Chapter 578: God's Authority · Bestow and Seize (Wonder of the World)
"Please appraise this material for me, Miss Knight."
Knight Girl looked with some admiration at the fluorescent white Hair of God in Kaito Shirogane's hand.
"A creature containing the power of the planet's will, a lifeform created by the stars... It's a pity it ultimately still fell to pure violence."
Knight Girl's voice was elusive. Her eyes glowed with gold, as if through the material, she saw the existence of that kind of deity in the B711 world.
A lifeform created by the stars... Kaito Shirogane secretly noted down this description. Perhaps the [Celestial Spirits] in this world were much broader than he imagined.
Looking at it this way, it wasn't that unbelievable for [Azure Sky] to find a Reincarnator with a [Celestial Spirit] bloodline internally.
Not all [Celestial Spirits] have the terrifying strength of Sun Wukong, the Halloween Queen, or Shiroyasha in [Little Garden].
As Knight Girl raised her hand, golden luster spread from the fluorescent white hair.
Clearly visible golden flakes dissipated from it, followed by a ring of fluorescent white halo that naturally began to linger around that [Hair of God]. A special power was completely revealed.
[Material · Hair of God]
[Quality: Wonder of the World]
[Description: The Holy Spirit of a certain world carrying out the mission of cleansing the world, containing the power of bestowal and destruction]
[Effect: After smelting, can obtain one of the following traits]
[A: Dark Side of the Planet (Incomparably Rare) - All attributes +3. Obtain the special racial identifier · Life-Killing Species. All abilities will gain an extra 30% effect against primate creatures]
[B: Energy Torrent (Rare) - Energy Attribute +7. Obtain the special trait · Energy Torrent. All energy release-type ability effects increased by 50%]
[C: God's Authority · Bestow and Seize (Wonder of the World) - Obtain the Authority · Bestow and Seize. Can bestow one's own possessed energy to any existence whose biological level is not higher than one's own, and can reclaim it at any time. After bestowal, oneself will lose that portion of ability. At the same time, after seizing, the target creature will die, and the reclaimed ability will obtain all buffs and enhancements gained during the other party's holding period]
[D: Child of the Stars (Wonder of the World) - Walking upon the earth, the ley lines also surge with me; Obtain the special bloodline characteristic · Child of the Stars: Any part of the body touching the planet's surface where the planet's will still survives will obtain the surging power of the ley lines, receiving ley line infusion (The upper limit of ley line power the physical body can endure is related to the Reincarnator's Constitution and bloodline. Exceeding the endurance limit will cause consequences including but not limited to physical disintegration)]
"This is truly a rare trait..."
Even Knight Girl was looking in amazement at the fluorescent white, water-pipe-thick hair in Kaito Shirogane's hand at this time.
Materials that produce smelting options of the [Wonder of the World] quality can be considered rare in the entire Space right now.
And this material actually presented two options of this level at once.
If this thing was put up for auction, Kaito Shirogane estimated the price would not be lower than the [Kaioken].
Moreover, this was the first time Kaito Shirogane saw that what the material bestowed was no longer a [Trait], but instead [Authority] and [Bloodline Characteristic] appeared.
From this point, Kaito Shirogane roughly understood why, even though the [Stairway of God] didn't bestow extra abilities and traits, Knight Girl and the others were still constantly pursuing it.
Just those batches of the most powerful materials themselves were enough to smelt a top-tier powerhouse!
"Do you need a little time to think, greedy Reincarnator~"
Knight Girl blinked at Kaito Shirogane, seemingly teasing him. This "NPC" with the highest popularity among Reincarnators indeed had a personality much more likable than those other people.
Kaito Shirogane quickly skimmed over options A and B above. Even though option B was probably the material he had always been looking for before that could directly increase a Reincarnator's [Energy] attribute,
Appearing on a material of this level, a mere Rare-tier affix was completely a reckless waste of God's good gifts.
It was impossible for Kaito Shirogane to give up more powerful strength for a few points of Energy attribute.
The Authority of option C immediately reminded Kaito Shirogane of the deity's action of creating the Dragon-level monster Homeless Emperor.
Bestowing energy, creating a powerful monster; reclaiming energy, the other party dies in an instant.
On the other hand, if this Authority fell on Kaito Shirogane, the operational aspect would be much larger.
Although his [Qi] and [Magnetic Field Rotation] weren't considered very powerful, and bestowing them would also weaken his own combat power, but accompanied by the ability to absorb the enhanced portion obtained by the other party when [Seizing].
