Chapter 176: Taking Stock of the Gains
Name: Karl
Constitution: 18.4
Mental Power: 7.1
Source Essence: 10
Level: Legendary Knight, First-Circle Wizard
Abyssal Bloodline Fusion Rate: 38%
Spells: Tidal Force, Thunder Wings, Thunder God’s Wrath, Life Whisper…
Holy Techniques: Angel’s Sting, Heavenly Wolf Phantom Demon Fist, Holy Demon Transformation…
Runes: Shake the Earth…
“Ten points of Source Essence, at a four-to-one improvement ratio, can push my Constitution past the twenty-point mark.”
“It’s a pity…”
“It can’t push my Mental Power past ten!”
Dream Market.
Karl sat in a soft armchair, his eyes slightly closed as he looked at the status panel that only he could see.
At this moment, he appeared relaxed and leisurely, his body swaying gently with the rocking of the armchair, having already recovered from the fierce battle not long ago.
“My Constitution has already exceeded eighteen, increasing it to twenty will only provide a limited improvement in strength. Even if it surpasses twenty, without a corresponding breakthrough in realm, it would be merely a superficial enhancement.”
“Hmm…”
“Judging from the current situation, the Constitution value of a Second-Order Holy Knight should be between twenty and fifty, and the ratio of Source Essence to cultivation will also increase to ten-to-one. That’s a truly despairing figure.”
Ten-to-one!
This meant that the gains from his previous life-and-death struggle, where he had slain Soden with the help of others who had sacrificed themselves, would only increase his Constitution by a single point.
“No!”
“By then, I’ll also be Second-Order, and my means will definitely be stronger than they are now. It should be easier to handle.”
“It’s a pity that the Other World has a barrier set up by the gods when they fell, which greatly suppresses those above First-Order. If I truly become Second-Order in the future, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stay there for long.”
Shaking his head, Karl ultimately decided not to use his Source Essence to increase his cultivation, choosing to set it aside for the time being.
Without a breakthrough in realm, simply increasing his numerical values held little significance.
Not to mention other things.
The lifespan of a Second-Order powerhouse was four to five hundred years, and even if he pushed his Constitution to fifty, it wouldn’t change that.
“Fortunately, besides Source Essence, there are other gains!”
With a thought, the scene inside the Divine Domain Fragment appeared in his perception.
Due to the increase in his cultivation and Source Essence, the Divine Domain Fragment was much larger than before, at least doubled in size.
It now had over three hundred square meters.
Currently, the once spacious and empty fragment space was filled to the brim with various items.
Two Third-Order Marvels, Thunderclap Golden God Trees, four Water Source Pearls comparable to Mid-Stage First-Order Inheritance Magic Tools…
The corpses of two ‘Hounds’.
There should have been three, but the battlefield was chaotic at the time, and one of them was stolen by someone.
The ‘Hounds’ possessed the bloodline of the demigod Fenrir, which was a good thing that directly pointed towards Third-Order.
Besides these…
The Twelve Zodiac Palaces!
Twelve giant pillars, over ten meters tall, stood at the edge of the Divine Domain Fragment. Beneath each pillar was a mysterious gate floating above the ground.
As the final victor in the battle at the City Lord’s Mansion, this legendary marvel naturally fell into his hands.
“It’s at least a Late Stage Second-Order Inheritance Magic Tool, or even Third-Order, but unfortunately, I can’t master it yet.”
Marvels from the Other World were different from Inheritance Magic Tools, and moreover, Karl’s cultivation was still too low.
On the contrary, the other things were more useful.
As the City Lord of Free Port, Soden had collected a lot of good things in the inner city. Besides gold, silver, and jewels, there were also various runes and combat techniques.
Even holy techniques!
Runes and combat techniques were useless to him now, and most of them had been taken away by the people from Death City.
As for the holy techniques…
After copying them, everyone got a share.
However, there was one holy technique that couldn’t be copied and belonged to Karl.
That was…
The holy technique ━ Thousand Buddha Hands!
It was a giant Buddha statue carved entirely from gold. The golden body of the statue was radiant, with over a hundred arms outstretched.
Each palm bore a corresponding hand seal.
Thousand Buddha Hands!
The statue, about six meters tall, sat cross-legged on a jade lotus platform, its eyes lowered and its face bearing a solemn and murderous expression.
Gazing at the statue, the technique and various hand seals of Thousand Buddha Hands would naturally appear in one’s Sea of Consciousness.
