Chapter 233: A Great Harvest, From Pawn to Player [55k]
So, this Frank actually came for the True Essence Pillar?
Bai Fu was slightly surprised.
She didn’t understand how Frank knew that the Tower of Secrets’ headquarters was here.
Was it because this guy had secretly colluded with the Tower of Secrets all along, or did he possess very special tracking means?
While Bai Fu was puzzled, the three Tiān-Zāi Jié members from the Alliance had already started chatting with Frank.
Frank’s strength might not be much stronger than theirs, but his status is no ordinary matter. The peak combat force of the Tam Civilization he belongs to may not match the Star Treaty, but backed by the Super Nova Task Force and actively participating in various events in the Edge World, his influence in the Edge World is quite significant.
This special background made the three Tiān-Zāi Jié members from the Alliance at least go up to greet Frank even if they didn’t want to flatter him, so as not to unnecessarily anger Frank and bring negative effects to their own factions.
Bai Fu did not go over to join the crowd.
It doesn’t matter.
From the moment she chose to side with Andreas, she and Frank were no longer on the same path, so she didn’t need to give Frank any face.
In terms of strength, she was not weaker than Frank, and in terms of background, she could still pull out the Star Treaty banner when necessary.
“Let’s search around and see if the Tower of Secrets’ headquarters has anything good.”
She looked around, letting Youlia who had already left her body go check on Tessia who was in a bad mood first, then she herself began to lead the players to start looting.
The Tower of Secrets being such a large base, there must be plenty of good things inside.
First come, first served!
The players receiving the looting task were all excited.
Hey, isn’t this their old trade?
When they were heroes, they would always rummage through the jars and chests at the villagers’ homes, now that they can freely loot, they wouldn’t hesitate!
With nearly two million players quickly moving through the Tower of Secrets base, they soon brought Bai Fu quite a few good things.
Firstly, there was a video call from the Dark Domain Bug Queen.
The Dark Domain Bug Queen was almost driven crazy with anger.
She sent another clone to the Tower of Secrets headquarters to try to mark Bai Fu, so that no matter where Bai Fu hides in the future, she could use her talent ability to find Bai Fu and take revenge.
Who would have thought that before she even saw Bai Fu, her clone was blown up by Frank and the several Tiān-Zāi Jié members from the Alliance, which was utterly unlucky.
“Bai Fu, I will never forgive you! I will definitely come back!”
In the virtual screen, the Dark Domain Bug Queen was extremely angry.
Yes, yes, yes, you’re like the Gray Wolf, you will definitely come back!
Bai Fu directly cut off the video call; she didn’t want to watch the mad bug go crazy.
Then the players brought her the prototypes of the Dissociative Medication recovered by the Tower of Secrets recently.
Bai Fu distributed all the Dissociative Medication to the players and fed the prototype directly to Xiphilis, increasing Xiphilis’ strength further and completing a batch of tasks to restore Xiphilis’ strength for rewards.
After that, the players also found a lot of good things from various warehouses of the Tower of Secrets.
Such as potions, blueprints, materials…
These things were found by the players, and Bai Fu of course couldn’t just snatch them away. She didn’t have enough quota to exchange them for experience from faction missions, so she could only offer a fairly decent price to purchase them.
Find Andreas to help deal with them later, hopefully earning some profit.
“They all say I’m a succubus, isn’t this charm still lacking? If my charm could be high enough that I just wave my hand and the players give me all their money and experience, it would be great.”
Bai Fu sighed regretfully.
Of course, she knew this was impossible. Even the master who mastered the secret skill of “Say you like him, let him recharge 500 more” couldn’t achieve this, let alone her, an NPC.
During the search, suddenly a player sent a message saying they had found another True Essence Pillar.
“Another?”
Bai Fu’s heart immediately heated up.
Just look at Youlia to know how powerful the True Essence Pillar is. If she could obtain one, her strength might instantly advance to the upper tier of Tiān-Zāi.
“I’m coming right away!”
A minute later, outside a special laboratory, Bai Fu, Scarlet Leaf, Anya, Eron, Su Xi and others all looked up at the “pillar” floating in the center of the room.
“True Essence Pillar, the Tower of Secrets indeed has the True Essence Pillar!” Eron’s eyes lit up.
Bai Fu shook her head.
What nonsense.
If others don’t know, she certainly does.
This is also a fake pillar. Compared to the fake True Essence Pillar seized from the Blessed Sect, this one’s design is less similar to the real one, but it possesses some functions of the real pillar.
“Even though it’s counterfeit, it should still sell for some money, right?”
