Chapter 421: Chapter 213: Harvest! Primordial Apostle!
[Challenge Successful]
[Congratulations on obtaining: Celestial-Burning Fire Seed]
After a while, Ye Mingqiu’s consciousness returned. He looked at the challenge success notification, feeling slightly bewildered. In the final phase of the battle, his consciousness had vanished, and he fought purely on instinct.
Thinking rationally, he seemed not to have the ability to turn the tables. Although the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor might evolve, it definitely wouldn’t evolve to the extent necessary to defeat Hephaestus. The gap between him and the Fire God remained terrifyingly wide.
The gap between different stages varies.
The gap between Elite Level and Lord Level is quite small. A well-developed Elite Level can indeed defeat a Lord Level powerhouses at the same level.
However, the gap between Lord Level and Hero Level further widens. One would need to be at least two levels higher and develop well to reverse the situation and fight upward.
At Legendary Level, this gap expands even further. Just the composite strength of basic stats, skills, resistance, and other qualities is over 1.5 times stronger, and this 1.5 times is already a crushing gap.
Additionally, to reach Legendary Level, one’s talent must be exceedingly powerful, further widening the gap by at least 3-4 levels, possibly even more.
For this reason, in the ladder ranking, it’s common to see Legendary Level Spiritualists at Levels 6 and 7 squeezing into the top hundred, competing against those Hero Level Spiritualists at Level 10 Peak, or even defeating them outright.
Beyond that, the gap between Legendary Level and Divinity Level becomes even greater. Judging from Hephaestus’s performance, it wouldn’t be too difficult for a Tier One Level 7 Divinity to kill a Tier Two Level 7 Legendary Level Spiritualist.
And an Extreme Divinity like Heaven can presumably kill Tier Three without issue.
So...
How did I defeat Him?
Ye Mingqiu fell into thought.
First of all, from the understanding of Hephaestus’s character during the battle, this guy is almost impossible to let up on purpose, so it must have been a hard fight till the end.
Hard fought indeed...
Could my instinctive reaction have triggered the Dream Weaver’s mark amplification, boosting my combat power to Tier Eight, and instantly defeating Hephaestus?
Such a possibility exists, and besides that, there doesn’t seem to be a more reasonable explanation.
However...
Triggering the Dream Weaver’s mark is extremely dangerous for him. The mark should never be used unless absolutely necessary. If the Dream Weaver bug is exploited through the Soul Realm Contract’s internal simulation, he could easily catch Dream Weaver’s attention.
Next, proceed with caution.
[Celestial-Burning Fire Seed]
Ye Mingqiu took out the reward. The golden flames flickered in mid-air, vaguely emitting a terrifying ripple that seemed capable of incinerating the world. It was Hephaestus’s Divine Fire, a true Divine Fire Seed on par with the Undying Fire of the Phoenix.
Moreover, it’s the fire seed, not residual embers, enhancing the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor more significantly.
The Flame Dragon Soul emerged from the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor, greedily eyeing the Celestial-Burning Fire Seed, looking at Ye Mingqiu as if waiting for its master’s approval.
Ye Mingqiu brought the fire seed to the dragon soul’s mouth, and the Flame Dragon Soul devoured it in one gulp. The golden flames shimmered at its throat, and the terrible power seemed to burn through its dragon soul.
The Flame Dragon Soul roared in pain but continued to swallow hard, allowing the Celestial-Burning Fire Seed to pour into its belly, emitting golden light within its body, gradually absorbed by its being.
"Truly miraculous."
Ye Mingqiu couldn’t help but sigh.
In essence, the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor is just an ordinary Dark Gold Level armor, but its uniqueness lies in the living dragon soul, capable of independently consuming flames and aiding in battle.
However, its spirituality is excessively strong, and its desire to consume and grow stronger also seems misplaced.
Ye Mingqiu felt it might be because he often wore the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor for battles and fights, causing the armor to undergo a form of blood sacrifice, enhancing its spirituality and transforming it into its current state.
It’s quite good, the enhancement is impressive, but unfortunately, the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor’s durability has dropped to 12/18, and it could suddenly explode in battle at any moment.
The core reason for such durability issues is likely due to the extremely high quality of the Celestial-Burning Fire Seed absorbed by the Flame Dragon Soul, requiring time to dissipate, allowing the durability to recover to its maximum limit.
After the Flame Dragon Inverse Scale Armor burst during battle and rebuilt itself successfully, a large part came from its absorption of the Phoenix’s blaze, acquiring more traits, thus avoiding self-destruction.
Now, let’s wash the spell.
Ye Mingqiu released Abyssal Power, a dark ink-like force covering his body. The part with carved spells was completely absorbed by the Abyssal Power’s [Magic Energy Devouring], causing the spell’s amplification to disappear accordingly.
"I feel much weaker, yet my body feels more relaxed and natural." He said, testing his movements as he clenched his hand.
The spell’s amplification is based on occupying one’s body basic potential and soul potential. This occupation affects not only attribute enhancements but also the effect of regular training.
Moreover, [Fire’s Sorrow] is a fire resistance specialized spell. After defeating the Fire God, there’s no need to carry it anymore. It’s okay to occupy 900 soul potential, but the 27 points of body basic potential have quite an impact.
With the spell wiped off, Ye Mingqiu casually glanced at other message notification panels.
[Notification: Your Long Weapon Specialty Level has increased to Level 9]
