Chapter 3: All Your Abnormal Attribute Resistances Increased by 53 Points
[Prompt: When Xianlulu is attached to you, she can use the "Psychic Revival (Active, Lv.70)" ability, instantly restoring 20% of your maximum health, and over the next 5 seconds, increasing your movement and dash speed (this boost is a diminishing model, starting at 68% increased movement and dash speed, decreasing by 10% per second until the buff ends).]
[This skill's original cooldown was 180 seconds, now reduced to 14 seconds.]
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After scanning the flood of prompts, Su Xiao was somewhat surprised. Yueshitu's summon was quite interesting. This summon named Xianlulu, after attaching to someone, first receives the host's buffs, then buffs the host in return.
The higher the host's true intelligence and mana pool, the greater the buff Xianlulu receives, and subsequently, the higher the buff she provides to the host.
Xianlulu herself also has abilities. Besides "Psychic Revival," a healing + speed skill, she has other abilities leaning toward control and restraint.
"So… so good!"
Xianlulu, floating above Su Xiao's shoulder, widened her cat-like eyes. The fur on her ear tips gradually turned golden, and a faint blue flame flickered on her body.
When Xianlulu first tried to attach to Su Xiao, she was panicking inside. Su Xiao was drenched in blood energy; just being near him made her tremble all over.
After attaching to Su Xiao, Xianlulu lost her fear. Not to mention anything else, the 83% reduction in skill cooldown was something she had never experienced before.
"My name is Xianlulu. I have two shield abilities and three control abilities. Give orders freely, no need to hold back."
Xianlulu tried to resonate with the mana within Su Xiao's body. The faint blue flame on her became more pronounced. She had never encountered such a situation before.
After Su Xiao became a Law Destroyer, the mana within his body differed from conventional mana.
Under normal circumstances, the explanation for the word "mana" was: "Awaken the power of magic."
The explanation for mana in Su Xiao's profile was: "Awaken the power of law destruction."
Although both were abbreviated as "mana," their specific tendencies were two divergent paths—one leading to the magic system, the other to law destruction.
"I feel like I could solo that guy."
Xianlulu's words were shocking. After resonating with the mana in Su Xiao's body, she got a bit carried away, commonly known as losing her mind.
"…"
Su Xiao didn't speak, his gaze fixed on the distant enemy.
In the distance, Jiagu stood up from the pit. He was ready to retreat. This was the pitfall of fighting a technique-type—a single mistake could cost dearly. On the surface, it was just a straight kick, but it was the culmination of a Melee Grandmaster, plus the bonuses from [Oath Emblem·White Dragon] and the combat boots, along with various passive ability boosts.
Melee Grandmaster Lv.60, aside from increasing physical defense a bit, all its benefits accumulated into that straight kick. Not dying on the spot was due to Jiagu's strength.
If someone didn't die from one of Su Xiao's straight kicks, it meant they could fight him; if he let his guard down, they could take his life. If they didn't die from two to three kicks, they were definitely a big boss. If they survived more than three kicks, they were undoubtedly the ultimate final boss of the same rank.
"Ran into a technique-type with three grandmasters. Damn luck, pfft~"
Jiagu spat out a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva. He slammed his hands onto the ground, and bone spikes over 7 meters long thrust out from the surrounding earth, one next to another, densely packed.
Clang!
A sharp slash rang out. A cut mark swept through, and large swaths of bone spikes were severed in two and sent flying, leaving only stumps over a meter high. Amidst the flying broken bone spikes, a blood-red shadow streaked past, heading straight for Jiagu.
Jiagu retreated repeatedly. He pointed his hand forward, and with the sound of earth breaking, thick, massive ribs emerged from the ground, arranged in a chaotic order to block Su Xiao's advance.
Clang, clang, clang!
Pale blue slash marks cut through, shattering the chaotic, interlaced giant ribs into pieces. The blood-red shadow's charge never stopped.
'Not good!'
Jiagu could only continue retreating like this. Once this Blade Grandmaster got close, he was as good as dead. Late-stage technique-types were too troublesome.
Jiagu's retreating figure came to an abrupt halt. The approaching enemy's speed was absurd, especially that ultra-high-speed charge that lasted about 5 seconds.
Seeing the situation was dire, Jiagu stomped his foot on the ground. An invisible wave spread along the earth toward Su Xiao, reaching his foot in an instant. Sensing this, Jiagu's tense heart relaxed a bit. His ability was extreme—if the enemy took this hit, he would win.
Just as the wave beneath the ground was about to travel up Su Xiao's foot into his body, he leaped up mid-charge.
Jiagu's eyes showed surprise, then he cursed the Blade Grandmaster's close-combat perception. But he hadn't lost yet. As long as Su Xiao didn't stay airborne for long, the area he landed on would still be within the range of his ability.
Jiagu's ability wouldn't kill the enemy immediately. Instead, it would gradually rust the bone joints. First, dense, fine bone spurs would grow between the bone gaps, then the joints would become immobile.
Jiagu was destined to be disappointed. Before Su Xiao landed, he tossed his longsword. The blade stabbed diagonally into the ground. He stepped onto the hilt with one foot, and as he charged forward, the sword stuck in the ground vanished, reappearing in his hand.
Boom, boom!
Two blood spears and bone lances collided midair. Jiagu had tried to attack while Su Xiao was in the air, but the attack was neutralized by the blood spears.
The moment Su Xiao landed, blue fluorescence appeared on his body. His speed surged, and the health that had been drained by an unknown domain instantly recovered to full.
'Blade Path: Blood Shadow.'
The longsword in Su Xiao's hand was completely enveloped in blood energy, turning into a blood blade. The world around suddenly lost color, becoming black and white. He transformed into a blood shadow and charged, his speed so fast that his entire figure vanished.
Clang!
A vivid red blood-line slash cut across the black-and-white world, passing through Jiagu's neck. He staggered back a big step, clutching his throat with one hand.
With Xianlulu's buff, Su Xiao's speed was too fast. Even Jiagu found it hard to react. As a technique-type, Su Xiao's advantage in fighting contractors was this: seize an opportunity and kill in one strike.
After executing 'Blade Path: Blood Shadow,' Su Xiao stood a few meters behind Jiagu, back-to-back with the enemy. The enemy's life flame had gone out. Su Xiao didn't turn to look; he simply sheathed his longsword.
With a click, the longsword was sheathed. In the black-and-white world, the bright red blood spurting from between Jiagu's fingers was especially striking. His vision gradually narrowed, eventually turning pitch black.
The surrounding world slowly returned to normal, regaining color. Su Xiao received a prompt.
[Prompt: You have killed a Guardian of Watchful Paradise.]
[You have obtained a Scarlet Card (★★★★★★★★).]
[You have obtained 5 Battle Merit Points (these are Apocalypse Paradise Battle Merit Points).]
[Prompt: Due to the Hunter being in disguise, after killing contractors from Holy Light Paradise and Watchful Paradise, you can obtain 3-5 Apocalypse Paradise Battle Merit Points.]
[After returning to Reincarnation Paradise, this Battle Merit will yield no rewards (the Hunter's war gains in this world will be obtained through invasion missions).]
[Prompt: Your Apocalypse Paradise Battle Merit Points can be traded, but only with Apocalypse Paradise contractors.]
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"So freaking awesome."
Xianlulu floated around Su Xiao, her voice crisp. Since following Yueshitu, she had never experienced such a satisfying fight. She now genuinely felt that technique-type big dads were top-tier.
If Beini saw Xianlulu floating around Su Xiao like this, and then squatting on his shoulder, she would definitely let out a meow and shout: "Scoop the poop, you're having another cat behind my back!"