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16.79% God of Jambudvipa (Shen Yin Wang Zuo) / Chapter 22: Sacred Awakening, Scion of Light (II)

Chapter 22: Sacred Awakening, Scion of Light (II)

"Persevere! For our beliefs, for protecting everyone we care about!" Long Xingyu's voice clearly resounded in Long Haochen's mind, making his pain gradually reduce and his spirit rise.

The Awakening Stone in Long Xingyu's hand was being dissolved, continuously being refined in his hand, before finally taking the form of a drop of pure golden liquid that floated and headed towards the pit in the middle of Long Haochen's stomach. Unlike the ordinary awakening of knights, with Xingyu's refining process, that drop of Light Liquid didn't have any traces of impurities. It became a pure golden color as it merged with Long Haochen's body.

Puff!

The instant after the drop of Light Liquid merged with Long Haochen's body, an intense golden light shined on his forehead.

The golden light reacted with Bright Blessing as it slowly headed towards the top of Long Haochen's head, then it started to grow into a golden pillar, little by little.

Long Xingyu nervously looked at that golden pillar. It would determine Long Haochen's future potential regarding the use of the Light attribute.

During the Sacred Awakening, knights would acquire the Light attribute in their internal spiritual energy and, during that process, their innate quantity of internal spiritual energy, one of the most important standards for determining the potential of a knight, would be determined. Generally speaking, if one's innate internal spiritual energy level couldn't even exceed 10, then that knight would have no way to break through to the 3rd step.

From the top of Long Haochen's head, a golden thread suddenly grew before falling backwards. It had quickly already reached the length corresponding to the 10th spiritual energy level. His body was suffering and shaking as violently as before, but the growth speed of the golden thread was really astonishing.

10… 20… 30… 40…

The moment the spiritual energy level reached 40, Long Xingyu couldn't help clenching his fists. When one's innate internal spiritual energy reached 40, he was already a rare genius in the Knight Temple. But the golden column was still growing at a constant speed.

Long Xingyu couldn't help but secretly sigh, Such a formidable innate mental capacity.

He had suspected beforehand that Long Haochen's mental capacity was abnormal, but he had no way to be sure until he performed the Sacred Awakening. At that moment, he would be able to see how formidable Long Haochen's mental capacity really was.

50… It exceeded 50!

55… 58… 60… It surprisingly even exceeded 60!

Long Xingyu remembered that he was known as the greatest genius of the century in the Knight Temple, and during his Sacred Awakening, his internal spiritual energy peaked at the 77th level. Although he took care of Long Haochen during the past year, building his foundation by making him sit during meditation, the fact that his spiritual energy exceeded 60 meant a lot of things, and that golden pillar of light was still continuing to grow.

65… 67… Already 67!

Long Xingyu's pupils violently shrank. For innate internal spiritual energy, every 10 levels corresponded to a step, and if Long Haochen's internal spiritual energy exceeded 70, his capacity for using Light magic would not be inferior to any mage of the Light element.

70… It really was 70!

At that instant, Long Xingyu couldn't help holding his breath; when Long Haochen's innate internal spiritual energy broke through the 70th level, he stopped shaking.

With another Puff! sound, numerous golden threads of light burst out of Long Haochen's body, disintegrating his clothing. The pain was, at that moment, all gone.

His fair white skin was shining like a crystal as the thin golden threads wandered about, piling up on his whole body and covering it with a golden color. The golden ring of light was gradually drawn into the middle of Long Haochen's chest before finally taking the form of a little soybean.

Long Haochen had a very strange feeling when his innate internal spiritual energy reached 70, he felt as if the pain within his body had disappeared, and was replaced by a heavenly sensation.

Everything became clear and transparent, including his heart and his soul. That rich divine atmosphere was improving his body. The internal spiritual energy was still growing, though, and Long Haochen seemed to have somewhat changed, influenced by the laws of light.

80… Heavens! His innate spiritual energy actually even exceeded 80!

Long Xingyu's body shivered once more. That frightening innate spiritual force actually didn't make Long Haochen formidable immediately, but it would definitely have a great influence on his potential.

81… 83… 85…

The golden light was still rising, even after having surpassed the 70th internal spiritual energy level. In the history of the Knight Temple, there were seventeen records of that accomplishment. Among those seventeen people, except for six of them, all of the others became the most formidable Divine Knights of history.

However, his inborn spiritual energy outstripped 80. That had happened only three times in history. Among those three knights, two did not manage to rise up, only one succeeded. On the year of his thirty-sixth birthday, that one person broke through the threshold of the 9th step of the vocation, the 100,000th spiritual energy level, the Divine Achievement.

90... Heavens! Really, 90‽ He's the only person in the Knight Temple's History to have ever reached the 90th innate spiritual energy level!

