A young man in black robes appeared in the center of the summoning array. His face was pale, as if he was seriously ill and about to die. His eyes glanced around, and finally frowned at the magic array on the ground.
Then, he looked at everyone with a smile on his face. Although he was a little surprised when he saw Ian, he did not show it.
"So, it was you who summoned me? What do you want from me?"
"Who are you?" Ian asked bluntly. He did not know this person. This is probably because the other person is just a little-known god who is not well known to the public, so he has no obvious characteristics that can be identified.
"My name is Dolos."
"Greece The god of lies and deception in mythology?" Ian murmured to himself, "How did a weak god like you survive the war that year? As far as I know, in order to survive, the Greece pantheon had to change its name and reshape itself into the Roman pantheon. But I doubt that a small god like you would have such a chance."
The smile on Dolos's face remained unchanged, but he was thinking in his heart: This wizard is not only powerful, but also knows a lot about past history. This is a bit tricky.
"I just got lucky," Dolos replied.
"Really? I can't see it. As God of Lies, your best skills should be pretending to be dead and running away."
Dolos's expression finally changed, but only for a moment. He quickly regained his composure and said, "Since you know who I am, you should show some respect to me."
"Respect? Just you?" Snape sneered, "How can a down-and-out god who is not even stable Divine Body deserve respect?"
"What do you want?" Dolos put away his smile and asked coldly.
"We need your divine blood, Divine Power, and all knowledge about the gods," Ian made no secret of his greed.
"You are blaspheming!" Dolos roared.
"Don't get excited," Ian waved his hand, "We are civilized people and prefer to make deals. You give us what we want, and we will let you live and even help you regain some of your strength."
"Why should I trust you?"
"You have no choice. You are so weak now that you are worse than a mortal. I can crush you to death at any time if I want."
Dolos was silent. He knew that Ian was telling the truth. In this magic circle, he felt a huge suppressive force. Moreover, the auras exuded by the four people in front of him were not much weaker than him in his heyday.
"Okay, I promise you. But I have a condition."
"Say."
"I want a perfect physical vessel. My current body is about to collapse."
"No problem," Ian readily agreed, "Whether it's human or other races, or even what you want to customize, we can satisfy you."
Dolos flashed a trace of greed in his eyes. "I want a body with powerful magical talent."
"Okay."
Subsequently, the two parties signed a contract.
Of course, Ian left a Mind's Eye. The contract was written in Novad, and there were many traps hidden in it. As God of Lies, Dolos would definitely play tricks on the contract. This is a game of intelligence.
After the deal was concluded, Dolos began to cooperate with the research of Ian and others.
Over the next few months, Ian extracted a vast amount of knowledge from Dolos.
The most valuable among them is the secret about Divine Flame.
"The so-called Divine Flame actually means to ignite the soul and condense it into a special kind of essence Divine Flame flame," Dolos explained.
"This flame is not used for fighting. Its main function is to purify faith. As we all know, faith is poisonous."
"Excessive absorption of mixed beliefs will corrode the souls of the gods and even change their personalities. The solution is to use Divine Flame to burn away the impurities in the beliefs - that is, the believers' personal will and emotions - so that they become relatively safe."
After hearing this explanation, an idea flashed in Ian's mind.
Since Divine Flame can purify faith, can it be used to purify magic power?
Although Arcanists have always improved the quality of magic through Crystallized Magic, this is only a compression and qualitative change at the physical level. The magic itself still contains the caster's personal will and emotions, as well as trace impurities brought in when absorbed from the outside world.
If technology similar to Divine Flame can be used to deeply purify the magic power and make it reach absolute purity, then Arcanist's strength will definitely make another qualitative leap.
Even, this may be the key to breaking through Seventh Tier!
"We must test it immediately," Hermione said excitedly.
"Agreed."
Therefore, Ian was not in a hurry to leave this world, but continued to stay in this universe for a few years, focusing on the research of "Magic Divine Flame".
The experimental process did not go smoothly. Soul ignition is an extremely dangerous process, and if you are not careful, you will lose your soul.
Fortunately, they have Novads, who was regenerated by Infinity, as a test subject, and Dolos, a "voluntary" guidance counselor.
After countless failures and improvements, Ian finally created a [Arcane Fire] based on Arcane Runes.
This kind of flame does not need to ignite the entire soul, but uses essence Divine Power to build a miniature "incinerator" in Magic Core, specifically used to filter and purify the magic flowing through it.
When the first ray of magic power purified by Arcane Fire flowed through Ian's body, he felt unprecedentedly relaxed and transparent.
It is a kind of pure power without any impurities, like an arm using a finger.
"Successful," Ian looked at the pure blue light dancing on his fingertips, his eyes full of joy, "With this, Seventh Tier's door has been opened to me."
As for Dolos?
After draining all his value, Ian did not kill him, but kept his promise and gave him a body - a body genetically modified from the pig demon.
Although he possesses powerful magical talents, his appearance still retains the characteristics of a pig.
Looking at Dolos's Wrath distorted pig face, Ian shrugged. "The contract only said that you would be given a body with powerful magical talent, but it did not say that it must be a human being, nor did it say that it should be a handsome boy."
"Goodbye, God of Lies. Hope you like your new life."
After saying that, Ian led everyone onto the spacecraft and started Novad Dimension's shuttle engine.
"Where will we go to the next world?" Hermione asked.
Ian looked at the star map and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"I have already chosen. That world is full of all kinds of strange bloodlines and powers. It is a perfect hunting ground."
"Besides, there is a god there too."