Chapter 549: The Truth of Power, the End of the Ladder

"Tell me, from mortal to god, how many steps are there in total?"

Knight Girl did not answer Bai Cangshu's question directly, but instead asked this.

Because of the existence of the 【Super Limit Spiral】, Bai Cangshu's own absorption and application of information already exceeded that of an ordinary person.

He naturally could understand what Knight Girl meant.

"You mean, the so-called 【Ladder】 is the process from mortal to god?"

He further deduced that the 【God】 here absolutely did not mean those 【deities】 in most worldviews.

Because in the various derivative worldviews that the Infinite Dimensional Space faced, so-called 【deities】 were not considered all that rare.

【Deities】 were, after all, just a special race that possessed a slight advantage in lifespan and power compared to 【humans】; in other words, they were actually closer to the concept of 【aliens】.

It was just that when mortals were weak, they added many elements of mysterious worship to these beings.

Even in certain specific worldviews, 【deities】 were not necessarily all that powerful.

Just like Bai Cangshu's current combat power; if he returned to the 【Demon Slayer】 derivative world, and he called himself a 【deity】, who would be able to refute it?

Completely unable to be killed, unable to be defeated, the Force brought about by flicking a finger once was enough to blast almost all enemies to death.

If he descended upon the world, he would be able to end thousands of years of disaster, and naturally, he would be worshipped by people as a 【deity】.

The 【God】 in Knight Girl's mouth was perhaps closer to the 【God】 in the space's power system.

Based on Bai Cangshu's current understanding:

【Paper】, corresponding to the physical strength of most ordinary humans; except for a very small number of gifted Outliers, almost all Reincarnators in the real world started at this level.

Possessing almost no transcendent power, relying entirely on weapons and techniques to fight, and only possessing the power to fight most enemies after obtaining modern weapons.

Just like the literal meaning, as weak as "white paper."

【Rank】, at this stage, the Reincarnator's strength has already broken through the limits of ordinary people; placed in the world of ordinary people, they are absolute Outliers—those super-heavyweight boxing champions, soldier kings proficient in assassination, and people from ancient martial arts secret families whose existence is unknown, probably belong to this level.

Facing ordinary people, they can easily achieve instant kills, but they still cannot exempt themselves from the gap of thermal weapons; they are a group of Reincarnators in the transition stage from ordinary creatures toward transcendent creatures.

【Strong】, completely breaking through the First Tier, transcending the shackles of the flesh, becoming transcendent and refined; at the physical level, they begin to truly surpass ordinary people and become a completely different existence from ordinary humans.

They begin to control energy, are able to release energy, and perform all kinds of terrifying abilities; at this stage, Reincarnators begin to gradually get rid of the restrictions of thermal weapons in the real world.

One person becoming an army; in a small country like Myanmar, they begin to rampage unmatched, and in a single-unit sense, they can begin to be called "strong."

【Fierce】, a suddenly elevated strength intensity in the Reincarnator hierarchy; the number of Reincarnators reaching this level also drops off a cliff.

Reincarnators who can enter this level are still a very small minority in the current stage of the Infinite Dimensional Space, and it is a power stage that can become a regional powerhouse in most derivative worlds.

A single person destroying a city, one strike breaking a mountain, completely ignoring the threat of modern thermal weapons, almost completely impossible to be restricted; 【Strong】 tier Reincarnators have almost no ability to resist when facing 【Fierce】 tier ones, and unless they have excellent compatibility or possess ultra-high-level abilities and items, they do not possess the possibility of being surrounded and killed.

After Bai Cangshu activates Fourfold Kaioken, he can enter this level of destructive power; he feels that in that state, relying on pure strength and speed, he can easily kill the vast majority of 【Strong】 tier Reincarnators.

Even 【Strong】 upper-middle-tier Reincarnators like the Moon Demon and Flame Demon he met for the first time could be easily defeated.

Of course, Bai Cangshu considers himself stronger than ordinary Reincarnators and Plot Characters who have just entered the 【Fierce】 tier; his high-level abilities and power systems are quite rich.

