Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 887: Contaminated: Offering Dancing Feet
Behind Aiwass, the real Flame-Defying Butterfly was flapping its wings and floating in the air.

And inside the iceberg, what he had frozen was actually just nothingness!
"How pathetic."

Aiwass clicked his tongue and said, "Without resistance to illusions... you will be manipulated like this."

This Moon Child should be a fourth-level or even fifth-level transcendent. He could even be a Blood Lord, a profession that could fully unleash the full power of the Moon Child.

But in front of Cardinals Aiwass and Galatea, he couldn't even exert one tenth of his strength.

——Except for the initial attack of the Flame Butterfly, everything else was just his own illusion!

The Son of the Moon thought he had frozen the Flame-Rebellious Butterfly, but that was just an illusion given to him by Cardinal Galatea.

His defense was so strong that even Aiwass didn't dare to launch a direct sneak attack on him.

After all, at the beginning, he realized that there was an enemy present, and his nerves were bound to be tense. His reaction speed and attention were at their peak, and the sneak attack at this time would most likely not succeed. Especially since this person had the [Water Icosahedron] in his hand, which could instantly freeze him and protect him.

If he decided to hide in the refrigerator, there might not be a way for Aiwass to dig him out.

When is a person most relaxed?
That was naturally when they thought the battle was over and were preparing to collect the spoils.

Aiwass knew this all too well.

The priest's equipment has an effect of automatically restoring health when out of combat. Priests basically have some life-saving skills and control-releasing equipment, and they are tanky and not easy to kill. In the game PVP, many stealth professions like to attack until the health is below half, and then go invisible. When the priest starts to recover health after leaving combat, many newbies will habitually start the sacrificial fire to restore the health to full.

At this time, if a thief or assassin suddenly appears and attacks again, basically nine out of ten people will be shocked. Not to mention using the first-hand control release, knockback, control, and instant lift, they may even be stunned for a while. By the time they react, it is too late.

——This is called a surprise attack!
All I can say is that Cardinal Galatea's illusion ability is too strong.

When the Flame-Butterfly stopped emitting flames and returned to Aiwass's back, Cardinal Galatea actually completely copied the Flame-Butterfly, and then the Flame-Butterfly continued to emit flames, as if the Flame-Butterfly had never stopped.

As for what happened afterwards—being attacked by ice cones, being squeezed into a specimen by an ice wall, and even being frozen—they were all illusions.

The Flame Butterfly's melee ability is not weak, and its combat awareness is also outstanding.

She could have easily rushed out of the encirclement before the ice cones closed up - Fire Meteor itself was a strong charging skill, not to mention her other skills. And when she was killed, she could even self-destruct, and she could also be reborn after death... However, Cardinal Galatea didn't know these skills of the Flame-Butterfly, and fortunately, the other party didn't know either.

In order to let Aiwas know what appeared in the illusion, Cardinal Galatea thoughtfully marked Aiwas with a translucent shadow. This was to prevent Aiwass from accidentally getting hurt if he happened to walk to the location of the enemy in the other party's illusion.

That's why Aiwas was able to prepare in advance and behead the opponent directly when his invincibility was lifted!

There is no solution for the Son of the Moon to the death of Ku Ji.

The cardinal even stood there motionless the whole time, without saying a word. He just looked at the other party, and this powerful Son of the Moon was played to death!

"Help me take out the gem from his chest," Aiwass said to Cardinal Galatea, "I will go get the other spoils first--"

"it is good."

Cardinal Galatea nodded and stepped forward gracefully.

She stared at the headless body that had been frozen into an ice sculpture, but suddenly, another person who was very familiar to Aiwass appeared before her.

That's Cardinal Siegfried!
Cardinal Siegfried swung the huge sword in his hand and cut the corpse in half!
Then countless hammers emerged from the void and struck down one after another. The severed body turned into powder.

The "Cardinal Siegfried" bent down, picked up the aquamarine gem, and handed it to Cardinal Galatea. Then it disappeared into thin air.

Is this the ultimate illusion?

Aiwass vaguely realized that it made sense for the Pure White Faction's Cardinal Galatea to come alone...

This super ancient mecha girl who has survived from the Amber Age to this day - although she seems to have been awakened and activated in the Elf Age, her strength seems to be far beyond the average of the Cardinal.

If she could use illusion to create any other cardinal at will... even if he only had 70% or even 30% of the strength, he could basically be said to be the strongest cardinal!

Aiwass shook his head, pushed open the coffin, and searched for what he was looking for in the foul-smelling black water inside.

Obviously, this Son of the Moon, whose name Aiwass did not know, had not yet completed the transformation ritual into the Filthy Blood Angel.

This so-called transformation ritual is actually a process of suicide and rebirth.

The body that had been blessed by the Lord of the Feast and sanctified by Sister Sasha was polluted and deconsecrated through a blasphemous ritual... In other words, it was to destroy its attributes and entries while keeping it "alive" and restore it to ordinary materials. Then it was turned into ashes and mixed with its own ashes for rebirth.

The nine tortured people were the sacrifices for the desecration ceremony. This was also the most time-consuming step.

The coffin and the pool of blood were just fully automatic devices that he used to be reborn after death. I wouldn't feel safe handing this kind of thing over to anyone else. After all, when he was in the ashes state, a cup of holy water could make him completely gone. So he had to do this himself, and even the most loyal guards could not be trusted.

