Zhang Yuanqing cursed secretly, made a prompt decision, pried open the cardinal's mouth, plunged it into his mouth, and injected a tube of life source fluid.
He took out another tube of diluted life source liquid, threw it to Princess Yinyao, and said quickly:
"You come to save him, and you communicate with him. If the communication fails, release me from the coffin, or at worst, kill me again!"
After saying this, he used his star escape technique and disappeared into the bilge.
Zhang Yuanqing had to go. With his decisive character and heightened aggression after being contaminated, seeing that the Cardinal was still alive and Yin Yao had become a deformed person again, he would probably take action directly.
Princess Yinyao picked up the life source liquid calmly, imitated Yuanshi Tianzun, pried open the cardinal's mouth, and injected the diluted life source liquid.
Then she removed the mountain god's scepter and began to wait for the potion to take effect.
"Crack, click, click," a crisp sound of cracking charcoal came from the cardinal's body.
Not long after, the dying bishop opened his eyes, his pupils were a little dilated. He sat up and looked around blankly. After seeing the knights in the battle and the woman with strange red eyes next to him, he immediately recalled the events before his "death".
detail.
The pupils shrank violently, and without hesitation, he condensed a lightning spear wreathed in electric arcs.
"If I were you, I would wonder why I could be resurrected." Princess Yinyao raised her trumpet and stared at the cardinal expressionlessly.
The cardinal was stunned for a moment, and his rationality gradually returned. He did not dissipate the thunder spear in his hand, but he also did not launch an attack immediately, "You guys saved me?"
"His spirit was polluted, his cognition was distorted, and he was almost blown to death by you, but he found himself again." Princess Yinyao explained in a straightforward manner:
"He was unwilling to become a puppet and wanted to find a solution, so he asked me to save you. That's what happened. I hope that with your wisdom, you can distinguish the true from the false."
The cardinal glanced at the two suppressed knights, pondered for a few seconds, and said: "You really don't need to save me."
He put away his thunder spear.
"Is there any way to save him?" Princess Yinyao asked hurriedly.
"The only salvation is to go to heaven and pray to God for forgiveness. God will accept all the lost lambs who return." The cardinal's scorched face showed piety and he made the sign of the cross on his chest.
Princess Yinyao almost wanted to send him to see God.
After thinking for a while, she said: "Is there any way to reduce pollution?"
The cardinal looked at the destroyed circle formation on the ground: "The purification ritual can remove the breath of the demon species. After Lieutenant Stephen's last distortion, he briefly found himself during the ritual."
Princess Yinyao said hurriedly: "Excuse me, please arrange another ceremony."
"Do you want to undergo the ritual purification?" The cardinal's face was solemn and silent.
"What's the problem?" Princess Yinyao asked.
He just felt that they died unjustly. The cardinal glanced at Isabella and Captain James who died in the battle, and silently crossed himself on his chest.
"Can you ask them to stop?" The cardinal looked at the two knights who were struggling to support themselves.
"They are not under my control." Princess Yinyao shook her head.
Hearing this, the cardinal's palm flashed, and the bright blue electric arc condensed into a long whip. He took two steps forward and waved his arm.
"Zizzizizi~"
The bishop fired a set of five lightning whips and struck them one after another on the Greedy God General and Hundred Man Slayer. The thunder-attributed spiritual power was so domineering that it destroyed the spirit formation inside the Yin corpse.
As if the internal wiring of an electrical appliance had been damaged, Greedy God General and Hundred Man Slasher froze.
The two knights were relieved, their knees weakened, and they fell to the ground with their swords in hand, gasping for breath.
They did not take the opportunity to kill the two Inferi because they saw that the two enemies had revived the bishop.
The two seriously injured knights and the cardinal placed the bodies of Isabella and James together and prayed silently. After that, a knight wiped off the incomplete six-pointed star circle with a mop soaked in water.
Another knight fetched corresponding materials and assisted the cardinal in carving out the formation.
