NOVEL NEXT Chapter 85: Advancing to the Extraordinary!
"This Blood Clan... is not simple." Sivis's eyes flickered.
The Blood Clan figure revealed a sinister smile.
"This is the power granted by your false gods, which requires burning your own life to gain sufficient combat strength. Our lord is incredibly generous, providing us with power that only makes us extremely strong without any side effects."
He raved wildly, his tone filled with confidence.
The Blood Clan figure's eyes blazed with rage. The scene before him made his previous actions seem like those of a clown — Sivis and Vikalina, both willing to sacrifice for each other, had been toying with him the entire time!!
I am a Blood Clan!!
I usually play with these lowly lives!
The female knight remained unperturbed by the Blood Clan figure's taunts. She coldly raised her knight's lance.
The flames around her continued to spread outward. In the sewers, countless Blood Servants were rapidly burned, except for the areas where Sivis, Vikalina, and the Blood Clan figure were located.
Everything around them was extremely bright. It no longer seemed like a sewer but rather a well-lit room.
She charged at the Blood Clan figure with her lance, and he also rushed forward quickly.
He was currently in the state of having absorbed divine blood. Although the divine power in his body was extremely weak and insufficient to elevate his combat strength to the same level as the female knight.
The figure didn't need complicated methods...
He spewed out a large amount of blood, forming a net that enveloped her.
Vikalina swung her knight's lance to cut through the net, but it fell onto her without any resistance.
Huh??
She was somewhat surprised.
At that moment, the Blood Clan figure fully erupted!
He grabbed the female knight's knight's lance with both hands.
A powerful aura from his god suddenly burst forth!!
A transparent, silent wave of energy rapidly expanded.
It was as if everything had been paused, and all actions ceased.
Several seconds later!
First, the remaining Blood Servants in the sewers were left dumbfounded, then they hesitantly and without hesitation knelt to the ground!
They kept bowing their heads.
Above Minnet City, countless Blood Servants who were attempting to infect the citizens also stopped their actions.
Ordinary people felt as if some kind of predator, some terrifying presence sitting high in the sky, was baring its fangs at them, causing them to tremble with fear.
The divine aura was overwhelming!
Some timid individuals even wet themselves, then they all fell to their knees.
Even animals like pigs, dogs, chickens, and ducks were scared to death, foaming at the mouth as they collapsed.
Inside the church, the array that could withstand attacks from Gold-Rank powerhouses kept shimmering, and finally, with a series of "cracks," the shield shattered!
Knights and priests cried out in panic, "Don't come over! No! Don't! Don't kill me! Don't kill me! Have mercy! Have mercy! Save me, please, save me. God, where are you?"
Everyone was crying and running, including the Silver-Rank priest.
He shouted as if he had a guilty conscience, "It's not my fault! It's not my fault, everyone does it, so what's wrong with me doing it? You can't blame only me!"
He seemed to see some extremely terrifying scene!!
Above Minnet City, birds occasionally fell from the sky, around the city, many monsters were so frightened that they knelt to the ground.
This was the effect of the Sea of Blood God's aura, fully unleashed by a Silver-Rank Blood Clan, enough to make an entire city's living beings kneel!
Amidst the countless lives falling to their knees.
Only...
Vikalina, enveloped by the "Flame of Salvation," though she suffered a significant mental shock, was still able to maintain her combat stance.
But she also felt some discomfort, as if an immense weight was pressing down on her.
The Blood Clan figure wore a smile on his face.
He sensed the countless living beings kneeling before him.
But...
Something was wrong!
He was startled, realizing that at such close range, behind the female knight, in a blind spot of Vikalina's vision.
Sivis remained unaffected. The terrifying aura that had just radiated out had no effect on him, as if it were a gentle breeze.
He even, for some reason, showed a hint of a smile.
That was pure ecstasy!!
The excitement was evident to anyone who looked.
"Laughing? He's gone mad? No matter why you're laughing, you won't be smiling for long!"
"Wait, could he really have been scared insane?"
The Blood Clan figure felt helpless. He still wanted to brutally revenge and torment Sivis, but what could he do if this young noble had gone mad?
The figure thought about it and found it quite reasonable. The female knight who had been protecting Sivis, wouldn't she go mad if the entire young noble family was killed?
Suddenly, his mood turned extremely sour!
At the same time...
The figure suddenly exerted all his strength.
Bang!
Vikalina was forced back several steps, her eyes filled with shock.
Only then did she realize that the flames on her body had inexplicably gone out at some point.
Just now...
The blood net had turned into actual blood and had forcefully extinguished the flames!
