manynovel Chapter 76 Water-based Godhood
Chapter 76 Water-based Godhood
Chapter 76 Water-based Godhood
"After all, we need to save money. A mid-level godhood costs 10,000 inkstones. After becoming a mid-level god, we can't just be a mid-level god. We need to have things like divine artifacts to go with it. Otherwise, even if we refine a mid-level godhood, our strength will be too weak," Newt explained.
The reason why lower-level artifacts are cheap is simply because there are far too many lower-level gods in Hell. Theoretically, one out of ten lower-level gods can be promoted to a middle-level god, but the time limit also needs to be taken into account.
The feeling of getting promoted once every ten years versus once every ten thousand years is completely different.
In Hell, lower-level gods accumulate far too much, so naturally, their items become cheap. But once you reach the level of a mid-level god, the price starts at least a hundred times higher.
Although Newt also wanted to become a mid-level god by relying on his understanding of the mysteries, he had given up on it for many years.
However, he was unwilling to become just an ordinary intermediate god who had refined a divine spark.
After all, in the Blood Tiger Tribe, becoming a god on one's own and reaching the level of a high-ranking god is equivalent to becoming a leader. If the tribe has two high-ranking gods, it can expand outwards. Meanwhile, a mid-ranking god who becomes a god on their own has room for advancement and is quite powerful. The leader will give them a mid-ranking artifact, which will allow them to serve as a high-ranking member of the tribe.
Only those mid-level gods who have refined their divine essence and reached the limit of their potential will not receive the attention of the leader, and naturally they can only buy their own divine artifacts.
The difference in strength between a mid-level god who possesses a divine artifact and one who does not is at least several times.
Refining a divine spark is inherently weaker than refining a divine artifact of the same level, and it also lacks a divine artifact of the same level. The difference can be calculated as tenfold.
In fact, Newt's older brother White had already accumulated enough, and was only missing the inkstone to buy two mid-level artifacts. As long as he could afford them, White could choose to refine them into gods at any time.
"Let's drink, let's drink. I'd like to see if this Blood Tiger Wine is as magical as it seems."
Seeing that Newt was unwilling to talk much about refining a godhood, Karl could understand to some extent. After all, once a godhood is refined, one is basically limited. If it is a high-level godhood, it is better, since it is comparable to the strength of a three-star demon, and one will be popular anywhere.
However, if one is a mid-level god, then basically their future is tied to the Blood Tiger tribe.
Newt just smiled when he heard this, and took out two white jade wine cups from his spatial ring. He slowly lowered the porcelain bottle in his right hand, and a wisp of transparent, crystal-clear liquid slid down, quickly filling the two white jade wine cups.
Karl picked up the glass, held it to his nose, and smelled the rich aroma of the wine. The more he smelled it, the more intoxicated he became. After savoring it for a moment, Karl praised, "As expected of Blood Tiger Wine, just one sip makes my body feel warm and my mind clear."
"That's right. Actually, many tribes' specialties, besides being delicious, are more or less related to cultivation." Newt put the lid back on the half-empty porcelain bottle, flipped his hand, and put it back into his spatial ring. Only after doing this did he speak with a smile.
Although there was only a small amount of liquor and no side dishes, Carl and Newt were both quite satisfied with their drink.
Newt slowly left after finishing his drink.
In the days that followed, apart from Newt coming over from time to time, Karl spent most of his time in seclusion cultivating. Apart from the fact that Nalet and Crete would fight each other every few months, the Blood Tiger tribe was generally quiet.
Thus, in the tenth year since Karl joined the Blood Tiger tribe.
Karl sat cross-legged on the cloud bed, while his main body and the wind god's avatar each sat in a separate spot.
The aura of the wind-elemental god's avatar became increasingly ethereal, but clearly ten years was not enough for Karl to make further progress.
What has truly changed is Karl's true form in the Sanctuary. Compared to the initial understanding of the Illusion of Mist ten years ago, his profound mysteries have reached their peak during his ten years of life in Hell.
"Achieving godhood through water magic begins today!"
With his god-like soul and the elemental environment of a material plane a thousand times larger than Hell, Karl pushed the illusion of the fog to its most profound and mysterious extreme this morning.
As Karl waited, it was as if he had naturally crossed a hurdle, and the illusion of mist within the water elemental law was fully realized.
It was still the laws of heaven and earth that suddenly appeared out of nothingness, but this time Karl had experience. The lower-level water godhood quickly floated beside Karl, and under the endless divine power, a figure exactly like Karl began to emerge from head to toe.
If we really have to say what the difference is, it's probably just the hair color and the clothes.
"In ten years, the water system can become a god."
With pale green hair and robes, a figure exactly like Karl was Karl's water-elemental god clone.
After retrieving his divine avatar, Karl possessed three divine artifacts.
A scepter is a low-level offensive artifact.
A robe, also a lower-level defensive artifact.
The third item is a necklace, a lower-level soul defense artifact that Karl purchased from the system.
This is also what makes the Karl system special.
While physical defense artifacts and physical attack artifacts can be formed over thousands of years using divine power, soul defense artifacts test a person's understanding of the soul.
To truly create a soul defense artifact, one needs a deep understanding of the soul, and those who possess such soul research are often among the top-tier gods in terms of strength.
Soul defense artifacts are extremely rare, even among the higher-ranking gods who govern the rules. They often need to create a matching soul defense artifact based on a person's soul.
This is why high-level soul defense artifacts are rarely sold, because even if you kill a high-level god who possesses a soul defense artifact, many people cannot use the soul defense artifact left behind.
Although Karl didn't have much research on souls, he knew that he had a spherical soul, while Linley in his memories was sword-shaped, so naturally there would be other shapes of souls.
"The soul defense artifacts I bought from the system store are all pretty much the same. The appearance is just a facade. What's really useful is the eggshell on the soul. If it's a sword-shaped soul, the soul defense might be different."
After all, only a supreme god can truly create a universal soul defense artifact, while those below the supreme god level, even those who have reached the pinnacle of soul research, still require a one-to-one custom-made version.
This is like a sword that cannot be placed in its scabbard, and a knife that cannot be inserted into its scabbard.
The knife and sword are the soul, while the scabbard and sheath are like divine artifacts for protecting the soul.
Only the main artifact can change its shape according to the different souls.
Karl had never seen any other soul defense artifacts, so he could only guess.