novelraw Chapter 622 - 597 Commandment of the Pantheons
Chapter 622 - 597 Commandment of the Pantheons
Huang Yi immediately reached out to open the box, which contained four items: an Experience Pill, an Energy Stone, a bottle of Double Experience Potion, and a black iron plate.
Huang Yi had seen the first three items before; they were common rewards for breaking world records. Only the last item was unfamiliar to him; he had never seen it before, and it must be the super prize. Huang Yi picked it up and examined it carefully.
The black iron plate was the size of a palm, with simple and antique engravings on it, and four characters were carved on it in bold and powerful strokes—Commandment of the Pantheons.
[Commandment of the Pantheons] (Special Item)
A commandment imbued with the power of the pantheons. When used in The Tower of Pantheons solo mode, it allows the player to instantly gain the experience of all NPCs on that floor without needing to clear it, but it excludes any loot drops. The highest floor selectable for the Commandment must not exceed the highest floor the player is able to clear, and experience is calculated normally, without any bonuses or reductions, and it does not affect the world record. The Commandment can be used up to 10 times per day, with a maximum usage of 2000 times. If used in a Reincarnation state, the experience gained will be temporarily stored within the Commandment of the Pantheons and can be absorbed after the Reincarnation ends.
"A leveling treasure!" Upon reading the item’s description, Huang Yi immediately classified it. This treasure didn’t add attributes and couldn’t be used in combat, but it could let a person level up rapidly.
If The Tower of Pantheons solo mode could be run 10 times per day and if the floor’s geography was easy, not requiring too much time to travel, then Huang Yi could complete it in as little as ten minutes each run, and finishing all ten runs in just two hours. If, however, the terrain was tricky, necessitating extensive travel time, or if the monsters were widely scattered needing detours to kill, then the time spent would be much longer. For instance, the 130th floor he just ran took an hour per run, which would mean 10 hours to complete all runs.
This was because Huang Yi’s attack power far surpassed that of ordinary players. If it were an average player, it would take even longer to complete all the runs. Players who were busy with studies or work might not have the time to finish all the attempts, perhaps only managing to run once or twice a day. Xiao Chunzi was like this; she couldn’t log on at all for several months last semester, and this semester, she could only log in occasionally on Sundays, her leveling speed was incredibly slow.
But with this Commandment of the Pantheons, it was different; it worked instantly, without the need to personally take action. It took Huang Yi an hour to kill all the monsters on the 130th floor and obtain their experience. With the Commandment, it was a matter of just one second to gain all the experience. The Commandment could be used 10 times a day, saving a significant amount of leveling time and sparing a lot of effort, freeing up time for other activities.
For other players, the Commandment of the Pantheons was even more beneficial. For example, a level 1 player who just entered The Second World could directly choose to run the highest floor currently cleared by players around the world. If someone could clear the 200th floor, then a level 1 player could gain the experience of the 200th floor 10 times a day, fast-tracking their leveling progress immensely.
However, the pity was that the Commandment of the Pantheons was not limitless; it could only be used 2000 times, and once used up it was gone. Moreover, runs completed using the Commandment wouldn’t yield any loot, which was a tough choice.
Huang Yi collected all these rewards and immediately used the Experience Pill, gaining 50% experience. He would maintain his position as number one on the level leaderboard as long as he could. Although it was only symbolic, it was still significant for the Best Individual Award.
Next, Huang Yi teleported out and ran the 130th floor again, breaking the world record once more. The rewards this time were far less impressive than before, but he used the second Experience Pill right away and advanced to level 135!
At level 135, one could normally learn class skills, but Huang Yi, using the skills of levels 135 to 175 as a cost, had used a Divinization Scroll to divinize his class. For a long time to come, he would not be able to learn any class skills.
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Gradually, a day quietly passed by.
When Huang Yi logged in the next day, it was already noon, and as usual, he went to the forum to check things out.
"Miyamoto Musashi has earned the third National Honor Point and has been named Martial Emperor! Best Individual Support rate surged by 6%, surpassing the Sword Emperor!"
"God of Slaughter secures the world’s first place firmly, rising three levels in one day, widening the gap on the level leaderboard. And setting a new world record for The Tower of Pantheons 130th floor, adding significant weight to his candidacy for the Best Individual Award!"
"The Pope has obtained the Imperial Jade Seal and has started to prepare for the creation of a nation, with prospects of becoming the first person to hold the triple powers of a Guild, Religion, and Nation!"
"Egypt’s Guardian Pharaoh has received a portion of God Sealer Johns’ inheritance! India’s pride Ganges shines brightly in their Second Class! Two super first-class priests, who will take the title for the Best Priest Award?"
