Chapter 61: Invitation Letter
Between the choice of melee and ranged combat, Su Xiao did not hesitate long before choosing melee.
[Tip: Azure Shadow King ability has fully awakened.]
[Azure Shadow King: Lv.1 (Ultimate Skill)]
Skill Effect: Immediately consume 30% of maximum Mana Points to convert into Cyan Steel Shadow Energy, electrify it, and instantly envelop an area with a diameter of 1000 meters centered on you, dealing 5000 points of True Damage + 3% of maximum Health Points as True Damage, and guaranteed to trigger the "Soul Electrocution" effect, causing enemies to enter a state of body paralysis lasting 0.2 to 3 seconds.
Tip: If two enemies within this range are less than 5 meters apart, a Lightning Chain will be triggered. The Lightning Chain will bounce back and forth multiple times between the two enemy targets, each time dealing 5000 points of True Damage + 3% of maximum Health Points as True Damage (dealing a maximum of 25000 points of True Damage + 15% of maximum Health Points as True Damage to a single target).
Tip: Your Blade Demon Spirit can also serve as a target for Lightning Chain bouncing, bouncing with enemies and dealing double the Lightning Chain bounce damage to enemies (totaling 50000 points of True Damage + 30% of maximum Health Points as True Damage).
Tip: This ability has a cooldown of 10 natural days. If used at a shorter interval, it will place a huge burden on your body, leading to a permanent reduction in Stamina attribute.
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High damage + control, along with the speed of instant release, and more importantly, the development potential. The Lightning Chain formed by Cyan Steel Shadow Energy, no matter how you look at it, has great development potential.
Moreover, this is only the strength of Azure Shadow King at Lv.1. Su Xiao currently has 82 Law-Destroying Skill Points. As for whether to use Golden Skill Points to upgrade it later, he temporarily sets that aside. It is better to use Law-Destroying Skill Points to upgrade this ultimate move of the Law Destruction system, as the compatibility is higher. Previously, when this ability was not fully awakened, it didn't matter. Now that this ultimate move is fully awakened, it must be upgraded cautiously.
For Azure Shadow King, which increases by 1 level every 3 points, Su Xiao chooses to upgrade it by 20 levels. The remaining 22 Law-Destroying Skill Points are used to upgrade the Cyan Steel Shadow ability by 22 levels.
When the ability upgrade ends, Su Xiao's whole body is as if washed by water. It is not excruciating pain all over, but blue electric arcs surging through his body. This feeling is very much like training his body through this. It is likely that when the Azure Shadow King ability level is high enough, there will be other benefits. He checks the upgraded Azure Shadow King ability.
[Azure Shadow King: Lv.21 (Ultimate Skill)]
Skill Effect (Active): Immediately consume 30% of maximum Mana Points to convert into Cyan Steel Shadow Energy, electrify it, and instantly envelop an area with a diameter of 3000 meters centered on you, dealing 25000 points of True Damage + 4% of maximum Health Points as True Damage, and guaranteed to trigger the "Soul Electrocution" effect, causing enemies to enter a state of body paralysis lasting 0.2 to 3 seconds.
Tip: If two enemies within this range are less than 5 meters apart, a Lightning Chain will be triggered. The Lightning Chain will bounce back and forth multiple times between the two enemy targets, each time dealing 25000 points of True Damage + 4% of maximum Health Points as True Damage (dealing a maximum of 125000 points of True Damage + 20% of maximum Health Points as True Damage to a single target).
Tip: Your Blade Demon Spirit can also serve as a target for Lightning Chain bouncing, bouncing with enemies and dealing double the Lightning Chain bounce damage to enemies (totaling 250000 points of True Damage + 40% of maximum Health Points as True Damage).
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For each level Azure Shadow King ability is upgraded, it increases by 1000 points of True Damage. At first glance, this may not seem like much, but once the Lightning Chain of Azure Shadow King starts bouncing, the damage becomes absurd.
More importantly, this is only the strength of Azure Shadow King ability at Lv.21. If its level reaches Lv.50 or above, its strength will be even more astonishing.
Su Xiao raises his right hand, and with a crackling sound, a blue electric arc appears in his hand, gradually fading under his control. He has a feeling that if he is surrounded by a large group of elite enemies, using this ability, the continuously bouncing Lightning Chains would instantly annihilate a large number of powerful foes.
