The Era of Gods

Chapter 508: Chapter 508: Purification of the Fragment of Godhood—The Ring of Miraculous Radiance

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With the submission of the leader of the Demonized Bear Monster Tribe, the rest of the Bear Monsters also submitted one after another, their loyalty even lower than that of the tribe leader, all in single digits and perched on the verge of rebellion.

But, as the saying goes, if they can be tamed, it’s a good thing, and the rest can come slowly.

The first step was to move the original temporary camp over, and then to establish a defense.

The Bear Monsters’ original defense was nothing more than some simple gates made of stones and wood at each end of the basin in the mountains, which could be easily broken through by a few leader warriors in their Supreme Naga state; this was clearly insufficient. If he were to build a fortress, such defenses would fall as easily as sand when pushed, so he needed much higher defenses.

However, these could all be done slowly. A relatively safe foothold had been established, and there was ample time between now and when the attacks from monsters would be provoked by upgrading the heart of the fortress to a Level 1 Fortress.

In the meantime, he still led a part of his subordinates and some tamed Demonized Bear Monsters out every day to level up. The Bear Monster leader must be brought along, as he couldn’t feel at ease leaving him at home, while also taking the opportunity to scout the surrounding terrain.

The key to taming wild beasts is to have a strength greater than that of the beasts. As long as he maintained sufficient strength, he could keep them compliant and tame. The rest would follow in due time.

At the same time, Lin Xiao threw a small note into the Creation Rubik’s Cube, intended for his True Body to prepare something to deal with the Fel energy within the leader of the Demonized Bear Monsters as well as any other strong monsters that he might tame in the future.

As long as a creature was demonized, no matter how well tamed, there would always be hidden dangers, and he certainly didn’t want to carry these risks with him all the time.

Moon Cloud Realm, amidst the Void!

Lin Xiao saw the small note that his Incarnation sent over and instantly thought of the ‘Purification’ Godhood.

To remove the Fel energy that had merged into their souls, it was essential for a deity with the Purification Godhood to take action, and it had to be one with at least Medium Divine Power, since Purification Godhood’s limit is Medium Divine Power. A deity of this level would have mastered the Purification Godhood to its limits, allowing their Divine Power to purify the Fel energy merged into the souls of the demonized creatures without harming the souls themselves.

With this in mind…

He checked the high-level military merit exchange list of the Fifth Military Region and soon found an item that met his criteria, a strange item called The Ring of Miraculous Radiance.

The item description said that it was obtained by the Fifth Military Region when conquering a particular Crystal Wall System in a large plane, where they encountered a native deity known as the God of Light with Medium Divine Power.

An intense battle erupted between the Expeditionary Army and this Plane Lord during the conquest. After a prolonged struggle, a deity with Powerful Divine Power took personal action, and the God of Light, of course, fell at last, but not without fiercely resisting and shattering his Godhood to pieces.

While the core was taken away, some Fragments were crafted by a master with Artisan God into several treasures, including this item called The Ring of Miraculous Radiance.

The Ring of Miraculous Radiance (Legendary)

Bound upon acquisition.

Finger.

+220 Endurance.

+240 Intelligence.

+240 Spirit.

Required Level: Level 80.

Equip: Spell critical strike rating increased by 150 points.

Equip: Spell hit rating increased by 150 points.

Equip: Spell haste rating increased by 200 points.

Equip: Increases healing done by all spells and Magic effects by 300%, increases spell damage by 100%.

Equip: Restores 5% of your maximum Mana every 5 seconds.

Use: Miracle Purification – purifies all negative effects, including all negative states, curses, and diseases, with a cooldown of 15 minutes.

Divine Power from an unknown Different Domain pervades the ring.

“Good stuff!”

Lin Xiao excitedly put the ring on his True Body, replacing the blue ring that had only provided a little over twenty points each to Endurance and Intelligence, and his health instantly increased by two thousand two hundred points, his Mana by two thousand four hundred points, along with a substantial increase in recovery speed due to a large amount of Spirit.

Not to mention the ring’s additional equipment effects and the power to purify all things.

The only slight disappointment was that this orange-grade gear was made for Priests; the three hundred percent bonus to healing was terrifying, and the spell damage boost was only a third of the healing enhancement. Still, at least a one hundred percent bonus was quite high.

This orange equipment seemed to be more powerful than the Undead Ring from the Shattrath Ruins, since the latter does not add any stats.

However, The Will of the Undead is also robust; its several immunities are often stronger than adding a few hundred points to stats.

With this orange gear, Lin Xiao couldn’t wait to call over the Bear Monster leader.

With their loyalty extremely low, these Bear Monsters, though not rebellious, had been quite uncooperative these days. They did everything with minimal effort, slacking off at every chance and taking their time to execute any orders issued, which was quite exasperating to him.

The Level 80 Bear Monster leader, in his normal state, was a towering three-meter-tall upright bear with an expression full of defiance.

From initial anger to current resignation, it only took two months, and with fingers interlocked, he looked at the Bear Monster leader and after a long pause, he finally spoke:

“I have thought of a method to purify the Fel energy in your bodies.”

Surprise flickered across the Bear Monster leader’s bear face, but it quickly reverted to its usual stoic expression, and with a rumbling voice, he said:

“The Fel energy has already merged with our souls; you can’t do it.”

“I can do it!”

