Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops

Qin Chuan still didn't know that, due to the strength he displayed and the instructions from the higher-ups of the Special Affairs Group, the combat assessment that was coming in three days had undergone a change in the rules.

He looked at the more than two thousand special points that had been credited to his account, his mood greatly uplifted.

This was the reward given after killing the demon beasts during the mission, tallied after the battle. Even if there were some discrepancies in the results, they wouldn't be significant.

The harrowing battle at East Lake surfaced in his mind, and Qin Chuan's smile slightly diminished.

Being able to obtain more resources for himself and reduce the casualties of the Special Affairs Group was a win-win. He wanted to take part in more similar missions in the future.

He glanced at a few stars twinkling softly in the sky outside the window, listening to the occasional chirping of cicadas in the deep silence of the night. Qin Chuan drew the curtains and turned off the light.

Dream World, here he came.

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"What's different about Resonance 3?"

Brooding over the words Yue Li hadn't said when they last parted, Qin Chuan, whose consciousness had just cleared, spoke up immediately.

"I suddenly don't want to tell you," Yue Li blinked, her eyes twinkling with a mischievous smile, "Anyway, Water Flower is about to advance today, and then you'll find out."

Qin Chuan: "???"

"We need to finish searching the resource map we explored yesterday first, then we can add some luck at the next exploration point. Can you really bear making me wait a few more hours?!"

"Just kidding," Yue Li said with an even broader smile, seemingly enjoying seeing Qin Chuan flustered, "Resonance 3 can unlock the corresponding Spiritual Beast's 'Spirit Descent'."

"Spirit Descent?" Qin Chuan raised an eyebrow, feeling a vague sense of awe, "What exactly is the effect?"

"I'm not sure," Yue Li shook her head, "There's no explanation for Spirit Descent, and even though Resonance 3 unlocks it, there are two conditions to use it."

"First, Spiritual Beast Affinity must reach 100%."

"Second, you must comprehend a secret technique together with the Spiritual Beast."

"That's quite a lot of requirements," Qin Chuan frowned, "What's a secret technique?"

Yue Li spread her hands.

"Looks like I need to hurry up and increase our affinity," Qin Chuan glanced at Water Flower and Frost Cold.

Currently, their affinities were at 92% and 87%, respectively.

The appearance of the mysterious new power, Spirit Descent, made Qin Chuan long for the Elite Rank even more.

It was time for Frost Cold to break through to the Elite Rank.

Third Talent effect of the Sun Needle, activate!

As Qin Chuan's thoughts focused on the Extreme Cold Jade, a new point of light appeared on the map, a full seven hundred kilometers from where Qin Chuan and Yue Li were located.

The two immediately set out to sweep through the resource map they had explored before leaving the Dream World yesterday. Three hours later, they arrived at the next exploration point.

"There are three minutes left until the next transfer."

Qin Chuan, who was constantly keeping an eye on the Extreme Cold Jade's position, spoke slowly.

By locking onto rare resources again, he was now certain that the transfer patterns of the Canglan Conch also applied to other rare resources.

"Let's start then," Yue Li clasped her hands together, and a hazy light quickly enveloped Qin Chuan.

Seconds ticked by, and amidst the tense wait of the two of them and the four Spiritual Beasts, the Extreme Cold Jade underwent another location transfer.

Covering a distance of nearly forty kilometers, Qin Chuan let out a sigh of relief seeing the transfer result.

Thank goodness the first to break through was Water Flower.

Luck could only make rare resources refresh at closer distances, but it still encompassed a range. It could be closer or further away.

Had Water Flower not broken through, faced with a forty-kilometer distance, Qin Chuan would have had to give up and try again tomorrow.

But now, with Water Flower's breakthrough and the consequent increase in speed, this distance was no problem at all.

"Water Flower, over there!"

"Woof woof!"

Following Qin Chuan's shout, Water Flower dashed out.

During the wait, Xuegao kept turning in circles on the spot, its eyes filled with tension and anticipation, almost making Xiaoqing and Xiaohong, who were watching it, dizzy.

Twenty minutes later, Water Flower returned with a piece of beautiful jade emanating cold air.

[Congratulations to the player for obtaining intermediate resources: Extreme Cold Jade]

Taking the Extreme Cold Jade and seeing the prompt that flashed before his eyes, Qin Chuan did not hesitate to insert it into the last available slot of the Advanced Array and then slotted the Starshine Equipment: Frost Blade into the Evolution Array.

As the Advanced Array and Evolution Array spun simultaneously, dazzling light erupted rapidly from Xuegao's body. As its power climbed higher and higher, its body also began to transform within the light.

A line of text appeared before Qin Chuan's eyes.

[Congratulations to the player for exceeding an Extraordinary Value of 6400 points, Player Level promoted to Elite Rank!]

When the light dispersed, a figure as tall as a person emerged. Xuegao's original body was now draped in a layer of light blue frost snow gauze, with one large and one small ice crystal snowflake behind its head—up from the original single one. The long sword hanging at its waist had also taken on the likeness of Frost Blade.

[Spiritual Beast Species: Frost Battle Spirit]

[Spiritual Beast Attribute: Ice Attribute]

[Spiritual Beast Level: Elite Rank Lv20] (0/4000)

[Spiritual Beast Traits: Brave Heart]

[Spiritual Beast Species Value: 4000]

[Spiritual Beast Affinity: 92%]

[Spiritual Beast Skills: Star Frost Cold (Passive), Star Frost Slash (Active), Star Frost Trace (Active), Star Snow Shadow (Active), Star Frost Snow Gauze (Active)]

[Equipment Entry: [Frost Annihilation (Starlight Level 9): Attack increased by 42%, 9% chance of a critical hit, effect of the entry doubled on a critical hit]]

[Current usage of the entry/Cool-down duration: 5 minutes/15 minutes]

[Spiritual Beast Introduction: The Ice Attribute Spirit Beast Frost Battle Spirit, evolved from Frost Doll, is a natural fighter, with fearlessness and bravery being its most admirable traits.]

"Ying~"

Xuegao, with tears of excitement in its eyes, rushed towards Qin Chuan, causing him to question the description of "a natural fighter."

It's clearly a natural crybaby.

After Water Flower's breakthrough to Elite Rank, Qin Chuan had promised to help Xuegao make its own breakthrough soon. Now that he had kept his word, Xuegao's Affinity had skyrocketed from 87% to 92%.

As he spent more and more time together, Qin Chuan had discovered that Spiritual Beasts' character differed, and so did the ways and rates of increasing their Affinity.

Water Flower was a loyal companion, its Affinity steadily increasing over time without sudden jumps, but the steadiness was a win.

Xuegao was a practitioner of vows, with its simple mind the daily increase in Affinity was slow, but fulfilling promises to it caused a surge in Affinity.

So next, let's see how Xuegao is doing after its Evolution.

First, there's the new trait that replaced the old one—Brave Heart.

[Brave Heart: After killing any target, the next attack is guaranteed to trigger a critical hit from the Starlight Equipment Entry.]

Hmm???

Qin Chuan's eyes widened.

Spiritual Beast Traits… they can actually link up with Starshine Equipment Entries?

Come to think of it, Water Flower's new Trait, Special Water Area Vision, seemed to have some connection with Attribute Control Power, but the connection didn't seem very clear.

The new Trait of Xuegao was almost complementary to the Starshine Equipment Entry.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but turn to Xiaoqing and Xiaohong.

He wondered how the two of them were doing.