I asked you to be a mage, not to raise a nine-tailed fox

Chapter 495 "Hehe, I knew the older sister loved her younger sister the most~"

Ansana was so bored she was practically rolling on the floor.

Mina and her two companions have been in the Void Tower for over twenty days now. Apart from the first week when their cooldowns were interrupted due to some minor issues, they have used up all nine challenge opportunities across three cooldowns in the remaining two weeks.

It includes three team challenges and six individual challenges.

Especially in the third week, the three of them rushed over almost as soon as the appointed day arrived.

The three, who were already very familiar with the process, got to work without saying a word and finished all the cooldowns in less than two days.

The haul was plentiful, with several Nightmare-level personal and universal keystones, but there were still no challenge keystones or epic keystones, which was getting a bit frustrating.

Even Mina is having a bit of a headache.

The drop rate is a bit low.

Logically, if you consistently achieve scores close to the limit, the drop rate for good items should be higher, but I still haven't gotten either of those two keystones.

"Challenge the Keystone"

Epic Keystone

It seems to be truly rare.

However, Mina is relatively patient when it comes to farming rare items.

Back when I was an African (unlucky) player, I spent ten years grinding and never got a Phoenix.

Mi Xiaohu wagged her tail and approached Xiao Mengmeng.

At this moment, Xiaomengmeng transformed into a cute girl—her own human form, only this time as an eleven or twelve-year-old loli version.

Barefoot, they sat on the sofa, their short legs barely touching the ground and dangling in mid-air. The little firebird perched on Xiaomengmeng's head, and the three little ones' eyes were fixed on the magical information popped up by the emblem.

Inside is the Void Bank's growth figure after Mina just finished conquering the three Towers of Miracles—it has reached 280,000.

This is no small amount—this level of savings would have been unimaginable a month ago, but in fact, the more you earn, the more you spend.

The hard-level illusion challenge yields two to three times the resources of the normal level, while the nightmare level yields about three times the resources of the hard level.

A single Nightmare event costs between 50,000 and 80,000. A team Nightmare event costs even more, but it's split among the three people, so the amount each person actually gets... isn't small either.

Tens of thousands.

Actually, if you calculate it this way, you could say he earns a million a month.

Within the entire floor, they are high-income earners.

But... as the saying goes, the more you earn, the more you spend.

Back in Void City, I only rented a low-grade divine stone.

But now that their income has increased, Mina and her two companions experienced the superior divine stone.

Well, once you've experienced it, there's no going back.

Even if the rent alone would cost 200,000 or more, after truly experiencing the wonder of the superior divine stone, Mina felt extremely uncomfortable every time she used the medium-grade divine stone.

Having experienced 4K high bitrate, who would still be interested in 720p?

It was precisely because of the existence of the superior divine stone that Ansana and Lucia saw the hope of starlight.

Without epic keystones, the weekly cap is limited.

We rented the sacred stone, but we didn't have enough for other expenses.

"Minan nano".

Ansana rolled over and quickly climbed to Mina's side. Looking up at her, she looked like a little kitten begging its owner for help.

Mina blinked: "How so?"

"Shall we start the challenge sooner?"

Ansana spoke softly and sweetly, using a rarely employed tactic of coquetry.

Mina... actually fell for it, rubbing her forehead.

"Actually, it's not impossible."

The three of them no longer have the same indignation they felt when they first returned from the hometown association meeting.

But their desire for higher-ups has only grown stronger.

Especially after experiencing all that has happened in the past two weeks, the three of them have become even more eager to join the upper echelons.

That was an inner drive, not a grudge against anyone—it stemmed from a desire for virtual points—spending money on in-game purchases is so great!

In terms of elements, we have already reached level four.

With the help of various divine stones, magic potions, courses, and teaching materials, the fusion technique has achieved five fusions.

Light up your own panel.

Name: Mina

skill:
Four-stage fusion, Water Creation, Shield, Water Ripple (New), Ripples, Dragon's Might, Sea Dragon's Body, Contract Stone (Cute), Attribute: Water + Dragon + Arcane

Three-stage fusion, food creation, shield, earthquake, rockfall, contract stone, attribute: earth + arcane.