Long Xingyu was struck dumb with amazement. A pure heart, a mental capacity different from an ordinary person's, a good grasp on the Ten Rules of a Knight, and such a terrifying innate internal spiritual energy level.

The golden pillar seemed to have reached its bottleneck, its growth clearly reduced by a great amount. Now, it was rising slowly.

An innate internal spiritual energy of 70 was known as giving the physique of an angel, one of 80 was known as having a physique blessed by Gods, and above the 90th spiritual energy level, even though that case had never appeared in the Knight Temple nor in the original Knight Temple's records written by their ancestors, the physique associated with that was known as the physique of the Scion of Light, the purest Light attribute body that could exist. With it, he would innately be able to use any Light weapon and be friendly with any magical beast of the Light attribute.

In the end, the golden pillar wasn't able to keep rising and stopped at the position of the 97th level.

Innate spiritual energy level: 97

The golden light became gradually weaker, revealing the silhouette of both father and son.

"It feels so good!" Long Haochen was coming back to his senses as he was released from this special holy atmosphere.

Opening his eyes, Long Haochen discovered, to his surprise, that the father in front of him showed a shocked expression on his dull face.

"Father, what's wrong?" Long Haochen made haste to ask.

Long Xingyu's body shook, and, coming back to his senses, he looked Long Haochen in the eyes.

Long Haochen's originally dark blue eyes had changed into a peculiar gold color. Light golden eyes were not something completely unusual, but it was the first time Long Xingyu had seen that kind of transparent gold-colored eyes.

"The Scion of Light, he really is the Scion of Light! God is blessing humanity, God is blessing the Knight Temple!" Long Xingyu couldn't control his slightly trembling voice. As he spoke, he cancelled his Bright Blessing.

"Father, what is the 'Scion of Light'? Ah, and what about my clothes‽" When the wind blew from the mountain, making Long Haochen feel a chill, he discovered that he was, unexpectedly, naked. He immediately cried out in alarm.

Long Xingyu reacted at that moment, his right hand trembled and, from it, a long gown appeared, covering Long Haochen's body

Carefully looking at his son, Long Xingyu discovered that Long Haochen's skin now had a golden luster that could only be noticed because of the sunlight. But the strange fact was that there wasn't as much Light atmosphere left on his body as the other knights would have after their Sacred Awakening; all of the Light energy was in his body; not the slightest amount was spilled out. However, only Long Xingyu's eyes could notice such a special phenomenon.


Chapter 23: Sacred Awakening, Scion of Light (III)

Because there were less than ten people who truly knew the profound mysteries of the Scion of Light in the Knight Temple, Long Xingyu wasn't worried about his son's inborn gifts getting exposed.

"Haochen, your Sacred Awakening has just been completed. Did you realize that, after taking your internal spiritual energy into account, you are already a Genuine Knight?"

"Oh? So easily?" Long Haochen was surprised, but he could feel a warm air current in his body that reacted to his thoughts and movements.

"Easily?" Long Xingyu's face revealed a forced smile, thinking that that little fellow didn't know hunger nor famine. After a knight's awakening, it was already praiseworthy if one gained 20 spiritual energy levels from it.

"Your innate gifts are not bad, but this is merely what the Sacred Awakening brought you. Regarding your practice in the future, you will not only have to make efforts as great as before, but possibly even greater. Understood? Let's head back and talk this matter over."

"Father, I will make great efforts, for sure."

Upon seeing Long Xingyu holding Long Haochen's hands as they came back to the log cabin; Bai Yue's face revealed a smile as she silently looked at that scene. She didn't know much about swordplay, but she understood her husband well. She could also clearly see from Long Xingyu's face that he was somewhat shocked. Because her formidable husband was unexpectedly shocked by her son's innate gifts, it looked like Haochen's choice to walk on the road of chivalry was the correct one. However, if one day they, father and son, really had to face that person…

After heading back to the log cabin, Long Haochen donned the clothes he had brought with him, before listening to Long Xingyu's instructions.

Long Xingyu said with a heavy voice, "Now, you ought to tell me what your choice is: Do you want to become a Retribution Knight or a Guardian Knight?"

Long Haochen answered without delay, in a firm voice, "Father, I want to become a Guardian Knight."

"A Guardian Knight?" Long Xingyu was stupefied, "So you are unexpectedly willing to give up on the formidable attack power and combat effectiveness of the Retribution Knights?"

Long Haochen rigidly answered: "Father, you told me that to be a match against the demon race, we need the power of humanity as a whole; that the power of a single person is, in the end, insignificant. I want to turn into a Guardian Knight to protect the people I want to protect even better, and, at the same time, to assist the people fighting beside me in the battlefield even more."

Long Xingyu was clearly somewhat disappointed and he sighed, "But to finally battle the 72 Demon Gods, what we will need will be the greatest force humanity can bring."

