A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 864 - 850: A Brand-New Nightmare Task

During the dinner with Count Garlan, Baiyu felt very comfortable. He hadn't had such a calm and pleasant meal in a long time, and he instantly felt completely relaxed. During this time, Moon Lady and Cang Yan also enjoyed the meal immensely.

"Thank you for the hospitality, Count, and for your care during this period. We'll be heading back now."

Baiyu's visit to the embassy was mainly to express gratitude to Garlan for taking care of Moon Lady and Cang Yan, and secondly, to bring these two little guys back home.

He now had been allocated a nice residence within the school, thanks to Loloya's connections—a three-bedroom apartment with complete appliances, 24-hour hot water, and gas, and it was also connected to the internet.

It's simply paradise.

"So, how do you find your new home? Are you satisfied?" Baiyu led the two little ones inside, stretched lazily, and then started setting up their room and sorting out their clothes.

"Baiyu, where's my research lab? Without a lab, I simply can't survive. I need to study, I need to research!"

At this point, Cang Yan was rolling on the ground.

Such a big hamster—if some girls with overflowing affection saw it, they might be instantly charmed. But Baiyu knew better about this creature's tendencies, and instead of being charmed, he smiled and kicked its belly.

"Has your skin started itching lately? What about the fitness plan I drafted for you last time? Have you been following it properly?

Look at you, being chubby like this—if you don't lose weight, high blood pressure and cholesterol could be your end, and nobody can save you then."

After saying this.

Baiyu took a specially made large hamster ball from the corner of the room and threw Cang Yan inside.

"Damn Baiyu, I shall not share the same sky with you, arghh!"

Cang Yan started running uncontrollably inside the hamster ball, perhaps an instinct hidden deep within its genes. Moon Lady watched Cang Yan's actions and couldn't help but laugh. The two of them had always gotten along well.

Moon Lady, if not for the excessive Black Moon Power, would be no different from any other little girl. She also loved cute little animals, and she liked things that girls naturally liked.

So ever since mixing with Cang Yan, they've gotten along great.

Baiyu didn't bother with these two clowns and started carefully planning his route ahead. He has cultivated up to this point and feels he has reached a plateau. The realm of Martial Arts Grandmaster is so close yet so far.

Like seeing flowers through the mist or observing the moon in the water—it's hard to grasp the key point at this level. Up until now, he has been hovering at Tier Four Peak for quite some time but still hasn't found any way to break through to Grandmaster.

Even Loloya didn't know.

She said breaking through to Grandmaster requires each person to accomplish independently, meaning each individual's method of breaking through is different and others' experiences cannot be used as reference. She suggested Baiyu first advance the Extraordinary Sequence to the Sequence Four level before considering the breakthrough.

She even offered to help Baiyu collect Sequence Magic Elixirs, saying if Baiyu could provide the name, she'd be able to find clues. However, Baiyu kindly declined this offer, feeling that the magic elixirs provided by the Scholarly Space might not be so easily found.

To date, Baiyu hasn't found anyone with abilities similar to his, nor has he ever heard of a sequence profession name from the Prayer Technique Apprentice Sequence.

Which means.

This sequence may likely be one not yet discovered, unknown to others, cultivated solely by him. He doesn't want to make big news, and then suddenly find himself on the front pages of major countries being hunted by countless Extraordinary and Martial Artists seeking information on the sequence specifics.

A complete sequence.

That's incredibly tempting.

Enough to cultivate a super powerful Extraordinary Clan.

"The Leader's abilities are somewhat similar to the Aura Genetic Ability, both amplifying those around them and providing assistance to teammates. But it doesn't have much impact on combat capabilities; currently, my Extraordinary Abilities, apart from the Prayer Technique Apprentice and Fanatical Scholar, the stages of Master and Leader only provide auxiliary abilities."

Baiyu pondered secretly.

Actually, not only Master and Leader, but Prayer Technique Apprentice and Fanatical Scholar have abilities that are also more inclined towards support and protection, with few direct attack capabilities. The Extraordinary Power has provided Baiyu the greatest help through a strong recovery power and resistance to strange and polluted matters.

Baiyu estimated.

Once he advances to Sequence Five, surely he should acquire his first offensive Extraordinary Ability?

Thinking about this filled him with motivation.

Advancing to Sequence Five is neither simple nor overly complex. Having gone through it multiple times, Baiyu is clear on the process, which involves completing a Nightmare Task from Scholarly Space and then selecting the magic elixir reward.

As his strength improved, the difficulty of Nightmare Tasks escalated simultaneously. Like rising tides, every Nightmare Task now is a gamble of life and death. But the path of Extraordinary inherently comes with life and death.

Upon reflecting on this, Baiyu realized he hadn't been to Scholarly Space for quite a while, mostly due to being engaged in high-intensity battles lately, without a chance to learn quietly. He wanted to sit down and read some books, but distractions continued to arise.

In the coming period.

Baiyu planned to retreat for some time and delve into Mysticism, striving to elevate Mysticism and several other subjects to Level 5. Currently, all of his subjects are at Level 4, with Mysticism hitting a bottleneck, unable to progress, causing advancement in other disciplines to also slow down.

No matter what classics Baiyu reads now, he's unable to elevate his knowledge in Mysticism. Only by understanding secrets related to Divine Spirits can he perhaps enhance it. But knowledge concerning Divine Spirits is tightly contained by major powers, and knowing some of these secrets might lead to dangers, so he dares not act recklessly.

The more one knows, the more perilous it becomes.

Thus, the task of elevating the Mysticism subject's level has been set aside, with Baiyu planning to use this idle time to enhance himself.

After pausing briefly.

Baiyu's gaze shifted from the subject knowledge tree to the adjacent task bar. He straightaway skipped past normal and elite tasks.

The rewards from those tasks offer him little improvement and are rather troublesome.

He focused his attention on the scarlet Nightmare Task.

At the top of the Nightmare Task, there's a row of scarlet small print.

[This task is extremely dangerous, please think twice before proceeding!]

[This task is extremely dangerous, please think twice before proceeding!]

[This task…

The warnings are repeated at least three times, emphasizing the task's danger, clearly indicating that even the space feels the difficulty of the task might be a bit unfair to Baiyu.