# Chapter 64: New Member
Outside the Annihilation Mist, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, and Baha walked across the desolate land. In the past, the wind and sand of this wasteland howled mournfully. Combined with its adjacency to the Green Wetlands and the special Abyss Passage there that could never be closed, the originally yellow sand had transformed into iron-black dust storms.
To say that none of the Starry Sky Seat members feared this harsh climate would be an exaggeration. But every time they came, they were covered in black sand, which was inevitably inconvenient. For this reason, during the last Starry Sky Seat gathering, several members discussed whether to move the Starry Sky Seat elsewhere.
But now, the sky that was once perpetually covered in black clouds was unusually clear. The black sand had vanished, leaving only faint yellow windblown sand in the distance, creating quite an artistic atmosphere.
As a master of advanced Abyss studies, Su Xiao naturally understood why. The special Abyss Passage in the Green Wetlands had been sealed, which improved the situation in the neighboring wasteland.
Without needing to think, he knew it was the "Dark Moon Ring" that Nature's Daughter Elukelu had brought back to Arcane Eternal Star that had taken effect.
The sealing of this special Abyss Passage would inevitably trigger a chain reaction. First, the major Void factions would begin to calm down. The Demon Race and Feather Race, which had been eager to act, would surely retreat. Other neutral major powers would become even more docile.
The coming period should be the most stable time in the Void since the end of the Law Annihilation Era.
However, this seemed more like a sign of approaching disaster. Although the "Dark Moon Ring" had temporarily sealed that special Abyss Passage, the ratio of Abyss to Elements had reached Abyss 8, Elements 2. During the Second Era, when the Spellcaster faction rose, the highest ratio was only Abyss 3, Elements 7. Compared to that, this current imbalance was far more severe.
As Su Xiao walked toward the entrance of the Starry Sky Seat, the space beside him suddenly rippled. A figure appeared, wearing a tattered robe, with skin that was aged and somewhat wooden. It was the Immortal Old Man. He wore a broken hood, and wherever his aura spread, the environment became decayed and ancient. Even space was corroded into black holes, dripping black water.
The Immortal Old Man's expression was numb. Seeing Su Xiao not far away, he nodded slightly. Or rather, aside from Su Xiao, who often provided him with rare potions, and the Tuanzhang, the Immortal Old Man basically ignored everyone else.
Su Xiao providing the Immortal Old Man with rare secret medicines was a win-win situation. Sometimes, the permanent enhancement potions Su Xiao brewed were so potent that even with his physique, drinking them could cause death due to the extreme and violent enhancement. The Immortal Old Man didn't care about this at all. In fact, the "Extreme Dark Concentrated Secret Medicine," which was lethal poison to others, was a nourishing delicacy for him.
The nearby space rippled again, and the Daomo appeared. The Daomo glanced at Su Xiao, then looked at the Immortal Old Man. Thus, the three walked silently toward the entrance of the Starry Sky Seat.
If time were turned back an hour, the Starry Sky Seat would be empty. The surrounding walls were made of gray mist, and at the center was an ancient stone round table, about five meters in diameter. Around it were eight seats of varying sizes, tailored to each member's physique.
Seat 0 belonged to the Black Mist Figure. He was the host and transaction arbiter of the Starry Sky Seat. In the past, he was trapped inside the Starry Sky Seat. After the three unscrupulous immortals gathered, Mawen Hua'erzi and the Old Law Annihilator found a way to help the Black Mist Figure escape. Thus, the combination of the Black-Hearted Old Grandpa appeared.
Seat 0 had a balance mark, representing the Black Mist Figure's identity as arbiter.
Seat 1 belonged to the Daomo. Not because he was the strongest in the Starry Sky Seat—currently, the Tuanzhang was the strongest. Interestingly, the Tuanzhang was once the holder of the [Starry Ring (1)], but to trick the Daomo into joining the Starry Sky Seat, he gifted this [Starry Ring] to the Daomo.
Seat 1 had a Free Demon Spirit mark, which looked humanoid but with arms spread, gradually turning into double black wings.
Seat 2 belonged to the Tuanzhang, represented by a metal mask with a missing corner. However, the mask the Tuanzhang usually wore was complete. It was unclear what special meaning the missing corner had.
Seat 3 belonged to the Immortal Old Man, represented by a mark that looked like coral, or dense antlers, or perhaps had other meanings.
Seat 4 belonged to White Bull, represented by a skull of the Beast King wearing a crown. However, the crown was embedded into the skull. If the Black Emperor's Crown were removed, the Beast King would surely die. This fit White Bull's situation well—losing his status as the underground Black Emperor would mean countless enemies ensuring his death.
Seat 5 belonged to Su Xiao, represented by a black ring. Until he arrived at Blazing Sun Star, he didn't know what this black ring represented. It wasn't until the Abyss-grade equipment "Endless Ring" completed its upgrade that he realized the mark on his Starry Sky Seat matched the "Endless Ring" exactly.
