The erosion of divinity was silent and imperceptible. Although Isaac's methods of catalyzing it were crude enough that the goblin of the final path noticed several times, he ultimately dismissed it under divinity's influence.
Just like that, three days flew by. The goblin finished strengthening the Blood Pool he occupied, turning it into a genuine divine artifact!
The artifact did indeed fulfill his desire to grow stronger. It increased the efficiency of the Lord of Blood's divine power output, and coupled with divine power's inherently inexhaustible endurance, it represented a substantial increase in strength.
More importantly, divine artifacts could grow. Even if the Virtual Divine Spark's upper limit was fixed, strengthening the artifact its bearer possessed was effectively the same as strengthening the deity himself.
Although the potential improvement was not particularly impressive, it did enhance the Virtual Deity's strength.
In that respect, this goblin certainly had something going for him.
Unfortunately, only something. Not much.
Three days passed, and the divine artifact, the Blood Pool, was complete. But its creator had also successfully transformed from the Lord of Blood, the goblin Gabriel, into simply the Lord of Blood!
[Humanity] had been completely replaced by [Divinity]. He had lost himself!
Deep within the Blood Pool, the moment the goblin fully became the Lord of Blood, crimson divine power suddenly surged from his body and enveloped his expressionless form. His entire body rapidly dissolved, becoming a spinning drop of deep crimson origin blood.
Then the crimson origin blood began to twist and stretch. Moments later, a cloaked, blood-colored figure appeared at the bottom of the Blood Pool.
Although this bloody figure had a humanlike height and shape, his face was a blur. The hands concealed within his sleeves had no palms, only slowly drifting blood mist.
Once his transformation was complete,