Four-stage fusion: Fireball, Shield, Explosion, Flame Body, Flame Stone (Little Flame Bird) - Attribute: Fire
Four-stage fusion: Wind Walk, Shield, Thunderstorm, Electromagnetic Wave, Lightning Pressure (New), Wind Blade, Swift Step, Wind Pressure (New), Contract Stone (Mi Xiaohu) - Attributes: Wind + Lightning + Arcane
Four-stage fusion: Starry Sky Body, Shield, Star Gathering Technique, Meteor Shower, Starlight Body; Attribute: Starlight
"Sky"

Over the past few months of micro-spending, Mina has achieved level 4 in seven out of eight attributes.

It only needs one more attribute, Earth, to achieve perfect dual-four.

Mina had a vague urge to master the meditation technique. He had a feeling that when he achieved perfection in both levels, it would be the time when his sixth level meditation technique would come into play—just like when he achieved perfection in both levels…

But even for Mina, achieving a true full set of four is not easy.

Especially the art of food preparation, which has stalled Mina and reached a bottleneck.

I wish my Mina Hand could go a little higher.

Mina was helpless.

After reaching the demigod level, Mina's Hand remained stable at the Star-level. Even now, with Mina already at the Celestial Realm, it is still the Star-level Mina's Hand.

This made Mina very upset.

Is Xingxi the limit?

not necessarily.

Mina had a feeling that Starshine was another threshold.

When he breaks through to Starfall, perhaps the Hand of Mina will also be upgraded...

probably.

"Next week."

Lucia laughed, saying that she had also hit a bottleneck.

Even with the assistance of superior divine stones, five-stage fusion is not so easy.

Breaking through the Starshine barrier is extremely difficult.

Perhaps we need to resort to meditation, or try some esoteric methods.

Mina chimed in, "Next week, if we don't get an epic in the individual challenges, we'll just go straight for the challenge in the raid."

Mi Xiaohu and Xiao Mengmeng's eyes lit up; they actually wanted to challenge themselves with something even more difficult.

Just playing through this Nightmare difficulty level isn't enough to satisfy my thirst for more.

Upon hearing Mina's words, Ansana immediately sat up.

"Okay, okay."

As a result, the Mina team's challenge of the high-level Tower of Illusion, originally scheduled for half a month later, was moved up by two cycles.

Ansana smiled happily. Having a great teammate is such a wonderful thing.

It was during the Mina team's preparations for next week's team challenge.

Void City, a small square in the North Third District.

The banquet hall was filled with over twenty small teams.

There are humans and demons.

These are all the top thirty challengers in this year's Tower of the Void.

Among them, the most conspicuous people in the central area of ​​the banquet hall were the teams with the best results in this Void Tower challenge.

Priam's squad, in particular, was positioned at the very center of the banquet.

Each of the five was quite arrogant, not to mention their peers, they didn't even take the seniors from previous years seriously. In fact, their performance was among the best in the challenge teams over the past five years.

Halfway through the banquet, some senior demon and human teams also arrived.

Soon, the number of people at the banquet increased dramatically.

Even teams that have been here for five years mostly stayed on the first floor.

"Thanatar, have you considered doing a higher-level quest?"

A tall demon woman, holding a glass of red wine, looked at Sanathar.

“Senior Kavisna,” Sanathar said respectfully.

The captain of Priam's squad looked at the woman opposite him with a rare hint of respect in his eyes.

Kavisna is a disciple of the senior Sayana, and is almost the most popular low-level apostle recently.

In just five years, they went from one floor to three floors.

Moreover, it was a task he completed alone.

Now, this person is said to be holding a personal challenge stone—a reward for a certain mission.

If she's lucky, this woman might use that extremely rare key stone to break through to the fourth level sometime in the next few months.

If she succeeds in the challenge, Kavisna could achieve the feat of reaching four levels in five years.

They might even receive preferential treatment in terms of resources from higher levels.

It's important to know that the fourth floor and above falls into the category of the middle floor.

Any apostle who can enter and exit the fourth level is called a mid-level apostle.

When such a senior mentioned the ascension mission, not only the members of Thanatal and his Priamos squad, but also every member of the other top ten squads, all turned their attention to Kavisna.

His eyes were full of excitement—was this senior about to impart his experience in the advancement mission?
Kavisna smiled, but she wasn't in a hurry. Instead, she looked around, her eyes seemingly searching for something, but she didn't find the person she was looking for. Only then did she speak up in confusion.