And when it comes to the 【Mad】 tier, the image of the fierce battle between 【Tatsumaki】 and 【Spirit World Evil Lord Yingshan Maofu】 in the b711 Shijie appeared in Bai Cangshu's mind.

With a wave of their hands, the entire city was torn to shreds; fighting with full power, the boundary between the world and the Spirit World would be broken.

Tectonic plate shifts and the destruction of countries were merely one of the results of the two fighting.

Completely impossible to calculate with "reason," completely impossible to be inferred by common sense, a "madness" that transcends rationality.

That was probably the 【Mad】 tier; perhaps 【Fate Eternal】, who could survive and fight in the hands of Tatsumaki in that state, also belonged to this class.

As for 【God】, Bai Cangshu can now only think of 【Saitama】, who is overwhelmingly stronger than everyone else. Bai Cangshu looked at his raised right hand; the 【Ring】 cast by the first circle of purple Tese on his arm was so clear, but the second circle was not yet complete.

"I remember you said, this is 【God's Ladder】..."

Knight Girl nodded; the Reincarnator before her had already crossed stages that most Reincarnators could never experience within a very short cycle.

The other party had great potential! She did not mind spending a few more words.

Knight Girl also raised her right hand, and the silver gauntlet disappeared piece by piece, revealing a smooth arm.

On that arm, Bai Cangshu saw circles of 【Rings】 arranged neatly.

In the purple rings, several red light spots were dotted, and the most dazzling one was on the fourth incomplete ring, where there was a golden light spot shining brilliantly.

Knight Girl clenched her right hand, and all kinds of power auras appeared; Bai Cangshu saw flying dragons rising, also saw flood dragons hissing, and even more, an undead knight holding a frost Claymore held the sword high, and evil Magic froze everything.

All kinds of auras and illusions finally collapsed back into Knight Girl's body together; at this moment, a terrifying sense of oppression appeared.

【Mad】!

Bai Cangshu's muscles twitched instinctively once, but the next moment, intense Magic Power and Fighting Spirit almost froze the entire 【Jiewei Guanlichu】.

Bai Cangshu's breathing even stagnated for an Instant.

The next moment, everything was as usual; Knight Girl lowered her right hand, and the gauntlet covered her again piece by piece.

"That is the 【Ladder】."

Bai Cangshu realized that the name of this 【Ladder】 was quite vivid.

The so-called "one general succeeds and ten thousand bones wither"—in the Infinite Dimensional Space, the strong who can reach the highest point are all cast from the bones of more talented strong people from various worlds and eras.

After every guy with rare talent is defeated and dies, they become the 【Ladder】 for Reincarnators to step onto a higher stage.

The light in Bai Cangshu's eyes also slowly converged; he seemed regretful, seemed to sigh, wishing he could step into Knight Girl's realm immediately.

"Then what is the difference between 【God's Ladder】 and the 【Ladder of Spirit and Flesh】?"

Knight Girl had already walked to Bai Cangshu's front; she was petite, looking up, but her momentum seemed to be looking at Bai Cangshu at eye level.

"Because no one knows what the end of 【Power】 is, and no one can be clear if 【Power】 has an end."

"So all of us are actually chasing an illusory 【God】 limit."

"Aimless, not knowing right from wrong, not knowing fatigue."

Knight Girl looked at Bai Cangshu, and a sense of confusion seemed to flash in her eyes; Bai Cangshu was now completely certain that the NPCs in these institutions in the space were indeed real existences.

Or rather, if an NPC could do this, having their own pursuits, their own personality, and emotions, then there was no difference from a human.

"【God's Ladder】 is the ladder for every aimless seeker to continue upward without end, constantly using one corpse after another as bricks, for us to endlessly go upward, and upward again!"

"Until... we become the bricks for the next seeker."

"And in this process, occasionally, on extremely rare occasions, someone will find certain endpoints."

"Although the heights differ, those endpoints all correspond to the pinnacle of a certain path."

Bai Cangshu looked down at the illusory Kakushi Meridian that was faintly piercing into his body.

【Ladder of Spirit and Flesh】... the endpoint of the soul and the physical body?!

(End of this chapter)