Chapter 43: Blade Cutting
The battle on the lake island had ended, leaving the place devastated, with most of it sunk into the lake.
[Notification: You have defeated Silver. Moon. Xidi.]
[You have obtained 32.7% World Source (reduced due to Silver Moon Wolf having been dead for many years).]
[You have obtained Immortal Chest: Silver Moonlight.]
[You have obtained Elemental Crystal (Rare Item).]
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A large amount of World Source was acquired. From entering this world until now, Su Xiao had only obtained 19.7% World Source. Defeating the Moon Wolf now netted him a full 32.7% World Source, and this was even with the Moon Wolf having been dead for many years.
The notification said "defeated," which didn't surprise Su Xiao. The Moon Wolf had been dead for years; its continued fighting was entirely due to the domination of Abyss Force. Defeating the Moon Wolf in this state couldn't be considered a kill.
A clump of blood floated above the Moon Wolf's corpse. Within this blood, a faint blue moonlight could be seen. Su Xiao tried to lift the blood with his hand.
It was like a clump of slowly burning blood, hovering above Su Xiao's palm. This blood likely had many uses, but having Bubu Wang swallow it was the better choice.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang trotted over eagerly. It had personally experienced how strong the Moon Wolf was—who didn't have dreams?
Bubu Wang swallowed the wolf blood in one gulp and waited for a moment, but nothing changed. It only felt a strange energy surging inside its body, quite intoxicating.
Aside from the chest dropped by the Moon Wolf, Su Xiao also obtained an [Elemental Crystal]. For him, its greatest use was to crush it.
With a crackling sound, the [Elemental Crystal] shattered in Su Xiao's hand, and a large amount of natural elements scattered.
[Notification: Your Luck Attribute has been permanently increased by 3 points.]
Seeing this notification, Su Xiao was in a good mood. It matched his long-held speculation: in a Primordial World, releasing imprisoned natural elements could yield benefits, and the giver of these benefits was the world he was currently in.
At some point, the full moon in the sky had descended, landing at the edge of the lake island. Su Xiao signaled Amu to bring the Moon Wolf's remains and walked toward the moon.
In front of the moon, Su Xiao saw a very shallow crack at its center. He raised his hand and pressed against it, and the moon's radiance flashed before his eyes.
When the scene before him cleared, Su Xiao found himself in a cave made of solid ice. The cave was about several hundred square meters in size, with sharp icicles covering the ceiling.
Ahead were six ice-carved statues, all depicting the Moon Wolf in combat, each holding a slightly different Moonlight Sword.
In front of these six ice statues was an ice chair, facing them, as if someone had once sat here, watching the six statues. A thousand years of vigil was too long; only these six statues could serve as companions.
This place was cold and quiet, yet it held too many stories.
Amu strode forward and placed the Moon Wolf's remains on the ice chair. As it activated its ice ability, the chair and the ice beneath transformed, eventually forming a grave.
Clang.
The Moonlight Sword was thrust into the ground before the grave as a tombstone. After completing this, Amu stepped aside.
Su Xiao took a large piece of transcendent creature's flesh from his storage space, still dripping with blood. He placed this chunk of meat before the Moonlight Sword, then set the [Silver Moon Blade] ring at the base of the sword's hilt.
Boo~
Moonlight radiance surged from the [Silver Moon Blade]. The ring's form began to change, gradually transforming into a delicate small knife. This knife was about 20 centimeters long. From its appearance, it was clearly not meant for combat. The curved blade emitted a white glow, and the handle's end had a pendant, simple yet exquisite.
Su Xiao picked up the [Silver Moon Blade] and found its attributes had changed considerably.
[Silver Moon Blade]
Origin: Overlord Creature: Silver. Moon Wolf
Quality: Overlord Rank: Growth Type (Has grown once)
Category: Sub-equipment
Durability: 3/3 (Reduced by 25 points)
Equipment Requirement: Silver. Moon Wolf, Shadow of Law Destruction can use without risk.
Equipment Effect: Moon Oath (Active). Cut the palm with this blade. If the equipment requirement is met, no substantial damage will be taken. For the following 30 minutes, the user will be affected by the 'Moon Oath' effect, and the weapon they hold will be imbued with the 'Moon Blade' effect.
Moon Oath Effect: True Strength +4 points, True Agility +4 points, Willpower +10 points, Health Points increased by 4200 points.
Moon Blade Effect: Increases weapon sharpness by 135 points, increases weapon attack power by 20-32 points (lower limit to upper limit).
Notification: Each use of 'Moon Oath (Active)' consumes 1 point of this equipment's durability. When durability reaches zero, the equipment will not break. After being bathed in moonlight, durability will gradually recover.
Warning: If the equipment requirement is not met, each 'Blade Cutting' to activate the Moon Oath and Moon Blade effects will permanently reduce the user's maximum Health Points by 5% (The Hunter is a Law Destroyer, meeting this equipment's requirement).
Rating: 1500 points.
Growth Condition: Arrive at the burial site of Silver. Moon Wolf and offer fresh meat (does not need to be from a transcendent creature).
Notification: Has grown once (can grow a total of three times).
Description: Though everything is past, someone must pay for past wrongs. This is the price for killing the Moon Wolf.
Price: Cannot be sold.
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The usage method of [Silver Moon Blade] had changed, but it was also more powerful. Before fighting a strong enemy, using [Silver Moon Blade] to perform a 'Blade Cutting' on the palm would grant a powerful buff.
Generally, buffs from this type of equipment have very short durations. [Silver Moon Blade] was different; its buff lasted a full half hour.
The only drawback was that the equipment had only 3 durability points, and it could only recover durability by being bathed in moonlight. Fortunately, due to the equipment's special nature, even if durability dropped to 0, it wouldn't be damaged. After all, it was a buff-type equipment, different from combat equipment.
[Notification: Talent Mission: Farewell: Rest (Completed).]
[Element King is about to break its limit.]
[Element King is about to transform into a permanent talent ability.]
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Su Xiao noticed that various elements around him surged toward him, a grand spectacle. This reminded him of the situation during the second awakening of Soul Devourer. He immediately sat cross-legged, stabilizing his mind through meditation to avoid fainting from the bad experience of awakening his third talent.
Contrary to his expectations, the elemental force around him gathered wildly, wrapping around his entire body, but he himself felt nothing special.
Over an hour later, the various natural elements around dispersed. Su Xiao's third talent, Element King, had successfully broken its limit. He didn't feel anything particularly special.
[Element King]
Category: Amplification Talent (Fully Awakened State)
Level: SSS (Maximum Level)
Talent Effect (Passive): All elemental attack damage rank +3, all elemental skill level caps increased by Lv.10.
Talent Effect (Active: Devour): Can devour the eight natural elements...
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Su Xiao glanced briefly at Element King's data, then closed its description to avoid affecting his mood by looking too much.
Su Xiao looked at the ice grave before him, raised his hand, and pressed it against the hilt of the Moonlight Sword. He needed to know what had happened back then to obtain information about the Abyss Hole.
The Soul Devourer talent activated. Using the Moonlight Sword as a medium, Su Xiao seemed to see a semi-transparent phantom before him.
Bang! The phantom exploded, and the soul memories played out like a film before Su Xiao's eyes.