Soul of Burning Steel

What is order?

In the nothingness before the birth of all things, fire was born. This indescribable fire has no form and cannot be described in words. It blooms with the light of creation and spreads the meaning of existence to the entire multiverse today.

The original fire brought light, distinguishing order from chaos, and the ashes of the fire condensed to produce steel, which is the origin of countless worlds, and all substances exist because of it.

This is the beginning of the multiverse, and all life in it.

However, just as fire will be extinguished and steel will decay, the world will gradually perish and return to the void and chaos. Even on the corpses of the world destroyed by accident, monsters called evil gods will be born. They are the incarnation of chaos , without good and evil, with the goal of returning the entire multiverse to the nothingness at the beginning of creation.

What can stop them? No, when the oldest evil gods were born, some young worlds hadn't yet taken shape. Facing the terrifying existence of these disordered incarnations, resistance was futile.

In the beginning, it did.

The original evil gods devoured the body of the multiverse, constantly turning the world into dead chaos and returning to nothingness—they encountered no resistance, and destroying a world was as easy as eating a piece of cake.

This process lasted for an unknown amount of time, because there was no unit of measurement for time at that time, and there was no intelligent life to observe this phenomenon. Countless worlds were completely destroyed during this period of time, and the evil god Their swarms even approached the core of the multiverse, touching the halo of the primordial fire.

The suffocating darkness engulfed the light and flooded countless worlds. The evil gods should have continued to move forward like this, extinguishing the first fire—until that day.

In a world where life exists, among those savages who only know how to survive by instinct, a certain intelligent individual carefully took out a little spark from the ashes of the thunder fire, and he regarded it as a treasure and carefully preserved it .

Soon after, the blazing torches illuminated the long dark night like this, symbolizing the coming of an era.

This is the first ray of wisdom.

From scattered individuals to tribes, and from primitive tribes to city-states, the speed of wisdom accumulation is far beyond the imagination of all existences. City-states are united into kingdoms, and kingdoms conquer and merge with each other. The thoughts of different lives are condensed to form their unique Culture, the embryonic form of civilization, was born.

Wood, stone, ore, steel, tools, and technology continued to advance. The sages even understood the essence of power from the phenomena of the world, and created the predecessors of fighting spirit and magic.

All this only took a few thousand years.

It is too difficult for those evil gods without wisdom to engulf a world with civilization resistance. Pure natural disasters can only temporarily defeat them. In just a few decades for the world and the evil gods, they will again Returning to vitality, even becoming more prosperous and powerful than before, the march of chaos stopped, because the power of order was spreading.

Therefore, order is civilization and life—turn disorder into order with wisdom, and turn iron and stone into tools with wisdom. This is the meaning of 'fire' and the essence of order!

As the old proverb says, [wisdom never dies, order lasts], the two complement each other and support each other.

Of course, the advancement of order has also greatly enhanced the power of the evil god. The original evil gods in ancient times are at most some horrific concepts without wisdom. As the purest chaos, they can't even affect the operation of the orderly world except for some natural disasters. This is because there is no life in the wreckage of the world they were born, let alone Civilizations, like beasts, obey the instinct of chaos.

However, the destruction of a world with life and civilization is not the same. What is born from the wreckage of this world is the existence of "Plague God" and "Famine God" today. Although they are also the incarnation of chaos, they have life Unique wisdom.

These evil gods can even imitate those destroyed civilizations, use their corpses to create their own families, and then use this incomplete civilization power to attack other worlds.

With the advancement of civilization, the evil gods have become more and more terrifying, but it seems that because of this, they can't invade any region at will as before, but can only invade those worlds that meet the conditions.

——The top floor of Ark Time.

Surrounded by everyone's eyes, Joshua stood in the center of the magic circle, staring at the flashing magic runes in front of him, and the phantom of the blue orb was reflected in his red pupils.

The fact that the Church of the Seven Gods is not afraid of the dragon disaster does not surprise the warriors, because everything is already different from the previous life.

