Chapter 65: Blood Bay
The dark blue smoke on Dragon-Slaying Flash dissipated. Su Xiao sheathed the long blade. After being upgraded to Holy Spirit rank, Dragon-Slaying Flash had become even sharper.
Dragon-Slaying Flash had two core abilities: sharpness and the execution effect.
The second ability of Dragon-Slaying Flash had changed. Originally, it was Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive), a recovery ability.
This ability was decent in chaotic battles, but when dueling a strong opponent, its effect was negligible. After all, fighting a powerhouse meant life or death in an instant, like when Su Xiao fought the Dominator.
After Spirit Shadow Constitution was pushed to its limit, Su Xiao's physique had greatly improved. He no longer cared much about the recovery effect of Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive). The recovery from Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive) was merely based on slashing damage and had considerable limitations.
Health Points couldn't be restored out of thin air. In principle, Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive) absorbed the enemy's life force after Su Xiao wounded them, using it to restore his own vitality. The biggest flaw was that not all enemies' life force could be absorbed to restore his own Health Points.
Su Xiao only used this ability in chaotic battles. At his current strength, anyone who could surround him was generally no pushover. Absorbing the life force of such enemies recklessly could have unknown consequences.
Because of this, Su Xiao rarely accepted the life force absorbed by Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive). Most of the time, he let that life force dissipate naturally. As a result, this ability often felt completely useless to him.
In terms of practical value, Bubu Wang's recovery aura was more useful than Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive). If not for the lack of a better ability, Su Xiao would have already replaced it.
Now, a new ability had replaced Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive). This ability had no name, but its effect was simple and brutal.
When Su Xiao infused Cyan Steel Shadow Energy onto Dragon-Slaying Flash, Mana Points consumption was reduced by 92%, and the True Damage dealt was increased by 20%.
Previously, when infusing Cyan Steel Shadow Energy onto Dragon-Slaying Flash, the energy would slowly dissipate. Now, Dragon-Slaying Flash suppressed this energy dissipation, greatly reducing Su Xiao's Mana Points consumption.
Of course, this reduction in consumption only applied when Su Xiao infused Cyan Steel Shadow Energy onto Dragon-Slaying Flash. The consumption for generating a crystal layer or attaching Cyan Steel Shadow Energy to other weapons remained unchanged.
The 20% increase in True Damage brought the True Damage intensity of Cyan Steel Shadow Energy to 528 points. At this intensity, it was enough to leave any Sixth Rank tank completely dumbfounded after being slashed.
After Dragon-Slaying Flash was upgraded to Holy Spirit rank, Su Xiao's only feeling was that this blade had become even more suited to him. Or rather, every upgrade of Dragon-Slaying Flash gradually increased its compatibility with Su Xiao. If the previous compatibility was 100%, it was now at least 150%.
With Dragon-Slaying Flash upgraded, Su Xiao felt more confident about the upcoming battle.
Su Xiao had just settled things with Sfenx today, and time wasn't tight. He decided to rest for a day and set out tomorrow to find Dark Source: Azathoth.
Thump, thump, thump.
A knock came from the door. Kaisa pushed it open, but he only stood outside, not entering the room.
"My dear friend, Kaisa is returning to Paradise. Next time we meet, perhaps I'll still be a quartermaster in some world."
Kaisa's face was practically beaming. Cooperating with Su Xiao was indeed dangerous, but Kaisa had made a killing.
"Goodbye."
"Mm, good luck, my friend."
Kaisa closed the door. Parting wasn't worth being sad about, especially parting with a sly bastard like Kaisa.
"Oh, right."
The door was pushed open again by Kaisa. He only stuck his head in and said, "Watch out for Apocalypse Paradise. What did you do to those miners? They're denouncing you."
Leaving that remark, Kaisa left.
Su Xiao stretched his neck, got up, and went upstairs to rest. For now, Heru was no longer in danger, so he could sleep peacefully.
Time flew by. The next morning.
Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains. Su Xiao sat up in bed, yawned blankly, and looked at the sunlight shining on the floor.
The sun had risen over Heru City today. It seemed that the death of too many Ancient Gods had lessened their influence on this world.
He pushed open the window. The bustling sounds of people came from the street. The pedestrians were still gaunt and hungry, but the sunlight shining on their faces made the corners of their mouths lift slightly. It was a smile from the heart.
After washing up, Su Xiao ate breakfast prepared by Xia. Before he finished, the door was knocked.
"Sir, the things you need are ready. Our Blood Sail has prepared them."
The person outside left that remark and quickly walked away.
"Let's go."
Su Xiao ate the last half of the fried egg and walked out of the Resting House. He probably wouldn't return here—either die in the upcoming battle, or slaughter the last Ancient God in this world and return to Reincarnation Paradise.
Walking along the street out of the Silver District, Su Xiao and his group arrived at the east side of Bone Harbor. This was a dock. After taking a boat through a shallow bay, they could reach the sea.
On the shallow bay dock, the most common sights were sweat-soaked laborers and hawk-eyed desperados. They made up everything here.
The desperados of Bone Harbor weren't good at farming. They neither plundered civilians nor collected protection money.
Their source of income was hunting sea beasts out at sea, slaughtering them, and selling the fresh meat for money.
Of course, they also hunted supernatural creatures at sea and sold the obtained supernatural materials to the wizards. That was the desperados' main source of income.
The shallow bay dock slaughtered a large number of sea beasts every day. Over time, the seawater of the entire bay had turned a light red, and the smell of blood lingered year-round.
The entire dock was built from stone and sea beast bones, which was why this large area was called Bone Harbor.
A five-masted sailing ship was docked at the pier. This behemoth, like a giant beast, looked somewhat old. The main sail had over a dozen small holes.
This ship was called "Basharo," the flagship of the Blood Sail Gang's leader. Today, this large ship, which had sailed the seas for 12 years, would set out on a long voyage for one person.
Su Xiao had never met the leader of the Blood Sail Gang. This overlord living in the shadows knew how to read the times. After Su Xiao killed the Dominator, the Blood Sail and the Wizard Council both chose to side with Su Xiao.
Su Xiao leaped onto the large ship named "Basharo." The desperados sitting on the gunwale all stood up.
"Set sail!"
"You maggots, move it! Hurry!"
The desperados all had loud voices. It wasn't intentional—when sailing at sea with the wind howling, if you weren't loud, who could hear what you were saying?
Over a hundred sailors shouted slogans, working in groups of three or five to pull ropes. The main sail fell with a whoosh, catching the wind. The Basharo turned in the sea, the wooden planks creaking.
Riding the wind and waves, the Basharo sailed out of the front bay. Its destination was a nameless small island, where Dark Source: Azathoth was located.