Just as Xu Zhi expected, there was nothing fancy about this "test". It was simply a test of patience, resilience, perseverance and will, or in other words, a test of the degree of desire for "power" and the [cup].

She didn't have any desire for the [Cup], but she did long for greater power. Besides, she was using cheats, so there was no reason for her to give up halfway.

She even cheated but still couldn't pass, isn't that too embarrassing?

With this thought in mind, Xu Zhi climbed even harder. Even though she was consciously exhausted and all the muscles in her body were telling her that she needed to rest, she still chose to continue squeezing her precarious body.

This kind of climbing lasted for nearly ten days. It was already night in Lost Land. When they reached the middle level, the midnight atmosphere was indeed stronger. Xu Zhi even needed to use her [Authority] to cover up her breath a little, otherwise she always felt that she would be entangled by the fog below.

Even though she has been promoted to the Nominal level, she is still at the beginner level. There are differences between Nominal and Nominal levels. She needs to be at least a little stronger before she can challenge Midnight.

During the test of the [Cup], after nearly "ten days" of climbing, at a certain moment, as if to recognize the climbers, this long ladder finally came to an end.

The spiritual part of Xu Zhi could no longer feel the existence of his "body". He was relying entirely on his willpower to keep driving his body forward. He waited for the moment when this breath was released, and he would never be able to stand up again.

Fortunately, the will that controls this body belongs to Xu Zhi. She never chooses to give up or slack off at critical moments. So after a "long" climb, she passed this extremely boring test and reached the end of the ladder.

Climbing up the last step, she saw the reward for the winner, a pool of blood-red hot spring. The hot spring did not emit the slightest smell of blood, and even smelled particularly fresh, as if it was a clear spring in this world of flesh and blood. The moment her tired body saw the hot spring, a strong desire broke out in her, and she began to imagine how comfortable it would be to soak in it.

Xu Zhi did not hesitate. She had already climbed the stairs. It couldn't be that the final test was to see if she could resist the temptation of the hot spring and stand and endure the hardship, right?

That's too stupid!

So she went straight into the hot spring.

Almost the moment she soaked in, her "body" turned soft into a puddle of mud, and her already extremely exhausted consciousness and mental strength seemed to follow her body into the comfortable hot spring, enjoying the massage from the warm water. The comfortable feeling continued to come, accompanied by a large amount of energy seeping from the hot spring into her mental strength, constantly strengthening her.

In the actual ritual, the blood, food, and believers contained in the circuit were drained away by the ritual circuit at this moment, leaving no bones behind. They were transformed into pure energy and integrated into the circuit before being transported to the center to transform the spiritual body.

These blood foods and the energy transformed from believers are only used to enhance physical strength, while the extraordinary advancement and energy enhancement all take place in that mysterious space, in that hot spring.

The process did not last long, and Xu Zhi also truly experienced what it meant to upgrade without entering Mansu. It was as if he was enlightened by a master with profound internal strength. He did not need to work hard, and his level rose rapidly.

This feeling may not be strange for a transcendent who becomes a believer of the [Cup] attribute for the first time, but for Xu Zhi, she has walked the path of an ordinary transcendent twice. Now that she has changed to the upgrade method of the [Cup], she noticed something wrong.

You rely entirely on the grace of "God" and do not have any foundation of your own. God can make you famous overnight, but he can also melt you into blood with a wave of his hand.

This "strength" cannot give Xu Zhi any sense of security.

Fortunately, she was not as unwarranted as other believers towards the so-called "God". Her faith was not devout. Although the God seemed unaware of this and still gave her the gift, Xu Zhi was already prepared to steal this power.

"If you give it to me, it will really be mine."

As the energy from the hot springs invaded his body, the extraordinary circuits belonging to the [Cup] in his body grew rapidly. In his mind, the energy belonging to the [Cup] gradually built a familiar blood-red ladder. Compared to the real ladder, the one in his mind was undoubtedly much smaller, but most of the energy and authority of his spiritual body as the [Cup] were granted by this ladder.

Then Xu Zhi understood that this foundation was not only the representative of the archbishop and the source of power, but it also restricted their existence.

The extraordinary circuit can still be considered one's own thing, but this ladder to heaven, no matter how you look at it, must have been granted by "God".

