Leveling up and accomplishing what is called a "Great Feat" is not easy.
The level granted by the Falna does not increase simply by repeatedly defeating weak monsters and accumulating experience.
To level up, one must defeat stronger opponents and gain enough high-quality experience.
In other words, leveling up represents the growth of body, mind, and capacity, and it requires an achievement so great that even the gods acknowledge it as a heroic feat.
Many adventurers spend their entire lives unable to break through the Lv.2 barrier.
"Let's just try it," Cao Ye said casually.
"It doesn't cost anything."
Freya glanced at him.
"Updating your Falna requires my divine blood. Do you think that can be compared to money?"
In most familias, updating the Falna required formal applications, and only a few members could do it each week.
But when it came to Cao Ye, updating his Falna was almost as casual as eating and drinking.
"I actually prepared a few gifts for Lady Freya."
As he spoke, Cao Ye took out several pieces of clothing.
They were qipaos.
There were three in total:
A long elegant one
An embroidered one
A landscape-patterned one
Each looked like a beautiful work of art.
Freya's eyes immediately lit up.
She loved qipaos.
And in Orario, she was the only goddess who owned them.
Other goddesses had tried to buy them—even offering huge sums of money—but they simply couldn't find anyone selling them.
This feeling of exclusive ownership gave her a strong sense of superiority.
But there was a problem.
She only had one qipao before.
She couldn't wear the same one every day.
Originally she had been waiting for Cao Ye to make more.
But he suddenly stopped mentioning them.
Now that he needed something from her—
He brought three at once.
This made Freya feel both happy and slightly annoyed.
"Looks like you still have quite a lot of hidden stock, don't you?"
Freya's tone carried a hint of meaning.
Cold sweat immediately appeared on Cao Ye's forehead.
The Jujutsu Kaisen banner had already ended.
These qipaos had effectively become limited edition items.
Once given away, they were gone forever.
He had originally planned to keep some for his future girlfriend.
As for Freya—
He had imagined having a casual relationship with her.
But becoming lovers?
He never seriously considered it.
After all—
She was a god, and he was a human.
That gap was almost impossible to cross.
And more importantly, someone like Freya was too intelligent and dangerous to pursue seriously.
A casual relationship might work.
But falling in love?
Too troublesome.
Seeing Cao Ye's awkward response, Freya felt slightly dissatisfied.
However, considering the three qipaos, she decided not to press the issue.
"Go on," she said.
"Take off your shirt."
"Alright."
Cao Ye was already very familiar with this process.
He calmly removed his shirt in front of the goddess.
Freya had long gotten used to his body.
At the beginning she might have stared for a bit.
But after seeing it so many times—
It was no longer anything special.
Drip.
A drop of divine blood fell onto Cao Ye's back.
The Falna immediately activated.
Under the stimulation of divine blood, the experience he had accumulated over the past few days converted into ability values.
The increase wasn't huge, but the numbers were already extremely high.
Name: Cao Ye
Level: Lv.1
Ability Values
Strength: S 950 → S 955
Endurance: S 989 → S 993
Dexterity: S 969 → S 972
Agility: S 966 → S 980
Magic: SSS 1250 → SSS 1251
Development Abilities: —
Magic: Imaginary Magic, ( ), ( )
Skills:
Miracle of Absolute Evil
Imaginary Space
Sorcerer
His ability values had long since reached the requirements.
In fact, his Magic stat had already broken past the S-rank limit, reaching the astonishing SSS rank.
The only issue was that the other stats were slightly lower.
Cao Ye suspected this was because he absorbed magic power from magic stones and from his own negative emotions, which greatly boosted his magic stat.
"You really can level up now."
Freya looked surprised.
"What exactly did you do?"
It had only been about a month.
Most adventurers took years to level up.
Even Ottar, the strongest member of her familia, had taken years to advance.
The famous Sword Princess Ais, known for her incredible speed of growth, still needed one full year to reach Level 2.
But Cao Ye?
Only one month.
"It's nothing special," Cao Ye replied casually.
"I just defeated the Floor Boss on the 17th floor—Goliath."
"THE FLOOR BOSS?!"
Freya's voice suddenly rose several pitches.
That monster had a potential power of Level 4.
And Cao Ye—
A Level 1 adventurer who had only had Falna for a month—
Defeated it?
"You really are a monster."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
Cao Ye didn't care about her words.
He was too busy enjoying the sensation of the goddess's hand touching his back.
Freya activated the Falna.
Cao Ye felt a clear transformation within his body.
If before he had been like a water bottle, now he had become a water tank.
His capacity had increased dramatically.
"You have three options for your Development Ability," Freya said.
"Which one do you want?"
Development abilities were one of the special aspects of the Falna system.
"Magician, Hunter, and Mystery."
"Mystery?"
Cao Ye was shocked.
That was one of the rarest development abilities.
"Yes," Freya confirmed.
"It's Mystery."
"I don't understand it either."
"You're only Level 1 advancing to Level 2, yet Mystery already appeared."
"That's extremely unusual."
"Well," Cao Ye said smugly,
"that's because I'm exceptionally talented."
For once, Freya didn't argue.
Because it was true.
Cao Ye had already broken multiple records in Orario.
Calling him talented wasn't exaggeration.
"So," Freya asked,
"You choose Mystery?"
"Yes."
"Mystery."
"Done."
With Freya's final adjustment, Cao Ye completed the upgrade.
Level Up → Lv.2
Cao Ye smiled.
After all the effort—
He had finally reached Level 2.
In Orario, the gap between Lv.1 and Lv.2 was enormous.
This meant he had officially left the ranks of low-level adventurers behind.
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