Among the countless worlds in the multiverse, there are always more or less areas that, for some widely circulated or unknown reason, are respected as holy places by the races living in the local world.
Maybe it’s because of religion, maybe because of history, maybe because of a great battle or a major technological invention, maybe even a great man was born or died here. In short, these places are so special that Every move will attract people's attention.
Mycroft Continent, the southern sea, the Seven Sacred Mountains - the Church of the Seven Human Gods built the first temple here 834 years ago and determined the continent's universal calendar. It is located at the top of this mountain. , because some of the designers were mixed with dwarves and elves, so the initial temple, which is now the great temple, incorporates the characteristics of many civilizations.
There is no doubt that the Seven Gods are the beliefs of 70% of the population of the entire continent. The location of their initial church will naturally be called a holy land. However, it is regrettable that this holy land seems to have rarely had a real Peace, war has never disappeared from the environs of the Holy Mountain since its construction.
Storms, huge waves, tsunamis, the invasion of the murloc empire, the impact of the deep sea monsters, the latent destruction from the cult, and the siege of the undead army. In history, the murlocs of the Far South alone have carried out five major attacks on the Holy Mountain. In a massive impact, these once-prosperous races called on the behemoths lurking in the deep sea as their mounts and the tsunami as their vanguard, intending to completely wipe out the Church of the Seven Gods from the distant sea.
But as a result, the fishmen's maritime empire split, and the two branches were forced to move between the coastal areas of the eastern plains and the waters of the Thousand Islands in the Western Mountains.
Years of war have gradually turned the Holy Mountain of the Far Sea into a large fortress. From the outside, it seems to be just a group of temples built on an island with scattered towns and fortifications. But in fact, this area The land is soaked in sacred light, and the ubiquitous magical array has long connected the seemingly scattered temples and towns into one, forming an unprecedentedly large complex magical array.
Since the completion of the construction of this magical position, there have been very few forces that dare to attack the Church of the Seven Gods. It has brought peace to the Holy Mountain for nearly a hundred years. However, a hundred years later, in the year 833 of Starfall, another force is ready to attack the long-lasting peace. The Church of the Seven Gods showed its minions.
"Huhuhu——"
The sky was as dark as ink, the wind was howling, and dark clouds were rolling across the sky. The storm on the far sea has always been like this and never stopped.
Summer is the typhoon season. If you look down from a high altitude, you can see a huge cyclone starting from the tropical sea and slowly moving towards the southern continent, and the Holy Mountain is right in the path of the cyclone.
Due to strong winds that can break trees, huge waves of seven to eight meters high are set off on the sea surface. In this weather, except for those giant ships and arks built using magic and divine arts, no ships can sail, not even fish and fish. The giant ocean beasts also dived into the deep sea and retreated.
However, other sounds were faintly heard in the wind. They seemed to be the roar of some kind of beast, and they seemed to be the cry of pain with panic. A middleman was patrolling around to check whether the magic circle was functioning well. Pastor Nian raised his head in confusion. He looked at the surging clouds in the north and frowned slightly.
A heavy rain was coming, and the sky in the distance was blurry. The priest could not see anything, but his keen perception allowed him to distinguish the fragmented roar in the wind.
-That is the roar of a dragon.
"What accident happened to the wild dragons blocking the Holy Mountain?" He whispered to himself. The middle-aged priest was not sure about this, but he knew that every time there was a violent storm, it was an opportunity for the wild dragons to invade. Before today, those ferocious-looking big lizards had tentatively attacked the Holy Mountain four times. Logically speaking, they should have arrived around the Holy Mountain long ago and started flying around the island, looking for vulnerable areas to attack.
But the fact is that no flying dragon appears now, but the roar of a dragon that is caused by being injured appears in the distance.
"It seems that something unexpected happened. Don't tell me that dragons can also be injured by the strong wind." Shaking his head slightly, the middle-aged priest turned around and prepared to return to the temple to report the situation to the higher-ups, but before he could take a few steps, he suddenly Continuous explosions appeared in the distant sky, and the violent roar even overshadowed the roar of the wind sweeping across the world.
Turning his head in shock, the pastor saw such a scene.
Four slender red light pillars appeared from a small point in the distance, and then extended rapidly towards the outside world. A few seconds later, they exploded violently, and the blazing fire tore the gloomy sky apart, dyeing most of the sky. It was stained with blood.
