"Poor kid."
Cough, cough, Iloxi's contribution points this time were actually quite high, not much less than An Jianyou's. If Bai Yansi, Bai Shuang, Zi Luo, and others were included, the total contribution points her small group obtained were even higher than An Mei's.
After all, their contributions and efforts were all witnessed by Grand Mentor Fang You.
However, thinking about how Iloxi had been pursuing for days and nights, while An Jianyou merely passed by during a mission to clear out malevolent spirits, happened to encounter a Boss, and accidentally pulverized it into dust.
An Mei's entire loss throughout the process was likely just 'a little bit surprised.'
Perhaps she was startled.
It was reasonable for Iloxi to be frustrated and cry. This might be the difference between an unlucky person and a lucky one, or between the best support and a super god.
Iloxi was a very thick-skinned girl and likely didn't need comforting.
Fang You glanced a few more times at "Iloxi's rare demeanor," pondered for a moment, and began to formulate missions.
He created several particularly special missions and pushed them to Iloxi's mission panel using big data.
Instantly, the girl's spirits lifted.
She ignited.
Literally ignited in both senses of the word.
This girl wasn't a very diligent or serious employee, but if you understood how to use her, you could make her work with more diligence than a 007 agent.
"As expected of me."
Fang You also opened his own panel to check the records.
The information about killing the Twilight Priest had a special marker, making it quite distinct and eye-catching among the other missions, and the rewards were decent.
Of course, since it was only a mere avatar of a priest that was eliminated, the mission level was 'Four-Star Special,' and the rewards were nowhere comparable to the Six-Star 'Cultist's Sacrifice' from last time.
He couldn't obtain a Realm Stone, and the other rewards were also significantly less.
But fattening up the cult before killing it? Such an idea was absolutely unacceptable. Not only would it be easy to create a monster by nurturing the cult, but if it got out of control, the harm caused by the cult's existence was something he couldn't tolerate.
One appeared, one was eliminated.
The amount of reward was not important; his Spark didn't lack these Destiny Points.
Fang You glanced.
The Destiny Points had already accumulated to over ten thousand. Since that was the case…
"It's time to give some rewards to our own organization."
After washing his hands, he performed six draws from the high-value 1000-point premium card pool.
He skipped a large pile of cultivation cards.
He skipped a bunch of duplicate skill books and skill seeds that could fill the exchange list.
He skipped items and potions that could be dismantled by Master Wang Chui or used by Yin Ling for medicine tasting.
He began to tally.
"Obtained: Realm Stone (Gold)"
...
"Obtained: Stone of Eternal Brilliance (Gold)"
...
"Obtained: Skill Book 'Heavy Strike' (Green)"
"Obtained: Skill Book 'Rain Summoning' (Green)"
"Obtained: Skill Book 'Gigantification' (Blue)"
"Obtained: Skill Book 'Invisible Hand' (Blue)"
"This time I actually drew four new skill books! Especially two blue-grade ones!"
I'm so lucky!
Gigantification was a sustained amplification skill that could inflate the body and greatly increase personal strength. Its value was self-evident – skills with special utility were more precious in his eyes than offensive skills!
Invisible Hand was even more so.
It could be used for attack, defense, and even for showing off in daily life. More importantly, Invisible Hand was highly versatile and could be combined and fused with many other skills.
Truly a superior skill.
Those who have used it all say it's good!
However, the Hand of the Heavenly Net was, after all, a Demonic Artifact. Skills inherent to Demonic Artifacts were inferior to learned skills, and had greater limitations and lower controllability.
That day, with the Thunderclap Giant Hand, he had seemed to have reached its limit by destroying the Red Moon Priest in one palm.
Any higher, and either he couldn't control it, or the Hand of the Heavenly Net couldn't withstand it.
"Now that I can truly learn it, I can also use Invisible Hand as a core to develop more applications."
He glanced at other items.
This time, some good Demonic Artifacts were also obtained, some suitable for An Jianyou, some for Xing Jinglei, and some suitable for anyone.
He pondered for a moment, priced these Demonic Artifacts accordingly, and put them on the exchange list for high-authority apostles, asking Little Huan to recommend them based on the apostles' compatibility.
There were quite a few Demonic Artifacts.
But they were still fewer compared to the now somewhat prosperous Spark. The vast majority of elite three-awakened individuals did not have Demonic Artifacts to use.
He still needed to continue drawing cards.
"So, skill books are indeed more valuable. With skill books + skill seeds, anyone who wants to learn can learn."
Fang You used the Invisible Hand skill book on himself.
He instantly entered the cultivation space. This time, the duration inside was exceptionally short, and as soon as he came out, Invisible Hand had already reached the 'Proficient' mastery level.
He then used several more cultivation cards.
Cultivate, cultivate, continue to cultivate.
He set a small goal: first, cultivate Invisible Hand to the peak state.
...
Time passed.
Fang You's life was as regular as that of a retired cadre. His own mystery continued to accumulate, and the mastery level of Invisible Hand kept increasing.
The situation in the training camp was also quite good. There were students with excellent performance from the White Bear Nation, the Sunset Nation, and the Wave Nation. Under the intense competition within these three countries, the exchange students were even more driven, which indirectly spurred on the students of Spark's main headquarters.
—As a member of Spark, aren't you ashamed if you can't be as driven and hardworking as the exchange students?!
