Chapter 736: Chapter 206: Strangers Passing by Each Other (Seeking Monthly Votes)_2
The driver opened his pupil-only, black eyes mechanically, started the car, and ferried Sarquis out of the garage into the street.
The car’s speed was neither fast nor slow, and although it was expensive enough, it still did not stand out in the first morning rush of commuter traffic.
Today, only Sarquis sat in the back seat.
He squinted his eyes, looking at his reflection on the car window, and using the first frost of early winter, he extended his hand to draw a pattern on the glass.
"o-mouth-o"
Then, with a slight tremble of his hand, he wiped away the "o" on the left.
As a result, the "o" on the right reigned supreme.
After scrutinizing the pattern for a moment, Sarquis did not seem very satisfied.
The asymmetry, no matter how he looked at it, was unsatisfactory.
After some thought, he wiped away the entire pattern, breathed on the window, and drew a new design.
This time, it resembled the character "回."
There are many ways to write the character "回."
For example, write the large square first, and then fill in the small "o."
With the square as the main part, and the "o" as secondary.
Clearly distinguished primary and secondary.
But Sarquis’s method was somewhat different.
First, he filled in a "o" inside the "square" just as others did.
Then, like performing a magic trick, he made the "o" begin to expand, like a greedy beast swelling continuously.
With that, the "o" exceeded the blank "square," firmly dominating, locking the "square" inside.
The primary and secondary were completely reversed.
Seeing this, Sarquis’s shoulders shook violently, he covered his face and produced a hissing sound, with a faint sob, "Edric... You were my best brother... Your death was so tragic; it was really so tragic."
"Hehehe."
"Hahaha!"
Sarquis, making his way through thick and thin, began to sing with a slowly curling smile.
"The Lord’s day is nearing~"
"Today!"
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Xu Shu got up early in the morning to wash up, brushing his teeth while looking in the mirror.
Observing the unremarkable bloodshot in his eyes in the mirror, he nodded thoughtfully.
Last night, having leveled up, he had chosen to sleep on the spot to recover his strength rather than stubbornly continue to purchase Erosion Crystals to level up. It was an incredibly correct decision.
These bloodshots were not due to physical exhaustion, but rather an indicator that his mental state had reached a breaking point.
Had he not decided to quit while he was ahead and stopped timely the night before, his condition would certainly be much worse right now.
If there were no dangers today, it would be fine, but in case he encountered an evenly matched enemy, being in a poor state could be deadly.
Of course, another reason was that he was running out of cash and had to exchange his crystal materials.
"Hmm, after today’s quest, I can try to ask for an advance on my salary from Director Bai to purchase crystals."
"He sent his daughter to me to ask for a favor, so he surely won’t refuse my request."
"Moreover, I’m now an official member of the staff, and technically speaking, the crystal materials for the official staff to reach the twelfth level of the first-tier Curse Seal are all provided."
"I’ve surpassed the first-tier now, so I’m beyond the time for allocated distribution, but can’t they compensate me for what I’m owed from before?"
"I don’t have to be too greedy, just based on the needs of a normal person to level up a first-tier Curse Seal to twelve levels; they should give me at least forty or fifty First-tier Crystals?"
"That’s about over two million in terms of money, which is still not enough for me to level up now, sigh..."
Xu Shu twisted his neck, loosening his muscles and bones.
Last night, after using up all twelve Second-order Crystals, his Second-order Curse Seal successfully leveled up.
He could now boast of reaching level 34 just by discussing the Curse Seal alone.
This level of cultivation wasn’t just for those of the same rank but even for most Third Rank players who were generally between levels 33 and 40.
Furthermore, his Curse Seal was of the red Legendary quality, which was a full three tiers higher than the ’excellent’ blue quality of a typical third-tier Transcendent!
In other words...
"Everybody knows that 2+3=5, so right now, I have the strength of a Blue Curse Seal at the Fifth Rank!"
"The Fifth Rank of Iron Armor is called ’Vajra’, so now I am like a ’Blue Vajra’, similar to a Blue Elf!"
"But can a Blue Curse Seal reach the Fifth Rank?"
Xu Shu chuckled to himself in amusement.
Of course, matching the Fifth Rank and such was a joke.
However, compared to a normal third-tier Transcendent, Xu Shu could now genuinely achieve a "Level Jump" in battle.
This was not based on blind arrogance, but rather on the conclusion drawn from several battles with Third-tier Experts – including officials from the Heroic Society, Song Nanshou, and Divine Chosen Edric.
After fights between life and death, Xu Shu realized that although his Legendary Curse Seal was a ’big money eater’, the corresponding increase in strength was also solid and not to be underestimated.
And once he reached level 40, Xu Shu believed that ordinary Third Ranks might not be his match.
At least an "expert at the Third-tier Middle Stage" would be needed to contend with himself at the "Second-stage Late."
Not to mention anything else, just by virtue of "domineering," he could directly suppress opponents under level 40.
This was an almost unsolvable skill in one-on-one situations.
But was that enough?
Xu Shu felt it was far from enough.
Even the Archbishop, a genuine third-tier peak expert who slaughtered his peers like lambs, didn’t end up well deceased.
"I need more strength!" Xu Shu clenched his fist forcefully in front of his reflection, ready to make a big splash today and earn his merits.
In doing so, when it was time to ask for a reward from Bai Sanxiang, the other party would be even less likely to refuse.