Chapter 61: Holy Land?
The potential stimulation scroll wasn't something that could be used directly. Su Xiao unrolled the slightly yellowed parchment scroll; embedded within it was a grain-sized crystal.
Su Xiao pressed his fingertip onto the crystal. A 'cold touch' transmitted, causing his body to tremble. This wasn't a chill from physical sensation, but a touch on the soul level.
If it were before consuming the Soul Fruit, Su Xiao wouldn't have been able to distinguish the difference between physical touch and soul touch. Now, he could easily sense it.
A wisp of coolness seeped into his body through his fingertip, eventually reaching his brain. The world before Su Xiao's eyes seemed brighter, the dust particles floating in the air more distinct.
With a crackling sound, the grain-sized crystal shattered. The potential stimulation scroll also broke apart, transforming into a stream of black energy that merged into Su Xiao's body.
The colors before Su Xiao's eyes began to swirl. His heartbeat accelerated, and his body temperature multiplied.
"Amu, cool it down to 30 degrees."
The world in Su Xiao's eyes had completely transformed. Light and shadow twisted; everything within sight was stretched and compressed.
A wave of cold air spread out. When it touched Su Xiao, water droplets gradually formed on his skin.
After the world before him stretched and twisted for a moment, Su Xiao's vision changed. Everything returned to normal, but this was no longer inside his exclusive room.
Dim light drifted in the air. Su Xiao's current location was a massive cavern. The ground naturally bore various colored gems, making the place dazzling and colorful. Above the cavern, tens of thousands of transparent tendrils hung down. These tendrils were slightly thicker than a strand of hair and drifted slowly.
As if sensing Su Xiao's consciousness, those transparent tendrils intertwined to form a human figure. This figure was completely transparent, its body clearly outlined, but its face was a blur.
"Not of our kind, be expelled!"
The transparent tendrils became agitated. The gems on the ground trembled. With a *clack*, arthropod legs extended from beneath the gems. These were no gems at all; they were clearly some unknown species of insect.
Countless multicolored insects surged from all directions. Su Xiao knew he was currently a consciousness entity, but his Instinct ability told him he absolutely must not let these gem beetles touch him, or the consequences would be severe. A sense of oppression pressed on his chest, which Su Xiao found somewhat eerie.
With a *boom*, the surrounding space froze. This familiar spatial fluctuation allowed Su Xiao to determine it was the spatial power of Reincarnation Paradise.
Everything around him was still, including Su Xiao's consciousness entity. His thoughts were clear, but he couldn't move.
A mass of black energy emerged from Su Xiao's chest. It was the energy transformed from the potential stimulation scroll. This energy wasn't meant to enhance his abilities; it was to help him disguise himself.
The black energy transformed into countless threads, wrapping around the crystalline human figure. Even through the energy threads, Su Xiao felt a sense of craving. He desperately wanted to 'eat' this thing. If he could 'eat' it, certain things that were impossible to improve would see a modest enhancement.
The black energy threads tightened. The transparent human figure gradually transformed into a mass of energy and merged into Su Xiao's body.
*Boom!*
Su Xiao's head felt as if it had been struck hard. Certain innate aspects began to be forcibly enhanced. This feeling wasn't pleasant, like stuffing a mass of transparent energy into his soul. The transparent tendrils hanging from above, however, could help heal the damage to his soul.
In a daze, Su Xiao suddenly felt a heavy weight pressing down on him. He snapped his eyes open.
"Woof (He's alive)!"
"Meow~"
Beini was squatting on Su Xiao's abdomen, her two fluffy little paws pressing on his chest. Judging by her posture, she was clearly performing CPR.
Su Xiao grabbed the fur on the back of Beini's neck and sat up from the ground. Beini struggled for a moment, clearly meaning: "Let go of this cat's fateful nape, you fool."
"Who was sitting on my chest just now, bouncing?"
Su Xiao held Beini with one hand while grabbing a size 68 slipper from the bedside table with the other.
Bubu Wang almost unhesitatingly raised a paw, pointing at Amu beside him, who looked bewildered. Amu immediately panicked.
"Woof~"
Bubu Wang barked, meaning: "Master, you weren't breathing just now."
"That was a brief separation of consciousness and body..."
Su Xiao was puzzled. Earlier, when his consciousness was surrounded by the gem beetles, why did he feel a 'sense of oppression' in his chest? Now it seemed clear that Bubu Wang had been sitting on him, performing CPR.
Su Xiao could confirm that the place he had reached earlier was no illusion but a real location. It might be a holy land of some race, used to help its members improve their talents and potential.
In Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao could even enhance his Luck Attribute, so he had no doubt about the improvement of his Blade Talent. However, compared to the level-up of his Blade Grandmaster skill, he couldn't feel any enhancement in talent at all.
This was only natural. Talent is something that only manifests during long-term training or ability development, and its effects are relatively subtle. If he wanted to feel the improvement in Blade Talent through his senses, it would need to be enhanced by at least a dozen or even dozens of times.
Reincarnation Paradise didn't indicate how much his Blade Talent had improved. He would need to go to the Land of All Beings to experience it. But the level-up of Blade Grandmaster was very noticeable; this was the power he could feel.
[Blade Grandmaster has been upgraded to Lv.24.]
[Blade Grandmaster: Lv.24 (Passive Skill)]
Skill Effect: Increases blade weapon attack power by 445% (increased by 37%), Neural Reflex Speed +99% (increased by 20%), immune to mental control, immune to mind-type bewitchment, inducement, etc.
Initial Additional Ability: Rhythm of All Things X++ (breaks through two rank limits).
Blade Aura: Lv.70 (increased by Lv.5).
Lv.10 Ultimate Ability: Shadow Flash (under self-development, nature has changed; upon completion, this ability will become independent).
Lv.20 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade (Passive). Through years of accumulated training, your blade technique has merged into your soul. You can exempt most damage and instant-death effects from the soul level (immune to 50% soul damage, exempt one fatal slashing effect).
Tip: After exempting one slashing effect, the Soul Blade ability will lie dormant for 15 natural days.
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The Neural Reflex Speed increased by Blade Grandmaster was becoming increasingly terrifying, making Su Xiao's reaction speed faster. If the Neural Reflex Speed reached a certain level, even if an attack came very fast and suddenly, combined with his Instinct ability, he could still slash down the incoming attack with one strike.
Getting a four-level increase in Blade Grandmaster was already very profitable. Su Xiao checked his remaining Paradise Coins. He had 2.24 million left. Although it seemed like a lot, he only had two days left in Reincarnation Paradise. If he wanted to stay in the Land of All Beings developing his blade techniques for these two days, the Paradise Coins were clearly insufficient.
After some thought, Su Xiao decided to use the Herbal Harmony chapter to earn some money. The reason he had made so many potions for the Revolutionary Army for free was precisely so he could concoct mid-grade potions in Reincarnation Paradise.
Entering the laboratory, Su Xiao used the authority of his Reincarnation Mark to convert the required materials with Paradise Coins. A prompt appeared.
[Checking Hunter Rank...]
[Hunter is Fifth Rank. Can convert five portions of materials of this quality (the conversion limit resets after each world ends).]
[Hunter Authority activated. Additional maximum limit of five portions granted.]
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"Only ten portions, huh."
Su Xiao had encountered this situation before. When he converted Fire Gold with Paradise Coins, the limit was 10 portions at Third Rank, 25 portions at Fourth Rank. He hadn't tested it at Fifth Rank yet.