Chapter 56: Enhancement
Attribute Enhancement Hall, Su Xiao entered the Attribute Enhancement Pod, the pod door closing behind him.
[Welcome to Attribute Enhancement Pod No. 1278.]
[Available True Attribute Points: 52.]
The True Attribute Points gained this time were plentiful, but before enhancing, Su Xiao first needed to obtain the attribute reward corresponding to reaching 50 Luck points.
[Notice: Detected that your Luck attribute has reached 50 points without equipment. You may choose one of the following rewards.]
a. Goddess of Fortune's Ultimate Blessing (Hunter Personal Exclusive): Luck attribute +12 points.
b. Fortune Sharing: You can share your fortune with your friendly units.
c. Prophet (Rare Reward): Gain a certain degree of prophetic ability.
d. Controller (Rare Reward): Due to your vast karma and fortune, when your fortune is overdrawn, you can channel the misfortune you bear into equipment/items, thereby quickly relieving the fortune overdraft (this ability can only be activated after fortune is overdrawn, and will enter a deactivated state once your fortune returns to normal levels).
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Four choices. Reward a was clearly related to the Goddess of Fortune, but considering it only increased Luck by 1.2 points—no, 12 points—it was directly ignored.
Reward b was more interesting. Was this really a beneficial ability? If Su Xiao synchronized his allies' fortune to his own level, it seemed more like sabotaging teammates.
Reward c was intriguing, but not considered. Without a foundational Prophecy-type ability, mastering this trait was just a seemingly decent castle in the air—flashy but useless.
The final reward, d, suited Su Xiao's needs. As a Law Destroyer, fortune overdrafts were common. Previously, he relied on [Holy Serpent Guardian], but as his strength grew, the serpent's effectiveness diminished. Usually, when he took out [Holy Serpent Guardian], the serpent inside would transform from a snake into a pufferfish, and a bloated one at that. If he didn't retract it quickly enough, it might explode like other lucky charms.
With [Controller], Su Xiao could, after a fortune overdraft, channel his misfortune into unwanted equipment. He just didn't know if, over time, this equipment would become a [Misfortune Item] or something more dangerous.
Su Xiao chose reward d. The Attribute Enhancement Pod hummed for a moment then stopped. He didn't feel any change in himself; that was how Luck-related enhancements were—ethereal, only noticeable during actual use.
Activating his personal data, a translucent screen floated before him. He began considering how to enhance himself. With 52 True Attribute Points, the final distribution was: Strength +8, Agility +20, Endurance +6, Intelligence +18.
Whew~
The Attribute Enhancement Pod activated. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the floor. Due to the massive enhancement, he felt a slight stinging sensation throughout his body. Sweat beads seeped out at a moderate pace. When the pod stopped, he checked his data.
True Strength: 300 points
True Agility: 300 points
True Endurance: 300 points
True Intelligence: 297 points
Charm: -17 points
Luck: 62 points
Soul Strength: 680 points
True Willpower: 299 points
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Su Xiao's Strength, Agility, and Endurance had all reached 300 points. To further increase them, he needed to pass the [Iron Trial]. But thinking that the [Iron Trial] was in the Eternal Light World made him hesitate.
Not only the [Iron Trial] for breaking the 300-point attribute barrier, but the corresponding location for the [Talent Awakening Book: Law Annihilation] was also the Eternal Light World. This was the only way to second-awaken the Law Annihilation talent [Shadow Hunt].
For Su Xiao, the Eternal Light World was unavoidable. But unless his next world progress forced him into the Eternal Light World, he wouldn't enter it at this stage.
His defeat by the Abyssal Shadow in the previous decisive battle was a lesson. Su Xiao truly didn't believe that the world-destroying races in the Eternal Light World would hesitate to kill him just because he carried three Original Sin items. The top few world-destroying races in the Eternal Light World might not be inferior to Original Sin items.
In fact, to a world, world-destroying races were more dangerous than Original Sin items. Original Sin items were only risky if you foolishly used them or were unlucky enough to find one and be tempted. Most Original Sin items had no active danger.
