The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 192 Second-Order Cultivation Method, Another Fool's Card!

"Just what I feared most has happened—"

Upon hearing Lin Qi's voice, Dean immediately gave a bitter smile, his expression becoming increasingly depressed.

If this gossip finds out about this, it won't be long before the news spreads throughout the entire universe.

If it only concerned him, it wouldn't be a big deal, but Heavenly Mountain had just formed an alliance with the Celestial Court. If it were to lose prestige because of this, he would become a sinner.

As for lying to cover it up—

Leaving aside the constraints of "integrity" on believers of Holy Light, the path to God is not a place to hide secrets.

The victor is gilded, the loser is stained crimson.

The red aura surrounding him had already explained everything.

"Dean, what's with that look on your face? Do you think I'm going to go around telling everyone you lost?"

Seeing his expression, Lin Qi immediately adopted a pained and indignant posture, and even deliberately raised his voice a few decibels.

The cultivators who hadn't been paying attention to this place were all drawn over by this shout and turned their heads to look.

Dean's eyes twitched violently. Too lazy to say anything more, he transformed into a beam of holy light and left the platform.

When he reappeared, he had retreated to the void far away from the platform.

But before he could turn around and run away, a large hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

"Hey kid, why did you run off before even hearing the rest of the conversation?"

Lin Quan completely ignored Dean's murderous gaze and mysteriously moved closer.

"Seriously, something's been off with the Ascension to Godhood lately. Last time, I didn't even see my opponent before they approved my advancement."

"oh."

Dean gave a nonchalant reply, showing no disbelief whatsoever.

The Ascension to Godhood was personally erected by the Celestial Court's Daoist Venerable, opening up a direct path to divinity for all the heavens and myriad realms, and has existed for countless epochs.

Not to mention making mistakes, there has never been even the slightest injustice.

"Sigh, I knew no one would believe me."

Lin Qi looked dejected, but quickly cheered himself up.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing—I heard that the people from Eden seem to have found a lost tower. Want to go take a look?"

"I'm sorry, I have other matters to attend to and cannot keep you company any longer."

Dean instinctively refused, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.

The Lost Tower — at this very moment —

After a moment's thought, he changed his mind.

"Wow!"

"No, Dean, why are you swearing?"

"（▼へ▼#）"

"Gah—Gah—Gah—"

On the circular platform of the Ascension Stairs, a Deathbird perched steadily on a withered branch of an ancient war tree, its hoarse cries echoing throughout the platform, carrying a chilling aura of death.

"Such extreme power of death, you could never have come from a small world!"

A handsome male elf knelt on the ground, his body covered with eerie black runes.

The runes writhed like living things, continuously draining his life force. His face was as pale as paper, and his breath grew weaker and weaker.

Opposite him, Lu Yan crossed his arms and looked at the elf with a somewhat questioning gaze, with only one thought in his mind.

weak!

That's way too weak!

He originally thought that all cultivators from outside the realm were as powerful as Dean, and he even planned to use this battle to test his true strength after his Dao Foundation was strengthened.

Especially this elf, who immediately summoned a powerful ancient war tree, and whose longbow was surrounded by a chilling aura. Coupled with his arrogant and disdainful demeanor, he looked like a top-tier powerhouse to anyone who saw him.

But to his utter surprise, the moment he summoned the Deathbird, the once lush and verdant ancient war tree instantly lost its vitality, its branches and leaves withered and yellowed, its trunk cracked, and it became completely still.

The elf struggled a few times, but after touching the Deathbird repeatedly, it suddenly accumulated more than thirty layers of death marks.

According to Lu Yan's estimation, even if he chose to make a judgment at this moment, even if he failed to trigger the instant death effect of the death mark, the life force and spiritual power that were drained would be enough to severely damage the elf and make it difficult for it to recover.

Perhaps there is an elemental advantage involved, after all, the power of the Deathbringer sequence is incomparable to that of ordinary extraordinary sequences.

Even so, being suppressed to this extent in one move is truly quite vulnerable.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan didn't bother to observe any further. He flashed and instantly appeared in front of the elf, slowly extending his right hand.

Upon seeing this, the male elf Legolas's eyes flashed with a fierce glint, and he immediately raised his longbow to retaliate.

Suddenly, everything went blurry before his eyes, and the longbow that had accompanied him in battle for hundreds of years and with which he had long since become one with his heart was now firmly in Lu Yan's hands.

【Gemstones, Rare Objects, Emerald Green Bow】

"It's only gem-grade."

Lu Yan curled his lip in disgust, completely ignoring the murderous glare in Legolas's eyes that was practically spitting fire, and snapped his fingers.

The next instant, the thirty-plus death marks on Legolas' body erupted simultaneously, and the dark power of death instantly swept over his entire body, taking his life in the blink of an eye.

Death Mark - Instant Death!

"Well, that's pretty lucky—"

Lu Yan shook his head and chuckled, then casually tossed the emerald longbow into the God-Devouring Coffin.

Although it's only a gem-grade rare item, it's enough to nourish the Skyward Wings.

Perhaps you can even use wood to start a fire and bring unexpected gains.

