My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 185: Preparing for Advancement

After more than two months, Li Rui met Song Yao again. It was somewhat unexpected for him to see this provincial branch president here.

After a series of explanations similar to those given to others, the old man also took a while to come back to his senses.

"Hiss, but it seems that Community Thunder is getting closer?"

The difference in the information Song Yao received compared to others was here; he was one of the few who knew about the long-term mission Five Thunders Skill from the city branch to the Superpower Division.

Li Rui also became serious: "Yes, Lady Peach Blossom gave me a key, which I think should be used in some critical location of the Immortal Tomb."

"You must prepare well, I will have the original data on the Immortal Tomb sent to you later."

Song Yao said, "Although the Secret Realm has changed now, the previous information may still provide clues. Unfortunately, it is a nine-star Secret Realm, already quite challenging, so there probably won't be much data."

"Having some is better than none."

Li Rui said indifferently, "Anyway, I'm currently level 30, and the next Secret Realm isn't the Immortal Tomb. I strive to reach level 35 before directly facing Community Thunder to enhance my success rate with the strongest standard."

"That's a good idea."

Song Yao secretly admired; this young man had faced many situations daunting to others, yet he always remained calm and acted strictly according to his plan.

As for whether his style was a bit extreme, it seemed relatively unimportant.

"In that case, you should first focus on advancement."

He said, "This issue carries certain dangers and a lot of randomness, requiring high on-the-spot reaction capabilities. However, if you can advance in the right direction, the improvement is significant."

Li Rui asked: "Are the options for advancement fixed? Do I only have the Rain Summoner and Fog Manipulator options?"

"Not necessarily, but in most cases, these two would be it. There have been precedents before where rare branches appeared during advancement."

Song Yao said, "There's a selection at noon today, which is for a rare profession of Martial Monk, transforming from a purely physical melee profession into a half-physical, half-magic profession. Generally, rare professions are more powerful."

Li Rui pondered: "Brother Chuan is just an ordinary Secret Swordsman, Brother Gui's Corpse Driver profession is originally rare, so if it weren't for the professional differences, actually, both would have the chance to be on par."

Song Yao clicked his tongue: "Tsk... You could barely say that. Dong Sanchuan's steady personality ensures he will become a pillar of the Superpower Division, holding a high position. You and Guan Gui are relatively radical, more suited to be sharp swords."

Li Rui casually asked: "Are the top fighters in our country also called advisors?"

Song Yao glared at him: "What fighters! They are your seniors. Although, you're not wrong; 'advisor' is a euphemism used to distinguish from regular special agents. Otherwise, you can't really call them thugs or assassins, right?"

He was the kind who would talk so bluntly; anyone else wouldn't be so straightforward.

"Don't worry, the true experts of the Extraordinary World of Dragon Country are all in the Superpower Division. You will definitely go there in the future, you'll meet those people eventually, even become part of them."

Song Yao said, "Let's not talk off-topic, I have a meeting to attend later, you rest for now and inform me of any changes in a timely manner."

Li Rui nodded, left his temporary office, and then, under Jiang Yu's arrangement, stayed in a hotel. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

The Jiang family is one of the five major families in the Northwest, with not many investments in the capital, but coincidentally, it holds some shares in this hotel.

Not only Li Rui, but also Dong Sanchuan and others stayed here.

However, in the following days, everyone else went to the martial arts arena to watch the selection competition. He had nothing to do but stay at the hotel reading guides.

As for why not going to watch, it's because he hadn't officially signed up yet, lacking the qualification to enter the venue.

Fortunately, such a situation didn't last long. At noon the next day, the advancement Secret Realm arrived.

[Ascension Divine Hall.]

[12:00.]

Countdown for twelve hours, roughly advancing at midnight, just thinking about it was exciting.

He immediately took a taxi to the municipal branch of the Profound Spirit Association in the capital, needing to use the reinforcement equipment here to enhance the administrator coat a bit.

Though the material requirement for upgrading the administrator coat greatly increased, these materials' grades were also rising, providing a substantial enhancement progress as well.

The God of Wealth He Pengxi gave nine Epic materials once, and the big package buried by Brother Zuo provided five, together allowing the coat to upgrade two more levels.

Arriving at the populous capital, the branch building had turned into an office building similar to Guotong Mansion, appearing more historically rich.

Li Rui presented his credentials, entered, found the support group, and faced some questioning.

Recently, many outside agents came to the capital to borrow equipment, primarily to participate in the Secret Realm battlefield selection, rarely just for a business trip, especially at this critical juncture.

However, since the Profound Spirit Association and the Baili Association were of one heart, they could borrow most equipment even without any business, so they just questioned him a few times out of curiosity, then started the machine for him.

After all, Li Rui was now a mid-level agent, not a rookie, still holding some influence.

He first used ordinary materials to raise the level of other equipment, discovering almost running out of inventory due to the consumption of the Soul-Splitting Yin Evil Curse Talisman.

But that's okay, after a few more Secret Realms, those stocks would again have surplus.

Finally, he placed the coat in, somewhat expectant.

Epic skills are certainly different from rare ones. The previously provided ones like Endless Vitality were broadly adaptable and lifesaving skills.

The two sets of materials, one primarily from the Peach Blossom Spring World mission, these materials leaned slightly towards the Blood Evil Sect, so Li Rui was eager to see what abilities they could combine.

After investing, the progress bar advanced rapidly, soon displaying a new prompt.

[Acquired Passive Skill—Inferior Blood Leech Possession: Damage inflicted on living beings will convert 4% to heal your injuries after recalculation.]

Though not knowing which profession the skill belonged to, Li Rui felt the higher the level, the more effective it would be.

Since Secret Realms don't really encourage explorers to use medicine to heal injuries, with Golden Wound Medicine unusable during combat and its healing effect weakening with level, in later stages, everyone's battlefield healing methods become extremely precious.

Almost everyone with more strength had to find every possible way to acquire some skills to heal or mitigate injuries.

And Li Rui, not yet at that stage, had already obtained two, with the Blood Leech Possession being a slow, continuous recovery, and Endless Vitality for life-saving moments.

Epic materials indeed excel, while skills like Explosive Trap from rare materials were just the icing on the cake; nice to have, but not essential.

Delighted, he invested the remaining materials, which were gifts from He Pengxi, clearly chosen to relate to the Rain Summoner.

Upon investing, another prompt emerged.

[Acquired Special Entry—Inferior Spiritual Summon: Increases the maximum range of your Wind, Rain, and Fog Summoning Skill by 10%.]

This entry was the exclusive rare talent of the Rain Summoner, quite professionally aligned.

If needing to kill in the fog in the future, it could yield bigger bonuses.

Overall, the two skills provided by these Epic materials were quite practical, leaving Li Rui very satisfied.

Now everything is ready, just waiting for the night to fall, to advance.