“You can’t.”

“What if I can?”

“You will win the loyalty of the Bear Monster race!”

“Remember your promise!”

Lin Xiao stood up and said in a deep voice:

“Kneel before me!”

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“?????”

A look of great confusion stared back at him.

Ahem!

Lin Xiao brought over a wooden stool, stood on it, placed his hand on the Bear Monster’s head, and activated the Miracle Purification skill that came with the Ring of Miraculous Radiance. A clean light flew out, enveloping the Bear Monster Chieftain’s head and merging into it.

The next second, the Bear Monster Chieftain’s eyes went round, and a faint green fel energy sprayed out from his pupils, turning into green flames, which were slowly forced out by the purifying light.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

“Roar!”

The Bear Monster Leader let out a tremendous roar, busted through the door, and charged out with Lin Xiao following closely behind. They saw the Bear Monster Leader transform into his thirty-meter-tall True Body and roar into the sky. With each roar, green fel energy escaped from his eyes, and with every bit of fel energy expelled, the Bear Monster Leader’s body size shrank slightly as if he was losing some strength.

The Bear Monster Leader’s roars attracted all the Bear Monsters in the valley. Thinking their leader was under attack, they roared furiously in response.

“The loyalty of the Elite Bear Monster has decreased by 1 point, please take note when loyalty is too low!”

“The loyalty of the Elite Bear Monster Shaman has decreased by 2 points, please take note when loyalty is too low!”

“The loyalty of the Elite Bear Monster has decreased….”

A stream of notifications about decreasing loyalty appeared in the system notice bar as though a storm of messages was flooding the screen, making it seem as if they were on the verge of turning hostile and starting another fight.

His girlfriend also came over, alarmed, and asked in a low voice:

“What’s going on?”

Lin Xiao showed her the attributes of the ring and smiled, saying:

“I’m trying to purify the demonic fel energy from the souls of the Bear Monsters. If successful, we can fully subdue them.”

“Is it working?”

“In theory, it should, but whether it actually will is uncertain. I’m trying it out now.”

Shen Yuexin looked at the still-roaring Bear Monster Chieftain and after a little while, she suddenly said:

“His voice seems a bit different from before.”

A smile surfaced on Lin Xiao’s face as he clapped his hands vigorously and laughed:

“It must have worked.”

To confirm his words, although still roaring furiously, one could clearly feel the joy in the roar. This sort of emotion would only surface if the purification of the Bear Monster Leader was successful; if it had failed, he would definitely be even more furious.

A few minutes later, the Bear Monster Leader, back to his original size, appeared in front of him and knelt down before him.

Looking down at the attribute panel, the loyalty section related to the Bear Monster Leader jumped from single digits straight to 100+.

Below were several records:

“You have purified the demonic power that caused the Bear Monsters to fall. You’ve earned the Bear Monster Leader’s loyalty, loyalty +100….”

Excellent!

Lin Xiao stood up and reached out his hand. This time, the Bear Monster Leader obediently crouched down allowing Lin Xiao to stroke his head:

“Remember your promise. I will purify all the corruption from your kin, and you and your people shall be loyal to me.”

The Bear Monster Leader bowed his head, his voice deep and powerful:

“In the name of the ancestors as witness, the Bear Monster race shall be loyal to the one who has achieved Dao overnight, until the end of life, never to betray!”

Success!

Watching the information displayed in the system log, Lin Xiao laughed heartily towards the sky.

This was just the beginning, and it signified that he now had a steady channel to gain strong subordinates, which also meant he would soon have enough strength to establish a fortress here to resist the Demon invasion, and bring the nearby two large raid instances and five dungeons under his fortress’s domain.

But before that…

“Phew!”

Looking at the long line of obedient big Bear Monsters extending out of sight, Lin Xiao heaved a long sigh.

“So tiresome!”

The cooldown of the Miracle Purification skill that came with the Ring of Miraculous Radiance was fifteen minutes, and there were several hundred Bear Monsters who had submitted to him. He could only purify four in an hour and at most half could be done in a day, meaning it would take at least a month to purify all the Bear Monsters one by one.

Just the thought of having to purify other races in the future made Lin Xiao feel a bit bothered.

But this task couldn’t be delegated to others since it was linked to the ring’s skill. He could let his girlfriend do it, but Shen Yuexin also wasn’t keen on stroking big Bear Monsters every day, so Lin Xiao had to take on the hard work himself.

One and a half months later, all the Bear Monsters were purified, and their loyalty reached the maximum value. The Bear Monster race was formally integrated into his combat system.

The next step was to set off on conquest, starting with subjugating the other magic-creatures that lived on this Broken Floating Land called Purgatory.

No matter what race, as long as they were not fully demonized and beyond saving, he would conquer them all.

They didn’t necessarily have to be as docile as the Bear Monsters. Even if they refused to submit, he would still purify their souls to free them from the control of demonic power.

Purifying a tribe meant having one less enemy and one more ally in the future.

Even if they didn’t submit, their relationship with him would greatly improve. When it was finally time to establish the fortress, they could prove very useful and help.

Time passed in the midst of busyness. His girlfriend remained in the valley to build the defense system, while Lin Xiao was constantly on the move, searching to rescue any purifiable magic-creatures while also leveling up to enhance his strength.

PS: Darn, I uploaded it, but forgot to set the timer for updates.