Chapter 2: Adaptive Force (Passive): Based on the enemy's characteristics, enhance the corresponding irreducible true resistance!
Hint: "True Resistance" has absolute priority, and enemies cannot reduce this type of resistance through any means.
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Seeing the first two abilities, Su Xiao was in a good mood. He had already witnessed the ability to externalize the Blade Demon Spirit from the Betrayer, and this ability was simply shameless.
Su Xiao had a concept for the Blade Demon Spirit. Based on his observations, the crystalline weapon in the Blade Demon Spirit's hand was clearly formed from Cyan Steel Shadow energy transformed through the "Proud Song·Passive" ability.
Moreover, that crystalline weapon could be switched at will, which made Su Xiao think he could actually create something better. The reason was a certain exchange item in the Honor Shop:
[Soul Blade·Secondary Weapon (Short Sword, Short Dagger, or Adaptive Form)]
List: Skill Scroll. Due to the special nature of this skill, mastering it defaults to level X. The ability's strength will be determined by the user's own soul strength and body energy cap.
Price: 45 Honor Medals.
Personal Stock: 1 Scroll.
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Su Xiao had tested it many times. The crystals formed by Cyan Steel Shadow energy could perfectly combine with his own soul power. Thinking about it this way, using "Soul Blade" + "Proud Song" to form a crystalline weapon for the Blade Demon Spirit would not only enjoy Su Xiao's Cyan Steel Shadow ability bonus but also benefit from his 680-point soul strength bonus. The resulting power was easy to imagine.
Beyond this, the Blade Demon Spirit had other development directions. Aside from swapping positions, climbing onto other creatures' bodies to control them, Su Xiao had another idea: could the Blade Demon Spirit mimic?
For example, if the Blade Demon Spirit mimicked a black mist arrow, Su Xiao could shoot it at an enemy using his Blood Qi Shadow. The moment the enemy dodged, the Blade Demon Spirit would revert to human form and smash the enemy's skull with a hammer blow to the back of the head.
Or, it could completely conceal its aura, turn into black mist, and Su Xiao could remotely control this mist to infiltrate the enemy's base camp. The Blade Demon Spirit could then assassinate high-ranking enemies who lacked combat power but possessed overwhelming strategic intellect.
Su Xiao looked at the "Adaptive Force" ability under the Blade Demon Spirit. The name sounded ordinary, but this ability was anything but. He had never heard of "True Resistance" before, but in every battle, he had indeed experienced the feeling of having various resistances reduced.
For instance, when fighting the Archbishop of the Abyss, not long after the battle began, his dark resistance was nearly reduced to negative numbers. Real combat wasn't like game data. 100 points of resistance always remained 100 points. Resistance was more like a recoverable armor. At full value initially, this armor would gradually wear down from attacks during combat. When riddled with holes, it naturally wouldn't have the same defensive power as at the start of the battle.
True Resistance, on the other hand, was like layers of filters stacked together. It wouldn't completely block the enemy's energy erosion, which prevented it from breaking. From the start to the end of battle, it always remained at the same number of layers.
For Su Xiao, "Adaptive Force" was quite useful. However, he noticed that this ability was somewhat similar to his equipment [Berg Heart], although the bonuses were vastly different and not on the same level.
[Berg Heart]
Origin: Dark Star World·Gem Master·Lindberg
Quality: Immortal Rank
Category: Accessory·Necklace
Equipment Effect: Adaptive Force (Core·Passive): During combat, based on the enemy's ability characteristics, increase the wearer's abnormal status resistance by 62 to 80 points (adaptive).
Hint: If the enemy has flame-type abilities, increase flame attribute resistance by 62 to 80 points. If the enemy has dark-type abilities, increase dark attribute resistance by 62 to 80 points...
Hint: When fighting multiple enemies, randomly select an enemy unit to enhance your own abnormal status resistance.
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The creator of this equipment was named Lindberg, known as the Gem Master. Interestingly, he forged the Berg Heart in White Town, and together with the Demon Blacksmith, as the Demon Blacksmith had mentioned.
This made one wonder: was the inspiration for this equipment proposed by the Demon Blacksmith? Was its original design concept derived from one of the Law Destruction faction's abilities, "Adaptive Force"?
Of course, this was just casual speculation. However, one thing was certain: [Berg Heart] was very suitable for Su Xiao. Once he mastered "Law Destruction Passive·Adaptive Force," when engaging enemies, [Berg Heart] would provide ordinary adaptive resistance, while "Law Destruction Passive·Adaptive Force" would provide true adaptive resistance. With dual resistances, his survivability would immediately increase by a notch.
Even if he obtained an Origin-level necklace, Su Xiao wouldn't easily replace [Berg Heart]. Furthermore, he planned to upgrade this equipment to Origin level. He currently had two Origin-level Divine Bones. He wondered if he would encounter an Ancient God or Evil God in the near future. When that happened, for the Divine Bones... ahem, no, to save the beings ravaged by those Ancient Gods and Evil Gods, he would have to slay them.
Su Xiao continued to check the other Law Destruction passives on the Awakening Stele: