Chapter 72: Absolute Intellectual Domination
After examining the capabilities of Dragon-Slaying Flash, Su Xiao's mind could not calm down for a long time. Do not assume that the comprehensive attribute improvement from advancing to Epic Rank was insignificant. One must understand that previously, Dragon-Slaying Flash was a Legendary +13 weapon. After the enhancement level dropped, all of Dragon-Slaying Flash's attributes had decreased to some extent.
The current improvement of Dragon-Slaying Flash was an overflow enhancement effect after compensating for the gains of enhancement +13. If the Epic Rank Dragon-Slaying Flash could be raised to +13, that would be an entirely different scene. If he truly wielded an Epic +13 Dragon-Slaying Flash, let alone Fifth Rank contractors, even Sixth Rank contractors would die if he struck them a few times in vital spots. Of course, that was under the premise that the Sixth Rank contractor was completely off guard. The gap between two ranks was simply too vast.
Within Reincarnation Paradise, challenging across ranks was extremely difficult. Unless Su Xiao was the strongest among the Fourth Rank, he could only possibly challenge a Fifth Rank early-stage contractor, and the outcome was still uncertain. After all, Fourth Rank and Fifth Rank were not on the same level.
Divine Emperor and Stan were both very powerful, but they were stuck at Fourth Rank. It wasn't that they didn't want to advance to Fifth Rank, but rather they were preparing. To advance to Fifth Rank, one needed to complete a certain trial in the Void.
Su Xiao was not in a hurry to advance to Fifth Rank for now. After completing the Blade Awakening, he felt completely relaxed, as if a heavy burden had been swept away.
The improvement in comprehensive performance was only the most basic enhancement of Dragon-Slaying Flash. Currently, Dragon-Slaying Flash's sharpness had unprecedentedly broken through 100 points, reaching an astonishing 104 points. With one slash like this, if it struck the shield of a Fourth Rank main tank, that main tank would likely cry themselves to sleep in the bathroom. The repair cost of the shield would be so high it would make them doubt their existence.
Dragon-Slaying Flash was not only sharp. The two Legendary Rank gems, Spirit Cat and Mad Knight, also had the effect of reducing the enemy's physical defense. Combined with the 104 sharpness, when cutting enemies of the same rank, if it directly struck the body, it would be like slicing through melons and vegetables.
More importantly, Dragon-Slaying Flash possessed a very terrifying ability: execution, or rather, an instant death effect. When the enemy's health dropped below 25%, they would be directly executed.
This ability was useless against weaklings, but against powerful enemies like the Uncrowned Lord or Moi Nora, it could turn the tide of battle. A likely scenario was that when the enemy was severely injured and about to fight Su Xiao to the death, he would cut them down with one slash.
No matter how small the wound from the final slash, as long as the Cyan Steel Shadow Energy invaded the enemy's body, the Blade Demon Spirit would invade along with it, causing an execution effect on the consciousness, or even the soul.
Regarding the Demon Blade energy, Su Xiao had never thought about eliminating this thing, because it was simply impossible to eliminate. At most, it could be sealed and used for his own purposes. If his own soul strength was 100, then the strength of the Demon Blade energy was at least 2000 or more. If this thing had its own consciousness, it would have long taken over his body. It was precisely for this reason that Su Xiao was so eager to strip away the Demon Blade energy.
As for the Blade Demon Spirit transformed from the Demon Blade energy, Su Xiao felt that this thing also had no consciousness of its own. It was just a hazy mass of dark blue smoke that would obey his commands.
Now, Su Xiao could recall Dragon-Slaying Flash from dozens of meters away, which eliminated the fatal problem of the weapon slipping from his hand. Another point was that, aside from Su Xiao, no one else could use Dragon-Slaying Flash. No, that description was somewhat incorrect. The correct statement was that enemies could not grasp the hilt of Dragon-Slaying Flash. If an enemy did grasp it, that would be a tremendous "surprise." They would either die or lose a layer of skin. The title of Demon Blade was not just a name.
Of course, the current ability of the Blade Demon Spirit was only in its initial stage. Any subsequent abilities would need to be explored and developed by Su Xiao himself. After all, Dragon-Slaying Flash had just completed its Blade Awakening.
[Tip: The Hunter has completed the main mission: Blade Awakening.]
[You have obtained Soul Severing Shadow Stone Fragment ×1 (Legendary Rank).]
[Due to the completion of the main mission, the Hunter's remaining time in this world has been cleared. You may choose to immediately return to Reincarnation Paradise, or continue staying for two hours before being forcibly returned.]
Su Xiao closed the prompt. He was not yet ready to return to Reincarnation Paradise for a simple reason: Amu was still holding that purple crystal and licking it, licking it with great relish.
