Mu Ningwei took a deep breath. "I don't want to talk to you."
Wen Tai shrugged. "You still believe that as long as you're given time to grow, you'll be able to withstand the Dark King's invasion and the great demons of the Human World?"
"Heh, you were chosen by Athena and became the Mother of Heaven's saint, yet you can barely protect yourself."
"Sooner or later, she'll order you to turn the Human World into a field for cultivating her faith. You're far too naive."
Could Athena have ulterior motives?
Mu Ningwei did not know. At any rate, everything was fine for now. He could just treat her as a lonely older shut-in.
Even without Athena, Mu Ningwei was confident he could stand at the pinnacle of humanity.
Forbidden Curses and Fusion Magic.
Those were humanity's hope of rising up.
But now, Mu Ningwei could communicate with Athena on one side while Wen Tai had taken the initiative to pull him into conversation on the other.
With those two shortcuts available, he had not put much effort into researching Fusion Magic, instead cultivating step by step.
Although Wen Tai was an utter idiot and had completely lost his mind.
Not only had he wanted to give Ye Xin Xia to him, he had even felt that he had wronged his wife, Ye Chang, and entrusted Ye Chang to him as well.
All because he believed Mu Ningwei was someone worthy of entrusting them to!
Ye Chang had loved too deeply and hated too fiercely, and that was why she had gone mad.
Wen Tai had actually gone mad even earlier. His madness was more obsessive than anyone else's.
Mu Ningwei had already been disappointed in Wen Tai. No matter what Wen Tai said afterward, he ignored him and focused on the chess game.
After an unknown length of play.
Mu Ningwei captured Wen Tai's final queen.
Wen Tai smiled.
"Excellent. Accept my blessing. Athena gave you a Heart of God, so how about I give you a Bone of God?"
Mu Ningwei rose from the throne, picked up his own queen from the chessboard, and said flatly, "I don't need your blessing. Send me back."
"You refuse me?"
"Yes."
Wen Tai tilted his head, still good-tempered. "Fine. Then go back."
Snap.
Wen Tai lightly snapped his fingers.
Mu Ningwei's consciousness returned. His Shadow Element had already broken through into a Star Ocean, and dense Ultimate Dark Energy gathered around his eye sockets, bringing waves of coldness.
Was this new Supernatural Power related to his eyes?
Mu Ningwei waited for the transformation of his eyes to finish before opening his pitch-black eyes.
Behind him, a second pair of black wings unfurled, and his aura grew stronger.
Four-Winged Dark Angel!
Mu Ningwei withdrew his Angel Form, concealing his aura. He dispersed the shadowy aura in the room and examined himself.
Fei Yi licked her lips, withdrew her blood energy, and curiously studied those dark, bewitching demonic eyes.
"My King, congratulations on successfully awakening a new Supernatural Power."
When mages broke through to the Super Tier, they did not have a one-hundred-percent chance of awakening Supernatural Power.
In fact, mages who possessed Supernatural Power at Super Tier Level One made up only a tiny proportion.
Most mages with Supernatural Power only awakened it at Super Tier Level Two or Super Tier Level Three.
But Mu Ningwei was both Athena's saint and the Dark King's angel. It would have been stranger if he had failed to awaken Supernatural Power.
"This Supernatural Power is an ocular technique. It can erase targets with Ultimate Dark Power."
Mu Ningwei blinked, and his eyes returned to normal.
Fei Yi smiled sweetly. "Congratulations, My King. It sounds like an incredibly powerful Supernatural Power."
Mu Ningwei nodded.
The Ultimate Dark Eyes could be activated instantly. As long as his gaze swept over someone, if darkness existed within them, their body would be erased.
Its power was also extremely formidable.
When Mu Ningwei had been at Advanced Level One, he had been able to instantly kill a Giant Lizard Pseudo Dragon by using the Dark Angel's power.
Now that he had broken through to the Super Tier, he could probably kill a Sub-Monarch with a single glare! Perhaps even an Orthodox Monarch!
However, this move consumed a great deal as well.
