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"Rank B skills and equipment!"

Xiao Yun's eyes lit up, and his heart was filled with excitement.

Choosing to explore this site was definitely the right decision. Although we encountered many dangers, the rewards were far more abundant than we could have imagined.

First is the skill 【Flame's Lament】.

Skills are divided into passive and active. Passive skills allow your fire attacks to deal percentage-based damage to enemies and cause continuous burning. When an enemy dies, an area explosion will occur.

The active option is to detonate the flames on the enemy, dealing finishing damage based on the degree of burn, up to a maximum of killing enemies with less than 15% health.

"It seems to have many limitations, but it's a perfect match for my Eternal Blood talent!"

The complete Eternal Blood talent is not only an enhanced version of the skill [Poem of Blood and Fire], but also includes many new abilities.

Xiao Yun did not master these new abilities immediately; they were merely attached to his inherited memories. They were all summarized by the members of the Eternal Blood Clan through long-term use.

Many of the effects left Xiao Yun speechless, including a 'possible method' to achieve the [resurrection] effect using his talent.

"I can't use these methods right now, but ultimately it comes down to the control and utilization of the two basic abilities of my talent—[Blood] and [Flame]. With my current strength, I can definitely achieve the basic applications."

Xiao Yun glanced at the Crow King beside him, a flash of crimson-gold light in his eyes.

"Huh?"

The Raven King let out a shriek, and on the follower panel, he gained a new negative effect: [Burning Blood].

Xiao Yun waved his hand to remove the blood-burning effect from it, and also roughly confirmed the range of his abilities.

"If it's just remote control, it's impossible to apply deep burn damage, but it can be continuously increased as damage is dealt to enemies. Little by little, it's not difficult to reach the maximum 15% execute effect of Flame's Wrath."

Xiao Yun nodded, quite satisfied.

With this skill combination, facing sieges will be much easier in the future.

The benefits are even more pronounced when facing powerful enemies and bosses. With percentage-based damage, you don't have to worry about enemies being tanky or having a burst of damage before they die, thus increasing your margin for error.

"I was just worried that I didn't have any skills that matched my talents, but I didn't expect that I would get a pillow just when I was dozing off."

Xiao Yun did not hesitate and used the skill book on the spot.

A massive amount of information flooded his mind, and it took Xiao Yun nearly an hour to master this powerful B-level skill.

Xiao Yun opened his eyes and rubbed his sore temples:

"First, I awakened the Blood of Eternal Flame, and then I learned a B-level skill. I'm a little mentally exhausted."

After taking a few sips from the Spring of Spirituality, Xiao Yun looked at another B-grade item—[Hand of Embers].

After equipping the item, countless gray runes fell like ashes, weaving a rune array on Xiao Yun's right hand that extended to his upper arm.

"It's less of a piece of equipment and more of a portable rune array."

Xiao Yun had an epiphany. After carefully examining the equipment, he discovered that its effects were quite simple.

Things burned to ashes can be reused and transformed, at the most basic level into food and energy.

"These simple ones are easy to handle. For the more advanced ones, I can use the Myriad Realms True Solution to deconstruct the corresponding things. I just need to get more familiar with them. But to perform more refined operations, I'm afraid I'll need some knowledge of alchemy."

Xiao Yun frowned slightly as he looked at the various alchemy skills that had been lying in his skill bar for a long time.

Most of them were dropped by Song Rui, who betrayed his sect, and by Shen Ze, who was killed yesterday; they were all relatively basic items.

"I'll study it myself when I have time, and then I'll go back and get some extra lessons from Teacher Jiang."

After outlining his plan, Xiao Yun looked at the last heavyweight guest in the settlement rewards—the fixed-point teleportation portal.

"A B+ grade building! I've probably spent half of my 600+ points on this."

"But it's also just in time. I can put one in the dormitory and one in the ruins, so I won't have to go so far to visit the ruins in the future."

Although many of the equipment and resources left behind by the Eternal Blood Clan in the ruins lost their original effects and became a pile of junk after a long period of time.

However, the power within the ruins continues to generate new resources, and they still have great development value. With the portal, the development speed can be greatly accelerated and the dangers reduced.

Xiao Yun nodded and turned to find the Star Spirit.

"A fixed-point teleportation portal? You actually have something like that!"

The Star Spirit clicked its tongue in amazement, looking at Xiao Yun as if he were some rare treasure.

"Um, is there a problem?"

"No, I'm just amazed by your rapid development."

As the astral spirit helped Xiao Yun'an set up the door on the ruins side, it explained:

"You may not know the history of the previous era. Generally speaking, such advanced items would not appear when the mystery was just beginning to resurface at the beginning of an era."

"At the beginning of the era, the mysterious was just beginning to resurface?"

Xiao Yun's eyes flashed, and he followed up with further questions.

"According to records, the period before the start of the era was generally a time of relatively weak mystery, during which most items could be manufactured were below grade C. Grade B items were not manufactured until at least one hundred years after the start of the era..."

Astral beings spoke eloquently:

"The first mysterious revival of this era has just passed, and the entire era should still be in its early stages. Logically, with insufficient mysterious power, such items shouldn't have been created..."

