Chapter 65: Basic Passive
Su Xiao paused the random drawing of Overlord Equipment. He was about to contact Kaisa when a thought suddenly occurred to him: even if he avoided drawing [Bloodthirsty Madness] this time, what would he do when drawing Overlord Equipment in the future?
Su Xiao could be certain that drawing [Bloodthirsty Madness] this time had nothing to do with luck or fortune. Drawing Overlord Equipment was indeed random, but it was a prioritized randomness. For example, out of a total of 10 pieces of equipment, the probability of him drawing a melee-type Overlord Equipment was definitely more than 10% higher than drawing an Overlord Bow or an Overlord Staff.
Drawing [Bloodthirsty Madness] twice in a row could only be due to one reason: his compatibility with this piece of Overlord Equipment was at least 95% or higher, leading to this situation.
Under normal circumstances, with such high compatibility, choosing [Bloodthirsty Madness] seemed like the best choice. However, Su Xiao had always been self-aware. He had heard Tuanzhang mention that back in the era when Tuanzhang was still growing stronger, this equipment was quite famous. Basically, whoever obtained it died. Don't overlook a very important point: Tuanzhang said it was exchanged in the Honor Shop. That meant everyone who had obtained this thing before were Hunters, but without exception, all the Hunters who obtained this equipment had died.
Su Xiao speculated that it was probably his own blood energy and his -19 point Charm attribute that caused his extremely high compatibility with [Bloodthirsty Madness]. Because the compatibility was too high, this thing kept being refreshed in the Honor Shop.
Su Xiao had an idea. He activated the Honor Shop but didn't check the item list. Instead, he searched through various permissions. Soon, he found a permission for the highest-level Honor Shop, a function similar to a history list.
Browsing through it, he saw items that had previously appeared in the Honor Shop, such as [Black Maple Tree · Leaf], etc. Before long, he found [Bloodthirsty Madness] in the list and attempted to exchange for it.
Su Xiao first contacted Kaisa, then exchanged 30 ounces of Space-Time Power for 3 Honor Medals in the Honor Shop. He then used these 3 Honor Medals to exchange for the [Bloodthirsty Madness], which was under multiple layers of sealing, from the history list.
Su Xiao hadn't exchanged for [Bloodthirsty Madness] with 10 maximum-sized [Overlord Essences] earlier, meaning he hadn't helped remove its layers of sealing. The [Bloodthirsty Madness] with layers of sealing only cost 3 Honor Medals to exchange, because this was the strength level of a third-tier Overlord Equipment.
A ring that looked like it had been stained with blood appeared in front of Su Xiao. He snapped it into a sealing box, stood up, and left the room. As soon as he exited his Exclusive Room, he saw Kaisa with a sly grin on his face.
"My dear friend, do you have something to give to Kaisa?"
Kaisa rubbed his hands together with a shifty look, full of anticipation.
"A ring. This ring is somewhat dangerous..."
Before Su Xiao could finish speaking, the sealing box was already in Kaisa's hands. As Kaisa opened the sealing box, the [Bloodthirsty Madness] inside actually flew out on its own, heading straight for Su Xiao.
With a crisp clang, [Bloodthirsty Madness] was covered by Kaisa using the Abyssal Jar. After that, this guy left contentedly.
Su Xiao returned to his Exclusive Room, closed the door, sat on the sofa, and activated the last chance to draw Overlord Equipment. He was 100% certain that he wouldn't draw [Bloodthirsty Madness] this time.
[Randomly drawing...]
[Draw complete.]
[Drawn Full-Score · Overlord Equipment: Planet Breaker.]
[Planet Breaker]
Origin: Overlord Creature · Planet Breaker.
Quality: Overlord Rank.
Category: Combat Boots.
Durability: 580/580 points.
Equipment Requirement: Over 700,000 Health Points.
Equipment Effect: Star Breaker (Unique · Passive), uses your current maximum life force as the "Weight of Kick Techniques," "Super · Massively" increasing your kick technique damage.
Tip: This passive can be triggered once every 30 seconds, but for every 10% of health lost, this effect refreshes once.
Rating: 6000 points (Overlord Equipment rating is 1-6000 points).
