Hours Later...
While the people of Minos' group were leaving their meditative states, ready to leave this space protected by the legacy barrier, Ruth was in a critical state of her meditation.
As she finished recovering from the damage from earlier, Forrest immediately looked at the black-haired woman and frowned.
"What?" He exclaimed as he felt the spiritual fluctuation emanating from Minos' wife's body.
Minos and the rest of his wives were already standing around Ruth, watching along with almost everyone else in this group this woman's passing through the qualitative advancement.
Some were looking around, seeing that the barrier over this area was thinning, and slowly, they could see the various groups outside this place.
Feeling that they had little time, some of them were worried about Ruth being able to get ahead in time.
But when Forrest woke up and saw this, he couldn't help but be shocked.
She is clearly advancing to the Divine grade of her Physique! He realized how pronounced the spiritual fluctuation was around Ruth's body.
The entire body of this black-haired woman was covered with a layer of colored energy that distorted the space around her. It was so dense with laws that it seemed it was not of this world.
But Forrest, as a disciple of the Supreme Pontiff of the Spiritual Church who had already read various records of this organization, knew the signs of a Physique's qualitative advancement to the highest level that existed.
The qualitative advancement of a Physique involved three stages. The first was destruction, which consisted of the spiritual pressure of medicine that destroyed the Physique's limitations. Then came the reconstruction, which was the formation of a new 'cocoon' made of stronger laws that strengthened the particularities of that being. Finally, there was consolidation, the "solidification" of the powers at a new level.
The first two were the most difficult because in order to trigger them, one would have to find special circumstances that would normally only be possible through the use of Divine Medicine.
Not only that, but the evolution process was dangerous. If one failed how he direct his powers during the first two stages of qualitative evolution, even death or mental crippling could happen to such a person.
However, Ruth had already passed these two stages, which showed that she had miraculously obtained something capable of providing enough energy and laws to destroy and rebuild her foundations!
"How?" Forrest muttered, seeing that it was only a matter of time before Ruth would solidify her Physique to the Divine grade!
One of the Demigods in his group answered him, something Minos had already told them a moment ago. "The level 100 dragon could not give them cultivation levels because they were too weak. So, he gave them a qualitative improvement.
Minos and Ruth have reached the highest level of understanding that can be attained at the 9th stage, and their Physique has also reached the peak of the Saint grade. Even with a lower-grade medicine, they could attempt this qualitative evolution with a good chance."
Forrest's mouth dropped open when he heard this, but he did not refute it.
It was indeed possible!
Level 100 beings reached this level after using at least one Divine-grade medicine to increase their spiritual energy and physical characteristics to the maximum. After that, their bodies and souls would be so strong that they could go from changing a person's talents to even giving high-level cultivators advancement levels.
Of course, none of this could be done without sacrifice. Therefore, most Gods only gave things to their heirs after they departed this world when it would no longer be harmful to them to lose part of their soul or body.
Considering that inheritance from a Spiritual Church had once raised a Church Cardinal's level from 97 to early 99, Forrest readily believed Minos' justification.
"Unbelievable! Inheritances from Gods are truly fantastic!" He exclaimed in a low voice, watching as the spiritual disturbance in Ruth's surroundings changed and gradually decreased in intensity.
Minos saw this and clenched his fists, sensing his wife was about to complete her qualitative breakthrough.
Five minutes later, while everyone was watching Ruth, she opened her eyes, and a golden glow emanated from them.
Immediately feeling her Physique at a new level, she tested her own powers.
But as she circulated her energies through her Physique, Ruth suddenly frowned as she realized a strange connection with the people in her group.
As she sensed this, Minos' eyes became colorful, and he saw streams of energy, invisible to the others, emanating from Ruth's body and connecting to the bodies of everyone there.
"That's..."
Ruth put some of her energy into the connection she felt with these people, surprising everyone.
"Huh? I feel strange all of a sudden." Isabella was the first to speak up, feeling something different within herself, but it wasn't bad. On the contrary, it was something pleasant.
"I feel something too."
"The same for me."
Everyone there said the same until Minos explained. "We are all affected by Ruth's ability. Before, she could heal herself from almost any kind of injury, poisoning, or illness. Now that she has improved the quality of her ability, it seems she can affect people other than herself."
Realizing this was the case, Forrest couldn't help but congratulate the Stuart family. "Haha, congratulations to you, Ruth, and your family. You have fantastic, unique abilities. With something like this, you can fight together much easier now."
With Abby's army of dead creatures, Minos' control over those creatures' minds, and Ruth's regeneration ability, they could form a team that would be hard to fight in a few years.
The greatest weakness of the cultivators who could use the power of the dead was their bodies. But with Ruth's ability, Abby's defense would be much better, which was very relevant to the strength of the Stuart family.
But then Gloria activated her ability and formed mercury bows, realizing something the others didn't.
"It seems that this also regenerates our spiritual energy. As long as we don't use much of our power, we can even fight continuously without exhausting ourselves!"
Everyone noticed this, and their eyes sparkled with excitement!
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