Chapter 781: Thunder Emperor Joins the Team! Demon Island Begins! (2)

Chapter 781: Chapter 366: Thunder Emperor Joins the Team! Demon Island Begins! (2)

Other Shore: ???

Other Shore: Wait, what the hell is this? When did this thing show up? Aren’t you supposed to reply with “Don’t bully a poor young girl” or something?

Qing Yu: Hahahahaha!

Qing Yu: This is even funnier!

Thunder Emperor: That’s why I’m really curious, why did you have to use that kind of identity to go pretend to be a simp in some ordinary academy? This is seriously interesting.

Thunder Emperor: The Divine Monarch next door is like that because it’s mutual love, they’re just playing fancy games. What’s your reason?

Other Shore: Stop roasting me, stop roasting me.

Other Shore: (ಥ﹏ಥ)

Other Shore: Something’s off, why do I feel like that guy getting interviewed in the video looks kinda familiar? I keep feeling like I’ve seen him somewhere…

Other Shore: Holy shit! Jail Cat! You f**king!

Short-tailed Cat: Hehehe~

Thunder Emperor: [Luck-red-packet.JPG]

Thunder Emperor: Come grab a red packet together!

[Short-tailed Cat grabbed 7684 Spiritual Points]

[Other Shore grabbed 6999 Spiritual Points]

[Divine Monarch grabbed 1 Spiritual Point]

[Broken Star grabbed 2 Spiritual Points]

….

After that brief bit of chatting, the atmosphere in the team channel turned cheerful, but once the red packet was finished, Ye Mingqiu’s expression stayed pretty unhappy.

This time, he had a feeling—he felt like he should be able to grab a big one, but he hadn’t expected… his feeling to be off. He only grabbed a single Spiritual Point. Luckily Tang Ruobing was thoughtful and grabbed one right after him, sort of helping ease his awkwardness.

Afterwards, Ye Mingqiu and Thunder Emperor exchanged a few pleasantries, then continued studying knowledge related to Domains, constantly broadening his horizons.

….

Two days later, Ye Mingqiu sat alone in his room, using Authority to cast an Ancient Magic Domain. While releasing it, he was also feeling out the finer details of the Domain, and then thinking about how to keep optimizing it, to make his Domain release faster.

‘If I’m not mistaken, what Profound Nether used on me back then was also a Domain.’

‘The Colorless Domain he used had almost zero startup time, but at the same time it didn’t look like a modern Domain—it was more like an Ancient Magic Domain, an Ancient Magic Domain being released at extreme speed. The evaluation other teachers gave before was: pure numbers freak.’

‘But is it really just a numbers freak? There should be other techniques supporting it, right? If it was purely numbers, it shouldn’t reach that level.’

Ye Mingqiu thought silently.

He really wanted to be just like Profound Nether back then, pushing Ancient Magic Domains to the extreme, possessing supreme, overwhelming Power—only he temporarily still couldn’t do it.

Why?

What am I still missing?

Ye Mingqiu fell into deep thought, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t arrive at an answer.

He had gone to ask Thunder Emperor about it before, and the answer he gave was simple and direct.

Bloodline

The opponent possesses an extremely powerful Bloodline. The Domain he releases doesn’t need to be pre-engraved like a normal Spiritualist, but is already engraved into his body and soul from the start. So in battle he can just use the Domain directly without any prerequisites.

If he guessed right, the guy’s Race should be Divine Race, and an Ancient Divine Race at that—a Type extremely adept at combat.

That really can’t be compared.

Ye Mingqiu felt a bit jealous. Not needing to do anything, only relying on Bloodline to directly release a Domain—and a Domain with extremely high intensity at that—that’s just too strong.

Thunder Emperor said that in this world, there are many Races like the Ancient Divine Race, whose bodies and souls have Domains engraved innately into their bloodline, but the strength of the Domain depends entirely on Talent, and it’s very hard to modify later on.

For normal people to create a Domain is like drawing on a blank sheet of paper.

Whereas for them to create a Domain, they can only modify and correct a sheet that’s already been fully drawn on. Although they do have the Ability to “erase” flaws, the underlying paper itself has color, and it’s impossible, like normal Spiritualists, to wipe it completely clean and create a Domain from scratch.

Innate bloodline Abilities are an advantage, but they can also be a disadvantage. It depends entirely on how strong the Talent is.