Introduction: Equipment forged from the soul of a giant beast that shattered stars. If you are qualified to wear it, you will fall in love with this equipment.
Price: Cannot be sold.
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Su Xiao chose to equip [Planet Breaker]. He didn't feel that these combat boots provided a huge boost to him, or rather, top-tier equipment was like this; it wouldn't give a sudden, jarring feeling of improvement.
Su Xiao walked into a training room and stopped in front of a metal post. He focused his mind, gathered his energy, and then delivered a straight kick.
Boom!!
A loud noise rang out, and Su Xiao's ears briefly buzzed. He looked at the metal post he had just kicked. The metal post had disappeared. It wasn't on the opposite wall either, but he immediately noticed that the opposite wall had changed color, becoming the color of the metal post.
Approaching the wall, he pried off a piece of the metal wall skin and realized that the metal post from before, having withstood such terrifying kicking force, had slammed into this wall. Because the walls of the Exclusive Room were certified by Reincarnation Paradise and were in an indestructible state, the metal post, carrying its terrifying kinetic energy, had been evenly spread across this wall.
Su Xiao was quite satisfied with the power of this Overlord Equipment. As for its exaggerated increase in kick technique attack power, that was only natural. This thing used the user's total life force and converted it into the "Weight of Kick Techniques." In layman's terms, the higher Su Xiao's maximum health, the stronger his kick techniques. And he had 860,000 health points.
From his life-or-death battle with the old Beast King, where Su Xiao withstood so many hits without dying, and the old Beast King's expression of "How is this Law Destroyer still alive?" after cutting off the lower half of Su Xiao's body with one slash, one could see the value of 860,000 health points.
Just after testing [Planet Breaker], Su Xiao left the training room. He checked the resources he had exchanged from the Honor Shop earlier. In total, there were 2 [Primordial Fragments], 5 [Soul Supply Boxes (★★★)], 1 [Basic Passive Skill Scroll Chest], and a skill scroll [Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon].
These cost a total of 1110 ounces of Space-Time Power. He directly opened the 5 [Soul Supply Boxes (★★★)] and the [Basic Passive Skill Scroll Chest (Non-Tradeable)].
[You have obtained Soul Crystal Core × 100 pieces.]
[You have obtained Basic Passive · Power Source (Corresponds to True Strength attribute, this skill scroll can only be used by you).]
[Basic Passive · Power Source, Lv.1.]
Type: Basic · Passive Scroll.
Prerequisite: 5 Strength attribute points.
Skill Effect: Slashing force judgment rank +1.
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The bonus from [Basic Passive · Power Source] was very simple, but Su Xiao was not disappointed at all. On the contrary, he was very hopeful. While leveling up this ability, he hoped that no other bonuses would appear. It would be best if all the improvements and power of [Basic Passive · Power Source] from Lv.1 to X were concentrated on the "Slashing Force Judgment Rank."
Why was that? Because just over ten hours ago, Su Xiao had experienced the old Beast King's Blade Grandmaster skill.
The old Beast King's Blade Grandmaster, the sheer intensity of that one slash was unforgettable. If Su Xiao didn't have the "Perfect Block" ability, he wouldn't have been able to face the old Beast King head-on.
However, although the old Beast King's Blade Grandmaster ability was focused on the "Slashing Force Judgment Rank," that level 78 Blade Grandmaster didn't only have that bonus. The power of the opponent's Blade Grandmaster was also distributed across blade damage, technique ability bonuses, and strong super armor, among other aspects.
Of course, the old Beast King's blade technique was so fierce and powerful. The "Slashing Force Judgment Rank" was only one part of the reason. The opponent's strong super armor was also one of the core reasons for the ferocity of the blade technique.
Su Xiao was somewhat curious: if he raised [Basic Passive · Power Source] to X, could the Slashing Force Judgment Rank reach +10?
Even if it didn't reach +10, reaching +8 would greatly improve Su Xiao's blade technique in terms of ferocity and sense of power. In the future, when facing a powerful strength-type enemy, even if "Indestructible Shadow" hadn't been triggered, he could wield his blade with one hand and clash head-on with them.
Su Xiao used the skill scroll for [Basic Passive · Power Source] to master it. Then, he took out the [Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon] skill scroll and used it.
