It felt so good to be close to the witch!

What he can offer for trade now is something he obtained during a chance adventure before joining the Thorn Knights.

Don't underestimate this seemingly ordinary magic mark inheritance diagram; for most people, it's already an unattainable treasure.

"I'm already very satisfied with having a Demon Mark Inheritance Chart," Roy smiled.

He didn't mind that the magic mark inheritance diagram the other party traded to him was just ordinary stuff, because what he was going to trade to Silvat was just the advanced breathing technique "Golden Breathing Technique".

Both sides are evenly matched, so neither needs to complain about the other.

Of course, as a relatively "low-end" system, Roy needs to add ten high-level magic crystals as a bonus.

He didn't care at all.

He, Luo, lacks nothing but high-grade magic crystals. In his spatial ring, there's a high-purity magic crystal as big as a tree.

“If you’re willing to accept, that would be wonderful.” Silvat smiled when he heard the other party agree.

After the transaction was completed, the two traveled together towards the holy city of Calron, agreeing that they could exchange ideas and learn from each other over the next day if there were any points they didn't understand.

……

late at night.

Inside a luxury hotel room called "The Deer" in the inner city of the holy city of Calron.

Having removed his armor and changed back into his fine clothes, Roy stood by the window, gazing at the moon in the sky.

The moon in the seventh realm of original sin, the realm of lust, is peculiar. Not only is it the same crimson color as the world it inhabits, but there are also seven of them.

In the July sky, blood spread.

After admiring the night view for a while, Roy withdrew his gaze, walked to the desk next to him, and sat down. The high-end spatial ring on his finger flashed, and a peculiar scroll of blueprints appeared in his hand.

The blueprints were made of a material similar to sheepskin, making them exceptionally durable.

As it slowly unfolded, a "magic mark" shimmering with neon dreamlike light was reflected in Roy's eyes.

This is the ordinary magic mark inheritance diagram called "Warrior" that Roy traded from Silvat.

The transmission of the Magic Mark is quite unique. It is not carried out through written materials, but rather through paper imbued with magic and crafted using special techniques. The advantage is that anyone who learns it, whether literate or not, can quickly understand the contents recorded within. However, the disadvantage is also obvious: its ability to spread is greatly reduced.

This subtle observation reveals that the unique way the Demon Mark is passed down demonstrates that the path to transcendence in the "Seventh Realm of Original Sin - Realm of Lust" is extremely strictly controlled. Ordinary people, without extraordinary encounters, would likely never be able to cross the insurmountable chasm between mortals and the extraordinary.

Of course, these were not Roy's main concerns.

To him, the state of this world was irrelevant, as it was merely a projection of a bygone era. What he cared more about was the content recorded in the Demonic Mark Inheritance Diagram.

It will unveil the mystery of the "Magic Mark" system for him.

The method of using the Demon Mark Inheritance Map is also very simple. Just reach out and touch the "Demonic Mark" on the Inheritance Map for ten minutes to officially start the "Inheritance".

Each "Magic Mark Inheritance Diagram" has a limited number of uses depending on the material and craftsmanship. Roy's "Warrior" Magic Mark Inheritance Diagram only has one last use left.

As Roy touched the "magic mark" with his fingers, ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye. With his mind focused, Roy felt a memory flow into his mind, and then a mysterious and beautiful "magic mark" slowly unfolded before his eyes.

Unlike before when he couldn't understand anything, this time, Roy completely "understood" it.

The Warrior's Mark can be cultivated up to the third tier, which includes the first tier "Warrior", the second tier "Great Warrior", and the third tier "Berserker". In other words, it is equivalent to cultivating an advanced breathing technique up to the Gold tier.

However, unlike the rough division of each major realm in the Battle Qi system, which uses one-star, two-star, three-star, and peak, the Demon Mark system divides each realm level into very detailed levels.

Each major stage is divided into 10 levels.

一阶是1~10级，二阶是11~20级，三阶是21~30级，以此类推。

For example, Silvat's accurate level is a level 25 Thorn Discipline Knight (level 10 Knight, level 10 Ascetic, level 5 Thorn Discipline Knight).

When you are a first-tier "warrior", what you need to do is "draw" the magic marks and let the magic power in your body circulate according to the trajectory of some of the magic marks. At the same time, each magic mark inheritance has a corresponding weapon requirement. The requirement for a "warrior" is that you have mastered one of the two melee short-handled weapons, the knife and the sword. There is also a "basic knife technique" and a "basic sword technique" to match.

It is worth mentioning that the Demon Mark system has a detailed classification of weapon skill proficiency: Master, Expert, Master, and Grandmaster.

These four skill levels represent the minimum skill requirements for professionals from Tier 1 to Tier 4 to advance in their careers.

As for whether there are higher realms above the Grandmaster level, the Warrior's Demon Mark Inheritance Diagram makes no mention of it, but Roy knows that there must be higher realms above the "Grandmaster level," but that is probably already the realm of gods.

Roy considered the "basic knife skills" a treasure.

Although he had always used a knife, he had never systematically studied knife skills. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he simply couldn't access them.

This "basic knife technique," while indicating a basic level, has the potential to reach the "master level" according to its outline.

As for how much that might be, that remains unknown.

This "basic knife technique" alone has greatly benefited Roy.

Not to mention the wonders of the Demon Mark system.

Based on the completeness of the "depicted" magic marks within their bodies, first-tier "warriors" are divided into levels 1 to 10. With each level increase, the warrior's physique (with bias) and magic power will increase by one point, and at key level milestones, they can also gain "professional skills".

