Chapter 29: Alpha
Xia Feng thought for a moment and explained, “When I was receiving the Spirit Artifact’s information, the rank displayed wasn’t ‘n’, but a word – a-l-p-h-a.”
“I thought it meant A-class,” Xia Feng said regretfully, holding his forehead.
Black Crow: “.”
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Black Crow: “.”
“Hey, hey? Ms. Black Crow?” Xia Feng looked up in confusion. He saw that Black Crow’s pupils were a bit vacant as she stared at him. He waved his hand, “What’s wrong? Are you okay?”
Flutter, flutter~
At this moment, Black Crow suddenly flew down from the branch and appeared directly in front of Xia Feng. Her gaze was serious, and her voice trembled, “Say that word again.”
Xia Feng was stunned and said, “a-l-p-h-a.”
“Alpha?” Black Crow murmured, her voice trembling. She looked at Xia Feng as if he were a monster, “You actually awakened Alpha?!”
“What… what does that mean?” Xia Feng asked, but he also realized and widened his eyes in surprise, “Ah, so my Spirit Artifact is actually very powerful? It’s not S-grade, is it?”
“S-grade your big head!” Black Crow slapped Xia Feng’s head with her wing, angered, “This is Alpha grade Spirit Artifact, which even the Star Gods yearn for!”
“Huh?” Xia Feng’s pupils slowly widened, “So you mean my Spirit Artifact is rarer than S-grade?”
“Nonsense!”
Seeing that this brat still hadn’t realized what he had awakened, Black Crow became furious.
“This is too outrageous! This kind of thing is too outrageous!” She took a deep breath, muttering to herself.
Among the people she had helped, no one had awakened an S-grade Spirit Artifact, but this one awakened an Alpha grade!
This human brat was beyond her expectations!
“Ms. Black Crow, please calm down—” Xia Feng felt that the old aunt was more excited than him, “Can you explain it to me clearly first?”
“.”
Black Crow calmed down, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice, shaking her head, “This involves some secrets, and this Seat cannot tell you the details.”
“In short, you only need to remember two things. First, this is a Spirit Artifact level that not even the Star Gods can necessarily awaken. Second, from now on, do not tell anyone your Spirit Artifact level, not even your closest relatives! Remember, this secret must be kept buried!”
Seeing Ms. Black Crow’s seriousness, Xia Feng nodded earnestly. He roughly understood that this was a terrifying level that could bring him divine-level disaster.
“I understand,” Xia Feng said, looking up, “But Ms. Black Crow, I have another question.”
Since Xia Feng had awakened such an outrageous Spirit Artifact, Black Crow’s attitude subconsciously became much better than before. She said softly, “What is it.”
“Your Spirit Artifact Space can activate Spirit Artifacts, but can it help upgrade Spirit Artifacts?” Xia Feng blinked.
“…Figure it out yourself. Don’t ask this Seat for everything.” Black Crow rolled her eyes, “Spirit Artifact Space can only help with awakening, and has no other function. If you want to perfect your Spirit Artifact abilities, you either comprehend it in life-and-death battles or find a corresponding attribute’s stone-dissolving.”
Stone-dissolving has the effect of upgrading Spirit Artifact abilities.
Among them, colorless stone-dissolving sells for cheap because it can only temporarily perfect Spirit Artifacts, usually 200,000 Imperial Coins each, similar to a performance-enhancing drug.
As for attribute stone-dissolving, they are impossible to buy on the market, as they have the ability to permanently perfect Spirit Artifacts.
For example, his Divine Mirror Without Stand has the element of water. Currently, only the copy function is activated. The remaining optimization and removing the false and preserving the true can be temporarily activated by colorless stone-dissolving. If he can find a Water-Resolving Stone, it can be permanently activated.
However, Water-Resolving Stones are extremely rare, usually only appearing at auctions. Even one stone is bought for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of Imperial Coins.
“As expected, the poor can’t afford to be a Spirit Master profession,” Xia Feng thought to himself. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he clutched his heart.
Thump, thump, thump—thump, thump, thump—
Xia Feng glanced at the woman on the Divine Seat, then turned back and gestured, “Am I going to absorb today’s portion?”
Black Crow came back to her senses and nodded, “Go ahead.”
Just like last time, Xia Feng passed through the terrifying Calamity Force Field unimpeded. The closer he got, the faster his heart beat. His legs couldn’t stop trembling as he walked. It wasn’t fear, but trembling from extreme excitement.
