Start With Contracting Sprites

In the night sky, the moon and stars were sparsely distributed.

Su Hao strolled along the main road of the school. The street lamps on both sides gave off a gentle glow.

"Eh, eh, eh~ ew~"

A white Light Ball floated around him. It suddenly made an "Eh" sound and flew to the top of Su Hao's head, covering him like a hat.

Soft and warm.

Its size was just right.

It turned his head into a big light bulb.

After the small Light Ball covered it, it seemed to have remembered something. It suddenly twisted and looked around. It was only when it didn't see the figure that it heaved a sigh of relief. The whole ball softened and covered the throne steadily.

"Eh~~~"

Su Hao raised his hand and looked at the time on his wristband. After calculating with his fingers, he called for his personal mount.

A Dumb Unicorn appeared. He flipped onto the horse's back. Before long, he arrived at the mission building… well, the exchange office next door.

"Hello, I want to exchange for a dark elemental crystal about 8 pounds."

"8, 8 pounds?"

The staff member from the exchange office looked up and saw a huge light… a light bulb.

He was stunned. His professionalism made him snap back to reality quickly, and he emphasized, "Are you sure it's 8 pounds?"

"Yes, eight pounds."

"Please show me your student card."

The staff member took the student card and successfully deducted the fee with a beep.

The way he looked at Su Hao was really different now.

How many years would it take for him to gather eight pounds worth of dark elemental crystals? Yet, the student in front of him bought it without batting an eyelid.

After the staff member swiped the card, he typed out a receipt and handed it to Su Hao. "Please wait in the lounge…"

Su Hao called for the Dumb Unicorn and Furball to rest next door.

Then, he checked the credits balance on the Sprite Commandeering wristband.

Well…

A little more.

More than 50,000 credits… remaining.

Three S-grade exchange certificates, seven A-grade exchange certificates… Basically, he could choose any treasure in the exchange office.

The school opened its treasure vault to him again, promising to exchange credits for up to three treasures.

"I didn't expect the school to actually have a mysterious treasure vault."

In fact, Sprite Universities were equivalent to a force.

The principal and professors were the higher-ups of the organization.

The instructors were core members.

These students were peripheral members.

Normally speaking, one wouldn't be able to come into contact with the school's real treasure vault.

Su Hao didn't go to the treasure vault for the time being.

But he also bought a lot of useful items.

For example… elemental crystals.

The sprites each had an accessory made by a master sculptor that hung on their bodies.

There was one hanging on Dumb Unicorn's neck.

He waited in the lounge for a while before the staff finally delivered… a box about the size of a backpack.

Su Hao opened the box and took a look. It was a Dark Element Crystal.

Just by being placed there, it seemed to absorb all the light in the surroundings, making his vision darken.

"Slap."

He closed the box and left the exchange office.

...

Gloomy Garden.

It was quiet and cold.

He couldn't see a person or a sprite.

Only the hooves of the Dumb Unicorn stepped on the ground, producing "Ta Ta Ta" sounds.

Su Hao came here to arrange evolution for the little Light Ball.

When it was contracted, it was not yet entry-level, but its spiritual force was more than 100. After Su Hao nurtured it for a while, it broke through to entry-level.

Now, its potential under the initial form was more or less excavated.

It could evolve.

Su Hao pulled the Furball off his head, rubbed it conveniently, and placed it on the flowerbed.

Before long, it floated up again, swaying about like a hydrogen balloon.

"Eh~"

"Eh~"

"Eh~"

It called.

The light illuminated the surroundings.

"You're going to evolve. You have to calm down and regulate your breathing, understand?"

Su Hao looked at the time again.

The evolution conditions of the Bright Night Spirit were very harsh.

It wasn't just that the materials were expensive, it also required… precise control of time!

"The timing of Furball's evolution is at three minutes past 3am."

"It's not to say that it needs to be precise to every minute and second, but just by missing the timing by a bit could cause it to evolve into a Morning Light Spirit or a Twilight Spirit.

