Chapter 94. Second Enhancent: This One's in the Bag
Back in his bedroom, Luo Nan activated all defensive-type rune arrays.
"It shouldn't overflow, right? After all, that's a Primal Essence belonging to the Abyssal evil god 'Nature'—just the sound of it is dangerous."
After confirming twice, Luo Nan carefully drew out from his Spatial Storage Magic Device that eyeball-shaped object with no physical form, outlined by blood-gold tracery.
"I need to release the seal first before I can bring it before Mr. Tree."
Luo Nan glanced at the "Eye" bound within the transparent crystal, and inwardly thanked his own deep pockets—he had been carrying an unused "Sealing Crystal" on his person at all tis. Had he not, when he'd been catching the Mole in the Sitting Room earlier, Ms. Fesher's Abyssal Detection Formula would certainly have gone haywire.
A Spatial Storage Magic Device cannot block the aura of sothing that cos directly from a deity!
Following proper procedure, Luo Nan slowly released the Sealing Crystal.
In an instant, an impulse born from his soul's deepest instincts seized him by the throat.
"What?!"
Luo Nan now felt his body being ravaged by every kind of desire—hunger, scorching heat, exhaustion, fury, and a cascade of other sensations surged to his head all at once.
"Why…… why did Pati betray ?! What did we dillions ever do to wrong her?!"
"I want to…… go demand answers from her!"
[Luo Nan, snap out of it!]
[You've been influenced by "Nature"!]
"I……"
"What?!"
The Cheat Device Miss's voice suddenly rang out in Luo Nan's mind—like a clear spring, it doused every one of the burning desires crowding his heart.
"I…… I was influenced by 'Nature's' power? Of course…… touching anything tainted by the Abyss leads to misfortune!"
Luo Nan slapped himself across the face, forcing his reason back.
Still sowhat shaken, he touched the corner of his mouth, then responded in his mind: 'Cheat Device Miss, thank you.'
[Quickly bring "Nature's" Primal Essence before Him.]
Luo Nan suppressed the various desires roiling within his body while fixing his gaze intently on the "Eye" in his hand.
"To hell with your 'Nature'—you're nothing but a defeated lackey of mine. You think the power you left behind gets to control ? Keep dreaming……"
Ding-ling-ling, a wind chi rang softly; light and shadow shifted at an angle.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh……
"I…… went in?"
When Luo Nan opened his eyes again, the boundless starfield had already replaced his bedroom. The eternally unchanging Iridescent Spiral Tree pierced through the cosmos, unfolding before him.
Luo Nan extended his hand and offered the "Eye" forward.
"Mr. Tree, I'm here to repay my debt."
A slender, luminous branch forked down from the crown of the Infinite Tree, gently curling around the "Eye" in Luo Nan's hand.
Whoosh whoosh……
Luo Nan felt the "satisfaction" and "joy" the Infinite Tree was conveying to him.
The reason Luo Nan had been able to trigger a burst-fusion with the Infinite Tree into a new form back then, and successfully defeat "Nature's" Projection, was precisely because the Infinite Tree had set its sights on the Divine Primal Essence the Projection was carrying.
In order to obtain the Primal Essence, the Infinite Tree had extended Luo Nan a special "loan."
Luo Nan believed that the fuel sustaining his fusion with the Infinite Tree was "power" that the Infinite Tree had no use for itself.
To put it simply: within a Primal Essence, the "power" could be handed over to Luo Nan to use in a burst of strength to turn the tide, while the "essence" would be taken by the Infinite Tree to complete itself.
But this ti, due to the urgency of the situation, Luo Nan had forced himself to fuse with the Infinite Tree without the support of any "power," which ant his fusion window was only ten seconds, and after breaking the fusion, his remaining lifespan had dropped to under 100 hours.
Indeed—had the "power" refined by the Infinite Tree not been there to repair the damage to his Cultivation Foundation, Luo Nan would have been at the end of his rope.
"Can't do this again. The damage to my body is far too severe."
After the fusion ended, both the few martial techniques he had used when encountering Rose Anlute and the Thunderflash Step he had just used out of reflex when he grabbed the wrong mory Crystal had inflicted irreversible damage on his body.
It was only because there was "power" there to patch things up that Luo Nan had been able to force his body to use martial techniques with no regard for the consequences.
'Cheat Device Miss, this 'power'—it should be divine power from a deity, right? Is there really no problem with a human like
using it?'
[The purified divine power, after being refined and converted by Him, can support partial fusion between you and Him, and for a brief period can even allow you to obtain power exceeding the Demigod Tier.]
'As I thought—the maximum power this world can contain is the Demigod Tier. Any power stronger than that gets directly expelled outside the world.'
[You could say that—this is also the fundantal reason why deities cannot descend upon the world at all: the world itself is rejecting them.]
