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Fran killed several Trial participants who thought she would relax and become complacent as she was about to succeed, and then just three seconds later, the pillar of light behind her went out.

Then a voice appeared in her ear.

"You have completed the Trial of the Sun."

After those words were spoken, Fran suddenly felt her physical strength increase exponentially.

She immediately knew that she had acquired the Sunflame Knight Profession.

She patted the Panel, and the updated information appeared before her.

[Name: Fran

Profession: Sunflame Knight (two stars)...(details omitted)

Attributes: Constitution 34.2, Spirit 37.0

Arts: Sunflame Arts (Exceptional) (Proficiency: 3279/100000): As a Sunflame Knight, you have far surpassed others in this Arts.

Burning Sun Power (Mastery) (0/1000): A power that consumes everything upon use.

...(slightly)

Trait: Sunflame Body (Your body can sustain itself for extended periods, and you treat the Sunflame Sunflame an extension of your body.)

The Protection of the Sun (As a messenger of the Sun, you receive the Protection of the Sun, whether in the Material Realm, the Spirit Realm, or the Astral Realm.)

...(slightly)]

Fran was somewhat surprised. She had thought she would have to return to the Material Realm and ride the Black Horse to meet the requirements for promotion to Sunflame Knight.

After all, the conditions for its formation stated that a mount capable of withstanding Blaze was required. Fran originally thought that after completing the Trial of the Sun, she would ride it again to fulfill all the conditions.

However, her Panel was much more powerful than she had imagined. As long as all the conditions were met, and it seemed that as long as they were met even once, the Panel could add a Profession to her Profession column.

She had a feeling after completing the Trial of the Sun, and through this Trial, she had almost stepped one foot into the Profession of Sunflame Knight.

However, she has only taken one step in. She feels that she needs to receive more training or wait for a period of time before she can naturally develop this Profession.

But this is the path that people in this world must take; there is only one way to become Sunflame Knight.

However, Fran is different. Not to mention that she already has a second-tier Profession, she cannot obtain the Sunflame Knight Profession through this method.

Even Zali probably thought she would change her Profession after passing the Trial, but she has Panel that allows her to add a Profession as long as the conditions are met.

Fran collected her thoughts and began to check the changes on her Panel.

First, there were changes in her attributes; her constitution only increased to around 34 points, which met her expectations.

Since her physical attributes, which she built up through her First Order Profession, were inherently lower than her mental attributes, it's normal for them to be slightly lower after she becomes a second-tier professional.

Furthermore, the Sunflame Knight Profession seems to also grant an increase in Spirit attribute, so her current Spirit attribute has reached 37 points.

She estimated that her mental attribute would have increased significantly, but since it was already very high, it only increased by a small amount.

However, as long as the attributes were increased, she had no complaints.

Next, after the Sunflame Arts was made Profession, it received a significant boost in proficiency, becoming Extraordinary Level.

Furthermore, she had a new skill in her Arts list: [Burning Sun Power]. After searching her mind and finding out how to use this Arts, Fran still didn't use it directly.

The description states directly that this Arts can incinerate everything; what if she accidentally kills herself when she uses it?

So she decided to ask her senior Zali, later, and decide whether it was best not to use this Arts lightly.

At the same time, in the trait section, the trait [Sun Body] that she obtained when learning the Sunflame Arts disappeared, and was replaced by [Sunflame Body], which seems to be an upgraded version of the previous trait.

There is also an additional trait, [Protection of the Sun], which Fran considers the most special one.

It's not because of the sun it points to and the riddle-like description, but because this characteristic illustrates a fact—that the sun is not simple.

Or perhaps, the Gods feared the sun and therefore wanted to prevent more people from becoming Sunflame Knight, Profession that seemed closely associated with the sun—this was the right thing to do.

Perhaps the sun truly represents something? Or perhaps the sun genuinely posed a threat to the Gods, and this characteristic is one piece of evidence.

You see, the Gods are practically the masters of the Astral Realm, yet this trait states that Fran can receive the Protection of the Sun within the Astral Realm. Isn't this a slap in the face to the Gods?

Logically and emotionally, Fran's acquisition of this trait after becoming Sunflame Knight made her believe that it was wrong for the Gods not to target the Trial of the Sun; if it were her, she would definitely target the Sun Trial as well.

