When the shadow points reach five million, the panel prompt will appear.
[Congratulations to the host, your current status has reached the initial awakening III, and has reached the limit of 'primary authority'. ]
[All current shadow authority has been upgraded to level 3. Authority can be merged to become a mid-level authority. The current number of shadow authority is '5/5'. ]
[Fusion Authority, Condition 1: Vitality 10000. Condition 2: Mental Power 10000. Condition 3: Requires 5000000 Shadow Points. Current Progress: Vitality 10000/10000 (Completed). Mental Power: 10000/10000 (Completed). Shadow Points: 5281354/5000000 (Completed)]
[Is authority integrated?]
When Qin Jinnian saw these prompts on the panel, his eyes brightened up and his heart was filled with excitement.
I have waited for a long time and finally waited until today.
He suppressed the urge to advance immediately... He had not forgotten that he would lose consciousness every time he advanced in authority. That was only the promotion of primary authority.
Now that he has been promoted to a mid-level authority... he feels that it will definitely not be so peaceful.
Maybe there will be some big commotion...
Certainly not in such an unsafe place.
He frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of a good place for promotion.
The next moment, his clone disappeared directly, and his original body outside the ruins broke through the air and flew towards Canglan City.
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…
An hour later, Qin Jinnian stopped in front of a shadow fragment world.
This place belongs to the suburbs of Canglan City, and there are not many people around. He took out the Eternal Guide, stimulated the abyss aura inside, and then entered it... Suddenly a small world appeared in front of him.
This is the fragmented world where the underground altar under construction was discovered that day.
To this day he still doesn't know which church built this altar, because no statue of gods was placed there. Later, he waited here for a while, but no one came here again.
In fact, for a period of time afterwards, Qin Jinnian had to send out a clone to deal with the weird species at night in addition to fighting monsters every day. In the process, when passing by some shadow worlds, he would also go in to see if there were any traces of the evil church... Anyway, it was a matter of catching rabbits while robbing grass.
Unfortunately, he had not seen any traces of the evil church since the chaos in Canglan City was stabilized. He did not know whether they had evacuated Canglan or disappeared somewhere else. But at least, because there was an altar under construction in this shadow fragment, he basically came to take a look every few days, but he did not find any signs of anyone coming. It should have been completely abandoned by the evil church behind it.
And now, there is probably no place more suitable than here to advance in status.
However, just in case, he walked around here and made sure that there was not even an ant inside. Then he stopped, took a deep breath, and looked at the panel.
[Is authority integrated?]
After the fusion of authority, can the person achieve "God-consciousness"? We will know immediately.
“Fusion!”
Without any hesitation, Qin Jinnian had an idea.
The next moment as his mind moved, there was a loud bang, and it seemed as if billions of thunders were roaring in his head.
The next moment, he felt his consciousness being pulled into the endless sky by some huge force. The next moment, a huge dark world appeared before his eyes...
He had seen this scene many times before. He saw it almost every time he was promoted.
But every time, I only saw a pitch-black world, and my consciousness went straight into a blank, and I couldn’t see anything clearly.
But this time…
different!
Because the world in front of me is so clear!
It was a dark land, vast and boundless, seemingly endless. And on this endless land, stood a statue of God.
The statue was over ten thousand feet tall, and was surrounded by pitch-black matter. It was unclear what was visible. It stood alone on the boundless land, with its back to Qin Jinnian.
Seeing this world clearly for the first time, Qin Jinnian opened his eyes wide, trying hard to see clearly what the statue was.
But the dark substance was too thick for Qin Jinnian to see through. He could only vaguely discern that the other person's eyes were looking forward.
Qin Jinnian had an idea and wanted to get closer.
But as soon as he had this thought, he felt a great terror descending upon him, suppressing him so much that he was completely unable to move.
He was terrified and quickly calmed his mind to resist this sudden terror.
And the next moment, the statue seemed to have some kind of sense. It slowly turned its head and cast a glance at Qin Jinnian.
It was a look that gave people a feeling of indifference, majesty, and supremacy.
And with just this one look, Qin Jinnian only heard a loud "bang", and the next moment, he felt as if he was "shattered".
My consciousness also fell into a blank...
But in reality, endless black shadows were surging wildly on Qin Jinnian's body. The terrible shadows were raging in all directions, almost covering the entire fragmented world.
Because it can be real or virtual, the shadow did not cause any great damage.
His eyes were open, but out of focus.
It started out as a pitch-black mass, similar to the state when using the dark pupil.
But at a certain moment, suddenly, a faint golden color appeared in his pupils.
The time when the light golden color appeared was almost exactly the same time when the statue looked at him in his 'consciousness'!
The faint golden color spread, gradually spreading from the pupil to his body, and finally, even blending into the shadow.
The shadow began to undergo some strange and indescribable changes...
Time passes by little by little.
This time the promotion took much longer than expected.
Primary authority is usually completed within a few minutes.
But this time, the promotion process lasted for about an hour.
An hour later.
Qin Jinnian suddenly started, as if waking up from a dream.
He looked around blankly, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly let out a light breath, and with a thought, the dancing shadow was retracted into his body.
He was a little absent-minded.
His consciousness was still blank.
But this time, he saw clearly where the statue was. When the statue looked at him, his consciousness shattered.
He was sure...
It was shattered! At that moment, he even thought he was dead.
In fact, until now, he was not sure how much time had passed... because in his senses, it seemed like only a moment... the consciousness over there disappeared, and then he woke up immediately.
So, what is that statue? What is that piece of land? Is it the so-called abyss? He had many doubts in his mind.
