Chapter 44: Blood Spear
The negotiations between both parties went smoothly. One side was wealthy and generous, the other highly efficient in handling matters. The Moon Witch remained silent throughout, leaving her trusted confidant, Lady Silver, to choose the "Extermination Package."
This package was considerably more difficult. It required not only eliminating the "Calamity" that had invaded this world but also counterattacking toward the Corrupt Lord's lair, eliminating over seventy percent of the corrupted beings within, and then killing the Corrupt Lord himself.
The difficulty of this commission was extremely high. If it were just Su Xiao's team alone, they couldn't accomplish this in a short time. Add the pressure of the main mission, and it became even more impossible.
With the assistance of the Three Rascals of Arbiters, this matter became highly feasible. The three of them would be responsible for figuring out the location of the Corrupt Lord's lair and setting up a stable world-level teleportation array. Su Xiao would only be responsible for eliminating the enemy.
Regarding compensation, Lady Silver tactfully indicated that she would negotiate separately with each of the four, rather than offering a single reward to be divided equally. Her reasoning was to avoid any discord among Su Xiao's group over uneven distribution.
Su Xiao understood this was the Moon Witch's intention. Most likely, she had rare materials needed by a Blade Grandmaster prepared as a reward for him. This way, she not only paid the compensation but also extended a favor, killing two birds with one stone.
Seeing the old guild leader's suggestive expression, Su Xiao knew that was exactly what he meant. Since the other party had this kind of goodwill, letting Kaisa take advantage of them ruthlessly would indeed be somewhat ungrateful.
When Kaisa heard Lady Silver's proposal for compensation, he raised both hands in approval. This guy, who would pluck feathers from a passing goose, was just thinking about how to fleece the Witch faction. Now the opportunity was presenting itself.
Ding~
A Soul Coin was flicked out by Su Xiao. Without turning his head, Kaisa raised his hand and caught the coin flying toward him from the side. His thumb rubbed the front of the Soul Coin, and the orange gleam in his eyes dimmed. He wouldn't care about anyone else's face, but he would definitely give Su Xiao face. The two were old friends who had "procured goods" together. Kaisa restrained his original intention to gouge the Witch Guild.
Before long, Lady Silver had settled the compensation with Kaisa and the other two. From the fine beads of sweat on Lady Silver's forehead, it was clear that even though Kaisa had held back this time and didn't use those shameless exclusive passive abilities in the transaction, Lady Silver still felt some pressure—a psychological pressure that wealth might slip through her fingers at any moment.
A few minutes later, only Su Xiao remained in the inner hall. He opened the wooden box on the coffee table and found a [Primordial Core], a gem, and a bottle of potion inside.
[You have obtained Primordial Core ×1.]
[You have obtained Willpower Gem (Eternal Rank Gem · Unique · Highly Rare).]
[You have obtained ??? Potion (Eternal Rank · Full Rating Potion).]
[Note: Due to the particularity of this potion, it cannot be used before being catalyzed.]
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The importance of the [Primordial Core] needed no elaboration. To advance to Supreme, one needed at least five [Primordial Cores]. If one could prepare more and had enough courage, they could also use them. Back when advancing to Absolute Strength, the high-risk secret method of overusing [Primordial Fragments] had a Supreme-level continuation, though the risk was even higher.
[Willpower Gem]
Origin: Death Paradise.
Quality: Eternal Rank · Unique.
Type: Gem/Equipment (Highly Rare).
Usage Requirement: Willpower over 500 points, and must gain the recognition of this gem (Due to your Charm attribute being below 0 points, this gem will absolutely never recognize you).
Gem Effect 1: Willpower Force (Passive), gain [Trait Attribute Points] equal to your Willpower attribute. These attribute points can be temporarily added to Agility, Intelligence, Charm, Soul Strength, and Luck attributes.
Agility, Intelligence, Charm addition ratio: 1:1.
Luck attribute addition ratio: 2:1 (2 [Trait Attribute Points] can increase 1 point of Luck attribute).
Soul Strength addition ratio: 3:1 (3 [Trait Attribute Points] can increase 1 point of Soul Strength).
