Devil's Bible

After pondering deeply for a while, Nemus entered into the last 'event' he had been preparing for these past few days.

[The Road to Desperation]

According to intelligence, this is a recurring event.

Once you enter this event, you will appear on a road.

You can only go forward on this path, and a large number of monsters will suddenly appear around you and attack you.

With each step you take, various strange forces will surge into your body.

During this process, the body becomes pure. If this purity accumulates to a certain degree, it can complete the transformation and become a silver species.

Furthermore, the monsters you kill will transform into a pure crystal.

When these crystals accumulate to a certain extent, they can be condensed into a card.

[Silver Card]

【★★★★★】

[Type: Belief Consumption Category]

Usage requirements: None

[You can upgrade any card, enhancing its effect and forcibly increasing its star rating by one. If the star rating exceeds the maximum, its effectiveness will decrease.]

[Restriction: Each card can only be used once.]

【Origin: Road to Despair】

This is the only secret that allows most people to upgrade their cards.

Most people's core cards are at one star when they are gathered, and then when they form a complete deck and perform a full resonance, there is a chance to upgrade the core cards to one star.

Then comes the time when it becomes a Silver card, which gives you the chance to upgrade your core cards by one star.

Aside from these two opportunities, the only way to upgrade cards that are openly available is through Silver cards.

However, there is a problem in this process.

That is, the higher the star rating of a card, the more difficult it is to upgrade. A one-star card can become a four-star card through these three opportunities.

However, even with these three opportunities, it's difficult for a three-star card to reach a five-star card.

For example, Nemus's [Swordsmanship], as a four-star card, doesn't really activate when the deck achieves full resonance, so it can't be upgraded at all.

Of course, if Nemus resonates with other swordsmanship cards for a long time, he might be able to upgrade his star level.

It's possible that the subsequent Silver promotion will lead to a star-level upgrade.

With the addition of the Silver Card, Nemus can push the card to six stars.

However, the Seven Star Card is very difficult to obtain.

In this respect, the city lord is quite powerful.

It can only be said that there is also a diminishing marginal effect in this regard.

However, Nemus's characteristics do not seem to have been passed on.

Therefore, his marginal increase does not appear in these cards.

Otherwise, things would be much simpler.

When Nemus arrived at the [Path of Despair], he discovered Moro there.

【Path of Despair】is a permanent open event that can be entered once a year and can last for seven days each time.

If you fail to get promoted within seven days, you will be kicked out of the event.

However, if it is a silver-type creature, then entering it will cause its essence to be absorbed, resulting in degeneration.

Only by traversing the perilous path once more can one regain their strength.

Even under these circumstances, the Path of Despair was still surrounded by many people sent by various factions.

They are acquiring the crystallization that can condense the [Silver Card].

Although each card can only be used once, everyone's deck has that many cards.

Upgrading all stars at once will greatly increase overall strength.

This is why the five leaders are stronger than the other leaders.

Of course, the [Path of Desperation] is not easy to clear. Even if you do clear it, some people simply condense the energy into a card and use it on themselves.

If there isn't enough to form a card right now, I'll keep it and wait for the next entry next year.

Once a year, a silver card can always be accumulated.

Once you upgrade your core card and increase your strength, what can't you have with power?

Selling those crystals might yield a short-term profit.

But smart people know what the future holds.

Those who can become card users, complete card decks, have the confidence to become Silver-tier, and emerge from the "Path of Desperation" are all extraordinary individuals.

They are absolutely unwilling to be subordinate to others.

Therefore, there aren't many forces outside the Path of Despair that can receive crystals.

More often than not, they are preparing to enter the incident and start looting.

These people are known as professional silver hunters.

Every year, they enter the "Path of Despair," and then, relying on their rich experience and control over their power, they seek out other people who have entered the event, hunt them down when they are off guard, and obtain their crystals.

This is extremely risky, yet people still do it.

The reason is that the profits are truly substantial.

It is said that Grain Master, one of the five leaders, was originally a professional silver hunter.

He used this method to upgrade all of his cards over nine years.

He then defeated a previous chieftain in a direct confrontation and successfully ascended to the throne.

Therefore, some people believe that under the control of the major leaders, it is extremely difficult to surpass them through normal means.

The best way is to hunt for silver here.

Moro frowned when he saw Nemus appear here, but he remembered his previous lesson and did not come forward to provoke Nemus. Instead, he obediently made preparations.

However, his heart was roaring. He had grown rapidly during this period, and yesterday he had even encountered an incident that was contaminated by the aura of the Netherworld Corpse.

Although he failed to advance to the Silver rank in that incident, he did raise his power to a critical point.

"Just wait, just wait! Nemus! Your strength has reached its limit, while I'm only just getting started."

"It won't be long before I become a powerhouse on par with you, or even surpass you."

"Then I will make you understand that you must have reverence for power!"

With this thought in mind, Moro imagined how he would treat Nems in the future, and felt a surge of energy.

【The Road to Despair】is located at the east gate of Silver City.

Stepping out of the city gate means entering the event itself.

Moro was taken aback when he saw Nemes also starting to line up and prepare.

He never expected that a 'strongman' like Nemes would also have to enter the [Path of Despair].

In his mind, Nemus was a powerful figure capable of fighting the city lord, and was definitely already a Silver-ranked expert.

Is he going to reset his skill points by entering the "Path of Desperation" now?

Resetting skill points is another use of the "Path of Desperation" skill.

Because silver-level beings will have their power washed away upon entering, returning to their card-wielding state.

During this period, as long as you make new breakthroughs, you can change some of your physical conditions.

After all, the cards resonate with the body, increasing stats while also altering some of the body's characteristics.

Sometimes, conflicting characteristics can make it difficult for someone to continue improving.

That's why the term "washing points" came about.

Thinking of this, Moro's eyes lit up.

He then waved, and immediately someone ran over and gathered around him.

Of the five leaders, the grain merchant has already pledged allegiance to him. (End of Chapter)