Devil's Bible

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[Usage Requirements: Swordsmanship skills and willpower must meet the required standards]

[After drawing this card, you can load it into your inventory and set it to preset. When attacked, Wind Slash will activate, cutting off the enemy's attack. If your willpower is high enough, it can even cut off spells.]

[Restriction: You must have a sword in your hand and an opening to strike.]

【Origin: Death Valley, Helans】

This card is quite good; it's a rare defensive sword technique that allows you to immediately detect incoming arrows and strike first to cut them in half.

This way, you can avoid getting hurt.

If the enemy uses melee attacks, then you can use the force of the broken weapon to attack the enemy in return.

Upon seeing this, Nems nodded and stepped forward.

Helans looked at Nemes, waiting for Nemes to speak.

"Herlans, I really want to help you, but your swordsmanship is too poor. How about I teach you?"

"Okay, I'll teach you now... Huh?!" As an NPC, Helans habitually uttered his fixed lines, but suddenly realized what he was doing.

He couldn't help but look at the others, trying to prove that he had misheard.

He, Helans, the master swordsman!

Having traveled all the way here, how many people in the whole world can compare with his swordsmanship?

Why didn't those people dare to launch a full-scale attack?

Part of the reason was their fear of his swordsmanship.

Before he could react, Helans was pulled aside by Nemes to begin learning swordsmanship.

Half a day later, Helans, somewhat bewildered, heard Nemus say, "It's barely passable. You can practice on your own now."

Then he found himself abandoned by Nemes.

“Yes, teacher,” Helans said somewhat belatedly, then gripped the sword in his hand.

Suddenly, I felt that the sword in my hand was different.

Meanwhile, the rest of his team members were being held back by Nems.

"I also know a little about archery, witchcraft, and alchemy. You can come and learn from me."

Another half day passed.

On both sides of the canyon and on the mountain peaks, some people are patiently waiting for their shift to change.

Their message was to surround and kill Helans.

In their initial encounter, Helans and his companions' horses were shot dead by them.

In addition, some team members were injured.

In this desolate canyon with nothing to offer, Helans and his companions wouldn't last long.

"They're doomed!" Someone stared at the faint light in the canyon, his hand slightly outstretched, as if he were about to extinguish it completely, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope for Helans and the others.

Before he could react, an arrow shot out from the canyon.

Then a figure wielding a sword rushed out and unleashed a burst of sword energy.

The intense sword energy grew brighter and brighter before his eyes.

At this moment, Helans and his companions felt that waiting for an opportunity to break out was completely unnecessary.

They were enhanced and didn't have to wait at all.

That is indeed the case.

That night, they slaughtered their way through the entire Death Valley.

Nemus, looking at the cards in his hand such as [Sword Technique Flying Star] and [Wind Slash], also left the canyon.

Chapter 735 The Philosopher's Stone

After leaving a small canyon in the suburbs, Nemus added a four-star card and two three-star cards to his deck.

In addition, Nemus plans to circulate other archery and sorcery-related cards in exchange for the cards he needs.

I must say, Helans is pretty good.

His swordsmanship was very good, although his years of travel had given him some unorthodox skills.

However, his understanding of swordsmanship is quite high.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for Nems to transform the other party in just one morning using only words and a few actions.

However, the outcome was still good. Helans and his group won and successfully cleared Death Canyon. Nemus also got what he wanted.

The logic behind this is actually there.

If being taught can grant you cards, then can you also gain cards through teaching?

The moment Helans's swordsmanship reached its pinnacle, the cards began to coalesce.

This proves that Nemes's line of reasoning is correct.

The condensation of cards combines with the theory of alchemy.

The city of silver, according to legend, was simply a place where words were written in silver.

However, that is only a superficial appearance.

Based on Nemus's current observations, the entire Silver City may have already approached the highest achievement of alchemy—the Philosopher's Stone.

Of course, it's only close.

"The true Philosopher's Stone has probably not yet been formed."

"The Silver City is probably still in the whitening or yellowing stage."

"Once the key part is completed, then perhaps the refining process can be completed and the Philosopher's Stone can be created."

Nemus gained a deeper understanding of the entire Silver City.

Corruption is the process of decay and decomposition, and the existence of the Nether Corpse is the source of this.

Albinism is purification and sublimation, and everything in the Silver City is like that.

