Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 164 - 163 Genuine Quality (1st Update)

Chapter 164 -163 Genuine Quality (1st Update)

Zhao Mingwei had been pondering the significance of awakening.

In the eyes of most players, awakening was merely gaining a powerful skill, with the job title transforming from the common Mind Energy Master to the impressive title of Tiger Emperor.

Besides, Zhao Mingwei had heard that the initial awakening designation for some female Mind Energy Masters was Chaos of Flowers.

The job transformation system in the Holy Spirit was elaborate; Zhao Mingwei had read many posts on the forum but still couldn’t summarize all the transformations available.

Yet, Zhao Mingwei always felt that awakening meant more than just acquiring a super-strong skill and getting a cooler job title.

Maybe other players didn’t feel this, but when Zhao Mingwei had completed the awakening task and earned the approval of the Golden Thunder Tiger, he felt something extra inside him.

It was a bit like transitioning from an ‘ordinary’ Mind Energy Master to a ‘Transcendent’ being. In the backstory of numerous profession first phase awakenings, there was a gradual move towards an extraordinary path, or rather, the opportunity to embark on a path of divinity.

A post on the forum was so compelling that Zhao Mingwei agreed with it. Before awakening at level fifty, the Holy Spirits were still mere mortals, but after awakening, they embarked on becoming saints in various ways.

But these were merely insignificant narratives of the game, meant solely to highlight how remarkable the profession was.

The problem was Zhao Mingwei knew this world was real. So, were the background stories also fake? Was the roaring of the Golden Thunder Tiger really just simulated by line after line of code?

Zhao Mingwei himself wasn’t sure, but he could control the Golden Thunder Tiger’s actions with his thoughts. Each time the tiger swung its claws, it felt as if Zhao Mingwei was personally punching the enemy in the face.

It was an odd sensation… He had seen other Mind Energy Master players unleash their awakening aura with the Golden Thunder Tiger, which would only jump around a dozen times before bursting.

But the Golden Thunder Tiger under Zhao Mingwei’s control was no longer merely jumping; it unleashed its fury.

The Golden Thunder Tiger didn’t irrationally unleash its fury; each swing firmly pinned down a Magic Thief.

On the Obsidian path, the Magic Thieves were between levels forty-five and fifty, all elite monsters, totaling thirty-two.

New players at this level might need a team of five rookies to defeat one, but Zhao Mingwei alone with his awakening could fend off several Magic Thieves’ attacks, leaving the rest to the members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

Zhao Mingwei didn’t hold back because after arriving at Biland Island, Fureya had made something very clear to him.

‘The Crystalline Power of the island drives people mad. O benevolent Holy Spirit, please purify those tormented by the crystal’s afflictions. The great god has endowed you with the power to kill but not to take life; none shall die by your hand, and they will find redemption at another safe place in this world.’

Zhao Mingwei didn’t delve deep into the meaning of that statement, but in the eyes of the players, these Magic Thieves were just humanoid elite monsters. The number of humanoid elite monsters Zhao Mingwei had killed in the game might well have surpassed a hundred million.

Besides, Holy Spirit was a game that emphasized health and harmony; having played for so long, Zhao Mingwei had yet to see any overly bloody effects. If it were to be rated, it could probably earn a 15+ rating.

Therefore, Zhao Mingwei did not spare the foes that had their own thoughts. He went all out to eliminate any elite monster with a health bar. That was his form of respect for them.

As a Magic Thief was torn into pieces and disappeared under the Golden Thunder Tiger’s bites, the tiger pounced on another Magic Thief.

To Zhao Mingwei’s surprise… that Magic Thief unleashed a skill called Telekinesis Energy Shield.

When the Golden Thunder Tiger pounced on it, the Telekinesis Energy Shield’s transparent surface began to crack extensively.

“Not only you can possess this power,” said the Magic Thief who had used the Telekinesis Energy Shield. He appeared to be in his thirties, and his ID read Magic Thief Ben Ruiji. Each Magic Thief elite monster here had their own name.

Rather than just a generic title of Magic Thief Elite, this made Zhao Mingwei even more certain that they might indeed be living people.

The Magic Thief named Ben Ruiji had only half of his health left, about 150,000 points, but his released telekinetic force was not to be underestimated.

When Zhao Mingwei’s Golden Thunder Tiger shattered the Telekinesis Energy Shield he released, a phantom image of a dragon and tiger appeared behind him and grabbed hold of Zhao Mingwei’s Golden Thunder Tiger.

“You Holy Spirits possess so much powerful force… yet some of you can’t even wield a sword, and what would you be without these powers?” Ben Ruiji seemed to catch the astonished expression on Zhao Mingwei’s face.

For a moment, the dragon and tiger driven by Ben Ruiji could compete with Zhao Mingwei’s Golden Thunder Tiger, but the cost was visible as his body’s meridians began to crack under the corrosive force of violent telekinetic energy, blood spurting from both of his arms.