World-destroying races were different. Even if you didn't provoke them, if you couldn't drive them away quickly, they would ravage your world, leaving it riddled with holes until it collapsed. Then these creatures would move to another world, continuing their destruction, expanding their race without limit.
Not to mention, the Eternal Light World contained many indestructible Abyss Spawns. These Abyss Spawns were different from the ones he had encountered and devoured with Dragon-Slashing Flash. These monsters were ones the Ancestral Law Destroyers couldn't devour with their Blade Demon Spirits, so they imprisoned them in the Eternal Light World. This showed how powerful these Abyss Spawns were.
Therefore, Su Xiao wasn't in a hurry to complete the [Iron Trial]. He had successfully obtained the Awakening Stele this time, opening a broad path forward. His ideal state was to develop Blade Grandmaster, Melee Grandmaster, and Blood Spear Grandmaster all to lv.80, plus master all currently available [Law Annihilation Passives] on the Law Annihilation Stele.
Also, he needed to raise the seven attribute-related [Basic Passives] to X, thereby awakening the eighth [Final Basic Passive].
Only when he reached this state would he consider entering the Eternal Light World. Otherwise, he would never enter that world—it would be suicide.
Su Xiao sat quietly in the Attribute Enhancement Pod for a while, letting the discomfort from the massive physique enhancement fade. This enhancement gave him an unprecedented feeling—the balanced power of having three main attributes at 300 points, a major step forward on his path to strength.
Besides the main attributes, his Willpower attribute had also surged rapidly, thanks to a trait of the Black King Bracer:
[Equipment Effect 3: Soul Nourishment (Core Passive): Your soul power will slowly nourish your willpower, permanently increasing your True Willpower.
Tip: The higher your Soul Strength, the stronger the nourishment to your True Willpower attribute.]
Both because this trait was excellent and because Su Xiao's Soul Strength was high. It could be said that the Black King Bracer was one of Su Xiao's core pieces of equipment. It granted near-death immunity, provided a powerful long-range burst ability, was unmatched in group battles, and continuously and permanently increased his Willpower attribute. It was worth the life-and-death journey to the Primordial Dead Silence City—this was the reward.
Leaving the Enhancement Pod, when Su Xiao reached the main entrance of the Attribute Enhancement Hall, he saw Bubu Wang waiting there. The [Potential Awakening] authority obtained long ago allowed Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini to undergo one [Potential Awakening] after each world progress.
Simply put, this meant using the Attribute Enhancement Pod for an all-around enhancement. The specific improvement was related to Su Xiao's comprehensive score from this world progress.
Su Xiao returned to his Exclusive Room. When he pushed open the door to the planting area, he saw the two silly miners lying under a trellis, snoring loudly. Nearby was a large alloy box containing the resources they had obtained this time.
Earlier, Su Xiao had left the two silly miners on Nightmare Island. They had been mining until now before being teleported back. Now it was time to reap the rewards. Su Xiao opened the alloy box, and a prompt appeared.
[You have obtained Dream Ore x893 (Holy Spirit Rank Ore Resource).]
[You have obtained Nightmare Concretion x18 (Immortal Rank Nightmare Area Exclusive Resource).]
[You have obtained Death Spirit Crystal x190 (Holy Spirit Rank Deep Underground Resource).]
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Besides these, there were dozens of scattered ores, the highest quality being Immortal Rank, the lowest only Blue Rank. These scattered ores were estimated to be worth 1500 to 2000 Soul Coins.
[Dream Ore], [Nightmare Concretion], and [Death Spirit Crystal] were the main sources of this harvest. Su Xiao opened the auction platform certified by the Void Tree, searched for the three resources by authority, and quickly found prices.
[Dream Ore] was priced at 78-83 Soul Coins each. Taking the middle price of 80 Soul Coins, 893 pieces totaled 71,440 Soul Coins.
[Nightmare Concretion] was priced at 950 Soul Coins each. 18 pieces totaled 17,100 Soul Coins.