[You have mastered Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon.]
[Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon (Passive, X).]
Skill Effect 1: The overall strength of your Proud Song ability is increased by 20%.
Skill Effect 2: You can use the crystals produced by the Proud Song ability to construct adaptive weapons. The slashing force, blunt force, penetrating power, etc., of these weapons will be determined by your Soul Strength and maximum body energy.
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The process of mastering [Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon] was incredibly smooth. The reason was that to master this ability, one first had to train in semi-solidifying body energy, meaning turning the released body energy into crystals. Su Xiao had already achieved this point long ago. Not only that, but he had even developed the ultimate advanced version, the Spirit Shadow Thread.
Because of this, he mastered [Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon] very smoothly and didn't need much adaptation or training to obtain all the bonuses of this ability.
Because he had just killed the old Beast King, the Blade Demon Spirit was currently in a dormant state and couldn't be released, so he couldn't test [Soul Blade · Secondary Weapon] for now. Just then, his communication list flickered. Seeing this, he had Baha open the door.
Before long, a Northern Border Princess, Crystal Ji, wearing a feathered cloak, walked into the Exclusive Room. Hanging up her feathered cloak, she sat down opposite Su Xiao.
"Why didn't Alisa come?"
Su Xiao asked. The one who usually came to deliver the Soul Coin savings card should be Alisa, also known as Boiling Red. Among Black A, Sun Apostle, Crystal Ji, and Boiling Red, Su Xiao trusted Boiling Red the most. Or rather, Boiling Red was trustworthy.
"She got injured. It's all my fault; I underperformed during the cooperation."
Crystal Ji's eyes showed self-blame, giving off a pitiful vibe.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't say anything.
"Speaking of which, I'm also injured."
Crystal Ji spoke with a smile in her eyes.
"Mm, thanks for your hard work."
Su Xiao took out a bottle of Recovery Potion and placed it on the table.
"The total value of that batch of minerals is 330,000 Soul Coins. I had the Shadow Merchant Guild sell them via auction, and we got a total of 402,000 Soul Coins. After deducting the 10% share for Alisa and the others, 361,800 Soul Coins remain. It's all here."
Crystal Ji put down the Soul Coin savings card, still smiling. She didn't stay long and left, clearly curious about the sights within Reincarnation Paradise. Su Xiao didn't know what permissions Kaisa and the other two had used to allow Crystal Ji and the others to temporarily stay in Reincarnation Paradise.
Su Xiao split the Soul Coin savings card worth 361,800 into four cards. For this profit, Kaisa got 20%, the Toad got 10%, and the Storm Rat got 10%. He sent the Soul Coins to them via mail.
Su Xiao took 50% of the profit, which was a total of 201,000 Soul Coins. The mining team's profits were quite substantial. Additionally, Beini sold some items Su Xiao didn't need, bringing his current Soul Coins to 586,418.
Su Xiao took out the 7 pieces of [Divine Bone (Origin Rank)] he had and combined 6 of them into two [Miracle of the Divine].
[Miracle of the Divine]
Quality: Origin Rank.
Usage Effect: Using this item can upgrade an Immortal Rank piece of equipment to Origin Rank.
Tip: Only some high-potential equipment can undergo this upgrade.
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The equipment that could be upgraded were [Berg Heart] and [Killing Instinct]. After attempting to use [Miracle of the Divine] on them, Su Xiao learned that upgrading these two pieces of equipment to Origin Rank was their limit.
After choosing to upgrade, the [Miracle of the Divine], like golden resin, enveloped these two pieces of equipment. Then, Su Xiao took out the [Eternal Life Source] he had obtained this time. A total of 12 [Eternal Life Sources] were laid out in front of him, varying in size.
[Eternal Life Source: Can be absorbed without risk, greatly replenishing Primordial Life Force (if there is no loss of life force, it can permanently increase 7500-9000 Health Points. By absorbing Eternal Life Sources, a maximum of 42000-50000 Health Points can be permanently increased. The bonus gained will vary depending on the user's physique).]
Su Xiao picked up 6 [Eternal Life Sources]. He didn't absorb them directly but went to the Alchemy Laboratory. As an Alchemy Master, directly absorbing this unique treasure from the Wind Sea Continent would be a terrible waste.
