Paimon's Role, Plane Summoning

Paimon's Role, Plane Summoning

On the airship returning to the Assassin Temple.

Night had already fallen.

Ying Suifeng sat with his eyes closed, resting, while Paimon lay sprawled across the sofa, snoring away.

Lin Feng sat alone on the sofa, examining the ring the One-Armed Old Man had given him.

He had gained quite a lot from this trip.

Not only had he formed a Contract with Paimon, but he had also unexpectedly received the One-Armed Old Man's inheritance from Knight Sacred Mountain.

At first, Lin Feng had not intended to form a Contract with Paimon. Although Paimon's identity was a mystery, there was no need for him to gamble on such an uncertain outcome.

After all, whether it was Azhdaha, the Scum Fox, Ganyu, or the others, every one of them possessed strength comparable to a Ninth Rank Expert.

In the end, among all those choices, he had chosen Paimon because his system, which had vanished for over a month, reappeared at the last moment.

What he had not expected was that the system had actually merged with Paimon.

In other words, Paimon was now the system.

More precisely, the system had possessed a Vessel from the very beginning, and that Vessel was Paimon. It had only separated from her because he had not yet reached the Teyvat Continent.

That was why Lin Feng had needed to go to Knight Sacred Mountain and use the Teleportation Array to find Paimon.

And as the bridge between the Holy Magic Continent and the Teyvat Continent, Paimon—

—had granted Lin Feng an even more heaven-defying ability.

Plane Summoning.

As his spiritual power increased, the strength of his summons would also rise. With his current Third Rank strength, he could summon monsters with strength comparable to the Fourth Rank at most.

Although this weakened his combat power in the early stages, once he grew strong enough, he alone would be a Demon Hunt Squad.

Once his spiritual power reached the Ninth Rank, he could directly summon the retainers of the Seven Gods from the Teyvat Continent. By then, forget the Seventy-Two Demon Gods—he could wipe those bastards out all by himself.

It could be said that Paimon was the greatest gain from this trip.

However, what surprised him was that the Inheritance Ring given to him by the One-Armed Old Man was actually the ring of a Guardian Knight.

It made up for his current lack of defensive methods.

After many days, Lin Feng opened his Attribute Panel again.

Host: Lin Feng

Age: 8

Spiritual Power: 241 (Third Rank, Level 3)

Innate Inner Spiritual Power: 100

Race: Human

Beast Companion: Paimon (Right now, she is nothing but a useless mascot. Her only function is that she is rather good at attracting attacks from monsters.)

Class: Traveler (100% compatibility with all classes)

Weapon: Unsharpened Sword (An utterly ordinary weapon, aside from being somewhat durable.)

Items: Illusory Radiance Spiritual Furnace, Ying Suifeng's Inheritance Ring, One-Armed Old Man's Inheritance Ring

Skills: Seven Gods Descent (Consume spiritual power to borrow the power of the Seven Gods), Plane Summoning (Can summon magical beasts one rank higher than oneself), Thunder Punishment: Evil Omen Eye (While active, each of your attacks has a chance to trigger lightning damage.), Naginata Technique: First Transmission (A preliminary understanding of swordsmanship, allowing you to condense the weapon "Musou Isshin" for a short time.)

Talent: Seven Gods' Blessed (Wind God Barbatos, Geo God Morax, Thunder God Baalzebub, Lesser Lord Kusanali, Water God Focalors...)

Note: Due to the host's spiritual power being too low, only the Thunder God (Baalzebub) inheritance is currently activated. (The Geo God Morax inheritance can be activated after spiritual power reaches the Fifth Rank.)

After scanning the Attribute Panel once—

—the greatest changes were in the abilities section. There were several more abilities now.

Lin Feng actually knew many Assassin skills as well, but the system apparently felt that they were unworthy of being listed here.

Aside from his abilities, there was something else that concerned Lin Feng.

Morax's inheritance.