Princess Yinyao looked on, holding up a small trumpet and saying:
"This is not a purification spirit. I just thought about it and found that there are no professions with purification capabilities in the first district."
The cardinal sprinkled the red powder and responded:
"I don't understand what you are saying. This is a magic rune, and it is also a rune in ancient legends."
He couldn't understand whether it was "Purification of Spirits" or "First District".
"What are runes?" Princess Yinyao asked without understanding.
The cardinal explained patiently:
"Rune runes are the supreme power in Nordic mythology. It is said to be the wisdom that God King Odin gained from the World Tree. It is the source of all magic in the world. The magic used by witches evolved from runes and is the source of runes.
One of the branches of En.
"There are twenty-four types of runes, each with different powers. What I am depicting now are the runes in the runes that symbolize holiness and light, and have the effect of purifying evil forces."
Princess Yinyao didn't understand what she heard, so she silently wrote it down and planned to ask Yuanshi Tianzun later.
She said nothing more until the cardinal finished the painting of the six-pointed star array, then he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned into starlight and dissipated.
In the captain's cabin, the stars rose. Princess Yinyao walked to the coffin, knocked on the coffin lid, and said tentatively:
"Yuanshi Tianzun?"
No one responded.
Princess Yinyao pushed open the lid of the coffin, took a few steps back, and let the Elvis Presley speaker play a suppressing drum sound to prepare for the attack.
Zhang Yuanqing sat up from the coffin lid with a cold expression, but under the shock of the drums, his self-consciousness quickly recovered, revealing a look of pain.
"It's settled!" Princess Yinyao said quickly.
"Good job." Zhang Yuanqing stood up and left the coffin without any nonsense.
The coffin can weaken the whispers of demons and reduce pollution, but it cannot completely isolate them. Lying in a coffin is a temporary solution, and accepting purification is the right way.
Taking advantage of the fact that he was now conscious, he used the Star Escape Technique and came from the captain's cabin to the bilge.
Zhang Yuanqing glanced quickly and saw the two corpses lying on the ground. He didn't pay attention, his eyes fell on the circular formation, and then looked at the cardinal.
The cardinal pointed to the circle: "You should stand in it."
Zhang Yuanqing calmly stepped into the circle formation.
The cardinal clasped his hands on his chest, put his lips against his fists, and began to recite the incantation silently. After more than ten breaths, the dark red circular array lit up with pure white light.
Zhang Yuanqing felt an angry roar coming from his body, and black smoke steamed away from him.
As the black smoke left, his sanity was completely restored, his thoughts were clear, and there were no more cognitive confusion or hallucinations.
But Zhang Yuanqing knows very well that this is only temporary, and the demon species will continue to contaminate (increase) him, because this is a "gift" given to him by the dungeon.
Tomorrow, the pollution the day after tomorrow will be several times stronger than today. At that time, it is unknown whether the purification array will still be useful.
Therefore, what Zhang Yuanqing needs to do now is to practice Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record to restore the power of the sun to its peak and improve his own resistance until the copy is over.
As long as it is not completely corrupted and is only slightly contaminated, he can use the power of the sun to eliminate it after leaving the dungeon.
As his thoughts flickered, he noticed the cardinal's hostile and wary gaze.
"Do you remember your name?" asked the cardinal.
"Stephen Simpson." Zhang Yuanqing said.
The cardinal was overjoyed, "The purification effect is better than the last time."
Looking at the happy cardinal, Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself that when it comes to distorted cognition, the spiritual realm is the most terrifying. In the dungeon, no matter how abnormal it is, the NPC will automatically accept it without any doubts.
And these NPCs are living beings, flesh and blood, carbon-based creatures, with independent souls, no different from humans in the real world.
Zhang Yuanqing suspected that if the spiritual realm did not reset the dungeon, the NPCs in it could even become pregnant and give birth to babies.
"Your Excellency, Bishop, please supervise my status. The devil will contaminate a target every day. If I die, you and your companions will be contaminated." Zhang Yuanqing said: "Bishop, you don't want your companions to be contaminated, right?
