing white snake suddenly dissipated, showing a very beautiful scene of flickering particles falling down.

"No problem! It's a human!" The man with the short staff nodded firmly.

The young man in front of me is very lucky.

At this time, the group was completely relieved.

And Rudolph stepped forward quickly, patted Ren's shoulder heavily, and exchanged pleasantries.

"I thought you were"

The strong man with a shield and the man with a short staff also came over at this time.

However, they nodded to Ren, and then immediately walked forward, as if they had some mission.

The man with the short staff quickly came to the original location of the Black Flame Church's witchcraft array, and inserted a total of three short staffs with metal patterns on the surrounding ground. Then, he began to chant spells and perform spells.

Soon, three half-meter-long carved short staffs began to shine with rich witchcraft light, and the carvings on the staffs also lit up.

Half a minute passed

The man with the short staff looked at the empty triangular array of carved short staffs with a look of surprise on his face and said: "Captain, that's not right! When we were up there just now, we clearly felt the power of the evil god."

"But I just used the energy-absorbing witchcraft formation and didn't absorb anything! It shouldn't be."

"Huh? Is there such a thing?"

The strong man with a shield who came to the main priest and planned to retrieve the platinum scepter was also surprised when he heard his companion's words!

After thinking for a moment, the strong man pointed to the fat corpse of the Black Flame Priest beside him and said, "Is it possible that it was absorbed by this corpse?"

"Is that so? That's a possibility." The man with the short staff touched his chin, thought for a while, and then nodded.

After all, such a huge humanoid corpse does not look normal.

So, according to the previous method, the man with the short staff got busy again.

He surrounded the plump body of the Black Flame Priest, placed the three short metal-patterned staffs according to the positions of the three vertices of the equilateral triangle, and started chanting the spell again.

Three short metal-patterned staffs lit up immediately!

Still half a minute passed.

Still empty!

This made the strong man with the shield and the man with the short staff look at each other, both looking puzzled.

Especially the strong man with a shield on his back. This is already his third time on such a mission. How could he get nothing?

After thinking for a long time, the strong man with a shield turned his head and asked Ren, who was still chatting with Rudolf:

"Your Excellency, did you see anything strange just now?"

"Something strange?" Ren asked, somewhat knowingly.

He had already seen the way the two of them were busy at the scene just now.

Ren knew that these two official sword holders were probably trying to collect the high-quality energy that had escaped before, but the problem was that that thing had been absorbed by his system.

It is impossible for him to return what the system has absorbed to others.

so.

Renn can only and must deny it!

"It's just a trace of spiritual substance that exudes a vast aura." The man with the short staff frowned and thought about how to express it. After all, the mission was confidential and could not be disclosed at will.

Ren shook his head and said: "I feel the pressure. As for the spiritual substance you are talking about, I really don't know."

At this time, the shield-backed man took off the white-gold scepter from the body of the dead Black Flame priest, walked to Ren's side, and said in a deep voice: "The energy on the emperor's scepter consumes a lot. It shows that the power of the evil god has indeed appeared here.”

"My young sir, was that trace of the evil god's purified divinity just absorbed by you?" The strong man with a shield on his back stared at Ren with a pair of tiger eyes and said.

Renn shook his head without hesitation and said: "It's really not true."

"Then can you swear?" The strong man asked with piercing eyes.

"Of course!" Renn nodded.

"Goddess above, if I absorb that trace of the purified evil god's divinity, let me."

At this time, Ren said silently in his heart, although the benefits of this thing finally fell to me, this thing was indeed not absorbed by me, but by the system.

The strong man glanced vaguely at the man with the short staff beside him. The man with the short staff looked at a witchcraft tool that looked like a skull in his hand and shook his head slightly.

Not lying?

The Lie Detector Skull didn't respond.

So where did this evil god’s divinity go?

Marder, it takes a lot of merit to recharge the emperor's scepter with power. Not to mention that this task has not been completed, and a small amount of merit has to be paid. What the hell!

The strong man carrying the shield couldn't help but feel very irritated!

At this time, some nobles and guards in the mansion above also saw or heard the big commotion here, and many people walked in through the hole above.

The leaders were the steward of Baron Elliot's mansion who initially blocked Rudolph, as well as Michelle and others.

Michel was quite sharp-eyed. The first time he came in, he saw Alonso who had been split into two pieces!

After all, Ryan's sword just now cut into Alonso's left neck diagonally, and his head was still intact.

Although his face looked a little ferocious, familiar people could still tell at a glance that it was Alonso's head.

"Baron!"

When Michel saw this scene, he couldn't help but tremble all over, his eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief.

The next second, he fainted and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, several guards on the side immediately supported him.

"Quick! Go and inform Count Habsburg!"

"Baron Alonso, he's dead"