Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1369 - 567: News of the Dusk Church Bishop

"So the summoning has failed, huh..."

Wang Tao had been guessing what exactly Zhao Yue had been trying to summon. He thought of many possibilities, but it never occurred to him that the summoning could fail.

Normally, a summoning should not fail. But the situation at that time was indeed not normal, as the place was filled with the Dark Element, there was a Sixth Rank Disaster Dark Beast, and an immature Black Moon Lily.

A Dark Beast should not affect the summoning; neither Wang Tao nor Zhao Yue should affect it either. The most likely cause of the summoning’s disruption would be the Black Moon Lily!

After all, Zhao Yue said that the Seventh Order Being that calls itself the "Light God" at the Summoning Altar was naturally of the Light Attribute, while the Black Moon Lily is of the Dark Attribute, and a very powerful Dark Attribute at that, so it seems reasonable that the Light Attribute was influenced by the Dark Attribute...

However, Wang Tao is not clear about the specific effects of the Black Moon Lily, and he did not quite understand it just from the description. Therefore, he decided not to dwell on the failure of the summoning.

What Wang Tao is most concerned about now is how to advance to Seventh Level!

He thought that he should have no problem ascending to Level 6; he is just a bit short of an Omnipotent Crystal Core. Originally, he thought that ascending to Seventh Level would be quite similar to ascending to Level 6. However, after questioning Zhao Yue, Wang Tao realized that ascending to the Seventh Level is entirely different from ascending to Level 6 and is more akin to ascending to Level 4!

To ascend to Level 4, one needs to awaken, and awakening requires three conditions, which are quite difficult. The vast majority of Ability Users are stuck at Level 3, probably unable to awaken in their lifetime.

Although there is now another option—using a Gene Potion, which allows one to skip Awakening and ascend to Level 4. However, this would result in one less awakening, and their combat capabilities would not match those of Fourth-order Awakeners.

Ascending to Seventh Level may also require a step similar to Awakening! To complete this step, there are also some prerequisites needed. Obviously, Zhao Yue did not meet the prerequisites, so he could not ascend to Seventh Level.

Zhao Yue was also not clear about the specific conditions, but he knew his were insufficient.

But he did have some vague Perception. Among these, the clearest one was related to the Summoning Altar—killing creatures summoned by the Summoning Altar might fulfill one of the prerequisites!

This would be exceedingly difficult, as according to what Wang Tao had seen and heard, the creatures summoned by the Summoning Altar were of the Seventh Rank of Destruction! Even if Wang Tao ascends to Level 6, he cannot guarantee he can handle a Seventh Rank of Destruction opponent, let alone other people...

Wang Tao speculated that after hunting down a Seventh Order Being of Destruction, it is very likely one could obtain something similar to an "Awakening Key."

The Awakening Key is one of the three prerequisites for awakening, and one can only obtain an Awakening Key by defeating creatures of Lord Rank or higher. For many people, this is an extremely difficult task.

Therefore, it would make sense to obtain something similar after hunting down a Seventh Order Creature.

But, to actually hunt down a being of the Seventh Rank of Destruction... that’s far too challenging! Wang Tao currently has no confidence whatsoever, not to mention anyone else.

In addition, Zhao Yue mentioned that killing a Dark Beast might help him ascend to Seventh Level.

Could this be another prerequisite?

But the Dark Beast has been killed by Wang Tao, and he didn’t feel anything... previously, when he obtained his first Awakening Key, the conditions required for Awakening were manifested. But now, after killing the Dark Beast, he has not received anything special, nor has he received any hints...

This made Wang Tao frown, and he muttered to himself:

"It seems that I need to quickly ascend to Level 6..."

Currently, he is only at Level 5, and even if there were any discoveries, he wouldn’t be able to try them out for a while, so he needs to ascend to Level 6 first. After all, according to what Zhao Yue said, there is a faint feeling of perception after ascending to Level 6...

After discussing this issue with Lan Yulian and Jiang Shixue, Wang Tao looked at Zhao Yue again.

Wang Tao had some more questions, this time about the Dusk Church.

After Jiang Shixue took control of Zhao Yue again, Wang Tao began another round of inquiries.

After a series of questions, Wang Tao understood more about the Dusk Church, but at the same time, his doubts increased...

Zhao Yue had joined the Dusk Church a long time ago, but not as early as Zhu Fen—Zhu Fen was the Senior Priest from Changhe Base, and Wang Tao’s priest badge came from her.

When Zhao Yue joined the Dusk Church, he was not yet an Ability User, just an ordinary person. By making various contributions to the Dusk Church, he was rewarded with a Crystal Core and became an Ability User. Then he came into contact with the Summoning Altar and became an Awakener...

One might say, if not for the Dusk Church and the Summoning Altar, Zhao Yue would still be an ordinary person by now—no, he might have long been reincarnated.

Both the Dusk Church and the Summoning Altar are not good entities.

The Dusk Church is like a pyramid scheme; people at the very top may benefit, but those at the bottom, even the middle, are like pigs for the slaughter, easily exploited and often it ends with loss of life. This is why the two major bases detest the Dusk Church.

As for the Summoning Altar, it goes without saying. Only the user survives, everyone else is basically doomed. Even for the user, the end may be death.

It is impressive that Zhao Yue could still be alive after joining the Dusk Church and coming into contact with the Summoning Altar, even relying on the Dusk Church and the Summoning Altar to ascend to Seventh Level! One must admit, both his luck and ability are truly extraordinary.

Zhao Yue is now a Senior Priest of the Dusk Church, on par with Wang Tao’s counterfeit rank.