The woman lowered her head slightly and watched her palms turning over and over. A few drops of blood rose and fell in the palm of her hand, completely under her control.
Then, the woman waved her hand, returning the blood beads to the blood mist, and said lightly,
"In order to avoid the cost of 'rejuvenation', you have already completely integrated a part of your power into the secret ritual of the blood-refining barrier, right?"
After the words fell, the educator, whose power was exposed, calmed down and nodded slightly.
"... Um."
The price others pay when using their power may be unbearable injuries, missing limbs, or even going insane.
But educators are special. The price they have to pay is "rejuvenation."
Few people can tell that the educator’s real age is older than both the philosopher and the old man. His role in the original five members of the “company” is actually… a mentor.
Mentor to the other four.
It was just that later he was surpassed by his students, elders and philosophers.
Up to now, the educator has used his power far more times than the other two pioneer leaders. There is no need to say much about the historian. The philosopher has been avoiding the old man for many years and rarely takes the initiative to use his abilities.
Only educators who have been active on the front line need to frequently use the power of authority.
But the problem is that there is a price to pay for using power, and it is impossible to use it indefinitely.
The price paid by educators over the years has "rejuvenated" them to the point where they are now, making it very inconvenient for them to live or fight.
Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of power, the educator who was best at mystical rituals creatively tailored a blood-refining barrier based on the power of "Ashes of Destruction", and then transferred part of the power to this mystical ritual that could only be used by him.
In this way, when the power is used, the blood slaves buried in the blood refining barrier in advance can bear the corresponding costs on behalf of the educator, and he only needs to share a little.
In fact, the stone ball sacrificial vessel that is currently playing a role in the promotion ceremony was also created by educators, and the secret rituals used in it are almost exactly the same as this one.
Currently, there are only two people known to be able to forge the Power Sacrifice. One is Fiona, and the other is the Educator. The Educator's ability in this regard even far exceeds that of Fiona.
The educator was able to transform decay into magic by constructing secret rituals, rather than just being limited to the holy relics themselves. The stone ball ritual vessel is one of his representative works.
It's just that... although the unconventional method of using blood-refining barrier to avoid the cost is indeed effective, it also has significant drawbacks.
As a result, educators' control over their own power will be greatly reduced.
It didn't matter in the past, but now it gave the woman an opportunity. She directly used her ability to graft part of the usage rights.
To be more precise, it is to let this part of the usage rights get out of control, and then control the direction of the out-of-control and use it for one's own benefit.
If the educator had not separated his power into the blood refining barrier, the woman's ability could only affect him for a very short period of time at most, and could only cause him to lose control.
Because the woman controlled a part of the blood-refining barrier, under the same blessing, the top team of the order side, which had been at a disadvantage, immediately fought back. The battle situation gradually became tense and entered a white-hot stage.
After recovering from his injuries, Li Shaoheng stood up and silently looked at the religious figures in the promotion ceremony, which made the religious figures, who were originally full of mockery, feel guilty.
However, feeling every bit of power gradually falling into his control, the religious man's confidence gradually increased. Anyway, Li Shaoheng could only watch and could not stop it.
"Shao Heng, please go out first." At this moment, the woman's calm voice sounded, "I have something to discuss with the educator, so it's inconvenient for you to be here."
"... Um."
Li Shaoheng shifted his gaze away from the religious figures in the promotion ceremony and nodded slightly to the woman.
Soon, "Shrinkage" took effect again, and Li Shaoheng's figure completely dissipated from the barrier and turned into ashes.
"... ..."
The educator said nothing. He didn't think the woman wanted to talk to him about anything.
If she was the historian, and if she wanted to reveal her identity at this time, she wouldn't need to do these unnecessary actions.
At this most critical moment, the woman was almost single-handedly supporting the entire Order side. If she turned against the Order side, the last glimmer of hope for a Jedi counterattack would be completely annihilated, so there was no need to avoid other people at all.
But after waiting for an unknown amount of time, the educator still didn't get to hear what the woman wanted to talk about, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Woman, what do you want to tell me?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Teacher, there is still a little guest who hasn't arrived yet." The woman who always looked indifferent suddenly showed a mysterious smile and said softly, "Don't worry, you will know."
