Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor
Chapter 106 - 39 Advancing to Hero_2

Chapter 106: Chapter 39 Advancing to Hero_2

"Huh? Doesn’t this mean I can’t inherit the Lord’s Rare Level equipment? I was just wondering whether I should be happy or sad."

Lin Rui kept comforting himself, "These foolish troops were summoned by myself, don’t get angry, don’t get angry."

Then Lin Rui only wore fine-level equipment and wielded a common iron sword sharpened by the Ogre Grinding Stone to activate the Trial Mirror.

[Fine Armor (Blue) Scholar’s Casting Hand: Wisdom +2, Willpower +2, Defense +10, Magic Resistance +20, Casting Speed +30%, Casting Error Rate -30%. All Spiritual Technique Consumption -10%. Each casting layers a Scholar’s Wisdom Effect on oneself, giving a 1% chance of triggering double casting. Special Effect lasts for 0.5 seconds]

Although the probability is written as only 1%, during the last fierce battle, Lin Rui discovered that under the blessing of the Goddess of Fortune, this probability is close to 10%. So during the late stage of the last battle, Lin Rui had ideas on how to win.

As soon as he entered the space, Lin Rui cast Jade Ice on himself, a nearly solid ice shield wrapped tightly around him. Right away, Lin Rui triggered three layers of casting, wearing three layers of shields, capable of blocking 1200 points of damage.

Then Lin Rui casually twirled his sword, holding the longsword backward, waiting for the mirror image to activate.

At the moment the mirror image opened its eyes, a dazzling burst of frosty arrows appeared in the void behind Lin Rui. All the icy arrows shot forward like arrows loosed from a bow, fiercely crashing into the ice shield in front of the mirror image.

Instantly, the ice shield shattered into pieces, and the icy arrows carrying massive energy crashed into the mirror image’s body, causing all its defenses to crumble.

Before the mirror image could react, Lin Rui already charged forward brandishing his sword, lifting the stunned mirror image into the air and unleashing all his power.

The Snow Ice Soul was shattered, and the mirror image lost its uncontrolled state, unable to launch a counterattack in mid-air. Lin Rui, with the Close Combat Grandmaster Trait in effect, managed to stay constantly behind it, launching attacks without ever appearing in its line of sight.

Every time the mirror image tried to break free, the Grip of Cyan Wave appeared. Gigantic hands woven from water bound him, enough to interrupt any counteroffensive momentum he gathered.

Thirty minutes later, the golden treasures in the Trial Mirror shattered into countless pieces, and the radiant golden light startled all the soldiers surrounding him.

Audrey swallowed, staring at Lin Rui in awe. "This is way too powerful! Lord, I feel you could easily defeat that Tier Two Chaos Demon in the relic with one hand. And you could be considered a member of the Priest Corps?"

The other Knights were even more flabbergasted, almost dropping their jaws, shocked to the point of questioning reality, unable to believe the Lord’s sheer terror!

Is this the gentle and graceful Lord we know? Is this the frail Mage that Knights need to protect?

The Lord could probably stand still with his hands behind his back and annihilate every soldier within the territory without moving.

That mirror image was overwhelmingly powerful! Yet the Lord crushed it with no resistance!

Especially when the Lord summoned a brilliant, radiant frost aura behind him, it was like the embodiment of the Hero King, reducing all enemies to mere insects, who can only kneel and worship!

Who knows why a simple skill would become so earth-shattering and ghost-weeping in the Lord’s hands.

Now Lin Rui spread his arms with a satisfied face, embracing the dazzling golden light pouring into his chest.

Under the golden light baptism of the Trial Mirror, Lin Rui’s heart pulsed with the strongest beats, more spiritually astute blood spread throughout his body, undergoing a sacred baptism.

At this moment, Lin Rui felt as if his entire body had undergone a top-grade sunbathing session, feeling light-hearted, lucid, and alert, able to see every fine hair at the back of Audrey’s white neck clearly, and hear the sounds of natural melody of distant flora growing and soil tilting distinctly.

