# Chapter 3: Power Fragment. Soul Will: After absorbing this power fragment, your Willpower attribute will receive a boost from your own Soul Strength.
You can absorb a maximum of 「Power Fragment Count: 2/6 pieces.
Su Xiao originally thought that after absorbing the 「Power Fragment: Golden Annihilation」 and mastering the power of annihilation, the power fragments generated by the Eternal-grade nurturing equipment [Power Lord] would decrease from three types to two. Now it seems he had underestimated the power of Eternal-grade nurturing equipment.
Undoubtedly, the Power Fragment - Soul Will is very suitable for Su Xiao. The current issue is whether he can draw it, which reminds him of Fate-Hand Ashves. Last time he obtained the 「Power Fragment: Golden Annihilation」, it seemed to rely on the Fate system. Unfortunately, after what happened last time, Ashves should have already escaped from Blazing Sun Star.
Su Xiao decided not to synthesize the 「Power Fragment」 for now. He had just immersed the [Fate Dominator] in Lucky God Blood; this equipment was about to complete its upgrade. Although obtaining the 「Power Fragment: Golden Annihilation」 last time might have had nothing to do with luck, trying costs nothing, so why not.
Standing up, he walked to the 「Law-Destroying Teleportation Array」. Su Xiao brought Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha back to the mansion in Twilight City. Just as he finished teleporting, he sensed an unusual aura in the courtyard. Sure enough, upon arriving in the courtyard.
A middle-aged man stood under the tree in the courtyard, his gaze vacant. This middle-aged man seemed to sense Su Xiao's arrival. He stepped forward and walked out of the estate, neither saying anything nor leaving anything behind.
The appearance of this middle-aged man already represented considerable information. With Su Xiao's experience dealing with Ancient Gods, he naturally detected the Ancient God aura on this middle-aged man. Given the current situation, only Shenfu could convey this message. That is to say, Shenfu had decided to make his move. The cooperation previously discussed with Su Xiao could proceed.
Regarding this cooperation, Su Xiao only believed half of it. That is, Shenfu had his eye on the strongest assassination weapon 「Spit」 and planned to seize it from the Archbishop of the Abyss. But there was a prerequisite: he must successfully backstab the Archbishop of the Abyss, otherwise, even if he took 「Spit」, there would be endless trouble.
Su Xiao opened the team list. He wasn't currently in the Dawn Team, but in a temporary team formed by Shenfu. As long as there was a temporary Void Tree imprint, one could join. For example, Ailukelu and Star Devourer both had temporary Void Tree imprints.
Later, they would have to deal with the Divine Incarnation together. Even the three members of the Overconfident Smart Team chose to gather at Twilight City. Calculating the time, these people would arrive one after another soon.
Su Xiao leaned back in a lounge chair in the courtyard. Gentle sunlight shone down. The early morning sun was somewhat dim, indicating that Blazing Sun Lord Aishiluote's physical condition was getting worse.
Just then, Su Xiao suddenly sensed a fluctuation of moonlight aura. It was one of the equipment pieces he was wearing that had undergone an upgrade.
[Prompt: The equipment you are wearing, Silver. Moonlight (3/3 Set), has been upgraded to Eternal-grade.]
[Silver. Moonlight (3/3 Set)
Origin: Void; Silintes Dwarf.
Quality: Eternal-grade - Set (Unique; Not Fully Awakened State)
Category: Ring/Medal/Pendant.
Equipment Requirement: Silver. Moon Wolf / Shadow of Law Destruction, or passing the Wolf Trial.
Equipment Form: Can be freely selected among 「Wolf Ring」, 「Deep Blue Medal」, 「Moon Heart Pendant」 three states. Current form: Deep Blue Medal.
Set Effect (Activated)
Set Effect 1, Technique Soul (Passive): Damage rank of all Technique-type abilities +5 (Increased by 4, and carries one of three effects: 「Sharpness」, 「Heavy Strike」, 「Absolute Penetration」)
Set Effect 2, Abyss Watcher (Passive): Damage dealt to Abyss units increased by 20% (This bonus is ineffective against a certain Abyss unit)
Set Effect 3, Combat Awakening (Passive): This set is in an incompletely awakened stage. Each time you engage in a life-or-death battle with a powerful enemy, this set will awaken to a certain degree.
Prompt: This awakening has reached its limit.
