Chapter 62: Azure Shadow King

Six hard prerequisites and two warning-type prerequisites—just the sheer scale of the requirements showed the weight of the Azure Shadow King ability.

Examining the enhanced traits of Azure Shadow King, Su Xiao fell into contemplation. This ability would no longer be a single-target ultimate but would transform into a god-tier group battle skill. However, upon second thought, the current Azure Shadow King performed rather mediocrely when facing powerful opponents.

Azure Shadow King dealt exceptionally high damage, but the key issue was its ability form. Su Xiao needed abilities that could erupt instantly, like "Extreme Blade: World." Azure Shadow King was a super ultimate that required proper timing to unleash, and this super ultimate could even be charged.

Su Xiao seriously suspected that this wasn't the ultimate of the Soul Severing Shadow system but rather of the Demon Devouring Shadow or Sky-Rending Shadow systems, with the latter being more likely. Sky-Rending Shadow abilities were mostly active-type.

Among the Law Destruction Shadow systems, Sky-Rending Shadow was undoubtedly the coolest. Even combining Soul Severing Shadow and Demon Devouring Shadow couldn't match even one-fifth of Sky-Rending Shadow's style.

Not only that, but the only Sky-Rending Shadow user of the Second Era, Cang, was also a handsome man full of mature male charm. If not for Green Gillian's perverted brilliance overshadowing everything, Cang the playboy would definitely have been the target of condemnation from all enemy factions of the Law Destruction camp.

During the Second Era, whenever there was a major event requiring attendance at allied territories, Cang would always be pulled out to represent the Law Destruction camp at celebrations, thus giving the allies face. Of course, before departure, Akas would gently remind him, "If you mess around among the allies, I'll beat you back into bed for five or six years again." Note that the word "again" was the essence of that sentence.

As for why Cang always attended such events, think about it—the old Law Destroyers, Mawen Hua'erzi, Kaiser Xuna, Green Gillian, Akas, Ximan Aqide—when these people stood together, not a single one looked like a good person. Only Akas didn't look quite so evil-aligned.

Among these ancestral Law Destroyers, Cang was the weakest. There was even a rumor that the Law Destruction faction recruited him just to have a decent image representative. In reality, that wasn't the case. Cang was still quite capable; it's just that Sky-Rending Shadow wasn't particularly strong in one-on-one combat.

Soul Severing Shadow was an ability system where normal attacks were already ultimates, so the "Azure Shadow King" ability of Soul Severing Shadow users was generally unremarkable. This wasn't unique to Su Xiao.

The appearance of one person changed this situation—an old Law Destroyer from the First Era. As a Soul Severing Shadow user, he developed a "Azure Shadow King" ability for the Soul Severing Shadow system. Although he died without successfully mastering this ability that only existed in conception.

Having the concept was enough. During the Second Era, the Law Destruction camp had no shortage of geniuses, prodigies, and freaks. In the Second Era, the evaluation of the Soul Severing Shadow system by myriad realm powerhouses was: in this system, one was either perversely ridiculous or ridiculously strong, and there was also one guy who was both perversely ridiculous and ridiculously strong—yes, that's you, Green Gillian.

The one who ultimately perfected this ability wasn't Green Gillian but Devourer Star Akas.

[Yes/No to proceed with this Azure Shadow King·Limit Awakening. To perform this Limit Awakening, you need to pay 20 Law-Destroying Skill Points.]

When mastering abilities like Soul Electrification and Indestructible Constitution, only 10 Law-Destroying Skill Points were needed. This time it required 20. Su Xiao sat cross-legged before the Awakening Stele, calming his mind. Through the training of mastering various powerful abilities, his resistance in this area had improved by leaps and bounds. This time, he was determined to experience the entire "Azure Shadow King·Limit Awakening" process.

As the Law-Destroying Skill Points were consumed, Su Xiao felt a surge of cyan-blue energy emerging from the Awakening Stele. Maintaining his mindset, he continued to carefully sense... When Su Xiao opened his eyes, it was already evening that day. The first thing he saw was Bubu Wang's dog head and the dog nose almost pressed against his face, breathing hot air.

He pressed one hand on Bubu Wang's dog head, using Bubu as a crutch to stand up.

