Ling Yi only retracted his gaze slowly when the graceful figure ran through the door.

His blood unconsciously churned as he felt the ghost of her lips linger on his skin.

‘She’s already so grateful to me just for helping her to get some money.‘

As he thought of the not-too-distant future, his expression became slightly strange. ‘If I help her restore her identity as a player, wouldn’t that mean…’

Ling Yi quickly shook his head to get rid of the negative thoughts that were messing up his mind.

The most important thing right now was thinking of further improving his strength.

‘Since these three Skills are useless for the time being, I should just move on and check the World Announcement’s rewards.‘

He opened his rucksack and looked at the two rewards given by the World Announcement.

[Basic Treasure Lottery Ticket (D)]: Randomly draw a treasure from the D-class or below.

[Pure Food]: Clean food loved by the little elves.

Both had high mutation potential, so Ling Yi might as well mutate them.

The former was changed from “D class or below” to “A class or below”.

The latter was turned into a completely different item.

[Pure Food Maker]: Can produce one Pure Food per day.

“A maker? This…” He knew what Sprites were and even saw the four-eyed bird flying over the Rocky Highlands.

Initially, he didn’t intend to come into contact with this kind of existence. Now that he had conjured this item, he could try to come into contact with it when he entered God’s Path tomorrow.

Ling Yi shifted his gaze back to the [Elementary-Level Treasure Lottery Ticket] and used it without hesitation.

Each person could only wear one treasure.

The current treasure could increase the Stars Slots, so he would not exchange it.

However, the Ice Queen wasn’t holding any treasure up to now — he remembered to have seen that she had the treasure and weapon stats empty. This meant she could equip treasures and hold weapons like players.

So, he decided to give her the treasure he got later.

No matter what, the Ice Queen had significantly contributed to the battle against the Beast King, and he wanted to reward her for her help.

After a short while, the white mist receded to the sides, revealing a glittering silver chain that seemed to be made up of dozens of mini diamonds floating in the center.

Ling Yi stretched out his hand, and the chain automatically landed in his palm.

It was light and cool to the touch.

When he opened it, he realized that it was an A-grade treasure that increased agility by 200 points. It also had an active purification Skill.

Seeing this, he quickly mutated it.

[Name: Jade Cloud Crystal Chain]

[Rarity: A]

[Type: Waist Chain]

[Effect: agility +200 (+20)]

[Treasure’s Effect: Cleanse oneself and remove adverse status effects]

(Jade Cloud Crystal Chain + Jade Essence → Divine Essence Crystal Chain)

After the mutation, the treasure effect had lost its limited number of uses.

As long as he had the stamina, he could use it an unlimited number of times.

Although it wasn’t as good as his own treasure effect, it was still good enough.

“Xiao Bing.” He whispered, and the Ice Queen appeared beside him like a ghost. “Here, this is a treasure for you. Put it on.”

He handed the shiny silver chain to her.

The Ice Queen looked at the chain in her hand with her white eyes. She then reached out her pale hand and picked it up.

However, she doesn’t seem to know what to do with it.

She stared at Ling Yi with her innocent eyes.

“Just put it on your waist.” Ling Yi said, and he made a simple gesture.

The Ice Queen nodded as if she understood but surprised Ling Yi when she began to undo her ice crystal blue dress.

“Wait! Stop!” Ling Yi quickly said and grabbed her hand, taking her to his room on the second floor. He flew to the opened the window and pushed her in, “Now, go put it on.”

With that, he closed the glass panel and turned his back to the window.

It wouldn’t matter even if she had to change in the courtyard because the entire place was protected by a mutated barrier that could prevent prying eyes. So when outsiders try to look into the yard, they would only see an “ordinary” illusion.

The only people he could see pass through the illusions were him and Lin Shurou.

However, for obvious reasons, Ling Yi felt that it would be better for the Ice Queen to do this within the privacy of his room.

About a minute later.

Tap, tap, tap!

The sound of knocking on the window came from behind.

Ling Yi turned around and saw that the Ice Queen was dressed neatly. She looked no different from before.

He then activated the [Eye of Truth] to check her panel.

