Absorbing Elements

"This dagger is for your self-defense; we might not be able to protect you in a fight."

Shui Tuntun handed the dagger to Xiao Fan, her face full of admiration.

Having a Healing Apostle in your party is so awesome!

In the past, when encountering this situation, the Apostle of other elements would have to be very careful when helping. It's not as smooth as it is today; the efficiency of killing monsters is much higher.

This Jiu Chen must be protected.

Thank you, everyone.

Xiao Fan picked up the dagger with delight, looking like a complete novice.

He had been observing the Element Apostle and the Monster Rabbit during the battle.

The attacks of the Monster Beast are elemental, but compared to the Magic Beast that also use elemental attacks, their strength is far inferior. The Monster Beast' attacks are infused with elemental elements, Magic Beast utilize elemental attacks entirely.

As for the players like Shui Tuntun, they were still in the novice stage of incorporating elements into their weapons. Xiao Fan didn't see anyone use skills, but there was damage and visual effects.

After defeating the Monster Rabbit, the group continued forward.

Before long, they encountered another group of Monster Snake, which were water-type Monster Beast.

The team maintained the same battle mode as before, with Xiao Fan acting as the trash... no, as the Healing Apostle, absorbing the water element from the bodies of the Element Apostle other than the water element.

After the battle, Xiao Fan advanced to level nine, and his fourth-tier land attribute changed from single fire to water and fire.

At this moment, Xiao noticed something unusual about his body; he was feeling hot and cold intermittently, and his condition was rapidly deteriorating.

Xiao Fan's face instantly darkened; Shui Tuntun, that bastard, was definitely hiding something from him.

Healing Apostle is definitely not as simple as he claims, that it's just difficult to create skills, and the Element Apostle cannot have multiple elements in their body is definitely not as simple as just reducing damage.

Shui Tuntun kept the effects of elemental chaos on the Apostle a secret from him!

Xiao Fan was furious. They said they were from the same village, but the guy tried to scheme against him right away.

It's true what they say, "Don't be afraid to act until you're critically ill!"

"What should we do?" Xiao Fan frowned.

He currently knows nothing about this world, nor does he know how to clear the secret realm.

More importantly, a key piece of information can be gleaned from Shui Tuntun's previous words.

There are many such Apostle villages, and they are often hostile or competitive with each other.

If he rebels and refuses to continue being the Healing Apostle, at best he will be driven out of the village by the people of Shui Tuntun, and even if he finds another village, those people probably won't take him in.

In severe cases, they could very well be killed by these people!

He's only at level nine now; he's no match for these people.

After much deliberation, Xiao Fan realized that he seemed to have only one path to take.

First, become the strongest in the village.

Healing Apostle may have difficulty creating skills, but that doesn't mean they can't.

As the saying goes, Healing Apostle that doesn't do damage isn't a good Element Apostle.

"I'll try it tonight."

Xiao Fan endured his physical discomfort, cursing under his breath while making a vow.

On the other side, Shui Tuntun noticed that Xiao Fan's condition was not right and her eyes darkened.

"This newcomer... doesn't seem to be up to the task..."

"My body reacted after absorbing just two elements."

Shui Tuntun sighed inwardly.

This situation could be due to either extremely poor physical condition or...

Extremely sensitive to elements!

This newcomer clearly falls into the first category: those with poor physical fitness.

Because Apostle are highly sensitive to elements will not appear in villages.

"I finally found this treatment, but I'm afraid I'll suffer an elemental backlash before I've even used it much."

"Fine, we'll use it for as long as we can."

Shui Tuntun looked at Xiao Fan.

He stood there, pale-faced, with a hint of pain on his expression.

"I didn't expect this newbie to really know nothing. Let's try to coax him and get him to hang in there for the next couple of days."

Thinking of this, Shui Tuntun walked up to Xiao Fan, showing concern for the novice.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

At this moment, Xiao Fan just wanted to slap his big face with a slipper.

"You framed him and then pretended to know the answer, you bastard!"

Xiao Fan cursed inwardly, but spoke aloud.

"Brother Shui Tuntun, I don't know what's wrong, but after absorbing water elements, I feel really unwell. What's going on?"

"Of course it's because you're too weak."

Shui Tuntun thought to herself, but gently comforted him aloud.

"It's okay, this is normal, you'll get used to it."

Xiao Fan:...

"I don't believe you! You old sly fox! I even thought you were a decent human being before. The day I rise to power, I'll make you absorb all four elements until you're dead!"

"I understand, Brother Shui Tuntun, I will try my best to get used to it."

Xiao Fan nodded obediently.

"I'll save any good equipment I get for you later."

Shui Tuntun timely offered Xiao Fan a small reward.

Xiao Fan rolled his eyes inwardly; he couldn't understand it.

There are many ways to solve element absorption, so why sacrifice an Apostle?

But soon, Xiao Fan found out why.

The background world of this secret realm was more complex than he had imagined.

He originally thought that there were only four types of Monster Beast in this world.

But these Demon Wolves in front of us are Wind Element...

Xiao Fan was completely dumbfounded. Didn't the four poles in the Land of Four Extremes represent four elements? Weren't the Element Apostle here only allowed to choose from water, fire, metal, and earth?

Why is there Wind Element?

Now the whole team has to transfer their Wind Element to Xiao Fan...

Xiao Fan stood in the center, protected by his teammates, like an emotionless element-absorbing machine, waiting for others to transfer Wind Element to him.

As the saying goes, to Wind Rises Water Flows, you need to fan the flames...

The addition of Wind Element made the water and fire elements in Xiao Fan's body more active, and his discomfort intensified, making him so weak that he could hardly stand up.

Upon seeing this scene, Shui Tuntun's eyes darkened.

Is Jiu Chen really going to pass away?

We need to replenish our strength, at least until we've defeated this wave of Wind Wolf.

Otherwise, they would have to spend a lot of money on element filtration, which would damage their health over time.

Jiu Chen! Please hold on! Thank you!

Xiao Fan is still able to endure it entirely thanks to his continuously increasing level.

He now understands how the Apostle levels in this secret realm's background world are calculated: it's based on the elements absorbed.

Therefore, when these players give him elements, it's equivalent to giving him experience and helping him level up.

Previously, when Fire Rabbit and Water Snake, he could only absorb more than half of the team's Apostle's experience.

But when it came to the Wind Wolf, no one else possessed this element, and he absorbed all the experience.

The increase in level has made Xiao Fan more resilient, which is why he has been able to hold on until now.

But at this moment, Xiao Fan felt that his body was about to reach its limit!

The three elements of water, fire, and wind were wreaking havoc within him; he could no longer think, and only felt that his body was about to shatter.

But the people in the team kept releasing Wind Element into his body.

Xiao Fan's face was deathly pale, and large beads of sweat kept sliding down his forehead.

It's so painful!

Finally, the last Wind Wolf fell, and Xiao Fan, having absorbed all the elements from the last Apostle's body, lost consciousness.