Chapter 47: The Thrill of Showing Off Lasts Only a Moment
Blue-white electric arcs danced on Su Xiao's fingertips. He immediately sensed that while this thing wasn't highly lethal, if it entered the nervous system, it would be unbearable for ordinary people. If one's physique wasn't strong enough, it could easily damage the nervous system.
As a sharp pain shot through Su Xiao's palm, the lightning in his hand sank into his arm.
The moment the lightning entered Su Xiao's body, the Cyan Steel Shadow energy within him automatically activated its defenses, intending to devour this electric current. If Su Xiao didn't stop it, this lightning would be like a young girl surrounded by a pack of wolves, quickly torn apart until nothing remained.
Su Xiao immediately controlled the Cyan Steel Shadow energy within him. The energy rapidly receded, eventually concentrating near his heart.
The lightning traveled through Su Xiao's arm, passed through his torso, and finally reached the vicinity of his spine.
Su Xiao's brow twitched. This was no joke. The spine housed too many nerves, and any damage could reduce his combat effectiveness.
Su Xiao immediately distributed the Cyan Steel Shadow energy around his spine. At the slightest sign of trouble, the energy would devour the lightning. Of course, when the Cyan Steel Shadow energy devoured energy inside his body, it wouldn't cause him true damage.
After the lightning entered Su Xiao's spine, it gradually dissipated, disappearing into the nervous system within the spinal column.
Su Xiao felt nothing unusual in his spine, but the back of his head experienced a tingling numbness. Since the back of his head often suffered from "teleportation strikes" during transfers, Su Xiao was quite averse to this tingling sensation.
As it turned out, after meeting the conditions for [Secret Technique: Lightning Attribute Activation], using this thing was basically risk-free. Su Xiao's stamina attribute was as high as 80 points, and it was a true attribute.
About 20 minutes later, the tingling at the back of Su Xiao's head faded, and a notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Hunter has mastered 'x'.]
[Nerve Reflex Speed permanently increased by 16%.]
[Dynamic Vision permanently increased by 16%.]
[Lightning Attribute Resistance permanently increased by 20 points. When subjected to control effects derived from lightning attributes, there is a certain chance to be immune to this control.]
...
The increase in lightning attribute resistance was an unexpected bonus; the skill description hadn't mentioned this.
Su Xiao's tightly shut eyes opened. Suddenly, he felt something "approaching" him and immediately stood up to dodge.
When Su Xiao stood up, he realized it was just a strand of fur drifting toward him. He focused on this fluff—it was a very fine hair, about 2 millimeters long, floating gently in the air.
Both Bubu Wang and Amu shed fur. Judging by the color, it was probably from Bubu Wang.
Su Xiao's sudden movement puzzled Bubu Wang, who habitually tilted his head.
This tilting motion was slowed down dozens of times in Su Xiao's perception. As Bubu Wang tilted his head, Su Xiao clearly saw another strand of fur fall from Bubu Wang's neck.
Su Xiao looked around. Dust and debris floated in the air, making the dimly lit room appear strangely beautiful.
Was the environment slowing down? No—it was Su Xiao's nerve reflex speed that had become too fast. In other words, this was the aftereffect of a massive short-term increase in his "nerve reflex speed" and "dynamic vision."
From Su Xiao's current perspective, not only combat but even daily life would be affected.
Realizing this, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao opened his eyes. The world around him was still slow, but better than before. If Bubu Wang and Amu had been slowed down fifty times earlier, now it was about a dozen times.
Su Xiao continued meditating, allowing his body to adapt to his new nerve reflex speed and dynamic vision.
An hour later, Su Xiao opened his eyes again. The world finally returned to normal. No dust floated in the air, and Bubu Wang's yawn was at a normal speed.
Su Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. The earlier sensation of the entire world slowing down wasn't an enhancement—it would have placed a heavy load on his nervous system.
"Bubu, spin around."
Su Xiao, who had been sitting for a while, spoke. Bubu Wang, dozing on the bed, lifted his head, his dog eyes full of confusion, his dog face utterly bewildered.
After a moment, Bubu Wang barked at Amu. Amu obediently faced the wall in self-reflection. Only then did Bubu Wang spin around in place, his big, watery eyes seeming to ask Su Xiao: "Is this enough? Do I look really stupid and silly?"
Su Xiao had one thing he didn't tell Bubu Wang: just sitting there, his goofy aura was already unmistakable.
"Looks like there's no problem."
This time, Su Xiao could confirm that the aftereffects of the massive short-term increase in "nerve reflex speed" and "dynamic vision" had disappeared. But he needed to test how strong his reaction speed had become.
Inside the Dawn Organization base, on a corridor, a heavy sniper rifle was fixed at one end. Su Xiao stood at the other end of the corridor, about 30 meters apart.
