Chapter 49: Explosive Enhancement
Returning to his exclusive room, Su Xiao collapsed onto the bed and slept. He had seemed idle during the World War, but in reality, his mind had been constantly working, finally arranging the three-Paradise alliance to rest in peace.
Bubu Wang was also groggy, looking like he had drunk cheap liquor. That glutton had eaten the meat of the Sacrificial Divine Ox. At first, Bubu Wang had wondered why such a powerful creature as the Sacrificial Divine Ox had no effect on him after he ate it.
Now it was clear: the meat of the Sacrificial Divine Ox had a powerful delayed effect, and it had gone straight to his head.
Bubu Wang’s head tilted back, his body stiffened, and he collapsed directly onto the carpet.
Su Xiao didn’t know how long he had slept. He sat up groggily and walked toward the bathroom, stepping on Beini’s tail once and Baha once along the way.
Baha, flattened on the floor, looked utterly bewildered.
“What the hell is going on?”
“Meow~”
Beini tilted her head, indicating this was normal and he should get used to it.
After washing up, Su Xiao felt completely refreshed. He left his exclusive room and headed straight for the Attribute Enhancement Hall.
[Welcome to the High-Grade Enhancement Pod. Your unarmored true attributes are as follows.]
True Strength: 112
True Agility: 110
True Stamina: 110
True Intelligence: 109
[Hunter distributable true attribute points: 42 points.]
There were many distributable attributes this time, a full 42 points. After a moment’s thought, Su Xiao allocated them as follows: Strength +11, Agility +10, Stamina +10, Intelligence +11.
[True attribute distribution complete. Enhancement beginning.]
Hum…
The Attribute Enhancement Pod began to operate. The magnitude of this enhancement was so great that Su Xiao felt a long-absent stinging pain, but he was gradually becoming stronger.
Su Xiao’s exposed skin began to redden, his heart rate reached dozens of times its normal speed, and blood flowed rapidly throughout his body…
When the enhancement ended, Su Xiao sat up. His steps were slow as he walked to the entrance of the Enhancement Hall, then his pace quickened slightly.
“Ouch! Watch where you’re going, bro~”
A girl about 1.4 meters tall sat about four meters away from Su Xiao. In the past, this would have been a setup for a scam, but just now, Su Xiao hadn’t controlled his speed well and had indeed bumped into her. A ‘light bump’ sent her tumbling four meters away.
“I didn’t see you…”
“Stop, stop, stop, no need to apologize. It hurts my pride. Sigh, if I were one meter shorter, you would have stepped on me just now.”
The short girl was clearly a humorous person and didn’t stand on ceremony.
Su Xiao brushed past the short girl. She stopped after a few steps and watched Su Xiao’s retreating figure.
“One day, I’ll be that strong too, yeah!”
Humming a tune, the short girl walked into the Attribute Enhancement Hall.
Su Xiao slowed his pace. The true attributes he had just enhanced were too many; he needed some time to adapt. Now, his unarmored true attributes were:
True Strength: 123 points
True Agility: 120 points
True Stamina: 120 points
True Intelligence: 120 points
…
At the previous rate of improvement, Su Xiao would have needed to go through at least four to five derivative worlds to achieve this comprehensive attribute level.
It wasn’t just the attribute enhancement. With a large number of Soul Crystals (Complete), Su Xiao would also improve his Blade Dao, and then his close-quarters combat could reach the Grandmaster level.
Combined with the boost from 2 Golden Skill Points, the sum of these four factors would push Su Xiao’s combat power to the top tier of the Fifth Rank. At that point, he wouldn’t fear any opponent in the Paradise Arena and could even challenge the strongest Fifth Rank Paradise Arena fighter, Sea God · Ancient Sage One, the strongest among all Fifth Rank Paradise contractors.
It was said that Sea God · Ancient Sage One was absurdly strong. Since he was also a contractor from the Reincarnation Paradise side, Su Xiao naturally wanted to fight him if he had the chance.
Moreover, this stage was an opportunity for Su Xiao. His current Reincarnation Brand level was Lv.47. Possibly because the war mission was interrupted and a large number of contractors returned early, there was no world settlement, so his Reincarnation Brand level hadn’t increased.