After upgrading the Azure Shadow King ability, Su Xiao uses the remaining 22 Law-Destroying Skill Points to upgrade Cyan Steel Shadow. At this stage, on the Awakening Stele, there are no more abilities worth mastering with Law-Destroying Skill Points. Moreover, during these two world progressions, he has successively mastered several Law Destruction system skills. It is better to first integrate the abilities he has mastered before considering others.
[Cyan Steel Shadow ability has been upgraded to Lv.84.]
[Cyan Steel Shadow: Lv.84 (Active/Passive Skill)]
Usage Condition: After activating the Cyan Steel Shadow ability, consume 720 Mana Points per minute.
Active Effect: Each melee attack burns 2280 Mana Points from the enemy (increased by 300 points) and deals True Damage equal to 1.8 times the burned Mana Points (base 4104 True Damage + Dragon-Slaying Flash increase 30% + Azure Shadow King increase 30% + Swift Shadow increase 40% = 8208 True Damage). The enemy will suffer intense pain from the Mana burn.
Defensive Form: Proud Song (Active), can generate crystals in any form to defend against enemy attacks. Crystal strength is proportional to the Mana Points consumed. Single Mana Point consumption cap is 10500 points (increased by 1000 points cap). Crystal layer defense rank +7 (increased by 2).
Combat Form: Shock Burst (Active), immediately consume 20% of maximum Mana Points, causing a Cyan Steel Shadow Energy shock burst effect centered on you, causing all enemies within 1500 meters to enter a state of body energy disorder, thereby entering a "Silence" state where active skills cannot be used for the subsequent 7 seconds.
Tip: This ability has a cooldown of 6 hours.
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The Cyan Steel Shadow ability is very important. Not only does it add high True Damage to normal slashes, but the Azure Shadow King ability's strength relies entirely on Cyan Steel Shadow Energy as its foundation. Simply put, Azure Shadow King is the advanced ultimate move of the Cyan Steel Shadow ability.
After upgrading the Cyan Steel Shadow ability, Su Xiao takes out a piece of "First Generation Finger Bone." Previously, using this item could increase the upper limit of the Cyan Steel Shadow ability. Although this would lower the level of the Cyan Steel Shadow ability, the current strength would not decrease at all. However, after using the "First Generation Finger Bone" last time, the Cyan Steel Shadow ability reached its limit.
[You have used the First Generation Finger Bone.]
[Your Mana Points have been permanently increased by 4500 points.]
Su Xiao checks his current Mana Points, which have reached 107048 points. Combined with nearly 500 points in the four main attributes and various X abilities, this is a solid Boss template.
Su Xiao checks his skill list. The "Blade Soul" ability he mastered long ago has been upgraded to its limit, reaching Lv.80. This ability is quite good. As long as the Blade Grandmaster level increases, this ability's level will follow. Unfortunately, its upper limit is somewhat low, only reaching Lv.80.
This ability mainly moderately increases the attack power of blade-type weapons and improves Willpower and Perception. At Lv.80, the derived characteristic allows Su Xiao's perception capture speed to increase by one-fifth, which is quite good.
Su Xiao takes out the three existing [Awakening Stones]. He hasn't used this ability to deepen the awakening of Law Destruction abilities before, not because he doesn't want to become stronger, but because he feels that before his body attributes reach a certain level, deeply awakening several Law Destruction abilities has a very high probability of sudden death. Now, this is no longer a problem.
Su Xiao prepares to first deeply awaken the "Undying Constitution" ability. This ability, when his Health Points drop below 50%, can massively increase his body defense based on the sum of his True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, and True Intelligence attributes multiplied by 0.5.
Calculated this way, it can increase his body defense by 976 points, which is simply invincible. In reality, any ability has its limits, and Law Destruction abilities are no exception. Therefore, the upper limit of this ability's body defense increase is 800 points, which is the current maximum bonus.
Four [Awakening Stones] float in front of him. Su Xiao grips one, takes a deep breath, and crushes the [Awakening Stone]. A surge of energy flows into his body. The next second, Su Xiao is sent to dreamland for the third time today.
Two hours later, Su Xiao sits up, gently rubbing his temples with one hand. The sleep quality today has been too good. He looks at the three [Awakening Stones] floating in front of him and then checks the "Undying Constitution" ability.
