Chapter 219: Arrival

Suo Fan didn’t say anything; he just made an excuse and walked away with a smile, and the others didn’t press him further.

Except for Taolis, the others cared about the historical roots of Center City. Standing in this City-level metropolis, they were completely unable to remain as calm as they usually were.

It could be said that simply to remain hidden here, everyone was already exerting their full effort.

“I don’t know what history Center City has, but it certainly has nothing to do with us having to hide here for a while.”

“Who knows.”

“Maybe there’s no secret history at all, and that little brat was just talking nonsense.”

Perhaps they were all right, or perhaps they were all wrong, but regardless, the Mission to remain hidden here was mandatory.

The legendary Leader from the Supreme Society had never been seen by anyone. For two years, there had been no instructions, and then suddenly a designated Mission was issued. To them, it was like a divine oracle.

No matter how strange it was, it had to be done.

***

Sui Feng arrived very low-key, without causing any ripples in the School. It was currently the summer vacation period; the seniors were busy with graduation assignments, and the juniors were busy resting and relaxing. Everyone had their own things to do.

Xu Chuyao brought Shen Ning and Yu Jing along to attend a unique lecture in the School’s auditorium.

“The brand new enhancement brought by Four Stages compared to Third Rank is the conceptual mastery of elements, which you should already understand. Generally speaking, in the Initial Stage of Four Stages, one can only master one characteristic. From the middle stage onward, one can master more. Skillfully utilizing multiple characteristics is the hallmark of the middle period of the Four Defenses.”

Sui Feng held a marker in his hand, with a white board behind him, but nothing was written on it. He was simply following local customs.

“The hallmark of the later stage of Four Stages is combining two characteristics. As for the peak of Four Stages… you’ve surely guessed it; it’s the composite application of multiple characteristics.”

He pulled out a USB and plugged it into the multimedia projector. An aerial shot appeared on the screen behind him. It looked like an island floating on the sea, but upon closer inspection, there was nothing on the island but a stretch of loose, floating sand.

“Monrose’s ultimate move, which he named Dust Returns to Dust, Earth Returns to Earth, is a type of composite multi-characteristic skill.”

Only then did Xu Chuyao learn how the defensive line had been broken. She couldn’t help but sit up straight, clicking her tongue in wonder.

Good grief, with this defense, not a single person on the island at that time could have survived, and their deaths must have been incredibly tragic.

Sui Feng clicked the mouse, and the image on the screen switched to a 3D effect diagram.

“The transformation where the earth connects into one piece—Earth Element Spirit Power Users like to call it Pangu, though some people find that too flamboyant and call it Supercontinent to be more low-key. Through this characteristic, Monrose treats the entire island as a single entity, allowing his attacks to be applied evenly to every spot.”

Xu Chuyao nodded. As someone who frequently played games, she fully understood. It was like a game character using a small knife to stab the foot of a Boss ten thousand times larger than themselves; as long as the attack power was high enough, even if it was just a pure physical attack, the Boss would groan and die instantly.

It couldn’t possibly be that they were scared to death.

The Earth Element ‘Supercontinent’ characteristic turned this kind of game mechanism into reality.

“Teacher Sui, I have a small question,” the Outstanding Student Xu Chuyao raised her small hand, “If he used this move here, could it be effective against the entire Eurasian Continent?”

“Of course not. The defensive line was his limit; the Spirit Power Limit is right there.”

Once the range issue was resolved, the remaining characteristics of Dust Returns to Dust, Earth Returns to Earth were used to increase attack power—things like annihilation, sandification, wear and tear, erosion, burial, and so on were all piled on. The numerical values were overwhelming.

“And then it caused the effect you see—an entire island along with everyone on it was almost instantly turned into dust.” Sui Feng couldn’t help but sigh, “The old guy must have been exhausted.”

As a fellow peak of Four Stages, he could achieve a similar effect. The Scroll of the Sea he used in the sea monster incident was just a casual strike; the sea monsters, which possessed some intelligence, ran away when they realized they couldn’t win.

If he went all out and unleashed his ultimate move with maximum output, he could launch an exceptionally powerful attack just like Monrose, but the price would be having to recover like an old man for several days.

Despite this, the two people who had just reached Four Stages were still very interested, their eyes glowing as they watched the demonstration animation on the screen.

Yu Jing desired to become stronger.

Shen Ning also wanted to become stronger, but at the same time, she thought it looked very cool.

