"Whew, I really haven't fought this seriously in a long time."
Inside Godhome, Lin Jin emerged from the Hall of Gods that housed the warriors' statues, panting for breath.
Behind him, the rings at the bases of Rust-Red Deathfury's and Yellow-Shell Golden Armor's statues had lit up red and yellow respectively.
This signified that both had been defeated.
Notably, Lin Jin no longer wore the Sunfire God appearance he had previously designed for himself.
This brand-new form had no hair, wore a deep blue robe, and stood somewhere between the Little Knight and Pure Vessel in height.
Put simply, it was a vessel slightly taller than Hornet, with a face mask likewise modeled after the Hollow Knight's.
The difference lay in the tips.
The two ends of Lin Jin's mask slanted upward into a pair of long horns, with branching hooks at their tips, somewhat like antlers.
But rather than empty hollows, the mask's eyes were fitted with two black lenses like goggles, concealing his gaze.
This body was just the right size.
It was neither too small to wield polearms, like the Little Knight, nor so large that it could only use specially made weapons, like the Hollow Knight.
After resting in the hot spring outside Godhome to recover his energy, Lin Jin strolled through the Hall of Gods again in this new appearance he had created, carefully choosing among the marks of powerful fighters he had yet to challenge.
He was in excellent form, and he had to strike while the iron was hot.
Lin Jin's reasoning was simple: to hone his skills and advance further, he had to step outside his comfort zone.
The martial arts, technology, spells, and ingenious ideas of mortal bugs might seem insignificant before a god, but that was no reason to dismiss