Bai Fu pondered.
She was about to step forward to take down the fake pillar when suddenly, a milky white light flashed from her side rear.
Shua——
The light burst open.
In an instant, a terrifying force swept over.
“Be careful!”
Bai Fu instantly teleported beside Anya, tightly hugging her.
The surging Spiritual Energy shockwave hit her back, and a series of damage numbers floated above her head.
-81, -97, -85……
This, was like scratching!
Several seconds later, Bai Fu carried Anya out of the explosion center. At this point, Scarlet Leaf was also safe and sound standing beside her, while only Eron and Su Xi hadn’t managed to escape.
Them……
Bai Fu looked up and realized there was no need to specifically look for them, because Eron was laughing wildly in the center of the explosion, his unrestrained laughter comparable to the four Uchiha laugh kings.
“After so much effort, we finally got our hands on the True Essence Pillar, hahaha!!!”
Not only Eron, but even the usually cold and indifferent Su Xi miraculously showed a happy smile upon seeing the fake True Essence Pillar in Eron’s hand.
After waiting for so many years and enduring the departure of a Blessed Sect Pope, they finally obtained the True Essence Pillar.
Now, their wish can be fulfilled.
Oh, wait, it’s not time to celebrate yet, the savior Holy Maiden Bai Fu is still watching over here.
Eron stopped laughing, cleared his throat: “We thank the Holy Maiden for your help all along. Without you, we wouldn’t have been able to get the True Essence Pillar so smoothly.”
Before Bai Fu could speak, Anya who was hugged by Bai Fu was already furious.
“Wow, you guys are really pure breeds!”
The girl pointed her finger at the smug Eron. She didn’t know the True Essence Pillar was fake, so she thought Bai Fu had been tricked, making her so angry that her hair stood on end.
“How dare you repay our leader like this after she helped you so much? Give the True Essence Pillar back to me right now!”
As she shouted, countless mental tentacles shot out from Anya’s body. Meanwhile, she was secretly preparing the Punishment Needles, ready to poke dozens of holes into Eron.
Amazingly, the mental tentacles automatically dispersed before they could exert force upon touching Eron.
“Hmm?”
Anya was confused, not understanding what had happened.
But Bai Fu understood at a glance.
Special barrier!
Just now, a special barrier with 30,000 shield points appeared around Eron. This barrier could even block mental attacks!
Eron shouted loudly: “Lord Frank, if you don’t act now, the True Essence Pillar that we barely obtained might be taken away by Bai Fu!”
“As long as I’m here, no one can take away this True Essence Pillar!”
A deep voice suddenly sounded. The next second, Frank teleported beside Eron. Eron respectfully handed over the True Essence Pillar to him, and he calmly put the True Essence Pillar into a box.
The white light faded.
Amidst the sound of breaking air, a large group of people rushed over.
They looked awkwardly at Bai Fu and Frank.
“What’s going on?” Manu looked around.
An NPC who witnessed the entire situation quietly explained. After listening, all the onlookers felt immense pressure.
This…
Neither Bai Fu nor Frank are someone they can afford to offend.
Now they could only stand by, hoping that Bai Fu and Frank wouldn’t really fight.
Manu was the most anxious.
During the campaign against the Tower of Secrets, Bai Fu had greatly helped them. Now that Bai Fu was in trouble, he should naturally step forward to support Bai Fu, but the problem was that the opponent was a Tiān-Zāi Jié member from the Tam Civilization. A star system-level civilization like the Star Network absolutely couldn’t withstand the retaliation of the Tam Civilization. A single Tam mothership could make the Star Network flee in panic.
Manu gritted his teeth, thinking that the best option now was to quickly contact the Star Treaty Gateway of the Beginning branch. It would be ideal if they could contact The Sworn One.
Just as he was about to act, Bai Fu suddenly spoke.
“I’m curious how you found the Tower of Secrets’ headquarters.”
Frank sneered coldly: “Do you remember the True Essence Pillar you snatched from the Tower of Secrets? That was a fake pillar I made. I placed a positioning device inside it and deliberately left it in the Tower of Secrets base. I originally just wanted to test whether you were looking for the True Essence Pillar for The Sworn One, but unexpectedly, the Tower of Secrets suddenly took away this fake pillar and brought it here, allowing me to accidentally discover the location of the Tower of Secrets’ headquarters. Anyway, this time, I really owe a lot to you.”
He was clearly mocking her.
But Bai Fu didn’t respond to this mockery and instead smiled inwardly.
I see!
Bai Fu gradually understood everything.
