Chapter 499 I Am the Holy Communion, This Is Mercy

Chapter 500 I am the Holy Communion, This is Mercy

During the Tail Ring Ceremony, Aiwas felt that his consciousness was gradually being withdrawn.

After the Tail Ring Ceremony was supplemented by the Pastoral Law, it seemed to have completed a key point. The Pastoral Law in his body automatically circulated, and the mana and vitality were constantly drawn into the void.

But Aiwas felt a strange dizziness, as if he had fallen asleep in a bathtub.

When Aiwas woke up again, he saw a strange scene-

He was floating in the chaotic and dark void, his feet not touching the ground.

And in front of Aiwas, a strange door that gradually lit up appeared.

It was a circular door composed of a stream of red light. It was like the heart of the setting sun was dug out, and it was like the golden red sun that was blocked by the solar eclipse. It was rotating slowly and steadily, with scorching heat emitting from the edge and steaming golden red flames.

——Just like the ring that appeared on Lancelot's chest.

Aiwass looked at it, but always felt as if something was missing.

In an instant, Aiwass had a sudden inspiration and turned around to look back.

He saw another "door" behind him.

It was a crystal snake, biting its own tail, circling and winding to form the "∞" symbol.

Judging from the oval snake head, it may be a non-venomous snake. The crystal snake is generally a beautiful and fascinating purple, translucent, with a small amount of cyan, red, and yellow gradient.

"... Fire of Nothingness, and Infinite Snake?"

Aiwass murmured.

The art of pastoral care comes from the mysterious skills of Huantiansi.

The dedication and transcendent power left by Huantiansi who transcends the Tao...

Thinking of this, Aiwass stretched out his hand and touched it nervously but firmly.

When his hand touched the crystal snake, it was like his fingertips touching a lake, and ripples appeared. It seemed to be twitching in discomfort, and the beautiful crystal scales shrank and expanded, and its rotation speed became faster.

It is very dangerous to modify the parameters of the ritual while it is running. If you are not careful, you will be torn apart by the out-of-control ritual. The reason why Aiwas dared to do this is that after he got the Book of Law, the knowledge about the ritual of the Tail Ring was engraved in his brain, as if he himself was the inventor of the ritual.

Before Aiwas "took it out", he would not forget a single bit of it.

The color of the purple giant snake's body surface changed slightly - it had been changed from the Celestial Priest pointing to the Path of Love to the "Apostle pointing to the Path of Authority" by Aiwas.

The Tail Ring is a taboo ritual that can pull down the Celestial Priest. But if you only pull down the Apostle, the cost will be much smaller, and the stability of the ritual will be improved. At least Lancelot should not be killed on the spot...

But just when Aiwas was concentrating on modifying the ritual.

He suddenly heard a voice.

"I am the secret serpent, coiled like a snare: and there is joy in this coiling."

...What?

Aiwass was stunned for a moment.

This is exactly what is in the "Shepherd's Secret Sutra".

- Even though he had never heard it with his own ears, he immediately felt that... it should be the voice of Huan Tiansi!

It was a strange voice that he had never heard before, different from the divine entity.

And His voice continued to ring:

"Red is one limit, and purple is another. My eyes shine with red light, and my clothes are purple."

Hearing this, Aiwass suddenly realized what the red [door] was.

It was the snake eye!

It was the eyes of Huan Tiansi!

He looked into Huan Tiansi's eyes at this moment, but turned around and saw His body. There is no doubt that this is not a complete and continuous space.

And then, Aiwass heard a light laugh.

- Or rather, he thought it should be a laugh.

"When the world changes and reincarnates, the world will never change.

"The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. The king is always the king, and the slave is always the slave.

"No one ascends, no one descends, and everything never changes. The universe has solidified, like an amber egg; the world is in eternal reincarnation, like a ring with a tail in its mouth."

The voice of the Tiansi became gentle, as if he was narrating something.

But then, Aiwas suddenly felt a great sense of crisis.

Because the voice of the Tiansi suddenly became high-pitched and passionate, a strong sense of intoxication immersed in Aiwas' body.

The voice continued: "When the snake rises into your heart, the kiss of the stars will pour into your body.

