403: Late system rewards

Chapter 402: The System's Delayed Reward

Purple Lightning One Sword was just one of Isurna's many 絕技 (absolute skills).

Besides that, she also created a large number of unranked skills. Picking any one of them could amaze an entire era, something Dick had been shocked by countless times.

No matter how much you've seen or how rich your experience is, when you see Isurna close her eyes and meditate for a few seconds and then directly comprehend a brand new skill just like 'Purple Lightning One Sword'...

No one can keep their composure, not even Dick.

Isurna was always this absurd. Others would spend their entire lives, pushing their talents to the limit just to achieve one 'epiphany', but she could do it effortlessly, like breathing or drinking water.

What to do when pushed into a desperate situation?

It's okay, Isurna can always come up with a perfect solution!

Because she was so reliable, Dick once suffered from 'Isurna Over-reliance Syndrome', which took him several lifetimes to barely cure.

Looking back at those 'critically ill' lifetimes, whenever Isurna wasn't by his side, Dick would always feel restless and unconsciously fall into anxiety.

When encountering an unsolvable problem, as soon as he saw that purple figure, a sentence would always pop into Dick's mind unconsciously.

"Great, it's Isurna, I'm saved!"

However, Dick quickly realized this wasn't good. Excessive reliance would lead him to subconsciously give up thinking, and lacking urgency would cause him to lose ambition.

Swish—

Swish—

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Leon swung out several more lightning bolts, accompanied by violent explosions. Throughout the Lamos Mountains below, the wails of Snow Wolves continuously echoed.

This was a one-sided slaughter. No Snow Wolf could defeat Leon. With the Wolf Mother absent and the Snow Wolves fighting individually, they couldn't organize effective resistance at all.

At this moment, Leon, transformed into a heavenly punishment for mortal spirits, ruthlessly harvested the lives of one Snow Wolf after another. His Purple Lightning One Sword also grew stronger.

However, compared to Isurna of the same level, he was still far behind.

Speaking of which, at this point in time, Isurna hadn't turned dark yet. He was actually the first person to 'comprehend' Purple Lightning One Sword.

The commotion created by Leon grew larger, but Dick slowly withdrew his gaze. Purple Lightning One Sword didn't require guidance; it relied entirely on personal comprehension and talent.

Soon, Dick focused his attention on the upper left corner of his vision, which was the text box for World Task and Side Task. It was currently empty.

Aside from long-term tasks, Dick had successfully completed all current stage tasks. According to past practice... the System should have given him a big reward.

But now, thirteen hours, twenty-four minutes, and five seconds had passed since completing the 'Endless Hunger' task, and the System still hadn't made any move!

What in the world is going on?

Dick had always been a man who was meticulous about his deserved benefits. The stage-based big reward was definitely incredibly generous, and it couldn't just disappear!

However, no matter how Dick asked, the System gave no response, like a rigid artificial intelligence...

As for the next stage of the World Task and Side Task, although Dick was anxious about why they hadn't updated yet, he wasn't confused.

After all, it wasn't the first time the System was late.

Based on the patterns observed so far, Dick could roughly deduce that the next stage of tasks would most likely take place in the Central Continent of the Demon Spirit Continent.

And the theme was likely to revolve around 'Isurna' or the 'Suweier Empire'!

Dick even suspected that the System might release tasks related to conquering and controlling Isurna, ultimately making her a Witch under his command.

According to the theory that 'completing System tasks will bring opportunities', Isurna was clearly unavoidable.

One must know that Isurna was definitely the biggest opportunity in the Demon Spirit Continent, and even the entire world.

Thinking of this, the corner of Dick's mouth curved into a smile, believing that the next stage of tasks would be the easiest and simplest.

Because for Dick, the difficulty of conquering Isurna was much lower than conquering Vivian. Decades of successful experience were right there!

Starting from the sixty-sixth lifetime, Dick had to conquer Isurna in every life, accumulating experience in each one, and becoming more efficient with each passing life.

The strongest was the previous life, where Dick only took three days to make this unparalleled genius, who shone in the Central Region, fall in love.

It was no exaggeration to say that Dick understood Isurna even better than she understood herself!

If everything went smoothly, the next stage of tasks could be completed quickly, and then they could go to other richer continents.

Should they go west, to the Magic Dragon Continent ruled by dragons, to accumulate wealth and treasure, and acquire the power of the Ancestral Dragon?

Or go east, to the East De Continent with its Great Xia culture, to dig graves and steal tombs, seeking the Human Emperor's inheritance?

Or perhaps go south, to the Saint Ander Continent in the center of the world, to explore opportunities and conquer S-rank Underground Cities?

For Dick, there were simply too many options, and it was even difficult to prioritize them. Going anywhere could lead to significant improvement.

As a result, Dick found it difficult to predict the System's subsequent arrangements.

The clearing of the Snow Wolves in the Lamos Mountains lasted for a full day.

Besides Leon, there were also many professional adventurers who had accepted tasks, as well as armed forces belonging to the three major families.

The Lamos Mountains were originally filled with old, weak, and disabled Snow Wolves. Their ability to last so long was entirely due to the high-level Old Snow Wolves holding on.

And coincidentally, in order to practice Purple Lightning One Sword, Leon specifically targeted those high-level Snow Wolves, no more, no less, one sword per wolf!

For some Old Snow Wolves around level forty or fifty, Dick let the girls practice on them to adapt to their newly increased levels.

Unlike the BOSS in the White Roland Underground City Secret Treasure Room, although the Old Snow Wolves were weaker, they were rich in combat experience, cunning, and treacherous, completely disregarding martial ethics.

These real battles were mandatory lessons for the girls. Adventure was never a straightforward arena fight; it was more often the dirty tricks of street ruffians.

Dick's combat philosophy taught to the girls had always been pure: no rules, abandoning morality, not following routine, ignoring etiquette... In short, winning by any means necessary.

Only the more despicable can defeat the despicable!

Among them, Alice accepted this philosophy the fastest, Xiao Nai was slightly resistant, and Cecilia, who came from the Royal Family, completely refused, but after being disciplined by Dick a few times, she also honestly accepted it.

As for Mina, she had no concept of accepting or not accepting; anything Dick said was the truth in her eyes.

After clearing the Lamos Mountains, Dick had no need to stay in the Eternal Frost Forest anymore.

And next, after dealing with a small leftover issue from the Toya Empire, Dick could completely bid farewell to the Northern Region and lead the girls to the Central Continent.

However, before that, Trundle's material body, that million-year-old white refined ice, must be obtained first.

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The stage-based reward that the System had not yet settled would be a super huge, shocking, shocking, shocking, shocking surprise!