Starting With 3 S-Class Talents - Chapter 373

Inside the Devil Flame City’s Divine Hall

The High Priest looked at the bruised and swollen David with a face full of anger. He was holding the list that recorded the materials of the Zerg Race.

Earlier, due to anger, the High Priest instantly attacked David. He did not give David a chance to explain at all.

It was not until the High Priest was tired that David had the time to take out the list to show him. Only then did he manage to calm down his angry father.

The High Priest raised the list in his hand and asked with a frown, “This is the information you bought with 100 million crystal coins?”

David nodded repeatedly with a face full of fear.

The High Priest took a deep breath and his angry expression gradually subsided. He said softly, “If this list is true, then it is not a waste for you to spend so much money on it! After all, Andre is one of the few level 45 Dark Elves. With my current strength, if I want to defeat him, I will have to rely on some equipment. If I can obtain all the materials from the Zerg Race and forge them into a full set of equipment, then I will definitely be able to suppress Andre. At that time, the Devil Flame City will have a new master!”

David let out a sigh of relief. He smiled and said, “Father is right. I spent a lot of money to gather information about the Mother Nest Insect Egg for you. As long as your strength surpasses that of City Lord Andre, then you will be the ruler of Devil Flame City, and I will be able to kill Dave to vent my anger!”

The High Priest nodded. He shared the same opinion with his son. They both hated Andre and his son. He currently lacked the strength to defeat Andre. Otherwise, he would have killed the City Lord a long time ago.

“If that’s the case, then quickly take out the Mother Nest Insect Egg. I want to extract the materials and order my men to make equipment immediately. Then, I will use the highest form of ritual to request the great supreme-ruler Gajero, to enchant the equipment!” said the High Priest in a hurry.

David immediately took out the Mother Nest Insect Egg from his storage ring. A huge milky-white round boulder was placed in front of his father.

The High Priest walked around the boulder twice and could not help but nod.

“It really is an ancient relic! The surface of the egg has been completely petrified. No wonder they could discover its specific use. Fortunately, we have received accurate information regarding it!”

David nodded with some pride and hurriedly said, “Father, there’s no time to lose. You’d better break open the egg and collect the materials quickly!”

The High Priest nodded and looked at David. He said in a deep voice, “Wait for me outside! After I get the materials, I’ll make up for all the crystal coins that you spent before!”

David nodded disappointedly and said, “Well, okay. I’ll stand guard outside the door for you!”

After walking out of the room, David could not help but sit on the steps in front of the door and sigh. He wanted to see his father collect the materials with his own eyes and then ask for some unused materials to make some equipment for himself. However, after seeing his father’s reaction, it seemed that he had no intention of giving him any materials at all!

Although his father had promised to return him the crystal coins afterward, he still technically did not earn anything. Instead, he suffered an additional beating.

While David was feeling depressed, the High Priest who was in the room was rubbing his hands and looking at the eggs in front of him impatiently.

“As long as I can get all the materials of the Zerg Race, Andre and Hell’s rose will be completely trampled under my feet!”

The High Priest’s eyes were filled with fanaticism. He raised the magic staff in his hand and slammed it heavily on the ground.

There was no need for him to chant or make any preparations in advance. In an instant, a spell was completed!

A majestic black gas instantly appeared and transformed into countless sharp blades to peel off the outer shell of the Mother Nest Insect Egg bit by bit.

After removing the petrified shell completely, the High Priest was able to see a slightly turbid insect egg. He could also vaguely see a worm that was about two meters long curled up inside.

As his vision was blurry due to his age, the High Priest could not see the specific details of the Zerg Race. However, he believed that after countless years, the worm inside the egg must have long lost its vitality. Considering its size, it must have fully developed before it died and possessed all the materials of the Zerg Race!

“Hahaha! I am truly blessed by the supreme-rulers and heavens!”

The High Priest raised his hand to caress the somewhat cold egg. The smile on his face gradually became even crazier.

However, in the next second, the High Priest’s pupils started to tremble violently. He discovered that the temperature of the egg was slowly rising due to his touch. Suddenly, he felt a strong suction force. The egg was sucking the High Priest’s palm fiercely onto it. It was as if it wanted the High Priest to continue supplying heat to it!

What was even more unexpected was that the huge figure curled up inside the egg had actually started to move. Its two-meter-long body began to stretch. At the same time, as the heat increased, the turbidity inside the egg also gradually receded. The High Priest could clearly see that the only thing separating him and the figure inside the egg was a thin layer of shells.

The figure had a pitch-black shell, a huge and bloated abdomen, six hind legs, and two claws that were like blades on its upper body!

Immediately after that, the figure’s black-colored head suddenly lit up. The figure had eight eyes that were emitting a dark green light. It was staring at the High Priest in front of him with a terrifying and evil gaze. At the same time, the lower part of its head gradually split into six parts. It was its mouth and it contained six teeth of different sizes.

Although the High Priest did not understand the language of the ancient Zerg Race nor did he speak to the giant figure that had suddenly woken up in front of him, he could still feel the aura of hunger from the other party’s body. He could clearly feel the other party’s desire to eat him up!

