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Chapter 185: Talent · Life Script, Talent · Peerless Soldier
Chapter 185: Talent · Life Script, Talent · Peerless Soldier
"Finally, I have it. Now all the opportunities of the protagonist in this Grand Mage of Destiny are mine. Next, I need to subdue this protagonist."
Bai Qingyun, who looked like a muscular man, maintained a calm expression. He was known as the Qingyun Hunter on the leaderboard.
His talent was called Life Script, which allowed him to see the life trajectories of others. Initially, he could only see a bit of the recent trajectory, but as he progressed through baptism and elevation, he could see opportunities, attributes, obsessions, and even how to subdue them.
It was through this talent that he continuously grew, acquiring numerous opportunities and subduing one protagonist and supporting character after another, gradually developing the strength of his territory and becoming the strongest in the underground world.
With the server ascending to the 7th tier, not only did the surface world expand, but his underground world also continued to grow. This expansion led to the emergence of many new life scripts, bringing not only opportunities but also various capable natives who began to rise during this wave of development.
"True Dragon Emperor... He is truly powerful."
Bai Qingyun glanced at the leaderboard. He did not know the other person's talent or profession, but their strength was undoubtedly formidable.
In his case, he had twelve professions, eight of which were epic, and the remaining four were rare. He guessed that those ahead of him on the leaderboard had even more, in addition to skills, bloodlines, and other attributes.
"Apostle Qualification? I wonder what it's for. Initially, only five were issued, and the recipients must be the top five of us on the leaderboard."
These five Apostle Qualifications were limited to only five, and he did not believe that anyone else could seize them. Even if someone did manage to get one, it would be taken away after their death.
The Apostle Qualification was unusable and would become invalid if taken out of the server. It could not be activated, and its purpose was unclear. However, due to its high price and limited availability, he naturally secured one as soon as possible.
"Moreover, this thing even altered my script."
Life trajectories could be changed. For example, when he first arrived in the magic continent, he was a cannon fodder in the Underground Storm script. He gradually turned things around, becoming the protagonist in The Crownless King. However, after he obtained the Apostle Qualification, his entire script changed again, turning him into the protagonist of Apostle.
This change startled him, especially since it happened before he could activate it, indicating that he was already entangled in it.
Being a protagonist was not easy. He knew his life trajectory but lacked the corresponding abilities. Other script protagonists could even snatch opportunities from him, let alone himself. A life trajectory did not mean he would follow the script exactly.
Therefore, he should not expect a protagonist's aura to protect him. He had already tried it, and if he truly considered himself the protagonist, it would be a path to death. Now, with his increased strength, even the top few lords on the leaderboard might not be able to kill him, but he could not let his guard down.
The underground world was a place of the survival of the fittest. Although he had subdued many native heroes and a large number of underground troops, it did not mean there was no danger.
His Monster Maze territory was not an ordinary one but more like an arena. The underground races were known for their cunning and cruelty, and their loyalty was at most 70%. Only the protagonists and supporting characters he subdued, who were often tragic figures, could reach 100% loyalty.
Most of the protagonists and supporting characters in the underground races, if judged by normal standards, were actually antagonists, which gave him a headache.
However, trying to subdue others on the surface was not very effective. The surface races would not come to live in the underground for long due to the unsuitable environment. Who would want to live in darkness? The best they could tolerate was dimness, unless they had a debt of gratitude that could not be repaid.
Therefore, he was selective, usually intercepting opportunities first before subduing them. Using the protagonist's opportunities to enhance himself was the priority. As long as he was strong enough, loyalty issues would be easily resolved. In a world of the survival of the fittest and reverence for the strong, as long as he was stronger than the underground natives, they would not dare to rebel.
This was better than the Devil and Demon races under Jiamozhujushi. Although they would submit and act small, they would never truly serve, and they might even deliberately sabotage things. This was due to their nature.