An hour later, Su Xiao drank the half-bottle of potion in his hand. He poured the remaining half into a metal tank filled with a high-temperature solution. Then, he soaked himself in it. The feeling of his life force slowly increasing was pleasant. Before long, he fell asleep.
When Su Xiao woke up, the solution in the metal tank had already cooled. He got up, went to the planting area to take a cold shower, and then ate some breakfast that Beini had left. While eating, he checked the notifications that had appeared while he was asleep.
[Tip: Your Health Points have been permanently increased by 61,000 points.]
The feeling of having a chunk of life force increased was very good. Su Xiao didn't plan to use the remaining 6 [Eternal Life Sources] for now. He had quite a few ways to improve his Cyan Steel Shadow ability. These 6 [Eternal Life Sources] had other uses, and their value might be incredibly high.
Su Xiao took out all the Soul Crystal Cores he had. One of the delicate wooden boxes was returned by the Saintess Seat. Including these Soul Crystal Cores, he now had 760 Soul Crystal Cores.
It seemed like a lot, but for upgrading Blade Grandmaster, Melee Grandmaster, and Blood Spear Grandmaster, these 760 Soul Crystal Cores were far from enough. Although Blood Spear Grandmaster could be upgraded through the Devouring Breath ability, he was about to max out a type of "Basic Passive." He was very short on Soul Coins recently, and since he had a relatively abundant supply of Soul Crystal Cores, it was safer to use Soul Crystal Cores for the upgrade.
Su Xiao used his permissions to inquire about the cost of upgrading Blade, Melee, and Blood Spear Grandmasters to Lv.80. The result was that upgrading from Lv.79 to Lv.80 required Primordial Fragment × 3 + Soul Crystal Core × 100 pieces + 12,000 Soul Coins.
Calculating this way, upgrading Blade, Melee, and Blood Spear Grandmasters all to Lv.80 would require a total of 9 Primordial Fragments, 1,900 Soul Crystal Cores, and 136,800 Soul Coins. This outrageous resource consumption didn't seem like something a Ninth Rank contractor should be doing.
In fact, Su Xiao's guess was correct. Upgrading technique abilities to Lv.80 was indeed not something a Ninth Rank contractor should do. This was the resource consumption one would face after advancing to Absolute Strength.
He was still short over 1,000 Soul Crystal Cores. Fortunately, he had 32 [Soul Crystals] on hand, so this wasn't a problem. He contacted the Goblin Merchant Guild. When they learned he was exchanging [Soul Crystals] for Soul Crystal Cores, they immediately became very enthusiastic.
In the end, Su Xiao exchanged 10 [Soul Crystals] for 1,190 Soul Crystal Cores. Last time, the exchange rate was 1 to 120; this time, it dropped to 1 to 119. Su Xiao wasn't surprised by this. The Goblin Merchant Guild was like that; they never hid their greed, but in return, they were very efficient.
10 minutes later, a member of the Goblin Merchant Guild found Beini at the Great Gathering Place and completed the transaction.
Su Xiao took out a sealed box from the team storage space. Opening it, inside were neatly arranged Soul Crystal Cores. It was time to upgrade the three technique abilities.
Su Xiao started with Blood Spear Grandmaster. He chose to directly upgrade Blood Spear Grandmaster to Lv.80.
[To upgrade Blood Spear Grandmaster to Lv.80, you need to consume Primordial Fragment × 3 + Soul Crystal Core × 700 pieces + 49,800 Soul Coins.]
Su Xiao chose to upgrade. The next second, the several hundred Soul Crystal Cores around him and the 3 Primordial Fragments shattered, turning into a massive surge of pure soul energy. At the same time, guided by three small streams of Primordial Force, they surged into his body.
At that moment, Su Xiao felt everything around him turn pitch black. The darkness was so thick that he couldn't extend his perception. Time passed like this, second by second.
With a splash, Su Xiao sank into water. Strangely, once in the water, he found that his surroundings had a faint glow, and he didn't suffocate in this water.
Sinking all the way to the bottom, Su Xiao saw rows of metal pillars ahead, each as thick as a bucket. This was a huge prison.
