“What should I do, what should I do… Can I just refuse directly…”
At this moment, Suna’s small face was already deathly pale.
Her mind was filled with thoughts of how to leave this place safely, but she didn’t know much about Heavenly Fire and was afraid that one wrong word would turn her into ash.
The last time she had been this nervous was when she first faced the Seeker Demon. It was because of the Seeker Demon that Suna always felt immense pressure when facing top-tier powerhouses.
“First, you go.”
The projection of Heavenly Fire in the air swiped its palm in front of Suna, pointing to a young girl standing at the far left.
Immediately afterward, the Shield on the girl’s body vanished.
Heavenly Fire wanted to test her Fire Element Affinity first.
Although a “pity drop” had already appeared, Heavenly Fire decided to continue the testing instead of driving everyone away immediately, just in case there was more “loot” to be found.
“Ugh!”
Every inch of the girl’s skin instantly felt the scorching temperature of the Core Region of Huoyun Island.
Although she had an affinity for the Fire Element and was at the Fifth Rank—which normally meant she could withstand temperatures of three or four hundred degrees without issue—it was a different story here.
Unfortunately, this was the Core Region of Huoyun Island, which possessed the purest Fire Element in the world.
It was so pure that only those Mages with extremely high affinity could barely manage the Fire Element here.
Although this girl’s Fire Element Affinity was already higher than most people’s and was a Rare existence, she still couldn’t last more than three seconds:
“I give up, I give up!”
After persisting for just over two seconds, the girl knelt on the ground and begged for mercy in pain.
It wasn’t just because of the extreme temperature, but because she couldn’t perform a Mana Circulation here.
She felt as though her Magic Core was about to be melted.
Heavenly Fire timely removed the fire from her body. Without saying much, she simply tossed an Extraordinary Celestial Fire Gem to her and sent her out of Huoyun Island:
“Next.”
It’s… so hard!
Suna swallowed her saliva secretly. What was this testing? Heat resistance? Testing that deep inside a Volcano?!
No way, she definitely couldn’t take the test. She was just a newbie who had recently reached the Second Rank.
She couldn’t even handle the temperature of the outskirts of Huoyun Island, let alone here!
“Ugh… Ugh! I give up!”
At this time, a second girl with short hair chose to give up after persisting for six seconds.
Although she was a Four Rank Mage, her Fire Element Affinity was higher than the first girl’s, and she had even managed to complete half of a Mana Circulation.
Unfortunately, she could only make it halfway.
Looking at the short-haired girl curled up on the ground clutching her chest and groaning in pain, Suna finally realized that the first test didn’t seem to be about heat resistance, but some kind of special ability?
“I don’t understand it at all, but it looks really painful regardless…” Suna watched as the second short-haired girl was sent away.
“Next.” Heavenly Fire’s gaze shifted to the third person. This was a bald man who looked very confident and appeared quite strong!
Then, he was eliminated by Heavenly Fire:
“Hm, you can go back. And the one next to you, yes, you, you can go back as well.”
The other man was also eliminated.
“Eh?” The two bald men looked shocked. What was the situation? They were eliminated before the test even started?!
“Heavenfire Lord, may I ask the reason?”
“The reason… you need more precipitation.” Heavenly Fire dismissed them casually. Sorry, I’m a “face-con,” and you guys are just very average; I can’t be bothered to go through the motions.
“In what aspect do we need precipitation? Can you be specific, Heavenfire Lord? Please give us a goal to work toward.” The other bald man asked politely.
“Your research into Fire Magic needs more precipitation. Stop being restricted by traditional Fire Magic and try a new school of thought.”
Heavenly Fire believed that these bookish Humans really needed to see the Magic researched by Ariel. Code-style Casting was much more efficient and concise than traditional Chant-style Casting.
Now that a goal had been given and two more Extraordinary Skyfire Stones had been handed out, Heavenly Fire directly sent both of them out of Huoyun Island, leaving only her and Suna in the Core Region.
“And you…” The projection of Heavenly Fire pointed a finger straight at Suna. The latter pressed her back against the Shield, trembling with nervousness:
“I give!”
However, before the word “up” could leave her mouth, Heavenly Fire interrupted Suna:
“Congratulations, you are qualified to become my Envoy.”
“Eh?!”
What… was the situation?! Suna didn’t react for a moment. What did it mean that she had become the Heavenfire Lord’s Envoy? No, was this an elimination system? As long as the other four were eliminated, she would 100% become the Envoy?
Besides, she hadn’t even taken the test yet!
“Heavenfire Lord… you aren’t joking, right…” Suna felt like she was being played with like a small animal. Perhaps the moment she started celebrating, Heavenly Fire would say “You actually believed it, you weakling” and then throw her out of Huoyun Island.
“I never joke.”
In the next second, Heavenly Fire let a beam of light fall upon Suna.
At the same time, she withdrew the Shield from Suna’s body, scaring the latter so much that she screamed and rolled around on the ground:
“I’m on fire! I’m on fire, I’m on fire… Huh? I’m not burning?”
Looking at Suna lying on the ground with her backside in the air, Heavenly Fire had a preliminary impression of her future Envoy and felt a bit of disdain:
“It’s one thing to be weak, but why is she so cowardly? Could she have a personality defect just like Ariel? Dammit, I hope this girl isn’t the type who’s useless except for her talent.”
Under Truth’s manipulation, the current Suna possessed a super Magic talent comparable to a Half-Elf.
But Heavenly Fire wouldn’t have favored her just for that; if she wanted someone comparable to a Half-Elf, she could have just gone to the Half-Elves to recruit a disciple.
The point that truly attracted Heavenly Fire was a special mechanism of Suna’s Blessing—growth potential.
Talent is determined at birth and cannot be changed; this was the understanding of almost everyone. However, the Order God had once told Heavenly Fire about a particularly miraculous talent.
It was said that if certain specific conditions were met, it could grow infinitely, turning someone into an absolute genius who could realize King-Tier Magic with a single glance!
However, this kind of talent basically only existed in the creatures known as “Players” and rarely appeared in Humans.
At first, Heavenly Fire thought the Order God was bragging, but then the Order God directly brought over two of his own Envoys to show off.
Yes, the Order God had two such over-powered talent holders.
It would be a lie to say she wasn’t envious. Heavenly Fire also wanted a believer whose talent could grow infinitely, so she had secretly memorized the characteristic code of that talent until she encountered Suna today.
“Heavenfire Lord… did you just give me a Blessing?” Suna, having recovered, knelt on the ground and spoke in a low voice.
Her ears were bright red. No, she had been far too undignified just now!
Indeed, Heavenly Fire had given Suna a Blessing. She was now a darling of the Fire Element; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to survive in the Core Region after the Shield vanished.
“Little one, introduce yourself, then relax your mind and let me look at your status bar to see if your background is clean.”
Heavenly Fire continued speaking. At the same time, a golden light shone on Suna. For a moment, two special buffs on her body appeared before Heavenly Fire’s eyes:
“A Hunting Mark? And… some kind of Ancient Covenant?!”