Chapter 951: [Power]

Above Huntington City, large patches of dark clouds blocked the sky without warning. The surging dark clouds made Huntington City in the afternoon feel as if it had entered the night all at once. Violent thunder leaped in the clouds, and the Ringed Shushi living here all felt a certain extremely deep power erupting around the city, which in turn triggered these dark clouds covering the sky.

Mr. Ar Man Bei En Ha Te also looked worriedly at the suddenly changing sky from the window of the White King Club. He did not understand why such a situation would occur, only feeling that this matter might be related to Xia De.

People in this world could not understand what wonderful scenery the Outsider had seen in his hometown. That was not only the vast knowledge in the systematic education of another world, nor was it only the information transmitted in the convenient knowledge exchange system; it was even more the illusions and myriad phenomena woven by countless imaginations, everything the Outsider could not forget to this day.

That was a power deeper and more solid than the system built by knowledge and wisdom.

The sky above Lake Ji Lu Bo was also covered by dark clouds for no reason. The sky above the island lake became pitch black, and the angel with wings on her back resonated with the golden wheel ring behind her.

But the most dazzling things here were not them, but the dark golden light illuminating the entire water surface.

The divinity afterglow on Xia De's skin surface was fully manifested, and in the strong wind, golden light spots dragged behind him. In the dense runes, the water bow in his hand completely turned into gold, and the arrow turned into a dark golden light trace, bearing increasingly powerful force.

"Is this your knowledge, or your wisdom?"

The angel in the air did not speak, and the voice echoed throughout the lake area.

Xia De gritted his teeth to control the bow and arrow in his hand. This power was not something he could easily control; the arrow filled with power was far heavier than he thought. His own knowledge and wisdom were more terrifying than he thought:

"It is knowledge, and it is also wisdom."

The voice jumped out from between his teeth. The crazily surging runes made the bow and arrow in his hand incomparably heavy. Xia De, who was still pulling the bow, really felt he was about to lose control of the direction, and the arrowhead was shaking crazily up, down, left, and right.

【Go and think about your own wisdom.】

"She" reminded softly.

Memories of two lifetimes flooded his heart. Looking at the lights of ten thousand homes in the night in his hometown, looking at the gas lamps shining one by one on the street of Silver Cross Avenue in his second hometown, the homeland he could not return to had a materialistic knowledge system, and the second hometown, To Bei Si Ke, had steam and mystery of idealism.

"But it is not just knowledge and wisdom."

He raised the arrow and bow again. With the sound, the location where Xia De was completely turned into a golden sun falling in the dark night:

"That is also... technology, technique, learning, culture, morality, faith, and..."

He heard a silver bell-like laugh. That smile, the most familiar since coming to this world, made the Outsider's heart throb to the peak.

The angel radiating soft light quietly watched the touch of silver-white added to the dark golden light in the air.

A pair of holy silver, semi-transparent, bare arms passed through from below Xia De's left and right shoulders. Those illusory arms held Xia De's hands, as if a gentle woman was hugging Xia De from behind, stabilizing the bow and arrow with Xia De.

Dark clouds pressed down, the pure white angel and the Outsider embraced by the silver moon faced each other, pulling the dark golden water bow to the full. The strong wind caused the pure white, dark golden, and silver moon light on the lake surface to drag in the same direction. This scene was like the most gloomy oil painting in that magnificent cathedral describing the lost myth of the old days.

Xia De, holding his breath, thought about his own wisdom and knowledge in this light, vaguely feeling as if he understood something:

"What power is this?"

"She" asked softly in Xia De's ear, her voice gentle and soothing.

"What power is this?"

The angel asked from high altitude, her voice holy and solemn.

"This is the power of civilization!"

The mortal gave the answer on the water surface, his voice serious and firm.

The brass wheel ring rotating behind him, just like when he first pushed open the "Gate of Death," seemed to be peeling off, flashing golden light in the metal cracks. The dense runes emerging from the arrowhead surged toward the wheel ring. The Outsider's deepest memories, the touch and knowledge of civilization, transformed wisdom into the power of 【Aiken Aola's Arrow of Knowledge】, and the power of the arrow fed back to the mortal who brought the power of civilization.

Xia De originally pursued "dragons" to obtain the last rune of the Four-Ring Sublimation Language, but at this moment, he finally understood that the power he should truly seek, his strongest power, was civilization.

【Knowledge is power, and the light of civilization illuminates you. May the world bless you, Outsider, I am with you.】

【Relic - Aiken Aola's Arrow of Knowledge gives you new power.】

The rapidly rotating Fate Ring resonated with the Sage-level relic, but whether it was the relic or the Fate Ring, the power at this moment came from the traveler from a foreign land. Civilization casts power. Xia De did not truly touch civilization, but he at least touched power.

