"Bishop? This Si Shen is a bishop-level figure? Is he War King level?" Su Jiu was shocked and quickly asked.
According to the novel's arrangement, bishops were War King level figures, different from ordinary cultists. They had qualifications to pray individually with a certain "god."
Youyou on the other end spoke, her voice somewhat grave: "His strength hasn't reached War King level, but is at Peerless War General level—a genuine prodigious genius. His strength is about the same as Suzuki Xiangzi who chased you last time."
"Precisely because of this, he's more dangerous than ordinary bishops. There's only a thin line between genius and madman. Even when he wasn't a bishop yet, he had planned multiple Divine Descents in small countries, slaughtering over tens of thousands of civilians! Those small country governments had no way to deal with him."
"Half a year ago, we discovered he entered the country, appearing once in Fuzhou, Huainan Province, then no more activity."
"Ding ding! Delivery!"
The doorbell rang outside. Su Xingguo went out and brought back a cardboard box with Dragon Country government markings, addressed to Su Jiu.
He said quietly, then also left home: "Little Jiu, I'm going to handle some affairs. After such a big problem yesterday..."
After nodding lightly, Su Jiu held the phone with her tilted head while opening the anonymous official delivery, finding it full of small magic crystal pieces. While shocked, she found an envelope inside with gilt lettering—
[Magic Capital University Admission Letter]
"Does he use his real name every time he appears?" Su Jiu continued asking.
She didn't quite understand—would such a figure still use his real name when appearing domestically? Otherwise, the Night Watchmen should easily be unable to find him.
"He's very arrogant. The more genius someone is, the more arrogant. He disdains hiding—and this name isn't uncommon in the southern regions. Since he wasn't doing anything before, we had no way to completely lock onto him."
"If we confirm this incident was planned by him, I should be able to lock onto his location this afternoon and dispatch people for elimination. Be careful of his retaliation."
"...Also, you should have received the magic crystals, right? Those are commendations from some Dragon Country big shots. Blockhead and I both sent three. Eat well."
"Sister Youyou, what's this school admission letter about? Isn't it not time for college entrance exams yet?" Su Jiu held up this mail, her face bewildered.
"I don't understand either. This seems like special admission quota? When you have certain special talents, they send it early. Generally it's for medical students and some alchemists—professions that participate in college entrance exams but aren't outstanding in actual combat."
"Alright, that's it. I'm quite busy here. After such a big incident in Huainan, can't slack off at the bar."
Youyou hung up on her end. Su Jiu wanted the four trainee Dragon Hunters to help investigate nearby village formation issues, but found they had all returned to school and were promoted early.
The Liu Hong demon extermination team couldn't intervene due to the previous demon city invasion incident. Sighing, she could only investigate herself later.
"So many magic crystals. While I have time, let's see if I can impact War General level these days. High-tier warrior is no longer enough."
"If I rely on Elegy or Blood Devour to fight desperately every battle, that's too stupid—once I reach War General level, both Ghost Chariot and Ice Chi transformations will awaken again. Hopefully they'll have weapons like the vampire transformation."
Su Jiu hugged this box of magic crystals, her eyes showing longing, "ding ding" going upstairs, back heel kicking the door closed.
"Snap!"
"I'll brush up Elegy proficiency. Once this kind of skill reaches perfection, I wonder what the accompanying innate skill will be."
Once the door was closed, she had Hungry Ghost become a sword. Looking at the short sword that seemed to have more runes, she didn't think much, reverse-gripping it as she sat on the bed, wholeheartedly devoted to condensing blood qi.
She sat cross-legged, using Ice Chi transformation, green light glowing in her hands, using this unique cultivation method:
Elegy—sage state—Elegy—sage state... repeating like this for growth, the blood qi in her body began slowly solidifying into liquid.
"Drip drop—drip drop..."
One day, two days... after about ten-plus days, the room door hadn't opened even once, only entering the ring space when the ring's time came, cutting down monsters then continuing cultivation.
[Blood Condensation Value +5] The flower on her fingernails gradually gained inner contours...
With Su Jiu's repetitive cultivation, these priceless magic crystals became like energy-supplementing pills, decreasing bit by bit until only a few remained.
"Ninety-eight percent!"
Conversely, Su Jiu's aura became increasingly long and powerful. Unlike before when only internal, now even her external aura had faintly reached mid-tier War General level, still slowly strengthening.
Reaching this speed in just over ten days wasn't impossible—drug-enhanced, quick success... but being this powerful like her was impossible.
Bloodlines destined these kinds of geniuses to condense slower than others, and Su Jiu, a genius among geniuses, was even slower—
However, once they broke through to War General, cultivation speed would increase, and most importantly... they would be invincible existences at the same level!
Su Jiu could be this fast purely by using "Elegy" to pay-to-win, but ordinary geniuses couldn't meet even one condition.
Having them use Elegy would probably directly drain them by the second day, turning them into middle-aged uncles and aunties, and they weren't demons so couldn't absorb magic crystals.
This was a VIP pay-to-win channel belonging only to Su Jiu.
"One hundred percent!"
After another half day, Su Jiu radiated golden light ready to burst forth, air currents continuously rushing from her body, the room's windows shaken open by the impact currents, clapping loudly.
On the other hand, the Elegy skill had broken through even more, reaching perfection as naturally as water flowing.
At this moment, a golden half-face mask appeared on Su Jiu's face, a demon-like spike tightly wrapping Su Jiu's right pretty face, straight to her forehead.
Su Jiu's aura amplified by another fold, like a second-stage explosion, but consumption increased exponentially. This kind of life force consumption wasn't something the current her could casually afford.
Sensing her body's changes, she suddenly opened her eyes, quickly stopping Elegy, her aura stagnating—the mask also disappeared.
"Nameless skill... Is this what Elegy gives after reaching perfection? Though incomplete, this level of thing is too bug-like?!"
"If I'm willing to risk my life, I might even be able to trade with an ordinary War King."
Su Jiu murmured, her face showing a joyful expression as she slowly stood, feeling this weightless sensation on her body, an unprecedented feeling of power surging through her.
"Is this War General level? This feeling is too strong."
She felt that fighting that head referee again, even without Hungry Ghost, she could kill him within ten moves.
Looking at the sky, she went to take a bath, glanced at the phone full of messages, her mouth twitching slightly as she opened the dusty laptop on the desk.
[Are you there?] Ten days ago
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[Get online! Where are you? You said you would, being a pigeon now?] Eight days ago
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[If you don't get online, I'll kill you! - Blood Princess (Angry)] Three days ago
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[Single player is so boring, get online, servant—remember to turn on the microphone. - Blood Princess (Pat pat)] Today
"First go to the Adventurer's Guild for second bloodline awakening, then find someone to guide investigation."
The next day, Su Jiu yawned, closing the computer with a completely dejected face, looking at the screen's [2-8-10] record, somewhat doubting life.
Looking again at the little bat avatar's sixty-second voice message, she pursed her lips, not knowing why she wanted to listen yet didn't dare...