230. Temple (3)
Up until now, while climbing the tower, I used a lot of strong enemy buffs.
It was worth it.
Before I acquired the <Transcendence> divinity on the 17th floor, I always battled strong opponents on a daily basis.
However, after going through a battle with the Heavenly Demon and receiving numerous rewards in the giant tree labyrinth, I escaped from a life-and-death battle to some extent.
At most, fighting the usurper would cost you your life… … .
Compared to before, it was clear that there was definitely less need to use the strong battle-only buff.
So I couldn’t understand more.
This situation wasn’t dangerous enough to activate a strong enemy buff in my opinion.
「As a user, I faced enemies that were difficult to handle.」
「The skill ‘Indomitable Will’ is activated.」
Increasing physical ability, increasing concentration, strengthening learning ability, strengthening mental protection, etc… … .
Due to the Indomitable Will skill after a long time, various abilities have become stronger.
But the change did not stop there.
「The special spell activation conditions have been met.」
「The exclusive spell <Despise the Strong> is activated.」
「All stats and skill efficiency increase by 100% until the end of the battle.」
The exclusive spell purchased at the shop dedicated to the giant tree labyrinth was activated, and vitality surged through the body.
At this point, without any skill or divinity, it seemed like he could beat the apostle with his bare hands.
Presumably, in this state, if you use the Shinhwa <Reversal Hero>, even an apostle will be able to defeat it without much difficulty.
I rolled my eyes at him.
[ So absurd. ]
In common sense, the current situation wasn’t enough to activate a strong enemy buff.
Although the god of balance wrote <Advent> for Gloria, the challenger who took on the role of [Saint Woman]… … .
Even so, unless the godhead had sent down the incarnation, there was no way the strong enemy buff would be activated.
even… … .
‘The god of balance is certainly not an ancient deity… … .’
Among the ancient deities seen in the Giant Tree Labyrinth, there was no one who handled the divinity <Balance>.
And there’s no way the Tower would just stand by and see someone like an ancient deity directly intervene.
Therefore, it probably means that the god of balance who descended to Gloria is not an ancient deity… … .
So it made me feel even more uncomfortable.
As I tightened my grip on the sword wave with my eyes closed, the Blood Heaven Demon Sword resounded.
-I think you know what it is. You don’t have to think too complicated. Perhaps the god of balance is your nemesis.
[Enemy… … ? ]
―Originally, there is a compatibility between divinities according to their divinity inclinations. Perhaps the divinity <Balance> is something like a nemesis to you.
[ … … . ]
At those words, I thought as I looked at the golden-haired saintess who radiated a brilliant light.
‘It’s a natural enemy.’
There was a point.
The strong enemy-only buffs wouldn’t have been activated all at once, as if the godhead had cast <Advent> for no reason.
In terms of cause and effect, it is probably correct to say that the god of balance is my nemesis.
Still, questions were bound to arise as to why the judgment on opponents was as strong as that of <Advent>, a divinity.
But the question didn’t last long.
「Divine <balance> is used.」
That would be too… … .
「By the divine <Balance>, the strength of all challengers within the 20th floor ordeal is balanced.」
After a few seconds, I was able to experience the cause right away.
***
balance.
To do it evenly without leaning to one side or the other.
The moment when what I knew only as words became a divine power and was activated.
[ … … . ]
I felt it as I watched the golden divinity flowing from my body fade.
「By the divinity <Balance>, all challengers’ divinity manifestation abilities are sealed.」
「By the divine <Balance>, all challengers’ stats are fixed at [150].」
“The ability to directly handle the divinity of all challengers is sealed by the divinity <balance>.”
「By divine <balance>, all challengers’ natural recovery of physical strength is sealed.」
「The natural magic recovery of all challengers is sealed by the divine <Balance>.」
That the system didn’t unnecessarily make a strong adversary decision.
「The use of Apotheosis is prohibited by the divinity <Balance>.」
「The divine power ‘Apotheosis’ is deactivated and cannot be reused for 8 hours.」
“What is this… … .”
In the blink of an eye, the power of apotheosis was lifted, and all abilities were fixed at an absurd level.
The same applies to the ability level raised by the exclusive spell <Despise the Strong>.