"Meow!"

Beini successfully face-planted onto him. A few hours ago, she thought Su Xiao was going to die. At that time, Su Xiao's heartbeat had slowed to once every few minutes. She climbed onto the special seat, her mood brightening again.

After taking a few steps forward, Su Xiao felt soreness all over his body. It felt like every cell in his body had been hammered to its limit, then recovered, then hammered again, until his body reached the brink of collapse.

Before performing the "Azure Shadow King·Limit Awakening," Su Xiao had applied in advance for recovery permissions. This helped a lot. Although he paid a total of 128,619 Soul Coins, he successfully pulled through.

What was outrageous was that after this enhancement was completed, Su Xiao gained a "Basic Physical Defense Rank +1" bonus. Using Blazing Sun Lord Ashlot's attack as an analogy: assuming Su Xiao's "Basic Physical Defense Rank" was 0, if Ashlot stabbed him with one sword, it would cause at least 1.4 to 1.5 million damage.

After gaining "Basic Physical Defense Rank +1," the damage from that sword would be reduced to 750,000 to 800,000. When gaining "Basic Physical Defense Rank +2," the damage from that sword would only reach 450,000.

From becoming a Hunter until now, Su Xiao had only obtained this enhancement when advancing to Absolute Strength. Now he gained it again, showing the current prestige of Azure Shadow King.

[Azure Shadow King: Lv.1 (Ultimate·Skill)]

Skill Effect (Passive): When you are surrounded and the number of enemies within 1,000 meters exceeds 10 (requiring combat power above a certain level), your Azure Shadow King ability will activate, granting you the following bonuses sequentially.

Note: The following stage bonuses are coverage-type bonuses and cannot be cumulatively stacked.

Azure Shadow King·Stage 1: When enemies around you exceed 10, all your main attributes increase by 1.5%.

Note: Main attributes are Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence.

Azure Shadow King·Stage 2: When enemies around you exceed 300, all your main attributes increase by 1.5%, total Health Points increase by 5%, total Mana Points increase by 5%, and Physical Defense increases by 8%.

Azure Shadow King·Stage 3: When enemies around you exceed 1,000, all your main attributes increase by 1.5%, total Health Points increase by 5%, total Mana Points increase by 5%, and Physical Defense increases by 8%. Additionally, through Azure Shadow King's unique energy, the Devouring Core is activated, allowing you to restore 0.3% of your maximum Health Points, 0.3% of your maximum Mana Points, and 0.3% of your maximum Stamina for each enemy you subsequently kill by absorbing their Primordial Life Force, converted and filtered through Azure Shadow King·Devouring Core.

...

What satisfied Su Xiao most about this ability was that the trigger conditions weren't high. In the mid-game, being surrounded by tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of enemies was possible. But in the late game, being surrounded by enemies only happened in two situations: 1. Surrounded by elite enemies, 2. Surrounded by mooks. Being surrounded by the latter didn't require buffs—with Su Xiao's current blade technique level, a fully charged Demon Blade·Super Ring Break would clear the field in an instant.

On the other hand, being surrounded by elite enemies of the same tier was the real danger that could take his life. It might seem absurd to be surrounded by over a thousand Absolute Strength-level enemies, but the enemies Su Xiao faced were either from the Abyss or world-destroying races. In such situations, triggering "Azure Shadow King" was very simple. Moreover, the trigger condition for "Azure Shadow King" didn't require being surrounded by Absolute Strength-level enemies; enemies one tier below Su Xiao could also trigger it, meaning Ninth Rank combat power.

Imagine being in a heavily Abyss-contaminated area, surrounded by a sea of Abyssal creatures. His "Blade Path Sword: Ring Break" might transform from a killing technique into a skill that kills enemies while restoring health, mana, and stamina. One Ring Break sweep, and his status would be full. Such a guarantee when facing encirclement—calling it a god-level skill was no exaggeration.

Although "Azure Shadow King's" current bonuses were low, this ability was only Lv.1. The priority for upgrading this ability was extremely high. With this ability, Su Xiao truly had the qualifications to venture alone into dark nest demon dens. Of course, having this ability only made group battles particularly strong. Against powerful opponents, "Azure Shadow King" provided no bonuses. Su Xiao wasn't disappointed by this, because previously, "Azure Shadow King" wasn't just mediocre in one-on-one combat—it was also quite lackluster in group battles.

