Chapter 211
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Chapter 211: Ascension to Godhood (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)
After deciding to quickly end the assessment, Mu Lin immediately led Chu Hongxuan and the others toward Cloud City’s center.
Their excellent disguises allowed them to avoid danger, with no blood-colored monsters blocking their path.
They soon arrived at their destination and saw a chaotic battlefield.
Instead of the expected siege against Blood Cherry, Mu Lin witnessed a massive war unfolding before him.
“Roar!”
“Kill…”
Thousands of blood-colored demon beasts stood in formation, clashing with hordes of blood monsters. The sight left Mu Lin unsettled.
To his shock, the battlefield’s center didn’t feature a human fighting a beast—instead, two colossal monsters tore at each other viciously. After careful observation, Mu Lin couldn’t tell which monster was human and which was the Bloody Moon Core causing the mutation.
“???”
“What’s happening?”
“Was I wrong? This isn’t Blood Cherry attacking—it’s monsters battling for control of the Bloody Moon’s leadership to become blood nobles?”
Mu Lin stared in confusion, while Yan Zhanpeng remained unruffled.
“No, that _is_ Blood Cherry. Her current form comes from the magical blade Blood Cherry’s power…”
Yan Zhanpeng paused. “Do you know the blade’s abilities?”
Mu Lin nodded. “A little. The wielder supposedly boosts their magic power and cultivation level through killing.”
“That’s true, but incomplete.”
After a moment of silence, Yan Zhanpeng—for reasons unclear—chose to explain the blade’s full capabilities.
“Killing to strengthen magic and cultivation is its core ability. Beyond that, it has the Blood Killing Domain and Blood Servants. The Domain drives all within it to crave slaughter. The wielder can also summon Blood Servants—creatures slain by the blade—to fight or possess their body.”
“Right now, Blood Cherry lets demon beasts from the blade possess her to battle. Additionally, the blade can activate the Blood Soul Hunting Ritual and Blood Tracking…”
Halfway through this explanation, Mu Lin interrupted.
“Wait—are these really abilities someone in the Spirit Sea Realm should have?”
Before Yan Zhanpeng could answer, Mu Lin realized: while Blood Cherry was Spirit Sea Realm, the magical blade Blood Cherry surpassed the metamorphosis stage. Its power made sense.
‘Another cheater. Never underestimate this world’s geniuses—they’ve got talent _and_ millennia of family resources. My few years of struggle can’t compare… Oh, right—I cheat too. Never mind.’
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As an heirloom of powerful clans, the magical blade Blood Cherry held unimaginable might. Sadly, its wielder’s weakness limited its full potential.
As endless blood monsters closed in, Blood Cherry’s situation grew dire. Her summoned Blood Servants fell one by one. Even she repeatedly faced mortal danger under the Bloody Moon Core’s assaults.
Seeing this scene, Chu Hongxuan and the others exchanged glances before finally taking action.
Though they would have preferred to let Blood Cherry die, this was an assessment with thousands watching. Ignoring her now would be pure selfishness and ignoring the bigger picture.
Such behavior wouldn’t win favor from the military or the Demon Exorcism Division.
“Tree Man Transformation!”
“Fortuitous Golden Body…”
“Pure Yang Flames, triple burn!”
Yan Zhanpeng and the other two unleashed their ultimate moves and charged into the fray.
Their arrival stirred up the battlefield’s dynamics. Yet their impact was limited—they couldn’t sway the war’s outcome.
The monster at the core was too strong, likely at the Condensing Essence level above Refining the Evil, and growing stronger by the minute. The Bloody Moon Core’s full power was clearly the realm of combining Essence and Evil.
Spring Fountain, Spirit Pool, Spirit Sea. Refining the Evil, Condensing Essence, combining Essence and Evil—with most students at Spring Fountain and prodigies at Spirit Pool, Yuhu Academy had placed a combining Essence and Evil monster as the final boss. They clearly never intended for Mu Lin’s group to pass.
And that was exactly the case.
Yuhu Academy designed the Bloody Moon mutation to teach Mu Lin and the other prodigies the harshness of the world. The academy wanted them to realize their current weakness and inability to act recklessly.
But they hadn’t anticipated Blood Cherry’s ferocity—she’d stormed the final battlefield the moment the mutation began, before the core fully formed. Nor did they expect Mu Lin’s group to charge in instead of fleeing after sensing the danger.
The older observers chuckled at this.
“Still young and too hot-headed.”
“Hah! What’s youth without recklessness?”
“Ambition’s good, but this is rashness. Let this teach them a lesson.”
“They need this wake-up call. In real life, such impulsiveness would get them killed…”
Seeing no hope of victory for Blood Cherry and Mu Lin, the Demon Exorcism Division and military officials dismissed their desperate charge as a pointless suicide.
And just as predicted, the battlefield tilted toward the Bloody Moon. Chu Hongxuan and Yan Zhanpeng’s assault never reached the Bloody Moon Core—Refining the Evil-level monsters blocked them midway.
At the center, Blood Cherry’s position grew increasingly dire.
Mu Lin narrowed his eyes.
“This is bad. If we drag this out, we’ll die first.”
Knowing delay meant doom, he focused on the Bloody Moon Core—the key to everything. Yet after studying it, he felt stuck. The core’s power was overwhelming; a direct assault would crush him instantly.
As for the long-range curse… Mu Lin found it difficult to curse due to the target’s overwhelming vitality, superior rank, and freely shifting form.
Even after discerning the Bloody Moon Core’s true nature through his eyes and initiating the curse, driving in the first coffin nail would still require two or three days.
By that time, it would already be too late.
"If curses fail, what about binding?"
After careful observation, Mu Lin shook his head again. The immense vitality made it impossible for him to immobilize the creature even with all his might.
Regarding spiritual power – though the Bloody Moon projection was evil, its inherent rank remained lofty. The core monster might be a newborn offspring, but as a natural ruler commanding countless blood creatures, its spiritual rank still surpassed Mu Lin’s. He couldn’t bind it.
His frown deepened as he failed to find any path to victory.
This… was perfectly normal.
Such monsters existed beyond Mu Lin’s current capabilities. Failure was expected – success would be miraculous.
Yet Mu Lin didn’t abandon hope.
"If conventional methods fail, try unconventional ones."
"Perfect chance to test my theory."
First, he combined transcendence with Sky-High Technique Spell: Zi Wei Emperor Star power to boost his spiritual rank. Then, radiating faint holiness, he began tracing characters in the air.
The character was binding – but not for the monster.
Mu Lin inscribed the binding character upon himself.
The world hushed as the Root Word manifested. Though incapable of awing deities, Mu Lin could still freeze reality momentarily.
Without hesitation, he imprinted the glowing character on his forehead – directly sealing it onto his soul. This stabilized his exceeded state as permanent.
Then he activated transcendence again from this enhanced baseline, stacking rank elevations.
"Since Refining the Evil Realm fails, try Condensing Essence! This binding must affect you!"
Mu Lin called this rank-stacking method Ascension to Godhood – his ladder to divine power.
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