Sky-cracking Rider-Chapter 679: Section 674 - Light and Shadow Refraction

"Your Pure Light Sparrow has advanced in rank again; it is now at the Human Order Fifth Rank,"

Princess Lin Ziyu's voice carried from afar, with Little Bird always by her side, witnessing almost the entire advancement process.

For a mere Pure Light Sparrow to break through the limits of its bloodline talents and reach the Fifth Rank was simply unheard of.

"Fifth Rank?"

Chen Fei examined Little Bird up and down incredulously, causing Xiao Jiu to peck at his fingers in protest once again.

The true reason for the weight gain was an advancement in rank?!

"Feeding this Pure Light Sparrow the Elemental Affinity Potion incessantly was correct, but breaking through the ceiling of the Pure Light Sparrow's bloodline talents is not an easy task. It requires quite some luck; Xiao Jiu's elemental affinity is now Six Stars. Its luck is better than yours; your awakened special ability is only B grade. Tsk tsk, to some extent, this Pure Light Sparrow has already surpassed you."

Fortunately, Louis Landon had an alchemical artifact for testing elemental affinity on hand, and promptly tested for Xiao Jiu's elemental affinity level after its advancement.

Six Stars Elemental Affinity implies a future growth limit of Earth Order Sixth Rank; if it could further break through its bloodline talents, then reaching Heavenly Order is possible.

In contrast, a supernatural power user's potential is completely exhausted at the moment of awakening, leaving no room for further growth, no matter how skillfully one plays with the psi skill; they can never break through the level's ceiling.

Supernatural power users, spellcasters, and War Professionals each have distinct characteristics, but once the level gap is established, it becomes an insurmountable chasm.

"I'm so miserable!"

The boss spouting harsh truths made Chen Xiao'er, who was holding Little Bird, extremely disheartened, a look of frustration on his face.

Let alone Human Order Fifth Rank, even if it were only Fourth Rank, Xiao Jiu would have the capability to pin him down and beat him up.

A call that pierced the clouds beckoned thousands of sparrows to meet.

Confronted by such an overwhelming number of birds, where quantity leads to a qualitative change, let alone Chen Fei, even a giant dragon would probably have to stay as far away as possible, completely unable to provoke them.

"Jiu!"

The little one seemed to be comforting Chen Fei, pecking at his fingers again.

"The elemental energy activity in Blue Star's atmosphere is inferior to that of Cangqiong Star; it indeed is the best place for arduous cultivation. Xiao Jiu, having solidified its foundation on Blue Star, experienced an environment with highly active elemental energy here on Cangqiong Star, making it not strange for it to advance two ranks in a short period."

Princess Lin Ziyu,who had witnessed this Pure Light Sparrow's two advancements, understood the reason.

Some spellcasters and War Professionals with the right connections often endure rigorous training on Blue Star, and when they are on the brink of a breakthrough, they cross the Dimensional Gate to come to Cangqiong Star, hoping to advance in rank like a hot knife through butter.

However, obtaining the ticket to cross through the Dimensional Gate is not easy; the most common scenario is to cross the boundary after a full purification, with some Intelligent Species even incurring enormous debts.

Er Lang, a Dual-Elemental Magical Beast of the Psychic and Wind Series working at Aircrew Base 911 to earn silver, and who is at Human Order Seventh Rank Golden-eyed Azure-hearted Civet, is one of them.

"Awesome, my Jiu, your dad will be depending on you from now on,"

Chen Fei scratched the little neck of either his son or daughter, Xiao Jiu.

To this day, he still didn't know whether the Pure Light Sparrow he had hatched was male or female.

"Jiu!"

The little one called out proudly, its neck feathers bristling and fluffing up, its small eyes squinting as if it thoroughly enjoyed the tickles from Chen Fei, its dad.

Even at Human Order Fifth Rank, the Light Series still didn't possess many offensive spells, but trying to kill a Light-element Magical Beast had become quite difficult.

"It's truly envy-inspiring."

Princess Lin Ziyu spoke her mind.

"It's all about fate, Chen Fei. You need to take good care of this little bird; its future growth is indeed something to look forward to!"

Louis Landon did not hide his envy either.

Investing such a vast amount of resources into a mere Pure Light Sparrow, not many people can manage to do such a thing.

If it were any other magical beast, it might have already reached Human Order Ninth Rank, not just Fifth Rank as it was now.

However, this little Pure Light Sparrow rose to the occasion, breaking through its own bloodline talent limits time and again, astonishingly growing from Human Order First Rank to Fifth Rank.

For a Pure Light Sparrow with already quite diluted magical beast bloodline, this was not an easy feat.

"Jiu!"

Little Bird shook its little body.

Waves of Light Elemental Energy stirred.

The next second, on Chen Fei's wrist, his arm, on Louis Landon and Princess Lin Ziyu, and even on the ground around, appeared one Pure Light Sparrow after another, all making uniform movements, tilting their heads and twisting their tiny heads preening their own feathers.

"This is the Light Series Spell 'Light and Shadow Refraction' of Human Order Fifth Rank, an upgrade from the Fourth Rank 'Mirror Image.' Xiao Jiu mastered it upon advancing and directly in its advanced form of 'Multiple Light and Shadow Refraction,' its cognitive abilities are getting higher."

