Chapter 504 Two golden entries!
Aiwass was a little helpless.
Although the Scaled Lord gave him a gold attribute, he couldn't choose it because [Dissolved Soul] was a core attribute that was essential for the Illuminator, so since it was available, he had no choice but to choose it.
The three entries this time are all very valuable.
Even the purple attribute [Scorching Heart] was simply unsuitable for Aiwass—"Spell Enhancement" simply meant adding one level of priority, which was equivalent to adding one level of penetration. And all it required was "consuming fire mana," not even requiring it to be a fire spell.
For a blood-burning build like the Blood Mage, which can recover blood after burning blood and form a self-contained cycle, after offsetting the negative cost of having to burn blood to start, it can be regarded as a simple and plain damage-increasing item.
If Aiwass advances to become the Lord of the Great Beasts, obtains the ability to merge with the Great Sin Beast, and mainly uses the Flame-Butterfly as his core combat power, then this entry would be useful.
The various spells of the Flame-Butterfly definitely consume fire mana, which is equivalent to directly taking the first level of penetration.
And [Rhythm of War]...
What the hell is this entry!
It's quite powerful, and when you're bullying a weak opponent, you can stack up to seven buffs, and when it's fully stacked, you can still recover health steadily. It's like having a group of priests with you, chasing after you and adding buffs.
It can be said that it is powerful at first glance, but it is not used.
...Because Aiwass doesn't fight in close combat at all.
Although he would be able to merge with the other beasts after becoming the Lord of the Beasts... but not to mention that his two Beasts were currently more inclined towards the back row magic system, he hadn't even caught a melee physical Beast yet.
And Aiwass himself is a pastor!
He's even an Enlightener, whose main purpose is to buff himself. The only problem is that he can't buff himself... but he can buff a large beast first, then merge with himself, gaining the buff that way. No need to kill anyone to activate it.
It takes at least seven kills to reach the full stack—"kills" refers to sentient life, so at least one troll is required. Even beasts don't count. This warm-up time is too long, which is really inconvenient.
But Aiwass was a little surprised.
Logically speaking, the entries granted by the Pillar God's grace should belong to the Pillar God's own power. For example, the entry bestowed upon Aiwas by the Twin Mirrors clearly contained a "mirror" element.
If the Lord of Scales and Feathers were to bestow an entry, it should be the power to adapt to the path of Tao.
But no matter how you look at it, this is the path of authority... or in other words, it belongs to the term "power".
In a trance, Aiwas thought of the city breaker who descended into Lancelot's body.
——Could it be blown to pieces by Leah?
That would be enough to match the mushroom cloud that Aiwas had never seen before...
“…Speaking of which.”
Aiwass suddenly recalled a sentence.
[——I might as well tell you, I’m here to kill you, Aiwass.]
At that time, the city-breaker uttered these words.
Because it was Aiwass who descended into Aiwass' body, Aiwass sometimes didn't know which Aiwass the other party was calling.
But looking back now, that statement seems a little strange.
The reason why Aiwas was targeted by Xiong Tiansi was because he killed the last of the giant royal family - the giant royal family had Xiong Tiansi's blood, and the prince might be his apostle candidate. It is not surprising that he turned around and took revenge on Aiwas.
However, the Aiwass in this worldline never came into contact with the Noble Red. The Giant Prince survived well in the game's worldline until the very end, and he's likely still alive here. Therefore, Xiong Tiansi has no reason to deal with the Aiwass in this worldline.
——So, that guy was looking for "Evans", a promoted person.
In other words, those who break into the city are [intruders]!
Those phantom demons who bypassed the host's protection and directly interfered with the promotion ceremony from the dream world!
It's said that intruders are likely to appear during high-level promotion ceremonies. Their souls are already quite tasty. A group of powerful and pure souls, unguarded, gather here to advance... If the overseeing host is weak, they will inevitably be targeted.
However, Akpolis should be stronger than Enyo the City Breaker and will not let her break in easily.
so……
"Is it a trap?"
Aiwass reacted.
After all, the Lord of Scales and Feathers controls the realm of prophecy, so it's perfectly normal for him to predict everything. This time, the Ascension Ceremony itself was rigged to ensure its proper functioning... That's why they were able to draw in Lancelot of the Shadow Kingdom and the City Breaker.
If that were the case, then the Lancelot he summoned might not have been a temporary "simulated Lancelot." Previously, Aiwass had been curious about how the Ascension Ceremony could force the Celestial Master to descend through the Avalon Shadow Ritual... but now it seemed impossible.
I'm afraid that the one who suddenly approached me and wanted to take over my body must be the real Huan Tiansi...
So, this is a ceremony specially customized for Aiwass!
Because only within this ritual could Aiwass naturally use the Ritual of Shadow of Avalon, and because this ritual itself was "real," the Ring Celestial Being could also contact him. Now thinking about it, Aiwass's sudden desire to perform this ritual was probably due to the influence of the Ring Celestial Being—only when Aiwass was exposed to the Ritual of the Ring of Tail could the Ring Celestial Being possess him.
There are still some crystal snake scales on Aiwass's forearms that have not faded, which is proof of this.
And the Lord of Scales and Feathers, Lianhuan Tiansi, had calculated all of their actions!
"...Isn't this just using me as a bait?!"
Aiwass was a little dissatisfied.
Never mind, that's fine.
At least the guy died in the ceremony and got some benefits from it.