Su Xiao’s combat power was about to far surpass his Reincarnation Brand level. This was a golden opportunity for his second awakening of the Soul Devourer talent. If he missed this chance, it would only be harder to awaken his talent a second time in the future.
Returning to his exclusive room, Bubu Wang was still groggy. Beini was on standby, waiting to help Su Xiao sell items, while Baha had taken Amu out to have fun.
Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed. Beini immediately came forward. She was very enthusiastic about watching Su Xiao open treasure chests. As for why she didn’t open one herself for the thrill, it was because her luck was also inconsistent.
Su Xiao had three treasure chests: a Golden Chest, an Epic Chest (61%), and the first Overlord Chest he had ever obtained.
He was most looking forward to the last Overlord Chest. He had heard of Overlord Equipment; such equipment had no fixed rank and was unique, meaning there would never be a second piece of the same Overlord Equipment.
Rumor had it that Overlord Equipment could be used until death, with no need to consider replacement. This made Su Xiao even more eager.
Lighting a cigarette, the Lucky King state activated, Su Xiao directly opened the Golden Chest. He felt no inner turmoil when opening chests of this rank now.
[You have opened a Treasure Chest (Gold).]
[You have obtained 12,000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained Call of Duty (Gold).]
[Call of Duty]
Origin: Fifth Rank War World
Quality: Gold
Category: Staff (Healing Type)
Durability: 76/76
Attack Power: 15～30
Equipment Requirements: True Intelligence 80 points, Stamina 50 points, Divine Inheritance, Bloodline, Profession, etc.
Equipment Effect 1: Call (Passive), when releasing healing-type skills, there is an 18% chance of no consumption.
Equipment Effect 2: Holy Person (Passive), when releasing healing-type skills, increases healing amount by 26%.
Rating: 400 (Gold equipment rating is 310～400 points)
Introduction: I am willing to burn myself, turning into a sacred flame, to illuminate the path forward for people.
Price: 180,000 Paradise Coins.
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Su Xiao hadn’t had high hopes for this Golden Chest, but it actually yielded a healing-type staff.
In the eyes of knowledgeable contractors, equipment could be divided into four origins: 1. Derivative World, 2. Primordial World, 3. War World, 4. Void.
Among these, equipment from the Void origin was the most popular, followed by War World. Equipment from Primordial Worlds was similar to War World, and finally, Derivative World.
Healing staves were already rare, and being from a War World, its price would definitely be 30% to 50% higher than similar equipment.
Call of Duty also justified its high price. It only had two passive abilities, but they were exactly what a healer needed most.
Starting with a stroke of luck boosted Su Xiao’s confidence in opening chests. He decisively opened the Epic Chest.
[You have opened an Epic Chest.]
[You have obtained Sun Watcher.]
[Sun Watcher]
Origin: Fifth Rank War World
Quality: Epic
Category: Upper Garment (Cloth + Leather, weak defense)
Durability: 95/95
Equipment Requirements: True Intelligence 90 points, True Charm 105 points, Summoning-type Basic Ability Grandmaster.
Equipment Effect 1: Three Guardians (Active), summons the Sun’s Three Guardians, consumes 50% Mana Points.
Tip: The three guardians are Flame Dika, Blazing Sun Warrior · Super Elite, and Great Chief · Gulaba (87% of original comprehensive attributes).
Tip: The comprehensive attributes of Flame Dika and Blazing Sun Warrior · Super Elite will be determined by the summoner’s Intelligence attribute. The attributes of Great Chief · Gulaba are fixed.
Equipment Effect 2: Blazing Sun Protection (Passive), when activating a summoning-type ability, there is a 10% chance to gain a Blazing Sun Shield. Shield strength is Intelligence attribute × 5 + Charm attribute × 3.7.
Tip: This ability has no consumption. The Blazing Sun Shield can stack up to three layers.
Rating: 700 points
Introduction: The sun is supreme.
Price: 390,000 Paradise Coins.
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Although Su Xiao thought this equipment was ‘not that great,’ there was no doubt he had made another windfall.
PS: (Recommending a friend’s book, title: Ninja World Correction Tape, written by Si Yang. He previously wrote ‘Naruto: Live Long and Prosper.’)