My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 776 - 398: Final Deadline

Xia Pingzhou walked slowly in the middle of the group, passing through several teleportation gates set up by Robert one after another.

The scenes changed again and again, like a kaleidoscope; sometimes it was an empty port with fishing boats moored at the shore, other times it was a deserted street with every household's door tightly shut, awaiting the approaching typhoon.

With each gate he passed, Xia Pingzhou left the sight of the previous gate behind, the only constant being the incessant rain and the shadows of his companions.

Before long, Xia Pingzhou had crossed over half of Hai Fan City, passing through the last gate, and walked back into the bar expressionlessly.

The group members gradually passed through the teleportation gate and walked into the bar, where the heating was on.

With the closing of the teleportation gate by Robert, the sound of rain was completely shut outside, and only the voices of the group chatting and the static noise from the TV, unable to receive a signal, could be heard.

Surrounded by noisy chatter, Xia Pingzhou sat on the sofa, bowed his head, and fell into a daze.

Urushibara Osamu was sitting at the bar counter, pondering over the "Ancient Compass" stolen from Zhou Jiuya, while the Bloodline was dancing a French dance with arms akimbo, Andrew was drunk once more, and Yanmo Lin, eating a vegetarian biscuit, silently watched the television.

Xia Pingzhou slightly turned his head, glancing at Ryukawa Chiba from the corner of his eye, still curious about how the doctor read the name "Kong Youling" from Zhong Wujiu's memory.

He could basically confirm that previously, the Mentor should have hypnotized the two members of Lake Hunting with Kong Youling. However, the series of details in between were not clear enough. Asking Ryukawa Chiba directly seemed like a good option.

Thinking of this, Xia Pingzhou pulled over a swivel chair and sat down at the bar, pouring ice orange juice into a cup while checking the system panel.

[Current attribute points: 2]

[Current skill points: 3]

[Would you like to allocate attribute points immediately?]

He raised his finger, lightly tapping on the interface, and suddenly noticed Ayase Origami staring at him motionlessly, so he looked at Ayase Origami questioningly to bluff his way through.

The two remained silent, he tilted his head, the girl in kimono also tilted her head, her clear hair falling on the edge of her ear.

"Orange juice?" Xia Pingzhou asked.

The girl in kimono nodded. Xia Pingzhou reached out, took the glass bottle filled with iced orange juice, and poured her a glass as well.

Ayase Origami looked down at the orange juice in the cup.

Xia Pingzhou then looked up at the attribute panel, quickly distributing the two attribute points obtained from the task.

[The "speed" attribute of your second unit has changed: S Level → S+ Level.]

[The "spirit" attribute of your second unit has changed: S Level → S+ Level.]

[Current comprehensive attributes of the second unit are as follows: Strength: D Level; Speed: S+ Level; Spirit: S+ Level.]

Then, Xia Pingzhou opened the skill tree panel of the second unit, glancing at the undeveloped skills.

[Branch One (Group): ... → Final Recruitment (2 skill points) (obtain one Knight Chess Species, three Soldier Chess Species) → ???]

[Branch Two (Courage): ... → Final Evolution (pending learning) (learning this skill also requires consuming "2" skill points on other branches above) (Human Form) (Reached branch end)]

[Branch Three (Soul): ... → Repulsion Hand (the Chess Player raises a hand to repel a target from the front) (learning this skill costs "2" skill points) (Reached branch end)]

Xia Pingzhou glanced up at the yet-to-be-learned skills on the three branches.

He only had three skill points in hand, unable to meet the conditions to learn "Final Evolution" — "Final Evolution" requires consuming two skill points on other branches, and the skill itself needs two skill points, totaling four.

So, he first excluded the skills of the second branch.

The skills in the third branch also seemed rather trivial to him, so Xia Pingzhou simply placed his hand on the top of the first branch. After a while, the skill icon suddenly emitted a black-and-white halo, and a prompt box popped up.

[Congratulations, you have consumed 2 skill points and acquired the skill "Final Recruitment" on the branch "Group".]

[Tip: According to the effect of the skill "Final Recruitment", one Knight Statue and three Soldier Statues have been added to your chess library.]

[The next skill of the branch "Group" has opened the learning permissions: Giant Divine Soldier (requires "2" skill points to acquire) (enlarges your Soldier Chess Species and Knight Chess Species; the current Spirit Attribute is sufficient to support them expanding to a height of 40 meters) (Reached branch end)]

"Giant Divine Soldier... this seems useful." Xia Pingzhou raised an eyebrow, thinking, "The current combat power of the second unit still mainly relies on the single combat ability of the Queen's Statue; I wonder if this skill can change the current situation."

At this point, he had only 1 skill point left, unable to learn any of the remaining three skills, so Xia Pingzhou closed the skill tree panel and took a sip of orange juice.

As the cold liquid went down his throat, he turned to look at Ryukawa Chiba, who happened to walk over.

Ryukawa Chiba pulled a chair to sit down, then switched a song on the bar's phonograph.

"Doctor, may I ask you a question?" Xia Pingzhou thought for a moment and suddenly said.

"What question?" Ryukawa Chiba turned his head, smiling as he met his gaze. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Xia Pingzhou asked, "Kong Youling... the name you mentioned just now, who is she?"