In the dark prison ahead, a pair of beastly eyes opened. Just by looking at these eyes, one could imagine the enormous size of this giant beast. The next moment, a large amount of Primordial Blood Energy was drawn out of the prison and surged into Su Xiao's left arm, being seized by him. The blood beast in the prison didn't roar; it just stared at Su Xiao, then grinned, revealing its sharp fangs.
Boom!
Everything around quickly receded. The water, the prison, everything was pulled away. In front of him were two blood-colored stone tablets.
The left blood-colored stone tablet was covered in patterns. Su Xiao pressed one hand on it and found that this was a branch of Blood Spear Grandmaster, which could enhance all the characteristics of Blood Spear Grandmaster.
Su Xiao looked at the right blood-colored stone tablet. This tablet had no ornate patterns, only a vertical blood spear imprint. He raised his hand and pressed it on it, feeling that this was also one of the branches of Blood Spear Grandmaster, but it would make Blood Spear Grandmaster stronger in a more focused way.
He didn't need the flashiness and diversity of Blood Spear Grandmaster, so he decisively chose the right blood-colored stone tablet. A large surge of Primordial Blood Energy rushed towards him.
Su Xiao opened his eyes, as if everything just now was an illusion. But he knew it wasn't, especially the blood beast. He had a vague premonition that in the future, he would have a life-or-death battle with that blood beast.
[Blood Spear Grandmaster has been upgraded to Lv.80.]
[Because you chose the development direction of Blood Spear Grandmaster as "Focus," you can now strip three to four "Passive" characteristics from the current Blood Spear Grandmaster ability, making them independent abilities that appear in your blood energy skill list (the number that can be stripped depends on the strength of the chosen ability).]
[Tip: Die and Survive (Passive) has been stripped from the Blood Spear Grandmaster skill and appears as an independent ability characteristic in your blood energy skill list.]
[Tip: Blood Soul Resonance (Passive) has been stripped from the Blood Spear Grandmaster skill and appears as an independent ability characteristic in your blood energy skill list.]
[Tip: Blood Soul Cohesion (Passive) has been stripped from the Blood Spear Grandmaster skill and appears as an independent ability characteristic in your blood energy skill list.]
[Blood Spear Grandmaster has shifted towards a Focus tendency.]
[Blood Spear Grandmaster upgrade complete.]
[Blood Spear Grandmaster: Lv.80 (Passive)]
Skill Effect: Blood energy attack power increased by 827%, body energy control greatly improved (Cyan Steel Shadow/Blood Energy).
Blood Energy Intensity: 215 points.
Lv.10 Ultimate Ability: Killing Spear Blade (Passive), Blood energy damage rank +0.5.
Lv.20 Ultimate Ability: Ruthless Spear Blade (Passive), Blood energy damage rank +0.5.
Lv.30 Ultimate Ability: Iron Blood Spear Blade (Passive), Blood energy damage rank +1.
Lv.40 Ultimate Ability: Blood Spear Blade (Passive), Blood energy damage rank +1.
Lv.50 Ultimate Ability: Judgment Spear Blade (Passive), Blood energy damage rank +1.
Lv.60 Ultimate Ability: Lonely Shadow Spear Blade (Arcane Rank · Passive), Blood energy damage rank +2.
Lv.70 Ultimate Ability: Soul Controlling Spear Blade (Arcane Rank · Passive), Blood energy damage rank +3.
Lv.80 Ultimate Ability: Scarlet Spear Blade (Arcane Rank · Passive), For each rank increase in Blood energy damage, Blood energy attacks ignore 7% to 8% of the enemy's total defense (currently can ignore 7% to 80% of the enemy's total defense).
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Many characteristics of Blood Spear Grandmaster had disappeared. The original characteristics were moderate-strength life recovery suppression, true bleeding, etc. Now, they had been replaced by more focused and powerful bonuses.
Su Xiao didn't choose this because those abilities were useless. At the Eighth Rank, abilities like true bleeding were very useful and were a major help in his combat system.
The problem was that as his strength continued to increase, those ability characteristics gradually became less practical. Or rather, the enemies he encountered now were getting stronger and stronger, and those originally powerful abilities were no longer cutting it.