[Death Spirit Crystal] was much cheaper, at 70 Soul Coins each. 190 pieces totaled 13,300 Soul Coins.
71,440 + 17,100 + 13,300 + 1,500 = 103,340 Soul Coins. This was the total profit.
As for costs, the two silly miners consumed [Liquid Gold]. Over so many days, they consumed a total of 900 kilograms of [Liquid Gold]. The market price for this was 50 Soul Coins per kilogram, meaning a cost of 45,000 Soul Coins.
In reality, the high price of [Liquid Gold] was due to low demand and the decline of Alchemy. Few knew the technique to manufacture it. Most [Liquid Gold] circulated from the Void to the Paradise factions.
Su Xiao naturally knew how to make it. The production cost was 3 Soul Coins per kilogram. He had considered selling it for such huge profits, but after Beini tried selling it in the Trade Street and Great Gathering Place for a long time, managing to sell only 0.2 kilograms, he decisively gave up.
Calculating at 3 Soul Coins per kilogram, the total cost this time was 2,700 Soul Coins. After deducting costs, Su Xiao netted 100,640 Soul Coins.
Seeing this result, Su Xiao suddenly understood why the Apocalypse Sisters were so willing to pay Soul Coins after being kidnapped each time. Mining was simply too profitable. Moreover, those three—one owned a mine, one had multiple summons that could mine, and the last had established a business association early on and was now a hands-off owner just waiting for money to roll in.
It was said that the Apocalypse Sisters had all advanced to Ninth Rank. This was according to Sacred Hymn. When Sacred Hymn advanced to Ninth Rank, her assessment was in the same world as the Apocalypse Sisters, which had secretly relieved her. But before she could even enter the mission world, she was dragged into the Gloomy Continent to face the Dead Silence City.
Su Xiao stored all the ores in the team storage space and had Beini, who was in the Great Gathering Place, retrieve these materials from the team storage and sell them there. Although he could sell them through the Northern Border Princess's channel to the Shadow Merchant Guild, the mining team was still being assembled. For now, selling in the Great Gathering Place was faster.
Rare ores were always easy to sell. Soon, Beini had sold most of the items and transferred a large sum of Soul Coins to Su Xiao. This changed the currency column in his storage space to: Held: 411,746 Soul Coins. This was without selling [Death Gem (Origin Rank Gem Unique Necromancy System Exclusive Highly Rare)].
Su Xiao arrived at the room housing the Awakening Stele. He sat cross-legged and took out the 718 Soul Crystal Cores he had. The reason for so many was both because he had visited many treasuries in the Shadow World and because he had sold two [Soul Crystal].
One [Soul Crystal] was equivalent to about 100 Soul Crystal Cores. Su Xiao had tested the Goblin Merchant Guild, and they offered one [Soul Crystal] for 110 Soul Crystal Cores.
Su Xiao raised the price to one [Soul Crystal] for 150 Soul Crystal Cores. They naturally disagreed. Eventually, both sides settled on one [Soul Crystal] for 120 Soul Crystal Cores. The Goblin Merchant Guild was astonishingly efficient; an hour ago, they had gone to the Great Gathering Place and completed the transaction with Beini.
With over 700 Soul Crystal Cores in total, Su Xiao considered and decided to raise Blade Grandmaster by 4 levels and Melee Grandmaster by 3 levels, keeping them balanced. The main reason was that raising Blade Grandmaster by 7 levels at once would be too much for him to handle.
[To raise Blade Grandmaster lv.70, requires consuming Soul Crystal Cores x100 + 6,300 Soul Coins.]
400 Soul Crystal Cores shattered around Su Xiao, along with 25,200 Soul Coins. Such was the terrifying consumption of technique abilities in the later stages.
In an instant, everything around Su Xiao fell silent. He felt himself rapidly retreating while remaining seated cross-legged. More accurately, the world, space, and elements around him surged forward. The next moment, he was seated cross-legged on an endless expanse of water.
Boom!
