25.3 - Breakthrough Mission (Three in One)

Chapter 25: Breakthrough Mission (Three in One) – Part Three

Xiao Ran’s heart began beating twice as fast.

Hidden tasks were like easter eggs that could appear any time, anywhere in the game. The rewarded items, even if nothing else, were definitely much better than the usual main tasks or daily tasks, so of course Xiao Ran chose to accept it.

The ID above the old painter’s head changed from ‘Shen Bi Master’ to ‘Painter Hua Wuxin’. He took out an exquisitely bound scroll from his sleeves and handed it to Xiao Ran. After Xiao Ran took it with both hands, he thanked him.

To attempt a breakthrough mission that anyone could do and receive a hidden mission was truly a pleasant surprise.

Then came the assignment of the real breakthrough mission.

The breakthrough mission at Level 40 was the same as the breakthrough mission at Level 20, with a total of six stages.

The first four stages were relatively simple and were more similar to the Level 20 breakthrough mission, but the difficulty was higher.

The only troublesome parts were the fifth and sixth stages.

Xiao Ran took about three hours to complete the fourth stage task, then arrived at the location for the fifth stage task. After speaking with the NPC, he successfully entered the instance.

There were three rounds of breakthrough missions, and the fifth stage of each round had an inseparable connection to its respective career.

The last time was based on the words ‘Deer of Talent’, asking Xiao Ran to draw a naturally gifted deer on white paper. It was a test of his imagination, and as a result, the divine clan boss was forced to become a soul painter, and finally cleared the round in a thrilling manner.

And this time…… It was even more extreme, asking him to draw six naturally gifted deer in two minutes?!

Looking at the countdown timer in his field of view, Xiao Ran quickly picked up the brush floating in front of him, and with his slightly trembling hands, he began painting with difficulty.

Time passed slowly, and it seemed as if there was only one minute left. The urgency of the time didn’t allow him to think too much. He only briefly recalled the details he had included when he painted the ‘Deer of Talent’, and rushed to scribble on the rice paper suspended in front of him. In the end, he didn’t really know what he painted, but he finished it all within one minute.

Ruined……

Looking at the six ‘Deer of Talent’ on the paper that he didn’t even dare to look at directly, Xiao Ran knew that this stage’s mission would have to be repeated all over again. He never expected—

Ding.

[Congratulations on completing the trial ‘Deer of Talent’]

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Xiao Ran was stunned as he watched the ink on the rice paper peel off bit by bit, transforming into ink-colored light and projecting onto the open space before him. Shiny, lustrous, skin, pearl-like eyes, perfect slender body proportions, impeccable animal facial features, regardless of the angle……

They were completely different from his, ah!

History always repeated itself. He still remembers that when the task was about to end last time, he also unlocked the door to the new world of a ‘Soul Painter’ because he couldn’t keep up with the time. But even then, there was still some sort of outline in the last painting, right?

This time, it was a complete mess!

Xiao Ran suddenly remembered what the old painter said about ‘no painting without heart’ and for some reason, began to shiver.

Did that sentence mean that paintings with real soul were often not drawn intentionally or with great effort, but were naturally revealed through one’s subconscious?

It really was.

In online holo games, there would be career settings, like for Shen Bi. Of course, it couldn’t consider the players’ painting skills. No matter how bad the painting was, there would be a system to help correct it, so it didn’t really matter how well someone painted. The speed of a thought process was the most important thing. Otherwise, the opponent would have already attacked with one move, while you would still be endlessly painting with your brush, and then you would be beaten and trampled all over the field.

It didn’t matter how quickly or how complex the drawing was, it mattered how quickly and how complex you were able to think.

The further the development of the career, the more prominent that point would become. In the end, the gap between Shen Bi players would primarily be the gap between their imagination and thinking speed!

It’s a pity that the high level players at that stage, other than a few great gods, still had a superficial understanding of the Shen Bi career, and think that they have so many lifelike drawings because of their excellent painting skills.

Xiao Ran didn’t know that he had run into the key to his career by accident.

How many players had fallen there in the fifth stage. Many Shen Bi players tried their best to maintain the basic figure of a ‘Deer of Talent’, and then frantically sped up to pass the task. If they knew Xiao Ran’s soul-style work had also passed, they would probably faint from anger.

But no matter what, after successfully completing the fifth stage, only the last team instance task remained.

As soon as Xiao Ran came out of the instance, he happened to receive a voice chat from Yiye Feihua.

“Why didn’t baobei tell me when he reached Level 40? You forgot that I said I would take you on your breakthrough mission?” From the tone of Yiye Feihua’s words, he could imagine the other party’s slightly raised eyebrows.

“I forgot about it. You came just in time now. I’m about to do the last stage.” Xiao Ran said. The team instance was the last stage of the breakthrough mission, and it was also the one with the highest likelihood of killing someone. If there was no great god to help him, this time might have ended badly.

“Okay, send me the coordinates. Wait for me to come.”

Footnotes

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