Mentor Fang nodded with satisfaction.
The most outstanding among them was undoubtedly Princess Anna of the Sunset Nation. He, Mentor Fang, had paid attention to her several times. This girl's progress was rapid. On the 7th day of her arrival at the training camp, she advanced to the Second Awakening in the Land of Inheritance.
Her subsequent progress was also not slow at all.
She received multiple student scholarships and used the prize money to exchange for skill seeds, cultivation time, and other items. The strong always get stronger.
Soon, time arrived at the end of the second week.
It was time for the exchange students to graduate and return to their own countries.
...
On the same day,
In Huangdu, the Investigation Bureau Headquarters, the underground area.
In a certain area accessible only to those with extremely high authority, lived a rather special individual within the Investigation Bureau.
—Codename: Prophet.
Her ability was prophecy, with both active prophecy and passive dream prophecy.
Her prophecies were extremely accurate, and she had assisted the Investigation Bureau in averting disasters multiple times, earning her the reputation of being one of the Investigation Bureau's cornerstones. When the first Cultist of the Evil God appeared, she had predicted that there were more than five gates to the strange world within the territory of Donghuang, and there was a sixth one.
However, ever since the Investigation Bureau began its full cooperation with Spark, her prophetic abilities were rarely needed. Her dream prophecies had not been triggered even once.
This was a good thing.
Yet, at this moment,
Inside the room, the Prophet girl, whose eyes were covered with a black cloth, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Her face was pale, and her entire body was curled up on the bed, tossing and turning.
The quilt was kicked off the bed. The girl, wearing cartoon bear pajamas, exposed a large expanse of snow-white skin around her navel. She had a good figure, but was slender. She thrashed back and forth as if trapped in a deep nightmare from which she could not wake.
After a while,
The girl sat up, gasping for breath, her clothes soaked with sweat.
Her eyes were still covered with a black cloth, but her terrified expression was visible.
"Hoo... hoo~"
"Grey fog, grey fog has enveloped the entire Blue Star."
"Only twenty days left!"
"Ah—!!!"
...
Pacific Training Base,
The main training ground.
Anna had not changed back into her original attire and was still wearing the training clothes issued by the base.
Two sets; she had already washed and dried the other set, which was packed in her luggage.
Looking back at the base, the grand buildings in the distance, the strange plants growing by the roadside, the majestic dike stretching in the distance.
Anna sighed wistfully.
Her two-week exchange student life was... over just like that?
She was a little reluctant to leave.
No, she was very reluctant to leave.
She had met many students here, as well as instructors like Shi Yunxi and other powerful individuals. She had even obtained contact information from many of them.
It could be said that the completion of her goals and objectives before coming to the base had far exceeded expectations.
But her thoughts had long since changed.
Here were students she struggled alongside, here were lecturers and instructors who taught them without reservation. Training and learning here was tiring, competitive, breathless, and every trip to the toilet required careful time management...
But it was truly, truly happy!
It was a carefree yet incredibly fulfilling happiness!
"I will definitely remember this time, it's just... I wonder if I'll have a chance to meet again in the future."
"There will definitely be."
Shi Yunxi said, "We at Spark undertake missions all over the world. If there's a mission in the Sunset Nation, I'll apply for it."
Anna turned her head. "What I want is to return to this base! Not to see you! Yes, I just want to see the Chief Instructor and the Mentor."
"I even thought of you as a friend."
"Being friends and wanting to see the Chief Instructor don't conflict! Don't you want to see more of a figure like the Chief Instructor, and learn from him more?"
"I do want to..."
Anna had seen the Black Blade Chief Instructor twice, in two large training classes.
The Chief Instructor was very strict. Just being glanced at by him made one shiver. In front of the Chief Instructor, no one dared to slack off even slightly.
She didn't have such intentions.
It was just that the Chief Instructor was truly powerful. In those two training classes, she benefited greatly. Footwork, boxing techniques, skills... all of them saw significant improvement.
His teaching ability was more than ten times better than Shi Yunxi's.
Anna still had a sad face. "I've seen the Chief Instructor, but I haven't seen the Mentor! I didn't even see him at the base, and now that I'm leaving, won't the opportunity be even slimmer?"
"Indeed."
Shi Yunxi nodded, not sad at all, and even felt like secretly smiling.
After all, for the elites of their Spark main headquarters, the chance to see the Mentor was quite... compared to Anna, there were quite a few opportunities.
She suppressed a smile and comforted her, "Don't be discouraged, maybe you'll see the Mentor around the corner one day."
Before her words could even fall, distant exclamations erupted.
It's the Mentor!
The figure in the white robe walked slowly, bathed in sunlight, as if a faint golden light emanated from him, brilliant and warm.
"As long as the flame of inheritance does not extinguish, humanity will not perish."
"May you all be embers, scattering brilliant flames to every corner of the Blue Star, dispelling the encroaching darkness."
"May the flame burn forever!"
That's right, they were not just exchange students, but also bore an important mission.
The inheritance of the embers!
The inheritance of power and knowledge!
The inheritance of the spirit of Spark's unceasing flame!
Anna gazed at the white-robed figure in the distance, and an inexhaustible power surged within her. This was her mission. Da Feng Fiction
As the princess of the Sunset Nation, and also as the mission of the embers.