[April's plot will shift to the temple exploration. Just a warning so that you won't be disappointed. Today is the first chapter, and there are two more chapters.]
Salin carefully took out the level-19 Condensing Star Needle. It didn't have the crystal coffin principle. If he activated all its power, it would cause a greater disaster.
Salin couldn't activate the power of the Condensing Star Needle at all, but after Cain improved his astrology to level-9, he could use part of the Condensing Star Needle's power. That was why Salin was so nervous that he completely closed the Elemental Magic Tower and isolated it from the outside world. Then he pierced the Condensing Star Needle into Sicar's armor.
This method of destroying the divinity of gods was not unfamiliar to astrologers. It could even be said that it was the reason why astrologers were so popular.
Even gods couldn't escape the manipulation of fate.
Sicar and Rex were right in front of Salin. Sicar's breathing was so light that it was almost imperceptible. Rex's breathing vaguely matched the frequency of elemental vibration, but it was different from Salin's. It was much higher than normal mages'.
Sicar's armor was personally made by Salin. Now that he put it back into the water flame, Salin didn't dare to integrate the giant's bone crystal. He was afraid that he would really have to enter the graveyard in the future. Wearing that kind of armor was tantamount to courting death.
Fortunately, he got a lot of high-level materials from the Grand Master. Salin also withdrew the star-patterned cloth and integrated it into the lining of the armor. In about four hours, Salin had finished repairing Shika's armor.
The Condensing Star Needle destroyed the attributes related to Goddess Myers in the armor. Salin then put the armor next to Sicar and left the Magic Tower.
Salin was also worried about the battle on the east side of the city. Four hours had passed, and he still didn't know what was going on down there.
Salin quietly called Nelis and went to the east side of the city wall to look down. He saw the Vatican's Red Armor Army completely blocking the entrance of the graveyard. Twenty-four punishers blocked in front, crushing the stone gods that rushed out one by one. The punishers' power seemed inexhaustible. The stone gods were trampled by the punishers, and their souls were sucked back into the graveyard. Immediately, the inquisitor's soldiers collected the stone gods' corpses.
"Salin, we can't go on like this!" Carrie had actually been guarding the city wall. Seeing Salin, she took the initiative to greet him.
Nelis smiled at Carrie. One couldn't tell that she had once turned into a demon and pinched Carrie to kill her. Carrie also seemed to have forgotten her unhappiness and nodded to Neris.
"What?"
"Look." Jia Lin tugged at Lhasa Lin's robe and pointed to the bottom of the city. "Those fragments of the Stone God Race are the favorite materials of Divine Refinement Masters. Even if this thing was temporarily useless, it could be transported back to the Church and be used to craft a large batch of powerful equipment. I mean, equipment that can increase the strength of ordinary believers by dozens of times. "
"There's a price to pay for any kind of power. They …" Salin paused.
Would a fanatical believer care about paying the price? Not to mention the believers, even those blood esquires that had been forcibly created probably had their lifespans shortened to only a few years. The Holy See wasn't afraid of paying such a price by burning their own lives to obtain power.
What kind of power did the outer shell of the Stone God Race possess? That was coercion!
Salin looked at the army of the Church in the distance with a sullen expression. He thought for a long time before saying, "Let them kill. Send out a metal aircraft once every hour. Carry half of the magical flame bombs and throw them at an altitude of a thousand meters."
"Yes." The herald at the top of the city wall agreed. Salin took a badge and handed it to him for him to carry out the order.
The number of troops from the Inquisition was increasing. Most of them were concentrated in the east of the city. The land that used to be under the control of Daliang City was now filled with troops from the Inquisition. Under the command of the two chief judges, they were gathering towards Daliang City.
The news from Daliang City had also spread to the Tanggulas Empire. The Inquisition and the Cardinal Institution who had obtained the fragment of the Stone God Race were all excited, especially the Divine Alchemists from the Black Prison Island.
This fragment of the Stone God Race contained a very special rule. Even Pope Dinicio, who had disappeared a while ago, showed up and asked the Inquisition to lend some of the Divine Alchemists to the Cardinal Institution.
At the same time, the strategic focus of the Church had also changed. The cooperation with the Scotia Empire suddenly became less important. The navy that was fighting in the sea around Ceylon City all retreated. The army on land also gradually retreated into the Duchy of God's Grace. Even in the north of Qin Yin, the war was affected by the incident in Daliang City.
A large number of troops retreated. The Divine Alchemists in the army were gathering towards Daliang City. The Cardinal Institution, the Oracles, and the Inquisition all sent more experts to Daliang City.
It was impossible to keep such a large-scale mobilization a secret. The spies that Rex had set up in various countries sent the news back to Daliang City.
The battle under Daliang City seemed to be endless. Salin's metal flying devices and magic fire bombs caused a lot of trouble for the army of the Church.
