This fire is toxic!
Back on Unseen Hill, inside the lavishly decorated carriage, Fu Qian let out a heartfelt sigh.
This mission's failure had been rather strange.
He had carefully worked his way forward, step by step. Whether dealing with the locals or the Hunting Squad, he had extracted as much information as he possibly could.
Yet the seemingly most valuable piece of information had caused the mission to fail the instant he acted on it.
In hindsight, it was a good thing he hadn't just snatched a fire charm earlier. Otherwise, he would probably have had to start over long ago.
Truly, danger lurked at every turn. No wonder it was a level-one item.
Fu Qian silently marveled at it.
Though he had lost sanity and had to start over, he had never thought that failure made all his efforts worthless.
Never forget your original purpose. You had to enjoy the mission to complete it.
And even wrong information was still information.
So the question was: what could he conclude from the information he'd gotten wrong?
First, the mission hadn't failed before he came into contact with the fire.
In other words, there had still been a chance to complete it at that point.
Even though he'd been forced to blend into Unseen Hill, and killing the saint had become increasingly difficult.
He still couldn't be sure why touching the fire had caused the mission to fail outright.
But judging by the outcome alone, his best option seemed to be the Hunting Squad's blitz strategy.
Fight fire with fire: head straight for the target while the corruption was at its weakest, and finish the kill.
If necessary, he could even consider activating False God Incarnation to lessen its effects.
As he pondered, Fu Qian kept track of