Set Effect 4, Perfect Parry (Core, Passive): You have already mastered this ability, unable to trigger this equipment effect.
Set Effect 5, Reforge (Core, Passive): Can go to the Demon Blacksmith to reforge this equipment, thereby fully releasing this equipment's potential.
Current equipment potential release level: 22.5%
Prompt: This equipment was heavily eroded by Abyss energy. Only through reforging by the Demon Blacksmith can 100% of the equipment's potential be released.
Rating: 6000 points (Eternal-grade equipment rating 3000-6000 points).
Selling Price: Cannot be sold after equipping.]
The [Silver. Moonlight] set, although upgraded from Origin-grade to Eternal-grade, didn't have much attribute growth. From the equipment attributes, it was clear that only after going to the Demon Blacksmith to reforge this equipment could its 100% power be released.
Additionally, the core ability of this equipment, 「Perfect Parry」, was now in an untriggerable state. The reason for this was Su Xiao's other equipment, [King's Crown (World-grade - Full Rating)].
[King's Crown
Durability: 215/500 points.
Equipment Effect 1: Dead Silence Immortal (Core, Passive): Total melee attack power +10% (including your slashes and kicks), total HP +10%
Equipment Effect 2: Malicious Gaze (Core, Passive)
Prompt: This passive effect will be enhanced based on the intensity of negative Charm attribute.
Equipment Effect 3: Crown Power (Core, Passive): You can select any current equipment ability and greatly enhance it with this ability.
Prompt: This effect only works on abilities attached to equipment, not on abilities you personally master.
Prompt: This passive effect will be enhanced based on Soul Strength.
Prompt: Due to the particularity of this equipment, its durability consumption is increased by 300%.
Prompt: After successfully enhancing the 「equipment ability」, each time you use this ability, you will gain a 「Deep Understanding」 of this ability. After triggering 「Deep Understanding」 multiple times, you have a high probability of personally mastering this ability (This ability is currently unavailable).
Current selected equipment ability: Perfect Parry.
Prompt: You have successfully mastered this ability.
Prompt: Because Crown Power has allowed you to successfully master a 「Faction-specific Ability」, the 「Deep Understanding」 characteristic of this equipment will be sealed.
Until you choose to release this equipment for a new holder to obtain, this characteristic will be reawakened.
Description: This is a powerful and special piece of equipment with extremely complex forging structure. Fine cracks appearing on the surface during use is normal. You need to have a familiar blacksmith repair it. Of course, this blacksmith must have superb skill and a gentle, easygoing temper... After all, looking across the myriad worlds, this is one of the five most difficult pieces of equipment to repair. However, judging from the last repair situation, the blacksmith you found, though highly skilled, had a violent temper. Next time you seek this blacksmith to repair this equipment, you must be cautious of the forging hammer in their hand, because no one can be sure whether the blacksmith's next hammer will be aimed at this king's ring to repair it, or at your head to repair you.
Rating: 6000 points (World-grade equipment rating 10-6000 points)
Selling Price: Cannot be sold after equipping. Can be abandoned. After abandonment, this equipment will be teleported back to the Witch Realm, appearing at a random location.]
Opening the skill list, Su Xiao saw the 「Perfect Parry」 ability he had just mastered.
[Perfect Parry: Lv.90 (Absolute Strong-grade Passive)
Skill Effect: Your parry with a melee weapon will draw upon the 「Protective Energy」 brought by your Technique ability, making that parry a 「Perfect Parry」. Each level of Technique basic ability you master will increase the parry correction by 1 point. Current: 277 points parry correction.
Prompt: The cooldown of Perfect Parry is 5 seconds.
Prompt: Perfect Parry cannot completely resist the shock damage and energy damage brought by enemy attacks, but within the parry correction range, you will definitely not have your parry broken.
Prompt: After successfully performing a Perfect Parry, the shock damage you receive is reduced by 10%.]
The initial level of 「Perfect Parry」 was not low, a full 90. However, given the skill's intensity, an initial level of Lv.90 was already considered not high. Moreover, even with this initial level, there was still considerable room for improvement. He just hoped this ability wouldn't be ridiculously expensive to upgrade.
