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Chapter 284: The Secret of Power?
🕑 Added 2025-07-07 04:40:41 +0000 UTC".....!"
At this moment, everyone—both human and god—watching the battle unfold across the world fell into a strange silence, simply staring blankly at the tornado that had raged for a few seconds across the land and then dissipated.
Orario's strongest adventurer, Ottar, an LV.7 who had put in his full effort, was instantly defeated without even pushing Blake back a single step. It was like the difference between clouds and mud.
The Freya Familia, composed entirely of elites, was wiped out in an instant before they could even react, as effortlessly as crushing a group of ants!
At this moment, whether god or human, only one thought filled their minds:
Is this guy really human?!
This scene made the girls infatuated with Blake even more so!
The world plunged from silence into a frenzy, with people excitedly and madly shouting Blake's name!
"It seems we all underestimated him..."
At the Loki Familia's headquarters, Finn sighed as he listened to the city-wide explosion of excited roars.
"Yes... he... is too strong."
Hearing this, Riveria and the others silently nodded. Even the usually lively Tiona was quiet, genuinely shaken.
"Ais, did you know about Blake's strength all along?"
Finn then looked at Ais, who was silently staring at the screen, and asked curiously.
"I didn't know. It's just that, four days ago, Blake said this level was nothing to him."
Ais shook her head slightly, her eyes gleaming with a strange light.
"Is that so..."
Hearing this, Finn and the others fell silent. If someone told them that this level was nothing, they would absolutely not believe it. However, Ais trusted him so much; this must be the gap in their understanding.
"From today onwards, he will become an eternal legend. Indeed, just as Goddess Hestia said that night, forming an alliance was actually us gaining a huge advantage."
Then, Finn sighed again.
These words were deeply acknowledged by everyone, and some even secretly rejoiced. Becoming a name that lives forever in history was not something an ordinary person could achieve. For beings like them, there was no possibility whatsoever; even Finn was completely unqualified. However, as allies of the Hestia Familia, basking in Blake's reputation, they could become legends, which truly excited them.
As Finn said, they gained an enormous advantage. And this was just one benefit. The others, they imagined, were just as thrilling.
..........
While the people of the world were excitedly discussing and becoming Blake's fans, the upper levels of Babel remained silent. All the gods were speechless; the atmosphere was strangely unsettling.
The power used this time allowed them to perceive it even more clearly. They saw it at this moment. This power was definitely not simply what they called magic; it was far more advanced—a power that could truly threaten them!
Even Freya was not calm. She didn’t care what Blake’s power was. What silenced her was that her Familia had lost. She had lost the opportunity to obtain Blake!
This feeling of disappointment, frustration, and heartache drove her mad.
As for Ishtar, her expression was even more sinister and satisfying. Although her Familia was completely wiped out, the Freya Familia was also in the same boat, suffering even heavier losses than her! Coupled with Freya's emotional wound from this defeat, perhaps she could even catch up to Freya this time.
At this moment, although Ishtar still resented Blake, this human who dared to hit her, this brat whom she wanted to kill at every moment, she also felt a little grateful to him.
As for her Familia, if it was wiped out, so be it. Phryne didn’t listen to her orders anyway, so keeping her was useless. The Familia could be rebuilt; after all, her business was the pleasure district, which developed very quickly. But the Freya Familia was different. Their elites were completely wiped out; for a Familia that started with adventurers, this was already crippling!
However, in reality, she was overthinking it.
As for Loki and Hephaestus, they both looked at the stunned Hestia with questioning eyes, seemingly wanting an explanation.
"Hestia, is your Familia's Blake really an LV.1 adventurer? This kind of power, even with miracles or exceeding specifications, cannot be explained!"
Just then, a god finally couldn’t hold back and asked Hestia.
"Yes, Hestia, are you hiding something?"
"My Blake is an LV.1 adventurer—at least he was a month ago."
Hearing this, Hestia was silent for a moment, then slowly began to speak. Although revealing Blake's ability values and level would drive these gods mad and make their curiosity about Blake skyrocket, Hestia preferred to conceal that secret that even she didn’t know. Perhaps this was also why Blake was so strong.
If there were truly other secrets, it would have to develop into an even more serious situation.
Using adventurer levels as a pretense, combined with Blake’s already extraordinary talent, was barely acceptable. And other gods would probably be willing to accept it.
Although they were gods playing in the lower world, if a human climbed above them, some short-tempered gods would definitely not be able to tolerate it. There are good gods and evil gods. Hestia knew very well that not all gods held a benevolent attitude towards humans like herself, Hephaestus, and Loki.
"A month ago... then what about now?!"
Hearing Hestia’s words, all the gods looked at each other, hurriedly pressing for an answer. Most of their eyes held captivating glints. Loki’s eyes opened wide, and Hephaestus also pondered deeply.
Freya regained her composure, looking at Hestia with a complex expression. Although she knew Blake’s approximate level, she hadn’t expected him to be so terrifyingly strong. She had clearly suffered a crushing defeat this time. However, she would not give up...!
"Blake's current level is LV.7, and each time he advanced by breaking through the absolute limits, with all attribute values at 2000, and a stage of SSS. Furthermore, he possesses an SSS-rank mysterious development ability."
Seeing all the gods staring intently at her, Hestia chose her words carefully, then calmly spoke. A hint of pride was vaguely visible in her blue eyes. However, Hestia did not mention the SS-rank 'Heteromorphic Slayer' development skill. Perhaps that was the reason for their sense of danger...
"Hiss—!"
As these words fell, everyone, without exception, was utterly stunned as if struck by lightning, gasping in cold air, each displaying expressions of astonishment, terror, disbelief, and incredibility!
If one were to collect the expressions of every god present, it would surely make for a collection of memes...!
