26: 11 evil devours, 100,000 HP in 4 seconds

(Two chapters were previously omitted, and there have been revisions. If you haven't read this section before, it means you're seeing the revised version. My apologies.)

...At the same time, also in Yun City, in an ancient and luxurious villa.

Bai Shanhe, the head of the Bai Family, looked at Bai Xiaoxiao, who was sitting opposite him, dressed in designer brands, elegantly enjoying a specially prepared nutritious meal.

He smiled slightly.

"Xiao Xiao, your performance on the first day was excellent. You're already level 28. This speed surprises even me."

"At this rate, the time it takes you to complete your First Turn won't be inferior to that person from the Zhao Family. My Bai Family has finally produced a dragon, hahaha!"

Bai Xiaoxiao heard this, put down her cutlery, and shook her head, saying:

"Zhao Hao Gege, including the time it took to complete his First Turn quest, only took a day and a half in total. At my speed, I'm afraid I won't be able to achieve that."

Bai Shanhe heard this and said somewhat helplessly:

"Zhao Hao is, after all, a member of the Zhao Family. The nutritious meal he uses is a limited edition, specially supplied by the Alliance, and its recovery speed is three times that of ordinary people. The one my Bai Family uses is a tier lower, with only double the effect, which is why he was able to advance so quickly."

Hearing this, Bai Xiaoxiao looked at the meticulously prepared nutritious meal in front of her and suddenly found it tasteless.

Nutritious meals are a special type of food that can accelerate the recovery speed of Professionals.

However, even with money, you might not be able to buy this item.

Because it is uniformly distributed by the Alliance.

As one of the Eight Great Families of the Alliance, the Zhao Family naturally has the highest-grade special supply.

The Bai Family, being a second-tier aristocratic family, could only obtain nutritious meals that shortened Bai Xiaoxiao's original 8-hour rest period to 4 hours.

This meant she wasted two more hours than Zhao Hao did at the time, which made her feel very unconvinced.

Seeing that Bai Xiaoxiao seemed a little dejected.

Bai Shanhe couldn't help but comfort her, saying, "There's no need to worry too much. Once you grow up, and my Bai Family can enter the ranks of first-tier forces, the treatment we receive from the Alliance won't be inferior to the Zhao Family."

Bai Xiaoxiao nodded in understanding, then lowered her head and silently ate the rest of her nutritious meal.

At this moment, even Bai Shanhe didn't notice.

A hint of coldness slowly flickered in Bai Xiaoxiao's eyes as she lowered her head.

Ever since Bai Shanhe asked her to win over Night Shadow, she knew she was always a collateral branch of the Bai Family.

Although Bai Shanhe was now investing heavily in cultivating her, she was very clear that he merely wanted to train her to be a fighter for the Bai Family.

Once the time was ripe, Bai Shanhe would definitely make her sign that Creation Contract.

At that point, she would only be able to obey the Bai Family for the rest of her life.

But no matter how strong a fighter is, they are still inferior to others.

Just like Hou Yong and the group of people who were with her before.

For the past 18 years, Bai Xiaoxiao had had enough of living subserviently.

However, to change this fate, she still needed the power of the Bai Family for now.

Therefore, Bai Xiaoxiao's attitude towards Bai Shanhe remained as humble and obedient as ever.

At the same time, she already had a plan in her heart.

Her first step was to become the strongest newcomer, and then, with that status, approach Zhao Hao of the Zhao Family.

Both being thiên kiêu, both possessing SSS-grade Talents.

She was confident that with her exquisite beauty, she would surely win Zhao Hao's favor.

That way, Bai Shanhe would never dare to make her sign that Creation Contract.

Now, all she had to do was complete her First Turn advancement as quickly as possible.

She believed that with her current leveling speed.

No one would be able to surpass her this year.

Perhaps Night Shadow's leveling speed could.

But the Calamity Herald's quest token had already been reserved by her.

Other advancement quests took far more time than the Calamity Herald.

She was sure of victory!

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Time passed quickly.

With the increase in level and attributes.

