Jellyfish Town.
Leon closed his eyes to meditate, sensing a bottleneck situated above his Sea of Mental Power.
Below the bottleneck lay the peak of the Silver rank.
Above the bottleneck was a completely new world, a vision belonging to a Gold-rank priest.
Leon mobilized his mental power, shaping it in his mind into a massive, sharp spike, and launched a charge toward that bottleneck.
On the first attempt, the spike failed to pierce through, and the bottleneck remained intact.
On the second attempt, the spike struck with immense force, slamming heavily against the bottleneck and causing it to shake violently.
The third attempt.
Leon channeled his pure life force, along with the 150% mental power boost obtained from the 【Linkage】 trait of 【I Name This the Mental Power Boost Divine Art】, into the spike.
Immediately after, he fiercely controlled the mental power spike and thrusted upward with all his might—
Bang!
The bottleneck shattered. Pure, vast mental power poured down from above, merging into Leon's Sea of Mental Power.
Nourished by this influx of pure energy, his Sea of Mental Power expanded outward at a rapid pace.
Leon shuddered. He felt the mental power that had always resided in his mind transition from a liquid state into a mixture of gas and liquid, flowing from his mind down his spine and into his body.
His limbs, bones, and internal organs were simultaneously nourished by the gentle mental power. He felt as comfortable as if he were soaking in a hot spring.
“Mmh...”
Leon let out a soft groan, feeling waves of life energy erupt from the depths of every single cell, strengthening his body and purifying his mental power.
This was the power from the Leaf of the Kabbalah Tree of Life.
After Leon had consumed it, a portion of its life origin had instantly strengthened his body, while the rest remained hidden deep within him.
Every time he elevated his transcendent origin and advanced in rank, this portion of life origin would nourish his body and mind once more.
Under this nourishing effect, Leon's mental power, which had seemed thin due to the sudden expansion of his Sea of Mental Power, began to skyrocket!
In just a brief moment, the surging mental power had already filled about one-fifth of his entire Sea of Mental Power!
This meant that although Leon had only just entered the Gold rank, he had already reached a state that other Gold-rank experts had to cultivate bitterly for many years to achieve!
He did not need to meditate and practice from scratch to fill his Sea of Mental Power. He only needed to fill the remaining four-fifths of its capacity to reach the peak of the Gold rank!
Sensing the changes within himself, a look of joy instantly appeared on Leon's face.
“I've finally reached the Gold rank...”
Four months! It had taken him a full four months to advance from the Bronze rank to the Gold rank!
Only now could he finally be considered to have the capital to venture out and cause some trouble in the outside world!
He opened his panel, and several streams of light flashed across it.
【Mental Power Rank: Silver → Gold】
【You have advanced to the Gold rank and obtained the “Buff Crucible”】
【Buff Rune: You can engrave all buff-type Divine Arts in your possession onto any Divine Art that possesses a physical form. A Divine Art engraved with Buff Runes will consume 200% mental power per cast, but this Divine Art and any other Divine Arts linked to it through the ‘Linkage’ trait will simultaneously receive the effects of all engraved buff-type Divine Arts.】
“Buff Runes?”
After Leon carefully read through this new talent, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Allowing a specific Divine Art to receive all buff effects?
Didn't that mean he wouldn't need to do any 'buff stacking' before battles anymore, and could directly let his offensive Divine Arts enjoy all the buffs?
After pondering for a moment, Leon searched through the Divine Arts on his panel and finally made a decision.
“I'll engrave the Buff Runes onto the Radiance Longbow!”
The Radiance Longbow was currently his primary offensive method. For a long time to come, unless there was a very special Linkage, it would remain his main means of attack.
Furthermore, the Radiance Longbow was linked to many other Divine Arts.
If he engraved the Buff Inscriptions onto the Radiance Longbow, then those linked Divine Arts would also receive the buffs. This was undoubtedly the best plan.
As Leon finalized the target of the Buff Inscriptions, a silver longbow suddenly materialized beside him, with a pair of giant thunderous hands floating behind it.
