[You ask whether there is any solution. Has there never been a doll that could truly achieve immortality?]

[Master Johnny ponders for a moment, then replies that this is indeed the case. Even though his craftsmanship has surpassed all his predecessors, he still cannot create a truly immortal doll.]

[Unless, like in the Prophet Tower, a Prophet’s soul were stuffed into a doll body… but that would not work either, because the suitability between soul and body would not match. It would require the slow, gradual replacement of prosthetic limbs, just like with the Prophets.]

[That will not work with your doll. However, your doll possesses a refined copper heart, so there is a very small chance it can nurture a soul of its own, though that would probably take many years.]

[And even if a soul is nurtured, that soul would still have to rise to the height of a god before the doll could display true immortal grade battle power.]

[After Master Johnny’s explanation, do you still insist on strengthening the summon Battle Angel – Valkyrie to immortal grade?]

Lin Xun thought for a moment. He might not use it, but she could not be without it.

In case he encountered some opportunity in the future, there might yet be a chance for Valkyrie to truly advance.

[Seeing that you still insist, Master Johnny says to you that you should leave the doll here. When the next batch of top grade materials arrives, which should take less than a month, he will strengthen the doll for you once the materials are delivered…]

Lin Xun frowned. One month was too long.

He had a premonition that the chapter’s progression was already nearing its end, and that the decisive battle was about to arrive.

If he truly waited a month, he would have finished this chapter long ago.

[You ask, is there no faster way?]

[Master Johnny shakes his head and, in a businesslike manner, says that to manufacture an immortal grade doll body, one must use the same top grade materials as those used for the Prophets. Even slightly inferior quality is unacceptable.]

[The previous batch of refined copper materials has already been used up, so you should wait patiently. If you cannot wait, you may as well lower your requirements.]

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes and directly opened his Inventory, clicking Doll-Making Master Johnny’s Token.

[You take out a delicate little refined copper doll sculpture. Johnny freezes for a moment, takes the token from your hand, and asks in surprise, do you know Master Coleman?]

[You nod and tell him that it is precisely because of Coleman that you came to the Direct Vision School to look for an opportunity to strengthen your doll.]

[Johnny stares blankly at the token in his hand, lost in thought, and only after a long while does he smile bitterly and say that since it is Coleman’s request, then there is nothing more to say…]

[He calls over one of his students and leans in to whisper instructions into the student’s ear…]

[The student blurts out in astonishment, Teacher, those materials and parts are all your private collection. Are you certain you want to move them all into the processing workshop?]

[Johnny kicks the student in the rear and says angrily, why is there so much nonsense? If I told you to go, then go!]

[He then turns to you politely and says, come, follow him to the processing workshop, and while you are at it, tell him what your requirements are. He can offer private customization here, allowing the doll to gain some unique extra functions…]

[…]

Immediately afterward, Johnny lists a great number of specially customized reinforcement options.

For example, installing various attribute specialization modules, allowing the doll to gain additional specialization enhancement on top of its original attributes.

It could also install specialization modules for designated weapons, allowing the doll to gain extra power bonuses when using specific weapons.

There were even bionic skin and organ modules that could make the doll seem even more realistic, granting an experience far beyond that of ordinary companion-type dolls…

Lin Xun was dazzled as he looked through them, and it took him a long time before he finally settled on the reinforcement options.

[Under Johnny’s lead, you arrive outside his exclusive processing workshop and wait there, watching as he holds the Refined Copper Sand Maraca and leads the helpless-looking Valkyrie into the workshop…]

[During the waiting period, all you see are the Master’s students pushing cart after cart of refined copper boxes into the processing workshop…]

[…]

This wait lasted an entire day.

Only on the second day did Lin Xun receive the game prompt.

[…]

[Your Watcher: Battle Angel – Valkyrie has advanced to Exclusive Hero: Battle Angel – Valkyrie!]

[The quality of your Exclusive Hero Battle Angel – Valkyrie has advanced to immortal grade!]

[Due to lacking relevant soul authority, this Exclusive Hero’s quality has fallen to mythic+ grade!]

[Your Exclusive Hero Battle Angel – Valkyrie has comprehended a new skill, Ragnarok (immortal grade)!]

