Chapter 502 - Chapter 502: Chapter 470: The 7th Tier Reapers Blade” (2/2)

Actually, the final sacrifice for the ritual wasn’t even a monarch-level expert.

Chris didn’t explain much. After encountering a somewhat special Rhea person and casually killing him, he disguised himself as that person and mingled within the Rhea army for some time, gradually coming to understand the Rhea person’s past from the conversations of those around him.

Thus, a person who was originally already dead became one of the three targets of the ritual.

From a young age, that Rhea person grew up listening to his grandfather’s tales of heroes and planted the seed of protecting Rhea in his heart.

Every time the night was deep and quiet, he would stand alone on the mountaintop, looking up at the starry sky, and silently muse to himself, “Someday, I’m going to be the hero who protects this land.”

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. He didn’t hesitate to answer the call of the “Blood Flames King” and set off on his campaign.

However, that Rhea person was just the most ordinary Beginning Extraordinary Exponent, with poor potential and very common power of Bloodline, a lower-level officer in the Rhea army, never truly taken seriously, just high-level cannon fodder.

On the battlefield, he was always the bravest, charging to the front lines, using his flesh and blood body to build an indomitable defense.

In one decisive battle, his Rhea troop encountered an unprecedented crisis—a Transmutation Level Extraordinary Exponent-led army pursued them, causing heavy casualties in an instant.

Faced with the enemy’s overwhelming offensive, he made an astonishing decision—to single-handedly challenge the enemy’s Transmutation Level officer by himself, buying time for his troops to retreat.

In that battle, with the help of a Mysterious rare artifact, he displayed extraordinary courage and wisdom and ultimately led his troops to break out successfully, though he himself was severely injured.

After the battle, that Rhea person was hailed as the “Light of Rhea’s Border,” and his deeds spread throughout the nation, becoming a hero in the mouths of many Rhea People.

In the many subsequent battles, he performed exceptionally heroic feats, even collaborating with allies to kill Transmutation Level adversaries.

Chris had casually killed this man, who had reached the limits of his strength level. Although the levels of combat he faced were not high, Chris still subconsciously acknowledged him.

“Let’s begin…”

Chris shook his head slightly, retaining that bit of memory deep in his heart, and continued to look ahead.

Several days later, in the Grand Hall of the Fischer family.

Accompanied by the Priest’s various actions and words, everyone’s hearts grew increasingly tense and expectant.

The new ritual was now complete.

Within the excited gaze of all members of the Fischer family, a massive gray pillar of light shot into the sky, completely different from before, even visible to people in half a province!

“Finally, we have taken a new step,” Christine murmured to herself.

The Seventh Tier of Path of Tranquility, “Reaper’s Blade.”

Its image in the Spirit Realm is a man surrounded by black shadows, only revealing a blood-colored pupil, looking extraordinarily mysterious and eerie.

The Extraordinary materials used are “Nightmare Horn” and “Black Dragon Blood,” which would have been difficult for the Fischer family to collect without the support of Lorne citizens.

As for the Extraordinary materials needed for the next Transmutation Level, even for the Lorne people, they are considered extremely rare treasures…

After ascending to a higher tier, Chris’s Spiritual Power and physical fitness each received a substantial improvement. According to the previous statistical method, it was equivalent to a 2000 increase in Spiritual Power and a 7000 increase in physical fitness, undoubtedly an exaggerated rate of growth.

As “Reaper’s Blade,” Chris also acquired two new types of Extraordinary power, namely “Soul Harvest” and “Double Destruction,” while “Night Concealment” and “Night Shift” also evolved into “Death God’s Concealment” and “Shadow Movement” respectively.

“Soul Harvest,” as the name suggests, is a trait that targets the soul directly. Chris’s close-range attacks will be able to deal lethal strikes to the soul, having great restraining power against various kinds of specters.

Because Extraordinary Exponents below Heavenly Enlightenment nearly have no defenses against the soul, they would suffer severe damage if they encountered Chris’s attack.

And the ability of “Double Destruction” is such that if Chris attacks the same location twice, he could cause multiple times the destructive effect!

Such an ability requires strict conditions to trigger, but it indeed restrains those with high defense but slow movement.

The abilities of “Death God’s Concealment” and “Shadow Movement,” which evolved from “Night Concealment” and “Night Shift,” have now become even more versatile.

Chris no longer needs to be in the dark to become invisible and move instantly. As long as there are shadows within his sight, he can become invisible and move instantly without limit, and it hardly consumes any Spiritual Power.

Although becoming visible again after each attack, if he remains unattacking in the shadows for more than two seconds, he will become invisible once more.

After using “Shadow Movement” for instant movement, he only needs to wait half a second before it can be activated again.