Even though he was on the island, blown by the humid sea breeze, the priest couldn't help but feel a bit of heat from the light, but the magical rainbow light did not last long. After a few seconds, the red light that dyed the sky disappeared, and The roar of the mad dragon was even clearer.
Without hesitation, he immediately turned back. The middle-aged priest ran towards the great temple with all his strength. He knew that someone was fighting a fierce battle with the mad dragon in the distance, and that might be the rumored reinforcements.
And their battle is about to come.
—North of the Holy Mountain, high in the sky above the distant sea.
Ice-cold rain drifted in mid-air, and the water vapor falling from the clouds mixed with the strong wind with a speed of more than fifty meters per second, washing away everything on the ship with incomparable brutality.
The power of nature is so angry that it seems to want to use this wind to completely overturn this steel behemoth, but the giant ship is not moved at all. Although the strong wind is strong, it cannot be stronger than the crystallization of magic and the armor of the ship. Inside, layer after layer of magic runes emerged, weakening the impact of these winds and even converting them into power, making itself faster and faster.
It flew rapidly towards the distant holy mountain amid clouds, mist, rain and strong winds, and around the battleship were an almost endless swarm of flying dragons.
Thousands of crazy dragon beasts flapped their wings and chased the giant ship in the sky. These monsters tried to get close several times, but were blocked by layers of hexagonal magic energy shields. The incomparable elemental structure can even withstand the spitting of dragon's breath, not to mention ordinary physical attacks. At the same time, the alchemy cannons on both sides of the giant ship's hull are firing continuously, forming a set of extremely tight firepower net, which will destroy those All flying dragons that got too close were shot down.
Although the magic energy focusing cannon is powerful, it also has a long cooling time. Since it has been fired just now, the only way to suppress it is with the alchemical cannon in a short period of time. It just so happens that the mad dragons have almost no wisdom and no coordination at all. The alchemical cannon It may not be able to kill them with one hit, but it can perfectly block the attacks of these monsters.
But there are always surprises. Just when the magic energy focusing cannon was about to cool down, an alien flying dragon surrounded by strange magic fluctuations circled a wonderful trajectory and penetrated the firepower network of the giant ship neatly. It ignored The strong wind beside him swooped down from high altitude and hit the right side of the giant ship.
The appearance of this flying dragon is like a demon in the abyss. A pair of bat wings are densely covered with barbed scales. Its two pairs of dragon horns have the unique spiral pattern of the devil, and its eyes are crazy purple-blue. The alien flying dragon roars angrily. Rushing towards this giant steel ship, its target was exactly the muzzle where the four magic energy focusing cannons were located.
As one of the leaders among the mad dragons, the alien flying dragon that still retains some wisdom can understand that that is the truly dangerous thing, which needs to be destroyed as soon as possible, even if it means sacrificing his own life.
But before it could turn around and fly toward the muzzle, a black-red air blade flashed through the air.
This air blade broke through the water mist and brought out a sharp explosion. It struck hard on the neck of the flying dragon. The dragon scales, which were harder than steel, were torn apart like tofu by the air blade that came out of thin air. The ferocious face of the flying dragon suddenly froze, and it didn't even realize when it was attacked when it died.
The air blade still did not stop its trajectory after cutting down the alien flying dragon with close to gold-level strength. This black-red fighting spirit line extended into the flying dragon cluster, and then swept across violently, and dozens of them went crazy in an instant. The flying dragon was cut into two pieces, wailing and falling towards the sea.
On the deck of the Gale, Joshua, who had killed dozens of flying dragons with a single sword strike, held a big sword and a giant ax in his hands, looking straight ahead indifferently. He walked step by step towards the body of the alien flying dragon that fell on the deck. Not a word was said.
The warrior's steps were slow, but as heavy as a mountain peak. The cold rain could not get close to his body, because as long as he got close, it would be evaporated into a ball of white steam by the black and red fighting spirit flames.
On one side, the huge Steel Element No. 1 had lifted the body of the alien flying dragon and brought it to Joshua's eyes. The warrior glanced at it and saw the origin of this strange flying dragon.
"The Demonic Dragon is a degraded version of the Demonic Blood Dragon. No wonder it is used as cannon fodder."
