After reading the information about the two powers,
Ge Hengyu couldn't help but sigh again.
“The growth potential and disastrous nature are truly off the charts.”
First, the 【God of War in Youth】, although it doesn't have ten avatars like Kusanagi Kiyotaka, the 【God of War in the East】, with its diverse and comprehensive abilities.
But the permanent protective ability that activates once a day can create a pseudo-god or demigod level of combat power as long as one can continuously find someone who sincerely swears loyalty.
Even an ordinary person can create a combat power equivalent to a pseudo-god or demigod in a day.
If it were a magician or other extraordinary individuals, their combat power would definitely reach the level of a subordinate god or even higher, depending on the person.
Of course, this is due to the super gene of the Galactic Power, which grants such strong combat power.
Otherwise, relying solely on the physique of a god-slayer, it would be difficult to defeat even a few strong ordinary people.
Because without the powers, the god-slayer's physique is just strong in terms of vitality, with bones as hard as alloy, but otherwise similar to an ordinary person.
Just like the original Kusanagi Kiyotaka, who could easily incapacitate a few gangsters, leaving them with internal injuries and no resistance.
So, to some extent, the incredible effect of the protective ability also benefits from the Galactic Power, which provides a powerful physique, an indestructible body, and the ability to fly.
Otherwise, even if magicians or other extraordinary individuals gain protection,
they would at most be stronger than divine beasts, somewhere between pseudo-gods and demigods, but definitely not comparable to subordinate gods.
Additionally,
the master of protection can absorb the life and spiritual power of the protected, converting it into his own spell power and lightning.
This makes it even more terrifying.
Because he can absorb life and spiritual power when the protector activates the protection.
And when the protector activates the protection, they possess the same level of physical strength and energy spell power as him.
Calculating this,
one protector can provide him with double the energy spell power or the lightning attack equivalent to a god-slayer's power.
Two protectors would mean double, three would mean triple, as long as the body's strength can withstand it, this can stack up.
Even if the final king, Rama, comes, Ge Hengyu wouldn't back down.
As for physical strength, it is compensated by the Galactic Power, with a very high upper limit.
It is estimated that ten times would not be a problem.
Moreover, he will further upgrade his divine body.
For this reason, he would say that the growth potential of the power 【God of War in Youth】 is off the charts.
Therefore, he doesn't feel regret for not obtaining the striking white horse and golden sword from the original work.
As for the disastrous nature being off the charts?
It is because Ge Hengyu discovered that
the 【Hunger Locust Plague】 seems to possess the power to destroy the world.
Primarily due to its ability to devour all matter and convert it to gain vitality, aside from self-restoration.
The vitality gained from devouring matter can also give birth to new hunger locusts, expanding the plague.
Moreover, it can maintain the plague's persistence without needing him to provide spell power.
In this way, as long as he is willing to let it be, the scale of the locust plague can expand endlessly.
Swallowing a planet would not be a difficult task.
If placed in the universe, it could endlessly devour planets.
It could completely act as a cosmic disaster in the form of a swarm.
……
While Ge Hengyu was checking the powers while leaning against the bed,
the door to the room suddenly opened.
Erika, wearing a pure white bathrobe that revealed her snowy cleavage,
walked in cheerfully while drying her damp golden hair with a towel.
But upon seeing Ge Hengyu wake up and sit up, her brows curved slightly, filled with happiness.
“Hengyu, you’re awake.
Is there anywhere you feel uncomfortable?”
Erika quickly walked to the bedside and sat down, asking with concern.
As she inhaled the scent of the shower gel wafting through the air,
Ge Hengyu felt inexplicably restless, a desire to push Erika onto the bed rising within him.
Especially after seeing Erika's snowy skin and alluring curves,
this feeling intensified.
It made Ge Hengyu furrow his brows slightly.
He didn't seem to be the type to be so eager, right?
How could he have such thoughts?
Actually, it was the opposite.
Long before he crossed into the world of the super gods, he had the idea of conquering all the anime female characters.
It was just that at that time, the system had not awakened, and the super gene of the Galactic Power was uncertain.
This led to immense pressure on him.
He had been suppressing himself to learn and prepare for survival.
This invisible pressure made him appear ambitious and busy.
Naturally, he had no desires or thoughts.
Even after the system awakened and the super gene awakened, he relaxed, but the habit remained.
Until he became a god-slayer, and his inner essence transformed into something akin to a beast in human skin.
The wildness was completely ignited, and the suppressed desires began to gradually amplify.
Seeing Ge Hengyu frown, Erika worriedly touched his forehead.
“Is there anywhere you feel uncomfortable?
You can tell me.”
Feeling the warmth of her soft touch on his forehead, Ge Hengyu gently moved Erika's small hand away.
