Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1273 Enchantment: Crown of Thorns (Sun)
"Look, the sea that blocks out the sun—"

"Encyclopedia" Plotinus couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the magnificent scene in front of him.

He regretted so much that he did not study classical literature well.

Seeing such a scene, he couldn't even compose a single line of poetry. It was really a waste of such a heart-stirring scene.

Plotinus never imagined that he would one day put the words "covering the sky" and "sea" together.

Just like he had never thought... someone as insignificant as himself could fight against the angel for the second time and become the key to saving the world.

Plotinus stood on the tall bronze bell tower, looking at the sea in the distance that suddenly solidified and blocked the sunlight.

The Holy Spring City had already fallen into darkness. There was only a faint fire in the city, as faint as a candle that had not yet been extinguished in a storm.

"The moment of the solar eclipse is coming..."

Plotinus murmured in a low voice.

This clock tower is said to be as old as human history.

The craftsmanship of this magnificent bronze vessel came from the civilization of the dragons, who liked to use this ritual vessel to worship the gods.

I wonder if this was already such a desert when they built the tower. I wonder if the people who stood on the top of the tower had ever seen the real sea.
Now, he saw it.

"Sir, the time has come."

The two Nephthys guards behind him whispered a reminder.

"Ah," Plotinus nodded, waking up from his fantasy, "I understand.

“——Then let’s get started.”

puff-

All I could hear was the muffled sound of metal piercing flesh, like a knife cutting leather.

"Amon - purify the dead souls before you!"

As Plotinus chanted in a low voice, the two Nephthys guards raised their ceremonial knives and stabbed them into their hearts without hesitation!

"My Lord!"

They shouted loudly, praising Xi Tiansi with ecstasy, "I am the sun!"

The surging blood turned into golden-red flames that bloomed like irises, igniting from within the armor.

Then, the two souls turned into burning balls of fire, and crashed into Plotinus one after another accompanied by the clear sound of birds singing!

As two balls of fire crashed into him one after another, his body was instantly ignited by the flames.

The intense pain did not stop him from chanting.

He just grasped the air slightly, and the heat dropped. His body, burning with flames, emitted an increasingly sacred glow, and the two flames condensed into phoenix-like wings, one on the left and one on the right, forming his wings for chasing the sun.

Plotinus slowly flew up.

As his clothes were burned by the flames, a card that was still pure and flawless rolled up and fell out of his chest pocket.

He reached out and grabbed it.

That was the golden tarot card, a gift from Aiwass to him.

It's up to you, Plotinus thought to himself.

He didn't know whether this card could save him...but Plotinus believed in Aiwass.

...Besides, it doesn't matter even if I fail.

Every Horus dreams of becoming the sun.

Only those who have been desperate in the darkness will yearn for light so much.

Plotinus rolled his fingers, injected mana into the card, and activated it.

——[Enchantment: Crown of Thorns (Sun)]

As it was activated, a pure white thorn of light appeared on Plotinus' forehead.

With unbearable pain, it tightened violently——

And countless thorns of light drilled into the skin, flesh and blood vessels like living things.

In Plotinus's clear perception, they were like snakes wandering around, or centipedes tearing their bodies apart.

however……

After they took over his body, the flames retreated. They could no longer harm Plotinus in the slightest.

It's now--

Plotinus was shocked and looked at Yuan Tiansi in the distance. As he loosened his grip, the power of the "Sun Incarnation Ceremony" that was gradually out of control completely engulfed him.

On this land, the wall between the dream world and the material world is already extremely fragile. It was just destroyed by the Tail Ring Ritual and smashed by the Abyss, and it has not yet recovered...

...Or rather, the sand clock has not yet started to restore it.

And a trace of Xi Tiansi's consciousness, along with the purest Xihuo, has already descended into Plotinus' body!
Plotinus turned into a platinum fireball. The distorted heat melted the surrounding bronze bell towers and distorted the atmosphere in the sky.

——That is the Art of Dawn Fire!
As the two golden-red wings spread out again, they turned into a blazing white, and the flaming figure in the middle became even more scorching.

And at this moment.

Plotinus woke up again, shaking his head.

He had now appeared in his ritual space, with his body restored to a good state. His consciousness body was like that of other dream-wandering monks, a light golden, translucent glass body that looked like a blown-up sugar man. The two Nephthys guards were already waiting here to guard his spirit body.

In addition to the two Nephthys guards, a trace of Xi Tiansi's consciousness has also appeared here.

He was a very handsome, yet muscular man without a trace of femininity.

He had golden hair as bright as the sun's flame, and eyes so bright that you couldn't see the whites of his eyes. He wore a white and gold light armor, a white helmet shaped like an eagle on his head, and held two phoenix-wing short swords in his hands.

That was the manifestation of Xi Tiansi.

He is the opposite sex self that Hengwo separated from, and it is the eleventh cut she made after ten self-cuts!
And slowly appearing in the distance was a headless young man with a pale body.

He looked like a floating corpse in the sea, his skin was pale and swollen. He had no head, and the part above his neck was endless dark blue tentacles. Behind him were tattered wings with only skeletons, and he was wearing a gray-white robe that might have once been majestic and glorious, but now had been corroded and faded.

In order to save as much time and energy as possible...Xi Tiansi didn't say a word.

Without thinking, he flashed forward, leaving a trail of golden light.

The dagger in his hand burst into a rainbow-colored new star as brilliant as sunlight, and the entire space was shaking violently!

The headless young man didn't respond at all—or rather, he couldn't respond in the first place.

The tentacles on his head multiplied instantly, turning into countless sturdy limbs that flapped around. At the same time, his swollen body burst instantly, and countless flesh and blood multiplied into maggot-like liquid tentacles, spreading in all directions and devouring Plotinus' spiritual world.

It was an intense pain that was indescribable.

The nerves burned like fire and the soul was being eaten away bit by bit.

Memories gradually fade away and consciousness evaporates.

——Plotinus didn't know how long he could hold on.

but……

At this moment, Aiwass has woken up.

His consciousness has been integrated into Yuan Tiansi's body.

Originally they were going to merge into one...but the original consciousness in Yuan Tiansi's body suddenly disappeared.

——It must have been captured by Plotinus.

The answer immediately came to Aiwas' mind.

He put his complete faith in his friend's plan, no matter how ridiculous it seemed.

——Is it really possible to trap Tiansi's consciousness in your own mind? Is this something that a mortal can do?

Anyone would probably subconsciously doubt Plotinus.

But Aiwass chose to believe him and handed him the precious "Crown of Thorns".

And that trust has now paid off.

With the disappearance of Yuan Tiansi's original consciousness, the original fusion ceremony was also interrupted.

Aiwas now woke up in Yuan Tiansi's body with an extremely clear mind - he knew almost instantly how to use this body.

Because it originally used its own body as material, dedicated to "itself", and built by "itself"'s power! No one can understand Yuan Tiansi better than Aiwas at this moment, not even Yuan Tiansi himself who has lost his mind and brain!
The authority of the Heavenly Minister

The moment Aiwas regained consciousness, the first thing he did was to stop Yuan Tiansi's power from leaking.

He did not intend to kill anyone, but the power that leaked out was enough to destroy mortals as fragile as ants.

It is naturally more difficult to stop the sea than to move it. However, Aiwass did it.

Not only that……

From the solidified sea, drop after drop of water fell, sprinkling on the people who had just been killed.

A miracle happened——

Even if they weren't dead yet...it was just a few seconds ago after all.

But all those whose limbs were separated, twisted, contorted, and bloody were restored to their original state in an instant!
(End of this chapter)