In the real world, a flash of light shone in the bedroom of the rented apartment, and Ian Song's figure appeared.
"Finally back!"
Ian Song said with a hint of emotion.
With a thought, he brought up the system panel:
Host: Ian Song
Level: 15
Physical Power: 5500 points
Spiritual Power: 1491 points
Skills: Martial Arts, Piano God, Driving Mastery, Firearms Master, Super Chef, Calligraphy & Painting Mastery, Eastern Medicine Mastery, Gambling Mastery, Language Master, Dance Master, Tempest Surge, Thousand-Hand Buddha, Dragon Soar Nine Transformations, Whirlwind Thirty-Nine Forms, Huarong Golden Needle Technique
Divine Arts: Photographic Memory, Mastery Insight, Clairvoyant Vision, Radiance of Life, Spatial Stasis, Gravity Domain, Pill Condensation Technique, Puppet Mastery Divine Art, Celestial Divine Eyes [Seventh-Grade Divine Ability]
Cultivation Methods: Foundation Nurturing Sutra, Azure Lotus Sword Codex
Fictional Worlds: Activated
Fame Points: 4.81 billion
Next Draw Fame Cost: 200 million
This time, the system issued three missions in the apocalypse world. The first mission awarded 10 million Fame Points, the second mission awarded 100 million Fame Points, and the third mission awarded 2 billion Fame Points, for a total of 2.11 billion Fame Points.
Additionally, his level rose from 10 to 15.
Just at that moment—
Ding! Congratulations to the host for reaching level 11. You have earned one system lottery draw.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for reaching level 12. You have earned one system lottery draw.
Ding! Congratulations to the host for reaching level 13. You have earned one system lottery draw.
Immediately, the mysteries and basic information of the Soul-Control Brand surfaced in his mind.
Soul-Control Brand: Seventh-Grade Divine Art. Allows you to control another person's soul for thirty seconds. Usable once per day. Target must be no more than one major realm above the host.
Currently, Ian Song is at early Foundation Establishment. After using Soul-Control Brand, he can only control people at early Core Formation or below. If the target is at mid-Core Formation, the art has no effect.
Even so, Ian Song still felt this divine art was awesome.
After calming his mind, Ian Song began his second lottery draw—this one was a reward for completing the mission.
He pressed his finger on the "Prize" character again, and the pointer spun once more.
This time, his luck wasn't as good as before. The pointer stopped on the green slot, and then four golden characters appeared—Fire-Arts Spellcraft. The characters melted and entered Ian Song's brow.
It took Ian Song about five minutes to absorb the Fire-Arts Spellcraft skill.
The Fire-Arts Spellcraft skill includes nine fire spells, from the simplest Fireball to the most complex Phoenix Trueflame Art.
Although he had obtained the skill, he had only learned the nine spells. To master them, he still needed much practice.
Ian Song's gaze fell on the Fame Points column. Seeing the number 4.81 billion, he felt like he'd struck it rich overnight. So he asked, "Meow-Meow, how many Fame Points would it take to raise the Azure Lotus Sword Codex to a consummate realm?"
"100 billion," Meow-Meow replied calmly.
Damn!
Ian Song felt the urge to curse. Just moments ago, he thought he was rich; now he felt like a beggar.
"How many Fame Points would it take to directly learn the remaining six sword moves of the Azure Lotus Sword Codex?"
After reaching early Foundation Establishment, he had learned the third move of the Azure Lotus Sword Codex—Sword Essence Slash. This move is a single-target technique that condenses sword essence tenfold within the body, then unleashes it in a special way, exploding with ten times its normal attack power—a true finishing move.
"1.28 billion," Meow-Meow answered.
Isn't that a total rip-off?
Ian Song rolled his eyes several times. After thinking it over, he decided not to use Fame Points to learn the Azure Lotus Sword Codex. After all, the first three moves were already enough for him to kill across realms.
As for the remaining six moves, he could comprehend them slowly.
What about the Fire-Arts Spellcraft? How many Fame Points does it take to reach proficiency?
One billion!
That's doable!' Ian Song finally breathed a sigh of relief, worried Meow-Meow would quote another astronomical number.
Soon, one billion Fame Points were deducted. Then, a beam of light shot out from the void and merged with his soul. He immediately felt his understanding and mastery of fire spells rapidly increasing.
After a while, he exhaled a long breath. His mastery of Fire-Arts Spellcraft had reached the proficient realm.
Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would need three to five years to master all nine fire spells.
Let's test my Fire-Arts Spellcraft!
With a crisp shout, Ian Song skillfully formed hand seals. Fire elements in the void quickly gathered, and soon a fist-sized, bright red fireball appeared before him.
Ian Song could feel the fireball's high temperature, but it was restrained and didn't affect the surroundings at all—thanks to his proficient control of the spell.
Scatter!
With a crisp shout, the fist-sized fireball quickly dispersed, reverting to fire elements and returning to the world.
After closing the system panel, Ian Song began to inventory the items he'd brought back from the apocalypse world. First were the piles of Evolution Crystals and Mutant-Beast Crystals, then the tens of thousands of spirit crystals.
The Evolution Crystals and Mutant-Beast Crystals weren't much use to him, but they were extremely valuable for ordinary people.
As for those spirit crystals, they would last him at least until the Nascent Soul realm—he probably wouldn't use them all even then.
It's safe to say that the rewards from the apocalypse world were hundreds of times greater than those from the Qin world. I wonder what kind of world I'll enter next?