Chapter 214 Inauguration, [King of Laziness]!
Lion had heard of the term "spirit man" a long time ago.
When he obtained the [Relic·Embrace of Blood], the origin of "spirit man" was introduced in the giant book next to it.
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[The 'spirit man' born from the "fruit", some of them even have the power to kill gods...]
[No one knows where they come from, but no matter how they are killed, these 'spirit men' will appear again... There are gods who have encountered that the 'spirit man' he killed will reappear in front of him after a period of time...]
[If you want to completely kill the 'spirit man', you must erase its 'fruit core' in the 'Tree of Advent'...]
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According to the records of the Giant Art, the spirit man is a "special individual" born from the Tree of Advent.
It cannot be killed. Even if the body of advent disappears, it will come back again after waiting for a period of time.
Unless, the "fruit core" it inhabits can be erased.
But how is that possible?
By now, Ryan can be sure that the "Tree of Advent" recorded in the Book of Giants is the Golden Tree, and the location of the Golden Tree is the deepest part of the sea.
As a "great existence" that runs through everything in the world and weaves the twelve paths, who can erase the fruit on his branches?
Therefore, when he knew that the true awakening of [Holy Relic·Embrace of Blood] required the blood of a spirit, Ryan was prepared for this precious holy relic to never be awakened.
However, the subsequent battle with [Divine Creature·Black Mud Python] unexpectedly "awakened" the [Holy Relic·Embrace of Blood].
But that was just an accident.
To truly awaken this holy relic, you still need the blood of a real spirit.
Ryan didn't expect that he would meet a spirit on this occasion.
As the product of the "core" of the golden tree, the spirit man is, to some extent, the maintainer of the "golden tree rules". Now, the spirit man has taken action to kill the scarlet witch. Does it mean that the legendary and above-legendary witches are not allowed to exist in the rules woven by the golden tree?
Or according to the spirit man himself, it is "wrong data"?
Ryan has always been the most vigilant about the golden tree.
And this vigilance comes from the flashing hint he saw in the "pirate potion".
——[After using this potion, during the process of spiritual sublimation and career employment, it will be locked by an unknown existence, and will be assimilated when promoted to the seventh level. 】
Seventh level, lock, assimilation...
These glaring words are also the main reason why Ryan dare not let the main body use the "pirate potion".
The fall of the Gods' Era, the arrival of the Golden Age, what kind of secrets are hidden behind everything, Ryan doesn't care, he just hopes that he can have the power to protect himself and his partners, that's all.
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[Spirituality is sublimating... 'Promotion Baptism' is in progress...]
[Current [Spirituality] is 111.4... 'Promotion Baptism' is completed! ]
[[Spirituality] upper limit +111.4! Current [Spirituality]: 222.8]
[[Greedy Monarch (Level 3)] promoted to [King of Sloth (Level 4)]! ]
[Professional bonus: Spirituality +30.0, Physicality +30.0]
[Current [Spirituality] is: 252.8, Current [Physicality] is: 215.22]
[Occupational skills obtained: Silk of Sloth, Servant of Power, Realm of Silence]
1. [Silk of Sloth]:
The exclusive skill of the King of Sloth.
I am high on the throne, and with a flick of my finger, countless fine threads fall like rain, attracting all living beings and bringing me everything I need.
[Silk of Sloth], composed of lazy spirit, falls on the enemy, forming a "Mark of Sloth", which takes effect immediately wherever it is seen, and lasts for S seconds. The target entangled by the "Silk of Sloth" will become a "Sloth Puppet". If the target's rank is two or more levels higher than the King of Sloth, it will not take effect, but the enemy will be forced to stun for a short period of time, and the specific time depends on the difference in strength between the two sides.
If the target's rank is not higher than the King of Sloth by two levels, it will become a "Sloth Puppet". During this period, all actions are controlled by the King of Sloth and blessed by the attributes of the "King of Sloth". The blessing range of [Spirit] and [Physique] is (S/4)%. Based on the current spirituality, the blessing range is 65.4%.
(The value of S depends on the user's rank and spirituality. The specific conversion formula is rank*10+spirituality*1. For example, for the fourth-rank sloth king with a spirituality of 222, the value of S is 4*10+222*1=262).
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2. [Power Servant]:
The exclusive skill of the sloth king.
As the supreme sloth king, he has his own servants. And the strongest servant is naturally the "power servant" constructed with the power of the sloth king.
Every time an enemy with the "sloth mark" is defeated, the professional fit can be improved. The specific value depends on the enemy's strength (according to the current strength of the sloth king, the minimum must not be lower than the fifth rank), and the defeated enemy will be seized by the "sloth mark" The power becomes the resource for building the "power servant".
