After the Legendary-grade standard strange device 'Luoyun Vine Battle Armor' was developed, the research team further improved it to a certain extent.
The vines were given directional properties.
For example, stronger fire resistance, or the ability to carry water-elemental energy transmission.
The applicability of the improved battle armor declined, but in the hands of specific Mythological beings, it could unleash even greater power.
Such improvements did not require much effort or expense.
Soon, several flagship models of the Luoyun Vine Battle Armor were listed on the organization's contribution exchange platform.
The Luoyun Vine Battle Armor in Fang You's hands was a super high-configuration version, different in appearance from the ordinary Luoyun Vine, with a lighter color and a gorgeous luster like crystal.
Fang You put on an inner garment, his divine sense spread out, and he lightly tapped the glazed bracelet worn on his right wrist.
Instantly, the bracelet cracked and shattered, and crystal threads spread out from it, flowing to his torso and limbs, transforming into a moon-white robe within the flow of his thoughts.
This was his vine battle armor.
Fang You refined it daily and fed it many rare treasures. He could clearly feel the battle armor's power slowly increasing.
"Currently, the battle armor is of medium grade among Legendary-grade strange devices. With my refining speed, it will not take more than a year or two for the battle armor to slowly upgrade to a top-tier Legendary-grade strange device."
His former main weapon, the 'Scepter of Brilliance', was a top-tier Legendary-grade strange device.
It not only significantly enhanced his combat power but also promoted the development of the 'Xin Huo' organization to a certain extent. The birth of vine demons and tree demons such as Liu Ji and Qing Ye was inseparable from the scepter's enlightenment.
Of course, by now, Instructor Fang was a Great Powerholder, and he could find one or two other methods to enlighten plants and trees.
The combat power increase brought by the 'Scepter of Brilliance' was also relatively small.
It was better than nothing.
However, Fang You was accustomed to wearing the 'Lord of the Realm's Hand', and with the 'Spear of Destiny and Karma' as his trump card weapon, he no longer needed the Scepter of Brilliance.
More than a year ago, he had gifted the scepter to Liu Shang.
Liu Shang occasionally enlightened a few vine demons, flower demons, and flower fairies, which she greatly enjoyed.
Naturally, the Luoyun Vine Battle Armor, a Legendary-grade strange device, did not bring him much improvement either.
At most, it filled some minor gaps in Instructor Fang's defenses.
"But once this vine battle armor is upgraded to Pseudo-Crimson, or Crimson grade, it will be very different."
"A Crimson-grade heavy treasure is a treasure that high-level existences, and even Tenth-realm Root existences, would highly covet."
"It's just..."
He was confident he could refine it to the top-tier Legendary grade, but breaking through to a higher major tier would be more difficult. This was still because the Luoyun Vine Battle Armor possessed special properties that made it easier to refine and improve. For other Legendary-grade strange devices, it might take decades of refining without any noticeable change.
Advancing to Crimson grade was even harder.
It might require specific treasures and a suitable opportunity.
At that time, he might try the power of destiny.
Or perhaps, he could ask Sage Cang Tu? He could exchange secrets or treasures with this sage.
...
Standard Legendary-grade strange devices were being mass-produced.
Instructor Fang's days were also very peaceful and fulfilling.
Meditating before the Law Monolith;
Practicing skills in the training ground;
Honing his techniques in the Tower of Combat;
Cleansing his body in the stream of laws;
He also occasionally engaged in beneficial exchanges with hegemonic forces such as the Ancient Moon Dynasty, dispatching his own Mythological beings to learn their inherited skills.
He even paid a great price to acquire epic inheritances that could be considered the foundation of a hegemonic power, and were extremely rare.
For 'Xin Huo', as long as a formal member learned a new skill, it was equivalent to an update of the organization's skill pool, and everyone had the opportunity to learn new skills.
Through such exchanges and learning, Xin Huo's skill pool expanded rapidly.
There were now 536 Green basic-grade skills, as numerous as stars. Of course, the few skills that Xin Huo's rookies focused on were still Blade Slash, Palm Thunder, Purify, and Evil Spirit Tracking.
These few were the most popular.
They also received guidance from many instructors and mentors.
Other basic-grade skills could also be useful at specific times, but more often they served as fusion materials.
On this basis, Blue advanced-grade skills had expanded to 188.
Many of these were created and fused by Instructor Fang.
After all, even Super Oasis factions possessed very few Blue-grade inheritances, possibly none at all.
The Falling Star City was one such example.
Blue-grade skills were already the main skills for awakeners below the Mythological level.
In fact, most Mythological beings could only inherit advanced abilities that suited them. As their rank and realm increased, let alone advanced abilities, even the most basic Blade Slash could unleash a hundred-meter-long blade energy, possessing world-destroying power.
But given a choice, who wouldn't want to obtain epic abilities?