[Due to lacking relevant soul authority, the quality of this skill has fallen to mythic+ grade!]

[Your Exclusive Hero Battle Angel – Valkyrie has comprehended the exclusive skill Valhalla’s Guiding Kiss (Exclusive Skill)!]

Lin Xun was overjoyed.

That Valkyrie’s grade had fallen to mythic+ was within expectations, but advancing from Watcher to the unheard-of Exclusive Hero was an unexpected delight.

Not only had Valkyrie comprehended a new immortal grade skill, she had also comprehended what seemed to be an exclusive skill possessed only by Exclusive Heroes.

“Exclusive Hero and Exclusive Skill… that sounds ridiculously overpowered.”

[…]

[The door of the processing workshop finally opens, and Master Johnny appears before you, leading the completely renewed Battle Angel – Valkyrie.]

[Compared to before, Valkyrie can no longer be seen as a refined copper doll at all. Standing before you now, she seems to be a living human girl.]

[The refined copper wings on her back have disappeared. This does not mean that Valkyrie’s flight ability has been removed, but rather that with an immortal body, she is already fully capable of flight through bodily strength alone.]

[When Valkyrie needs to move at her highest flight speed, the flight specialization module you had installed will cause the wings on her back to appear.]

[The strength specialization module, agility specialization module, bow-and-crossbow weapon specialization module, and bionic skin and organ module you additionally installed are all present and accounted for. Their additional power will only become apparent in battle.]

[Valkyrie comes before you, lowers her head, and softly says, Master…]

[You cannot help being extremely astonished. Valkyrie had always been unable to speak, so how could she suddenly talk now?]

[Master Johnny, with the refined copper pipe in his mouth, exhales a puff of smoke and says that you are quite fortunate. When he finished modifying the doll, he discovered that the refined copper heart inside her had begun to fluctuate violently, which is a sign of a soul of her own beginning to form.]

[So he simply added a language module to the doll, so that the doll’s mouth would no longer be merely decorative, but could truly serve a purpose…]

[Having expended more than half of his treasured materials, this doll’s body has reached an unbelievable level of strength, even surpassing the bodies of those Prophets.]

[Although it was only a modification and reinforcement, this doll is now different inside and out. It should be the work he is most satisfied with and considers most excellent so far…]

[Master Johnny is surrounded by his students, and the way those students look at Valkyrie is like they are gazing upon a perfect work of art.]

Lin Xun quickly opened the panel to check Valkyrie’s attributes.

[Exclusive Hero: Battle Angel – Valkyrie]

[Hero Level: 182 (this level is the same as the highest level among the Apostle’s Shells)]

[Hero Quality: mythic+ grade (immortal grade)]

[Hero Equipment: Broken Bow of Apollo (Legendary Weapon): …] 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

[Hero Equipment: Valkyria’s Armor (Epic Armor): …]

[Hero Equipment: Abyss Lantern (Special Equipment)]

[Hero Equipment: Crimson Candle Sword Case (Special Equipment)]

[Hero Equipment: Retrieval Quiver (Special Equipment)]

[Hero Skill: Melody of Knowledge (Epic Skill): …]

[Hero Skill: Judgment Lightning (Epic+ Skill): …]

[Hero Skill: Ragnarok (mythic+): When the venomous dragon gnaws through the roots of the World Tree, when the great ship built from the nails of the dead is completed, when the two starving wolves chasing the sun and moon devour the sun and moon, then Ragnarok shall descend.]

[Using this skill, this Exclusive Hero will burn her own life as the price to launch a destructive strike capable of ending gods!]

[Exclusive Skill: Valhalla’s Guiding Kiss (Exclusive Skill): Valkyries bestow a wondrous kiss upon those who fall in battle, and guide them to Valhalla, allowing them to become heroic spirit warriors in order to face Ragnarok…]

[Using this skill will sacrifice the Apostle’s current Shell, permanently erasing that Shell in exchange for raising Valkyrie’s Shell quality and skill quality. The maximum Shell quality and skill quality of this Exclusive Hero cannot surpass the highest limit currently possessed by the Apostle.]

“Holy shit… are Exclusive Heroes really this absurd?”

Lin Xun was dumbfounded.

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