Chapter 12: Azure Shadow King·Awakening (Passive): Fully awaken the Azure Shadow King. Requires ensuring that one's Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes are all above 300 points, and that the Azure Shadow King has been upgraded to Lv.40.
Tip: After awakening, the attack intensity and attack methods of the Azure Shadow King will be greatly enhanced, and it will deal True Damage equal to 20% to 30% of the enemy's maximum Health Points.
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These are the only 「Law-Destruction Passives」 that Su Xiao can master at this stage. The subsequent 「Law-Destruction Passives」 can only be mastered after his physical attributes break through the 300-point barrier.
The 12 types of 「Law-Destruction Passives」 he can currently master are all both powerful and practical. Unfortunately, he only has 62 Law-Destruction Skill Points for now.
Apart from the 「Law-Destruction Passives」, there are a large number of 「Branch Passives」. These 「Branch Passives」 are more like skill trees, some centered around a single skill, others centered around attributes like Strength, Agility, Stamina, etc.
When Su Xiao scrolled to the bottom of the skill list, he discovered two abilities that could be mastered without consuming Skill Points: 「Limit Release」 and 「Ability Engraving」.
The so-called 「Limit Release」 removes the restriction that main attributes cannot differ by more than 3 points. Originally, this restriction was to prevent new Law Destroyers from greedily seeking rapid power growth by developing a single attribute. By the mid-stage, this restriction is no longer very important. At this stage, the inheritors of Law-Destruction abilities have long understood this point.
Su Xiao plans to master both 「Limit Release」 and 「Ability Engraving」. The function of the latter is not complicated either; it allows him to engrave the Law-Destruction abilities he develops onto the Awakening Stele. He is not very proficient in this area, mainly because he doesn't have much free time, spending most of it inside mission worlds.
Su Xiao activated his authority and teleported the 「Awakening Stele」 back to his Exclusive Room. He brought Bubu Wang and Baha back to the surface and found Saint Poem sitting sideways by a campfire inside an area surrounded by tree walls, staring blankly ahead, lost in thought.
“……”
Su Xiao didn't speak. He simply took out the contract Saint Poem had signed back then. It was because she signed this contract that Saint Poem followed Su Xiao into this world.
Seeing this contract, Saint Poem's eyes brightened a bit. She rose gracefully, calmly took the contract, and the next second, she tore it apart with gritted teeth.
“Why did you tear it? A contract should be destroyed by fire.”
Su Xiao spoke. Upon hearing this, Saint Poem said:
“I felt like it, what's it to you?”
Now that Saint Poem had no contract, and since they were all acquaintances, her tone immediately became more assertive.
“……”
Su Xiao didn't speak. He just took out another contract. This made Saint Poem's gaze shift from confusion to seriousness. She asked, “What is this?”
“This is a self-forming contract. Your act of tearing up the previous contract caused a new one to appear.”
“How is that possible!”
“Of course it's possible. Article 1063 of the previous contract stipulated that tearing the contract by any means other than burning it with fire constitutes a directed breach of contract.”
“?”
Saint Poem was stunned, unable to understand what kind of operation this was. Actually, she was focusing on the wrong thing. The key point was that the previous contract had at least 1063 articles.
“Remember to burn it with fire this time. There are two optimal ways to eliminate all contracts: notarized elimination and destruction by fire.”
Su Xiao handed the newly appeared contract to Saint Poem. Saint Poem took it with some suspicion and asked, “Are you really this kind-hearted?”
“……”
Su Xiao didn't speak. Seeing this, Saint Poem tried to burn this contract. Finding that it was indeed nullified, she looked at Su Xiao with a somewhat complex expression and said, “Cooperation... was pleasant. See you around if we meet again. But I absolutely, absolutely will not assist you in fighting powerful enemies again. I haven't lived long enough, and I definitely don't want to die from some unknown large-scale attack.”
Having said this, Saint Poem activated her return authority. As she was enveloped by the return teleportation of Holy Light Paradise, the smile on her face became more relaxed. With a sweet smile, she said, “Don't miss me too much, Bai Ye.”
“I won't miss you. See you next world.”
“Mm, next world... What did you say!?”
Under the enveloping return teleportation, Saint Poem's smile suddenly froze, and a pained expression gradually appeared on her face. Before she could ask for clarification, she was teleported away.
Su Xiao also activated his return authority. Everything he needed to do in this world was accomplished. Besides, this was the deepest part of the 「Baal Great Forest」. Even to reach the nearest teleportation array would take over 40 hours, so there was no need to stay here.
As for Saint Poem, Su Xiao wasn't sure what was wrong with his combat power assessment, but since he had temporarily caught a healer, he naturally wouldn't let her go easily.
【Teleportation begins. You are about to return to Reincarnation Paradise.】
After Su Xiao's vision went dark, everything around him became quiet. After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes, and a familiar scene came into view.
