102: together / swastika

The 100,000,000 source points reward increased Clarissa's source points balance to over 180,000,000.

Her bloodline level also reached 27%.

Clarissa spent 150,000,000 source points to upgrade her talent:

【Swordsmanship Mastery VII】 → 【Swordsmanship Mastery VIII】 (Cost 150,000,000 source points; upgrade requires 1,500,000,000 source points.)

Tang Ziheng once again earned 150,000,000 source points with tears in his eyes.

After upgrading her swordsmanship talent, Clarissa seemed to fall into an epiphany.

After a long while, a vast aura, like a boundless universe and countless stars, erupted from Clarissa's body.

Her Star Sword Intent surged: 9.5% → 11.4%.

Not only that, she also gained a significant understanding of the super-tier combat skill - 【One Sword】, advancing it from Mastery to Great Accomplishment.

Her true combat power improved significantly.

Afterward, Clarissa returned to the Imperial Capital of Groster.

“Clarissa! You’re back! Are you alright?” Alice, who had been waiting for Clarissa, saw her fly back, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and she quickly went to greet Clarissa.

“I'm fine, all problems are solved!” Clarissa smiled at Alice and said, “You don’t have to keep waiting for me here.”

“I was just worried about you! Seeing you leave with such a serious expression... I thought something big had happened!” Alice breathed a slight sigh of relief and said, “Thankfully, you have a smile on your face now that you’re back, so the matter must have been resolved quite easily, right?”

“Hmm… Although there were some minor twists and turns, it was resolved relatively smoothly!” Clarissa nodded and smiled at Alice.

“Phew~ That’s good then!” Alice nodded: “Are you hungry? Let’s go eat!”

“Sure!” Although Clarissa no longer needed to eat, as ordinary food, even eating some low-level demonic beast meat, had no effect on Clarissa.

Even those ordinary foods, once eaten, were almost instantly digested by her furnace-like stomach.

Energy and nutrients were instantly sent throughout her body, but the replenishment… was negligible.

Eating, for Clarissa, was more about satisfying her cravings than anything else.

Unless it was some kind of heavenly treasure or food containing immense energy, it was pretty much useless.

After dinner, it was already quite late.

“Um, Clarissa, I’ll stay at your place tonight!” Alice said to Clarissa.

“No problem!” Clarissa nodded, this was nothing, after all, her house was so big, there were plenty of empty rooms: “But don’t you need to go back and deal with affairs?”

“Most of the matters are being handled by others, and there’s nothing much happening recently. Besides, you, Clarissa, are here to oversee things! Nothing will go wrong! I’ll deal with the rest tomorrow, and if there’s really anything important, someone will contact me immediately.” Alice shook her head slightly and said to Clarissa.

“Alright then~ Pick any room you like, they should all be clean, someone cleans them every day.” Clarissa said to Alice.

“Hehe~ No need to be so troublesome! I’ll just sleep in the same room as you, Clarissa~ Is the bed big enough?” Alice said to Clarissa.

“Uh…” Clarissa couldn't help but scratch her head when she heard Alice's words.

“What’s wrong? Is it not allowed?” Alice asked expectantly.

“It’s allowed, it’s just that I’m afraid you won’t be used to it,” Clarissa said.

“Ah! No, I won’t! Don’t worry!” Alice giggled.

“Alright, alright, whatever you want~” Clarissa didn’t care about this; since Alice was willing, she let her be.

“Then let’s go bathe together! You seem to have a very large bath here!” Alice said excitedly.

“Uh…” Clarissa was pulled along by Alice, as if Alice was very familiar with her home.

Clarissa’s bath, rather than a bath, was more like an artificial hot spring.

The water was flowing, kept warm by magic, and infused with many medicinal herbs for body recuperation, promoting circulation, healing injuries, and also many flower petals. These herbs were changed every three days, treated with special methods, so they not only had no medicinal scent but were also full of floral fragrance.

Two charming girls, each with their own unique style, shed their clothes, revealing their enviable perfect figures. They stepped barefoot onto the slippery yet sufficiently grippy floor, slowly descending a small step into the warm bath…

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Blade Spirit World.

“Dragon Hailstorm Stance”

Bai Mo stabbed a black giant wolf with his sword, and the next moment, a cross of ice froze it.

“Phew~ Finally done!” Bai Mo glanced at his source points, his balance already over 530,000 source points.

More than a month had passed.

Bai Mo had taken on a mission to enter this secret realm and retrieve a Dark Spirit Grass. The guardian beast was the black giant wolf he had just killed.

“Got it…” Bai Mo put away the mission item, returned to the academy to turn in the mission, and then, as usual, walked towards the Akatsuki Organization.

Everyone’s situation now was pretty much the same: if there was a mission, they did it, either individually or as an organization.

Other times were spent cultivating, or going to the Library together… or to the training grounds.

Whenever they had nothing to do, they would come to the Akatsuki Organization, sit in the conference room, drink tea, and eat desserts.

These were basically always supplied here, after all, the leader was a rich person, and there were people specially arranged 24 hours a day to prepare various snacks, desserts, and tea for them.

It could be said that their lives were both incredibly comfortable and incredibly fulfilling.

Of course, these weren't the most important things; what was important was that he had finally gathered 500,000 source points!

Bai Mo looked at the empty conference room, sat down, poured a pot of green tea, took some desserts, and opened the system store.

In the large 【Recommended】 section, he saw a product he had desired for a long time:

【Shi Jie · Ice Wheel Maru】 Evolved Upgrade Version: 【Bankai: Daiguren Hyorinmaru】 (Defective Version) 【Discount】: 500,000 source points.

After Bai Mo learned what Bankai was from the system, he became extremely interested, and today, he finally managed to gather these 500,000 source points!

Without much hesitation, Bai Mo directly clicked purchase!

【Purchase of 【Bankai: Daiguren Hyorinmaru (Defective Version)】 successful, cost 500,000 source points】

Bai Mo looked at his panel, and the addition of this line made him incredibly thrilled!

“Let’s go try it!” Bai Mo immediately slipped into the training room; after all, he was just trying out the effect of 【Bankai】.