"Saint Eleven, this is a change! Raise your body! Your body will be higher than the stars--"

Hearing this, Aiwas panicked, and the fingertips that were in contact with the crystal snake suddenly loosened.

The chaotic sound that sounded in his ears disappeared instantly.

However, some fine amethyst snake scales had already floated on the skin of his right arm that was in contact with the crystal snake.

"... Want my body? "

The corners of Aiwas' mouth slightly raised: "I won't give it to you."

Although he roughly understood the motives of Huan Tiansi to become Huan Tiansi...but that had nothing to do with Aiwas.

But he was confused again-this was just a promotion ceremony, everything was just a fake. Even if his body was taken away, what would it matter?

Or is this Huan Tiansi simulated by the Lord of Scale Feather? He is revealing some kind of secret to himself...

At this time, Aiwass had already modified the ceremony. After he couldn't hear Huan Tiansi's voice, he was kicked out instantly.

When he woke up again, he saw Lancelot I half-kneeling on the ground, with a look of pain on his face - nearly unlimited power was pouring into his body.

His forehead was covered with beads of sweat, but the founding knight had firm eyes and was silent, saying nothing.

These powers are so huge that they can even directly break through the upper limit of the energy level. But Lancelot's body seemed to be overloaded by the ritual...

His red skin was spitting out white smoke, and liquid power flowed through his body like fire.

It was as if there was some kind of glowing creature swimming under his skin. From time to time, a big lump would swell up and swim away quickly and then submerge inside his body.

"Shepherd...I don't know if I can call you that..."

Suddenly, Lancelot endured the pain and said: "I have seen your portrait...I have also heard the secret of shepherding. I know that your soul can enter the body of the phantom..."

Hearing this, Aiwass looked down.

But Lancelot slowly stood up, and his tone became slower but clearer: "I feel that the person who was pulled into my body by this ceremony... should not be the knight of the crown master, but the apostle of Xiong Tiansi .

"It would be troublesome if I gave her the body, so..."

"——I give you my body."

"That kind of thing can't be done."

Aiwass smiled helplessly.

Of course, he didn't want Xiong Tiansi's apostle to come - he himself was still marked by Xiong Tiansi. If He comes down, Aiwass will be the first to be beaten.

But Aiwass was not very afraid. After all, Isabel should have received the message from him and was heading to the Theocracy at full speed.

All he has to do here is delay time - delaying the completion of the Coupling Ring, and at the same time delaying the destruction caused by the arrival of Tiansi or apostles.

Although the shepherding method and the ring of coherence are both the power of the Huantiansi, and the shepherd also brought down the Fallen Heavenly Si...

"……etc?"

At this moment, Aiwass was suddenly startled.

——Speaking of which, how did the shepherd pull down the Fallen Heaven Division?

In the art of shepherding... is there the ability to make Tiansi go down to the lower realm?

Suddenly, Aiwass thought of what Huan Tiansi had just said:

【——When I ascend into your heart, the kiss of the stars will pour into you】

Suddenly, Aiwass suddenly thought of his first promotion ceremony.

After Aiwass committed suicide from the ritual, he did not die. His soul is still attached to the Iron Hook Demon that evolved into the Malformed Limb Demon, and he can even control the opponent's body to move.

The shepherd can already put his soul into the body of the phantom.

If one dies during a pastoral ritual,...

Thinking of this, Aiwass's pupils suddenly shrank.

The pastor back then...

Is he really dead?

What if it was said that it was not the shepherding technique or the ring of coherence that brought down Fallen Heavenly Secretary, but other rituals?

The Ring of Ending Ceremony is to stuff Tiansi's soul into the body of the material world; for this reason, once pulled down by the Ring of Ending Ceremony, you cannot be reborn from the dream world before death, and even if you are reborn, you will lose it. authority. But Fallen Sky Secretary was able to go back successfully, which meant that he was pulled down in the body of a phantom demon. This was obviously not the same ritual.

...And if he was pulled down in the body of a phantom demon.

The shepherding method can insert the soul of the shepherd into the body of the phantom.

Is it really Fallen Sky Division who returned last?

Why not be a pastor?

——Why is Huantiansi targeting Fallen Tiansi so much? Do you have to use the Ring of Ending ritual to pull it off?

