For the Gods (8K)

A few minutes later, Norton arrived at the Mystic Club.

"Come to my office."

Ye Qian followed in their footsteps and soon arrived at the place where she had been promoted.

"The Black Iron level of the God-Forbidden is more difficult than that of ordinary professions, but the Mithril Rank is relatively much simpler." Norton took out a book from his bag, flipped through it, and handed it over.

Ye Qian took the document and glanced at it, a thought flashing through her mind. She asked, "Is this a breakthrough at the Mithril Rank, like the others? Is it different for each profession?"

"Right."

"All right."

Ye Qian felt that the other party had more than one career breakthrough plan, so while looking at the content of the God-Forbidden, she also used the Mystic Thread to observe the other pages and the documents in the bag.

"Huh, there are actually several kinds?"

Not only that, he even has the content for the advancement of Weaver.

Ye Qian got a little excited and started taking notes.

At the same time, her gaze fell upon the contents in front of her.

"Hmm, it's definitely easier than I thought. Is it just... like this?"

"Not bad," Norton nodded.

Having received the old man's approval, Ye Qian breathed a long sigh of relief.

The ritual for God-Forbidden to break through is to not use any abilities or come into contact with any extraordinary items for one month.

Yes, it's that simple.

If you don't know the method, then it's impossible for a person to do it no matter what.

In contrast, the Weaver's method was even more outrageous.

Wrap your whole body in spider silk and let spiders crawl all over your body.

"Hmm, it seems to have something to do with job titles as well."

However, the thought of being with spiders and being entangled in their silk made her expression twitch.

"Is this breakthrough something that can be achieved naturally once it's done?"

"Pretty much. Actually, when you really need to break through, you'll need to accumulate enough Life Energy. If you're talking about units, you'll need 10,000 points." Norton laughed at this point. "That's no small amount."

"Call."

A mere ten thousand.

"It's definitely not a small amount." Ye Qian seemed shocked.

"Although it's a lot, it's nothing compared to the consumption of Mithril Rank. Once you reach Mithril Rank, Life Energy can no longer be directly absorbed, but rather used as energy to counteract the power of Pollution. The consumption will be even more terrifying then. Almost every breakthrough will require a large amount of Life Energy to assist it, and the entire cultivation process can be described as using Pollution to refine the soul and body."

Ye Qian's eyes flickered. "Could you tell me more?"

Norton looked at Ye Qian's pleading face, thought for a while, and finally sighed, "Okay, if it were someone else, I would definitely think that's too early, but you are different. Whether it's spirituality or willpower, you are exceptionally outstanding. Reaching the Mithril Rank is only a matter of time."

The old man sat down in the chair, took a bottle out of his bag, and opened it in front of Ye Qian.

Almost instantly, a rich life force burst forth from it.

"Hmm, Life Energy?"

"To be precise, it's a potion. Once you reach the Mithril Rank, simply absorbing Life Energy from extraordinary items is far from enough. What truly helps you break through is the Pollution itself."

Norton put the lid back on and pointed around. "Can you feel it? The Pollution floating around your body, very faint. In fact, we live in a world where these forces are harmful in themselves, but for most people, their purity is too low to be practically negligible."

Norton said, putting the bottle back.

"Life Energy, in essence, is the life force of a living organism. This thing is very mysterious. One thing is certain: when a person's Life Energy is gone, that person's consciousness also ceases to exist. So, strictly speaking, a simple and complete brain structure cannot guarantee the existence of consciousness. It also needs the support of this energy... And Life Energy itself contains a lot of spirituality, which can neutralize Pollution."

After Ye Qian's Mystic Thread read the contents of the other party's mind, she asked in a low voice, "So, in essence, the Mithril Rank is about absorbing Pollution to temper one's body, and then using the Life Energy within the body to neutralize the Pollution?"

"Indeed, you are very clever." Norton laughed. "Pollution is divided into mental Pollution and physical Pollution. Mental Pollution tempers the mind, increasing mental strength, intelligence, and resistance, while physical Pollution tempers the body, increasing the other three. Pollution itself is very terrible, so most people still rely on extraordinary tools in the Mithril Rank training. But if they only do that, they may never be able to make any progress in their entire lives."

Ye Qian probably understood.

I don't know if this thing can explain its Water of Purification.

If the power of Transcendent comes from Pollution, then... why doesn't their strength decrease after drinking Water of Purification?

Or is it that Norton's understanding is only superficial, and the truth is far more complex than that?

"Thank you, Mr. Norton."

"No need to thank me, child. I should be the one who's truly happy to know you. It's a pity I'm an old man, and my strength is severely limited." He thought for a moment, then finally took out a black stone from his bag. "This is for you."

"This is..."

The moment she was touched, Ye Qian felt as if her brain had been pricked by a needle.

This thing seems to be affecting my mind.

"Be careful, the Pollution is very strong."

Ye Qian nodded, picked up a piece of cloth from the side, and took it over through the cloth.

[Item: Stone of No-Thought]

[Effect: Leaves the soul empty, forgetting how to think.]

