Chapter 80: Valhalla-Granted Transcendent Perception

After handing over the pass to the Legendary Thief, Mu Yi returned to his own Plane.

"Shall we open the chest containing treasure?"

"Yes!"

A burst of colorful light flashed dazzlingly.

"Comprehensive Net Rare Item acquisition prompt: Successfully opened the chest containing treasure, you obtained the Valhalla Fragment (artifact core component, 7th fragment)"

"Comprehensive Net important notice: You have obtained a component of a combination-type ownerless artifact. Please note, continuous possession of this component will cause you to join the related sequence information of that artifact and the Artifact War: Valhalla."

Huh?

Staring at the refreshed prompt on his retina, Mu Yi slightly narrowed his eyes.

Artifact core component, or merely a fragment?

Moreover, Valhalla... that name sounds so familiar...

Mu Yi tried searching on the Comprehensive Net and discovered that Valhalla is the famed Hall of Heroes; legend says that after Viking warriors die bravely in battle, they enter the Hall of Heroes, that is, Valhalla, to live on as heroic spirits.

From a certain perspective, this thing truly lives up to the name of an artifact.

Valhalla's fragment (artifact core component, 7th fragment):

Type: Artifact component fragment

Quality: Eternal/Unique artifact

Level: 1~40

Durability: Quasi-eternal (it can be damaged by a limited powerful force)

Condition: Courageous and fearless person

Item Description:

This is a fragment of the palace where heroic spirits once gathered; it was also once the throne of a chief god.

Countless heroic spirits gathered here, following the chief god, participating in the apocalyptic battle known as Ragnarok.

The gods fell, the earth burned, and the world fell into dead silence.

The Plane shattered, and the deities fell.

Destructive power shattered its eternal form.

Thus, it split into pieces and fell into the void.

Only brave and fearless warriors can earn its recognition.

Item Effects:

Omnipotence (Damaged): The holder of this artifact fragment gains +1 to all attributes.

Omniscience (Damaged): The holder of this fragment can inspect the attributes of all items.

Collecting more artifact fragments can unlock even more comprehensive omniscient and omnipotent power.

PS: Gather them? Forget about getting the fragment effects for free! --Comprehensive Net hot comment 9999+

PS: Gather them? Supposedly this thing shattered into tens of thousands of pieces; even if you were the father of the goddess of luck, you couldn't do it! --Multiversal Explorer·Collector·Mo ersi si

PS: If one truly had omniscient and omnipotent power, they wouldn't have been shattered! --Mountain and Sea Realm·Bai Ze

Mu Yi gazed at the fragment before him emitting colorful radiance.

Although the Comprehensive Net's information overflowed with contempt for it, this thing is indeed an artifact fragment; even if it's only one ten-thousandth of a fragment, it seems quite useful for me.

At least, it can allow my perception to truly reach the Transcendent.

Mu Yi reached out and grasped the Valhalla fragment.

"Valhalla's omnipotence blesses, all attributes increase by 1 point."

"All attributes have been increased!"

"Personal perception attribute updated: 19→20 (1↑)!"

"Comprehensive Net important notice: Your perception attribute has reached 20 points, attaining the Transcendent stage; you may choose one of the following Transcendent traits as a promotion reward for your Transcendent perception:"

1. True Vision:

You can investigate the most fundamental form of observed objects; regular hidden units, magical secret doors, mental illusions, etc., vanish from your sight, and when using detection-series abilities, you gain +2 to checks.

2. Future Foreknowledge:

You can glimpse the fate of the future and predict future events; when using foresight-series abilities, you gain +2 to checks.

3. Steadfast Will:

You are immune to all mental-related negative effects below Transcendent; when opposing mental spells above Transcendent, you gain an additional +5 (same-type resistance cannot stack, take the highest) to saving throw strength, and all spells with a mental concept gain an additional +1 to checks.

4. Will Warps Reality:

Your will can alter reality; you can freely pass through the wall between the material world and the spiritual world.

When attacking, it carries a will-based attack (based on perception attribute bonus); accumulated will attacks will cause enemies to fall into fear, trembling, coma, dizziness, etc., negative states.

When using will-series abilities, will checks gain +2.

When a person is in the apprentice stage, attributes can at most rise to 20 points; this is the boundary between the mundane and the Transcendent.

Before one's life essence enters the Transcendent, each point of attribute above 20 imposes a tremendous burden on oneself.

When an attribute reaches 20 points, the several Transcendent ability choices offered by the Comprehensive Net are essentially guidance for the person's Transcendent attribute, and also a reward for reaching Transcendent attribute.

The differences that appear are based on the person's own attributes and experience, manifesting as a certain expression in Transcendent abilities.

In other words, these Transcendent abilities provided by the Comprehensive Net are essentially skills that deeply utilize the foundation of Transcendent attributes.

Actually, they are all abilities that can be mastered through training; in other words, these are also a kind of Transcendent expertise.

Each ability stems from Mu Yi's own ability development; True Vision comes from the Killing Intent Perception domain, Future Foreknowledge seems to come from Time Confusion, will determination comes from the previous occupational specialty of fervent fighting spirit.

As for the last, Will Warps Reality…… it seems to come from Mu Yi's Elite Talent?

Not only does it have the shadow of Burning Ash, but Iron-blooded Slaughter, Time Confusion, heavy armor defense, all-around competence, and quality sharing also seem to involve the domain of Will Warps Reality.

Without hesitation, Mu Yi chose will distorting reality; only this could summarize all his abilities.

After Mu Yi made his choice.

"Boom!"

Without any hint of preparation, Mu Yi felt the world undergo a tremendous change.

His five senses extended, and a completely new, utterly different world unfolded before him.

Behind the material world, another world shed its mist, revealing its true aspect to Mu Yi.

Some eerie things spoken of in rumors also appeared in Mu Yi's perception; those things all stem from the fusion of the material and spiritual realms, and are the places where all strange tales survive.

Even the inspiration for those fantastical novels might possibly stem from a leak of a fusion between the spiritual and material realms.

Mu Yi could faintly hear intermittent, indescribable whispers.

Some of these might be distress signals sent from a distant star realm by a star realm traveler, or perhaps the sweet lures of devils from a lower plane enticing material-world beings, or perhaps bait used by twisted entities lurking in chaos to obtain spatial coordinates through this means to carry out an invasion……

They cannot reach the material plane, yet they engage in lively interaction on the spiritual plane.

Such communication, or perhaps enticement, cannot be contacted by mundane beings in a plane lacking transcendent power.

Only a few born with the ability to contact these beings exist; more often, perhaps, they are sent to mental hospitals.

If not for the net, perhaps the innately perceptive Mu Yi would also, after contacting these, be sent to a mental hospital.