The originally large piece of purple crystal had now been licked by Amu to the size of a fist. It opened its mouth wide, compared the crystal in front of its mouth, and then, with some effort but not too much difficulty, stuffed it into its mouth.
Amu clenched its fist, rolled its eyes, kicked its legs, and swallowed the fist-sized crystal.
"Gulp~"
Su Xiao saw that Amu's neck had noticeably thickened by a circle. The crystal slowly traveled downward, finally entering its chest and falling into Amu's stomach, which could be called a universal decomposer.
Obviously, Amu was very aware. It knew that this crystal would explode under external pressure, so it first licked it and then swallowed it.
Amu patted its belly. Judging by its appearance, there seemed to be no change. No side effects, nor any trend of becoming stronger.
"Amu, ate too much."
Amu spoke in a muffled voice and patted its belly again.
"..."
Su Xiao paused in his steps and looked at Amu with great surprise. He had created Amu for so long, but this was the first time he heard Amu say it had eaten too much. This was as unbelievable as Bubu Wang not dismantling the house or Beini not being greedy for money.
After carefully observing Amu for a while and finding nothing unusual, Su Xiao felt relieved. He began to contact Bubu Wang to ask about the situation at the foot of the mountain. If there were no surprises, he planned to return to Reincarnation Paradise.
At the foot of the iceberg.
Tutututu...
Tutututu...
It was still that "eerie" and rhythmic tutututu sound. Bubu Wang and Zang Ge were crouching at the foot of the iceberg. In front of them was a fire basin. Bubu Wang would occasionally take out a compressed air can and spray it into the fire basin to keep the flames burning.
"Fwu~"
Zang Ge sniffled. The tall figure crouched in front of the fire basin, clearly stretching out its palms to warm them by the fire.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang barked and tossed a frozen-crisp beef jerky to Zang Ge. Zang Ge caught it, hesitated for a moment, and then took a bite.
"You're... not bad."
Zang Ge ate the crispy jerky. Judging by his expression, he seemed no longer intent on fighting Bubu Wang to the death, because it was meaningless. Bubu Wang could blend into the environment, and Zang Ge had no way to deal with it. Moreover, Bubu Wang was not his target.
Bubu Wang tilted its head back, as if to say: "Not bad, right? If you tell me more information, I have even better things to give you to eat."
Zang Ge could not understand Bubu Wang's meaning. He was clearly distracted, because his mission might be failing.
As one of the five Bajing Clan members "carefully selected" by the Wind Prince, Zang Ge was the strongest and the most straightforward. That was why he survived the teleportation, while his other clan members died in the spatial vortex.
The Wind Prince sent him here without ever thinking he could succeed. Or rather, based on the Wind Prince's understanding of Su Xiao, if it were a one-on-one fight, Su Xiao could lead this assassin from the Void around by the nose until he doubted his own existence.
The Wind Prince dispatched his men, and that gave him an explanation to the Arcane Eternal Star side. As for whether Zang Ge could succeed, what did that have to do with the Wind Prince? He had sent the strongest person who could enter this world. Was he supposed to send a Spellcaster to deal with a Law Destroyer? To deliver a free kill?
Logically and emotionally, the Wind Prince's decision was not problematic. He also conveniently repaid Su Xiao a favor, so from then on, they owed each other nothing. The mineral deposit the Wind Prince obtained in the Void Arena had greatly satisfied his usually stern father. For subsequent matters, even if the Wind Prince's side had problems, his father would help him smooth things over.
At the top of the iceberg, after receiving feedback from Bubu Wang, Su Xiao decided not to go down the mountain to fight Zang Ge to the death. The gains did not match the effort. Moreover, his current condition was terrible. First, he had fought a life-and-death battle with Moi Nora, barely recovered from his injuries, then traveled a long distance to reach the extreme cold zone of the Northern Border, and finally stripped away the Demon Blade energy within his body.
At this point, Su Xiao was already exhausted. This was not a matter of the severity of his injuries, but rather a depletion of physical strength and mental energy. Therefore, he chose to return to Reincarnation Paradise.
A sensation of teleportation appeared. Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, and Beini all left the Dark Crow World at the same time, leaving only Zang Ge on the icefield. At this moment, Zang Ge suddenly remembered a very critical issue: due to the spatial compression during his arrival, his teleportation device had been damaged. How was he supposed to return to the Void now?
Tutututu...
Zang Ge in front of the fire basin shivered in the cold wind. Although it was somewhat pitiful, he remained resolute. He was an assassin. He had no expression. He also had no emotions.
If they ever met again, Amu would definitely seek revenge for that pinch. Bubu Wang seemed to have reached a consensus with the enemy, but in reality, it had extracted a lot of information from Zang Ge's mouth, including Zang Ge's eating habits (which could infer the location of Zang Ge's homeland) and Zang Ge's combat experience (which could further confirm the location of Zang Ge's homeland). This was absolute intellectual domination.