Devil's Bible

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Then there was the opponent's strength, his huge arms, as if he could smash anyone else into a pulp with a single punch.

The emergence of this demonic aura further stimulated the sacred.

The light quickly evaporated the black, putrid aura emanating from the demon.

Even a demon of the steel species level would melt quickly under such a holy attack.

If one cannot return to the abyss in time, even one's soul will be damaged and purified.

However, Balsáze was completely different.

Tall and thin, he grasped the beating heart and pressed it against his chest.

The image of the berserker demon roaring furiously flashed by, then transformed into a berserker demon's power that possessed him, and a special power also emerged from his body.

The power of madness and riotous violence is attached to the power of the berserker.

Then Balthazar underwent a remarkable change.

He seemed to have transformed into a knight clad in black scale armor.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is not armor, but a mixture of scales and shells that grow from its body.

Despite being fully armored, Balthazar's tall and slender physique didn't make him appear bulky; instead, he gave off a very agile impression.

At this moment, the aura emanating from Balthazar had already subtly surpassed the normal range of the Steel-type.

The feeling of that numerical inflation even made Nemus sense a state similar to that of an alien demon.

Because of this change, Balthazar's physical aura became extremely concentrated, and even under the burning of divine attributes, he did not suffer much damage.

"The combination of the calamity characteristic and the aberration value, although it is a steel type, is not much different from a regular gold type."

Given Balthazar's situation, if Sword Saint Nemus hadn't advanced to the Gold rank, he probably would have needed to use the Triple Combination technique to fight him.

Most importantly, Nemus felt a sense of divinity when he saw the heavy hammer in the other's hand and the blood-stained linen cloak on his body.

Even if these two items are not sacred objects, they are probably not far from being sacred objects, belonging to the church of a corresponding level.

It has the stats, the characteristics, and the equipment.

It must be said that Balthazar can be regarded as a true Gold-class combatant.

Clement saw the change in Balthazar and his eyes lit up immediately, seizing the fleeting opportunity.

The clash between the surging demonic aura and the divine attributes caused an elemental conflict.

Clement's mental energy was then activated, and he quickly seized the point of conflict in the elemental reaction.

Then the light seemed to be compressed for a moment, followed by a violent explosion.

As the light faded, everything around seemed to return to normal.

Large amounts of soil were sent flying into the sky by the explosion, along with numerous tombstones, corpses, and fragments of bones.

The entire church cemetery was destroyed in the explosion.

Before Clement could even catch his breath, Nemus appeared before him, wielding a scorching hot sword.

However, Clement was indeed experienced in combat, and during his two hundred years as a Golden Seed, he was occasionally used as a 'foundation'.

Even if it was only occasionally, more than two hundred years had allowed him to accumulate a wealth of combat experience.

When a large number of elements converge, a shield will form.

However, at that moment, a heavy hammer appeared behind him and slammed down on him.

Chapter 356 Fortune Telling - Past

Balthazar didn't care whether the enemy was the demon Nemus or the traitor Clement of the Church.

Both of these men were enemies of the church, and it is almost certain that they were plotting to kill him.

Although he no longer wanted to live, he could not die until a proper solution was found for dealing with the Sinful Soul!

This is the belief he has held onto for so many years.

Do the right thing.

Protect this world!

The massive hammer, though enormous in size, was remarkably agile in Balthazar's hands.

When it was swung, it didn't create a lot of air currents; instead, it slammed towards Clement like flames.

Nemes didn't know, but Clement did.

This heavy hammer is called the Flame of Purification. It is a sacred artifact that protects the church. Although it is shaped like a heavy hammer, its actual weight is also quite astonishing.

However, this heavy hammer was actually forged using a special flame as a material.

This flame has a special characteristic: the deeper the sins of the person who touches it, the heavier the hammer becomes.

The reason Balthazar was able to wield this hammer was that all his sins were not committed by him voluntarily, but rather acquired under the influence of various circumstances.

Therefore, he is in a state of being both guilty and innocent.

Since his own people knew his own situation, Clement was certain that if he were touched by the hammer, even with the 'Calamity Creature' as a buffer, he would most likely be severely injured by the hammer.

Clement's expression changed slightly as he watched the hammer approach. A little imp emerged from the soft soil and rammed into the hammer, knocking it aside.

Now that he knew Balthazar's intelligence in advance, Clement would naturally think of a countermeasure.

These little devils, like Balthazar, possess sins they did not commit themselves.

Thinking about this, Clement's thoughts wavered slightly.

The past inevitably begins to surface.

He took in the children from the orphanage and settled them in the small village where he was stationed.

However, things did not turn out as well as expected.

The issue of child brothels involves far more complex problems than one might imagine.

