55: Only children can answer multiple-choice questions. Let's brush up the evolution bar together.

In the wilderness outside Liang City's suburbs, there was a medicinal materials storage base established by the Three-Leaf Clover Group. Medicinal materials would basically be produced, stored, and roughly processed here before being transported to fine processing factories for secondary processing into Medicinal Pills and other products.

Because of the sheer size of the medicinal materials storage base, it spurred economic development in the surrounding area, gradually turning it into a small town with a relatively complete social division of labor System.

Tang Gao hid in a wardrobe in a house's bedroom, his heart pounding violently, regretting a little that he had accepted a four-star difficulty mission.

The difficulty rating of a mission was determined by one's overall strength.

Because his skill improvement speed was too fast, three-star missions were no longer as difficult as they once were, but the difficulty of four-star missions was indeed much more outrageous than three-star ones.

Tang Gao cursed under his breath, "Damn it, forget about becoming a second-rank Cultivator after completing the mission; the minimum requirement to complete this mission is to be second-rank!"

Violent Justice crouched to the side, hugging his leg pitifully, "Dominator, I'm still five years of Cultivation away from second-rank. Are we really going to be trapped here for five years?"

Alchemist looked pale and threw a Medicinal Pill bottle to Violent Justice, "You keep taking your Medicinal Pills. Maybe you can shorten it to half a year. Don't worry, there are plenty of Medicinal Pills."

They didn't know how many Reincarnations this was. From their initial smugness, to gradually realizing the mission's difficulty was more outrageous than imagined, to now hiding in a wardrobe and starting to take Medicinal Pills to increase their Cultivation.

Ordinary Medicinal Pills, when consumed, would inevitably have minor flaws.

The three of them could only consume perfect quality Medicinal Pills to ensure their Cultivation path was smooth.

Tang Gao sighed, "Thankfully, we were cautious enough. We started by lurking and changing locations before showing ourselves. Otherwise, that fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator would have already caught us."

He had still underestimated Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators. Their Mental Energy directly swept and covered a radius of three kilometers at minimum. Just getting close would lead to them being discovered, and then bombed to death by the enraged fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Relying on simple Reincarnation restarts also had very limited effects.

How could the Heart-Nature of someone who could become a fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator be weak? It wouldn't be easy to wear down the opponent's Heart-Nature through infinite Reincarnation in a short period.

Violent Justice swallowed the Medicinal Pill with a bitter expression, "You didn't even give me a cup of water, damn it."

Alchemist helplessly took out a water cup from his spatial backpack and handed it over, "Dominator, these are the only solutions we have to break the situation. Choose one, and let's go for it. There's no other way."

All three of them had maxed out their previous evolution bars and could now choose new ones.

Tang Gao rubbed his brow and began to summarize:

"First, continuously improve our overall strength using your perfect quality Medicinal Pills to reduce the difficulty of this mission. One day, we'll definitely find a way to destroy the entire storage base.

The drawback is that this solution takes too long, but it can be executed simultaneously, so it's not a big problem.

Second, increase Violent Justice's brutality value to continuously enhance our amplification effects. This direction can also improve our overall strength.

This is also very convenient; we just need to keep killing enemies to raise the brutality value.

We need to have the patience of playing a Nasus; we'll definitely become godlike in the late game.

Third, we can only rely on the Infinite Evolution skill. We'll first max out our anti-Mental Energy detection resistance. That fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Mental Energy scan isn't very precise, so as long as our resistance in this area goes up, we'll at least have more time to act.

Once we have ample time to act, we'll start grinding other evolution bars. Breaking the situation will only be a matter of time, it just requires a bit of patience.

Fourth, we all save up Cultivation and buy a Divine Artifact, otherwise we'll be exhausted."

Alchemist said helplessly, "Only children make choices, Dominator. Let's grind the evolution bars together."

Violent Justice swallowed the Medicinal Pill, feeling his Cultivation slowly increase, his face turning bitter, "Dominator, just say it, what Divine Artifact should we buy? I'd rather spend all my Cultivation to break this situation now than eat so many more Medicinal Pills."

He was almost sick of eating perfect quality Medicinal Pills.

Alchemist casually handed a Medicinal Pill bottle to Tang Gao and took out a bottle himself, stuffing Medicinal Pills into his mouth, "Eat up. These are all perfect quality Medicinal Pills; they're rare outside."

Tang Gao's face turned bitter as he stuffed Medicinal Pills into his mouth, opened the shop interface, flipped to the discount interface, and pointed at the Divine Artifact on it, "Let's buy this one, a super Divine Artifact for the early game."

[Staff of Time]

[Spell Attack]: 60

[Health]: 400

[Mana]: 400

Passive: Gain 20 Health, 20 Mana, and 4 Spell Attack per day. Stacks have no upper limit. Every 100 stacks can be exchanged for 1 year of Cultivation.

Unique · Passive · Eternity: Restore 7% of damage dealt as Mana when taking damage. Restore 25% of Mana consumed as Health when consuming Mana. Each time Health or Mana is restored, provide 35% decaying speed.

Mythic · Passive: Gain 5 skill haste for each Mythic item equipped.

[Discounted Purchase Price]: Twenty years of High-Grade Attribute Cultivation (Original Price: 100 years of High-Grade Attribute Cultivation)

The air fell silent.

Violent Justice glanced at his Cultivation and asked suspiciously, "Dominator, I understand the logic, but did you buy this Divine Artifact based on our Cultivation?"

Alchemist's mouth twitched, "Dominator, after buying this Divine Artifact, we'll all be broke. The three of us combined will only have two and a half years of Cultivation left."

Tang Gao shrugged helplessly, "The Divine Artifact's effect can be shared by three people. After buying it, we'll definitely be able to perfectly clear the mission faster. Besides, re-Cultivating isn't difficult. I believe we can overcome this together."