... ... .
At the same time, on the periphery of the blood refining barrier, a touch of silver was particularly conspicuous amid the diffuse blood color.
"Is this the complete blood refining barrier..."
Luo Ling slightly stretched out her hand, and a little blood mist condensed into blood beads that slightly adhered to the skin of her palm. The concentration of blood here was much stronger than last time.
Looking around, all you can see is shocking blood-red fog.
"How many people did you kill... to create such a terrifying barrier?"
The last time, several thousand people were slaughtered in the cathedral, but it was not even one-tenth of the current intensity, and even the range was far less.
Luo Ling's breathing couldn't help but become heavier. She unfolded the "kingdom" domain and stepped into the blood-refining barrier.
Just like the last time, as long as it is within the territory of the "kingdom", the blood-refining barrier will become a part of the "kingdom", and Luo Ling can call upon the power of the blood-refining barrier at will, including using the power of an educator.
However, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Luo Ling did not use the "country" on a large scale, and only limited the scope of power to a small circle around him.
This was done just to avoid being discovered by the educator, because Luo Ling now had no idea what the situation was like inside the barrier.
—If she had known that the woman had caused part of the barrier to get out of control, she wouldn't have been so cautious.
"... ..."
After entering the barrier, the silent sounds of fighting continued all around, and both sides continued to express their opinions fiercely to each other.
Every few steps Luo Ling took, he would discover many traces of battle, and the blood was constantly merging into the blood-refining barrier, becoming nourishment for the educator.
The fighting inside is still making the strength of this blood-refining barrier continue to increase.
Large-scale positional warfare is what educators are best at.
As she continued to go deeper into the blood refining barrier, Luo Ling soon realized that the cruelty of this battle was far beyond her previous imagination, and there had been considerable casualties.
You know, those who can stand here are all above P8 level, and the weakest is an eighth-level awakener. In the past, even if there was only one person lost, it would be considered a serious blow to a "company" office or a force.
Along the way, Luo Ling found at least eight bodies, including one he had met in the Wellington office.
But, the strange thing is...
"Why are all of them under the influence of the 'Brutal Blood'?" Luo Ling looked strange, "Educator... Could it be that he wants to bury all the pioneers in the blood refining barrier?"
Educators are not such people. As long as there is enough value, they will not give up easily. What's more, "pioneers" cannot pay such a heavy price.
And... at this moment, not only are the Order forces fighting against the Pioneers, but there also seems to be an internal fight going on.
Pioneers are easy to identify. Basically, they have performed secret rituals to mobilize their powers. Their aura is strange and terrifying, which is quite different from ordinary awakened people.
But sometimes, there is no pioneer between the two sides of the battle, and there is no sign of being manipulated.
As the one who is best at manipulation, Luo Ling knows this very well.
This situation directly led to Luo Ling not even thinking of helping secretly, and by then he wouldn't even know which side he was helping.
No matter how hateful the "Company" is, it is much better than the inhumane existence of the "Pioneers". At least most of the awakened people on the order side are simply fighting for Victoria and humanity, just like Lina in the past.
Luo Ling carefully avoided the battlefields, following the locations where the inspiration fluctuations he sensed were the strongest, sneaking forward with his back crouched.
Neither party, who were fighting for life and death, noticed that a petite silver-white figure was shuttling back and forth in this bloody world.
However, before Luo Ling reached the core of the promotion ceremony, she seemed to have noticed something, and her petite figure suddenly paused slightly.
The next moment, a dazzling silver light flashed in the distance. Even though he was some distance away, Luo Ling could still feel the fleeting breath of the "Realm of Nothingness" in the silver light.
"What's going on?"
Luo Ling frowned slightly. She was not confused by the silver light. It was just cutting through space. She had seen all kinds of strange abilities. Among the people she knew, there was someone who was extremely good at spatial abilities.
What surprised Luo Ling was that while she was controlling and sensing the puppets, at the same time when the silver light flashed, they were all... injured.
All the puppets had neat scars evenly distributed across them.