Without needing to think, the Tuanzhang knew a very powerful diviner. Regarding this, Su Xiao planned to ask the Tuanzhang for an introduction. However, the Tuanzhang seemed to know that Su Xiao had ruined quite a few diviners. That powerful diviner was the Tuanzhang's close friend, so it was basically impossible for the Tuanzhang to introduce them.
Seat 6 belonged to Holy Maiden Seat, represented by a slumbering vortex. This represented Holy Maiden Seat's slumber reincarnation ability. In the past, Holy Maiden Seat would sleep once every 20 years, temporarily forgetting her "big account password" and starting a new "small account," reverting to a 7-year-old appearance with some changes in mentality.
When she reached 20 again, she would sleep for a while. During this sleep, not only would her strength return to its peak, but her limit would also increase slightly. After obtaining the [Stellar Seal], Holy Maiden Seat locked her lower age limit at 15, and the reincarnation cycle decreased from once every 20 years to once every 12 years—an epic-level enhancement.
Just when Holy Maiden Seat thought she could securely hold the position of second-to-last in Starry Sky Seat combat power, Su Xiao advanced to Absolute Strength. This hit Holy Maiden Seat like a thunderbolt. She comforted herself that even though Bai Ye advanced to Absolute Strength so quickly, he would need to accumulate after reaching it. However, during the last world progress, when the Starry Sky Seat gathering was held, Holy Maiden Seat found herself once again the bottom-ranked mascot in combat power.
This stimulated Holy Maiden Seat greatly. After a few days of desperate training, she decided to recruit a new member for the Starry Sky Seat. That way, she wouldn't need to continue training, nor would she be the weakest. Perfect! I'm a genius!
This time, Holy Maiden Seat arrived very early, so early that the Black Mist Figure hadn't even arrived yet. She sat on Seat 6, looking serious, and said to the newcomer on Seat 7: "Stay calm later. Although you have a big background, your understanding of the outside world is even less than that of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old from a major family. Got it?"
"Actually... it's not that bad. When I was at Arcane Eternal Star, I did have some understanding of the outside world," the new member said with insufficient confidence.
"You're overthinking it. Those Spellcasters won't let you have too much understanding of the outside world. Besides, haven't you seen through this matter yet? Ever since those Spellcasters verified that the 'Dark Moon Ring' could really seal the special Abyss Passage, the Element faction, Academy faction, and Soul faction couldn't be bothered with you. No, if that old woman from the Arcane faction hadn't protected you, you would have been dealt with already. Don't forget whose cells were used to cultivate you. Wake up, you fool!"
Holy Maiden Seat grew more excited as she spoke, while the new member's gaze gradually became filled with doubt about life.
That's right. The unreliable Holy Maiden Seat had actually recruited Green Gillian, the disciple of Mage Sage Seraphilia, leader of the Arcane faction, into the Starry Sky Seat. Not to mention others, even Holy Maiden Seat herself hadn't expected things to develop so wonderfully.
First, regarding Green Gillian's background—she was cultivated by Mage Sage Seraphilia using cells from the Second Era Law Annihilator Green Gillian. Was Seraphilia still missing Green Gillian? Of course not. The thing Seraphilia regretted most was not personally annihilating Green Gillian's soul.
Arcane Eternal Star's affairs regarding the Abyss were all handled by Seraphilia. In recent years, with Abyss Passages frequently opening, even Seraphilia was beginning to feel the pressure. So she decided to take a risk and use the methods of her former enemies to close the Abyss Passages one by one.
The problem was that Seraphilia had the method for closing Abyss Passages used by the Law Annihilation faction. But this method required having the Law Annihilation fortune. And this was the core reason for cultivating Green Gillian.
Arcane Eternal Star calculated everything but didn't account for the fact that, at the same time, a Hunter from Reincarnation Paradise had obtained the inheritance of the Law Annihilation faction's abilities. As a true Law Annihilator, the Law Annihilation fortune naturally fell upon Su Xiao. Green Gillian, who only had the Law Annihilator physique without any Law Annihilation abilities, received none of the Law Annihilation fortune.
This was why, when they first met, Seraphilia's hatred was maxed out, and she insisted on killing Su Xiao no matter what. Seraphilia was responsible for handling Abyss matters within Arcane Eternal Star. How could such a powerful figure become so impulsive and mindless due to past grudges?
On the contrary, Seraphilia's display of vengeful resentment after being dumped by an old flame didn't arouse anyone's suspicion. What she truly wanted to seize was the Law Annihilation fortune. Killing this Third Era Law Annihilator was merely the process.
Consider this—Green Gillian, who had the Law Annihilator physique and was initially positioned as a tool, would she have freedom in Arcane Eternal Star? The answer was obviously no. Directly restricting Green Gillian's freedom would be a poor strategy. Instead, recognizing Green Gillian as a genius and keeping her within the Arcane faction for cultivation was the best choice. Internally and externally, they could say she was a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius among Spellcasters. How could they let her go out casually? If something happened, it would be an unbearable loss for Arcane Eternal Star.
