Infinite Terror: Infinite Reversal

Chapter 176 The Archbishop and the Spirit Puppet
"You guys should read less of those cultivation novels that only require two people to write..." Mu Xiang felt a black line hanging down his head and glared at them.

Long Taobing then realized what was happening and thought to himself that he should stay away from Zhang Heng... So he slipped down to the area below the main god and began his exchange.

Regarding Long Taobing's exchange, everyone's opinion was unanimous... Take advantage of the surplus funds and advance the priest profession to A-level in one go.

After obtaining the B-level enhancement, one can choose a priest's talent tree. Long Taobing certainly wouldn't choose the Shadow tree. He had considered the group's survivability for a long time, and when it was time to eat, he finally decided to choose the Discipline tree.

"There's nothing I can do. I originally wanted to choose the Holy lineage, since the description says it's all-around healing... but the God of War has too many restrictions on the Holy lineage." Long Taobing said helplessly, "Mu Xiang and I compared the methods involving resurrection, and even the worst Rebirth Cross requires two B-level side quests. I won't even mention the resurrection spells in the game. In the God of War, even the Holy Priest's passive skill, transforming into an archangel after death, requires two A-level side quests to exchange for."

"And what about the effects after exchanging for it? It doesn't last long. Although it can last longer and has stronger healing abilities after advancing to the Archbishop level, it still can't defend against the enemy's energy attacks." Long Taobing took a sip of wine and then couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Heng, his mouth greasy from eating, mumbled, "Damn, I thought you were invincible for a while."

Upon hearing this, the veterans all gave a wry smile... This was truly a dream. They were all experienced in team battles, and they knew just how terrifying this ability was.

Long Taobing said this with some indignation: "So do you understand now? Skills that can be used casually in the game, if they involve resurrection, are sold by the main god for sky-high prices! I don't know when I'll be able to master all the core abilities of the Holy Priest... Choosing a Discipline Priest costs a lot less, and in terms of healing alone, it won't lose."

"So which version of priest is this 'God's priest'?! When will we holy priests be able to stand up for ourselves?!" Long Taobing grumbled during his meal...

As the pillar of light, which had lasted for nearly twenty minutes, dissipated, Long Taobing slowly landed and then quite satisfied with his current abilities. After becoming a Discipline Priest, his energy was divided into two types: Holy Light and Shadow. Generally speaking, both had healing effects, and each had its own advantages.

According to Long Taobing, discipline priests are the most practical healers, deeply understanding that light also casts shadows. The meaning of discipline lies in balancing these two opposing energies and contributing to the world.

“Priests have too many skills, so at each level they reach, they will acquire some innate skills,” Long Taobing said. “By advancing to the highest level, Archbishop, I have already mastered the basic skills. After that, it’s just a matter of exchanging for more specialized abilities according to everyone’s needs.”

Judging solely from healing abilities, the God of War has been quite generous with the priest's innate skills. Thanks to Long Taobing's mastery of Holy Light, he used it to help everyone fight against the subtle erosion in the previous horror movie. Although he currently calls it a basic skill, the total amount and quality of its energy are far stronger than before, and a single healing spell can have an excellent effect.

Seeing that Long Taobing had completed the exchange and demonstrated his healing abilities, Zhan Lan walked to the area below the main god and began her own enhancement.

"Zhan Lan, don't forget our previous decision... let's exchange according to that." Mu Xiang said to himself.

Zhan Lan had been secretly connecting herself and Mu Xiang with a mental chain, and upon hearing Mu Xiang's words, she understood in her heart. Then, a beam of light shone upon her.

She prioritized upgrading her B-grade intermediate Protoss bloodline because the purification of psionic energy and spiritual energy have a perfect compatibility. Therefore, she chose to save the side quests first, and by strengthening her spiritual power, she could achieve an improvement equivalent to upgrading her bloodline once.

However, if we continue to strengthen our mental power, the marginal benefit will be decreasing due to the limitations of the initial Star Spirit bloodline... Upgrading the bloodline becomes the best solution.

