You are all my wings!

Lyon thought for a moment, then asked:

"By the way, my comprehension of those mysterious characters has been quite taxing. Could you provide some food to support me? That way, my mental workload can recover as quickly as possible, allowing you to see the results of my comprehension sooner."

"can."

Without turning her head, Terena tossed a small gray cloth bag over.

"I've collected the meat of the divine creatures I hunted in my spare time here. You can eat whatever you like."

Lyon's first thought upon receiving the package was that it was very light and small.

But when he opened the bag, he discovered that it contained a vast space, at least the size of dozens of football fields, which was very luxurious.

Judging from the item's rank and cost, it's most likely a powerful 13th-tier secret treasure.

I didn't expect Terena to trust me so much, casually tossing over such a powerful treasure.

Lyon continued to examine the inside of the storage bag.

There was no ground in the space; it was like a bright universe with all sorts of conspicuous corpses of divine beings floating in it.

Since the divine species are generally quite large, with the smallest being at least ten meters tall, they float like majestic floating islands.

Lyon observed for a few moments, and a slight jolt ran through him.

'No wonder Terena could casually give away twelfth-tier treasures; this storage bag contains eight dead twelfth-tier divine creatures, and even more eleventh and tenth-tier ones.'

'Speaking of which, intelligent species only produce one twelfth-tier being about once every ten million years, so how come there are so many twelfth-tier beings among the divine species?'

'No, divine species are equivalent to high-level monsters from ancient times, so it's not surprising that they are numerous?'

The divine species, as an exceptional race that has been blessed by the world since its birth, are also the dominant species in the era of the divine species.

Therefore, they do not need to undergo the complex professional advancement process like intelligent species. They can naturally become stronger simply by developing the talents in their bloodline, making it easier for them to advance than intelligent species or even nature gods.

Due to the accumulation of nearly three eras, some terrifying beings of the thirteenth rank have emerged among the divine species, and a large number of beings of the twelfth rank have also accumulated, with their total number far exceeding that of natural gods and intelligent species of the same rank.

Of course, the vast majority of divine beings do not possess intelligence; if they do, it is only equivalent to that of a seven- or eight-year-old human child.

Therefore, although the divine species have been the dominant species for several eras, they have not produced more magic or extraordinary professions. Instead, they have served as the resources for advancement for species in the previous and next eras.

After observing for a moment, Lyon took out a portion of the processed twelfth-tier divine species jerky and slowly chewed it.

This thing is ridiculously hard; even with his current physique, it's quite difficult for him to bite into it.

But the effect is amazing. After taking a small bite, you feel your body warm and full of energy, and your strength, agility and other attributes are gradually increasing.

Leon continued to meditate while munching on monster jerky.

During this time, he wanted to find some clothes to put on, but Terena's voice came from inside the temple, stopping Leon from putting on clothes and asking him to remain unclothed so that she could observe him.

Lyon was speechless.

Fortunately, he was used to this kind of thing, so he stopped caring and focused on understanding the remaining mysterious text.

After the third and fourth hours, all the modes were exhausted, leaving only a few modes such as purification, sharing, carrying, and life-seeking still running.

By the fifth hour, only the carrying mode originating from Hamra remains, which is also his only mode that can currently reach a maximum of 9 hours.

After using up the mode, although his comprehension had been honed and improved a lot, his efficiency was naturally not as good as when he was using the mode, and his comprehension efficiency became increasingly slow.

Terena had no objection to this, because even other gods might not be able to sustain such intense study of her mysterious script for so long.

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye, and Lyon's mode began to refresh.

Therena stepped out of the temple, crossed her arms, and surveyed Leon's still unclothed body before asking, "Has your talent been restored?"

[Goddess Therena's favorability +1%, current favorability 101%]

Huh, why did her favorability rating increase just by glancing at me today?

"It's back to normal."

Not only has his mental state been restored, but Lyon's mental strength has also increased by leaps and bounds!

"Then let's begin. Unleash your potential as much as possible and recreate that special transformation from yesterday, understand?"

Even without Terena's prompting, Leon wanted to test whether he could sense the subtle changes in her body that she had previously mentioned.

