parentshiftbook Chapter 345 - 338: The Eye of the World Evolves Again
Chapter 345 - 338: The Eye of the World Evolves Again
Destiny-type skills always carry a sense of fated beauty. They are extremely rare, and their effects are quite miraculous. Even with his current power, Shi Ming had only ever heard of four.
The 2nd ranked Destiny Light Cone;
The 27th ranked Idealism;
The 45th ranked Great Prophecy Technique;
And the Wheel of Destiny, a skill derived from Descent of the Titan.
The Great Prophecy Technique was passively used one last time by the Three-Eyed Golden Crow. This "Golden Sun" that had deliberately suppressed its radiance realized its own fate and made a choice. It had one chance to defy destiny, but ultimately, the desire to live prevailed.
Perhaps this, too, was a part of destiny.
It swallowed the Contract Core.
The Contract Core transformed into an invisible power, seeping into the Three-Eyed Golden Crow’s body, which was as scorching hot as the sun.
HISSS~
The Golden Crow spread its wings uncontrollably, enduring the invasion of the Contract Core. Every second was a torment to its Spiritual Power. Fortunately, the light of intelligence in its eyes soon returned. Its gaze, like a Golden Sun, was now filled with unwavering loyalty and devotion to Shi Ming.
This influence came from the deepest recesses of its mind. Loyalty had become an instinct, engraved into its very genes.
As the one who had made the contract, Shi Ming could naturally feel his control over it.
"Master."
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow lowered its head.
"Very good. From now on, I’ll call you Three-Eyes."
"Thank you for the name, Master."
Ah Jian floated a circle around the Three-Eyed Golden Crow, as if declaring its status as the top dog. The Three-Eyed Golden Crow, however, paid no mind to this Twelve-winged King Insect that looked much smaller than itself. Instead, it let out a sharp cry, and fiery red blood began to flow from its third eye.
Sea beasts could extract the source of an S-rank skill through self-mutilation.
Back when Shi Ming had subdued Ah Jian, Ah Jian had also asked if he needed the source of its skills, loyally offering to transfer all of them to its master. But Shi Ming hadn’t taken a single one, as the Eternal Life Law could display its greatest effect when left with Ah Jian.
The "Great Prophecy Technique," however, was different.
It was an important source for upgrading the Eye of the World.
The fiery red blood dripped onto the already shattered surface of the glacial sea, causing the seawater to boil again. This continued for a full half-hour before an illusory eye, shaped like a Light Cone, floated before Shi Ming.
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow was severely weakened.
Although its third eye could still open, it had already lost the power to foresee the future.
Shi Ming took out a few slices of "Jade-Laden Snowcap" found on the Top of Mount Everest and one "Fruit of Eternal Youth" from his storage. The former was a wondrous item rich in life force. As long as one could withstand its temperature, it could heal all external injuries, including severed limbs. The Three-Eyed Golden Crow could undoubtedly ignore its Ice and Snow Power and only absorb the life force.
The latter was a local specialty that the Three-Eyed Golden Crow had originally guarded. A single fruit was enough to restore its power to its peak state.
It swallowed the slices of Jade-Laden Snowcap and the Fruit of Eternal Youth, and the damage to its third eye and heart rapidly healed.
After healing the Three-Eyed Golden Crow, Shi Ming turned his gaze to the "Great Prophecy Technique" skill source floating before him.
The Right Arm Red Pattern on his right arm began to swirl, and the limb grew hot once more.
At the same time, flickering text flashed within his eyes.
[This time, it’s the Eye of the World’s turn to evolve!]
[The power of destiny will cause a new change in the Eye of the World. Although destiny cannot be changed, like the Lamp of Wishes, there are always ways to bend it.]
Shi Ming’s right hand gently touched the Light Cone, which had a blurry eye embedded within it.
WHOOSH~
The Light Cone dissolved into countless profound and mysterious symbols: the Ouroboros, the Twisted Ring, the Web of Fate, the Point of Predestination, tributaries of the great river... These thousands upon thousands of symbols snaked up Shi Ming’s arm. The moment they touched the Right Arm Red Pattern, they were rapidly siphoned away, seeping into his body and vanishing within.
In less than 20 seconds, the Light Cone had vanished without a trace. Shi Ming’s eyes were now clear, holding a sharpness that could pierce the veil of the future. A notification of the successful evolution appeared before him once more.
[Eye of Intelligence has evolved.]
[Eye of the World has evolved.]
[Eye of Destiny has been activated.]
[Your eyes have evolved into the Eye of Destiny, an eye that can peer into the River of Destiny.]
[As before, the Eye of Destiny inherits the abilities of the Eye of Intelligence and the Eye of the World. It will provide you with one piece of highly relevant intelligence each day, passively remind you of noteworthy matters, and occasionally give you useful hints.]
[At the same time, the Eye of Destiny has gained two brand-new abilities—a full two of them!]
[As expected of the Eye of Destiny!]
’Two abilities?’
’Besides adding the ability of the Great Prophecy Technique, there’s an extra surprise?’
Shi Ming continued to read.
[Foresight]
[Passive Ability: An upgraded version of the "Great Prophecy Technique." The Eye of Destiny will "occasionally" show you fragments from the future. These are revelations from destiny with a 100% chance of occurring. They cannot be avoided, but they can be bent.]
[Additionally, the daily intelligence and suggestions you receive will also contain content related to the future.]
[Set Destiny’s Course]
[Active Skill: During its evolution, the Eye of Destiny also absorbed the power of the Wheel of Destiny from Descent of the Titan. This allowed the unstable skill to be materialized.]
[Now, you will no longer be able to draw the Fate Titan’s "Wheel of Destiny" during Descent of the Titan. However, once every 12 days, you can actively use the Eye of Destiny to peer into the different main currents and tributaries of the River of Destiny for the next 60 minutes.]
[You can choose a tributary, fix its outcome, and force destiny to flow in your chosen direction for the next 60 minutes.]
[This is what it means to Set Destiny’s Course.]
Theoretically, this evolution of the Eye of the World should have given Shi Ming the ability to foresee the future, expanding the scope of the intelligence he actively or passively obtained to cover the past, present, and future.
But as it happened, Shi Ming also had a latent "Wheel of Destiny" within his body.
Thus, this evolution granted his eyes two abilities.
Foresight was easy enough to understand.
He could occasionally see events that were certain to happen in the future.
Set Destiny’s Course was a revised version of the "Wheel of Destiny" from Descent of the Titan. Shi Ming had once rolled this skill during his first battle against the Three-Eyed Golden Crow. Although he had fixed a certain outcome at that time, it was broken at the last second by the forceful interference of the Abyss Lord.
But now, as long as he used the Eye of Destiny to set the course of a tributary for the next 60 minutes, events would unfold exactly in the direction Shi Ming wished.
No one would be able to interfere.
Unless they had a higher level of mastery in the Destiny Domain and could engage in a "tug-of-war" with the Eye of Destiny. But existences whose standing surpassed the Eye of Destiny were truly rare.
After Shi Ming finished understanding all the abilities of the "Eye of Destiny," the text gradually faded away.
At that very moment, a premonition struck him.
A scene from the future appeared in his mind without warning.