Because of her previous actions, the Tower of Secrets and the Blessed Sect…
Both the Blessed Sect and the Tam Civilization mistakenly believed that the True Essence Pillar was in each other’s hands. They fought over it, only to end up mistaking the fake pillars created by the other party as genuine ones. Neither side had any idea that the real True Essence Pillar had actually been fused with Youlia.
That’s interesting.
Since Frank thought he’d profited immensely, Bai Fu saw no need to expose him.
Let him keep thinking that way so that Youlia wouldn’t be exposed and attract a group of people who might covet her.
I’ll immediately get into acting mode for this performance!
“To be honest, I don’t care much about the True Essence Pillar, but you just said that as long as you’re here, no one can take it from me. I wanted to see whether your words or my Prayer Card is stronger!”
Suddenly, a stack of prayer cards appeared in Bai Fu’s hand.
Fen Ye, standing behind her, also looked eager to jump in: “Is the Tam Civilization really that great? If I kill you here today, I’d like to see if they would dare to come after me directly at the Star Treaty because of this!”
Frank wasn’t scared.
“I don’t have time to argue with you now. After I deal with the True Essence Pillar, whoever you are, White Fu or Black Fu, once you fall into my hands, there will be only one outcome — death!”
As soon as his words were spoken, a vortex suddenly appeared around his body. In the blink of an eye, the vortex swallowed him, Eron, and Su Xi.
“Hahahaha…”
In the desolate ruins of the laboratory, Frank’s laughter echoed alone.
It’s truly exhilarating to show off and then run away!
When the vortex completely disappeared, Fen Ye looked worriedly at Bai Fu, fearing that Bai Fu would be saddened because the True Essence Pillar she had obtained was taken by Frank.
“Bai Fu, the True Essence Pillar…”
“It’s fine.”
Bai Fu shook her head and revealed a resolute gaze.
“I won’t be easily defeated. Whether it’s Frank or the Tam Civilization, I will eventually take back what I’ve lost with my own hands!”
While making bold statements, Bai Fu glanced around since these words were deliberately said for the surrounding audience.
Acting must be done thoroughly; one cannot slack off just because the main audience, Frank, is no longer present.
When Bai Fu’s eyes swept across, Manu and others all avoided her gaze.
How shameful!
Bai Fu has helped them so much, but they could only watch helplessly as Bai Fu’s possession was taken by Frank. If the events here were to spread, their reputations would surely…
Sigh.
Manu clenched his teeth firmly.
He felt that this matter couldn’t just be brushed aside lightly. The Star Network needs Bai Fu’s friendship very much, and they must offer Bai Fu additional compensation beyond the agreed-upon rewards.
This may not necessarily erase Bai Fu’s resentment, but it’s far better than doing nothing.
With that thought, Manu quickly ordered someone to capture the Pope of the Blessed Sect and personally contacted Kleiver, the rotating chairman of the Star Network, sharing his thoughts.
His ideas were unanimously approved by the members of the Star Network Joint Conference.
As Manu took action, the other three civilizations within the alliance also began their own actions.
Without consulting each other, they made identical decisions.
Compensation, Bai Fu must be compensated!
Thus, while the alliance was clearing the battlefield, Bai Fu suddenly received compensation plans from four civilizations.
“A total of 20 million credits, 20 spaceships seized from the Tower of Secrets, interest-free loans for building the Ulysses base, and construction materials at cost price?”
Holy crap!
Upon seeing the list, Bai Fu was greatly surprised.
She acted mainly to express her stance and to distance herself from the conflict over the True Essence Pillar, never expecting such unexpected good fortune.
Even ten fake pillars normally wouldn’t fetch the value of the items listed on the list!
Bai Fu grinned widely.
Frank, Frank, thank you!
“This gift is too precious, I…”
Manu shook his head, interrupting Bai Fu’s words: “Holy Maiden, you deserve all of this. Without you, we would absolutely have no chance of completely wiping out the Tower of Secrets. Therefore, you must accept these things!”
It was hard to refuse such earnestness.
Seeing that Manu had already said so much, Bai Fu could only “reluctantly” accept this goodwill.
Great! With this, she instantly became a rich woman.
Now, the number of starships under her command was sufficient to form a small fleet of 50 ships, which would be highly advantageous for her next move.
After closing her bank account, Bai Fu then opened the quest panel and began reviewing the gains from the operation to destroy the Tower of Secrets.
Quest [Tower of Secrets Exposed] settlement.
[Task Evaluation: Legendary Level (You deeply participated in the plot, playing the lead role in the grand drama of the Tower of Secrets’ downfall. You are the supernova of this celestial sea!)]