As Zhan Lan descended from the sky, she didn't stop, continuing to exchange for something. Soon, two more beams of light descended, one landing on her, and the other in front of her. The crowd was momentarily confused, only knowing that Zhan Lan was still exchanging for auxiliary items. Mu Xiang watched the two beams of light descend and adjusted his glasses.

The first pillar of light to disappear revealed a lifeless body, devoid of any human characteristics... If one had to describe it, it would be more like a clothing store mannequin.

A while later, another body appeared before Zhan Lan, this one possessing more human features. It was shorter than the first, about the same height as Zhan Lan, but its overall features made it impossible to discern gender. The face was blurry; anyone who glanced at it would feel as if they saw a specific image, yet be unable to pinpoint it.

Mu Xiang stepped forward, put the first body into his spatial bag, and then introduced it to Zhan Lan: "This is the auxiliary tool that Zhan Lan and I chose, the spirit puppet..."

"You're really good at bluffing... If I were to introduce you, you might just give yourself away." Zhan Lan thought to herself.

So-called spirit puppets are companion puppets created by the Celestial Serpent Clan using flesh-and-blood technology. Strictly speaking, this is actually bionic technology developed by the Celestial Serpent Clan after researching puppet races. The manufacturing process for these spirit puppets is cumbersome, and their final physical strength is only at the second or third tier of transcendent level. Using them on others is quite useless…

Besides those who control mental power, this is also the reason why the Celestial Serpent Clan developed spirit puppets.

Even during the primordial era, those who could control their mental energy were a rarity among all races… They possessed a unique advantage: they didn't need any magic or even supernatural energy; their sole reliance was their own mental energy. The power of mental energy lay in the fact that unless the individual voluntarily shielded their mental energy from the outside, no magic could prevent its scanning and detection.

Any mental power controller, once awakened, can quickly become a formidable weapon on the battlefield. Even if they themselves are physically weak, they can boost an army's combat strength by more than 30%. Furthermore, mental power controllers can transcend the ordinary and achieve sainthood solely through their minds…

The fundamental reason why mental controllers are so powerful is that their mental barriers are not in a normal form, but rather extroverted. They are both incredibly powerful and rare talents, and also walking gateways to lower-dimensional erosion... After all, this mental form makes them extremely sensitive to the existence of lower dimensions, and they are completely eroded without even realizing it.

Mental controllers are a double-edged sword that must be carefully protected... The method of the Heavenly Serpent Clan is to use the law of flesh-blood consciousness connection as a guide, and to use the essence and blood of the mental controller as the main force to forge a companion puppet that belongs to the mental controller.

The main functions of the spirit puppet are twofold:
First, it moves according to the mind of the mental controller. Under the guidance and infusion of mental power, it becomes the walking clone of the mental controller. Those with strong mastery can summon the spirit puppet thousands of miles away at will, and even exchange spacetime coordinates with it. When used properly, it is an extremely powerful means of survival for the mental controller.

Secondly, it serves to prevent and stop mental controllers from transforming into lower-dimensional portals… Spirit puppets can store the perceptual information of mental controllers, such as whispers from lower dimensions. Only artificial flesh and blood spirit puppets have a controllable rate of mutation; once a critical threshold is reached, they can be destroyed and replaced. If a mental controller goes berserk, the Celestial Serpent Clan can simultaneously detonate both the spirit puppet and its original body.

The spirit puppets provided by the main god do not have this self-destruct backdoor unless the exchanger is willing to do so.

“A spirit puppet can replicate a weaker physical body and extraordinary energy based on its master’s essence and blood… If it is Zhan Lan’s spirit puppet, it should possess psionic energy,” Mu Xiang said at the end.

Everyone was stunned by this explanation, except for Zheng Zha, who silently pushed up the bridge of his nose.

If that's all there is to it, he doesn't see the power of this exchange... Does Mu Xiang have some outrageous idea?

Today's patch includes a reasonable algorithm for the six-dimensional values ​​based on the realm: a significant computational cost rather than a final result, which helps to address the fragmented numerical issues in the original work. Furthermore, based on the racial advantages and story background within the Infinite Multiverse, the Celestial Serpent Clan has created a special exchange item for Zhan Lan, specifically for mental power controllers; there will be a major event coming soon. (These are not copied from Z's original text; they are my own creations…)
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