A large manor in the 115th district of the City of Freedom.
A variety of green plants cover every inch of the land, making this place seem like a sea of plants. A gentle breeze blows, and the fragrance of flowers fills the air, making people feel refreshed and relaxed.
Lancelot, disguised as the manor owner, was leisurely reclining in a chair. The artificial light source in the sky emitted waves of pleasant heat, making him look content.
Just then, Lancelot's "detection particles" deployed elsewhere received news that the Slaughter madmen had barbarically stormed into the City of Freedom and were wreaking havoc.
Slowly sitting up, Lancelot frowned. The situation had deviated from his initial expectations. The addition of the Slaughter Divine Church had created another disruptor in the City of Freedom, introducing a significant variable.
Now that things had come to this, Lancelot could only put aside his distractions and consider the impact that the addition of the Slaughter cultists would have on him.
A few minutes later, Lancelot's expression softened.
According to his analysis, the existence of the Slaughter believers was not a huge help, but it wouldn't cause him any major trouble either.
In short, it has both advantages and disadvantages.
On the positive side, the Slaughter Divine Church is very strong overall and highly united. As time goes on, more and more Slaughter will join, surrounding the City of Freedom from all directions, sealing off the sky and the earth, and preventing the black Mage from escaping.
The Black Mage and the Slaughter Divine Church have clashed several times, and the latter has always handled the situation in this way.
Without further intervention from the Ashes Organization and the Arcane Ring, City of Freedom will be destroyed.
Conversely, the siege of the City of Freedom was more for intimidation and amusement.
The downside is that Slaughter the followers is competing with Lancelot for kills. These madmen kill dark Mage, so Lancelot won't be able to obtain the Primeval Stone. Moreover, this variable might attract the involvement of higher-level forces.
In terms of the amount of Primeval Stone obtained, sealing off City of Freedom completely trapped the Dark Mage, turning the entire city into a closed hunting ground, undoubtedly increased the total reserves of Primeval Stone.
However, the addition of the Slaughter Madman would cause him to compete with Lancelot for Primeval Stone, greatly reducing his foreseeable income.
To give an example, originally only Lancelot was targeting the bank in City of Freedom, but now a group of robbers are competing with him for the money. However, these robbers are preventing the bank from transferring funds from the vault, thus raising the robbery limit.
This increase and decrease cancel each other out.
In terms of returns, there wasn't much change compared to expectations.
In this way, the impact on Lancelot was very limited, so he stopped thinking about it. Besides, thinking about it was useless and could not stop the Slaughter of believers.
However, this does not mean that Lancelot will remain indifferent.
The sudden entry of the Slaughter cultists has thrown the situation into chaos, and Lancelot's previously devised strategy of "boiling the frog slowly" needs to be adjusted. Adapting to local conditions and changing circumstances, and being prepared for danger and change, are the core ideas and logic that must be grasped in any situation.
Back in his room, after setting up the Rune Array to isolate the inside from the outside, Lancelot summoned the World Furnace.
Then, with a wave of his hand, a pile of Primeval Stone appeared in mid-air, totaling 1,307. Apart from the nearly 1,200 he had obtained in the City of Freedom, the remaining hundred or so Primeval Stone were accumulated slowly over the years when he occasionally killed Ashes Sanctuary experts while fighting against the Sea Dragon Alliance on the border.
Of these, 108 were used up while cultivating the Immortal Body, leaving 117.
In other words, Lancelot's frenzied slaughter of dark Mage over the past few days only yielded 1190 Primeval Stone, making the difficulty of earning such a resource truly astonishing.
"According to the experience guides left by the Earth Guardian, upgrading a normal Four-Star Miracle Guardian Blade to five stars without using the Guardian Blade's core resources would cost 800 to 1200 Primeval Stone. I have a total of 1307 Primeval Stone, enough for the upgrade..." Lancelot thought to himself.
