Chapter 75: Refinement
The sensation of teleportation appeared, and when Su Xiao's vision recovered, he was already in his exclusive room.
[You have returned to Reincarnation Paradise. Beginning settlement of world rewards.]
Primordial World: Demon Sea
World Difficulty: Lv.53 ~ Lv.77
World Source: 113.96%
Number of Tasks Completed: 8 (Main Tasks ×5, Trial Tasks ×2, Hidden Tasks ×1)
Comprehensive Evaluation: S
Beginning collection of World Source...
World Source collection complete. Reward statistics have begun.
Rewards Obtained: 30 True Attribute Points, Refined Immortal Stone ×11.
True Power: Plunder ability activated. You will receive 1 to 3 Golden Skill Points.
Tip: You have received 3 Golden Skill Points.
Comprehensive Evaluation is S. The Hunter's current brand level is Lv.70. Brand Level +4 (Primordial World Rank × Number of Tasks Completed + Comprehensive Evaluation - Task Completion Time).
Tip: Eighth Rank world settlement, brand level can be increased by a maximum of Lv.3 per single instance. Hunter's brand level has been raised to Lv.73.
Tip: Additional Authority +Lv.1.
Settlement complete. Rewards have been deposited into the Hunter's brand.
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The world settlement gave a new reward, the [Refined Immortal Stone]. Su Xiao took one [Refined Immortal Stone] from his storage space. This item was about the size of a walnut, a dark gold color throughout. Just looking at it made one love it; it contained vast amounts of energy within.
Strengthening Immortal Rank equipment consumes [Refined Immortal Stones], and a large amount at that. Note, it is a large amount; a few stones are not enough to do anything.
From +1 to +10, even if every attempt succeeds, it requires 55 [Refined Immortal Stones]. The price of each [Refined Immortal Stone] is around 600 Soul Coins.
Even if possessed by the ultimate Lucky King, strengthening an Immortal Rank equipment to +10 would require over 33,000 Soul Coins.
What's worse, this is based on being possessed by the ultimate Lucky King and assuming no black market merchants have inflated prices recently.
Being able to strengthen an Immortal Rank equipment to +8 already marks a formidable person. +10 is for ruthless people. +12 is either a top-tier Eighth Rank powerhouse or the ultimate Lucky King. As for +14, that's the combination of a top-tier Eighth Rank powerhouse and the ultimate Lucky King.
Su Xiao estimated that for every 10% of World Source obtained, while gaining True Attribute Points during world settlement, one [Refined Immortal Stone] could also be obtained. Any excess World Source from each settlement, if insufficient to convert into 1 attribute point, would be accumulated for the next world settlement.
[Refined Immortal Stones] are items only obtainable by Eighth Rank Contractors. Their scarcity is imaginable. However, these items are typically traded by Worker merchants. Workers who can trade these items are quite well-established, possessing various high-power props for protection.
Workers in the first three ranks live a life of misery. Once they enter a world that frequently requires combat, they will most likely perish.
After passing the third rank, the springtime for Workers arrives. Besides derivative worlds, they can also enter a special type of world. These worlds have a structure similar to Primordial Worlds, but only similar, with huge differences. This type of world is called a Stable World, with very complete laws and order, mysterious but not dangerous.
Workers typically enter this type of world once every half month to a month to complete errand tasks, resource reception tasks, etc. They can complete a large number of tasks each time, but the rewards are several times less than those of Contractors. The advantage is that it's not dangerous.
Basically, task worlds can be divided into several types.
Derivative Worlds: Most derivative worlds are benefits for newcomers. After experiencing one world, everyone begins to understand the plot and characters within these worlds, which greatly reduces the danger level.
Stable Worlds: Mysterious but not dangerous, exclusive to Workers. Some are even safer than derivative worlds.
Primordial Worlds: Very dangerous. You might encounter brutal battles immediately upon entering the world. Apart from the information given in the world introduction, everything else must be explored independently. One wrong step, and death approaches. Contractors, Hunters, and Arbiters can enter. Unless protected, any Worker who enters one will die, this is beyond doubt. Contractors accustomed to messing around in derivative worlds will be very lost when entering a Primordial World.
Fully Open Primordial Worlds: These are essentially Primordial Worlds, but all are notarized by the Void Tree. Here, one can encounter Contractors from other paradises, or even Violators. Contractors without strength will not be easily teleported into this type of world. As for Workers, spare them.