"Speaking of which, didn't you invite that human team named Mina to your new recruits' gathering this time?"

Upon hearing Mina's name, the atmosphere at the gathering suddenly quieted down.

Even the proud Thanatar's lips twitched and a complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

"Of course we notified them, but they are the perfect scorers, how could they have time to meet up with us lowly folks?"

A voice rang out, neither warm nor cold, but with a sarcastic tone.

He was a skinny guy in the thirteenth-ranked minotaur team.

It's hard to imagine that a minotaur could be this thin.

If Mina were here and saw a minotaur like this, she'd probably just ask him, "Dude, you're not some legendary minotaur thief, are you?"

When Kavisna heard the minotaur's words, she just smiled noncommittally.

"Fine, if Mina and the others aren't coming, they aren't coming. We'll just do our own thing."

The corners of her mouth quirked up.

It's a real pity; I wanted to test that boy's strength.

What kind of boy is this, the one that Senior Sayana thinks about so much and mentions almost every day...?

"Speaking of which, for us Void Apostles, the benefits of higher levels are far more significant than those of the first level, especially now that we only have three challenge opportunities per week. The second and even third level secret realms..."

As Kavisna recounted her story, the longing in the eyes of the Void Apostles, most of whom had never experienced life on the second level, grew stronger.

So this is what the second floor looks like.

Can I book a better teacher on the third floor?

What about four or five floors?

What then?

Can a Celestial Realm expert really reach the fifth level?
What exactly are the four layers of heavenly realms like?
"As expected, it didn't pass."

Olivia looked at the rejected application and shook her head helplessly.

Because of Mina, she made several applications to the higher-ups—Mina's resources only received a few tens of thousands more virtual points, totaling only 100,000 virtual points. What could such a small amount of funding possibly cover?

But those above said it was to toughen them up and give them more practice to motivate them.

Moreover, 100,000 virtual points is already quite a lot on the first floor.

This is the most resources provided in nearly ten years.

But, can Mina achieve 9999 points once in a hundred years?

The ratings for Senanhill and Gutaorn have been released. Thanks to Mina, their ratings weren't downgraded, and she even maintained her rating. Congratulations! Hehehe.

However, her application for Mina's personal challenge stone was rejected outright.

They claim that it's necessary to take time to mature, and that young people have enough to explore on their first level, so why the rush to climb higher?

Without enough virtual points, you can't even afford to rent a place to live up there.

All Olivia can say is, these bastards!

One by one!
Enjoy this peaceful time.

The demons, and the Shagus people of Freyne's lineage.

Ha ha.

just wait.

She was touching her own emblem.

An is coming this way.

I heard they're going to fly directly from the outer regions.

Along the way, they also had to deal with some grudges between the Star Eclipse Cult and the demon race.

Ha ha.

This is a strategy of fighting their way through, building momentum, right?

Olivia's eyes flickered.

If she could, she would also like to go out and wreak havoc, just like An.

"What's wrong, Olivia? Are you thinking about your little puppy again?"

Inoria wrapped herself around Olivia from behind and hugged her slender waist.

"I was thinking about the little ones."

Olivia simply smiled and turned to look at Inolia's pretty face as she leaned forward.

"Tsk tsk tsk, speaking of which, I'd like to meet your little cutie. What gift do you think I should bring?"

This was already the umpteenth time Inoria had brought up Mina with Olivia.

She had already brushed it off many times before.

But this time...

Olivia's eyes flickered, and she suddenly remembered Inolia's identity.

She said directly.

“Speaking of which, Mina has a gem fox that she has been raising since the time of Gutaon, and it has now grown to seven tails.”

"You mean that little guy who hasn't taken human form yet?"

Inoria's eyes lit up, as if she had become interested.

"I've heard them talking about that little guy's eighth tail..."

"Hehe, I understand."

Inoria rubbed her cheek against Olivia's, feeling its softness and smoothness.

"Got it, I'll just get that little guy a jeweled tail, hehe, I'm off to go, but it's a deal, you have to lend me that little guy to play with for a couple of days..."

"You should talk to him about this..."

Upon hearing Olivia's words, Inoria's eyes lit up. She chuckled and gave Olivia a quick kiss on the cheek. Before the latter's ears could turn red, she quietly moved her hands up.

"Hehe, I knew the older sister loved her younger sister the most~"

(End of this chapter)