Chapter 66: Recruitment
After the spatial fluctuations from the teleportation subsided, Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room in Reincarnation Paradise. This collaboration with Molei was quite pleasant, at least his mood was relatively good.
Previously, Su Xiao thought that at the Absolute Strength rank, there would be no World War. Now it seemed otherwise; they existed, but were rare. He encountered this one because of some changes in the Dawn Paradise ruins.
Su Xiao estimated that it was very likely triggered by the last contractor of Dawn Paradise, Bee. In the previous world, he encountered Brother Ruthless and Xi'er on Blazing Sun Star. One had accumulated four Grandmaster technique abilities through long-term preparation, and the other was a top-tier poison healer. On the surface, their goal was to deal with the ultra-high-risk violator Hao Tao, who was as infamous as Su Xiao, Shenfu, and the Platinum Apostle. But now, it seemed that wasn't the case at all.
Hao Tao chose to advance to Supreme rank on Blazing Sun Star, fully aware of the chaotic free-for-all faction situation there. There must be a reason for that.
One possibility was that both the "Ruthless Poison Duo" and Hao Tao had actually won. First, regarding the "Ruthless Poison Duo," they appeared to be going after Hao Tao, but now it seemed more like a smokescreen forced upon them by the chaotic free-for-all faction situation.
With the 'Good Teammate' trio, the Three Rascals of the Arbiters, Shenfu's team, the Black Demon team, plus the powerful local forces of Blazing Sun Star, the "Ruthless Poison Duo" were practically wearing a "pain mask" at that point. It wasn't that they were scared; they were actually on a very important mission—escorting Bee, the last contractor of Dawn Paradise, to a semi-abandoned Paradise device on Blazing Sun Star.
This device was randomly teleported away by Dawn Paradise when it was about to lose the "Paradise War" against Reincarnation Paradise. It wasn't until recently that a contractor from Reincarnation Paradise discovered this thing on Blazing Sun Star, which led to the escort mission for the "Ruthless Poison Duo."
When the escort mission encountered the chaotic free-for-all, the "Ruthless Poison Duo's" solution was to clash head-on with Hao Tao, making outsiders feel that they already had enemies and didn't need to be bothered with. This proved to be very effective.
As for Hao Tao, this guy seemed like a brute who could punch through everything, but his strategic skills were by no means weak. His purpose in coming to Blazing Sun Star wasn't to advance to Supreme rank, but to miraculously reach a state between Absolute Strength and Supreme.
Such a strange advancement tier would appear in 99.99% of situations. The ancient environment of Blazing Sun Star gave Hao Tao this opportunity.
Why did Hao Tao undergo such an unusual advancement? The answer was that only those below Supreme rank could participate in this World War in the Dawn Ruins. Advancing to a state between Absolute Strength and Supreme was the maximum allowed by the arbitration.
Besides that, Shenfu was also watching covetously. Su Xiao was certain that Shenfu had been preparing for this for a long time. He even had reason to suspect that it was under Shenfu's covert guidance that the Reincarnation Paradise contractor discovered the device on Blazing Sun Star, triggering the subsequent chain of events.
This also explained why Shenfu had previously probed whether Su Xiao had opened Huishenshi's Scarlet Card.
Things developing to this point should be Huishenshi's scheme. Don't forget, Bee had always been following Huishenshi. Although Bee seemed a bit dazed, she had only ever trusted Huishenshi and told him everything.
Continuing this speculation, the large-scale gathering of violators in Treeborn World was essentially Huishenshi attracting cannon fodder to cover his ultimate goal—fully activating Bee's "Dawn Imprint."
Bee's "Dawn Imprint" should have three stages. In the first stage, it only made Bee the last contractor of Dawn Paradise. In the second stage, Bee's significance would be completely different. Huishenshi used a certain Dawn Paradise device in Treeborn World to successfully activate Bee's imprint.
This also explained why Bee often posted emoticons in the World Contact Platform during Treeborn World. She was bored activating the device alone. Being a bit dazed, Bee had no hobbies, so she opened the World Contact Platform, watched people talk, and occasionally posted an emoticon representing her mood.
