The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　They mostly talked about their feelings about the past month of exchange and study at St. Mary's College, as well as their thoughts on this year's college competition, and ended with very formal thanks and blessings.

　Of course, some team leaders were very dissatisfied with their teams' performance in this year's college competition and would say things like they would definitely beat them in the next year.

　Although the speeches were mostly official, they were actually quite interesting if you listened carefully.

　By the time all the team leaders had spoken, it was well past 7:30. Professor Sylph, who was in charge of hosting, took the stage last and announced the start of the banquet.

　Since it was a celebration, Mu Ran'an danced, and as the atmosphere gradually warmed up, the students began to move around.

　As soon as Dak sat there, one contestant after another came up to toast him.

　Of course, tonight's banquet will only serve "alcoholic" juices, all of which are "alcohols" that will never make you drunk.

　The first to offer a toast were Disney and Tiffany, a brother and sister from the Sky Magic Academy.

　Dak couldn't help but toast them and was even tricked into giving them a photo. The siblings were overjoyed, happily taking the photo and leaving. But a little while later, they came running back.

　Because the group photo was torn in half during the struggle.

　Looking at himself torn in half in the group photo, Dak felt a chill run down his spine and a sense of foreboding crept into his heart.

　He then reluctantly posed for two more photos with the siblings before asking them to leave.

　But after that, more and more contestants came to take photos with him.

　Many of those players were substitutes, but many were also main event players. Several of them even had their brains splattered during the match, but they were all very friendly and enthusiastic tonight.

　While the saying "friendship first, competition second" is just a formality, "duel can indeed bring smiles."

　Dark was gradually infected by their enthusiasm and began to communicate with the contestants who had actually been studying together in a castle for a month.

　Humans, sea creatures, celestials, long-lived species, orcs, elves, goblins, dwarves...

　Dark didn't know if there would ever be a time of "racial harmony" in the future. But at least tonight, there was no fighting between different races around him.

　It's strange, really. He didn't do anything wrong, and he didn't hold back at all during the competition, yet the contestants from all races were unusually friendly to him.

　He even found a lot of common ground with the dwarves and goblins, and they talked for half an hour about the "giant robot".

　Amidst the comings and goings of people, the dance began without anyone noticing. When Dark realized it, he was already surrounded by a group of contestants from various races.

　Diana, Rose, and the others who had originally wanted to dance with him could only stand on the outside and watch helplessly.

　After that, contestants from all ethnic groups, regardless of gender, invited him to dance with them.

　Before he could even open his mouth to accept, he was forcibly pulled onto the stage by the Disney and Tiffany siblings, one on each arm, and made to dance the "dismemberment dance".

　In short, that night, Dakdimon became a hot commodity, and everyone wanted a piece of it.

　When he finally came down from the stage, his pockets were filled with letters—all invitations to visit various ethnic regions. In the past, Dark would have thought they were tasks given to contestants from their respective tribes.

　However, now that his mental abilities have been enhanced, he feels that many of the contestants are genuinely sincere and would like to invite him to their homes.

　He returned to his seat, tidied up the stack of letters, and heard a teasing voice behind him: "You're really popular."

　"It's... alright," Dark said reservedly, then put the letters into his bag.

　Although I may not visit them all, if I have the chance to pass by in the area in the future, I would definitely like to visit the homes of those contestants.

　The saying goes, "A distant neighbor is worse than a close relative."

　This kind of social interaction, which involves distance, is not something he needs to avoid.

　In our spare time, we might even become pen pals.

　"Can you still jump?" the voice behind me asked again.

　Dak patted his legs, which weren't actually sore, and said with difficulty, "If I try hard, I can still move them."

　Then he was pulled onto the stage.

　Starting from this point, Dakdimon once again fell into the hell of dance.

　This time, however, it wasn't contestants from other colleges who invited him to dance.

　But I seem to have become more tired.

　The girls who danced with him in the second half of the competition were even more aggressive than the contestants from other colleges.