The High Priest did not dare to be careless at that moment. He raised his other hand that was holding the magic staff high and began to chant in a serious manner, “Great supreme-ruler Gajero, please grant me the power to kill everything. In return, I will offer a part of the materials as a reward!”

In an instant, a huge black light condensed on the staff. It looked like it was recharging for the next terrifying attack.

However, at that moment, a claw that was as sharp as a blade instantly pierced through the shell of the egg. It directly cut off the High Priest’s arm that was holding the staff.

The High Priest’s arm fell to the ground together with the staff. After losing psionic power, the attack was immediately aborted.

“Ah!”

The High Priest screamed like a madman. He was desperately trying to reattach the arm that was absorbed by the figure.

At that moment, the figure’s other claw pierced through the shell of the egg again. Its two claws crossed each other and slashed across the egg. The arm that was attached to it was instantly shattered into pieces.

The High Priest lost both his arms and fell heavily to the ground. Blood splattered all over the ground. As he tried to escape, he shouted loudly, “Help! Help me! Help me!”

Unfortunately, the rooms in the temple were all soundproof. Even David, who was guarding the door, could not hear anything!

The High Priest looked at the figure from the Zerg Race that had left the egg. It was chewing on his arms.

The High Priest’s eyes were filled with despair because he could clearly sense that it had the strength of a level 60 creature!

The figure had just emerged from the egg, but it already had the strength of a level 60 creature. This meant that it was genuinely from a high-level race. It was far from an existence that the elves could contend against!

When the figure finished chewing on his two arms, it raised his head to look at the High Priest with his eight eyes. Without giving him any chance to call for help or retreat, the figure immediately rushed forward and waved his two claws that were like blades. It instantly sliced the High Priest into pieces.

David, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, saw that his father had not come out for a long time. He could not help but feel curious. He stood up and push open the door of the temple gently. He peeked in from the side carefully and saw a three-meter-tall giant Zerg. The Zerg looked like a giant spider and was licking blood off its claws.

Other than the blood all over the floor, there was no sign of the High Priest!

“Ah!”

David let out a heart-wrenching scream. He closed the door subconsciously and turned to run out of the temple.

When the surrounding guardian elders on night duty heard David’s scream, they immediately rushed to the front of the temple to check the situation.

“High Priest, may I ask what happened?”

A guardian elder knocked on the door of the temple and asked respectfully, but there was no response.

The guardian elders looked at each other. They knew that the temple had soundproofing effects. However, since there was something going on, they had to investigate it carefully. They pushed open the main door of the temple together.

At the same time when the door was opened, two cold lights flashed quickly, and the bodies of the two guardian elders were instantly sliced into halves.

The rest of the guardian elders only saw a black shadow flash past their eyes. They soon saw a huge spider with terrifying strength appearing in the courtyard.

“Ah!”

The screams in the temple were incessant that night. Countless guardian elders had died at the hands of the Zerg. Most of them chose to escape the temple in a hurry. At the same time, the brutal and cruel Zerg turned its gaze to the streets outside the temple.

The disaster quickly shifted from the temple to the main streets of Devil Flame City. Fortunately, it was nighttime, and there were no pedestrians on the streets. There were only the elders of the temple who were frantically fleeing. Their mournful cries were soon heard by the army stationed in the streets.

The huge army of Devil Flame City soon started an intense battle with the Zerg on the streets.

However, the strength of the Zerg was too terrifying. The army of Devil Flame City soon suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the general who was in charge of patrolling the night led his subordinates to fight the Zerg. They managed to lead the Zerg out of the city. This allowed Devil Flame City to escape horror.

Early the next morning, Andre, who had just woken up, could not help but fly into a rage after hearing the report from his subordinate.

“What are those idiots in the temple doing? Why is there such a terrifying Zerg running out of the temple? Are they taking the opportunity to destroy Devil Flame City? Is the High Priest prepared to start a full-scale war with us?”

The general on duty hurriedly said, “I have already gone to the temple to investigate. At the same time, I have also questioned some elders who escaped from the temple. According to them, this terrifying Zerg should have been released by the High Priest, but the High Priest is already dead!”

Andre frowned and asked in a deep voice, “Dead! Can you confirm it?”

The general nodded and said, “Although the High Priest’s body was not found, based on the elders’ description, it seems that the High Priest was most likely eaten by the Zerg! And the son of the High Priest, David, had fled the Divine Hall after the High Priest’s death. He had completely disappeared. We guessed that he should be an insider!”

Andre nodded, and the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch into a smile. His biggest opponent in Devil Flame City had actually died just like that. That Zerg had really helped him a great deal in an invisible way!

However, Devil Flame City had suffered a great calamity. Andre knew that he could not appear too happy, so he could only put on a heavy face. At the same time, he said with a hint of joy mixed in, “Immediately deploy the troops to handle the casualties. The rest of you, immediately leave the city to search for traces of that Zerg! At the same time, I also have to report this matter to Imperial City. Such a powerful Zerg, I’m afraid that only a supreme-ruler can resolve this disaster!”

“Yes!”