Su Xiao opened the equipment list, looking for equipment abilities to enhance with 「Crown Power」. There were the following options:
[Dragon-Slaying Flash: Demon Blade (Active)]
[Thunder Spirit: World Thunder (Active)]
[Soul King's Tomb: Dead Silence Annihilation (Active)]
[Blood Feather: Malicious Damage (Active)]
[Blood Moon Queen: Crimson Blood Moon (Active)]
After pondering for a few seconds, Su Xiao was somewhat inclined to choose 「Thunder Spirit: World Thunder」. If he used [King's Crown] to enhance the 「Thunder Spirit」's ability to summon World Thunder, it would be equivalent to using his 1130 points of Soul Strength, plus his 1290 points of Elemental Affinity, to enter such a state. Just thinking about it, one could feel its power, as well as its danger level.
Su Xiao had various methods to stack Thunder Resistance, plus the [Blood Moon Queen] pendant's massive boost to survivability. Using [King's Crown] to enhance the 「Thunder Spirit」's ability to summon World Thunder seemed feasible.
Permanently mastering the ability to summon thunder was unlikely. After [King's Crown] helped Su Xiao master 「Perfect Parry」, this characteristic of [King's Crown] was sealed. It seemed [King's Crown] had a limited capacity for the number of abilities it could help each person master. 「Perfect Parry」, as the signature ability of the Moon Wolf faction, had exhausted all of [King's Crown]'s quota.
Su Xiao chose to use [King's Crown] to enhance the 「Thunder Spirit」's ability to summon World Thunder. As soon as he made his choice, a wisp of golden electric arc appeared on the ring-shaped [King's Crown], fleeting.
Just then, a figure walked into the courtyard. It was Shenfu. Behind Shenfu were the Platinum Apostle and the Archbishop of the Abyss. The three didn't speak, just found seats and sat down in the courtyard.
Not long after, Wude and Zuiyasi returned. These two had disappeared for many days, but judging from Zuiyasi's annoyingly smug smile, their plan was progressing smoothly.
Half an hour later, Ailukelu, dressed in a gold-white mage robe, walked into the courtyard.
Wearing a black robe, his figure much thinner than before, Heimo walked into the courtyard, followed by Baojun, Buxiuge, and Star Devourer.
Everyone had arrived, but they all remained silent. Since they were going to face the same powerful enemy together, choosing a temporary leader at this time was a good choice.
"How about we elect a leader? That would facilitate the subsequent battle."
Shenfu spoke. Everyone looked at each other, none of them responding.
Su Xiao, Zuiyasi, Wude, Shenfu, the Platinum Apostle, and the Archbishop of the Abyss were all suitable candidates. The problem was, if they chose one of these six as the leader, the subsequent development of events was truly terrifying to contemplate.
Baojun coughed loudly and said in a raised voice: "I feel that I should be the leader."
Baojun spoke confidently, then, under the gazes of Su Xiao, Shenfu, Zuiyasi, Wude, the Platinum Apostle, and the Archbishop of the Abyss, Baojun, who had never been intimidated before, retreated miserably this time.
Su Xiao, Shenfu, Zuiyasi, Wude, the Platinum Apostle, and the Archbishop of the Abyss exchanged glances. Confirming each other's intentions, none of them were trying to screw the others over. The upcoming Divine Incarnation was too powerful; internal conflict at this time would be suicide. But the problem was, letting any of them be the leader was nerve-wracking.
After a moment, Su Xiao, Shenfu, Zuiyasi, Wude, the Platinum Apostle, and the Archbishop of the Abyss all looked at Ailukelu.
For some unknown reason, Ailukelu, whose long hair was light blue, indicating killing intent, suddenly sensed something was wrong. She composed herself and found everyone looking at her. Being stared at by so many old yinbis, her long hair instantly changed from light blue to suspicious tangled red, then to confused milky white.
And so, Ailukelu successfully became the leader. She originally wanted to refuse, but after the few old yinbis across from her stared at her with increasingly kind, benevolent, smiling, friendly, cordial, and gentle gazes, Ailukelu decisively abandoned the idea of refusing.
Although she was an Absolute Strong, for some reason, she felt that if she refused on the spot, she might not even survive the journey to Dead City. She would probably be screwed to death by these old yinbis halfway there. A full six old yinbis gathered together — just thinking about it, Ailukelu felt this was a nightmare lineup.
Everyone had arrived, and with the leader selected, they decided to set off immediately. Their target: head to Dead City and defeat the Divine Incarnation.