However, the physical ability raised by the Indomitable Will skill is not related to the ability level, so the effect is maintained… … .
It was not a very hopeful situation.
‘Are all the abilities to handle divinity sealed? … .’
Divinity substitution ability as well as some powers and skills were sealed.
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Among them, there was also a holy light that became a power skill.
I expected that the exclusive perk “Absolute Preservation” I bought in the Giant Tree Labyrinth would resist the divine <Balance>… … .
Things didn’t go as smoothly as I thought.
「Due to the myth <Equality for All>, the exclusive perk ‘Absolute Preservation (SSS+)’ is temporarily disabled.」
The god of balance who wrote <Advent> on Gloria activated the myth.
「Due to the myth <Equality of All>, the automatic activation of Divine <Reversal> is canceled.”
Even the divine <Yeokcheon> was completely useless as its automatic activation was canceled.
―I never thought that the god who wrote <Advent> could also write a myth… … .
Dam Chun-wu was amazed when he saw it.
―It seems that the tower has given you a high value.
This means that even if the god who wrote <Advent> could write Shinhwa, the tower judged that I could handle it enough… … .
“… … That’s not very good news.”
It didn’t feel good to be recognized in this way by TOP.
It was worth it.
Originally, it was my intention to finish the trials on the 20th floor as quickly as possible and upgrade the authority to increase the reward in the common area on the 21st floor.
Even with so many enemies, it was not possible to maximize the efficiency of the rewards that could be obtained.
So I felt a lot of regret.
‘It would have been better if I had faced the enemies like this after the reward increase was completed.’
But it was only for a moment that he licked his lips.
[Challenger with the divinity of transcendence. ]
It was because the saintess over there opened her mouth before she knew it.
[ you… … , upset too many balances. I can assure you that the quality of the crime will never be low. ]
No, to be precise, the god of balance who cast <Advent> on the saintess Gloria must be speaking.
[Pay for your sins with your life, and repent of the mistakes you made while climbing the tower. ]
Before he could even reply to that absurd statement, something happened.
It’s not different… … .
The ice melted and the challengers, who were able to move, quickly hit the ground.
“Rotten! I don’t know what it is, but now the tide is turning. f*ck that f*cking monster!”
“Anyway, all abilities are the same. If the divine ability is also sealed, that’s no big deal anymore.”
“Jinhyung! Get in shape! And don’t let that bastard get close to the saintess! Then win!”
They said it was Junchi even if it rotted… … .
As soon as the ankles that were caught in the ice field heavily strengthened by the divine <Rules> were released, the challengers began to move in haste.
very quickly too.
I’m guessing it’s known to them that the balance patch was carried out to some extent by the divine <Balance>… … .
It was fun.
“A battle with pure skill without divinity… … .”
It was worth it.
「The special power ‘Hunger for battle’ is activated by satisfying the conditions.」
「It becomes easier to immerse yourself in battle and all skill proficiency increases by 300%.」
“Your skills will grow a lot after a long time.”
Originally, I liked fighting with skills and martial arts without divinity.
***
As I saw countless challengers approaching me, I immediately absorbed the command.
「Absorbs the spirit of the challenger, Cliff Sherid, to permanently increase stats.」
“Muscle strength has increased by 1.”
「Agility has increased by 1.」
“Your physical strength has increased by 2.”
「Magic power has increased by 4.」
“Durability has increased by 2.”
Of course, the permanent stat increase was not immediately applied by the divine <Balance>… … .
If left as it is anyway, it will be meaninglessly consumed as a protective shield by the offensive attacks of the challengers.
There was no point in wasting the spirit of someone strong enough to use the apostle painting.
So even if it didn’t help at first, I used it right away.
however.
「Absorbs one of the skills possessed by the challenger, Cliff Sherid.」
「The skill ‘Battle Acceleration (A+)’ is created.」
With unexpected benefits, even A+ level skills were created.
‘nice.’
and.
「The skill ‘Battle Acceleration’ is activated.」
“All actions related to the battle are greatly accelerated until the end of the battle.”
Starting from the newly acquired skill, numerous skills began to be activated.