However, among the original abilities of Blood Spear Grandmaster, there were also very powerful ones, such as "Die and Survive," "Blood Soul Resonance," and "Blood Soul Cohesion." The first was one of Su Xiao's core combat abilities. The second could reduce the difficulty of upgrading Blood Spear Grandmaster. The last was a blood soul enhancement, and practice had proven this ability to be very effective.
Su Xiao checked these three independently separated abilities. They were all X rank, unable to be upgraded independently, but they would improve as Blood Spear Grandmaster was upgraded.
After meditating for a while, once his aura stabilized, Su Xiao began to upgrade his Melee Grandmaster ability.
[To upgrade Melee Grandmaster to Lv.80, you need to consume Primordial Fragment × 3 + Soul Crystal Core × 600 pieces + 43,500 Soul Coins.]
Su Xiao chose to upgrade. The next second, the Primordial Fragments and Soul Crystal Cores shattered, turning into energy that surged into his body. This time, he didn't see any visions. Instead, he felt a faint tingling sensation all over his body. The tingling grew stronger and stronger until a wave of intense pain invaded him.
Su Xiao was extremely calm about this. After undergoing multiple Law Destruction ability baptisms, his resistance in this area was very strong. So, for the several hours of the upgrade, he meditated while stabilizing his own physical condition.
[Melee Grandmaster has been upgraded to Lv.80.]
[Melee Grandmaster: Lv.80 (Passive)]
Skill Effect: During melee combat, kick technique attack power increased by 970% (increased by 18%), Base · Nerve Reflex Speed +152 points (increased by 60 points), Base · Dynamic Vision +147 points (increased by 60 points), Physical defense and physical toughness increased by 45%, immune to all physical control effects derived from Strength and Agility attributes lower than your own (e.g., if frozen or bound, can instantly break free).
Lv.10 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Basic Enhancement (Passive)...
Lv.20 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique First Enhancement (Passive)...
Lv.30 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Second Enhancement (Passive)...
Lv.40 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Third Enhancement (Passive)...
Lv.50 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Fourth Enhancement (Passive)...
Lv.60 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Fifth Enhancement (Arcane Rank · Passive)...
Lv.70 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Sixth Enhancement (Arcane Rank · Passive)...
Lv.80 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kick Technique Seventh Enhancement (Arcane Rank · Passive): Kick technique attack judgment upgraded to "Flight Grade."
Flight Grade: Sufficient to directly shatter any Origin Rank defensive equipment, sufficient to cause severe damage to more than half of Eternal Rank defensive equipment. This is the exclusive rank for blunt attack judgments.
Warning: Hunters must not use "Flight Grade" attack judgments to attack any facilities within Reincarnation Paradise, otherwise, you will face extremely severe punishment.
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Compared to the many upgrades and retained abilities of Blood Spear Grandmaster, the upgrade of Melee Grandmaster seemed simple and straightforward. However, the warning at the bottom already indicated how much the "Straight Kick" move had improved.
Unfortunately, he couldn't match with any opponents in the Arena now. Otherwise, he would definitely go match with an opponent and give them a "Straight Kick" to test the power of this move.
He had enough resources left to upgrade Blade Grandmaster, but Su Xiao didn't choose to do it right now. Having just upgraded two technique abilities to Lv.80, the protective energy derived from his technique abilities within his body was fluctuating violently. He needed to stabilize it.
As a benefit, his "Perfect Block" could now block even more powerful attacks. Ultimately, "Perfect Block" was an advanced application of protective energy.
Su Xiao came to the room where the Awakening Stele was located. He pressed one hand on the Awakening Stele. Before drinking the Life Soul Potion yesterday, he had also used a [Revenge Soul] on the Awakening Stele to upgrade it. It hadn't finished upgrading yet.
Noticing this, Su Xiao left his Exclusive Room and headed straight for the Attribute Enhancement Hall. He skillfully found an Attribute Enhancement Pod and walked inside. The pod door closed behind him.
[Welcome to Attribute Enhancement Pod No. 1278.]
[Available True Attribute Points: 65 points.]
The allocation method was simple. His True Intelligence attribute was still 3 points short of 300 points. He consumed 2 attribute points to increase his True Intelligence attribute, thereby triggering the previously accumulated "Perfect Physique" effect, which would just be enough to increase his True Intelligence attribute by 3 points.