Although the magic fire bombs were expensive, they also caused a lot of damage to the enemy. The metal flying devices flew extremely high. Every time they moved, they would be accompanied by Desolate Puppets. The two chief judges did not dare to fly up, afraid that they would be ambushed by Salin. The advantage in the air was always in the hands of Daliang City.
Salin also did not allow the Church to relax. His catapults were dismantled from other locations and most of them were placed on the east side of Daliang City. Every day, other than the metal flying devices frequently throwing magic fire bombs, the catapults would also constantly throw stone bombs under the city.
Now, Salin had no chance to assassinate the other two chief judges. Although the fifth and sixth chief judges were much weaker than the fourth chief judge, the fourth chief judge was like a person with extremely bad luck. The Fourth Chief Judge was like a person with extremely bad luck. He was facing off against Salin in a place where he shouldn't be.
But this did not mean that he was weak. How many of the enemies that Salin had killed were weak?
After receiving the news from the Church, Salin and Rex could no longer sit still. The two called all of their trusted subordinates to the Elemental Magic Tower to discuss countermeasures.
The attitude of the Church was equivalent to when the Divine Kingdom's Knights attacked Holy Rock City when the four empires were established.
In that battle, the Divine Kingdom's Knights were destroyed, and Holy Rock City also suffered a huge loss. This caused the Qinyin Empire's dream of unifying the continent.
In the Elemental Magic Tower, Rex looked around and said, "Daliang City will definitely be lost. I plan to invite Holy Rock City and Alchemy City to join us. We cannot let the giant's graveyard fall into the hands of the Church no matter what!"
Shika shrugged and said, "Daliang City is yours. We can only support your decision."
"No, this concerns everyone's future. The giant's graveyard belongs to everyone. It is not just me. The result of inviting Holy Rock City and Alchemy City is unpredictable. I want to hear everyone's suggestions. "
"The contract." Salin only said one word.
"The contract is not omnipotent," Rex said.
"We need to repair the Magic Tower," Eileen said. The Elemental Magic Tower could not fly, so Salin lost many means.
"I need to open the fourth Inferno," Neris suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Rex looked at Neris and asked.
"I will go in through the other ear hole of the giant statue and break through the mud seal. I will use the 12 Movements of Purgatory to collect as many Stone Gods as I can, enough to complete the fourth Inferno. This Inferno can accommodate ordinary humans. Princess, when the time comes, I can transfer your 600,000 elite troops at any time and let the demons guard Daliang City. In that case, it will be very difficult for Alchemy City or Holy Rock City to take over this place. "
Neris spoke very seriously, which was rare for her. Jia Lin listened on the side and calculated in her heart. Could she enter the graveyard again? In the graveyard, only by entering the energy shield would she be in fatal danger. There were many materials and equipment scattered on the periphery, which was also a huge fortune.
Moreover, there was more than one giant's corpse in the graveyard. There would definitely be the remains of slightly weaker giants. If she could get a little, she would be able to break through the boundary of level nine in a short time. Once she reached level ten, she wouldn't have to worry about the people around Salin.
Jia Lin didn't even notice that until now, she had never thought of leaving Salin's place. Instead, she was competing with the people around Salin.
"Are you confident?" Salin looked at Neris. He could only be sure that if Neris did this, it would be beneficial to her personally, but could it really save Daliang City? He didn't dare to believe it.
"I'm not very confident, but this is the only way to take away the princess' elite troops. If you use the teleportation formation, you will go bankrupt. No, even if you go bankrupt, you can't teleport so many people away. "Neris pointed out Rex's weakness. Daliang City had now become a dead land. All the soldiers were trapped here and had become hostages of the enemy.
If hundreds of experts really appeared, Daliang City would be another Iron Wall City.
"Okay, you do it!" Rex also made up his mind. These troops gathered in Daliang City wouldn't be a burden at all if they were placed elsewhere. But now, Daliang City had become the focus of the entire continent. The enemies they would face next would be the most powerful group of experts in the Vatican.
That was how his father died.
"I need Jia Lin's help." Neris made a request.
Salin looked at Jia Lin. In the current environment, Jia Lin's skills were indeed very powerful. It could be seen from the fact that she could escape from the giant's cemetery.
"I need a giant's bone crystal." Jia Lin didn't refuse, but made a request.
"No problem." Salin took out a crystal as he spoke. Jia Lin didn't take it. Instead, she said, "I need you to help me make a magic staff. My one was broken by Sicar."
"Okay, no problem." Salin simply took out a magic staff, released water flames, and refined the giant's bone crystal on it. While Salin was refining, he asked Jia Lin what to pay attention to.
Jia Lin seemed to have no reservations, telling Salin what she needed. Of course, Salin could determine some magic rules from Jia Lin's needs. That was Jia Lin's unique skill. It was a movement skill of earth magic.
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