The Power Servant can be summoned to assist in battle. For every 25% of the Power Servant's construction, the Power Servant can receive an additional 30% of the King of Sloth's attributes (the Power Servant can inherit a certain number of the King of Sloth's professional skills).
After the Power Servant is fully constructed, you can try to upgrade its rank.
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3. [Silent Realm]:
The exclusive skill of the Sloth King.
Everyone, welcome to the silent world of laziness!
The Sloth King can actively open the [Silent Realm], which lasts for (S/2) seconds. All beings in this realm will fall into a "silent" state unless they get permission from the Sloth King. They cannot use any active skills, and in the first second of the [Silent Realm], the enemy will be forcibly imprisoned for one second (this imprisonment effect can only be resisted by those who are three levels higher than the Sloth King).
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[Captain]: Ryan Rayland
[Age]: 18
[Bloodline]: Viking descendant
[Title]: Blood Son, Overturned Son (Blood Oath Contract is invalid), Dark Moon Patron (has lost the protection effect), God Slayer
[Talented Ability]: Soul of the Otherworld
[Spirituality]: 111.4→252.8
[Physique]: 115.66→215.22
[Path Occupation]:
Level 1: Glutton Hunter (100%), Pirate (100%)
Level 2: Apostle of Pleasure (100%), Storm Fighter (100%)
Level 3: Greedy Monarch (100%), Skeleton Captain (0%)
Level 4: Lord of Sloth (0%)
[Occupational Skills]:
Level 1 - [Glutton Hunter]: Food War, Heart of Gluttony, Blood Hunt; [Pirate]: High-spirited War Roar, One-handed Weapon Specialization , Water Battle Specialization
Level 2——[Apostle of Joy]: Joy Aura, Tide of Pain, Gospel; [Storm Fighter]: Brave Strike, Storm Body, Throwing Specialization Enhancement
Level 3——[Lord of Greed]: Grasp of Greed, Satisfied Throne, Feast; [Skeleton Captain]: Bloody Rum, Skeleton Corpse, Ranged Specialization Enhancement
Level 4——[Lord of Sloth]: Silk of Sloth, Servant of Power, Silent Realm
[Learning Skills]: Storm Swordsmanship (Grandmaster), Azure Swordsmanship (Master), Burning Swordsmanship (Master), Navigation (Master), Wonder Items (Master)
[Special Skills]: Dragon Helmet (Grandmaster·Dragon Man Pearl Blessing), Dragon Power (Grandmaster·Dragon Man Pearl Blessing), Dragon Wings (Grandmaster·Dragon Man Pearl Blessing)
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With the completion of the "Sloth Ritual", the profession of the original sin path was also successfully promoted.
From the third-level "Greedy Monarch" to the fourth-level "Lord of Sloth", with the help of the career promotion baptism, Ryan's [Spirit] surpassed [Physique] for the first time and became the strongest attribute of his body.
The only pity is that when the career baptism was carried out, Ryan's current [Spirit] did not reach the limit. For example, if the captain was awake, he might be able to provide [Third-level Spiritual Enhancement Crystal], the professional skill [Skeleton Dead Body] of the third-level professional skeleton captain of the pirate path, and accumulate enough to improve the physique and spirituality by 4.0 at most, and so on.
But there is no such thing as perfection in everything in the world.
The opportunity to complete the "Sloth Ritual" is a rare opportunity, and Ryan cannot force the ritual.
If you miss this opportunity, you don't know how long it will take to complete the "Sloth Ritual" again.
Ryan is already quite satisfied that he can carry out the "Promotion Baptism" based on the current attributes.
Ryan had just completed his career promotion, and before he even had time to get familiar with his new power, he saw the Scarlet Witch who was at a disadvantage in the distant battlefield, so he joined the battlefield immediately.
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Holding the unsheathed [Tyranny Greatsword·Wolf Blood Oath], with purple-black arcs jumping on the obsidian sword, Ryan looked at the spiritual man with surging spirituality not far away, and a raging fire of fighting spirit appeared in his eyes.
Ryan didn't know whether he could be the opponent of the demigod after completing his career promotion. After all, the gap in strength between the legend and the demigod was too great.
Don't you see that under normal circumstances, the Scarlet Witch can easily crush the Plague Demon God of Legend, but facing the spirit man with the complete form and true demigod power, even if she put on the scarlet mecha and entered the "annihilation mode", she can only delay the battle by self-destructing the body.
Ryan also deeply understands this.
