"As for you, Xiaowei — now that you have the Rare Scout Card, you'll inevitably walk the Night Ranger path in the future. So for your fifth card, I recomnd binding and activating a Knight Card. Unfortunately, Rare Knight Cards are extrely hard to co by. For the next two years, do not attempt to replicate what happened today. Never push the difficulty to 180% again. The special bosses that appear will only get stronger, and no single person can hold back that tide."
"Don't worry, Second Aunt. I won't take those risks. But I'd like to understand — why would binding a Knight Card as my fifth card still make a Night Ranger, while Li Yue beca a Shadow Knight?" Li Wei asked. It was a rare opportunity — and Liang Yuzhi's spiritual field was free to use.
Frugality was a virtue.
"Are you dense? Li Yue doesn't have a Rare Scout Card. She only has a Rare Tailor Card. The Tailor Card has no inherent directional bias — so since she chose the Rare Knight Card, the only path available to her is Shadow Knight."
"You, on the other hand, have the Rare Scout Card first and the Knight Card second. The Rare Card carries more weight, so you'll inevitably beco a Night Ranger — unless you sohow manage to get your hands on a Rare Knight Card too?"
Li Wei shook his head imdiately. Out of the question.
"Then tell more about these advanced classes, Second Aunt. I used to think Warrior was the only option."
Liang Yuzhi rolled her eyes. You little miser — acting like my spiritual field costs nothing.
But she answered anyway: "At our current level, the known advanced classes are four: Witch, Knight, Ranger, and Warrior. There may be higher-tier classes above Six-Star, but that's far beyond our concern for now."
"These four classes also co with four possible prefixes: Casting, Light, Night, and Earth. Different prefixes produce different effects."
"For example — I currently have a Rare Scholar Card, which makes a Casting Witch. 'Casting' is the prefix for my Witch class, aning I can use certain spells that ordinary Witches cannot."
"Li Yue, having obtained the Rare Knight Card, is a Shadow Knight. 'Shadow' is a prefix with special enhancents."
"You, because of your Rare Scout Card, will inevitably beco a Third-Order Night Ranger once you achieve full-attribute Level 3 Awakening."
"As for the Light prefix — that's the hardest to obtain. You need one Scholar Card and one Priest Card among your five, combined with other Rare Cards. That gives you a Light Knight, Light Ranger, or Light Mage. Universally recognized as the most difficult prefix to achieve."
"The Earth prefix is relatively accessible. Simply gather five ordinary cards and complete full-attribute Level 3 Awakening — and you beco an Earth-prefix class. Earth Witch, Earth Knight, Earth Ranger, Earth Warrior — all follow that pattern."
"What if soone has already bound and activated ordinary Profession Cards? Besides unbinding, is there another way to upgrade their quality?" Li Wei asked quickly.
"There is, but it's extrely difficult. Upgrading an existing Profession Card to Rare quality requires two conditions: first, spending 50 Destiny Grid points; second, achieving a very high level of mastery in that profession. For example, Li Yue's Rare Tailor Card — she had to craft several Four-Star quality pieces of equipnt and one Five-Star quality piece, then pay 10,000 standard gold coins at headquarters to complete the upgrade."
"All in all, it's an enormous investnt of effort — far less efficient than simply grinding for a new Rare Card. And losing Destiny Grid points causes hidden attributes to disappear. Terrible value."
"Of course, if you have the ti, the resources, and you've maxed out a particular Destiny Grid to 100, then by all ans go for it."
"Alright — take out your Heart of Fire and Heart of Ice. I'll assess them for you, and then you can decide how to use them."
"Got it!"
Li Wei imdiately produced the two shot-glass-sized magical materials. Liang Yuzhi took them, spent a few seconds, and tossed them back. That was the assessnt?
It seed very different from what she had done with Zhao Xuanxuan's Heart of Stone.
But Liang Yuzhi offered no explanation — she simply ended the spiritual field and walked out.
Fine.
Li Wei looked at the Heart of Fire and Heart of Ice again. The information on them was now perfectly clear.
[Na: Heart of Fire]
[Quality: Five-Star]
[Category: Rare magical material dropped by a special boss]
[Effect: Can be used to enhance a title or code na by one level, while simultaneously granting the title or code na a special fire attribute. If the title or code na already has a compatible fire-elent trait, the enhancent will amplify it.]
[Can also be used to enhance a weapon or piece of equipnt by one level, granting it a Fla trait.]
[Or can be used to directly enhance Destiny Grid, providing an imdiate gain of 10 Destiny Grid points.]
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[Heart of Ice]
[Similar to the above.]
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After reading, Li Wei knew exactly what to do. He switched to the Fla Baron title and used the Heart of Fire to enhance it.
In that instant, he felt the fla python co back to life, staring at him with ferocious eyes — no, wait, why was it so vivid? Why was everything on fire?
He had no ti to react — and no need to. The flas had already reduced him to a charred husk. He could move, he could think, he could probably still speak — but it hurt so much.
Like being trapped in a nightmare. In the dream, he seed to have beco the fla python itself. Deeply abstract.
He had no idea how much ti passed before he woke, exhausted, with a splitting headache that felt like his skull was about to crack open.
His Spiritual Power, which had partially recovered to 15, was now down to 1. His stomach was hollow with hunger. His entire body was burning — was this a fever? It felt like 45 degrees. Half-cooked.
But the title enhancent had succeeded.
