Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 294 - Chapter 294 Chapter 284 New Map

Chapter 294: Chapter 284 New Map Chapter 294: Chapter 284 New Map Three hours later.

Deris found himself in a tough battle, with Thorne’s Shadowless Sword and Nether Flame Knife leaving wounds on Deris’s body after several bouts of combat.

The armor that the Annihilation Legion took pride in was utterly ineffective against Thorne’s masterful and lethal swordsmanship; every swing of Thorne’s sword pierced the gaps in the armor, directly damaging Deris’s flesh.

If it hadn’t been for the supreme strength bestowed upon him by the Lord of Annihilation, he most likely would have already died by Thorne’s sword.

But what truly troubled Deris was not his mentor Thorne, but the holy spirits who noticed the battle here and gathered around.

Deris still harbored the thought of recruiting these holy spirits, so he tried his best not to harm them in battle, and took this opportunity to assess their combat talents.

Deris was pleasantly surprised to find that…among the holy spirits fighting alongside Thorne against him, a small portion had combat talents so high they were astonishing.

Whether it was the young Magic Gunman wielding a long spear, or the Swordsman holding a ghostly green lightsaber… Deris was looking forward to the power they could unleash after receiving the gift from the Lord of Annihilation.

What Deris was most eager to see was the holy spirit in front of him, who was wielding the power of the dragon and the tiger to fight him.

“Your talent shouldn’t be buried in a place like this, holy spirit.”

Deris stepped back several paces to dodge Zhao Mingwei’s Lion Roar and the fierce tiger’s ground-shaking attack… The moment Deris’s back foot touched the ground, another Charged Thought Cannon struck him.

He sliced through the incoming Charged Thought Cannon with his sword, then swiftly retreated hundreds of steps again… His mentor Thorne showed no intent to pursue him further.

Thorne’s goal was to prevent Deris from getting close to the Apocalypse Dragon and to take away the Apocalypse Dragon’s Abyss Seed.

But the goal of the holy spirits beside Thorne was to kill him.

“Holy spirits, we can talk,” said Deris, seeing Thorne no longer in pursuit. He released an Imprisonment Magic to confine the fourteen holy spirits attacking him in place.

Now, players from various guilds were busy trying to reduce the health of the Apocalypse Dragon.

The players entangled with Deris here were professional-level players who often sparred with Thorne… as well as some players like Caramel, whose output, gear, and skills weren’t top-notch enough to join the elite raid group, so they tried to sneak in a few hits here instead.

“A magical prison with nearly 50,000 health… Is this the world of the holy spirits’ top instance?”

Caramel threw a brick from his hand at the magic prison Deris had constructed, which managed to reduce the prison’s health by about five hundred.

“We are only fourteen, it would take at least a whole guild’s raid group to bring it down.”

Mingwei judged from its health alone that Deris was a formidable enemy that a single player could not conquer.

Yet, what puzzled Mingwei was… this commander-level monster of the Annihilation Legion had not sent them back to Fureya’s embrace during the battle, Mingwei hadn’t lost even a drop of blood.

“Should I call Coach Song to help?” Juan Canyun struck the magic prison with a series of skill combos, but even after an entire set of combos, he had only managed to reduce about ten thousand health.

Juan Canyun and Caramel’s equipment couldn’t even rank in the second tier among holy spirit players.

“Coach Song is busy vying for the Apocalypse Dragon’s rewards; he definitely has no time to come here and deal with this isolated soldier of the Annihilation Legion.” Caramel could only place his hope on Mingwei and the other players, “Mingwei! Is your awakening off cooldown yet?”

“Twenty seconds left.”

Mingwei was waiting for his awakening; once the cooldown finished, he could rely on his awakening to break through Deris’s restraint in one go.

“Holy spirits! Listen to me!”

During the three hours of combat, Deris was frantically babbling at these holy spirits, but because he was trying to evade Thorne’s attacks, he hadn’t managed to finish a single complete sentence.

Now he was compromising… because Deris knew he could not break through his mentor’s sword encirclement, and as the Abyss Seed of the Apocalypse Dragon withered under the holy spirits’ onslaught, its life was gradually drying up.

So at the very end, he at least wanted to plant the seeds of doubt, or rather, the seeds of betrayal, in the hearts of these holy spirits.

But the holy spirits simply ignored his words, until now! Finally, unable to maintain his composure, Deris let out a loud bellow.

The holy spirits finally ceased their conversations among each other, but after glancing at Deris, they began chatting among themselves again.

“Caramel, when you retire, if you have time, come to play with us in the North City.” Caramel was also waiting for his awakening cooldown. Since Deris showed no intention of attacking, it was good to chat and catch up in the meantime.

