Please be my partner.

Chapter 303: The Soul Hider and the Preparation for a Millennium

Time flies, and a day passes in the blink of an eye.

After a day of bombardment, even the deformed undead creatures with almost infinite vitality had their size reduced by nearly one-tenth.

This does not mean that it will take Melen and his team ten days to kill the deformed undead life in front of them. You know, the recovery ability of the deformed undead life is also linked to its body size. As its size shrinks, its recovery ability will also weaken accordingly. This also indirectly speeds up the progress of Melen and his team's strategy.

Therefore, the initial estimate that it would take them three to five days to kill the deformed undead creatures by working together is still reasonable.

Even with the addition of Mellen and Xinko, especially the unexpectedly huge damage caused by Golden Hair's Purgatory Dragon Breath to the deformed undead life, their progress seems to be even faster.

It was precisely because of Golden Retriever's outstanding performance that others turned a blind eye to Mellen's blatant slacking behavior.

Mellen seemed to always focus his attention on the battlefield, and occasionally he would instruct Xiao Liuli to perform illusions to assist everyone, but these were just appearances. Most of his attention was still quietly on Johnny.

From Johnny's unhurried performance, Mellen guessed that the former was waiting for something, but due to the lack of key information, he could not see clearly, just like looking at flowers in the fog.

Whenever this happened, Melen would understand more deeply that he was not the kind of smart person who was almost a demon.

Sometimes Melen would think that it would be great if he could train a real military advisor, so that he would have someone to give him advice whenever he encountered any problem.

Originally speaking, Garuru, who possesses powerful logical calculation ability, has the innate conditions to become a "dog-headed military advisor". However, due to the deep memories of his childhood, the mechanical dog never likes these complicated things, and only likes big and strong ones. This can be seen from the fact that the mechanical dog originally chose the evolutionary form of [Mechanical Megastructure].

Melen respected the dogs' choices, so he had to give up training Garuru in this direction.

As if sensing the gaze of its master, Garuru turned his head in his spare time to look. If the Colossal Titan did not have a tail, the mechanical dog would have been shaking its head and flying.

Melen waved his hand weakly to indicate that he was fine. Garuru immediately turned around and continued to fire tirelessly.

Apart from Garuru, other dogs are even less likely to...

Spike is indeed smart and talented, but all his intelligence and talent are focused on combat, and his methods of solving problems have always been simple and crude.

Little Honglian, a whimpering monster who only wants to be close to her master.

Golden Retriever, a silly dog not much different from Spike.

Xiao Liuli, the silly and sweet little princess.

The dog of corruption...

Void Dog...

The dogs naturally don’t know that, unknowingly, they have completed a new round of positioning in the hearts of their owners.

As the efficiency of the attack increased, it took only half a day for everyone to kill off one-tenth of the second total health of the deformed undead.

With the loss of one-fifth of its total mass, it can be seen that the distorted undead life has shown obvious weakening, and this weakening is manifested in all aspects.

Just when the situation seemed to be going well, suddenly, as Vasco's large-scale shock attack seemed to hit a key part of the distorted undead life, a clear and extremely pure wave flashed by.

Even in the chaotic battlefield, even though the fluctuation was hidden in the complex consciousness and energy of the distorted undead life, everyone captured it in the first time.

"This is..." Xinke's face showed surprise and doubt.

Vasco and Ella locked onto the place where the pure fluctuation appeared at the same time. The power that was enough to shake the space and the cold air that could freeze the space immediately enveloped it. At the same time, these two forces were controlled extremely delicately. When destroying the distorted undead life, they could also retract the sharp edge at any time to ensure that the source of the pure fluctuation would not be harmed.

Although their attacks were effective, that pure wave did not appear again.

When the pure wave appeared, Mellen immediately locked onto Johnny out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough, he saw the latter showing an ecstasy, an ecstasy that was even to the point of being a little crazy.

Before Mellen could form any further associations, he heard Johnny suddenly burst into laughter.

“Hahahahahahahahahahahaha…!~”

Everyone present could clearly hear the arrogance and recklessness in this laughter.