A Dragon-Eyed Whale leaped behind him, sending up a spray of crystalline water. Its gaping maw, filled with jagged teeth, opened, trying to swallow Su Xiao in one bite.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sharp slashing arcs flashed. The Dragon-Eyed Whale crashed into the water, causing the surface to churn. Su Xiao remained seated steadily on the water, but the water beneath him changed from clear to light red, then to dark red as it was stained by the whale's blood.
With a crack, everything around him shattered like a mirror. One thought, one world.
Su Xiao opened his eyes. He was still in his Exclusive Room, but the water droplets falling from the tips of his hair seemed to indicate that what had just happened was more than just an illusion.
[Blade Grandmaster has been raised to lv.74.]
[Blade Grandmaster: lv.74 (Passive)]
Skill Effect: Blade weapon attack power increased by 1049% (increased by 80%), Base Nerve Reflex Speed +235 points (increased by 60 points), damage tier caused by blade weapons +1.
lv.10 Ultimate Ability: Mind Blade (Passive)...
lv.20 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade (Passive)...
lv.30 Ultimate Ability: Blade Extreme (Passive)...
lv.40 Ultimate Ability: Mind Soul Blade (Passive)...
lv.50 Ultimate Ability: Soul Edge (Passive)...
lv.60 Ultimate Ability: Blade Domain (Ultimate Active)...
lv.70 Ultimate Ability: Blade World (Ultimate Passive)...
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The later the stage, the greater the enhancement from technique abilities. Currently, Blade Grandmaster's boost to Base Nerve Reflex Speed alone was almost comparable to the bonus from 300 points of True Agility.
Su Xiao calmed his breathing for a moment, then continued to raise Melee Grandmaster.
[To raise Melee Grandmaster lv.70, requires consuming Soul Crystal Cores x100 + 6,300 Soul Coins.]
He chose to raise it. The surrounding Soul Crystal Cores shattered, turning into the purest soul energy that merged into Su Xiao's body. Soul Coins were also rapidly consumed. Over an hour later, the enhancement was complete.
[Melee Grandmaster has been raised to lv.73.]
His condition was still good. Su Xiao went to the Awakening Stele, sat in a chair, and paid 10 Law-Destroying Skill Points to master the [Demon Spirit Awakening] ability.
A dark blue energy surged from the Awakening Stele. The moment this energy entered Su Xiao's body, his muscles tensed. He leaned back in his chair. On his left and right, Bubu Wang and Baha each prepared—one picked up an emergency potion, the other activated emergency medical equipment.
However, the anticipated danger didn't come. Su Xiao felt that the dark blue energy entering his body, though exceptionally domineering, had no active destructiveness.
He tried to absorb it. Without much trouble, he succeeded. An indescribable, peculiar sensation emerged, as if he had gained a new instinct, like raising a hand or blinking. This new instinct was releasing the [Blade Demon Spirit].
[You have mastered a new Law Annihilation Passive: Demon Spirit Awakening.]
[Demon Spirit Awakening, X (Passive)]
Skill Effect 1: Blade Demon Spirit Strength +15 points.
Skill Effect 2: Can externally release the [Blade Demon Spirit]. Single release duration depends on Blade Demon Spirit Strength.
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Su Xiao placed his hand on the sword hilt. Dark blue smoke surged from Dragon-Slashing Flash, gradually forming a humanoid shape. Unfortunately, the dark blue smoke surged several times but couldn't maintain the form.
Su Xiao wasn't surprised. No one was born knowing how to run, especially an ability with such excellent development potential as [Blade Demon Spirit]. As long as one had high combat intelligence, this was a godly skill.
One had to eat one bite at a time. Su Xiao retracted the [Blade Demon Spirit] into Dragon-Slashing Flash. According to the records on the Awakening Stele, being able to release dark blue smoke was passing grade when first mastering [Demon Spirit Awakening]. Don't rush the operation.
This was inherently an ability to be mastered in the very late stages, so its development cycle naturally wasn't short. At most, half a month, and it could be used in battle against powerful enemies.
