The Era of Gods

Chapter 622: Chapter 622 Wind Spirit Moon Shadow

His final choice was a Non-Soul Apostle wizard.

Since he was advancing directly upon his existing Spirit Core, he bypassed the effort of condensing a second spiritual power core and a second Innate Wizardry Model. From the start, he only needed to mobilize the enormous dispersing spiritual power of 270,000 souls within himself, forcibly stimulating his spirit and prompting his spiritual power to undertake a second leap in progress.

Level 2 wizards might form the basic rung of the Wizard World, but that was a relative statement. In today’s world, where Level 4 Dawn Wizards were exceedingly rare, Level 2 wizards already constituted the middle and upper tiers of the various Schools. Some of the leaders in small wizarding factions might be at this level.

When his spiritual power and mana were significantly enhanced by the stimulation from the massive soul power, Lin Xiao began to re-condense a larger Spirit Core framework based on his original spiritual power core. He extracted the Wind Spirit Armor wizardry originally structured within his core and rebuilt it.

Although unable to acquire a new Innate Wizardry, his existing talent would be reinforced with each promotion, which served as a minor compensation.

Lin Xiao directly extracted his Innate Wizardry and restructured it, integrating new wizardry into it, thereby comprehensively augmenting the power of this wizardry.

Take, for example, the physically defensive Iron Armor Technique, the witchcraft that significantly enhances Constitution and Strength, the Moon Shadow Technique that greatly boosts Speed and evasion, among others—all of these were integrated, resulting in a merger that crafted an all-encompassing defensive wizardry with 360-degree no-blind-spot, superb defense, and significantly enhanced physical attributes. He named it—Wind Spirit Moon Shadow.

Anchoring this all-purpose defensive wizardry, which pushed the limits of Level 2 wizardry, into a Wizardry Model within the advancing Spirit Core, Lin Xiao then willed the Creation Rubik’s Cube to channel The Bloodline of the Titan Ancient God.

The moment of advancement was the perfect time for a covert cheat.

It didn’t matter that he couldn’t become a conventional wizard; the ability to continue cheating was all that mattered.

The disturbance caused by his advancement to Level 2 wizard this time around was greater than the last, and with the deployment of all 270,000 souls, his mighty Soul Power could even provoke anomalies in the surrounding space, allowing him to channel even more of the Titan Ancient God Bloodline.

Majestic and dignified Divine Blood flowed within him, cleansing and integrating into his veins, constantly fortifying his body and soul. After this enhancement, Lin Xiao finally acquired the Bloodline Talent of the Titan Ancient God, and he gained not just one, but two, which were—

Ancient God’s Strength: Titans were among the earliest of Ancient gods, possessing power over Earth, fire, wind, and water, significantly boosting resistance against various kinds of damage.

Godification: Activating the power of the bloodline for godification, significantly enlarges one’s physical form, elevates energy and physical defenses by one level, as well as Constitution and Strength by one level, usable once per day with a 15-minute duration.

One talent was passive, and the other was active.

The passive talent was straightforward—it meant a significant strengthening of defensive resistances and the ability to master various energies.

If not mistaken, this mastery likely referred to the ability to instinctively bind and control various energies between heaven and earth.

As for Godification, it was easier to understand: it was essentially a transformative ultimate ability, improving energy and physical defenses as well as Constitution and Strength by a magnitude of one level each.

A level translates to ten attribute points, meaning upon activation of the ultimate ability, his total defenses and attributes would each receive a +10 increase.

With his advancement to Level 2 Wizard, and subsequent integration with the bloodline of the Titan Ancient God, the most rapidly increasing aspects of Lin Xiao’s physical attributes—Constitution and Strength—were nearing forty. As is commonly accepted, physical attributes generally represent the level of one’s strength, with a score above forty points equating to a Level 4 being.

It wasn’t clear whether he could defeat a Level 4 Dawn Wizard or not but having physical attributes above forty points truly signified that level of capability.

In other words, with the formidable power of the Titan Ancient God Bloodline, he attained the strength of a seasoned Level 3 Great Wizard the instant he became a Level 2 Wizard.

Once he activated the ultimate ability, Godification, and his physical attributes increased by one level—an immediate boost by ten points—this meant that…

In this perilous world, he had already acquired the means for basic self-preservation.

Level 4 Dawn Wizards are definitely considered powerhouses in this world. As long as he didn’t act recklessly, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to die.

One day later, a column of energy shot up into the sky, accompanied by a wild aura and a long howl.

This promotion felt like shedding a heavy weight from his shoulders, and Lin Xiao exhaled a long sigh of relief.

At this time, he was somewhat looking forward to Julian finding him, perhaps to deliver a big surprise to this Different Domain Descender who had tried to kill him several times.

Meanwhile, Julian was still searching for him in the wasteland.

He had been in a sour mood these past two days. Not only was there no clue about his target, but the trade he put up on the internal network was also met with no responses. The previous world manager told him there was a high-level expert from his race in the wasteland, but the so-called expert had not taken the task despite waiting for a long time. Julian had even sent the task directly to them but received no reply.

Without the help of an expert, he dared not act too recklessly.

