Chapter 201: Divine Artifact Refined, Brand New Great Sword!

The bright starlight shines through the colorful windows at the top of the temple, falling on the statue of the god dozens of meters high, bringing up a few wisps of dense light.

"Can you tell me what the 'aftermath of the catastrophe' was that caused Dawn Hills to become what it is today?"

Ryan's voice echoed softly in the temple, and what responded to him was Archbishop Luca's slightly confused words: "'The aftermath of the disaster'? Lord God Envoy, I don't understand what you are referring to?"

Ryan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Archbishop Luca's reaction was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Since the God of Wind left behind the "divine crystal" that predicts and senses aura, why didn't he leave any information about the "cataclysm" and the "aftermath of the cataclysm"?

Are you worried about something? Or is Archbishop Luca hiding something?

Seeing Ryan's reaction, Archbishop Luca understood and quickly explained bitterly: "Master God Envoy, you have misunderstood."

"About the 'aftermath of the disaster', this is also the first time I have heard about it."

"Presumably, this is the oracle you got from the mouth of the god."

"Five hundred years ago, after the god left the prophecy and the 'divine crystal', no matter how much we prayed and called, we never got an answer."

"It was also from that day that the 'First Wind' began to weaken, and various terrible disasters occurred in various countries on the mainland."

"When you say 'the aftermath of the disaster', do you mean the source of all this?"

"only……"

"The sufferings endured by all living beings are so great that I don't know which one is the 'aftermath of the disaster' you call it."

Archbishop Luca's words left Ryan silent.

The creatures in this world are more miserable than he imagined.

"However, if you want to investigate, I can give you several references here." Seeing Ryan's silence, Archbishop Luca said softly:

“Ashes, the Abyss, and the Brazen Church.”

"The first is gray rot. Gray corpses are not the final stage of development of gray rot. Whether they are humans, animals, or even plants, when gray rot develops to a deep level, they will 'evolve' into a disease called 'Pilgrimage' They have stretched wings as thin as cicada wings and are huge in size. They float over the world and wander around. Although their trajectories are uncertain, after hundreds of years of observation and summary by the Yellow Sect, it is found that these pilgrims will eventually Landed in the royal city - Sanglas."

"Gray rot disappeared after the sight of the god disappeared, and it spread across the world. If you want to investigate, you can go to the royal city of Saint Geras."

"Secondly, there is the abyss." Archbishop Luka's expression became solemn, even faintly fearful: "The 'abyss' has existed for a long time. It is said that it appeared when the glory of the gods spread across the continent."

"But from time to time, some strong people are silently eroded and corrupted by the 'abyss', resulting in numerous tragedies."

"Some people say that the birthplace of the 'Abyss' is the ancient country of Reims that perished thousands of years ago. In other words, it was the emergence of the 'Abyss' that caused the ancient country of Reims to collapse overnight. Including us here. , there is also a small entrance to the 'Abyss', located under the ancient ruins in the deepest part of the 'Poison Swamp Forest', which has always been suppressed by the 'Wolf Blood Knights'."

"It's just that in recent years, I've heard that there are 'things from the abyss' crawling out from under the ancient ruins. I don't know what's going on with the 'Wolf Blood Knights' now."

"By the way, Lord God Envoy, the 'Wolf Blood Knights' are a very special existence, and they were also the former 'Salary King'. If you want to investigate, you need to be prepared."

Ryan listened very carefully. These are the main sources of his future "experience" and there is no room for him to ignore them.

After a pause to give Ryan time to digest, Archbishop Luca continued: "Finally, it's the Brass Church."

"Do you know the relationship between the Brass Church and the Yellow Sect?"

Hearing this, Ryan nodded: "It is said that the Brass Church separated from the Yellow Sect after a turmoil led by Saint Aeochilis."

"That's true." Archbishop Luka said softly, with a somewhat complicated tone: "But this is just an appearance. The real reason why Iocillis betrayed the Yellow Sect is the main factor why I think she is the 'aftermath of the disaster'."

Facing Ryan's curious gaze, she said in a serious tone: "Iocillis, swallowed the gods!"

"?!"

Ryan's pupils shrank. It was precisely because he knew the meaning of the word "god" that he deeply understood how terrible it was to swallow the gods.

With the strength of Saint Iocilis, can he do such a thing?

Seeing Ryan's eyes, Archbishop Luca explained: "Master God Envoy, you have misunderstood."

"What Iocillis swallowed was not a god like Zunshen, but one of the descendants of Zunshen left in the world in the past."

"When the Lord God first came, in addition to bringing the 'Primary Wind', the divine power left behind in the world was also combined with three special creatures, giving birth to three half-human and half-god beings, who are also respected by the world as 'God's son'."

