(Additional update for "Huo Zhengtinghao" brother [5/5])
"You will destroy him! Let us go! This is the last chance to save him!"
"Neri, are you just watching? Isn't that the man you love the most? Go and bring him back."
Twins's cry was still echoing in the shadows behind him, and it seemed that Neri was also involved. It seemed that the archbishop was worried about Diakum, so he ran over to help, but it was a step too late.
Vigilant is already on the road to C'Thun Temple.
Lion's Roar's combat boots stepped on the shadow-covered ground, and every step forward would cause ripples visible to the naked eye. Diakum did not look back. Every step he took towards the deep darkness in front of him became more determined.
"You should probably listen to them."
Shadow Word is becoming more and more active in this void zone, and it is no longer even a spiritual whisper but a clear echo echoing in Dick's ears.
It said in a low tone:
"Although it is obvious that they have fallen into some kind of blind obedience to prophecies, those two good girls came all the way across the sea of stars to "save" you. The nosy Mother of Light seems to have predicted your "end", Diakum.
I'm sorry that I didn't tell you that this was a "trap" and you stepped in.
Come back!
While there is still a chance.
If you see C'Thun, it means that "Lightless Ritual" will really begin. Two Sea of Darkness family members with their own paths are going towards each other for the same thing. Such a trial will inevitably break out when the two sides meet!
It's not as kind as your trial in the light, and there is still a chance of victory or defeat. In the cold rules of Sea of Darkness, the winner takes all, while the loser will lose everything!
Either you devour C'Thun and inherit its Void Authority, or you become C'Thun's nourishment and help it get closer to its ambition to devour the world.
Come back!
Don't go any further!"
"You think I'm going to lose?"
Vigilant didn't seem to hear Shadow Word's persuasion, and he said casually:
"Are you so unsure of the disciples you have taught yourself?"
"You idiot, this is not a question of winning or losing at all, but are you really ready? Can you really believe that you can continue to hold the poor light in your hand in the dark night that corrodes everything?
The question is not whether I have confidence in you, but you!
Determination can be disguised, and courage can also be disguised. You can even hypnotically convince yourself, but facts cannot deceive others!"
Shadow Word scolded:
"The place Lightless Ritual opened is the realm of void, Holy Light can't help you there!"
"But isn't that why I'm here?"
Dick shook his head and said:
"The trial in a light place can only purify the body, and persistence in a dark place can torture the soul. If I had not planned to do this, I would not have started the trial of "Light-Shadow Twinborn" in the first place.
You have witnessed that scene with your own eyes, why do you still doubt my determination so much?
Of course I know that Twins is here to save me.
In their hearts that have been "sanctified" by the guidance of Xe'ra, they are afraid of me walking into the darkness and being lost in it, but this is not their fault. Pure Light Oath Path's travelers stick to the undying light in the daytime, and it is always difficult to understand why we have to go deep into the ominous night.
But after dusk, the dark night comes!
If no one takes this first step, then how can we, Lightsworn, travel through the dark universe to promote the name of light to the people of darkness?"
Shadow Word fell silent.
When Diakum stepped on the ripples of shadow and approached C'Thun Temple's completely cast shadow, which even reflected the door extinguishing the star-like light, it spoke again:
"At this moment, I feel that the fanatical you is back! Or should I say that it has never disappeared and has always been hidden in your heart. Is it the guidepost that Holy Light created in your spirit?"
"No, that's me."
Vigilant said:
"That was the original me! Do you still remember the question you asked me? You asked me if I was a selfless and fanatical soul shaped by light when I opened my eyes in this sea of stars.
Of course I'm not.
At that time, I simply wanted to reverse some tragedies, and tried to bring a little change to the world I once loved with my own meager efforts. I wanted all the tragedies I saw to turn into lucky laughter, and I wanted to step into the river of destiny and become a reef blocking the tide.
I just found my original intention while walking in the shadows, just like you persuaded me.
My desire is so intense that it drives me into a frenzy."
"I don't understand."
Shadow Word said honestly:
"What wishes, what original intentions, what changes, what participation, we can't understand it. It doesn't seem to be a strange emotion that a mortal should have, just like a newborn child who would never want to take the initiative to learn except for playing.
Those desires you mentioned are all anti-human desires. Who would be willing to take the initiative to bear the erosion of fate?
Everyone wants to be that kind of hero, but no one wants that kind of life!"
"I do. Even if I explain the reason, you won't understand. I just don't want to see the tragedy happen again."
Dick shrugged and said:
"So I came here. I have no personal grudge against C'Thun, but Argus must see Azeroth, and C'Thun blocked my way."
