Bloodline of Gods: The Genius at Olympus Academy!

Raelia heard this and blushed slightly as she raised her arm.

"You don't have to worry about me, Aiden. My body is far tougher than it looks."

Aiden saw Raelia showing off to him, standing happy and proud, and lightly chuckled.

As the two of them were talking, Oliver walked out of the forest with a bow on his back and patted both Aiden and Raelia on the shoulder.

"Good work, guys. The Crimson Star Bear was definitely fiercer than the records I could find in the library, but you two still handled it with relative ease."

Aiden heard this and smiled as he also patted Oliver on the back.

"Things only went this smoothly because you two are such good teammates. Raelia fearlessly faced the Crimson Star Bear head-on, while you brutally punished any slip-up the bear made, allowing me to fully display my abilities."

"Now that we've worked hard, we should at least get our reward."

As soon as those words were said, an excited light flashed in the eyes of everyone present.

They looked towards the direction of the Morning Dew Flower and felt breathless.

Due to the relentless protection of Raelia and everyone else, the area around the Morning Dew Flower was the only place that was unaffected by the surrounding carnage from their fight with the Crimson Star Bear.

In the center of this island of serenity stood a divine glowing flower.

Its petals seemed to be made of pure gold, as dazzling rays of mystical light twinkled across the plant's entire body.

There were exactly six petals on the Morning Dew Flower, which meant there were two for each of them.

After scouting their surroundings and making sure it was safe, Aiden and the others found a rather undamaged area and sat down to consume the Morning Dew Flower.

As soon as Aiden put the petal in his mouth, his face blushed a deep red as the blood in his body stirred.

The Morning Dew Flower had an intoxicating honey flavor that left Aiden wanting more.

He quickly consumed the second petal, causing the divinity in his body to become even more excited.

Divine energy started rushing towards the fire of divinity burning in his inner space.

The ember of divinity burned brighter and brighter as Aiden could feel his blood strengthening throughout his body.

Clenching his fist, Aiden looked at his status screen and smiled, slightly excited.

Divinity: F+ (40 → 55/100)

Just one-third of this rare treasure had been enough for Aiden to gain several weeks' worth of training. It would be strange if Aiden wasn't excited.

At the same time, an unquenchable sense of greed was starting to grow inside of Aiden. If just one treasure was already this effective, one could only imagine how strong they would grow after they completely swept away all the treasures in the Forest of the Mountain Cliff Trial area!

Aiden turned towards his two friends to see their eyes glowing with a similarly greedy light.

Obviously, the two had tasted the sweetness of these divine treasures and were just as eager for more as Aiden was.

Eventually, Raelia couldn't contain herself any longer and looked at Oliver with a pair of wolf-like eyes.

"Oliver, quickly tell us where the next location is! We need to get these divine treasures as fast as possible."

Normally, Oliver would have been a little scared, seeing Raelia look at him with such wolfish eyes. But now, even Oliver, the most level-headed of the group, was subtly affected by the growing greed and was eagerly planning their next move.

"You guys don't need to worry about anything. I've already planned out the route; we just need Raelia to navigate us there."

After Oliver's words, Raelia didn't waste any more time. She quickly pulled out the map and practically dragged Aiden and Oliver towards their next location.

...

An unknown amount of time passed, and Aiden, Oliver, and Raelia were still hunting in the forest of the Mountain Cliff Trial.

On their journey, they had hunted many different types of magic beasts and were lucky enough to accumulate quite a few magic cores. Most importantly, they had managed to find many different divine treasures, allowing their divinity to soar.

[Divinity: F++ (55 → 80/100)]

Of course, such a journey wasn't easy. Searching through the thick and desperate forest was tiring, and if it weren't for Raelia's experience and the bloodline bonus brought by being a descendant of Artemis, things wouldn't have been this manageable. Read latest stories on My Virtual Library Empire

In addition, there were still strong divine beasts guarding these treasures.

While they weren't as horrifying as the Crimson Star Bear they had faced at the beginning of their journey, they were no pushovers either.

If Aiden and his group were any weaker or had not taken things seriously, instead of rapidly increasing their strength and divinity, they would have been forced to leave the forest severely injured, if not outright dead.

Aiden, Raelia, and Oliver were walking through the forest.

Their expressions were slightly hardened, but the look of satisfaction couldn't be concealed from their eyes.

The Netherspring Lotus.

It was an elusive and magnificent treasure that seemed to form and grow on the surface of lakes and ponds fed by tributaries of the River Styx, which sometimes breached into real space.

The Underworld was a vast, endless realm, formed as a separate yet equal subspace to the real material plane.

Despite being linked, the realms of the dead and the living are supposed to remain distinctly separate.

For regular mortals, just an encounter with anything from the Underworld can be lethal, so gods and rulers of the Underworld like Lord Hades make it a top priority to stop breaches from the Underworld into the real world by keeping the barriers between worlds stable

The universe is constantly expanding, and worlds are always shifting and moving. Sometimes, even the activities of the gods can cause the very fabric of reality itself to shake, so how could the realms be perfectly stable?