"They have inherited the flow, heat and life of the 'wind', three qualities respectively."

"With the blessing of the gods, the three sons of gods are all absolutely strong men who stand at the pinnacle of heroes, and they have established themselves as kings."

"It's just that with the departure of the Lord God, the three 'sons of God' all showed different abnormalities."

"The most powerful son of God, the King of Heat, Lord Sinyan, fell into eternal sleep in the central volcano of the continent."

"The King of Flowing Wind and Lord Cangju disappeared without a trace, and his whereabouts are unknown."

"The most special thing is the King of Life, the Innocent Witch. His body gradually degenerated and finally turned into a baby no more than a swaddling baby."

"In order to protect Witch Wu Guo, the Bai Sect, who was protected by Witch Wu Guo in the past, took on the responsibility of protecting her."

"They built a stunning formation called 'Nirvana', and Witch Wushou is located at the deepest part of the formation."

"For hundreds of years since then, Witch Wu Guo has been safe and sound, and her body has gradually grown."

"But as the 'Primary Wind' weakened, the White Sect spent a huge amount of resources on the growth of Wushou Witch, which resulted in the decline of younger generations, and their strength gradually fell into the ranks of top sects."

"After Iocillis learned about the existence of the Immaculate Witch, he used some method to sneak into the depths of the 'Nirvana Array', found the Immaculate Witch who had grown up into a little girl again, and cruelly killed her. devour."

"After devouring the 'King of Life', Iocillis's strength skyrocketed, which led to the subsequent Yellow Sect unrest."

"I see..." Ryan frowned and asked, "Saint Aeochilis, what's your status in the Yellow Sect?"

Hearing this question, Archbishop Luka pursed his lips and remained silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking: "Iochilis, speaking of it, he is one of my disciples."

"I found her in the slums and was attracted by her determination and perseverance. The most important thing is that this child has a very special soul color and unlimited potential. So, I brought her back to the Yellow Sect to train her and prepare her to Become a saint for the next generation.”

"It's just that even I can't see clearly a person's essence through the color of his soul."

"Iochilis, who is always gentle and generous to people but never loses her decisiveness, is secretly a man-eating demon. She can strengthen herself by eating people's souls."

"When I discovered all this, hundreds of extraordinary people had died tragically in her mouth, and her strength had reached the level of a 'half-step hero'."

"In shock and anger, I took action. After a fierce battle, I defeated Iochilis and imprisoned her in the deepest part of the Yellow Sect's prison."

"The occurrence of this incident made me feel disheartened and chose to retreat. Within the Yellow Sect, many relatives and friends who died tragically at the hands of Ioqili also exerted their resentment on Ioqili. On Si’s body.”

"Without my knowledge, they found a large number of gray corpses and even monsters infected with 'grey rot', threw them into the depths of the prison, and forced Iochilis to swallow these by whipping them. The polluting soul of things.”

"When I learned about this after I came out of seclusion, Iochilis had already deformed due to devouring a large number of souls contaminated by the 'grey erosion', but because of this, her soul strength reached a true level. 'Heroic'."

"And a heroic soul has reached the standard of becoming a 'Salary King'."

"It happened to be the turn of the Yellow Sect in the nourishing ceremony, so, with my acquiescence, Iochilis was pushed out and became the sacrifice of the nourishing ceremony."

"After the nourishing ceremony, Iochilis, who became the 'Salary King', did not die, so she continued to be imprisoned deep in the prison."

"The pain makes her wail day and night. Although I can't bear this, it is her own sin after all, and she has no blame for others."

"Time just passes by..."

"After years of guarding, we finally became careless... I didn't expect that Iochilis, who was imprisoned in the big prison, could possess a subtle way of deceiving people."

"During one of my outings, she used the bewitched guards to release herself. She used unknown means to sneak into the Nirvana Formation of the White Sect and devour the Son of God."

"As for everything that happened later, you generally know it, so I won't go into details."

Archbishop Luca said this with deep fatigue in his voice.

"So, that's it..." A look of thought flashed in Ryan's eyes.

He didn't care about the grudges between the Yellow Sect and Saint Iochilis. After all, the matter was already at this point, and there was no point in pursuing who was right or wrong.

What Ryan cares about is the information related to Saint Aiochiris revealed in Archbishop Luca's words.

The most important of them is Saint Iochilis, who has the ability to devour the souls of others and transform them into his own power.

It can be roughly inferred from this that the power of Saint Iochilis to confuse the minds of others should be the power she obtained after devouring a large number of contaminated souls of patients with "Gray Erosion".