Shaking his head with some disdain, Joshua said expressionlessly: "Is this what the five-color dragon sent to surround the Holy Mountain?"
That really looks down upon the nearly thousand years of history of the Church of the Seven Gods. You must know that it is the origin of the clergy of the entire continent and the sacred place where all glory shines.
As soon as Joshua finished speaking, a low and angry roar came from above the clouds.
"Human, stop!"
This roar was like thunder, shaking the atmosphere. The surging rain clouds in the distance were instantly shaken away by the violent sound waves, revealing a hole hundreds of meters in diameter. In the middle of the hole, a body was obviously larger than the other flying dragons around it. The giant dragon that was several times larger was flapping its wings and flying rapidly towards the direction of the Gale.
"oh?"
After simply uttering a syllable, the warrior, who was originally a little disappointed because he had no powerful opponent, focused his eyes. He looked up at the black dragon shadow in the gloomy clouds, and there seemed to be light flashing in his eyes: "Here he comes now."
Joshua couldn't help but be a little eager to try. With the roar just now, he already knew the opponent's strength. It was an existence that was better than gold and reached the ultimate realm.
The next battle was his first fight with an opponent of the same level after he advanced to Ultimate Intention. The warrior didn't know what level of strength he had reached now, so he just used the hands of this unknown black dragon to test it.
"Humanity."
The giant dragon has arrived directly in front of the battleship. It is surrounded by a cloud of black smoke. This black dragon looks down at the soldiers on the deck of the steel battleship with some fear, with an incomprehensible look in its amethyst-like eyes: "Turn back. The place ahead is not something you can reach. If you turn around now, I won't pursue you because of your strength."
This is an extremely strong black dragon, with complete and lustrous scales, and a faint purple light. There is an obvious black light flowing on its wings, and there are clearly sharp back spines on its back.
Compared with the ordinary flying dragons around it, they are like the difference between human infants and adults. Even floating battleships are nothing more than relatively large airships to it.
"[Death Smoke] Grandi."
After squinting his eyes and reminiscing, Joshua recognized the other party's identity. The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing his white teeth: "It's actually you."
The black dragon in front of me is named [Death Smoke] Grandi.
Although it looks like a young adult dragon, it is actually over two hundred and fifty years old. Grandi once ravaged the Far South Continent a hundred years ago, and even joined forces with another black dragon [Death Dragon] Mandagaur. Together, they destroyed a small country next to a business alliance and robbed treasures and precious resources. This act angered all human countries and the Church of the Seven Gods. Thousands of dragon hunting orders were issued to arrest these two ferocious evil dragons. Tens of thousands of people were wanted. Ji's hunting groups swarmed to the far south, searching for their traces.
Under this situation, even the elders of Five Color Dragon remained silent and did not dare to say more than a word at this time.
It was under this circumstance that the [Death Dragon] Mandagaar, who was still arrogantly moving in the far south, was half-killed by a holder of the holy sword. The cautious Grandi saw his friend's miserable end, He simply retreated to his old nest and never appeared in front of a crowd again for a hundred years.
But even Joshua didn't expect that it would stop hiding in seclusion and come here to attack the Holy Mountain.
You know, Grandi's lair in her previous life was in a small swamp in the eastern plains. It was only discovered by a legendary mage four or five years after the dragon disaster. The task of finding and assisting this legendary mage to kill it is a chain of ultimate tasks, for which tens of thousands of players have spent a lot of time.
A hundred years ago, [Death Smoke] Grandi was already at the peak of gold, even at the ultimate level. Coupled with the dragon's physical talent, ordinary human extremes were completely unable to defeat it. Now it has reappeared in the public eye. In his field of vision, his strength has steadily entered the ultimate realm.
It was obvious that the magicians and captains on the Gale all recognized the ferocious evil dragon recorded in the history books. When they saw each other's figure through the screen connected to the detection circle, they were all shocked.
They are not very clear about Joshua's power. Although the rumors spread in the imperial capital have some truth, most of them are exaggerated. At most, they know that Joshua is now in the ultimate realm, but no matter what, The giant dragon in front of him is also Jiyi, and he is still a veteran strongman who has obviously entered the realm of Jiyi for decades.
Even if you ignore the natural qualities of humans and dragons, this is still a gap of several decades of experience!
