Chapter 1,361 A rare heartbeat, after the magical effect of the blue-gold war hammer
Although the two brothers have different personalities and focuses.
But the way to develop as a lord is not a scripted test.
It doesn't have a standard answer.
Luck, timing and every preparation and deployment are crucial.
So the two brothers' styles seem to be diverging paths.
But maybe in the end, we will reach the same destination through different paths.
I can't draw a conclusion now.
Zongze, who left the count's castle, set out on his way back to his territory without much delay.
This time he came riding a raptor monster.
Before setting off, he also used arcane detection skills to explore the rear.
Only after confirming that no one is following you can you leave with peace of mind.
Shortly after he left.
In the study room of the castle.
Earl Bliss was sitting at his desk, reading the book carefully.
At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Celine Araya changed into a decent lady's dress, came to Count Bliss and bowed uprightly.
"Father."
Earl Bliss put down the book in his hand and looked up at her.
He said in an indifferent and calm tone.
"It's time to calm down, you know?"
As soon as these words came out, Celine's body trembled slightly, and then she nodded seriously.
At this time, Earl Bliss continued.
"After all, you are a direct female descendant of the Araya family."
"After this matter is over, no matter whether anyone can get information from the queen's mouth."
"The Western Noble Alliance will each establish a principality and form an alliance of principalities."
"You may have to marry into other western principalities as my direct descendant."
"I will find the mage who is best at healing and let her repair it for you."
"All the past will soon disappear."
"By the way, there's also the boy you got along with yesterday."
"Because of your proactive praise, I am going to send him to the imperial city as well."
"I can see that you are very satisfied with him, but...Celine, forget about him and prepare to welcome your new life."
Earl Bliss looked into Celine's eyes and said.
The latter was silent for a moment, then suddenly showed a smile.
"Father, you are worrying too much."
"I'm an expert in love, how could I fall in love with that boy?"
"Don't worry, I will wholeheartedly follow your and your family's arrangements from now on."
"No matter who the marriage partner is, I will be fascinated by him."
Seeing his daughter's frank look, Earl Bliss curled up his lips.
"That's good."
"Go and rest, or go play or ride horses, whatever you want."
After waving his hand, Earl Bliss signaled to his daughter Celine that she could leave.
Hearing this, Celine Araya bowed again and left.
When I walked out the door, a drop of water fell on the carpet.
Celine's expression was a little complicated and a little sad, but she finally returned to the room without saying a word.
In the study, Earl Bliss shook his head.
He knows his "playful" daughter very well.
She also understood that the real reason that caused her to be so empty was nothing more than the shadow of her childhood.
But no matter what, the Western Noble Alliance is about to change.
Almost unstoppable.
All major nobles who join will form a principality.
Based on the original family territory, they invaded the central and southern parts at the same time.
Therefore, the so-called duchy marriage is actually just a family marriage.
Earl Bliss is a talented fellow.
His ability to take charge of the giant city depends not only on his surname Araya.
In fact, if he does not have enough ability.
There is no care at all within the family.
Ability is the cornerstone that determines everything.
The family will not provide resources and care out of thin air.
Even if it is nepotism, it is impossible to give Jucheng casually.
Because the giant city is also a precious resource for any noble family.
Earl Bliss picked up the scroll again.
His expression remained unchanged.
But if you listen carefully, there seems to be a fleeting sigh that cannot be detected.
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The Bleeding Place of Saint Sonde Keating.
Zong Shen and Hamis landed on this dark red land together.
The place this time is different from the Third Holy Legion’s station inside [God Shell Rock].
The surrounding environment is relatively open, neither cramped nor closed.
There is no more dangerous [Negative Demonic Liquid (Special)].
So this time we can let Khamis go with him to take the lead.
And there's something special about this place.
A monster named "Blood Spirit" was born.
This reminded Zong Shen of the blood-crossed coffin in the ruins of the legion's camp.
The blood coffin can transform the power of holy light into powerful blood spirit power.
There may be some connection between the two.
However, the blood coffin is related to the God of War of the ancient Holy Light Church Apostles.
This bloody place evolved from the time when Sonder Keating, the Holy Son, was injured.