The process of mastering [Demon Spirit Awakening] was safer than expected. Su Xiao activated the Awakening Stele again. Originally, he wanted to master [Law Annihilation: Heavenly Thunder Fury], but for some reason, he suddenly felt a chill, so he switched to mastering [Indestructible Constitution] first.
A vast, azure-blue energy surged from the Awakening Stele, and then... nothing.
Over 9 hours later, Su Xiao sat up from the bed, dazed for a moment. His gaze fell on the Awakening Stele, which emitted a faint blue light in the room. The process of mastering this ability was somewhat abrupt—one blink, and it was done.
[You have mastered a new Law Annihilation Passive: Indestructible Constitution.]
[Indestructible Constitution, X (Passive Awakenable at most once)]
Skill Effect: When your Health Points drop to 25%, your physical defense will be [Massively] increased based on your True Strength, True Agility, True Endurance, and True Intelligence attributes.
Increase amount: True Strength + True Agility + True Endurance + True Intelligence, total x 0.5 (i.e., with the Hunter's current attributes, total of Strength, Agility, Endurance, Intelligence is 1,197 points x 0.5, increasing physical defense by 599 points).
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Compared to [Perfect Constitution], although [Indestructible Constitution] also couldn't be raised with Golden Skill Points, it could be awakened with [Awakening Stone].
But Su Xiao had a feeling that before breaking the 300-point barrier for all four attributes and reaching 350 points or more, it was best not to do this. Seemingly pursuing greater power, it was actually suicidal. With his current physique, mastering [Indestructible Constitution] was fine, but deep strengthening and awakening—he absolutely couldn't handle it.
[Technique Resonance: Burst Speed], [Law Annihilation: Heavenly Thunder Fury], and [Time: Dominator]—three Law Annihilation Passives—hadn't been mastered yet, but Su Xiao had no intention of doing so for now. He needed to take it slow.
Leaving the small room, Su Xiao went to the planting area. Seeing the Eternal Spring hot spring steaming, he soaked in it, hoping to relieve his exhaustion.
The moment he soaked in the Eternal Spring, he noticed a trace of gentle, pearly-white energy slowly entering his body, which was then absorbed by his weary physique. The physical and mental fatigue from just mastering [Indestructible Constitution] gradually faded.
Su Xiao had previously used the Eternal Spring for two purposes: as a hot spring, and to collect some cool spring water straight from the source to boil for Maple Tea. He hadn't known the Eternal Spring had such a wonderful effect.
After soaking in the Eternal Spring for over an hour, Su Xiao felt like he could do it again. He stepped out of the pool and walked toward the small room with the Awakening Stele.
A few hours later, Amu pushed a wheelchair into the planting area. Su Xiao got up from the wheelchair, intending to step down from the platform, but instead plunged headfirst into the hot spring pool. Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha scrambled in a flurry of hands and paws.
After a while, Su Xiao soaked in the hot spring pool. He had mastered another Law Annihilation Passive, which made everything around him seem slow. Baha's speech was like a slow-motion film, the sound so drawn out and incoherent that he couldn't understand what was being said.
[You have mastered a new Law Annihilation Passive: Technique Resonance: Burst Speed.]
[Technique Resonance: Burst Speed, X (Passive)]
Skill Effect: Based on the total level of mastered technique-type abilities, increase your own body speed. The increase is: total technique level x 0.012 = the multiplier of increased body speed.
Tip: Body speed increased by 2.604 times (if subsequent technique ability levels increase, this bonus will also increase).
Body speed includes: movement speed, attack speed, nerve reflex speed, etc.
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For the remaining two Law Annihilation Passives, [Law Annihilation: Heavenly Thunder Fury] and [Time: Dominator], Su Xiao would need to wait at least 12 hours before considering mastering them.
Undoubtedly, Su Xiao's strength had already increased significantly. Not to mention, he still had 360,000 Soul Coins unused.
After a while, the feeling of everything moving in slow motion disappeared, indicating that Su Xiao's senses had completed this enhancement.
