am-books Chapter 261 The Self-Destruction at the Bottom of the Church
Chapter 261 The Self-Destruction at the Bottom of the Church
Golden blood dripped down Mars Lee's wrist.
Each drop of blood was like molten gold, stretching out long threads in mid-air before falling into the lifeless pool in the church courtyard.
The first team of six cut into the atmosphere from an altitude of 10,000 meters.
The sonic boom cloud burst open behind them, only to be quickly left behind.
The final destination of the fall was the magnificent Cathedral of Holy Light.
The closer you get, the more pungent the strong smell of blood mixed with the sweet odor of formaldehyde becomes.
The building materials here are not right.
The first squad landed in the square outside the church.
The tactical boots crushed the pale bones scattered on the ground.
Around the square, the white marble statues that should have depicted stories of saints were covered with a layer of writhing flesh.
Distorted human faces emerge from the stone's texture, their mouths opening and closing silently.
Holy light crystals pierced through their eye sockets and chests, forcibly stitching them to the stone sculpture itself.
They are still alive.
Or rather, they were forcibly kept in a state of being half-alive and half-dead.
On the church walls, thick, fleshy veins clung like a network, pulsating rhythmically.
The entire Cathedral of Holy Light is a giant living entity constructed from living people.
"vomit……"
Su Yunqing turned her head away, her stomach churning.
A nauseating chewing sound came from deep within the church.
It looked as if something was feasting inside.
"Human anchor point".
On Lu Yan's tactical terminal, green dots representing life signals, in units of tens of thousands, densely covered the entire church's structural diagram.
"He used the common people of an entire city to maintain this Advent ceremony."
Before he could finish speaking...
The church's large door, cast from bronze and flesh, opened inward.
Twelve figures blocked the road ahead.
They wore tattered Templar armor, but the armor had long since become fused with their flesh.
The pale white crystals of holy light pierced their backs, from which grew deformed, asymmetrical fleshy wings.
Their eyes were two empty holes, within which burned a frenzied white flame.
Church guards.
A fanatical believer who has been completely brainwashed and lost all reason.
"Dump truck, clear the way!"
Lu Yan's instructions were concise.
"Okay!"
Zhao Leiguang's response was a suppressed roar.
He launched a brutal charge.
The two shields of the earth closed in front of him, forming a blunt, heavy metal wedge.
He transformed into a straight, earth-yellow line, crashing into the formation of twelve temple guards.
The three guards tried to raise their crystal swords to block.
The moment they made contact, the longsword, arms, and even their upper bodies were smashed into a cloud of blood mist by the unparalleled impact.
Zhao Leiguang did not stop.
With his shield on, he slammed the three lumps of mangled flesh against the load-bearing wall behind him.
boom!
The walls, a mixture of flesh and stone, were covered with spiderweb-like cracks that spread outwards.
The Taotie belt around his waist flashed with light.
Three illusory streams of data detached from the guard's remains and seeped into his belt.
[The Gluttonous Belt absorbs the special attribute: Holy Light Restoration]
[Effect: Your armor will receive a small amount of healing when attacked by Holy Light energy.]
On Zhao Leiguang's tactics panel, the upper limit of the armor value jumped up slightly.
"Scrap!"
He cursed angrily and turned to charge again.
The remaining nine temple guards suddenly spread their fleshy wings, attempting to take off and launch an attack from above.
"Dream on."
Wen Yue's voice came from the shadows of the high platform.
She had already prepared the world-destroying Thunder Crossbow.
The gun muzzle spewed flames.
The specially made high-explosive grenades traced precise parabolic arcs in mid-air before landing among the guards.
The series of explosions completely covered that area of airspace.
The fleshy wings were blown off, and the crystal armor was torn apart.
Several guards screamed and fell from mid-air like moths with broken wings.
They haven't landed yet.
A petite figure, shielded by a crimson shield of ten thousand points, walked directly into the center of the explosion.
Lin Chuxue didn't even look at the fallen guards.
Blood Pool Howl taps the ground with the staff.
Blood Explosion spells with no cooldown bloomed one after another beneath her feet.
The dark red magical energy transformed into a merciless meat grinder.
The guards who had just landed, along with the holy light burning on their bodies, were instantly swallowed up by the crimson energy tide and torn into the most basic particles.
The first squad cleared the path to the courtyard with overwhelming force.