Vasco glanced over indifferently, unmoved; Ella's eyes remained cold, with no reaction; Lobo curled his lips, looking at this guy who had suddenly become more arrogant than himself; Xinko frowned, seeming quite puzzled...

After Johnny finished laughing, he looked disdainful and ignored everyone's reactions. He said to himself, "I'm sorry, everyone. I might be a little... offensive later, but please believe me, that was definitely not my intention. Hahahaha!"

Vasco paused and said coldly, "Johnny, what on earth are you keeping secret?!"

Johnny's smile widened, and he said provocatively, "You'll know soon!"

Vasco narrowed his eyes slightly. He naturally understood that when something is abnormal, there must be something wrong. Johnny's attitude of being respectful at first and then arrogant was enough to explain many problems.

Johnny's smile faded, and his whole body began to emanate a dark aura of death. At this time, the entire space was filled with the power of deformed undead life, but when these powers approached Johnny, they suddenly began to flow into his body uncontrollably, and Johnny's aura began to rise like a rocket.

"Could this be the soul hider?!" Xin Ke said in disbelief.

The people following Johnny, including Darren, were obviously prepared for the sudden change. They had stopped attacking and just stayed by Johnny's side.

Faced with the sudden change, even if Vasco didn't know what was happening, he should have interrupted it with the mentality of not letting the wrong person go. But looking at the defensive position composed of a large tangible net spread throughout the void around Johnny, Vasco knew that he had no chance to stop it.

Darren naturally thought of the current situation long before the battle, so while attacking the deformed undead life, he was also making arrangements in advance.

Melen asked, "What is a Soul Hider?"

Xin Ke explained with a grim expression, "Soul Hider is an extraordinary profession, but it has been abandoned."

"The Soul Hider can rapidly strengthen itself by devouring undead lifeforms. Even to break through to the Legendary level, all it needs to do is devour a single Legendary Undead lifeform. However, this extraordinary inheritance is abandoned because every time a Soul Hider devours an undead lifeform, their own soul essence becomes partially contaminated. Over time, the only outcome is a mental breakdown."

"Because the Soul Hider's power increases so quickly and easily, many instructors at the Golden Academy have conducted in-depth research on this, hoping to find a solution, or even a way to alleviate the problem. After all, the theoretical upper limit of the Soul Hider is the peak of Legendary level. Even if it is just used to train subordinates, it is still a good choice."

"In the end, almost all of the mentors' research failed. One Saint mentor even proposed a reverse argument. That is, taking advantage of the Soul Hider's ability to devour the undead lives of higher realms, he trained a Soul Hider to the peak of Legendary without devouring undead lives. Then, he had him devour the Saint's undead soul, thus directly ascending to Sainthood. Then, he used the Saint's ability to activate the laws to purify himself to reversely digest the remnants of the Saint's undead soul."

"But this method also fails. Once you become a Soul Hideer, you will naturally develop a desire to devour the lives of the undead. This desire will continue to accumulate as your strength increases, until it destroys your own mind."

"It is said that in the original experiment, the group of soul-hiders who did not devour the undead, the furthest they got, only barely reached the mid-legendary stage. Therefore, the experiment still failed."

Xin Ke paused and added, "Of course, although the research on the Soul Hider failed, those mentors also developed career inheritances such as the Lord of the Dead, the Soul Hunter, and the Dark Knight, which can reach the Saint level."

Xin Ke sighed and said, "Logically speaking, Johnny's family wouldn't allow a direct descendant to become a Soul Hideer, unless..."

Luo Bo snorted and continued, "Unless that super-sized treasure is of great importance, so Johnny made such a sacrifice?!"

At this time, Johnny revealed his profession as a soul hider. His purpose was self-evident. It was naturally to devour the deformed undead life, so as to advance his own strength to a level far beyond everyone else, and then seize the super-specification treasure.

Cooperating with several other people was just to consume the strength of the distorted undead life first, so that Johnny could start with the scattered energy, and then devour the distorted undead life step by step, and the process would become smoother.

However, this way of sacrificing oneself to obtain treasure, especially when it happened to Johnny, really surprised everyone.

