Chapter 42: Blessing
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A heavy aura permeated through out the surroundings as a giant gate floated in the middle of the ruined city. The scene gave off the desolate feeling of a tragedy having taken place, and about to take place.
On a mountain far into the distance, a young man and a woman stood silently watching over the swirling gate with grave expressions, but the black-haired young man seemed more troubled than actually concerned. A moment later, the young man glanced at an empty space in front of him like he was looking at something that suddenly appeared there, before he looked back to the woman.
"It should be any minute now according to the information I received." The young man informed the silver-haired woman, causing the woman to sigh, as he looked at the enormous gate once more, this time with a heavier expression.
"It's a shame that things have come to this point. If I had known this would happen, I would have already given you my Blessing and turned you into a Hero. This way, we would have a higher chance of getting through this." After a moment of silence, the woman spoke with a regretful tone as she let out another sigh.
"You can do that? Why not just give it to me now?" The young man asked in surprise, as he had been under the impression that the woman currently wasn't capable of it. However, the woman shook her head to the young man's question.
"Since you've already reached Tier 6, not anymore. You already have your own Tier 6 Divine Body, so you're not able to receive a Blessing from me. Not to mention, your current state and strength isn't much inferior to mine, and my Blessing wouldn't really be compatible with the current you." A realization came to the young man upon hearing the woman's words, but there was still something he didn't understand.
"So why didn't you just give it to me before I got promoted? It would have made a lot of things so much easier."
"I couldn't do that either," The woman shook head once again "By the time I had recovered enough to give a Blessing and not pay a high price, the Scholar was already a problem. If I had turned you into a Hero at that point, you would have needed time to adapt and it might have made your promotion to Tier 6 even more difficult with a Hero's constitution within a short period of time. At that point, instead of it helping you, you might not have even able to reach Tier 6 at that point, and you wouldn't have been able to defeat the Scholar; even as a Tier 5 Hero at your standard at the time." Sharlyn slowly explained to the young man.
"And before that? When the Scholar still hadn't recovered enough?" Feng continued questioning.
This time, Sharlyn stayed quiet for a moment, before responding.
"I would have had to have payed too high of a price to give you my Blessing and turn you into a Hero before that. I wasn't willing to spend that chance on someone who I wasn't completely confident in, especially when I needed to save my strength for unexpected situations and if the Scholar made a move."
"Well that's what you get for being so picky." Feng chided, feeling slightly discontent.
"You also didn't always give the best impression, with all the curses and situations you bring yourself into. Even with your heaven-defying luck, I genuinely thought you'd end up getting yourself killed at some point." Sharlyn continued with a bitter smile "I had originally thought that, if you survived and grew stronger, I could still give you my Blessing once I recovered enough and the opportunity presented itself. Only, even I didn't expect you'd progress so much in such a short amount of time, and that the Scholar's situation would spiral out of control so quickly. Afterwards, I had planned on simply finding and nurturing someone else with potential to give my Blessing to and turn into a Hero, but now..."
A deep rumbling interrupted their conversation, as the two of them turned their sights to the giant gate in the sky that began having some movement inside of it, their expressions growing serious.
"If only there was a way to turn back time, I'd give you my Blessing before you even got promoted to Tier 1." A giant pair of pure, white wings suddenly sprouted from Shalyn's back "But that doesn't matter now. It's useless to talk about this after things have already gotten to this point." Saying so Sharlyn flapped her wings and rose into the air, before flying towards the giant gate.
"Turning back time, huh?" Feng stood on the mountain top in deep thought, eventually shaking his head and flying after Sharlyn.
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'Welp, time has been turned back.'
The moment Feng set foot inside the Stargazing Tower, he was met with cute little Elemental Sprites hovering and dancing around in the air. The center of the main floor contained a spiraling staircase leading to the top floor of the Tower. Despite the absence of sunlight inside the Stargazing Tower, a faint blue glow illuminated the interior. Moreover, the walls looked like the starry skies at night, glimmering starlight covering the pitch-black walls to create a mesmerizing sight.
In addition, the Stargazing Tower also possessed another mysterious effect.
Calming Heart!
Any player that entered the Stargazing Tower, even those filled with burning rage, would find tranquility inside this place.
At this moment, however, Feng did not have the time to appreciate the view. Immediately, he ascended the spiral staircase until he arrived at the Weeping Moon Pavilion of the Stargazing Tower. Before Feng could enter the Weeping Moon Pavilion, the two Level 180 Tier 2 Black Robe Knights guarding the entrance stopped him.
"Outsiders are not allowed entry into the Weeping Moon Pavilion."
"This humble one is called Ye Feng, I'm here to meet with Lady Sharlyn; can I trouble you to inform her?"
"Look, another fool is trying to enter the Weeping Moon Pavilion."
"I bet that he's a newcomer who has just arrived in Blackwing City. Everyone in Blackwing City knows that the Weeping Moon Pavilion is the most important place in the Stargazing Tower. It's where many power NPCs reside. I heard that there are many high-level quests available inside as well, and many experts have attempted to get in. But even after wasting a lot of time to become citizens of Blackwing City, the Knights guarding the entrance still chased those experts away. Does that newcomer think he can get in just by asking?"
The Stargazing Tower was well-known in Blackwing City. If a player visited the city often, they would know that the Weeping Moon Pavilion was off-limits to players.
Hence, when the players inside the Stargazing Tower saw Feng's presumptuous actions, they all started ridiculing him.
"Outsiders are forbidden from entering the Weeping Moon Pavilion," the Knights ignored Feng's words; the gaze they directed at him was as cold as before. They then moved to chase Feng away.
However, before these Black Robe Knights could take action, a voice came from inside the Weeping Moon Pavilion.
"Let him in. I know him."
The two Black Robe Knights immediately halted their assault. They then opened the doors to the Weeping Moon Pavilion, allowing Feng to enter.
"What the hell!?"
"Damn, that player actually got in!"
The players who had come to enjoy the show were all stupefied. Until now, not a single player had been allowed into the Weeping Moon Pavilion. Now, however, a newcomer actually got in...
The first floor of the Weeping Moon Pavilion was a large and spacious hall. The hall was filled with books and crystal tools. Meanwhile, the ceiling was made of a gigantic water mirror that reflected the starry skies of the outside world.
"You're late. You've kept me waiting for a long time. How are you going to pay me for my time?"
A crisp and melodious voice reached Feng's ears. Turning around, Feng saw a female priest in white robes walking down the staircase at a distance. Meanwhile, this female priest who emitted a sacred aura was none other than the Divine Official Sharlyn.
