"The trait 'Mandala Ouroboros' is about to upgrade."
A line of faint glowing text remained motionless.
Shen Ye waited a few breaths, gradually finding it strange.
Trait upgrades were usually quick.
Why had nothing happened?
Several more breaths passed.
A new notification finally appeared:
"In the previous battle, you did not defeat your opponent completely. Your battle ended in a draw." "The trait cannot evolve this time."
That's not right!
It just said I won, and now it has suddenly become a draw.
Where did things go wrong?
Shen Ye looked at the new notification, a trace of darkness flashing through his eyes.
"Valhalla."
He spoke.
Valhalla quietly appeared before him.
"I have something to ask you," Shen Ye said.
"Go ahead," Valhalla said.
"Among the Weird, how is strength classified?" Shen Ye asked.
"The Lord of the Higher-Dimensional and the destruction doomsday once settled this matter. Surely you know even that?" Valhalla asked.
"I don't," Shen Ye said frankly.
"Impressive-could you really be a human male born only twenty-odd years ago?" Valhalla asked again.
Shen Ye looked at him and smiled without speaking.
"All right, this is common knowledge. There's no harm in going over it."
"I'll use myself as an example."
"-I'm a weird life born from imitating a certain being. I have an Emergence Level ability that cannot be suppressed by other truth constructs, called 'Omnipotence.'"
"When you have an Emergence Level ability that is completely immune to suppression and can exert its power at all times-"
"You're called a B-rank powerhouse."
"B-rank?" Shen Ye repeated.
"That's right. I'm a mid-tier B-rank being," Valhalla said, folding his arms. "Across the many history fragments, reaching B-rank is enough to let you do as you please."
"Because of that emergence skill that can't be suppressed?"