What made it even more seamless was that Green Gillian truly had Spellcaster talent. She had the Law Annihilator physique, which meant increasingly absurd elemental affinity.
Living within the Arcane faction, Green Gillian was like a bird in a cage. She thought her knowledge was fine, but after truly escaping the prison of Arcane Eternal Star, she found that even a street performer from the Multi-Handed Race was a novelty she had never seen before.
Thinking back carefully, from childhood to adulthood, she had only gone out a few times with her mentor Seraphilia, and always to remote areas.
What truly made Green Gillian feel malice from the inside out was after Nature's Daughter Elukelu brought back the "Dark Moon Ring." As a customized tool, when no longer needed, the beginning of destruction awaited.
Green Gillian was both unfortunate and fortunate. When she was less than ten years old, she met Holy Maiden Seat, who was in her reincarnated 13-year-old state. Their first meeting was at the "Dawnlight Manor" in Arcane Eternal Star, ending with both of them bruised and swollen. One was the disciple of Mage Sage Seraphilia, the other was the young lady of the Giluerius family. Naturally, there were no further consequences.
Throughout the Star Realm, the Giluerius family's wealth ranked in the top five. Under these circumstances, the Giluerius family naturally had many dealings with Arcane Eternal Star. At first, Holy Maiden Seat didn't like going to Arcane Eternal Star. She felt the Spellcasters were too arrogant, even if most hid it well. But the hardest thing to hide was precisely arrogance.
After "befriending" Green Gillian, Holy Maiden Seat actively proposed going to Arcane Eternal Star. This made the old folks of the Giluerius family very pleased—their precious jewel was finally starting to do something serious.
However, these old folks didn't know that Holy Maiden Seat was going for "revenge." Holy Maiden Seat and Green Gillian fought a few times, becoming close friends through combat. The Four-Eyed Hound responsible for protecting—actually, around-the-clock monitoring—Green Gillian, had terrible luck.
The funniest incident was when Green Gillian and Holy Maiden Seat were playing in the lake forest near "Silver Moon Lake." The Four-Eyed Hound found a tree to nap under. Half an hour later, it was awakened by something crashing down. When it opened its eyes in terror, a swarm of angry Poison-Wing Bees circled around a huge beehive that had fallen and cracked open on the ground.
When an old immortal from the Giluerius family and Seraphilia arrived, they saw Green Gillian with tears in her eyes, the Four-Eyed Hound with its mouth swollen as thick as its neck, and Holy Maiden Seat with her head tilted, one eye swollen shut but still looking defiant.
Not long ago, Holy Maiden Seat helped Green Gillian escape from Arcane Eternal Star. If it were anyone else, Arcane Eternal Star wouldn't let it go. But Holy Maiden Seat was the young lady of the Giluerius family. It wasn't that Arcane Eternal Star was weaker than the Giluerius family—as the Void overlord, Arcane Eternal Star had the power to destroy the Giluerius family. It was a matter of whether it was worth it and what price would be paid.
Soul Lord's attitude was clear: hand over the person within five days. The Giluerius family's attitude was even clearer: handing her over was unlikely, but in terms of Soul Coins, they could discuss it.
Speaking of which, Su Xiao had actually saved Green Gillian's life. With a true Law Annihilator alive, whether Green Gillian, who only had the Law Annihilator physique, lived or died wasn't that important. She wasn't the only hidden danger. Or rather, if her hidden danger level was 3 points, then Su Xiao's hidden danger level for Arcane Eternal Star was at least 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 points.
Comparatively, giving the Giluerius family face was clearly not a loss. The finest robe materials were provided free of charge by the Giluerius family every year. This wasn't protection money—the Giluerius family's strength meant they didn't need to pay protection fees to any faction. This was a gift to friends. Once you attacked the young lady of the Giluerius family, you were no longer their friend. That would mean losing too much, more than the Spellcasters were willing to bear.
Due to this upheaval and the injuries sustained during the pursuit, Green Gillian, now at Ninth Rank, made Holy Maiden Seat realize something. Compared to the World Children she had previously chosen, or the Wandering Hunter inheritors, or the Fate-Hand Ashwiss, Green Gillian was the perfect holder for the [Starry Ring (7)].
"Holy Maiden Seat, you still haven't told me what kind of faction the Starry Sky Seat is," Green Gillian said.
Hearing this, Holy Maiden Seat was momentarily stunned, then thought about Green Gillian's previous situation at Arcane Eternal Star. She could actually popularize common knowledge about the outside world, but she didn't. Although she wasn't at the level of an old schemer, she sensed that before her friend left that invisible cage, the more she knew, the more dangerous it would be.
"The Starry Sky Seat? Ahem~, of course it's a friendly faction. Look at my temperament—could I possibly join a chaotic faction?"
