"A connection formed with the pain control ability residing within the Oath Rope, producing a linked effect." Naimes immediately grew interested, even channeling part of his original demon power to observe closely.

"For faith to interact in this manner is truly unexpected, yet makes perfect sense when you think about it!"

Naimes' pain control ability—Essence of Pain—was originally obtained from Pur through the commandment of forgiveness.

And this commandment of forgiveness itself had evolved through the Divine Nails formed by faith power.

Now that Pur believed in Naimes, the faith power generated naturally became drawn to the Essence of Pain.

"Perhaps this is the correct way to utilize the divinity number."

"Divinity represents the qualification to become a god. Only through others' faith can a divinity's power be fully activated."

"However, the divinity number I obtained is incomplete, and I lack methods to directly absorb faith. That's why the faith directed at me can only connect through the Oath Rope acting as a medium for the commandments."

"The core issue remains the same—there simply isn't enough faith!"

As Naimes pondered the relationship between faith and divinity, he swiftly conducted further interference with Pur.

He actively stimulated the Oath Rope, not to activate the pain control ability, but to guide its commandment power, making the faith linkage clearer and more stable.

As expected, with the stabilized linkage, Pur gradually awakened partial abilities. The pain seemed to transform into power, flooding into his body and becoming sustaining energy.

The Essence of Pain that Naimes obtained from Pur through commandments now, through this faith linkage, conversely activated Pur's latent abilities, granting him corresponding supernatural traits—the Essence of Pain.

Naimes only gained partial enhancements through commandments, but Pur awakened the ability's full potential.

Endure pain, perceive pain, then utilize pain.

Pur's struggling body gradually stabilized as the two conflicting forces within him began merging slightly.

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Normally, the well water could resist the disease, but the infected whale songs of Whale Transformation Disease blended with the songs of Floating Whales, creating a perfect disguise.

This allowed the infection to breach the first layer of defensive resistance. The previously dominant well water now found itself locked in struggle with the disease.

The so-called deep well water was essentially well water mixed with whale blood.

Sharing the same origin as Whale Transformation Disease yet following different evolutionary paths, these forces naturally opposed each other upon reunion.

Through repeated exploration, the village guard discovered that Whale Transformation Disease's whale songs could blend with genuine ones to enhance aggressiveness.

The guard theorized his ability to control whale transformation likely stemmed from this blending.

While facilitating disease transmission, this blending also restrained the transformation's restlessness.

The Whale Transformation Disease in Pur's body was essentially water without a source.

As time passed, the deep well water gradually gained dominance, and Pur returned to normal.

Infection with Whale Transformation Disease—failed.

But this wasn't a problem—it was expected.

The village guard didn't succeed immediately either, only managing to plant a seed of Whale Transformation Disease in his body after repeated struggles with the illness.

This seed was no longer rejected by the deep well water but had integrated with it.

Thus, when necessary, the guard could activate the well water's power to complete whale transformation.

"Some progress has been made," Naimes concluded after examining Pur's body, noticing slight development in his numerical attributes.

Originally, as a reserve village guard, Pur's numerical value stood at about three.

The intense collision this time activated much of his life aura through the deep well water. Combined with his awakened Essence of Pain, his numerical value had reached four, approaching five.

While the improvement seemed modest, it represented what ordinary people might achieve over several years.

Take Naimes for example. As nobility receiving holy knight training since childhood with excellent cultivation resources, education, and time allocation, coupled with decent innate talent—after over twenty years of training, he'd only reached a numerical value of seven.

On average, one point every three years.

From this perspective, Pur gaining over one point in a single night was meteoric progress.

Of course, there's always someone stronger—like Naimes himself.

After falling into the Abyss, Naimes was born as a special demon with an initial numerical value of ten. Within three years, he elevated his original form to three hundred.

"Pity that the original form's power is difficult to utilize frequently in the material plane," Naimes lamented.

Like the small demon Kullog, exerting power in the material plane requires possession.

Similarly, to fully manifest his original form's three hundred numerical value, Naimes needs a vessel with sufficient capacity.

Without completely demonizing Naimes' body, summoning some Abyss demons is the limit.

Even complete demonization would only allow manifestation of several dozen points. Only by slaughtering the entire village's hundreds of inhabitants as originally planned—using their souls and lives to elevate Naimes' vessel to Steel Seed level, transforming from demonized to true demon—could he fully manifest all three hundred points.

Yet even then, some of his original form's supernatural traits might not transfer completely.

Despite demons generally surpassing beings of equivalent levels, their failure to truly conquer the material plane stems largely from such limitations.

"Conduct another experiment tomorrow morning. I've got some ideas that might accelerate success," Naimes concluded after the examination.

The village guard's success involved multiple factors, but the key lay in repeated collisions between forces of shared origin, ultimately causing essential fusion.

Whale songs, bloodline, deep well water, and even conviction all played crucial roles in this process.

But shortcuts exist.

Or rather, those elements were essential when the technique was immature. Once perfected, they become optional.

"Return now. There's still work to be done," Naimes ordered.

With each passing day, Naimes' remaining time dwindled.

In two days, the church would send representatives.

While their arrival wouldn't necessarily cause problems, matters would undoubtedly become more complicated.

He needed to prepare accordingly.

Whether through warnings or...

Elimination!