Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 734: Strengthening

"The team needs to be of one mind to complete the mission, but the reward will only be given to two of them?"

The girls looked at each other.

The requirement that everyone needs to be of one mind is a message shared by many expedition teams based on numerous strategy guides, and is generally accepted. This requirement is not reflected in the mission itself.

Looking at the quest reward, Elemental Advancement, Celia roughly understood why the success rate was so low.

Elemental advancement, like Elena's advancement from the Nature faction to the Life faction, not only enhances one's own strength and allows the use of spells from the new faction, but also affects the original spell faction, though not significantly.

Its boost to strength is enormous.

Elena went directly from a skilled elven mage to the individual champion of the mage league.

Who wouldn't be tempted by such an improvement?
While not everyone is as formidable as Elena, they are certainly more powerful than I am now.

In particular, most of those who came in were fourth-tier mages. This tier is extremely difficult for ordinary mages to differentiate themselves from. If they encounter an element that counters their own, they simply cannot win.

However, if one's own magical style is elevated and advanced, it's a different story. It can completely ignore the restraint relationship and easily sweep away those that were originally unbeatable.

If the reward for this mission is that all five teammates get it, then all the teams will be like they've been injected with adrenaline and immediately charge forward.

But if there are only two people...

“This… doesn’t seem too difficult,” Phil spoke first. “I don’t need this kind of thing, you can have it.”

Benovia laughed and said, "I don't need to either, because I don't have any particular factional leanings."

Celia didn't care at all: "It's just a minor elemental advancement, a paltry reward. Give it to Anko and Doris."

Anke, who was about to speak, asked, "How come you guys are so fast?"

Doris blinked and said, "Why do you all look so disgusted? This is an elemental advancement!"

Phil said, "I... already have a divine relic, which has already allowed me to advance in rank, so I don't need it anymore."

“Nahria…”

"I don't like it."

Doris: "..."

Celia definitely didn't like it.

If she wanted, she could simply ask Ross to give her an elemental sublimation or advancement.

But there's really no need for that, because ice is an advanced attribute of water. Even if there are further subdivisions, there's no need to subdivide them further. After all, the fact that there's an ice god among the twelve main gods is enough to show that ice is not bad.

But Benovia...

Everyone looked at Benovia.

Benovia laughed and said, "You don't need to look at me. I already knew when I was laying the foundation that I would never be able to undergo elemental sublimation because I have the same affinity for advanced elements, such as moonlight and space elements, just like ordinary elements."

The only two who were moved, Doris and Anke, looked at each other in bewilderment.

One of them is fire-type and the other is water-type; they definitely need to advance.

Anke suddenly realized something and pushed up her glasses: "Could it be that this reward was pre-planned, knowing that only Doris and I need it, so it was made so that only the two of us can receive it?"

As soon as she said that, the girls immediately thought it made sense.

"Could it be that the first stage wasn't designed to make the team members scheme against each other and thus fail, but rather that it was intentionally designed that way?"

Celia said, "Alright, let's stop discussing it and go check out the strength of this canyon in front of us."

The scroll had been fully unfurled, revealing a canyon stretching to the horizon. They were at one end of the canyon, their goal the other.

The Saintess Squad had summoned the puppets and were on high alert. After Anko bestowed various blessings upon everyone, they began to enter the canyon.

The sky darkened at that moment, with thick clouds gathering and the faint sound of thunder could be heard.

Doris looked up and said confidently, "It's going to rain soon, and it's definitely not ordinary rain. The shield is ready."

Various colored shields appeared and soon merged together to form a special transparent barrier that moved with everyone.

Sure enough, a minute later, accompanied by a deafening roar, the rain poured down.

Raindrops fell on the transparent barrier, immediately creating ripples on its surface.

The canyon was lush with vegetation and was originally a beautiful natural landscape. However, under the torrential rain, the vegetation quickly dissolved, and in just three minutes, only some tree trunks that were dissolving remained in the lush canyon.

Three minutes later, the tree trunk was gone, and a dark stream flowed on the ground.

Celia walked in front of the crowd, and as she moved forward, all the water in front of her froze and was covered with a thick layer of ice.

The path that everyone walked on formed an extremely long ice layer, but behind them, the ice layer was also melting and disappearing, leaving only a dark stream flowing across the withered earth.

"The appetizer has already reached a high intensity level; what follows might be a bit tough."

Ross chuckled.

"They don't seem as good as the monsters in the underground Elf Forest," Celia said, pouting.

Just then, a palm print faintly appeared in the water curtain on the side.

Snapped!
The water curtain-like hand slammed hard against the barrier of the Saintess Squad, immediately causing the barrier to shake violently.

A gentle impact stirred up all the surrounding water and raindrops, creating a brief wave.

“This attack is equivalent to a spell cast at full power by a fourth-tier mage.” Celia’s expression slowly turned serious.

"Look at the sky!" Phil exclaimed.

As everyone looked up, they saw translucent hands, formed from condensed water mist, rapidly forming above the drizzle and descending from the sky.

Bang bang bang!
The palms struck the barrier repeatedly, and in a short while, the first barrier shattered.

Doris hissed, "Each of these attacks is the full force of an ordinary fourth-tier mage. Wow, could it be that our discussion alerted the things inside the ruins, and they're enraged?"

Benovia said, "If there were, Doris's words would make its attack even stronger."

Doris quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

"To avoid consuming too much magic power, we need to speed up our progress," Celia said.

“No,” Doris said immediately. “There are definitely more challenges ahead, and accelerating will leave us no time to defend.”

"Then we should walk slowly?"

Doris nodded: "In my experience, the more this happens, the slower you should walk."

Celia's eyes darted around. "But attacks of this intensity consume a lot of our magic with each attack. We don't know how long this canyon is. We might not be able to hold out until then."

Doris was taken aback and was about to say something when Benovia spoke first: "I believe this ruin is a test, not a means to kill us. Come on, even if we have to exhaust our potential, we must work together to get through it!"

Doris sensed that Celia and Benovia were implying something, but she didn't know what they were trying to say. Her instinct for adventure led her to remain silent.

"Then do your best!"

(End of this chapter)