For example, at level 3 you can gain the feat "Toughness" (you can remain conscious after being attacked in a way that would knock out an average person), at level 6 you can gain the feat "Strength" (you have superhuman vitality and strength and can recover from injuries much faster), and at level 9 you can gain the feat "Combat Reflexes" (you can react faster to enemy attacks in combat).

Besides their professional specializations, professionals in this world can also acquire unique general specializations through other means. Some advanced specializations even require numerous other specializations as prerequisites before they can be obtained.

Such rigor and meticulousness are far beyond what the Dou Qi system can match.

Having already mastered the breathing technique to the Gold rank, Roy can no longer switch to the "Demon Mark System".

This is not only a system compatibility issue, but also a problem with the broader environment.

The foundation upon which the Demon Mark system is built is the special magical power contained in the world, a power that does not exist in Roy's world.

The magic in his world was more primal and violent, with destructive power far exceeding that of this world. Roy named it "Primal Magic".

If a professional from the "Seventh Realm of Original Sin - The Realm of Lust" were to cultivate using the "Primal Magic" of their world, they would be lucky if their body wasn't directly torn apart.

The birth and continuation of spiritual practice systems have always been closely related to the global environment.

However, the inability to cultivate the "Demon Mark" system does not mean that it is useless to Roy.

The expertise system greatly inspired Roy.

Using battle aura as the foundation for cultivating specialties, it grants knights higher combat power than those of the same rank.

Of course, achieving this is not easy and requires countless trials.

But with a direction and examples to learn from, Roy believes that day is not far off.

Time always flies by when you're engrossed in something.

When Roy, who was immersed in the wonderful world of the "Magic Mark" system, came back to his senses, a few rays of morning light had already flowed into the room.

Its daybreak.

As dawn breaks, it means that the "divine descent ceremony" will begin soon!

Chapter 153 Purity and Defilement

Holy City Calron.

Today is an exceptionally special day.

The once-in-a-century "descent of the gods" ceremony will begin at 8:00 a.m. this morning in the square in front of the Cathedral of Purity in the heart of the holy city.

Even extraordinary individuals may not live past 100 years old, so to be able to personally participate in and witness a "divine descent ceremony" is an immense stroke of luck.

While it was still bright, at the moment of nightfall, almost all the city's residents and tourists who had come from afar emerged from their homes and spontaneously and orderly formed long queues on the main street, bowing their heads slightly and heading quietly and solemnly toward the central square.

No one spoke, no one talked; on this day of great anticipation, any noise would be considered a desecration.

This is the scene that Roy saw when he walked out of the "Elk Hotel".

He followed the flow of people, joining the "pilgrimage" procession, and headed towards the Pure Square.

The Pure Plaza is very large, extremely large. Its original purpose was to accommodate enough people to witness the "divine descent ceremony".

Therefore, even though more than 100,000 people eventually flocked to the square, it did not become overcrowded.

In reality, many people want to witness the "divine descent ceremony" up close, but the Church of Purity has strict controls. Apart from the extraordinary, ordinary people who want to enter must not only have a certain social status, but also meet a series of conditions.

Otherwise, the number of people who would eventually arrive here would be at least in the tens of millions.

It can be said that the people gathered in the Pure Plaza at this moment are the absolute elite of the entire "Seventh Realm of Original Sin: Realm of Lust"!

Roy's status as an extraordinary individual allowed him to observe and witness the event from a relatively front-row position.

Accompanying him were a group of three-tier professionals, numbering about five or six hundred.

It sounds like a lot, but you have to understand that this is a world-sized place. Even if not all Tier 3 professionals have come here, it is still the vast majority. So, five or six hundred is already quite a small number.

What attracted Roy's attention the most were the nineteen most distinguished spectators sitting at the very front of the audience, their faces obscured by a magical glow.

They are the pillars of the mortal world, the strongest beings below the gods.

Fourth-tier Saintly Artifact Professional!

It is equivalent to the existence of a legendary realm.

Roy felt an unusually heavy pressure from these nineteen fourth-tier Saintly Path professionals.

This means that even if he tries his best, whether he can escape with his life from a fourth-tier Saintly Artifact professional depends on luck.

Just as there is a huge, irreconcilable gap between gold and legendary, there is also a world of difference between a third-tier construct professional and a fourth-tier holy map professional.

Third-tier constructs and gold-tier beings are still just human, while fourth-tier holy diagrams and legendary realms are completely "inhuman".

To be honest, the number of fourth-tier Saint-level professionals appearing here is less than Roy expected.

Although the exact number of legendary knights in the Radiant Empire is unknown, a rough estimate suggests there are at least twenty. If we include the legendary knights from the Kolei Empire and remote overseas regions, the total number should be over fifty.

But then Roy had a guess.

Either the difficulty of advancing from a Tier 3 construct to a Tier 4 Holy Map in the "Demon Mark" system is far greater than that of advancing from a Gold to a Legendary, or some Tier 4 Holy Map professionals are unable to come here due to some urgent matter.

The reason for this speculation is that, judging from the energy level fluctuations, none of the fourth-tier Saint-level professionals present could compare to the legendary three-star knight Sima, whom he had once met.

A legendary three-star character, when converted to the Demon Mark system, is roughly level 36 to 39, which is equivalent to a high-level fourth-tier Saint Mark.

Roy didn't believe that there were no high-level or even peak fourth-tier Saint Diagrams in this world.

Looking at the "spectacle" before him, Roy felt a sense of doubt.

Even though the world's true high-end combat power has not appeared, the sheer number of thousands of Tier 1 and Tier 2 professionals, hundreds of Tier 3 Construct professionals, and nineteen Tier 4 Saint Cart professionals makes Roy feel like a drop of water in the ocean, unable to make a ripple.

What happened under these circumstances that prevented the "divine intervention ritual" from proceeding smoothly?