Princess Lin Ziyu calmly stretched out her hand, passing effortlessly through the body of the Little Bird that landed on her, visibly there but essentially a void, as if just an illusion.

Whether it was Boss Hana or Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Silan Dynasty, both had prepared light-based spells training videos for the little bird, letting it watch and learn whenever there was a chance, repeatedly watching and gaining some insight each time.

If those light-based spells were well-suited to Xiao Jiu, comprehension would be fast.

When magical beasts cast spells, they often don't need to chant incantations, which means either they can't learn them or once they do, they can master the complete form of the spell quickly, far more efficiently than other intelligent species.

"Isn't this multiple avatars?"

Chen Fei, like Princess Lin Ziyu, extended his left hand to touch those avatars created by "Multiple Light and Shadow Refraction," all of which were illusions, with only the one in his right hand being real.

"It's a bit less than a real 'Avatar.' Once you reach the Human Order Sixth Rank, 'Light and Shadow Refraction' upgrades again to 'Illusion Light Transformation,' which can create illusions out of thin air. Not only can each illusion perform different actions, but it can also project illusions that don't exist in reality, such as a giant dragon, which if unprepared, can really startle someone. However, the true effect of 'Light and Shadow Refraction' is to amplify other light-based spells, allowing a single 'Illumination Technique' or 'Light Burst Flash' to be refracted into multiple ones. Currently, this is amplifying the effect of 'Mirror Image.'"

Her Royal Highness the Princess was quite familiar with light-based spells, even mastering each spell of every rank.

The low and intermediate rank light-based spells still lacked much offensiveness, but given that the ranks were set, intermediate rank already posed a certain degree of threat, effectively deceptive, making them hard to guard against even for those skilled in disruptive Psychic Series spells.

If one could produce large-scale illusions through the "Illusion Light Transformation" spell, even higher-ranked ability users could easily be tricked.

"Jiu!"

The images of the dozens of Pure Light Sparrows disappeared, and suddenly, there were two more Chen Feis at the scene.

The little fellow had just learned this spell and particularly enjoyed showing it off. With a Magical Beast Crystal Core already present within, its magic power at the Human Order Fifth Rank was sufficient to maintain the "Multiple Light and Shadow Refraction" spell for quite a long time.

"Chen Fei, have you come back? Eh? Why are there three of you!"

Teacher Shen Fei had finally heard about Chen Fei's return to the hotel and had just finished training those gang members when she arrived at the rooftop of the main hotel building, just in time to see Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu use the "Multiple Light and Shadow Refraction" spell, turning Chen Fei into three copies.

However, she quickly confirmed Chen Fei's real body, as the one holding the little bird was the original.

"Teacher Shen, how's the reorganization of those gang members going?"

Chen Fei lightly tapped Xiao Jiu's head, causing all the illusions to disappear, leaving only one Chen Fei and one Pure Light Sparrow.

"Jiu jiu jiu!"

The little fellow was a bit tired, opened its beak wide at Chen Fei, and kept fluttering its small wings.

"It's hungry!"

Princess Lin Ziyu and Shen Fei both said simultaneously.

When Chen Fei was not around, besides the two of them, Xiao Jiu hardly touched anyone else's feed, being rather vigilant.

"Understood!"

Chen Fei took out specially-made birdseed pellets from the alchemical storage artifact and poured them into a small container; the little bird immediately pounced on it, pecking away continuously...

"Those gang members are quite obedient now; they're showing some shape."

Shen Fei didn't find reorganizing these underworld figures any more difficult than teaching elementary school students.

Gang members are inherently rebellious, but that depends on who they're dealing with. The female Metallic Dragon Yilan was just on the side enjoying the scene, obedient ones got a beating, disobedient ones were directly dragged out and eaten, ensuring these gang members were full of survival instincts and behaved like good kids.

Even without Yilan, any of the bodyguards around big boss Louis Landon could teach these guys to reincarnate into good people.

One of the most cunning of the Eight Great Diamonds, "Mute" Kano had already become the new boss of the Hundred-Legs Gang and was managing those gang members for Shen Fei. Even though he knew he was just a puppet gang leader, he dared not harbor any dissatisfaction.

"Can I take a look?"

Since Chen Fei had not personally seen those gang members yet, he was still a bit worried.

"No problem, they're currently on the fourth floor."

Shen Fei did not refuse and nodded immediately.

She led Chen Fei to the fourth floor of the hotel building, which was also the top floor of the annex.

The place was right next to the convention center in a large conference hall. As they approached, they could hear the uniform shouting inside.

"...one two one, one two one, attention... left turn, right turn... together..."

Bang bang bang bang...

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It was mixed with the sound of marching confidently.

Indeed, it was a familiar atmosphere.

"Ha! Typical of Teacher Shen, you really have a knack for this!"

Chen Fei immediately raised his thumb without hesitation.

This was just like domestic military training, wasn't it?

The main purpose of drill training isn't just for uniformity and strict discipline, but to grind down the rough edges, branding obedience deep into the bones of these unruly gang members, forming a conditioned reflex.

After training for two or three days, these gang members already looked the part, gradually turning into the kind of bricks Chen Fei and Shen Fei wanted, used wherever needed.