The weather in the Earth Elemental Plane was quite difficult to deal with. At least one-third of the day would be filled with sandstorms that obscured visibility. Even in a cave, the sound of the sandstorm was quite frightening.
Of course, we could still go out in such weather, but there were many things we couldn't do. Still, it would be better to conserve our energy in the campsite. There were many things we could do in the campsite.
Some people were adapting to the environment, some were sharpening their swords, some were taking a nap, and some were already unable to take it anymore.
"Ahhh, so annoying. When will this annoying sandstorm stop? This world's thick dirt makes me want to vomit. Let's hurry up and kill off Ömdiroken and return. Kamdiran, are you still not ready? Are you still as cowardly and weak as always? "
"Please tell him to be cautious, respected Lady Ailos. Before we can adapt to the natural laws of this plane, we'll only be able to use less than half of our combat strength, especially since you're countered by this plane. Meanwhile, Ömdiroken has endless power to replenish himself. We must first adapt to the natural laws of this plane. "
"Hmph, boring. I'm going to sleep. Wake me up when the time is right."
"Yes, Lady. Have a sweet dream. "
We were rather astonished at the interaction between the two Elemental Gods. Their personalities were completely different from what the legends described.
In a way, Ailos's icy and exquisite expression had fooled us. After a short period of interaction, her cold beauty's influence had completely disappeared. However, underneath her exquisite appearance was a fiery hot temper.
Actually, it wasn't only the Water Elemental God who was like this. According to past experience, the other Elemental Gods were similar as well.
"Logically speaking, those who practice fire magic will become irritable and irritable. Those who practice lightning and air magic will become casual and bold. Those who practice water and ice magic will become easygoing and calm. Those who practice earth magic will become honest and generous. This should be the result of the natural compatibility of the elements."
However, looking at the Elemental Gods before us, this was obviously not the case.
"It's the complete opposite of what people guessed. The Storm Elemental Goddess, who should have been bold and unrestrained, should have been cautious, while the Water Elemental Goddess, who should have been gentle and easygoing, is actually a fiery woman. That Ömdiroken, who should have been the simple and honest Earth Elemental Goddess, turns out to be a cunning old fox. What kind of personality would a fiery and domineering Fire Elemental God have? She likes peace and embroidery the most. "
Alright, later on, by chance, I discovered that my ridiculous conjecture was actually true. But now was the time for idle chatting. When we raised our doubts, Kamdiran explained it to us.
"Elemental affinity? In the past, I wasn't a cautious person, but after suffering a few losses, I naturally became cautious. As for Ms. Ailos, her people were all super slow-tempered, and they could make people anxious to death when they communicated. If she continued to stay in that kind of environment, she would either become a slow-tempered person, or she would become a super impatient person like now. It's the same for Ömdiroken. If it wasn't for the fact that he was so black-hearted, the other Earth Elemental Gods wouldn't have been able to defeat him. How could he possibly have survived until today? "
It would seem that the legends weren't necessarily true. Innate affinity couldn't compare to personality that was tempered through experience. These ancient stories were indeed quite interesting, but I didn't have the time to think about anything else right now. My own matters were quite troublesome as well.
"Silver Dignity, Gold Will?"
I fell into deep thought as I listened to the sound of the wind and sand outside. This God Slaying Quest had given me quite a lot of rewards. Apart from that God Equipment and all sorts of random materials, the 70,000 + Fate Points in my wallet instantly filled up again.
This amount of Fate Points would at least be enough for me to upgrade some of my necessary skills and increase my overall power level to the Gold rank. However, I hesitated.
Every rank had a foundational difference. If I tried to take the next rank without sufficient experience and rewards, I would miss out on the necessary experience I had accumulated along the way. I wouldn't be able to make up for it even if I wanted to in the future, and it might even become a bottleneck for me in the future.
This was especially so for the Gold rank. Casually ascending to the Gold rank wouldn't be a good thing.
The level before the Gold rank was the system's categorized level 1 to level 60. At this level, everyone would be using the most common basic job classes, and there wouldn't be much difference between them. Every job class's common combat techniques and skills would have already been mastered at the beginning of the Silver rank. After that, the main goal would be to perfect them. In the end, quantity would transform into quality, and the basic abilities would evolve into individual characteristics, forming a unique personal style.
"Choice? It would seem that simply sitting here and thinking won't be enough. "
Progressing from one to the most proficient, and from the most proficient to the most proficient, that was the law of progress for any system of knowledge. Cultivation was naturally the same.