[Undying Constitution, X (Passive)]
Skill Effect: When your Health Points drop to 50%, based on your True Strength, True Agility, True Stamina, and True Intelligence attributes, "massively" increase your body defense.
Increase amount: True Strength + True Agility + True Stamina + True Intelligence, total sum × 0.5 (maximum increase of 800 points of body defense, has reached the limit bonus).
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The ability upgrade is not over yet. Su Xiao grips another [Awakening Stone]. This time, he upgrades "Adaptive Force." As he crushes the [Awakening Stone], a dark blue energy flows into his body. His eyes are tightly shut, veins bulge on his neck, and his skin begins to redden, even oozing blood beads. An hour later, he lets out a long breath. This time, he wasn't sent to dreamland but experienced the entire upgrade process of "Adaptive Force" while awake.
[Adaptive Force, X (Passive)]
Skill Effect: Based on enemy characteristics, increase 30 to 50 points of irreducible True Resistance!
Tip: "True Resistance" has absolute priority. Enemies cannot reduce this resistance through any means.
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After upgrading "Adaptive Force," two Awakening Stones remain. Su Xiao grips one of them. This time, he deeply awakens the "Slaughter Shadow" ability. The crystal arm's formation mainly relies on this ability, so it naturally needs to be upgraded.
As the awakening begins, Su Xiao feels as if all the cells in his body are in excruciating pain to the point of stillness, and this feeling persists, lasting over an hour before subsiding. He lets out a long breath and checks the "Slaughter Shadow" ability, only to find that it is in an unviewable, pending awakening state. It seems one Awakening Stone is not enough to fully awaken this ability.
Su Xiao calms his breath for a moment and chooses to grip the last Awakening Stone. The next second, this Awakening Stone sends him to dreamland.
Three hours later, Su Xiao sits up in bed. The sleep quality today has been truly too good. He checks the upgraded "Slaughter Shadow" and finds that this ability has changed to:
[Combat Prosthetic, X (Passive)]
Skill Effect 1: Increase Proud Song state intensity by 360%, crystal formation and attachment speed by 45%, and crystal stability significantly.
Skill Effect 2: If upper or lower limbs are missing (arms and legs), quickly form a Combat Prosthetic through Proud Song crystals to replace the missing limb function. The Combat Prosthetic can stably exist for 10 natural days.
Combat Prosthetic Strength: 55% restoration.
Combat Prosthetic Speed: 48% restoration.
Combat Prosthetic Touch: 18% restoration.
Combat Prosthetic Nervous System: 12% restoration.
Tip: During the existence of the Combat Prosthetic, the current Mana Points cap is reduced by 10% to 20% (depending on the number of Combat Prosthetics formed). The reduced Mana Points cap is used to stabilize and maintain the Combat Prosthetic. When the Combat Prosthetic is removed, the reduced Mana Points cap will immediately recover, but the equivalent amount of Mana Points will not be restored.
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These two Awakening Stones were well worth using. The enemies Su Xiao encounters in the mission worlds are getting stronger and stronger. Having an arm severed or a leg severely injured during battle is common. Previously, he used crystal arms or crystal legs as substitutes, but without a stable ability system, improvements in this area could only be developed bit by bit, with low efficiency.
Now, he finally has an ability in this area. The "Combat Prosthetic" ability not only enhances Proud Song crystals but also directly improves crystal arms and crystal legs. As for the restoration ratios of strength and speed for the Combat Prosthetic, it is easy to understand. It is calculated based on his current limb strength.
The strength of the Combat Prosthetic Left Arm is just over half of the original left arm, agility is only 48% of the original arm, and touch and nervous system are even worse, less than one-fifth of the original left arm. However, this is normal. The Combat Prosthetic is, after all, meant to compensate for missing limbs and is not qualified to replace the original arm. But in a life-and-death battle, having a substitute is still quite good.
The "Combat Prosthetic" ability can be upgraded. From X to X, it can be upgraded using Golden Skill Points. Su Xiao doesn't have many other things right now, but he has a lot of Golden Skill Points.
Su Xiao chooses to use 7 Golden Skill Points to upgrade the "Combat Prosthetic" ability. Normally, X abilities only require 6 to 7 Golden Skill Points to reach the X cap. But this time, after adding 7 Golden Skill Points, the "Combat Prosthetic" did not upgrade to X.
Noticing this, Su Xiao doesn't feel sorry for the Golden Skill Points. Even if this ability devours more Golden Skill Points, he is willing to invest. Therefore, he continues to add points. Perhaps because he is the creator, he adds a full 30 Golden Skill Points before the "Combat Prosthetic" ability upgrades from X to X.
[Combat Prosthetic, X (Passive · Limit Awakening State)]
Skill Effect 1: Increase Proud Song state intensity by 820%, crystal formation and attachment speed by 92%, and crystal stability significantly.
Skill Effect 2: If upper or lower limbs are missing (arms and legs), quickly form a Combat Prosthetic through Proud Song crystals to replace the missing limb function. The Combat Prosthetic can stably exist for 38000 natural days.
Combat Prosthetic Strength: 95% restoration.
Combat Prosthetic Speed: 93% restoration.
Combat Prosthetic Touch: 90% restoration.
Combat Prosthetic Nervous System: 85% restoration.
Tip: During the existence of the Combat Prosthetic, the current Mana Points cap is reduced by 5% to 10% (depending on the number of Combat Prosthetics formed). The reduced Mana Points cap is used to stabilize and maintain the Combat Prosthetic. When the Combat Prosthetic is removed, the reduced Mana Points cap will immediately recover, but the equivalent amount of Mana Points will not be restored.
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Although it still cannot compare to the original arm, as a substitute, this is already quite top-notch. Its strength can be seen from its existence duration.
The ability upgrade does not stop here. Su Xiao invests all his remaining Golden Skill Points into the Soul Severing Shadow ability. A surge of energy converted from Golden Skill Points begins to nourish the Soul Severing Shadow ability. This process takes over an hour to complete.
[Soul Severing Shadow: X (Active)]
Existing Soul Cores: Cyan Steel, Swift, Soul Sever, Blade Spirit, Thunderfall, Darkness.
Total Soul Core Slots: 6/12 (6 Soul Core slots occupied).
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The number of Soul Core slots has reached its limit. At this stage, Su Xiao is not yet ready to choose two or three Soul Cores for specialized development. Instead, he aims to master as many Soul Cores as possible to deal with various situations. After advancing to Supreme, he will consider specialized development of Soul Cores.
Su Xiao gets up and goes to the planting area. He sits under the Black Maple Tree, brewing a pot of Maple Tea with Eternal Spring water. Just then, the contact list of the Reincarnation Paradise mark flickers. After checking, Su Xiao has Bubu Wang and Baha go out to receive the visitor. Moments later, the door is pushed open, and Crystal Ji walks into the planting area.
Crystal Ji hangs her feather coat on the rack and sits down at the tea table. It can be seen that her complexion is somewhat pale, and the light in her eyes has dimmed a bit, yet she still maintains an expression that she is fine and doesn't need to be worried about.
"So, Elisa got hurt again?"
Su Xiao speaks. Usually, the one who comes to deliver Soul Coins should be Elisa, also known as Boiling Red. But both last time and this time, it was Crystal Ji who came.
"Yeah, she's badly hurt. But she's also lucky, at least someone cares about her. Unlike me, even if I'm injured, I still come to see you."
After Crystal Ji says this, she sighs softly, her breath like orchid. She picks up the Maple Tea and takes a light sip. Although she feels a sense of comfort throughout her body, she still maintains an air of melancholy and elegance.
"So, is this why you instigated Black A to injure Boiling Red? Afterwards, you even paid her a large sum of Soul Coins out of your own pocket, telling her to rest well and not hold a grudge against Black A as her brother, right?"
"Cough~"
Crystal Ji chokes and coughs lightly. But who is she? She is the melancholy, elegant, sentimental, and pitiable Crystal Ji. Her eyes dodge a little as she quibbles, "I was also worried about her health. She was already injured, and she still had to deliver Soul Coins. And it's not like I instigated it. Who knew Black A would be so impulsive? I only said a few words, and he made a move."
Hearing this, Baha on the side raises a wing. It wants to say a few words but doesn't know what to say. It can be said that the only one who can render Baha, the Grandmaster of Trolling, speechless is Crystal Ji.
Facing the disaster-level beauty Crystal Ji, she glances at Su Xiao and feels that this excuse won't work. So she changes her strategy and says, "My world is all about you, but you don't want to look at me more. Sigh~"
Crystal Ji takes a small, melancholic sip of tea, looking pitiable.
"..."
