Chapter 2: Sacrificial Force (Passive): After selecting this trait, your combat body will undergo tremendous changes. Strength is reduced to 5 points, Stamina is reduced to 5 points, Agility is reduced by 30 points, Intelligence is reduced by 30 points, Movement Speed is reduced by 40%, Health Points are reduced by 100%, and during subsequent upgrades, your physical attributes cannot be improved in any way, only the enhancement of your body energy is retained.
Tip: After completing the above process, your body energy will represent your Health Points. When you are attacked, it will deduct body energy. When your body energy reaches zero, you will die. Furthermore, using an ability that causes your body energy to reach zero will also lead to death.
Tip: After completing this conversion, when you kill an enemy using your ultimate secret technique, Crystal Blazing Bloom, the life force left behind after the enemy's death will be absorbed by you and converted into body energy, immediately restoring 30% of your maximum body energy.
...
Without any need for consideration, Su Xiao decided to choose Sacrificial Force. He found a relatively safe spot, and just as he made his selection, his vision went dark. When he woke up, the sky was filled with stars. He checked his body attributes: Strength and Stamina had both become 5 points, while Agility and Intelligence were both 36 points. These physical attributes now displayed a diamond-like, resolute, and brilliant color, which also signified that these physical attributes of this combat body could no longer be improved.
The health bar had disappeared, leaving only a blue body energy bar. Given his current constitution, being attacked once would cost him a massive amount of body energy.
Compared to these costs, the trait of instantly restoring 30% body energy upon killing an enemy with his ultimate move was equally formidable. Returning to the previous rooftop, under the moonlight, he looked down at the fountain in the distance and noticed two figures standing near it. It was the Fire Brother and the Healer, Luo Luo. It seemed they were forced to guard the fountain out of desperation.
Su Xiao checked his current Golden Power. Reaching 100% would satisfy this round's requirement. He had already reached 170%. As long as he later consumed a piece of the Gluttony Lord's flesh, he could pass this round.
Going after the Gluttony Lord now was not a wise move. Su Xiao understood that his class system was too poor. What he should do instead was to upgrade his ultimate move to lv.10 as quickly as possible. Only the powerful qualitative change of a max-level ultimate could salvage this garbage class.
Having figured this out, Su Xiao went down the stairs without railings. After entering the central park, he approached the fountain openly. Seeing someone emerge from the woods, the Fire Brother and Healer Luo Luo near the fountain immediately became alert.
...
Slap!
A black flame orb slammed into Su Xiao's left shoulder, shattering his entire left arm and shoulder. Traces of energy burns appeared on the side of his face as well. He stumbled back two steps before crouching down, pressing one hand on the ground. A crystal bomb was set. His ultimate move, upgraded to lv.7, not only had an 80% faster release speed but also increased its range from 5 meters to 20 meters.
Su Xiao had a full 10,000 points of body energy. Such an attack was not enough to kill him. He stepped forward, and the next moment, an energy arrow shot off his right leg. He did not fall. Crystal spread out, forming a makeshift crystal prosthetic leg that, while not very flexible, could be used for walking. He took a step forward, and as his foot touched the ground, a crystal bomb was formed.
Seeing Su Xiao advancing step by step like an undying body, both the Fire Brother and Luo Luo decided to go all out and eliminate this formidable enemy as quickly as possible. At that moment, various crystal weapons—spike spears, longswords, halberds, and more—materialized above Su Xiao. After all, he was a ranged fighter, even if his range was only 50 meters.
Boom!
A longsword shot out, breaking through layers of air waves. The attack power and piercing force of this sword were 2% of Su Xiao's maximum body energy. With his 10,000 points of body energy, this represented an attack worth over 200 points of body energy, which was quite terrifying. The Fire Brother, who was level 5, had a maximum body energy of only 230 points.
Pfft!
The crystal longsword pierced through the Fire Brother's chest. Before he could react, dozens of various crystal weapons enveloped him and Healer Luo Luo.
How did Su Xiao defeat these two? Numerical suppression? Not entirely. Because the crystal bombs he created were invisible and camouflaged, at the current level of the combatants, it was basically impossible for them to detect them. This also meant that the Fire Brother and Luo Luo only knew one safe route; they dared not dodge too far away. In fact, their approach was correct. There were a total of 9 crystal bombs in the surrounding area, which Su Xiao had previously set.