Black Iron and Bronze ranks were about tempering one's physical body and activating one's own potential and talents. At the Silver rank, one's combat techniques and so on would have matured. When one's physical resources were no longer able to be improved any further, one would have to begin excavating one's own spiritual potential, combining everything one had learned in one's entire life to create one's own internal world.
And at the next step, one's internal world would begin interfering with the external world. This was the so-called "Golden Will." It was also the time when one had to make a choice.
Once one's ordinary combat job class reached its peak, one would have to choose to advance to the next rank. As for advanced job classes such as "Beast Tamer" and "Shadow Dancer", they were only paths that had been explored by the strong in the past.
Perhaps walking someone else's path would be a smooth journey and allow one to progress quickly. However, there were no two people in this world that were completely the same. Even twins who shared the same genes would be worlds apart. In the end, someone else's path would be someone else's person, and it wouldn't be completely suitable for you. Once one reached a certain level, they would eventually meet an obstacle that they couldn't overcome.
Of course, there were also exceptions, such as Renée. From a certain standpoint, she was basically a female copy of Cavendish. As long as she continued walking down that path, with the same Soul Imprint as support, she would definitely reach a very high level.
By the way, although Glina's Blood Change Ritual went quite smoothly, Renée's Blood Change Ritual wasn't feasible from the very start. The connection between Renée, who had already become Cavendish's God's Descended body, and the Abyssal Blade was far too close. Forcefully swapping her would be no different from directly swapping her soul. Not to mention, this would touch upon Cavendish's core interests. He would most likely come looking for trouble on the spot, and this was something that was basically impossible to resolve.
That was why I chose to use a more gentle method of infusing blood and potions to suppress Cavendish's bloodline so that it wouldn't be too active. This was obviously not a long-term solution. However, I could only hope that Renée would be able to find her own path at this stage and gradually increase the distance between her and Cavendish. Only then would she be able to escape the summoning of the Chaos Abyss.
"Don't seek power from others. Hone your techniques and willpower in battle, and form your own combat style. When I return, I hope to see a new you."
As I said this, I kicked Renée out of the Earth Elemental Plane. Perhaps the Earth Elemental Plane wasn't suitable for living, but it was definitely an excellent place to train and cultivate — the environment was so harsh that one would become stronger as long as they survived.
Besides, I hadn't given Renée any blood recently. I could only hope that she would be able to resist the summoning of the Chaos Abyss with her own willpower. This wasn't some strange method of "a lion would push its cubs off a cliff in order to train its cubs". I had always felt that such a method was completely incomprehensible.
Was the ability to climb cliffs related to survival? Cubs should grow up under the care of their parents, learn how to hunt, and have a healthy body. If I kicked Renée out of the Earth Elemental Plane before she was mature, even if she didn't fall to her death, she would starve to death.
Cough, I seemed to have gone off topic again. Where was I? Yep, why didn't I give her a blood transfusion … Actually, the reason was super simple. I didn't want to die yet, nor did I want to have the strange reputation of dying from anemia.
Previously, when I had given Glina a blood transfusion, I had used up nearly one-third of my blood. This was already a lethal amount for an ordinary person. I hadn't even had the time to replenish my blood, and I had given Renée two more blood transfusions. The result was that I had recently become quite anemic.
Not only did I have headaches and dizziness, when I woke up in the morning, the dizziness caused by my anemia was basically incurable. My vision was blurred by Renée and Eliza twice, and I even went to the wrong door several times, which made me the butt of many jokes.
"My vision is blurred? That's your explanation for running around naked in the public square in the morning? You can even come up with such an excuse? Perhaps you're treating us like children. "
"Listen to my explanation! At the time, I was in a daze following a group of people heading to the public bathhouse. When I heard them say that they were going to take off their clothes, I thought that I had already arrived at the public bathhouse. Who knew, who knew … "
"Who knew that you actually followed Eaglestorm and Xueti's group and started taking off your clothes in the public square?"
"… By the time I realized it, it was already too late! It's not like I didn't try to fix it. "
"That's right, you fixed it. You robbed a passerby of her clothes. Then, you swaggered back home. But … "
At this point, Eliza glanced at me coldly and pushed up her glasses. The cold disdain in her eyes made me feel ashamed.
