23: Chapter 23 New Talent Effects

[SSS-Rank Hidden Talent: Destiny Magic Dice. Want to place a bet? (Note: Magic Dice Tiers: White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold, Red).]

[Effects: One, Random Magic Dice: Randomly refreshes three magic dice every day, and one can be chosen to gain a buff effect, Total Refresh Count: 1; Two, Permanent Solidification: Faith points can be consumed to solidify a one-time magic dice effect into a permanent rule of the divine kingdom. (Currently solidifiable magic dice tiers: White, Green.)]

[Fate grants mortals accidental miracles, while gods turn miracles into eternity.]

Fang Yun's breath paused for a split second upon seeing the talent effect, his gaze locked firmly on those four words: Permanent Solidification.

Those few simple words made his heart give a fierce thump, and he even suspected whether he had misread them.

After becoming a demigod, he had long been able to read ten lines at a glance, and his memory had also greatly enhanced; how could there be any possibility of misreading?

He even switched his consciousness back and forth between the real world and the divine kingdom just to repeatedly confirm that this was not an effect he suddenly hallucinated, but a solid, existing talent!

After multiple switches of Fang Yun's consciousness, the joy on his face was hard to suppress, and the corners of his mouth couldn't hold back a smile no matter what.

"Hahaha, hahahahaha."

Inside the empty villa came Fang Yun's unbridled wild laughter, and it took a long time for the laughter to subside.

Fang Yun stretched out his right hand in front of his eyes, slowly clenched it into a fist, a trace of arrogant smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.

"So..."

"This is true fate..."

After sorting out his mood, Fang Yun quickly recovered his past calmness and composure.

The buff of [Time Flies] had long been used, and the new talent had also refreshed at the same time; now the top priority was to check the talent of the next stage.

His consciousness came to the divine kingdom once more, and Fang Yun began to carefully check the buff effects refreshed this time.

[White Dice · Resilience: Disease resistance of believers in the divine kingdom +30%, recovery speed +20%, lifespan +10%. Solidification price: 500,000 faith points.]

[White Dice · Reproduction: Reproduction speed of all ordinary creatures in the divine kingdom +10%. Solidification price: 400,000 faith points.]

[Green Dice · Martial Arts Bone Structure: Qi and blood growth speed of all human believers +30%, martial arts cultivation speed +20%, breakthrough probability +10%. Solidification price: 5 million faith points.]

Glancing over briefly, Fang Yun directly used a refresh opportunity, first refreshing away [White Dice · Reproduction].

Because the current population of the divine kingdom was already enough for him, he temporarily didn't need to continue propagating the population; even if he needed to, he could use propagation cards to accelerate it.

Moreover, he already had the B-Rank talent [Abundance] bonus, so the animal and plant reproduction speed buff of this white dice had no attraction to him either.

After the refresh, a new buff appeared, which was a white buff leaning towards cultivation civilization, and Fang Yun did not consider it.

He wanted to refresh and see if there were better green dice, having already determined the principle for choosing dice in the future.

If there is green, take green! Prioritize taking down all buffs that can be permanently solidified at all costs!

At this stage, the dice he could solidify were limited to white and green, and no matter what, green dice were ultimately superior to white dice.

"Solidify Green Dice · Martial Arts Bone Structure."

Fang Yun directly made his choice. The effect of this Martial Arts Bone Structure was consistent with the direction he was currently taking, capable of increasing the believers' qi and blood growth speed and cultivation speed.

Coupled with the S-Rank building [primordial dragon-elephant pool] he placed, his first batch of believers were all experts in martial arts, only needing to wait for someone among them to break through the shackles. As long as they reached the First-Order Blood Refining Realm of martial arts, the believers would evolve from ordinary creatures into extraordinary creatures.

Fang Yun consumed 5 million faith points to directly solidify [Green Dice · Martial Arts Bone Structure]. Although it hurt a bit, thinking that this was a permanent solidification buff, he only had one feeling: it was so worth it!

At this time, the ten thousand strongest believers in the divine kingdom had been selected, and they were all [Homo Sapiens]. [Homo Sapiens] were not only not inferior to [Barbarians] in physique, but their intelligence was also a huge chunk higher than that of [Barbarians].

Therefore, their progress in practicing the «Primitive Body Refining Technique» was far faster than the other party's, and their combat skills were also richer and more versatile.

Since the medicinal liquid resources in the [primordial dragon-elephant pool] were not enough for all believers to use, in Fang Yun's plan, he prepared to first select the believers with the best talents and strongest strength in the divine kingdom to cultivate a batch of elites.

If there was remaining medicinal liquid later, he would select more believers for cultivation.

Ten thousand believers sat cross-legged with eyes closed in the [primordial dragon-elephant pool]; what they were currently undergoing was the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline Baptism.

As long as the baptism was performed, the believers would gain physical strength +100%, qi and blood growth speed +100%, defense increased by 100%, immunity to some minor injuries, and lifespan upper limit +50%.

If they were lucky, there was also a probability of awakening the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline and becoming [Dragon-Elephant Warriors]!

