Chapter 40: The Demon God’s Blessing
Chapter 40: The Demon God's Blessing
Xiong Batian led a group of Magical Beasts, beginning to fight amidst the storm. The Magical Beasts under Zhai Guangyi’s protection had already grown accustomed to this environment—whenever they encountered a powerful enemy, a torrential downpour would follow.
Usually quiet and reserved, Xiong Batian wielded a Spiked Club, which Zhai Guangyi had specially purchased for her from the System Shop.
According to the System, it was made from a special alloy, incorporating some knowledge brought from Earth, and possessed strong Magic Resistance. Xiong Batian had taken a great liking to it since receiving it.
Xiong Batian activated Berserk and Stealth, enhancing her physique and turning invisible. She had relatively few Skills—aside from these two, she only possessed Spirit Magic.
However, her Magic Power was not particularly high, so she used Spirit Magic mainly for support. Berserk and Stealth, on the other hand, had reached a decent Level.
In her invisible state, Xiong Batian swung her club at a Giant Goblin’s head, crushing it as easily as smashing a watermelon. The surrounding Goblins couldn’t see what had happened—their companion had simply been killed with a blow to the head.
Like a muscular ghost, Xiong Batian drifted through the heavy rain, freely harvesting the lives of Giant Goblins on the battlefield. Watching her from atop the Storm Holy Wolf, Zhai Guangyi felt a headache coming on.
Xiong Batian was just like Xiong Er—truly mother and daughter, cut from the same cloth, equally cunning.
A distance of several hundred meters was nothing to the Storm Holy Wolf, and in an instant, Zhai Guangyi and the others arrived beneath the Divine Tree. Here, the sun was bright, and a warm breeze blew gently—a stark contrast to the scene Inside the Forest.
The Fire Spirit controlled by the System ignored the rain’s coverage, charging straight through. Scorching waves of heat continuously emanated from the Fire Spirit, trailing behind it like exhaust from Flight, all the way to the vicinity of the Divine Tree.
As the Fire Spirit approached Zhai Guangyi, its form grew faint. It spat out two black objects from its mouth, which Zhai Guangyi caught in his hand—a black Magic Crystal and a shattered Black Magic Mirror.
“What exactly is this?”
Zhai Guangyi raised the Black Magic Mirror, examining it carefully. It seemed to be damaged and could no longer be used.
“Report: A Black Magic Mirror. Such mirrors typically consist of one Mother Mirror connected to several Child Mirrors, enabling remote communication and Magic Power transmission. When two mirrors are linked, it is as if the individuals are present in person.”
“That’s incredible. So, that means Shabi has an even more powerful backer behind him. It’s truly a case of ‘defeat the son, and the father comes; defeat the father, and the grandfather comes; defeat the grandfather, and the ancestors come.’”
A broken Black Magic Mirror seemed rather useless, didn’t it?
Just as Zhai Guangyi was thinking this, the System issued another prompt.
“Report: This System is currently analyzing the Black Magic Mirror. Once complete, items with identical functions will be available for purchase in the System Shop.”
Truly worthy of the highest-tier Fantasy Skill, ‘World’—even replicating treasures was possible. Zhai Guangyi grew increasingly excited. This Magic Mirror was like a modern-day mobile phone. If he ever encountered someone he needed to stay in frequent contact with, he could give them one.
For example, Xiong Da, who had left the Forest—Zhai Guangyi hadn’t even had a proper conversation with him yet. After all, he was a former High School Classmate.
Another item was Shabi’s Magic Crystal, an utterly pitch-black crystal that seemed to contain a trace of ominous Magic Power, making Zhai Guangyi himself somewhat hesitant to absorb it.
“System, how should this be handled?”
“Alert: Individual ‘Shabi’ is a unit blessed by a high-level entity. The Magic Crystal contains a trace of divinity, which is unsuitable for absorption by the Primordial Spirit’s body. It can be absorbed by the True Body of the Spirit Tree. This System will assist in purifying the divine connection, converting it into pure energy.