Profound Nether’s Talent is top-tier, and the very top tier at that, so the Effect is terrifying. If it were some other Ancient Divine Race, it should be hard to reach that kind of Effect…. Even though he’s only a Tier One World powerhouse, his bloodline purity isn’t as simple as just Tier One.

He’s still Tier One only because the upper limit his world can bear is Tier One. All his All Attributes are at the Tier One Limit maximum value. Ye Mingqiu even strongly suspects that as long as he goes to a Tier Two World, he’ll be able to break through to Tier Two on the spot.

“Sigh~”

“But it’s fine. In these two days, I’ve already mastered multiple different Domains. Even though their actual combat Effect isn’t as strong as modern Domains, it’s at least laying a good foundation for later, and I can also use them in combat ahead of time… Overall it’s pretty decent.” Ye Mingqiu muttered to himself with a smile.

This training trip at Thunder Emperor’s place had brought him great gains. His attainments in Domains had increased by quite a bit, and he’d also obtained three Source Crystals. While that still isn’t enough compared to what’s needed to construct Domains, at least he’s accumulated some resources.

Overall he’d gained more.

Next up…

Is the Dream Weaver’s Demon Island!

According to previous intel, the stats of Spiritualists inside the Demon Island instance will be directly Suppressed down to the same baseline. Spiritualists or Transcenders of different tiers won’t have a huge gap because of that.

At the same time, all Abilities of Spiritualists or Transcenders will also be rendered invalid. Then, using their original Abilities and Attributes as the Core, three unique Core Traits will be regenerated. During exploration, you can focus on those three Cores to enhance your strength.

“Feels like it’s going to be hard to clear.”

Ye Mingqiu knitted his brows tightly.

As a straightforward, honest numbers freak, having his numbers flattened to the same level as everyone else inevitably made him feel a lot of pressure inside.

….

Time passed again, and the announcement chime from the Spirit Realm rang out once more.

[Notice: You have successfully obtained entry qualification for the Dream Weaver’s dream instance. The Demon Island instance will officially open in 1 hour. Please get ready!]

Nice!

Ye Mingqiu broke into a smile.

— Team Channel —

Broken Star: [Qualification-image.JPG]

Broken Star: Strength!

Broken Star: Who said my luck is bad?

Broken Star: Come out and say that again!

Short-tailed Cat: (⩌-⩌)

Short-tailed Cat: Sadly, I don’t have qualification.

Qing Yu: You’re only Tier One, how would you have qualification?

Qing Yu: I don’t have it either, sigh~

Frost Moon: +1

Divine Monarch: [Qualification-image.JPG]

Divine Monarch: Strength!

Divine Monarch: Absolute fortune!

Thunder Emperor: *cough cough* Actually, as long as your strength reaches Authority Dominator Level and above, you’ll get it 100% guaranteed. It counts as a hidden rule, and it actually doesn’t have much to do with luck.

Divine Monarch: ?

Divine Monarch: Then what if there aren’t enough slots?

Thunder Emperor: Before publishing, the Spirit Realm will automatically calculate the number of slots, split into strength slots and luck slots. The stronger you are, the higher the probability of getting a slot. Once your strength exceeds a certain level, you will inevitably receive a slot.

Thunder Emperor: This time the slots extend down to Tier Two, definitely because the instance needs a lot of people. Competition inside will probably be intense, and it’ll likely be very interesting.

Divine Monarch: Eh, maybe.

Thunder Emperor: You don’t have confidence?

Divine Monarch: Just feels like it’ll be very difficult. Most of my Core Abilities all revolve around amplifying numbers. So if the numbers get flattened to the same baseline, instead of balancing at the same Tier level, then I might be at a bit of a disadvantage.

Broken Star: It’s fine, I’ll cover you when the time comes.

Broken Star: Not a big problem.

Divine Monarch: Next, I’m going to show you what real wisdom is. Even without super Power, I’m still the strongest.

Broken Star: [Trying-not-to-laugh.JPG]

Other Shore: [Trying-not-to-laugh.JPG]

Qing Yu: [Trying-not-to-laugh.JPG]

Short-tailed Cat: [Trying-not-to-laugh.JPG]

….

[Notice: Prep time over. Demon Island instance officially opening! Spirit Realm teleportation will activate in 5 seconds. All Spiritualists/Transcenders, please prepare!]

[5! 4! 3! 2! 1!]

[Teleportation activated]

The familiar white light swallowed Ye Mingqiu, and his figure vanished from where he stood. The journey into the Dream Weaver instance—Demon Island—officially began.