It's no wonder that Johnny said before that he might be a little 'offensive' later. After all, after devouring such chaotic and deformed undead life, Johnny himself would fall into a semi-crazy state, and it would be understandable what he did at that time.

"Hehehehehehehe! ~Sacrifice?!"

Johnny slowly raised his lowered head. At this moment, he was surrounded by an unimaginably strong power of death and darkness. His eyes had turned pure black, and a strange light was flashing in them.

"In order to endure the Soul Hider's devouring desire, I have done so many absurd things and endured so much suffering! Do you think that I have given so much just for this moment of sacrifice?!"

"You will never be able to imagine how much our Wiggins family has paid for this treasure over the past thousand years!"

"All of this isn't for me to sacrifice. Next, I'll complete my true sublimation! Hahahahahaha!"

As Johnny finished speaking, the deformed undead creatures that had been attacking everyone due to the chaos suddenly stopped moving.

Immediately afterwards, layers of ripples began to appear on the surface of the deformed undead life, and undead and ghosts that had not been digested by the deformed undead life appeared on the surface of its body.

These undead and ghosts were generally extremely powerful. When they joined together, they were able to briefly control the lives of the deformed undead, and began to actively cooperate with Johnny's devouring, which greatly increased the latter's efficiency.

The icy power within Ella slowly subsided, and she said, "So that's how it is. Every time the secret ocean realm opens, the Wiggins family enters and unleashes a large number of undead and ghosts under their control upon this deformed undead creature. They've been accumulating this for millennia, waiting for this moment, right?"

"When they collaborated with us to attack the distorted undead lifeforms, they probably also intended to eliminate some of their chaotic consciousness, allowing the undead and ghosts under your control to gain the upper hand."

Although Vasco's face looked grim, the strength in his body slowly subsided.

Over the past thousand years, the Wiggins family has been well prepared. No matter what Johnny's final outcome is, after he devours the deformed undead life, he will at least be able to maintain his self for a period of time.

Although the size of the distorted undead life is unimaginably large, due to its chaotic consciousness, it is actually not a threat to everyone. But if this power is controlled by a clear consciousness, it will be a completely different story.

So, both Ella and Vasco planned to give up.

The super-sized treasures were indeed worth fighting for, but the situation had reached this point and there was no need to continue.

At this moment, Mellen suddenly caught sight of Xinke's mental fluctuations and heard him anxiously transmit his thoughts, "I think I already know what that super-sized treasure is. It's incredibly precious. Do you want to fight for it? If you do, you'll become mortal enemies with the entire Wiggins family! A fight to the death!"

After hearing what Xin Ke said, Melen's heart moved, and he immediately asked, "What is it?"

Xinke uttered a word.

Mellen's pupils suddenly shrank, but then he said in a deep voice: "Fight! You must fight!"

He glanced around and added, "Drag the other two into the water as well!"

Xinko nodded slightly, his lips moved, and then Vasco and Ella's bodies shook. They looked at Xinko in disbelief, and then stared at Johnny.

After a moment of silence...

"Boom!~Boom!~"

The power rising from Vasco's body directly shattered the space around him. The infinite fluctuations formed a resonance and began to be guided and transmitted in a regular manner. From the outside, he looked like he had lost all color and became a veritable "little black guy". His eyes were dark and deep, as if connected to other worlds.

Ella took a step forward, and her body released a pure milky white halo. Although there was no trace of cold air leaking out, anyone who saw this halo would have the illusion that their soul was frozen. At the same time, she seemed to have turned into an ice sculpture.

The two people who had originally given up their intention to fight, figured everything out almost instantly after hearing what Xinko conveyed to them. Combined with Johnny's performance, it was easy to confirm its authenticity.

So even though they knew that Xin Ke was dragging them into trouble, the two of them did not hesitate to use all their strength.

Because that treasure is...

Chapter 304: Innate Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit!

And it is the innate holy spirit!

No matter what path the extraordinary people in this world take, they will eventually be unable to escape the progressive web of mortals (first to third levels), legends (fourth level), saints (fifth level), demigods (sixth level), and greatness (seventh to ninth level).