Son of God and the God of War in the Holy Light Apostles are not even from the same period.
The strategy module mentioned this when introducing the background of the two places.
(The blood power of Saint Son Songde is rather strange and can be freely converted between the power of holy light and blood spirit)
Although this sentence does not point out directly, it indirectly points out the truth.
The blood spirits born here are relatively violent and also possess the characteristics of free transformation.
That is, from the blood spirit to the Holy Spirit.
In fact, in Zong Shen's view, this transformation itself is very weird.
I guess if we trace it back to its origins, we will definitely be able to uncover a piece of the past.
Zong Shen has no idea of tracing this clue for the time being.
His exploration of the Holy Light Ruins this time was just to solve the hidden danger of [Light and Dark Imbalance].
Now as long as we draw on the power of these three holy light relics, this problem can be easily solved.
So there is absolutely no need for him to dig deeper into the Holy Light Church.
In other words, there is no need to do this in the short term.
This kind of ambitious approach will only delay the established plan.
However, Zong Shen can choose to write down the clue about the blood spirit first.
Wait until the time is right or when there is an opportunity.
The blood-colored soil is not soft, but rather compacted.
When stepping on it, the hard feeling feels quite solid.
In fact, if you look closely, you will find that what makes the soil appear dark red is not liquid discoloration in the traditional sense.
It's the misty blood seeping out from the cracks in the soil.
These bloody lights are probably the power of blood
Zong Shen and Hamis walked towards the first place where the holy power crystal was condensed.
The scenery here looks a bit the same.
Everywhere he looked was covered in blood.
In addition to the bloody light emitting from the ground, the surrounding air is also filled with erratic blood-colored mist.
The smell of blood here is very strong and pungent.
To be on the safe side, both Zong Shen and Hamis switched to internal breathing.
A place like this, which is located in plain terrain, surrounded by no shelter and no obstructions, but still completely deserted, is likely to have problems.
Otherwise, let alone a place of bloodshed, it would be regarded as an ancient battlefield.
As long as there is no danger and the terrain is good, traces of aboriginal pioneers will soon appear.
Step forward to the first place where the Holy Power crystal is condensed.
Zong Shen pointed to the ground in front of him.
Hamis, who was sitting at the back, instantly understood what his master meant.
The horns on its forehead flashed with black arc light and activated [Destruction Lightning LV50].
Using the horns on his forehead as a carrier, he summoned and condensed a lightning bolt of destruction, striking a circular area with a radius of no more than three meters within a range of 500 meters in front.
Black lightning fell from the sky, carrying the effect of destruction and healing and suppression, and hit the place Zong Shen pointed at, instantly creating a large hole with a diameter of three meters on the ground.
Countless amounts of soil were thrown up.
They lose their blood-stained appearance and appear gray-white.
After [Breaking Lightning], the secrets under the soil were revealed to the tip of the iceberg.
There is a thin layer of blood-colored crystals about two meters deep under the gray-white soil layer.
It is that layer of blood-colored crystals that precipitates the misty blood light.
Zong Shen walked curiously to the large pit created by [Destruction Lightning].
The state of that layer of blood-colored crystals is very strange. It looks like a thin layer of ice on a newly frozen lake in early winter.
But it itself is not transparent, it just always emits a blood-colored light.
Looking with the naked eye, one can only vaguely see something foreign that seems to be wrapped under the blood-colored crystal.
Zong Shen made a feint with his right hand, and immediately took out a heavy weapon that he rarely used.
This is a double-headed war hammer.
The size is astonishing, and the hammer head is comparable to a human chest.
The length of the hammer handle is also about two meters.
This size is obviously not prepared for normal humans.
But as long as you have the strength to keep up, you can still play it successfully.
The equipment in Endless Continent is not that rigid.
There are spikes on the hammer heads on both sides, and flame clouds spread to the hammer handle.
The entire warhammer is icy blue and looks like it was carved out of blue stone.
But in fact this is a relatively rare metal - blue gold.
Blue metal is a special metal that is rare but not commonly used.
There is only one place in the entire Endless Continent that produces this thing.