"Do you know that you sound like a sociopathic madman calmly stating the motive for murder?"
Shadow Word sarcastically said:
"You are so utilitarian, are you really qualified to carry Holy Light? Oh, Holy Light is really blind!"
"If the elder brother doesn't laugh at the second brother, aren't you trying to trick me into joining you?"
Dick responded with the same sarcasm and said:
"If Holy Light is blind, what is the void fighting for chewed bread?"
"Hmph, sharp teeth."
Shadow Word found that Diakum's oral skills are increasing day by day. If this continues, it may not be able to take advantage of words.
However, considering that the guy he "taught" is about to fight for his life, and once Diakum enters "Lightless Ritual", he can no longer provide any help and can only be a bystander of the "fighting beast", so Shadow Word reminded:
"Your physical strength is nearly perfect among legends, and your spirit and wisdom have been enhanced to perfection by the gift of Void Lord. However, your body is strong and heavy, and you are still lacking in agility.
Let's take advantage of the last chance and make some changes."
"Huh?"
Dick stopped in surprise and said:
"How else can I modify this? Can I give it a ding?"
"What nonsense!"
Shadow Word scolded:
"Curse of Flesh learned it in vain, right? Although your understanding of the secret is far from perfect, you can already use Curse of Flesh to initially reshape yourself.
That is the great secret of emptiness!
Naturally, it cannot be used only on enemies. Come on, modify your body shape, "transfer" some of your excessive strength and endurance to your agility, and let it be improved to the perfect state required to be promoted to a demigod.
Just like you reshaped those poor Hybrid Insect, do it to yourself.
Don't worry, you are the caster, even if the reshaping is wrong, you can withdraw the magic and restore it to its original state."
At the reminder of Shadow Word, Diakum summoned the shadow covering body, and then skillfully cast Curse of Flesh on himself. As Void Entropy, which was cold and dark but embellished with dim starlight, was injected into the body, flowing in the muscles, blood and bones, a line of prompts lit up in front of his eyes:
"Void Force·Mythical special skill [Curse of Flesh] is being applied! This skill allows you to temporarily or permanently reshape and modify your body appearance, and thus obtain corresponding temporary or permanent talents.
The current operation effect is: reduce part of endurance and increase part of agility. Do you want to confirm this operation?
Tip!
This operation is a temporary modification, and it can be restored to its original appearance at any time while maintaining the connection with the void. Because the modification is subtle, all individual talents will not be affected."
Diakum selected Confirm.
He could feel some parts of his body moving like "plasticine". Amidst the faint tremors, his upper limit of blood bar dropped by a bit. Instead, the agility attribute in Character Card was temporarily raised to "Legendary Perfection".
This made Diakum blink. He glanced at his other character attributes, which were all "demigods and inferiors", and decided to spend more time to complete the final preparations before the start of the film.
So a few minutes later, the half-giant's body became more symmetrical and perfect. Diakum watched with satisfaction as his agility attribute was temporarily upgraded to "Demigod-Critical". Other attributes were partially weakened, but they still maintained their original evaluation.
Phew, it's just a simple and interesting numerical game.
"Very good, you are indeed very talented."
Shadow Word said with satisfaction:
"Then, go ahead. We can't teach you more at this time. Lightless Ritual is right in front. When you step into the broken cage of C'Thun, the ceremony will start automatically.
Remember!
Your duel with it will be witnessed by Sea of Darkness. Once the war starts, there will be no option to escape.
Because this is Void Realm, the connection between Holy Light and you will also be severed.
No!
You are a strange guy.
Your Holy Light Doctrine has nothing to do with the dogma of Holy Light but is related to "destiny". This may allow you to retain part of the holy power enhancement, but I advise you not to expect Holy Light's methods to help you defeat C'Thun.
You have to know that the Light-Dark Aggregate sent here by the Void in order to occupy Azeroth are all carefully selected powerful seedlings. None of the four Old God in this world is easy to mess with. The most powerful "Seven-Headed Beast" among them even forced Titan to do it himself. You must correctly understand the opponent you are facing."
"Thanks for the reminder."
Diakum took a deep breath and opened his Steel Holy Codex in his hand.
When this holy deed was handed over to him, it was just a blank slate, but now it is filled with Vigilant's experience. The first half is Holy Light's insights, and the second half is the teachings of the void. Only the last page of the summary has not yet been written.
If he can survive, if he can complete the difficult trial of Path of Light and Shadow, then this holy deed can be truly completed, and the quality of a holy deed that records such a rare and powerful path is at least Force Artifact level. Even if it is just a book and some words, its symbolic power cannot be underestimated.
