Astral Plane Communication

Soon, all seven people walked past the rune wall and learned the skill of Divine Power Seizure. It seemed that they all met the requirements.

The prophet nodded.

"Very good. Now you have learned Divine Power Seizure. However, before challenging the gods you wish to defeat, you must make sure you have sufficient strength. Otherwise, if you fail, you may suffer a tragic end. Although we despise the gods, we should also understand that they possess great power that mortals do not have."

Fortunately, the gods are never of one mind. In the coming year, the War of the Gods will officially begin, and a bloody battle will inevitably ensue among them. This is our best opportunity. Take advantage of this chaos to strike at the gods' power and incite war among them."

As the prophet spoke, he took out several more badges.

"These badges are the Blasphemous Saint's Insignia. They represent your identity and your status among the Blasphemers. Wearing them, you can summon and command ordinary Blasphemers you encounter. These badges also contain Teleport, which you can use to travel to this place later."

Each of the group received a Blasphemous Saint's Insignia.

Xiao Yu checked the attributes of the equipment.

Item Name: Blasphemous Saint's Insignia

Item Description: A symbol of identity for Blasphemous Saint, signifying power and responsibility among Blasphemers. You can use it to search for Blasphemers in the vicinity and issue quests to them.

It also includes a teleportation spell, allowing for a targeted teleportation to the City of the Blasphemers Lazarus. This spell can only be used once per day.

"This is a good thing," Xiao Yu thought to himself.

The prophet coughed. "Alright, I've given you everything I needed to say. You are the future hope of the Blasphemers. You are welcome here at any time, and you are free to move about in Lazarus. If you want to leave, just use the teleportation array. Good luck! If you need to find me, I'm in the conference hall."

After saying this, the prophet left.

Watching the prophet's departing figure, the seven people sized each other up. Since they would be both competitors and collaborators in the future, it would be best for them to get to know each other.

Moreover, those who can become Blasphemous Saint are definitely not ordinary people. They are either the leaders of major guilds or top players from certain studios. It would be a shame if these top players didn't exchange information when they gathered together.

Because the map in the game War of the Gods is huge, the kingdoms are far apart, and the factions are divided, there is little communication between them, making intelligence all the more important.

A scruffy-bearded middle-aged man glanced at everyone and was the first to step forward. "Nice to meet you all. My name is Lei Qianjun, you can just call me Lao Lei. It's rare to get together like this, I hope you'll all guide me in the future. Shall we introduce ourselves?"

A stunningly beautiful woman smiled slightly. "I wouldn't dare accept such guidance. Everyone knows Lei Qianjun, the guild leader of the Dominion of the World Guild. How could I possibly speak to you like that? I am Black Wild Rose; you can just call me Little Black."

"Black Wild Rose!" A young man beside him suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be that you're the former president of Rose Studio, the Black Wild Rose known as the Deadly Black Enchantress? My goodness, it's a pleasure to meet you."

The woman smiled alluringly, "Hehe, it's just a nickname people gave me randomly. I'm not some Deadly Black Enchantress at all. And what's your name, young man?"

"Oh, my name is Wang Xiaoer, you can just call me Xiaoer."

The Black Wild Rose's expression suddenly changed. "Wang Xiaoer, could it be that Wang Xiaoer?"

Xiao Yu and the Earl of Monte Cristo exchanged a glance, and both of them saw the same thing in each other's eyes: they had absolutely no idea what this Wang Xiaoer was.

"Which Wang Xiaoer?" the Earl of Monte Cristo asked tentatively.

"Wang Xiaoer, the former world champion of 'Crystal Challenge,' a gaming master who once eliminated 173 crystals in ten seconds, am I right?"

A sinister voice sounded behind the two of them, but it was a man with long, straight black hair who had a very effeminate appearance.

Xiao Yu was speechless for a moment. "Crystal Challenge"—wasn't that a mini-game? Did that thing even have a world champion?

"Hehe, I've actually been recognized." Wang Xiaoer feigned embarrassment, but his eyes suddenly sharpened. "And who are you? To recognize me, you're definitely not an ordinary person."

"I'm just a Wuming nobody, you can just call me Wuming," the effeminate man said calmly.

"Wuming!? I've heard of that name, the number one assassin in the gaming world, the Wuming who supposedly never missed a shot in his life? You're the one?" a seemingly ordinary young man said in surprise.

The effeminate man looked at the ordinary-looking young man with surprise, "And who are you?"

"I'm nobody, just call me Luren Jia," the ordinary-looking young man quickly clarified.

Xiao Yu and the Earl of Monte Cristo exchanged another glance. For once, they felt a strange sense of understanding: why did these guys all sound so impressive, yet they'd never heard of a single one of them?