Moreover, Sharlyn was no longer the Tier 3 Divine Official that Feng had previously seen.
Now, she was a Tier 4 Great Divine Official!
"Been busy. Lady Sharlyn, I heard that you have been looking for me. May I know how I may be of service to you?" Feng asked.
"I do have something I need you to help me with, but this matter can only be addressed inside the Weeping Moon Pavilion. Let's go."
As Feng wasn't carrying any Gold on him right now, Sharlyn didn't bother to try to scam him with a security deposit, and simply led him towards the pavilion.
The second floor of the Weeping Moon Pavilion consisted of a single wide corridor with many tightly locked rooms; it looked like an apartment complex. Massive stone doors loomed at the end of the corridor. Numerous images were carved onto the stone doors, and each image carried its own meaning and story.
Sharlyn pointed towards the distant stone doors, smiling as she said, "Beyond those doors lie the deepest secret of the Stargazing Tower. Do you want to go in and have a look?"
"No need. I already know what's behind them." Feng responded with disinterest. He had naturally learned everything about the Stargazing Tower and all of its secrets during his previous life, and the same went for the huge secret behind those doors.
"Oh, really? What's behind them, then?" Sharlyn asked with an amused expression, as if she had just heard a hilarious joke.
"A gate to the Greater God's Domain." Revealing the secret casually, Feng glanced to the many locked doors through out the corridor, and continued "And those are entrances to other God's Domains."
Suddenly, the aura inside of the wide corridor chilled, and a deafening silence spread out as Feng stood there casually while Sharlyn, whose smile had faded, slowly turned to look directly at him.
"How do you know that?"
Feng felt a heavy aura bare down on him as Sharlyn's chilling gaze pierced through him, but he remained completely indifferent to her sudden change in attitude. He was currently taking a calculated risk.
"I have my ways. Anyway, didn't you say you had something to discuss with me in the Weeping Moon Pavilion privately? Let's go." Completely unbothered by Sharlyn's frightening aura, Feng started walking away towards her room.
Looking at Feng's departing back, Sharlyn narrowed her eyes and released all of her Tier 4 aura, trying to freeze him on the spot and properly question him, but despite Feng getting hit and pressured by the full power of Sharlyn's aura, he remained unbothered and continued moving forward. A surprised expression appeared on Sharlyn's face upon noticing this, and she started wondering who this Little guy really is; but she decided to follow after Feng nonetheless and question him afterward.
In reality, although Feng seemed completely unbothered by Sharlyn's aura and pressure, this was not really the case. Even though Feng's willpower was high and he was used to experiencing auras many times higher than the current Sharlyn's on a daily basis, that wouldn't prevent him from feeling suffocated by her aura due to the their current difference in strength. If not for Feng recently obtaining a bunch of top-tier equipment that greatly boosted his attributes and Physique, along with everything else, he would not have been able to resist Sharlyn like he currently was.
This was also why Feng previously wasn't willing to expose the knowledge he had to Sharlyn, as he'd be completely unable to resist her questioning, and even if he did tell her everything he knew, she might decide to simply erase his Immortal Soul. Now, though, even though he couldn't exactly resist Sharlyn with her current Tier 4 strength, at least he wouldn't be so powerless as to be one-shotted or completely suppressed by her.
Although the system would protect players at this stage of the game from simply being attacked and having their accounts destroyed by powerful NPCs, that was under the condition they didn't actively provoke such NPCs or cause them to have a good reason to erase them from God's Domain, which was close to what Feng was currently doing to Sharlyn by revealing that he knows a secret he shouldn't have any way of knowing. Moreover, Sharlyn isn't a regular NPC...
So Feng was currently playing with fire, but he still decided to do so in order to get a chance to grasp this opportunity and get as much strength as possible. If Sharlyn decided to simply attack him, he currently had enough strength to resist her for a short amount of time and try to dissuade her, and if he went all out, he might even get a chance to escape. Moreover, if that doesn't work and Sharlyn decides to try and destroy his Immortal Soul, Feng still had his ability[1] with which he could protect his soul and prevent his account from being deleted.
As their previous roles reversed with Sharlyn now following after Feng, her mind was preoccupied wondering who Feng actually is and how he knew about the Stargazing Tower's greatest secret, it being a connection to the Greater God's Domain, when Feng suddenly stopped.
Looking at where they had arrived Sharlyn's expression suddenly changed as she noticed that they were standing in front of her room's door. A shocked look appeared on Sharlyn's face as she gazed at Feng weirdly, wondering how and why he knew where she was staying inside of the Stargazing Tower. Although Feng knowing this piece of information was completely inconsequential compared to him knowing about the gate to the Greater God's Domain, or the Greater God's Domain at all, the fact that this weird guy did know it gave Sharlyn a sense of discomfort for some reason and left her thinking. This guy couldn't be a stalker, could he?
If Feng knew what was currently going through Sharlyn's mind, he'd most likely spew a mouthful of blood.
A moment later, Sharlyn shook away those thoughts and opened the door to her room, before entering along with Feng.
Sharlyn's room was very simple. Other than a place to rest, bookshelves covered the remainder of her room. Rare, ancient books crowded the shelves, all of which would normally be impossible to find anywhere else.
"Cozy" Feng casually commented as he pretended to look around the room, before turning to Sharlyn who was currently thoroughly inspecting him from head to toe "Shouldn't you at least offer me somewhere to sit or something to drink? You're not a very good host."
"Enough with the small talk," Sharlyn ordered with a serious expression "Now, tell me how you know about the gate."
Despite spending a lot of time thinking about it and thoroughly searching Feng, Sharlyn couldn't find anything that would give her a hint of his real identity. Although there were a lot of powerful and special items on him for a Tier 0 person, there were no signs of him being from outside of this God's Domain or him being some other being's subordinate, possession or puppet. There was nothing, and Feng seemed like a completely normal guy not much different from the last time she saw him except stronger. But then, how did he know about something he shouldn't possibly be able to know?
Upon hearing Sharlyn's question, a faint smile appeared on Feng's face.
"Would you believe me if I told you I reincarnated from ten years in the future?"
Sharlyn blinked a few times after hearing Feng's answer. Out of all the lies, excuses and answers she had expected, none of them were that one. Of course, Sharlyn didn't believe Feng, and she thought that he was merely lying to cover up the truth. Only, his response caught her slightly off guard.
However, the weird thing was, even though she stared right at him and tried to sense any signs of lying, it oddly felt like this guy was speaking the truth.
