Chapter 93: Charm Trait
Su Xiao deactivated the Azure Steel Shadow ability, the translucent ‘blue flames’ on his body fading, and the dark blue-black patterns on his cheeks disappearing.
Su Xiao now wanted to test his own strength. If, during his fight with Hugh, his Azure Shadow King had already awakened, Hugh would have died. Once Su Xiao entered the Shadow Burn state, Hugh would lose even the qualification to fight Su Xiao head-on.
Fighting Baha or Amu clearly couldn’t test the Azure Shadow King’s power. Plus, Beini hadn’t reported in yet, so Su Xiao decided to go to the Paradise Arena to test the Azure Shadow King’s combat practicality.
“Woof.”
Bubu Wang trotted along happily, Baha following as well. As for Amu, he was eating happily, not curious about anything.
Leaving the exclusive room, Su Xiao headed straight for the Paradise Arena. Over ten minutes later, inside the rest area of the Paradise Arena.
[You have entered the Paradise Arena (Sixth Rank).]
[Current match: 125,740.]
[Competitor: Su Xiao.]
[Status: Good.]
[Paradise Arena Ranking: 31,000th (Sixth Rank).]
[Consecutive wins: 106.]
[Top 10 Honor Reward: Not obtained.]
……
Su Xiao didn’t immediately match an opponent. Going from 30,000th to the top 10 would require at least nearly a hundred consecutive wins, unless Su Xiao did nothing else afterward, just waiting for matches and fighting in the arena.
Su Xiao wasn’t afraid of any opponent; the problem was the waiting time for matches. That was the biggest issue—it wasn’t that he couldn’t win, but that he couldn’t afford the wait time.
[You have used the Scarlet Chest (Twin).]
[You have obtained a challenge qualification. This challenge opponent: 2nd place in the Sixth Rank Paradise Arena.]
[Waiting for the opponent to accept the challenge. If the opponent does not respond within one hour, the Hunter will be promoted to 2nd place in the Sixth Rank Paradise Arena.]
[If this challenge fails, the challenged party will receive the Scarlet Chest (Twin).]
[If the challenge succeeds, the Hunter’s reward for promotion to 2nd place increases by 20%.]
……
Su Xiao hadn’t even broken into the top 100, and he hadn’t had time to check the arena news, so he didn’t know who the top 10 were. The only one he knew had actively dropped out of the top 10 to bully weaker opponents: Combat Milk·Mu Hua. In the Strongest Warrior Battle, she was a ruthless person strong enough to obtain a World Core.
After waiting half an hour, the opponent still hadn’t responded. Just as Su Xiao was about to have Bubu Wang order lunch, the opponent he challenged accepted the match.
Su Xiao disappeared from the rest area and arrived at the arena grounds. It was a square stone platform with no audience seats—a non-public match format.
“A 30,000th-ranked challenger, why bother? If you had a special item, you could have sold it.”
A strong figure stood with his back to Su Xiao, sitting on a low stool at the edge of the arena. The character ‘Ash’ on the back of his clothes suggested he was trying to show off.
If the match hadn’t started yet, Su Xiao would have rushed up and slashed him.
“Since you want to fight, I’ll oblige.”
The strong man was clearly a bit annoyed. He stood up, cracked his neck, and turned to face Su Xiao.
“!”
When the strong man saw Su Xiao’s face, his cheek twitched violently. He wasn’t a stranger—it was Nameless Saint, who had fought Su Xiao in the Strongest Warrior Battle.
“You… 30,000th?”
Nameless Saint’s voice cracked a little. If not for the arena’s notification, he absolutely wouldn’t believe Su Xiao was ranked 30,000th.
“Let’s begin.”
Su Xiao’s hand rested on his sword hilt.
“Do you think I’m an idiot?”
Nameless Saint kicked the low stool away and disappeared from the arena grounds.
[Prompt: Your opponent has forfeited.]
[You have been added to this match’s opponent’s ‘Refuse Fight List’ and have been match-blocked by them. If you match this opponent again, the Hunter will automatically win.]
[You have been promoted to 2nd place in the Sixth Rank Arena.]
[Yes/No to immediately claim the reward, or accumulate this reward until defeating the 1st place.]
……
The fight with the 2nd place didn’t happen. Su Xiao decided to continue—he still hadn’t tested the Azure Shadow King’s combat practicality.
Back in the rest area, Su Xiao chose to match an opponent. After waiting over twenty minutes without a match, he won automatically.
[Prompt: The 1st place in the Sixth Rank Arena has added you to their ‘Refuse Fight List.’]
[You have won this match.]
……
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao immediately checked the top 10 list. The name at 2nd place now was Hugh.
Void races could also participate in the arena. When Hugh received the Paradise Arena notification and learned the challenger’s identity and rank, he calmly took three steps:
1. Block the opponent, 2. Pull up the covers, 3. Close his eyes and go back to sleep. He had seen through it—everything was better in dreams. Why bother getting slashed?
Seeing that the opponent was from Reincarnation Paradise, even if Hugh was half-asleep, he could guess who it was. Nameless Saint had held 2nd place for a long time, and now suddenly losing it meant the opponent was obvious.
……
[You have received the Arena 1st Place Reward.]
[You have obtained 2,800,000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained 120 Soul Coins (7th Rank).]
[You have obtained the exclusive title ‘Arena Soul.’]
[Arena Soul]
Origin: Paradise Arena
Quality: Special
Category: Title
Title Effect: Can sacrifice this title to permanently and significantly enhance another title.
Rating: Special item, no rating
Description: Sixth Rank, the strongest!
Selling Price: Unsellable
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120 Soul Coins could buy a high-quality Holy Spirit rank equipment without issue. As for [Arena Soul], seeing this item, Su Xiao felt his Charm attribute might be saved.
Su Xiao had a title called [Traveler], whose core ability was:
Title Effect 3: Out of combat, increases Charm attribute by 1 point per hour, up to a maximum of 50 points. Entering combat or completing one negotiation with a plot character resets Charm to its original value, requiring re-accumulation.
[Traveler] was a Charm-trait title. If he used [Arena Soul] to enhance [Traveler], the Charm trait of [Traveler] would definitely be strengthened.
Su Xiao had tried using regular attribute points to boost Charm before. Throwing in 20 or 30 points did raise Charm for a while, but it didn’t last—it slid back down to 1 point.
[You have consumed the ‘Arena Soul’ title. The ‘Traveler’ title has been permanently enhanced. Please choose an enhancement trait.]
[1. Recovery Trait: Enhances ‘Traveler’ title effects 1 and 2.]
[2. Charm Trait: Enhances ‘Traveler’ title effect 3.]
Su Xiao decisively chose the second option. The recovery effect provided by the title wasn’t that strong; what he lacked was Charm attribute.
[‘Traveler’ has been upgraded to ‘Wanderer’s Elegy.’]
[Wanderer’s Elegy]
Origin: Paradise Arena
Quality: Special
Category: Title·Rare
Title Effect 1: Charm attribute +30 points.
Title Effect 2: Can resist one Charm attribute judgment.
Rating: Special item, no rating
Description: What you see is not necessarily the truth.
Selling Price: Unsellable
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Seeing these stats, Su Xiao was in a good mood. He equipped [Wanderer’s Elegy] and checked his own Charm attribute.
After a moment, Su Xiao expressionlessly closed his personal data. It turned out that saving his Charm attribute was a bit difficult. The 30-point Charm boost only changed his pitch-black Charm attribute from black to a faint red.