"Uh~, I suppose... that's true," Green Gillian's tone noticeably relaxed. Having just escaped Arcane Eternal Star, she only wanted to find a friendly faction, temporarily contemplate life, and plan for the future.
Just then, the Black Mist Figure gradually appeared on Seat 0. Seeing this mysterious existence and sensing his vast, peaceful aura, Green Gillian gradually felt reassured. As expected of her close friend—the faction she brought her to was this friendly and grand.
The Black Mist Figure looked at Green Gillian, then was clearly stunned for a moment. His gaze turned to Holy Maiden Seat.
"How is it? The new member I recruited. Not bad, right?"
"Not bad. Really, really not bad," the Black Mist Figure said meaningfully, which left Holy Maiden Seat puzzled.
The gray mist at the entrance surged, and the Tuanzhang walked into the Starry Sky Seat. Seeing Green Gillian, he looked somewhat suspicious. After sitting down, he asked Holy Maiden Seat, "Is this the new member you recruited?"
"That's right. How is she? She's great in character, background, and personality."
"Personality... is great," the Tuanzhang said meaningfully, which made Holy Maiden Seat even more confused. If it were just the Black Mist Figure, she wouldn't be particularly puzzled, but now the Tuanzhang was the same.
"You're here early enough," White Bull said as he walked in. Seeing the new member Green Gillian, he paused mid-step as he approached his seat, frowning as he stared at her. After a moment, he sat down with confusion in his heart.
"What's going on with you?" Holy Maiden Seat couldn't hold back anymore. She continued, "Is there something wrong with Green Gillian? Although she's from Arcane Eternal Star, she's not a Spellcaster..."
"It's not that problem. It's just... a hard-to-describe sense of disharmony," White Bull said with furrowed brows. The Black Mist Figure and the Tuanzhang looked at him with smiles in their eyes. Noticing their gazes, White Bull gradually realized things weren't simple.
But compared to White Bull's suspicion, Green Gillian's mentality was about to shatter. Her inner thoughts were: Wasn't the Starry Sky Seat supposed to be a friendly faction? Why is even White Bull here?!
"Have the moral standards of 'friendly factions' become so open now?"
"Is this really a friendly faction?"
"Why does the feeling of boarding a pirate ship feel so strong?"
"And why, when facing the Underground Black Emperor White Bull, do I feel like I could defeat an Absolute Strength with one hand?"
Green Gillian knocked on her head. She felt she was sick, afflicted with a strange disease of extreme inner expansion. It was as if Absolute Strength were like a weakling, mid-level Supreme Strength*2.170T could be toyed with and beaten, veteran Supreme Strength could be casually fought, top Supreme Strength could be kicked to death, super-top Supreme Strength could also be killed, and only Supreme Peak could fight her.
This feeling grew stronger and stronger. Green Gillian felt she might have a split personality or something. Also, she had been frequently falling asleep lately, each time sleeping for several days. What made her feel like she'd seen a ghost was that every time she woke up from sleep, her strength had increased by a notch. The only somewhat reasonable explanation was: the Law Annihilator physique is really strong.
Just as Green Gillian was still doubting her life and wondering what kind of friendly faction she had joined, Su Xiao, the Daomo, and the Immortal Old Man entered the Starry Sky Seat one after another.
Seeing these three with terrifying auras, Green Gillian froze. She immediately turned to look at her close friend Holy Maiden Seat. Holy Maiden Seat coughed slightly in embarrassment: "Listen to me. Would I harm you? The Starry Sky Seat is naturally a friendly faction. As for those three, reputation is sometimes just rumors. Essentially, they are... still... still easy to get along with."
Holy Maiden Seat originally wanted to say that essentially, all three were good people. But as the words reached her lips, her conscience felt like it was being hammered repeatedly, so she decisively changed her words.
Green Gillian glanced at Su Xiao, then immediately looked away. She whispered to Holy Maiden Seat beside her: "But I saw with my own eyes that he detonated two Sun Bombs at Arcane Eternal Star..."
"Just conflicts between factions. Members of friendly factions also have tempers. Ahem~, indeed a bit too much temper."
Green Gillian looked at the Immortal Old Man and whispered to Holy Maiden Seat: "This old gentleman... how do I feel like he's terrifying enough to have eaten an Ancient God?"
"Ahahaha," Holy Maiden Seat patted Green Gillian's back repeatedly while laughing, "How could anyone eat an Ancient God? Are you stupid? That's your hallucination."
"Is that so?" Green Gillian murmured. She looked at the Daomo, then at Holy Maiden Seat beside her, as if asking how she could explain this Mad Slaughter Demon God who had killed countless in the Black Abyss.
"Green Gillian, you need to understand that the Black Abyss is the Daomo's home. He's there to... to... well, okay, this indeed isn't a friendly faction. At most, it's a neutral faction."