Cards are formed through sublimation and condensation, and then there is the advancement of card users.

After investigating, Nemes concluded that refreshing was also part of the process.

Essentially, it's a process of cyclical refining, using this method to gradually transform silver.

Nemus went to several events in quick succession, observing the events and the operation of the cards, and gradually gained a better understanding of these things.

"Judging from the current situation, Moro is very likely to be a crucial part of alchemy."

Moro possesses the ability to transform the aura of the Netherworld Corpse.

"Could he be connected to the alchemist who orchestrated everything?" Nemus wondered.

"The awakening of the corpses, which occurs only once every hundred years, is more like a pre-arranged alchemical procedure."

"The ultimate goal is to complete the refinement of the Philosopher's Stone."

After reviewing all the intelligence, Nemes gradually came to a conclusion.

Towards the end of the Golden Age, many Golden Seeds began to study numbers, seeking the possibility of becoming Mythical Seeds.

This situation led to the emergence of incomplete numbers.

As a result, the gold standard was severely weakened.

The upper limit for gold was therefore removed.

Its key component, 'silver', has disappeared.

Although the gold variety still possesses some of the properties of gold, its value range has fallen to that of silver.

The hidden silver was collected.

“Then Dartmenley found it!” Nems concluded.

Dartmanli walked the earth, found his own path, and thus became a saint, acquiring his saintly essence, the sacred bone, and mastering the sacred path, a sacred treasure.

Nemus suspects that Dartmenley discovered traces of silver and used them to purify himself, thus becoming a saint.

It was precisely because of his connection with silver that he was struck by the curse of fate, leading to his tragic death.

"There's a very high probability that the so-called 'Undead Corpse' is Saint Dartmenley." Nemus recalled the city lord's description of the Undead Corpse.

He suffered burns all over his body and is missing his right hand.

This description perfectly captures Dartmenley's final outcome.

He somehow ended up in the Land of Slumber, where he unexpectedly encountered Dina.

Afterwards, Dartment gave the sacred bone from his arm to Dinah and died at the hands of the Sun Saint.

Two hundred years ago, the second generation of Dartmenley found his resting place.

He somehow found the body of Saint Dartment, most likely Saint Lu.

He intended to take it away from the land of slumber, but was betrayed and died in the Silver City.

And so things have come to this point.

"I wonder who the alchemist was who arranged all of this, wrote down the Silver City, and prepared to forge the Philosopher's Stone," Nemus thought to himself.

Given the current situation, if the Silver City does indeed complete the refining process, then it is indeed possible to produce the Philosopher's Stone.

The so-called Philosopher's Stone is said to have the ability to turn stone into gold and grant beings a series of abilities, including immortality.

Most importantly, the Philosopher's Stone can liberate everyone from the mundane and transform everyone into a golden seed.

In this respect, the combined functions of the Silver City fully meet the requirements.

With the silver seed as a transitional period, most people can indeed become gold seeds.

Furthermore, the most important aspect of the Silver City is that it has constructed a 'refresh' mechanism, and with each refresh, a reincarnation mechanism has even emerged.

Although the mechanism is not yet perfect, if it continues to be pushed forward, it may be possible to make people 'immortal' and give them the ability to keep starting over.

If you keep trying, even a pig can become a golden pig.

"So, does fate want the Philosopher's Stone to be forged, or not?" Nemus was a little unsure for a moment.

Fate's attitude has always been very strange.

Of course, this strangeness might be due to Nems's current limited perspective.

For example, all things return to the mud.

This is the law governing how the world works.

The god of the earth defied this law, so even with great divine power, he died.

But throughout the entire process, the curse of fate did not stop.

The god of the earth died largely because of fate.

From this perspective, fate tends to return to the original essence.

On the other hand, fate has always been supporting Nemus, or rather, supporting the true spirits.

Its original intention seems to be to allow the world to continue.

That point is quite clear.

This is precisely why the Silver issue seems rather 'ambiguous'.

The return of the element of silver in the form of the philosopher's stone can bring about significant changes.

It is absolutely capable of accumulating a large number of historical achievements.

Perhaps this could even open up a new world of possibilities?

From this perspective, fate also seems to favor this side.

That's why Moro, being the key figure, received preferential treatment.

But was Dartmenley II's goal really to destroy the Silver City?