Long Haochen immediately asked, "Then, is it impossible for Guardian Knights to battle the Demon Gods?"

As he listened to that question, Long Xingyu's eyes revealed a glow, "That's it! With your innate internal spiritual energy of 97, your Sacred Awakening as the Scion of Light, and your incredible mental capacity as a support, why can't you learn some more things? Retribution and Guardian are just classifications, maybe you will be able to create a miracle. Perhaps the correct choice for you is to train in both specializations at the same time, in order to bring out the most of your innate potential as the Scion of Light."

Long Haochen seemed to have understood something and asked with a shocked voice, "Father, are you saying that I should study the skills and abilities of a Retribution Knight as well?"

"That's right. From now on, I will train you as a Retribution Knight, and in two years, you will leave for Haoyue Hall, where you will train as a Guardian Knight. This may reduce the cultivation speed of your spiritual energy, but as long as you are able to advance as both a Retribution and a Guardian Knight, in the future, you will become a formidable knight without precedence in history.

Time passed day by day, as the training as a knight at Odin Mountain's peak continued, and in a blink of an eye, a year and a half passed.

Dang!

A clear chime resounded and the youth's body suddenly shined with a golden color before condensing, just like the brilliance of the rising sun, as a shining blade broke through space.

A bamboo sword was lightly waved, its edge shining with a golden color as the space before that bamboo sword with a little handle was shattered.

"Not bad, your Shining Solar Cut is already at its peak mastery level; it only lacks in duration, degree of heating, and spiritual energy level for the moment."

Long Xingyu was impressively using a bamboo sword to parry that dazzling cut, and the youth that was putting that shining blade to good use was Long Haochen.

After a year and a half, Long Haochen was now twelve years old, and compared to his original life in Odin Town, he underwent changes that could tear heaven and earth upside down.

The 12-year-old Long Haochen had already grown close to 1.6 meters tall. He didn't look muscular at all, and his slender figure's proportions looked flawless. His black hair fluttered on the back of his head and his sparkling golden eyes were dazzling. His originally beautiful little face had become quite heroic, but his appearance looked as flawless as before. Looking at his physical dispositions, if he were to say that he was fourteen or fifteen years old, there would definitely be people who would believe that.

At that moment, Long Haochen's hands both surged up, each of them holding a heavy sword, the standard weapon for a knight; they were 2 meters long, 20 centimeters wide and had an impressive thickness of 12 centimeters. The weight of these heavy swords was 25 kilograms, but they looked very light, as if they were nothing in his hands.

During a year and a half, Long Haochen had learned a lot from his father. His internal spiritual energy didn't improve much from its innate 97th level, as it had only grown to the 120th level; but his external spiritual energy grew to the level of a peak 3rd step knight's, a total level of 200.

Altogether, it amounted to a total level of 320, the level of a 5th ranked knight. He wasn't far from the 330th spiritual energy level of the 6th rank.

If it wasn't for the fact that Long Xingyu tried to build solid foundations in him, his growing speed would have perhaps been even more fearful.

Even if Long Xingyu was strict, when looking at an 11-and-a-half-year-old youth who reached the 4th rank as a knight, he could only reveal a satisfied smile. In the history of the Knight Temple, that was absolutely unprecedented. He, himself, had only reached that level of practice at the age of fifteen.

However, with his external spiritual energy reaching the peak level, the speed of growth of Long Haochen's spiritual energy was significantly reduced. He could, after all, only rely on the strengthening abilities of his internal spiritual energy to practice it. Only after reaching the next step of the knight's vocation would he be able to keep practicing his external spiritual energy.

Listening to his father's praise, Long Haochen couldn't help revealing a big smile,"Papa, this Shining Solar Strike's power is so high, but it consumes 50 units of internal spiritual energy and even consumes some external spiritual energy. My spiritual energy is still lacking."

Long Xingyu revealed a smile. "You are only eleven years old. You should know that Shining Solar Strike is a skill that any great knight ought to master. You cannot be impatient, you should try to progress step by step. Okay, get ready, let's see how long you will be able to last today."

After having heard his father, Long Haochen's expression immediately became serious as his hands tightly gripped the swords.

Long Xingyu moved, his body seemingly weightless, and in a flash, the bamboo sword in his hand arrived in front of Long Haochen.

After the heavy sword in his left hand was pushed back, Long Haochen quickly took a step back, dodging the bamboo sword's attack at the same time. Clearly, Long Xingyu didn't use any spiritual energy in his bamboo sword.

However, in the next instant countless bamboo shadows appeared in front of Long Haochen's body like drops of water.

Long Xingyu was already gone and there were only endless bamboo shadows coming at Haochen from all directions, aiming to stab him, but Long Haochen already looked used to these kinds of situations. The two heavy swords in his hands danced in the air at a fast speed. Puffs that sounded like banana leaves in the rain rang ceaselessly.


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