Neutral faction was Holy Maiden Seat's greatest concession and stubbornness. But this couldn't calm Green Gillian's heart. She looked around at the people present. Her previously uneasy mood from being chased by Spellcasters was no longer uneasy. Now she was terrified.
"Everyone, what are your opinions on the new member?" Holy Maiden Seat looked around at the people present.
"Very good."
"Extremely good."
"Especially good."
The Tuanzhang, Black Mist Figure, and White Bull expressed their opinions. The Daomo stared at Green Gillian, as if recalling something. The Immortal Old Man remained silent, not intending to participate in this discussion.
Su Xiao flipped through email records only he could see, saying nothing.
"Bai Ye?"
"As long as you don't regret it, it's fine," Su Xiao's words made Holy Maiden Seat's confusion max out. She said angrily, "Can you guys not speak in half-sentences?"
Su Xiao took out a bottle of Elemental Brew and tossed it to Green Gillian. This made Green Gillian look confused, not knowing what to do next. But in the next second, she gradually lowered her head, then raised it again. Her gaze had shifted from confusion about the future to sharpness with a hint of casual amusement.
"Hmm? What's the situation here?" Green Gillian used her thumb to pop open the bottle cap, tilted her head back, and gulped down the drink. This stunned Holy Maiden Seat beside her. She was surprised to find that her friend seemed to have another personality.
"What are you looking at, little girl?" Green Gillian looked at Holy Maiden Seat with half-lidded eyes. Holy Maiden Seat's eyes widened. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly shivered from Green Gillian's gaze. A very ominous feeling transmitted from Green Gillian to Holy Maiden Seat. As the saying goes, the pain mask didn't disappear—it was just passed to the neighboring seat.
"You old bastard are still alive? But it's the Third Era now. How about we shake hands and make peace?" Green Gillian smiled broadly at the Black Mist Figure.
"I knew it. It's you, the most malicious female Law Annihilator in history."
"Bullshit! I'm beautiful, kind-hearted, and gentle-tempered. Who are you calling the most malicious female Law Annihilator?" Green Gillian looked ready to throw the bottle in her hand at any moment. Seeing this, the Black Mist Figure was certain—no mistake, it was that person. But then he thought, with her becoming a half-member of the Starry Sky Seat in this way, the subsequent situation would be very interesting.
That's right, the one who came out now was Green Gillian. She never planned to take over Green Gillian's body. The reason she was called a half-member of the Starry Sky Seat was that Green Gillian, who held the [Starry Ring (7)], was the true member.
"It seems I should say, 'I've heard a lot about you'?" White Bull rubbed his forehead with a smile. He felt the subsequent Starry Sky Seat would be more interesting, but facing the most malicious female Law Annihilator in history was also a bit of a headache.
"Oh, if it isn't my defeated opponent, the Daomo."
"What are you looking at? Want to fight one-on-one?"
The Daomo stood up.
"Just because you agree to a one-on-one fight, your IQ really hasn't improved at all. Given your low intelligence, I unilaterally cancel this one-on-one fight."
Green Gillian changed the subject and asked, "By the way, have those Spellcasters from Arcane Eternal Star been causing you trouble all these years?"
"...No."
"It seems they still have some dignity."
Green Gillian looked at the Tuanzhang. Her attitude changed from before, and she said formally, "Hello."
This attitude wasn't because of the Tuanzhang's strength, but for a deeper reason.
"Hello."
"What a damn shame. If someone like you had appeared in the Second Era, we few would have definitely protected you. But how did you survive after your defeat?" Green Gillian's attitude changed again. The Tuanzhang hesitated for a moment, then said nothing. The Black Mist Figure said, "He wasn't exactly defeated. It was a draw."
"Impressive. Truly impressive. Alright, I'm going back. Finally, you little bastard, where did you take my Owl Lady?" Green Gillian glared fiercely at Su Xiao.
Su Xiao closed his email list and glanced at Green Gillian: "Ancient Battlefield."
"Tsk~, the Ancient Battlefield is too dangerous for Vivi. But I really want to find Owl Lady. After all these years, I finally found a good cabbage, and it's all your fault, you little bastard."
Su Xiao looked at Green Gillian. Green Gillian could only wave her hand and say, "Fine, my problem, my fault. Owl Lady is carrying out your commission. I won't bother her, okay? I'm going back."
Green Gillian sat down, tilted her head back, and then opened her eyes. This time, she was certain she indeed had another personality. And through the negotiation of this unknown personality, she had unlocked the correct entry mode for the Starry Sky Seat.
"Everyone, since we're all here, how about a trade?" Baha on Su Xiao's shoulder spoke.
White Bull spread his right hand, indicating he was fine with it. The Tuanzhang, Daomo, and Immortal Old Man didn't express their stance, which meant tacit agreement.
"Agreed," Holy Maiden Seat raised her hand. Now only Green Gillian hadn't expressed her stance. Noticing this, she immediately raised her hand: "I, I also agree."
