After the Players reached Level 50, the number of skills they could learn plummeted.
But at the same time, the power of the highly specialized skills would rise to a whole new level based on the different skill paths they had taken before.
Like before, Xi Wei would still bear the cost of the Players' casting costs.
While it wasn't an issue now due to the small number of players, the overall level of the Players would definitely increase as time passed.
As more and more Players reached the threshold of Level 50 over time, the casting requirements for those high-level skills would definitely drain a lot of Xi Wei's divine power.
To be honest, Xi Wei was a little overwhelmed …
Even so, as a god, he couldn't cry out to his believers, "Stop, I really don't have a single drop left!"
That was why to prevent himself from being drained dry in the future, he decided to add an additional requirement to the Players' skills above Level 50: the consumption of Illum crystals, and the energy contained in the crystals would be used to replenish the skill's cost.
Since different classes would require different colors of Illum crystals, the Players collectively called ultimate skills after Level 50 as colored skills.
At first, Xi Wei had assumed that the change would cause dissatisfaction among the Players.
After all, using skills before didn't cost anything apart from mana bars, and mana bars would slowly regenerate over time, making it a free ride.
As everyone knew, free rides were fun for a while, and would always be fun.
Even so, the Players were surprisingly understanding, even believing that the God of Games was as compassionate as ever.
The reason was not hard to guess. Happiness was something that could only be achieved through competition, even if it was worse.
While the other gods would respond to their believers and grant them a portion of their power to form the so-called system of divine arts, even simple divine arts would require corresponding incantations, gestures, or runes.
When it came to more powerful divine arts, an altar would definitely be needed, along with corresponding offerings and ritual procedures that must be carried out strictly according to the rules — it should be mentioned that such rules were conveyed by the gods through dreams or oracles.
That was why the first reaction of the city watch when they were told that there were cultists in the city was to search for the cultists' altar. After all, humans were alive and could run, and even if an altar was destroyed by external force, there would still be traces left behind.
As for why the gods would torment their believers like that, it certainly wasn't because they had nothing better to do and wanted to watch a monkey show.
The power that held believers and gods together was faith. If gods wanted to repay their believers, they would have to pray and establish a bond of faith.
However, the problem was that there was a limit to the breadth of a god's mind. When all the believers prayed to the god at the same time, although they could receive a large amount of power of faith, it would also cause the god to be troubled by countless complicated wishes.
Therefore, apart from a few exceptions, most of the gods were in a state of closing their eyes and listening because they did not want to hear the worrisome prayers of their believers.
But then there was a new problem. If the believers were in urgent need of his help, what should he do if he closed his eyes and could not receive their prayers?
Therefore, rituals were born.
To use a simpler analogy, it's all a bit like the radio.
The wishes that the believers made during their prayers were like messy noises that would be blocked by the gods.
If the believers wanted to achieve a certain goal, they would have to go through a specific ritual to send their message to a certain channel. After receiving the message, the corresponding god who was listening to that channel would verify if the person on the other side was their believer, and if there was no problem, they would send divine power back to the believer so that the believer could complete the corresponding sacred art.
As for why the rituals were becoming more and more complicated, the reason was simple: there was a limit to the channels, and in order to achieve more complicated classifications, they would have to work on the channels and add many small differences to the original ritual to differentiate the effects of different sacred arts. That way, the rituals would become more and more complicated.
But that problem did not exist in Xi Wei's case.
Having the ability to transmigrate and directly establish a channel of faith, he did not have to share the already crowded radio channel with the other gods. Instead, he had an independent blank channel that he could use as he pleased.
On the other hand, it was the 'lack of divine power' that didn't exist for the other gods. After all, no god would send so much divine power back to their believers like Xi Wei did.
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As Edward finished casting his spell, a huge black flame rose from the tip of his Happy Flames, finally condensing into a huge black dragon with crimson eyes.
Its crimson eyes were filled with the aura of an evil dragon, and its black scales reflected a metallic luster as it roared at the sky with an unparalleled aura.
No matter how you looked at it, it was hard to believe that it was a golem made of flames. Even if it was a real dragon, many people would probably believe it!
The black dragon dove down from the sky and spat out a huge black fireball at the two people who were running for their lives with their sacks on their backs.
The taller man's face paled, and it was clear that his warhammer would not be able to block such an aggressive attack.
The shorter man with the sack suddenly turned around, holding a strangely shaped shield in his hand. The shield glowed the color of champagne, and a translucent circular barrier appeared behind them.
The fireball slammed into the barrier, but it did not break it. Instead, it slid off the barrier and landed on a house nearby.
The walls and roof of the house were instantly melted by the black flames, but the people inside were miraculously unharmed. The family of three who were eating barbecued meat stared dumbfoundedly at the Black Dragon that whizzed past them. Then, Eggface and Charle carried Edward and the others as they ran past.
"What the hell is that?" Gou Dan could not help but click his tongue.
As a Level 50 ultimate skill, the fireball cast by Edward's Blackfire Dragon did not cause secondary damage such as' high temperature 'or' explosion ', but it was enhanced to the extreme in the aspect of' burning '. Anything that came into contact with the black flames would be instantly melted!
However, the strange little shield successfully deflected the fireball, and its body did not suffer any damage.
"If it's not a magitek imbued with advanced sacred arts, then it's a holy item of some religion. Only those things could stop my Crimson Eyes Black Dragon Wave." Edward's face was not looking too good either. The Level 50 ultimate skill was draining him so much that he felt drained. "It's the same with the other guy's hammer. If I'm not mistaken, it's a holy item as well!"
"I don't know what's going on, but it's a provocation to the Church of Games!" Joe said irritably, carrying Edward over his shoulder. "I'm going to beat them up!"
"Those two are very cunning, we have to be prepared for a long chase … I've prepared stamina potions!" Gou Dan, who was slacking off with only half a leg raised said seriously as well.
Clearly, they were furious that Eleena, whom they had watched grow up, had been kidnapped.
As they ran and chased, with all sorts of attacks thrown in from time to time, the atmosphere on both sides became tense.
Right at this moment, the two kidnappers suddenly fell face first onto the ground in an extremely synchronized posture.
Edward and the others did a double take, but soon noticed that the two kidnappers' feet were bound with white chains of light.
That was a variant of Eleena's [Chains of Penance].
Still, the two had fallen so violently that the sacks on their backs with Eleena inside flew out and fell into the nearby river with a plop …
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