The Dragon Calamity came a year earlier, and they had many plans that were not yet ready. On the contrary, the entire continent had already known the conspiracy of the five-color dragon clan. The inhibitory medicine that can resist mad dragon disease has been developed, which gives the Church of the Seven Gods enough confidence to fight against the army of dragon disasters.

You know, the Church of the Seven Gods was besieged at the beginning because most of the elite clergymen were traveling all over the mainland to wipe out evil, and they couldn't return for a while. Now, although it can't be said that the main force is gathered, a few legendary dragons must fight Do not break the extremely strong defense of the holy mountain.

Precisely because of this, Pope Eagle even had the energy to send a small group of elites to explore the cracks in the abyss.

Unlike the evil gods, although the abyss also has elements of chaos, its essence is closer to life. Although demons are all grotesque and ferocious monsters, they are very different from the evil gods' families—they have their own culture. Demon lords Although his rule is brutal, it can indeed be called civilization.

Perhaps just as a mage scholar guessed, the abyss seems to be a deformed existence composed of countless incomplete world fragments. It is between chaos and order, and contains elements of destruction.

It is precisely because the abyss has such special characteristics, so if you want to enter that kind of place, whether it is an evil god or a life of order in general, you need to make some preparations.

Just like the magic circle that Joshua felt at the moment.

【Glow Tinder】

[Quality: Legendary]

[Explanation: The magical array developed by the Church of the Seven Gods after many years has the ability to expel chaos and spread order]

[A test product that has been improved several times for the environment of the Abyss of Anos, and the purification effect is greatly reduced for the chaotic areas outside the Abyss of Anos]

[The power from the sages is pulsating in the depths of the magic circle, you can feel the breath of the pure white staff, because the design is not perfect, fully driving it still requires the use of the power of order]

【——This is the fire of order. 】

"Igor has found a way to use the power of order without relying on the relics of the sages." Feeling the surge of power inside the magic circle, Joshua murmured in a low voice: "He walks ahead of everyone, he is worthy of The number one person in the mainland today."

The soldier’s tone carried a hint of admiration. If Pope Eagle was born in ancient times, he would definitely be one of the sages who led human civilization forward. As a magic circle that can open up a shelter in a chaotic environment, the Shining Fire Seed has epoch-making significance. , it means that human beings no longer have to wait in vain for chaos to invade before counterattacking, but can launch counterattacks freely.

Although the current one seems to have a slight flaw, it is harmless. Anyway, according to the time of the previous life, a full version that only needs positive energy will appear within five years.

Thinking of this, Joshua did not hesitate, he immediately mobilized the power of the Azure Orb in his body to try to drive this huge magic circle.

However, just when the warrior's will touched the orb in his heart, the sage's inheritance released a lot of knowledge and information, which was transmitted to Joshua's brain. His will was as hard as iron, and he couldn't help being stunned for a second or two.

The Azure Orb that once sealed the guardian was unsealed as the Azure Orb inherited by the sages during Joshua's continuous eradication of chaos. However, this relic of the sages was not actually open to the soldiers as everyone thought. own inheritance.

It did give warriors a lot of power. Whether it was killing chaotic monsters to transform their vitality or the form of the King of Burning Souls, these were the abilities given to Joshua by the Azure Orb, but it was just the ability. This sage's relic seemed to know Joshua Xiuya only had fighting in his heart, so he only gave him the power to fight. It didn't say anything about the secrets of ancient times and the information about sages, as if it was just a treasure that contained the power of order.

But now, the Azure Orb suddenly went uncharacteristically and actively passed a lot of information to the soldiers.

"The meaning of order..."

Feeling the knowledge that was suddenly conveyed by the Azure Orb, Joshua carefully read it, and then smiled easily: "It's fine anyway, anyway, fighting is definitely indispensable."

Shaking his head, he didn't care about the meaning behind the abnormal reaction of the Azure Orb, but focused on mobilizing the power of order and pouring it into the magic circle.

