Chapter 2 of 100

Chapter 2

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"Ah~~~" Liu Siyi yawned widely, finally waking up.

It was already dark outside. He had really slept for a long time, but now he felt refreshed and particularly energetic.

Liu Siyi had just graduated from university and was currently job hunting, but for him, not finding a job didn't really matter.

Liu Siyi's parents were in business, and they were quite successful. Unfortunately, they died in a car accident, leaving him a sum of money and several properties in the city. Instead of selling the properties, Liu Siyi chose to rent them out. Even without the inheritance, the rental income alone would allow him to live comfortably for the rest of his life. Therefore, he still had the leisure to play on his computer at home.

After waking up, he logged back into Qidian and browsed a few novels he had been following. He only stopped when he felt hungry and decided to cook some instant noodles.

You ask about the soul battle in his dream? Which man hasn't dreamed of transforming into Ultraman and fighting monsters? Because he read too many fantasy novels, Liu Siyi often dreamed of such things. If he were to take each one seriously, he would surely go insane.

Unconsciously, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. The alarm clock rang, reminding Liu Siyi that it was time to go to bed.

It's worth mentioning that Liu Siyi had a high level of self-awareness. Even though his parents had passed away and no one was around to discipline him, he still managed to stick to a regular sleep schedule and exercise in the morning. He knew that a healthy body was the capital of revolution. Staying up all night and exhausting his body while the money in his hands remained unspent would only benefit others.

Before going to bed, of course, he took a shower. Standing naked in front of the bathroom mirror, Liu Siyi admired his perfect body.

In university, Liu Siyi was a member of the school basketball team. At 1.82 meters tall, he wasn't particularly tall, but the frequent exercise had given him a well-defined six-pack and a solid, well-proportioned body. Apart from his average looks, he could be considered almost perfect.

"What is this?" Liu Siyi suddenly noticed a purple lightning rune on his left chest, which was identical to the one he had seen in his dreams.

At that moment, the lightning rune suddenly emitted thin threads of electricity. As the electric threads moved across his body, he felt a tingling sensation. Then, a powerful consciousness entered his mind, causing his brain to swell, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain.

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The swelling and pain in his brain gradually subsided, and the tingling sensation in his body disappeared. Liu Siyi finally understood what had happened.

It was actually quite simple. In another world similar to the background of the game "Heroes of Might and Magic," a legendary mage who was about to become a god was ambushed. Coincidentally, he mastered the laws of space and lightning. For some unknown reason, at the last moment, he created a connection with the map of "Heroes of Might and Magic III" that Liu Siyi had created. In a critical moment, the legendary mage abandoned his body and his soul crossed through space. He originally intended to possess Liu Siyi, but instead, he was bound by the laws of Earth and was absorbed by Liu Siyi.

By absorbing the soul of the legendary mage, Liu Siyi gained significant benefits. These benefits were not just an increase in soul power but, more importantly, the knowledge the legendary mage possessed, which was like receiving his legacy.

First, let's talk about the world of the legendary mage. It was a world similar to "Heroes of Might and Magic," with numerous races, castles that could be upgraded by sacrificing money and resources, and various troops from level one to seven, as well as even more powerful beings beyond level seven.

In short, it was a world primarily based on "Heroes of Might and Magic" but also similar to Western fantasy.

Most of the native creatures in this world were summoned from various buildings, while some appeared directly. They were called native creatures because there were other forms of life that appeared in different ways. For example, summoned creatures, steel golems created by manufacturing, and undead creatures summoned by necromancers on the battlefield.

In Liu Siyi's perception, this world was similar to the fantasy worlds in novels, but to fully understand it, he would need to experience it firsthand.

As mentioned earlier, the soul absorbed by Liu Siyi belonged to a legendary mage, a title only given to those who had reached a certain level of power.

In some Western fantasy novels, there are always divisions like Holy Land, Legendary, and Demigod, but Liu Siyi had always been unclear about the specific power each title represented. However, after absorbing the soul of the legendary mage, he understood the power divisions in that world.

From level one to seven, each level was divided into upper and lower tiers. The creatures at these levels, no matter how powerful, were still mortals, differing only in their control of power. Beyond level seven, at level eight, creatures could use the power of the laws, and this level was called the Holy Land. Level nine was the Legendary. To reach the Legendary level, one had to not only use the power of the laws but also master them. Only by mastering and forming the power of the laws did one enter level nine, which was the level of the absorbed legendary mage. At the advanced level nine, the power of the laws was formed into a divine essence.

The lightning rune on his chest was the divine essence formed from the power of the laws: the lightning rune.

If Liu Siyi hadn't had the determination to absorb the lightning rune along with the soul, the lightning rune would have dissipated after the soul dispersed. Therefore, the divine essence was just a key step towards becoming a god, not a god itself, but rather a realm beyond the mortal.

After understanding the lightning rune, Liu Siyi roughly grasped its functions. The divine essence formed from the power of the laws was, in his view, similar to a magical artifact in fantasy novels.

The divine essence formed by the lightning rune allowed the user to cast lightning spells with only one-tenth of the original mana cost; the casting speed was significantly increased, and most lightning spells could be cast instantly unless they were particularly complex; the attack power of lightning spells was doubled, and the user could adjust the spell's power based on the amount of mana available; the user received a 90% reduction in lightning damage; and the user's speed was permanently increased by 10.

It's important to note that the lightning rune, or the divine essence, was formed by the legendary mage, not by Liu Siyi. He simply absorbed the lightning rune along with the mage's soul. If the power of the laws had not been formed, Liu Siyi would not have been able to perceive it. The lightning rune, already formed, was considered a treasure. By absorbing the mage's soul, his own soul was influenced to shift towards lightning, which is why the lightning rune was anchored to Liu Siyi's body.

With the divine essence of the lightning rune and the influence of the absorbed legendary mage's soul, Liu Siyi naturally set becoming a god as his ultimate goal.

But was becoming a god that easy? Liu Siyi had no foundation and no knowledge. How could he become a god? Therefore, he could only search through the knowledge and skills of the absorbed mage, starting with various types of knowledge, then how to become a mage, and of course, lightning spells and other spells the mage had mastered.

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