“Can a single Gate grant four Divine Marks at the same time?”
Bai Nian asked the three of them in confusion.
This was the first time she had heard of such a situation.
Shi Gao knew the most among them, but even he shook his head.
“Let’s not worry about it for now. Everyone, go and register,” Zhang Kun waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
To everyone, this was a great thing.
The few of them walked ahead, while Bai Nian followed silently behind.
At this time, because they had returned to reality, her phone reconnected to the network, and several messages immediately popped up.
Three missed calls and more than a dozen messages.
“Yun Mo?”
Bai Nian was somewhat confused.
The other party had contacted her, but the call didn’t go through.
She dialed back and watched as Zhang Kun and the others entered the stronghold.
After a few beeps, the call was connected, and a crisp female voice came through.
“Sister Bai Nian, I went to look for you the day before yesterday and saw a white-haired boy next to the apartment!”
Bai Nian was stunned. She understood, of course.
“Alright, I see.”
“Sister, did you enter the Gate again?”
“Mm, it went quite smoothly.”
The two chatted for a few sentences and agreed to meet up after she returned before hanging up.
Only then did Bai Nian have time to observe the flute in her hand.
It was pitch black, about one meter long, and resembled black jade.
The lines of the flute’s body were smooth, like an exquisite piece of art.
Upon careful inspection, she found subtle carved bumps on it, with patterns identical to those on the Disaster Gate.
As Bai Nian looked closely, the patterns seemed to come alive, twisting and deforming until they finally converged into lines of small characters.
[Name: Level Three Prop (Drunk Dream Flute)]
[Strengthening Core: 0]
[Effect: Kinetic Energy Conversion/Release (34%)]
[Conversion: Guided by mental strength to transform into an invisible barrier that can absorb all kinetic energy; the strength depends on the magnitude of the mental strength.]
[Release: Releases 100% of the stored kinetic energy.]
“A Prop?”
Bai Nian was stunned.
“No wonder Xiao Na could block the hand grenade attack…”
She recalled Xiao Na’s actions at the time.
She must have intended to release the hand grenade’s kinetic energy.
“It seems the percentage at the end is the storage limit.”
Bai Nian pondered.
Even as a single ability of a Prop, it could rival many Combat Professionals.
Unfortunately, there was no way to store it inside her body or carry it easily.
Holding it like this was far too obvious.
After understanding the Prop, Bai Nian was about to enter the stronghold when the others walked out.
“Registration is complete. We can leave now.”
Zhang Kun waved, looking to be in high spirits.
“What’s the deal with the Divine Mark?”
Bai Nian hurriedly asked.
“Even the Heavenly Dynasty Nine Provinces doesn’t know. They said this situation usually only appears in a Fifth Rank Gate or higher,” Shi Gao explained from the side.
“Alright then.”
The group got into the Jinp Jeep and soon left the stronghold, heading into the wilderness.
A white light glowed from Shi Gao’s hands, and the four people in the car instantly entered an Invisibility state.
“My ability has been strengthened. This time, not only can Homogenization cover a larger area, but it can even eliminate sound while in the Invisibility state,” he explained to the others.
“Then haven’t we just become a ghost car?”
As they passed through a forest, Zhang Kun quickly pressed the horn.
Sure enough, the birds and beasts around them were not startled.
Now that even sound could be hidden, it undoubtedly greatly increased their survival capabilities.
The purpose of Shi Gao activating Invisibility as soon as they got in the car was naturally self-evident.
Having cleared a Level Three Gate, there was a high probability they would be ambushed by Wilderness People.
The members of the Heavenly Dynasty Nine Provinces who were to evacuate had to handle the aftermath here and couldn’t leave for at least half a month.
They couldn’t wait that long.
“Team Leader, what about you?”
Li Qian also asked.
“My change is that I can fire three shots in a row.”
Her arrows used to be single-shot rapid fire; now they had changed to three-shot bursts.
“Me? Hahahaha!”
Zhang Kun laughed loudly upon hearing this.
“Listen to my power, it’ll give you a fright!”
He paused for a moment and said, “I can manifest firearms now.”
The others were stunned.
This was indeed a significant upgrade.
Originally, Zhang Kun’s ability could only manifest cold weapons.
“What about the bullets?”
Bai Nian asked in confusion.
Speaking of this, Zhang Kun became embarrassed.
“The ammunition is fixed. Once it’s used up, it’s gone… and I can only manifest ordinary firearms…”
“What? I thought you could manifest a Rocket Launcher,” Shi Gao couldn’t help but complain from the side.
Zhang Kun glared at him, then looked up into the rearview mirror at Bai Nian and asked, “Bai Nian, what about your changes?”
“It can be spread over a large area through sound,” she explained.
The previous enhancement allowed her to force people to sleep, and the one before that made Hypnosis much simpler.
Overall, the Divine Mark they obtained from clearing a Level Three Gate this time had given everyone a significant boost.
As teammates, it was necessary to understand each other’s abilities.
They chatted casually and soon returned to the valley where they had first come from.
Bai Nian immediately saw the steel chains buried underground.
“Team Leader, stop!”
She cried out in alarm, and Zhang Kun immediately slammed on the brakes.
As the Team Leader, he had an extremely high level of trust in his team members.
“There’s an ambush,” Bai Nian explained.
Because they were in an Invisibility state, she didn’t sense anyone else’s gaze, but her eyes caught sight of the trap not far away.
The other party was clearly prepared; perhaps they even knew the abilities of their team.
Thinking of the Bai Clan members who appeared near her apartment, it was hard for Bai Nian not to suspect they were behind this.
The Bai Clan was like a stray dog that refused to leave.
It seemed Bai Tianyi was determined to kill her.
But unfortunately, they were unaware that everyone’s abilities had been strengthened this time, especially Shi Gao’s.
“Team Leader, we’re taking a detour!”
Bai Nian said.
Zhang Kun nodded upon hearing this.
The four of them currently had two Disaster Cores on them; there was no need to take risks with Wilderness People.
Moreover, given that the other party was prepared, they didn’t think they would be a match for them.
Zhang Kun immediately turned around, leaving the valley quietly without anyone noticing.
***
Inside the valley, among the Wilderness People hidden in the dark, a few of them had been observing the front with binoculars.
Suddenly, a lackey saw a small grain of sand about to fall being scattered by an invisible force.
He reacted immediately.
“They’re trying to run, stop them!”
With his loud shout, several Jinp Jeeps instantly lunged out from the surroundings, driving rapidly toward the valley’s exit.
Knowing Shi Gao’s ability, Zhang Kun immediately drove the car onto a bumpy concrete road so the other party couldn’t determine their position from the tire tracks.
“Sister Qian, shoot their tires!”
Bai Nian shouted.
Li Qian immediately turned around and stood up, taking out her longbow.
Several arrows shot out, accurately hitting the front tires of two vehicles.
The vehicles instantly lost balance and braked hard.
Seeing this, the vehicles behind them decisively bypassed them to continue the pursuit.
But when they looked ahead again, there wasn’t a single trace of their targets left.