Please confirm whether to allow the True Body of the Spirit Tree to absorb Shabi’s Magic Crystal.”
“Yes.”
The black Magic Crystal in Zhai Guangyi’s hand slowly rose into the air and merged into the tree trunk. A stream of black light began to spread across the trunk, then gradually faded, transforming into pure white energy that flowed into Zhai Guangyi’s Spirit Tree form.
“Acquired 100,000 Spiritual Power, 400 Skill Points, and one portion of the Demon God’s Blessing Power.”
The 100,000 Spiritual Power would allow Zhai Guangyi’s True Body to Level Up by 10 levels. The 400 Skill Points likely came from the energy of Shabi’s Soul, which, while not much for Zhai Guangyi, still counted as the first significant gain from recent hunts. Usually, Magic Crystals rarely yielded Skill Points—the probability was simply too low.
As for the Demon God’s Blessing Power, Zhai Guangyi instantly felt he had kicked a hornet’s nest. He never expected this Shabi to have the backing of this World’s Demon God. Though he didn’t know exactly how powerful it was, the mere title “Demon God” made Zhai Guangyi feel it was best not to provoke such an entity.
“Alert: The Demon God’s Blessing Power can be used to bestow a Blessing upon oneself. The System has converted it into the purest Soul Energy for the master, severing any Soul connection with the Demon God. Please use it as soon as possible, or the Demon God’s Soul may reconnect with this power.”
“Use it.”
Since he had already fought, there was no point in wasting it. Becoming stronger, even slightly, was better than not. If things truly became too difficult, he could always rely on his Elven Body to escape—though he might lose the useful Skill “World.”
“Please grant yourself a name.”
As for the name, Zhai Guangyi didn’t want others to know the connection between his Elven Body and his tree True Body, so he decided to think of a different one. But after much thought, he could only come up with some Western-sounding names.
“Let it be ‘Sylph.'”
This time, Zhai Guangyi experienced the sensation of evolution. It felt as though he were immersed in an ocean of Magic Power, with a powerful energy continuously flowing into the giant tree’s body. Even his Soul felt immensely nourished.
The Souls of both bodies underwent sublimation. At this moment, Zhai Guangyi could more clearly perceive the connection between the two halves of his divided Soul. As these two halves grew stronger, they merged back into a single Soul, allowing him to simultaneously control both bodies without needing the System’s assistance for conversion.
Additionally, the Spirit Tree’s various attributes grew rapidly, and it began a new evolution. Zhai Guangyi’s tree Level had reached 30, and it seemed that 40 was his previous limit—but now, that limit appeared to have been lifted.
During the battle with the Giant Goblin, Zhai Guangyi had gained a lot of Spiritual Power, which could now be used for Leveling Up.
Zhai Guangyi opened his status panel again to check.
Race: Spirit King Tree (Sylph)
Level: 43 – Required Spiritual Power for next Level: 1,230
Life Value: 100,000
Magic Power Value: 80,000
Attack Power: 200
Defense Power: 6,000
Speed: 0
Existing Spiritual Power: 8770
Race: Primordial Spirit (Zhai Guangyi)
Level: 13 – 1000 Spiritual Power required for next level
Life Value: 100
Magic Power: 52,000
Attack Power: 5
Defense Power: 7
Speed: 12
Existing Spiritual Power: 9000
Skill Points: 3440
Skills Possessed: ‘World’ Advanced System – Level 7, Photosynthesis – Level 4, Fruit-bearing – Level 10, Appraisal – Level 2, Heal – Level 5, Spirit Magic – Level 5, Wind Control – Level 6, Stealth – Level 4
Upgradable Skills: ‘World’ Advanced System – Level 8 (5000 points), Photosynthesis – Level 5 (100 points), Wind Control – Level 7 (300 points), Appraisal – Level 3 (100 points), Stealth – Level 5 (150 points), Heal – Level 6 (500 points), Spirit Magic – Level 6 (1000 points)
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