Note: [Trait Attribute Points] can be reset every 24 hours.
Gem Effect 2: Willpower Rune (Passive), can naturally generate three [Willpower Runes] every 48 hours. For every [Willpower Rune] consumed, within the subsequent 10 minutes, 15% of the Willpower-type damage you deal will be converted to True Damage.
Note: If three [Willpower Runes] are used simultaneously, within the subsequent 30 minutes, 25% of the Willpower-type damage you deal will be converted to True Damage.
Gem Effect 3: Willpower Ascension (Core · Active), ???.
Note: This ability can only be activated after meeting the usage prerequisites and gaining the recognition of this gem.
Inlay Requirement: This gem cannot be inlaid on any equipment.
Note: This characteristic has priority.
Rating: 6000+++ points (Eternal Rank gem rating is 3000~6000 points).
Introduction: Willpower is the indestructible force.
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Seeing the high threshold of 500 points of Willpower attribute, Su Xiao felt this gem should be quite good. However, the subsequent gem attributes told him that he and this gem were not meant to be.
Su Xiao looked at the [Willpower Gem] in his hand. This gem had no intelligence or communication characteristics. Coupled with its stubborn aura, it told him that even if he threw this thing into the [Book of Original Sin], it would rather crack and shatter than submit to him.
Even so, Su Xiao was still in a good mood. The reason was that this thing was very valuable. If he encountered a buyer who could activate it, that person would sell everything they had to obtain it. This made Su Xiao feel that the poverty derived from his three Grandmaster abilities had eased considerably.
The third compensation was a bottle of potion. Su Xiao estimated that this thing should be particularly rare but with niche effects, considered a bonus item in this compensation. To know the specific characteristics of this potion, he would have to wait until he returned to Reincarnation Paradise and use the Alchemy Laboratory in his Exclusive Room to meet the hardware conditions for activating this item.
The Moon Witch, Sefeiliya, had prepaid these rewards before dealing with the "Calamity Legion," showing her sincerity. Su Xiao naturally wouldn't break his promise. In dealing with the "Calamity Legion," he had considerable confidence.
To annihilate the "Calamity Legion," he naturally needed to use the [War Lord] title to summon the Demon Insect Race. The specific title characteristics were:
[Title Effect 1 · Lord Authority (Active), can open a Void Gate connecting to the Eternal Light World · Insect Race Base Camp, summoning a large number of Demon Insect Race...
Note: The upper limit of Insect Race that can be summoned will be determined by your Soul Strength (current upper limit is 2.18 million Demon Insect Race)...]
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At first glance, the 2.18 million Demon Insect Race summoned by this title seemed far fewer compared to the billions of corrupted beings in the Calamity Legion. However, setting aside the individual combat power differences between the two, this upper limit of 2.18 million Demon Insect Race wasn't the limit of what the "Void Gate" could summon—it was a quantity cap.
A more intuitive understanding was that as long as the number of Demon Insect Race in the Witch Realm hadn't reached 2.18 million, the Demon Insect Race from the Eternal Light World could continuously rush through the Void Gate into this world.
Regarding the concern that if Demon Insect Race died in battle, the number in the Eternal Light World might be insufficient, causing the [War Lord] title's summoning to lose momentum, there was no need to worry. Currently, the number of Demon Insect Race in the Eternal Light World had reached a terrifying level. The reason was that Jila had become the "Super Invincible Enhanced Version of the World's Daughter" of the Eternal Light World.
[Jila · Ultimate Ability · Eternal Light Lord (Active, X): After Jila establishes an Insect Nest in the Eternal Light World, that Insect Nest gains the qualification to directly absorb the surplus "World Force" of this world. The Insect Nest can convert this "World Force" into the highest rank of Bio Energy. Demon Insect Race cultivated with this type of Bio Energy will have their overall combat power increased by 30% on the existing basis...]
Generally speaking, this ability would be rejected by the world it was in. Assuming the Eternal Light World needed to maintain 10 million points of World Force to function normally, when the World Force within this world dropped to exactly 10 million points, Jila couldn't absorb any. When the World Force storage reached 15 million points, Jila could absorb 5 million points of it, converting it into the highest rank of Bio Energy.
