The next moment after he roared and vented his inner anger, Duran suddenly lost his feet and his whole body plummeted downwards.
With a panicked glance, he saw in the bottomless abyss, an evil snake with scales full of eyes staring at him and slowly opening its bloody mouth. The strong sense of hunger almost destroyed him. His sanity.
And in the mouth of the giant snake, there are countless twisting bodies, of all races, all of which he has tortured and mutilated in the past.
They seemed to be screaming, mocking, longing, eager to drag him into the snake's endless maw.
"no no."
Strong fear strangled his heart. Could this be his end, the worst ending for Ada?
call out--
Accompanied by a sharp cry, white heavenly fire descended, burning the giant snake and causing it to roll. Then a big hand grabbed Duran's shoulder.
Amid the intense dizziness, Duran staggered and then sat down on the ground. When he raised his head, he saw Soshiyang in a gorgeous robe, looking at him with a smile.
"His Royal Highness the Phoenix King"
After Dulan was stunned for a moment, he quickly stood up.
"Am I here yet?"
Dulan looked around and realized that this was not the Asuryan Temple. They were on the top of a mountain, surrounded by white clouds. Not far away there was a spherical fire as big as the sun, burning red and peacefully. When looking inside, one can find that there is a drop of pure transparency in the center of the flame.
"This is where Asuryan first met his people."
Soshyan turned around and walked to a stone tablet, touching the words carved on it.
"It was called the Mountain of Light on Ada's home planet, and Ada later built the first Asuryan temple on the top of this mountain."
After saying that, he sighed softly and turned back.
"Dulan, I originally thought you were just a murderous Dracula with blood on your hands, but your heart really surprised me. Maybe this is fate in the words of the prophets."
Dulan lowered his head. After a moment of silence, he clenched his fists and raised his head again, with only determination on his face.
"Comorragh is a cancer, not just for other races, it is a parasitic cancer on our race! As long as it exists for a day, the shadow of the fall of the Ada will always linger above our heads. , I know you really want to remove this cancer, and I am willing to serve you and assist you wholeheartedly! The carnival in Comoros only belongs to a few people, and the vast majority of slaves are waiting for rescue!"
"Dulan, as a human being, do you think I can do it?"
"Yes! Your Highness, you can certainly do it! It is precisely because of your race that you will not look forward and backward like those prophets. They can't achieve anything, only you!"
Soshyan smiled slightly and sighed.
"I know that privately many people think that I don't understand Ada and the prophets' foresight. I don't understand Ada and I don't understand prophecies, so I don't have to see my homeland gone before I start to get anxious and heartbroken. No need to It was only when everyone was dead that they began to feel heartache and panic. The prophets sometimes spoke accurately, but when asked about the future, their answer was always to wait for the answer. Wait for the answer. Do they have to wait until the enemy comes to give them an answer? The answer to national subjugation and annihilation?”
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to the other party.
"Dulan, what I want to show you next is a very important secret about the Ada race. I believe in my choice, and you must be prepared to bear this responsibility."
Without any hesitation, Duran knelt down on one knee and raised his arms.
"call"
When he stepped onto the last step, Dulan's robes had been wiped out. He was now standing naked on the high platform. Some of the scars on his body were gone, and his slender limbs and torso were also slightly bulging. , became as strong and perfect as finely carved marble, and his long hair became as holy white gold as the burning Asuryan sacred fire, scattered around his shoulders and waist.
The decadent, cruel, depraved and indifferent Duran in the past has died and been recast in the fire. Now he is filled with a high-spirited, fierce and hateful temperament.
Directly in front of him was Soshyan, who was wearing armor and holding the Holy Grail of Asuryan, sitting on a masonry throne. Behind him stood the towering Phoenix Messenger Mardel, and there were hundreds of similarly naked Ada around the high platform.
At this moment, each of them looked serious and resolute, and looked at Duran with respect. Like him, all Ada's eyes turned golden, like a burning flame, and Duran also nodded slightly to them.
He was the first and the last.
Step by step, he walked up to Soshiyang, stretched out his fist, loosened it, and threw his soul stone into the Asuryan Holy Grail.
When the flames rose and melted the soul stone, he established a subtle spiritual connection with all those who passed the test. He felt that the surrounding air was trembling due to the blazing high temperature, and Asuryan's holy fire was The spiritual dimension ignited his soul and ignited his rage, which was why He chose him: his hatred of the fallen and oppressors made him no longer timid or hesitant in the execution of justice.
His soul seemed to be placed on an anvil, being forged hard by the hammer wielded by the great god. Sparks and ashes fell down, as if the sinews and bones were quenched by calcining fire, scorching and painful.
From then on, his soul no longer belonged to him, but belonged to the original fire left by God the Father.
Then, he heard Madel's deep voice.
".Give you the tempering of true fire, so that the fire of purgatory will not burn your body, and the flames of demons will not burn your soul. Following the name of the original phoenix, with the power of fire to dazzle, I will give you the authority to shine as a star. In this world, untroubled by the gaze and darkness of the great hungry.”
At this time, Soshiyang, who was holding the Holy Grail of Asuryan, was in a different mood. He finally knew why Mardell had made such a big sacrifice in the "Promotion Ceremony" before. Those Ada who had been reduced to ashes , their soul energy was directly absorbed by the Flame of Asuryan!
And a considerable part of it was converted into holy power and transferred to the survivors, which completely transformed them and possessed power far beyond that of ordinary Ada. It was equivalent to using more than a dozen lives to transform a Phoenix warrior.
It's no wonder that when Soshyan asked why he needed the soul stone, Mardell always talked about him.
Because Mardell never told him the truth at all!
The enhancement of the Phoenix Warrior is not as successful as it once said. Although Madel explained that the souls of these Comorian Eldar are too weak compared to the past Ada, Soshiyang feels that it should have been implemented long ago. I knew this, but I just didn’t say it on purpose.
But Mardell is also convinced that the current Asuryan Holy Fire is too weak and cannot be compared with the Pantheon era. Therefore, the only way to transform the Phoenix Warrior is this method. In the past, such sacrifices were not required, but After Asuryan's death, there was nothing he could do.
After devouring thousands of Ada souls, Soshiyang did feel that the Holy Grail of Asuryan and the spiritual fire surrounding the shrine had become more powerful, but this still made him feel strange. Perhaps the only thing that could comfort him was , compared to having their souls devoured by Slaanesh, returning to the Fire of the Phoenix can be considered a good ending and redemption for the people of Commorragh who have been corrupted all their lives.