How could this be? That was a flame of the spirit, a flame of will, how could it be extinguished by a liquid?
Streams of blood surged over her body, sending waves of pain that forced her to kneel half on the ground.
Vikalina was completely stunned. In her understanding, the Fire of Sacrifice state could not be interrupted, and indeed, it couldn't be stopped by normal means. No one could halt this sacred flame.
Just like how the first Spear of Holy Flame had killed tens of thousands of Diamond-Rank powerhouses a thousand years ago, and no one could stop her.
But as Sivis had found out in the system shop just now, the "Flame of Salvation" could be desecrated and extinguished by the power of an Evil God!!
Or perhaps...
It was because the combat power of the Spear of Holy Flame a thousand years ago was too terrifying.
The Evil Gods had added a desecrating effect to their divine power, which they bestowed upon their subordinates.
They weren't just defending against the lineage of the Spear of Holy Flame, they were also guarding against the possibility that other True God faction humans might use similar abilities.
This preparation from a thousand years ago had now hit Vikalina right on the mark.
Now that the flames had gone out, the female knight could no longer maintain her previously explosive combat state.
Fortunately, the burning of the "Flame of Salvation" had already healed her wounds.
But in that short time, she had lost at least five years of her life.
The female knight's appearance hadn't aged, she still looked like a young girl, but the weakening of her life force made it difficult for her to even stand steady.
And...
The divine power from the Blood Clan figure had not yet dissipated, and he could not defeat Vikalina when she was releasing the Flame of Salvation.
The female knight's normal combat power could not break through a Silver-Rank Blood Clan with even a slight divine power enhancement.
"What have you done to me?" Vikalina was filled with terror.
Earlier, she had only feared for her own life, but now her worries grew deeper.
She didn't want to see Sivis in trouble — she had sworn to protect her companion at all costs.
But all the female knight could see was the Blood Clan member, still radiating traces of the Sea of Blood God's aura, staring at her with a sinister gaze.
Vikalina now had no way to further enhance her strength.
"Looks like I'm the winner in the end!" The Blood Clan member looked smug, his eyes fixed on Vikalina. He took a deep breath, seeming extremely pleased. "A soul that sacrifices itself for others, so perfectly pure. Taking you back might get me off the hook with Elder Dace. I am truly lucky. It seems the divine resources I used were worth it."
He took a step closer, this time with no more worries or mental burdens — both of his opponents had used all their trump cards.
But suddenly, the Blood Clan member's heart skipped a beat.
He saw Sivis's expression again.
That young noble, Sivis, who had laughed almost maniacally when he saw the divine aura, was still smiling even now that the female knight's power was sealed.
"Do you enjoy laughing so much?"
A cold glint appeared in the Blood Clan member's eyes, and he lunged forward.
Unbeknownst to him, Sivis was indeed — extremely happy.
Absolutely ecstatic!
"Great buddy, you really helped out big time!" He had been thinking that divine-rank power was extremely rare in the entire history of Gandanyir, but he had overlooked one fact: while True God-level interventions were indeed rare, he didn't need a true god to use divine-rank power to cover his breakthrough.
He was currently at a half-Bronze-Rank, half-Silver-Rank level. Theoretically, the aura emitted by a Silver-Rank Blood Clan using the Sea of Blood God's power was even more powerful than the aura Sivis had triggered during his breakthrough!
Sivis hadn't expected that the seemingly 30-minute challenge to advance his rank would be solved in such an unusual way!!
Thanks to my opponent's full burst of power!
As countless beings fell to their knees, Sivis had already triggered the divine power within him.
On the surface, his body showed no change, unlike the typical dramatic changes that occur when someone advances in rank — in the face of divine power, a mere Silver-Rank extraordinary was too insignificant to cause any disturbance.
Sivis adjusted his posture in a single breath, and system messages flashed before his eyes:
[Congratulations, you have advanced to Silver-Rank. You have met the conditions to enhance your Monster Lord level. Do you wish to enhance it?]
[You have successfully mastered a portion of the Sea of Blood God's power. The items in the store have been updated.]
[Congratulations, you have advanced to the extraordinary-rank. The system will now enter an update state: 00.1%... 0.02%...]
The system's notifications did not fully capture Sivis's current state.
He could now feel a new divine power growing within him. With his current strength, he could not yet fully control Blood Clans and Blood Servants, but he could at least exert some influence over them.
And as he continued to train and advance in realms, the divine power of the Sea of Blood God would continue to expand and grow.
Ultimately, he could usurp the authority of another god.