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Chapter 146 - 99: Natural Markings·Second Level, Achieved!

Chapter 146: Chapter 99: Natural Markings·Second Level, Achieved!

"Wind, fire, water, earth, the second tier of Natural Seals is completed,"

"Just this strength, no wonder it’s in the Low Magic Era."

Gu Shanhai felt somewhat helpless, as unlike Mafas, his strength didn’t solely come from twenty-three Natural Seals, but also from the amplification of various Transcendent Magic Techniques and combat skills.

"Apart from the fixed value enhancements of the six seals of the first tier—blood, agility, endurance, clarity, insight, dignity—the percentage value also reached 50%. The third tier should be able to add an additional effect, I suppose."

After moving his body a bit, Gu Shanhai also confirmed something, he had gained two additional talents, Wild Identity and Forest Passing. The former allowed him to influence the attitude of animals through his own speech, movements, and expressions, and to a certain extent, it worked on humans as well, although the effect was average, mainly relying on the derivative ability of natural perception.

Next was Forest Passing, this ability allowed Gu Shanhai to walk unhindered in environments like thorny plants and dense jungles; however, if it had Transcendent properties, like the animated vines summoned by the Vine Skill, it would not be effective.

"The next would be the third tier’s cloud, snow, thunder, forest four Natural Seals, I can take my time with these, their effects are more special and require special training."

The Seal of Cloud enhanced all attribute resistances, the Seal of Snow physical resistance, the Seal of Thunder negative resistance, and the Seal of Forest Transcendent resistance, akin to Magic resistance, energy resistance, and the like.

In short, it made him unparalleled in the domain of physical prowess.

Of course, after the successful formation of the first cloud seal, both the first and second tier Natural Seals would be enhanced once more, and upon breaking through to the third tier, an additional effect would be added, which is part of the growth rather than stagnation, as these seals are integrated as one.

Since all are aspects of bodily resistance, the formation of seals needed external conditions for support, essentially serving as aids in evolutionary resistance.

At this moment, Gu Shanhai had no interest in pursuing these as he had more pressing tasks.

There weren’t as many second-tier Divination Spells as the first; just twelve, but these twelve already delved deeper into prophecy.

If the first-tier Divination Spells were more nine parts knowledge and one part prophecy, then by the second-tier, it became two parts prophecy and eight parts knowledge.

He was now proficient in the Internal Organ Divination Skill, with no further room for advancement. In terms of proficiency, theoretically, he could learn even ninth-tier Divination Spells.

But that was just theory; practice would determine how long it would take him to learn them.

"Detect Thoughts, Locate Object, Detect Invisibility, Listen to Lore, Foresee Luck, Skill Purification, Certain Strike. The Spy Master’s Coin, Balance Fast-Track, Visual Connection, Identify Disguise, Hunting Mark, Ally Tracking."

"Maintaining these twelve spells permanently will take a lot of resources."

After doing a rough calculation, Gu Shanhai realized that if he didn’t want to impact his own condition, he could at most maintain three second-tier spells on a permanent basis, since he needed to invoke Transcendent Magic Techniques, which have a much higher consumption than the original versions.

However, to achieve better effects, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and proceed.

"First, learn; during this period, cultivate a related Spirit Plant and upgrade all Spirit Plants to level 2," Gu Shanhai quickly made a plan.

To carry second-tier Divination Spells as a standard, defined as level 2 Spirit Plants, that was his casual choice. If it wasn’t feasible, he could always change it later; after all, it’s his own system, and it’s quite normal to be capricious.

"I’ll go with one of the Holy Trees, the rowan tree."

This tree was known as the Witch Tree and was used as an elemental carrier in rituals, which was why Gu Shanhai planned to cultivate it into a Spirit Plant that could, to some extent, carry Mana.

That meant increasing his own Mana capacity.

Of course, the benefits wouldn’t stop there. It could also reduce consumption and enhance Gu Shanhai’s related aptitudes to a certain degree, including his Root Bone Spiritual Power and other abilities.

He planted the rowan tree seed inside his body and then waited for it to sprout.

"It’s a pity I didn’t acquire the Knight’s inheritance this time, I had to move too hastily."

Gu Shanhai also felt some regret, but it wasn’t a big deal; these things were bound to come into his hands sooner or later—he even wanted the best.

That’s right, the Holy Knight, a powerful Knight that combines the features of both Knight and Priest.

However, it was only available through the church of the faithful lords, and becoming a Holy Knight required not just a noble status but also sufficient devotion to the lord.

For a player, it would mean prerequisite noble and Priest qualifications, along with Knight-related talents and abilities, of course, multiclassing would work too, to be eligible for the Holy Knight position.

A potent type of Knight crafted specifically for the clergy and nobility.

Once the Druid and Atilis ascend to power, Gu Shanhai would still have the chance to attain the Holy Knight inheritance.

Apart from the Holy Knight, there were other powerful Knight inheritances such as the Earth Knight, Flame Knight, and Gu Shanhai was not particularly fussy about those.

It wasn’t that Gu Shanhai wanted to engage in close combat, as Knights were not limited to just melee; there were also Bow Knights, Gun Knights, and other types of Knights. His primary interest was in the Body Forging Technique contained within the Knight training; his physical fitness had been growing continuously, but compared to the enhancement from Mana and various Spirit Plants, there was still a noticeable gap.