Judging from her attitude, the changes she experienced when absorbing the mysterious text while the 14 patterns were superimposed must have been extremely useful.

Lyon immediately activated 14 modes.

boom!!!!

After a whole day of contemplation and the spiritual power gained from integrating a large number of mysterious characters, under the blessing of this terrifying mode, it quickly transformed into a rapid learning ability. In almost half a minute, he instantly comprehended a mysterious character.

Immediately, this radiant, golden droplet of secret culture merged into the body.

Although he had received a seemingly significant memory, Leon was currently focused on reviewing it more closely later.

He also used this surge of mental energy to amplify the precision of his observations.

Soon, he felt a very, very subtle power, which seemed to be flowing through his entire body according to his will.

Wherever this power passes, countless tiny particles of matter seem to undergo transformation, which is quite miraculous.

Beside her, Terena's eyes flickered, a hint of surprise and astonishment flashing through her mind:

'After just one day, he, who shouldn't have been able to perceive the change, seemed to have gained some ability to guide that power?'

'Interesting. Perhaps I should use more sophisticated methods to study his body.'

Just then, after observing the changes in his body and processing the memories, Leon looked up at Terena and said:

"Your Excellency, I now understand why these mysterious characters you created using the [Arcane Life-Giving] magic are so compatible with me."

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Terena: "...Why?"

She showed the same barely perceptible wavering as last time.

Chapter 531 Terena: Such a perfect match, isn't it strange?

Lyon noticed Theraena's slight wavering and thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

The barely perceptible embarrassment I had seen on her face earlier was probably related to this.

He then said, "Sir, the effect of your [Secret Inscription Life-Giving] magic is to imbue mysterious scripts with wisdom and spirituality, and the medium you use is your life essence, right?"

Terena raised an eyebrow.

Lyon smiled: "Looks like I was right?"

Terena nodded slightly: "Interesting. I thought no one would be able to detect it, but I didn't expect you to be able to see through it."

[Goddess Therena's favorability +1%, current favorability 102%]

If it's a normal aura, a strong person can naturally perceive the difference in the life source, just like a human can easily distinguish the appearance of another person with their eyes. This is a very basic operation.

The difference is that the mysterious script created by Theraena, even if it carries some of her life essence, will be deformed. Therefore, others often mistakenly believe that it carries some of her divine aura because the creator is Theraena, and cannot associate it with the fact that she used her own life essence as the key medium.

Therefore, in reality, since the creation of Terena's mysterious script, no one has discovered that she used her own life essence as the medium to imbue the script with spirituality.

Some might even genuinely believe that Terena has successfully created a magic that allows spirits to appear out of thin air.

Lyon clearly noticed this core difference: the spirituality possessed by Terena's mysterious writings was not something that came out of thin air, nor did it originate from the writing itself.

"It was a stroke of luck."

Lyon said, "Therefore, I understand another key point: my ability to perfectly absorb your mysterious writing means that your life essence is also perfectly aligned with mine."

A barely perceptible glint of something else flashed in Terena's eyes.

Amidst the dazzling spectacle, there lies a strange undercurrent of unease, a sense that is about to be revealed.

“Since my life essence and yours are perfectly compatible, then my ability to easily integrate into your mysterious scripts can be reasonably explained… By the way, besides that, this compatibility also means something else very important.”

Lyon said.

"What's so important?"

Terena said.

“Normally, it is impossible for two people to have such a perfect match in their life origins. It’s like the lines on a person’s palm or the veins on a tree’s leaves. They may have very similar patterns, but they can never match to the extent that you and I do.”

Lyon held up two fingers:

"But there are always exceptions. Since the phenomenon of our life origins being so compatible has occurred, it means that there must be some interesting reason hidden within it. And just now, you repeatedly wanted to witness the changes in my body during the first hour of my comprehension and absorption of the mysterious characters."

He paused here, waiting for Therena's reaction.

She first showed obvious surprise, then said, "So you're saying that your change just now is related to the reason why it resonates so well with this life source?"

[Goddess Therena's favorability +1%, current favorability 103%]

"That's right. After careful consideration and referring to the changes I just noticed, I think I have deduced some things."