As Bai Fu expected, after the task settlement, she gained a whopping 3.11 billion experience points.
This was the most experience she had ever gained in a single task, and this number wasn’t exaggerated considering she contributed more than 40% in the operation to eliminate the Tower of Secrets.
Apart from experience, she also received three rewards.
The first reward was the title [Supernova], with the effect being +7% to all basic attributes.
The second reward was a Spiritual Construct Advancement Card *1, which could enhance a spiritual construct to the next rank.
Without hesitation, Bai Fu used this card on [Spiritual Construct – Fu II], upgrading Fu II to Fu III.
Instantly, the combat suit covering her body underwent significant changes.
Firstly, the “material”. Even though both were clothes composed of spiritual energy, Fu III was soft and comfortable, feeling like an extra layer of skin when normal, but during combat, it could instantly become many times harder than metal when facing enemy attacks.
Then came the appearance. Fu III’s design was more complex, but this complexity didn’t make it overwhelming; appropriate color block decorations and line embellishments accentuated Bai Fu’s curves even more beautifully.
Finally, the functionality. Since it was a quality upgrade, Fu III didn’t add any revolutionary functions compared to Fu II, but its durability doubled, strength and agility bonuses doubled, physical damage reduction became -15%, and it also added an effect that could accelerate spiritual energy recovery, although it wasn’t as fast as Youlia’s magic replenishment, it was still better than nothing.
The third reward was the rare Prayer Card blueprint [Eye of Lamentation].
This was a summoning-type blueprint capable of summoning the Eye of Lamentation. The effects of the Eye of Lamentation were different from any of the prayer cards she had obtained before. It could only summon one at a time, and it had no direct killing power. However, it could apply the [Lamentation] debuff to all hostile targets it sees. Targets affected by the [Lamentation] debuff would experience significantly reduced recovery abilities, decreased stamina (spiritual energy, etc.) limits, and accumulate lamentation bars. Once the lamentation bar filled up, the target would act abnormally due to extreme sadness, which was very dangerous in combat.
“Good stuff, this is somewhat similar to Overlord’s [Domain], just weaker.”
With this, Bai Fu’s combat power could increase significantly, especially in group fights.
Swish-swish-swish—
Bai Fu invested a large amount of experience, first leveling up the prayer cards to their maximum level, then started upgrading herself. After spending 3 billion experience, she successfully upgraded [Apostle Walker] from Lv1 to Lv27.
At this point, her base inspiration had reached 2831 points, and during full burst, her inspiration could surge to over 3900.
“From level 1 to level 27, my base inspiration increased by nearly 700 points. Although the experience required for each level-up is several times more than before, the attribute improvements are also several times better. When my main career reaches a total level of 140, I will gain another bonus.”
Bai Fu was extremely satisfied with the results of destroying the Tower of Secrets.
Just looking at her attributes, she was probably unmatched in the entire Initial Gateway Star Cluster now. The downside was that her accumulation was still too shallow, meaning she lacked enough Tiān-Zāi Jié-level skills and Prayer Card blueprints.
To make up for this deficiency would not happen overnight.
“Experience, experience, I need more experience!”
Bai Fu’s eyes turned red.
Let the players suffer a little more!
“Hmm?”
Just as Bai Fu was fantasizing about exploiting players, Youlia, who passed by her, stopped.
“Why do I feel an increased pressure emanating from you?”
Of course, having leveled up 26 levels all at once.
Bai Fu straightened her chest.
After such a long period of preparation, she could finally develop her forces without restraint.
“I’ve gone from being a pawn to a player. At least in the Edge World region, I can be considered a player now.”
On the way out of the Tower of Secrets headquarters, Bai Fu received a communication from Andreas.
Andreas first congratulated her on advancing to the Tiān-Zāi Jié level, then sent an invitation, hoping she could attend the next meeting of the Origin Consortium together.
Bai Fu understood.
It seems that Andreas’ situation was getting worse day by day.
She asked about the time; the next meeting was in six months.
Six months?
This wouldn’t interfere with her plan to farm players on other novice planets.
“No problem, I’ll definitely be there.”
Bai Fu readily accepted.
After ending the conversation with Andreas, her next step was to return to the Star Network with Manu.
The Star Network Joint Conference expressed the desire to hold a grand celebration to celebrate the destruction of the Tower of Secrets, and hoped that she would attend the celebration.
For such a good opportunity to gain fame, Bai Fu certainly wouldn’t miss it. She also wanted to use this opportunity to attract investment for the newly built Ulysses base.
PS: Thank ANR_Anran for the support.
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