Chapter 123: Red Task Reward
“Roar—The Bone Dragon, which is naturally extremely powerful against spiritual beings, with just a roar carrying dragon might, made the Dark Sun Apostle, who only had a wisp of soul fire left, even weaker.
“You won’t catch me!”
Unlike his initial arrogance, the Dark Sun Apostle, whose state could only be described as miserable at this moment, spoke with more bluster than substance.
“Roar—”
With another roar, under the command of Anthony-Black Sparrow, the Bone Dragon, which had already gained sentience, gave the opponent no chance to speak nonsense. It directly unleashed a Necrotic Dragon Breath, causing the Dark Sun Apostle’s soul fire to flicker precariously.
Immediately after, a giant maw struck, and with the cooperation of Losia-Haige's Mercury Lock, the Dark Sun Apostle's soul fire was directly devoured by more than half.
“Ah—”
The scream was shrill, and as collateral damage, Jia Na's body once again suffered localized distortion due to the Dark Sun Apostle's sonic pollution.
“The power of contamination this Apostle wields is simply hundreds of times stronger than normal dark sun contamination. Under the double protection of the Purification Barrier and auditory blockade, he can still contaminate me just by the shrieking of his soul fire.”
Through Jia Na's observation at the edge of the battlefield, she found that this Dark Sun Apostle's combat strength wasn't actually very high. However, the shield he cast and his ability to contaminate others with just sound were extremely disgusting.
Under the continuous attacks of two official Rank 1 Wizards for such a long time, they had barely managed to break through that defense. Coupled with the Dark Sun Apostle's 【Resurrection】 trait, Jia Na truly felt how difficult he was to kill.
Whoosh—Just as Jia Na's attention wandered, a gust of wind suddenly struck. As the barrier set up by the Celestial Sparrow shattered in response, Jia Na, struck by the dark wind, suddenly became rigid.
“It’s body possession—”
“You're right, it's your honor to serve the dark sun.”
Her thoughts paused slightly. Looking at the two Wizards who were still surrounding and attacking the fake 'soul fire' not far away, Jia Na understood,
that all the hysteria displayed by this Dark Sun Apostle was actually just foreplay for possessing her body.
“Don't worry, I'll let you die peacefully—”
“Is that so?”
Her lips curved slightly. Although the plot development was slightly different from what Jia Na expected, it generally followed the script.
Buzz—As a silver-white light shot out from Jia Na's eyes, in just an instant, Jia Na directly activated her A-grade Talent—Spiritual Body Shuttle.
“Crack—”
Just as the Dark Sun Apostle's soul was about to enter Jia Na's body, Jia Na, who had turned into a spiritual state, directly held a long whip and fiercely lashed the Dark Sun Apostle.
“You actually—are a soul Wizard!”
“No, I was just a trap waiting for you to take the bait.”
What do you mean?
“Finally, I've been waiting for you—”
The lingering voice sounded again from behind the Dark Sun Apostle. By the time he reacted, a transparent crystal ball directly broke out of the ground, appearing right behind him.
“How dare you!?”
Yu gave the Dark Sun Apostle no chance to struggle at all. As the crystal ball burst forth with dazzling light, the Dark Sun Apostle's soul fire was directly sealed inside the crystal ball.
“You, did well.”
After putting the crystal ball containing the sealed Dark Sun Apostle's soul fire back into his interdimensional space ring, Anthony-Black Sparrow's expression when looking at Jia Na was already extremely satisfied.
“This is all thanks to the Principal's thoughtful consideration—”
Several hours ago, when Jia Na landed on Anthony-Black Sparrow in her Raven form, the special fluctuation within Jia Na's soul immediately attracted Anthony-Black Sparrow's attention.
With just a slight probe, Anthony-Black Sparrow discovered that Jia Na's talent was the extremely rare A-grade Talent—Spiritual Body Shuttle!
This unexpected discovery also led Anthony-Black Sparrow to quickly formulate a plan to 'capture' the Dark Sun Apostle alive.
Among them, the most crucial part of the plan lay in Jia Na's Spiritual Body Shuttle talent, as well as Anthony-Black Sparrow's sufficient understanding of the Dark Sun Apostle.
The general plan began to be laid out from the moment the two entered the Shadow Rift:
① Anthony-Black Sparrow set up a soul warning barrier around Jia Na in advance;
② A soul sealing crystal was buried at the edge of the barrier in advance;
③ Utilize the Bone Dragon's racial advantage to comprehensively weaken the Dark Sun Apostle's soul fire. Even if there were loopholes in the plan, Jia Na's Spiritual Body Shuttle talent would be enough to stop the Dark Sun Apostle's attempt at body possession.
It was this three-step plan, carrying a slight element of gamble, that allowed Anthony-Black Sparrow to truly achieve the idea of capturing the 'Dark Sun Apostle' alive. At the same time, it also allowed him to obtain a top-tier material for soul experiments. “Jia Na-Luo Lan—I remember you. You have a share in this achievement, and I will compensate you later.”
“You are truly a generous Wizard!”
Good talent, good courage, good mind, plus a sweet tongue.
From a comprehensive ability perspective, this clever female apprentice in Turin is enough to easily crush any apprentice of the same rank.
Furthermore, what surprised Anthony-Black Sparrow was that this female apprentice, whom he had only met a few times, did not make him feel particularly face-blind despite his soul damage.
“Is it Extraordinary Charm?”
“A human with Extraordinary Charm?”
He mused inwardly, but quickly, Anthony-Black Sparrow dismissed this conjecture.
Even if this female apprentice's Charm was high, there was still a layer of window paper separating it from Extraordinary Charm. As long as this layer of window paper wasn't broken through, it would never reach a level that could be called 'Extraordinary'.
“Could it be someone from the 【Witch Sect】? But those witches skilled at bewitching people don't seem to reach such high Charm levels during the apprentice stage—”
He rubbed his temples, and after thinking without result, Anthony-Black Sparrow didn't plan to investigate further.
After all, regardless of Jia Na's true identity, in Anthony-Black Sparrow's eyes, she was White Coral's apprentice.
A valuable apprentice with extraordinary talent, who was very likely to bring supreme honor and resources to White Coral Academy—
“system, open the task interface.”
Unlike Anthony-Black Sparrow's wild thoughts beside her, Jia Na, who was already impatient, immediately lowered her eyes and opened the system task panel.
【Long-term Mission: Search for and exterminate the remnants of the Dark Sun Church (Completed);
Mission Rating: A-grade:
Mission Rewards: Talent Experience 1000 points, Skill Experience 4000 points, Physique +0.5, Luck +0.1, Insight Knowledge of Purification Laws *1;】
Looking at the red text on the mission panel, Jia Na's expression couldn't help but freeze.
Besides the newly appeared 'Mission Rating' entry, the two newly added attributes, and a golden glowing 'Insight Knowledge of Purification Laws' reward that she had never seen before, made Jia Na's mood incredibly beautiful at this moment.