Chapter 1361 - Collaboration 1 (2/2)

And this power of worship was also flowing like a stream into his Divine Persona, before it was converted into wisps of energy like black threads, merging into his Soul Ring structure.

‘Now condensing tragedy power, please select: One, store and increase your Divine Persona. Two: use immediately to power up yourself.’ A message came from the Willpower Neuroprocessor.

Garen glanced at his current level.

‘Divine Persona: 1.’ It was standard, weak Divine Power.

“I can even use it to strengthen myself directly?” He had not expected it to have this ability. Usually, Divine Power was mainly used for consumption, as well as to accumulate and increase the level of one’s Divine Persona. The stronger the Divine Persona level, the more Divine Arts one would be able to use to respond to one’s worshippers, and the more power and authority one would have.

Garen carefully looked through his current status.

‘Garen — Strength 260, Agility 260, Vitality 260, Intelligence 260. Potential 12829%. Soul Limit 000.

8 Soul Rings: Five Colorless, Red, Orange, Red.

Level 10 Draconic Aura. Level 10 Arcane Art.

‘Potential Quality — Divine Creature, Void Pursuer’

Void Original Opus — 70%. Hind leg — Evil Soldier, wings — Seven Lives, tail — Demonic Book.

Overall comments — God of Decay: Divine Persona 1. Title — Winter Sigh.’

“My Soul Limit has turned to 0?” Garen was slightly taken aback and then overjoyed.

He sensed his current condition carefully, and felt as though the converted Decay Divine Power had directly turned into a thin membrane that covered the surface of his body. This membrane was even growing ever stronger as more Divine Power was converted.

“This should be the so-called Divine Power Shield, looks like most Gods rely on their Divine Power as a protective force field. To them, Divine Power was more like a layer of natural armor, armor that could withstand attack. It only needed to consume a certain amount of their Divine Power.

Garen quickly came to a mental conclusion.

“As for the strengthening and leveling up of the Gods’ own true bodies, almost no books mention it at all. I couldn’t even find any mention of Gods powering up their own bodies and 神体 Divine Bodies in Ann’s books. Mostly, they just assimilated and evolved gradually alongside their Divine Power, until they finally become one with their Divine Power, their bodies turning into the incarnation of their ocean of Divine Power.”

“On the other hand, True Soul Demon Masters simply use all their power to strengthen their own bodies. Looks like the two options the Willpower Neuroprocessor gave me act as the boundary line between True Souls and Gods…”

Garen’s heart instantly became clear.

“If I choose to accumulate, the Divine Power will automatically turn into a Divine Power Shield, that’s the God Route. If I choose to strengthen, then that’s the True Soul Route.”

Naturally, there was no hesitation at all here.

Garen went straight for strengthening. Although the Gods were strong, they were also extremely limited by their own worship power. It was fine when they had plenty of worship power, but if ever that was reduced, their Divine Persona’s level would drop, and they would be affected instead. On the other hand, the True Souls just used all their power to strengthen their own Elements. There was no chance of outside interference.

It was clear at a glance, which one was better.

This was also the crucial reason why the Gods in this world grew weaker as they fought more wars, because the regular civilians and worshippers were being massacred in large numbers. This was the source of their Divine Power.

‘Select Strengthening.’

As soon as Garen decided on an answer.

Instantly, that thin layer of Divine Power began to be slowly absorbed by Garen’s Instinct.

Garen’s current body had the terrifying Devouring Instinct of the Hellfrost Peacock Queen, so unless he purposely held back from devouring something, any energy that got too close to him would all be absorbed and devoured by that Instinct.

“The Gods don’t have a Soul Limit, probably as a result of the unique nature of their souls. I have the characteristics of both a God and a True Soul, so I might probably be an extreme minority in this world…” Garen guessed.

From now on, he was also a God with a little Divine Power, albeit an extremely weak one.

But without the restriction of a Soul Limit, he could practically increase his own attributes endlessly.

He gave his Semi-Divine Weapon, the Despair Skull, a quick glance and made some rough calculations. He still had a couple thousand Potential Points left.

Without a shred of hesitation, he activated the Devouring Instinct directly, beginning to absorb the Potential Points inside freely. At the same time, his Willpower Neuroprocessor automatically converted them into Intelligence.

That was right, he did not increase any other attribute first, but went straight for Intelligence, the one that he had increased first earlier.

Without the attribute limit, he immediately increased his Intelligence first, as it was the most crucial to his Willpower Neuroprocessor.

His Intelligence decided how fast his Willpower Neuroprocessor could analyze divinity, and it also decided the speed of his Divine Power conversion via his Divine Persona.

Divine Power had to be accumulated across time, from the creatures who worshipped him, so it could only be gathered through plundering. Soon enough, he was going to join Ann’s raid operation, so Garen was already planning to make the biggest preparation in anticipation of this operation.

“Now, it’s about time I got started on Ann’s matters.” Garen organized the information he had about the True Soul Demon Masters.

He got up and instantly vanished from the spot.

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“A raid?” The Deception Demon Master looked at Garen in the Water Mirror lazily. She was lying on her side in a black palace, surrounded by pools of blood, corpses, and skeletons everywhere. It was clear that she was slaughtering some God’s temple.

“The God of Time and Shadow, that fellow’s not easy to deal with…” The Deception Demon Master frowned. “The point is, what do I get in return?”

“Ann just wants the Time Divine Persona, and we can split the remaining Divine Personas, according to how much power we contribute,” Garen explained. The first one he went to was the Deception Demon Master, because she was the closest to him, after all.

“You just entered the God level and already you dare to participate in a raid of this level? Casavon’s Divine Kingdom is no joke, y’know? After that Divine Kingdom was increased, a ton of Holy Spirits reached Demigod Level, they could crush you just by piling on top of you,” said the Deception Demon Master, confused.