Chapter 1 The Power of the Mutated Crystal

Looking at the mutated dark energy crystal in his hand, Shi Feng didn't hesitate. He took out the direct subordinate guardian summoning scroll from his backpack and began to chant.

The mutated dark energy crystal itself is a special kind of dark force. Its main function after use is to better control dark energy. For players in dark factions, absorbing the mutated dark energy crystal can improve their physique and life level. It also increases the power of dark forces used. It's somewhat similar to a bloodline, but the effect is much worse. Still, it's very precious.

Shi Feng never expected that just killing a mutated dark scorpion would drop this item.

If other players in the dark forces knew about it, they would probably be driven mad with jealousy.

In the previous life, many players in dark forces came to the dark world to obtain mutated energy crystals, but only a handful of players were able to get their hands on them.

However, Shi Feng was not a player in the dark forces, so its value was greatly reduced for him.

But the mutated dark energy crystal had another use, one that was the least favored by the people of God's Domain. That was to allow a direct subordinate guardian to absorb the power of the mutated dark energy crystal. This gave the direct subordinate guardian a certain chance to awaken and obtain the power of the mutated energy crystal, but the chance was very low, even less than 10%. However, if it was used by a player in the dark forces, they would definitely be able to improve.

Players who obtained mutated energy crystals would not waste them on their direct subordinate guardians.

Of course, there were a few exceptions in the previous life. They obtained mutated energy crystals but couldn't use them themselves, and didn't want to trade with players in the dark forces, so they gave them to their direct subordinate guardians. One of them succeeded, instantly allowing a Fine-Gold ranked direct subordinate guardian to master the power of fire. This caused the combat power of the direct subordinate guardian to skyrocket, and later they were even promoted to a Tier 5 class.

Generally, in God's Domain, direct subordinate guardians who had the opportunity to be promoted to Tier 5 class were almost all Dark-Gold guardians. But for a Fine-Gold ranked guardian to be promoted to a Tier 5 class, the difficulty was unimaginable. Moreover, after being promoted to a Tier 5 class, the combat power was not much worse than those Dark-Gold guardians.

At that time, it caused a sensation in God's Domain. Everyone felt that using a mutated energy crystal to exchange for a Tier 5 direct subordinate guardian was a great deal. Many players who absorbed mutated energy crystals might not be able to advance to a Tier 5 class, but a Tier 5 direct subordinate guardian was much stronger than a Tier 5 player. It was just that they couldn't be resurrected as easily as players after being killed. But with such combat power, even super forces would have to take a different look and give them great importance.

Now, the mutated dark energy crystal was useless to Shi Feng. It was better to let his direct subordinate guardian try it out.

As Shi Feng finished chanting, a summoning magic array appeared in front of him. Instantly, a figure that made people feel infatuated appeared before Shi Feng, none other than Anna, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

At this time, Anna's level had reached Level 80. The speed of her leveling was staggering. It had to be said that Epic ranked direct subordinate guardians could complete high-level quests easily and quickly, making leveling much simpler. Her strength had also improved a lot. Probably even a Level 80 Tier 3 Blood Blade Demon wouldn't be her opponent.

However, in the dark world, with Anna's appearance, a powerful world power followed and suppressed her, causing Anna's basic attributes to greatly decrease. In terms of strength, she was far inferior to a Tier 3 Blood Blade Demon.

Immediately, Shi Feng didn't waste any time and directly handed the mutated dark energy crystal to Anna. This made Anna's beautiful eyes light up, and her expression showed a hint of excitement. She was clearly very interested in the mutated dark energy crystal.

Without Shi Feng doing anything, Anna began to write divine runes and chant spells.

NPCs were much better at using mutated energy crystals than players. It could be said that NPCs could use any kind of mutated energy crystal. Unlike players, not all mutated energy crystals could be absorbed, and it depended on the faction and inheritance.

Instantly, a huge golden magic array formed under Anna's feet.

One layer… two layers… three layers…

Because of the appearance of the magic array, it almost turned the pitch-black surroundings into daylight.

After the three layers of magic array were completely formed, Anna placed the mutated dark energy crystal in the core of the magic array. Suddenly, the extremely rich dark energy around gathered towards the magic array like a tide. The terrifying energy tide even made Shi Feng, who was on the side, retreat repeatedly.

The pressure emitted by the magic array was also getting stronger and stronger, even making Shi Feng feel suffocated. Even the monsters four or five hundred yards away began to tremble and unconsciously moved away.

After lasting for a full five seconds, this terrifying pressure gradually dissipated. The torrent formed by the dark energy was also poured into Anna's body all at once because of the magic array.

Black magic patterns also began to gradually form on Anna's body. As the magic patterns continued to improve, Anna's feeling to others also began to undergo earth-shaking changes.

If she was an angel representing light before, then she was now a fallen angel representing darkness.

As the magic patterns were completely completed, Anna also erupted with an unprecedented power. It was as if at this moment, she had encountered Serena, the fallen angel guarding World Peak. What Tier 3 class, or Tier 4 class, was meaningless. They could be wiped out with a wave of her hand.

This terrifying power lasted for a second before disappearing without a trace. Then the three layers of magic array completely dissipated, and Anna returned to her usual self. The only difference from before was that there was a deep purple mark in the center of her forehead, giving people a more icy and enchanting feeling.

"Is this considered a success?" Shi Feng looked at Anna, who had returned to normal, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Before, he had only heard that the direct subordinate guardians who used mutated energy crystals would cause quite a stir, but there would never be such a big stir. Even a Tier 5 magic array was nothing more than this. He had never even heard of such a thing.

"Lord Earl, it should be considered a success, right?" Anna also looked at herself and said uncertainly.

"..." Shi Feng was speechless. Then he clicked on Anna's attribute bar to check it out.

Anna, Night Blade Direct Subordinate Guardian, Loyalty 97, Level 80, Class Tier 2 Top-Tier Class Light and Darkness Saint, Growth Potential Value 113 points.

Shi Feng was stunned for a moment when he saw Anna's new attributes.

He didn't expect that Anna not only mastered the power of darkness, but also advanced further to become the Top-Tier Class Light and Darkness Saint. Moreover, the growth potential value increased from the previous 105 points to 113 points.

Shi Feng didn't know what to say.

Just using a mutated dark energy crystal could achieve such a level. It was simply a huge profit.

You must know that for every additional point of growth potential, you can get a lot of extra attributes for each level increase. Now there are eight more potential points, which means that the growth will be much more terrifying than before.

Not to mention advancing to the Top-Tier Class Light and Darkness Saint.

In God's Domain, compared to players' class inheritances, NPC class inheritances are much more important. It can be said that at the same level and tier, it is almost impossible for an NPC with an ordinary class to defeat an NPC with an advanced class. The same is true for advanced classes wanting to defeat Top-Tier classes.

After reading all this, Shi Feng couldn't help but click on Anna's specific attributes.

"A monster?" Shi Feng looked at the displayed attributes, his mouth almost unable to close.