"I guess you most likely don't believe me, but it's the truth." Feng continued and shrugged upon seeing Sharlyn's doubtful expression and unfriendly gaze "It's how I know about the the Greater God's Domain's gate and the connections to other God's Domains. How I know you are the Stargazing Tower's Administrator. How I knew where your room is. How I know you called me here to have me repair the Immortal Crown," Feng paused upon seeing Sharlyn's eyes widen slightly "And how I know you are really the Goddess of Creation.[2]"
Sharlyn's expression instantly became one of complete shock after Feng revealed her real identity, before it suddenly turned deathly cold as her vast aura spread out once more, enveloping Feng in it along with Sharlyn's killing intent, and this time also with a faint Divine Might. But it all disappeared in the next moment.
"Can you prove that what you say is true? And what do you wish to achieve by revealing this?" Sharlyn asked after a moment of silence. Unlike, when Feng revealed he knew about the Greater God's Domain's gate, Sharlyn's mind wasn't clouded with shock and she was much calmer; so she managed to quickly regain her composure. Though, she still intended to properly question Feng and find out the truth. After all, him knowing her true identity was no small matter.
Moreover, Feng didn't seem like a stupid individual, and he most likely knew the risk of exposing that he knew her real identity right to her face, with the difference in their strength and her being able to kill or capture him however she wanted, yet he had still chosen to do so. This meant that he definitely wasn't her enemy, or working for one of her enemies, and he most likely wanted to gain something from revealing this information.
However, even though Sharlyn didn't sense any lies from Feng, she still found it difficult to believe and wanted some kind of evidence. Although Sharlyn knew that many powerful beings could go on after death and even reincarnate in another body, something like returning to the past and reincarnating is impossible.
But to Sharlyn's question, Feng merely shrugged and shook his head.
"I don't have any real evidence with which I can prove it. The only thing I can do is to tell you what I know," Seeing Sharlyn frown slightly after hearing his answer, Feng continued "and because of what I know about what will happen in the future is the reason why I'm telling you this, which is that our God's Domain is in grave danger, and I need your help to protect it. Of course, I'm not talking simply about the Scholar."
"What do you mean?" Sharlyn asked curiously when she saw Feng's previous casual expression replaced with a serious and grave one. Obviously, she already knew about the Scholar and his situation at the moment, as well as the danger he possesses. But from the way Feng spoke, it would seem there was some other danger she was unaware of.
Instead of answering Sharlyn directly, Feng gave a roundabout response "I know you're already aware of the various secrets our God's Domain possesses, so naturally, many would be after these secrets; only, the amount was at a scale that neither of us could have predicted. Moreover, the deep secrets this God's Domain has hidden throughout it are some that even someone with your-" Feng paused and gave Sharlyn a meaningful glance "-'authority' had no idea about." As Feng said his piece, Sharlyn's expression turned even more solemn.
During Feng's previous life, especially after he had entered the Greater God's Domain and obtained more knowledge and information about everything in it, he had realized that his God's Domain was very special.
The humans' God's Domain had once been a giant continent possessing countless territories with all of its people spread through out it. However, after the Great Ancient War, God's Domain was split into countless fragments, and the current main continent that Feng is currently on was merely one small part of the true God's Domain.
Meanwhile, the Greater God's Domain was a space connecting all of those God's Domains along with the territories not belonging to any God's Domain in the various Realms. Though, most of the Greater God's Domain's territory was actually the Void Sea, which was inbetween all of the various God's Domains and Realms spread far apart in it.
Depending on a God's Domain's size, it was divided into classes of Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced; although there are some which are bigger and greater than Advanced ones, they were very rare and practically nonexistent. The size of a God's Domain usually also represented its strength, as the bigger a God's Domain was, the more resources and space it will have for people in it to develop with.
Moreover, as all of the God's Domains were shattered pieces of the true God's Domain that received various amounts of damage, the fact that a God's Domain could survive the damage and come out with such a size represented the strength and durability of its territory which came out complete.
As the size represented the resources a God's Domain possessed, things such as equipment and weapon quality, as well as the Legacies, also usually depended on the God's Domain's level. For example, a normal Elementary God's Domain would usually have close to no Basic Peak Legacies, with the peak experts usually using Advanced Legacies; and even the best among Elementary God's Domains only had a few Basic Peak Legacies, with a faint chance of possessing an Intermediate Peak Legacy.
For Intermediate God's Domains, they'd usually have some Basic Peak Legacies, but very few Intermediate Peak Legacies; with only the best among them possessing Advanced Peak Legacies. Advanced God's Domains, meanwhile, would have multiple Basic Peak Legacies, a few Intermediate Peak Legacies, and most of them would possess only one or two Advanced Peak Legacies, with the greatest among them possessing a couple; but it was impossible to find Top-tier Peak Legacies in Advanced God's Domains.
Top-tier Peak Legacies only have a miniscule chance of appearing in God's Domains with a level above Advanced, as well as in some places in the Greater God's Domain's various Realms. This kind of distribution within the various God's Domains applied to most of the resources God's Domains possessed. Of course, there were some exceptions.
Thus, Feng's Elementary level God's Domain was very special and unique. Although its size and basic resources were average among Elementary God's Domains, and it appeared unremarkable at first glance, its other assets and hidden secrets were some that no one would ever expect an Elementary God's Domain to possess.
High quality Weapons and Legacies such as the Ten Great Legendary Weapons and Ten Great Saint Legacies were some that wouldn't appear even in Advanced God's Domains. While other Elementary God's Domains would only have a few Basic Peak Legacies, Feng's has many of them along with multiple Intermediate Peak Legacies; not to mention the Ten Great Saint Legacies which were Advanced Peak Legacies, with some of them being comparable to Top-tier Peak Legacies.
There were also places like the Stargazing Tower and its many hidden secrets, especially the gates connecting to the Greater God's Domain and various other God's Domains. Although every God's Domain had a World Gate connecting to the Greater God's Domain, the one in the Stargazing Tower was different. Not only can it send a limitless amount of creatures through with no cost, it can be closed and opened at any time by the one in control of it, and could prohibit certain people from using it. There was also the initial location the gate was connected to in the Greater God's Domain, and that the place the gate was connected to can be changed.
Aside from the Stargazing Tower, there were also plenty of locations through out Feng's God's Domain that were left behind by powerful beings and had many priceless treasures in them, such as the God Slayer's Ruined Mountain Range, which the native players could explore and gain advantages from.
