Chapter 67: The Fifth-Level Dragon Guardian and the Devout Believer
It is worth mentioning that in addition to them, the three earliest professionals, Dai Lirong, Shang Yingxin and Xia Mang, who had been practicing hard, also joined the battle and accumulated enough experience.
Among them, Dai Lirong, who had the highest mental talent, was upgraded to a second-level mage.
Shang Yingxin and Xia Mang's spiritual power talents are three stars, and their accumulated mana is still a little short, so they are only first-level mages now.
But it's not a big problem. Several of them are professionals who follow the academic mage route, not combat mages, so their demand for rank is not that urgent.
After killing all the 20,000 gnolls, Long Shou was promoted to level 5 in one breath as he expected, and his real level was 52.
An Erqiu was promoted to the fourth level, a level 41 warrior.
Xie Zhu was also promoted to the fourth level, level 42 sniper.
Xie Jin is a third-level stealth fighter.
Xie Heng is a third-level weapon warrior.
It is worth mentioning that when An Erqiu was promoted, Li Qing gave him the Bloodthirsty Hero skill.
I originally planned to give it to Long Shou, but later I thought that this hero skill is a bit useless for Long Shou.
If you want to train an elite, it is best to focus all of the Dragon Guardian's heroic skill points on dragon bloodline, and develop the power of the dragon bloodline as much as possible.
Because bloodline development is gradual, some powerful bloodline abilities must first point out some prerequisite abilities before they can appear, and a hero has only ten hero skill points. If you point to other things, there may not be enough hero skill points, or you may have to wait a level to point out some key powerful talents.
After being promoted to level five, Long Shou had two more hero skill points and two specialties, but he did not use them himself. Instead, he came to Li Qing's divine tower.
I don’t know if it was influenced by the mysterious light condensed by the golden finger, but the fused Long Shou was loyal and very obedient.
Li Qing did not let him determine his talent on his own, so he followed orders meticulously.
Li Qing was very satisfied with this. After all, he had spent so much money to train him, and it would be a loss if he didn't listen.
He stretched out his hand and a blood-red light like a flame appeared in his palm. This was the dragon blood extracted from the corpses of 20,000 kobolds. It was exactly ten times the dragon blood that was fused with Long Shou last time. Both the concentration and quality had been qualitatively improved.
A ray of original light is also fused into this dragon bloodline.
This dragon bloodline itself is stronger than the original one, and the light of origin itself has the function of strengthening bloodline, the two are combined.
Li Qing was full of expectations for this, and he didn't know to what extent this thing could strengthen his dragon bloodline after fusion.
"Can I advance to the legendary level?"
Li Qing licked his lips, then stretched out his hand and pressed it on Long Shou's forehead. The dragon bloodline that was fused with a ray of original light was thus integrated into Long Shou's body.
There was no reaction at first, but in less than five seconds, Long Shou's body suddenly turned red, and soon flames spurted out, and his whole body was burning, but he looked like he didn't feel anything.
“Is this a qualitative change?”
"It seems that the dragon bloodline, which was already one level stronger than before, has indeed undergone some qualitative changes after being strengthened by the light of origin!"
For Li Qing, this is also an attempt. Logically speaking, the combination of the two is likely to produce a qualitative change, but he is not sure to what extent the qualitative change can be achieved, nor does he know whether it can be transformed into the bloodline of an ancient dragon.
As time passed, the color of the flame on Long Shou's body gradually faded from the initial blood red, slowly a hint of gold emerged, and the color became more and more transparent.
It looks like it is burning impurities in the body and purifying the blood and body.
About ten minutes later, the fire in Long Shou's blood completely turned into transparent flames and slowly merged into his body. At the same time, a faint dragon power slowly emerged.
"The dragon's might has been activated..."
Li Qing opened the attribute panel of Long Shou and saw that the dragon bloodline had changed from the original LV1 to LV3, directly skipping LV2. It was indeed a qualitative change. Looking at the attributes again -
There are two additional hero skill points and expert points to choose from for hero skills and hero expertise.
After clicking on the hero skills, Li Qing pondered for a moment and started a series of operations. Soon, the two hero skills and the hero's expertise were all clicked out.
Name: Long Shou.
Occupation: Dragon Vein Fighter.
Strategic level: Level 3.
Strategic attributes: Attack 2+3, Defense 2, Speed 0, Spirit 0.
Strategic Talent: Dragon Power LV3.
Strategic skills: None.
Hero Rarity: Super Five Stars, a commander with extremely rare dragon blood who can bestow the power of dragons on his subordinates.