But upon seeing the activation requirements, Lin Feng felt as though a bucket of cold water had been dumped over him without warning.

He needed to reach the Fifth Rank. He was only at the Third Rank now, still two major ranks away from the Fifth.

Strength was ranked according to spiritual power.

Each rank was divided into ten levels.

There were ten ranks in total. From the First to the Second Rank, every increase of 10 points in spiritual power raised one level. 200 points was the peak of the Second Rank.

However, after reaching the Third Rank, it took an increase of 30 points of spiritual power to rise one level.

With every major rank crossed, the spiritual power required increased severalfold.

Fourth Rank First Grade required 501 points of spiritual power.

Fifth Rank First Grade required 2001 points of spiritual power.

Sixth Rank First Grade required 4001 points of spiritual power.

Seventh Rank First Grade required 10001 points of spiritual power.

Eighth Rank First Grade required 30001 points of spiritual power.

Ninth Rank First Grade required 100000 points of spiritual power.

The Tenth Rank required one million points of spiritual power.

Lin Feng sighed. He could only activate Old Man Zhong's inheritance after reaching the Fifth Rank. At his current pace, that would take at least several years.

Just then, Ying Suifeng, who had been resting with his eyes closed, abruptly opened them.

Looking through the window into the distance, he said, "We've got work."

Lin Feng followed Ying Suifeng's gaze.

In a small village ahead of the airship, flames blazed everywhere, dyeing the night sky red.

Human screams could be heard from time to time!

Looking over, a large number of Demons had occupied the village. Corpses littered every corner, covering the ground. Most of the Demons had begun their feast, while the rest surrounded more than a dozen knights still fighting desperately.

There were also around a dozen villagers among the knights.

But facing enemies several times their number, their fate was easy to imagine.

A man whose armor was stained with blood swung with all his might, killing the Wolf Demon that had pounced at him.

Yet instead of taking the opportunity to break through the encirclement, he stepped back into the position of the comrade who had just died.

The man's gaze was firm, but the overexertion of his body made his voice somewhat weak.

"Still no response from the reinforcements?"

A knight beside him answered despairingly, "The last signal flare has already been fired..."

Despair flashed through the leading man's eyes as well, but he still gritted his teeth. "Hold on. We'll definitely be able to wait for reinforcements."

The entire squad was at the Second Rank, while the leading man was merely at the Peak Fifth Rank.

This was already the highest-level force stationed in a village.

Yet they faced nearly a hundred Second-Rank Wolf Demons, including a Fifth Rank Wolf Leader and a Fourth Rank Dike Clan Shadow Walker.

The most troublesome among them was the Dike Clan Shadow Walker. It was extremely cunning, and with its invisibility, a moment of carelessness could result in serious injury.

The Knights Order under his command had rapidly suffered casualties precisely because of the Dike Clan Shadow Walker's attacks.

Meanwhile, outside the village, a Wolf Demon radiating Demonic Qi all over his body crouched sinisterly behind the trees. Judging from his appearance, his muscles were even more exaggerated than those of the Fifth-Rank Wolf Demon in the village. Demonic Qi leaked from his body—he was clearly a Seventh Rank Wolf Demon.

As he watched the slaughter in the village with relish, one of his underlings sprang out from the distant grass and reported, "Boss, their reinforcements seem to be coming."

The Wolf Demon Leader's already twisted face became even more distorted.

"How many?"

"One airship."

"One? Are you sure?"

"Yes. There really is only one."

The Wolf Demon Leader bared his protruding, baguette-like snout in a grin. "Let's first see how strong they are. If there's anyone at the Seventh Rank, we run."

The moment he heard reinforcements were coming, he had originally wanted to flee. But upon hearing that there was only one airship, the Wolf Demon Leader's eyes filled with disdain.

He had deliberately exposed a Fifth-Rank Wolf Demon to human sight in order to mislead them, ensuring that those sent to support the village would not be too strong.

If the people who came were weaker than him, then they were just delivering more food to the table.