Chapter 35: A Physique Tougher Than a Tank
Among the four reward options, A and B were clearly unsuitable for Su Xiao. As for D, it was a very good reward, but unfortunately, since Su Xiao could use Soul Crystals to improve his Blade Grandmaster skill, he naturally chose reward C.
Nearly 60 points of physical defense plus 1200 health points. This kind of enhancement wasn't something encountered often. As a lone wolf, Su Xiao naturally had to appropriately improve his survivability.
As soon as Su Xiao made his choice, a golden light particle entered his chest and spread out. A coconut flavor appeared in his mouth, and his heart rate suddenly increased.
More than ten minutes later, Su Xiao let out a long breath. He felt a vibrant, lively sensation within his body. His internal organs were all strengthened, and even breathing felt refreshing.
[Your True Agility Attribute has reached 99 points in base stats. The Hunter may choose one of the following rewards.]
A. Divine Physique: Significantly enhances the upper limit of the nervous system's tolerance (enhancement rate 300%).
B. Death Shadow (Rare Reward): When in the shadows, you will gradually merge into the darkness, making you undetectable by perception.
C. Soul Penetration (Rare Reward): When penetrating an enemy with a weapon, there is a 3% chance to pierce the enemy's soul, causing 2 to 6 times the damage effect from this attack.
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Two rare rewards. If choosing by rank, it would definitely be reward C. However, compared to reward A, Divine Physique, rewards B and C were nothing but garbage. Yes, absolute garbage.
In most combat situations, Su Xiao used his Instinct ability to judge the enemy's movements and positions, supplemented by visual observation. All of this relied on his nervous system. Su Xiao was a human, a very powerful human—the kind of human who could kill relatively weak gods.
Were humans a weak race? Don't be ridiculous. Among the overlords of the Void, the human race occupied nearly one-sixth. This was because the lower limit of human physique was low, but the upper limit was high. Spellcasters and Law Destroyers were almost all human, and they created an era that was both dark and magnificent.
Su Xiao chose reward A without hesitation. A few seconds later, he passed out completely.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Xiao stood up, supporting himself against the wall of the Enhancement Pod. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths for a long time before adapting to his current body. His current feeling was strange, or rather, his senses were severely amplified: smell, taste, hearing, and even desire.
Just a moment ago, he had even considered inviting Xia or Sha for a… rendezvous. Of course, the likelihood of them agreeing was low. Su Xiao always thought he had no luck with romance, and indeed, that was the case. His body was full of bloodlust, almost like a "cute girl repelling aura."
Half an hour later, the discomfort faded. Su Xiao's body gradually adapted to the current senses, and the world returned to its previous state.
[Your True Stamina Attribute has reached 99 points in base stats. The Hunter may choose one of the following rewards.]
A. Strengthened Body: True Stamina Attribute +4 points.
B. Eternal Blood: Health Points +2000.
C. Nether King (Rare Reward): Can generate an exoskeleton on the body's surface. The exoskeleton's default defense is 100 points.
D. Tempered Through Hardship (Rare Reward): Each time you take an attack, there is a 90% chance to permanently increase health points by 1 to 3 points (This ability has a cooldown of 3 hours, with a growth cap of 7000 health points. This ability's cooldown cannot be reduced by any means.)
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When Su Xiao saw reward D, he was very interested in this type of growth ability. However, after his initial calculation, this ability was quite a trap.
Forget the 90% chance. Assuming Su Xiao gained 3 health points (the maximum value) each time he took an attack, with a 3-hour cooldown, that meant 8 times per day.
At best, Su Xiao could increase his health by 24 points per day, under the assumption of perfect probability. That was 720 points per month and 8640 points per year.
Note that this was over a year, and he had to get beaten up eight times a day. More importantly, the growth cap for this ability was 7000 health points.
Su Xiao decisively chose Eternal Blood. This ability was simple and brutal, instantly increasing health by 2000 points. It was far better than that year-long growth cycle. Given the pace of Reincarnation Paradise's world progression, if Su Xiao could survive a year without dying, he wouldn't care about those few thousand health points anyway.
An emerald green light shone down, and a feeling of comfort spread through his body. The vibrant, lively sensation within him grew stronger, and he felt very hungry.
[Your True Intelligence Attribute has reached 99 points in base stats. The Hunter may choose one of the following rewards.]
A. Element Extraction: Can extract 16 basic elements, including Fire Element, Wind Element, and Earth Element, forming crystalline high-concentration elements (This is a rare material).
B. Berserk (Rare Ability): Consumes 10% of mana to apply a Berserk state to Summons/Familiars/Followers. After Berserking, the Summon's/Familiar's/Follower's rationality decreases by 50%, overall attributes increase by 12%, and the effect lasts for 300 seconds.
C. Spell Torrent (Rare Ability): Briefly ignites your own mana, increasing spell casting speed by 100%.
D. Awakening: When in a state of inner peace, mana recovery speed is increased by 600%.
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Seeing these four options, Su Xiao was momentarily conflicted. Option A was a financial management type of ability. Although he couldn't use/master spell-type skills, his perception of elements surpassed 99% of skill-based mages, falling just short of Mage Lords.
The extracted Element Crystals were good things for Mage Lords, allowing him to fleece them thoroughly.
Unfortunately, the Shadow of Law Destruction had another title: Element Guardian. If Su Xiao extracted elements, he would clearly be a guardian abusing his position. Would some ferocious old Law Destroyer's remnant soul come to clean house… no, it would definitely come to clean house.
Unable to defeat this bloody reality, Su Xiao could only reluctantly give up on reward A. Reward B, Berserk, was also very good. Of course, this ability was useless for Bubu Wang. That guy, even if berserked, would still be just as goofy, a melee weakling. This was mainly for Amu. Now that Su Xiao had broken through the 99-point attribute barrier, Amu's attributes could also break through 99 points.
A full 12% attribute boost. After Berserking, Amu's Stamina attribute could reach 108 points. His head would be extremely tough, and his durability would rival Saint Zachariah's.
However, reward D was also very good: 600% mana recovery speed. As for inner peace, with his Meditation ability, it wasn't difficult for Su Xiao to achieve inner peace.
In other words, with this passive ability, Meditation would become a "mana-regen" skill, and the recovery speed wouldn't be slow.
After weighing the pros and cons, Su Xiao gave up on the Berserk ability. Amu wasn't very smart to begin with. Making him berserk, who knew if he would reach the level of stupidity? Instantly becoming a pig teammate was no laughing matter.
[You have chosen Reward D (Awakening): When in a state of inner peace, mana recovery speed is increased by 600%.]
After claiming the 99-point attribute reward, Su Xiao activated the Attribute Enhancement Pod. He had previously saved 6 unassigned attribute points: Strength +1, Agility +1, Stamina +2, Intelligence +2.
The Enhancement Pod operated at high speed while Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the floor. By now, he felt no discomfort when enhancing attributes. Soon, the enhancement ended, and his base stats were as follows.
Strength: 100 points
Agility: 100 points
Stamina: 101 points
Intelligence: 101 points
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There were quite a few contractors in the Attribute Enhancement Hall, their voices creating a bustling noise. Su Xiao walked slowly through the crowd. Although all four attributes had broken through 100 points, he didn't feel like he had become a "superman." This was a good sign, indicating that he could already control his newly enhanced body well.