Chapter 862 If you fail, you will inherit the family business
Because the power of the path comes from the burning of sinners by the candlelight master in the past, and the candlelight master's sacred number is three...so there will always be three options in the promotion ceremony.
This time, six Dao characteristics burst out at once. And half of them were dedication, and half were transcendence—
"Is this a matter of choosing two path traits at once?"
Aiwass pondered.
He still had plenty of time to think... because the promotion ceremony was very short and the pace was too tight, and it was still a long time before dawn.
The first thing to rule out is the two purple features.
This was the Crescent Moon Ascension Ritual, a four-to-five level upgrade—it was already a guaranteed gold trait. Going back to purple was like losing a gold trait. If you already had enough mana and weren't looking for elemental affinity, you didn't even need to look at it.
Among the remaining four path characteristics, Aiwass first excluded the [Elemental Emperor].
The dual attributes of light and darkness are extremely important to him and cannot be separated.
This promotion ceremony has proven that the endless knot represented by the "Four-Color Wings" is a "false future." He must achieve the "Six-Color Wings" before he can possibly fight Huan Tiansi.
Once this feature is selected, it means that Aiwas can only use four-color elemental spells in the battle against powerful enemies. This is undoubtedly a weakening for him.
Moreover, [Snake of Transcendence] is a choice that Aiwass, as a transcendent, cannot skip.
——This feature is not a feature that players can choose in the game.
Its namesake feature is a dungeon catch-up mechanic for new players or those who are falling behind.
If the dungeon is not the current version's hard dungeon, but a previous version's hard dungeon or the current version's main quest dungeon, then if the team wipes once, all players will receive an 8% all-attribute buff. This buff can be stacked three to eight times, depending on the dungeon's progress.
For example, in an era where level 90 is common, if a new player is still repeatedly wiped in a difficult level 60 dungeon, then [Serpent of Transcendence] can stack up to 64% of all attribute bonuses. This simple strength is enough for novices and rookies to easily skip some of the wipe-prone stages.
In this world, as a Transcendent, Aiwass is almost certain to face powerful enemies. Aiwass's current priority bonus, based on his "divinity," is essentially limited to the scales granted by the Silver Crown Dragon. Outside of "attacking the Oathbreaker," he can easily max out his +2 priority during the Celestial Master battle.
As long as he obtains unconditional priority from another source, Aiwass will be able to intervene in the Tiansi battle at the fifth energy level!
What really made Aiwas's choice difficult were actually the two characteristics of the Path of Devotion:
[Endless Mercy (Gold): Your healing can revive the recently deceased.]
[Choose the Candle's Horn (Gold): You drink the blood from Choose the Candle's neck and become Choose the Candle's son]
These two characteristics are also not rare characteristics that players can choose.
He didn't know the triggering conditions for [Endless Mercy]—how long exactly did the "recently deceased" refer to? He also didn't know if the effect had any negative effects or a built-in cooldown. He also didn't know what this "Son of the Candle" meant.
Without the intelligence advantage, he couldn't ensure he got the best features...
Do I have to make a hard choice?
but……
It was at this time that Aiwass realized something.
It was different from every previous promotion ceremony.
This time, after giving him blood, Si Zhu did not leave!
He just stood by and watched Aiwass make his choice quietly.
"...Lord Si Zhu."
Aiwass didn't hold back, instead choosing to ask for help directly. After all, he was somewhat of a pope, and it made sense to ask his god for advice when faced with a problem. "Could you explain to me the properties of [Endless Mercy] and [Candlelight's Horn]?"
"Of course. After all, both traits come directly from me."
Si Zhu seemed to have anticipated this and answered calmly, "The Zhu Tiansi you are all familiar with has these two characteristics."
It seemed as if He stayed here just to help Aiwass solve his doubts.
After hearing this, Aiwass actually understood a little bit -
Zhu Tiansi is the only Tiansi who voluntarily descended to the material world and was killed by others. Only in Zhu Tiansi's place, the copies are not called "Suppression War", "Annihilation War" and "Annihilation War", but "Trial War", "True Test War" and "Extreme Test War".
Zhu Tiansi's most powerful characteristic is his ability to resurrect almost at will.