Although I thought about a lot of things, all of this only lasted a few seconds in reality. For the three members of the church watching Joshua manipulating the magic circle, the soldiers were only stunned for a few seconds, and then began to seriously instill the power of order , and cooperate with the Fusion Star to completely activate the glow fire circle.

This was nothing at all, but after a few seconds, they felt something was wrong.

"Wait! Mr. Joshua, there is no need to infuse so much power of order!"

Sister Saya's perception was sharper than the two paladins beside her, so she immediately discovered the source of the problem—probably because the soldier was a little absent-minded at this time, so he was desperately trying to instill money into the magic circle. The power of order!

By the Holy Light, they just want Joshua to test whether the magic circle can work and whether it can be controlled smoothly. This level of power of order is enough to drown several high-level demons alive!

"What?"

Joshua also realized that something was wrong at this time. In the final analysis, he was still influenced by the information about the meaning of order in the Azure Orb—when instilling the power of order, various evil gods appeared in the warrior's head Phantom, then subconsciously used all his strength.

Ultimate full strength.

There is a world of difference between the power of the ultimate power and the power of the gold level, and when Joshua returned from the world of Ilgna, the power of order in the Azure Orb had already been fully charged due to the battle with the evil god. After instilling for almost ten seconds, I didn't know how much power I used for a split second, and the development of the matter suddenly got out of control.

"Stop!"

At this moment, Robzek and Lolanda also reacted, and the two of them broke out in cold sweat immediately. The magic circle on the Timer was personally arranged by Pope Igor, and the amplitude of the power can only be described as unimaginable. Described, usually only the energy spilled from the fusion star can supply the entire ark, not to mention the power injected by the warrior at this moment?

The two paladins wanted to step forward to stop them, but it was already too late. A dazzling flash erupted, gushing out from the magic circle, and the surging power of order pushed them back several steps in an instant , Lolanda was almost powerless to resist, and Robzek was able to stand firm after taking a few steps back, but he was unable to move forward.

In the cabin of the Ark Time, the elf boy who was lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed was about to fall asleep, but with a loud bang, the almost substantive force of order disregarded all material obstacles from the entire ship. Sweeping across his body, it shocked all the staff on the ark to stop their work, and also made a giant beast swimming at the bottom of the ship tremble. In addition, it made Hill Waking up from a half-asleep half-awake, he sat up suddenly from the bed and looked around in surprise: "What is it?! So scary?!"

Just when he asked this question, a silver beam of light centered on the Horn of Time pierced straight into the sky. It tore apart the thick cloud over the Abyss of Anos and turned half of the sky into white. In addition, it even aroused the chaotic power that was gaining momentum in advance.

The sea area of ​​the Abyss of Anos, which is known as the never-ending storm, is almost impossible to have no wind and no waves. Even if there is, it is to accumulate strength for a bigger storm. So, according to his calculations, this windless period can last for about three days, and then there will be a huge storm far beyond the past, but now, because of Joshua, the terrifying order fluctuations spread, There was a conflict with the abyssal breath permeating in this sea area, and the storm was triggered in advance under the huge energy change.

Immediately, thunder and lightning flashed in the air, and the purple-blue lightning shuttled through the layers of cumulus clouds like spider webs, and a huge cyclone was slowly forming in the sea not far away, accompanied by increasingly raging waves, torrential rain and The strong wind came together, and the originally clear sea and sky became blurred by the rain in an instant, as if the whole world was covered by dark paint.

"Sister Saya...what's going on?"

The great nun was originally standing on the side of the magic circle, using the crystal shield to resist the surging force of order, but she suddenly heard a timid voice behind her, and Saya subconsciously turned her head to look I went and saw a petite girl with long gray hair.

This girl has a beautiful appearance and looks about sixteen or seventeen years old. Even after seeing the big nun, the nervous expression on her face did not fade away. She glanced at the materialized order light beam with some fear, and then gently Grabbing the back of the big nun's robe, she said in a low voice, "I just finished my experiment. I wanted to ask my sister to have a look, but I was taken aback by this force..."

