novelraw Chapter 434: Conceptualizing Fifth-Tier Domains
Chapter 434: Conceptualizing Fifth-Tier Domains
No objections...
The noisy council hall fell into deathly silence.
Madame Oli said softly:
"Lord Hayer..."
Hayer stared at the two people, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.
The Ice Witch had endured the ravages of time. With her current weakened spiritual energy field, it would be difficult for her to deploy a fifth-tier domain.
Although the Black Hunter was exceptionally talented, ultimately he had just been promoted and hadn't yet mastered a fifth-tier domain. He was still in a budding stage and couldn't match his opponent.
However, if Big White Hair and Little Black Hair combined...
He had never truly displayed his real power upon this great sea.
When the domain of the Invisible Hand truly descended, who would win? Hayer stopped this insane thought of internal conflict.He was no longer the warmonger he used to be.
Regardless of the reason, the Ice Witch was a legend from ancient times.
She was also the holder of ancient dimensional rift fate projections, possessing prophetic abilities.
"This is our honor."
Hayer looked at the pained expressions of the many council members before him, having no intention of comforting them.
These minor nobles entrenched in this coastal city were completely insignificant.
Faced with the massive resources from multiple A-rank dimensional rifts during the Dimensional Tide, the original council members of this coastal city needed a thorough purge anyway.
Madame Oli shed a drop of cold sweat.
Ultimately, no matter how renowned their reputations, the many families and council members here lacked support from saint-level strength behind them.
Especially in this 'Great Gold Rush Era', strength was everything.
"No one raising their hands in opposition?"
Hayer cordially sought the opinions of the many council members.
Everyone lowered their heads, glancing at their own arms.
"Can we raise feet instead? Or use slips of paper?"
"..."
Go get mechanical arms... Hayer ignored them.
Madame Oli placed her hand on her chin and said calmly:
"If there are no issues, then the plan will begin execution.
I hope when the new year arrives, our homeland will still remain."
......
After the council concluded, under the call to action, major engineering projects proceeded like wildfire.
Moonstone City's preliminary defense line already had a rudimentary form, with tens of thousands of meters of walls firmly enveloping the entire coastline.
When fully completed, these ten-thousand-meter walls would be covered with heavy-firepower Magic Bullet Cannons.
And upon the walls, Steam Hand Workshop's heavy mechas were already providing protection.
Under the Ice Witch's command, Transcendents from the Blood Blade Pirates and Sea God Pirates had also begun entering the Moonstone City archipelago, constructing underground shelters.
Chen Qi and Fen stood on the deck, gazing at the sea, resting for a while.
He stretched his muscles and bones.
Compared to when he had just been promoted, he could now adapt to this body.
However, it wasn't enough... Chen Qi felt a wave of weakness emanating from his body.
Far from enough!
During this period, he had captured monsters including water spirits, Coastal Apex Predators, lamp-moon sea dragons, deep sea beasts, and twisted tentacles.
His flock count had reached one hundred, beginning to take shape.
Yet despite this, he still felt his body was like a weak, empty shell.
His body needed to contain more power.
"Fen, Qi!"
The Ice Witch, having finished handling matters, lightly leaped onto the deck.
Chen Qi asked:
"How did it go?"
The Ice Witch slightly raised her chin, handing Chen Qi and Fen a cup of black tea:
"Relatively smooth, how about your side?"
Chen Qi glanced over and said:
"Everything has been arranged."
Among them, Palu and Burry from the Ice Demon Pirates, Veteran Gael and others were responsible for constructing the new rift workshop.
The Little Tentacle Merchant was responsible for moving bricks and heavy physical labor.
For safety reasons, Chen Qi hadn't assigned Fen overly dangerous tasks.
Fen was responsible for potion brewing, food cultivation, and research on utilizing the Abyssal Sea Flower.
Fen gave herself a thumbs up, puffed out her chest, and said proudly:
"Qi, don't work too hard! And don't worry about enemies you can't defeat, with this witch lady here!
This witch is preparing to conquer the Flower Witch's final challenge—Sage-Level potions!"
Water Spirit No. 2 also chimed in:
"Waku waku (The witch mistress's potions are super amazing potions!)"
Both the person and the water spirit had shining eyes, a vivid little yellow flower sprouting from their heads in perfect sync!
Sage-Level potions were potions that surpassed the Sage-Level, requiring materials from A-rank dimensional rifts to forge.
Even fourth-tier legends consuming this potion would experience strong rejection reactions—it was a potion exclusively for the fifth tier!
Its enhancement far exceeded imagination... Chen Qi thought to himself, though his focus was a bit strange.
When did Fen plant a flower on Water Spirit No. 2's head... Chen Qi smiled slightly.
