Chapter 427
Chapter 428 The Immortal Seed
She was hands-off because, frankly, the Academy was too small for her now.
But Katherine knew exactly how much value was sitting on the table.
Resources. Gear. Skills.
Katherine didn’t embezzle. She used a riskier method.
Borrow. Rent. Take loans.
In the student council leadership chat-which Joanna barely ever checked-
Katherine was a force of nature.
“Senior, you’re amazing! You actually have a divine artifact? Any missions coming up? If not, can I borrow it? I need to push my credits!
“Any kind upperclassmen with spare Epic-tier gear? I’ll rent it. Name your price.
“Wait-you’ll teach me archery secrets? You’re my godmother now-I’ll bow to you p>
Before long, Katherine had assembled a full Epic-tier scattered set and was wielding a Legendary-tier weapon.
She’d been heavily bankrolled by seniors. Loaned massive amounts of Starcoins.
She’d even managed to get her hands on the Academy’s limited-stock Mythic-tier skill upgrade
stones.
All six of her skills were now Mythic-tier.
In raw power, she crushed Rory and Trystan.
In credits, she had to grind dungeons nonstop to catch up.
The three were neck and neck.
It came down to the wire, and nobody knew who’d take the sophomore crown.
Finally. Two hours later.
The results dropped.
Katherine walked out of her dungeon and roared with laughter.
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“Who’s next p>
Reward claimed. Katherine immediately learned Heart of the Hunt (SSS Rank p>
A new God of Killing was born.
“System Alert: Congratulations on your outstanding performance at the Divine and Demonic Academy. The Academy has unlocked Talent Slots 2 and Skill Slots 6 for you p>
She hadn’t even finished researching her previous talent and skill slots.
But those were like assets. She’d use them eventually.
From here on-
Joanna devoted herself to talent and skill development.
She’d wanted to keep hunting Demon Gods in the Decennial Universe.
But after the great battle, the Gilded River had slowed to a crawl. The liquid metal was solidifying, fusing with cosmic matter to form a massive ore belt.
The ore was useful for mining, but compared to celestial gold sand, it was garbage.
Gold-tier veins at best, Dark Gold-tier at the ceiling.
Not worth stationing a divine spirit over.
Francis withdrew from the zone. Without a new resource hotspot, no Epic-tier battlefield would form.
Joanna’s divine spirit-hunting spree was on hold.
Alwyn, Caspian, and Benjamin stayed in the Joanna Dimension, absorbing demon cores.
Nighthowl, Lucien, and Troy hit public dungeons and the Divine Battlefield, grinding monsters and stockpiling affinity aura.
Xavier managed the corporate empire.
Everyone was busy.
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Finally-
Before summer break was over, Joanna completed a new talent.
“Immortal Seed (Law-Tier p>
“You have mastered the law governing the exchange between wealth and lifespan.
“Your lifespan will never diminish.
“For every year you live, you gain 10,000 Vitality and 10,000 Spirit.
“The longer you live, the
“You will not age.
greater the growth.
“You are immune to Law-tier diseases, curses, and poisons (does not immunize against physical trauma or elemental damage p>
“(Note 1: Immortality does not prevent
and hope you accidental death p>
“(Note 2: Some Im Seeds, 1
by eternity, chose hibernation over growth p>
“(Note 3: Some Immortal Seeds, finding no reason to continue, chose self-destruction p>
An insanely powerful late-game talent.
It also doubled as a survival tool.
Excellent.
Then, Joanna developed a new skill.
“Power Bestowal (Diamond-tier): A Summoner may select up to 5 of her own talents or skills and bestow them upon contracted beasts. Maximum copied power: 80%. Selections can be swapped.
“(Note: Requires prerequisite skills Symbiotic Fusion and Power Siphon. Talents obtained from Beast A via Siphon may be bestowed upon Beast B p>
Cross-bestow.
Excellent,
Joanna immediately upgraded Power Bestowal to Mythic-tier, unlocking 10 bestowal slots. She gave all seven contract beasts the Immortal Seed talent.
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They’d receive it at SSS-rank-weaker than her Law-tier version.
But more than enough.
She wasn’t worried about them sleeping for eternity. By then, she’d have achieved her goals and could rest easy.
After that, Joanna turned to expanding the star system.
The newly arrived Shark God Star-stripped of its demon core-had formed a smaller Godfall Continent. Less energy. But still plenty of land and ocean. And monsters were already
spawning.
It was the ultimate case of one man’s apocalypse being another man’s treasure map.
Monsters were resources, too.
No shortage of battlefields now.
Joanna also drafted a new set of laws exclusive to her Little God Star System.
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