The general replied respectfully. He then left the City Lord’s hall.

…

Outside the city, on the grassland of the riverside mansion.

Vincent was accompanied by the morning sun as he vigorously brandished the long knife in his hand. His Return Journey of the Dead continuously streaked through the air. Gusts of violent winds immediately surged up beside Vincent, bringing about countless terrifying heaven and earth phenomena.

Vincent put away his knife after performing the first three moves of the eight forms of Heaven’s Will. He turned his head to look at Dave, who was learning how to swing his knife with all his might.

After a day of learning, Dave had already grasped the basics of how to use a knife. At the same time, he had also learned a series of moves like the Collapsing Mountain Strike from Vincent.

As for the most powerful eight forms of Heaven’s Will, Vincent only gave a rough description of it to Dave. Dave felt that it was obscure and difficult to understand. He could not figure out the moves at all. He felt helpless. He had no choice but to give up learning it temporarily and focus on improving his basics. After he had made progress, only then would he try learning the eight forms of Heaven’s Will.

After Dave performed all the blade techniques he had learned, he could not help but let out a long sigh of relief. He turned to Vincent and said with a smile, “This technique indeed seems to be more powerful and matchless than a sword. Moreover, the technique that you taught me is more agile and unpredictable than the sword techniques of the elves. It is indeed a good way to quickly increase one’s strength! Unfortunately, I cannot understand your eight forms of Heaven’s Will at all, so I cannot learn the strongest moves at this time!”

Vincent said with a smile, “The eight forms of Heaven’s Will were derived from a more profound skill known as the Art of Heaven’s Will. Only when the two are combined can the power of the blade technique be formed. Since Your Highness cannot learn the Art of Heaven’s Will, you might as well find a technique that uses the aura of the Demon Race. This way, Your Highness can achieve twice the result with half the effort!”

“Practice the magic blade!” sighed David in surprise.

Vincent’s idea was too bold for the Elf Race whose faith was paramount. However, as Dave had learned how to use a knife, he no longer had any psychological burden. Nevertheless, he was still shocked by Vincent’s strange ideas.

Vincent nodded and said meaningfully, “I hope that Your Highness can not only practice the magic blade but also summarize the trick of integrating faith into the blade techniques. If we can find the pattern, then the Elf Race will be able to display more complex and powerful attacks in the future!”

Dave nodded and said, “Then I’ll give it a try!”

Vincent nodded in relief. He had asked Dave to do this because he wanted Dave to adapt to a battle style that was no longer purely based on faith. This was because Vincent planned on changing the entire Elf Race’s faith sooner or later. He did not want them to continue worshipping Gajero. When that time came, Dave would no longer need to explore new battle styles. Instead, he would be able to fuse any faith into his blade techniques and let it become a part of his powerful strength!

Right at this time, Monica led a squad leader to meet Vincent.

When the squad leader saw Vincent and Dave, he immediately said respectfully, “Your Highness Dave, Sir Vincent! The men we sent to monitor the temple have returned!”

Dave asked curiously, “Oh, did something happen last night?”

The squad leader said in a low voice, “Last night, a huge and powerful Zerg ran out of the temple. After injuring a large number of the defending troops, it was lured out of the city. However, it was said that the High Priest had already died at the hands of the Zerg!”

“What?”

Dave and Vincent exclaimed in shock at the same time.

Although Vincent said that there was going to be a huge change in the temple, Dave did not expect that the High Priest would die at the hands of the Zerg!

It should be known that the battle between the High Priest and Andre had always been quite even. He did not expect that such a powerful figure would actually die just like that!

Vincent was also shocked that the Zerg had actually run out of the city. He could not help but quickly ask, “What is the strength of that Zerg? Where did it run off to?”

The squad leader thought for a moment and said, “According to rumors, that Zerg should have the strength of a level 60 creature. Last night, it was lured out of the west city gate. I think it has already entered…”

Before the squad leader could finish, Vincent and Dave sighed at the same time, “The Tias Mountain Range!”

Vincent did not expect that a trap that he had devised at the last minute would actually draw danger into the Tias Mountain Range. Angelina and the others were hiding there. If they encountered the Zerg, the consequences would be unimaginable!

However, it was too late to be regretful. Vincent only wanted to rush to the Tias Mountain Range immediately to check on Angelina and the others!

Dave had long guessed that there must be someone or something very important to Vincent in the Tias Mountains, so he immediately said to Vincent, “Go to the Tias Mountains, I’ll go with you!”

Vincent turned to look at Dave. He could hear the good intentions in Dave’s words. If only the two of them went, there would be no need to bring the 300 soldiers, and when the time came, Angelina and the others would also not be noticed by so many of them.

However, Vincent could tell that Dave was curious. He wanted to personally go to the Tias mountains to see Vincent’s companions.

However, as things had come to this stage, Vincent was no longer afraid that Dave would know about his background. He immediately nodded and said, “Alright, let the army stay here to protect the mansion. The two of us will go to the Tias Mountains to check out the situation. We will return as soon as possible!”

Dave said happily, “No problem. Let’s set off immediately!”