novelraw Chapter 384-1: Cruel Disciple War, Three Goddesses of Vengeance (1)
Chapter 384-1: Cruel Disciple War, Three Goddesses of Vengeance (1)
[You have obtained Unknown Chapter Invitation Main Letter (item).]
[You have obtained Unknown Chapter Invitation Sub Letter x3 (item).]
[Unknown Chapter Invitation Main Letter (item): While holding this item, you will enter an unknown chapter within the specified time.]
[Remaining time: 2 days 23 hours 59 minutes 30 seconds]
[Unknown Chapter Invitation Sub Letter x3 (item): While holding this item, you can bind your soul to the holder of a certain Invitation Main Letter, become their retainer, and follow the holder together into the unknown chapter.]
According to Vishnu’s intel, the chapter entered in each Disciple War was different and would never display a chapter number.
The Disciples entering the war could not even know the deep background of the chapter, nor could they judge whether the chapter was an Ordinary chapter or an Easter Egg Chapter.
Following the previous agreement, Lin Xun sent all three retainer invitation letters to Vishnu.
Ever since leaving Firefly’s world, he had been constantly studying how to use Flesh Authority.
Even when meeting Vishnu, he had used Flesh Authority to change the appearance of his Shell.As the highest evaluation reward of a Hell Difficulty chapter, even though Flesh Authority had yet to grow, it was definitely a vast treasure trove waiting to be developed.
Right now he was like a toddler taking his first steps. He could clearly see a mountain of treasure before him, yet could only take a little at a time and could not scoop it all into his arms in one go.
He felt this way because Lin Xun discovered that as he kept using Flesh Authority, his control over the Authority continued to improve, or one could say Flesh Authority was gradually being developed and strengthened.
The only problem was that this progress was too slow. If not for professional instruments measuring and printing out his various bodily functions, even he himself would be unable to sense it.
Although the growth speed of Flesh Authority was extremely slow, he did not slack off in the slightest and poured all his spare time into it.
He even operated in the game while simultaneously training and developing Flesh Authority in the real world.
“Do those main gods also have to spend countless ages before they can fully master the effects of their Authorities?”
“Or is it that only after mastering the Authority to a certain degree can one become a main god?”
Lin Xun felt that even gods could not achieve everything in one step. Increasing strength still had to follow basic principles.
But if his speculation was correct, those gods had countless years for their own growth, to master their Authorities and powers. What about the player Apostles?
No matter what the true function and goal of The Book of Salvation was, the fact that it trained Apostles and quickly increased their strength was undeniable.
If mastering an Authority really required countless ages of grinding and practice, that would obviously go against the original intention of The Book of Salvation.
“In other words, there is a very high chance that a method to quickly increase Authority control exists.”
“If there really is a fast method, then it can only be learned inside the game…”
For the moment, there was too little intel about Authorities. Lin Xun could not think any further along that line.
He shook his head and cast off stray thoughts, summoned the Nine-Tailed Fox to use as a sparring partner, and continued to train and develop Flesh Authority…
Several days passed in a flash, and soon it was almost time for the Disciple War.
During this period, the fate-changing artifact had once again fully recovered its Luck Value, but no matter how many times Lin Xun tried, he could no longer roll triple sixes.
Having no other choice, he could only solidify the Source of the Apocalypse as a Relic first and store it in the Inventory. Once the fate-changing artifact rolled a suitable Luck Value, he would equip it, then randomly generate a Soul Secret.
Of course, if he encountered some unexpected emergency in the Disciple War, he would not care about so much. Even without a Luck Value bonus, he would still have to equip the Relic.
[Unknown chapter remaining opening time: 05 minutes 36 seconds…]
[…]
“Cain, are you nervous?”
Lounging on the big sofa in the villa’s living room, Lin Xun heard his elder brother Amos’ voice through the headset.
“Bro, it’s the first time for both of us. You tell me, nervous or not?”
Far away, thousands of miles off, Amos forced a smile and said, “To be honest, I am a bit nervous. It feels like I am back at the Disciple selection back then.”
“But as long as we follow the plan Lord Vishnu arranged, no big mistakes will happen.”
“Alright, bro, I’ll follow your lead.”
“Based on the experience from the last Disciple War, each area only needs to eliminate one Disciple. We just need to regroup as fast as possible, find Jeremiah first, and kill him together to safely pass the Disciple War.”
Amos’ words sounded like he was giving Lin Xun confidence, yet also like he was giving himself confidence.
Last Disciple War, it was indeed one Disciple eliminated from each area, but the one before that had eliminated two from each area.
Amos desperately did not want that situation to appear, because if two had to be eliminated, he and Cain would be forced to face a demigod level opponent.
The odds of victory against the Ninth Disciple Agabus were simply too slim…
A thought suddenly rose in Amos’ heart. If two really had to be eliminated this time, there was another way to pass the Disciple War… and that was to kill Cain.
Rather than facing the invincible Agabus, killing an utterly unsuspecting Cain would be far easier without question…
He watched as the start time of the Disciple War drew closer bit by bit and could not help clenching his fists.
Amos glanced at the two retainers beside him who were also fully prepared and silently prayed that the worst outcome would not occur.
Unless necessary, he truly did not want to raise his blade against a teammate. Yet if only one of them could live, he would definitely leave that hope of survival to himself.
[…]
[Because you hold the Unknown Chapter Invitation, you are about to enter the unknown chapter.]
[…]
Amos drew in two deep breaths to ease the nervousness lingering in his chest.
[Teleporting…]
[…]
[Teleportation successful.]
[You have entered the unknown chapter.]
[The ordinary wandering soul awakens on a moonlit beach…]
[In the unseen, your heart senses something…]
[You feel that forty seven wandering souls of differing strengths have entered this unknown world at the same time as you…]
[Please note. This unknown chapter is Soul-Annihilation Mode. You will not be able to obtain normal rewards in this chapter.]
[In Soul-Annihilation Mode, you may attack any Apostle you see, including retainers who entered alongside you.]
[All Apostles who enter this chapter will suffer the death penalty Soul Annihilation upon death.]
[When an Apostle dies, their retainers will also suffer the linked penalty of Soul Annihilation.]
[Please treat every monster you see, and every Apostle with ill intentions, with extreme caution…]
The text’s font glowed a deep bloody red, hinting at the terrifying danger of Soul-Annihilation Mode.
Soul-Annihilation Mode was even more dangerous than Slaughter Mode. Once you died, there was no chance to revive. Once you died, it was a state of eternal damnation with no hope of return.
The game not only provided a danger warning, it also generated an extra Soul-Annihilation option.
By clicking this option, one could see the status of all Disciples participating in the war.
[Twelfth Disciple Cain, alive, remaining retainer count 0/0.]
[Eleventh Disciple Amos, alive, remaining retainer count 2/2.]
[Tenth Disciple Jeremiah, alive, remaining retainer count 3/3.]
[Ninth Disciple Agabus, alive, remaining retainer count 1/1.]
[Eighth Disciple…]
[…]
Seeing this text, Amos instantly inferred a great deal of useful information…
Jeremiah had likely already learned that he and Cain were teammates. If the two successfully regrouped and joined forces, Jeremiah’s probability of being eliminated would be the highest.
In order to survive the Disciple War, Jeremiah had paid some unknown price and had not paid tribute of retainer slots to higher-ranked Disciples, which was why he could bring a full three retainers this time.
As for Agabus, who possessed demigod strength, he was the least likely Disciple to be eliminated, so he had only brought one retainer…