　As Dak was jumping around, he suddenly felt that his fifth round, which he had just started, was about to come to a perfect end.

　This almost gave him the illusion that he truly possessed the talent of a "god of war." After he fled the stage again, he was at a loss for words.

Chapter 1348 I'm doomed, I'm surrounded by the Demon King! (4k)

　Chapter 1348 I'm doomed, I'm surrounded by the Demon King! (4k)

　"puff."

　Silently, the "energy" flowing between the five chakras broke through the barriers and flowed towards the sixth chakra.

　Dak was still on his way to his seat at the table.

　He stopped in his tracks, a strange, indescribable expression on his face. This inexplicable breakthrough was truly unexpected.

　It's worth noting that he only managed to break through from the fourth to the fifth round in yesterday's match through intense fighting.

　And now, just one day later, this newly opened fifth chakra is filled with abundant "qi," and just now, it even knocked on the door of the sixth chakra.

　Opening the sixth chakra is a very important breakthrough for martial artists who cultivate Qi.

　From this moment on, the fully activated "Qi" can provide them with a boost equivalent to a mid-level buff spell.

　However, the vast majority of human warriors in this world stop at the sixth chakra.

　Only warriors with superior aptitude have the potential to advance further and unlock the seventh chakra, the "Samancha," which does not exist within the body!

　Once the "Brahma Chakra" is activated, warriors will gain a boost equivalent to a high-level buff spell. More importantly, they will also gain a very special ability, equivalent to an exclusive spell – "Momentum"!

　At the beginning, Dark was just an extremely ordinary person in terms of Qi cultivation, and people even felt that he was not worthy of being called the "Son of the Valkyrie".

　But when he officially began practicing martial arts and internal energy cultivation, his aptitude had already transformed from that of an ordinary person into that of someone with the potential to unlock the eighth chakra—the "Lion King Chakra."

　But at that time, his qualifications could only be described as "excellent." However, now, those qualifications, which could only be described as "excellent," seem to have undergone a dramatic change.

　What level of skill is required to achieve the feat of advancing from the fifth to the sixth round simply by walking down the street?

　Teddy Doron, Robert Broheim, Evan Pearson, Wit Gold, or Diana Gretby?

　No, she's definitely not at Diana's level. But she's also not comparable to the likes of Doron and Robert.

　They should be roughly on par with Evan Pearson and Wit Gold.

　After all, there's a hint of "accumulating knowledge and experience before unleashing it" in him.

　This sudden breakthrough to the sixth round can be considered a natural outcome after the improvement in qualifications.

　A qualitative leap in mental power, the acquisition of entirely new abilities, and an increase in martial arts aptitude.

　These all seem to stem from the sudden increase in the amount of matter he can share from the passive abilities and characteristics of the magical spirits.

　This ratio has been directly magnified to nearly double. It's even unrelated to the "bond" channel.

　He felt the "qi" surging within his body and suddenly had an urge to stretch his muscles and bones.

　If we weren't in this banquet hall, I might have unleashed a whole set of (Rabbit Tooth Fist) moves.

　"Dark, what's wrong?"

　"nothing."

　Dark sat down in his seat and looked away as he glanced at Diana, who was also sitting down with rosy cheeks.

　Fortunately, Diana was completely unaware of his reaction and happily continued eating as soon as she sat down.

　Upon closer inspection, Dark suddenly realized that Diana had also grown taller.

　It's just that it's not so obvious compared to my classmates who are growing taller like scallions.

　But perhaps this is simply because she's a late bloomer, or perhaps her future is promising. And given how much she eats every day, according to the law of conservation of energy, her growth rate should be quite high.

　If I had to find a reason, it would probably be because the energy from those foods flowed to where it should have gone.

　Emmm...

　That place has indeed developed to an excessively high level. However, there is a limit to how much growth can occur there.

　Perhaps once growth there reaches its limit, the excess energy will be redirected to promote height development.

　After his thoughts wandered inexplicably, Dak suddenly remembered something, and his face immediately darkened.