Why had his experience with the Heart of Fire been so different from Zhao Xuanxuan's with the Heart of Stone?
Li Wei had a vague theory, but he was too exhausted to think it through.
His mind felt like a parched desert. With great effort, two lines of information surfaced.
[Rare title Fla Baron successfully enhanced by one level. Life 100, Stamina 100, Strength 5, Agility 5, Defense 5, Spiritual Power 5, Perception 1.]
[Title trait gained: Fire-elent magic resistance 10%.]
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Excellent.
Li Wei was satisfied — and the next second, he fell back into unconscious sleep. When he woke again, he was no longer on the fifth floor but in a room on the first underground level.
Aside from hunger, all negative conditions had cleared. Even his Spiritual Power had recovered to 20.
He was wearing the Fla Baron title.
Under its current effects, his Life could reach 310, Stamina 450, Strength 34, Agility 38, Defense 25, Spiritual Power 20, Perception 4.
Level 2 Awakening wasn't far off.
Of course, attribute gains from wearing a title didn't count toward Awakening thresholds.
'But I could grind so Two-Star attribute cards next — that's an important step.'
As he was thinking this, Liang Yuzhi pushed the door open. Seeing him awake, she smiled. "Xiaowei — it seems your title compatibility is higher than average. Three days of sleep and you're back to normal."
"Why was it like that? I watched Zhao Xuanxuan enhance her Destiny Title and it was over in seconds."
Li Wei asked instinctively, but Liang Yuzhi just looked at him without answering. Ah, Second Aunt and her stingy habits. Li Wei had no choice but to activate a Four-Star Conspiracy Card.
"I tampered with her Heart of Stone — drew out roughly a third of the refined magical energy for myself. So of course her enhancent went smoothly. Your Heart of Fire was the original, untouched article. Naturally it was different."
"And I did it for her own good. You, with your level of ability, were unconscious for three days. That little waste has maybe six or seven points of Spiritual Power. She couldn't withstand it. If she'd tried to enhance her Destiny Title with the full Heart of Stone, she wouldn't have woken up for three to five months."
Liang Yuzhi said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Li Wei had nothing to say.
She continued: "Li Yue left for the Small City Base yesterday. It's safe there — don't worry. Over the past three days, scattered mutant creatures have been showing up daily, but the freen can handle them. Nine Universal Gold Cards total — I made the call per your standing instructions: five donated, four exchanged for Black Iron Clearance Tokens. I've also had eight Two-Star attribute cards prepared for you."
"But Xiaowei — your injuries from the last battle were severe. I recomnd you rest and recover. Don't worry about what's happening outside. Leave it to us."
Liang Yuzhi's words carried deeper aning. Then she tossed down eight Two-Star attribute cards. "Li Yue and I respect your decision — but Chu Wushuang is not easy to deal with. At the very least, you need to reach Level 2 Awakening a few tis over."
"There's food in the kitchen — rice, dishes, and mushroom broth. I made it myself. That's all — I have things to do!"
She turned to leave, but Li Wei caught her arm.
"Second Aunt — I want to use the Heart of Ice to enhance Adai. Is that feasible?"
"Not feasible. The Heart of Ice is too high-level, and Adai is too weak. Absorbing and integrating it would take at least a year — and there's a real risk of death in the process. But if Adai does successfully integrate the Heart of Ice, the result would be extraordinary — combined with your Projectile Lock ability... are you sure you want to do this?"
"Yes. And it needs to be done within three days." Li Wei was firm.
For the raid he was planning, ranged attacks would be critical. The other side had a Five-Star Cross-Border expert — getting close would likely an instant death.
"If that's what you want, you'd be better off giving the Heart of Ice as paynt and having co with you to kill Chu Wushuang." Liang Yuzhi said suddenly.
"Second Aunt, I'm serious — stop joking. What I need is to establish a deterrent. If you kill Chu Wushuang for this ti, there'll be endless harassnt afterward." Li Wei was exasperated. If it ca to that, the "charming general" label would be stuck to him for life.
"In that case, it's actually simple. I'll draw out a third of the refined magical energy for myself, and the remaining two-thirds will go toward enhancing Adai. That's the fastest thod. Do you want that?"
"Yes."
Li Wei didn't hesitate. He had already sketched out his future developnt path in his mind — priority was to grind the Hunter Card to Rare quality, so every advantage in that direction mattered.
In the last battle, the four-grid resonance had added 1 Destiny Grid point to each of his grids — but it wasn't enough. He also needed to complete an outstanding hunt, the way Li Yue had once crafted a Five-Star piece of equipnt.
He needed to complete a solo hunt of a Five-Star Cross-Border player.
"Good — it's settled then."
Liang Yuzhi seed to have guessed his intentions. She gave him a brief, approving look, took the Heart of Ice, and left quickly. She was busy — and despite how casually she spoke, she was genuinely on edge. The special boss was dead, but the Radiation Storm had not weakened in the slightest.
With Li Yue gone to the Small City Base, she was the only one watching over this camp.
She could have coasted before — but now this place represented the retreat option for both her and Li Yue. How could she not take it seriously?
These details — Liang Yuzhi didn't say them aloud, but Li Wei understood.
A few minutes later, Ellen personally led several kitchen staff in carrying food. Li Wei was starving.
He ate ravenously — twenty-five large white bread rolls, four grilled fish, two stir-fry dishes, three full pots of at broth, and a bottle of wine. He sweated through everything, and only then did he feel like himself again.
He was finally alive.
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