Arriving at the Skill Upgrade Pod, Su Xiao activated it without upgrading any skill. A wonderful feeling appeared, and after a moment, the soreness throughout his body subsided. This was one of the wonderful uses he'd discovered of the exclusive Skill Upgrade Pod: activating it without selecting an ability and meditating inside for a while could recover the physical burden from enhancing abilities, and the key was that it didn't require paying Soul Coins.

The Awakening Stele's skill list hadn't disappeared. Su Xiao opened the "General Passive" list, and a large number of masterable "General Passive" skills appeared. His plan was to master 10 types of "General Passives" every time he returned to Reincarnation Paradise after a world progression.

After selecting the "General Passives" one by one, he paid a total of 30 Law-Destroying Skill Points to master them, and paid 1,050,000 Soul Coins to raise these 10 "General Passives" to Lv.20. Originally, "General Passives" could only be raised to Lv.10, but with [Origin Stone: World], the intensity of "General Passives" skyrocketed. The mastered "General Passives" included:

[Revival Life (Passive.X): Permanently increases Health Points by 56,000.]

[Thunder Heart (Passive.X): Permanently increases Thunder Resistance by 32 points.]

[Potential Awakening (Passive.X): All potential limit ranks +1.]

[Inspiration (Passive.X): Permanently increases Perception by 25 points, permanently increases Perception Intensity by 30 points.]

[Physique Enhancement (Passive.X): Permanently increases Body Strength by 55 points.]

[Will Ascension (Passive.X): Permanently increases Willpower by 10 points.]

[Abyss Hunter (Passive.X): Permanently increases Abyss Resistance by 1 point.]

[Spirit Talisman (Passive.X): Permanently increases Mental Strength Intensity by 60 points.]

[Proud Song·Strengthening I (Passive.X): Proud Song's single Mana Point consumption limit +1,000 points, Crystal Layer Defense Rank +1.]

[Azure Steel Shadow·Strengthening VI (Passive.X): Azure Steel Shadow ability raised to full potential, and after reaching Lv.95, the enhancement energy required per level increases by 15%, and the amplification intensity brought by leveling increases by 10%.]

10 types of "General Passives" were successfully obtained. Counting this way, Su Xiao had accumulated 22 types of "General Passives" alone. On his development path where normal attacks were ultimates, he was becoming increasingly inhumane.

Sensing himself for a moment, his condition was quite good. He activated the Skill Upgrade Pod, and his own skill list appeared before him. After selecting "Blood Sublimation·Life Soul: Lv.30," he used [Skill Upgrade Pod Free Use Permission (One Time)]. The next second, he successfully entered dreamland. This was a single upgrade of 70 levels of high-level Technique Passive—it would be strange if he didn't fall asleep.

The next morning, Su Xiao, who had slept extremely well, rose from the Skill Upgrade Pod. Beini was curled up beside him. The members of Su Xiao's team were all used to him enhancing his abilities. As long as it wasn't something like Azure Shadow King, they wouldn't be nervous enough to all gather around.

[Blood Sublimation·Life Soul: X (Technique·Passive)]

Skill Effect 1: Blood Qi attack power increased by 980% (increased by 700%).

Skill Effect 2: Maximum Primordial Life Force increased by 50% (increased by 35%).

Note: The maximum Health Points at Absolute Strength level can reach 3,500,000 points.

Current maximum Health Points can reach: 5,250,000 points.

Skill Effect 3: Blood Qi system potential rank +19 (increased by 14).

Skill Effect 4: Blood Spear Grandmaster enhancement cost +50%, enhancement effect +50% (this trait cannot be enhanced by any means).

...

Su Xiao didn't keep the 7 Golden Skill Points and maxed out this ability. The main function of "Blood Sublimation·Life Soul" was to increase the maximum Health Points achievable at Absolute Strength level. His current Health Points were 3,000,000, and there were quite a few channels for improvement in this area.

