"This man is Brendan King, the elder of the large occult organization Temple..."
Felin looked at the old man walking towards the high platform.
According to the timetable he obtained previously, he knew that this person's name was Brendan King, and he was an elder of the Temple, a large occult organization.
The organizational structure of the temple is similar to but also different from that of the Security Bureau. The highest-ranking person is the temple chief, followed by several deputy chiefs, and below the deputy chiefs are the elders.
Since he can serve as an elder in a large force like the Temple, this person must be a twelve-ring mystic.
"It's actually this topic..."
Feiling couldn't help but become interested when he heard what Brendan King was going to discuss.
The Eye of Appraisal has reached the twelfth level. Even with a panel, the Eye of Appraisal cannot be upgraded further.
He had two guesses as to why he couldn't upgrade.
One guess is that the method to advance was not obtained and the conditions for advancement were not met.
Another guess is that the twelve rings are the limit and the thirteenth ring does not exist.
Brendan King's topic can be said to be the topic he is most interested in right now.
On the stage, after Brendan King brought up the topic he wanted to speak on this time, he started his speech without pausing. Felin quickly listened attentively.
"The occult foundations of today's occult organizations all come from the remains of the Empire of Night. It can be said that today's occult civilization developed from the remains of the behemoth Empire of Night."
"It has been a thousand years since the fall of the Empire of Night. During these thousand years, I believe many people have had doubts about whether the twelve rings are the limit of a single secret technique."
"Some people say that the twelve rings are the limit of a single secret technique. If this is not the case, why has no one reached the thirteenth ring in a thousand years?"
"Some people say that the twelve rings are not the limit of a single secret technique. The reason why no one has reached the thirteenth ring in a thousand years is because there is no way to advance to the thirteenth ring."
Having said this, Brendan King paused for a moment before continuing.
"I am a supporter of the latter statement. I think the Thirteenth Ring exists. Today I will discuss with you why I think the Thirteenth Ring exists."
"As we all know, the basis of secret arts is extraordinary power. The improvement of the level of secret arts is the process of gathering the corresponding extraordinary power of secret arts."
"When the secret skill reaches the twelve rings, the accumulation of extraordinary power reaches the limit and can no longer be improved. This phenomenon, being recognized as the twelve rings, is a strong proof of the limit of the secret skill."
"But what I want to say is that this cannot be used as a strong proof that the twelve rings are the limit of the secret technique, because the existence that can gather a single extraordinary power to surpass the twelve rings does indeed exist."
"Evil God..."
At this moment, many people present, including Felin, could not help but think of this word.
An existence that can gather a single extraordinary power to transcend the twelve rings does indeed exist, and this existence is the evil god.
In the thousand years since the fall of the Empire of Night, there has never been an evil god coming, but there have been cases where the evil god's son and the evil god's clone have arrived.
The sons of the evil god and the clones of the evil god who descended, without exception, all possessed a single extraordinary power that exceeded the twelve rings.
The Evil God's son and the Evil God's clone are projections of the Evil God's power, and can be regarded as weaker versions of the Evil God.
The son of the evil god and the clone of the evil god possess a single extraordinary power that exceeds the twelve rings, which means that the evil god also possesses a single extraordinary power that exceeds the twelve rings.
"I believe many people have thought of the evil god. Yes, it is the evil god."
"From the fact that the evil god possesses a single extraordinary power that exceeds the twelve rings, it is not difficult to infer that the twelve rings are not the limit. Thirteen rings should exist."
Brendan King adjusted his glasses and said.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman wearing glasses raised her hand.
Noticing the middle-aged woman's behavior, Brendan King stretched out his hand and said.
"Ms. Belle, please speak."
"Elder Brendan, I noticed that you confused occult arts and sorcery."
"The evil god does possess a single extraordinary power that exceeds the twelve rings, but what the evil god practices is not the secret technique. What is being discussed now is whether the twelve rings are the limit of the secret technique."
The middle-aged woman Charlotte Belle stood up and said.
She is a high-level occultist of the Golden Society. Although her occult level is not high, she is quite talented in research and is famous for her research achievements.
"Ms. Beliu, you said that I confused the occult and the evil arts, but what I want to say is that I did not."
Brendan King shook his head and then said.
"Because there is another possibility. This possibility is that the evil god is also a practitioner of secret arts. They surpassed the twelve rings through secret techniques and became the evil god."
"No, this is impossible. What the evil god practices cannot be secret arts, but should be evil arts..."
Charlotte Bellew was so shocked that she almost subconsciously retorted.
In the opera hall, there was a burst of noisy discussion.
Originally they should have kept quiet at this time, but Brendan King's guess was so bold and shocking that they were too shocked to remain calm.
"Elder Brendan actually said that the evil god is a practitioner of occult arts. Am I right?"
Ai Xi was so surprised that she thought she had heard wrong, and quickly checked with Ivy next to her.
"That's exactly what Elder Brendan said."
Ivy's reaction was not as exaggerated as Elsie's, but the shock could still be seen on her face.
"What a bold guess."
Felin's face also showed shock.
This was probably the boldest guess he had ever heard.
He actually thinks that the evil god practices secret arts and becomes an evil god through practicing secret arts.
And the other party's bold guess made his thoughts diverge.
If the evil god is a practitioner of occult arts, then it is very likely that the evil god was once a human being.
In the past, humans regarded humans as livestock and used humans as food...
If this is the case, the evil god is far more hateful than imagined.
The noisy sound lasted for a while and then stopped.
The people present are either the elites of various secret arts organizations, or potential newcomers of various secret arts organizations, and their quality is naturally very good.
The reason for the noisy sound is mainly because Brendan King's speculation is too shocking.
"It seems that everyone is shocked by my speculation. Let me first answer Ms. Beiliu's point of view."
Brendan King had already anticipated the reaction of the people present. He glanced at the people present and then said.
"In my opinion, occult arts are a system of practice, but magic is not a system of practice."
"A training system should be able to become stronger through practice, but evil arts obviously cannot become stronger through practice. They can only become stronger by relying on the evil gods' gifts obtained from sacrifices."
"If one day the evil god is unwilling to give it, the evil magic will lose its way to become stronger. Can such a magic that relies on the evil god's gift to become stronger really be called a practice system?"
After hearing Brendan King's inquiry, everyone present couldn't help but fall into thinking.
After thinking about it, many people agreed with Brendan King's words, and Felin was one of them.
There is indeed some truth to what Brendan King said. A practice system should have a way to become stronger independently, and it should not be like evil magic, which can only rely on the evil god to become stronger.
Becoming stronger depends on gifts and cannot be achieved through independent practice. It is indeed not qualified to be called a training system.