This was also why Su Xiao did not choose to upgrade the Merciless Killing Avatar into a crystal version of the King's Treasure. This ability was too weak in melee combat. No matter how it was upgraded, the minimum range of 2 meters could not be resolved, and the Book of Original Sin did not enhance this ability.
Baha swooped down from above and said, "Boss, I found them. In the eastern area of the ruined city. They want to go after the Gluttony Lord. Looks like they want to end this round quickly."
...
Su Xiao walked in the direction Baha indicated. When he arrived at the destination, he saw an oval-shaped building covered in a large number of vines. This building was about a hundred meters tall, the tallest among the surrounding structures. On its front side was a hole over ten meters high, with vines hanging down from it.
Inside the hole, there was a heavy breathing sound. A giant beast was crouching in the darkness. This was the Gluttony Lord. Judging by the bloodstains scattered at the front of the building, someone had already attempted to challenge the first stage's boss, the Gluttony Lord, and had failed. They were probably off leveling up now.
Su Xiao walked toward the Gluttony Lord's lair. He still had 7 resurrection chances this round, and the first 5 could be used for probing.
Perhaps not expecting anyone to approach his lair so openly, the Gluttony Lord woke up, its two massive beast eyes fixed on Su Xiao.
Su Xiao glanced at the Gluttony Lord and tossed a large bone he had picked up along the way to it. The bone rolled into the lair and stopped in front of the Gluttony Lord's claws. The Gluttony Lord, possessing intelligence no less than a human's, was stunned, staring blankly at the bone.
Su Xiao took a few steps in front of the lair, setting a few crystal bombs with each step. Just by walking past, he had placed a total of 10 crystal bombs at the front of the lair.
Only then did the Gluttony Lord look at Su Xiao. Its beast eyes burned with extreme fury. It spat out a bloody crimson flame from its mouth, incinerating Su Xiao outside the lair into a skeleton until he turned to ashes. Even so, the Gluttony Lord raged inside its lair for a while before settling back to sleep. Perhaps the Gluttony Lord never realized that this was the most glorious moment of its beastly life—a single bloody flame breath that killed the Law Destroyer, Bai Ye.
The scene before him changed, and Su Xiao found himself in the Spectator Seats of the Departed Souls. He looked at the Rain Summoner sitting diagonally across from him.
Seeing Su Xiao arrive, the Rain Summoner couldn't help but laugh with satisfaction. He clearly remembered that the second of the four brothers had said that this person had killed Bai Ye once. In other words, the famous Hunter, Bai Ye, had now used up all his resurrection chances, just like him.
"Welcome to the Loser's Spectator Seats..."
Before the Rain Summoner could finish, Su Xiao on the opposite seat vanished, leaving the Rain Summoner quite puzzled.
In the ruined city, a light rain began to fall in the latter half of the night. Su Xiao was on the fifteenth floor of an abandoned hotel. He lay with his head resting on Bubu Wang, who was lying on his side, and his hands behind his head. Baha was circling nearby to ensure no enemies approached.
As it turned out, setting crystal bombs near the Gluttony Lord's lair was a wise decision. In just one hour, two kill notifications appeared, allowing Su Xiao to level up 6 times in a row. He now had a total of 8 skill points. He was only one skill point short of maxing out his ultimate move.
Was Su Xiao relying on luck for this last level? Of course not. Killing combatants from the same faction did not grant base level experience, but it did grant additional level experience. The death effect of the Book of Original Sin was: If this attack causes the challenger's death, your level will immediately increase by lv.2.
This included all challengers, even the three Arbiters from the same Paradise faction as Su Xiao.
Su Xiao opened the communication platform and posted a coordinate, along with 200 ounces of Space-Time Power, to sell one resurrection chance at this price. No matter how you looked at it, it was a great deal, especially for someone like Kaisa, whose survivability was unmatched.
More importantly, among Kaisa's arena equipment was an item called the Abyssal Jar, so Kaisa didn't have to worry about being eliminated in the first round.
A few minutes later, another kill notification appeared. As expected, he leveled up by 2. Using his existing skill points, he maxed out his ultimate move.
[Your Crystal Blazing Bloom ability has been upgraded to lv.10 (Max Level).]
[You may choose one of the following trait transformations.]