"… Yet, you robbed a lady of her clothes. Not only did you return home wearing a lace dress, you even made a virtuous lady walk naked in the alleyway for half an hour. Do you know how much effort we spent to convince the witnesses that it was Princess Renée who was about to change her attire and not His Highness Roland who had gone mad? It was the first time a freshman spectator went all out and it was actually for such a mission. What a disgrace. "
At this moment, I was speechless. At the time, my vision was blurred and I could only hide in the alleyway due to my dizziness. It wasn't easy for me to catch a person, so how could I care so much?
"That can't be right. Although I couldn't see his face clearly, from the outline of his muscles, he should be a man. He was clearly a muscular man. He also happily handed over his clothes. "
"She's Omar's good friend, a core member of the 'Muscle Lovers Association.' To tell the truth, she's always treated this as an honor. If it wasn't for us stopping her, she probably would've bragged about her feminine charm to everyone she met. At that time, your honor would only be a small matter. You'll drag us down … "
Alright then, as I watched Eliza approach us with evil intentions, all I could do was crouch down while hugging my head and shouting loudly.
"Don't hit my head!"
Thinking back to the beating I received that morning, my cheeks began to hurt again. Eliza was truly vicious. I already told her not to hit my face.
So, there was no helping it. With what happened before, it would be impossible to give her another blood transfusion. At the very least, before I fully recovered, she could only rely on her own willpower.
After sending off Renée, it was time for me to go on my way. This wasn't only a place for them to cultivate, it was also a place for me to train myself.
"Thinking about my future combat style and development in my room? Let's test it out in actual combat. "
In order to reach the highest peak, I'd never even considered a high-level job class that had already taken shape. My Gold rank would naturally be a path unique to me. Now that the situation in the mortal plane had stabilized, I had the time to consider my personal future.
If it were anyone else, it would be impossible for them to complete the qualitative change from Silver to Gold in such a short period of time. However, I had countless combat experience and knowledge, as well as the System's Fate Points to speed up cultivation time and effects. As long as I had two months of actual combat training, I would be able to complete this path.
"Well then, everyone, we'll meet again in two months."
And so, according to the plan, this temporary team split up and everyone began their own preparations for battle.
Ömdiroken wouldn't be easy to deal with. As the Earth Elemental God in his own dimension, he was capable of drawing on the power of the dimension to strengthen himself. He was basically an undefeatable existence. If it wasn't for the fact that Ömdiroken was obviously heavily injured and had long since entered a deep sleep to recover, I wouldn't have even bothered to chase after him.
But even so, dealing with the heavily injured Ömdiroken was no easy task. As guests from a foreign land, we would need time to adapt to the unique rules of this world. This was especially true for the two Earth Elemental Gods. Before they could completely adapt to the dimensional rules of this world, it was likely that they wouldn't even be able to use half of their combat strength.
It was the same for everyone else. How strong a mage's performance on the battlefield would depend on how much preparation they'd made beforehand. Amelia and Marguerite both wanted time to prepare for battle. They needed to prepare the battlefield, set up traps, and create cannon fodder. They would be very busy in the future.
Adam, Renée, and I were the same. While we needed time to improve our power levels, we also needed to adapt to the combat environment of this dimension. Two months would probably pass in the blink of an eye.
There was another one? Cough, let's just forget about him. What? You really have to say it? Alright then, don't regret it … Beifeng's Gentleman Undying Body had probably been trained to the highest level. Even though he was punished by the heavens, he quickly recovered. He then left and never came back.
Marguerite had contacted him before and knew what he was doing. But judging from the usually expressionless Marguerite's rare expression of disgust, I decided not to ask what exactly happened.
"Beifeng said that he could get a group of hired thugs to help him. I think that he'll probably be able to do it. "
Alright then, although this was good news, I wasn't happy at all. I didn't want to know what he did at all! I didn't want to guess at all. For the first time, I regretted asking Beifeng to help me.
Soon, thanks to Marguerite's random teleportation, I put on a brown wool cape and heavy gnome goggles as I began my own cultivation journey.
"Ah, what a passionate master."
Before I could even stabilize my footing, the entire ground began to tremble. Then, a large part of the ground suddenly caved in, and a scorpion-like monster that wasn't much smaller than a dragon crawled out.
Its grayish-brown carapace was as sharp as a diamond, and the stinger on its back was gathering energy. The hundreds of eyes on its tiny head were all staring at me, filled with the desire to kill.
"You discovered me from my footsteps? Oh my, oh my, it seems that the next two months will be very difficult. "
Although I said that, I smiled in delight.
"It's been so long since I've been able to enjoy a battle so simply. Little scorpion, let me play with you."
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