　Since both mental strength and martial arts aptitude have undergone qualitative changes, what about divination talent?

　"Could it be that the ominous premonition of being torn in two wasn't just a simple illusion?"

　But then he realized there was no need to overthink it.

　After all, the era of prophets is coming to an end, and divination and prophecy are becoming increasingly ineffective.

　There's no need to create trouble for yourself.

　In comparison, it would be better to explore another type of talent change, namely the so-called "hero talent"!

　He now clearly knows that he has shared the "heroic potential" of the magical spirits, but before he was only at the very beginning, roughly equivalent to a newly awakened "hero candidate".

　But now, his "heroic potential" has likely undergone a qualitative change.

　As for how to verify it, that's not difficult.

　Just by looking at the "Illusion Weapon Spell," one can basically make a judgment. When he used the "Illusion Weapon Spell" before, he conjured the "Demon Spear: Seven Deadly Sins."

　"Now, perhaps we can already conjure a regular 'Holy Sword,' but in that case, wouldn't the 'Holy Weapon Spell' that we painstakingly forged before become useless?"

　"No... let me think..."

　Dak opened his mouth, took a bite of the roast meat that Diana had brought, and continued to ponder as he ate.

　He quickly realized the problem.

　His "heroic aptitude" is actually different from that of a true "heroic candidate." This is because his "heroic aptitude" is only shared from the magical spirits, and is not based on himself, so he does not have a "heroic bloodline" in any real sense.

　Since it lacks the "bloodline of a hero," it cannot absorb the "holy sword" to complete its essence.

　If one cannot absorb the essence of the "Holy Sword," one will also be unable to use the "Illusion Spell" to conjure a "Holy Sword" with corresponding abilities.

　Under these circumstances, he can at most manifest a basic "holy sword".

　But now that he has the "Sacred Weapon Spell" and the "War God's Sword Sheath," he can use the "Sacred Weapon Spell" to extract the essence of the "Sacred Sword" from the "War God's Sword Sheath" and simulate all kinds of "Sacred Swords."

　Therefore, the "Sacred Weapon Spell" and the "War God's Sword Sheath" can still be used to compensate for his lack of ability as a "pseudo-hero candidate".

　As for aptitude, one can further deepen the bond by acquiring it from the magical spirits, or by crafting more magical spirits with "heroic aptitude".

　In this way, he is not a "hero," but he is even more of a "hero." However...

　Even if one possessed all the abilities of a "hero," what good would it do? In this era where the Demon King is dead and the gods have risen again, what meaning does a "hero" still hold?

　"Heroes" are only specifically designed to fight demon kings, not gods.

　Unless, in later times, an evil god with the same qualities as the Demon King is born.

　In that case, the "hero" might have a new opportunity to shine. But as for the "demon king"...

　Dark suddenly realized that he seemed to have a little too many magical spirits that could be called "Demon Kings" in his possession.

　This suddenly made him break out in a cold sweat, and even the roasted meat in his mouth no longer tasted good.

　"No, Astaromon and Myotismon are just evolved forms; I shouldn't be affected by their passive abilities."

　"The only ones we need to worry about are 'Demon Lord Aleister' and 'Demon Lord Aldrich'... but two Demon Lords are already quite a lot!"

　"Damn it, it seems I'll have to consider this when creating magical spirits in the future."

　"Is this the negative impact of being behind on information?" Dak couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

　He was still unaware of the influence of those two demon kings. This was probably because there wasn't a particularly strong "bond" between him and them.

　However, as his mental strength continues to increase, the difficulty of building "bonds" seems to be getting lower and lower, so his troubles are not without cause.

　This "gift from God" had a comprehensive impact on him.

　In particular, the qualitative change in mental strength will further deepen other changes.

　This chain reaction, where 1+1>2, will certainly manifest itself more frequently in the future. Therefore, he has a very strong premonition that the changes he is currently perceiving are merely the beginning.

　A beginning that opened Pandora's box.