, so please protect me and be ready to purify at all times."
Although he said this, Zhang Yuanqing was not in a hurry to practice Chunyang Body Washing Record.
Night is the time when the power of Taiyin is at its peak, so it is not suitable for practicing Pure Yang Body Washing Record.
Zhang Yuanqing used his skills to slowly move the divine power of the sun through the meridians throughout his body, thereby protecting his body and resisting the contamination of the demonic species.
At the same time, he secretly guided the cardinal's emotions and asked casually:
"Your Excellency Bishop, do you know the origin of that demon seed?"
He cast his gaze towards the low wall made of flour bags, behind which the devil was planted.
The bishop shook his head.
"Could it be a Dominator-level item? Maybe it's a certain prop." Zhang Yuanqing tried to manipulate the bishop's emotions and guide him to be honest.
He believes that it is rare to encounter a copy of 1900, and those who come into contact with the Holy See cannot miss the opportunity to spy on intelligence.
The cardinal has not recovered from his serious injury and is still in a weak state, which is perfect for "bewitching".
The bishop was silent for a few seconds, and his tone was particularly heavy, "I don't know what it is, nor its origin. According to the prophecy of the Bright Compass, the alien object that sank into Hainan has the terrifying power to destroy the world. His Majesty the Pope said
We take this very seriously, so I was assigned to handle it.”
"Bright Compass? Did you just say Bright Compass?" Zhang Yuanqing lost his voice.
The cardinal was stunned by his reaction and didn't understand why he was so surprised: "The Compass of Light is a sacred object of the Holy See, and it is one of the three most sacred objects along with the Body Bathing Pond and the Holy Plate."
The Compass of Light is actually a sacred object of the Holy See? The president said that the Compass of Light was thrown out by the Free Covenant to promote the confrontation between the factions, and it was the Free Covenant that destroyed the Holy See.
So, how did the Compass of Light in the hands of the Freedom Covenant come about?
But I remember that the president also said that the Compass of Light was brought out from a copy by someone unintentionally? Well, at that time, the friendship between the president and me was still very ordinary, so what he said may not be the truth.
Zhang Yuanqing no longer struggled with the origin of the Bright Compass, but instead struggled with the prophecy from the cardinal:
"Since the Compass of Light predicts that demons can destroy the world, why does the Holy See only send His Excellency the Bishop to sea?"
Even if the Pope doesn't come in person, he should still send a leader.
In addition, the dungeon of Thriller Cruise indeed has a hidden plot, and the demon species is not that simple after all. You must know that the Bright Compass is a very high-level rule-based prop.
The cardinal heard the contempt in Lieutenant Stephen's words and frowned:
"My level and status are only lower than the Pope and Paladin. Even in the entire spiritual realm, I am ranked among the top five. What's the problem with sending me to deal with meteorites from the sky?"
I almost forgot, in 1900, 16 years after the first region was launched, there was no complete dungeon strategy at that time, upgrades were slow, and the mortality rate was high. It was normal for a peak saint to become the third in command of the Holy See.
However, I remember that the Holy See was destroyed during World War I, which means that in 14-18 years, there will be three demigods in the Holy See, and it will develop very quickly.
It is understandable that the Holy See is developing rapidly. After all, it is a large organization with a legacy, but why is the evil camp, especially the Free Covenant, developing so fast?
There is a large organization of three demigods, and the spirit realm has just opened thirty years ago. How did it do this?
Zhang Yuanqing thought of a lot in an instant.
"What level is the Pope? Where is the Paladin?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
"The Pope is the number one in the world, level 9, and the Paladin is level 8." The cardinal's tone was full of reverence.
"Did the Pope get the Compass of Light in the spiritual realm?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
The cardinal shook his head: "The prophetic ability of the Bright Compass does not belong to a known profession. It is a treasure handed down from ancient times and has been kept in the treasure house of the Holy See."
"Where is the treasure house of the Holy See?" Zhang Yuanqing was refreshed.
