Chapter 431: The King of Ghouls vs. Feathered Serpent
Edge of volcanic forest.
Ackermanmon looked at the dense jungle and the ancient volcano that was invisible but existed in the distance.
What can be seen from this angle is the dark red clouds that look like burning fire at the end of the sky.
Death Forbidden Lava Volcano.
When Ackerman passed by Meiya City, he saw many people shouting the name of the god represented by this volcano.
"The Lava God."
"The Seven Gods of Ruhe, the slaves of the Lord of Life left in the world, the guardians of the Garden of Gods."
Ackermanmeng had seen the Earth Titan take action in the King's Court of Ten Thousand Snakes. He wondered if this lava giant was as powerful as the Earth Titan.
But there is no doubt that it is the most powerful god he has ever seen, with power that transcends all.
Only at this time did people suddenly realize that this huge continent was actually just the back garden of the Lord of Life.
The King of Ghouls, Ackermanmon, looked at the lava volcano in the Forbidden Land of Death, and suddenly felt the urge to go in and take a look, to witness the power of the giant god Rukh.
But he soon restrained this impulse, because it had no meaning other than dying in vain.
"If gods also have levels, what are the differences between them?"
"What is the difference in power between gods?"
"If I become a real god, will I be able to become even more powerful?"
After gaining the power of "immortality", Ackerman actually began to consider this problem.
I don’t know if it’s just drifting away or if I’m just taking precautions.
But he didn't get an answer.
Because when he faced the scarlet goddess, she just blew her breath and completely disappeared.
If you want to know how powerful the gods are, you can only become a true god.
Ackerman lowered his gaze and looked into the volcanic forest.
That was the real goal of his trip.
Ackerman silently entered the volcanic jungle. There were more potion plants in the forest, so the number of mutated beasts that emerged along with it also increased.
These mutated beasts not only have strange crystals growing in their brains, but also undergo all kinds of strange changes in their body shape.
Some grew weird long hair, some had horns on their heads, and some looked as if they were about to grow wings.
A strange change gradually spreads from the volcanic forest, and may spread to the entire world in the future.
This is an era of rapid advancement.
One character after another is vying for the position of the protagonist of the era, and they are all bringing new things and new changes to the world.
There are good ones and there are bad ones.
On the way, Ackerman met a group of lizardmen.
He immediately hid himself.
The original team of lizardmen was divided into two teams, one part planted magic plants, and the other specialized in cleaning up these mutated beasts. The small village also began to have various divisions of labor.
Listening to each other's conversation, the lizard people are also worried about these monsters.
"Not only do we have to kill those monsters, we also have to clean up the magic potions in the jungle." The lizard people were tired of dealing with the increasing number of mutated beasts, especially during Anu's absence.
"The magic potion has spread, how to clean it up?" More magic potions are a good thing, but sometimes they are too widespread and make people feel a crisis.
"We have to find a way to solve it. Recently, mutated beasts have rushed out of the jungle and attacked caravans and passers-by." The lizard people talked about the recent incidents of mutated beasts hurting people. This is not a good thing and may provoke the lizard people.
Conflict with snake people.
"I heard that there are mercenaries coming to Lime Town to collect magic potions and capture mutated beasts." Bad things are getting worse one after another.
"How is this possible? Those are the offerings of Quetzalcoatl." After hearing this news, the attitude of all the lizardmen immediately changed. It is not good for mutated beasts to hurt people, but it is another matter for outsiders to snatch the offerings of Quetzalcoatl.
; In their opinion, all magic potions and mutated beasts were born under the power of Kurmis, the feathered serpent, and naturally belong to Kurmis.
"It's a pity that Patriarch Anu is not here. He went to get rid of that damn ghoul and avenge Lek." Someone mentioned Anu.
"That ghoul must be dead this time." When he mentioned Lek, the lizard man immediately showed an angry expression, hoping that Anu could kill the murderer soon and avenge his former companions.
Ackerman stood on the branch of a tree and watched the lizardmen passing by below.
After listening to this, I realized that the lizard man who appeared in the Red Earth Territory was called Anu.
Avoiding these lizardmen, Ackerman came to their lair.
He saw the magnificent pyramid again.
It looks similar to the mausoleum built by Ackermann, but one is full of life and the other is lifeless.
There are also more buildings in the lizardman village, not just for living, but also including warehouses, libraries, conference halls, grocery stores and other buildings.
They still use Suinhor coins. Although this place is a paradise, they still cannot escape the influence of the snake world.
