Chapter 358: The First Piece of Transcendent Equipment

“It can bestow Holy Fire on someone and allow them to make use of Extraordinary power?”

Ji Ye mumbled to himself.

In this battle, many battle participants of the Twin Dragon Island had been burnt by Fang La’s soldiers who were only Ordinary but somehow unleashed Extraordinary flames in the fight.

A simple fire attack would’ve been easy to deal with, but those cultists could also burn their vitality with the power of the Holy Fire to die with the enemy. The power of such self-explosions was hard to resist even for those who were Extraordinary!

The Twin Dragon Island would have suffered much greater losses if they hadn’t owned so many hot weapons and fought over a long distance.

The existence of this altar informed Ji Ye of the source of their power.

Of course, it was not necessarily a bad thing.

As soon as Fang La’s troops were vanquished, the Holy Fire Altar that posed a major threat to the Twin Dragon Island would be as important a weapon as the Silver Liquid Lake in the Metal Men’s settlement.

Human beings would also be able to launch suicide attacks in the future if they were on the losing side against the aliens.

As for the “cost” of the strengthening, it wasn’t really that big. The Holy Fire was actually just a catalyst, and the real source of power came from oneself. It merely granted someone Extraordinary power by burning their vitality, mental power, and even longevity.

Those prices might be too high for other settlements, but the Twin Dragon Island had enough resources for recovery to eliminate the side effects.

However, the most eye-catching item of all on the entire altar was the Holy Fire Badge that had fallen next to Fang La’s body and was still covered in a vague silver light!

Instead of a “Special” item that he expected, the item turned out to be a “Transcendent” one.

[Holy Fire Badge]

[Level: Transcendent Rank-1]

[Rarity: Excellent (Rare)]

[Description: This is the most important artifact of the Church of Light. It can transform most energy into Holy Fire and build a new body with it.]

The name of the badge really turned out to be “Holy Fire Badge”!

It was also the second real “Transcendent” item that the Twin Dragon Island had acquired.

The first one was the Devil’s Parchment that the captain of the Ghostship dropped after being killed by the Soul Cutter.

However, that was an offering and couldn’t be used yet, so technically speaking, the Holy Fire Badge was the first Transcendent equipment that could be used in battles.

Its power had been demonstrated in the battle between Ji Ye and Fang La earlier.

It was safe to say that, with this badge, one would be immune to Extraordinary attacks when there was enough supply of Holy Fire.

Technically speaking, it was truly a waste for this badge to be used by Fang La.

As a leader of the Church of Light, Fang La was obviously not as good at fighting as his descendant in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. He had a piece of Transcendent equipment, yet he didn’t use it in the last battle.

He thought he was invincible with the body of Holy Fire, but he turned out to be so clumsy that Ji Ye killed him easily by making a detour and attacking his back!

Of course, it was also probably because Fang La had just arrived on the Land of Inheritance.

He had probably never sensed such massive power before, and he had too much confidence in himself.

The third ball of light that surfaced on Fang La’s body turned out to be a white crystal in which a hundred guards seemed to be praying!

[Holy Fire Faith Crystal]

[Level: Extraordinary Rank-9]

[Rarity: Perfect (offering)]

[Description: This is a special crystal made of the Holy Fire’s power and Fang La’s talent. It contains the power of faith, so only those who have unwavering minds can absorb it.]

“A Perfect offering?”

Ji Ye was briefly stunned.

According to his judgment, as a real historical figure, while Fang La was probably buffed, he was probably rated as “Superior”, and chances were slim that he could be “Perfect”.

The offerings on the Land of Inheritance were generally based on the rating of the targets themselves, as well as the process of how they were killed.

Although he finished off Fang La neatly and quickly in the battle, it was hardly unlikely for him to receive a Perfect rating like when he killed the Black Serpent at the beginning.

Well, maybe it’s because of Fang La’s identity! Ji Ye thought to himself.

After Fang La died, there was ten times more power of providence that surged from his body to the Twin Dragon Island’s settlement core than Bao Daoyi’s. It was obviously because he was a BOSS.

It was just like the Yuan emperor and kings in the Battle of Xiangyang, who each dropped a Perfect offering after they were killed.

In such a way, the settlements that couldn’t fuse offerings would also have a chance to summon the top heroes in their settings.

“If that is the case, it’s probably not a bad thing that our difficulty has been increased…”

After that, Ji Ye’s eyes glittered.

Because of the influence of the providence cores from the competitive settlements, the Twin Dragon Island’s test was a lot harder, and four parties of villains had appeared. If the leader of each party could offer a Perfect offering, it meant that the Twin Dragon Island would have four more Perfect heroes at one time.

The settlements that made the advancements later, on the other hand, could only have one or two more of them.

Plus the Superior and Excellent offerings that the four marshals and the eight kings had dropped…

The gap between the Twin Dragon Island and other settlements would be maintained, if not widened!

“Well, the last spoil… Is it an Extraordinary Rank-9 Soul of Civilization?”

The fourth spoil that Fang La dropped, technically speaking, had appeared right in Ji Ye’s hand.

It was an Extraordinary Rank-9 Commander-level Soul of Civilization.

Could a villain drop a Soul of Civilization?

Yes!

But technically speaking, the Soul of Civilization was actually from the Twin Dragon Island itself.

In this round, after the villains killed the natives, they would absorb the power of the Souls of Civilization in the deceased and form their own Souls of Civilization!

The more natives they killed, the better-quality the Souls of Civilization they condensed would be.

For example, Pang Wanchun had dropped an Extraordinary Rank-8 Soul of Civilization among his spoils.

Fang La had killed even more natives of the Twin Dragon Island, and a lot of them were above Extraordinary Rank-5, and there were even Quasi Commanders among the dead natives.

Therefore, an Extraordinary Rank-9 Commander-level advanced Soul of Civilization had been created.

In fact, after realizing that the villains could absorb the Souls of Civilization, someone proposed an idea on the forum on Earth.

The idea was that the mediocre natives of a settlement could be sent to Commander-level villains and killed by them so that those villains would drop high-level Souls of Civilization after they died, and strong heroes could be summoned!

In that way, the combat ability of a settlement could be increased, and the pressure on resources would be eased!

The idea raised heated debates after it was proposed.

First of all, it was about morality and ethics.

Although it was the natives who were sacrificed, those who were manifested on the Land of Inheritance weren’t unconscious NPCs. They were living beings just like the players.

Most people found it unacceptable to summon a hero at the cost of the lives of numerous ordinary people.

However, some people did agree with the thought.

It was because some Commander-level villains were so strong that a lot of people had to be sacrificed in order to kill them.

The regular natives, especially those in settlements set in ancient times, were not nearly as useful as players. They would only consume a lot of resources.

In this manner, their sacrifices could be better planned and more valuable!