【Teleportation complete. You have returned to Reincarnation Paradise.】
Su Xiao sat down on a single sofa, his body and mind both relaxing. Baha beside him took out a life support device, opened it, revealing Su Xiao's left arm + left shoulder + a small part of his left torso.
Activating the recovery authority, Su Xiao's crystal arm on his left side shattered. The severed arm floated up, and a large amount of green light particles covered the wound. With his body and mind relaxed, he decided to take a short nap.
“Meow～”
Beini called out. From her tear-filled eyes, one could guess her experience in this world. For most of the world progress, she had been swimming in the embrace of Mother Ocean.
Seeing this, Bubu Wang started practicing swimming on the carpet. Beini's tears suddenly welled up, but without a reason, even knowing Bubu Wang was deliberately provoking her, she couldn't strike first. This clearly followed Su Xiao's habit: find a reason before making a move.
Bubu Wang swam for a while and then stopped. He sat down and let out a breath, which immediately caught the attention of the teary-eyed Beini. Her gaze seemed to say: 'Why are you breathing so loudly?'
“Woof?”
Bubu Wang was stunned, then stepped forward, aiming directly for Beini's head. Before long, Beini was fighting with Bubu Wang using cat punches and 'Fang Over Fang'.
After a while, Beini was squatting in the corner like she was facing the wall. She was already feeling quite aggrieved, thinking that a daily duel with Bubu Wang might improve her mood. But she couldn't even win. That silly dog's 'Fang Over Fang' had kicked her spinning in circles.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao opened his eyes. He raised his fully recovered left arm. There was no abnormal feeling; it was exactly the same as before it was severed. The Paradise's recovery was, as always, reliable.
【Tip: You have received 4290 Soul Coins.】
This was the share from the World of Paintings arriving. At the end of each world progress, Su Xiao receives a share. Initially, it was a few hundred Soul Coins, then over a thousand. This time it doubled to over 4000. It seems next time it will be over ten thousand.
【Beginning world reward settlement.】
Primordial World: Shadow World.
World Difficulty: Lv.56～Lv.85 (excluding some areas).
World Source: 139.5%
Number of Tasks Completed: 5 (Main Tasks ×5).
Comprehensive Evaluation: S
Beginning World Source collection...
World Source collection complete. Beginning reward tally.
Rewards obtained: 52 True Attribute Points (base + Ninth Rank world bonus), Origin Stone ×3 (these are ordinary Origin Stones).
Tip: True Power·Plunder has been activated. You will receive 1 to 3 Golden Skill Points.
Tip: You have received 3 Golden Skill Points (determined by Comprehensive Evaluation).
Comprehensive Evaluation is S. Hunter's current brand level is Lv.80. Brand level +5 (Primordial World rank × number of tasks completed + Comprehensive Evaluation - task completion time).
Tip: Ninth Rank world settlement, maximum single brand level increase is Lv.4. Your brand level has reached Lv.84.
Tip: Your additional authority +Lv.1.
Settlement complete. Rewards have been deposited into the Hunter's brand.
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【Tip: SSS-Rank Adventure Group shared ability has been triggered. At each world settlement, corresponding Team Skill Points will be obtained based on the Team Leader's Comprehensive Evaluation.】
【This Comprehensive Evaluation is S. You have received 30 Team Skill Points.】
【Team Skill, Hunting Group (Passive Lv.7): At world settlement, can increase own 1～3 points of physical attributes (will randomly increase one of the six attributes: Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Stamina, Charm, Luck, Willpower).】
【This skill benefits: Hunter himself, Bubuteni, Amu, Baha, Beini.】
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With this prompt appearing, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini all gathered around. It was time for the lottery. Su Xiao was quite interested in this lottery, but the next second.
【Your Willpower attribute +1 point.】
【Your Charm attribute +2 points.】
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao opened the team list. He first upgraded 「Hunting Group」 to Lv.9, then upgraded 「Vitality Awakening, Lv.49」 to 「Vitality Awakening, Lv.58」.
After doing this, Su Xiao took out all the chests. The total chests were:
【Miracle Soul Chest (Upon opening, can obtain 1～100 Soul Crystal Cores).】
【Origin Rank Chest·Mad King.】
【Elf Will Chest (Upon opening this chest, will definitely obtain an Origin Rank·Full Rating Charm Trait Equipment).】
【Abyss Chest (Upon opening, has a chance to obtain Abyss products).】
【Abyss Chest (Upon opening, has a chance to obtain Abyss products).】
【Law-Destruction Chest (Upon opening, has a chance to obtain Law-Destruction exclusive equipment or items).】
Su Xiao looked at the two Abyss Chests. For some reason, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of palpitation. Then he thought, he had first obtained the 「Necronomicon」, then opened the 「Soul Crown」 and 「Nether Bone Ring」 from Abyss Chests. How many Original Sin Objects were there in total? From a probability standpoint, it was unlikely he would open a fourth one. Yes, definitely impossible.