Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 950: Isabel's Independent Promotion

The fog was still spreading, obscuring the nighttime crescent moon which had passed the midline.

This month's promotion ceremony has probably already begun.

After seeing off Wu Tiansi, Aiwass helped others enter the promotion ceremony and then returned to the yard alone.

He looked up at the moon shrouded in mist and sighed softly.

In recent days, the power of transcendence has become increasingly boiling—not only has the power of the Transcendent Path increased, but even the power of other Path Transcendents has also increased significantly. The higher the level of the Transcendent, the more obvious the impact.

It hasn't been long since Aiwas was promoted to the fifth level...but now he feels that in a month at most, he will reach the full level.

Reach the peak of the fifth energy level!

The reaction of the Great Guardian was even more obvious. As the weakest fifth-level transcendent in Avalon, he was originally half a level behind Ligeia. Now that everyone's Dao power was advancing by leaps and bounds, the gap became smaller.

Those students who were supposed to be promoted to the second level only when they were about to graduate, gradually gained strength and touched the wall of the path in the past half month.

Although they don’t know that this “limited-time experience gain boost” BUFF will only last until August 8th, everyone knows - try not to miss this opportunity.

Perhaps because of this reason, many people around Aiwas changed their original ideas and participated in the promotion ceremony.

Lily, Selene... even Isabel. Even Yulia, after Aiwass confirmed that her invention had the potential to change the world, decisively participated in the promotion ceremony.

It is said that even David from the Great Guardian's family is preparing to participate in the promotion ceremony tonight...the same is true for the Spiritual Tower.

After truly witnessing the disaster brought about by the devil, people began to yearn for the purest power.

The era of peace has ended, and the era of chaos is coming. In this case, every half-month delay in promotion means half a month less of development time. Therefore, the extraordinary people now no longer have to endure the impulse of the path and make detailed and complete preparations before promotion, but can directly promote as long as they can touch the wall of the path.

At the full moon ceremony half a month ago, the number of participants had reached more than three times the usual number - this was certainly due to the influence of the Snake Father, but more importantly, it was because those hesitant people took this step.

"…Do you really have to fight so hard?"

Aiwass sighed, a little worried about whether something might happen to his friends.

This is more or less a high-level promotion ceremony. Three to four, four to five... or even a new moon ceremony.

The highest chance of passing the level is only one in three, and failure could result in serious injury or even death.

In addition to Aiwas's acquaintances...even a considerable number of the coalition soldiers stationed in Avalon have decided to hold a promotion ceremony today.

This part... Aiwass can understand.

After all, we will have to fight the demon army head-on soon. At this critical juncture, every bit of strength counts.

Let alone a one-third success rate, even a one-tenth chance would be worth a try. One fourth energy level is definitely stronger than ten third energy levels, and one fifth energy level is stronger than twenty fourth energy levels... From the third energy level upwards, every promotion is a qualitative change.

If they are not strong enough, they will most likely die after the battle. It is better to fail here - if they are weak, disabled or seriously injured, they don't have to participate in the battle. Maybe they can save their lives...

Although it is considered cowardice, it is reasonable.

They didn't know who was going to fight against the Fallen Angels, nor did they know the strength of these "assault team members" that Aiwass had found. It was normal for them to be unsure - after all, it was a head-on confrontation with the former gods, and the fight would not stop until one was dead.

Although the odds of winning the battle against the demons were high... the allied soldiers were clearly still afraid of the gods. It was normal for them to make such a choice.

——What worries Aiwas the most is actually Isabel.

Both Yulia and Lily had been raised by Aiwass, and both were strong, calm, and smart. Aiwass had absolute confidence in their abilities. Selene was even more amazing—as a moon witch, Leviathan was considered her "creation," so she brought Leviathan with her when she was promoted.

Shark Shark is not likely to fight the dragon head-on. With Selene as his mother, he can get out of the fifth energy level unscathed. As long as it doesn't fall into the Wei Zhe ritual that tests IQ, she can easily win.

Except for Isabel... She had just touched the wall of the path a few days ago, but now she has started the promotion ceremony without stopping - you know, she is still pregnant, it would be bad if she suffered a serious injury.

To take a step back, even if you want to be promoted...wouldn't it be better to wait another half a month and attend the full moon ceremony?
To take a step back, in half a month or a month, maybe Aiwass will be able to help Isabel find her big beast clone.

Isabel's attributes are water and light - Aiwass hasn't decided who to seal with the water-attributed beast, because he doesn't know what the attribute of Aleister will be after he is resurrected as a pure-blood angel. But at least there is a Sun Knight with the light attribute, and he will get it after defeating the Fallen Angel.

Once you get the power of pastoral law, won’t the promotion ceremony be easy?
But even though she had a sure-fire way to win, Isabel still chose to be promoted.