"The amount of Light-Element Crystals and Dark-Element Crystals must also be controlled well."

Su Hao took out the materials in his backpack one by one.

Then, he used an experimental device to remove some light elemental crystals and dark elemental crystals. Then, he used the device to test the energy of one big and one small elemental crystal.

The stronger one was the dark elemental crystal.

The reason was very simple. The small Light Ball had absorbed a lot of light-element energy in the past. It had to make up for it with more dark elements in order to maintain its balance.

Su Hao set up the evolution field and waited patiently.

Tick-tock, tick-tock…

Time passed.

Su Hao looked down at the wristband, then at it…

"It's about time. Go."

"Eh ~ Eh ~ Eh ~ Ew ~!"

It swallowed five light-element essences and five dark-element essences, then quickly flew into the evolution field.

Threads appeared and wrapped around it, interweaving into a huge light cocoon.

Unlike the light cocoons Su Hao had seen in the past, the light cocoon in front of him was interweaving between black and white. Light and dark elements dissipated, collided, and destroyed each other.

Compared to the evolution of Butterfly and the rest, the cost of the Furball's evolution was more than ten times!

Colliding and annihilating, too much elemental energy was wasted.

Su Hao couldn't avoid it either.

"Fortunately, I don't lack money. My heart doesn't ache, it doesn't ache."

He silently chanted a few words, his eyes staring at the huge light cocoon.

Time ticked, and finally…

Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack--

Cracks appeared and covered the entire light cocoon in the blink of an eye.

"Eh--"

A cry came out of the light cocoon. It was no longer as immature as before, but had a hint of gentleness and coldness.

Like overlapping sounds, Su Hao couldn't describe his feelings either.

At the next moment, the light cocoon shattered.

The fragments disintegrated, turning into countless light dots that dissipated.

A new sprite appeared in Su Hao's eyes.

It seemed to be made of mist. It had a human-shaped silhouette, standing tall and graceful. Its face was blurry, and one could only see countless ribbons interweaving, like the fringe in front of its forehead and the long hair behind its head.

Surprisingly, its hair was half black and half white.

Its lower body couldn't be seen, and its feet couldn't be seen. The mist covered its feet like a long dress, hovering a palm or two above the ground.

Su Hao estimated by looking, that the hovering Bright Night Spirit… was half a head shorter than him.

[Sprite: Bright Night Spirit (name changeable) (entry-level)]

[Characteristics:

(1) Light of Healing

(2) Darkness Erosion

[Cultivation Plan: Omitted (Not unlocked)]

[Unique skills: Light Shield, Light of Healing, Light Energy Ball, Dark Energy Ball]

[Evolutionary pathway: Light ball → Bright Night Spirit → Eternal Night Glory Concubine (unlock with 29 Intelligence Points)]

"The two characteristics have evolved perfectly!"

The Light of Healing allowed the healing ability of light-element unique skills to increase slightly, and turned it into a pure healing energy.

It was light, but not light.

It wouldn't clash directly with the dark and ghost attributes… At most, the healing effect would be slightly weaker.

And the Darkness Erosion allowed the Bright Night Spirit's dark-element spiritual force to possess the devouring effect.

It was just that…

"Its current state is unstable, and it's unable to use both characteristics at the same time."

"It needs to train continuously."

After the light cocoon broke, the Bright Night Spirit floated towards him with a "fufufuisi".

It floated high up, as if it wanted to return to the familiar throne above its head, but only then did it realize that it was no longer a Furball, but a Bright Night Spirit that had already grown.

"Fufusi--"

Its head drooped down, looking depressed and pitiful.

Suddenly…

Under the night sky, the rays of light emanating from its body dimmed, and its long hair became as black as ink.

Thick dark elemental energy surrounded it.

"Eh! Eh, eh!"

As it called, its depressed look was swept away. It became satisfied and let out a faint laughter of "Eh eh eh".

Su Hao held his forehead.

It was indeed not very smart.