Thousands of curse mark monsters kept coming.
These black worms looked like a continuous tide, but in front of the Tyrant and the Blood Knights, they crumbled at the touch of a button, and the huge gulf in rank made piling up numbers meaningless.
Lu Yao clicked on one of the bugs and found that all of their stats were mediocre, with ranks ranging from LV10 to LV30, and the only thing that was considered decent was the [Strong] ability, which allowed them to maintain their fighting spirit for a long period of time.
It was close to the worker ants created by the spell bugs.
Two minutes later, there were no more spellmarked monsters that could move on the central island, and the ground was covered with a layer of black insect corpses.
The speed at which the Eggsheath was concocting the spellmark monsters could no longer keep up with the Apostle’s decimation efficiency.
The spellmark monsters that were supported from all sides were not yet able to return.
In the eyes of the Clay Ones, the Host Worm Eggsheaths were indestructible because they were too weak to attack.
With the [Sword of the Forest] enchantment, the Tyrant’s damage reached 347, and the Blood Knight had 195 points.
The two Apostles climbed all the way up to reach the giant sphere, and there was a swift cloak of chopping at the egg sheath.
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253-
101
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Red damage values continued to rise from the spawn sheath.
In no time, the egg sheath, which was already greatly depleted of life, cracked open, a pile of black mucus flowed out from it, and the data panel disappeared without a trace.
Strangely enough, three flames were still flickering in the burst egg sheath.
Lu Yao mouse clicked.
Faith +1000
Faith +1000
Faith +930
It dawned on him that the Egg Sheath was unable to utilise the Flame of Faith, and was merely a vessel to imitate the idol, so it was no wonder that it had exploded.
Lu Yao immediately associated it with the first layer of seals.
The golden seal that sealed the [Overwriting Worm] had 32 flames on it, and that should have been the Flame of Faith stored within the Curse Worm’s body, which was instead used to seal it after it was captured by the God of the Forest.
This time, the egg sheath of the [Parasite Worm] also had the Flame of Faith stored in it.
In other words ……
The Curse Worm likely had quite a few Flames of Faith stored up.
Part of this faith came from the demigods they hunted, and part of it was forcefully plundered and extracted by means similar to spell seals. If the curse worms were allowed to continue to grow and develop, they might eventually metamorphose into another form of wild gods.
Lu Yao cut off his fluttering thoughts.
There was a more important matter at hand, the [Wishing Star].
Lu Yao moved his mouse over the giant stone ball.
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[Wishing Star LV12]: faith +12/hour. Can open [Wishing Moment].
Epic props created by the inheritance of many civilisations, [Wishing Moment] can collect and learn about the wishes and vows of all beings, and if the wishes are reached, they will be transformed into the fire of faith.
Equipment Requirements:
Apostle (0/1)
Not a Curse Worm (1/1)
[Epic]
Throughout the ages, many civilisations have created monumental masterpieces based on legends and history.
……
Huh?
It’s actually possible to make a wish.
Lu Yao found that this piece of Taoist equipment was a bit special.
Firstly, it was an [Epic Prop], with its rank breaking through LV10, and its Faith Capacity was also higher than the Nature Series.
Furthermore it requires an Apostle to manipulate or equip it.
Lu Yao also finally understood why Curse Worm hadn’t taken this away.
Not only was it too big, but the Curse Worm was simply unusable.
Lu Yao double-clicked his mouse and directly laughed at it. The huge stone ball quickly shrunk and merged into the props bar, leaving only a hemispherical deep pit on the island.
Collecting the most important loot, he then returned his attention to the second level.
Compared to the first level, the second level of the Abyss appeared to be much more orderly.
According to the aboriginal Bian Ye, a long, long time ago, the second level was also chaotic, but the Star Ocean Gods rectified the place and eliminated all kinds of monsters in the sea before this level became stable.
Since then, the Clay Clan was gradually birthed from the mud.
Lu Yao learnt from Sarina that the divine body of this Star Ocean God was a giant clay monster, and that the so-called Holy Land itself was made up of the remains of the corpses of other earth elemental monsters.