As for the cool lines the BOSS spouted inside the instance, as a seasoned player, I’d long since gotten used to treating them like a breeze past my ears.

It’s just like the game’s background music, something heard and then immediately forgotten.

“Recently I’ve been busy crafting equipment, so I don’t have time for trips.”

Zhao Mingwei might have been the player among the fourteen who paid the most attention to Deris’s lines, his gaze never leaving Deris while communicating with the other players.

The moment Zhao Mingwei’s awakening had cooled down… The very next second Zhao Mingwei was about to release the Golden Thunder Tiger, a sentence from Deris made Zhao Mingwei, as well as Caramel and the other players, stop their discussion.

“Fureya… right? I remember that name,” Deris said, watching as the players’ gazes involuntarily turned toward him.

In that moment, Deris realized he had finally hit the mark. These holy spirits cared about many things, and though they were indeed incredibly greedy, there was one thing they cared about tremendously, and that was the doll known as Fureya.

“I remember the BOSS’s background setting seems to… eat dolls. Could it be that handing over the doll girl to him would yield some reward?”

At this moment, Caramel said something that made the twelve people around him look at him with eyes filled with horror.

Caramel was one of the rare holy spirit players that was not very interested in Fureya.

He preferred PVP and high-difficulty challenges, which was very similar to Zhao Mingwei… so Caramel probably spent more time with Thorne than with his own Fureya.

“Caramel the great, I’ve seen conjectures on the forums that there indeed is this option, but if you really hand over your Fureya to the Lord of Annihilation in exchange for power, wouldn’t you be blasted by the Fureya Protection Association?” A player with a penchant for cola said nervously.

“Don’t be deceived by the Devouring God, holy spirits!” Upon hearing the debate among the holy spirits, Deris realized it was the best opportunity to sow seeds of doubt in their minds, and he loudly addressed the players, “The Devouring God has imprisoned that doll. She is using you… I can grant freedom to your dolls.”

Of course, Deris’s words were all nonsense, his sole intention being to make the holy spirits question their own god.

In that instant, Zhao Mingwei unleashed his awakened Golden Thunder Tiger and pounced at Deris, who defended himself against Zhao Mingwei’s attack with a protective barrier.

In the distance, the Apocalypse Dragon let out a mournful cry, signaling that its life was coming to an end.

Deris sighed deeply and once again swung his sword… slicing through the space beside him.

“I’m very much looking forward to your response, holy spirits,” said Deris before he disappeared into the abyss within a rift in space.

“This BOSS’s words carry quite a bit of information, I guess it probably means the holy spirits are about to introduce a faction system soon? Something about sacrificing Fureya to join the Lord of Annihilation’s forces?” a player whispered.

“A warning from the Fureya Protection Association,” said Silver Total, also playing a joke on the side; if he hadn’t made the quip, Juan Canyun might have charged over right then.

Silver Total didn’t pay any more attention to the other players’ discussions and walked over to Zhao Mingwei at a leisurely pace.

“What do you think, Zhao player?” Silver Total noted Zhao Mingwei’s serious expression.

“I hope the game raises the level cap soon,” Zhao Mingwei said, looking at his hands. Level fifty-five was already the pinnacle among holy spirit players, and currently, players were busy crafting their equipment.

The increase of the level cap was already a slow affair, but facing Deris, Zhao Mingwei realized… the cap at level fifty-five was simply too low!

He was desperate for the holy spirits to open up a higher level cap, stronger skills, and more powerful equipment.

“This game is only in its third test; it’s already increased the level cap once, but judging by the speed of holy spirits’ updates, the next major map should also be coming out,” Silver Total said, looking at the Apocalypse Dragon far away, whose health had been completely depleted by the players.

“But… wasn’t the Otherworld… a map that was just updated?” asked Juan Canyun, following by Silver Total’s side, hesitantly.

He had just finished the Battle of Divinity, and had barely experienced Biland Island and the Otherworld.

“The Otherworld is more like a guild construction area, hardly a new exploration map, the exploratory elements are too few,” Silver Total said, looking over at Thorne, who was yawning in the distance, “You’ve all been fighting Thorne for half a month now, aren’t you sick of it?”

“A little bit,” admitted Juan Canyun, who indeed had some psychological shadows after being tormented by Thorne.

“The Biland Island DLC hasn’t updated any large cities either; currently, holy spirits only have four large cities, and the next update will most likely add a new city or some new cities.”

When Silver Total was browsing the official holy spirit website, the officials had already issued a new update preview.

‘Preparations for Biland Island’s expanded map, Darktide Island, are underway.’