Ackerman walked around the outside of the lizardman village, and it was very far away.
Observing all the movements here, everything was as he expected.
"The will inside the pyramid is awake, not completely asleep like last time."
"It seems that the Quetzalcoatl Kurmis has something very important to do recently."
Of course Ackermanmon knew what Kurmis was doing.
The other party has sent Anu to the Red Earth Territory to deal with him, and at the same time lent his strength to the other party.
"He is waiting for the situation in the Red Earth Territory and wants to eliminate me and all the ghouls."
What he likes most is to catch others off guard, which is why he got here so quickly.
However, based on what he heard and observed, this time he gave up the fast way and retreated from the volcanic forest to wait for the opportunity.
Kurmis was waiting, and so was he.
Waiting for the moment when Kurmis takes action against "himself", that time is also the best time for him to take action.
Before Ackerman turned and left, he glanced back at the Quetzalcoatl Pyramid and said with cold eyes.
"You want to kill me, so you have nothing to complain about if I come to your door."
"right?"
The following days.
Ackermanmon has been waiting for the opportunity, and "good news" is constantly coming from the distance.
One after another, the territorial cities of Dranvos, Char, and Red Earth were recaptured. A large number of ghouls and degenerate people of the Silver and White Church were wiped out. The speed of the ghouls and the Silver and White Church's crazy development was like a prairie fire and the speed of collapse.
It's like a river bursting its banks.
Everyone in Lime Town applauded. Recently, the town also held a ceremony to worship the Scarlet Goddess. The priests of the shrine and several guards in the town also killed the ghouls that crawled out of the graves nearby.
The recent popularity of Ghouls, the Silver Church, and the Ghoul Secret Cult has tended to overshadow the Abyss and become synonymous with evil.
in the room.
Ackermanmon is investigating the past about the Quetzalcoatl Kurmis, just like everyone is investigating his past.
He took out documents one after another recording Kurmis's deeds, as well as letters sent from various places.
If you want to deal with your enemy, you must first understand your enemy.
"Kulmis, the guard of Shana, the lord of Meiya City, lost his body during the disaster of the original sin evil god and became a feathered serpent."
"I once received favor from the God of Demonic Spirits and was a good friend of Apostle Sukob."
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"Since many years ago, he has been looking for a way to become a human again, but in the accident of creating the brown bulb vine, he turned all his assistants into lizard men. He used the brown bulb vine and King Ossis to make
Trade, exchanged the entire volcanic forest as a refuge for the lizard people."
"This is a just, kind, and very rigid person."
Akmon seemed to have found a way to deal with Kurmis. He sorted out the pages and letters.
I stretched out and prepared to go out for a walk.
He deliberately avoided crowds and took the most secluded roads.
finally.
He sat down at the end of an alley.
The alley is dark and damp, but the sun is shining brightly outside the alley.
Ackerman just sat quietly in a damp and dark corner, looking at the sun outside and the bustling noise coming from the street.
He likes darkness, but yearns for sunshine.
He longs for freedom, but locks himself away.
I don't know how long has passed.
Ackerman heard the sound of someone coming, and he was a drunken drunkard.
Ackerman saw that the other person was swaying as he walked, holding on to the wall to stand still, and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
But he didn't expect that after the drunkard saw him, he walked towards him.
"You, it's you."
The other party pointed at Ackermann and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Mute."
"It's really been a long time no see. Have you come back recently?"
The drunkard came closer and leaned against the wall.
He took another sip of wine, burped and said.
"The last time you were sitting here looking out, you looked very lonely!"
The drunkard followed Ackerman's gaze and looked outside, then turned to look at Ackerman.
"There's nothing outside, what's there to see?"
The drunkard's eyes were blurred, and he only looked at Ackermen's face, completely unaware that Ackerman's tail had turned into legs.
Ackermann's reaction seemed to be a little slow, and then he looked at the other person and asked: "I used to sit here too."
The drunkard laughed loudly: "Don't you remember?"
"Just last year, no, the year before last?"
"It's been a while anyway."
"I have seen you several times, and every time you are here, sitting in this place."
Ackerman just found a place and sat down, but he didn't expect such a thing.
At this moment, I was searching for memories in my mind, and finally recalled it bit by bit.
Ackermann replied: "Oh, I remembered."
The last time he came to Lime Town, he did come here often to sit and sit, and he did meet this drunkard.
He was about to go completely crazy, but every time he sat here, he would calm down.
Ackerman frowned and said in his heart.