His traveling body was able to defeat the [Grand] Gluttonous Dinosaur, which was even stronger than the general legendary limit, but even after becoming stronger, it was still blasted into pieces without any resistance when facing the air attack of the demigod-level Saint Iochilis.
Although Saint Iochilis is not an ordinary demigod, the gap between them can be seen from a glimpse of the leopard.
Ryan estimated that it should not be difficult for him to defeat the legendary limit now, but it is probably still a failure to defeat the demigod alone.
But not being able to win does not mean that Ryan cannot cause trouble for the demigod.
Because the traveling clone had fought with several demigods, Ryan could roughly judge that the attacking spirit was only "beginning to enter the demigod", and it was not in its prime - the five marks on the rotating disc behind it had been exhausted in the battle with the Scarlet Witch.
Because there are no facial features on its face, others cannot judge its emotions from its expression, but the violent surge of spirituality around it shows its anger from the side.
If it weren't for the obstruction of the "ant" it originally thought, it would have been able to take down the Scarlet Witch with that attack just now.
Now, everything has become a bubble.
The surging spirituality like the sea made Ryan feel a little suffocated. Even though his current [Spirituality] has surpassed [Physical Fitness] and reached 252.8, it is still too far away from the demigod.
But basic attributes only determine the lower limit of combat power. The real combat power can only be demonstrated after fighting.
"Zheng——"
Not far away, the spirit man raised the silver long sword in his hand, and the next moment, his body instantly disappeared from the spot.
"Dang!"
With a loud bang, the obsidian sword collided with the silver long sword, producing a violent explosion and shock wave.
The moment the two came into contact, Ryan was hit hard, and his whole body flew back, pulling two gaps hundreds of meters long on the ground.
The spirit man who forced Ryan back with a sword was about to pursue the victory and take down the Scarlet Witch first, but was grabbed by a huge bright blue energy hand that suddenly appeared.
[Greedy Grip] released as soon as it was touched, and it dissipated before the spirit man's attack arrived.
Under the effect of the "Mark of Greed", the spiritual strength of the spirit man suddenly dropped, while Ryan on the other side increased by the same proportion.
The sudden change interrupted the spirit's action. The next moment, a huge sword energy had already slashed in front of it.
There was a faint flame burning on the edge of the sword energy composed of wind-attributed spirituality and blood.
That was the first sword skill of the Burning Sword Art - the fierce fire attribute blessing brought by the Flowing Wind Like Fire, which further enhanced the power of the sword energy.
The spirit's other hand that was not holding the sword slapped hard, and the incoming sword energy was immediately shattered, turning into countless scattered light particles in mid-air.
The breeze floated, and Ryan, who used [Walking Wind Slash], had come behind the spirit.
The spiritual light on the surface of the spirit was about to burst, but at this moment, a dark green ripple expanded around with Ryan's body as the center, and in an instant, it covered an area of 100 meters in radius.
——[Silent Realm]!
The silence effect was activated, and the spiritual light on the surface of the spirit man dimmed in an instant. Not only that, the spirit man's body was fixed by some invisible force, and his body was "confined" in mid-air.
That was the "confinement" effect attached to the first second of the [Silent Realm] unfolding.
Now, Ryan has reached the fourth level, and the spirit man, as a sixth-level demigod, is not three levels higher than Ryan or above, so this second of confinement is completely effective.
Ryan carried the greatsword on his shoulder and entered the "power charging posture". At the same time, opposite him, that is, in front of the spirit man, a humanoid body emitting dark green light appeared, holding a greatsword similar to Ryan's hand, the difference is that this greatsword is also only in the form of energy.
——[Power Servant]!
One person and one servant, one in front and one behind, began to charge at the same time.
One second later, the spirit man broke free from the "confinement state", and what greeted it was a super-strong slash that completed the "splitting god" power charging at the same time, one in front and one behind.
"Boom!"
The blood-spiritual sword energy slashed out by Ryan and the dark green spiritual sword energy slashed out by the power servant almost simultaneously fell on the spirit man who had just broken free from his restraints. In an instant, a terrifying shock wave roared.
As strong as the spirit man was, he could only hold up a protective shield to resist the double "splitting god" slash.
"Crack!"
The earth cracked and wailed, and the ground within a radius of 100 meters sank together, forming an extremely terrifying sinkhole.
At the edge of the sinkhole, Ryan's face was solemn. He did not relax because of his advantage in this attack, because he knew very well that even the double "splitting god" slash could not defeat the demigod spirit man.
In his pupils, the blue light ignited.
A huge and ferocious beast appeared behind Ryan, and then wrapped in a huge blue flame, it pounced forward heavily, causing the sinkhole to expand further.