The Dark God had trapped the earth elemental gods and creatures in this layer of water in order to make them endure the constant pain of body stripping and fall into killing each other.
It is only the winners who can stand on the corpses of the others and continue to live on.
It’s a different kind of long-lasting torture.
Under Lu Yao’s authorisation, Isabelle asked Bian Ye to look for the other Clay Ones and bring these remnants of their kind to the first level. There were also ghouls that would slowly spawn over there, but there was at least some room for survival. These clay villains could not be brought out for the time being, and could only be placed this way for the time being.
A light bulb lit up above the head of the dumbfounded Bian Ye, and he immediately knelt down on the ground, “Thank you, Great Yao God, for the help of the apostle adults! Thank you for the gods’ permission!”
“On behalf of the Clay Clan, allow me to express my sincerest gratitude to the Divine Lords, without your arrival, we certainly would not have a way to live ……”
The villain was a little incoherent with excitement.
Then he went to the side of the sacred island, found a water nest, jumped in, and the ball of mud floated all the way around.
Isabelle went over to help him out as well, searching the air for any of the old folk that still survived.
On the other side, the Tyrant and the Blood Knight began searching for holes in the layer.
In the centre of the island, all that was left here after the loss of the [Wishing Star] was a huge crater that was empty. There were no suspicious passages or crevices.
The crowd searched for a while, and in the end, it was the snowman who made a discovery.
“Lord God, there’s a hole in the sky, in the sky!”
Jimmy’s red glove pointed to the sky.
Lu Yao pulled up his viewpoint and looked at the area, and he found a tear. It was inconspicuous and very small, making it easy to overlook.
Only when the mouse moved over it would the [Unknown Rift] be displayed.
Lu Yao was inexperienced in such things as mending the heavens and had a bit of a headache for a while.
Sarina said, “My lord, there is no need to fill it, just destroy it.”
“Like that gap on the tenth level, such passages are very fragile, with turbulence inherent in them, and just a little disruption would change the rules completely.”
Lu Yao said in his heart that this was the case.
He directly blasted a few rounds at the crack with lightning, then switched to a hurricane, and finally even tried an earthquake.
It didn’t occur to him that earthquakes could actually take effect on this spatial rift.
After a few operations, the [Unknown Rift] in the air directly collapsed and turned into a twisted vortex that looked a little weird, this time there was no display.
Done!
It’s not easy to fill a hole, it’s easy to screw up a channel.
……
Satisfied, Lu Yao led the retreat.
The Clay Clan had already migrated to the first level, numbering less than a hundred, but they were considered to have survived the disaster. They would start life anew on the first level.
As for the second layer leading to the third layer and whatnot, as well as other subsequent detailed explorations of this layer, we’ll talk about it when we have time.
It’s time to get off work for the day.
The faith gained from the second level of the Abyss replenished the consumption of the first level, with a small balance.
Most importantly, Lu Yao couldn’t wait to try out the [Wishing Star] and see what would happen when little people made wishes.
……
Many years after Lu Yao left with his team.
The water suddenly flooded with monstrous waves, and a muddy, soft-bodied monster burrowed out of the whirlpool as it took a step up onto the holy ground and looked at the depression in the centre of the island.
“Damn stinker, don’t think this will make me fall …… Star Ocean is immortal!”
The mud monster let out an angry roar!
“Who was it! Who stole my [Wishing Star]!”
It swept its gaze around, but it could find neither enemies nor believers, and for a moment it could only look up to the sky and roar.
“Damn! Damn it!”
Finally it looked to the dark vortex above its head, its gaze sombre.
“Damn bugs, you’ve made my years of operation into nothing ……”
“Just wait, wait for me down there, I’ll tear you all apart and eat you one by one!”
“You’re not the only ones who can sneak up on me, I swear, an eye for an eye, a hundred times over!”
It walked towards the deep pit under the [Wishing Star] and opened a gap, burrowing into it to start the road of revenge.