Many people are searching for the whereabouts of these children.

Clement later learned that many church members were regular visitors.

They feared that these children had memorized their stories, which would later become evidence of their crimes.

So naturally, they kept it a secret while searching for it with all their might.

Furthermore, rewards were offered both openly and covertly.

It was impossible for him to keep the fact that he was raising so many children in the village a secret, so some people started to have designs on him.

It was that demon again, the other party reminded him.

For the sake of those children, and for his own future, he killed the person who wanted to report him and began to secretly control the flow of information in the small village.

When the new garrisoned paladins arrived, they naturally discovered the children as well.

Clement explained the situation, and the paladin nodded in agreement, but secretly he was thinking of escaping; he had no other choice this time.

If they killed him, it would be difficult to hide it from the church.

Even if they are not killed, it will be difficult to control them.

It was at that moment that the demon revealed his true colors—he wanted that body.

After much deliberation, Clement signed a detailed pact with the demon, restricting its further destructive activities.

With a sudden surge of mental energy, the calamity-infused life form before Clemente gradually mitigated the attack.

But his body still flew out.

"Bang!" The body, bent into a C-shape, left a long trench in the ground.

When it finally stopped, it had already flown out of the cemetery.

Nems couldn't help but sigh, realizing how truly difficult it was to kill those calamity-infested beings.

His sword strike, aimed at the Bird of Light, was interrupted due to the accumulation of divine power. Although the sword technique's power was not at its maximum, it was still enough to kill a regular Gold-type, but it couldn't kill Clement.

This made Nemus start to think about how he should deal with the calamity creatures.

Exploring the land is inevitable, as is confronting calamity-ridden creatures.

These things need to be prepared in advance.

The silent giant hammer slammed down on Nemus.

"Just in time!" Nems was never a dreamer, but rather a man of great action.

Balthazar, this sinful soul, clearly also possesses forbidden power.

His forbidden power is similar to calamity, but also different, and it is mixed with many auras similar to the abyss.

In short, this is what makes the Sinful Soul so special.

The sinful souls are derived from the taboos, which were originally just fragments, but now there are more and more of them.

Balthazar's situation was rather unique, and therefore his soul's condition was also quite strange.

In this situation, even a saint cannot guarantee the purification of his soul.

A hasty purification or death will only free the sinful soul from the shackles of its physical body, and then sin, no longer restrained, will begin to expand wildly, eventually causing major problems.

This 'difference' made Nems feel that he could perceive and contemplate the existence of taboos from different perspectives.

Although Nemus was unfamiliar with the Purifying Flame, he had witnessed its previous performance.

He brandished the Forest Sword in his hand, clashing with the Purifying Flame.

A tremendous force surged through him, and Balthazar's stats, after being inflated, reached approximately 230.

Its numerical value already surpassed Nemus's, and now, with the blessing of sin, its power has multiplied.

The ground beneath Nemes' feet cracked open instantly.

It's about releasing the force!

At the very moment of the confrontation, Nemus moved accordingly, instantly completing the link with Balthazar and establishing a connection with him.

Subsequently, the flow of energy began to accumulate, and the details of Balthazar's flow were observed through connections.

If this act had been performed in the previous life, it would have had a very appropriate name—fortune telling!

Much of Balthazar's past was touched by Nemes through contact with Yun.

When Clement suddenly recalled the past, part of the reason was that Nemes was making such calculations.

In addition, Clement himself was in a special period, and various past events caused him to lose focus during the battle.

Nemus focused his attention on Balthazar, wanting to see how he had become a sinful spirit!

Balthazar was not a member of the Discipline Church; he actually came from another church of the true God, called the Guardian Church.

When he was just a Black Stone, he happened to encounter an outbreak of plague.

This plague is highly contagious and cannot be cured by ordinary treatments.

The church's task at the time was to clean up the infected.

Although he felt reluctant, he also knew that this was something he had no choice but to do.

Those people are beyond saving; continuing will only lead to more people contracting the plague.

However, during this process, the son of a prominent figure in the church secretly entered the lockdown area, became infected, and fell into Balthazar's hands.

Chapter 357 The Dark Hand of the Abyss

The sword blade and the giant hammer collided.

Even when his stats were lower, Nemus did not immediately activate his self-protocol to draw power from his other selves.

Angel A also has a mission: the demon's true form is within the soul of the Holy Son and cannot be exposed at will.

Therefore, now we can only rely on skills, the stats of over 100 after advancing to Gold rarity, and the four Gold traits to fight against the opponent.

With each encounter, the connection deepens, and Balthazar's past unfolds little by little in the process.

After capturing the powerful figure's offspring, he found himself in a dilemma: to kill him or not to kill him.