Fen's current illness hadn't worsened as expected.
He could quickly harvest resources from sea beasts.
Coupled with some special sea beasts, creating Sage-Level potions was only a matter of time.
After speaking, Fen handed Chen Qi a bottle of her newly brewed potion.
Chen Qi took the potion and tasted it.
How nice... The Ice Witch quietly watched this scene.
Chen Qi had now been promoted to Saint, already a powerhouse capable of influencing the tides.
But although he was powerful now, if he faced either the Blood Lion or Hayer, he would stand no chance.
The endpoint for Saints was the contest of domains.
Unlike the Sea God, who lacked practical combat experience, contacted corrupt power, and had an incomplete domain.
In the fate projections, the reason Chen Qi had the possibility of defeating the Sea God was because the Sea God, as a Saint, had serious issues with her domain.
In fact, relying on powerful steam mechas, rift weapons, large numbers of third-tier Transcendents, and a small number of fourth-tier powerhouses, it was also possible to kill fifth-tier Saints.
The battle of slaughtering Saints!
In history, stories of third-tier and fourth-tier killing fifth-tier were not uncommon.
But this was limited to fifth-tiers who hadn't mastered fifth-tier dimensional rift-level domains.
A complete fifth-tier domain could twist rules, reshape the world in an instant, and reverse battle situations.
Whether one could master a complete fifth-tier domain was the most important watershed between fifth-tiers!
According to her intelligence, the Blood Lion's fifth-tier Blade Domain 【Second Apocalypse. War Grinder Mountain!】
In this domain, all Blade affinity soldiers under his command would gain unyielding and frenzied bonuses.
All soldiers would become undying and unkillable within the domain, and based on the heat of war, the Blood Lion could also use 【War Descent】, summoning the Apocalypse War Knight's possession to slaughter the land!
Hayer's Phantom Domain was also extremely terrifying, 【Hayer's Invisible Hand】.
In this domain, an invisible thousand-meter giant hand would descend from the sky, able to ignore all physical reality, pass through the void, and reach any location—
Whether it was a sturdy fortress or the heart beneath a steel body.
In the domain, Hayer only needed a single thought to instantly crush anyone's heart.
No matter how massive an army, before this absolute domain, they were like ants on the ground.
Fifth-tier domains manifested through dimensional rift power were invincible existences.
Not to mention, there were also beings like the Blood Hunter who, at the fourth tier, could single-handedly fight all Pirate Generals, surpassing all fourth-tiers.
Having inherited the Great Whale's heart, when his fifth-tier domain bloomed, it might unleash even more terrifying power.
The Ice Witch asked:
"Qi, do you have any conceptualizations about fifth-tier domains?"
Fifth-tier domains were the ultimate sublimation expression of dimensional rift power, the ultimate manifestation of personal strength.
The Sea Shepherd profession card should also contain knowledge about dimensional rifts.
Every Saint Transcendent reached their domain through different methods that couldn't be easily replicated.
Domain conceptualization... Chen Qi stroked his chin.
Currently, he had roughly two domain conceptualizations.
Ultimate violence, Blade Phantom affinity domain, Abyssal Descent!
Simply put, it utilized everything: Ember's Touch, the Deep Sea Monster talent of the fourth-tier profession, Lamp Keeper, mad blood potions, etc.
Ignoring any rational side effects, piling all monster transformation effects together, making himself an absolutely rationaless abyssal monster!
Abandoning all reason, abandoning all impurities, only pursuing pure violence!
Chen Qi stroked his chin.
This domain was also the final state of the monster flow.
However, to make it a Saint-level domain, it still needed one most crucial power—
Abyssal power!
Abyssal power was power unique to the great sea, the most violent, insane, and dark force.
This was a power quite suitable for the monster flow!
And he just happened to have an item that could provide massive abyssal power.
That was the Abyssal Spark obtained from the Sea God.
The Abyssal Spark was a forbidden object from the abyss. Just by glimpsing its power, Chen Qi could feel powerful mental pollution.
The abyss was watching him!
However, to use the Abyssal Spark, he needed the rift workshop to disassemble the Abyssal Spark.
The second domain conceptualization came from the Sea Shepherd's knowledge.
Lamp Heart affinity domain, Azure Pastoral Domain!
The Azure Pastoral first required the flock count to reach at least eight hundred.
In this domain, floods would descend from the heavens.
Chen Qi himself would enter a special god-like state, able to share the perceptions of all lambs.
Simultaneously, he could absorb Deep Sea Power without restraint, releasing Deep Sea Power to all the flock.
In the Azure Pastoral Domain, even a small red crab would transform into a giant crab stirring the tides.