Nightmare Primordial Worlds: One wrong judgment, and you die on the spot. The true Dead Silence City is this type of world.
Transcendent Primordial Worlds: The indigenous people here are qualified to participate in the Strongest Battle. What this represents needs no further explanation.
Su Xiao absolutely cannot enter Stable Worlds. To put it simply, the strength of Stable Worlds lies not in combat power, but in laws, population, resource output, resource development, etc.
Although the combat power of Workers is extremely eye-catching, even to the point where a third-rank Worker was once beaten to tears by a first-rank Contractor, it is precisely because of their existence that Contractors have convenience when trading resources.
Workers are an indispensable part of Reincarnation Paradise. Some are merchants, some run various shops, and some are proficient in potion concoction, scroll making, supernormal gem cutting, material processing, etc.
These are things Contractors don't have time to do. As for replacing them with cold machines, that's a different scope. If that were the case, the situation in Reincarnation Paradise wouldn't just be a madhouse.
Not to mention everyone being a Black Demon, it wouldn't be much better. What can a group of crazed, frantic individuals do? The answer is nothing. They would fight among themselves, kill everywhere, and not win even a single World War.
The current Reincarnation Paradise is different. Although there are many madmen who often fight internally because they dislike each other, once a World War starts, the madmen on our side will unite against the external enemy. Compared to disliking each other, they are more interested in killing the enemy.
Su Xiao leaned back on the sofa, his tense nerves gradually relaxing, giving him a drowsy feeling. However, the sharp pain on the left side of his body was very sobering.
"Baha."
"It's already prepared."
Baha opened the life support box. As Su Xiao activated the recovery function, the left arm, shoulder, and part of the severed torso inside the life support box floated up, stopping beside Su Xiao.
A large number of light green particles appeared around Su Xiao. This time, the muscle tissue recovered first, followed by nerves and bones. The feeling of flesh and blood regeneration was marvelous. The experience of nerve recovery was not so good. Because it was a complete recovery, it was often accompanied by bouts of neuropathic pain.
The first to regain sensation was the fingertip, then the entire left hand had feeling, followed by the forearm to the shoulder.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao's injuries were completely healed. Including Amu's injuries, a total of 3.71 million Paradise Coins were consumed.
Su Xiao moved his left arm. Since the arm was severed not long ago, there was no special feeling; it was the same as before. Just as he was about to get up and leave the exclusive room to complete the four-attribute barrier breakthrough, an email popped up. It was from Shadow 6 of the Shadow Merchant Guild.
"Bubu, go to the puppet shop and take over eight Holy Spirit rank weapons."
Bubu Wang, who was just about to go out and have fun, stopped. He took Amu and Baha and went out together. Beini was lazily lying on the bed, pretending to sleep.
"Beini, how did the treasure hunting with the Ouroboros Stone Tablet go?"
"Meow meow meow?"
Beini looked over with a 'confused' expression, her eyes clearly saying: 'What Ouroboros Stone Tablet?'
"Was tricked by it?"
"Woo meow!"
Beini jumped up and ran to Su Xiao. Her journey with the Ouroboros Stone Tablet was far more than just exciting. After a battle of wits and courage with the Ouroboros Stone Tablet, she found a treasure that was at least Holy Spirit rank, and most likely Immortal rank.
Then Beini was struck by black lightning, feeling like she had been hit with a club. By the time she recovered, the treasure had been devoured by the Ouroboros Stone Tablet.
Being struck by the Ouroboros Stone Tablet left no room for complaint. Even Baha, who is space-type, gets struck, let alone Beini.
"There's such a thing."
"Meow~"
Beini was a bit aggrieved. She had done her best to guard against it, but the rank of the Ouroboros Stone Tablet was too high.
"I'll deal with it next time I enter a world."
Su Xiao planned to continue exploring the secrets of the Ouroboros Stone Tablet. [Dark Redemption] was his only existing Immortal Rank equipment, so of course, he wanted to develop it as much as possible.
Bubu Wang returned shortly, bringing eight Holy Spirit rank blade-type weapons. On the way, he also bought Beini some strawberry-flavored ice cream. Although Bubu is silly, he noticed Beini was a bit down.
It was time to upgrade the quality of Dragon-Slaying Flash. Su Xiao didn't believe that eight Holy Spirit rank, full-score long blades couldn't raise Dragon-Slaying Flash to Immortal rank.