"what happened?"
"How long ago did this happen? Why do I have to think about it like this to remember it?"
This requires deep recall in order to remember that what happened before did not happen just once.
It's like coming to this small town and looking at everything around you strangely.
The memory in his mind told him that he had indeed been here before and lived here for a long time.
But for some reason, he couldn't find that sense of familiarity.
The drunkard then said: "Strange, you are not mute!"
"You didn't answer anything I asked you before, but this time you spoke."
"But it's just like before, it looks like the whole family has died."
"Hahahahaha!"
"But since you are so troubled, why don't you become an alcoholic like me? That would be much unhappy?"
The drunkard handed the bottle over, as if he wanted Ackermann to take a few sips.
Ackerman couldn't help but took it and smelled it. Suddenly he was stunned.
He asked himself: "Why am I talking to this drunkard?"
"Do I still take his bottle? Do I still want to drink?"
"Alcohol only makes people lose their minds. I hate losing my mind and losing the feeling of control over my body."
Not only did Ackerman not drink, he was even afraid of sleeping.
He suffered from severe insomnia because he was worried that he would be killed while sleeping.
"No, why should I talk to this drunkard?"
"Why would I do this?"
"This doesn't look like me?"
Ackerman felt an invisible irritability in his heart. Recently, he always felt that he didn't feel like himself.
And sometimes the things in my memory always deviate from my own feelings.
His memory told him that he cared about a girl named Jue Ye, but now Ackerman didn't think that there was anything to care about about Jue Ye.
The memory told him that he was afraid of falling asleep, but recently he slept very peacefully.
His memory told him that the Dark Moon was his biggest nightmare, but he didn't understand why he was so afraid of him before.
Ackerman couldn't tell the difference between memory and reality. He always felt that there was a huge difference between himself in his memory and his current self.
It's like two people.
The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became. He could only keep telling himself and convincing himself.
"It's normal."
"I have changed from a mortal to an immortal existence."
"Everything in the past no longer matters, because I have broken free from all the shackles and gained true freedom."
"I have gotten rid of the past and I am no longer the same person."
Ackerman said this, but the irritability in his heart did not diminish at all.
Sitting in the corner of the alley, he suddenly let out a loud roar.
"What the hell."
"what on earth is it?"
Terrifying power burst out from his body, setting off a wave of air and knocking the drunkard away.
"The sky is turning?"
"No, why did I fly?"
The drunkard fell heavily to the ground. His hazy eyes gradually woke up, and he finally saw Ackerman's appearance clearly.
He was immediately frightened and exclaimed: "You... you are not a human being."
"who are you?"
Ackerman stepped closer and looked at this guy who caused him great uneasiness and destroyed his tranquility and sense of security.
With a wave of his hand, a huge worm shadow appeared from behind, swallowing the opponent in one bite.
Killed the drunkard.
"That's right."
"I am no longer a mortal, nor am I the Ackerman I used to be."
At this time, several ghouls appeared in the corner of the alley and found Ackerman.
These are the ghoul slaves that Ackermann created recently. The few ghouls that the divine servants of the temple cleaned up were just a few unfinished products that were thrown out.
"Owner."
"King Ossis has reached the outside of Red Earth City, and the coalition forces have launched an attack on Red Earth City."
Ackerman felt agitated in his heart, and his face gradually returned to its former coldness.
"It's time to take action."
He jumped up into the sky and ran towards the volcanic forest——
In the Pyramid of the Quetzalcoatl, a shadow sits on a golden jar.
The consciousness of Kormis was participating in the war to destroy the Silver Church and the ghouls through Anu, but after arriving at the final battlefield, they found that there was only an old ghoul who fell into madness in the lord's mansion.
"not here?"
"Then where is he?"
Kurmis hovered in the sky, looking through the roof to see the situation in the lord's mansion, while looking at every corner.
Just as Kurmis was making a confused sound, in the volcanic forest where his body was located, a silver-white insect with a length of more than 100 meters came from the other end of the jungle.
The insects tore open large swaths of the jungle, and the towering trees were crushed past, and finally hit the outer barrier of the pyramid.
The barrier was shattered instantly, and the insect's head collided with the pyramid. At the same time, it also collapsed the feathered serpent pyramid.
"Boom."
Half of the tall and majestic pyramid collapsed. At this time, the voice of the feathered serpent Kurmis also came out from inside, letting out an unexpected exclamation.
"Why are you here?"