The stronger the erased target, the more magic energy had to be sacrificed.
If Mu Ningwei were to contend with the Silver Sky Lord now, although he could not erase the Silver Sky Lord in one glance, he could definitely erase all of its wings.
Without its wings, the Silver Sky Lord's combat strength would perhaps only be around that of an Intermediate Monarch, making it much easier to kill.
Mu Ningwei looked at the Queen Chess Piece in his hand.
"Eh? When did that thing appear in your hand?"
Fei Yi curiously leaned closer, her gaze full of amazement. "What an impressive creation. A human soul was fused with a special dark mineral. The female ghost imprisoned inside this Queen Chess Piece must have been at least a Super Tier Mage while she was alive."
Mu Ningwei nodded and tossed the Queen Chess Piece into his shadow to soak, along with the Silver Sky Lord's soul essence.
When he and Wen Tai played chess, every chess piece represented the soul of a person or a demon.
The pieces that died disappeared completely, while the surviving pieces waited to take part in the next game.
Mu Ningwei had no pity for those who were already dead. The reason he had taken the Queen Chess Piece was that the quality of her soul was extremely high, and it faintly gave him a familiar feeling.
Mu Ningwei took a light breath and activated Faith Divine Power, his entire body becoming holy and transcendent.
The Gate of Heaven opened.
His consciousness ascended into heaven.
"You've gathered so much faith."
Athena was somewhat surprised as she asked with a smile, "What interesting things have happened in the Human World lately?"
The unicorn also ran over to listen to the story.
Mu Ningwei told her about some happenings in the mortal world, as well as what had happened in Hangcheng.
Athena smiled in satisfaction. "This time, I can grant you a great blessing. What do you want?"
Mu Ningwei asked, "Sister Athena, can you give me a Light Element Heavenly Seed?"
Athena reached out and lightly tapped Mu Ningwei's forehead, her voice gentle.
"I do not have a Heavenly Seed, nor can I create one from nothing. But a Heavenly Seed is merely pure energy, carrying a trace of fortune within pure spirituality, forming a fruit of heaven-and-earth power."
"Through blessings, I can make the Soul Seed you fused evolve into a Heavenly Seed."
Mu Ningwei's eyes lit up. "Then can you bless the Heavenly Seed to the level of a top-grade Heavenly Seed?"
Athena smiled confidently. "What difficulty is that?"
"I can even allow your Heavenly Seed to break through its limits and become a seed that nurtures divine power."
Mu Ningwei was astonished. "Once the Blessing Element develops to the Intermediate Emperor level, it becomes this convenient? You can grant others the seed to become gods?"
A divine position was the most common path for Intermediate Emperors.
In other words, Athena could guide Emperors and plant seeds within them that could grow to the Middle Emperor level!
Athena smiled. "After Emperor level, the gap between every stage is enormous. The difference between Intermediate Emperors is even more astonishing."
"The Divine Plane is very empty. There are only the Heavenly Father and me, as well as the pets we raise and the believers in the Divine Kingdom. Our strength has already reached the limit of the Middle Emperor level."
"As long as I wish it, I can bless an ordinary person into becoming a Middle Emperor. It is simply too costly, and I would need a long time to recover afterward."
Mu Ningwei asked curiously, "Then between you and the Three Great Roofs, who is stronger?"
Athena shook her head. "I am not good at fighting. The Heavenly Father can handle fighting. All I do is add blessings to Him before He fights."
Mu Ningwei said, "I remember that when you were in the Human World, you were called the Valkyrie because you excelled at Lightning Element magic."
"That was in the past. For humanity's survival, I had to fight. Now that I have reached the end of my path and no one can threaten me, why would I go out and fight?"
"I am very comfortable in the Sky Kingdom. Sun, Moon, and Stars keep me company, along with the unicorn. Sacred elements and faith play with me. This is the most comfortable ideal kingdom."
After making her shut-in declaration, Athena said, "Ningwei, with the faith you sacrificed, I can bless your Soul Seed to the level of a tenfold lesser Heavenly Seed."
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