However, he wasn’t too despondent. If no experts were willing to take the job, it was no matter. He had already purchased a top-level Magic Weapon, and just needed to wait for its arrival for his strength to increase considerably, then it would be easy to capture that Human Race Descender and snatch the Soul Apostle’s rights.

But before the Magic Weapon could reach his hands, the Black Beetles scattered across the wasteland identified the target.

Julian, who was lingering in some ruins, was delighted and promptly commanded the Crystal King Snake to fly towards the target location.

More than two hours later, Julian arrived at the edge of the Twisted Battlefield and saw Lin Xiao blocking the entrance to a pit, slaughtering a group of worm-like, agile creatures capable of flight. He immediately connected with his mind to summon the Beetles from all around, while also sending the Crystal King Snake around to the other side.

“After so many escapes, this time you mustn’t get away,” he thought.

He laid his ambush cautiously, stealthily attaching some potions on his belt, seemingly very well prepared.

Half an hour later, with most of the Beetles gathered, Julian could no longer wait. He commanded the Crystal King Snake to circle behind and cast a wizardry that cloaked him and the numerous Black Beetles with a semi-transparent veil, slowly advancing while remaining concealed.

Lin Xiao, busy slaughtering the bugs in the pit, seemed to notice something and looked up. Julian froze, his heart skipping a beat, but soon saw Lin Xiao bow his head once again. He sighed in relief and gestured for the Crystal King Snake to be even quieter.

The transparent King Snake slowly slid through the void towards Lin Xiao, Julian’s thought flickered, and the Crystal King Snake opened its massive jaws. With a ferocious flick of its thick tail, it struck the void with a ‘crack’ exploding like lightning as it bit down.

“Good… uh….”

Before he could finish his praise, it twisted into a grimace. Julian watched, mouth agape, as Lin Xiao, without turning his head, extended his right hand backward and pressed against the empty air. An invisible large hand firmly held the surging Crystal King Snake in place, squeezing its massive body into a heap due to the sheer force of the impact.

This result completely caught Julian off guard, so much so that after he rushed out, he frantically interrupted the witchcraft he was preparing to cast, quickly switching to another spell while using his will to control the swarm to support and the Crystal King Snake to retreat.

However, no matter how the Crystal King Snake writhed and struck its body, its head seemed to be frozen in cement, immovably locked by the invisible hand.

Lin Xiao carefully felt the Crystal King Snake’s desperate struggling strength, which compared to the powerful Fierce Beasts he was initially utterly unable to resist. Today, this powerful beast seemed as weak as a small insect to him, and even without activating the Godification state, he could easily control its life and death.

Looking up at the approaching swarm of insects and the unveiled Julian, he revealed a sinister smile that unsettled Julian. He pressed down hard with his five fingers.

“Crack!”

Five distinct indentations appeared on the large head of the Crystal King Snake, and its hard crystal scales were crushed to pieces.

The King Snake cried out in Severe Pain, its thick tail beating and struggling wildly, but it was completely unable to break free.

Julian’s face turned ashen, but without hesitation, he ordered the Black Beetles to pounce, while he, without the slightest hesitation, retreated swiftly.

“Bang!”

As Lin Xiao pointed with his hand, a sky of intense flames erupted into the void, engulfing the incoming swarm. As he clenched his right hand, a ‘crack’ resounded, and the Crystal King Snake’s head was crushingly burst open.

Tens of thousands of Black Beetles passed through the blazing flames, rapidly forming into a giant black head that lunged at him. They were met with a punch from Lin Xiao in midair, a terrifying force shattering tens of meters of vacuum and even causing the space itself to collapse and sink. This dreadful strength instantly shattered the tens of thousands of Black Beetles, reducing them to fragments on the spot.

Julian, having escaped several hundred meters away, spat out a mouthful of blood, his face instantly paled. He swiftly took out several vials of potion and gulped them down, then took out a gemstone and crushed it, enveloping himself in a waft of invisible energy.

“Hmm?”

As Lin Xiao was about to pursue, he hesitated, for he had suddenly lost Julian’s trail.

Taking steps that spanned dozens of meters, he reached the location where he’d last sensed Julian but found nothing.

“Escaped so quickly?”

Lin Xiao, somewhat puzzled, casually tossed aside the headless Crystal King Snake and turned to leave.

After more than ten minutes, his figure reappeared silently, circling the area before leaving reluctantly.

Another half an hour later, Lin Xiao again appeared nearby, circling once more, filled with questions:

“Really gone? How did he escape?”

Not long after, the ground beneath the Crystal King Snake’s corpse parted, and Julian crawled out from within. He looked at his dead magic pet with a pained gaze, bit his teeth, and turned to leave.

Quickly fleeing the area, Julian did not pause for a moment, running hundreds of kilometers away to a nondescript ruin before stopping. He promptly took out a mirror to communicate, and soon a woman’s figure emerged. Seeing his pale face and lifeless eyes, the woman asked with concern:

“Did you fail?”

He nodded:

“My magic pet and the swarm are all gone.”

“Did no one accept the task you posted?”

“No.”

“Then that’s unfortunate.”

The woman continued to inquire:

“So, what will you do now?”

Her expression softened, her tone quickly becoming gentle:

“Do you need my help?”

Julian bit his lip and nodded:

“I do.”

The woman appeared slightly surprised, then asked eagerly:

“What do you need? Or shall I come in person?”