He was about to get rid of Ackerman with King Ossis, but he didn't expect that the real master came to the foot of the Quetzalcoatl Pyramid and came to him.
After Akmon destroyed Kurmis's "pyramid ritual on which to become a god", he started his next move.
In the lizardman village.
After hearing the noise, a large number of lizardmen rushed out and looked at their holy land pyramid. They happened to see the scene of the terrifying worms destroying the barrier and the pyramid.
"Worm, where did such a big bug come from?" When the lizard man saw the huge worm falling from the sky, each one was so frightened that their scales opened and white breath came out of their nostrils.
"That's the spirit of the curse seal." Those present were all powerful people, and they still had some discernment.
"It's not a bug, it's a corpse-eating bug. Is that the King of Ghouls, Ackermann?" Someone immediately saw something. Although its size was terrifyingly large, the lines on it were clearly a corpse-eating bug, and
It is self-evident who can control such a large corpse-eating insect.
"Feathered Serpent...His target is Quetzalcoatl." Many people immediately rushed towards the pyramid, wanting to protect their god.
But then, the huge white worm turned around and ran towards the lizardman village.
A large number of bugs emerged from Ackermanmon's body.
Densely packed insects slanted down, flooding the village and rushing into the bodies of these lizard men.
Directly sealed off the entire lizardman village and controlled all the lizardmen.
Ackerman: "Succeeded."
In Akmanmon's view, this pyramid represents more than half of Kurmis's power and is the core of his becoming a god.
He didn't know.
This pyramid was just a shell built by the Lizardmen later. What really worked was the feathered serpent's seed jar.
After Ackerman destroyed the pyramid, he immediately took control of all the lizardmen. This was because the lizardmen were followers of Kormis and former assistants. Since they had a practical effect on Kormis, they also had past feelings.
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Weakened Kurmis's power, and seized the opponent's lifeline and weaknesses.
He felt that he was already 70-80% sure.
A huge corpse-eating insect lay across the lizardman village, with Ackerman standing on top of its head.
"Quermes, Quetzalcoatl, aren't you looking for me?"
"I'm already here."
Quetzalcoatl has not yet become a god, but Ackerman still calls him this, just like he thinks he is the silver god.
From the remaining half of the pyramid, a giant creature that was far larger than a corpse-eating insect coiled up.
The huge spread wings caused changes in the sky, and the sun shone on its mane and scales, refracting layers of light.
The work of the ghoul and the giant couatl look at each other.
If the gods don't appear, they will be the pinnacle of the human world.
At this moment, the two were at war with each other, but no one took action directly.
Because one of them launches a surprise attack and has an important trump card; the other throws a trap and is naturally hesitant to move forward.
Kurmis read out the other party's name: "Ackerman, the second generation ghoul king."
"You actually came for me."
Ackermann said matter-of-factly: "Of course, you have what I want."
Kurmis is not stupid, of course he knows what Ackerman wants.
But the more this happened, the angrier he felt.
Kurmis knew this, but still asked: "What do you want?"
Ackerman: "The way to become a god."
Kormis exploded instantly and scolded him angrily.
"I once saw a guy like you in Eclipse City. You, like Thuro, are born human but are willing to become monsters."
"As a strong man, he devours the weak."
"As a king, he doesn't have the bearing and posture of a king at all."
"How can someone like you become a god?"
"What qualifications do you have to become a god?"
Ackerman looked at the sun in the sky, as if he was saying it was getting late, so stop talking nonsense.
"Although I don't know if you are stalling for time to wait for the gods to arrive, but I know that I don't have much time."
"I don't have time to delay you. You either give it to me now, or I kill all the lizard people now."
Ackerman looked at Kurmis and said expressionlessly.
"Please believe me, I am determined to obtain the Mysterious Technique."
"I will kill all the lizardfolk, and I will chase you and the other lizardfolk forever."
"Because I have to have him."
At this time, the lizardmen who had been burrowed into their bodies by the corpse-eating bugs all let out howls and screams.
"Lord Kormis."
"Don't listen to this evil spirit!"
"If you can't give it to him, you must not give it to him."
Kurmis said nothing. He was already a little hesitant, but now he was in a dilemma.
Seemingly seeing the hesitation on Kormis's face, Ackermanmon answered Kormis's stern question.
"You are right, I am not worthy of becoming a god."
"I am not like you, nor am I like your friend Apostle Sukob."
"You are just and great. You created the brown vine and you have great achievements."
"But as a despicable person, I still want to become a god at any cost."
