I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

But Mirapoleias wasn't so lucky with the Treasure Dragon Nest he meticulously built in a corner of the laboratory. It collapsed completely under the elemental divine power's bombardment; most of the gold coin was directly reduced to ashes by the intense impact.

Lis watched the remaining gold coin and gemstone scattered across the laboratory, shaking his head in some frustration.

Indeed, shortcuts do come with risks.

But...

Lis looked at the damaged walls of the arcane laboratory, somewhat surprised.

This power is really exaggerated!

It's truly a power only possessed by demigod-level beings!

Yes, as long as you succeed in condensing purified divine power, you're already considered a demigod-level presence.

Whether you possess divine power is the dividing line between demigods and legends.

Of course, this is merely a distinction in status, not implying that demigods are necessarily stronger than legends.

Currently, the demigod-level powerhouses in Gaia World, the vast majority are not opponents of Judgement Flame Stephens.

Lis successfully condensed elemental divine power, which in a sense also makes him a demigod, although compared to regular demigods, he is severely lacking.

Touching his chin, Lis thought that the Sphinx Ascension Technique's effect was indeed quite powerful, having personally experienced it just now.

Though Sphinx created elemental divine power not for combat, its potency is indeed quite terrifying.

Ordinary legends unprepared will surely be injured by a strike of elemental divine power, perhaps facing life-threatening peril.

However, elemental divine power is not without drawbacks.

The situation just now was because Lis couldn't control the elemental divine power, leading to a temporal explosion of it.

This situation came partly because it was Lis's first time controlling elemental divine power and he was rather inexperienced.

More significantly, Lis has yet to condense the elemental god core, thus lacking means to store and control elemental divine power.

With Lis's current status, condensing elemental divine power can only be done in real-time, with no way to stabilize its status.

The Sphinx Ascension Technique upgraded to level four, although it enables Lis to bypass prerequisites and condense the elemental divine form, it, like elemental divine power, vanishes quickly.

Thus, it holds little significance.

Nonetheless, Lis's mood remained quite cheerful despite these restrictions.

Condensing elemental divine power was a rather wondrous experience for him, as if it opened a new world for Lis, allowing him to appreciate higher landscapes prematurely.

This would benefit Lis greatly in the future.

More important is, while condensing elemental divine power through the Sphinx Ascension Technique, its specific effect equates to raising Lis's comprehension in the Four Elements Domain to the level of the Legendary Domain Triple.

This effect is particularly useful, or practically invincible.

This is akin to how an ordinary person aspiring to be a sharpshooter must start as a novice, gradually exploring gun handling, aiming, shooting...

Only through continuous exploration, making mistakes, and diligent practice can they elevate each step to the highest level, becoming a sharp shooter capable of perfect shots.

Yet, Lis now resembles an ordinary person who uses a temporary experience card to become a sharpshooter.

Sensing the ability to be a sharpshooter ahead of time, familiarizing the feeling of pulling the trigger each time, understanding the knack of aiming each time, Lis's feelings and experiences in this process won't vanish even when the temporary card expires.

Originally, Lis needed to rely on his own comprehension to explore in upgrading the Four Elements Domain to Legendary Triple, but now the Sphinx Ascension Technique seems to have directly erased the diverging, mistaken, and dead paths, leaving Lis only a smooth road towards the target.

Lis just needs to proceed straightforwardly.

Blood earned indeed!

Lis reflected carefully on his feelings just now, feeling rather delighted.

Thus, Lis's path to Legendary Peak has been paved; the remaining part is just slaving work.

This is the true usage of the system?

Loved it!

Lis restrained his excitement, continuing to delve into the exploration and mastery of elemental divine power.

Soon, the arcane laboratory once again resounded with consecutive explosion booms, though with Lis's prior preparation, it no longer caused additional damage to the laboratory.

...

Immersed in arcane experiments, time always goes by swiftly.

During this period, aside from occasionally receiving visitors from the Church of the Gods and the Elf Kingdom, freely using a heap of resources, Lis mostly stayed in the arcane laboratory researching elemental divine power.

Simultaneously, the repercussions of Lis breaking through to legend and Kane Floating City appearing among players began manifesting over time.

In recent days, the number of players arriving at Danerluo Port tripled directly, even players from the central Fanor continent were rushing towards Danerluo Port.

Moreover, the number of players recruited by the White Dove Chamber of Commerce skyrocketed, allowing Lis to cheerfully reap countless fresh newcomers willingly offering themselves.

To players, the post-2.0 version stage, many contents in the All-out War version have been extensively experienced already, whereas Kane Floating City emerging was entirely new content.

Honestly speaking, seeing Kane Floating City soaring across the skies delivered a most genuine shock to players.

Now is not yet when deities and Demon Lords step in and intervene, legends and saints flying about period; what could make players truly feel like they inhabit a fantastical extraordinary world more than a city in the skies?

This is why Kane Floating City Temporary Island Entry Certificate is so popular on player forums.

Each additional moment spent at Kane Floating City boosts players' attribute bonuses, Kane Floating City·Magic Research and Life Praise's effects are tantamount to all-new powerful specialties.

Mere 24-hour island visit qualification can't possibly suffice in exploring Kane Floating City thoroughly.

Even now, with dozens of Kane Floating City Temporary Island Entry Certificates drawn by players, each player's vlog tour at Kane Floating City maintains intense heat on player forums.

Players' enthusiasm for exploring Kane Floating City remains undiminished, even escalates.

A consolidated mega-thread has surfaced on player forums, compiling and supplementing Kane Floating City's map.

Of course, players tried different means, stealthily hoping to extend their stay at Floating City though each attempt was swiftly foiled by Elemental Magic Statues snatching them like rats.

However, on several occasions, some players noticed a cat-eared girl in a black maid outfit commanding Elemental Magic Statues to search players.

...

Kane Floating City, core tower control room,

The cat-eared girl joyously hummed an unknown tune, continually handling the screen cluttered with dense information in front.

To the Black Cat, with Floating City's buff, these duties were hardly anything challenging for her magic intelligent life form, part of her daily routine to maintain normal operation of the entire Floating City.

Yet the Black Cat didn't mind it, even felt happy.

It was far better than the dull days at the Dream Temple.

Truly, why didn't I meet Lis sooner~

The girl shook her long black tail, controlling Hurricane to receive newly sent extraordinary materials from Danerluo Port.

Bzzz~

At this moment, a red alarm sounded, instantly catching the Black Cat's attention.

What's going on?

Since Kane Floating City manifested, this was the first time Black Cat received a danger alert from the Floating City's detection magic array.

Black Cat looked at the information returned by the detection magic array, frowning.

"Eleven kilometers to the west of the Floating City, a Legendary Aura detected, approaching continuously?"

Past visitors from the Church of the Gods seeking Lis also included legendary-level presences, but people were notified in advance.

Whereas now, Black Cat received no prior notice, this newly emergent legends' direction directly targeting, oh dreadful switch, why harsh?

Enemy?!