But after a moment's silence, he let out a sigh and didn't think about it any further.
Anyway, as long as you are alive, you will figure it out one day.
"Let's take a look at the upgrade."
He put the matter of the statue aside, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he looked at the data panel with some anticipation.
【Qin Jinnian】
[Life force: 10000]
[Spiritual Power: 10000]
[Authority: Shadow]
[Level: Divine Perception I]
[Cultivation: Super Martial Level 10]
[Middle Authority: Lord of Shadow]
[Lord of Shadow: You hold the power of shadow. Your eyes can see through the fog of the shadow world, and you are immune to all spiritual pollution of the dark world. You can control the shadows of all things, and feed on the flesh and spirit energy of dark creatures. You are the incarnation of the dark shadow. Walking in the shadow, the shadow is your kingdom. You can give the power of shadow to ordinary things.]
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Qin Jinnian looked at the new panel with bright eyes.
Among them, the status really reached 'Divine Awareness I'. And the authority was really integrated into a new authority called 'Lord of Shadows'.
And just from the description alone, it can be seen that... the previous powers such as Dark Pupil, Shadow Control, Shadow Devouring, Shadow Body, Shadow Armor, etc. have indeed all been integrated together to become the ability of the 'Lord of Shadows'.
only……
It doesn't seem like there's anything too special about this, right? The so-called fusion... is it really just about combining all the previously independent abilities together? He frowned, but soon he let out a sigh of relief.
Don't jump to conclusions too easily, or you'll be easily slapped in the face...
After all, the promotions in panels and authority had never disappointed him so far.
Try your ability first.
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and his mind moved.
Suddenly, clones appeared around him.
He planned to first see if there was any change in the number of clones.
One, two, three, four...
Sure enough, after four clones appeared, the fifth one also appeared.
But that didn't surprise him.
After all, he had consumed five million shadow points. According to the increase in his authority, he should be able to create at least eight clones.
Sure enough, in the blink of an eye, eight clones appeared one after another.
He smiled, and then showed a hint of anticipation...
Could there be a ninth one?
He thought again and wanted to split out a ninth clone.
But the result... was failure.
This made him slightly stunned.
It actually failed? So, this fusion is to make all powers reach level 4? And change the description from separate skills to one skill?
He frowned, somewhat disappointed.
He subconsciously looked at these clones, but soon he discovered the difference...
In the past, his clones were actually controlled by his consciousness. When he controlled a certain clone, most of the other clones were in a static state... Only when he consciously operated two or three lines, these clones would take action.
But now, when he took a quick look, he found that the expressions of all the clones were surprisingly lively.
When he looked over, the eight clones also looked at him at the same time... as if they were responding to his attention.
“Could it be…”
He thought of a possibility and looked at the eight clones in surprise.
"Meet the Lord of Shadows."
The next moment, the eight clones actually bowed towards him.
This made him gasp and widen his eyes: "You... have your own consciousness?"
One of the clones smiled slightly: "Rather than saying that we have 'consciousness', it is better to say that this is a manifestation of the Shadow Lord's authority... The Shadow Lord subconsciously hopes that we have consciousness so that we can better assist the Shadow Lord in his actions, so we have consciousness. But this consciousness can be completely dissipated in the blink of an eye. The Shadow Lord does not need to worry about the so-called usurping the throne... In fact, to a certain extent, we are all incarnations of your consciousness, just manifested in different bodies. If you don't believe me, you can try to control any of us and see if there is any difference from before."
These words made Qin Jinnian stunned for a moment. After thinking about it, his mind moved, and his consciousness descended into the body of the clone who was speaking.
Then I found that the perspective was separated into two, one was the perspective of the original body, and the other was the perspective of the clone.
The next moment, his mind moved again, and in the blink of an eye, his perspective split into nine... eight clones, all of which were his main consciousness.
With another thought, the main consciousness was withdrawn and returned to the original body. The other eight clones also looked at him at the same time. He could clearly feel the thoughts and ideas emerging in the minds of the eight clones at this moment.
"When you want to descend upon a certain avatar, it is the main consciousness that is in charge. When you leave, it is us, the 'sub-consciousnesses', that are in charge of this body. But we are still you in essence, and this is a projection of your consciousness. You can sense and know the actions and thoughts of the avatar anytime and anywhere."
The clone explained with a smile.
Qin Jinnian was somewhat confused. Why did these clones know so much about things that he didn't know?
But then I thought, since these consciousnesses are the product of authority, then it doesn’t seem surprising that they know these basic abilities of authority?
Although he felt a little strange in his heart, after all, he was used to his clone being completely controlled by him, and now there were suddenly some strange consciousnesses... That is to say, those consciousnesses were all his consciousnesses, and if he wanted, he could also use his own consciousness to completely control it as before.
But more or less, I still feel a little uncomfortable...
After nodding, Qin Jinnian's mind moved, and the eight clones disappeared at the same time.
After these clones dissipated, he felt them carefully again and did not find any strange personalities or anything, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then his eyes flashed.
To be honest, apart from the discomfort, if the clones all have their own consciousness, then it will be much more convenient to act in the future...
Of course, one's own clone is the most reliable helper.
After testing the ability of 'Shadow Body', Qin Jinnian wanted to test other abilities.
Among these, the most important thing is undoubtedly shadow control.
The next moment, his mind moved, and in an instant, endless shadows surged out.
When he controlled the shadow, he intuitively felt for the first time what it meant to be the Lord of Shadow! On New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy New Year. I wish you all a smooth work, academic progress, and a happy family in the new year. Good luck.
(End of this chapter)