Grass!
It actually dropped?!
A purple-tier Fate Apostle, and it's a young lady whose character art really hits the spot!
This is absolutely double the joy!
Could this really be something I, a non-lucky player, could pull?
Truly!
Good-looking people always have good luck.
As expected of me.
The Apostle list finally increased from two to three, that's a 50% boost! Most importantly, this list is finally worth glancing at from time to time.
He poked at it.
The girl in the character art looked around, so cute.
Fang You examined her.
This girl is great, this kind of appearance and art is what gacha games should have. Old Man Blackblade looked like a freebie.
This is the kind of Apostle worth spending money on.
It's just... this girl's expression looks a bit odd, like... like she's about to cry?
Suddenly looks unreliable.
Fang You clicked on her information.
"An Jianyou"
"Physique: 1.0"
"Spirit: 1.6"
"Mystic: 0.19"
"Skills: None"
"Equipment: None"
"Talent: Eye of Ethereal Sight"
"Age: 19"
"Evaluation: A sophomore at Baijiang University. On the surface, she's an ordinary rich and beautiful girl, but in reality, she's a rich and beautiful girl who can see strange things."
Fang You was silent for a moment.
These stats and evaluation, you can't say she's weak, after all, this girl's physique and spirit are slightly higher than Fang You's initial stats.
Fang You felt ashamed.
Perhaps university students exercise more. Back in his school days, his body was okay, but unfortunately, he later took up a profession of writing, and his body deteriorated day by day.
This isn't his fault; writing novels is too hard!
Now he updates as fate allows and is off to save the world.
"But this girl named An Jianyou's panel data is indeed very ordinary. Ordinary physique, no skills or equipment, far inferior to Old Man Blackblade."
"Judging by her attire, she's indeed an ordinary university student, right here in Baijiang City."
Perhaps not too far from his home.
If he wanted to, he could even meet up.
Perhaps this is what a real-world Apostle is like, too realistic.
So realistic, she's practically a blank slate.
Fang You wasn't too discouraged. After all, this girl was good-looking. Good-looking is a good Apostle... nope, he believed in the evaluation standards of the Salvation Game.
This is a purple four-star Apostle, one tier stronger than Old Man Blackblade. She couldn't possibly be as plain as she appears on the surface.
She must have potential commensurate with her rating, and the key to that likely lies in this talent.
Talent, an innate ability.
He didn't have it.
Old Man Blackblade didn't have it either.
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"Eye of Ethereal Sight"
"A legendary eye, possessing the ability to pierce through the netherworld, but requires development."
"Description: The holder of this talent can learn skills that are normally unattainable, learning and cultivating skills of this line progresses faster, and also possesses the following effects: ..."
A person with this talent is born with their eyes opened, able to see malevolent spirits, and not just as faint outlines, but truly see them, down to the pores on their bodies.
Simultaneously, it grants resistance to malevolent spirits, and looking directly at them will not cause a decline in sanity... but the normal emotions of fear and dread will still be present.
This is the first stage of the 'Eye of Ethereal Sight,' 'Seeing.'
The second stage is 'Connecting,' not only can one see malevolent spirits lurking beneath the world but also interact with them.
Simply put, these malevolent spirits might not have arrived on Blue Star yet, perhaps they are on their way, or in another world.
But a person with the 'Eye of Ethereal Sight' talent can see them and 'connect' them out.
"An Jianyou's current development of her talent is at the second stage."
"Well, given her situation, it can't be called development, it should be the talent's self-enhancement, but it's become difficult to control because it's too strong."
"The first stage, 'Seeing,' is at most an enhanced version of a malevolent spirit tracker, but this second stage, 'Connecting,' is quite formidable, directly piercing the netherworld, making it very mysterious."
"However..."
An Jianyou lacks the ability to expel malevolent spirits, nor does she understand anything. She's just an ordinary girl.
Besides being beautiful and rich, and able to see them, she's completely ordinary.
Imagine an ordinary person seeing ugly and terrifying malevolent spirits every time they open and close their eyes, and if they're not careful, these spirits will descend upon her, bringing danger. This...
This is terrifying to the extreme, alright!
Because her talent is too strong, An Jianyou can't control it, and doesn't even understand what's happening.
She can only passively be bothered by malevolent spirits day and night.
No, this is torture, and there's a risk to her life.
It's incredible how this girl has managed to survive until now. Fang You felt a pang of pity just thinking about it.
Fortunately, An Jianyou has now seen the light at the end of the tunnel. As long as she works for the organization, expelling malevolent spirits, getting stronger, and learning to control her talent... these will not be problems.
So, work, girl!
"An Jianyou is still a real-world Apostle, perhaps without the daily limit like Old Brother Blackblade."
"I'll have to research her thoroughly later and see what's different about this girl, An Jianyou."
"Well, but first, An Jianyou needs to have the strength to expel malevolent spirits. As she herself gets stronger, she'll gradually learn to control her talent."
So the question is, how to make An Jianyou stronger?
He still has some Physique Enhancement Potions, but that's not enough. He needs a direct means of offense.
Blade Slash, Palm Lightning, could she learn them without skill books?
Fang You thought it was difficult.
The learning process for Palm Lightning gave him a headache. He didn't want to recall it. Even if he could replicate such an environment in reality, safety couldn't be guaranteed.
He opened his inventory.
He had obtained a total of...
"Double Yield Card (White)" x2
"Skill Cultivation Card (White)" x2
"Skill Cultivation Card (Green)"
"Life Energy Potion (White)"
Six items, and... two skill books and one strange item!
Among them, he was already familiar with the skill book 'Malevolent Spirit Tracking,' so he skipped it.
Looking at the other two, these were both blue-tier, which in a sense was equivalent to two Old Man Blackblades.
"Skill Book 'Gui Yu' (Blue)"
"Description: A special type of skill that can be used to command malevolent spirits for combat, and can also be used for direct attacks, possessing suppressive and weakening effects against malevolent spirits."
"Note: This skill is relatively special. Pre-requisite for learning is 'Spirit > 6.6, accumulated Mystic > 10.1'. Learning below this condition is possible, but carries significant uncontrollable risks. Those with special talents can ignore this pre-requisite, and the power displayed will be stronger."
Commanding malevolent spirits?
At first glance, Fang You was very excited about this skill. If you ask what profession is the safest, it's naturally a summoner!
Send out the summoned creatures and hide far away, perfect for a successor to the art of stealth like himself.
But,
But,
What is with such high pre-requisite conditions? Is this the threshold for blue-tier skills?!
I hate it (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!
The path of a beast master... or rather, a ghost master, died before it even began.