Besides these gains, the [Divine Clan Holy Emblem·Soul] he used this time would also increase his Health Points and Mana Points. That was 3,000,000 × 25% = 750,000 points. Adding the corresponding "Spirit Shadow Constitution" bonus from Mana Points increasing to 198,086 points, his Health Points would reach 3,790,000 points.

For an Absolute Strength-level tank, this level of Health Points would make many main tanks unable to eat for several days. The thought was: why does this melee blade technique user have this level of Health Points? The answer was: stack enough passives, and anything is possible.

Although 3,790,000 Health Points seemed formidable, recalling the powerful enemy he had recently slain, the First Generation Sun King, the sense of security brought by this abundant Health Points suddenly diminished. To put it simply: previously, he could withstand three great swords before dying; now, he could at least withstand five great swords! Don't underestimate this—the margin of error from two great swords could really allow him to do many more things.

The ability enhancement wasn't over yet. Su Xiao still had 56 Law-Destroying Skill Points left. He invested all of them into Azure Shadow King.

[To upgrade Azure Shadow King Lv.1, requires consuming 3 Law-Destroying Skill Points.]

3 points per level. Su Xiao chose to upgrade 18 levels. As the upgrade began, he found that the process of upgrading Azure Shadow King was very gentle, even giving a nourishing feeling to the body, making one somewhat drowsy. When the ability upgrade was complete, he checked the current "Azure Shadow King."

[Azure Shadow King: Lv.19 (Ultimate·Skill)]

Azure Shadow King·Stage 1...

Azure Shadow King·Stage 3: When enemies around you exceed 1,000, all your main attributes increase by 8.7%, total Health Points increase by 21%, total Mana Points increase by 21%, and Physical Defense increases by 23%. Additionally, through Azure Shadow King's unique energy, the Devouring Core is activated, allowing you to restore 3.7% of your maximum Health Points, 3.7% of your maximum Mana Points, and 3.7% of your maximum Stamina for each enemy you subsequently kill by absorbing their Primordial Life Force, converted and filtered through Azure Shadow King·Devouring Core.

Azure Shadow King would need to reach at least Lv.50 before gradually showing its power. However, its current intensity wasn't low either. An 8.7% increase in main attributes and a 21% increase in total Health Points, given Su Xiao's current situation, equated to an increase of 70 points in Strength, 70 points in Agility, 70 points in Stamina, 70 points in Intelligence, and 800,000 Health Points.

The simpler the bonuses, the more qualitative change occurred when stacked high. Azure Shadow King was this type of ability.

Just then, Baha flew over, holding a phone. This was Su Xiao's phone placed on the bedside table, probably bought at Seventh Rank. It could communicate within Reincarnation Paradise. He took the phone and looked at the incoming call information—it was an unfamiliar number. Answering the call, a somewhat nervous voice came from the other end:

"Lo... long time no see, I'm Youyouan..."

"You've dialed the wrong number."

With that, Su Xiao hung up. He was about to walk out of the room when the phone in his hand rang again. It was the same number. He answered.

"Mr. White Night, we know each other. Listen to me, we've actually known each other for a long time..."

Su Xiao hung up, inwardly marveling at how innovative phone sales had become. If he didn't have things to do outside, he might have listened to the end. Just as this thought appeared, the phone in his hand rang again. As the saying goes, once is chance, twice is coincidence, three times is excessive. This phone sales was going too far. He answered.

"Mr. White Night, I'm Youyouan, a member of the Phantom Troupe who received your investment. You're a Law Destroyer, so you can't possibly be immune to my talent either. This damn talent only produces side effects. When I do missions, I just go out once, and when I come back, the mission NPC doesn't recognize who I am. Woo~, it's so hard for me!"

Hearing this emotional speech, Baha beside him remarked, "These phone sales are really putting in effort now, even with storylines."

Hearing this, Youyouan's somewhat tearful and collapsing voice came through the phone: "I'm not a phone salesperson, I'm not!"

Su Xiao pondered for a few seconds and suddenly remembered that he had indeed invested in a low-rank contractor named Youyouan. He had first sold her class inheritance items at a super low price and then provided various permanent enhancement potions.

"Besides our leader, no one can remember me. Mr. White Night, you must remember me."

Youyouan's voice sounded like she was about to burst into tears at any moment.