In an ordinary world, if Jila dared to do this, either she would be expelled, or the world would use all means to deal with her until she consumed its resources to exhaustion, eventually causing its collapse.
The reason the Eternal Light World didn't reject Jila and allowed her to absorb World Force was that before Jila arrived, the Eternal Light World had been drained of various energies by the Four Giants and numerous world-destroying races. They didn't care about basic balance, causing the Eternal Light World's stable system to completely collapse. Not only were the elemental forces extreme, but other material systems were also unstable.
In contrast, now Jila would not only actively leave the minimum World Force stock but also, on that basis, reserve dozens of times the basic stock for the Eternal Light World, allowing it to quickly recover its vitality.
Simply put, Jila absorbed one-third of the surplus World Force and left two-thirds for the Eternal Light World.
More importantly, Jila had previously wiped out all the world-destroying races in this world. With her presence, no world-destroying race or other monsters dared to come to the Eternal Light World to extract World Force.
As a result, although Jila hadn't developed in the Eternal Light World for long, the number of elite Demon Beasts had reached 15 million, Demon Flame Dragons 1 million, and Titan Beasts 120,000. Such numbers were astonishing. Only the Eternal Light World's vast World Force could support so many Demon Insect Race.
Even if the Calamity Legion held out in their lair for over five hours and the Void Gate opened by the [War Lord] title disappeared, Su Xiao still had other ways to deal with the Calamity Legion.
Putting away the [War Lord] title, Su Xiao opened his skill list. Earlier, due to the arrival of the Moon Witch and others, he hadn't been able to check the upgraded [Heaven's Wrath · Torrent Slash] ability.
[Heaven's Wrath · Torrent Slash: Lv.87 (Absolute Strength Rank · Active)]
Skill Effect (Active): After drawing down World Lightning for 5~8 seconds, you can gather all the drawn World Lightning onto the weapon you are holding, then perform an ultra-high-speed, unstoppable charge. Your next weapon attack will carry 92% of this World Lightning's lightning damage (increased by 7%), along with your slashing damage (including blade damage, soul damage, etc.). If the enemy blocks with a weapon, this attack will carry a [Blade Break Effect], causing the enemy's weapon to be damaged.
Skill Effect (Passive): Each time your weapon, Dragon-Slaying Flash, receives the drawn World Lightning, there is an 85% chance to trigger the [World Lightning Tempering] effect, permanently increasing this weapon's attack power by 20~30 points and sharpness by 45 points (this increase can be triggered multiple times).
Skill Effect (Passive): After you gather all the drawn World Lightning onto the weapon you are holding, you can, within the subsequent 3 seconds, use the characteristics of the Blood Spear Grandmaster ability to strip this "massive" amount of World Lightning force from the weapon, transforming it into a [Fury Thunder Blood Spear] for ranged attack.
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The core characteristic of [Heaven's Wrath · Torrent Slash] remained unchanged—it still enhanced the slash after drawing down World Lightning. However, two new passive characteristics had been added. The first was very powerful, and the second made Su Xiao think of a combination.
First, lock onto the enemy's position. Then, from a great distance, activate the luck force of [Fate Dominator] to raise his Luck attribute to 116 points. Then, use the Luck attribute to draw lightning. Using the second passive of [Heaven's Wrath · Torrent Slash], transform it into a [Fury Thunder Blood Spear].
Using the Blood Shadow's soul greatbow as the weapon and this [Fury Thunder Blood Spear] as a giant arrow, after the Blood Shadow behind him draws the bow and nocks the arrow, Su Xiao would equip the greatly enhanced [Doom Ancient Ring], massively increasing the power of this ranged attack. Then, activate [Origin Stone · Slow Motion].
[Slow Release (Passive): When releasing an ability, a longer charging time is needed to complete the release, but it will "super-greatly" increase the power, maximum range, flight speed, etc., of the released ability.]