After soaking in the hot spring for a bit, Su Xiao's condition greatly recovered. He dried himself, dressed, and although he felt like he could go again, reason told him to temporarily avoid facing the Awakening Stele. Instead, he should go to the Skill Upgrade Pod to raise the various [Basic Passives].
Half an hour later, the pod door closed behind Su Xiao. He activated the Skill Upgrade Pod he was in and checked his skill list.
Among the six Basic Passives he currently mastered, the Endurance attribute-related [Basic Passive: Body Soul] had already reached X, requiring no further enhancement and being unenhanceable.
The Intelligence attribute-related [Basic Passive: Recovery] and the Perception-related [Basic Passive: Awakening] were both at X. They only needed Golden Skill Points to be raised to X.
This left the Agility attribute-related [Basic Passive: Shadow Speed], the Soul Strength-related [Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness], and the Charm attribute-related [Basic Passive: Blood Awakening] to be raised with Soul Coins.
Su Xiao first chose to raise [Basic Passive: Blood Awakening].
[To raise Basic Passive: Blood Awakening lv.80, requires consuming 9,800 Soul Coins (already reduced by 20% via the Cycle Glory Medal).]
Su Xiao chose to raise it and selected to raise it to max level. The moment he made this decision, his blood energy uncontrollably burst out.
An hour later, Su Xiao's blood energy retracted into his body, much stronger than before.
[Basic Passive: Blood Awakening has been raised to lv.90. This ability's level has been converted to X.]
[Basic Passive: Blood Awakening, X.]
Skill Effect 1: When killing enemies, there is a certain probability of causing a fear effect on surrounding enemies. Enemies in a fear state have their overall defense reduced by 70%, movement speed reduced by 96.5%, and suffer debuffs such as mental terror, movement imbalance, severe fear, probabilistic ability failure, and soul trembling.
Skill Effect 2: Blood Energy System Potential Tier +10 (increased by 1 tier).
Skill Effect 3: Blood Energy Penetration Trait +540 points (increased by 100 points), Blood Energy damage caused increased by 365% (increased by 80%).
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An investment of nearly 100,000 Soul Coins yielded a considerable improvement. Su Xiao checked his remaining Soul Coins and began raising [Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness].
Raising Spirit Toughness was, as always, expensive. Fortunately, with his current physique, Su Xiao could max out [Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness].
The enhancement began. Su Xiao sat cross-legged in the Skill Upgrade Pod, feeling an ethereal emptiness around him. Raising [Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness] felt exceptionally comfortable, even making him forget the passage of time.
[For this enhancement, you have consumed a total of 205,000 Soul Coins (already reduced by 20% via the Cycle Glory Medal).]
[Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness has been raised to lv.90. This ability's level has been converted to X.]
[Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness, X.]
Skill Effect 1: Soul damage caused increased by 95% (this is the maximum intensity this ability can reach).
Skill Effect 2: Soul Energy Tier +9 (increased by 2 tiers).
Skill Effect 3: Immune to the soul severing of [Soul Reaper] (all Soul-type Basic Passives raised to X will gain this ability).
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Raising [Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness] wasn't just to increase soul damage; more importantly, it was for the [Soul Energy Tier]. Without sufficient strength in this area, he wouldn't be qualified to use high-level soul equipment in the future. Additionally, to exchange for [Soul Blade: Secondary Weapon] in the Honor Shop, this ability required at least (8) Soul Energy Tier to master.
After calming his breathing for a moment, Su Xiao activated the [Skill Upgrade Pod Free Use Permission (One Time)] obtained this time, using it to raise the Agility attribute-related [Basic Passive: Shadow Speed, lv.1]. It could be said that this maximized the cost-effectiveness of this permission. The price to raise [Basic Passive: Shadow Speed] was even higher than [Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness].
As Su Xiao activated the permission, a cyan-blue energy surged around him, merging into every part of his body. Just as he tightened his grip on the emergency potion, he suddenly realized that although intense pain came from within, as if every cell was being torn apart and then restored, compared to mastering the Law Annihilation Passives, this seemingly life-threatening enhancement... wasn't that bad.