But the thing that made Feng's suspicions of the secrets possessed by his God's Domain's the largest was the Scholar's existence, as well as the Primordial God's Legacy Feng obtained after kill-stealing a Fallen Archangel from the Scholar.
Feng had obtained a lot of information from the Primordial God's Legacy, among which was the method to create a Superior Divine Body, which was the main factor separating regular Gods from Ancient Gods and Primordial Gods. After Feng arrived in the Greater God's Domain and met people there as well as obtained much information, he found that although there were people with Superior Divine Bodies throughout the Greater God's Domain, there weren't that many.
This surprised Feng, as he had been able to obtain the method to create a Superior Divine Body from his Elementary God's Domain, so the Greater God's Domain with its connection to millions of God's Domains of a higher rank should be practically crawling with people who possessed Superior Divine Bodies; yet, it wasn't. In fact, Superior Divine Bodies and Legacies containing any information about them were considered impossibly rare and valuable there.
Thus, Feng summarized that his God's Domain had most likely been a very important and valuable piece of territory with rich resources before the Great Ancient War, but had received a large amount of damage during the war, and might have even been a main battlefield, that shattered it along with the rest of the true God's Domain into countless pieces, which resulted in it being only the size of an average Elementary God's Domain, and its basic resources being of an average amount for an Elementary God's Domain.
"Seeing as you seem to know about this matter, I'm guessing we knew each other fairly well in that other life of yours?" Sharlyn asked somewhat sarcastically, apparently still not completely convinced of Feng's claim to having returned from the future; as most typically would.
Though, even though he noticed Sharlyn's suspicion, Feng could only shrug and talk about another matter to convince her.
"If you still don't believe me, I can tell you a few things I know about you; if that doesn't cause you to kill me, that is. For instance, I know you are an Ancient God, the Goddess of Creation, with Full Mastery over the Law of Creation, and being comparable to Primordial Gods. That you came and entered this God's Domain during a chaotic time when an opportunity presented itself. That you were fighting against some Evil Gods and Demon Gods along with the beings from the Endless Abyss, and ended up dying while using your real body to temporarily seal the Endless Abyss and your soul escaping; eventually reincarnating in this God's Domain in the body of a little girl, before being found by the Blackwing City's City Lord." Looking at Sharlyn's expression that had slightly changed and said that she was almost convinced but still unsure on whether to believe him or not, Feng decided to hit the nail on the coffin "And also, about your sister, the-"
"Alright, that's enough. I believe you are telling the truth about your reincarnation." Sharlyn immediately interrupted Feng upon the mention of the Goddess of Destruction, causing Feng to faintly smile.
He naturally knew that the current relationship between the two Goddesses was rather odd, and that Sharlyn would immediately stop him from talking about her twin. Of course, if Feng had brought her up from the start, Sharlyn might have just chosen to immediately kill him and not bother to listen to him, so he had decided to leave it as the final convincing argument.
After a moment of pausing to think things through, Sharlyn looked at Feng once again with a serious expression "You previously mentioned that you need my help with something. What exactly do you want from me."
"Very simple." Feng's usual casual expression and smile returned upon seeing Sharlyn start to believe him. Now all that was left is the final step "I want you to give me your Full Blessing of the Creation Goddess, and turn me into a Hero."
As soon as Feng announced his request, an odd silence appeared as Sharlyn narrowed her eyes with a slight unfriendly gaze and her aura returning.
"Boy, do you have any idea what you are asking from me?" Sharlyn asked seriously after the awkward moment of silence lasted for a few seconds.
"I do. And although it seems like a heavy ask, I feel that it's not asking for a lot." Feng responded while remaining unbothered by Sharlyn's current tone. Feng knew that Gods wouldn't give out Blessings casually, especially Full Blessings.
There were naturally differences in the Blessings people could receive from Gods, and not all are equal. Regular Blessings that people usually received from Gods would simply increase their attributes by a large amount and boost their Life Rating, along with a small chance to receive some of the God's inherit abilities if the God values the person. This type of Blessing was the one most people and Heroes possessed.
Still, Gods wouldn't casually give out their Blessings and would carefully select a candidate and give them various tests before even considering whether the person was worthy of a Blessing. The tests and trials were even greater when Gods considered turning one of their Blessed ones into a Hero.
This was because giving away a Blessing placed great burden on the God and they would have to pay a certain price for it, along with having a long period where they couldn't give another Blessing to someone else. When it came to turning one of their Blessed ones into a Hero, the price a God had to pay was even greater by many times.
Along with the fact that not all Gods could actually give out a Blessing, this made people with Blessings incredibly rare, and Heroes even more so; to the point they were all treated with extremely high value by everyone. It was especially so if the Blessing received was from a high ranking and powerful God, which would result in the Blessed person's gain to be much greater depending on the strength of the God.
The difficulty of obtaining a Blessing for a player was even greater, though, and very few had ever managed to accomplish it. In fact, throughout all of the Greater God's Domain's long history, the number of people who received a Blessing from a God and turned into a Hero could be counted on one hand; and most of them were from regular Gods with average strength, with only one receiving a Blessing from an Ancient God.
As for Full Blessings, not only would the increase in attributes and Life Rating be many times greater than from a regular Blessing, the person was also guaranteed to receive the God's full inherit abilities, along with its characteristics.
For instance, if a person received a regular Blessing from a Tier 6 Dragon God, their attributes and Physique would receive an incredible boost, and they would gain an increase in the Damage they naturally did, along with a much higher affinity with the Fire element, which would allow them to manipulate Fire Elemental Mana and the Law of Fire with much greater ease.
But if the person received a Full Blessing from the Tier 6 Dragon God, not only would the person receive attributes and Physique comparable to Dragons of the same Level and Tier, their level of manipulation over the Fire element would be comparable to Dragons as well; moreover, they would also gain the ability to spew out Dragon's Breath and use Draconic Skills, along with the Dragons' physical characteristics.
Naturally, the increases would be many times greater if the Blessed person got turned into a Hero.
If Feng were to receive Sharlyn's, the Ancient Goddess of Creation's who was comparable to Primordial Gods, Full Blessing, the increase to his everything would be incredible, along with gaining better affinity with the Creation element, which frankly he wasn't quite good at using as the Destruction element was his expertise, as well as benefits that will increase his Forging ability. Moreover, he'd also receive Sharlyn's iconic pure-white wings, which would allow him to fly without using any skills before he even reached Tier 4.
Feng would also be the first player to ever receive a Full Blessing from a God.