Is the Divine Artifact's attribute strong? Yes, it's strong. It's at least equivalent to the normal attributes of a first-rank Cultivator.

Is the Divine Artifact's passive strong? Yes, it's strong. Although the growth values seem a bit small, it's actually a very considerable permanent growth ability in the early game, increasing the hope for the three of them to break the situation in front of a fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

As for the Mythic passive... those 5 skill haste points apply to all cooldowns, which is still very useful.

Tang Gao counted on his fingers, "With this Divine Artifact, we can shorten the clear time from half a year to three months, which is still very worthwhile.

Besides, after buying it, we'll still have at least first-rank Cultivation, so what's there to fear?

Just go for it!"

Three months later, the combined continuous Cultivation of the three people would yield about one and a half years of Cultivation, plus the Divine Artifact's passive, which could be exchanged for three years of Cultivation. This was equivalent to earning four and a half years of Cultivation, which was very cost-effective.

Getting four and a half years of Cultivation in three months, what more could you ask for?

Violent Justice and Alchemist exchanged glances and could only agree to this plan.

In the current situation, finding every possible way to become stronger was indeed the king's way.

Tang Gao chose to purchase it, then placed the Divine Artifact in his spatial backpack and synchronized its effects to his other two Clones.

With Clone Fusion, this was equivalent to gaining triple the effect in one day. When the time came, as long as the three of them reached the Early Stage of the second-rank, they could stack up to third-rank combat power. With some additional evolution bars, directly confronting a fourth-rank Foundation Establishment Cultivator wouldn't be difficult.

Tang Gao thought for a moment, synchronized his innate Spell to the others, and said calmly, "Originally, I didn't want to use this talent, but the situation is special now. The three of us must find every way to become stronger.

We also must achieve a perfect clear rating, otherwise, it would be too unfair to our efforts.

Don't worry, I'll delete their memories during the last clear to avoid trouble."

Shadow System · Devour, this was a very Demonic Path innate Spell.

Tang Gao originally didn't want to use it, but the situation was special now. Without it, he might truly have to endure for three months.

Violent Justice's eyes lit up, "Dominator, with your talent, we'll only need one month to find a perfect solution to break the situation!"

Alchemist's spirit also lifted, "Many hands make light work. With this, we'll definitely soar!"

Three people grinding Devour, would they still need to worry about not getting enough Cultivation?

Tang Gao adjusted his mindset, applied the anti-Mental Energy detection evolution bar to everyone, and seriously assigned the tasks:

"Everyone, Devour to get stronger together, accelerate grinding evolution bars together, and consume Medicinal Pills to gain Cultivation together.

Violent Justice, you grind brutality value. Alchemist, you grind Medicinal Pills. I'll collect equipment and integrate information.

Now, are there any other questions?"

Violent Justice swallowed the Medicinal Pill in his mouth and chuckled, "Medicinal Pills to get stronger, brutality value to get stronger, Devour to get stronger, stacking passives to get stronger, grinding skills and information to get stronger... With so many ways to get stronger, it would be strange if we still couldn't defeat a four-star mission."

Alchemist licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with fighting spirit, "If worst comes to worst, I'll grind out my profession mission. With the profession card's boost, our combat power will definitely increase significantly."

Tang Gao's eyes lit up, "Oh right, if you grind out your profession card, it will definitely greatly enhance our combat power."

Alchemist suddenly asked curiously, "Dominator, why don't you grind a profession mission?"

Tang Gao: "...Can I say I forgot?"

Reaching Late Stage of first-rank in four days, plus you two hardcore Cultivator Clones, I didn't even have time to Cultivate Cultivation Techniques, and I've already grinded evolution bars until I'm numb. How could I have time to think about professions?

Violent Justice said enviously, "Dominator, choose a profession. If you're not satisfied, you can change it. Grinding out a profession card will definitely enhance our strength."

Tang Gao had no choice but to join the ranks of the grinding kings and began to consider which profession to choose.

Alchemist stroked his chin, "Dominator, do you think this mission requires speed or attack to clear?"

Tang Gao sat cross-legged and said seriously, "It's attack, an attack that can break the defense of a fourth-rank."

Alchemist chuckled, "Dominator, make up your mind and get a profession that can infinitely grow stronger. Just focus on grinding attack."

Tang Gao nodded in agreement, input his requirements, and soon, the System popped up the profession mission.

[Profession Mission (Black Soul Dominator): Die 1000 times, kill 1000 enemies 1000 times, master 1000 Souls, then you can obtain the Black Soul Dominator Profession Card]

[According to user requirements, the System will introduce the passive skill of this profession]

[Black Soul Dominator · Profession Card · Passive]: [Soul Extraction]

[Soul Extraction]: Collect and purify Souls to gain various attribute growths.

[Growth Directions: Strength, Defense, Speed, Life Steal, Resistance, Attack Range...]

Tang Gao was speechless for a moment, "Why do I feel like I'm heading down the Demonic Path overlord's road of no return?"

If this were released, it would be hard to say it's a righteous character.

Violent Justice patted his Dominator's shoulder and sighed, "Don't complain. It's a super profession with infinite growth."

Alchemist stuffed a bottle of Medicinal Pills to Tang Gao and said seriously, "Accept it. Maybe we can shorten the mission time to half a month."

Tang Gao took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself, "Alright, at worst, I'll max out my disguise skill to Divine-Grade, or be ready to use your profession panels to cover mine at any time."

If a man isn't ruthless, he can't stand firm!

Only by fighting can you win!

A true man, what difficulties should he fear!

Charge, charge, charge!

Three thousand words, just a little something. Hmm, thank you for your gifts, just free brushes, a few tens or hundreds of yuan is fine~