Huantiansi did not hesitate to lay out this plan for hundreds of years...

The pastor is a believer in Huantiansi.

According to the records of the "Shepherd Tantra", the shepherd initially cooperated with Huantiansi's plan to breed demons in the material world, and eventually sacrificed all his followers to bring down Fallen Heavenly Si. He tried to sacrifice the Fallen God to himself, but was deprived of all his power by the backlash of the shepherding method...

But what if this ending is false?

In other words, this is how it looks from an outsider's perspective... But in fact, he did not sacrifice Fallen Heavenly Secretary to himself, but sacrificed himself to Fallen Heavenly Secretary, and his soul returned to the dream world along with Fallen Heavenly Secretary.

So are pastors traitors? Or maybe it wasn't an active betrayal, but the plan failed...or maybe it was successful? Is this the effect Huantiansi wants?

if it is like this……

"...No, maybe I can actually do it."

Aiwass whispered.

At that time, when he touched the purple ring, the tail ring suddenly turned red. If the shepherding method is the special condition for activating the Ring of Ending Ceremony...

Just like his first promotion ceremony, he could also enter the body of Tiansi who was pulled down by the ring of coherence!

However, if he fails... he may die. If you really die during the promotion ceremony, you will also suffer heavy losses in reality.

Because neither Lancelot I nor a certain apostle who was pulled down may be judged as a phantom...

Thinking so, Aiwass looked at Lancelot I.

He suddenly reacted and realized something else.

From Lancelot's perspective, he didn't know what would happen next.

He didn't know whether he would be torn apart, or used as food for Aiwas, or his soul would ascend to the dream world, or whether he would be safe and sound. He had been watching in the dark Shadow Kingdom for hundreds of years, just to return to the human world. And now he had just returned, and his body was taken away...

Even so, he had no complaints. He didn't go crazy or cry, but took the initiative to give his body to Aiwas. Just to prevent the apostles of Xiong Tiansi from using his body to hurt the people of Avalon, whom he didn't know or understand at all.

The promotion ceremony was indeed fake. Because in terms of the result, it was a fictional story.

But everyone in it was real in their own eyes. The price they paid and all their determination were real. Aiwas, on the contrary, was hesitant because "this is fake"... even though the risk he took was much smaller than Lancelot.

Since Lancelot, who was not on the path of dedication, could do it, why couldn't I do it?

...It's ridiculous.

Can I be considered a devotee like this?

——In a trance, Aiwass had a deeper understanding of the way of dedication.

The essence of the way of dedication is sacrifice, but sacrifice does not necessarily have to be meaningful.

It is a strong fire that burns forever.

When things happen in front of you, even if you know you can't stop it, even if you know you can't do anything, you have to stand up.

It's just because you can't see the tragedy happening in front of you.

Obviously from the beginning, Aiwass was also such a person.

When he first saved Isabel and Sherlock from the promotion ceremony, he didn't know what would happen if he died. He didn't know them at all, they were just a group of strangers. And at that time, Aiwass could sacrifice his life for them without hesitation.

When did he start... to pursue "efficiency of sacrifice"? Did his sacrifice and dedication become timid?

Now his transcendence is getting stronger, but the fire of dedication that was bright enough at the beginning is gradually dimming.

He is becoming selfish.

It takes many times of regaining the original heart to make his path return to balance briefly.

Now, it is a [trial].

Aiwass picked up the dagger and slowly tightened it.

"...Eat in silence, my lamb."

Taking a deep breath, Aiwass whispered.

He tightened the dagger of Arondite and pointed it at his heart, waiting for the end of the Tail Ring ceremony.

Seeing his actions, Lancelot finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He slowly gave up resistance, and finally nodded to Aiwass: "It's up to you..."

Aiwass watched Lancelot's black pupils gradually dyed with frenzied scarlet.

With the determination to die, Aiwass slowly pushed the dagger into his heart.

Feeling the cold blade cutting his flesh, he trembled in pain, his voice hoarse and low:

Watching the killing intent that was getting stronger when he looked at himself.

Aiwass recited the secret words of the Shepherd's Tantra word by word:

"--I am the Eucharist, this is mercy."