At this moment, Magga was entangled by a demon, unable to escape, and was about to be besieged and killed.
But just then, Karis suddenly appeared between Magga and the demon.
Facing the full-on assault from several Tier Nine demons joining forces, a power far beyond his own suddenly erupted from him, reaching the true standard of the 8th Rank in an instant!
Even as a powerful being reaching over the 90th level through special means, the gap between the 7th Rank and the 8th Rank is worlds apart!
In that instant, Bai Yi’s heart skipped a beat. She knew well the gap between the 8th Rank and the 7th Rank and was already prepared to abandon the subsequent plan and mobilize all her forces in this world to take down Karis.
But she quickly noticed something was off about Karis’s state.
"Is this Divine Descent?!"
Meanwhile, in the starry sky,
Vlad opened his eyes, and the wooden staff in his hand, originally imbued with extraordinary power, had reverted back to a simple branch.
Feeling the new power emerging within him, Vlad prayed devoutly:
As the only human dispatched from both inside and outside the territory into the starry sky, he was not like his followers, devoted only in pursuit of power.
The power he gained was all to fulfill the mission Bai Yi assigned to him better. It was not just a matter of sequence.
"This promotion upgrade is quite good; gaining the summoning ability, temporarily able only to summon his own blood vassals, requires more test data...
The Scarlet Descent has also been strengthened a lot, optimizing part of the spell effects in the process, allowing for more shared spells, among which...
Additionally, several other abilities have been strengthened simultaneously...
With this power, he has more confidence to deal with any possible attacks that may come next."
Because the nature of the promotion is based on soul armament, the information contained within naturally also merged in when integrating with the soul.
This was originally a similar ability to genetic editing. Applied to the soul, it can likewise edit information on the soul, originally intended to quickly comprehend the post-promotion abilities, to immediately grasp the basic usage of the abilities.
However, this time, after reading the information, Vlad also discovered an additional task left by Bai Yi inside.
Coordinate with the ability testing, complete the experiment...
He quietly noted it, preparing to assign it to the tasks for his follower believers later on.
Taking out the communicator, he found that his promotion had already taken a whole day.
During this time, the Martial Cultivation Association’s attacks on them had ceased for quite a while, but he didn’t think they had given up. They were likely brewing stronger forces, ready to launch a surprise attack at any moment.
He had even lost several mid-level Transcendents sent out, which had severely disrupted the church’s expansion plans, with many directions of expansion completely stalled as a result.
Fortunately, the Martial Cultivation Association seemed not to understand them well, only considering them as ordinary God believers, and had killed their Transcendents.
And those ordinary believers were still intact, with the bodies of the mid-level Transcendents also preserved, leaving the extraordinary relics of the deceased untouched.
Before his promotion, he had already dispatched his blood vassals to retrieve these relics and also to regather the believers.
Normally, dispersing one’s power when knowing in advance that an attack is coming is pure suicide behavior.
But before he came to the starry sky, he had obtained the authority of the Heroic Spirit Hall, allowing him to reappear quickly even after death.
And those believers were his only mission in this trip to the starry sky: to develop believers and infiltrate the social base of the starry sky, which was the fundamental purpose of establishing the Red Moon Church for these believers!
If the believers were lost, wouldn’t this period have been all in vain?
Luckily, in the last attack, a few bishops under him survived and even developed several believers of considerable status. This time, with more promotion slots granted by the Lord, he could give them one.
Overall, however, the Martial Cultivation Association still dealt them a harsh blow, causing considerable losses.
Had he not known that there was a 7th Rank in charge at the top of this organization, he would have thought of retaliating.
But not to mention the 7th Rank, he found it hard even to deal with the 6th Rank of this organization in this Star Region.
It was precisely for this reason that he recently applied to Bai Yi for a promotion to the 6th Rank, hoping to gain more formidable power to withstand this surprise attack.
Fortunately, the new capabilities gained this time allow him to quickly recall his blood vassals. Even if the Martial Cultivation Association exploits his temporary lack of combat power and sends a 6th Rank to attack, he can give them a real surprise!
"I hope nothing unexpected happens..."
Vlad murmured, wanting to discard the branch in his hand but ended up keeping it in his hand.
Though it was just a branch, given it was from You, it was, after all, a fine extraordinary material and a precious resource for the church. The source of thɪs content is 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩
The scarlet Magic Power swept over the branch, trimming the excess protrusions. The fragments were set aside as Potion materials while the main trunk was turned into a staff.
He held one end and lightly swung it, finding it quite handy, with the staff’s amplification also intact.
After all, part of his ability essentially originated from You, making the amplification by this branch a perfect fit.
As he just stepped out of the room, a follower was already waiting outside.
"What happened during my promotion?"
"Your Holiness, just after you began your promotion, we received a message from an unknown source.