Another thing that separated regular Blessings from Full Blessings was that, as long as a person's strength and capabilities were high enough, they could receive multiple Blessings from different Gods; though, that was under the condition the person survived the fight for supremacy between the Blessings inside of them. Full Blessings, though, could only be received once by a single God, and the Blessed person wouldn't be able to get even regular Blessings from other Gods at that point.
However, the number of Gods who were capable of giving out Full Blessings was small, and it was practically impossible to receive one from the ones that could give them, let alone multiple. God's Domain worked on a rule of equivalent exchange, so with the benefits a person received from a Full Blessing being many times greater, the price a God had to pay to give one away was tremendously greater as well.
A God that bestowed a Full Blessing would become essentially crippled for a certain period of time, as well as permanently losing some of their power. With the fact the person who received their Blessing would practically represent them as well as the two being connected via souls, Gods would never give Full Blessings to people, and there were close to zero records of it happening throughout the Greater God's Domain's history.
Naturally, with those penalties, receiving a Full Blessing from a God, especially a powerful one or one which is in constant battle, was impossible. With Sharlyn's current incomplete and weakened state, it would normally be impossible for her to give someone a Full Blessing. Moreover, Sharlyn wasn't a regular god.
Taking in a deep breath, Sharlyn looked at Feng and slowly asked "Since the two of us were apparently close in your previous life, you should know that I'm a natural-born God, right?" Feng nodded, as he had already learned this about Sharlyn during his previous life, which left him quite shocked, "How much do you know about natural-born Gods and the Blessings we give?"
Feng though for a moment, before answering "Natural-born Gods were beings that are born destined to reach Tier 6 eventually and won't experience any bottlenecks. Meanwhile, what differentiated natural-born Gods from other Gods was the God Factor they're born with. As for Blessings from natural-born Gods, they would draw power directly from the God's God Factor. A least, that's what you told me."
There were two types of Gods in God's Domain. The first was born naturally, while the second ascended to Godhood of its own power. The majority of the Gods in God's Domain consisted of the latter. As for natural-born Gods, they did not start out at Tier 6; they had to ascend from Tier 0. Only, they would not encounter a bottleneck in their growth. Even if they did nothing but breathe, they would reach Tier 6 eventually.
The God Factor that natural-born Gods were born with is the reason for this. Because of it, natural-born Gods were able to endlessly draw power from it in order to quickly promote through Tiers.
When natural-born Gods are born, the God Factor was separated into two types, one within their bodies, and one within their souls; and as long as a single piece of either two parts remained, the God Factor would be able to regenerate as a whole within a certain period of time. This way if a natural-born God ever dies and the God Factor in their corpse is either stolen, destroyed or lost, they'd still be able to reincarnate in another body with their soul that still possesses a God Factor and regenerate the lost physical God Factor. Though, the precondition was that the physical God Factor is no more in the first place for it to regenerate.
Of course, other Gods were able to persist after death as well even without the God Factor, and could rise to Tier 6 once again after gaining a new body. In fact, a Superior Divine Body allowed Ancient Gods' souls to survive for a certain period of time, however, that time was limited, and the soul would eventually run out of energy and cease to exist if it doesn't occupy some kind of physical body or carrier. Moreover, even if the Ancient God's soul does obtain a physical body, whether it could create a Superior Divine Body once more, or even reach Tier 6 at all, depended heavily on the physical body's potential and resources available.
Some rare regular Gods without Superior Divine Bodies could survive for a certain amount of time after dying as well, but the duration they could live on with only a soul was much shorter, and even if they obtained a physical body once more, they'd have no chance of recovering their original strength.
This was the difference between regular Gods and Ancient Gods, with the Superior Divine Body being the main factor to differentiate them. Even if a regular God was able to master a World Law and had strength comparable to Ancient Gods, if the God doesn't know how to from a Superior Divine Body or isn't able to integrate the World Law into their Divine Body to create a Superior Divine Body, they'll forever remain inferior with things such as Life Rating and overall ability; as well as their deaths being almost permanent.
Natural-born Gods, though, didn't have such a problem. As long as they obtained a physical body, their God Factor would regenerate with enough time and it would immediately reach Tier 6 with its original strength completely unaffected.
"That's the long and short of it." Sharlyn nodded to Feng's basic explanation "Although my God Factor was released along with my body after you unsealed the Endless Abyss, the damage it had received before, along with being used to power the seal of the Endless Abyss, made it unusable and it was lost along with my original body. However, at least I can now slowly regenerate it inside of my new body. But along with my current weakened condition, it would take a long time for me to even recover to Tier 6, at least an entire year. So I'm currently not able to give you even a regular Blessing, let alone a Full one." Sharlyn slowly explained to Feng, causing the latter to frown.
Due to Sharlyn using her real body after dying to seal the Endless Abyss, her God Factor was sealed along with it, thus, she was unable to regenerate her physical God Factor all this time. Although it was a move that greatly hindered her, Sharlyn had no choice at the time but to resort to it due to various circumstances. And as she said, it would take a long time for Sharlyn to recover her God Factor to a state in which she was capable to give him a Full Blessing, but... something didn't feel quite right.
"That's odd. You had previously told me that there was a way to give me a Blessing even before I got promoted to Tier 1, so how come..." Feng cocked his head slightly and narrowed his eyes at Sharlyn "Sharlyn, you wouldn't happen to be lying to me, would you?" This time, it was Feng's aura that slowly spread out, and even though its strength was nowhere near comparable to Sharlyn's, there was a cold and ruthless feeling in it that made Sharlyn feel uncomfortable for some reason.
After all, Feng was kind of pissed right now. The chance to receive a Full Blessing from a God like Sharlyn was nearly impossible to come by, and now that he was getting to it, Sharlyn is saying that she wasn't able to give him one, but he is fairly certain that she was. Feng was much more inclined to believe the Sharlyn from his previous life than this one, and since that Sharlyn had said there is a way for this version of Sharlyn to give him a Full Blessing, but this one is denying it, Feng was fairly certain that she was either lying, or not telling the whole truth.
It didn't matter much to Feng, though. He was already so close to obtaining a God's Full Blessing, which would increase his chances of fulfilling his goals by leap and bounds, and he wasn't planning on letting anyone ruin it.
If Sharlyn denies that there is a way while he knew there is one, and Sharlyn isn't willing to be convinced with words, Feng could only switch the way he does things and resort to other... measures in order to convince Sharlyn and remind her of the way.
