Chapter 153 Private Tutoring

Exhaustion, sleepiness, fatigue...
Colin's consciousness returned to his physical body from his spiritual space, and he immediately felt a wave of intense weariness.
At this moment, he only wanted to relax his mind instantly, put aside all worries, and fall into a long, deep sleep.
However, Colin could not do that...
There were still too many things to deal with...
Thanks to the assistance of the "System," which continuously mitigated the negative effects within his body, he was able to "recover" this early.
With his eyes closed, he immediately began to perceive his own physical condition...
"It feels like a shrunken, pure cotton pouch..."
Without dwelling on it too much, Colin sensed a ball of light within his brain, a ball of light that felt no larger than a fist.
"Source of Light"...
Compared to the first time he saw it, the aura it emitted at this moment was extremely faint. It seemed as though all the power accumulated over hundreds or thousands of years had been completely squeezed dry by Colin in just a few short hours.
After looking at it for a moment, Colin summoned a certain interface to check his current status.
【Personal Panel】
Name: Colin.
Status: "Withered Life."
Strength: 4.4—1.7 (The former is the initial value, the latter is the attribute under the influence of negative effects.)
Endurance: 4.1—1.9 (1 point for a normal human)
Stamina: 3.7—1.1 (1 point for a normal human)
Agility: 3.4—2.4
Spirit: ?
Intelligence: ?
Special Trait: "Source of Light" (Cannot be removed after fusion).
Mastered Abilities: "Hunting Time," "Aberrant Mentor," "Holy Light Infusion," "Spiritual Pierce," "Baptism of Light," "Flawless Light," "Trail of Light"...
【Note: Refreshing costs 10 Mist Points...】
【Prompt: You realize that the content on this personal panel is correct, but not entirely correct, because it does not update in real time...】
【At the same time, after evaluating your attributes, you believe that before your recovery, you are weaker than a Tier 3 special individual, but stronger than a Tier 2 individual...】
"Strength capped at Tier 2... But why are my Spirit and Intelligence question marks?"

Colin didn't understand the reason. This panel was a custom setup obtained for him by the "System"...
Of course, the current iteration of the "System" didn't possess such a function, so the exact origin of this panel seemed to be that it had stripped it from Russell while Russell was unconscious, modified and made it compatible, and then installed it on Colin...
Although he felt a little sorry for that old brother, since Russell couldn't use it anymore anyway, it didn't really matter...
Moreover, for the sake of safety, this "Personal Panel" was completely independent. After being installed on Colin, it had no connection to the System whatsoever.
Therefore, if Colin wanted to update his status, he had to pay for it himself, with each refresh costing ten Mist Points...
The advantage of doing this was that it was safe enough. Because the personal panel was extremely independent, Colin didn't have to worry about being implicated if the "System" ever got struck by lightning.
What Colin hadn't expected, however, was that the moment he opened it to take a look, he would find so many flaws.
It was even cruder than the panel information of Shana and the primary servants...
"Forget it, something is better than nothing. If I can't see it, I just won't look..."
Colin turned his attention to his new skills. Back when he was in his "peak" state, these skills felt like instinct, and he hadn't known what to call them either...
"Speaking of which, who came up with these names? They're so tacky..."
He muttered to himself and opened the information on the new skills.
【Holy Light Infusion: You will be able to use Mist Points to replicate your own "Light" trait, infuse it into the bodies of your followers, grant extraordinary power to others, and reclaim it at any time.】
【Note 1: This ability cannot be applied to living individuals who already possess extraordinary traits, otherwise it will cause the target to fall into an irreversible state of mental collapse.】
【Note 2: The more loyal a living individual is to you, the better the effect they will receive...】
【Prompt: The bestowed "Light" trait can grow alongside the spirit of the recipient. Perhaps you can adjust the "feedback" during their growth so as to recover yourself faster...】
"Hiss..."
Looking at this skill, Colin drew in a cold breath and muttered to himself, "Isn't this harvesting leeks at supersonic speed?"
This thing was practically equivalent to the "Capitalist Stigma" he had acquired previously...
As long as he had money, he could massively propagate the "Light," grant extraordinary power to others, and then extract profits, remaining comfortably as the house that always wins.
And there was no upper limit to this!
However...
What was the cost of propagating the radiance again?
【You estimate that every time you propagate a copied trait, it will require about one thousand Mist Points, along with ten refined condensing light stones...】
【Servants must reach at least Level 3 to bear this trait.】
"One or two is fine, but if we're talking hundreds or thousands, it's a bit too expensive..."
Colin thought for a moment, feeling his grand plan of a fully extraordinary workforce fizzle out...
"However, putting together a small-scale extraordinary legion is not a problem..."
Suppressing his inner excitement, Colin looked at the next skill...
【Baptism of Light: Cause a beam of light to descend from the sky, purifying all defiled entities within a certain range and driving away negative effects.】
【Note: Being shone on too much will turn people into fools who praise the sun.】
【Prompt: Shone on for long enough, this fool will not only praise the sun but also start glowing...】
"Isn't, isn't this just the effect of the 'Sun-shroom'?"
After making this snarky remark, Colin shifted his gaze to the next one.
【Flawless Light (Passive): Grants special perception toward all special forces other than "Light," enabling you to activate the light within your heart through your spirit and purify abnormal forces within your body...】
【Prompt: After mastering it, you will have the ability to observe those intangible interferences and expel them.】
"Holy Light brand antivirus software..."
Colin muttered, then continued reading downward.
【Trail of Light: Create a channel of light and move at extremely high speed through this trajectory channel. Available uses: 3/3 (each consumption recovers once within an hour).】
【Note: It is impossible to enter a completely enclosed area through this method unless a certain amount of light can be transmitted inside.】
"Three flashes, and they get blocked by solid objects... But then again, did the blink obtained from Russell's full-name title ignore enclosures?"
Colin pondered through the prompts and figured it probably didn't either. Aside from a few different methods, the effects of the two skills were identical...
"Still, after completing all those universal tasks, I'll have four 'blink' abilities. When facing dangerous situations, I'll be even more confident..."
After studying it for a bit longer, his consciousness fully took over his physical body, and he opened his eyes from the bed.
Subconsciously, Colin looked at the table by the bed, where a "book" had appeared at some unknown point...
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Thanks to "Proper Thinking," "Smoke and Rain and Rain Ink," and "Isn't it a good idea to just casually pick a name?" for their tips... I didn't get to post them yesterday due to the last-minute update rush...
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