Chapter 1578: Chapter 271: Mahid Fran and Ismael
Without a doubt.
Inanna is Aiwass’s last Great Sin Beast, the strongest Great Sin Beast, and also Aiwass’s strongest Phantom Card… even without exception.
Not only does the summoned entity possess extremely superior attributes, but its entrance effect alone provides unconditional, continuous group control without casting time, along with significant persistent defense and resistance reduction… this control state even has the ability to resist dispelling, requiring two consecutive dispels to be undone.
This skill is the kind you’d only find in an exceedingly difficult BOSS!
Even in the hardest instance, it’s a perilous mechanism that requires special equipment to barely resist, utterly impossible to endure. If mishandled and a few people accidentally get hit, it could lead to a wipe, warranting a restart.
Moreover, even if Aiwass doesn’t summon Inanna’s entity, merely relying on this card’s True Position effect is already powerful enough—
It’s equivalent to using a wide-area, long-duration group Preservation Arts with just five Mana Points. Besides, the other effect is actually the key point: within the illuminated range, everything is considered “touched.”
—This means as long as the field of vision is open and within the glow, Aiwass can use powerful Phantom Cards like Star Ice and Charm of Radiance, which typically require close proximity… or summon Defiant Flame Butterfly or Wild Hunt King behind the enemy!
“After all, in a sense, it’s also like a juvenile Amber… ”
Aiwass was extremely pleased, playing with this card fondly.
The level of Inanna’s entity is as high as 59—this is by far, the highest level existence that Aiwass has ever seen.
Mind you, this is the limit level of the Sixth Power Level!
In the absence of the descent of the Abyssal Celestial Envoy on the Path of Dusk, the theoretical limit of the Material Realm Dusk Path is only level 50.
—In other words, as a Phantom of the Path of Dusk, she surpasses the Abyssal Celestial Envoy about to be pulled down by the Ring of Ouroboros by nine levels!
This power has already completely exceeded the limit of the Wall of Balance!
Moreover, this is not the strength of Amber’s true form—if calculated by true form, this level is too low. Many Superior Phantoms in the Dream Realm possess the strength of the Sixth and Seventh Power Levels. When the Fallen Celestial Marshal was still alive, even summoning a leader-level Demon casually had a higher level than this.
If Amber’s strength is calculated by data, it should be level 99… at least it should be the extreme strength of the Tenth Power Level to match her status.
But actually, using power level to measure the ability of a Pillar God is essentially meaningless.
The so-called “power level” signifies the depth a soul can infiltrate and the amount of power it can stir in the Dream Realm on the corresponding Path. The deeper the infiltration, the greater the resonance with the corresponding Path.
Yet, a Pillar God is the origin and guide of this Path. Even if the power level is extremely high, the resonance degree is infinite at most, close to the Pillar God’s true self.
Relying solely on the power of the Path cannot surpass the Pillar God—like how the Eternal Self surpasses the Beast Master not by the power of the Beast’s Path; the Silver-Crowned Dragon defeated the Supreme Heaven not because his Path of Strength level was higher. It either comes from the power of other Paths or by delving deeper into the Source River than the current Pillar God, gaining a more fundamental interpretation right.
Therefore, as long as one is a Pillar God, the concept of power level doesn’t apply. If a Pillar God must have a level, it refers to “how many levels others need to fully excavate all the power within this Path.”
For example, the level of Silver-Crowned Dragon and Red Calamity is certainly lower than other Pillar Gods… perhaps not even needing a single power level.
However…
Aiwass vaguely guessed why Inanna’s level can surpass the Wall of Balance.
Amber is a Pillar God born of the future, dying in the past.
Therefore, for Inanna, perhaps causality itself is reversed—
For instance, although the Abyssal Celestial Envoy hasn’t descended yet, Inanna already gained the power after its descent in advance. And she’s only level 59, possibly implying…
“The Ring of Ouroboros may not have a second cycle.”
Aiwass murmured softly.
At least in this cycle of reincarnation, until Amber reaches her end, the Material Realm Dusk Path’s power will only open once to its maximum. This is Amber’s personal answer.
This means Aiwass has to either win or die—there’s no possibility of failing and then gradually trying to turn the tables. Just one chance.
Aiwass became increasingly aware of the impending apocalypse.
Besides joy, this brought him more calm and caution.
He began to ponder a special possibility—
If he overly trusts Inanna’s power, choosing to summon her as a trump card in the battle with the Abyssal Celestial Envoy… but at that moment realizes Inanna cannot be correctly summoned due to exceeding the Wall of Balance, or is instantly expelled upon successful summoning, what then?
Aiwass doesn’t necessarily believe lacking Inanna’s power would make him unable to defeat the Abyssal Celestial Envoy. But if he regards this power as the trump card, it might cause him to miss a vital opportunity when a real problem arises due to carelessness. It might be better not to include this power from the very start.