After the attacks from Laminamors and Valda, Fang Li, in order to recover his exhausted body, had been taking appropriate rest, resulting in missing the opportunity to lift the seal on Amagiri Ayato.
Initially, Fang Li had some concerns about whether Amagiri Ayato would lose in the competition due to this, ultimately leading to the failure of his Side Quests.
However, it had to be said that Amagiri Ayato, being the main character in the original story, overcame this apparent weakness and progressed all the way.
Now, Amagiri Ayato has advanced to the finals.
In the next match, deciding the champion of the "Phoenix Festa," Fang Li's opponent would be Amagiri Ayato.
"I never expected the result to turn out like this."
At this point, Fang Li couldn't help but start to wonder if the Main God's Dimension had predicted this outcome, hence continuously issuing those three Side Quests.
"To determine the success or failure of Side Quests by the outcome of the 'Phoenix Festa' finals really spices up the atmosphere."
However, Fang Li had no discontent about this.
Rather, being able to compete with Amagiri Ayato in such a situation was the most exhilarating fact.
"Let's see how tomorrow's finals go."
With this thought, Fang Li headed toward the training room.
The "Phoenix Festa" lasted for two weeks.
The preliminary rounds took one week, and the formal matches also spanned a week.
In other words, it had been almost a week since Fang Li's matches with Ardi and Rimsy and the ambush by Laminamors and Valda.
During this week, Fang Li deliberately restrained the consumption of Prana in his matches.
So, at this moment, Fang Li's Prana had completely recovered, flowing like water within his body.
In other words, Fang Li was in a perfect state.
However, even in this condition, Fang Li couldn't resist going to the training room to warm up.
The finals tomorrow were crucial for Fang Li.
The completion requirement for Main Quest One was an achievement in any Festa, reaching the quarterfinals would suffice.
However, the higher the ranking, the higher the completion evaluation of the Quest.
In that case, Fang Li naturally wanted to complete this Quest with the highest first-place ranking.
The completion requirement for Main Quest Two was to obtain the Urm Manadyte.
For this Quest, using Bo Xie as an Urm Manadyte would be sufficient.
However, if the Main God's Dimension required obtaining certain items for the Quest, these items needed to be surrendered to the space upon completion.
Fang Li didn't want to destroy Bo Xie which was a Third Rank Ogre Lux and use the Urm Manadyte to complete the Quest.
Therefore, Fang Li would have to acquire a new Urm Manadyte.
However, the Urm Manadyte was present in the purest form in this world, and, given its ability to create Ogre Lux, it was almost exclusively controlled by the Integrated Enterprise Foundation. It was not something easily obtained.
With this in mind, Fang Li hoped to use the wish from the "Phoenix Festa" to obtain the Urm Manadyte and complete Main Quest Two.
The completion requirement for Main Quest Three was to acquire 20,000 Exchange Points.
Coincidentally, that was the completion threshold for the three Side Quests.
In other words, tomorrow's finals would decisively determine the completion status of Fang Li's three Main Quests.
In this way, how could Fang Li not take it seriously?
Not to mention, only by achieving victory could Fang Li fulfill the agreement with Sylvia.
One by one, the reasons were telling Fang Li that the finals tomorrow were extremely important. Only by gaining victory could Fang Li complete his Main Quest to the highest degree and fulfill the agreement with Sylvia.
"In such a situation, am I going to face off against the original main character?" Fang Li chuckled helplessly, then finally arrived at the training room.
To Fang Li's surprise, someone had already arrived at the training room.
Surprisingly, it was Cecily.
Cecily was sitting on the ground, holding a brush, and with a very serious expression, sketching on a long strip of white paper.
Fang Li could feel that as Cecily sketched on the long strip of paper, she was also mobilizing her Prana, continuously infusing it into the paper.
The paper smoothly absorbed the Prana, and the surface of the words began to shimmer with a faint glow as if gaining power.
It was a rather strange thing.
Because Prana, unlike Mana, couldn't exist in various things.
Since Prana, when converted into attack power, generally worked effectively only in unarmed combat, if it was a weapon, it was impossible to enhance attack power using only Prana.
However, if Prana was infused into a specially adjusted Lux, it would cause an excess reaction of Mana in the Manadyte within the weapon, causing the weapon's power to skyrocket in a split second.
Such a situation was generally referred to as meteor martial arts among Genestellars.
Even weapons couldn't absorb Prana properly, let alone ordinary paper.
However, Cecily's paper being sketched was smoothly absorbing Prana and storing it.
More accurately, it should be said that it was stored together with the Seisenjutsu being used.
"So that's how it is." Fang Li murmured with a realization, "Are you making talismans?"
Cecily heard Fang Li's voice but didn't turn around, seemingly having noticed Fang Li's arrival long ago.
Then, Cecily spoke.
"Entities like Strega (Witch), Dante (Magus), and Daoshi consume a lot of Prana, after all, it's needed to use Abilities and Seisenjutsu. I don't want to risk losing tomorrow's finals due to Prana consumption issues."
It was precisely because of this that Cecily was making talismans.
Talismans had already stored Seisenjutsu.
And this Seisenjutsu, before being sealed into the talisman, had already undergone Prana consumption.
Therefore, when using the Seisenjutsu stored in the talisman, Daoshi didn't need to expend Prana.
For this reason, Cecily was making preparations.
"Last time, Hufeng and I made it to the finals together, only to be defeated by two practical class students from Arlequint Institute, ending up as runners-up."
Cecily turned her head to look at Fang Li.
In her eyes, the fighting spirit was gradually burning.
"Junior Brother," Cecily grinned and said, "this time, we must win the championship."
Cecily's words made Fang Li understand.
Tomorrow's finals were important not only for himself but also for Cecily.
Fang Li wanted to win for his own purpose.
Cecily wanted to win for vengeance.
At this moment, Fang Li suddenly smiled and nodded heavily.
The night began to fade away.
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