Chapter 276: Flame Plane
As an apprentice from the Lower District with no background, Jia Na would seize any opportunity to climb higher without hesitation.
Since enrolling, in addition to constantly strengthening herself, Jia Na has also invested significant effort and maintenance costs in expanding her network.
Initially, Jia Na simply used the purifying ability of her Celestial Sparrow to make as many connections with older apprentices as possible.
Later, due to a chance encounter, Jia Na received an invitation to the Bai Wu Xie Club, specially gifted by Suo Luo-Lie Yan out of gratitude for her helping treat his contamination.
It was precisely this opportunity that brought a significant turning point in Jia Na's apprentice phase—she obtained an audition opportunity for the Nightingale Opera Troupe.
At that time, even the meager resources leaked down from top apprentices were incredibly precious to Jia Na.
To seize this opportunity, Jia Na could say she made extremely thorough preparations.
Not only did she hire a senior Sound-type apprentice, Liji-Xiaosi, in advance to cram professional knowledge about opera, but she also practiced opera alone deep into the night, striving for no mistakes.
Ultimately, her efforts paid off. On the day of the audition, relying on her proficient understanding of the *blood shadow rose* plot and the effective coordination of her 【Muscle Control】 and 【Heavenly Voice】 talents, she not only passed the audition smoothly,
But also gained an unexpected surprise—she won the role of 【Natasha】 in Act A of *blood shadow rose*.
Taking the stage, becoming popular, skyrocketing income, expanding her network—Jia Na fully utilized her high Charm attribute, maximizing resource acquisition through social interactions,
Every smile, even every movement.
Almost every social interaction was pre-rehearsed in Jia Na's mind, striving for the most graceful posture to be displayed externally every time.
Undeniably, the effort Jia Na put into expanding her network was no less than her daily coursework.
Moreover, this effort was a sunk cost, and it was not guaranteed to yield returns in the short term, or even in a long time.
However, this was unavoidable.
"Phew—" After Zhu Li-An finished removing Jia Na's makeup and all her accessories, Jia Na, who had taken off her performance attire and changed into her wizard robe, was still holding the light purple letter, reluctant to put it down.
It wasn't until Jia Na was alone in the lounge that she let out a long sigh while looking at the letter in her hand.
"I can't be happy too early now. Before everything is finalized, I still need to keep my Mindset steady."
After a final glance at the letter, Jia Na put it, along with the envelope, into her thorn bracelet.
"Hmm?"
Just as Jia Na was preparing to leave after finishing work, suddenly, a telepathic message from the Flame Guard caused Jia Na to stop.
"It's Yan Yade—"
After looking around, Jia Na immediately locked the lounge door and posted a sign indicating someone was resting inside.
Then, she took out her 【Concealed Corner】 Witchcraft tool, completely concealed her figure and aura, and quickly activated her talent.
"Spiritual Body Shuttle—"
Buzz—
A seven-colored light appeared in Jia Na's pupils. Accompanied by the familiar sense of weightlessness, Jia Na, who had activated her 【Spiritual Body Shuttle】 talent, immediately closed her eyes and, amidst the chaotic murmuring in her ears, entered the 【Flame Plane】.
"So, I was being targeted."
Above the lava lake, the Flame Guard whose flame color had already taken on a few streaks of blue was currently being surrounded by another group of Flame Guards with orange-yellow flames and low-level crimson fire elemental sprites.
Roughly speaking, there were two enemy Flame Guards of the same level and about seven or eight fire elemental sprites.
Flames burned, lava churned.
Facing the disadvantage of being outnumbered, the Flame Guard - Yan Yade still erected a wall of fire, stubbornly resisting the fierce attacks of the seemingly frantic enemies around him.
"Fire elementals are indeed the most volatile elements—"
Although Jia Na said this, her hands did not stop for a moment.
Accompanied by the flash of two contract lights, the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon and Thundercloud were summoned by Jia Na.
"Finish this quickly!"
Due to the 【Flame Plane】's natural repulsion of external creatures, the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon and Thundercloud had just been summoned by Jia Na from the Spirit World and were almost suffocated by the pressure from the plane will.
"Roar—" Upon receiving Jia Na's command to finish quickly, the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon, which had successfully evolved "Three Eyes," rapidly simulated mirror illusions around the lava lake amidst a flash of silver-white light.
"Plop—"
Rocks rolled into the lava, splashing out a large amount of sparks.
Just as the enemy Flame Guards and fire elemental sprites were fighting fiercely, the Flame Guard - Yan Yade in the lava lake suddenly disappeared, causing the scene to fall into silence for a moment.
"Wah wah—"
Watching the Flame Guard - Yan Yade slip away before their eyes, the two leading Flame Guards couldn't help but let out ear-piercing screams to vent their anger at losing their "food."
"Bang—"
Just as this group of fire elemental creatures were constantly searching for the whereabouts of the Flame Guard - Yan Yade along the lava lake, suddenly, several fire lines came from behind them without warning.
"Wah wah—"
As they angrily turned around to find who had ambushed them, they discovered that not far away, there were also two Flame Guards and seven or eight fire elemental sprites surrounding them from behind, launching attacks without hesitation.
Seeing this familiar scene before them, the fire elemental creatures, who were not highly intelligent, only hesitated for a moment before immediately treating it as an enemy attack and launching an angry charge.
"Well done, Silver Mirror."
Looking at the fire elemental creatures fighting the mirrored doppelgangers created by 【Replication】, Jia Na, who had taken the opportunity to rescue the Flame Guard - Yan Yade, couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
"But the mirrored doppelgangers created by 【Replication】 only have one-tenth of the original's strength and won't last long—"
Rumble— While the fighting was intense below, Thundercloud, following Jia Na's command and aided by the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon's 【Invisibility】 ability, rapidly grew larger in the sky. Then, its entire cloud body turned from white to black, constantly churning with terrifying lightning.
"La la— La la la—"
While Thundercloud was accumulating energy, Jia Na's 【Siren's Chant】 Witchcraft also arrived as expected.
In just an instant, it fixed the group of fire elemental creatures, which had extremely low resistance to mental Witchcraft, in place.
"Crackle—"
Electric snakes danced wildly, captivating the soul.
Under Thundercloud's merciless lightning barrage, in just a single encounter, except for two Flame Guards who hadn't fallen yet, the other fire elemental sprites were directly reduced to ashes, not even leaving a single spark behind.
