Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 591 - 27: This is the true way to open the Plane War.
After Violet prepared herself, she relinquished her darkened state, but an astonishing scene unfolded the next moment.
It wasn't that a crack appeared in the void, but rather the blackened spiritual energy withdrew from Violet's back, slicing through the space like two black wings.
Then these black fissures connected to the darkened spiritual energy within her, expanding rapidly like a gigantic gaping maw, swallowing Violet whole.
Before the fissure disappeared, Lin Rui's sharp eyes caught sight of the "Dark Road of No Return" inside, where the black aura behind Violet had morphed into the form of a Dark Angel, and the black aura linking her had directly transformed into a sharp sword, piercing Violet's heart from within!
There was simply no way to avoid it, as if a sword had suddenly materialized in the middle of her heart. Violet was instantly gravely injured, her vigorous life force quickly dissipated, and her entire being sagged.
Every Holy Grail Knight could sense Violet's weakness, yet there was no time to take a closer look, as the "Dark Road of No Return" abruptly closed, leaving Violet inside to fiercely battle with her darkened self.
A Knight King in severely reduced condition fighting against an opponent in full form with the addition of a darkened boost left everyone deeply concerned.
How could this battle be fought?
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to win.
But scarcely had everyone worried when a brilliant golden sword light suddenly emerged from the void, shattering it into countless fragments shooting in all directions. A dark figure within the broken light flew out backward, then dissipated like fine sand in the radiant sword light.
Afterward, the black flames on Violet's body flashed away, her aura surged instantly, and her life force blossomed vigorously.
[Ding, congratulations to Explorer's subordinate, Legendary Hero Violet, for successfully passing the "Dark Road of No Return," increasing her life value limit by 5%.]
Lin Rui immediately approached, asking with concern, "How are you? Are you hurt? How did you come out so quickly?"
Violet calmly replied, "One good news, one bad news, which would the Lord like to hear first?"
"Given that you came out successfully, under such a joyous event, naturally, the bad news should be heard first. At such times, any bad news is insignificant."
"The bad news is that the Dark Angel's combat reaction ability is extremely high, seemingly operated by Mechanical Spirit. Their coordination and attacks are nearly flawless, definitely of Legendary-level! This is a substantial challenge for soldiers with low talent."
As Violet finished speaking, everyone's smiles suddenly faded!
Everyone realized they had been too optimistic before. It's undeniable that the Mechanical Spirit of a Legendary War Machine is powerful. Each person's operative carries a Legendary-level combat consciousness. At that point, it's not just Rare Level; even Heroic Spirit Level, Lord-level, Catastrophe-level, or even Epic-level would find no advantage.
Facing a combat angel with equivalent power and three additional traits as well as overwhelming Legendary-level combat consciousness.
To win this battle seems as challenging as ascending to heaven.
It's like asking a Tier One Rare-level soldier to defeat a (pseudo) Tier Four Legendary-level soldier.
Even if it's not that exaggerated, it's close enough.
Lin Rui furrowed his brow and asked, "Then what's the good news?"
Violet said, "The good news is, the generated Dark Angel doesn't count as a unit of our territory."
How is that good news?
Violet seriously explained further: "The generated Dark Angel shares the same attributes and traits as the soldier itself but doesn't receive the Commander Bonus given to soldiers."
Lin Rui pondered for a moment and asked, "So if a soldier's combat power is 5, under various territory trait bonuses, it becomes 7, and then with the Heroic Commander, it increases to 10. But the Dark Angel can only mimic up to 5, then with its own Dark Angel Template, its combat power is around 6-7?"
"That's roughly it. For example, our territory's 'Festival of the Goddess of Fortune' increases every citizen's Luck Level by 1, but the Dark Angel, not being a citizen, doesn't enjoy this bonus. Furthermore, Wutong's Princess's Blessing, benefiting all citizens, cannot effect the Dark Angel."
[Imperial Decree: Princess's Blessing: In territories blessed at the Holy Spirit Level, all citizens may acquire weak-scale Holy Spirit Level effects. The blessing distorts causal lines briefly when in effect. All soldiers receive +10% Life Value, +10% Spiritual Energy Value. When receiving a Priest's blessing, activate the Princess's Blessing effect, granting a Sub-Invincible Shield lasting 1 second.]
Lin Rui glanced at the territory's Princess's Blessing trait, thoughtful, and asked, "Do your attributes match?"
[Land of Martial Valor: Rare Territory Trait: This land's martial spirit shines like a sword's glow upon stars, akin to the North Star. All citizens receive +2 Physique, +2 Will, +2 Root Bone, +2 Soul, +100 Life Value, +1% Damage Reduction.]
This is also a territory trait providing direct attributes to soldiers. If the Dark Angel matches the soldier's attributes, it proves the trait from the Land of Martial Valor still takes effect.
Violet recalled the combat process and assuredly said, "Our attributes are completely identical."
Lin Rui nodded slightly and then said, "I think I understand why. It's not that the territory trait doesn't work, but that the Legendary-level Machine Spirit can only mimic up to the Legendary level. The Goddess Hall and Princess's Blessing are both ranked too high; the Festival of the Goddess of Fortune is a blessing of Mythical Trait, and Princess's Blessing is even higher by Holy Spirit Level. It simply cannot be replicated."
