The heavy feeling of being watched by some invisible Great Existence lingered on Bai Zhou for only an instant before fading away.
Bai Zhou came back to his senses, profoundly relieved. His back was already soaked through, yet his mental state had never been better.
"Scarlet Curse; imitation?"
"Scarlet Senses?"
Bai Zhou's gaze burned.
"Because the curse sacrificed in the past was the so-called 'Scarlet Curse,' what I received was 'Scarlet Senses'?"
"There seems to be a connection between them. It is as if Troy's source directly extracted the curse's essence, then bestowed it upon me."
Bai Zhou pondered. "What principle is at work here? What else could I do based on that principle in the future..."
Bai Zhou had thought Troy would grant him some knowledge stored within civilization, but he had not expected such an unexpected surprise.
Instinct!
His fourth instinct, following Life and Death Intuition, Mind's Eye, and Accompanying Lightning.
There was no need to elaborate on the first three. Though they lacked the overwhelming grandeur and peerless lethality of Moon Ember Sacred Oath Slash and Basic Nine Slashes, they possessed uses those techniques could never match, saving Bai Zhou from danger time and again.
In the Mystic World, Transcendents possessed all manner of bizarre methods. Compared to other paths, the Adventurer path, whose secret techniques were mostly killing arts, was at something of a disadvantage.
Yet these additional "instincts," rarely awakened even among Destined Ones, had completely made up for that shortcoming for Bai Zhou.
As for those "words" imprinted upon the surface of the Sea of Ignorance, like innate talents Bai Zhou had been born with?
They were a crushing advantage over other Transcendents, Bai Zhou's unique distinction. There was no need to compare them with anyone else. Whether it was [Soothing], [Light], or the