"So, the foundation is a tool used to connect gods and believers, giving believers power. And the reason that laboratory can't replicate it is because they don't know, or are unable to create a similar foundation?"

Then the key to stealing the power of the [Cup] lies in this foundation.

As she was thinking, the water in the hot spring gradually became transparent, which meant that the gift from God had been completely absorbed by her.

At this moment, the archbishop's foundation was established, and his spiritual body was separated from that strange world.

Xu Zhi guessed that perhaps that world was the [realm] of the [cup] attribute god, and after she broke away, her spirit body slowly opened its eyes. Then, caught off guard, Xu Zhi almost couldn't control the powerful destructive power brought about by the surge in strength, just like someone who couldn't control themselves from crushing a cup after suddenly gaining extraordinary power related to strength. Even if she had done nothing just now, her unrestrained aura almost made the believers who were watching and waiting in the distance leave this not-so-wonderful world.

Even though Xu Zhi noticed it and restrained her breath, she later realized that compared to her own step-by-step promotion, after such an initiation-like promotion, the person involved would most likely not be able to master the power she possessed well. Fortunately, she was not an inexperienced young person, otherwise these believers outside would probably not survive today.

Looking at the believers who had restrained their aura but still maintained their previous jealous attitude and knelt devoutly towards him, Xu Zhi actually tasted something strange.

She waved her hand to let these people leave, and then began to familiarize herself with her new identity as the Archbishop.

After being promoted to [Archbishop], his mental strength, extraordinary abilities, and physical body are all very different from before.

The strength of her body alone was incomparable to before. She even felt that the strength of her spiritual body was almost catching up with her original body which had been tempered by lightning and became abnormal.

However, the aftereffect of forcing things to grow too fast is that she is still unable to adapt well to this "new body".

In addition, this body seemed to have a strong connection with some similar beings. She could feel that at the moment of her "birth", it seemed to have a strong resonance with certain distant beings. This resonance even spread to the entire [Cup] attribute group, as if silently announcing her birth and existence.

Those who resonated with her were probably the other archbishops.

This resonance can also provide both parties with a vague feeling, allowing them to confirm the number and distance of each other. Even if they are disguised, they can recognize "their own people" the moment they meet.

Of course, this only applies to the relationship between archbishops, as for other believers, the archbishop can immediately recognize them unilaterally.

Xu Zhi discovered that there were already five archbishops besides her.

This means that the archbishops have actually been gathered together. As for the small aliens, it is because she did not allow them to absorb more prey to store energy for promotion, which resulted in there being only six archbishops now.

Through this subtle connection, Xu Zhi also confirmed one thing: the archbishop devoured by the little alien was [Greed].

And she herself is actually [lazy]!

".The lazy test is too lazy, isn't it?!"

The extraordinary abilities she gained after being promoted to Archbishop also seemed to be quite idealistic. For example, one of them was that after being released, the target would become lazy in mind, body, and all aspects due to "laziness", and things that could be done would become impossible to complete. The extraordinary abilities that could hit would miss, or simply could not be released at all due to the slackness of a certain link. The originally agile mind would become sluggish, and the originally strong physique would become weak.

She can even use this extraordinary ability on non-living things. For example, after using it on a very strong knife, the forged metal will become fatigued and brittle, and the extraordinary circuit contained in it will short-circuit, etc.

“Is this really scientific?”

This is just one of the abilities that Xu Zhi thinks is relatively ordinary, and it mainly belongs to the buff type skill.

The abilities of the other main attacks are more incredible than each other. For example, one of them can cause the blood vessels of the person being hit to burst, supernatural energy to surge, and supernatural circuits to become fragile. If they encounter the slightest influence of other supernatural energies, they will easily shatter. Even if they use their own supernatural abilities, it may cause the circuit to be intolerant and cause rupture.

This ability will produce different effects depending on the gap between her and the person being hit. If the person is lower in level than her, the opponent will naturally die instantly. If they are at the same level, the opponent will definitely not feel good. At least the extraordinary energy riot and circuit fragility alone are enough to cause great trouble, not to mention other physical internal injuries.

What extraordinary people fear most is the ability to directly attack the innate circuit, and this ability is often extremely rare. Everyone wants to beat the opponent into a dead end and then destroy the opponent's innate circuit, because there is usually no way to directly target the circuit. As long as they can still resist, they will never let the circuit be hit.