In the first phase, Zhu Tiansi leads two of the Pope's Guards, constantly applying various group buffs to them. If they aren't killed, the buffs will grow stronger. If they are killed, Zhu Tiansi stops applying the buffs and revives them after three seconds. After entering the second phase, three seconds after resurrection, he will chant a six-second mechanic that can potentially wipe out the entire group.
In the most difficult "Extreme Test Battle", Zhu Tiansi directly brought six Pope's guards in the first stage - the pressure given by three groups of guards and one group of guards is completely different, and the fact that they can never be killed is even more frightening.
Therefore, if you want to defeat Zhu Tiansi, the core idea is to control the health of these Pope's guards, let them die continuously, and the time of death is all controlled within nine seconds.
You have to learn to use the death of the guards to interrupt Zhu Tiansi's high-risk special actions with extremely long casting times, and then take the opportunity to output the main body.
By this means, all gains can be cleared and Zhu Tiansi's special actions can be delayed, so that the new batch of Pope's guards will not have that terrible gain, and Zhu Tiansi must continuously resurrect the guards, so he will not be able to kill anyone for a long time, thus creating an output window period.
Furthermore, if defeated by Zhu Tiansi, they cannot be teleported to the resurrection point, nor can they receive the player priest's unique combat resurrection. Instead, they are instantly resurrected by Zhu Tiansi and isolated outside the field - because they have already been resurrected, they cannot be resurrected again.
Therefore, the Zhutiansi Trial Battle is a special combat mode that does not allow casualties.
——This battle is a true “trial battle”.
This battle itself isn't very difficult, as even one or two mistakes won't cause any serious consequences, unless you keep making them. It simply teaches players one thing: some of the minions summoned by the boss must be kept healthy but not killed.
This is a very classic BOSS battle mode in MMORPG, and it is also the first time that the blood control without killing mechanism appears in the game "Ouroboros".
If you accidentally kill one or two guards early, you'll easily be unable to kill the guards who have revived and are at full health during the subsequent health control. You'll be left watching the guards, who are covered in buffs, rampage and unable to control them. If you can't help but focus fire on them again, the situation will become increasingly chaotic. If Zhu Tiansi's incantation triggers a team-wipe mechanism twice in a row, it's basically a complete loss.
"The power of [Endless Mercy] is literal resurrection. As long as the recipient's death occurs within three seconds, and their body damage can be restored to a level that allows them to survive, they will be resurrected immediately. There are no restrictions, and no cost... Once you master this trait, you will no longer be faced with the situation of 'someone who was just barely saved' or 'someone who was suddenly killed due to carelessness'.
"The downside is that this method of resurrection cannot be used to resurrect oneself. This is because mercy is not something that can be bestowed upon oneself."
Sizhu said gently, "As for the [Sizhu Horn]... that is the ability to summon miracles.
"Have you ever heard of [symbol] or [totem]? Some mystical texts also refer to it as [mythical gesture]. This is related to the symbolic power deep within the source river.
"This path trait allows you to briefly touch the essence of the source of [Civilization], granting you god-like power. The side effect is... the more you use this ability, the more you'll grow antlers and a deer body.
"This ability allows you to save anyone you wish. Whether it's transforming them into trees, amber, or petrifying them... or reviving recently deceased corpses whose souls remain within them, or those whose minds are broken and whose paths have lost control. The [Fire of Civilization] can burn away all darkness—if you're willing to pay a high enough price, it can even resurrect those whose souls have already entered the Source River. As long as the soul hasn't been shattered and recovered, everything is still possible.
"And the price is... this ability. The more you use it, the more like me you will become. You will grow antlers, and your soul will be purified. The 'impurities' of other paths will gradually be filtered out by the power of the source river.
"When your soul is fully attuned to the Third Source, you will become like the child 'Ann'... transforming from an elf into a deer with a human face. If you continue to use it, you will become exactly like me."
Ann Eternal—that was the name of the first Eternal Pope.
That is Zhu Tiansi's real name.
"If it turns out like that...what will happen to me?"
Aiwass couldn't help but ask.
"—When that happens, come and take my place."
Sizhu just smiled and said, "That's the price you pay for not being able to resist the temptation of devotion."
(End of this chapter)
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