Under Su Wen's Phantom Eye vision, the stone pillar at the very center was enveloped in endless Power of Faith.
Just like the seven Holy Pillars on Sea God Island, this stone pillar also had a rich Power of Faith.
However, the richness of this Power of Faith was significantly inferior compared to that on Sea God Island. Even any one of the Holy Pillars on Sea God Island had far more Power of Faith than this stone pillar.
Of course, if we were to grade the Power of Faith by quality, Su Wen could roughly distinguish the differences by summarizing and comparing the Power of Faith of several great deities he has encountered.
The Power of Faith of this Stone God is naturally inferior to that of the Sea God, but it surpasses that of the other 2nd Class Gods in the Spirit Fighting Realm. It is almost on par with the War God's Power of Faith, but the amount of Power of Faith for Stone God is far lower than that of the War God, even less than deities like the God of Speed.
"This Stone God should be a 2nd Class God," Su Wen privately assessed and made a judgment. "It is likely a 2nd Class God that is very close to the 1st Class God, and might even possess the strength of a 1st Class God."
From Su Wen's most direct impression, it is highly likely that the Stone God's presence in this Realm is due to insufficient Power of Faith to support his advancement.
Indeed, the Power of Faith source for the Stone God's position itself is limited.
The Sea God naturally possesses the faith of all beings within the scope of the ocean, and the gifts from the plane received due to exercising his authority are not insignificant either.
Even the God of War can draw Power of Faith from Spirit Fighters in the Spirit Master World without relying on followers.
The Stone God, in this regard, lags far behind.
"If my judgment is correct, then the Stone God must have extraordinary qualities, able to elevate himself to a level subtly stronger than the War God despite the lack of faith."
Alternatively, Su Wen might be wrong and the Stone God's rarity of Power of Faith could simply mean that he has developed methods to refine the quality of Power of Faith.
Unlike the Spirit Fighting Realm and Sea God Island, this Stone Divine Realm does have life, but there are no human Spirit Masters. Instead, there are a group of Spirit Beasts, specifically earth attribute Spirit Beasts. Su Wen's Phantom Eye, when opened and scanning the surroundings, can sense the presence of a large number of Stone Monsters.
For Stone Monsters that are over ten thousand years old, Su Wen might miss some details and not see everything at a glance, but the number of thousand-year-old Stone Monsters is densely packed.
The Spirit Beasts here also noticed the arrival of Su Wen and his group, but they did not pay much attention.
"Follow me!"
Su Wen moved forward slowly, his Spiritual Power enveloping the entire Stone Divine Realm. Even so, he did not detect the presence of any human Spirit Masters.
This Stone God hasn't even chosen a single guardian.
It's one thing to lack human Spirit Master followers, but not having any guardians at all?
This Stone God is really slacking off.
Su Wen was speechless.
He led Ning Rongrong and the others to the stone pillar in the center of the Stone Divine Realm.
As they approached the pillar, a few powerful earth attribute Spirit Beasts subtly revealed their hostility, attempting to stop Su Wen and his group from getting closer.
However, before they could act, three massive boulders around the pillar rumbled and shook, driving them away.
Su Wen's pupils contracted violently.
At this moment, he realized that these giant rocks were actually avatars of Stone Monsters!
They were far larger than even the sixty-thousand-year-old Stone Monsters outside.
According to Su Wen's knowledge of the size differences among Stone Monsters, even a hundred-thousand-year-old Stone Monster should not be this massive.
Therefore, he had never considered that the towering, orderly arranged giant rocks in the Stone Divine Realm could be avatars of Stone Monsters.
Sensing the oppressive aura of the three massive boulders, Su Wen confirmed that they were at the level of hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Beasts.
He carefully sensed the other giant rocks and found that each one exuded the oppressive aura of hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Beasts, all being avatars of Stone Monsters!
Hiss~~~
This Stone God is incredibly strange!
Not only does his Stone Divine Realm lack human Spirit Masters and guardians, and is inhabited only by Spirit Beasts, but he has also cultivated so many Stone Monsters, and they are all at the hundred-thousand-year level!
No.
After the initial shock, Su Wen realized something was wrong.
Carefully analyzing the formation pattern formed by these giant rocks and simulating it in his mind, he understood.
These Stone Monsters were not hundred-thousand-year-old Spirit Beasts, but due to the peculiar formation, they were united and fused together, possessing the strength of hundred-thousand-year-level beings.
The Douluo Continent does not have the concept of formations. The formations Su Wen developed were based on his Third Spirit Skill.
Of course, formations did exist, but no one had consolidated this concept.
Su Wen did not study the formation for too long. Since the Stone Monsters had intimidated the other Spirit Beasts away, he successfully led Ning Rongrong and the others to the stone pillar and decided to try communicating with it.
The stone pillar, like the Holy Pillars on Sea God Island, had mysterious patterns etched on it, outlining special designs.
Su Wen considered for a moment, released his Spiritual Power to communicate with the stone pillar, and made his best effort to stir up the faith on the pillar.
He cannot condense Power of Faith, but he can stir up faith.
It's like how ordinary people cannot solidify water into ice with their bare hands, but can stir the flow of water with their bodies.
As Su Wen stirred the faith, the fluctuations in faith caused the stone pillar to emit light.
Su Wen's method was clearly incorrect, but his actions did provoke a reaction from the stone pillar. This reaction also alerted the Stone God, who was far away in the Divine Realm, to the changes occurring here.
The Stone God cast his gaze down and controlled the stone pillar to emit four beams of light.
The four beams of light simultaneously fell upon Su Wen and his companions.
The light column around Su Wen quickly changed from earth yellow to purple, and then continued to shift in color.
Ning Rongrong's light column soon stabilized at a deep yellow, and Dugu Yan's did the same.
The light column next to Dugu Bo turned purple.
After the light columns on the three of them stabilized, Su Wen's light column continued to change. The faith on the pillar was continuously consumed, and finally, when it was nearly exhausted, it turned into a rich black color.
As the Stone God Pillar emitted its light beams, the surrounding Spirit Beasts were drawn to it.
Most of the Spirit Beasts living around the Stone God Pillar had reached ten thousand years of age, possessed intelligence, and seemed to understand the significance of the assessment light beams from the Stone God Pillar.
A deep yellow light column was already rare.
Purple seemed to indicate a very high level.
And black.
These Spirit Beasts had never seen, nor had they heard of the Stone God ever bestowing a black assessment upon any Spirit Master.
Su Wen opened his eyes, and a yellow light appeared on the Heavenly Book mark on his forehead.
He looked at the Stone God Pillar with a mix of gratitude, confusion, and puzzlement.
Why would the Stone God give him a black-level assessment after consuming all the Power of Faith? What was the Stone God aiming for?
The War God at that time had only used yellow-level assessments to impart a large amount of knowledge to Su Wen. Now, the Stone God had directly given him a black-level assessment.
What is he aiming for?
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