Unlike the underground races, who would willingly serve as dogs when beaten into submission, there was still a hidden danger. They could not show any signs of fatigue, or they might turn and bite you.
However, this was also why, whether it was the underground races or the Devil and Demon races, they were exceptionally skilled in combat and intrigue. Those who were not excellent had already died.
Yang Feiyun looked at his thriving territory, where he, the 5th-ranked lord on the leaderboard, was no longer a human. His elongated ears indicated that he had become an elf.
'I hope you can hold back the Ancient Gods this time. Otherwise, I will have to leave the Magic Continent.'
As a reborn individual, he had experienced the great terror of the Ancient Gods' awakening in his previous life. However, at that time, he was not a 5th-tier lord but a 4th-tier one like Qin Muye, with no resistance at all. He then used a server transfer voucher to leave.
He then lost his Apostle Qualification. Others might not know, but he did. This Apostle Qualification represented the Apostle of Lord Era and was the credential to enter the battlefield of myriad races after reaching the 7th tier.
Lord Era was not limited to human lords; there were also lords from other races. However, only those who obtained the Apostle Qualification had the right to face these myriad races.
In his previous life, he only obtained this qualification after the world was destroyed by the Ancient Gods' awakening. But in this life, he had obtained it much earlier.
He didn't expect that leaving the server would make the Apostle Qualification invalid, perhaps because he was part of the first batch.
Yang Feiyun vaguely remembered that the first batch of Apostles were all World Masters, meaning they had survived a certain death. In his server, this was the awakening of the Ancient Gods. The second batch of Apostle Qualifications was far inferior to the first and did not have the restriction of becoming invalid upon leaving the world.
Of course, he did not want to directly confront the Ancient Gods. If he could succeed, that would be the best outcome.
In this life, he subtly helped the True Dragon Emperor eliminate Jiang Tianjun and the 6th-tier lord, the Sea Dragon King, greatly enriching the other's foundation. Although this somewhat felt like aiding the enemy, if the True Dragon Emperor had a good chance of defeating the Ancient Gods, Yang Feiyun would gain even more.
His talent was called Peerless Soldier, which allowed him to synthesize the same type of troop buildings, enhancing them to a higher tier. This meant that even the lowest-tier troops could be advanced to powerful ones.
For example, basic elf archers could become elite elf archers, then advanced to divine elf archers, and finally phantom archers.
The only downside was the significant cost. For instance, to upgrade a troop building that recruits divine elf archers to one that recruits phantom archers, he would need five divine elf archer troop buildings. However, without the corresponding blueprints, he had to synthesize from the lowest-tier elf archer troop buildings.
In his previous life, he did not have this talent; it was randomly reassigned due to his rebirth.
As for being a puppet of the natives? This was not the case. Instead, he controlled the elf forces and displayed actions that would mislead outsiders.
He knew that the Ancient Gods targeted lords in descending order of strength. The stronger a lord's territory, the sooner it would be struck.
Particularly, the 5th and 6th tiers were a critical threshold.
In fact, he could have advanced to the 6th tier long ago but intentionally held back.
He knew that, at present, the only differences between the 5th and 6th tiers were troop tiers and territory size.
He was not afraid of troop tiers because he could synthesize 6th-tier troop buildings. He just couldn't recruit them yet. Once the Ancient Gods attacked, he would immediately advance to the 6th tier and summon 6th-tier troops, catching them off guard.
This was his plan to gather resources and then leave.
The 7th tier was a different story. In his previous life, he was an 8th-tier lord and knew how difficult it was to advance from the 6th to the 7th tier. He was stuck for three years before finally advancing.
Even the True Dragon Emperor, who had absorbed the foundations of several 6th-tier lords, could not break through in a short time.
"But what about this Red Wind Lord? I don't remember such a person from my previous life. Is this due to the butterfly effect of my actions?" Yang Feiyun was puzzled. He clearly remembered that there was no such person in his previous life, as he was the one at the bottom, and he remembered this clearly.
(End of Chapter)
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