'In that case, does that make Mr. Tree a deity too?'
[That is one way to think of it.]
'Then what about you, Cheat Device Miss—are you a deity?'
[……]
'Cheat Device Miss?'
[……]
'Another topic that can't be discussed?'
[Yes.]
Whoosh whoosh……
Right as the man and cheat device were chatting, the Infinite Tree transmitted another piece of information.
[He says that after calculation, the power within "Nature's" Divine Primal Essence far exceeded projections. Beyond the purified divine power used to repair your bodily damage, a small portion remains.]
'What does that an?'
[He asks how you wish to use this portion of purified divine power.]
'Can it be held in reserve to support my next fusion with Mr. Tree?'
Luo Nan's spirits lifted—naturally he wanted to keep this portion of divine power in reserve as his trump card.
If he could, he would be able to instantly trigger a burst-fusion the mont he encountered "her," entering the Fusion Form with the Infinite Tree once again.
Luo Nan made a rough estimate: in Fusion Form, one hand would be enough to send "her" flying.
After all, however formidable that one was, her power level still fell within the range the world permitted—she could never match his Fusion Form.
[Regrettably, the quantity is insufficient.]
'……'
'I see……'
Hearing the Cheat Device Miss say this, the joy in Luo Nan's heart instantly snuffed out.
"I just knew it—I'm only a minor villain. How could anything go so smoothly for ?"
"I wonder what this divine power could even be used for…… Wait—got it!"
Luo Nan seed to know exactly what to do with that insufficient remainder of divine power.
'Cheat Device Miss, can the remaining divine power be used to enhance an item?'
[Naturally—purified divine power is all but omnipotent.]
Receiving the affirmative answer, Luo Nan's mood brightened once more.
'Can the 'Truth-Piercing Star Spike' I crafted be enhanced with divine power?'
[That Supernatural Artifact crafted by you yourself?]
'Yes.'
[Of course.]
'Alright then—' Luo Nan imdiately returned to reality, retrieved the Truth-Piercing Star Spike, and brought it along into this starfield. 'Mr. Tree, please use divine power to enhance this item for .'
Whoosh whoosh……
A branch descended, coiling around the twelve-faced spike. An ancient, vast, boundless, ineffable power was transmitted into the Truth-Piercing Star Spike in Luo Nan's hand.
He could feel that the item in his hands was undergoing so fundantal change.
After a mont, the branch withdrew.
Gazing at the Truth-Piercing Star Spike now shimring with an iridescent glow in his palm, Luo Nan carefully sensed its current functions.
"Function One—Pierce Illusion: capable of penetrating all illusions, disguises, and ntal control. Targets struck will briefly manifest their true form. Unavoidable."
"Function Two—Drain: using Function One as a foundation, drains a portion of the caster's true power. Unavoidable."
"Hmm—both of these functions were already there originally. Under the enhancent of divine power, they've gained one additional absolute attribute: 'Unavoidable.'"
"But Function Three…… now this is interesting."
"Function Three—Seal: using Functions One and Two as diums, upon striking the target activates a 'Supernatural Void,' sealing all authority to invoke Supernatural Power for both user and target. Cannot be dispelled."
Luo Nan savored this newly appeared "Seal" carefully. Once he understood how to use it, he couldn't help but break into a smile of absolute confidence.
"Function Three can forcibly reduce both parties to ordinary people, leveling the gap in power between her and ."
"Add to that the intelligence advantage I have over her from my previous-life mories…… the advantage is mine!"
'Intelligence advantage plus power parity—how could I possibly lose?'
At that thought, the palpitation lingering in Luo Nan's chest faded considerably.
He put the Truth-Piercing Star Spike away, bid farewell to the Infinite Tree, and returned to reality.
Sensing his own condition, he found that the "void" within his body had indeed been fully repaired by the purified divine power.
His Supernatural Tier even showed faint signs of breaking through from Tier One Mid-Stage to Tier One Late-Stage.
'From the mont I entered the Supernatural realm to now, it hasn't even been half a month—this advancent speed is like riding a rocket.'
'Though it makes sense. Entering the Supernatural realm relied on all those years of Accumulating Deeply and Releasing Suddenly, plus Mr. Tree's support. The breakthrough from Tier One Early-Stage to Mid-Stage was Mr. Tree's gift, and now, there's the repair and nourishnt from purified divine power.'
'It's all Mr. Tree carrying.'
Luo Nan laughed, quietly thanking the Infinite Tree once more in his heart.
With that thought, Luo Nan walked toward his bed.
"My body has recovered to peak condition, but after running at full tilt for an entire day, my mind is starting to give out. I'll sleep first, then tomorrow figure out how to deal with the matter of Pati."
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