The golden eyes disappeared, replaced by a pillar of golden light that enveloped William's body. The pillar of light condensed into a golden mark on William's neck that he couldn't remove no matter how hard he willed it.
Its shape was similar to the one that Carl had on his summoning scroll, but William felt a different aura from this one than Carl's scroll. It wasn't sinister, but something about the mark made him want to bow his head, which was unbelievable to say the least.
-Survived a Heavenly Tribulation: +10 PP
-Survived a Superior Heavenly Tribulation: +1000 PP
Am I enslaved again? William became a bit worried. If this was his reward for clearing the Superior Tribulation, then he had seriously messed up.
-No, it's a Heavenly Mark, endowed with one or more abilities that belong to the caster. This is an extremely rare and powerful reward, only given to those that gain the favor of the Heavens.
-Received a Heavenly Mark: +10000 PP
-Heavenly Mark added to Status Panel.
William sighed in relief upon hearing the System's explanation. Given the number of Potential Points it gave out it had to be something good. He only had one doubt.
Aren't I their enemy? How could I suddenly gain their favor? William asked the System. It didn't make sense to him how someone that had sent a Superior Tribulation his way would suddenly give him a reward.
If he was the Godly being and someone offended him, he might even consider killing the person, not giving them a gift!
-System level too low to respond. Upgrade System to B-Rank to upgrade the Ask Function.
Ugh, never mind. It's probably something complicated that I'll find out later.
If William had to guess, there was some sort of ulterior motive behind Golden Girl's gift. There was no such thing as a free lunch in the World, or Worlds, that is. He checked his status panel to see the information on the Heavenly Mark, and what he saw stunned him speechless.
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INFO: ( - )
-Name: William
-Race: Human
-Age: 353
-Lifespan: 1200 Years
-Cultivation: Heavenly Golden Core 1 (0/75000)
-Heavenly Mark: Heaven's Aura, ???
STATUS: ( - )
-Health: 5000/5000
-Mana: 4800/6800
-Fame: 145
-Humanity: 57
-Attention: 16
-Soul Strength: 1250
-Cultivation Base: 499900/2000000
Regeneration (Common): (SSR --> X)
Effects: Natural healing ability improved by 2400% >> 9600%, then healing speed improved by another 2400% >> 9600%
X-Rank Bonus Effect:
Death Defying: Host can recover from almost any physical injury, no matter the severity.
Side Effect: Healing injuries hastens the rate of cell division and will cause the Host to age by one year after healing 120 >> 480 years' worth of injuries.
Next rank up: Requirements Locked. Upgrade the System to A-Rank or purchase the Rejuvenation Talent to unlock the next Rank.
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Reflexes (Common): (SSR --> X)
Effects: Reaction time +2400% >> 9600%
X-Rank Bonus Effects:
Accelerated Reflexes: When faced with killing intent or targeted by physical or magical attacks, time is slowed by 48 times from the Host's perspective only.
Reflexive Learning: When narrowly dodging one or multiple attacks, one random attack within one meter of the Host will be selected and be partially comprehended by five percent.
Next rank up: Requirements Locked. Ascend or upgrade the System to A-Rank to unlock the next Rank.
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Hard Skin (Common): (SSR --> X)
Effects: Skin toughness +2400% >> 9600%
X-Rank Bonus Effect: None
Next rank up: Requirements Locked. Ascend or upgrade the System to A-Rank to unlock the next Rank.
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The new Running on Empty bonus effect for the Stamina Talent is definitely overpowered! But, the Regeneration and Hard Skin Talents hardly have any bonuses. I guess it's alright since they're already powerful on their own, though.
I wonder what the Rejuvenation Talent is? I wonder if I can gain access to it before I Ascend... William thought as he moved on to the next Talent in his System Panel.
--Attack Reflection: SS (15000PP to next rank)
System, I still have some Potential Points left. Can you upgrade the Attack Reflection Talent for me?
-15000 PP
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Attack Reflection (Rare): (SS --> SSR)
Effects: Reflect physical attacks launched at you for up to 80% >> 90% of the original strength. Activates even if the attack is blocked by the Host.
SSR-Rank Bonus Effect: Whenever a physical attack causes zero physical damage to the Host, reflected damage doubles >> triples.
Side Effect: Taking physical damage increases the Host's hunger.
Next rank up: 75000PP
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