'Extreme intention' is the core that a strong man refines from his body, soul and skills. No matter how talented Joshua is, he has reached this state at the age of less than thirty years old, but Grandi has He has also gone through hundreds of years of training and cannot be worse than a warrior.
Immediately, the rune arrays on the Gale began to operate in full, and the two magic energy furnaces were fully loaded to refine energy. The middle-aged captain knew Joshua's character and understood that it was useless to escape from such a ferocious dragon. , the current situation, a fierce battle will definitely break out between this man and the dragon, but he must ensure the safety of this floating battleship, and help Joshua defeat this demonic dragon.
Suspended in front of the battleship, Grandi's body was filled with darkness so deep that no light could shine through. It was negative energy that was concentrated to the extreme. Such thick negative energy could rarely be found even in the abyss of the Styx. Energy aggregate.
Every time this darkness surges, the surrounding black clouds gradually become thicker. The overly powerful force even triggers thunder in the atmosphere. The moment the dark clouds reach a certain limit, there are lightning and thunder in the sky, and purple streaks The thunder snake snakes in the sky above the black dragon, releasing terrifying power.
These powers were completely locked on Joshua. The giant dragon stared closely at Joshua, who was holding a giant sword and a big ax, with its purple dragon pupils, as if waiting for the other party's answer, but the warrior did not. Regardless of any reaction, he just stood there, silently confronting Grandi.
The giant dragon in front of him behaved extremely cautiously. After realizing that Joshua was also in the ultimate realm, he did not come within a hundred meters of the floating battleship. It moved forward with the battleship, always maintaining a distance of several hundred meters. , not even Joshua can guarantee that he can launch a surprise attack from such a distance that the opponent cannot react to.
But just as they were confronting each other, layers of black smoke suddenly emerged from the surrounding water vapor, covering the entire Gale.
The reason why Grandi is called [Death Smoke] is because this black dragon is so proficient in the use of negative energy that it can convert this pure negative energy into the form of smoke that lasts for a long time to form its own Domain, when it and Mandalgar destroyed that small country in the far south, it was the one who used this negative energy smoke to engulf the capital of that country and kill hundreds of thousands of humans.
With the help of dense water vapor at high altitude, the dead smoke became more concealed and swallowed up the soldiers and the entire battleship silently.
Obviously, Grandi had no intention of letting everyone leave at all. It just used the time of the warriors' duel to use the death smoke bit by bit to surround everyone. As a supreme dragon lord, , it is really cautious to the extreme.
"Fuck!"
However, a sound of steel clashing came from the smoke. The black smoke that originally covered the hull was suddenly covered by the thicker and more violent black-red fighting spirit. A silver-white giant sword cut through the darkness. The sword His body trembled slightly under the influence of fighting spirit, and he made the same sonorous sound as before.
Along with the extremely violent fluctuations of fighting spirit, the black smoke and water vapor that enveloped the entire battleship was completely cleared away.
"Only sneak attacks?"
Without saying another word, Joshua just showed a disdainful sneer, and then disappeared in an instant.
Powerful force exploded under his feet, and the steel deck was dented several meters deep. The entire battleship was even slightly pressed downwards. Under this reaction force, the warrior crossed hundreds of meters in an instant. distance, came to the black dragon.
He shouted low, clenched the silver giant sword in his right hand, and swept towards Grandi's abdomen.
For the giant dragons, the warrior's size is about the size of a palm, but his strength is no less than those of these behemoths.
Although the magical machine transformed by Yingying does not have any special magical effects, it is extremely hard and sharp enough to easily cut through steel and other weapons. It can be regarded as indestructible. Even dragon scales can be cut off as easily as tearing paper.
Wherever the giant sword passed, the ink-like negative energy mist and water vapor were directly broken. Before the giant sword actually arrived, the strong shock wave bombarded Grandi's body like a giant hammer of wind. The black dragon The extremely turbulent negative energy mist around him was neatly split into two, and his body began to shake violently.
But it was just clouds and mist. The mist was dispersed, and Grandi's huge figure disappeared at some point. Along with the exclaims of the observers inside the battleship, the black dragon appeared silently behind the warrior. side.
[Water Mist Illusion] and [Shadow Raid]!