[Blue King], explode!
"Boom!"
The blue power of true damage caused a shrill wail from the depths of the tiankeng. This was the first time that the spirit man had made a sound since it appeared.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The ground trembled, as if something huge was surging underneath it. An extremely huge hand of flowing silver energy stretched out from the tiankeng and pressed towards Ryan who was standing on the edge.
With a flash of his figure, Ryan pulled away, and the giant hand that stretched out pressed on the edge of the tiankeng, exerting force fiercely.
A flowing silver giant of more than a thousand meters stood up from the tiankeng.
That was the body of the spirit man when he first descended.
Ryan noticed that there was only a little bit of flowing silver energy left in the crack above the night sky. It was foreseeable that when this energy disappeared, the spirit man would be forcibly recalled.
And this time may be ten seconds, or it may be less than ten seconds.
"Roar——"
The spirit man who showed his true body, the spirituality around him further surged, and the shadow cast from it completely covered Ryan. He was less than two meters tall, and in front of the thousand-meter spirit man, he was as small as an ant.
"Tsk..." Ryan couldn't help but smack his lips: "This time, it's a bit difficult."
Having said that, there was still no fear in Ryan's eyes.
"Boom boom boom——"
The spirit man who showed his complete body, clenched his fist and smashed it down like a hammer. The fierce wind pressure formed a slightly concave fist shape on the ground before the giant fist landed.
Ryan looked up and looked directly at the giant fist that was smashed down, and the dark green light flickered in his eyes.
In the world composed of spirituality, hundreds of "sloth threads" were entangled on the thousand-meter body of the spirit man. Because of the difference in rank, [sloth threads] could not turn the spirit man into a puppet, but the attached "stun" effect was effective.
In less than a second, the spirit man broke free from the "dizziness", and at this moment, Ryan and his power servant were like two slippery mice, climbing along the body of the spirit man.
It was a shame to say that although his combat power crushed the legend, Ryan could not fly because of his insufficient realm. Facing a thousand-meter body like the spirit man, he couldn't stand below and "manicure" him, right?
The speed of one person and one servant was very fast. Taking advantage of the precious opportunity when the spirit man fell into "dizziness", they burst into full speed and soon came to its shoulder.
Ryan looked forward.
Even if it was just a head of the spirit man, the height reached a terrifying 100 meters, but this not only did not make Ryan feel timid, but made him more motivated to fight.
Hunting giants has always been his specialty!
With spirituality and blood rising, Ryan and the power servant began to accumulate power at the same time.
But how could the spirit man, who had suffered a loss, let them accumulate power smoothly?
A huge shock wave swept over, trying to knock down the man and the servant. The power of this shock wave was very terrifying, even not inferior to the previous attack with the mark.
In fact, the flow disc mark on the back of the spirit man was essentially a special skill created by the spirit man's complete body being suppressed in order to better exert his strength.
Now, after recovering his complete body, every attack of the spirit man naturally has superimposed marks and stronger power.
The moment the shock wave came, Ryan's body turned into a strange bright blue.
[Ghoul Banquet], open!
Entering the "尰夜" space, the shock wave could not act on Ryan, passing through his body, as if he did not exist at all.
The same situation happened to the powerful servant on the other side.
The Power Servant can inherit a certain number of Ryan's skills. Because the construction level is extremely low, the number of skills that can be inherited is not much, only five, so Ryan deliberately set up the configuration. Considering the strength of the enemy, life-saving skills such as [Feast] are naturally included.
With the end of [Feast], Ryan and the Power Servant's "Splitting God" charging was completed again.
Two spiritual giant swords of hundreds of meters were formed and smashed towards the flat face of the spirit man.
But just as the spiritual giant sword was about to fall, the middle of the spirit man's face without facial features suddenly cracked, revealing a huge silver pupil, which was the eye that appeared on the night before.
As the spirit man's eyes opened, a special wave enveloped the whole scene, not only forcibly fixing the bodies of Ryan and the Power Servant, but also freezing the spiritual giant swords they slashed.
This extremely special power is above the general spirituality, just like the difference between the genuine and pirated.
All the blessed professional skills of the "Pirate Path" activated by Ryan were extinguished under the gaze of this gaze. Only the skills of the "Original Sin" Path were still effective, but because of the huge spiritual gap between the two sides, they could not break free from this repressive force.
At this time, the silver energy on the edge of the hole above the night completely disappeared.
The spirit man roared, but his body rose uncontrollably, and his body began to shrink, slowly flying towards the crack in the sky.