Furthermore, Fran still needs to be careful after this, otherwise, although she can obtain such a powerful Profession, such Profession will also bring her trouble.

After checking the new items on her Panel, Fran looked around and saw a white light screen in front of her.

Touching this light barrier would allow her to leave the Trial and return to the Sun Domain. Without hesitation, Fran touched it directly.

After feeling a wave of dizziness, Fran stepped onto the reddish-brown earth again, but when she opened her eyes, she found that she was in a different place.

The ground beneath her feet was still reddish-brown and as hard as stone, but she was now too close to the sun.

Fran looked at the unusually large red sphere on the horizon and felt as if she were standing in a place even deeper than when Zali had dissuaded her last time.

The air here was thick with a scorching heat. Fran could see her baseball bat glowing, a reaction caused by the excessive temperature affecting the metal.

Furthermore, Fran's white robes were almost ablaze, but after being promoted to Sunflame Knight, she seemed to have gained the ability to extend her fire resistance to the outer part of her skin.

That's why she doesn't have to worry about clothes now.

Fran turned her head to see where Zali was, but what she saw shocked her.

Ten meters behind her, the reddish-brown, iron-like earth vanished, Fran saw wildly growing thorns, a vast shadow as if covered by something, and crystal-like spikes rising from the ground...

These things all stopped at the ten-meter boundary behind Fran, as if they were divided into two worlds by something, but Fran could not see any obvious boundary from there.

But after careful observation, Fran realized what was preventing these things from moving forward.

It's the temperature and the flames from the sun.

Fran noticed that although the thorns grew around the boundary, branches would occasionally try to move towards Fran.

But anything that dares to cross that non-existent boundary will shine, turn into black residue, then the residue will continue to shine, and finally disappear into the air.

"Are you alright? I had no choice but to bring you here because the Deity are still attacking this place from outside. If you had stayed outside, you would have been instantly..."

Zali stopped talking and turned to Fran. Although Fran couldn't see his face through the helmet, judging from his frozen posture, he must have seen something that shocked him.

"You've already obtained the Sunflame Knight Profession? That's good, it'll help you adapt to the environment here."

Zali was initially worried that if he brought Fran in, she might be burned to death by the Sunflame, depriving him of the opportunity to communicate with Fran.

He brought Fran here because Fran had passed the Trial of the Sun and her Arts in using the Sunflame were superb.

Normal people, even a second-tier Profession, would be instantly vaporized by the ubiquitous Sunflame upon arriving here; only Sunflame Knight can remain here.

Zali was prepared that Fran wouldn't be able to stay for too long and would need to come quickly to explain some things.

But Fran was standing there as if nothing had happened, and sparks were occasionally flying from her body. Zali knew that Fran had acquired the Sunflame Knight Profession.

Although Zali was somewhat puzzled by Fran's rapid acquisition of the Sunflame Knight Profession, he knew it was Fran's own secret, so he didn't pursue the matter.

He raised his head and said to Fran:

"Now that you've acquired the Sunflame Knight Profession, there's not much more I can say. If you have any questions, you can use the Spirit Realm Cruising Method on Sunflame, and you'll arrive here directly..."

Zali had a lot to say, such as how to meet the other requirements to become a true Sunflame Knight after passing the Trial, how to improve his Sunflame Arts, and how to find that mount that fears no Blaze...

However, after seeing that Fran had already acquired the Sunflame Knight Profession, he found himself having nothing to say.

As for the matters concerning the Sun Messenger, Zali didn't want Fran to jump into the fire pit like he had. He would only reveal them to Fran if she didn't have a better Promotion Method.

"I feel like a very powerful Arts has appeared in my mind, something that seems to originate from the same source as Sunflame..." Fran asked impatiently.

To Fran's surprise, Zali seemed to think that such a thing wasn't particularly taboo.

"That Burning Sun Power? As long as you don't use it for more than ten seconds within 24 hours, there won't be any problem."

Fran scratched her head, noted down Zali's words, and prepared to try it herself later. Then, just as she was about to ask some more questions, she suddenly felt something moving around her waist.

She opened the pouch at her waist and found the Black Claw made of Tier 3 material, its sharp surface writhing.

She looked at Zali, wanting him to make a decision.

Zali was also quite surprised.

"How did these Deity project their power here? Never mind, just move further in, to a place where you can barely stand it anymore."