Under the influence of this ability, even if one has the ability to resist, even if one is only subjected to an ordinary supernatural attack, it is possible that the fragile circuit will collapse.

Even more extremely, Xu Zhi did not kill the man, but only affected his circuit. For those who are more fragile, even if they are in a place with more other extraordinary energy, it is possible that their own circuit will be impacted.

In this state, if the negative buff cannot be removed, even if the extraordinary person is alive, his life will be worse than death.

The remaining several abilities also have their own abnormalities, but the most important thing is not the extraordinary ability obtained, but

After being promoted to [Archbishop], she gained the right to glimpse the attribute rules of [Cup].

[Rules] are a very wonderful thing. Everything has its own rules. It is a rule that extraordinary energy is needed to activate extraordinary abilities. It is also a rule that extraordinary people start from understanding. However, [Cup] breaks this rule and establishes a set of rules that belong only to [Cup].

After becoming an archbishop, one can "see" these rules that are unique to the Cup and try to understand and master them.

It can be said that only after reaching the [Archbishop] can believers have the ability to see and touch the [Rules]. This is not a power, but a "right."

If you cannot understand the [rules], you cannot achieve [ascension].

This is a statement recognized by many extraordinary people.

However, the existence of [rules] is extremely abstract, invisible and intangible. It is even more confusing to try to comprehend them. Only when one is strong enough and spiritual, or when one is favored by [glow], can one perhaps catch a glimpse of the true meaning of how everything works.

Many extraordinary people regard "seeing the rules" as the first step to ascension.

Since you can't even see the rules, how can you understand them? If you can't understand and grasp the truth, you will never be able to get close to the [Glow], gain the favor of the [Glow], and create extraordinary achievements to achieve ascension.

Many people believe that "ascension" is just a fantasy of extraordinary people. Even if they are as powerful as the "gods" of various attributes and have mastered the rules of each attribute, they still cannot gain the recognition of [Glow].

Xu Zhi was not familiar with the [rules], but he was definitely not unfamiliar with them.

After coming to the real world for some time, she is no longer the little-known "country bumpkin" in the Federation. She is now very clear about her specialness. Each of her extraordinary abilities is of an extremely rare type, not to mention the BUG-like [Prying Eyes] that allows her to "see the rules directly" many times in advance. Although she has paid a small price for this, it is definitely worth it.

At least now, even though her spiritual body only had half of its consciousness and mental strength, because she had long been exposed to the [Rules], she would not be shocked and fall into fainting due to the loss of her physical body.

However, now is not a suitable time to concentrate on her comprehension. She still remembers what she heard in that mysterious realm: the fog is coming and Liancheng is doomed.

While thinking, Xu Zhi suddenly heard an exceptionally loud alarm that he had heard once before.

That was a warning of the coming fog season.

"So soon?"

She had just escaped from that world for less than an hour when the fog came directly. And what kind of destruction would the Lotus City be destroyed in as the [Cup] attribute god said?

There seem to be many questions, but perhaps we will get answers soon.

After becoming the Archbishop, Xu Zhi discovered that she could clearly sense the location and level of nearby believers. Now, she also knew that they were preparing for the upcoming Season of Mist.

This means that no extraordinary person can disguise themselves as [Cup], which means that [Cup] is unlikely to have an insider.

"I see."

No wonder the god granted her the qualification so easily. Did he really think she was a believer?

After the alarm sounded, Xu Zhi controlled her spirit body to leave the warehouse. Although she knew what was going on, she still had some concerns.

She thought, if something really happened in Liancheng, Guangmingyuan should be able to get wind of it and evacuate in advance, right?

Logically speaking, as long as there is a possibility that she will return from the Lost Land, Guangmingyuan should take Qi Yanxin with her.

"I hope she's okay."

Normally, people have at least half a day to react after an early warning is issued. However, this time, within less than two hours of the warning being issued, a thin mist had already appeared on the ground below. The mist seemed to be spreading from underground, with no direction and no way to stop it.

Xu Zhi did not choose to enter the house. Since her spiritual body already possessed the strength of an archbishop, she naturally wanted to go and take a look in the fog.