Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 659 Truly spineless
The Statue of the Long Night is quite interested in your body; you can offer half of your current stamina in exchange for enlightenment.

Should a sacrifice be performed?

The moment Li Miao arrived before the statue of the Long Night, he saw a notification in the information bar and also vaguely felt the statue drawing him in.

Of course, he didn't make a choice immediately, but instead looked towards the shore and the distance behind him.

“This statue of the Long Night only has one chance to be sacrificed, and the sacrifice is different from the previous ones. I need to sacrifice half of my strength.”

Li Miao addressed the two of them.

"I'll give it a try."

Upon hearing this, he became quite curious and also came to the statue of the Long Night.

He responded quickly.

“My sacrifice requirements are different from yours; He wants half of my spiritual power.”

He touched his chin after getting ashore.

"I can manage with half my physical and mental strength," Yuanfang added.

“Strange…” Li Miao scratched his head.

"Alright, I'll give it a try first. Half my strength won't be a big loss."

Although the requirements of the Statue of the Long Night are rather strange, it's definitely worth a try. After all, this time the Statue of the Long Night is offering "enlightenment" rather than the previous "blessings," and the requirements aren't unreasonable. Maybe it'll be something good.

With that in mind, Li Miao stepped forward and readily agreed to the sacrifice.

A moment later, the dark power surrounding the statue of the Long Night began to pulsate, as if a gentle hand had easily taken some of the pale red power from him.

As the power of darkness faded, Li Miao felt his physical strength being depleted in an instant.

The inspiration from the statue of the Long Night soon arrived, and a faint purple divine aura flowed directly into the space between his eyebrows.

You sacrificed half of your current stamina in exchange for enlightenment.

You have been inspired.

[Has learned the combat skill "Sinking Fire Attack".]

[Sinking Flame: For a period of time while activating this combat skill, your movements become heavier, but you will also possess a powerful suction ability that can interrupt enemy actions.]

[Your current skill slots are full. You can forget a skill at the Milestone Candle to replace it with a new one.]

Upon seeing this, Li Miao's eyes lit up.

"Wow! They actually gave me a unique skill directly, not bad!"

The level of this combat skill matches his ignition point, so there's no need to spend any more money to upgrade it, which is excellent.

"A skill that directly grants the corresponding ignition point?!" Upon hearing this, Shang An exclaimed "Holy crap!" and excitedly stepped forward, "I'll do it! I'll do it!"

He won't be sleepy if you talk about this.

For a mage, the importance of spells is self-evident.

A spell that requires no upgrade costs is an irresistible temptation for mages.

as predicted.

After sacrificing half of his spiritual power, he successfully obtained a new technique upon reaching the shore.

[Has learned the spell "Enlightenment of the Long Night".]

[The Enlightenment of the Long Night: Activating a spell continuously consumes mental energy, increasing the damage of your spells while also reducing the damage you take.]

"A damage-boosting spell? I like it!"

"Oh my, this torch of the long night is truly magnificent! God of the long night above, please accept my humble bow!"

Upon reaching the shore and seeing this, he was overjoyed and immediately bowed in reverence.

His favorite spells are those that deal damage and those that increase damage.

The torrent of spells is the true romance of a mage!
"It seems that the choice of sacrifice will determine the type of combat skill you gain. What will you choose, Faraway?"

The pattern of this Long Night statue isn't hard to figure out. Li Miao looked into the distance, somewhat curious. "Choose a spell, big shot from afar. You can use a copying scroll to carve it out and sell it to other mage players for a good profit."

Shang'an, standing to the side, made a suggestion, revealing the greedy face typical of mage players.

"You bastard... I remember you guys on the forum agreed that mages would help mages?" Li Miao couldn't help but complain.

"What 'Master helps Master'? Stop trying to get close to me. Even brothers have to keep clear accounts!" Shang An said righteously.

Among the skills, spells are the most expensive, and those at the Spirit Burning level are naturally even more expensive. They definitely need to make a killing!
Li Miao shook her head, amused, finding his shamelessness truly hilarious.

Yuanfang didn't hesitate for long and directly chose the spell.

Li Miao felt that he might be doing this because of the merit he had made in ambushing Chief Yasum's chieftain Na Laodeng when they went ashore earlier.

[Has learned the spell "Shadow Scythe".]

[Shadow Scythe: Constructs a shadow scythe within the target's shadow, launching an unexpected attack from behind. The larger the enemy's shadow, the greater the power.]

Looking at the spell he had acquired, Yuanfang fell into deep thought, as if pondering something.

Upon seeing this, he jumped up excitedly: "This is great! This is great! A magic-type giant killing blade! Taiji has pulled out his staff!"

"Brother Yuanfang, you absolutely have to make a copy for me, I'll pay extra!"

"Look at your pathetic self." Li Miao gave him a disdainful look.

Upon hearing this, Yuanfang snapped out of his reverie and shook his head: "No need, just give me a rubbing scroll."

"Really?" The man's eyes lit up as he went ashore.

"You son of a bitch!" Li Miao elbowed him directly upon seeing this, and glared at him angrily.

Upon hearing this, he finally snapped out of his greed, scratched his head somewhat embarrassed, and said, "No, no, you still have to pay the wages..."

Sigh, being a monk must be incredibly frugal!

Seeing this, Yuanfang smiled and didn't dwell on the matter too much.

He seemed to have made another discovery and began to examine the statue of the Long Night closely.

At this moment, Li Miao also took out a spell he had previously acquired.

"Vampiric spell!"

"Good stuff!"

"Damn, Miaozi, I knew you still cared about your buddy. Good brother, no need for further words!"

Once ashore, his eyes lit up, and he shamelessly reached out to take the man in, like a beggar licking his boots.

"Damn, you really dare to ask for that." Seeing this, Li Miao quickly withdrew his hand and chuckled, "Didn't you just say that even close brothers should keep clear accounts?"

"...So, shouldn't we settle the score now?"

"Damn, I was just kidding! Those guys on the forum are just fair-weather friends, we're the real brothers. Talking about this would hurt our friendship!"

It was heartbreaking to finally get ashore.

"Dude, I'm really broke. I've practically sold my pants to pay for magic and equipment. You could grind me into powder and still not squeeze a drop out..."

He cried both about being miserable and poor.

"Stop spouting nonsense." Li Miao rolled her eyes, completely unconvinced.

"Fine! You forced me to do this!" Seeing that Li Miao was unyielding, he gritted his teeth after getting ashore and had no choice but to resort to his ultimate move.

"Father!"

"Ugh!"

“…No!” Li Miao replied almost instinctively. He quickly realized he had been tricked and couldn’t help but twitch his lips.

"Alright, son, take it."

"...He even called me 'Dad' for a magic spell. He has no backbone."

(End of this chapter)