Chapter 9: Soul Core Extraction (Advanced · Passive): Upon mastering this ability, one can ensure the lossless extraction of one Soul Core. After completing the Soul Core extraction, this ability will be consumed.
Tip: This ability can be mastered up to six times.
Tip: Each time this ability is mastered, 10 Law-Destroying Skill Points must be paid.
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There were many advanced Law-Destruction Faction abilities, but only six were highly compatible with Su Xiao, all of which were Soul Core abilities of Soul Severing Shadow. It was worth noting that among these five Soul Core abilities, "Soul Core Enhancement" was developed by Green Gillian.
The reason for paying extra attention to this was that Green Gillian was different from other Soul Severing Shadows. When other ancestral Soul Severing Shadows developed abilities, they adhered to the principle that as long as there was a high probability of not dying suddenly during the process, it was within acceptable limits.
Green Gillian's approach to developing abilities was: if there was a 30% chance of not dying suddenly, then give it a try—tense and exciting. A thirty percent success rate was considered not low in this guy's eyes.
"Nourishing · Soul Core," "Soul Core Expansion," and "Soul Core Enhancement" were all must-learn abilities. However, they couldn't be endured yet; at the very least, after breaking through the 300-point attribute barrier, these abilities could be mastered.
Currently, there were two types of Soul Cores that could be mastered: "Dark · Soul Core" and "Thunderfall · Soul Core." The former greatly increased health points, provided exceptionally exaggerated physical strength, and improved Abyss Resistance, but it wasn't a combat Soul Core; it was a functional Soul Core.
When delving deep into heavily Abyss-eroded areas, switching to this Soul Core was a decent choice. Although the ability to handle breakthrough situations sharply decreased, entering such Abyss-eroded zones caused health points to continuously drop. In some areas, healing was completely suppressed, meaning abilities or potions couldn't restore health points.
Under such circumstances, switching to "Dark · Soul Core" was the best option. It seemed that the ancestral Law Destroyer who developed this Soul Core had this purpose in mind. Therefore, even though this Soul Core had an unavoidable strong slowdown effect, it was inscribed on the Awakening Stele.
Su Xiao's Soul Severing Shadow ability still had two Soul Core slots left. He planned to master both "Dark · Soul Core" and "Thunderfall · Soul Core." As for Soul Cores, even if he didn't want them later, they could be extracted, at most consuming 10 Law-Destroying Skill Points to master the "Soul Core Extraction" ability. That ability could be mastered up to six times, which was fine since there weren't many types of Soul Cores.
In other words, the Soul Severing Shadow ability was used like this at the current stage: master more Soul Cores to handle various situations. When reaching the Supreme Strong stage, one would start using the "Soul Core Extraction" ability to remove existing multiple Soul Cores, eventually leaving 3 to 4 Soul Cores, and then strengthen these few to the extreme.
A truly powerful Soul Core didn't just occupy one Soul Core slot. To date, the strongest "Soul Slash · Soul Core" occupied a full ten Soul Core slots. The stronger the Soul Core, the more Soul Core slots were needed to accommodate it.
Compared to mastering Soul Cores, Su Xiao decided to first master "Adaptive Force" and "Soul Electrification." After hesitating, he chose to master "Soul Electrification" first.
With the consumption of 10 Law-Destroying Skill Points, blue electric arcs surged on the Awakening Stele, rushing onto Su Xiao. At that moment, every hair on his body stood on end.
An hour later, Su Xiao, with scalding steam rising from his body, let out a long breath. It turned out that after mastering multiple Law-Destruction Faction skills, his resistance in this regard had skyrocketed. Although the process of mastering "Soul Electrification" was unforgettable, it didn't cause today's session to end abruptly.
Feeling his physique gradually "digesting" the "Soul Electrification" ability, Su Xiao was quite satisfied. After mastering "Adaptive Force" later, he would rest for a while. It was almost evening, so he could go to Xia's place for dinner.
Having made up his mind, Su Xiao chose to master "Adaptive Force," and the wonderful day came to an abrupt halt.
When Su Xiao opened his eyes again, it was already 8 a.m. the next day. Fortunately, after advancing to Ninth Rank, his stay time in Reincarnation Paradise had increased significantly; otherwise, he might have been directly teleported back to the Real World.
Leaning against the headboard, Su Xiao picked up the water glass on the bedside table and gulped down the entire glass. A feeling of being reborn made him let out a long breath. Mastering "Adaptive Force" yesterday was truly perilous; the sensation was comparable to mastering "Perfect Physique."
Checking the two newly acquired abilities, both were X. Among them, "Soul Electrification" had attributes identical to what was seen on the Awakening Stele, while "Adaptive Force" displayed more detailed attributes, as follows:
[Adaptive Force, X (Passive · Can be awakened at most once)]
Skill Effect: Based on the enemy's characteristics, increase 25 to 30 points of irreducible True Resistance!
Tip: "True Resistance" has absolute priority; enemies cannot reduce this type of resistance through any means.
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At first glance, this 25 to 30 points of True Resistance didn't seem like much, but it was the final barrier and the most reliable defense. No matter what means the enemy employed, they couldn't reduce Su Xiao's resistance to 0, let alone negative resistance.
When fighting against Ancient God System and Abyss System powerhouses, having resistance reduced to 0 points, or even -20 to -30 points, was commonplace. Fighting against Shenfu was even more absurd; resistance could be reduced to -150 to -180 points.
This time in Wind Sea Continent, Shenfu appeared to have lost completely, but this old guy actually had a trick up his sleeve. His deployments on the Tribal faction side had basically succeeded, a classic case of making a fortune in silence. As a result, this old guy's strength would also take a big leap forward, and his ability to reduce resistance should become even more absurd. Additionally, this guy had temporarily coexisted with the "Golden Holy Grail," which was even more absurd.
The "Golden Holy Grail" could spew out massive amounts of Divine Blood, and Shenfu had the ability to drink this Divine Blood to strengthen himself. It was imaginable how much his strength would grow by the next meeting.
However, now that Su Xiao had "Adaptive Force," he was completely unafraid of Shenfu's resistance reduction. Being reduced to only 25 to 30 points of resistance was the limit of what could be reduced. Of course, this didn't mean Shenfu should be underestimated. This old guy's methods weren't limited to resistance reduction, and compared to various bizarre abilities, Shenfu himself was actually more dangerous.
Su Xiao had seen powerful individuals who dared to resist Ancient Gods. Although not many, he had heard of over a dozen. But he had only seen one person who dared to spy on the power of Ancient Gods and successfully seize it—that old guy with slightly graying but neatly combed hair, dressed in clerical attire.
Checking the time, he had originally planned to go to Xia's place for a big meal. This trip to Wind Sea Continent had yielded many rare ingredients. But since it was still early, he would have this feast in the afternoon. After learning this news, Amu even skipped breakfast, saving himself for this gluttonous feast.
Su Xiao was about to get out of bed to take a shower and refresh himself when a notification suddenly appeared.
[Notification: The World Quest · Mark you completed has been settled, and the quest rewards are about to be distributed.]
Seeing this notification, Su Xiao remembered that the World Quest from Wind Sea Continent hadn't been settled yet. The previous notification said rewards would be distributed within five hours. But after he returned, not only had five hours passed, but fifty hours had gone by, and only now was it being settled.
Under normal circumstances, such notifications from Reincarnation Paradise were extremely accurate. The only reason for inaccuracy would be interference from other Paradise factions.
[According to the distribution contract you signed with other Hunters, you will receive 50% of the reward share for this World Quest. You have obtained the following quest rewards.]