The moment they stepped into the courtyard.
Mars Lee's bloodletting ceremony was just completed.
The last drop of golden blood dripped into the huge circular incubation pool in the central courtyard.
Within a second, the pool water transformed from clear to boiling golden lava.
A huge bubble rises from the bottom of the pool and then bursts.
A colossal creature slowly crawled out of the golden pool of water.
Its upper body is a perfect four-winged angel form.
It is holy, majestic, and radiates a light that can purify everything.
Its lower body is a mass of constantly writhing, tangled, pitch-black tentacles covered with sharp barbs.
The ends of the tentacles are connected to countless translucent fleshy ducts, deeply rooted in the bottom of the incubation pool.
Those conduits are drawing life force from the very flesh and blood of the entire church.
Four-winged freakish angel.
It raised its head, its face devoid of features, and turned towards the first squad.
An invisible golden halo suddenly spread out from its center.
The Law of Forbidden Magic.
The silver light at the tip of the Yao Guang Gift Staff in Su Yunqing's hand dimmed.
The "Healing Overflow to Shield" entry on her tactics panel turned gray.
"My treatment has been interrupted!"
She urgently warned them.
"Melee team, move in!"
Lu Yan gave the order.
A streak of dark golden light appeared before everyone else.
Xiao Qianyu triggered a flash attack.
The Dragon King's Halberd's blade aimed straight for the angel's neck.
However, the halberd stopped less than half a meter from its target.
A jet-black tentacle had somehow wrapped itself around the shaft of the halberd.
The barbs on the tentacles were deeply embedded in the dark gold metal.
Xiao Qianyu tried to pull back the halberd, but found that the seemingly soft tentacle was surprisingly strong.
More tentacles came from below, wrapping around her limbs.
One of the tentacles' barbs sliced through the outer shell of her mecha arm, sending out a string of blinding sparks.
times of crisis.
Shen Xinglin's mobile armor changed its rear thruster nozzles from blue to gold.
Start at maximum power.
The ever-changing lance in his hand transformed into a high-speed spinning heavy chainsaw amidst a tooth-grinding mechanical creak.
He endured the lashes of several tentacles, his armor surface riddled with dents.
But he did not back down an inch.
He slammed the spinning chainsaw down hard on the main tentacle that was binding Xiao Qianyu.
squeak--
The chainsaw rubbed violently against the tentacle's outer shell, splattering black sap and charred keratin everywhere.
The tentacle felt pain and suddenly contracted.
Xiao Qianyu seized the opportunity to escape, performing a backflip and landing back in the group.
She glanced at the corrosion marks on the Dragon King's Halberd and said nothing.
"Physical defenses are ineffective, energy resistance is extremely high, and it comes with its own law-based suppression."
Zhao Leiguang, wearing the double earth shields, stood at the very front of the group, his face solemn.
This thing is more troublesome than any enemy we've encountered before.
Lu Yan stood at the very back of the battlefield.
He did not participate in the attack.
His entire attention was focused on the tactical terminal in front of him.
The Void Disc is operating at maximum power.
The golden halo of the four-winged angel, a symbol of "forbidden magic," was deconstructed into lines of surging data on his screen.
He is searching.
Search for the vulnerability at the very bottom of this seemingly flawless code.
The parsing progress bar moves slowly but steadily forward on the screen.
twenty three%…
twenty three%…
twenty three%…
Atop the church dome, Mars Lee watched the First Squad struggling below, a cruel smile spreading across his face.
His creations are perfect.
Just now.
On Lu Yan's tactical terminal, the analysis progress reached 100%.
Obsidian Core (Not Activated)
Lu Yan raised his hand.
His gaze swept across the chaotic battlefield, past the angel's holy wings, and precisely locked onto the inconspicuous black crystal at the junction of its spine and back, perfectly concealed by the wings of holy light.
"All units focus fire on the coordinates I posted!"
He marked a focus fire coordinate in the team chat.
"Coordinates: X: 11, Y: 45, Z: 23!"
"Now!"
Upon receiving the order, all members of the first squad changed their attack direction.
However, Mars Lee moved even faster than them.
His smile froze as he looked at Lu Yan's raised hand.
He stretched out his hand.
He pressed a blood-red rune switch that had been prepared beforehand on the edge of the stone platform beside him.
That's the self-destruct switch at the bottom of the church.