This made this Authority become a power similar to the type of granting Schrifts like [Yhwach]...
In the long run, the upper limit of this Authority was absolutely extremely high.
And option D, [Child of the Stars], would bestow him with a new bloodline characteristic, giving him traits similar to a [Celestial Spirit]. As long as he stood on the earth possessing a planet's will, he could receive the surging infusion of the ley lines.
This was an ability that could be called absolutely powerful, whether in the future or present.
Moreover, the meaning revealed by this bloodline characteristic was that this [Child of the Stars] was not limited to a specific world.
That meant Kaito Shirogane had the opportunity to use this thing to once again experience that powerful posture he had in the Type-Moon world.
As the saying goes, "When the time comes, heaven and earth all lend their strength." In that state, Kaito Shirogane could almost freely execute all abilities. With extreme luck, the operation of everything would proceed in a direction favorable to him. It could completely be called the "Protagonist of the World."
Kaito Shirogane unconsciously and continuously rotated his fingertip, poking the side of his head. Weak electric currents repeatedly stimulated his cerebral cortex, making his thinking run faster and faster.
Various scenes rolled in his mind like a movie, ultimately fixing. Kaito Shirogane exhaled a breath of foul air, his right hand dropping, with electric light remaining on the top of his head.
"I choose... C!"
Kaito Shirogane had imagined the scene of activating Kaioken and the Limiter under the condition of [Child of the Stars], but ultimately, all these explosive abilities were limited by his current physical capabilities.
Purely speaking of the upper limit of an explosion right now, whether it was the Despairing Savior mode, or Kaioken paired with the newly obtained [Qilin Armor] bloodline characteristic, he had long completely exceeded the standard, possessing top-tier combat power in the current Space.
What he needed was not another explosion mode, but a power capable of truly and concretely improving his foundation!
Moreover... Kaito Shirogane possessed [Gantz], which could coordinate with [God's Authority · Bestow and Seize] to achieve even more effects that others couldn't imagine!
For example... secretly hiding a batch of clones specifically used for cultivation, or even directly releasing those clones who possessed a portion of his abilities, letting them struggle, learn, and evolve under the pressure of death.
Ultimately reclaiming his power one by one, allowing himself to break through to a higher realm!
Knight Girl saw that there was no longer any look of hesitation in Kaito Shirogane's eyes. This was a guy who absolutely didn't regret making a choice. She nodded. Probably only this kind of person could continuously climb the [Stairway of God] until... the end.
Knight Girl reached out and clenched, golden halos erupting from her body. In the next moment, her whole person once again transformed into a mature posture amidst the light. Her long hair scattered, and her power and presence directly began to squeeze Kaito Shirogane.
She grasped the [Hair of God] from afar. Amidst the golden light, the fluorescent white halos shattered ring by ring. Subsequently, that Hair of God directly began to melt, turning into a fluorescent white liquid.
Knight Girl pointed, and the liquid directly seeped into the surface of Kaito Shirogane's skin.
In the next moment, Kaito Shirogane felt a huge sense of weightlessness strike. The scenes before his eyes also began to tumble violently, as if countless pieces of information and countless scenes entered his brain simultaneously.
His pupils trembled continuously, forcibly recording those scenes one by one. That was probably the process of a world forming.
On the barren land, time flowed. Ultimately, a great will appeared from beneath the earth.
Some called it Gaia, some called it the Mother of Life, and some called it—Origin!
The great will stretched out its hands. Kaito Shirogane felt himself instantly wrapped by an incomparably grand will. That was the fusion of countless kinds of wills, or rather, the countless wills in the planet were exactly diverging and deriving from this great will...
Kaito Shirogane suddenly opened his eyes, white light shooting from his pupils.
A special power began to flow from within Kaito Shirogane's body.
[You obtained Deity Authority · Bestow and Seize (Wonder of the World)]
[Deity Authority · Bestow and Seize (Adaptability 87%): Weak Divine Power]
"To actually possess such high adaptability. Reincarnator, you... have a lot of divinity!"
Knight Girl's figure shrank, and her voice also changed from mature and magnetic to energetic, speaking like so.
Kaito Shirogane merely tilted his head, carefully savoring this special power named Authority.
Divinity...
Associating it with the will he saw and felt, if the disposition of treating humans as ants is divinity, then he is indeed rich in divinity.
(End of Chapter)
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