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

While making her bold claim, she looked around at those nearby, after all, her words were meant to be heard by the surrounding audience.

Acting required a full performance; one couldn't slack off just because Frank, the main spectator, was no longer present.

As Bai Fu's gaze swept over, Manu and the others dared not meet her eyes.

How shameful!

Bai Fu had helped them so much, but just now they could only watch helplessly as Frank snatched Bai Fu's possessions. Once word of this incident got out, their reputations would likely...

Alas.

Manu clenched his teeth firmly.

He felt that this matter could not be brushed off lightly; the Star Network urgently needed Bai Fu's friendship and had to provide her with additional compensation on top of the predetermined rewards.

It might not completely smooth over the unease in Bai Fu's heart, but it was certainly much better than doing nothing.

With this in mind, Manu quickly had the Pope of the Blessing Sect arrested, then personally contacted Clavel, the Star Network Rotating Chairman, to share his thoughts.

His idea was unanimously agreed upon by the members of the Joint Conference of the Star Network.

While Manu was in action, the other three civilizations within the Alliance also began to take action independently.

They had not consulted with each other, but their decisions were remarkably similar.

Compensation, Bai Fu must be compensated!

Thus, as the Alliance was cleaning up the battlefield, Bai Fu suddenly received compensation proposals from the four civilizations.

"A total of 20 million Credit Points, 20 spaceships seized from the Secret Tower, interest-free loans for constructing Ulysses Base, and building materials at cost?"

Holy smokes!

Bai Fu was shocked when she saw the list.

Her acting was primarily meant to clarify her stance and incidentally remove herself from the struggle for the True Spirit Pillar, but she had not expected such a pleasant surprise.

To say nothing of a fake pillar, ten fake pillars wouldn't normally fetch the price of the items listed!

Bai Fu chuckled merrily.

Frank, oh Frank, I thank you!

"This gift is truly too generous; I..."

Manu shook his head, interrupting Bai Fu's words: "Saintess, this is all you deserve. Without you, we would have absolutely no chance of entirely eradicating the Secret Tower. So, you must accept these things!"

Overwhelmed by such generosity.

Seeing Manu insisting to such an extent, Bai Fu could only "reluctantly" accept the kindness.

Yay, with this windfall, she'd instantly turned into a wealthy lady.

Now she had enough spaceships under her command to form a small fleet of 50, which was highly beneficial for her upcoming actions.

Bai Fu closed her bank account and then opened the Task panel to review the gains from the eradication of the Secret Tower.

Task [Secret Tower Exposed] settlement.

[Task Evaluation: Legendary (You delved into the script, playing the main character in the great play of the Secret Tower's fall, you are the supernova of this starry sky!)]

As Bai Fu expected, after the task was settled, she earned a whopping 3.11 billion Experience.

This was the most experience she had ever gained in a single instance, and the number wasn't exaggerated, especially since she had contributed over 40% in the operation to destroy the Secret Tower.

In addition to the Experience, she also received three awards.

The first one, the Title [Supernova], with an effect of +7% to all Basic Attributes.

The second, a Spiritual Ability Construction Advanced Card *1, which could upgrade one Spiritual Ability Construction by one Quality.

Without hesitation, Bai Fu used the card on [Spiritual Ability Construction - Fu II], upgrading it to Fu III.

In an instant, the combat suit covering her body underwent a dramatic change.

Firstly, there's "material." Just like other Spiritual Ability Constructed clothes, Fu III is usually soft and comfortable, almost like gaining an extra layer of skin. In battle, when facing enemy attacks, it immediately becomes many times harder than metal.

Then there's the appearance. The design of Fu III is more complex, but this complexity doesn't overwhelm the senses. The appropriate use of color blocks and lines enhances Bai Fu's curves beautifully.

Finally, the functionality. Since it's a quality upgrade, Fu III doesn't add any groundbreaking features compared to Fu II. However, its durability has doubled, as have the bonuses to Power and Agility. Physical damage reduction has improved to -15%, and it even includes a new effect that speeds up Spiritual Ability Recovery Speed. Though it's not as fast as Julia's Magic Refilling, it's a welcome addition nonetheless.

The third item is the Rare Prayer Card Blueprints [Sorrowful Eye].

This is a summoning blueprint capable of conjuring the Sorrowful Eye. The effect of the Sorrowful Eye is unlike any Prayer Card obtained before. It can only summon one at a time and has no direct killing power. However, it can inflict a [Sorrowful] debuff on all enemy targets it sees.

Targets afflicted with the [Sorrowful] debuff will have significantly reduced recovery abilities, a decrease in their Qi Energy (Spiritual Ability Value, etc.) cap, and will accumulate sorrow points. Once the sorrow points are full, they will engage in abnormal behavior due to extreme sorrow, which is very dangerous in battle.

"Good stuff. This is a bit like the Dominator's [Domain], just much weaker."

With this, Bai Fu's combat power would increase significantly, especially in group fights.

Swish, swish, swish—

Bai Fu invested a massive amount of Experience to max out the Prayer Card first, then she began to level herself up. She used 30 billion Experience and successfully raised [Apostle Walker] from Lv1 to Lv27.

Now, her Basic Inspiration had reached 2831 points, and during full-force outbursts, her Spiritual Energy could surge to over 3900.

"These 26 levels have given me a boost of nearly 700 points in Basic Inspiration. Although every level-up now consumes several times the Experience than before, the attributes gained are also several times greater. When my main Profession Total Level reaches 140, I'll get another new bonus."

Bai Fu was very satisfied with her gains from taking down the Secret Tower.

Now, based solely on attributes, she would be hard-pressed to find a match in the entire Initial Gate Star System. The drawback was that her accumulation was too shallow; in other words, she lacked sufficient Catastrophe Level Skills and Prayer Card Blueprints.

Filling this gap wasn't something that could be done overnight.

"Experience, experience, I need more Experience!"

Bai Fu's eyes shone with a red light.

Time to squeeze the Players a bit more!

"Eh."

Just as Bai Fu was daydreaming about milking Players, Julia, who was passing by her side, stopped.

"I feel like there's a sudden pressure emanating from you."

Well, of course, considering she had just leveled up by 26 levels.

Bai Fu puffed out her chest.

After such a long period of accumulation, she no longer had to proceed with caution as before and could now boldly develop her own forces.

"From a chess piece to a chess player. At least in the Edge World, I can consider myself a chess player."

On her way back from the Secret Tower Headquarter, Bai Fu received a communication from Andras.

Andras first congratulated her on advancing to Catastrophe Level, then extended an invitation, hoping she would join the next meeting of the Origin Consortium.

Bai Fu understood.

It seemed that Andras was having a harder time these days.

She inquired about the time, and the next meeting was in half a year.

Half a year later?

That wouldn't interfere with her plans to harvest Players on other Newbie Planets.

"No problem, I'll be there."

Bai Fu readily agreed.

After she ended the conversation with Andras, her next step was to follow Manu back to the Star Network.

The Star Network Joint Conference wanted to throw a grand celebration to commemorate the fall of the Secret Tower and hoped she could attend.

Bai Fu wouldn't miss such an opportunity to make an appearance and gain Reputation. She also wanted to use this occasion to attract investors to her newly established Ulysses Base.