Su Xiao gently rubs his temples with one hand and says nothing. Baha on the side scratches its head with its wing, looking particularly confused, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Seeing this, Crystal Ji, though still appearing pitiable, secretly smiles in her eyes. She has finally managed to handle this matter. She knows that once the man opposite her starts investigating some matters in the World of Paintings, she will be in trouble.
"By the way, there's something serious I need to tell you."
Crystal Ji's expression turns serious, but then she hesitates to speak.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
"Alright. We went to the World of Paintings this time, and the Sea God Temple there had some conflict with us. So I had to use some means to protect myself. As a result, the high-ranking members of the Sea God Temple weren't united. They... hmm... had conflicts among themselves. Because of this, the Sea God Temple seems to be on the verge of collapse. Is that okay?"
Crystal Ji's words are typical of putting a positive spin on things. A direct translation would be: The mining team had a conflict with the Sea God Temple in the World of Paintings. Then, somehow, Crystal Ji joined the Sea God Temple, sowed discord within this faction, causing its high-ranking members to suspect and oppose each other, eventually leading to a chaotic melee. And as one of the strongest factions in the World of Paintings, once the Sea God Temple starts fighting, other worlds can't stay out of it.
Don't be fooled by Crystal Ji's delicate and melancholic demeanor in front of Su Xiao. Her danger level is sometimes not below Black A's. However, unlike the rebellious Black A, Crystal Ji's loyalty to Su Xiao is relatively high, reaching 92 points out of a full 100. As for Boiling Red, this biological daughter is at least 99 points.
"It's fine. Just don't go provoking the Sun God Church."
"Why?"
"They won't give you a chance to speak."
"Hmm, I understand."
Crystal Ji answers with rare seriousness. She is indeed afraid of this. If the other party doesn't give her a chance to speak, her high True Charm attribute would be useless.
Su Xiao has Bubu Wang go to the Alchemy Laboratory. Soon, Bubu brings an exquisite wooden box and places it beside Su Xiao. He puts it on the table, opens it, and pushes it forward. Inside are over a dozen permanent enhancement potions, causing Crystal Ji's thin lips to slightly curl into a graceful arc.
"These... are they really for me? Can I take them all?"
Crystal Ji speaks with a slightly panicked and flustered tone. Seeing this, Su Xiao's eyes narrow slightly. The Crystal Ji opposite immediately returns to normal and puts away the exquisite wooden box. She knows that if she continues to maintain this pitiable state, she will be dealt with. But she has a good sense of proportion and says, "The total value of this batch of minerals is 380,000 Soul Coins. I had the Shadow Merchant Guild sell them through auction, netting a total of 470,000 Soul Coins. After deducting the 10% share for Elisa and the others, there are 423,000 Soul Coins left. They are all here."
Crystal Ji places down the Soul Coin savings card, pushes it in front of Su Xiao with one hand, and then sits respectfully. When dealing with serious matters, Crystal Ji knows her limits.
Su Xiao divides this Soul Coin savings card into four parts. Kaisa gets 20%, the Toad gets 10%, and the Storm Rat gets 10%. He sends the Soul Coins via mail.
Su Xiao's profit is 235,000 Soul Coins, which is 50% of the total profit this time. This was the profit-sharing ratio agreed upon earlier. He never has the habit of hogging everything. Hogging everything feels good for a moment, but it's a case of eating your fill today and having nothing tomorrow. On the contrary, if everyone profits, the mining team can be maintained well.
As for Crystal Ji's share, as the Northern Border Princess with shares in the Shadow Merchant Guild, she doesn't care about this profit share. She cares about whether it's interesting and, while being interesting, having a backing. And Su Xiao is her backing.
After Crystal Ji leaves, Su Xiao contacts the Shadow Merchant Guild. Shadow No. 6 promises to gather 7 Origin-level longswords within two days. In reality, Shadow No. 6 doesn't take that long. Just over 20 hours later, the other party has gathered 7 Origin-level weapons.
There are 5 full-rating Origin-level longswords and 2 Origin-level longswords with ratings above 2900 points. This is slightly higher than the original price, totaling 700,000 Soul Coins, with a discount of 10,000 Soul Coins.
Su Xiao transfers 700,000 Soul Coins to Beini. Beini, who is in the Great Gathering Place, completes the transaction with Shadow No. 6. Then, the 7 Origin-level longswords are all stored in the team storage space.