The premise is that Diakum must survive.
He flipped through the Holy Deed and recited the scriptures of Holy Light. In the darkness of the Void Realm, a weak light struggled to tear through the shadows and shined on Diakum.
In the outside world, it shines like the sun's rays, but is oppressed by shadows and can only form a halo of light like a dim light in a cage. But not every Holy Light Walker can receive such loving care from Holy Light under such circumstances.
Under the darkness that surrounded him with eager eyes, Diakum half-knelt in the dim light, feeling Holy Light's blessing and advice to him.
Silent and silent, yet like a trickle of whispers, it nourished his soul and mind.
It's like a warning to a wanderer away from home, and a reluctant farewell to a child.
"Don't worry if you wait a moment."
Diakum said:
"I will be back. I will be back soon. Please bless me, Holy Radiance. I will complete my first preaching of faith in the dark, so that the light can truly shine into this place that has been dark for countless years.
I will get that victory for you and make you feel happy and honored for me.
Holy Light ah!
Bless your child."
"Pa"
The moment the holy contract closed, dazzling rays of light rose up and surrounded Diakum's armor and body.
There was no need for the various enhancements he released to be surrounded by various light patterns. At that moment, all the BUFFs that Holy Light could give were photographed on Vigilant. When he mentioned Ashbringer, even walking in this shadow land would bring out ripples of light one after another.
When the shattered door was pushed open, both Shadow Word and Shimmer were at this moment Dispersion.
The ceremony witnessed by Sea of Darkness begins, and the followers of the void will begin another brutal fight and devour. Only the winner is qualified to devour the world!
The gaze I felt once in Karazhan reappeared, and more than one Void Lord was watching here.
Old God C'Thun did not disappoint Diakum. The moment the door was pushed open and the ceremony started, a deadly green void Eye Beam roared towards him, trying to crush this hateful provocateur to death in front of his own door.
The battle of life and death has always been like this.
Morality?
Morality is the humility of the winner who boasts about himself. The loser who dies gets nothing!
The body of Old God, as ferocious as a rotten onion, was immersed in Black Blood Pool. It waved the tentacles condensed from the darkness and surged like giant snakes.
Green Eye Beam flies out one after another, anyone who touches it will die!
Diakum also responded with color at the same time, propelled by its own Holy Power Burning. When taking the first step, Light Wings of Sanctified Seraphim unfolded, resisting death Eye Beam with its strong Light Blade.
But this is not the end, but the beginning!
"Thousand-Eyed Demon C'Thun occupied and corrupted Chamber of Heart. It used this to inject the poison of the void into Supreme Star Soul's consciousness. Incompetent Titan's negligence caused the great thing to suffer for a long time. Whether I can defeat the powerful enemy will directly determine the fate of the two worlds Argus and Azeroth, and the two Star Soul!
This is the moment of destiny, Holy Light
Help me get through this ladder of hope!"
In the roar of Sanctified Seraphim, the morality of Hand of Fate is activated.
Although Sea of Darkness's obstruction cannot allow the perfect infusion of moral reinforcement, as Shadow Word said, Diakum's morality is not Holy Light's dogma, but related to fate, which means that he can still receive a small amount of holy power blessing.
Compared with the usual endless flood of water, the strengthening of the holy power at this time is as weak as a bifurcated urine.
That's enough!
He does not really need Holy Light to help him defeat the enemy, it is just a necessary step to complete the Light-Shadow Twinborn trial. He needs the purest light to illuminate his confidence and courage to survive the night.
In the White Holy Flame package of Sanctified Seraphim, "Radiant Holy Spirit", which had appeared once before in Shattrath City, reappeared in the burst of light. Using Diakum's own Holy Power Burning to support him, he transformed into "Giant of Light" again, finally gaining the advantage of being the same size as the Old God in front of him.
Giant of Light waved his palm and let the high-speed rotating light wheel slash, tearing apart the already decayed Titan cage and at the same time shredding C'Thun's tentacles full of suckers, eyeballs and bone blades, like a badly divided squid.
But without the intervention of external holy power, Giant of Light's third-level transformation can only last for less than one minute.
Since every second counts, there is no need to use tricks like "guillotine" for appreciation. The giant waved his hand and called Ashbringer, letting the giant blade turn into a shining "giant weapon". Under the wide-eyed stares of countless tentacles on C'Thun's body, Giant of Light held the sword and made a swordsmanship stance that made the dead souls escape.
Tishalack Swordsmanship - Breaker!
"Bang"
The first sword Execute split the carapace of C'Thun known as "Eternal Darkness", and the filthy black blood accompanied by the screams and roars of the tentacles tearing resounded throughout Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj, and even the entire Silithus Desert.