[Ding, congratulations to the Explorer on passing the Trial Mirror’s test, gaining the Heroic Body, Soul +10, Root Bone +10, Life Value +100%, Spiritual Energy Value +100%, Resilience increase 100%, Damage Reduction +50%, attack inflicts 30% true damage, ignores vital attacks]

[Ding, congratulations to the Explorer on successfully ascending to hero status. Each Commander Attribute point boosts Commander Value by one hundred, and provides a 0.1% damage and defense bonus to Commander’s Troops.]

[Ding, congratulations to the Explorer for acquiring the Heroic Commander Trait: Ice and Snow Physique: All soldiers under the commander gain Ice and Snow Physique, reducing water attribute spiritual energy damage by 50%, receiving water attribute spiritual energy benefit effect +50%, Physical Defense +20%, Spiritual Resistance +20%, attack inflicts 50% ice attribute damage amplification, every time an attack or skill hits the target, it places an Ice Bite buff layer, reducing opponent’s attack and movement speed by 5%. Ice Bite reaches 20 layers, freezing the opponent for 1 second and dealing 15% ice damage of their life value. (Note: different unit hits can stack!)]

[Ding, congratulations to the Explorer on spiritual energy value surpassing 5000, reaching level one spiritual reaction, Physique +10, Willpower +5, Soul +3, Life Value +1000, Physical Resistance +80, Spiritual Resistance +60]

[Civilization Announcement: An Explorer has successfully ascended to hero status, opening the Heavenly Trials Grounds.]

[Civilization Announcement: Explorer number: 83202300001 successfully opened the Heavenly Trials Grounds, allowing Azure Civilization to participate in the heavenly ranking challenge, erecting a brilliant milestone in civilization pioneering! Rewarded Rare Level territory trait.]

[Civilization Announcement: The Trials Grounds will officially open in 232 days, and all explorers who attain hero qualification will be forcibly conscripted by civilization to participate in battles. Those who return as heroes will receive unparalleled rewards from civilization.]

Rewarded a Rare Level trait?

Lin Rui immediately looked at the territory interface.

[Rare Level Territory Trait: Land of Martial Valor: This land is imbued with martial valor, like the light of a sword shining on the stars, like the North Star. All residents of the territory have Physique +2, Willpower +2, Root Bone +2, Soul +2, Life Value +100, Damage Reduction +1%.]

At the same time, all Knights and Fanatics looked towards Lin Rui, saying, "Lord, I feel my Physique has already surpassed the Tier Two limit, ready to advance the challenge early."

Lin Rui glanced down at his own attributes, feeling that it’s rather embarrassing for a Mage, who should rely on muscles to break through and advance.

With all the Commander bonuses provided by Lin Rui, having troops in fine-level equipment win against Tier Two troops is not a difficult feat. Normal advancement wouldn’t trigger elite monsters at Tier Two full level to restrict, but likely a Tier Two initial challenge. After all, civilization aims to test its people, not lock their progression paths.

As the Lord, Lin Rui must take the lead and test the challenge difficulty for the soldiers.

Even with epic-level and mythical-level traits endowed, ordinary people are not his match even when fighting across tiers.

Once Lin Rui chose to break through, the system’s notification immediately sounded.

[Ding, Explorer embarking on Tier Two breakthrough challenge mission, defeat ancestor mirror image.]

[Ding, mirror image selection completed, selected unit is Tier Two level 5 elite wild monster: Modolo Poison Spider.]

Lin Rui didn’t even wear equipment, standing still and giving the Poison Spider a casual glance. Numerous frost arrows immediately covered the spider, forming an ice sculpture.

In less than a second, the system notification sounded again.

[Ding, congratulations to Explorer on successfully breaking through Tier Two. Soul +10, Life Value +500, Spiritual Energy Value +200, Physical Defense +80, Spiritual Resistance +60.]

The advancement challenge at low-tier does look rather easy. Lin Rui waved and said to the others, "Aside from Audrey and Lundestadte, everyone can advance the challenge."

These two rare-level units, Lin Rui cannot let them simply upgrade. He must seize this opportunity to refine and bring forth stronger traits during their progression. Attempting to elevate their quality one more tier.