Raphael sat on the deserted island's beach for a while, planning his next advancement.
He had never expected to digest the "Ancient Bane" potion so quickly.
He might still need to work on digesting it further, but even without doing so, he could advance directly in his current state.
However, since he first had to obtain an "Abomination" characteristic and complete the advancement ritual, Raphael felt he should actively digest the potion if an opportunity arose before he finished those two tasks, and gain a sense of what these two sequences meant.
As for the characteristics needed for advancement, they would not actually be difficult to obtain. During the previous operation against the Blood Sanctify Sect, Raphael had already acquired an "Archduke of Blood" characteristic.
For the "Abomination" characteristic, he could approach the "Underworld Daoist" and ask him to kill the "Demon Monarch's" clone sealed in the Southern Continent, then use the corresponding characteristic to advance.
After becoming a Sequence 1, Raphael was confident he could join forces with the "Lord of Evil Desires" to kill the "Abomination" Suah. Once he became a dual-sequence King of Angel, he would also be confident of killing the "Chained God."
The only concern might be the "Mother Tree of Desire's" influence on him after his advancement.
But that was also what puzzled Raphael. After advancing to Sequence 2, he had felt neither the "Mother Tree of Desire's" influence nor any divinity.
At that moment, the "Oldest One" in his spirit world spoke again. "Because the Mother Tree of Desire's influence and the divinity have both come to me."
Raphael froze for a moment before asking, "You-you can tell what I'm thinking?"
The "Oldest One" did not answer Raphael's question, but the "Demon Personality" said, "I reckon we're bound to that old bastard, the