The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins-Chapter 56: Dominance

"Next up is the Gold·Master Level, internationally recognized as M, master. Transcendents at this energy level are the backbone in resisting supernatural disasters. They generally lead quick response teams composed of multiple Silver ranks to confront the most dangerous invasive species directly."

"And finally..."

As he spoke, Feng Zhaobai puffed out his chest, pointing to the Purple Gold Dragon Emblem on his chest.

"Purple Gold, internationally recognized as SP, Super Power, which directly translates to super power. Of course, we prefer to call it dominance level!"

"At this energy level, they’re generally key managers of an Illusion Realm in peacetime and are responsible for confronting enemy dominance during wartime. In the event of a major supernatural disaster, they are stabilizers, suppressing the entire abnormal area..."

Listening to Feng Zhaobai’s words, Zhu Haomiao glanced at the Black Iron Dragon Emblem on his chest, finally gaining a clear understanding of his own level of strength.

I’m screwed!

I’m really just a bottom-tier little weakling!

Seeing the shock in the young man’s eyes, Feng Zhaobai’s gaze became complex. After a long time, he softly consoled him.

"Junior Brother Zhu, with your potential, I believe you will soon reach the pinnacle of the First Layer Heaven and become a Purple Gold Dominance like me. There’s no need for you to be so anxious."

However, upon hearing these words, Zhu Haomiao felt like he had swallowed a bitter gourd and couldn’t express it.

I have a lousy aptitude. If it weren’t for cheating with Krypton Gold, I’d never catch up to you all with your accursed God’s Destiny!

"Additionally, Junior Brother Zhu, you’ve advanced too quickly with your cultivation technique. Your spirit and body haven’t had time to grow. There’s likely a huge reservoir of potential within you that hasn’t been tapped yet. Plus, the growth coefficient for God’s Destiny is several times that of Mortal Destiny, which means your potential is even larger, enough to keep you busy for a long time..."

Sensing the key phrases, Zhu Haomiao twitched his eyebrows, feeling a sense of doom.

"Brother, what is this growth coefficient?"

Accustomed to his ignorance, Feng Zhaobai calmly explained.

"It’s the rate of enhancement for the same benefit, such as breakthroughs in cultivation techniques, consuming Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, or even natural growth, comparing God’s Destiny to Mortal Destiny."

"Every country worldwide has done extensive comparative experiments. After removing all variables, with Mortal Destiny’s growth set as 1 basic unit, God’s Destiny is several times, even ten times that!"

"The ratio between the two is the growth coefficient."

Hearing this, Zhu Haomiao’s eyes shrank sharply.

I’m screwed!

I’ve become a unit of measurement!

"Of course, ’growth coefficient’ is the modern, gentle euphemism. In ancient times, it had a harsher name — Heavenly difference."

Feng Zhaobai sighed deeply.

"Heavenly difference, an insurmountable chasm. That must have been the sense of utter despair that ancient Mortal Destiny cultivators felt facing God’s Destiny..."

The echo of Feng Zhaobai’s sigh lingered in Zhu Haomiao’s ears, his heart pounding.

Indeed!

Mortals take months to begin cultivating a technique, while God’s Destiny needs only 10 days!

With growth coefficients several or even dozens of times higher, the efficiency gap in cultivation is a hundredfold, considering everything!

Not to mention God’s Destiny naturally comes with a main character aura, giving them an identity advantage at birth, and picking up old masters, supreme divine skills, and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures is routine...

If I use game terminology, they’ve not only got a hundredfold experience boost but also the max drop rate!

Damn, it’s so disgusting!

What kind of trash game is this?!

How are we regular players supposed to play?

The developers should just damn die!

Worse yet, you can’t even delete your account in this game, only watch as those ’cheaters’ fly around, doing whatever they please!

I’m even a part of their ’game experience’, highlighting the Heavenly difference between us...

Gritting his teeth, Zhu Haomiao’s expression suddenly changed as he contemplated, analyzing closely.

Wait, even though I’m just a Mortal Destiny, I might have a cheat too.

Not only that, but I can use Krypton Gold!

Overall, I might not be worse than those with God’s Destiny, perhaps even more extreme!

Emmmm...

Alright, then!

The fuming jealousy quickly dissipated. Seeing Zhu Haomiao’s calm demeanor, Feng Zhaobai nodded secretly, feeling even more resolved to befriend him.

"Junior Brother Zhu, no need to rush. Currently, Yanhuang Armory has many Silver-level tasks. I can use my special authority to lower the required energy level by one step, so once you advance to Bronze, you can take them on."

"Anyway, the next stage of competition will likely last for quite a while. You have enough time to develop slowly..."

Listening to Feng Zhaobai’s sincere advice, Zhu Haomiao sincerely nodded as well.

"Understood, thank you, Senior Brother Feng."

"You’re welcome."

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Leaving the Yanhuang Armory headquarters, Zhu Haomiao gazed at the rolling dark clouds on the horizon, contemplating his next steps.

First, I need to find a baddie to loot some Gold Coins, aiming to upgrade all four cultivation techniques before returning to the real world for the first time! freeweɓnøvel.com

Although I don’t know how big the gap is between Black Iron and Bronze, once I’ve digested the gains from the Second Layer Technique, it should be about right.

If that doesn’t work, I’ll hunt some demons and monsters and collect their Original Sin to quickly boost my Six-dimensional Attributes.

With this in mind, Zhu Haomiao focused and carefully sensed around, furrowing his brows slightly.

The Second Layer Technique upgrade seems to require more greed coins...

Extrapolating from this, higher-level technique upgrades will likely need even more coins, and regular small fries won’t yield enough. I need to find some seasoned old-timers.

However, first, I’ll retrieve the greed coin still out there...

Return a greater favor for even a minor help received.

I borrowed 30 taels of silver, so paying back 1,000 should be enough...

In just over five days, a 33-fold return should clear this cause and effect...

Turning his head to look toward the ten miles of foreign market, using his special sense linked to his creations, Zhu Haomiao headed into the inner areas of the settlement.

With a cape and hood on, the boy clad in black moved through the grotesquely prosperous streets like a ghost. As the day quickly turned to night, his figure became ever more ethereal and elusive.

But the further he walked, the more Zhu Haomiao felt something was wrong because he had already entered the settlement’s affluent district. Most of the people living here were foreign colonizers, and with Liu Heng and his merchant gang identities, no amount of money would allow them to live here.

Yet his sense was not wrong; the last greed coin in this world was just ahead in a villa.

"Who are you?! This is a private domain; no loitering allowed!"

Standing and observing for barely a few seconds, Zhu Haomiao attracted the patrol’s attention. A squad of heavily-armed men came marching over, guns lifted, yelling at him to leave.