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Following that, Aiwass extended his left hand forward.

It was an elegant and slow motion, as if inviting a dance partner.

Blue veins bulged on his left arm, and his reddened limb steamed with visible white vapor in the winter night.

As the almost translucent moonlight butterfly left the moonlight, the multiple overlapping butterfly shadows in the room also dissipated.

The butterfly circled around Aiwass's left hand and came to rest on the tip of his finger.

Aiwass felt a slight pain in his middle finger.

It must have bitten him.

Afterwards, the light mana within his body began to rapidly drain—until about fifteen units of mana had been sapped, the butterfly slowly ceased its extraction.

It seemed to sense that Aiwass belonged to the Path of Devotion, and thus it recognized him.

The butterfly flew behind Aiwass and clung tightly to his back. From his lower back to his front, it covered almost exactly the part not shielded by his ribs. It was extremely thin, so once attached to Aiwass's skin, it was completely unnoticeable, no bulges visible. His skin was also fair enough that one could only see a curved seam resembling a "parting line" if they looked closely.

A burst of extreme coolness, like that of jade, accompanied by a bone-piercing pain as though being pricked by needles, emanated from his spine.

It greedily absorbed Aiwass's boiling hot blood—the amount would have been enough to drain a normal person to death. However, Aiwass had an excess of vitality, making this precisely the right amount to reduce his blood pressure.

The color of Aiwass's skin gradually returned to normal, and his protruding muscles and veins slowly deflated.

Once it was sated with blood, on the skin covered by Sasha's flesh on Aiwass's abdomen and lower back, clear bloodstains appeared. They looked like shackles or thorns—a sign that some abilities were temporarily sealed and he had not yet passed the trial.

He waved his hand to extinguish the candle, then, in the darkness, redressed before lighting the candle again.

—Strangely enough, undressing wasn't as embarrassing, but being watched while dressing felt very uncomfortable.

And when it was done feasting on his blood, the properties of the equipment finally appeared before Aiwass:

[Wings of Freedom Offered]

[Extraordinary Equipment (Deep Purple)]

[Armor - Torso]

[Extraordinary Traits: When you have not lost life in any way in the past hour, you recover life quickly (limited to those on the Path of Devotion or the Path of Love).]

[Extraordinary Traits (Sealed): When the wearer loses life to enhance or heal others, the "Skin of the Saint" status is attached to oneself until the next life recovery; if life is not restored within one minute, the "Skin of the Saint" will reverse into the "Skin of the Sinner," lasting until the wearer's next life loss.]

[Set: Sasha's Sacred Feast (1/4)]

["—I will be whole, I will be remnant. I will be shattered, I will be flawless."]

This was the most important part of the "Sasha's Sacred Feast" set.

It could also be said to be a core piece for a level 50 Priest, regardless of which class the Priest advanced to—this equipment could be worn at all times. Some poorer Priests might even wear this up to level seventy.

One reason was its passive effect of auto-healing after a period without blood loss.

This feature was very useful for many "full health, full mana OCD sufferers."

After all, Priests would lose health using the Nurturing Skill; they would lose mana while using the Fire Rite Skill to recover health.

And to recover that bit of mana with prayer would seem too wasteful.

But with this equipment, as long as the health loss wasn't critical, to the point of dying on the next hit, then health would start to regenerate after disengaging from combat.

In the game, its trigger condition was "after disengagement from combat," but in reality, that effect was changed to "an hour"; and where the game's status would flip every ten seconds, it was converted to every minute.

As for the second trait, its effects were temporarily greyed out. Aiwass would have to complete the unsealing quest to use them.

However, before that, Aiwass could first see what the effects were.

Aiwass concentrated on those two statuses, and quickly their effects appeared before him:

[Skin of the Saint: Each time healing is performed, healing amount increases by 30%. This effect can stack up to three times.]

[Skin of the Sinner: When the wearer loses life from inflicting damage on others, this damage is increased by the current healing amount bonus.]

Each casting is counted as one layer, and after three consecutive castings, the warm-up is complete.

The acquisition of the "Skin of the Saint" status itself also counts as one layer.

And the "Touch of the Saint" provided by [Pure Offering Bracers] can quickly add one layer, making two layers and a huge healing bonus of 60%.

After fully warming up, it could provide a simple and brutal healing boost of 90%.