Miss Evil Dragon was still sitting there with her divine eyes lowered. Below her forehead, adorned with an intricate dark gold cross mark, half of her dragon scales morphed into half of her enchanting face, appearing both demonic and sacred.
Stopping, Xia Feng leaned forward and gently lifted her jaw. He brought his lips half an inch away and took a deep breath. A rich black current instantly seeped into his thin lips, wisps at a time.
Black Crow watched this strange scene from the branch, her vertical pupils a deep hue.
She originally thought it was strange enough that Xia Feng could ignore her Calamity Force Field, and now he had awakened Alpha. She still couldn’t see through this human named Xia Feng.
However, she understood one thing: the outside world would probably change. Black Crow’s thoughts raced. She withdrew her gaze from the Divine Seat and slowly closed her dark eyes.
“Human brat, I hope you can truly awaken Her.”
【Remaining Activity: 12 days 5 hours】
His lifespan was extended by another seven days, so he didn’t have to worry about activity for now. However, he was still far from completely repairing the Calamity Demon Heart and gaining new abilities.
He needed to increase his Spirit Pressure level as soon as possible. This would not only increase the time his soul could leave his body but also the amount of Calamity Force he could devour in a single instance.
Thinking this, Xia Feng, who had entered a state of sagehood, left the Evil Dragon Space with satisfaction.
His soul returned to his main body. He looked around. The experimental classroom was dim, and the formation pattern on the ground had long since disappeared.
After simply putting the desks and chairs back in place, he hurried out of the classroom.
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“Is that it?”
!
Yan Xujia looked up at the luxurious villa in the distance.
Behind him, a woman dressed colorfully chuckled, “Intel says this is the home of a girl named Mo Gugugu. Xia Feng hasn’t been home since last night, and he’s been staying here.”
Hearing this, Yan Xujia shook his head and chuckled, “This fool. Does he think I won’t find him if he hides here? Let’s go.”
Waving his hand, he led his subordinates and quickly moved forward.
“Hey, Brother Yan~ Wait for me~” The woman said coquettishly and followed quickly in her small steps to the front.
But as they turned the corner, a pair of dark green vertical pupils lit up in the darkness. ‘Ah!!!’ The woman was so frightened that she stumbled backward and landed squarely on her buttors on the ground, her face ashen.
However, as the streetlight flickered, everyone could finally see the owner of those vertical pupils. It turned out to be a white Persian cat.
“Blue, Blue—don’t run anymore.” Mushroom panted and ran in front of the Persian cat, squatting down and hugging it. She complained, “Really, I told you we’d order takeout, the cat food will arrive soon~”
Tap, tap, tap, tap—
The crisp sound of heels hitting the ground, a pair of bright red high heels appeared in her peripheral vision. Mushroom looked up in confusion.
The heavily made-up woman loomed over her, her brows furrowed, and she said coldly and with disgust, “Is this your cat?”
Upon seeing a stranger, Mushroom instantly became nervous. She pursed her lips and nodded meekly, “Yes, yes…”
“Your cat scared me,” the woman said with a frown, coldly.
“I-I’m sorry, Blue didn’t mean to,” Mushroom stammered, flustered.
“Xia Feng lives here, right?”
Yan Xujia stepped forward, glanced at the door behind Mushroom, “Call him out. He’s had enough time; he should have figured out the stakes by now.”
Mushroom came to her senses, realizing their intention. Her whole body tensed up instantly, her face flushed red. She clenched her fists and glared at the man and woman in front of her.
Yan Xujia’s eyes narrowed. He hated that look. He sneered and was about to tell the woman to teach this shorty a lesson.
However, he heard the girl with the messy bangs suddenly lower her head and utter a single word softly: “Okay.”
Saying this, Mushroom took out her phone, her fingers trembling. At the fastest speed she had ever moved, she typed out a few words.
[Mushroom hates potatoes: Don’t come back yet, Yan Xujia is here.]
But just as she pressed the send button, a delicate hand with bright red nail polish stretched out and snatched it away—
“Give it back!!” Mushroom’s face turned ashen, and she jumped up anxiously to get it back.
But she was too short. The woman pressed her forehead with one hand and handed the phone to Yan Xujia with the other, giggling sweetly, “Brother Yan~ This little brat is not being honest.”
Yan Xujia took it and glanced at it. His expression darkened slightly, and he looked up at Mushroom with an indifferent gaze, “Slap yourself.”
“Yes~”
The woman grabbed Mushroom’s hair, a smile on her face, and her right hand, covered in bright red nail polish, was raised high again.