"Long time no see, Youyouan."

"Waa~!! You finally remembered me!"

Youyouan burst into tears on the other end, showing how much this girl had been tormented by her own talent.

Memories of Youyouan quickly became clear. Su Xiao still remembered that when they first met, Youyouan was a shy, well-behaved girl with a somewhat mischievous personality hidden beneath the surface. But overall, she was reserved. Now, she had been tortured by her talent ability into being neither reserved nor mischievous, becoming a crybaby girl prone to tears.

It wasn't that Youyouan was being melodramatic. No one could withstand this talent. Yesterday, you had a close friend and sister with whom you shared life and death and were willing to entrust your life. The next morning, they would look at Youyouan in surprise and ask, "Who are you?" This kind of situation would break anyone. The only benefit of this talent was that enemies also couldn't remember her. A common scenario was: the next morning, Youyouan's enemy would sit gloomily at the dining table, unable to find any appetite in the food, gently rubbing their forehead while thinking, "Who did I have a conflict with yesterday? This person's stealth ability is truly rare in the world."

Su Xiao was basically certain that Youyouan's talent wasn't a causality-type, otherwise it would be completely ineffective against him. This should be some particularly niche ability system. As far as he knew, the only person who could be immune to this talent was the leader. Of course, this didn't rule out the possibility that the leader was the only powerful person Youyouan could contact.

Perhaps at the Supreme level, one could be immune to Youyouan's talent ability. That was the thing about niche systems—it was difficult to raise corresponding resistance, and the means to raise resistance were also particularly niche.

"Youyouna, what do you want from me?"

"Uh~, it's like this, Mr. White Night. Do you know about this World War? I don't know what the situation is at high ranks, but as a Third Rank contractor, I have to participate."

Youyouan didn't correct the name "Youyouna," although she didn't know who that was.

"You advanced to Third Rank so quickly?"

"Yes, Mr. White Night. But I want to say, with those permanent enhancement potions you gave me, I advanced to Third Rank at this pace even though I was afraid of advancing too fast and chose to accumulate steadily."

After saying this, Youyouan took a deep breath. Because she was talking to Su Xiao, her hand holding the phone was trembling with excitement. She organized her thoughts and said, "It's like this, Mr. White Night. I want to apply for another round of investment. If I can win this Third Rank World War, I'll double the return on your investment..."

"I'm going out. Make it brief."

"I need... 450,000 Paradise Coins. I know this amount is high, but I will definitely..."

Su Xiao opened his communication list and scrolled down. Because there were quite a few people in his communication list, it took him a few seconds to find Youyouan. Today's exchange rate was 1 Soul Coin = 154,350 Paradise Coins, which was less than 3 Soul Coins. The joy of low ranks was so simple and pure.

Editing an email, he attached 500,000 Paradise Coins and sent it. Without listening to Youyouan still listing the uses for these Paradise Coins, he hung up, handed the phone to Amu, and went out.

Meanwhile, in her own exclusive room, Youyouan suddenly heard the busy tone from the phone. She deflated like a balloon but didn't complain. Instead, she muttered, "Youyouan, when will you ever break the habit of getting incoherent when excited? Even when facing a big shot, you need to stay calm."

Before Youyouan finished speaking, she received an email. Opening it, she found the email content was empty, but the attachment had a withdrawable balance of 500,000 Paradise Coins. Seeing this, her gaze began to firm. Opening the prompt list and looking at the first-place rewards for World War merits, with such generous support, she felt uneasy if she didn't bring back the first-place reward as thanks to the big shot.

Unable to express her feelings, Youyouan opened the adventure group channel and posted:

Youyouan (Number 11): "I will definitely win this time."

Gulu (Number 6): "Oh ho~, there's a new member in the group."

Weini (Number 8): "Hmm, looks like a newbie. Witch, why did you recruit another female member? You, me, Gulu, Wumei, Lingya, the newbie, and Sister Fox—that's 11 numbered slots, seven female members. We're the Phantom Troupe, not the Phantom Girl Group."

Witch (Number 10): "I, didn't, recruit."

Weini (Number 8): "Even in text, you speak in fragments. Looks like Bai Ye's lesson last time wasn't harsh enough."