"Is that so? Did I really say that? I suppose that version of myself had much more trust and faith in you than I had thought, then." Sharlyn eventually sighed under Feng's gaze "It technically isn't impossible for me to give you a Full Blessing right now, but I would have to use the power from my soul God Factor. At that point, with how much my God Factor would be drained, let alone regenerating the rest of my God Factor and recovering to Tier 6 within a year, I wouldn't be able to completely recover even after thousands of years; and the left over power that I will have will be very small, so the things I'll be capable of doing will be immensely limited. If the Scholar decided to show up, there'll be nothing I can do to stop him. Not to mention, I wouldn't have enough energy to turn you into a Hero with my drained God Factor." A helpless look appeared on Sharlyn's face upon confessing.
She had originally thought that she could dissuade Feng from requesting a Full Blessing after telling him it was impossible, but she hadn't expected her future self had already told Feng that there is a method. At the same time, Sharlyn couldn't help but look at Feng in a different light. If the version of herself from the timeline Feng came from had told him about this, then she must have trusted him quite a bit; and Sharlyn inwardly wondered whether she could trust Feng that much as well.
Meanwhile, Feng was in deep thought after hearing Sharlyn's response. Although he knew from the words Sharlyn had spoken in his previous life that it was possible to give him her Full Blessing before he reaches Tier 1, she had never told him the method or the price she'd have to pay to do it. Though, he didn't doubt what Sharlyn just said, as he already knew of her current condition and how much a Full Blessing would drain her.
This was also what was currently troubling him, as he'd need Sharlyn's help for multiple things such as unsealing the Sword in Stone and transporting him to the rest of the trial spaces, which she'd struggle to do if most of her power was drained and she was unable to recover for a long time. Moreover, even if he did receive her Blessing she still wouldn't be able to turn him into a Hero.
After a moment of thought, Feng lifted his head and gazed at Sharlyn, asking "Is there any way for you to recover quickly after draining your God Factor?"
"No, not really." Sharlyn shook her head, having already expected Feng to ask this "The power of a God Factor is very unique, and very few things could affect its recovery rate, none of which could be found in this God's Domain, or actually, in this era at all. Even items such as God Crystals would be of practically no help, with one of them providing only a small boost to my recovery. I'd need tens of billions of them if I wished to fully recover." Sharlyn sighed at the thought of being in such a weak state for so long.
Even when she had first reincarnated, at least she possessed the ability to regain some of her strength quickly, but there would be no such possibility in this case.
"Is there really no other way?" Feng frowned upon this unwelcome revelation.
"There is none." Sharlyn once again shook her head "The only thing that could affect a God Factor, is another God Factor. But it's impossible to obtain one here."
"Another God Factor?" Feng asked for clarification upon hearing Sharlyn's words "You mean, if you managed to obtain another God Factor, you'd be able to recover from your weakened state after giving me a Full Blessing?"
"Hm? Yes I suppose so." Sharlyn answered in confusion, wondering why Feng suddenly seemed relieved.
"There is no problem, then." Feng's smile returned after getting the confirmation he needed "Give me your Full Blessing, and I will obtain a God Factor for you."
"You'll obtain a God Factor for me?" Sharlyn felt the urge to laugh when she heard Feng's claim "I already told you that it's impossible to obtain one in this God's Domain. I've already searched everywhere for any, but wasn't able to find a single natural-born God I could get it from. Moreover, even if you somehow managed to find a natural-born God, and even less likely kill it, you'd only be able to get its physical God Factor, which would become unusable and useless when the natural-born God tries to regenerate it from its soul one. You'd need to get a complete God Factor by taking both the physical and soul ones, but that's impossible to do."
"You don't need to worry about this. I have my own ways. You just need to give me the blessing and I'll fulfill my part." Feng responded to Sharlyn's doubts with a faint smile. "Even if my current plan doesn't work, there's always that guy sealed in the Fire Dragon Empire. I'll just take his in that case."
"Are you serious about this?" Sharlyn grew serious upon seeing that Feng was still intending to go through with it.
"Of course." Feng nodded without hesitation.
"How can you prove that you won't simply leave me in that weakened state, or even take advantage of it." Sharlyn questioned, as this wasn't a small matter at all. However, Feng merely smiled.
"You have my word." Feng responded with a confident look on his face, like that was enough to convince anyone.
"Your... word?" Sharlyn became momentarily speechless as she looked at Feng's confident expression, as if everything was already solved.
"Mhm." A simple nod from Feng was enough to tell Sharlyn that he really did think that everything was fine now.
"...I really don't understand what future me was thinking about." Sharlyn sighed as she rubbed her forehead "Fine, let's do this."
Sharlyn no longer bothered with trying to see through Feng. Since she couldn't understand him at all, and he didn't seem to be lying about his promise, while another version of herself seems to trust him enough, Sharlyn ultimately decided to take a gamble and go through with giving a Full Blessing to Feng. Moreover, their souls would be bound anyway, so there was little chance of Feng betraying her.
Hearing this, Feng faintly smiled "There actually is a way for you to discover what she was thinking about if I return your memories from that timeline."
"You can do that?" Sharlyn couldn't help her shock. Reincarnating from the future was one thing, but giving someone memories from a different life was a whole other thing all together.
"Yes, but not right now. I'm still currently to weak to recover and return the memories of someone like you." Feng shook his head.
Not to mention that his current Immortal Soul was to weak too even properly use his ability, just his Concentration was completely inadequate to manipulate the souls of people in God's Domain. This was especially so for Sharlyn. Even though she was currently in a weakened state, and even her soul isn't at its peak, it still had the power of a top-tier, natural-born, Ancient God. Naturally, Feng was incapable of even interacting with it. Thinking of Sharlyn's soul, a faint, blue glow appeared in Feng's eyes.
In the next moment, Sharlyn, along with the surroundings, disappeared, with the only thing left being a large, bluish-white fireball that radiated of incredibly powerful strength. In fact, even the soul Feng had felt while tracing the Unicorn's soul string in the Twelve Trials was inferior to this one; but they also seemed slightly similar. While the Unicorn's soul gave the feeling of something untainted and pureness, Sharlyn's gave the feeling of a strange holiness, along with a powerful sense of authority.
Sharlyn seemed to sense something as she was under Feng's gaze, causing her to feel an odd sense of being seen through and discomfort. She currently felt like her entire being was naked under Feng's eyes. Sharlyn narrowed her eyes slightly, causing her soul to react to Feng's gaze. In the next moment, Feng squinted slightly as if his eyes hurt, and the faint blue glow in them disappeared.
