…Gold Rank transcender?
Lin Yiyi’s expression became rather peculiar.
Mainly because she remembered Jiu Er’s behavior.
Jiu Er could be saying, “It’s so scary, save me,” while chopping up the opponent with incomparable cruelty.
No, it shouldn’t be like that, no matter how you think about it. Lin Yiyi lamented.
After all, it was a Gold Rank Transcender… No matter how weak the opponent was, he had elemental power. The elemental power was a form of power superior to all the abilities the players could use now.
Even the Prophet Magic, which allowed one to see the future to dodge the attack, could not predict the attack involving elemental power. The effect of the Edict Spells to help teammates avoid attacks was nullified in the face of elemental power too.
It was a transcendence from the role of [Berserk] to [Deityhood] — the battle utilizing elemental power had transcended the confines of predetermined skill descriptions and exceeded the coding limitations.
Jiu Er’s seemingly resilient immortality should not have any effect when faced with the power of elements.
Even if Lin Yiyi could parry the opponent’s normal attack, it was impossible to evade the elemental attack.
So what was the use of Jiu Er summoning them over?
It felt like building a suicide squad.
The bizarre thing was that Gold Rank was rare in this world.
Gold Rank was basically the equivalent of “legendary” in the DND rules. Those with the Book of Truth or sacred bone would be considered a half-deity. The Gold Rank individuals were limited in numbers, and everyone had their own “title”.
On the one hand, the title was to show respect. On the other hand, it was for the convenience of borrowing power. Indeed, Gold Rank could lend their powers through ritual.
The title also carried another meaning, which was to facilitate divination.
Suppose the person didn’t know the target’s appearance. Having the target’s real name wasn’t enough to pinpoint the target in a ritual. Just like if the person didn’t know the real name of a deity, even if they accidentally pronounced the name by mistake or used it as his name, it wouldn’t take effect in the ritual. Nothing would happen at all.
In this case, the name did not directly correspond to the individual.
However, the situation was different from a unique title.
Through the title, the ritual could pinpoint the target directly. Whether it was the amplification ritual, the debuff ritual, or the detection ritual, it would effectively play its due role.
Of course, this was also because there weren’t a lot of Gold Rank individuals around.
If there were many individuals in Gold Rank, it would be painful to think of titles not coinciding with the others. Moreover, the title wouldn’t disappear after death. Instead, the new generations who advanced to Gold Rank would inherit the title of their predecessors.
With enough Gold Rank individuals, there would be too many titles, so much so that a number suffix would follow each title…
On the other hand, it was precisely because Gold Rank was extremely rare that Lin Yiyi could hardly believe a Gold Rank enemy was attacking Jiu Er.
“Even so—”
Lin Yiyi couldn’t ignore her teammates!
What’s more? She wasn’t just a teammate, but her friend.
Lin Yiyi made her choice. She rushed out without thinking about tying up the two people who had already been subdued.
At this time, the other two players almost ended the battle on their side.
When Lin Yiyi left her room, she saw that her younger brother and Citalopram, who had transformed into a spirit body, were already standing at the door of Jiu Er’s room.
Citalopram glowed with pure white fluorescent light that was bright enough to illuminate the dark corridor.
This was an indication that she was considerably “charged” with energy.
—And the fuel of the Half-dead Enchantress was the vitality of the living.
No doubt the two players were attacked too.
However, their situation should be different from Lin Yiyi’s side. The enemies who attacked them didn’t move as slowly as the four invisible individuals. They had been waiting at the door for quite a while.
“Don’t you want to go in and take a look?” Lin Yiyi asked Citalopram.
She was in spirit form now, so she should be able to pass through walls.
The quiet girl shook her head. Her pure black hair fluttered quietly in the air.
“I can’t get in.” Citalopram said softly, “It occurs that there is a barrier encaging Jiu Er’s room. We can’t even hear anything inside. Jiu Er’s profession doesn’t grant her the barrier ability either.”
“So the barrier can only be from the enemy. Suuankou didn’t dare to blow it up directly, fearing there might be some unforeseen circumstances. That’s why we were all waiting for you to be here.”
“I see. Let me do it.” Lin Yiyi quickly realized the current situation.
She put her left hand on the door without hesitation and muttered with a little distress, “This ability is quite costly…”
“—[I will hereby dispel all barriers]!”
As Lin Yiyi’s majestic voice fell, the largest black crystal on her cuff shattered.
This was the Silver Rank Spell of the Edict school, [Dispel Barrier]!
It was quite a general-purpose spell, but only Edict Wizard of Silver Rank could manufacture it. The production of black crystals was very low. Storing this spell only required one gem. However, it was worth more than the combined value of several gems previously used by Lin Yiyi, and even more.
This was also the first time Lin Yiyi had activated this spell. In her heart, she didn’t know much about its effect.
As a matter of fact, she didn’t feel bad about consuming the material for the spell casting. As a Monster Hunter player, she had always been good at using items and tools to assist her quest.
The primary pain point was that she didn’t know how effective this tool was.
It was fine to be expensive, but not if the item was expensive and useless.
Luckily, the item displayed remarkable effect despite its costly price. At least it didn’t disappoint Yiyi.
As the peculiar sound of wind chimes echoed, a black, semi-transparent ripple from the black crystal emanated slowly from Lin Yiyi, spreading outward in all directions.
When it touched Jiu Er’s room, it made a creaking sound like broken glass being trampled on.
Shortly after, the sound of a violent impact became distinctly audible from the room.
Before the magic effect disappeared, Lin Yiyi kicked open the door.
Citalopram hastily followed in by passing through the wall.
The next moment, Lin Yiyi’s pupils couldn’t help but shrink.
“That’s a lot of bleeding…” Suuankou subconsciously said.
In Jiu Er’s room, the walls, ceiling, and floor were almost covered with blood.
At a glance, the scene in front of the players was like hell on earth.
Standing in the middle of the room was a young man with a gentle smile.
He had short honey-colored hair and pale gold eyes.
He possessed a handsome appearance coupled with a peculiar, mesmerizing charm… But what caught the players’ attention the most were the numerous fresh, crimson wounds covering his body.
—Indeed. Although the clothes of the attacked Jiu’er were a bit tattered, she was completely unharmed.
After advancing to the glorious self-sustaining Tank role, injuries of this degree would heal on their own.
On the contrary, the attacker had fresh wounds all over his body.
Burns, cuts, stab wounds, bruises… Various types of wounds were scattered all over his body, even on his face and hands, and there was no sign of healing whatsoever.
These wounds marred his beauty, causing his almost mesmerizing countenance to evoke a sense of fear in people.
Citalopram’s pupils shrank slightly, “It’s a saint…”
She happened to know this man.
She had seen this man once during a meeting with the Half-dead Enchantress she had attended in the underworld.
The person was an actual saint, the holder of the sacred bone “the Flesh of Sacrifice”.
“The Man Against Himself,” Henry Worden.
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