"In this case, then righteous Kurmis!"
"Please give me the magic of becoming a god, so that I can become a god earlier, and this world will be less prone to disaster."
Kurmis was furious after hearing Ackermann's shameless remarks.
His inner sense of justice could not accept that such a guy in front of him became a god.
And I once said secretly that I would never pass it on to anyone else or spread such dangerous things.
But if he didn't give it to the other party, all the lizardmen in front of him would die, which he couldn't accept.
Kurmis was in a dilemma.
"It must not be given to him."
"After giving it to him, there will definitely be greater commotion."
"But what about the children? They sacrificed too much to make brown bulbs."
"I can't just abandon them."
"Anyone can abandon them, but I can't."
There seemed to be countless voices overlapping in Kurmis's mind.
At this time, he remembered what King Ossis had said to him not long ago.
"The first step is to completely destroy its body and all the corpse-eating insects, so that this Ackerman will die completely, so that the next Ackerman can be born."
"The second step is to resurrect Ackermanmon as soon as possible using his head as a ritual medium..."
"The third step is to seal it..."
Kurmis suddenly looked at Ackerman. The ghoul king in front of him didn't know yet that the scarlet goddess had secretly decided his fate.
Suddenly, Kurmis made up his mind.
"I can give it to you."
"King of Ghouls Ackerman, but how can I be sure that you will keep your promise?" Ackerman was also stunned for a moment, as if he was confirming whether what the other party said was true.
After confirming that it was true, Ackerman said immediately.
"This is a deal and I will keep my word."
"To you, they are very important, but to me, they are just a group of lizardmen." The huge feathered snake coiled up and spit out a ray of light from its mouth.
He spit out a stone slab and gave it to Ackerman.
Xiao's.
Ackermann took the stone slab, and you could see the excitement in his eyes behind his calm face.
The arm that touched the stone slab even trembled slightly.
Because this seemingly ordinary stone slab carries the secrets of this world that span the chasm between mortals and myths.
Ackerman raised the stone slab and looked at him in the light.
It was as if he had grasped the whole world and his hand had touched the throne of the gods.
"The secret book of becoming a god, the method of eternal life, and the authority of myth."
"So it's called."
This was the first time he knew this name.
Since Duma, Sukob, Oran, and Kurmis, in this era, someone else has obtained this mystical book of enlightenment.
Ackerman's consciousness swept over it and completely imprinted it in his memory.
But Ackermann immediately had some doubts: "It doesn't seem to be very consistent before and after, but there is indeed no problem in theory."
This book only records the four-part secret technique of the Divine Grace Stone, as well as the part about making mythical props that Kurmis obtained from the Scarlet Goddess.
Kurmis did not include the part about the reincarnated person.
So the front and back don't look unified.
Kurmis did not lie, but asked Ackerman something specious.
"Do you think it's possible for me to get the full version of the Mystical Art of Enlightenment?"
Ackerman nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
He carefully reviewed the above content and felt that it was enough.
Especially the four-point secret technique of the Divine Grace Stone, he felt that this part was simply a stroke of genius. This part alone had already pierced the most critical window paper of the mythical props, making Ackerman suddenly wake up.
Ackermann couldn't wait, he wanted to leave with this thing.
"I will keep my promise."
Ackerman immediately released his seal, and countless corpse-eating insects flowed back into Ackerman's body.
Ackermann rose into the air and flew towards the sky.
But he looked into the distance with a doubt in his mind.
"Why didn't the scarlet goddess come this time?"
When he came, he was actually ready to die.
As long as you can get the method to become a god, it's worth dying no matter how many times you die.
But he didn't expect that the scarlet goddess didn't come until the end.
The moment Ackerman left and flew into the sky, Kurmis suddenly asked Ackerman a question.
"Have you ever considered that you might not be the real Ackerman?"
"And after you obtain the Mystical Art of Enlightenment, the one who becomes a god is not you, but the real Ackerman."
Ackerman suddenly froze and raised his head to look at Kormis.
His eyes were full of doubts.
The moment Ackermann stopped, Kormis took action.
The feathered serpent's seed jar exploded, and the intense golden light turned into beams of light and refracted around.
A large number of seeds were scattered from the jar.
The entire village, along with all the lizardmen, were submerged in vines.
The entire forest was affected, all the plants seemed to come alive, and various strange phenomena occurred in the sky of the volcanic forest.
This time Kurmis can be said to have tried his best.
He took out all the props he relied on to become a god and exposed them to others.