"Bai Ye, what do you need? What are you trading with?" White Bull took a sip of Elemental Brew, noticing that the quality of this fine wine had improved again.
"Overlord Essence, the bigger the better."
Everyone present said they didn't have any. Only the Tuanzhang hadn't expressed his stance. He asked, "How many do you need?"
"A lot."
"I probably have about 2000 or so left."
Su Xiao didn't speak. Obviously, the "a lot" he meant was different from what the Tuanzhang understood.
"I need 100."
Hearing this number, the Tuanzhang asked, "You haven't advanced to Supreme yet. Why do you need so many Overlord Essences?"
"To strengthen Overlord equipment."
"You're covered in Overlord equipment? You need this many Overlord Essences?"
"Strengthening one piece."
"Using Overlord Essence to strengthen Overlord equipment has a success rate of over 90%. Generally, Overlord equipment can be strengthened to +10. One piece at most needs 15..." The Tuanzhang stopped mid-sentence, hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "In your case, buying more is indeed a safe choice."
"2500 ounces of Space-Time Power, 100 pieces."
One maximum-sized Overlord Essence was worth about 25 ounces of Space-Time Power.
"I'll give you 200," the Tuanzhang said. A few seconds later, Su Xiao received an email. Opening it, the attachment was a material box containing 200 Overlord Essences. It seemed the Tuanzhang was in urgent need of Space-Time Power recently.
Since the theme of this Starry Sky Seat gathering wasn't trading, it quickly entered the Elemental Brew tasting phase. Holy Maiden Seat also brought food, reportedly cooked by the Giluerius family's private chef. The taste was definitely worthy of the "Ten Thousand Realms Food Guide."
After the meal, under Green Gillian's surprised and confused gaze, a cup of Maple Tea was placed on the table before her. Having seen the Black Maple Tree at Arcane Eternal Star with her own eyes and knowing how precious Black Maple leaves were, her strange knowledge increased. So Black Maple Tree young leaves could be used for tea, and the tea fragrance had a unique quality that evoked memories of the past.
Half an hour later, the Tuanzhang and others left one after another, leaving only Su Xiao and Holy Maiden Seat. Su Xiao took out a stack of design drawings. These were all professional treatment tools needed for the "Sun Healing Secret Method." Throughout the Star Realm, only the Tree Sage mastered the craft of making these professional treatment tools.
If Su Xiao visited personally, not being kicked out by the Tree Sage would already be a sign of the old man's good temper. Ever since the Holy Flame Alchemist became famous, the Tree Sage wasn't just catching a few stray bullets—he was innocently lying there while someone emptied entire magazines into him. Having Holy Maiden Seat handle it and go to the Tree Sage to order these professional treatment tools was a better choice.
Having just drunk some Elemental Brew, Holy Maiden Seat's face was slightly flushed, with a few strands of hair falling: "So, I'm running errands for nothing?"
"Yes."
"Alright, since you always treat me to Maple Tea, I'm willing to run errands for you. I'll go now."
Su Xiao took out a sealing scroll. Just as Holy Maiden Seat was about to leave, the scroll blocked her: "This is?"
"For your family's old immortals to see."
"Hmm," Holy Maiden Seat's lazy attitude changed. She put it away, then floated up. Holy Maiden Seat always adhered to the principle of flying rather than walking even one step.
After leaving the Starry Sky Seat, Su Xiao chose to return to Reincarnation Paradise. When the spatial fluctuations subsided, he was back in his Exclusive Room.
[Tip: You have obtained the Golden Crown.]
[Golden Crown (Nightmare Curio·Unique): Can be sold to Reincarnation Paradise to obtain 100 Golden Skill Points.]
Su Xiao naturally chose to sell. What he needed most right now was Golden Skill Points. He went to the room with the Awakening Stele, entered the exclusive Skill Upgrade Pod, sat cross-legged on the carpet, opened the skill list, and chose to upgrade "Blood Sublimation·Soul Life: X (Technique·Passive)."
Among the three high-level technique passives corresponding to Blade, Melee, and Blood Qi, only this one hadn't been maxed out. Using 7 Golden Skill Points, he chose to max this ability. A vast golden force erupted within his body. If he hadn't mastered various Law Annihilation abilities, this alone would have sent him into dreamland.
Two hours later, Su Xiao, drenched in sweat, exhaled a long breath. His life force aura was vigorous to the extreme. If evil spirits or malevolent entities were nearby, they would be evaporated by this temporarily uncontrollable vigorous life force aura.
After a moment, this life force aura converged, indicating he had gradually adapted to his current physique.
[Blood Sublimation·Soul Life: X (Technique·Passive)]
Skill Effect 1: Blood Qi attack power increased by 1380% (increased by 400%).
Skill Effect 2: Maximum Primordial Life Force increased by 72% (increased by 22%).