“There are a total of one hundred and eight hand seals, which can be combined at will to produce various effects.”
“Healing, defense, attack, and even strengthening the spirit, tempering the body…, it’s practically omnipotent!”
“The rank of this holy technique is probably no lower than Holy Demon Transformation, or even higher. It’s just that cultivating it is too complex, and who has that many arms, unless it’s Soden, corrupted by the Evil God.”
“Hmm…”
“It seems like I can do it too!”
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Karl raised his hand, the muscles in his arm rapidly writhing and transforming into a series of swinging tentacles that danced in the air.
Each tentacle then turned into a fair and tender arm, each palm forming different hand seals.
Thousand Buddha Hands!
As he formed the hand seals, he could feel his skin and flesh becoming firmer, and the distracting thoughts in his Sea of Consciousness diminishing.
His entire being felt clear and transparent.
“Whew…”
“That’s amazing!”
“Just attempting to cultivate it has so many wonderful uses. This hand seal technique is simply a top-notch complete inheritance.”
Thousand Buddha Hands contained a complete set of hand seals for tempering the physical body. Not only the body, but the spirit could also be strengthened.
It was just a bit slow.
“If Oriana knew how special this holy technique was, she would probably throw everything away to choose it.”
Smiling, Karl retracted his tentacles and turned his ‘gaze’ towards the last item.
It was an eye.
The Evil God’s Eye!
Soden, in his second form, had no head on his neck, only a single eerie and terrifying vertical eye.
The eye’s color was as deep as the night sky, yet it flickered with an ominous red light, like flames from the Abyss.
Its pupil was unusually small, like a strange, curved vertical line. Looking closely, one could see that the vertical pupil was actually formed by countless tiny runes connected together, exuding a mysterious aura.
Looking directly at this vertical eye, even someone with a strong will like Karl would instinctively feel fear. It seemed to be able to see through one’s heart, to gaze directly at the deepest desires and fears within one’s soul, until one was corrupted from the inside out, becoming its puppet.
“The Evil God that Soden worshipped was called the Lord of All Realms’ Insight, while Oriana called it the Eye Demon.”
“Whatever it is, it’s definitely related to eyes!”
“The eye that He bestowed upon Soden has special abilities. Its rank is probably no lower than Third-Order.”
Karl stroked his chin.
He wasn’t worried that there was something wrong with the eye. If there was any Evil God’s power, it would have already been extracted by the Divine Domain Fragment.
Moreover…
The power of the Evil God could hardly penetrate into the Other World, so the current Eye Demon had no control over this eye.
“The most important thing for building a wizard tower is to have an Eye of Insight. This eye is also suitable, and theoretically, it should be much stronger than a Second-Order Eye of Insight. This means that as long as I have the Starlight Disk, I can build a wizard tower right now.”
Karl pondered.
“Tap…”
Footsteps sounded, interrupting his thoughts.
Harvey, dressed in knight’s attire, entered the shop. His expression froze when he saw Karl, then his face darkened.
“Master Connie!”
“It’s you.” Karl raised his eyebrows. “Here to learn?”
“Yes.” Harvey said with a forced smile. “It’s a rare sight. My martial arts teacher is actually in the shop today. Are you planning to teach me personally?”
He was naturally resentful.
In order to find a suitable martial arts mentor, Harvey had put in a lot of effort and spent a lot of money.
The result…
In the two months since becoming his student, he had never seen Karl!
They had agreed on one lesson per week, but the one who came to teach wasn’t Karl at all, but Grey, who was also a Grand Knight.
Fortunately, although Grey wasn’t very strong, he had always been out adventuring and had a lot of combat experience, which was quite helpful to Harvey.
In addition to the things Karl had left behind, he could also gain some insights from the lessons.
However,
They had agreed on personal instruction, but he couldn’t even see the person. Anyone would inevitably feel resentful.
Karl smiled awkwardly. “You weren’t strong enough before, so even if I taught you, it wouldn’t have been very useful. Now… you’re ready.”
The Curved Blade Amulet had been quite helpful to him.
In the battle at the inner city, if he hadn’t had this amulet, he would have inevitably been injured.
Since he had accepted the other party’s tuition fee and now had some free time, it was time to fulfill his responsibility.
At this moment…
Grey hurriedly arrived and was also stunned to see Karl.
“Mr. Connie, you’re here today!”
“Yes.”
Karl waved his hand.
“You come over too!”