As soon as he collected the curious object, the reward for ascending to godhood arrived as scheduled. A golden light condensed into a treasure chest, which floated in front of Lu Yan.

Lu Yan skillfully raised his hand and opened the treasure chest. Inside lay a lustrous, emerald-green leaf, radiating a faint vitality.

"As expected, the rewards are based on the opponent's attributes—but what if we encounter an opponent whose attributes we can't use? Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?"

Lu Yan clicked his tongue in amazement, pondering to himself.

Generally speaking, the attributes of the victor and the loser are often mutually exclusive. It is only because he has many sequences and strong compatibility that this vibrant leaf would be wasted if it were a sequence specializing in the death attribute.

While absorbing life force can be beneficial, it ultimately cannot compare to the effect of materials of the same attribute.

Only those filthy and monstrous gods would use the contamination of other things and the devouring of alien energy as a means to advance their own power.

Most cultivators would probably collect these unused spoils and exchange them for things they need later.

Thinking of this, Lu Yan's eyes suddenly became playful.

Could this ascension to godhood be a way to promote exchanges between extraordinary civilizations across the myriad realms?

Do even the high and mighty gods care about these things?

While mentally complaining, Lu Yan picked up the leaf, his disdain deepening.

[Gemstones, Materials, and Leaves from the Ancient Tree of Wisdom: Wearing them close to the body can slightly enhance cognitive abilities]

Although it is only one level lower than a gem-grade artifact, the effects of the two are worlds apart.

The ancient sorcerer sensed the host's thoughts and immediately rebuked him, for even a small matter is still a matter of concern!

[The Bloodblade Berserker agreed with the ancient wizard's statement and requested to be devoured.]

The ancient wizard flatly refused, stating that he wanted to use it to develop a potion that could permanently enhance mental abilities.

"Gem-grade materials are now considered worthless; who's really more disgusted by them?"

Lu Yan's lips twitched, and he helplessly tossed the leaves of the ancient tree of wisdom to the ancient wizard.

Compared to using it to fuse with strange objects, permanently enhancing his thinking ability was clearly more appealing to him.

After all, the core of his Dao foundation is ancient wizardry, and strengthening one's thinking ability is undoubtedly crucial for ancient wizards.

"However, it's still a bit lacking compared to mithril-grade artifacts."

Lu Yan looked inward into the Devouring God Coffin, watching the Holy Judgment Flint being gradually assimilated within, and silently prayed.

Hopefully, the opponents on the next two floors will be stronger!

[Fifteenth Floor - Rest Area]

Lu Yan emerged from the teleportation vortex of the Ascension Staircase, his face filled with disappointment.

He originally thought that the elf he had just encountered was weak enough, but he did not expect that the two opponents he encountered afterward would be even weaker than the elf.

Lu Yan casually unleashed one or two secret techniques, and the opponent collapsed to the ground dead without even a chance to struggle.

Not only that, but the rewards offered were also quite meager, consisting of only two gold-level rare items.

[Gold, Material, Low-Level Mechanical Spark: Grants a mechanical artifact low-level intelligence upon use]

[Golden Rare Artifact - Serpent Totem: When activated, it generates a highly venomous circle with a radius of 30 meters, causing continuous poisoning to creatures within the circle.]

"Forget it, we have to eat one bite at a time. Consider this as nourishing the God-Swallowing Coffin."

17

Lu Yan sighed helplessly and casually tossed the venomous snake totem into the Devouring God Coffin.

As for the low-level mechanical fire seed, he kept it separately.

Although the world he lives in also has mechanical creations and the manufacturing methods are not backward, on the whole, superhumans still prefer to solve problems with superhuman power.

At least that's how Lu Yan himself felt.

However, seeing this spark that can imbue machines with intelligence, it would be a lie to say he wasn't curious at all.

He was eager to see if this spark could truly ignite mechanical life.

At this moment, three beams of light descended from the sky and landed steadily in front of Lu Yan.

Lu Yan didn't bother to argue and simply raised his hand to activate the three orbs of light simultaneously.

All the arena he experienced this time were the Ascension to Godhood competition scenarios. Apart from Dean, who was quite strong at the beginning, the other opponents were all exceptionally weak. No matter how he calculated it, he didn't think he could get any good rewards.

But when the items inside the ball of light were revealed, Lu Yan's eyes lit up.

[Second Tier - Knight's Breathing Technique]

[Second-Tier Wizard Meditation Method]

【Primordial Card - Diviner (IX) - Diviner: Holding this card grants mastery of various divination techniques, including astrology, card games, and pendulum divination. Activating this card allows for targeted divination of specific content.】

The surprise came unexpectedly, but was instantly replaced by endless apprehension.

How long has it been since he came into contact with Klein's diary?

He had actually collected three Fool's cards.

He never thought it was a coincidence, nor did he think it was because he was lucky.

To paraphrase what I said in my past life, every gift in this world has already had its price quietly marked by fate.

He couldn't be sure if the Fool was behind it all.

After all, as far as he knew, Fools were beings who could fool history and rules, and distort reality with a single thought.