【Outsider, you have inscribed the Black Iron Whisper Spiritual Rune - Power.】

Core 【Time and Space】, Miracle 【Echo】, Blasphemy 【Vibration】, Enlightenment 【Sleeping Princess】, Whisper 【Power】. At the moment when the whisper element finally engraved the black iron-colored 【Power】 on the Fate Ring in water vapor and steam, they vibrated together.

The low Four-Ring Sublimation Language construction was completed. The Four-Ring lacked miracle and enlightenment, so Xia De would embark on the road to the Middle Ring.

Dark clouds pressed toward Lake Ji Lu Bo. In the sky in the center of the lake, the holy white angel spread her arms. Above the lake surface, the brilliant dark golden light condensed at one point, aiming at the angel's chest.

The strongest power condensed in his hand. The touch of knowledge and wisdom brought by the relic not only brought Xia De the third spiritual rune of the Four-Ring, but also made him think of more things.

On the stone slab at the peak of the mountains, the story of 【Water of Wisdom】 was recorded. And in the trials of gods, the trials of angels, and the trials of the chosen ones, he stepped onto different island lakes respectively to experience the test of wisdom.

That tiny touch was like water droplets falling into his heart. After "Whisper," Xia De trance-like actually grasped "Enlightenment," representing the enlightenment of his wisdom.

Some blurry phantoms flashed in the steam mist behind Xia De, but that was somewhat like phantoms in the mist. Even though 【Aiken Aola's Arrow of Knowledge】 had not yet left his hand, that dark golden light jumping almost approached the chest of the angel in the air.

"Yes, this is the story."

Xia De thought silently in his heart.

"Yes, this is wisdom and knowledge."

He looked at the silver-white arms holding his hands.

Xia De suddenly understood that if he could really shoot this arrow on Lake Ji Lu Bo and defeat the Goddess of the Lake, then the Four-Ring maze might be born.

He closed his eyes, wanting to let go of the hand pulling the bow. But he was suddenly startled, because those silver-white, warm, and delicate hands actually held his hands and wouldn't let him shoot that arrow.

"Um? Aren't you here to help me? Why stop... oh, forgot to tell you, shoot the arrow now."

"She" chuckled:

【Okay.】

But this arrow was ultimately not shot. At the same time "she" fell in Xia De's ear, the solemn voice of the lady in the white robe with wings on her back came from the air:

"Envoy of the Recorder, you have won. The third trial is completed."

The angel with pure white wings fell in front of Xia De without any defense, her feet touching the water surface, causing ripples in the lake water illuminated by the dark golden light.

She was at close range, facing the ultimate arrow in Xia De's hand that was about to be released.

Xia De under the dark clouds was feeling very stifled at this moment:

"Um... can I shoot this arrow and then concede? I guarantee I'll just shoot one arrow, and it will end after shooting this arrow."

He asked very sincerely. The lady in the white robe looked at the arrow that was still maintained at full draw in his hand and shook her head with regret:

"This arrow, just by maintaining the same power level as you, I have no possibility of catching it, and I cannot even dodge it. You found the best attack opportunity and used the most suitable means. Although your swordsmanship is not top-notch, it is enough to rival me; although your spells and strange techniques are not extraordinary enough, they have already touched the threshold of a master; although your weapons are not sharp enough, you know how to use them correctly.

Envoy of the Recorder, you have won; you have defeated me. This is a fair duel; I acknowledge your victory."

The Goddess of the Lake, radiating soft white light all over her body, lowered her head slightly to concede to Xia De.

Xia De looked at her very seriously, and then, enduring the feeling as if a mouthful of blood was about to be spat out but had to be held back in his throat, he forcibly let go of the bowstring and arrow.

As the light of the Sage-level relic 【Aiken Aola's Arrow of Knowledge】 converged, the divinity afterglow on Xia De's body surface disappeared, the dark clouds also dispersed, and Huntington City welcomed the afternoon sunlight again. All the Ringed Shushi in the city breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling that disaster was about to strike in the next moment disappeared, and everyone was very happy.

Of course, after statistics later, the fact that the area within 50 miles centered on Huntington City was covered by dark clouds made the church very unhappy.

Of course, Xia De, who failed to shoot that perfect arrow at this moment, although he obtained the Whisper 【Power】 and completed the third trial, was even more unhappy.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. After this arrow, the distance to the fourth spiritual rune of the Four-Ring is thinner than a piece of paper. Continue to challenge these trials of wisdom; the next spiritual rune is not far away."

He comforted himself like this, and the Fate Ring behind him gradually disappeared into the water mist. But the feeling in his heart of wanting to shoot the arrow and face the strong enemy was still making him very uncomfortable, as if being gently scratched by little Mia.

Xia De even thought that this stinging feeling was no longer being scratched by one little Mia, but by hundreds of little Mias scratching together, and he couldn't fight back against any of the cats.

"You have completed the third trial. Now I will inform you of the content of the last trial." ===== CHAPTER 952 =====