“You should practice mastering characteristics first, and then slowly create your own ultimate moves later,” Sui Feng put the marker back on the desk, “Are there any more questions? If not, I wish you a Happy New Year in advance. I have official business tomorrow and need to leave.”

Xu Chuyao immediately put on a regretful little expression: “Is that so? That’s too bad. I originally planned to save a seat for you at the banquet.”

Actually, she hadn’t. From the start, she hadn’t intended to invite him. No other reason—mainly because having nine hundred dead people standing at the wedding scene would make the atmosphere far too Yinjiang. Moreover, having products of Soulstones directly under the Leader’s nose would be somewhat awkward.

During the days they went to the City of Response, when Sui Feng was busy helping people plead their cases, he had guaranteed that the little Chu of their department was a good girl and could never do something as evil as the Daystone experiments.

Now that this was happening… in short, it was better if he didn’t come.

“Be a bit smarter, I’ll see you off.”

Xu Chuyao followed Sui Feng to the School gate and even opened the door of the sedan for him.

“Alright, you go back,” Sui Feng waved his hand and said, “This trip for me is to the Council. After the incident in the City of Response, they included me in the nominations for Councilors. If nothing goes wrong, I’ll be moving up. As for the position here in the Security Department, perform well, do you understand?”

He had no idea that Xu Chuyao’s original intention for holding this wedding was just to slack off and not work. He even thought the two girls had decided to embrace beauty in time after experiencing battle, and he had no doubts about the girls’ ambition.

That must be ambition—if Little Chu weren’t ambitious, how could she have resolved the Dust Gang in half a year and driven the Supreme Society into a corner in a year?

“Understood, please go ahead.”

Watching the sedan drive away, Xu Chuyao also turned and walked toward the Dormitory. Regarding the class just now, during Monrose’s ultimate move demonstration, the other two were very focused, but only Chuyao wasn’t that interested.

Because—

“It’s impossible to create my own skills; the System gave them to me to use.”

In another Bedroom, someone was thinking the same thing.

“Why were you listening so intently? Thinking so much is useless; when the time comes, just use whatever the rewards give you,” the Sexually Repressed Shadow said. “Unless that fool is willing to teach you those things.”

The “fool” it referred to was naturally the sister who broadcasted accurately at 12:00 PM every day. In a way, that was the other’s proper job.

The Broken Shadow cleared its throat: “I am naturally willing to teach, but self-creating skills, especially ultimate moves, is something that requires accumulation over time and deep meditation.”

So Shen Ning asked, how long does it take to create a skill?

“If your comprehension is good, about half a year,” the Broken Shadow said optimistically, “Your foundation isn’t stable; you might even need to set aside several months beforehand to familiarize yourself with your power.”

“…Then forget it.” Shen Ning gave up decisively.

She felt that before she even had time to fully familiarize herself with her power, she would break through again by doing missions. Why bother practicing low-level skills?

She rolled around bored on the bed, pulled out her Mobile Phone to look at the notes; it said there were still a few days left until that day.

As for the Crystal Stone World, she had made time to go there yesterday. Qin Long gave her a big thumbs up, indicating that the required number of people had been gathered. Since the occupation of the Three Major Sacred Lands, thanks to the various functionalities, especially the attraction of the soul-stirring activities, more and more people were investing in this side. The power within the Crystal Stone World had finally begun to surge like a tide.

But the Queen had no time to manage those things; her whole heart was now on the wedding a few days away.

How should she walk up there? Did she need to hold something in her hand? Chuyao said her identity here was special and she couldn’t come up according to the standard materials; she needed a slightly unique entrance…

The girl worried while rolling around on the bed, not wanting to do anything until the day of the wedding arrived.

She really wanted to go find Chuyao, but she couldn’t. The materials she found said that the bride and groom must only meet on the day of the wedding and must stay apart for the preceding days.

“Why do you care so much about that custom? it just alienates people’s feelings,” the Sexually Repressed Shadow said. “Besides, don’t you understand that history is written by Spirit Power Users? It means as long as you are strong enough in the future, then you are right. As for customs, what you do is the custom; what’s different from you is called heresy.”

What it said was very tempting to Shen Ning, but after lingering at her fiancée’s Dormitory door for two rounds, she still held back and didn’t go in.

“We must respect those things that cannot be clearly explained.” The girl sat in her own Bedroom and announced her metaphysical declaration.

It wasn’t that she didn’t believe in science; it was just that things like the System made it impossible for her to believe in science.

Anyway, no matter what, a few days passed in a flash, and the day of the wedding arrived.