"This is also an extraordinary item. Don't use it normally, or it will affect your mental state. Previously, a person at the Black Iron Rank became a vegetable in less than 2 hours after touching this thing."

Ye Qian: "..."

"However... this is something that can be absorbed. For Mithril Rank, if you have enough Life Energy, you should be able to extract pure spiritual Pollution from it." Norton sighed. "Perhaps it's a bit sad, but starting from Mithril Rank, the more severely a person Pollution and the more insane they become, the more powerful they become. You'll find that even if Life Energy neutralizes everything, the harm will slowly drag a person into hell."

Ye Qian bit her lip and nodded.

Most people at the Black Iron Rank just feel uncomfortable or in pain; the percentage who actually go crazy is not high.

Unless they failed to advance their careers, most of them can resist the chaotic ramblings in their minds or the changes in their bodies.

But based on the information Norton had in mind, starting with the Mithril Rank, loss of control would gradually become more common.

Many corrupted Pollution collapse or cause disasters are at least Mithril Rank.

The Shadow Bureau, which the Church mostly deals with, handles similar matters, and even those at the Black Iron Rank rarely know the specifics.

"Speaking of which, my Mystic Thread have actually observed many Black Iron Rank and ordinary Hidden One going out of control recently, but I just haven't paid attention to it."

Ye Qian had to admit that the world was still pretty terrible.

"I understand, Mr. Norton."

The Elemental Core was already on the table, and Ye Qian considered leaving.

This was quite fruitful.

She is about to begin working on breaking through her own limits.

Ye Qian No. 2 is fine; if she doesn't need to use her powers for a month, then she won't need to. Instead, No. 3 will take over the shift.

First, let's find a way to promote Vier and the main body.

"As for the Weaver, she really does need spider silk, and spiders too."

If I remember correctly, there's a magical giant spider in the Kalu World, whose silk threads are enough to completely wrap around a person, or...

"Hiss, no way."

She remembered the legends of that world.

This spider has a preference for laying its eggs inside its prey, turning the prey into a nest for hatching a new generation of spiderlings.

The thought of being suddenly stabbed by a tube during a breakthrough made Ye Qian's face turn green.

"Then let's do this: use the silk from this spider, and catch a whole bunch of small spiders and put them together."

Just hide inside the silk and don't touch the spiders outside.

The ritual is somewhat painful because it lasts for three whole days.

"Try Vier first."

In the Kalu World, several demon Cannon Fodder Misses arrived and went straight to the Adventurer Guild to issue a quest: to inform them of the location of the Dark Giant Spider.

Sure enough, an adventurer provided information not long after.

"Hmm, is this the location? Thank you."

After placing the money on the table and glancing at the man in front of her with gleaming eyes, Ms. F400 turned and left.

Before long, she arrived deep in the forest.

"I didn't expect this giant spider to be LV15 in strength. It's quite strong in this world."

Upon witnessing the spider suddenly plunge a 30-centimeter-long giant needle into the body of a beast entangled in silk threads, F400's face twitched.

The beast struggled for a short while before giving up.

At that moment, the spider seemed to sense this and turned its head.

The Demon Misses's Pollution aura caused the spider to instinctively take a few steps back and turn to run away.

Miss F400 didn't give it a chance. She accelerated and rushed forward, smashing its head with a powerful punch.

Kill!

"Nailed it."

Turning my head, I saw that I was surrounded by spider webs.

"It's enough, but it's a bit disgusting."

I walked a little further in and suddenly saw a dark hole.

Peeking out in confusion, Ms. F400 felt a chill run down her spine.

It was full of spiders, densely packed... big ones, small ones, swarming in heaps.

"Grass."

She was about to step back when she suddenly stopped.

"Oh yeah, the little spiders inside are alright."

The smallest one is smaller than a fingernail, isn't that just right?

Chapter 197 For God (8K)

Controlling these spiders is very simple; just put them in a sealed bag or bucket.

However, for the F400, with such a dense array of spiders, the idea of manually assembling it...

"Emmmm..."

We'll have to use another method.

Ye Qian thought of Alice's Empathy.

In the past, Empathy could only affect one animal at most.

Now that I've been promoted, although my abilities themselves haven't changed much, my mental strength has improved so much that I can now interfere with multiple animals simultaneously through high-frequency replacement.

It roughly divides the command into dozens of parts per second, then rapidly switches between them, assigning the same command to different individuals. After one round, every creature receives the command. And when the command's effect wears off, a second round of replacement begins.

Just like how computer screens become indistinguishable once they refresh at one frame per second, this kind of interference with living organisms can also be done in the same way.

The advantage of doing this is that it can influence many animals in a short period of time, producing better results.

The downside is that it has a weaker ability to interfere with intelligent beings, requiring even greater mental strength to handle them.

By the way... I'm extremely tired.

However, for Alice now, it probably isn't a big problem.

So he moved the blonde little girl aside and began to use his Empathy ability on a group of individuals.

Whoosh whoosh!

In an instant, some of the densely packed spiders began to crawl upwards.