When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village

So, she had truly reached the peak she could touch on Ancestral Origin Star, the Newbie Planet.

"The final stretch toward the throne."

However, more pressing than these intangible rewards that she could only see but not yet touch, Bai Fu was more concerned about the two notifications that popped up after she learned a new Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chain.

The first notification informed her that her Basic Level Knowledge Heart (Spiritual Ability) had upgraded to a +1 version, enhancing the effects of her active Spiritual Ability System skills and her Spiritual Ability Resistance by 10%.

The second notification was more peculiar—it heralded her third enhancement with the 1.2 version update, the first fix of which informed her that she had reached a certain limit. By gathering more Spiritual Ability Knowledge, she could unlock Spiritual Ability Attributes.

The notification was indeed accurate.

[Your knowledge reserve has met the standard, and you have earned the opportunity to unlock a Spiritual Ability Attribute. Please choose one from the following attributes—]

[1. Blazing]

[2. Phantom Colors]

[3. Grey Mist]

[4. Dark]

[5....]

The game listed a total of seven attributes, although the possible attributes of Spiritual Energy weren't limited to these seven; they were just the ones currently within Bai Fu's reach.

Different Spiritual Ability Attributes have different effects, forming the unique gameplay of the Spiritual Ability profession. However, it wasn't too unique when explained in detail, as the attributes were similar to those of Superpowers, the Energy in the Mechanical System, and kinetic energy divisions.

The Blazing attribute further enhanced positive-buff type Spiritual Ability Prayers; Phantom Colors enhanced illusions; Grey Mist enhanced control effects.

Among the seven attributes, Bai Fu instantly fixated on the Dark attribute.

It suited her perfectly.

Firstly, by converting to the Dark attribute, she wouldn't need to deduct Life Values when using Dark Burning anymore, and the skill effectiveness would be further strengthened.

Secondly, the main appeal of the Dark attribute was weakening the opponent, a style perfectly fitting for someone who liked underhanded tactics and disliked buffing allies.

Lastly, the Dark Attribute perfectly matched the persona she had crafted for herself––Dark Attribute + Adaptive Star Race + Bai Fu and Black Fu as twins concept + surpassing the Ancestral Origin Star level and attribute limits. These elements, when combined and presented in front of Players, made it hard not to think of her as the Ghost Night Dominator.

"That's exactly the effect I want!"

After choosing the attribute, Bai Fu received a breakthrough Task.

The Task was simple, just a matter of taking down an Advanced monster, and the reward was unlocking the Dark Attribute.

If she didn't have the Player Panel and was like other NPCs, even if she had mastered six Spiritual Ability Knowledge Chains, unlocking the Dark attribute would have been difficult; she would either have had to rely on a sudden epiphany or a breakthrough during battle.

But with the Player Panel, everything was easy—accumulate Experience, complete Tasks, and once conditions were met, ascend on the spot; it was efficient and spared her the worry of failing a breakthrough.

"This Task can be combined with collecting the Pollution Core needed for the Dark Wand from advanced mutated creatures."

Bai Fu closed the terminal and stretched leisurely, in a good mood.

The rewards obtained from defeating the Truth Society were just a start; her best days were yet to come.

As Bai Fu quietly waited for dawn, a new debate erupted among the night owl Players.

[Extra, extra, Silent Court has released a new Camp challenge copy!]

All Players were excited to discover that a new copy called [Subjugation of Red Sand Camp] had appeared in Silent Court.

When version 1.2 was launched, the Bagalos Copy immediately captured the attention of countless Players. At that time, the Iron Rain Guild and Loyalty Hall Guild organized high-level Players from their Guilds to challenge the copy, and after a whole month, Iron Rain Guild succeeded in clearing the Bagaros Copy with the help of Patrick, a passerby master who had unlocked a Hidden Profession, thereby eternally etching their Guild's name in the first-clearance record of the copy.

This event caused quite a stir.

Since the Bagalos Copy was the first high-difficulty copy cleared by Players, and the competition between Iron Rain and Loyalty Hall added a lot of heat to the event.

Iron Rain and Loyalty Hall were old rivals; Iron Rain's victory was sure to provoke Loyalty Hall, and surely enough, Loyalty Hall kept challenging the Bagalos Copy afterward––since they didn't get the first clear, maybe they could achieve the fastest clear?

The two Guilds fought for a long time, each having their victories, until the moment the Subjugation of Red Sand Camp copy grandly appeared.

[I smell gunpowder]

[Let the battle begin; I love the speed segment]

Just as most Players anticipated, Iron Rain Guild and Loyalty Hall Guild were the first to jump out.

Sky-Surpassing Sword Qi: [We, Iron Rain, have got the first-clear record of the new copy!]

Hei Si: [Last time we lost to Iron Rain Guild was an accident, we didn't expect them to bring external help; this time we are confident enough to take the first place]

The two taunted each other, giving other Players the feeling of watching a pre-fight trash-talking session in a combat sports match, which was thrilling, fun, and completely filled the topic.

Who could win?

The result was shocking; the confident Iron Rain and Loyalty Hall were thoroughly defeated in the copy, unable to hold on even for ten minutes.

The area-effect Spirit Attack was too terrifying; one skill landed, and half the Players were frozen, only able to watch helplessly as the Martial Artist BOSS came over to take their heads.

[Holy moly, I thought those two BOSSes were easy to beat when Fufu took them down in a blink; who knew these two birds were so terrifying?]