"In the case of absolute safety, the promotion ceremony is meaningless."

Isabel said, "If I rely on the power you gave me to complete the promotion ceremony, wouldn't it be just like when you and Sherlock helped me to be promoted in the past? It's even worse than that - it's like a teacher teaching a student how to make a high-level alchemical tool and letting him keep it for use in the promotion ceremony.

"If I rely on this method to complete the promotion, it only means that the power of this level is no longer meaningful to you. You can even bring people directly to this level. Even if I complete the promotion and obtain a higher level of power, it will be like a child's toy to you; then I am equivalent to being dependent on you. But if I have made up my mind to be dependent on you, what difference does it make whether I am promoted or not?

"If you can give me this power, you can also easily protect me from the enemies that I can defeat with this power." That is nothing more than a self-satisfied, self-deceptive pretense - thinking that 'maybe I can help you in the future' and improving my strength in an absolutely safe situation, but in the end, I only improve my own strength and can't help you at all.

"——Before you came to school, I heard that some seniors would use their family's money to start a business. I was thinking at the time...the companies they started with this money, the money they made, and the problems that this money could solve, wouldn't they be able to solve them without starting this company?

"In the end, what's the difference except that some of the money has been changed from 'their fathers' money' to 'their own money'?"

——I don’t want to be that kind of person.

Isabel said seriously, "If I really want to help you, the final promotion will still require me to take the risk of participating in a promotion ceremony where you can't help me. Then you will reject me because of reasons like 'I have no such experience before' or 'It is too dangerous to participate in a ceremony of this level for the first time'.

"The power gained by cheating does not belong to you. So I want to complete the promotion ceremony with my own strength - if I fail, it means that I am just at this level."

Aiwass had no choice but to agree.

Because Isabel was telling the truth.

She was right - if Isabel planned to take the risk of being promoted to a level where the power allocated by Aiwass could not protect her in the future, he would indeed refuse Isabel's promotion for this reason. The reason was indeed that Aiwass would think that she "did not have the ability to promote herself".

... Whether it's Isabel or Julia, these two children were weak and helpless at first, but now they are more determined and persistent than each other.

"Beauty and authority... the path to perfection."

Aiwass murmured softly.

Unlike the “path of miracles” pursued by Aiwass and Yulia – Isabel seems to be pursuing the “path of perfection”.

Use the cone of authority to carve the stubborn stone of your own body, so that your own shortcomings can be gradually improved and eliminated, and you can discover the "ultimate beauty" from the whole piece of stone.

It is not about creating a "perfect sculpture", but about discovering the "beauty" that already exists.

Isabel is obsessed with making herself better... maybe that's how she became the Queen of Flowers in the past.

It’s better not to stop him - at least the promotion ceremony will be safer when Aiwass is here.

After all, Aiwass is a fifth-level healer and also possesses the power of miracles... If something really happens to them, Aiwass will save them even at the cost.

However, the real reason why Aiwas agreed was because Isabel really had the potential to complete the promotion on her own.

Because Isabel today is completely different from the past.

Ever since she realized that the path that truly suited her was "actor" rather than "painter"... her growth rate instantly increased.

Master Janice did realize Isabel's talent in beauty, but Isabel was indeed not as good at painting as Janice.

Because acting is her true path!

The fact that she was able to master the Puppet Mask Secret in such a short time is enough to prove her talent.

The upper limit of this ability is extremely high, and it can be said to be one of the strongest inheritances in the path of beauty.

Copying the image and power of others -

But this is undoubtedly an ability that needs to be gradually strengthened over time... Because in order to create a puppet, you need to have a close enough relationship with the other party and be familiar enough to fully understand the other party's psychology and personality. At least you need to be familiar enough to judge what decisions the other party will make and what they will say when they encounter something.

And now, Isabel has made four puppet faces.

They belong to Lily, Ligeia, Aleister and Aiwass respectively.

With the puppet mask in hand, Isabel can temporarily transform into their appearance and exert their fourth level of strength.

...Of course, this ability looks very strong, but the Aleister and Lily she copied are blank versions without big beasts and equipment. How much ability they can exert depends entirely on Isabel's understanding of them.

If she doesn't know whether she has an ability, she can't use it; and she can't get their experience, so she may not be able to use these abilities that are too unfamiliar to her. For example, Lily is a melee superhuman, but Isabel herself lacks close combat experience... It's like an actor who has not received martial arts training and can't shoot action scenes well.

Although I carefully made the masks and created these "characters", as an "actor" I may not be able to perform perfectly.

But even so... this is, after all, a system that can use extraordinary powers across paths!

——The ability to simulate other paths, thus moving towards the path of true "all-rounder"!
Aiwass still chose to trust Isabel.

So he did not wait by Isabel's bedside, ready to rescue her at any time - but sat in the yard, waiting for their good news.

(End of this chapter)