With these bonuses stacked, firing a [Fury Thunder Blood Spear] from an ultra-long distance at the enemy—just imagining the power, sss~
Regarding the accuracy of ultra-long-range attacks, as a Blood Spear Grandmaster, as long as Su Xiao could lock onto the enemy's aura, whether it was a dozen kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers away, he was confident in hitting and killing the enemy. Don't forget what the predecessor of the Blood Spear Grandmaster ability was—it was the Gun Grandmaster, specifically the long-range sniper characteristic of the Gun Grandmaster.
The Gun Grandmaster developed in the later stages either toward the Supernatural Mechanical System or the Energy Control System. Su Xiao's Blood Spear Grandmaster was clearly the latter. This technique ability developed to Lv.85 wasn't just about increasing Blood Qi intensity. Ultra-long-range locking and sniping were also within its enhancement scope.
Think this set of long-range sniping was strong enough? Of course not. If he was even more ruthless, he could use Elemental Affinity to draw lightning as a starter, endure with [Scarlet Attire], and after constructing the highest-intensity [Super · Fury Thunder Blood Spear], combine it with the Soul Greatbow + Doom Ancient Ring + Origin Stone · Slow Motion.
Of course, when the Doom Ancient Ring and Origin Stone · Slow Motion enhanced the [Super · Fury Thunder Blood Spear], they certainly wouldn't reach the exaggerated multiplier bonuses stated in the equipment information. The power of the [Super · Fury Thunder Blood Spear] equaled 92% of the World Lightning drawn by Elemental Affinity, which was terrifying.
The problem was, even if the power of the [Super · Fury Thunder Blood Spear] was only increased by 1~2 times, this thing was still terrifying enough to make one's hair stand on end. Not to mention, the attack multiplier bonuses of the Doom Ancient Ring + Origin Stone · Slow Motion were far more than that.
Don't think this ruthless stacking could only be used as a sniping method. If Su Xiao was in a life-or-death battle with a powerful enemy at a critical moment, and Su Xiao used Elemental Affinity to draw World Lightning covering a range of hundreds of kilometers, but the enemy used their trump card to instantly appear hundreds of kilometers away—if such a situation occurred, Su Xiao's decision to draw World Lightning would only harm himself, and even cause him to lose the subsequent battle due to this foreshadowing.
But with the [Super · Fury Thunder Blood Spear] and that ruthless method of stacking attack power against strong enemies, Su Xiao, as a Melee Grandmaster, could snipe and kill the enemy from a distance of hundreds of kilometers. At that moment, the enemy would have just dodged the World Lightning, only to suddenly find that something even more terrifying than the World Lightning was flying toward them.
Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of another problem. The development of Liquid Apollo was already very mature. So, could he use Liquid Apollo to construct a [Blazing Sun Blood Spear]? Then, under the enhancement of the Soul Greatbow + Doom Ancient Ring + Origin Stone · Slow Motion, fire it.
Su Xiao felt this plan was feasible. He contacted Lady Silver, asking her to help prepare the materials needed for Liquid Apollo. In the next few days, he had no other important matters. Therefore, going to Sky City—no, it should be Dead Defeat City—and using the [Blazing Sun Blood Spear] to bombard elite corrupted beings was clearly a good income channel.
Later, when the Demon Insect Race appeared, there was no need to think about kill rewards. Moreover, the only title slot would be occupied by [War Lord], preventing him from wearing the [Old Hunter] title for maximum profit.
[Old Hunter · 5th Layer Hunt Effect · Spoils of War (Passive): When wearing this title and successfully hunting and killing an enemy, there is a 20% chance to seize one of the enemy's abilities (randomly seized) and, through the notarization of Reincarnation Paradise, transform it into a skill scroll.]
Taking advantage of the free time now, riding a Storm Flame Dragon, wearing the [Old Hunter] title, and using the [Blazing Sun Blood Spear] to snipe elite corrupted beings or the enemy's numerous minor bosses from a distance—after this farming session, there might be unexpected gains.
As for whether the Calamity Legion could use their swarm tactics to trap Su Xiao when he approached Dead Defeat City—don't be ridiculous. At that point, who would be surrounding whom was really uncertain.