The Mythological beings of Xin Huo had a choice.
The organization now possessed 49 Purple epic-grade skills.
Among them, a few relatively practical Blue skills had been upgraded to epic grade through Fang Tutor's continuous attempts and fusions. Their power had grown, and more functionalities had been derived.
Gui Yu, the signature skill of An Jian You, had been upgraded to epic grade by him.
Even without Sister An's talent, an awakened being using this 'Gui Yu Type III' could contract several evil spirits of the same rank.
Now, the Gui Yu combat style had a place within the Xin Huo organization.
It's just that...
"Clearly, the evil spirits are all ferocious and terrifying, but why are most of those who embark on the Gui Yu path cute girls? Many are young girls who are clearly trembling but desperately pursuing it."
"Perhaps, this is the power of idols?"
An Jian You was also trembling back then. Now, this girl's courage and tolerance were probably ranked among the top in the organization.
This was the power of time.
Besides Gui Yu, he had also upgraded skills such as Guardian Field, Phantom Void Step, and Steel Body to epic grade.
The Mythological beings of Xin Huo had many epic-grade skills to choose from and practice.
If their contribution value was sufficient, they could also make special applications to receive enlightenment from mentors and comprehend the Legendary-grade skills that best suited them.
In the past two years, the Xin Huo Academy had enrolled a large number of students, and Burning Flame City had directly opened more than ten epic-grade inheritance grounds.
Many Mythological beings outside the Xin Huo organization now had the opportunity to learn epic inheritances.
If not for the scarcity of Golden Skill Seeds and the sheer number of Xin Huo's Mythological beings, it was possible that epic-grade skill fruits would be sold in the mall by now, as the fruits capable of bearing epic skills were in short supply.
The fact that the Xin Huo organization could gain a large amount of reputation was also inseparable from the public offering of epic inheritances.
Inheritance naturally came at a cost, but for most Mythological beings, they either couldn't find epic-grade inheritances, or if they did, the cost was unbearable.
It should be known that the carrying capacity of an inheritance ground was limited.
Overuse would also lead to the damage of the inheritance ground.
Hegemonic forces therefore dared not use them excessively, and some hegemons might not even possess epic inheritances.
Xin Huo, on the other hand, had no such worries. The skill inheritance grounds were only for outsiders to use, and the foundation of the inheritance grounds was derived from the Legendary-grade building '(Blank) Inheritance Ground' that he occasionally extracted.
This did not affect the organization's operations and allowed them to earn resources and reputation.
Fang You glanced at them briefly and then continued his cultivation.
A month and a half later, in the Tower of Combat.
"Condense!"
The laws of destruction, like a stream, interwove and intertwined, finally forming a fragment the size of a thumbnail, indescribable, containing the ultimate truths of the universe.
A fragment of authority, formed!
A month ago, he had captured the opportunity to condense authority, but the initial attempt ended in failure.
To seize cosmic authority with human strength was by no means easy.
It was like an ant trying to push a mountain.
The failed attempt caused Fang You considerable damage; the law patterns before his eyes became extremely chaotic, and attempting to use laws also became exceptionally difficult.
This was the aftermath of failing to condense authority.
Compared to the aftermath of failing a major tier breakthrough, it was not severe, but it was still troublesome.
Fang You could not cultivate, and his spirit became listless. He stayed in the Apostle dormitory for more than ten days before he recovered.
He bathed and changed, and then attempted to condense authority again.
But this time, he came to the Tower of Combat to simulate the condensation process.
Once, twice, thrice...
The condensation of the authority fragment was much more difficult than he had imagined. Fang You attempted it a full 23 times, failing repeatedly, analyzing each failure, and only in the 24th attempt did he succeed.
A single fragment was like a world, a universe.
"However, this authority fragment is still illusory, and I cannot grasp it."
At this moment, within the Tower of Combat, he could try the power of authority. Outside the high tower, he was still a high-level being without authority.
Fang You refreshed his state and continued practicing within the tower.
Only after he successfully condensed the authority fragment several times in a row did he leave the high tower and come to the training ground to begin condensation.
Soon, he succeeded.
With the formation of authority, the desolate world in his vision seemed different, as if comparing an ordinary perspective with a high-level perspective.
He could now wield the power of authority and use the laws of destruction of heaven and earth to extend his divine sense infinitely.
However, his authority was still too fragmented, and the laws of destruction were ultimately just a side branch of the laws.
"It's fine, this is just the beginning."
"The next small goal is to condense more and more complete authority."
He gave himself an hour off, opened his panel, and checked the status of his own apostles.
Black Blade, An Jian You, and others were striving for high-level existence.
Liu Feng...
Huh? This kid has also condensed an authority fragment, only half a day behind his mentor.
What Liu Feng condensed was the authority of sharpness.
The sharpness of a sword.
"Can be borrowed"
Fang You: "!"