After Sister Sasha's feet were deconsecrated by the ritual, he could lie in this hollow and ventilated coffin with her. Then he would start a fire and burn himself to ashes... When the smoke cleared, the coffin would sink into the blood pool, and the blood would seep into the hollows, causing it to be reborn again.

"found it!"

Aiwass cheered and fished out a pair of severed feet.

Those were a pair of feet that looked like works of art. They were still soft and warm to the touch—and the cross section of them and the calves showed a gem-like crystal red glow. It was as if what was stuffed inside was not bones and flesh, but pink gems.

Its nails were the same pink color, like gemstones, and had a jade-like glow. Its skin had no wrinkles or calluses at all, and looked perfect to the point of being fake.

But at this moment, it was injured.

Someone had carved blasphemous runes on the instep and sole of the foot with a ceremonial knife, and the foot had been stained by its long immersion in the black water of the coffin, and the words had taken on an ominous black hue that made its gleaming balance and perfection seem banal.

A line of effects also emerged in Aiwass's eyes:

[Contaminated·Offering Dancing Feet][Extraordinary Equipment (Light Purple)]

【Protective Gear-Foot】

[Extraordinary Characteristics: When you move continuously for three seconds while already possessing the Skin of a Saint and your health is not full, you will gain a layer of Skin of a Saint (only triggered by the Path of Devotion or the Path of Love). This effect can be triggered at most once every thirty seconds. When you move continuously for three seconds while already possessing the Skin of a Sinner and not causing damage, you will gain a layer of Skin of a Sinner (only triggered by the Path of Devotion or the Path of Love). This effect can be triggered at most once every thirty seconds.]

[Saint's Skin: After each treatment, the treatment amount increases by 30%. This effect can be stacked three times]

[Sinner's Skin: When the wearer loses his own life to harm others, the damage will be increased by the current increase in healing amount]

[Extraordinary Characteristics (Pollution): This effect has been invalidated]

[Pollution Characteristics: When you lose life, you will lose more life at a certain ratio; when you receive life recovery effects from others, the healer will lose a certain ratio of life to the amount of treatment]

[Set: Sister Sasha’s Holy Feast (1/4)]

[“——I take off my dancing shoes, and my steps become light; I abandon my feet, and my soul becomes light.”]

"what is this?"

Cardinal Galatea, holding the blue gem, came over with some curiosity.

Aiwass handed the slightly rancid feet to Cardinal Galatea without hesitation: "These are Sister Sasha's feet."

"Ah, I've heard of it. The Banquet Master...is now an apostle of the Banquet Heaven Division."

Cardinal Galatea nodded slightly: "I heard that she removed her eyes, feet, hands and skin, and became the host's guest and the host's last dish."

"Well, but the host didn't want to eat it. He just felt the love of Sister Sasha, so he allowed Sister Sasha to become his holy banquet waiter, gave her better eyes, feet and hands, and sanctified these offerings and returned them to Sister Sasha."

Aiwass explained.

Cardinal Galatea reached out and gently touched the blasphemous words on it. "It just looks like it has been contaminated. Its power will be greatly reduced... Do you still want to use it? In that case, you can give it to Cardinal Aquinas. He is also from the Antiquarian Society... He is good at repairing various damaged mysterious items."

"Then let's fix it."

Aiwass actually didn't plan to use this equipment.

Not only because the Sister Sasha suit, also known as the "overdose suit", was not meant to be worn in full four pieces, but also because he actually intended to put these four sets together as a sacrifice to the "Blood Angel" Aleister.

But considering that it is indeed contaminated, it is better to find a professional to clean it. Although Xiaoyang can do it, she was lucky to wash out the pollution in her eyeballs last time... and the pollution on these feet is obviously more serious.

At this moment, there was a sudden blur around Aiwass and Cardinal Galatea.

After a severe dizziness, he found himself back in the ruins of the Tower of Babel. Some of the people who had originally stayed far away from here to avoid mind reading had come close to him, such as Kitty, Sine, and Master Chongbo.

Everyone stared in amazement at the pair of human feet held in Aiwas's hands and the huge blue gem held in Cardinal Galatea's hands, and couldn't help but wonder where they were going.

"...Mr. Pope, ahem, I mean...His Holiness."

The wanderer who was standing far away said hesitantly: "What's in your hand..."

[This is a foot, are you blind? ]

As soon as Aiwas glanced over, he answered sincerely in his heart.

[Is this a human foot? I thought it was a gem...]

The kitten looked at the broken end, thoughts floating in his mind.

[No, this is an elf's foot. Human feet are not that big.]

Aiwass added in his mind.

Seeing everyone was silent for a moment, he quickly added: "This is the holy relic of Sister Sasha, the apostle of Yan Tiansi..."

So everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

[I was so scared, I thought...]

An idea popped into Kitty's mind, and she immediately reached out and covered her mouth.

But it was no use, the thought still floated out uncontrollably:

[I thought the Pope was the type who was particularly interested in feet... Huh?! No, no, no... Wuwuwu, mom, am I going to die...]

"I told you this is a holy relic!"

Aiwass was furious and said loudly. But the more he told himself not to think, the more he couldn't control his mind and the clearer his thoughts became. A thought flashed through his mind uncontrollably:
[Come to think of it, it is actually quite bitter...]

[I don’t want to listen, Guwa! ]

[You have good taste, Your Holiness! ]

[I think the sparkling pink diamond-like things in here are the most beautiful...]

For a moment, everyone fell into chaos again.

Only Cardinal Galatea, who had no "voice" at all, held the gem, watched everything quietly, smiled and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)