"The third annual festival is about to convene, with the Prime Minister of India personally inspecting the capital New Delhi’s security, fire, and traffic preparations, to ensure a perfect annual festival."
After reading through the top-ranked posts, Huang Yi felt tremendous pressure. With the annual festival nearing, the top players from various countries were clearly striving hard. The competition was too fierce, and he didn’t know when his position as number one in the world might change hands.
Huang Yi quickly skimmed the popular news and immediately entered The Second World, ready to start a new day of struggle.
Upon entering The Second World, he took out the Medicine Bottle and Compass of Elemental Spirits and began checking them with the Eye of Time.
First was the Medicine Bottle. Today, a drop of a potion that added Health Points recovery speed was bred inside, with only a D-tier rating. Huang Yi lacked even the desire to use it and directly put the Medicine Bottle back into the storage ring.
Then, he picked up the Compass of Elemental Spirits. He had been looking at this compass for many days, but had not yet chanced upon the Spirit of Thunder and Lightning, wasting a great deal of his Energy Value.
"[System Prompt]: Do you wish to immediately use the ’Compass of Elemental Spirits’?"
Upon receiving the system prompt, Huang Yi activated the Eye of Time. A faint glow filled his eyes, engulfing the compass, allowing him to see its random result of the day.
"Hm?" In the next moment, Huang Yi was slightly taken aback. Through his Eye of Time, no matter how hard the compass’s needle was spun, it would always point to a tiny scale, and that scale was precisely Thunder and Lightning, the element he had earnestly been searching for!
After expending so much energy value, he could finally obtain a Spirit of Thunder and Lightning!
Huang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, chose to confirm usage with the system, and then casually flicked the needle of the compass with his finger.
The needle began to spin rapidly, passing over the scales representing different elements. The outcome appeared uncertain, but it was already predestined. If it had been anyone else, they would surely be filled with nervousness at this moment, but Huang Yi was utterly composed.
Sure enough, after spinning countless times, the needle eventually came to a stop, pointing right at the tiny Thunder and Lightning scale.
"[System Prompt]: Your ’Compass of Elemental Spirits’ has pointed towards the Spirit of Thunder and Lightning; you will gain the location of a Thunder and Lightning Spirit."
After receiving the system prompt, Huang Yi immediately looked at the compass. By now, its appearance had changed completely, no longer showing scales of elements, but a blank face instead, with the needle pointing straight in the northwest direction, where the Thunder and Lightning Spirit was located.
Finding it would be rather troublesome—the Second World was too vast, and while the needle pointed northwest, it did not provide a specific location, nor an indication of distance. It pointed northwest whether the Spirit was a kilometer away or a million kilometers away.
Next, Huang Yi quickly headed to Dragon City’s Teleport Plaza and teleported to a coastal town in the northwest of Hero’s Continent—Canglan Town.
The little town was shabby, home to probably only a few hundred residents. The salty sea breeze carried the scent of seafood as it blew through.
Huang Yi took out the compass again to check it, and found the needle still unwavering, continuing to point northwest. Seeing this, he couldn’t help but turn and look towards the endless ocean afar. This town was already a border city on Hero’s Continent, and since the needle was still pointing northwest, it indicated that the Spirit of Elements was not on this continent but somewhere overseas in the northwest.
And coincidentally, the Central Continent was also located to the northwest, so he could search for the Spirit of Elements while he was there later on.
Huang Yi momentarily shelved this thought and continued levelling at the Tower of Pantheons, while his incarnation, riding on Little Dragon, sped through the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, heading towards the Dragon Tomb.
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Gradually, as the days passed, Huang Yi got closer and closer to the Dragon Tomb, but the underlying Demonic Beast Mountain Range turned eerily silent. Along the way, he saw many magical beasts fleeing in terror from the depths of the mountains, and he even spotted two top-level sanctuary magical beasts. It seemed as if they had encountered something terrifying, causing them to flee in panic. Later on, Huang Yi could no longer see any creatures at all, just endless forests exuding an aura of death and desolation.
That day, Huang Yi was only half a day away from the Dragon Tomb, nearly reaching his destination!
By this time, he hadn’t seen any magical beasts for two days, nor heard even the chirp of birds. Occasionally, he would find dried bloodstains in the forests below but no bodies, and it was unclear what had happened.
Riding on top of Little Dragon, Huang Yi gazed far ahead. The sky was covered with a thick layer of ominous clouds, obscuring the undulating mountains beneath, indistinctly outlining a sinister atmosphere.
It seemed like a storm was brewing.
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