Starting with the awakened Poison God: I choose the Master Thief.

As soon as Krend finished speaking, the six-pointed star sealing array suddenly trembled violently, and the surrounding earth also began to shake.

"No! Didn't you say it wouldn't break the seal?! What's going on?!"

Chu Ci's voice instantly made Krend feel furious, and he immediately cursed.

"I was talking about normal circumstances, God has completely gone berserk! Tell me, what exactly did you do?!"

Krend looked at him with extreme hostility. If this guy hadn't saved Mina and wasn't Bors's apprentice, he would have attacked him long ago.

"Cough cough, well... I didn't do anything, I just might... maybe hurt it?"

Ok?

What nonsense is this kid spouting? You? Hurt him? If you're not a brother, do you even deserve to? Even I don't think I could do anything to this guy, so what makes you think you can?

Krend looked at him in surprise.

Just then, the vibrations coming from the seal seemed to be decreasing.

The earth finally returned to peace.

"Hmm? What's wrong with Shen Ji again?"

The two looked toward the crimson mist and saw that the dozen or so strange tentacles were retracting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the fog seemed to be slowly shrinking.

"This is!"

Krend stared at the scene in disbelief, knowing full well what it meant.

Before he became the bishop of Dawn City, the previous bishop was only a seventh-level expert, and he was sent here because of the divine seal.

That was the first time he had ever seen a seal. The six-pointed star sealing array back then was much larger than it is now, and the scale of the mist was also incomparable to what it is now.

It was the Theocracy that personally intervened, which eliminated most of the fog and reduced the seal to its current size.

In short, the larger the area of ​​the fog, the stronger the power of the god, and the less stable the seal is, and vice versa.

During this time, he did try to eliminate some of the fog, but no matter what method he used, it was as if his efforts had been in vain.

Krend looked at Chu Ci with shining eyes.

"This kid, just like Bors said, is really a gem!"

[Ding! You have gained Krend's approval. Your first-tier breakthrough quest is complete, and your level has increased.]

[Current Level: Tier 1, Level 0, 0/24100]

[Gain 100 free attribute points, increasing all attributes by 20 points.]

Chu Ci stared blankly at the system prompt, his fingers instinctively starting to add points.

[Ding. The attribute panel has been updated.]

Strength: 4023 (+300)

Constitution: 4878 (+300)

Physical resistance: 2873 (+110)

Magic Resistance: 1922 (+110)

Intelligence: 2803 (+400)

[Spirit: 1191 (+100)]

Agility: 3017 (+300)

[Ding! You have a job evolution item. Do you wish to use it? If you do not use it this time, your opportunity to use it will be postponed to the second tier.]

Nonsense! Of course it's for use! Isn't that what I've done all this for?

Chu Ci clicked "agree" without hesitation, and the career evolution stone in the system space disappeared instantly.

Just as he was looking forward to seeing how far his career would evolve, the system's voice sounded again.

[Ding, special substance detected. Activate targeted evolution? Evolution direction…Warning! Error! Error! …Ding, system has automatically corrected, repositioning evolution direction…10%]

???

No? Is this evolutionary direction really okay?

A fine layer of sweat appeared on Chu Ci's forehead.

"Why does it feel like the system is about to crash? Stop it! If it really doesn't work, I won't evolve anymore! But if I can't enter 'God's Realm' because of a crash, who am I supposed to complain to?!"

Fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.

[30%...50%...70%...100%, Location successful. After fusing with the Raider trait, your class will evolve into—Abyss Hunter.]

Hmm? What kind of profession is this? And what exactly are the Raider traits?

Upon opening the system warehouse, Chu Ci was immediately drawn to the crimson ball of light at the very front.

[Raider Trait]: A special product stolen from a being from beyond the world—the God of Death.

use:???

. . .

What's the difference between saying nothing and saying nothing at all? But this thief...

Based on all the professions Chu Ci had seen over the years, he was certain that this profession did not exist among thieves.

Of course, it's also possible that some information is simply unknown to most people, and it's normal that he doesn't know it, since he's just a student with slightly better grades.

"What should we do? Should we take a gamble?"

A struggle raged in his mind.

On the one hand, he, who is inherently cautious, hesitated when faced with such a high-risk situation.

On the other hand, this profession does sound impressive, after all, the materials used are all from outside the world, and he has personally witnessed the dangers of the gods.

Generally speaking, just as the more powerful the equipment, the more precious the materials required to forge it, this is common sense, so this can be described as a huge gamble.

"Let's do it! What am I afraid of! Thieves are already the worst of all classes, how bad can they be? I'll gamble!"

[Ding, evolution begins.]

Meanwhile, Krend, who was enjoying himself, turned around and glanced at Chu Ci, who hadn't said a word.

"Hey kid, why haven't you said a word since earlier? What the heck!"

In his field of vision, long, thin, deep red tentacles, resembling blood vessels, appeared out of nowhere and were gradually enveloping Chu Ci. The key point was that the kid didn't resist at all.

"Could it be that the mist wasn't eliminated, but rather that the god escaped from the seal?!"

This terrifying conjecture turned Krend's face instantly deathly pale.

Just then, Chu Ci's voice suddenly rang out.

"Bishop Krend, I may need a little time. Please protect me."

After he finished speaking, Chu Ci's body was completely enveloped, forming a crimson giant egg that was taller than a person.

"This kid is still conscious? Could he really not be a god? But why does this power feel so similar to mine?"

Krend frowned deeply as he looked at the giant egg before him. He slowly raised his right hand, but it suddenly stopped in mid-air at his chest. After a few seconds, he helplessly lowered his hand.

"Hey kid, if you don't turn into a monster when you get out, you'd better tell me everything honestly! Otherwise, I'll definitely give you a good spanking in front of my granddaughter!"

However, Chu Ci could not hear these words. At this moment, he was enveloped by tentacles and his consciousness was in a state of chaos.

In a daze, he seemed to see something—a world stained with filth and blood. He stood on a very high mountain and vaguely heard screams of terror.

"Run! They...they're coming!"

On the ground, groups of several races ran wildly across the land, with thick crimson mist spreading rapidly behind them, threatening to engulf them.

At this moment, countless golden rays of light streaked across the sky, and humanoid creatures with white wings on their backs suddenly appeared.

Without hesitation, they rushed into the mist, and for a moment, terrifying energy fluctuations erupted within it, their spread slowing down instantly.

"This is?"

The scene shifts, and Chu Ci finds himself standing on a plain once again.

All around him were crowds of people running away from him.

boom!

Suddenly, a loud bang came from the sky.

Chu Ci raised his head, his vision stretching outwards.

Above the clouds, a powerful group of mages dressed in white and gold robes were gathering their magic power, giving off an even stronger sense of oppression than Krend.

On their other side, the mist stretched out into the air, and a huge, scarlet vertical eye peered out from within it.

With just a glance, several mages' bodies trembled violently and began to contort, their eyes growing bloodshot rapidly.