The City Breaker was ultimately Aiwass's pursuer. As Xiong Tiansi's powerful apostle, her early demise was a blessing in disguise. If she had descended directly from the material world to pursue Aiwass, that would have been troublesome.
Thinking of this, Aiwass felt a little shocked, but also a little regretful.
——What would have happened if I had not backed down at that time, but had directly started the complete Shadow of Avalon Ritual?
Pull Xiong Tiansi down directly——
But soon, Aiwass quickly dispelled his bold idea.
If it was really Xiong Tiansi who came, then there was no way his soul could stay in his body for so long, and he would probably have been squeezed to death.
Aiwass chose [Dissolving Soul] without hesitation.
[Dissolved Soul (Gold): Your soul transforms into a higher form. Blessings below "Medium" size no longer require rituals. You will be immune to sleep, charm, curse, and death spells, and your soul can be actively extracted from your body as a consumable.]
The resistance provided by this entry isn't actually very useful... As Aiwass said before, resistance isn't as good as penetration. However, immunity provides a bit more resistance than ineffectiveness, so it's not completely useless.
Just like the fourth energy level [Flame Invalidation Barrier], which will be completely penetrated by the fourth energy level divine Flame Butterfly... it is ineffective, but not completely ineffective.
The principles of different "immunities" are different.
For example, a skeleton is immune to sleep because it cannot sleep, and there is no such possibility. This kind of immunity does not exist as an entry.
But the immunity provided by the entry can naturally be penetrated by other entries - after all, the power comes from the same source, all from the power of the Dream River.
Fire Nullification can be directly penetrated by Fire Piercing and Divinity, but penetrating Fire Immunity is a bit more complex. It requires flanking attack attributes like "Convert Fire Damage to Soul Damage," "Add True Damage to Fire Damage," "Reduced Fire Resistance on Hit," or a gold attribute like "Full Fire Damage."
The immunity provided by [Dissolving Soul] is based on pre-dispelling.
A priest can dispel negative status effects that are one level higher than his own, and Dissolving Soul is equivalent to transforming his soul into a golden mist. It can dispel negative status effects directly when they come into contact with the soul, and it is strengthened by one level.
In other words, this immunity is equivalent to Aiwass casting a higher-level dispel at any time. Any negative status affecting the soul must first pass through this dispel wall. It can be roughly considered as raising resistance by two levels, and even higher negative statuses will be weakened by being dispelled.
But in fact, the reason why Aiwas chose this entry is mainly because of its first attribute.
[——Your soul has transformed into a higher form. Blessings below the "medium" scale will no longer require rituals.]
"Blessing" refers to the active BUFF.
The Enlightener's unique ability allows him to instantly cast blessings smaller than "Small" without requiring any materials, allowing him to buff his teammates in battle. "Dissolved Soul," a class-specific option available only to Enlighteners, increases the material requirement for the blessing by one level, to "Medium."
The buff added by a medium-sized ritual is much stronger than that added by a small-sized ritual.
Small ritual blessings, such as the "Lucky Blessing" that Aiwass had bestowed upon them before they fought the Punished Demon, as well as the "Speed Blessing" and "Courage Blessing." These were relatively weak... equivalent to blessings that could be bestowed with just holy water or holy salt and a chant or two, but he could now instantly cast them.
The medium-sized ritual includes buffs at the level of "heroism", "breaking adversity", and "strong body" - these are the effects that the golden entry for dividing the spoils can provide.
For example, "Strong Body" has a 20% "Strong" effect; "Breaking Adversity" can provide 20% "Adversity".
Strength means that the higher your health, the greater the attack and defense boost, reaching a 20% effect at full health. Adversity, on the other hand, is the opposite: the lower your health, the greater the attack and attack speed boost, reaching 20% at 1% health. These bonuses are multiplied independently from regular buffs, meaning they are not diluted by regular buffs, but are only additively diluted with other similar "Strength" and "Adversity" effects, and multiplied with other types of damage buffs.
This is a real improvement!
As for "the soul being pulled out of the body"...
That is related to another characteristic of the Illuminator.
The special souls of the Enlighteners can be transformed into "Soul Stones." Therefore, the statues left behind by deceased Enlighteners can continue to bless those around them. The quest that first discovered this class involved retrieving the "Strange Saint Statue" from the Theocracy.
The [Dissolving Soul] was able to transform a one-time transaction into an installment payment, transforming a solid golden gem into golden mist. It allowed one to share part of one's soul with others, and the damaged soul could slowly recover due to the transformation of its form.
In-game, its effect is that it can be used on a teammate, creating "Illuminating Fluid" in their inventory. Each Illuminator can only create one "Illuminating Fluid" at a time, and can only use it once in a dungeon. This is equivalent to only being able to bind one teammate in a dungeon.
The effect of using it is to immediately remove all soul control of the self, instantly restore half of the maximum health, and at the same time obtain a huge amount of life continuous recovery lasting three seconds and an increase in all attributes lasting thirty seconds... The subsequent blood recovery can also restore almost half of the blood.
It's basically like having an extra life instantly.
However, since players can spend money in the mall to draw by-products such as instant recovery medicine and control-releasing medicine, this ability is mainly used to give the core output the top round of burst... But in this world, you can't buy the big purple bottle of "panacea" and the big red bottle of "life essence", so these things can actually be used to save your life.
...Before going to the Theocracy, leave a bottle of soul for Isabel.
Aiwass thought.
She gave him a necklace that could save his life, and he could give her a bottle of his soul.
There is no more appropriate gift than this.
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