In front of the expressionless black dragon, there is an energy ball that looks like a gathering of shadows, in which pure negative energy thunder leaps. Fragments of lightning flash rapidly around the energy ball, as if it is made of thunder. of magic circle.
Obviously, Grandi's hundred years of silence have not been spent in vain. Regarding the water and negative energy talents of the black dragon, it has mastered it to a level where it can even use several powerful spells to cover it up without any fluctuations. He then teleported to Joshua's back instantly and unleashed a fatal blow.
If it weren't for its size, this black dragon could have become a terrifying assassin.
But when faced with the negative energy that was larger than himself, Joshua didn't care. As if he had known it for a long time, he turned around and backhand, and slashed out the giant ax that had been charged for a long time in his left hand.
The black-red fighting spirit vibrated rapidly on the jagged ax blade, emitting a scream that was louder than the thunder. The harsh sound waves even caused the magic elements within dozens of meters to begin to vibrate violently, and black-red lines moved in all directions. Spreading, these fluctuations composed of fighting spirit were like solid ax blades, driving an endless storm and counterattacking towards Grandi.
There is a difference in size and weapons, but there is no sharp edge formed by fighting spirit. The huge size of the dragons, which is dozens of meters long, gives them strong physical strength and magic power accumulation, but it also makes it impossible for the dragons to dodge this overwhelming air blade attack. , Joshua could not be afraid of death and ignore Grandi's spell, but the black dragon didn't want to get hurt. It could only cancel the spell on its chest, and then fly backwards quickly to distance itself.
But how could Joshua let it pull away so easily
Thunder exploded, and a ring of white gas appeared in the air. Before the sound appeared, the warrior's figure disappeared and came to Grandi again.
At this moment, Joshua could clearly see every trace of the opponent's body. This black dragon, which was said to be extremely cruel in legend, had countless scars on its body. These scars were well covered by its black scales, and At this time, Grandi's amethyst-like dragon eyes were staring closely at the tiny warrior on its chest, and strange syllables came out of his mouth.
[Laws·Condensation]
The strange wave was released from the black dragon's mouth and acted on Joshua almost instantly. As a supreme being, Grandi had many ways to avoid the warrior's blow, but it did not dodge. Instead, he was preparing for a head-on confrontation. While issuing the command to freeze, the black dragon grabbed hard at his chest. The huge dragon claws were enough to easily crush solid rock and steel. Even if it could not severely damage the warrior, it could still put him at a disadvantage.
But unfortunately, the moment the strange power of the law came into contact with Joshua's body, the layer of mysterious runes flowing with light on the warrior's bones began to tremble, and the divine power flashed, releasing a dazzling light. The power of light and law was suppressed by a higher level of power and completely lost its effect.
The warrior's ax slashed straight towards the black dragon's chest without any hesitation.
Although the divine machine incarnated by Rin was strong, it was pushed to the limit by the strength of the warrior. The originally black giant ax blade had lost its original shape and turned into a dazzling red light. This light was so It was so powerful that it even overwhelmed Joshua himself. Not only that, but the surrounding darkness and even Grandi's figure were swallowed up.
Then, there was a loud noise.
The observers in the battleships and even the clergy who had begun to observe the distance in the Holy Mountain in the distant sea could only see that in the high sky filled with black clouds, a black-red star suddenly appeared, and this star expanded rapidly. , and then exploded. Thousands of flying dragons were turned into flying ashes by the aftermath of the star explosion. The remaining shock waves scattered the clouds within several kilometers. The turbulent air currents collided with the typhoons, forming several temporary tornadoes. , and a low, frightened and angry howl echoed in the atmosphere.
A huge black shadow turned into a stream of light without hesitation, flying rapidly towards the distance. It plunged neatly into the thick clouds and disappeared.
Everyone was stunned.
And Joshua, who was suspended in mid-air and only had time to make such an axe, and had not caught up with other follow-up attacks, frowned, feeling that there was something wrong with his effort, but then he turned to look at the weapon in his right hand. The giant axe, the red light still remains on the black giant ax blade, releasing a hint of terror.
His voice had an unprecedented hint of panic: "Rin, are you okay?!"
Subtitle: Breaking into the Holy Mountain (Part 2)
7000 words
I have been in a really bad state recently...either I have to write very long, or I just can't write it.
I can definitely count this as 2 chapters, right
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