「The skill ‘Focus on Combat’ is activated.」
「The skill ‘Instantaneous Acceleration’ is activated… … .」
「The skill ‘Intention Amplification’ is active… … .」
And that wasn’t all.
「The authority skill, ‘Grace of Wind’ is activated.」
「All speeds increase by 80%.」
「Current skill overlap progress – [8]」
Aren’t the abilities that stay in line that don’t directly deal with divinity caught in divinity <balance>?
「Myth <Possibility of Transcendence> is activated.」
「Challenger Han Seong-yoon has the effect of <causal reversal>.」
“Reversing causality against an unwinnable enemy creates a ‘certain win causal rate’.”
“Challenger Han Seong-yoon is given the effect of <Sacred Rise>.”
“Every time you win against a godhead, the level of divinity of challenger Han Seong-yoon increases.”
“Each time you repeat victory, ascension gets closer.”
“Accordingly, special rewards are sometimes given when divinity rises.”
He was also able to activate <Possibility of Transcendence>, a myth that had no direct relation to dealing with divine power.
Of course, even if the level of divinity has grown, it won’t be useful right now… … .
Even so, I thought there was no myth more useful than this.
At least against a bunch of challengers.
It was the moment when he kicked off the ground and rushed to the place where the challengers were crowded.
Chijing-!
「The skill ‘Tears of the Desperate’ decreases movement speed by up to 40% in proportion to the duration of the battle.」
「The skill ‘lowest flow’ designates the challenger Han Seong-yoon to take 100% more damage from all enemies.”
「The skill ‘Twisted Lightning Rod of Thunder’ acquires the ‘Strike’ effect on all magic fired at challenger Seongyoon Han.”
In the blink of an eye, unknown letters appeared all over the body and applied all sorts of debuffs.
Even that is a lot.
I laughed at the endless system messages that I couldn’t read all of them.
It was worth it.
「The skill ‘Endless Spell Devour’ is activated.」
“Any spell that touches your body is converted into pure magical power.”
Either way, none of the spells are of any use to me.
It was impossible to even keep me in check with mere magic, not a skill that does not use spells.
As it was, I absorbed hundreds of spells clinging to my body at once and converted them into magic power.
Shockingly, one of the wizards behind enemy lines exclaimed in horror.
“What kind of dog is this again… … ! Lord, order infinite gorge? The spell itself is of no use at all?”
But there was no time to worry about it.
Let’s go!
It was because there were so many arrows pouring down that they filled his field of vision again in a short time.
It’s probably because he’s trying to take some of his strength out of the distance.
It didn’t matter because I had recently acquired a skill that could block it to some extent.
「The skill ‘Shock Block’ is activated.」
shock isolation.
A skill that definitively blocks 30% of all damage, regardless of penetration.
When it was activated, it blocked the rain of arrows that hit the whole body.
It’s also very neat.
Titi titit… … !
Most of the arrows that hit the body ricocheted out without even penetrating the skin.
Of course, there were minor wounds from tapping the skin, but even those were not serious enough to lead to serious injuries.
But that didn’t mean there was no damage at all.
Hit by a barrage of arrows, his progress was delayed.
‘The wounds started to accumulate more and more.’
Even the gray blood is a powerful skill and it works by consuming holy power, so it’s sealed… … .
There weren’t many means to recover.
It got a little better when I used the power of the Bloodthirsty Deep Gong, but even this was not as effective compared to the gray blood.
at last… … .
Instead of holding on and advancing, he chose to defend.
「The skill ‘Counterattack Shield’ is activated.」
At least, the counterattack shield was spread wide and made like a tent, and the burden on the body was considerably reduced.
But even so, the progress stopped and it was not a benefit.
As it is, the time to maintain the counterattack shield must be limited.
There are a lot of challengers over there, so we can continue the long-term battle.
[Thinking that you can do anything, that arrogance is holding you back. ]
The God of Balance, who had <Advent> on the saintess’s body, seemed to be happy with it.
It was as if he believed that he would die soon.
However, I quietly waited for the right time without replying to that.
That would be too… … .
“Charging complete.”
「The skill ‘Counter Shield’ is in a state where the accumulated damage can be reflected.」
The reason I stayed still until now was to gain momentum.