"Insufficient mysterious power?"

The astral entity nodded and said:

"Yes, you can think of it as the upper limit of the world."

"Like this ruin, its actual power hasn't fully recovered. Otherwise, if a monster like the Madwoman appeared, someone like you at the ninth rank would be nothing but easy prey."

Xiao Yun nodded, feeling a surge of relief.

"Luckily, I had the advance warning system, so I came to explore early in the morning. With the equipment and items that exceeded the limits produced by the system, I was able to successfully pass the level. If I had waited for the ruins to continue to recover, it would have been hard to say."

Seeing Xiao Yun lower his head and remain silent, the Star Spirit suddenly paused and scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

"Um, I'm a bit blunt, please don't take offense."

"Don't mention it, thank you for telling me so much."

Xiao Yun smiled, looking at it with a dazzling light in his eyes.

"It seems that the most valuable thing in the ruins is not the inheritance and those resources, but this celestial being who possesses the knowledge of the previous era."

"If you could carry it with you, wouldn't it be like carrying a walking encyclopedia?"

Xiao Yun's gaze grew increasingly intense. After telling the Star Spirit his thoughts, he saw the other party shake its head and smile bitterly.

"I would like to, but I am just an artificial astral being and cannot leave the object I am attached to."

"An artificial...astral entity."

Xiao Yun felt the term "Star Spirit Body" sounded strangely familiar, so he took out the [Tear of the Stars] and asked:

"Is this related? If you can use this, could you leave?"

The dodecahedron in his hand shone with dazzling brilliance, and the Star Spirit could not take his eyes off it after just one glance.

"Theoretically, it's possible, and it could even make me a true [Natural Celestial Spirit], but..."

The astral spirit sighed softly and shook its head helplessly:

"But unfortunately, this world cannot accommodate astral beings. Even I will slowly exhaust my power and disappear soon."

Why?

Xiao Yun asked, frowning.

"Well... due to a rule called 'Civilizational Poison,' I can't tell you the specifics. You'll find out when the time is right."

The astral entity winked mysteriously and then said:

"However, I can remind you that you should not use Star Tears to create a Star Spirit before the right time comes, otherwise you will waste it."

Xiao Yun kept his words firmly in mind, but felt somewhat disappointed.

"I thought I had found a great treasure, but now its value has been greatly reduced."

"Hehe, don't look so sad. Although I can't talk about the history, technology, and mysticism of the previous era, I can talk about some general things."

The celestial spirit smiled, and Xiao Yun's eyes lit up.

"Do you know how to advance to the eighth rank?"

"Professional rank advancement is general knowledge, so I can talk about it, but... with your current strength, haven't you felt any opportunity for advancement yet? Fine, maybe your foundation is just too solid..."

"There are generally three criteria for promotion: hard conditions, including your physical qualities; reaching the threshold in the development and mastery of your talents and skills; and most importantly, completing a task that can only be accomplished in the next higher rank."

"To accomplish something that can only be done at a higher level?"

"Yes, generally the simplest way is to kill a powerful enemy, understand?"

Xiao Yun nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

"I think my attributes and skills are up to par, but killing a powerful enemy of the eighth rank... does a monster of lord level or higher count? Where do I find one?"

Xiao Yun temporarily put these speculations to himself and turned to discuss other issues with the Star Spirit.

More than an hour later, Xiao Yun's eyes were bloodshot, but his spirits were becoming more and more excited.

Seeing his condition, the astral spirit frowned:

"Alright, that's enough for today. If you keep absorbing information like this, I'm afraid your head will explode."

"Anyway, I can still stay for a while. Once you've set up the portal on the other end, just come find me if you have any problems."

Xiao Yun rubbed his sore eyes and nodded.

Just before going back to rest, Xiao Yun took out the building card he had obtained from the Flame Calamity Rhinoceros.

"Hey, aren't these the two little guys who guard the ruins? Wow, they can play like this? Tsk tsk tsk, your era is truly amazing."

Xiao Yun smiled and said:

"Based on the information I've sensed, their structures can absorb the power of the ruins and evolve together. Can you help me figure out what to do?"

"Absorbing power is easy enough. Leave it to me, I'll give it to you tomorrow."

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

The astral being waved its hand, indicating that this was all to be expected.

Before we knew it, it was the morning of the next day.

After putting away the fused Bloodflame Sentinel, Xiao Yun led the others toward the exit.

Rumbling--

With a dull rumble, brilliant sunlight pierced the darkness, making it difficult for Xiao Yun and the others, who were familiar with the dim environment of the ruins, to open their eyes.

"Phew, it feels so good to see the light of day again."

Wang Tianyuan cheered and was about to run out to have some fun when Xiao Yun stopped him.

"What's wrong, Brother Yun?"

There are people outside.

Xiao Yun's expression was somewhat solemn as he gripped the mithril sword in his hand.

"It's probably Liu Xiyue who called the student council."

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and tensed up, following Xiao Yun as they slowly stepped out of the ruins gate.

As the light and shadow shifted, the blurred vision slowly cleared, and a row of figures gradually came into focus.

Before Xiao Yun could even see who it was, he heard a startled exclamation:

"Sister, you...you're not dead yet!"