At the same time, Ryan and the power servant were repelled and their bodies began to fall.
Looking at the spirit man who was slowly rising, Ryan's eyes were full of unwillingness.
At this time.
"Ding——"
With a light sigh, a huge crimson spear suddenly emerged in the world covered by the spirit man's eyes, and pierced into its single eye fiercely.
This attack appeared too suddenly, and there was no sign at all.
The spirit man with a single eye was severely injured, and he let out a shrill whine, and his body was stagnant for a moment by the penetration of the spear.
Not far away in the air, the Scarlet Witch in a black tights emerged, her face pale.
She had consumed a lot of energy in the previous fierce battle, and now she was about to use this ultimate gun. The magic power in her body was on the verge of drying up.
"Good opportunity!"
Ryan's eyes lit up.
Although the two did not communicate in advance, the assist from the Scarlet Witch was undoubtedly very beautiful!
A boosting force formed under him, pushing Ryan's falling body to rise. Ryan noticed that it was the magic power of the Scarlet Witch.
He was happy, but he couldn't express his gratitude at this moment. Ryan and the power servant rose to the height of the spirit man's head, and the "God Splitting" condensed in his hands slashed down.
"Bang! Bang!"
The one-eyed spirit man who was hit hard seemed to have suffered extremely serious injuries. For a moment, he was unable to defend against external attacks and took two "God Splitting" shots.
The true damage under the blessing of the blue power broke the skin of the spirit man, and tore open the energy-state muscles and bones, exposing a pale golden "fruit core" hidden deep in the head and connected to the single eye.
"Now!"
Although it was the first time he saw it, Ryan knew that this "fruit core" was definitely the core of the spirit man.
The [Tyrannical Great Sword·Wolf Blood Oath] in his hand shone brightly, and then a giant creature that looked like a wolf but not a wolf, and a dragon but not a dragon emerged.
Its body was extremely huge, and when it stood up, it was not much lower than the spirit man at all. Its hand full of ferocious claws slapped the "pale golden fruit core".
"Pah".
The spirit man's single eye exploded, and the "fruit core" that was attacked also had dense cracks on its surface, but it was still a little short of being completely broken.
At this time, the power brought by the Scarlet Witch Rune Spear had disappeared, and the "fruit core" that had lost its body rose into the air at high speed. In the blink of an eye, it rose to a position of several thousand meters.
Watching it getting closer and closer to the crack above.
At this distance, conventional attacks can no longer reach it, and it is said that the speed of the fruit core rising is getting faster and faster.
Ryan's dark golden gloves in his hands trembled slightly, as if he was unwilling, but he could do nothing about it.
After a wave of explosions, Ryan and the power waiter fell to the ground together. Looking at the "fruit core" that was getting farther and farther away, he raised his hand and squeezed it hard.
"【Good News】, Explode!"
The surface of the "fruit core" that was about to sink into the crack of the night was covered with dark purple lines. At the same time, a phantom of the god of death wearing a tattered black hooded robe appeared out of thin air, and the sickle of the god of death in his hand passed over the "fruit core".
The phantom of the god of death disappeared, and the "fruit core" also sank into the crack.
The next moment, the crack above the night healed.
Ryan also felt that he had escaped from a special "space" and returned to the living real space.
His body's downward trend slowed down, and a soft jade hand held him and took him to float in the air.
It was the Scarlet Witch.
Looking at the night that was so calm that there was no abnormality, the girl sighed: "What a pity, this is the closest chance to destroy a spirit man..."
Ryan grinned: "That's not necessarily true."
He spread out his right hand, and saw that there was a golden liquid flowing on it, just like the contents of the "fruit core" that flowed out after being crushed.
In front of Ryan, the prompt of the panel appeared.
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[The "Spirit Man" has been killed, [Holy Relic-Embrace of Blood] is officially "awakened"...]
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The prompt of the panel will not be false, the "killing" from [Gospel] will completely kill this immortal spirit man in theory!
At the same time, in the deepest part of the sea, there was an indescribable towering golden tree. A pale golden fruit on its lower branch quickly became "shrunken", the flesh dried up, and finally, the whole fruit disappeared completely.
Under the golden tree, in the center of a magnificent hall, an old man with white hair and a golden mark on his forehead was sleeping with his eyes closed. His eyelids, which had not been opened for many years, trembled slightly, but in the end, he did not open them. Only a voice echoed in the hall and fell into the ears of the priest who was kneeling and bowing his head under the long steps in front of the hall entrance, wearing a white-bottomed gold pattern.
"Go and check what exactly killed the 'spiritual servant'..."
"Bring it back..."
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