The cardinal looked at him with a strange look: "If you reveal the location of the treasure, you will not be able to enter heaven after death. Do you think I will tell you?"
Lieutenant Stephen's spirit is still not normal. He asked such a confidential question so confidently.
"You won't go to heaven after you die, you will only go to the spiritual realm, like now." Zhang Yuanqing complained.
But the cardinal, whose cognition was distorted, automatically ignored the shocking secret revealed in his words.
The cardinal believed that Lieutenant Stephen was still at risk of mental disorder, so he ignored him. Zhang Yuanqing stopped talking and silently strengthened his emotional guidance.
After a few minutes, the cardinal sighed:
"It's okay to tell you. No one knows the location of the Holy See's treasure house, because it is only recorded on the map. Wherever the map shows it, it is there."
"What do you mean?" Neither Zhang Yuanqing nor Princess Yinyao heard clearly.
"I heard from the Pope that the location of the treasure house will change every once in a while. You can only find the treasure house by following the guidance of the map." the cardinal explained.
"Where is the map?" Zhang Yuanqing asked, silently strengthening his emotional guidance.
"Keeped by the Holy Knights of the past," the cardinal said.
The knights of the past generations have all been wiped out. Zhang Yuanqing felt disappointed, but soon he thought of the single knight who deserved a beating.
The treasure map is kept by the Paladins of the past generations. I seem to know why the knight who survived by chance continued the knight legacy!!
The treasure map is in the hands of the single knight, or he knows where the treasure map is.
"When the dungeon comes out, I have to find an opportunity to get in touch with the solo knight again." Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself.
In addition, he was also curious about one thing. According to the introduction in the spiritual realm copy, the Haiyan mysteriously disappeared during its mission in 1900 and there was no news again.
If the disappearance of the Haiyan really happened in history, then where did the demonic species go?
What happens next?
He is very curious about the whereabouts of the demon species, because according to the prophecy of the Bright Compass, the demon species has the power to destroy the world.
"After leaving the dungeon, use the channels of Heavenly Punishment to check." Zhang Yuanqing said heartily.
In the following time, Zhang Yuanqing, who silently ran the Chunyang Body Cleansing Record, was no longer contaminated by demon seeds, nor heard any terrifying whispers.
After dawn, he immediately practiced Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record, and combined with the purifying effect of the six-pointed star array, he spent the day without any danger.
During this period, he kept chatting with the cardinal and seeking information about the Holy See. However, as the cardinal's condition got better and better, it became more and more difficult to guide his emotions.
On the third day, the cardinal refused to chat with him.
On the fourth day, the cardinal simply stopped talking to him and stayed by the formation with the two knights to prevent Lieutenant Stephen from losing control.
On the fifth day, Zhang Yuanqing's Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record returned to its peak, and the devil's whispers turned into distracted noises that could no longer distort his cognition.
Late at night, less than an hour after leaving the spiritual realm, Zhang Yuanqing returned to the captain's cabin to retrieve the coffin, then returned to the bilge, went around behind the "low wall", and saw the true face of the demon species for the first time.
Just like what Stephen wrote in his diary, it was a five-meter-tall giant egg, dark brown, with a surface covered with pores and raised blood vessels, pulsing slowly.
It stands quietly under the huge six-pointed star array, continuing to be purified by the power of runes.
I wonder if this thing can be taken away. Is the demon seed a real thing, or is it an imitation copied from the spiritual realm? If it is a real thing, if I bring it back to the real world, will it just fulfill the prophecy of the Bright Compass and bring huge disaster to reality?
Zhang Yuanqing thought for a long time and decided not to commit suicide. He would wait until the mission was over and see what rewards this S-level dungeon would give.
Anyway, the main mission is to survive for five days, not to unlock the seal of the demon species, nor to kill the lawful professions on the cruise ship.
Time passed minute by minute, and just after twelve o'clock, Zhang Yuanqing heard the spiritual realm prompt sound coming from his ears:
[Ding! Congratulations on completing the solo spiritual realm mission - Thriller Cruise, difficulty level S, rewards are being settled.]