Hum~
The Attribute Enhancement Pod was activated. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the floor. This upgrade ended quickly. He checked his own information.
True Strength: 300 points
True Agility: 300 points
True Stamina: 300 points
True Intelligence: 300 points
Charm: -19 points
Luck: 66 points
Soul Strength: 800 points
True Willpower: 300 points
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Among these, the increase in Soul Strength was the largest. It was due to the Soul Secret Medicine he had drunk earlier, which had now fully taken effect. Seeing that the time was right, Su Xiao chose to claim a reward he had obtained earlier.
[You have claimed the Soul Trial Reward.]
[You have mastered a new ability: Soul Potential (Passive).]
[Soul Potential: X (Passive).]
Skill Effect: Each point of your Soul Strength permanently increases your Health Points by 100 and Mana Points by 30 (permanently increased 80,000 Health Points and 24,000 Mana Points).
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[Tip: Your Health Points have exceeded 1,000,000 points.]
[Because you have not yet consumed 5 "Initial Fragments" for the Absolute Strong advancement, your Health Points cannot temporarily exceed 1,000,000 points. After completing this advancement, this barrier will be automatically removed.]
Su Xiao encountered a problem that most Ninth Rank contractors wouldn't face: his Health Points had reached over 1,000,000 before he had even advanced to Absolute Strong. His current maximum Health Points were stuck at this barrier. Fortunately, it wasn't a big problem. His Health Points only exceeded the 1,000,000 barrier by 1,000 points.
Leaving the Attribute Enhancement Hall, Su Xiao walked towards the Skill Upgrade Hall. On the way, he took a stroll through the Trade Market but didn't find anything interesting.
Half an hour later, the pod door behind Su Xiao closed. He activated the Skill Upgrade Pod he was in and checked his own skill list. The ability he wanted to upgrade this time was clear: [Basic Passive · Power Source].
[To upgrade Basic Passive · Power Source Lv.1, you need to consume 1,000 Soul Coins (upgrade cost reduced by 20% through the Cycle · Glory Medal).]
The upgrade cost was very expensive. Su Xiao wasn't surprised by this. [Basic Passive · Power Source] could increase the "Slashing Force Judgment Rank."
Moreover, this was the last of the seven Basic Passives, so of course it was expensive. Once this ability was upgraded to X, Su Xiao would be able to master the final Basic Passive.
Su Xiao chose to directly max out [Basic Passive · Power Source] from Lv.1. With his current physique, this was naturally no problem. As his Soul Coins were rapidly consumed, the level of [Basic Passive · Power Source] continued to climb until he only had 19,618 Soul Coins left. This last Basic Passive was really too expensive to upgrade. Fortunately, he still had two batches of Soul Coins coming soon.
[Basic Passive · Power Source, X.]
Skill Effect: Slashing force judgment rank +8.
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Seeing this skill information, Su Xiao was in a good mood. The situation he was worried about didn't occur. All the power of [Basic Passive · Power Source] was concentrated on the "Slashing Force Judgment Rank."
A skill is like a bottle of water. How many types of bonuses it has is like how many cups there are. And you have to relatively evenly pour all the water into each cup. When there is only one cup, naturally, all the water can be poured into it.
Su Xiao currently had 9 Golden Skill Points. He used them to upgrade [Basic Passive · Power Source]. After consuming a total of 7 Golden Skill Points, the upgrade was complete.
[Basic Passive · Power Source, X.]
Skill Effect: Slashing force judgment rank +10.
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Just as Su Xiao finished upgrading [Basic Passive · Power Source] to max level, there was a change in his Basic Passive skill list. The seven Basic Passives were lined up side by side below, each extending a golden thread upwards. In the end, the seven golden energy threads all coiled around the topmost one, which was the final Basic Passive.
[Tip: All seven of your Basic Passive abilities have reached X. Your "Ultimate · Basic Passive" is about to awaken.]
[Before the "Ultimate · Basic Passive" awakens, you can decide the awakening direction of this ability based on your choice. You can choose one of the following "Ultimate · Basic Passives" as your "Ultimate · Basic Passive."]