Lingya (Number 9): "Details, I want to hear."

Weini (Number 8): "You know the Witch's speaking habits—they can drive people crazy. Last time she talked to Bai Ye like that, and then... (content below requires payment to view)."

Gulu (Number 6): "Hilarious, who would actually pay for that?"

Prompt: Wumei has successfully paid.

Lingya (Number 9): "Ah, this~"

Illusionist (Number 4): "What rank is the new member? Next world progression, I'll take people to a nightmare dungeon and save you a free slot."

Youyouan (Number 11): "Illusionist, Gulu, Sister Witch, Lingya, I'm not a newbie. You just forgot me because of my talent ability."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Hmm, I do seem to have some impression. Oh, you're that invisible person Bai Ye invested in."

Youyouan (Number 11): "Sister Fox, don't call me invisible person directly! Even though I really am an invisible person."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Youyouan, accepting Bai Ye's investment must be nerve-wracking, right?"

Youyouan (Number 11): "Yes, yes."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Don't be nervous. I've been through the same experience. Back then, when the leader sponsored me, I thought for a while that I was a sacrifice cultivated for some conspiracy of his. It wasn't until half a year later without contact that I contacted him, and he replied, 'Who are you?' I almost cracked apart."

Youyouan (Number 11): "Actually, being replied with 'Who are you?' isn't the worst."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Oh? How did Bai Ye reply to you?"

Youyouan (Number 11): "The big shot thought I was a phone salesperson. His demon hawk even praised my sales pitch for being creative."

Witch (Number 10): "Pfft~"

Gulu (Number 6): "Hahahaha."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Alright, your situation is more wonderful. Anyway, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Bai Ye is at the peak of Absolute Strength, and you're Third Rank. He won't covet anything from you."

Youyouan (Number 11): "Then, why invest in me? There must be a reason."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Because it's interesting. Am I right, Witch? My only investment, and it produced an ultimate salted fish failure."

Puppeteer (Number 2): "Damn! The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Witch, where are you? Speak!"

Prompt: Witch has temporarily exited the team communication channel.

Lingya (Number 9): "She's at a cold drink shop near Forging Street."

Gulu (Number 6): "Hilarious. You're both cute and mischievous, Lingya. No wait, why am I laughing? Wasn't it you who sold me out last time and let that vixen catch me? Where are you now?!"

Prompt: Lingya has temporarily exited the team communication channel.

Forging Street.

Just as Su Xiao arrived here, he saw Reid's forge with its door tightly shut. It wasn't that Reid was hiding from him; it was that every time a world progression ended, Reid stopped taking forging orders and began to recharge, preparing to face the dual challenges of psychology and craftsmanship.

Knock, knock, knock.

Su Xiao knocked on the metal door. Soon, Wo Wo opened it. Wo Wo, dressed in forging apprentice attire, sniffled. Looking at his reddened eyes, he had clearly been scolded bloody by Reid again.

Entering the forge, Su Xiao saw Reid sitting in front of the furnace and anvil. Unshaven Reid was drinking beer. Seeing Su Xiao arrive, he raised his bottle without much emotion.

Actually, Su Xiao also knew it was inappropriate to wear a long leather coat, but looking at the equipment repair scene in Reincarnation Paradise, he only knew that Reid had the skill to repair the [Wild Hunt Night] long leather coat.

To ease his remaining conscience, Su Xiao had previously obtained quite a few forging books from the old monster in the Great Library of Blazing Sun Star. Given his status as an Old Era Challenger, the old monster naturally wasn't stingy in this regard and gave Su Xiao all the forging knowledge ancient texts accumulated from the First Era to the present.

Su Xiao took out a bottle of Elemental Brew. This was a batch of Elemental Brew just brought back from Eternal Light World. If the previous version of Elemental Brew was a treasure close to a century-old vintage, this time it was an extreme vintage aged for several hundred years. The eight "Time Crystallizations" fixed on the large barrel made of Black Maple Tree mixed wood had pushed the "Divine King Brewing Method" to its extreme.

"You still have some conscience left."

