204: accelerate

Although the stats panel didn't look particularly outstanding aside from the special Sun and Moon attributes, according to the information provided by Zhu Yan, the two faith puppet bodies were still in the gestation process.

Once gestation was complete, the strength of the two faith puppet bodies could directly reach the Monarch Rank limit, and they would be the kind with an extremely solid foundation.

Moreover, because they were formed by merging the faith of the creatures in the secret realm, the two faith puppet bodies also absorbed their combat experience and techniques, the mastery of the Power of Heaven and Earth reaching the Monarch Rank limit of the secret realm below, and the ability to control a Domain at the second stage.

As the main body, Zhu Yan could not directly receive the massive volume of will and experience from the creatures in the secret realm like the faith puppet bodies could, but even the partial feedback received from the faith puppet bodies brought it immense benefits.

Among the Spirit Beasts contracted by Xu Yan, Zhu Yan and Wuxiang were the youngest and had the least experience and combat knowledge. Wuxiang, being a Mechanical Spirit Beast, could at least directly enter the Database to search for and download various information and knowledge, while Zhu Yan, lacking this ability, was the one with the weakest combat techniques among all the Spirit Beasts.

Now, with the feedback from the two faith puppet bodies, Zhu Yan's combat experience and mastery of the Power of Heaven and Earth began to improve rapidly, and even its Domain Power started gradually advancing toward the second stage.

Once the two faith puppet bodies were completely gestated, Zhu Yan would have a full opportunity to catch up to and even surpass Suanni and Xuan You, who were currently in the first echelon of the team, in these aspects.

It could be said that by then, even if the two faith puppet bodies did not join the battle, Zhu Yan alone would be qualified to contend for the position of the strongest member of the team.

However, the biggest problem currently facing Xu Yan and Zhu Yan was time.

The flow rate of time inside and outside the secret realm was different, but there was still a certain upper limit. During the process of Zhu Yan devouring the Sun and Moon, more than a year passed inside the secret realm, while half a month passed outside the secret realm.

According to Kong Ji's previous statement, Xu Yan had one month of Special Training time before the University League began. Due to the different time flow rates, one month in the outside world was relatively sufficient, and the Coaching Team had also prepared multiple Special Training plans and venues for Xu Yan to choose from.

However, what Xu Yan hadn't expected was that the first stage of the Special Training alone had already taken up half of his time. Furthermore, according to Zhu Yan's estimate, at the current rate of faith convergence, it would take at least another year inside the secret realm to fully gestate the two faith puppet bodies.

During this process, Zhu Yan, as the object of faith, could not leave the secret realm. Similarly, to prevent Zhu Yan from being influenced by the Power of Faith or encountering other unexpected situations, Xu Yan, the Beast Tamer who was not severely rejected by the secret realm, needed to monitor it in real-time and intervene when necessary.

However, this meant that the entire month of Special Training time would be spent within this secret realm. Although this successfully nurtured Zhu Yan and instantly added three top-tier Monarch Rank Battle Forces.

But looking at the other Special Training plans sent by the Coaching Team, and the resources and special secret realms mentioned in those plans—which were clearly vastly improved due to the upcoming special University League—he was ultimately a bit greedy and unwilling to give up this excellent opportunity to enhance his strength.

Thinking this, after a brief consideration, Xu Yan didn't hide anything. He informed Kui Fang about the current state of Zhu Yan and the faith puppet bodies, as well as his thoughts on the special resource secret realms in the other plans, and asked if there was a way to accelerate the formation of the faith puppet bodies.

In response to Xu Yan's inquiry, Kui Fang pondered for a moment before giving an answer.

"There is a method, but doing so is like killing the goose that lays the golden egg. It will cause immense damage, perhaps even destruction, to this secret realm and all the creatures within it.

Given the current state of this secret realm, coupled with the support you provided, if it develops step by step, this secret realm will sooner or later become the backyard of your Little Spider, and the vast majority of creatures within the realm will become its believers, continuously providing it with the Power of Faith.

Now that I've said this, do you still want to speed things up?"

Regarding Kui Fang's question, Xu Yan quickly made a choice in his heart.

Xu Yan had also read the Secret Technique, Myriad Souls Puppet Body, given by Kui Fang.

A passage in the Power of Faith chapter stated that after a faith puppet body is formed, if it continuously accepts the Power of Faith from the same source, the will and Vow Power carried within that Power of Faith will subtly influence the puppet body. Accumulating over time, this could potentially cause the puppet body to transform toward the believers' desired vision, or even affect the main body in reverse.

Even if the probability was low, Xu Yan was unwilling to gamble whether Zhu Yan and the two faith puppet bodies could withstand the influence of the Power of Faith. Therefore, upon seeing this information, Xu Yan chose a somewhat extreme solution mentioned in the Secret Technique.

During the gestation process, he would choose to absorb and purify more Power of Faith, allowing the faith puppet bodies to instantly reach the maximum state they could achieve the moment gestation was complete, and then immediately sever the connection with the secret realm's creatures, ceasing to absorb their Power of Faith.

Simultaneously, at the moment gestation was completed, he would use the Secret Technique to convert the Power of Faith constituting their bodies and strength, through a special method, into a unique power capable of bidirectional conversion between the Power of Faith and Spiritual Power, ensuring they wouldn't worry about energy replenishment issues.

Aside from the potential moral guilt toward the loyal believers who provided a large amount of the Power of Faith, severing the connection with some of the powerful entities among them would not be easy.

However, given the inherent "anti-human" underlying logic of this secret realm and its maximum limit of only the Monarch Rank, this course of action presented no problems for Xu Yan, either morally or practically in terms of strength.

Originally, Xu Yan was prepared to expend extra effort to sever the connection when the faith puppet bodies formed. Now that he learned from Kui Fang about a way to accelerate the gestation process and also sever the connection more easily and quickly, what was there left to choose?

Facing Kui Fang, Xu Yan did not try to hide anything. He directly told the other party all his thoughts, stating that he wanted Kui Fang to help him accelerate the gestation of the faith puppet bodies, and if possible, to maximize the loss and destruction, saving himself and Zhu Yan some effort.