Tip: Absolute Strength level maximum HP can reach 3.5 million points.
Current maximum HP can reach: 6 million points.
Tip: Absolute Strength level HP "absolute limit" is 6 million points.
Skill Effect 3: Blood Qi system potential rank +25 (increased by 6).
Skill Effect 4: Blood Spear Grandmaster upgrade cost +50%, upgrade effect +50% (this characteristic cannot be enhanced by any means).
Su Xiao's current HP was 3.79 million points. This amount was enough to make main tanks of the same rank tearfully search for class-change rare items. As a main tank, seeing a melee fighter of the same rank with 3.79 million HP was so absurd that they would grievance cry out, "Why?"
However, 3.79 million HP wasn't Su Xiao's limit. He planned to accumulate HP to 6 million points. That way, when facing powerful enemies, it wouldn't be "three swords and you're dead"—he could at least withstand five swords!
He had 93 Golden Skill Points left. Su Xiao looked at the "Perfect Block: Lv.89" in his skill list and had a bold idea.
This skill, when fully compatible with him, was a divine skill. He had a feeling that with his current combat power, the next world progress, which would arrive in a few days, would inevitably be extremely dangerous. His bold idea was to max out "Perfect Block: Lv.89."
As for why not upgrade it level by level—based on his experience, upgrading such abilities level by level resulted in slightly lower final strength compared to maxing them out in one go. The principle was that it allowed the body to more deeply experience and remember the ability, turning it from ability memory into ability + muscle dual memory.
Using a total of 16 Golden Skill Points, Su Xiao's vision went black as he was sent into dreamland by the Golden Skill Points.
When Su Xiao woke up, only one day remained of his stay in Reincarnation Paradise. He sat up from the bed. This was the double bed in the corner where Bubu Wang had carried him after he fell asleep. As for why this room for upgrading abilities had a large bed—that was experience.
[Perfect Block ability has been upgraded to Lv.105. This ability has been promoted to X.]
[Perfect Block: X (Absolute Strength·Passive)]
Skill Effect 1: Blade Block (Passive). When you parry with a blade-type weapon, it will trigger the "protective energy" brought by your technique ability, making that parry a "Perfect Block." Each level of technique basic ability you master will increase the block correction by 2 points. Current block correction: 562 points (if the enemy's attack impact force does not exceed your own True Strength by 562 points, the block cannot be broken).
Tip: Perfect Block cooldown is 10 seconds (reduced to minimum cooldown).
Tip: After a successful Perfect Block, the shock damage you receive is reduced by 70% (increased by 25%).
Skill Effect 2: Extreme Perfection (Passive). After a successful Perfect Block, you will only consume 10% of your maximum protective energy, and the Perfect Block cooldown will immediately refresh, becoming available instantly. After ten consecutive successful Perfect Blocks, your protective energy will be depleted, causing Perfect Block to enter its cooldown phase.
Tip: The 10-second cooldown of Perfect Block is the time required for you to recover from 0% protective energy to 100% protective energy.
Warning: If your Perfect Block is broken by an enemy, Perfect Block will enter a 10-second cooldown phase.
This upgrade of "Perfect Block" was no longer just a qualitative change. This ability was too compatible for a Technique Grandmaster, giving Su Xiao the qualification to fight stronger enemies.
He looked at the remaining Golden Skill Points. He wouldn't use them for now. The magnitude of this self-upgrade was too large; he needed to slow down.
He opened Crow's letter. After arriving at that "Nightmare Dungeon," Crow quickly led the Goddess of Fortune and Goddess of Fate to clear it. With their luck, the "Golden Crown," which had a probability of less than 0.0001%, had its acquisition probability skyrocket to 1000%.
Besides that, the Goddess of Fate asked Crow to bring a message: she would work hard to become the strongest Goddess of Fate in history. If possible, she also wanted to conduct a divine blood transaction with Su Xiao.
Simply put, the Goddess of Fate was going to challenge evil gods, obtain divine blood, then come to Su Xiao. Through Su Xiao's temporary Devouring Core, this divine blood would be filtered, purified, and refined into "Pure Divine Blood." Then the Goddess of Fate would follow a 10:2 ratio—10 points of "Pure Divine Blood" could be converted into 2 drops of "Fate Divine Blood"—and then split it fifty-fifty with Su Xiao.
Su Xiao confirmed that [Fate Dominator] could absorb "Fate Divine Blood." For [Fate Dominator], absorbing "Fate Divine Blood" and "Fortune Divine Blood" was essentially no different—both provided luck and fortune power, thereby enhancing the equipment's origin.
Calculating this way, the Goddess of Fortune was passive—she needed Su Xiao to provide "Pure Divine Blood" for her to have the opportunity to convert divine blood. The Goddess of Fate was active—she only needed Su Xiao to purify "Pure Divine Blood." Everything else, from defeating evil gods to obtaining impure divine blood, was handled by the Goddess of Fate.