Reid pulled out the cork and took a big gulp. With such fine wine down his throat, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Su Xiao didn't speak. He took out a metal box containing dozens of "Forging Ancient Texts." Reid looked at it suspiciously, opened it, and took out a book to browse. His expression gradually changed from suspicion to gravity, and finally, his eyes widened.

"This, this, this... how embarrassing."

Reid said this, but his hand had already snapped the metal box shut. He kicked his chair aside, put down the metal box, and sat on it. There was no way he was giving it back unless someone killed him.

Was Su Xiao doing this because his conscience wasn't completely dead? Of course. However, "carelessly," he forgot to tell Reid that after the deadly battle against the First Generation Sun King, [Wild Hunt Night], this Eternal Rank equipment, had undergone a qualitative change because the Ember Force stored inside had reached 100%.

[Wild Hunt Night]

Origin: Dark Crow World.

Quality: Eternal Rank.

Category: Long Leather Coat.

Durability: 1.5/450 points (increased by 150 points).

Base Defense: 90 points (increased by 30 points).

Eternal Rank Leather Armor Base Bonus: 15% Physical/Energy Damage Reduction.

Equipment Requirements: True Stamina 650 points, True Intelligence 650 points, slain divine units exceeding 15 (achieved).

Equipment Effect 1: Spirit Equipment (Passive), for every 3,000 Mana Points the wearer has, this equipment gains an additional 15 points of Defense, 3 points of Penetration Resistance, 3 points of High-Temperature Reduction, and 3 points of Erosion Reduction.

Increased: 500 points of Equipment Defense (increase cap is 500 points).

Increased: 160 points of Penetration Resistance (increase cap is 160 points).

Increased: 160 points of High-Temperature Reduction (increase cap is 160 points).

Increased: 160 points of Erosion Reduction (increase cap is 160 points).

Equipment Effect 2: Warm Healing (Passive), the "Ember Warmth" stored within this equipment will heal your life force. After you are injured, this recovery effect will increase incrementally. For every 10% of maximum Health Points you lose, this recovery effect doubles until it reaches the maximum value, lasting until the battle ends.

Note: Due to your exceptionally high maximum Health Points, this equipment can restore up to 150% of your Health Points in a single battle.

Equipment Effect 3: Ember Flame (Core·Passive), the Ember Flame was originally a miracle flame that ignited in the Abyss, possessing the powerful trait of using Abyss energy as fuel. It was later brought from the Abyss to Wind Sea Continent by the Abyss Descendant Azguk family. Because this Ember Flame could burn everything, including the world it was in, it was sealed by the Beast King of Wind Sea Continent. Later, as a Law Destroyer, you obtained it and used it as the main material to enhance this equipment.

This equipment has been severely damaged multiple times but has been repaired to its best condition each time. Coupled with this successful promotion to Eternal Rank·Full Score equipment, this trait has become stronger, allowing it to withstand the awakened "Ember Flame" and granting this equipment the following traits.

Note: When this equipment suffers severe damage (overall damage exceeding 85%) and is repaired to its best condition afterward, the equipment's strength and score will increase accordingly.

Note: Due to this trait, the difficulty of repairing this equipment increases by 900% (difficulty increased by 805%).

Description: Forged by Forging Grandmaster·Reid, theoretically the legendary tier equipment that can rank among the top three Eternal Rank leather armor equipment in terms of defense. However, for some reason, this Forging Grandmaster is not proud of creating this equipment. Every time he sees this equipment, Forging Grandmaster·Reid gets so excited he grinds his teeth.

Score: 6,000 points (Eternal Rank equipment score range 3,000~6,000 points).

Price: Untradeable.

Su Xiao glanced at Reid, who was still grinning from ear to ear from obtaining the large collection of "Forging Ancient Texts." He left behind all the equipment that needed maintenance and repair, finally placing down [Wild Hunt Night], which had a "Repair Difficulty Increase of 900%," and [King's Crown], one of the five most difficult pieces of equipment to repair. He quickly walked out of the forge.

Reid's equipment repair level had been rising sharply, clearly related to this. After all, among the five most difficult pieces of equipment to repair in the myriad realms, he alone handled two.

Leaving the forge, Su Xiao skillfully temporarily blocked Reid for 48 hours and then headed toward the Equipment Enhancement Hall.