Xiao Yu suddenly exclaimed, "Luren Jia, could it be that you are the legendary—"

He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

"What legend?" the Earl of Monte Cristo asked curiously from the side.

"How would I know? I'm not some game insider, how would I know who's who? Anyway, everyone here is an expert, no need to make such a fuss," Xiao Yu said, rolling his eyes.

The Earl of Monte Cristo was speechless for a moment.

Xiao Yu ignored him. "Alright, alright, let's skip the introductions. I'm afraid they'll scare you. Let's exchange information instead."

Lei Qianjun and Wild Rose were clearly not happy that Xiao Yu had stopped everyone from showing off and flattering each other, but Luren Jia looked relieved.

It was as if they were genuinely afraid of their true identity being revealed.

The group then began exchanging information; what Xiao Yu was looking for was naturally information about the Astral Plane.

However, this kind of information should obviously be obtained from a mage. Lei Qianjun looks like a Warrior, Wuming looks like a thief or assassin, and the last one is just Luren Jia, who seems to be a mage.

So Xiao Yu started asking the Luren Jia directly.

"You want to find someone from the Astral Plane? That's interesting, but not impossible. If you're really sure that person is in the Astral Plane, I do know a way to find him, and even summon him down from Astral Plane."

Xiao Yu was pleasantly surprised. "Oh, tell me about it."

"I can tell you, but what will you offer me in exchange?"

Xiao Yu didn't bother with haggling and simply offered money, "How about 1000 points?"

Xiao Yu is a wealthy man now, so things that can be settled with money are naturally not a problem.

Luren Jia was taken aback. He had initially thought the other party would offer information in exchange, but no one would complain about having too many points. His eyes darted around.

"Ten thousand!" Luren Jia immediately multiplied the amount tenfold.

"Deal." Xiao Yu readily agreed.

The Luren Jia was startled, not expecting things to be so simple, and had a vague feeling that he might be shortchanging people. Xiao Yu, however, didn't have that much time to waste, "Hurry up and tell me."

"Alright," the Luren Jia said, "Most mages can only use Astral Plane Astral Plane Summoning to summon projections of various Astral Plane creatures to assist in battle. However, in the realm of the Goddess of Magic, Mystra, there is another trick. The Priest of the Goddess of Magic can use a spell called Astral Plane Communication to directly project their souls into the Astral Plane, communicate with the Astral Plane creatures they want, and even sign contracts."

However, this spell is an exclusive divine spell of the Priest of the Goddess of Magic, and can only be obtained by Divine Spell Stealing within the temple of the Goddess of Magic —and because the Goddess of Magic has extremely strong control over magic, there are very few opportunities to obtain it.

In addition, in the temple of the Goddess of Magic, there is an artifact called the Mirror of the Astral Plane. It is said that people can directly enter the Astral Plane and communicate with Astral Plane creatures through this mirror. Even ordinary people can use it. However, no one knows where this mirror is.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, "This is going to be difficult."

It's important to know that the Goddess of Magic is ranked second among the gods. She's basically the leader of the neutral faction.

Among the gods, the leader of the righteous faction is the God of Light.

The leader of the evil faction is the God of Darkness, while the neutral faction is led by the Goddess of Magic.

The Goddess of Magic possesses Supreme Divine Power, far surpassing that of a god of moderate power like the God of Death.

Divine Spell Stealing wouldn't be so easy, not to mention that he was now Blasphemous Saint and would easily attract the attention of the gods.

If infiltrating and taking action stealthily is not an option, then a forceful approach is the only option left. Perhaps I will have to lead a large army to conquer a temple of Mystra.

However difficult it was, he had to take action. Xiao Yu thought to himself, and traded 10,000 points to Luren Jia, telling him not to tell anyone. Then he said goodbye to everyone and turned to leave.

He had barely turned to leave when the Count of Earl of Monte Cristo found the Luren Jia and asked, "What did he ask you?"

"Hehe, don't expect me to tell you that he just offered 10,000 points for information about me. I have to keep it a secret; I still have that much professional ethics," said Luren Jia righteously.

"I'll offer 100,000 points."

"Oh, he asked how to enter the Astral Plane and communicate with the beings within Astral Plane."

"I see," the Earl of Monte Cristo smiled slightly, "Just as I expected."

"Very well, this is your revenge." With the deal complete, the Earl of Monte Cristo turned and left.

Luren Jia was overjoyed, never expecting that making money from this game would be so easy.

At that moment, someone suddenly messaged me privately.

The King's Return: Did the Earl of Monte Cristo just ask you what question I asked you?