"It's definitely impossible right now." Feng rubbed his nose bridge to get rid of the soreness as he completely gave up on the thought of returning Sharlyn's memories to make things easier "Anyway, let's go on with the blessing."
"Alright," Sharlyn hesitated for a moment before eventually agreeing, as she started drawing a Magic Array "Take off your Chestplate."
Hearing Sharlyn say so, Feng immediately took a step back and covered his chest as he gave Sharlyn a guarded look.
Sharlyn's eyebrow twitched upon seeing Feng's actions. She stopped paying attention to him and said in an annoyed tone "Or don't and have it be destroyed. See if I care." Feng's smile returned as he stopped playing around after seeing Sharlyn's reaction and unequipped his Blood Emperor's Armor, revealing his bare muscular chest.
When players first log into God's Domain, apart from the Grey Trash items they were given to wear and the items in their bags, the only thing they receive is underwear. Men receive boxers while women receive a bra and panties. This way, when players unequipped the Grey Trash items they first received, they won't be completely naked.
Of course, as God's Domain was a fully immersive virtual reality game, players could take off that underwear as well. However, if they did that in public, regardless of gender, they'd be instantly captured and locked up by the guards faster than if they had murdered someone in plain daylight.
Because of this, players usually wore little to nothing underneath their armors. Although players could purchase other regular clothes to put on, they usually wouldn't bother, especially at this stage of the game where money is always short, as it was unnecessary since they could simply wear armor instead of clothes and instantly switch it out with other armor through the system, so there was no chance of revealing themselves unless they wanted to.
Coincidently, Feng was among the players who never bothered buying clothes and wore nothing except for his armor, as he too found it not only unnecessary, but also tedious since weak clothes underneath the armor would get ripped apart and destroyed during high intense fights and needed to be replaced afterwards. Though, he suddenly felt clothes would be kind of useful after receiving a weird look from Sharlyn.
Shaking away the thoughts, Feng stepped into the Magic Array Sharlyn had finished drawing, while she stood to the side and started chanting some kind of incantation while releasing a boundless aura and thick Divine Might.
Feng felt himself being surrounded and wrapped up by large amounts of mana and energy. Moreover, he also sensed World Power gathering from the surroundings as well.
A moment later, under Sharlyn's chanting and control, the gathered energy started moving towards Feng and pouring into him. Beads of sweat appeared on Sharlyn's forehead as she carefully guided the immense energy into Feng, causing Feng attributes, physique, mana and overall being to transform; but she wasn't done yet.
A blinding glow erupted form Sharlyn's chest as another wave of Divine Might, but this time purer along with a different energy Feng had never felt before, started pouring into Feng. If Feng were to look at Sharlyn's soul at this moment using his ability, he'd see a golden dot that appeared inside of her bluish-white soul and gave off a strange feeling of divinity.
The Divine Might caused Feng's being to transform once more, and Feng could feel his being becoming closer and more connected to the world. At the same time, he could also feel some movement on, or more precisely, in his back. As he felt something trying to pierce through from inside his back and poke out, a single thought appeared in Feng's mind.
'I can already feel it... this is gonna hurt like a bitch.' As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Feng's back ripped slightly as pure white feathers started coming out. Feng bit his lips and ground his teeth to stop himself from screaming in pain at the feeling of not only his back being ripped apart from the inside, but also the feeling of his back's bone structure and muscle structure rapidly changing and adapting to the things growing out from it, along with his nerves extending through the flesh growing on his new back extensions.
He soon collapsed to his knees and felt his vision becoming blurry from the pain, but Feng held on and did his best to remain conscious through the process.
Meanwhile, Sharlyn wasn't having a good time either. Apart from having to keep her concentration on keeping up and continuing the Blessing process along with the Magic Array, she also had to carefully guide the huge amount of energy into Feng, as any mishap would lead to Feng's body, and probably his soul, collapsing. On top of all that, she also had to endure the soul pain caused by draining her God Factor of its precious energy and infusing it too into Feng. Currently, her completely pale face was covered in sweat as she struggled to finish the Full Blessing.
The two of them held on and continued the process to the best of their abilities, knowing that if either one were to fail to do their part, both would be thoroughly screwed.
Soon, all of the energy finished entering and fusing with Feng, while the pure-white wings had fully formed on his back. The moment the blessing process finished, Sharlyn, who was completely drenched in sweat by now, slumped down onto a couch while Feng started falling face first onto the ground.
'Night night time' Feng became relieved after feeling the pain had stopped and felt himself falling while his consciousness slowly faded.
Just as Feng's face was about to collide with the ground, Feng's eyes shot open and his hand extended to prop himself up "I'm fine!" Standing to his feet, Feng proclaimed to both himself and Sharlyn, convincing neither with his pained expression and wobbly legs. "That seat would be pretty nice right about now."
Lazily waving her hand, Sharlyn caused a chair to appear behind Feng, on which he immediately sat on. Taking a moment to steady his breathing and regain his composure, Feng looked at the system notifications he had received.
System: Congratulations! You have received the Goddess of Creation's Full Blessing. All Basic Attributes +3,000, all Resistances +200, Levels +10, Free Mastery Points +250, Legacy Skill Points +100, All Basic Attributes increased by 300%, Physique increased by 250%, Reaction Speed improved by 100%, Concentration increased by 100%, God's Domain World Authority +2, Elemental Affinity +1 Level, received "Creation Goddess's Blessing".
System: Congratulations! You are the first player to ever receive a God's Full Blessing. Rewarding 15 Levels, 300 Free Mastery Points, 200 Free Legacy Skill Points and Divine Rank Consumable "Blessing's Relief".
[Creation Goddess's Blessing] (Full Divine Blessing)
Creating with any Subclass success rate increased by 50%
Proficiency has a 90% chance to increase by 10 extra points
All items created will have their Attributes significantly increased
There is a fixed chance to increase a created item's rank by one, up to a maximum of Fragmented Divine Rank.
Creation Element Authority +5
Ignore Levels +100
For every increase in five Levels, all Attributes of player will increase by 30 points, in addition to receiving 50 Free Attribute Points
Attacks you deal to all beings affiliated with Darkness will have a 400% increase in damage
You will possess status equal to a Marquise in every territory ruled by non Dark Powers.
"So many great rewards!?" Feng became completely dumbfounded upon seeing the astonishing rewards he had received.
Just the attributes alone made all the trouble worth it. Feng already had attributes at the Peak Tier 3 standard and was close to that of Tier 4 players, with this, though, he was already comparable to a Tier 4 player in full Epic equipment, with only his Physique and Mana lacking in comparison; but that, too, had received a huge boost.