That is the Blue Flame Valley, which is said to be burning with blue flames all year round.
This flame can draw life force.
As a result, the area with a radius of thousands of kilometers around the Blue Flame Valley is a desert.
And blue gold can sometimes be found in the Blue Flame Valley.
The hardness of this metal is no less than that of finely forged alloy, and its magical efficiency is comparable to mithril.
The most important thing is that you can use your own vitality to nourish blue gold. Continuous nourishment can greatly enhance the properties of blue gold.
Correspondingly, equipment forged from blue gold also has similar characteristics, that is, life draining.
Through killing, blue and gold equipment has the potential to gradually grow.
This alone is enough to demonstrate the value of this war hammer.
The end of the hammer handle is a round-headed awl.
There are also two hand guards that curve out in the middle, which can be used to resist oncoming sword blows.
As for the weight of the war hammer, Zong Shen is not exaggerated.
This warhammer was a trophy from the giant city of Rentax [The Angry Roaring Warhammer (Luminous Level 2)]. So far, he has not used it seriously.
This warhammer has few skills.
The four active skills are relatively sparse and ordinary.
For example, [Charge] increases hammer damage, and [Crazy] increases group combat effectiveness.
What is really rare is the blue gold material of this war hammer, and the two [passive skills] that extend from it.
They are:
[Blue Flame Drain (for every 1,000,000 points of cumulative damage caused, the upper limit of the warhammer's durability will be increased by 100 points, and 1,000 points of lost durability will be restored at the same time. The basic bludgeoning damage will be increased by 50 points. Up to 100 layers of buffs can be stacked. The current buff
3rd floor)]
[Life Nourishment (Input your own health value, every 500,000 points will make the warhammer obtain a layer of buffs, restore 300 points of durability, increase the upper limit of durability by 70 points, and increase basic bludgeoning damage by 30 points, which can be stacked up to 100 layers.
Currently 2 floors)]
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The characteristic of this blue-gold growth-type equipment is that it can be absorbed to improve the corresponding equipment attributes.
There is a reason why I took out this war hammer.
The blood here is soaring into the sky, and there is also blood mist. It is shown in the guide as [infused with blood spirit power], but this so-called blood spirit power, in other words, isn't it another form of life essence?
So, why not try out Blue Gold’s draw properties.
The effect of [Life Nourishment] is to input the health value of "oneself".
The carrier of this "self" can be changed.
Zong Shen holds it in his hand, and this "self" is himself.
If he throws this war hammer away.
Then it belongs to the earth.
It's like having a fall when you were 17 years old, it's as if you've passed the earth.
He threw the [Angry Roaring Warhammer (Level 2 Shining Light Level)] into the pit with his backhand.
The heavy war hammer directly smashed open the thin layer of blood-colored crystals.
The dark red viscous liquid underneath was exposed.
It's like a pool of blood here.
It occupies an area of about six or seven meters in diameter.
The crystal of holy power that Zong Shen is looking for is here.
Wrapped in a blood-colored stone cocoon, it was floating in the pond.
[The Angry Warhammer (Luminous Level 2)] fell straight into the deep pool of blood after smashing the blood crystal layer.
His expression was very calm, and he just watched the war hammer sink into the pool of blood.
Hamis snorted and stood there with his hooves crouched, watching curiously.
The advantages of being tall and strong are highlighted here.
Even if it stands still and doesn't move, it can see everything clearly.
I saw the warhammer sinking into the pool and began to "gud-dong-dong" and bubbles of blood bubbled up.
Then, a shocking scene occurred.
The blood level in the pool dropped visibly to the naked eye.
The bubbles are coming out faster and faster.
A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the entire pool of blood was sucked dry.
Even the large area of land beside the pond has lost its bloody halo.
There are many blood pools like this one.
There are crystals of holy power in almost every place.
Looking towards the bottom of the pool, the war hammer lay quietly.
To say it was sucked dry would not be too accurate.
There is still some black sticky substance left at the bottom, which looks a bit disgusting.
Zong Shen raised his hand and activated [Psychic Power] to take the warhammer back into his hand.
His eyes were slightly narrowed, and a hint of joy appeared after just staring for a moment.