Besides this, another difference was that the Goddess of Fortune's conversion ratio was high. At the current stage, 10 drops of "Pure Divine Blood" could be converted into 5 drops of "Fortune Divine Blood." Due to increasing proficiency, it wouldn't be long before 10 drops could be converted into 6. The Goddess of Fate's conversion rate was worse—10 drops converting into 2.
[Tip: The Lord's Train has completed this upgrade.]
Su Xiao took out the Lord's Train activation key, used the [Scarlet Amplifier] on it, then brought Bubu Wang and Amu to the eighth layer of the Land of All Beings. The ascetic training began.
When only 2 hours remained of his Reincarnation Paradise stay, Su Xiao activated the teleportation authority, returning from the icefield-like Land of All Beings to the Trial Grounds. As he stepped off the teleportation array, he saw Kaisa waiting there.
"My dear friend, this commission you entrusted me with is really difficult to handle..."
"500 ounces of Space-Time Power."
"This time it's really difficult."
"800."
"Even if it's difficult, I have to handle it. For the sake of our gold-like friendship," Kaisa said firmly. Thus, the two went together to the Equipment Enhancement Hall. It was worth mentioning that after being ejected from the Equipment Enhancement Hall last time, Kaisa had only been able to enter again in the past week.
After two upgrades through [Scarlet Amplifier] + [Blood Fragment (Unique)], the "Lord's Train's" base attributes hadn't improved at all. In contrast:
"Equipment Effect 3: Seven-Level Certification (Core Passive). Because this equipment was successfully certified at seven levels by the Void Tree during the First Era, when it transformed into Overlord equipment, it lost its corresponding growth method. According to Reincarnation Paradise's certification balance, this Overlord equipment can be strengthened using 'Overlord Soul (Extra Large)' and the 'Blood Fragment (Unique)'s' scarlet characteristic, which 'massively' increases the equipment's strengthening capacity.
Strengthening Method: Reincarnation Paradise·Equipment Enhancement Hall, holding the train key... Tip: Due to the particularity of this strengthening, the strengthening upper limit is +32."
Even holding 200 "Overlord Essences," Su Xiao felt it would be impossible to strengthen the "Lord's Train" to +32. Such an exaggerated strengthening level wouldn't exist in traditional equipment systems, i.e., Eternal-level equipment. Overlord equipment had looser strengthening judgment, allowing for such absurd strengthening levels.
The surroundings were noisy. Su Xiao and Kaisa stood before the equipment enhancement machine. The "Lord's Train" activation key was already inside the machine, and the Overlord Essences were prepared. But Kaisa was scratching his head with a troubled expression. It could be seen that strengthening the "Lord's Train" to +32 was extremely difficult even for Kaisa.
Theoretically, Overlord equipment wasn't hard to strengthen. If luck was extreme, only 32 Overlord Essences would be needed to complete this strengthening. Su Xiao looked at the scratching Kaisa and had an idea. He said, "The remaining Overlord Essences from the strengthening are yours."
Hearing this, Kaisa's eyes practically glowed green, like a sleazy jackal that had been starving for half a month seeing a large piece of fresh meat. He took out an ancient badge with a mark, covered in cracks. After thinking, the bastard gritted his teeth and took out two more ancient badges with marks.
On the other side, Gulu, who had just arrived and loved strengthening, naturally noticed Su Xiao and Kaisa. She hesitated, then withdrew her equipment from the enhancement machine and said to the Illusionist beside her, "Stop strengthening."
"Huh? What?" The Illusionist, number 4 of the Phantom Troupe, had a good relationship with Gulu. He had come to ask Gulu for advice on how to achieve higher strengthening levels at the lowest cost.
At first, everything in the Equipment Enhancement Hall was normal. After a few minutes, a wavy-haired, bold healing-type contractor noticed something was wrong. She had a habit of using low-quality equipment fragments to increase the success rate of the equipment she wanted to strengthen. But this time, the low-quality equipment she was strengthening had 21 consecutive failures at +1. She was stunned.
Soon, curses erupted all around. Those who had strengthened to +3 or above weren't affected, but those who had just strengthened to +1, +2, or +3 were out of luck.
Amidst a chorus of strengthening wails, Kaisa began operating the equipment enhancement machine to strengthen the "Lord's Train." The moment the "Lord's Train" successfully reached +32, Kaisa was ejected with a bang. Who knew how long it would be before Kaisa could enter the Equipment Enhancement Hall again?
As for having Kaisa help strengthen Dragon-Slaying Flash, Su Xiao would never make that choice. Equipment like the "Lord's Train," which was strengthened all at once, could be done with tricks. Dragon-Slaying Flash's strengthening needed to accumulate bit by bit, without any shortcuts.
Before Su Xiao could check the [Lord's Train +32] attributes, a prompt appeared.
[Tip: Your Reincarnation Paradise stay time has reached its limit. You can make the following choice.]
1. Return to the Real World.