# Chapter 3: Strange Crystal (Title Enhancement Type Item)
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Su Xiao didn't expect that performing an extreme tempering would actually come with an achievement reward. The trigger conditions for achievement-type judgments were generally related to Charm attributes. With his -21 point "generous" Charm attribute, being able to trigger one was actually strange. However, after thinking it over, he realized one thing — this achievement was the type that would trigger 100% as long as the conditions were met.
Su Xiao examined the [Miracle] title. Its attributes were as follows:
[Miracle (Sealed)]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise.
Quality: ★
Category: Title (Sealed, unusable state)
Title Effect 1: Nurture (Passive) — Through this title, you can temporarily envelop any held title and nurture it, transferring this title's current star rating to the enveloped title.
Tip: Activating this ability will consume this title.
Title Effect 2: Miracle (Passive) — Due to this title's characteristics, it can undergo unlimited tempering enhancement until reaching a nine-star title.
Tip: This title cannot undergo extreme tempering, otherwise it will immediately shatter.
Selling Price: Free trade state.
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The [Miracle] title's effects were quite good. If this title were raised to nine stars, he could choose any one title and, at the cost of consuming the [Miracle] title, raise it to nine stars.
Compared to that, the more valuable point about the [Miracle] title was that it could be traded. Did this mean Su Xiao could trade this title to A Duo'er, pay her some Space-Time Power, have her help raise it to nine stars, and then trade it back?
One had to understand, the difficulty of raising titles between him and A Duo'er was completely different. He needed 488,280 points of World Reputation to raise this title to nine stars. Conversely, if he paid A Duo'er 200-300 ounces of Space-Time Power, she could help raise it to nine stars. After all, it was a custom order, definitely more expensive than directly buying a nine-star attribute-less title.
Su Xiao chose to contact A Duo'er.
White Night: "A Duo'er, got a deal. Interested?"
Anonymous: "White Night big shot, you've got the wrong person. I'm not A Duo'er."
White Night: "Is that so? Then let's talk face to face."
Anonymous: "I'm not in Black Iron City. Already left."
White Night: "Third floor of the inn on 4th Street, second room past the corner."
Anonymous: "w(ﾟДﾟ)w"
White Night: "Let's talk in person."
A Duo'er: "Still... let's talk like this."
White Night: "Fine. [Miracle (One-Star Title)], raise this to nine stars. Name your price."
A Duo'er: "Eh~ Isn't this the achievement reward for the first 'Extreme Tempering'? White Night, you actually managed to hold off until now to use it? When I was at peak Eighth Rank, I couldn't resist and used this title up."
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Seeing this message, Su Xiao momentarily didn't know how to reply. After a few seconds, he responded:
White Night: "Less nonsense. Name your price."
A Duo'er: "260 ounces of Space-Time Power?"
White Night: "Deal. Come pick up the title."
A Duo'er: "Alright, but... who else is over there with you? If you don't mind, can you tell me? After all, not all the contractors qualified to cooperate with you will keep their promises like you do when it comes to sincere transactions. My combat power isn't even good in Ninth Rank worlds. Being inexplicably teleported to Eternal Light World, I really can't even beat the small monsters outside the city. Before, I joined a small team. Dozens of us teamed up and killed a super big boss, but it turned out to be a normal unit in Void Tree's judgment — a small monster. That was actually a small monster! We fought for over two hours!!"
It could be seen that being teleported to Eternal Light World had mentally broken A Duo'er. However, Void Tree wouldn't teleport her to a place of certain death. Her initial location was Black Iron City.
As for A Duo'er asking who Su Xiao was cooperating with, this was understandable. She was worried that after coming to where Su Xiao was, she'd be targeted by his teammates, killed, and have a Scarlet Card dropped. Actually, this was an implicit way of asking if they could trade at her location instead.
Su Xiao took out [Miracle], handed it to Bubu Wang, and had Bubu Wang go to A Duo'er's location. He continued examining the rewards from the achievement he'd just completed.
The second type of reward was quite practical — permanent free usage rights to Reincarnation Paradise's title tempering disc. As for the third reward [Strange Crystal], this thing was somewhat special.
[Strange Crystal]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise.