Fang Yun continuously and closely observed the situation in the dragon-elephant pool until the first batch of believers all completed the baptism. He was surprised to find that more than half of them had awakened the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline, which made Fang Yun somewhat surprised.

Thinking carefully, this proportion was actually not particularly exaggerated; this batch of believers was selected as the strongest from millions of people, so this awakening proportion was also reasonable.

Fang Yun continued to issue divine decrees, notifying these believers to continue selecting strong ones to enter the dragon-elephant pool.

Until half of the medicinal liquid in the pool was consumed, Fang Yun called a halt to the enhancement. With a sweep of his divine sense, the final result of the enhancement directly surfaced in his mind.

[A total of 300,000 people underwent enhancement, and 50,000 people awakened the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline.]

Fang Yun nodded slightly. He did not choose to let the rest continue with the bloodline baptism. He notified all believers who awakened the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline to undergo baptism once more, until all 50,000 people experienced three baptisms, and a mysterious dragon-elephant battle mark appeared on each person's body.

Believers who obtained the dragon-elephant battle mark gained all attributes +15%, and strength additionally increased by 50%.

At this time, the medicinal liquid in the pool was only a quarter of what it was at the very beginning. Fang Yun decided that the remaining medicinal liquid would no longer be used for bloodline baptism, but directly used to elevate the life level of this batch of [Dragon-Elephant Warriors], helping them break through to extraordinary!

At this moment, all the [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] who successfully awakened had burning eyes, and these baptized believers had all transformed into zealous believers.

That day, the deity who had been silent for a hundred years cast a benevolent gaze toward the lambs in the lost path.

The voice of the deity resounded above the vault of heaven.

"My people, today, you have gained a new birth."

"The mortal bloodline can no longer bear the future; I shall bestow upon you the ladder of evolution."

"As long as you hold faith in your hearts and follow my path, I will grant you greater power."

"Those who believe in me, I shall surely answer."

All the believers in the divine kingdom trembled all over with excitement, their expressions fanatical.

"Swear to follow our Lord to the death!"

"Swear to follow our Lord to the death!"

"Swear to follow our Lord to the death!"

Seeing this scene, Fang Yun smiled with satisfaction.

As his instructions descended, the 50,000 [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] who awakened the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline successively entered the dragon-elephant pool, and Fang Yun directly opened the second effect of the dragon-elephant pool, Life Metamorphosis.

[Life Metamorphosis: Elevates the believers' life level by one tier; each individual can only use it once. The specific consumption is determined by the believer's original life level.]

Originally, the remaining quarter of the medicinal liquid would have been enough for 150,000 people to undergo the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline Baptism. As a result, the 50,000 [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] underwent Life Metamorphosis, instantly consuming all the remaining medicinal liquid.

The exact moment the metamorphosis was completed, the 50,000 [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] opened their eyes simultaneously. Every single one of their bodies had undergone tremendous changes, far stronger than before.

Blood surged like rivers, and every beat of their hearts emitted a dull sound—this was the powerful shout emitted after life leaped forward.

The 50,000 [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] all became extraordinary creatures, completely advancing into the First-Order Blood Refining Realm of martial arts.

They stepped out of the [primordial dragon-elephant pool] simultaneously. As the first step fell, the earth trembled slightly.

As the second step fell, the neat footsteps sounded like war drums.

As the third step fell, 50,000 streams of qi and blood erupted simultaneously.

Crimson-red blood energy rose from the tops of their heads, slowly converging into a massively huge dragon-elephant phantom.

That was an ancient life form that could not be described in words; it possessed a giant elephant-like massive body, and its limbs were like giant pillars supporting heaven and earth.

Yet upon its skull grew a pair of majestic dragon horns, scales covered its whole body, and long dragon whiskers danced in the wind.

Its elephant trunk was like a divine pillar, and its dragon eyes overlooked heaven and earth.

The might of the dragon-elephant suppresses all things!

Starting from today, these [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] were no longer ordinary people; they were the first batch of extraordinary warriors blessed by the deities.

The dragon-elephant commander standing at the very front was the strongest among these 50,000 people. He knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and placed his right fist on his chest.

"Our Lord."

"We have stepped into the extraordinary."

"Fifty thousand [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] are willing to fight for our Lord!"

The next moment, fifty thousand voices rang out simultaneously.

"Willing to fight for our Lord!"

"Willing to fight for our Lord!"

The sound resounded through the clouds and echoed throughout the entire divine kingdom.

Fang Yun's consciousness enveloped the entire divine kingdom, revealing a look of satisfaction.

He planned to take these [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] as the core backbone, and have them command the remaining believers who had undergone baptism but not awakened their bloodline to form the [Dragon-Elephant Legion].

From now on, this [Dragon-Elephant Legion] composed of 50,000 blood-refining realm [Dragon-Elephant Warriors] and 250,000 [Homo Sapiens] who had undergone the Dragon-Elephant Bloodline Baptism would become the first batch of martial arts troops in his divine kingdom!

Moreover, the appearance of extraordinary creatures within the divine kingdom was also a necessary condition for advancing to a [First-Order God]. Next, as long as the area of Fang Yun's divine kingdom reached 10 million square kilometers, he would be able to open his path to becoming a god!