Online game: Stealing god-level items, looking for bosses to purchase goods

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Knox, the Prisoner of Time

Number of strokes in the divine pattern: fifteen

Synopsis: He once stood at the edge of the world, watching the sunset alone for a thousand years. When He realized that the sun had never risen and everything was an illusion, He transformed Himself into a clock that never beats. Within the realm of time that He wished to freeze, all things lost their kinetic energy, and only His will could traverse freely.

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Sylph, the Mother of All Life

Number of strokes in the divine pattern: seventeen

Synopsis: He deeply loves this world, so much so that He wants every stone to breathe. He cherishes all things, so much so that He would sew the severed limbs of all living beings into His own body. When He weeps, all things weep; when He laughs, all things laugh.

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These sculptures are actually of powerful individuals who have stepped onto the path to godhood!

Moreover, he wasn't just any ordinary strongman.

They often have fourteen or fifteen divine runes, and some even have seventeen!

It should be noted that eighteen divine runes represent the limit of divine runes.

According to Ancestor Maxi, once they have more than twelve divine runes, their level of understanding of them, who are just beginning to enter the path of divinity, is similar to how they look down on ordinary players who are only level 20 or 30.

The difference is only in quality.

At even higher levels, even the theoretically knowledgeable patriarch Maxi could only shake his head helplessly and sigh, "Human imagination has its limits. I can't fathom what monsters of that level would be like."

Combining the theories of Ancestor Maxi with the knowledge of reincarnation he learned from Shouyuan, Chen Ming was able to determine that in each reincarnation, perhaps reaching thirteen or fourteen divine runes would be enough to sweep away everything and ascend to the level of divine runes.

After all, the condition for becoming a god is not simply to perfectly inscribe the eighteen divine runes.

Being able to sweep away all rivals in the world is enough to become a god.

Naturally, Chen Ming concluded that one could become a god if their number of divine runes exceeded twelve.

But now it seems...

Both he and Maxim underestimated the potential of these geniuses.

However, in some cycles of reincarnation where geniuses emerge in great numbers, there are even those with fifteen, sixteen, or even seventeen divine runes...!

Chen Ming could hardly imagine how fierce and bloody the competition was.

Even now, just reading about their deeds and abilities makes Chen Ming feel suffocated by the pressure.

"But why are these sculptures placed at the Western Ruins..."

"Could this be an incentive and guide for the players? After all, the Great Western Ruins are said to be a beginner village that guides players into the Path of God, just like a school would erect a statue of its outstanding alumni on campus?"

"No, that's not right...!"

Suddenly, Chen Ming's eyes widened.

He suddenly discovered that next to those brief words, there were actually complex patterns and pictures!

The patterns and designs were outlined by a gilded material deeply imprinted on the surface of the base, giving it a grand and imposing appearance.

"Could this be...?"

Chen Ming's heart tightened, and his gaze, following his thoughts, shifted to one of the large patterns.

I only glanced at it.

Chen Ming suddenly felt dizzy.

Immediately afterwards, his body suddenly boiled up, like steam surging and hitting a pot lid, surging within Chen Ming's body and completely out of his control!

A gaze of absolute dominance descended from the ancient past, carrying a ruthless force, seemingly about to seize control of Chen Ming's body out of thin air!

Fortunately, Chen Ming was prepared and instantly cut off his thought of observing it closely. The pattern suddenly disappeared before his eyes, and the terrifying power vanished as well.

"Huh, huh..."

Chen Ming was panting heavily, his eyes still showing lingering fear.

"Sure enough, that thing..."

"It's a divine rune!"

"These are divine runes left behind by those peerless powerhouses!"

"Those powerful beings with extremely sealed divine paths whom I encountered before told me that divine runes cannot be easily imitated..."

"Every powerful being's divine runes are their own unique creations. Anyone who tries to imitate them may inadvertently awaken that former powerful being!"

"The divine runes of every powerful figure are displayed here without any concealment..."

"This is hardly a beginner's guide..."

"This is essentially stockpiling blood packs for these powerful figures from past generations, which could potentially be used for their future resurrection through possession!!!"

Thinking of this, Chen Ming felt a chill run down his spine!