The so-called foundation of the Guardian Blade refers to the "characteristics" accumulated from the three qualities of "Legend," "Immortal," and "Miracle."
Legend Trait.
Immortal Trait.
Miracle Trait.
If these three characteristics are forcibly dispersed, the quality can be directly increased by leaps when advancing levels, preventing the weapon from losing too much quality.
For example, a four-star Immortal battle sword, if it is promoted to five stars, can, with the release of its hidden potential, bypass two quality levels and directly become a five-star Rare quality battle sword by leveraging its previous accumulation.
While it seemed like a great success, in reality, it greatly diminished the potential of this battle sword.
Without the foundation built up by the "Legend Trait" and "Immortal Trait" accumulated previously, climbing to these two qualities will be much more difficult, requiring a complete overhaul.
Conversely, if you retain the two main characteristics and do not use the Battle Blade's essence, but simply upgrade it to a five-star common quality, you can then slowly climb to a five-star Rare step by step.
In that case, because the battle blade itself already has accumulated strength, the probability of it being upgraded to Legend or Immortal quality will greatly increase.
The same principle applies to Miracle Trait.
Take the Alchemy Association's [Gate of Truth] for example. It may seem to be a ten-star Immortal quality, but it actually reached the Miracle quality in every previous star level.
With abundant accumulation of Miracle Trait, the probability of becoming a true "Miracle Creation" is far higher than that of other ten-star Immortal quality beings.
This actually illustrates a point.
It is virtually impossible to directly create a Miracle Creation, except through the rules of the Astral Realm itself.
Because doing that would require instantly conjuring up an extremely terrifying Miracle Trait.
However, if one gradually cultivates from low-level Miracle equipment, step by step, slowly accumulating Miracle Trait, it becomes possible to artificially cultivate such Astral Realm treasure.
The most famous of these is the "Black Book," Miracle Creation wielded by the great being [Eternal, Prison Lord / Abyss Warden / Demon Nemesis]!
Legend has it that the Black Book ascended slowly and steadily alongside the Abyss Warden's growing power. Even before its master ascended to the position of Eternity, the Black Book had already become Miracle Creation. Later, it even assisted its master in achieving Eternity, becoming one of the few Miracle Creation in the Astral Realm created by living beings rather than nurtured by the rules of the Astral Realm.
Before the Black Book, all renowned Astral Realm Miracle Creation, such as the [Chaos Stele] and the [Elemental Furnace], were naturally born from the rules of the Astral Realm; they also had another name: [Astral Realm Wondrous Objects].
It was the appearance of the Black Book that gradually faded the name "Astral Realm Wondrous Objects" and greatly increased the confidence of various forces in the Astral Realm in cultivating Miracle Creation. After all, the beginning is always the hardest, and the worst thing in doing anything is not seeing any hope.
As long as there is hope, even the faintest light can guide people forward in the darkness.
With a thought, enveloped in his spirit, each Primeval Stone entered the World Furnace.
The golden flames at the bottom of the furnace surged and roared upon contact with the Primeval Stone.
The Steel Feather Cloak fell off his body, and countless microscopic particles gathered together, resembling a ball of blue-gold light.
With a gentle toss, the Steel Feather Cloak was thrown into the World Furnace, where golden flames enveloped it, initiating this advancement.
Time passed slowly, and the flames in the World Furnace gradually shrank, eventually returning to their original form, flickering in the wind as if they might be extinguished at any moment.
A streak of light shot out from the furnace, encircling Lancelot's body like a planetary ring, cheering joyfully.
The feeling of being connected by blood made Lancelot realize that the Steel Feather Cloak had completed its advancement.
Opening the information panel, sure enough, the level had changed from four stars to five stars, while the quality had plummeted to ordinary.
But Lancelot knew that his previous efforts had not been in vain; all that knowledge and experience was stored deep within the Steel Feather Cloak, waiting for the right opportunity to arrive.