The 7 Immortal-level weapons previously drawn from the "Weapon Box" have also been sold by Beini. Including these Soul Coins, Su Xiao currently has 116,000 Soul Coins. But after deducting the cost of manufacturing 3 "Sun Holy Swords" and the expenditure of over 100 bottles of "Vitality Essence," only 16,000 Soul Coins remain.
When he first returned to Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao had a huge sum of over 3 million Soul Coins. But now, the Soul Coins are almost gone. The feeling of never having enough Soul Coins has returned. Fierce Man and Solomon are also very familiar with this feeling.
Su Xiao draws Dragon-Slaying Flash from its sheath and places it on the wooden table. He then arranges twelve Origin-level longswords, including [Dragon Slayer] and [Soul Sever], in order. He activates the Supreme Blade ability. A black iron sand-like substance emerges, enveloping the twelve longswords, including [Dragon Slayer].
Accompanied by a crackling sound, a strand of crystal-clear crystal fragments spreads out from the black iron sand. This is the essence of the twelve Origin-level weapons, now all absorbed by Dragon-Slaying Flash.
Dragon-Slaying Flash's Blade Value continuously increases, not stopping until it reaches 100%. Ultimately, the Blade Value reaches 120%, reaching its limit. Dragon-Slaying Flash's attributes become unviewable, and the upgrade begins.
Su Xiao goes to the Alchemy Laboratory and begins manufacturing "Sun Holy Swords" and recovery potions, preparing for the next world progression. After completing all this, he takes out [Blood Feather] and the [Scarlet Amplifier] and [Blood Fragment · Unique] obtained this time in the Eternal Light World. These two items have a high compatibility with Blood Feather.
Su Xiao picks up the [Blood Fragment (Unique)]. This was obtained from killing the Scarlet Monarch, and its rank can be imagined. He touches Blood Feather with this Blood Fragment. With a hum, a blood-colored wave spreads out.
[Yes/No to use Blood Fragment · Unique to upgrade the Overlord Equipment · Blood Feather. This compatibility exceeds 95%. The upgrade is guaranteed to succeed and will bring a massive enhancement to Blood Feather.]
Su Xiao weighs the options. Although Blood Feather's attributes are decent, he hasn't used it for several worlds. It indeed needs to be strengthened. Moreover, as equipment that requires negative Charm to use, Blood Feather is worth investing resources in.
After choosing to upgrade Blood Feather, Su Xiao takes out [Origin Stone · World]. This Origin Stone is covered in a layer of faint light, and the cracks inside are already very faint. It seems it won't be long before the fusion is complete, restoring this Origin Stone to its full state.
[Dragon-Slaying Flash has been promoted to Immortal Rank.]
[Dragon-Slaying Flash]
Origin: Shadow of Law Destruction.
Quality: Immortal Rank.
Category: Longsword.
Durability: 940/940 points (increased by 150 points).
Attack Power: 806~933 (increased by 90~95 points).
Equipment Requirement: Shadow of Law Destruction.
Base Bonus: True Damage dealt by Cyan Steel Shadow Energy increased by 30%.
Supreme Blade Effect 1: Sharpness +1562 points (increased by 500 points).
Supreme Blade Effect 2: Demon Blade (Core · Active), after activating the Blade Demon Spirit, when attacking an enemy unit with less than 30% of its total Health Points, this unit can be executed.
Tip: After successfully executing an enemy, the Blade Demon Spirit will enter a dormant phase.
Current Demon Spirit Strength: 410 points.
Inlay Effect: 0/3 slots.
Rating: 6950 points (this weapon's rating is 3000~10500 points).
Description: Slay gods and punish evil, sever souls and execute the wicked, seal demons in the blade, slay the immortal and undying!
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Dragon-Slaying Flash's rating surprises Su Xiao quite a bit. But he then realizes that the previous times when the Blade Demon Spirit devoured the essence of the Indestructible Abyss Spawn brought bonuses to Dragon-Slaying Flash. The prompts at that time were:
[The maximum quality cap that Dragon-Slaying Flash can reach is permanently increased by 5% (including Supreme Blade bonus, total increased by 65%).]
[The maximum quality cap that Dragon-Slaying Flash can reach is permanently increased by 10% (including Supreme Blade bonus, total increased by 75%).]
Now it seems that this bonus takes effect at the Immortal Rank, giving Dragon-Slaying Flash a rating cap of 10500 points.