Not only that, even Alisa in the Kingdom of God was no exception. She was cut from the left shoulder to the waist. Although the scar was pitifully small and was quickly healed by her own "All-Spirit" ability, it did appear.
"... ..."
After taking a quick look at the puppets' memories at the moment, Luo Ling's expression quickly became gloomy.
She looked up in the direction of the distant inspiration and said softly,
"That thing, it turns out that this is its function..."
Not only the puppets, but all the people who had believed or were currently believing in the Church of Light were injured. The number of people, including those in Victoria and surrounding areas, was as high as tens of millions.
This refers not only to believers who have come to the Great Church of Light, but also those who follow Saint Alyssa through other means will also be counted.
It’s just that the injuries are slightly different depending on the level of faith and the depth of connection.
But now, even the one with the most devout faith has died... He was cut in half by this knife.
Luo Ling quickly thought of the strange sacrificial vessel that the educator had specially sent and then taken away quietly. Apart from this sacrificial vessel, she could not think of any other possibilities.
"The idea is to use the stone ball sacrificial vessel to divert the damage."
Fortunately, Luo Ling had already made a backup plan on the sacrificial instrument in advance. After a quick sense, he found that it was indeed at the core position of the promotion ceremony.
Due to the isolation caused by the strong fluctuations of inspiration, Luo Ling had to get closer if he wanted to activate the backup plan on the stone ball sacrificial vessel.
Luo Ling couldn't help but quicken her pace, fearing that the next knife would appear again and she would not be able to stop it in time.
Fortunately, until she got close enough to sense the stone ball sacrificial vessel, there was no more space cutting.
"It's actually so deeply connected to the Ascension Ceremony? Wait, I seem to be able to control..."
Because the backup plan left was relatively weak, Luo Ling thought she could only contain the stone ball sacrificial vessel, but the beings with the strongest connection to the stone ball sacrificial vessel were all her puppets or Alyssa.
The educator himself does not have control over the stone ball sacrificial instrument, or in other words, if he were to control the stone ball sacrificial instrument, he would most likely become the one who suffers the injury.
Therefore, Luo Ling can use this to control the stone ball sacrificial vessel itself.
Luo Ling did what he said and immediately began to control the stone ball sacrificial instrument.
At this moment, the woman who had been standing there confronting the educator for a while suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction of the stone ball sacrificial vessel.
Looking at the silver stain on the stone ball sacrificial vessel, the mysterious smile on her face became even brighter.
"Oh, it seems our little guest has arrived."
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Special thanks to the reader Da Bangdan for the gold treasure chest! This is the first time that I have received a gold treasure chest from a reader. In the past, I always got it by myself. I am so touched, woooo...
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Chapter 90 Crazy Bet (5k5)
"In this case, it should be OK."
After initially controlling the stone ball sacrificial vessel and rendering it ineffective, Luo Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
At the very least, if an attack similar to the space slash just now occurs again, the promotion ceremony itself will be needed to resist it, and it will not be divided into the priests and believers who have had contact with the stone ball sacrificial vessel.
Then Luo Ling continued to quicken his pace.
In order to avoid being detected in advance, she carefully avoided all fighting locations.
Luo Ling knew very well that if his presence was discovered by the warring parties, he would be in great trouble.
For the awakened ones of the Order side organization, compared to the "Pioneers", I'm afraid that she, the "White Witch" who "killed" most of the awakened ones in Victoria, will have a higher priority.
"It's not far ahead..."
While sensing the location of the stone ball sacrificial vessel and gradually increasing his control, Luo Ling quickly approached it.
But at this moment, her body suddenly paused slightly, and a strange feeling of déjà vu emerged from the bottom of her heart at this moment.
"This is... "
Luo Ling raised his little head slightly and looked in a certain direction subconsciously, then his gray pupils slightly dilated.
She saw a black light emerging from the direction of the ascension ceremony and reaching up to the sky.
At the same time, the blood color in Luo Ling's vision gradually faded, and was slowly covered by a layer of dull gray.
The gray color came quickly and went away quickly. When the grayness completely dissipated, the black light that reached the sky not far away also disappeared.
"...What?"