"Is this..."
"Power's surging into me!"
Sun Miao and Qian Lin accepted Tao Yu's blessing at the same time. The power welling up inside them left them utterly stunned.
Although Tao Yu's power was incredibly domineering, both men were Saints, and their powerful Saintly Will held fast.
They felt the power erupting within them, yet managed to suppress the tearing sensation in their souls and the distortion of their bodies!
Even so, by the time Tao Yu had finished bestowing the Sequence One blessing, Sun Miao was pale and could barely stay on his feet.
He might have been a Saint, but Sequence One abilities were no easy thing to bear.
Fortunately, after years of keeping his abilities hidden, Sun Miao had a decent affinity with the Spectator pathway.
A Sequence One Spectator might not excel at direct combat, but his power was enough, for now, to keep the situation in the provincial capital under control.
"Keep managing the Flame of Civilization for now. With the peculiarities of the Spectator pathway and the restrictions of the Real World, you'll be able to keep the whole city safe, even if a Divine Path Venerable attacks."
As Tao Yu spoke, Sun Miao began to adapt to his new power. The more he adjusted, the more astonished he became!
That first surge of power, which had far exceeded his original capacity, had already been an intense experience.
The Spectator pathway might not be suited for direct combat, but a blessing of Sequence One power was still a blessing of Sequence One power. Even a simple boost to his baseline abilities had already made Sun Miao much stronger.
He had thought that was more than enough.
But he had never expected that a closer look at the Sequence One Spectator's abilities would leave him