[Awakening talent... Your talent has been successfully awakened: Blessing of Death (Rank ???)]
[Improving talent: Blessing of Death (Unknown Rank) has been upgraded to Blessing of Death (Unknown Rank)]
"Unknown rank? How is this possible?"
"How can my talent's rank be unknown even to the Infinite Staircase?"
Seeing this message, Ling Han couldn't help but feel confused.
He had never seen or heard of a talent whose rank even the Infinite Staircase could not detect.
Without hesitation, he turned his gaze to the description of the talent.
[Blessing of Death (Level ???): Whenever the 'Herald of Death' eliminates a living being with a classification equal to or higher than their own, they permanently gain a 0.1% bonus to their attributes.]
[Current Attribute Bonus: 5%]
"An increase of 5% in all attributes? Is this a talent of an unknown rank?"
The first thing Ling Han did when he looked at the panel was to notice that the increase was only 5%, and he couldn't help but feel angry.
This talent, at most, would be considered an E-rank talent if that was all.
But then, he turned his gaze to the description, and his anger quickly turned into ecstasy.
"This talent can increase as long as I kill a living being?"
"I've never seen a talent that could grow, and it seems like it has no limits."
Ling Han's ecstasy was justified. After all, this talent seemed perfect for him.
For someone else, there might be some difficulty in the beginning in killing beings of the same rank, but for Ling Han, who has an evolution factor of 13, killing anyone of the same rank is nothing more than child's play!
Not to mention that, in the future, when he has killed many creatures, his attribute bonuses could double, triple, and so on.
At that point, even killing beings of a higher rank wouldn't be difficult for Ling Han!
In this case, it would become even easier to increase his attribute bonuses, creating a snowball effect!
While Ling Han was in ecstasy, the mysterious voice appeared in his head again.
[Since your talent has been successfully awakened, you will be expelled from the Infinite Staircase in 10 seconds.]
[10...]
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[2...]
[1...]
After the countdown ended, Ling Han felt the dizziness again and found himself back in his room.
This time, it was the last time he felt that sensation.
After all, each Guardian only has one opportunity in their life to climb the Infinite Staircase!
When Ling Han finally calmed down after the excitement of receiving this talent, he spoke in his mind: "Attribute Panel."
[Attributes Panel]
User: Ling Han
Class: Herald of Death (unique)
Level: 8 (No Rank)
Strength: 118 (+5,9)
Speed: 118 (+5,9)
Physique: 118 (+5,9)
Spirit: 118 (+5,9)
Evolution Factor: 3 (+10)
Talent: Blessing of Death (Rank ???)
Skills: Death Sense
"And to think that, four hours ago, I was nothing but an ordinary person..."
"Now, my attributes are already comparable to those of a Rank F Guardian, or even some Rank E Guardians at this moment!"
Looking at his attribute points, Ling Han couldn't help but murmur to himself, with a smile on his face.
"It's a pity that I haven't reached level 10 and officially become a Rank F Guardian."
Ling Han couldn't help but feel a bit of regret for not having achieved Rank F.
For whenever a Guardian advances in rank, in addition to having their evolution factor doubled, they receive a new ability, and Ling Han was naturally eager to find out what his next ability would be.
After checking the panel, Ling Han looked at the time.
Seeing that it was still afternoon, he immediately stood up, as there was still a place he needed to go today: to register at the Guardian Temple.
All those summoned to the Infinite Staircase are required to register. Not that Ling Han wanted to do it, but he had no choice.
Without this registration, he would not have access to the Leveling Areas of the Guardian Temple.
The Leveling Areas are places where spatial rifts appear and have been surrounded by barriers.
In these locations, powerful Guardians kill all the strong creatures, intentionally leaving the weaker ones so that new Guardians can level up.
***
In the center of the city, there is a huge luxurious building, which can be described as the largest building in the city. This place is the branch of the Guardian Temple of Lingyan City.
As an organization created by the most powerful man in the world, Vulcan, its branches are spread all over the world, where they manage everything about the Guardians and the spatial rifts.
On the first floor, Ling Han had already arrived to register and went to the reception desk of the branch, where a receptionist began assisting him.
"Good afternoon, sir. How can I help you?"
As soon as the receptionist saw Ling Han, she asked him professionally, but in her mind, she was already imagining that Ling Han was the type of boy who came just to see some powerful Guardians.
After all, this was common nowadays.
Since the Guardians began to appear, they had naturally replaced the old stars and had become the new 'celebrities'.
As a receptionist, she dealt with countless fans who came here, or young people who could not accept that they had not been summoned by the Infinite Staircase every day.
"I'm here to register as a Guardian."
As soon as she asked this, Ling Han responded directly.
When receptionist heard that Ling Han wanted to register as a Guardian, her expression turned slightly surprised, and her eyes scanned him from top to bottom. Then, as if to confirm, she asked:
"Sir, are you sure you want to register as a Guardian? Have you been summoned by the Infinite Staircase?"
"And I must inform you that if you have not been summoned by the Infinite Staircase..."
The receptionist immediately proceeded with the protocol and explained to Ling Han that if he had not been summoned and was merely trying to waste the staff's time, it could result in severe legal penalties.