The fixed sniper rifle was the Spider Empress. It was already loaded, with the Realm Severing Thread wrapped around the trigger.
Bubu Wang and Amu crouched in a corner. Behind a wooden door in the corridor, Xianglin peeked out, looking confused and unsure of the situation.
Su Xiao wanted to test his reaction speed. Relying on Bubu Wang and Amu was impossible, so he thought of using the Spider Empress.
He knew the Spider Empress's performance well. The bullet's flight speed was extremely fast, which could test Su Xiao's reaction speed. Before mastering [Secret Technique: Lightning Attribute Activation], he definitely couldn't dodge the Spider Empress's bullets—the distance was too close.
Of course, Su Xiao wasn't testing recklessly. A Counter Shield floated beside him. Being killed by his own weapon would be the stupidest way to die.
Su Xiao held his blade in his right hand and pulled the Realm Severing Thread with his left.
Bang!
A dull gunshot echoed through the corridor. A 17.36mm caliber bullet, trailing sparks, left the muzzle, breaking through layers of air waves as it flew toward Su Xiao.
The bullet almost instantly entered Su Xiao's perception range. At that moment, his instinct ability successfully captured the bullet's trajectory. Su Xiao's pupils contracted, and his powerful dynamic vision allowed him to see the bullet.
Perceiving it didn't mean he could dodge it. Dodging it didn't mean he could cut the bullet in flight.
Boom!
A shockwave spread. The blade's edge struck the bullet, generating immense kinetic energy. Fragments of shrapnel scattered in all directions.
With a crack, the walls on both sides of the corridor fractured. Xianglin, peeking from behind the door, covered her ears, her face contorted in pain.
The shockwave subsided. Su Xiao flexed his sword-wielding arm. The test proved that his reaction speed was now sufficient to cut down bullets fired by the Spider Empress.
More importantly, this wasn't Su Xiao's limit. Even if the Spider Empress's bullet were several times faster, he could still cut it down.
"The improvement is greater than I imagined. No wonder it's a legendary-level ability."
Su Xiao put away the Realm Severing Thread and the Spider Empress. As he stored the rifle, he couldn't help but wonder if he should replace his ranged weapon. Even though the Spider Empress had been upgraded once, it was still only a dark purple weapon, already somewhat lagging behind Su Xiao's progress.
Of course, this would have to wait until after he upgraded Dragon-Slaying Flash to gold quality. Dragon-Slaying Flash was his main weapon. As for upgrading it to legendary quality, that would be difficult—gold-quality weapons were hard to come by.
Thinking about improving Dragon-Slaying Flash's quality, Su Xiao suddenly realized that growth-type weapons seemed to consume fewer resources in the later stages.
This was indeed the case. For example, when Dragon-Slaying Flash was at blue, purple, dark purple, and light gold levels, upgrading it required significant resources.
But if it went from gold quality to legendary quality, the resources consumed might be drastically reduced.
Could 4 to 6 gold-quality weapons truly compare to a legendary-quality weapon? The answer was a resounding no. Not even a dozen gold-quality weapons could rival a legendary-grade piece of equipment. Legendary grade was a watershed, just like the divide between true attributes and ordinary attributes.
Of course, Su Xiao's thoughts on upgrading Dragon-Slaying Flash were just speculation. He wasn't sure if Dragon-Slaying Flash could directly skip the light gold set and gold set grades. If it could, growth-type weapons would seem too overpowered.
Just as Su Xiao was hesitating whether to push Dragon-Slaying Flash all the way to legendary after returning to Reincarnation Paradise this time, a spatial vortex appeared—it was Obito returning to the base.
Obito appeared out of thin air, carrying Sasuke on his shoulder.
"Ah!!"
Sasuke, slung over Obito's shoulder, screamed in agony, clutching his eyes.
"Sasuke is about to die."
Obito threw Sasuke to the ground, looking somewhat angry.
"Impossible. The purified Hashirama cells are very stable. There's no chance of backlash."
Su Xiao was puzzled. Sasuke's pained expression seemed to indicate he was really on the verge of death.
"The Hashirama cells you provided are fine—the most stable I've ever seen. But Sasuke fought for two and a half hours using Susanoo, severely overexerting his ocular power."
Obito was furious—furious at Sasuke's stubbornness.
"I can't... die yet..."
Sasuke struggled to stand up from the ground, but his ocular power was too severely depleted.
"Is there a way to save him?"
Obito didn't want Sasuke to die, not because he admired him, but because Sasuke could transplant Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan and evolve it into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. That was what Obito truly wanted.
Bubu Wang, understanding the situation, sighed. His eyes seemed to say: "The thrill of showing off lasts only a moment, but the funeral pyre lasts forever."
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