And it is precisely because of this that the current deformed model of the Brass Church exists - Brass missionaries go to various undead settlements to harvest souls and offer them to Saint Iochilis.

The nearly mass-produced knight-level extraordinary beings produced by the Brass Church are probably related to this.

However, this involves a more core issue.

Why do the contaminated souls of gray erosion patients have this power?

What is the essence of gray rot?

There is insufficient information and it is impossible to draw a conclusion at the moment. Ryan suppresses the doubts in his heart for the time being and waits for Archbishop Luca to calm down before continuing:

"For subsequent investigations, I will start from the three aspects you mentioned."

"By the way, Ms. Luka, do you know about 'Forged in the Furnace'?"

Hearing this question, Archbishop Luka nodded: "Of course I know, the technology of 'Furnace Refining' was finally created by the scholars of the Tower and after cooperating with various major sects."

"Why do you ask this?"

A smile appeared on Ryan's lips, and the space ring in his hand flashed, and an old black and red furnace appeared on the ground beside him.

"I found this [old furnace], but I don't know the relevant technology of 'Furnace Refining'."

"What is it?!" Archbishop Luka was stunned for a moment, sat on the high platform and carefully checked it, and then said in astonishment: "Is this the lost furnace?"

Ryan nodded with a smile.

"As expected of you, Lord God's Messenger, you found it all." Archbishop Luka exclaimed, and then shook his head: "'Furnace Refining' requires the cooperation of the Cinder King, because [Furnace] was integrated with a trace of the 'Original Wind' at the beginning of its creation."

Hearing this, Ryan's face did not change, but he was a little disappointed in his heart.

He also knew about this, but there were only two "Lord of Fire" known at present, Saint Iochilis and the Wolfblood Knights. The former was obviously impossible to cooperate, and the latter, well, was even more impossible.

"But..."

Just when Ryan was disappointed, Archbishop Luca's turning words made him look over.

Archbishop Luca pulled up a strand of her hair. Even though her lower body had turned into a maggot, she still couldn't hide her charm: "Lord God's Envoy, I was once one of the 'Cinder Kings', but because of the 'Nourishment Ceremony', my strength has fallen to the heroic level. Even though I am qualified to use the [Furnace], I am unable to use it."

"But there is a way."

She said softly: "I can feel that Lord God's Envoy is very powerful and your soul is very special, but your soul is still a step away from the 'hero level'."

"Although strength and realm cannot be equated, the [Furnace] requires this, and I can't do anything about it."

"When your soul reaches the 'hero level', you can use me as a transfer and perform the 'Furnace Refining' operation yourself."

"Soul strength?" Ryan thought for a moment, and then said: "What do you think of my next soul strength?"

He tried the professional skills one by one, and the conclusion he got was that the soul strength did not change.

It was not until the blue flames ignited on his body that Archbishop Luka was shocked and said, "Become stronger?!"

Sure enough!

Ryan was certain.

As he guessed, soul strength is not pure spirituality.

It is the sum of [physical] and [spiritual], and it is also the most intuitive reflection of the strength of a living being.

The reason why using professional skills does not lead to changes in soul strength is that these professional skills are traces engraved in his true spirit, and even if they are used, they will not cause changes in soul strength.

But [Blue Power], an amplification power from the outside world and from holy relics, is very different.

From this, it can be inferred that without using [Blue Power], he is still a step away from the hero level, but once he uses [Blue Power], he can truly have the power of the hero level, that is, the demigod level?

And if he uses "Blue Burst" or even "Blue King", he will not be powerless against the real hero level.

Thinking of this, Ryan was certain.

After all, he had never really fought with a demigod, so he couldn't accurately determine his own strength.

And the last time he was killed instantly by Saint Aiochlis with an arrow from a distance, it obviously couldn't be considered a fight.

The blue flames were beating and burning on the surface of the body. Ryan looked at Archbishop Luka and smiled: "In this case, are you qualified to activate the 'Furnace Refining'?"

"Enough." Archbishop Luka took a deep breath: "But, Lord God's Envoy, the furnace refining requires a powerful deformed soul. Do you have it?"

"The best deformed soul in the Yellow Sect's inventory is only 'Paladin level'. Things refined by this level of soul are difficult to adapt to you."

"Also, what kind of weapons or props are you going to refine?"

Ryan pulled out the greatsword on his back: "Powerful deformed souls? I had some before, but I used them up. Let's try to refine them with the deformed souls in your inventory and this greatsword. I'll see the effect."

"The souls in your inventory are considered to be borrowed by me, and I will return them later."

"Returning is too polite." Archbishop Luka shook his head: "I can't move, Lord God's Envoy, please move the furnace to me."