The girl's voice was already gentle, not to mention that she looked like she was about to cry out of fear, her voice was intermittent, Saya saw this, she could only turn her head, hugged the girl in her arms and comforted her: "It's okay, Nuonuo, it's just It's just a small accident that doesn't matter..."

After hearing these words, the girl named Nuonuo blinked her big eyes. She subconsciously glanced at the surging silver beam of light that was stirring the entire sky, and her blue pupils revealed doubts.

Seeing the girl's expression, the nun's complexion was also very complicated. She turned her head and looked at the beam of light that was still releasing the power of order towards the sky. She could only sigh and said, "It's actually quite serious...but don't Worry, we can solve it - Nuonuo, you go back to the laboratory first, and I will go to you later."

"Oh well."

Nodding obediently, the girl turned her head and walked towards the passage leading to the inside of the ark, but before entering the ark, Nuonuo still turned her head, looked at the beam of light that made her feel a little scared, and whispered to herself Yu said: "Another extremely strong man?"

When she said this, her expression became a little mature: "The church really has a deep foundation, and it has invited another strong man of this level..."

Those on the ark were not the only ones who were frightened by the beam of light.

In the sky above the far sea, in the endless clouds.

A huge low-pressure cyclone is forming not far away, and these rain clouds are attracted by that force, so the howling wind is like a torrent running in the sky, driving the thick clouds to surge in that direction.

And a gigantic existence was riding the gust of wind, flying soundlessly, its aura was completely covered by the wind and clouds, even if it was detected with high-level divine arts, it was difficult to detect its trace.

The black dragon Mandagar is heading in the direction of the Abyss of Anos. Except for the small part of the facial features and brain on the head, almost all of its body has turned into a black crystal-like form. The black dragon can freely change its body structure, reduce wind resistance, and greatly reduce the possibility of being detected by spells.

Killing his former apprentice is not a big deal for the black dragon, which belongs to the evil camp, but even Mandagal is unwilling to bear the severe reprimand of the elders, so after a little preparation, he immediately Go to the far sea, prepare to find a sea monster, absorb its vitality to complete its transformation, and then go to the abyss of Anos to guard the abyss crack.

But I don’t know why, the sea beasts near the Abyss of Anos either entered the interior of the sea area, or they all ran to other sea areas thousands of miles away, which made Mandagar go to the Abyss of Anos to find prey .

It was flying peacefully, but suddenly, a rumbling sound like thunder came from afar, which immediately made the black dragon more vigilant.

But it is useless to be vigilant, I saw a silver-white beam of light going straight into the sky from the ground up in the distance, and a 'bang' sound broke through the clouds, shaking the clouds in half of the sky like water waves, forming layers upon layers of waves. Ripples, at the same time, the inconceivably turbulent force of order swept across, and the breath of the abyss reacted to it, and dense thunderbolts bloomed in the clouds.

As an old black dragon, Mandagal was already ready for battle, but the sudden thunderstorm was beyond his expectation. In desperation, he could only temporarily break away from the clouds and dive into the sea quickly. It was too much, and the black dragon was accidentally struck by a purple lightning in the wings, making it not in the right posture when it was submerged in the water, and splashed a lot of water.

"what on earth is it!?"

Slowly rising from the sea, Mandagar looked angry and inexplicably at the area where the beam of light rose in the distance. It was located in the middle of the Abyss of Anos and was about to enter the core area. It was cautious and disgusted. Sensing the power of order in the air, he gritted his teeth and said, "The Church of the Seven Gods...it really is you!"

"Wait, when I completely complete the form transformation, I will definitely turn all of you into my living crystal nourishment!"

While talking, it seemed to have sensed something, and the angry expression suddenly calmed down a lot. Mandagal's ferocious dragon face twisted slightly, showing a sneer for the dragon: "It seems that I don't need to go, those giants Beasts hate the light too."

At the same time, the sea surface of the Abyss of Anos was under.

A huge shadow is rapidly swimming towards Time.