Additionally, the Azure Pastoral itself was also a fifth-tier sea system domain, sharing common points with the Great Sea Coffin's Rift Blade.
If he could fuse the Rift Blade's power, he could also make the entire domain attach extreme cold power, putting everyone within sight into a state of extreme cold!
During the domain's duration, the flock became a wolf pack!
In this domain, he would be like a supreme strategic player, manipulating a massive sea beast army.
However, mastering a fifth-tier domain required unimaginable resources.
Abyssal Descent needed the rift workshop.
While the Azure Pastoral required massive Deep Sea Power, at least one lamp, one heart affinity rift unique item, and a fifth-tier lamp affinity visualization method.
Among these, Deep Sea Power wasn't a problem.
But the other items required relying on A-rank dimensional rifts.
Fortunately, the current sea wasn't lacking in A-rank dimensional rifts.
Of course, besides this—
Chen Qi had a third domain conceptualization.
Pure lamp affinity domain, also the legendary domain in the Witch Sea, the lamp affinity's 【Myriad Fate Paths. Converging to One Point】!
This was a lamp affinity domain that only existed in legends.
Legend said this was a domain above domains, known as a miracle.
This domain itself was the manifestation of fate, the synonym of miracles.
The knowledge of this domain didn't exist in any ruins, only existing in the Ice Witch's mind.
Simply put, it was the ultimate skill exclusive to the Witch Sea region, the final reward for defeating the Great Whale!
Chen Qi detailed his three domain conceptualizations to the Ice Witch.
The Ice Witch closed her eyes and said softly:
"Both these domains are good, you can try either."
The Ice Witch shook her head:
"As for the lamp affinity's Fate Path, it's a domain above domains. To master it, you yourself need to master dimensional rift domains, and besides that, too many conditions need to be met..."
"Simply put, this is a domain even I haven't mastered."
The Ice Witch took a sip of black tea:
"I'll quickly construct the rift workshop to help you stabilize the Abyssal Spark and master the first spark..."
Rift workshop... Chen Qi looked at the Ice Witch.
At this moment, he couldn't help but curiously ask:
"By the way, can I ask who the chief engineer of the rift workshop is?"
The Ice Witch smiled slightly, patting her chest:
"Me, and him!"
Him?
Chen Qi looked in the direction the Ice Witch pointed.
There, at the end of the deck, stood a handsome man with messy hair and two mechanical arms.
Burry looked up, revealing his shining white teeth, and couldn't help but smile:
"Black Hunter, that's me!
To be honest, during university, I never skipped a single class, completed 'Introduction to Rift Workshop Construction'."
The two of you, serving as chief engineers... Chen Qi looked at the confident Ice Witch and Burry.
The Ice Witch also crossed her arms:
"I've studied too, 'Rift Workshop Construction: From Entry to Burial', and 'Ten-Day Crash Course for Rift Workshops'!"
I've also studied 'The Destruction of Rift Workshops'... The smile on Chen Qi's face gradually froze.
These two people seemed somewhat unreliable!
No, they were quite unreliable!
Although the Ice Witch was a Saint, ultimately, she was only an Ice Lamp affinity Saint.
And although Burry was a mechanic, he was only third-tier!
Moreover, Burry seemed to still be a university student!
A university dropout!
He wasn't even bald!
What were these two relying on to construct the rift workshop? Relying on 'I reckon it works' power?
A sense of foreboding arose spontaneously.
Chen Qi asked:
"That... Ice Witch, aren't there other Hammer affinity Transcendents? Like, fourth-tier ones?"
The Ice Witch turned her head aside:
"There are, but they're all the main constructors of Noah's Wall. Burry and I are already the strongest..."
The strongest...
The Ice Witch also took a sip of black tea, making a gesture with her hand:
"With our skills, it shouldn't be a problem, might just take a bit longer."
A bit longer...
A bit!
Chen Qi looked at the gesture the Ice Witch made with her fingertips and took a deep breath.
No good, he still needed a powerful Hammer affinity engineer...
Chen Qi thought about it, he just happened to know such a special genius, an extremely renowned figure.
Although their personality was problematic, their abilities could greatly accelerate their rift workshop construction speed!
However, this person couldn't be recruited through normal means.
Only through forceful means could they be 'invited' over!
Chen Qi said:
"Big White Hair, I'm planning to kidnap someone to help us construct the rift workshop."
Kidnap someone? Who? The Ice Witch rested her chin on her hand, blinked her red eyes, looking completely puzzled.
Aside from the Steam Hand Workshop personnel responsible for constructing Noah's Wall, she couldn't think of anyone else capable of constructing a rift workshop.