Dragon Power LV3: Hero strategic skill, increases subordinates' physique by 50%, strength by 50%, extra recovery by 50%, extra endurance by 50%, and immunity to fear.
Hero: Dragon Guard.
Occupation: Dragon Vein Fighter.
Level: Fifth Stage, Level 52.
Basic skills: Running LV7, Archery LV5, One-handed LV7, Two-handed LV7, Long pole LV5, Throwing LV6.
Advanced skills: dual wielding, slashing, jumping and slashing.
Hero Talent: Dragon Bloodline LV3, Dragon Might (Bloodline).
Hero skills: Dragon scale LV2, Dragon breath LV2, Dragon wings LV1.
Heroic feats: Dragon scale enhancement +2, Dragon breath enhancement +2, Dragon wings +1.
Dragon Bloodline LV3: Increases the hero's vitality by 500%, 500% extra recovery, 500% resistance strength, 500% extra stamina, 500% extra strength, reduces all damage by 50%, and is immune to hypnosis, fear, charm, weakness, instant death, illusion, and blindness.
Dragon Scale LV2: Activates the power of dragon blood, grows a layer of hard dragon scales on the body surface, reduces all damage by 30%, is immune to spells below the fifth level, and reduces the duration of all negative states by 50%.
Expertise +1: Dragon scale damage reduction effect +5%.
Expertise +2: Dragon scale damage reduction effect +5%.
Dragon Breath LV2: Activates the original power in the dragon's bloodline. After a short period of charging, it will spray flaming dragon breath in the front range. The dragon breath has two forms: cone and ray. Each spray consumes 10% of the maximum physical strength.
Cone: Maximum width 12 meters, maximum distance 30 meters, lethality is 120% of its maximum attack power.
Ray: 5 cm in diameter, maximum distance 150 meters, lethality is 400% of its maximum attack power.
Expertise +1: Maximum width of dragon breath cone +2 meters, maximum distance +5 meters.
Expertise +2: Maximum width of dragon breath cone +5 meters, maximum distance +10 meters.
Dragon Wing LV1: Activate the power of dragon blood, grow a pair of dragon wings, gain the ability to fly, with a maximum flight speed of 300 km/h and a maximum flight altitude of 10,000 meters.
Expertise +1: Increases flying flexibility by 100%.
The bloodline is upgraded and a new hero skill, Dragon Wings, is added, which allows the Dragon Guardian to have the ability to fly and greatly improves its combat capability.
For a bloodline hero like him, everything serves his bloodline. The stronger the bloodline, the stronger his strength.
It is worth mentioning that the 50% damage reduction of dragon bloodline and the 30% damage reduction of dragon scales are not cumulative. Instead, the dragon scales first defend 30% of the damage, and the remaining damage will be reduced by the bloodline.
Closing the attribute panel, Li Qing looked at the dragon guard in front of him, who looked taller, with red dragon scales on his body and exuding a faint dragon power. He reached out and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him:
"The dragon should soar in the sky, and your future is not just in the sky. Come on, my knight!"
Long Shou bowed his head respectfully and half-knelt in front of him:
"Supreme Lord, your will is my will, and wherever your sword goes is my direction. I will always be loyal to you until the end of my life!"
Li Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and nodded.
At the moment when Long Shoushen took the oath, a light suddenly appeared in his mind. Without any explanation, he immediately knew what it was.
This is a beacon of faith.
Dragon Guard's beacon of faith.
An ability unique to divine creatures and demi-gods and above. When an intelligent creature expresses devout faith in you, a mark of faith will appear in its mind, indicating that this being believes in you.
Li Qing had this function when he awakened as a descendant of God a long time ago, but he had never considered preaching in his own divine domain.
The main reason is that believers nowadays are not stable enough.
This is only the first time we have expanded our territory, and we don’t know if there will be any dangers. If we start recruiting believers now and something unexpected happens, such as a war failure and all the people in the divine domain die, then we’re doomed.
The death of a large number of believers and the various emotions such as fear and despair before death will have a huge impact on the believers.
If the believer himself is not mentally strong enough, there is a high possibility that he will go crazy.
That's why Li Qing didn't dare to spread his faith at will. He wanted to wait until things were more stable.
Long Shou's sudden faith was an accident. The power from the origin of light made him involuntarily form a worship-like belief in him. He started with a pious level of faith, and it seemed that he was not far from being a fanatic.
The levels of faith are divided from low to high into: non-believers, pseudo-believers, general believers, shallow believers, true believers, devout believers, fanatics, and saints.
Those without faith need no explanation.
Pseudo-believers are hypocritical. They say they have faith, but in reality they have no faith and cannot generate the power of faith.