In the next instant, the buff-type Divine Arts on Leon's panel began to flash one after another.
At the same time, the Radiance Longbow and the Hand of Thunder also began to undergo transformations.
【Power of the Three Saints】!
【I Name This the Mental Power Boost Divine Art】!
【Long-Range Enhancement】!
【Close-Range Enhancement】!
【Bathed in Sacred Light】!
【Radiant War Drums】!
【Golden Body】!
As one buff-type Divine Art after another lit up on his panel, runes of various shapes and brilliant luster emerged on the Radiance Longbow.
Carrying a strange power, these runes merged one by one into the bow of the Radiance Longbow and into the arms of the giant thunderous hands.
Twang!
The bowstring vibrated slightly, letting out a crisp hum like a sword being unsheathed.
The Radiance Longbow also transformed. From its original glittering silver form, it turned into a dreamlike cascade of interwoven gold and silver, exuding a fierce yet elegant aura.
The bow itself, which had been just over two meters long, suddenly extended into a massive four-meter gold-and-silver bow as the engraving of the Buff Inscriptions was completed.
Just as the longbow's form underwent a drastic change, the giant thunderous arms holding it behind also mutated.
The arms, which had originally been condensed from pure lightning, gradually solidified and materialized after the runes merged into them, transforming into a massive, imposing giant with a blurred silhouette.
The giant's facial features were extremely similar to Leon's, but its build was far more stalwart and majestic than his actual body.
Within its illusory, translucent torso, deep blue and gilded lightning flowed and intertwined like swimming dragons, presenting an astonishing spectacle!
“Holy crap! This is so cool!”
Looking at the giant and the longbow beside him, Leon widened his eyes in pleasant surprise.
Never mind how strong it was. After engraving the Buff Inscriptions, the Hand of Thunder—no, it was now the Thunder Giant—and the Radiance Longbow were truly incredibly cool!
After all, looking cool was a lifetime endeavor!
Alicia, who had been guarding Leon nearby, also raised her head at this moment. Looking at the Thunder Giant that could swallow her whole in one bite, she opened her mouth slightly:
“Oh!”
Leon paid no attention to Alicia's amazement. He briefly sensed the power of the evolved Radiance Longbow and smiled with satisfaction.
“Strong! Very strong! Incredibly strong!”
The power of the Radiance Longbow engraved with the Buff Inscriptions was simply explosive!
Leon felt that with his current offensive methods, he could directly charge into the Dusk Sea and seek out Burns V... Well, fighting Burns V was probably still a stretch.
However, fighting the peak Gold-rank undead under Burns V's command would be more than enough!
“It should be the effect of 【Golden Body】...”
Leon thought to himself as he looked at the gold-and-silver longbow and the giant with blue-gold lightning swimming around it.
According to the panel's description, once the effect of the Buff Inscription was engraved, it could not be transferred.
However, if Leon learned new buff-type Divine Arts in the future, he could still continue to engrave them into the Radiance Longbow.
“In the future, the focus of my Divine Art collection can be placed on buff-type Divine Arts...”
If he could get a hundred or eighty buff-type Divine Arts and engrave them all into the Radiance Longbow, wouldn't he become instantly invincible with just a wave of his hand?
Exhaling slowly to calm his excitement and his fantasies of the future, Leon continued to look at the panel.
【You have advanced to the Gold rank. You can choose one of the following three traits to strengthen yourself:】
【True Vision: You will gain the ability to see through falsehoods and break illusions, allowing you to see through illusion arts, falsehood arts, and cognitive alteration arts that do not exceed your own rank by more than one tier. At the same time, your line of sight can penetrate walls, clothing, or biological bodies up to 10 meters thick, allowing you to directly observe the hidden equipment and weapons on the target.】
“Seeing through illusions, and X-ray vision...”
Leon pondered. X-ray vision was a superpower he had fantasized about having during his middle and high school days in his previous life, but now... it was indeed of little use.
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