Su Xiao sat steadily without even furrowing his brow. This feeling lasted for over three hours before the enhancement ended. He opened his eyes, originally thinking this enhancement would be extremely dangerous, but compared to mastering the Law Annihilation Passives, it was hardly dangerous at all.
[Basic Passive: Shadow Speed has been raised to lv.90. This ability's level has been converted to X.]
[Basic Passive: Shadow Speed, X.]
Skill Effect 1: Your body speed +52 points.
Skill Effect 2: Damage tier caused by blade weapons +5.
Skill Effect 3: True damage caused by your technique-type abilities, body energy, and skills increased by 30%.
Skill Effect 4: With Agility attribute above 300 points, the derived [Base Nerve Reflex Speed] and [Base Dynamic Vision] enhancement changes from 1 point per Agility point to 2 points of Base Nerve Reflex Speed and Base Dynamic Vision per Agility point.
Tip: This trait will only activate after the Hunter completes the 300-point attribute barrier trial.
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The feeling of everything slowing down returned. After a long time, Su Xiao's senses returned to normal. He felt that this time, his survivability and speed had improved the most.
After leaving the Skill Upgrade Hall, Su Xiao decided to go to the Arena and find an opponent to test his current strength. Using his brand authority, he inquired with Reincarnation Paradise about whether there was a Ninth Rank Arena. The result was yes, but the subsequent prompt made him abandon the idea of going to the Ninth Rank Arena.
[Notice: The Ninth Rank Arena is certified by the Void Tree, providing a combat/arena venue for all Ninth Rank lower, middle, lower-middle, and upper-tier contractors from Reincarnation Paradise, Death Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, and Watchful Paradise.]
[Checking Hunter's comprehensive combat power...]
[You no longer have permission to enter the Ninth Rank Arena.]
[Reason for permission loss: Comprehensive combat power exceeds the specified upper limit of the Ninth Rank Arena.]
[Detected that your brand level is lv.84, and after advancing to Ninth Rank, you have only experienced one mission world progress. This brand level has permission to enter the Ninth Rank Arena.]
[Calibrating...]
[Calibration complete. You can be matched, but you cannot go to the Ninth Rank Arena to actively match opponents.]
[Method to match you: Random matching.]
[When an opponent challenges you, you will receive a corresponding prompt. As long as you are within Reincarnation Paradise, you can teleport to the arena venue from any location to complete the match.]
[Warning: Due to your excessively high comprehensive combat power and your reputation being -???, please do not humiliate or torment your opponents in the Ninth Rank Arena. Please ensure the duel remains in a normal combat state as much as possible.]
[Notice: Detected that you have four followers who will participate in the arena with you. Due to your excessively high comprehensive combat power, the arena balance mechanism has activated. Your followers will only enter as spectators to cheer for you.]
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Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao knew that his combat power had increased even more than estimated. This was without raising his blood energy, without mastering two Law Annihilation Passives, and without using three [First Generation Finger Bones] and two [Awakening Stones].
If he completed all these enhancements during the remaining stay time, his strength would definitely be pushed to the top tier of Ninth Rank.
Seemingly a surge in combat power, this was actually normal. Technique abilities, blood energy abilities, and Law Annihilation abilities were all strong in the later stages. Not to mention, Su Xiao was a Law Annihilation user with three Grandmaster abilities. If he didn't have this level of comprehensive combat power upon reaching Ninth Rank, what was the point of developing late-stage abilities?
The plan to go to the Ninth Rank Arena was forcibly aborted. The Void Tree prohibited Su Xiao from going there to bully the weak. But he wondered which lucky person would match with him.
Su Xiao planned to go back and sleep first. When he woke up, he would attend this time's Empty Seat Banquet. The Elemental Brew had been brewed quite well. This time, he could bring some to the Empty Seat Banquet for Tuanzhang, White Bull, Holy Maiden Seat, and others to taste.