Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Chapter 365 - 332: Divine Technique and Improvement (Part 2)

Recalling the information in her mind, she slowly extended her hand, palm up and fingers spread, as if to receive a gift from her god.

"Divine Technique—Fireball!"

She chanted the words aloud.

The next second.

Faint points of light appeared in the surrounding air. Like glittering stars in the night sky, they quickly gathered, converging above the palm of her hand.

A Fireball the size of a baby’s fist gradually took shape. It emanated a soft, orange-red glow and pulsed gently, like a living heart.

She could clearly feel the scorching heat coming from it.

"Is this the power granted by my Lord?"

Wuan Anning murmured to herself, her eyes filled with amazement and awe.

Just then, the Fireball flickered twice, like a lamp about to go out. Its light dimmed rapidly, its size shrank, and it finally dissipated into the air, leaving behind only a faint, warm trace.

At the same time.

Wuan Anning felt as if her body had been instantly hollowed out.

An extreme sense of fatigue washed over her, especially on a spiritual level. It felt as if she had gone through a full day of work, leaving her weary.

Her expression changed slightly, but she quickly realized what had happened.

According to the information from the Divine Revelation, being a believer of the Sun God and casting a Divine Technique was not without its requirements.

It required the combined use of Spiritual Power and Holy Power to be activated.

Spiritual Power, to put it simply, was one’s own Soul Power—the core source of strength for a person’s consciousness and soul.

As for Holy Power, it was a special kind of power produced when the Sun God bestowed it upon believers in return for their pious prayers and faith.

It was just like the warmth that had filled her body when she prayed earlier; that was the Holy Power surging within her.

However, because she had just become a believer of the Sun God and had only prayed twice, the Holy Power she had accumulated was far too meager to support the free use of Divine Techniques.

And there were only two ways to accumulate Holy Power.

The first was to pray methodically every day.

The second was to please the Sun God.

Collecting Dream Eyes and cleansing the world of its filth was one way to please the divine.

If not for this, with her experience as a believer of the Sun God being less than a day, it would have been impossible for her to cast even that brief Divine Technique.

’I need more Dream Eyes.’

At this thought, Wuan Anning’s expression became fanatical.

According to the knowledge in her mind, there was a wide variety of Divine Techniques.

Among them were healing-type Divine Techniques.

They could even bring the dead back to life and regenerate flesh on bare bones.

Of course, the cost to cast a Divine Technique of that level was also extremely high.

But she didn’t need anything of that magnitude. As long as she worked hard enough, she could heal her legs, and that would be enough.

As for those other gods, she naturally had no intention of believing in them anymore.

Before a god had personally revealed its power to her, she might have done so.

But now, she had personally experienced the Sun God’s Divine Revelation and witnessed the god’s greatness and true existence with her own eyes.

The Sun God was so great, so forgiving, not blaming her for her past ignorance and confusion.

He had reached out a helping hand when she needed it most, giving her hope and strength.

Her heart was filled with gratitude and awe. She naturally could not walk down the wrong path again.

She resolved that from this day forward, she would become the Sun God’s most devout believer and spend her entire life following that sacred radiance.

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「At the same time.」

Within the Sun God Statue, in the blood-colored space.

The second Divine Avatar abruptly opened its eyes.

It sensed the thread of faith, which had once again thickened several times over.

Its expression flickered.

’Her faith has deepened again. She’s still a little way off from becoming a Fanatic, but at this rate, it’s only a matter of time.’

What was happening with Wuan Anning was, of course, due to Hu Qi’s special attention.

He didn’t mind lending a hand to a promising candidate for a Fanatic.

Right now, listening to her prayers, he did not respond.

As a sublime and mysterious being, a god’s image must be perfect, majestic, and sacred.

If a god were to interact frequently with its believers, it would secularize the god’s image, stripping away the transcendent, awe-inspiring, and lofty nature that commanded reverence.

Only then would believers feel a sense of reverence and veneration, and provide Power of Faith.

As for things like Divine Techniques, they were a byproduct of this divine Extraordinary System.

Their power itself came from a portion of the believers’ Power of Faith.

Of course, whether one-tenth or one-hundredth of it was given back to the believers was entirely up to Hu Qi’s own will.

In the last world, on Earth Star, the path Xuanqing had walked was incomplete. Compounded by the Erosion from "incense poison," he hadn’t dared to excessively increase his number of believers.

But Hu Qi was different. This path had been deduced, perfected, and supplemented by his main body. Furthermore, the Divine Statue forged from a Dream Eye could filter out that incense poison.

He had no such concerns whatsoever.

’Next is to rapidly grow the Sun Church, use the believers to accelerate the collection of Dream Eyes, harvest Modification Points, and help the first Clone grow, creating a virtuous cycle.’

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「More than a year passed in the blink of an eye.」

Night shrouded the land. Deep in the mountains, a dilapidated temple stood silently in the darkness.

In an open area within the temple, a figure leaned askew against a wall.

A bonfire blazed brightly before them.

The flames leaped and licked at the dry branches.

Every so often, a few sparks would pop out with a CRACKLING sound, which seemed exceptionally clear and abrupt in the deathly silent and utterly ruined temple.