No More Absurd Jokes

Clearly, in order to instantly control the attacking soul monster, his sudden outburst of Heartfire covered a slightly larger area, failing to Perfect avoid friendly areas.

Reality is not a game; there is no Damage Immunity. And his precise control over the newly developed power, "Heartfire," has indeed not yet reached the level of complete mastery.

He casually burned three level 10 monsters to death; the three giants didn't even finish using their skills before they were instantly killed.

Whether you're a monster or Survivor, when you encounter a strong enemy, you'll never run out of skills; they won't give you a chance to use them.

Forty seconds had passed after collecting the remains of [Elemental Bugles] using Gathering and other methods.

"They'll Copy this attack again later; let's take stock after it's over."

Before the words were even finished, the humming of energy emanating from inside the Laboratory suddenly intensified, and in the Void, Meteorites with Black Flame patterns on their surfaces pulsating as if breathing began to slowly condense...

After the monster horde triggered by the third set of cards completely subsided, the battlefield fell into a brief silence. A few minutes later, the fifth system time node arrived as scheduled, and the [Twenty-first Wave] of monsters appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

There were two level 10 monsters and fifteen level 9 monsters. Without any cards to increase the difficulty, they were ridiculously weak. Su Luo didn't even look at the monsters' stats.

The Spread Black Flame Domain surged forward like Tide, silently swallowing and Annihilation the few creatures. Even with the bombardment of Meteorites, not a single decent ripple was stirred up.

Take inventory of the harvest.

"Over 97 million, and four cards were obtained. Adding to the previous accumulation, the total is a little over 120 million fragments." Su Luo poked at the [Tinder] on the altar.

Afterwards, Su Luo glanced at Song Shige, who was thoughtfully wiping his knife, organized the information, and entered the Tinder Hall.

The hall was sparsely populated, clearly most people were outside digesting their astonishing gains. Su Luo's gaze swept over the real-time updated [Guardian Rankings] --

The first place went to Father Tali Lang, the second to Jing Yunxin, and the third to Guizishi. All three achieved a perfect score.

Next is Jiang Mengrui, ranked fourth, with a completeness of 99.5%... Second to last is Shan Yixian, with a completeness of 89.2%.

Last place, Chao Tuke, with a completeness of 57%.

This is a rather dangerous statistic; it seems this guy almost messed things up.

A few seconds later, Song Shige entered.

"It's been upgraded! [Blood City] has reached level three."

Su Luo raised her eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

"It feels like... [Blood City] itself has become more refined, easier to control, and the energy consumption seems to have decreased as well." Song Shige carefully experienced it.

"Furthermore, the [Emotion Manipulation Method] you provided earlier has indeed worked. I can sense that [Blood City]'s original development path, which leaned towards [Control], [Intimidation], and [Ultimate Attack], seems to have branched off into a new path that is more focused on refined [Manipulation] and [Guidance]."

"So it seems that different blue skills can indeed act like different nutrients, influencing the growth direction of Purple Skills. The optimal choice is naturally a skill that highly Attunement one's own class... But what kind of changes would occur if skills from other class systems were forcibly added?"

Su Luo began to ponder.

"I feel this is far from the limit," Song Shige continued, sensing the power Resonance within him with [Blood City]. "The lack of high-intensity combat over the past week has stagnated the growth of my Purple Skills. Even against weakened monsters just now, a simple exchange resulted in a level increase. If I encounter truly powerful opponents of the same level in subsequent Continued Battles, it will undoubtedly accelerate my growth..."

As he shared his insights, representatives from other areas entered the hall one after another.

Father Tali Lang's face still wore that seemingly unchanging, benevolent smile, and his nine team members followed him in.

Jiang Mengrui initially had a look of joy on her face, but after her teammate whispered a few words of report, her brows furrowed slightly.

Gai Li Darwin, on the other hand, remained indifferent to everything, slumped in his chair as if nothing around him concerned him.

At a glance, everyone present clearly gained a lot. Representatives from several teams exchanged glances, obviously engaging in quick private discussions.

Based on previous growth rates, upgrading [Tinder] to Legendary quality will require approximately 800,000 to 2 million fragments...

Father Tali Lang's kind gaze swept across the room. "It seems that everyone here has successfully reached this threshold?"

No one raised any objections; silence was the answer.

"Well then, please allow me to congratulate you all," the priest's smile became even more sincere, "Everyone has at least achieved Legendary quality! In fact, we even have the potential to strive for even higher quality!"

Upon hearing this, Shan Yixian spread his hands with a touch of exaggerated emotion. "Oh dear, getting a Legendary item in reality is incredibly difficult... I never imagined that upgrading [Tinder] to Legendary here would be so easy!"

"Legendary? Easy peasy!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a clear, melodious voice, yet carrying a distinct tone of rebuttal, rang out:

"Idiot, [Tinder] isn't an item. The system just uses the same quality classification system. [Tinder], [Building], [Item], and [Special Item] are all the same. And within the same quality, [Special Item] is usually the hardest to obtain, followed by [Building], and [Tinder] is the easiest."

Shan Yixian's face stiffened instantly, and she looked somewhat sullenly at the speaker—it was none other than [Fairy] Mu Hongyuan. Her expression was calm, as if she were simply stating a very simple fact.

"I know that already... Fine, you're awesome, I'm not going to argue with you."

Shan Yixian crossed his arms and remained silent.

He's stopped doing abstract humor. First, nobody understands his style, and second, some people genuinely think he's an idiot.

"In the end, it's because this collaboration went too smoothly and the environment was too comfortable. Even someone like you, who hasn't even broken through the limits, managed to reach Legendary quality." Gai Li Darwin commented with his eyes closed, in a lazy yet barbed tone.

"You bumpkin," Shan Yixian replied, his eyes closed.

"You..."

"Mute!"

After Su Luo finished her private chat with [God of Magic] Kundina Orlando, she turned on her full microphone to interrupt the two guys' nonsense.

"Let's hurry and complete the final cooperation process. Everyone should also make good use of the remaining time to prepare for the next Continued Battle." Su Luo wanted to go back and upgrade the [Tinder].

However, just then, a clear sound of a table being slammed interrupted him. Everyone looked over and saw that Jiang Mengrui's face looked rather unpleasant.

"One thing, involving Ye Zizhen hinted at before on the World Channel."

Hint? Sanctuary?

Almost instantly, everyone thought of the vague phrase "Severe Punishment" in the system rules.

Everyone's attention was drawn to her words, including Yashan had inexplicably entered the hall.

All eyes turned to Yashan once again.

"What? You don't welcome me?" Yashan's calm voice rang out, revealing neither joy nor anger.

Nonsense.