This was the reason it could be used up to level 70—in the "Theresa Monastery's Holy Feast" set, only this piece had a healing boost, and all the other pieces were used to quickly stack "Skin of the Saint" or provide functionality in cases of overhealing. That's why, even if the other pieces were removed, this one couldn't be.

Once you've healed your allies enough, you could use the Fire Rite Skill to rapidly heal yourself and quickly regain health.

If it's a combat-oriented class, like a Blood Magus or a Son of the Moon, they could also use this set—although they stack layers very slowly, once they're full and turn into the "Skin of the Sinner," the burst benefits at that moment would be extremely high. But because the warming-up effect is so obvious, it's absolutely useless in PvP.
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—And in the fast-paced battles of Celestial Marshals, only a healing boost of this magnitude could ensure no reductions in team members. It's not about conserving mana, but about saving time—slowly healing isn't an option, you must instantly bring a critically injured teammate back to a healthy level to stabilize the health line.

Even though its set effects weren't unlocked yet, Aiwass already knew the set attributes of this T6 gear.

Its effect emphasizes simplicity and brutality. As the most mainstream set, Aiwass had memorized its attributes:

At two pieces, increase healing by 20%.

At three pieces, increase healing by 30%.

With four pieces, targets of overhealing receive [Vasodilation], lasting one second.

The effect of [Vasodilation] is to gain a high amount of attack speed and movement speed, which is Aiwass's recently red-hot state. Its in-game value is a 20% increase in both speeds, which is very powerful burst for melee classes. And what's referred to as overhealing is the act of ineffective healing while the target is at full health.

It's for this reason that the "Theresa Monastery's Holy Feast" set is nicknamed "Overheal Set."

This is a set that stacks healing to extreme levels and achieves strong buffs by continuously triggering overhealing.

Later, when the health bars of melee professions grew longer and the Overheal Set's overhealing triggers became impossible to achieve, the chest plate could be used to supplement healing.

However, Aiwass didn't plan to change his profession to Torchbearer; he lacked the ability to instantly and remotely perform area-of-effect heals. So the four-piece set bonus was of little use to him.

Moreover, sudden acceleration can sometimes catch slower teammates off guard, leading them to rush into the boss's skill warning zone. Therefore, for stability, priests would sometimes purposely remove one of the items—the worst attribute and the only "purple" level footgear—in order not to trigger the four-piece effect; others would wear the full set to chase the limit, because if there was a mistake, they could simply restart.

But in reality, if there was an incident for that reason… there would be no restarting.

Aiwass planned to carry three pieces. Depending on the situation, he might add a strong one-off item as well.

As for the remaining two pieces, the "eyes" were in the hands of an Elf bishop in the Holy Nation. She had a quest line that, once completed, would grant you the item.

The "hands" were near the ruins of Crescent Moon Manor, in Theresa Monastery's Secret Cultivation Assembly led by Sister Sasha. It's a dungeon, and after defeating the heartless Son of the Moon "Bloodmane Beast," you could obtain the equipment [Pure Offering Bracers], which were the hands transformed by Sister Sasha.

—Very well.

Aiwass silently made up his mind.

Let's set a small goal first: get the remaining two pieces of the set before the Fallen Celestial Marshal arrives!

And, if possible, complete the quest before heading to the Holy Nation… to unlock the seal on this equipment.

"Is it over?"

Ligeia asked.

Just as Aiwass was about to respond, he paused suddenly. Ligeia also knew what Aiwass was doing, so she stopped talking immediately.

Just at that moment, the task of unlocking the relics emerged in his heart.

It wasn't spelled out as clearly as a system panel, but accompanied by a gentle, unmemorable whisper... Like in the promotion ceremony in the Dream Realm, it vaguely imprinted in his heart.

But after Aiwass listened intently, he laughed out loud.

Because the challenge from Sister Sasha was too simple for him—

[For blessing or healing others, cumulatively lose 1000% of one's own maximum health.]

Simply put, it's about using up the equivalent of ten lives' worth of blood to heal others.

For the average Priest, this might be a bit difficult.

But for Aiwass, who had mastered the Nurturing Skill…

It was nothing more than serving an emergency meal to Shadow Demon and Little Butterfly.

Conveniently, it seemed that Shadow Demon was also on the verge of evolving…

Aiwass made up his mind silently.

—Since the child is growing, it's time to stuff him with meat!