Zhao Mingwei turned to look at Yelena behind him. He wanted Yelena to understand the dangers of the force of telekinesis, what the Magic Thief named Ben Ruiji was saying was true.

The powers the players wielded were but keystrokes, not requiring them to take any risks, however, Yelena had to risk her own life to cultivate the power of telekinesis.

The worry in Yelena’s eyes was not a fear of telekinesis, but a fear that Zhao Mingwei might lose.

Zhao Mingwei read the emotion in Yelena’s eyes just as the enemies’ beasts roared in anger again.

“Let’s see if your telekinetic beast is formidable or if this newly-reared one of mine is stronger!” the Magic Thief named Ben Ruiji yelled at Zhao Mingwei.

“…”

Zhao Mingwei looked at his wounds, crumbling from the rampant telekinesis, and sighed lightly.

The Magic Thieves’ health depleted by holy spirits might not kill them, but this wouldn’t stop the group of Magic Thieves from self-inflicting wounds with their own self-harming BUFF.

Zhao Mingwei’s pupils flashed with lightning, and his figure vanished in front of Yelena.

The next second, Zhao Mingwei’s figure appeared behind Ben Ruiji. As Ben turned his head to see the suddenly appeared Zhao Mingwei, his smug expression turned to shock.

“What?!” Ben could not comprehend how Zhao Mingwei had appeared there.

“The power I wield is not limited to telekinetic beasts.” As Zhao Mingwei’s words fell, he threw a punch directly into his abdomen, with the sound of breaking air erupting from behind him.

Inch Punch!

A basic level five skill of the Fighter.

Hot blood spewed from the Magic Thief’s mouth, and as he tried to swing a punch in retaliation, he was met with a side kick

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His body soared into the air from the kick, only to be met with the telekinesis cannon Zhao Mingwei had gathered in his hands.

In mid-air, he adjusted his form to block the telekinesis cannon. To his despair, following the cannon, Zhao Mingwei’s right hand condensed violent telekinetic energy and pushed forward, unleashing a gigantic Spiral Telekinesis Field. He felt as though he had been thrown into a meat grinder, one that was operating at high speed.

But Ben resisted. Not only had he resisted, but he also used his own telekinesis to interrupt Zhao Mingwei’s casting.

“As for combat, you youngsters…” He didn’t finish his sentence before he saw Zhao Mingwei’s fist coming towards him―a punch that landed directly on his face without the enhancement of telekinesis, devoid of any skills, just a very ordinary punch.

Yet, this punch completely blew him away, knocking the Magic Thief to the ground into a state from which he could not rise.

Zhao Mingwei did not know if holy spirits had multi-hit combos, or if continuously hitting a humanoid monster’s head could stun it, but he knew that such real-life bashing would definitely stun someone.

Especially since the Magic Thief’s body had already been corroded beyond recognition by telekinesis, it was time for him to cool down.

Ben lay on the ground, left with fifty thousand health points. Zhao Mingwei’s recent combination of moves had knocked less than thirty thousand off him; the remaining seventy thousand was all his own doing by replicating telekinetic energy.

The Magic Thieves’ vitality far exceeded that of ordinary humans. A typical human NPC’s health might top out at thirty thousand, with most only having a few thousand, and an ordinary person around five to six hundred. The stronger ones could reach about one hundred thousand, and only the top tier could step into the two hundred thousand bracket. Only those who transcended ‘human’ classification could possess the health of elite and boss level monsters.

The Magic Thieves were indeed those who had transcended their human identity, probably due to the Crystalline Power within them.

The truly difficult monsters were the lord-level dragons that resided on this island, with their tough scales and crystalline armor providing substantial damage reduction. The tricky part about Magic Thieves was… these fellows were very agile and small targets, often making new players miss their skills when clashing with Magic Thieves.

This was similar to previous encounters with the Gun Knights, where some NPCs with rich combat skills could easily manipulate the players. Ben was one such NPC with extensive combat experience. He had obviously fought against holy spirits before, against groups of new players. In Zhao Mingwei’s eyes, even those players whose levels were maxed out and who had perfectly crafted equipment, if they lacked proper skills, they were still newbies.

This is why he looked down on the holy spirits, believing that the power they held and their actual strength did not match.

But unfortunately… every member of the Dancing Nuclear Guild had genuine capability!

After stunning a lord-level Magic Thief, Zhao Mingwei glanced over the battlefield; those Magic Thieves were starting to retreat. Dancing Nuclear Guild’s strategy team had established a portal, and seventy-two individuals were present, including members from the Abyss Temple.

Zhao Mingwei looked towards Denghis Xisi at the other end; in the moment his gaze shifted towards Denghis, Mo Shigui’s chest had been penetrated by the longsword Denghis held.

Mo Shigui’s life was reset in that instant.