"Oh? Well, I'd like to hear what you have to say about that."

Terena took two steps back, crossed her arms, and a hint of obvious interest flashed in her eyes.

Leon also noticed that, as he explained, the slight wavering that she had originally had seemed to have disappeared, whether it was suppressed or easily resolved by her detached state of mind.

Regardless, the state Terena was displaying at this moment was more like that of a researcher who had heard an interesting research topic.

Lyon's mind raced, but he said aloud:

"First, there are changes in my body. After absorbing your mysterious text, a mysterious force was generated in the microscopic layer of my life code. It naturally flows with my subconscious thoughts. Wherever it passes, my life code changes more and more, optimizing many redundant and garbage codes, making my body and mind evolve towards the direction of a perfect creature."

What he didn't mention was that this mysterious power could only be generated by activating fourteen modes and then integrating the spiritual and mysterious scripts of Terena into the body.

What Terena observed was likely the transformative effect of this mysterious power on her.

Because the modification was so subtle, he hadn't been able to detect it before.

Only after a day of absorbing and accumulating the mysterious text, and with his mental strength increasing by hundreds of points, was he able to successfully observe the change and then perceive the existence of this mysterious power.

Terena's eyes flickered slightly: "Anything else?"

"In my understanding, there is no such thing as a truly perfect being. It is only a theoretical existence. Even the strongest beings above the level of true gods are mostly unable to achieve that level of perfection in life. After all, gods have obtained the authority of the world and then used that authority to strengthen themselves. As long as the authority is not omnipotent, the other party cannot transform into a truly perfect being through that authority."

Lyon said:

"It's strange that I could undergo such a change after merging with the mysterious script that you bestowed upon me with the essence of life. After all, even if we were to unite, we would still be far from reaching the level of perfect life. Even if you are the lord of the forbidden zone, you are still not a perfect life, are you?"

He has come into contact with quite a few masters of forbidden zones, but to say that the fourteenth rank is enough to achieve perfect life is still not enough. After all, rank represents more the height of power and knowledge, while perfect life represents the height of a life's existence itself.

While their connotations may overlap, and the higher-level concept is often closer to perfection than the lower-level concept, they are ultimately not the same.

In addition, life can be distinguished by scale. For example, the life scale of the nature gods is far larger than that of the wise gods, and because it is larger, it is powerful enough.

But that is still not a perfect life. The nature god ultimately only represents a part of natural phenomena or natural objects, and therefore cannot be considered perfect.

In short, in Lyon's view, as long as life can perish, it is not a truly perfect life and is still flawed.

"Interesting, then what?"

Terena's gaze toward Leon became more focused.

"Therefore, I have come to think of a possibility: beyond our life codes, there are third, even fourth, fifth, and even more powerful beings whose life origins have been successfully integrated into your own life origin!"

Lyon continued:

"Therefore, when those mysterious characters merged into my body, it seemed as if the life essence of you and I were fusing, but in reality, it also merged with the life essence of the other forbidden zone lords, and even the Goddess of Origin! Only by gathering enough life essence of your level or above, and complementing each other enough, could I truly reach the level of a perfect being!"

He made this assertion based on his own experience, as his body had incorporated the life codes of various demonic and divine species, and was striving towards a perfect level in the mortal realm.

What he had previously experienced was a perfect life at the level of a god!

On the other hand, it was also because every time he absorbed Terena's mysterious writings, he could see a large number of confrontations between Terena and the Lord of the Forbidden Zone, and even the Goddess of Origin!

You don't need much of the life essence; you can easily obtain a trace by causing damage in battle, and it's discreet enough.

Upon hearing this, Terena's eyes flickered slightly before she said, "I didn't expect you to have guessed that. Impressive... However, there's one thing you're wrong about."

[Goddess Therena's favorability +1%, current favorability 104%]

"Oh? I'd like to hear more about it."

Lyon looked at Terena, realizing that his current conclusions hadn't yet managed to make her feel that subtle embarrassment.

Terena smiled, a rare occurrence, and then stepped closer to Leon, who was still naked, and gently stroked his chest.