Not to mention the large amount of Resistance, Free Mastery and Legacy Skill Points he received which would make his progression much faster and easier. There was also two points in World Authority.
Normally, players had to have achievements that affected the entirety of God's Domain to acquire this World Authority.
Players who successfully obtained World Authority, even if only one point of it, would receive unimaginable assistance in their progression in God's Domain. Just like the name suggested, gaining World Authority meant one would become an existence with special rights in God's Domain. Obtaining even one point of World Authority was equivalent to attaining God's Domain's recognition. Players with World Authority would then gain an unimaginable affinity with the world.
On the surface, gaining an increased affinity with the world might not seem very useful. However, it would provide players with a clearer perception of the various magic elements and their operating principles. This was crucial for players aiming to reach Tier 6.
Normally, players would have to go through a lot of hardships and struggles to obtain World Authority; yet Feng managed to obtain two points simply from receiving Sharlyn's Full Blessing.
However, the greatest reward out of all of them was definitely the one level increase to his Elemental Affinity. Elemental Affinity was crucial for players in controlling mana.
Normally, players' Elemental Affinity would only be at Level 1, while gifted individuals could reach Level 2. Compared to players with only Level 1 affinity, players with Level 2 affinity would have an easier time perceiving and manipulating the various elements.
Although Elemental Affinity could be artificially increased using various methods, such as using tools and improving one's Mana Body, there was a limit to the effectiveness of such methods. In fact, the highest standard Feng had achieved in Elemental Affinity during his previous life was Level 4, and he had achieved that standard after relying on various tools. This was also the limit for most Tier 6 experts.
But now, thanks to Sharlyn's Blessing, Feng had received another point to his Elemental Affinity, meaning that even if he only reached the same standard as in his previous life, his Elemental Affinity would still be a level higher.
Feng had many ways to increase his Attributes, Physique, Mastery and even World Authority, but he had no way to increase his Elemental Affinity to a level higher than in his previous life, so Feng valued that one point in Elemental Affinity more than everything else.
Moreover, there was also the Creation Goddess's Blessing which would be of great help in his Forging, especially with a chance to increase an item's rank by one up to Fragmented Divine Rank, as well as having the status of a Marquise in Kingdoms and Empires which would make Feng's following plans much easier.
It was no wonder Blessings and the people who received them were so valuable, especially Full Blessings. Feng had practically transformed into a being of an entirely different level.
After looking through the system notifications about the benefits he had received and resting for a bit, Feng stood up and switched his gaze towards his back and the most obvious addition Sharlyn's Blessing had bestowed upon him.
"How are you feeling?" Sharlyn opened her resting eyes and asked after sensing that Feng has gotten up.
"Fine. Better than ever, actually. Though, I should be the one asking you that. How's your God Factor doing?" Feng responded and asked for Sharlyn's condition with slight concern. After all, setting aside the fact that he still needed her help with various things, they were also something that could be called friends in his previous life, so he was naturally concerned about her current condition after giving away her Full Blessing.
"It's fine, just more drained than I had initially expected. But I'm glad nothing went wrong with the Blessing. Otherwise this would have been an enormous waste of effort." Sharlyn was finally relieved after Feng confirmed nothing was wrong.
"By the way..." Feng glanced at his pure white wings, that were moving slightly as he attempted to control them, which barely had a wing span of 3 meters "What's up with these little chicken wings? I remember yours being much larger." Asking in slight discontent, Feng felt like he had been ripped off. The wings he had seen on Sharlyn during his previous life were gigantic enough to cover the sky and made her look incredibly majestic, but his... Feng wondered whether they could even lift him up in the air, let alone allow him to fly with them.
"Of course they're nowhere near as big as mine. I had probably already fully recovered at that point, while you're still only at Tier 0. The wings grow in size with you as your strength, Physique and Tier increase. After you reach Tier 3, they'll transform and integrate into your Mana Body. Until then, the wings will remain a part of your physical body and the size increase will be small depending on how much your strength increases and what kind of Legacy you use to promote through your Tiers." Sharlyn rolled her eyes at Feng's complaint and explained while feeling slightly offended. After all, those were wings inherited from her, so how dare Feng call them chicken wings!
Nevertheless, Feng didn't seem to notice that as a problem cropped up in his mind "Wait. Does that mean that I'll have to take off my Chestplate every time I want to use my wings to fly." Feng's expression changed slightly at the thought.
Feng already knew that he could retract the wings into his body from asking Sharlyn about them, but if the wings remained a physical part of him, then he'd have to unequip his armor whenever he wanted to spread them out and use them, otherwise either his Chestplate would get destroyed, or his wings would be stuck underneath it; so Feng couldn't have both at the same time.
Although armor in God's Domain could change its shape in order to accommodate the wearer, since not everyone had the same body type, it couldn't change that much to the extent it could cover another body part; especially if said body part was a pair of wings with a three meter wing span.
Thinking of himself flying through the air with his naked chest exposed, Feng suddenly weighed the pros and cons of using the wings. Even though he could wear plain clothes underneath his armor and cut holes in them where the wings go out, those clothes could easily be ripped apart and destroyed with God's Domain's environment and the situations Feng gets himself into. He could also use items such as the Demon Mask to change his look and make it seem like he was actually wearing a Chestplate with the wings extending out of it, or no wings at all, but it would be a bit awkward if someone could see through the illusion or if it breaks for some reason.
Moreover, there's also the more important issue of his attributes and Physique decreasing due to not wearing his Chestplate, along with not being able to use the skills he normally would, as well his chest becoming a weak spot from which he'd receive much higher damage.
"Yea, at least until you reach Tier 3, that is." Sharlyn nodded to Feng's question, finding his reaction a bit odd "Anyway, let's get on with what I originally asked you to come here for."
Feng nodded helplessly and retracted his wings into his back, which gave him a weird feeling of discomfort, like he was holding in an uncomfortable shit, before putting the Blood Emperor's Armor back on and sitting back down.
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1. Need to come up with a name for Feng's soul manipulating ability instead of just calling it ability all the time. Any suggestions?
2. Idea for Sharlyn being the Goddess of Creation, her giving Feng a blessing that would eventually get him to become a Hero, as well as the things he gets from her blessing like the wings come from another fanfic made by TheRealestAryl. I recommend reading it if you haven't already, as it's a great rssg fanfic that heavily inspired me to start my own.
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