Pan-believers are those who have faith but are extremely unsteady and can change or give up their faith at any time. They may even believe in several different beings at the same time. Generally, they can generate less than 0.01 points of faith power after a standard prayer per day.
Well, basically don't count on this.
Shallow believers usually only have one fixed belief, but their belief is not firm. Once something unexpected happens, they are likely to change their belief. Generally, the largest number of believers of a god are shallow believers, which usually account for more than 90% of all believers.
Believers at this level can generate 0.1 points of faith power after the standard prayer time every day.
Although it’s not much, it adds up.
True believers generally have devout beliefs and will not easily change their beliefs unless major changes occur. They are the backbone of the gods' believers, and priests and clergy are mostly selected from them.
After the standard prayer time every day, more than 1 point of faith power can be generated.
They are devout believers with very devout faith. They are the core class of the Church of the Gods and most of the church’s senior officials are devout believers.
After the standard daily prayer, 10 to 100 points of faith power can be generated depending on the degree of piety, with a very large fluctuation.
Fanatics are a special class. Their fanatical beliefs make their wills extremely firm, and they will not change their beliefs even if they die.
Fanatics have fanatical beliefs and praise their gods almost every moment, so the power of faith generated every day is at least 50 points, and some can be several hundred.
Saints, legendary believers, the believers that the gods dream of.
Saints can fully understand the doctrines and concepts of believing in the true God, and thus can resonate . They are born to be the spokespersons of the true God, and can communicate with the true God at any time and borrow the power of the true God.
Even an ordinary person, the moment he becomes a saint, will be infused with the power of the true God, thereby becoming the chosen one of the gods, possessing terrifying power that is at least legendary and at best comparable to a demigod.
Saints are the spokespersons and elects of the true God, and can provide at least 1,000,000 points of faith power every day.
Every 1 million points of faith power can be condensed into one point of divine power, which means that a saint can provide 1 point of divine power to the true God of faith every day, which can almost keep even the weakest true god from falling from the altar.
The birth of saints is from among devout believers.
Although fanatical believers have a higher level of faith than devout believers, their fanatical faith has distorted and changed their wills, making it impossible for them to resonate with the true God and become saints.
So to the true God, devout believers have a higher priority than fanatical followers.
It was good enough that Long Shou became a devout believer, but he didn't want him to become a fanatic.
But to be honest, if the original light condensed in the space in my palm does have the power to influence will, doesn't it mean that I can mass-produce devout believers?
Or in other words, if enough original light is fused, is it possible to create a saint artificially?
Li Qing didn't know, but it was indeed possible to do so.
If you succeed, you will make a lot of money. If you fail, you will still gain a group of devout believers to strengthen your strength. It is a sure profit.
As Long Shou's strength increased dramatically, several heroes under his command were promoted to the fourth level, and the two professionals of the three Xie brothers were also promoted to the third level.
In addition, there are 10 third-level elite infantrymen who were upgraded to fourth-level heavy infantry.
10 third-level elite archers were promoted to fourth-level imperial sharpshooters.
There were 25 cavalrymen, including 5 original third-tier imperial heavy infantrymen who were upgraded to fourth-tier imperial armored cavalry, and another 20 light cavalrymen who were promoted to third-tier imperial heavy cavalry. The overall combat effectiveness soared.
After completing the predetermined goal, the next step is to prepare for action.
Li Qing first updated the map through the Divine Domain Network.
I found that the map hadn't changed much in the past few months. Except for a few missing towns, nothing else had changed.
It is obvious that the easy ones have basically been defeated, and the only ones left are the hard nuts to crack.
Li Qing looked around his own divine domain, and it seemed that there were only two places to choose from.
One is the nearest snakeman city, and the other is the large fishman tribe upstream of the river, located within Chu's sphere of influence in the Central Divine Realm. That place has not been dealt with yet.
Li Qing thought about it for a moment, and sent a message to Chu Zhongzhong through the Divine Realm Network:
"Are you interested in cooperating to conquer the large fishman tribe next to you? I will be the main force in the front."
In his own divine domain, Chu Zhongzhong, who was practicing swordsmanship with his men, was stunned for a moment when he received Li Qing's letter, and replied without thinking:
"No!"
"You get six and I get four."
"Need not."
Li Qing scratched his head in confusion and asked:
"Don't you want to destroy this fishman tribe and occupy that area?"
"Why should I destroy?"
Chu Zhongzhong smiled and said:
"Leaving the Murloc tribe here will attract a large number of combat apprentices to gather near my castle to help me clear nearby monsters and collect resources. Isn't it great to have a steady stream of income?"
Li Qing...