Effect: Use on any held title. Has a 1% probability of raising that title to nine stars.
Introduction: Perhaps good luck is just around the corner?
Selling Price: Cannot be traded (This item's characteristic has absolute priority).
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Su Xiao looked at the fist-sized multicolored crystal in his hand and only felt that this was a strange piece of trash. A 1% probability of raising a title to nine stars was simply too low. And getting Kaisa to manipulate it? That was even more impossible.
The item description contained the phrase "This item has priority," indicating the difficulty of manipulation was enormous. Items with the phrase "This item has high priority" meant there was almost no room for manipulation. As for items with the phrase "This item has absolute priority," Kaisa wouldn't even attempt to manipulate them — there was simply no room for operation.
Closing the prompt, Su Xiao examined the upgraded [Deep Blue Shadow] title.
[Deep Blue Shadow]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: ★★★★★★★★★
Extreme Tempering: Once.
Category: Title · Highly Rare.
Title Effect 1: Adaptive Power (Passive) — All damage tiers +2.
Title Effect 2: Deep Blue (Core · Passive) — Your overall body speed increases by 43.7% (This bonus is boosted by the Hunter's own True Agility attribute, with a base bonus of 20% + True Agility attribute × 6%. This enhancement has high priority).
Title Effect 3: Wrath Shadow (Core · Passive) — When fighting against World-Destroying level existences and Abyss System enemies, deals an additional 20% True Damage (Increased by 10%).
Introduction: This is the shadow of wrathful slaughter within the deep blue.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold.
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It was only the first "Extreme Tempering," yet the [Deep Blue Shadow] title's strength had doubled. He activated the tempering disc, once again set [Deep Blue Shadow] into it, then placed five nine-star attribute-less titles around it. A prompt appeared.
[Yes/No to proceed with this Extreme Tempering.]
[Remaining Extreme Tempering attempts: 4/5.]
[This is the second Extreme Tempering. Success rate: 80%.]
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Su Xiao decisively chose to abandon it. He stripped all titles from the tempering disc. Without 100% certainty of success, he wouldn't attempt it.
Equipping [Deep Blue Shadow], Su Xiao felt the title's power first gradually spread across his body surface, then enhanced every limb and joint.
Just then, Kaisa sent a message. The first half of the plan had succeeded. Shenfu had already brought Kaisa into Sanctuary City. In no time, he would be able to meet the Star Realm Devourer.
As for how to deal with the Star Realm Devourer, it naturally wasn't like dealing with the Ancestor — teleporting it away. The key to dealing with the Star Realm Devourer lay in the potion it was about to drink.
That potion was brewed by Su Xiao, a fine product among healing potions. However, during the preparation of this potion, Su Xiao added some liquefied Black Maple Tree branches. The reason for investing such costs was for the absolute conductivity and astonishing stability of Black Maple Tree output.
Before being added to the potion preparation, these liquid Black Maple Tree outputs had been stabilized into a small-scale spell formation. This spell formation's function was that upon restoration, it would become a spatial node.
After being added to the potion, these liquid Black Maple Trees were very stable. Moreover, with Su Xiao's level of alchemy, these liquid Black Maple Tree outputs were nearly completely dissolved into the potion — provided one didn't digest the potion.
It wasn't that Su Xiao underestimated the Star Realm Devourer. With the other party's understanding of alchemy, the probability of seeing through the potion's problem was extremely slim. As for having someone else drink it first, the potion had no toxicity. Besides, without the Star Realm Devourer's powerful physique, other people simply couldn't digest this custom-made potion.
When the Star Realm Devourer drank this potion and began digesting it, the digestive process would immediately cause the liquid Black Maple Tree in the potion to separate and attach to the inside of the Star Realm Devourer's stomach sac.
This wasn't any dangerous spell formation — just a spatial node. Moreover, it required Kaisa nearby to activate it with a corresponding artifact for this effect to be possible. Finally, it could only last for a few seconds.
Su Xiao's plan was to take advantage of these few seconds, using that spatial node as a coordinate, and through the Law-Destroying Teleportation Array, teleport the [Book of Original Sin] into the Star Realm Devourer's stomach sac. He didn't believe this World-Destroying level existence could withstand the [Book of Original Sin].