Chapter 185 – The Chosen Worker

Isloria consumed far more Evolution Points than Mu Yuan had anticipated.

Judging by this, although the girl appeared less severely afflicted, her Bloodline illness had actually penetrated deep into her marrow, or perhaps there were other hidden ailments within her body… But regardless of what they were, they were all purified one by one through the evolution and transformation.

Similar to when Deadbone and Dolai evolved, the Epic evolution lasted quite a long time, and the pure white light enveloping Isloria grew increasingly brighter.

At first, Mu Yuan could still make out a slender human silhouette, but gradually, only light remained before his eyes.

The dazzling white radiance made the entire City Lord’s Mansion exceptionally bright.

Daisy and the others, watching from a distance not far away, stared wide-eyed. Though the light was brilliant, it didn’t feel harsh at all; standing here, they could even sense waves of warmth.

A warmth emanating from the glow of evolution.

Within the warm white light, faint purple rays rose, exuding an aura of nobility and loftiness.

Simultaneously, the stars in the night sky shimmered brightly, scattering visible strands of starlight that intertwined with Isloria, who was bathed in the light of evolution.

This was the celestial phenomenon unique to Epic evolution!

It seemed even more striking than when the Undead General evolved.

Mu Yuan marveled; he was, after all, someone with “rich experience in Epic evolutions.” Long before the evolution began, he had filled the Outstanding-grade structure, the Domain Jammer, with 99 Soul Crystals.

Now, as the celestial phenomenon appeared, the Domain Jammer entered full-power operation mode.

Around this needle-like structure, several special energy staves were planted, arranged in specific positions. They were connected by engraved patterns, forming a larger array diagram enveloping the Domain Jammer.

This was the amplification array set up by Isloria, capable of increasing the structure’s concealment ability by 30%, at the cost of doubling the total Soul Crystal consumption during full-power operation.

In the core area of Tianyuan Territory, one could glimpse strands of descending starlight, with the starlight and purple rays shining together. However, in regions outside the core area, the night remained cool as water, with no one aware that an Epic life was being born here.

…

Around the same time.

In the depths of the Wilderness, within the Twilight Plains region.

Inside a certain mountain.

Gears creaked and turned, and the array diagrams on the ground occasionally lit up with brilliance. Players from the Divine Radiance Empire, dressed in various attires, hurriedly passed through.

This was an outpost established two or three years ago by the intelligence department of the Eye of Divine Radiance, carved out on the periphery of the Taixuan Alliance.

Though it appeared small, it concealed numerous mysteries within. Even during the Crimson Mist tides, when monsters surged, this mountain outpost could block the invasion of the Crimson Mist.

A man holding a black cane and wearing an orange V-shaped mask stood at the highest point.

Overlooking the coming and going players.

“You understand what needs to be done.”

“Find the target, and glory and wealth will be within easy reach.”

They had many targets, with the primary one being…

‘Tianyuan’!

Their intelligence department, the Eye of Divine Radiance, received annual funding from above to infiltrate, spy on, and assassinate within Taixuan. This year, the funding they received was twice that of the previous year.

The impending Dragon Court Competition was one reason, but perhaps more crucial was the need to eliminate Tianyuan.If Taixuan were to gain another top-tier powerhouse, the resources their Divine Radiance could occupy would shrink yet again. Although whether Tianyuan could reach that step remained unknown—geniuses who fell midway or faded into obscurity were everywhere—still…

A few years ago, it was precisely because the higher-ups hadn’t paid enough attention to Han Yue that she rapidly grew from a rising star into a top-tier powerhouse.

Now, the same mistake could not be made a second time.

It wouldn’t be easy.

Despite sacrificing three A-rank spies and eleven B-rank spies, the vast intelligence department of the Eye of Divine Radiance still couldn’t extract even a sliver of real-world intelligence related to Tianyuan from within the Xuan Nation.

The Xuan Nation’s preparations were far more thorough than they had imagined!

If they continued probing the Xuan Nation, the Starshine Federation’s intelligence network risked collapse.

In the end, they resorted to more powerful divination methods, avoiding direct targeting of Tianyuan and instead using a process of elimination to narrow down the scope step by step. After expending massive resources and manpower, they finally pinpointed the location of Tianyuan Territory—situated in the central part of the Twilight Plains.

The area was still vast, but it was better than searching for a needle in a haystack.

If one month wasn’t enough, they’d take two.

If half a year didn’t suffice, they’d take a full year.

At the latest, within a year, they would definitely locate Tianyuan.

“To think that a mere Tianyuan has cost our Eye of Divine Radiance so many talents and resources… Tianyuan, you truly deserve to die…!”

…

Tianyuan Territory, core zone.

The phenomenon of starlight descending finally faded away. Within the pure white radiance, Isloria’s figure gradually became visible.

Ding!

Prompt: Your Hero ‘Isloria,’ bathed in Miracle Light, has transformed and evolved into the Epic Lifeform ‘Guardian of Stars,’…

Prompt: Your Hero ‘Isloria’ has eliminated hidden flaws during evolution and achieved perfect completion. Her talent ‘Starlight Body’ has been enhanced, and she has Awakened the Advanced Skill ‘Falling Stars’ and the Strategic Skill ‘Star Blessing.’

Among these, Falling Stars was a large-scale destructive skill that could also draw power from the starry sky to reduce its energy consumption when used.