Ye Xiao's recovery speed was much faster than he had anticipated.

In just over two hours, his mental state had returned to optimal condition.

He glanced at the time.

Ye Xiao muttered to himself, "Fatty, just wait. Your brother will take you to fly in the future."

Then, he silently recited a phrase in his mind.

The next moment, his figure reappeared in the Eternal World.

It was a coincidence.

The moment he appeared.

The Calamity Herald also refreshed at the same time.

Ye Xiao raised his hand and cast a Fireball.

Two seconds later, he once again obtained a Skill Stone of Evil Devour.

At the same time, he was only tens of thousands of experience points away from leveling up.

He crushed the Skill Stone.

Afterward, he saw Xue Ling's figure appear in his line of sight.

It seemed she had been waiting here for quite some time.

Soon, Xue Ling came before him.

She respectfully handed him a large bag.

"My Lord, these are the remaining eternal coins in the Legion, totaling 378,423."

Ye Xiao took it, puzzled, and said, "So little?"

Xue Ling quickly explained.

"My Lord, you don't know, all the income of the Golden Phoenix Legion comes from the Calamity Herald. In previous years, Snow Phoenix would only keep five percent as operating funds for the Legion; the rest was submitted to the forces supporting us behind the scenes, so there's simply no money left."

"Most of these three hundred thousand were from the Bai Family pre-booking the Calamity Herald for an entire day; other newcomers haven't reached level 30 yet, so they haven't generated any income."

Ye Xiao nodded, then smiled, saying, "These people from the Bai Family are truly wealthy, but I like it."

Xue Ling: "Then, My Lord, regarding the Bai Family's quest, should we still fulfill it?"

Ye Xiao glanced at her sideways.

"The quest was taken by Snow Phoenix, what does it have to do with me?"

"Understood."

Xue Ling replied without hesitation.

Ye Xiao was very satisfied with Xue Ling's attitude.

It seemed this woman had no intention of betraying him.

Having a subordinate he could command felt good.

At this moment, Xue Ling pulled out 8 identical Skill Stone and handed them to Ye Xiao.

"My Lord, these are the Skill Stone of Evil Devour you need. The drop rate for these Skill Stone is really too low, and including the ones sold before, there are only these 8 left in the Legion currently."

Ye Xiao took them and scanned them, not saying much.

He also understood that although Xue Ling and her people dealt with the Calamity Herald all year round.

Their drop rate was far inferior to his.

Naturally, they couldn't always drop Skill Stone of Evil Devour every time they killed the boss.

So he wasn't too disappointed.

However, after thinking for a moment, Ye Xiao still said:

"Go ask the Black Tiger and Silver Dragon Legions how many Skill Stone of Evil Devour they still have. I want them all."

"As for the price, just say that after today, I will no longer interfere with the Calamity Herald, and everything will return to normal. Anyway, they mistakenly believe I am a master from some high-level area, so I believe they will agree."

Xue Ling nodded in understanding, then turned and left.

It wasn't until Xue Ling had walked away.

That Ye Xiao took out the 8 Skill Stone of Evil Devour he had just obtained.

He had originally planned to stay here for a few days to farm more Skill Stone of Evil Devour.

But with Xue Ling's allegiance, this plan naturally became unnecessary.

Adding the 3 he had already learned, he had now learned 11 Evil Devours.

His on-hit life recovery directly reached 550 points.

A single Fireball instantly brought him 13,750 points of health recovery.

Based on his current 100,000 health.

Under full output, it would only take 4 seconds to fully restore his health.

Combined with the second effect of the ring of plague origin.

His survivability was simply outrageous.

However, given his previous battle with Snow Phoenix.

He still decided to stack a few more Evil Devours to maximize his survivability.

But he would only farm two or three more times at most.

After that, he would just wait for Xue Ling to provide them.

After learning the skills, Ye Xiao chuckled lightly and opened the exchange.

Now that he had money, his target would naturally not remain fixed on the cheapest Skill Stone.

At this moment, he felt that those who had tried to block him earlier were simply too ridiculous.