But then the second sword tore off a quarter of its body, and the white holy flame burned and ignited the filthy body the moment it left the body.
The third blow was the more deadly "Fivefold Chaotic Slash".
This set of Titan swordsmanship dealt absolutely real damage regardless of any force defense, causing all the tentacles of Thousand-Eyed Demon to roar and coil up at this moment. It knew that it had to block all the next sharp blades to ensure that its body would not be destroyed by this madman before its dark carapace was torn apart.
The terrifying five consecutive slashes fell, and the splashing Holy Light spewed out like lava.
The Taeshalach swordsmanship's built-in VanCleef destruction of the surrounding terrain caused the entire Temple of Ahn'Qiraj to shake and collapse. The demigods among them began to move outward regardless of whether the battle was over or not. Even the Loas were exclaiming "invincible".
However, as we all know, Taeshalach Enemy Breaker is always the deadliest last resort.
Diakum pressed all his boiling holy power into his Lightsworn Edge. When Giant of Light slashed forward with the sword in both hands, he roared:
"Primordial Fire. Break out!"
The giant blade penetrated C'Thun's fragmented dark carapace from top to bottom, like a fruit knife inserted into an onion.
In the chaotic dance of Holy Light caused by the explosion of holy power, the entire Temple of Ahn'Qiraj and even the ground above Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj suddenly cracked at this moment, and the golden light visible to the naked eye filled every crack in the ground like erupting magma.
Now, not to mention the bugs who were almost scared to death, even Trolls and the elves began to retreat in a hurry, shouting the names of Loa and Elune.
They thought they would be the protagonists of the fierce battle in Quicksand, but it turned out that Diakum might really be able to defeat this ghost place without them.
At this moment, they teleported out of the temple in embarrassment, and all the Azeroth demigods who landed in the quicksand looked at Five Little Strongs, Lightforged and Twins Archbishop with strange eyes.
Damn it, are all of you Ancient Eredar monsters?
But in Lightless Ritual, where no one can disturb him, in the Titan cage that completely collapsed, Giant of Light turned into a shimmer of light after being shattered, while Diakum was half-kneeling and panting in the dark place, and Ashbringer was inserted into the ground in front of him.
This is the first time that this holy sword is so dim. If you look closely, the body and blade of the holy sword seem to be broken into pieces.
Obviously, it couldn't withstand the terrifying pressure just now to complete the ultimate Execute of Enemy Breaker.
But as a loyal weapon, it helped its master break Old God's strongest armor of darkness.
Its mission has come to an end.
C'Thun's body was torn to pieces, with burning tentacles and filthy carapace everywhere. It looked like a tragic defeat, but Diakum knew very well that crushing the dark carapace meant that the real battle had just begun.
C'Thun This cunning devil has two forms.
It had witnessed how Y'Shaarj, which was more powerful than it, died under the power of Titan, so during the long seal, it carefully created another layer of almost indestructible dark carapace for itself.
Thousand-Eyed Demon's uglier true body is hidden under the carapace of darkness, just like the huge tentacles of a hydra protruding from the boiling darkness one after another.
The tops of each tentacle and the torso were covered with vicious eyes, and each of them stared at Diakum with extremely vicious light.
A mortal would suffer cardiac arrest just by looking at it.
Thousand-Eyed Demon, well-deserved.
"You're going to die"
C'Thun's vicious and sinister voice echoed in this dark place, but Diakum ignored this rubbish at all. The help Holy Light could give him had been exhausted, and now it was time to accept the trial of the road in earnest.
Even if it is Light-Shadow Twinborn, how can it be fought with only Holy Light?
Twilight Hammer and Kazzak's Soul Staff jumped into the palm of his hand. The moment Diakum entered Voidform and floated up, he heard the voice of Kazzak whispering in the staff:
"I know you are in a hurry, so I will help you this time!
But Diakum, Vigilant, I don't want to degenerate into an evil creature of the void. After victory, you must help me reshape myself into the incarnation of justice in the light. I want to regain my ancient mission in a new form.
I was once the devil's jailer, and I want to return to the original me!"
"Go through hell with me, and I promise you the dawn of Lightforging"
Dick opened his arms and opened the gap without any hesitation, letting Faceless Ones and K'xir rush into the battlefield to meet C'Thun's tentacles Eye Beam.
He loudly declared:
"Shkul an'zig qvsakf KSSH'GA, ag'THYZAK agthu! (Let us break out of the darkest abyss and regain the world that belongs to us.)"
PS:
The next update will be on the 11th, and the current update owed is: 137