If he continues to use the Blade Demon Spirit to devour the essence of Indestructible Abyss Spawn a few more times, will the maximum quality cap that Dragon-Slaying Flash can reach become 100%? If so, Dragon-Slaying Flash's rating cap would reach 12000 points. What kind of change would that bring to Dragon-Slaying Flash's quality?
At this stage, the rating cap is high enough, but Dragon-Slaying Flash's current rating is 6950 points. As for how to increase this rating, the method is clear: use the Supreme Blade ability to have Dragon-Slaying Flash devour enough Immortal-rank blade-type weapons.
In fact, devouring sword-type weapons is also possible, but the rating increase is far less than devouring blade-type weapons of the same quality. Therefore, even if he obtains an Immortal-rank sword-type weapon in the future, it's best to sell it and use the Soul Coins obtained to acquire a blade-type weapon. This offers better cost-effectiveness.
After Dragon-Slaying Flash was promoted to Immortal Rank, there is no longer a concept of devouring weapons of the same quality to gain Blade Value. Now, Dragon-Slaying Flash is stronger and more straightforward, directly devouring weapons of the same quality to become stronger. How many longswords of the same quality are needed to reach the current full rating is unclear, but it should not be a small number.
The upgrade costs for the three Technique Grandmasters, the three high-level passives corresponding to the three Technique Grandmasters, and the promotion of Dragon-Slaying Flash to Immortal Rank are all huge expenses. Su Xiao, who had just felt wealthy, suddenly feels that neither Soul Coins nor Space-Time Power is enough.
For now, he sets these aside. The banquet at the Gluttony Castle is about to begin. It's time to use the two [Banquet Invitations] obtained to attend this banquet with Xia.
At this banquet, besides enjoying exquisite delicacies and tasting the highlight dish, he can also strengthen his own Primordial Life Force. Simply put, it's equivalent to a 1% increase from a "Primordial Potion."
For others, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For Su Xiao, it is even more important because there are very few ways to enhance Primordial Life Force. One way is through Primordial Potions brewed at the peak level of alchemy. Another is the highlight dish of the Gluttony Castle owner. Although the enhancement from this dish is far less than that of a Primordial Potion, the advantage is that this type of food enhancement can be done multiple times.
It is certain that the ingredients used for this delicacy must be extremely rare. Such materials generally cannot be exchanged using Reincarnation Paradise's authority. Most materials that can be exchanged with authority are common materials.
Su Xiao is not worried about this. Although the Goblin Merchant Guild is greedy, as their "Lifetime Platinum VIP," as long as he pays enough, the Goblin Merchant Guild will definitely solve this problem.
Currently, the enhancement Su Xiao can achieve through "Primordial Potions" has reached its absolute limit. The only known means to further enhance Primordial Life Force is this delicacy from the Gluttony Castle. Although the enhancement from a single tasting is small, multiple tastings can bring multiple enhancements. Although there is still an upper limit, it is roughly equivalent to half the total enhancement of a "Primordial Potion," which is very considerable.
This is also why the owner of the Gluttony Castle releases [Banquet Invitations]. It's a way to whet the appetite. Once the diners experience the wonderful feeling of enhancing their own Primordial Life Force, the next time they want to taste this delicacy, they will be severely overcharged. The other party's greed is well-known.
The owner of the Gluttony Castle has survived to this day solely because of his status as a distinguished guest of Arcane Eternal Star. This is also why, when Su Xiao opened the [Soul Chest] obtained from killing Dean Gu Ya, he got two [Banquet Invitations]. Every time the Gluttony Castle owner holds a banquet, he gives a few [Banquet Invitations] to Arcane Eternal Star for free.
This information was personally told by the Irritable Little Elf (Bao Zao Xiao Jing Ling) Diagu. Although this guy has many flaws, he is very trustworthy when it comes to information. Moreover, Diagu knows many secret pieces of information.
As for whether he will be ambushed by Arcane Eternal Star when going to the Gluttony Castle this time, there is no need to worry. The Nether Land where the Gluttony Castle is located is a neutral area, certified by the Void Tree. Under the Void Tree's certification, no one can use force or attempt to harm others here.
Attending this banquet with Xia is particularly important. Su Xiao needs to eat this delicacy regularly, while Xia wants to master the cooking method of this delicacy. Both parties have the same goal. Fortunately, there are two [Banquet Invitations].