Chapter 53: A Blank-Slate God with Nothing but Stats
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 53: A Blank-Slate God with Nothing but Stats
[Level up! Lv.99!]
[Level up! Lv.100!]
[Level up! Lv.101!]
[Level up! Lv.103!]
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[Level up! Lv.136!]
[Level up! Lv.137!]
[Total rewards obtained: Free Attribute Points 9,560, Skill Points 4,780, Gold Coins * 4.602 million]
[Current Level Progress: Lv.137 (57.51 trillion / 80 trillion)]
Xie Bai’s single strike just now had wiped out over thirty million members of the Chaos Gold-Devouring Insect Race.
Every single one of those insects was a Level 100 Demigod.
Demigods had never been a dime a dozen. Even the weakest Demigod-level insect, provided there was no high-level experience penalty, would grant 1 million EXP.
After being amplified by Sloth's Blessing, the EXP provided by each insect reached 10 million.
With over thirty million Demigod insects in total, the experience provided had catapulted Xie Bai to the staggering height of Level 137.
It wasn't surprising that Xie Bai could gain so much experience at once. A Demigod-level hive capable of producing tens of millions of Demigods was a terrifying existence in its own right. Even during the Age of Gods tens of millions of years ago, any faction would have been wary of a Demigod-level hive.
Now, despite the world's restrictions, Xie Bai had managed to create a temporary Demigod-level hive and slaughter every insect within it. The feat itself was utterly nonsensical.
Simply possessing two Demigod-level Chaos Seeds simultaneously already bypassed the limits of this world. And the fact that Xie Bai, while under Level 100, could wipe out a massive range of Demigod insects with a single blow was far beyond the world's understanding.
Normally, an entity capable of effortlessly slaughtering large numbers of Demigod insects should have a level far exceeding theirs. Once a level exceeds the target by at least ten, no experience is gained from the kill.
Yet, Xie Bai had achieved this by relying on terrifying stats that far surpassed her current stage. It could be said that if she had lacked even one of those super-spec conditions, she would never have reaped such a harvest.
"Well... that should be everything for now. Oh, right, there's also the Divine Artifact I pulled this time."
Just as Xie Bai was about to put away the Funeral Rites and catch the Divine Artifact falling from the Black Gate, she noticed a change in her level progress.
[Current Level Progress: Lv.137 (56.23 trillion / 80 trillion)]
In less than a second, Xie Bai’s experience had dropped by over a trillion.
Xie Bai: "!"
Beyond the rapid plummeting of her experience, Xie Bai felt the Malice of the World around her reach a fever pitch.
She couldn't really blame it.
Xie Bai’s recent series of actions could be described as viciously poking the Malice of the World in the eyes right under its nose.
She had suddenly appeared before the public without any disguise, and just to add some flair to her entrance, she had casually tossed a million Lost Souls into the Great Funeral to manifest a grand Thirteen-Layer Magic Circle. Finally, in full view of everyone, she had detonated over thirty million Chaos Gold-Devouring Insects like fireworks with a single strike.
Given these utterly exaggerated displays, saying the Malice of the World was "enraged" was an understatement. If it could manifest a physical form, it would likely have descended personally to engage Xie Bai in hand-to-hand combat.
But in reality, before the Malice of the World could even act, Xie Bai’s excessively high level had already triggered a backlash from the world's restrictions.
Under the violent tugging of the world's restrictions, Xie Bai’s experience dropped by another dozen trillion in mere moments.
Realizing she couldn't stay any longer, Xie Bai immediately flipped through the Poem of the Void and opened a gateway to the Void. As for the unknown Divine Artifact falling from the Black Gate, she would have to instruct Thanatos to retrieve it later.
Vroom—
Upon arriving at the Void Insect Hive, Xie Bai finally escaped the influence of the world's restrictions. Her level progress stabilized at the edge of Level 137.
"Hiss... I might have overdone things a bit..."
In Xie Bai’s mind, this Insect Race Calamity was supposed to be the final major event of the game's prologue. As long as she made a grand appearance during this critical period, it would be impossible not to spark widespread discussion among the Players.
Once her popularity in the game soared, even if she announced her intention to rule the world, the Malice of the World probably wouldn't dare to breathe a word against her.
However, aside from the Malice of the World, Xie Bai also had to face the issue of the world's restrictions. Her level now far exceeded the world's limit of Level 100. The moment she returned to the physical world, her experience would plummet.
And Xie Bai couldn't guarantee she could conjure up another Demigod-level hive. To solve this problem, she first had to find a way to raise the world's restrictions.
After some thought, Xie Bai decided to set those issues aside for now. More importantly, she needed to check her updated Character Panel.
If she remembered correctly, for every Demigod insect killed, Gluttony's Blessing had granted her nearly 20,000 Strength, 100,000 Constitution, 40,000 Agility, and... 0.01 Intelligence.
Opening the panel, Xie Bai saw her current specific attribute values:
[Xie Bai Lv.137]
[Class: Reaper]
[Godhead: None]
[HP: 346.92 trillion / 346.92 trillion]
[Mana: 2.08 billion / 2.08 billion]
[Strength: 694.08 billion]
[Constitution: 3.46 trillion]
[Intelligence: 208 million]
[Agility: 1.38 trillion]
[Charm: 99]
[Luck: 1]
[Talent: None]
……
[Gold Coins: 7.04 trillion]
"This... should be what true god-level stats look like, right?"
Lacking an actual point of comparison, Xie Bai wasn't entirely sure if these values were considered "broken" within the Demigod range.
Thinking back, the Chaos Demigod that Emperor Atoris had transformed into once used a talent effect to stack his maximum HP to the level of tens of billions. Compared to Xie Bai’s current stats, that was barely in the same order of magnitude.
However, considering that the Chaos Demigod was only Level 100 at the time, Xie Bai estimated that her current stats within the Demigod range probably weren't too broken... right?
"They probably are. After all, in terms of status, I should really be comparing myself to a True God. But the world's restrictions are currently too low; True Gods are likely still a long way off."
With that thought, Xie Bai looked at the new addition to her panel.
Godhead.
At this moment, although Xie Bai’s level had reached the Demigod stage and her status was equal to that of a True God, the Godhead section remained blank.
To put it simply, Xie Bai was currently a blank-slate god who possessed nothing but raw stats. She did not yet possess what was known as "Authority."
"I remember Thanatos possesses the Authority of Death. Perhaps I can ask him about the Godhead."
Deciding to set the Godhead issue aside for now, Xie Bai turned her attention to another important detail.
[Class: Reaper]
[Rank Up: For every ten levels, gain one exclusive skill. When you reach Level 100, the Reaper class will undergo a profound transformation.]
Logically, upon reaching Level 137, the Reaper class should have provided four new skills. However, Xie Bai’s skills had not increased at all.
This was because the moment Xie Bai reached Level 100, the Rank Up affix had dissipated, transforming into the power that drove the Reaper class's evolution.
Clicking on the detailed information for the Reaper class, Xie Bai received a prompt.
["Reaper" has undergone a brand-new transformation!]