This skill compensated for Isloria’s shortcomings in mass destruction… probably. From Mu Yuan’s perspective, even with the ability to draw power from the stars, Isloria would at most be able to unleash two shots before being completely drained.

However, the appearance of a strategic skill delighted Mu Yuan.

He wasn’t yet sure whether this was an inevitable complement to her perfect evolution or if Isloria had already been on the verge of achieving it.

He took a closer look.

Star Blessing: Call upon the power of the stars to bestow true blessings upon allies, moderately increasing the speed and energy of all friendly units for a certain duration.

The prompts didn’t end there; they continued to ring out one after another.

More frequently than during Deadbone and Dolai’s evolutions.

Prompt: Your Hero ‘Isloria’ has Awakened the Epic Skill ‘River of Stars’ during evolution.

Prompt: Your Hero ‘Isloria’ has gained some insight, integrating multiple prerequisite skills to independently create ‘Starlight Avatar’ and ‘Starlight Orb.’

Prompt: …

Before him, the light finally receded completely, and Isloria’s floating form slowly descended.

She stepped onto the ground, her eyes opening as if rivers of stars flowed within them, as if she were a deity standing aloof atop the starry dome, indifferently looking down upon the mortal world… or not.Her eyes were filled with surprise, joy, excitement, and a myriad of indescribable emotions.

She examined her hands, clenching them tightly, then pushed up her sleeves and even pulled open her collar to peer inside.

“The blue patterns have truly disappeared.”

When she unleashed her full power, these blue patterns would spread across her entire body, visible on her exposed arms, neck, and even her face.

It wasn’t that these star patterns enabled her to enter her ‘burst state’; rather, entering the burst state made certain ailments within her body difficult to suppress.

Even without bursting forth, blue patterns had previously existed on her chest, lower abdomen, and other areas.

This was her bloodline illness, which occasionally brought her stabbing pains. Over the years, Isloria had grown accustomed to it, but now…

With her evolution and the eradication of her symptoms, it felt as if shackles had been removed. Never before had she felt so light and free.

She also clearly sensed her current strength.

Yes, she was now an Epic lifeform! Like dragons and angels, an Epic lifeform that grows stronger with every breath!

Heh heh heh heh—

“Stop grinning foolishly and carefully experience the changes in your power.”

Mu Yuan had to interrupt her silly laughter, then pointed toward a few figures lurking furtively in the distance, peeking at them.

Isloria: “!!”

“Ahem.” She coughed, walked up to Daisy and the others, and put on a stern face. “What are you all doing? Have you finished your work?”

Sickle Moon made a funny face and slipped away.

Mu Yuan then loaded the ‘Isloria template’ and studied her new skills together with her.

The strongest skill was naturally the Epic Skill ‘River of Stars,’ on par with Deadbone’s ‘Undead Holy Mountain’ and Dolai’s ‘Space Devour.’

Abilities of this Rank transcend the category of mere skills, even touching upon the power of certain rules.

「River of Stars」

「Description: Projects a vast river of stars, possessing abilities of suppression, concealment, and defense. Simultaneously, the wielder can condense their own stars within the River of Stars. The more stars condensed, the greater the power of the River of Stars, and other effects can be derived.」

Isloria waved her hand, and a sky full of stars appeared, revolving around her.

In its Early Stage, the River of Stars wasn’t large, resembling a ribbon dozens of meters long, dazzling and magnificent.

Mu Yuan discovered that this starry ribbon could be stepped on, much like treading on a flying carpet—somewhat magical.

“Besides this, I also gained some profound knowledge Legacy during my evolution, but most of it is fragmented. I’ll need time to sort it out.”

Isloria said.

Mu Yuan asked, “What about the Starlight Orb and Starlight Incarnation?”

The descriptions of these two skills were also somewhat vague.

The former coalesced beside Isloria, similar to the orbs formed by the Star-Embracing Art before, but this one was more substantial and could exist permanently.

It seemed like a crafting skill.

“The Starlight Orb can store a certain number of skills and unleash them in battle without chanting or consumption, much like spell Scrolls, but only the wielder can use them.”

Isloria explained, “At the same time, the Starlight Orb seems to have the ability to store information and provide computational power?”

She wasn’t entirely sure herself.Although the skill was created by her and its core is inseparable from the abilities she has mastered, evolution has provided some marvelous reactions, making the entire skill gallop forward in ways even she couldn’t anticipate.

“The Starlight Avatar is the super-evolved version of the previous puppet clone. It cannot exist permanently and shares consciousness with my main body, but for each additional avatar I create, my mental strength, logical thinking ability, and computational power will double. The Starlight Avatar can also cast numerous spells, and aside from being fragile, its combat prowess is quite impressive.”

Mu Yuan didn’t care much about combat strength.

His attention was entirely focused on the Starlight Avatar’s thinking capacity, processing ability, and how the Starlight Orb could essentially function as a simple computer.

Indeed, Isloria was truly heaven-sent labor!

She alone was an entire team.

The two experimented all night and had mostly figured out the new abilities. In the distance, a sliver of dawn emerged from Horizon’s End.

Daybreak.

Time to start working.

Mu Yuan looked at Isloria and revealed a warm, boss-like smile of trust in his employee.

Isloria was just contemplating how she might have surpassed General Dolai and could look forward to moving up the combat ranks when suddenly…

She shivered.

First update…

(End of chapter)