“I’m fine, I’m in great health.
But did you come to my room dressed like this to tempt me?”
Only then did Erika realize how much of her fair skin was exposed in front of him.
The girl's face instantly flushed with embarrassment, and she hurriedly tightened the collar of her bathrobe, glaring at Ge Hengyu.
“What nonsense are you saying?
I just came to see if you were awake.
Who would come to tempt you for no reason, you idiot?”
In response, Ge Hengyu could only helplessly shrug his shoulders.
“Clearly, we slept together last night, and our relationship has been established.
I thought you would be more straightforward and wouldn't hide from me.”
Hearing this self-righteous remark, Erika's face turned beet red with anger, and she tightened her collar even more, indignantly saying,
“You jerk, even if we confirmed our relationship, it doesn’t mean I have to show everything right away.
I’m not a shameless woman.”
Seeing that Erika seemed a bit angry, Ge Hengyu felt he had said something wrong again.
So he immediately changed the subject.
“Alright, let’s not talk about this.
I just woke up and checked the powers.
I found a capability that has a good effect.
It can grant you protective power.
Do you want to try it out?”
Well, saying it like that, it was actually Ge Hengyu wanting to experiment with the power's effect.
“Ah, you’ve grasped the effect of the powers so quickly?
I remember that god-slayers can only comprehend their powers through battle, right?”
Erika looked at Ge Hengyu with curiosity, doubting whether the knowledge she learned about god-slayers was false.
“No need to be surprised, because I’m special.”
Ge Hengyu stated that he was not an ordinary god-slayer.
“So, do you want to try?”
Upon hearing this, Erika immediately nodded with curiosity.
“Of course I want to try, I’m really looking forward to your power.”
Seeing there were no issues, Ge Hengyu nodded.
“However, the granting of my protection is divided into two levels.
The effects produced are also divided into temporary and permanent.”
As he spoke, Ge Hengyu looked at Erika very seriously and continued,
“The first temporary protection requires you to have the determination to fight for me.
Only then can I grant it…”
Listening, Erika nodded.
She indeed had the determination to fight for Ge Hengyu.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have rushed to the battlefield to help him.
“The second permanent protection requires you to sincerely swear eternal loyalty to me before I can grant it.
So which one do you choose?”
As he spoke, Ge Hengyu looked forward to Erika making her choice.
To be honest, the condition of sincerely swearing eternal loyalty is very difficult to achieve.
Sincerely swearing means exactly what it says; it must come from the heart.
For instance, oaths made under fear and coercion, or through magical distortion, or brainwashing by technology, are invalid.
In such cases, it is incredibly difficult for Ge Hengyu to obtain a heartfelt oath of eternal loyalty from others.
Just like in the original god-slayer novel, countless people swore loyalty to the god-slaying demon king.
But behind the scenes, their little actions were not lacking at all.
No one truly met the standard.
Because they only feared the power of the god-slaying demon king, and it was far from loyalty, let alone sincerity.
“Ah, a heartfelt oath? Eternal loyalty?
Hengyu, are you sure you’re not joking?
This isn’t ancient times, where the concept of lord and vassal was prevalent.
No, even in ancient times, not many people could genuinely talk about sincerity.
Let alone eternal loyalty.”
Erika looked at Ge Hengyu with curiosity and a blush,
as if to say, are you deliberately making things difficult for her, or do you have your eye on her beauty, wanting to trick her into giving in tonight.
“I’m not joking; the condition for permanent protection is just like that.
If you can’t do it, you can try the temporary protection instead.”
Regarding Erika's reaction, Ge Hengyu knew it was quite difficult.
After all, he had only known Erika for two days.
And within those two days, having a hint of establishing a romantic relationship was already quite exaggerated.
But suddenly, he was asking Erika to elevate her feelings for him to the level of a heartfelt oath of eternal loyalty.
Ge Hengyu himself felt it was unrealistic.
“Fine, I’ll first see if I can meet the conditions for permanent protection.
If not, I’ll experience the temporary protection; after all, it’s just to feel the power of the abilities.”
Seeing that Ge Hengyu didn’t seem to be joking,
Erika brushed her golden hair back, slightly proud as she defended herself.
To this, Ge Hengyu was very much looking forward to.
……
Rough level classification:
Knight (First Generation Super Warrior)
Great Knight (Second Generation Super Warrior)
Divine Beast (Third Generation Super Warrior)
Pseudo-God ≤ Demigod (God-Slaying · Human Training Limit. Super God · Gene Enhancement Limit. Peak of Third Generation Super Warriors.)
Subordinate God (Regular Third Generation God)
God-Slayer ≤ God of Noncompliance (Peak of Third to Fourth Generation Civilizational Gods.)