After confirming that she had put on the treasure, he quietly heaved a sigh of relief.

“Phew…”

…

The rain was pouring hard when night time arrived.

After dinner, Ling Yi and Lin Shurou sat in the living room and chatted about the newbie event.

Tomorrow would be the seventh day since God’s Path opened to this month’s newbies, and the newbie event would begin.

Ling Yi wanted to understand more of the situation, which led him to the current conversation.

“Haven’t you already done this before? Why are you asking me?” Lin Shurou looked at Ling Yi suspiciously but stopped pursuing her curiosity when she saw how reluctant he became.

“There’s nothing much to say,” She began. “It’s just a different kind of tower climbing event. The level will be determined by the points obtained from killing monsters inside.”

Lin Shurou sat on the sofa with her legs crossed as she tried her best to explain, “This tower is called the Newbie’s Trial Tower. It will appear in the northeast corner of the camp and will only appear for a day. All players below level 30 can do the challenge during this period.”

“And also, a new Star Ranking will be released. The higher the level, the higher your Star Ranking will be.”

Once Lin Shurou was done explaining, she picked up a cup of warm water on the table and drank it to moisten her throat.

“A new Star rankings.” Ling Yi was a little excited.

With his current strength, taking first place was absolutely no pressure at all.

Not only that, he even had a great chance of breaking the record for all the newcomers in the past 20 years!

‘If I do this, it will cause another sensation, right?‘

‘But it doesn’t matter anymore. The whole world is going crazy anyway, so it doesn’t matter if I add more fire.‘

In six days, he defeated the Beast King alone.

This incident caused a huge sensation around the world — he had spent the entire afternoon scrolling through the articles.

Now, his reputation was once again on fire. The world had even begun to discuss whether this “01,” who fused a ten Star Skill, was the same “01” from District 66.

He had also received a message from Luo Yao in the morning, but he had yet to reply.

‘If I can really do it, the final reward will be very generous. With these rewards, my strength would definitely increase. Perhaps, my stamina problem will be solved!‘

Ling Yi had already placed all his hopes on tomorrow’s event.

If the reward met his expectations, then he might be able to apply for the rescue mission for District 87 the day after!

He couldn’t help but feel excited about tomorrow’s plans.

“The last thing worth noting is that the battle is not taking place in the tower. The tower is just a transportation tool.”

After drinking some water to soothe her throat, Lin Shurou continued, “God’s Path will randomly choose a place in the main world as a battlefield. After entering the tower, everyone will be transported there. You should have known this anyway.”

“I know…” Before he finished his words, suddenly, there was a loud “bang” outside the courtyard, as if something had fallen.

Even though it was raining heavily outside, the sound could still be heard.

Ling Yi and Lin Shurou looked at each other.

“I can sense that it’s a human… I’ll go out and take a look.” He said with a frown.

“Okay, but be careful,” Lin Shurou said seriously. She was an ordinary person, so she would not go out and cause trouble.

The barrier’s effect was different from the House Protection Talisman.

House Protection Talismans had an invincible defense, could prevent unauthorized units from entering, and prevented the area from getting hit by Skills.

The barrier had a certain protective ability and prevented outsiders’ prying eyes from looking in.

Raindrops or objects falling from the sky could still enter the barrier.

Ling Yi opened the door and used the wind around him to create an updraft, making the raindrops falling onto him rise back into the sky.

He had only taken a few steps when he saw a woman covered in injuries lying in the front yard.

“What the–?”

He activated the [Eye of Truth] and looked up at the sky, only to see dark clouds and occasional flashes of lightning.

There was nothing there.

“What is this…”

“Is everything okay?” Lin Shurou shouted at him from the door.

“A wounded woman fell from somewhere. I don’t know if she’s dead or alive.” Ling Yi said a matter of factly.

“Aren’t you going to save her?”

“Of course, I’ll save her. Any kind person would choose to save her.”

“Then why are you still hesitating?”

Ling Yi didn’t think too much about it. He quickly squatted down and tried to pick her up.

However, just as his hand was about to touch her body, an invisible resistance stopped him from getting closer.