Among them, saints are a class that truly connects the upper and lower levels, and are said to be "the closer to God, the farther away from people."

If a legend wants to be promoted to a saint, the most important step is to use the laws that he controls to activate the corresponding rules to purify himself and initially obtain the status of a saint.

However, how difficult it is to activate the rules to purify oneself!

For a normal legend to pass this step and become a saint, there may not even be a one in ten thousand chance. Even those who are favored by heaven will strive to take one more small step at the peak of legend to make their accumulation deeper and increase the possibility of becoming a saint.

Since ancient times, countless geniuses have tried to develop safer and more reliable methods to achieve sainthood. The Golden Academy's research on soul hiders is just one of them.

Among them, in the Age of the Gods, there was a universally recognized method that required no natural resources or treasures, was safe, convenient, and efficient, and anyone could achieve it...

That is to become the holy spirit of a certain god!

Each of the great beings above the seventh level is equivalent to an extraordinary source, and such beings will often establish their own churches.

Of course, the great beings in the starry universe are different from the gods of faith under the DND rules that Melen knew in his previous life. These great beings are the source themselves and will not be bound by faith. Establishing a church to collect the faith of all beings is just to enhance their own strength, similar to the cultivation of followers in the saint stage.

If I have to make a metaphor, the great existence of the starry universe is equivalent to the ancient gods under the DND rules.

When a believer's devout faith makes his will, thoughts, soul, and body all highly consistent with the great being he believes in, he will gradually transform into a holy spirit. At this time, he only needs the great being to directly infuse him with power, and he can easily become a saint.

The Innate Holy Spirit is a pure soul born from a miracle, and can naturally withstand the baptism of any rules. As long as someone can integrate the Innate Holy Spirit, the dangers he will face when becoming a saint will completely disappear, and he can achieve it in one go.

For the entire starry universe, legend is just the beginning of the extraordinary. Only by becoming a saint can one occupy a place in the heavens and myriad worlds.

Although there are as many as forty or fifty saint instructors in the Golden Academy, with the three major academies and the four major holy places, there are more than three hundred saints in the entire Peruvian world.

But you have to know that this is not only the accumulation of hundreds of large and small worlds around, the source of these seven major forces is a group of great beings. It is not an exaggeration to regard these seven major forces as the churches of those great beings.

Therefore, when Vasco and Ella learned that the super-sized treasure they were nurturing was the Innate Holy Spirit, they chose to attack with all their strength without hesitation.

Only the innate holy spirit is worth the Wiggins family spending thousands of years to arrange and plan.

Only the innate holy spirit can help Johnny become a saint in one fell swoop after he becomes a soul hider and devours the lives of the deformed undead.

This is exactly the reason why Xinke told Mellen that if they fought for it, they would become the Wiggins family's mortal enemies.

After all, Johnny has now risked everything. It can be said that the only way for him to survive is to merge with the Innate Holy Spirit and become a Saint. At this time, fighting for the Innate Holy Spirit is tantamount to killing him.

But even knowing this, Vasco and Ella still acted without hesitation!

The vibrating force of space and the milky white halo that could freeze everything hit the defensive position at the same time, directly shattering one third of the arrangement that Darren had spent so much time and effort to make.

Darren frantically regrouped his position while shouting in disbelief, "Are you crazy? Using a power beyond the legendary level must be quite a burden for you, for something unknown..."

Darren's voice stopped abruptly when he said this. Thinking of how Vasco and Ella had stopped before, but attacked without hesitation after looking at Xinko, he was not a stupid man and naturally understood what this meant.

Thinking of this, Darren paused quietly, and there was a hint of inexplicable color in his eyes when he looked at Johnny.

The reason why Darren helped Johnny was naturally because he received benefits from the Wiggins family. Although he was a little curious about the super-sized treasure born in the secret realm of the ocean, he did not ask much. Of course, even if he asked, the latter would not tell him.

After seeing Vasco and Ella's performance at this time, I already had many guesses in my mind.

At this moment, Darren's heart skipped a beat. He saw Johnny turning his head to look at him, with a look of madness and amusement in the latter's eyes.

This calmed Darren down and put his little thoughts to rest.