However, in Treeborn World, Huishenshi was indeed defeated. As a price, he became [Scarlet Card · Huishenshi (★★★★★★★★)]. Or perhaps, this was also one of Huishenshi's trump cards. Unfortunately, a certain dog thief hunter refused to open this Scarlet Card no matter what.
This caused Shenfu, who was in cahoots with Huishenshi, to be unable to wait any longer, gradually prompting this upheaval.
If he guessed correctly, this was a plan laid out as early as the seventh rank. At that time, it certainly didn't include events like "World War (Absolute Strength Level)," but there was a general direction.
Thinking about it this way, the great enemy in this trip to the Dawn Ruins was still Shenfu's team. The estimated members were Shenfu, the Platinum Apostle, and Hao Tao.
As for the Platinum Apostle, although he was sprayed to death by the Insect Clan's Demon Flame Dragon Legion in Eternal Light World, considering that the Platinum Apostle could survive Tuanzhang's pursuit, he definitely wouldn't really die this time either.
Besides Shenfu's team, the item from Dawn Paradise that Su Xiao obtained in Witch Realm was also an important goal for this trip to Dawn Paradise. This item was now displayed as [???].
The origin of this thing was somewhat winding and circuitous. It traced back to the violator Ling Yao encountered in Eternal Light World. Simply put, Ling Yao had his fate devoured and, without knowing it, stored [???] in his storage space, started courting death, and was subsequently killed by Su Xiao.
The reason the Platinum Apostle set this up was that the only way this thing could be brought out of Eternal Light World was through Su Xiao's kill reward judgment, which had high credibility with Reincarnation Paradise.
If Su Xiao had normally opened Ling Yao's Scarlet Card, he would have had no chance of getting [???]. Correspondingly, the Platinum Apostle had already prepared to open the newly added [???] in the "Scarlet Chest Random Item Pool" through other means. The problem was that Su Xiao simply didn't open the "Scarlet Chest · Ling Yao."
Interestingly, super old yinbis like Huishenshi and the Platinum Apostle—one was frustrated because Su Xiao didn't open the Scarlet Card, and the other was extremely frustrated because he didn't open the Scarlet Chest. Was it because Su Xiao had foresight? Not really. He wasn't very enthusiastic about opening Scarlet Cards or Scarlet Chests. Once he felt there was any risk, he wouldn't open them. This was thanks to the large amount of shampoo he got at the first rank, which he still hadn't used up.
The reason the Platinum Apostle was so frustrated wasn't entirely because Su Xiao didn't open the "Scarlet Chest · Ling Yao." It was because, after some time, Su Xiao, being very unscrupulous, used the [Directed Acquisition · Once] authority to open [???] from Ling Yao's Scarlet Chest. The previous attributes of this item were:
[???]
Origin: Dawn?
Quality: Paradise...
Effect: ???
Warning: This is an unarbitratable Dawn Paradise characteristic item. The Hunter can choose to submit it or arrive at the ??? location in Dawn Paradise · Dark Ruins to use this item.
Tip: With the Hunter's current authority, you can apply for arbitration from Reincarnation Paradise to view the regular mode attributes of this item. However, after this arbitration, you must bind with this item within 10 minutes. After binding, you must use this item.
Inspection Result 1: This item only has "Paradise-level" arbitration restrictions and poses no usage risk (this description only includes the usage process).
Inspection Result 2: This is a positive benefit characteristic item, unique to Dawn Paradise. Due to Dawn Paradise's current situation, you need to prepare 186,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to charge the device activated by this item to complete this enhancement.
Inspection Result 3: Because you are a Hunter, when you successfully use the ??? device to complete the enhancement, the ownership of this device will change. Reincarnation Paradise has a 50.95% probability of successfully re-arbitrating this high-level device, thereby obtaining the composition, manufacturing, and driving process of this high-level device, adding a new high-authority enhancement facility to Reincarnation Paradise.
Tip: It has been inspected that the Hunter's use of this item has a probability of bringing benefits to Reincarnation Paradise. If you successfully enter Dawn Paradise · Dark Ruins and arrive at the storage location of this device, the 186,000 ounces of Space-Time Power you originally needed to pay will be borne by Reincarnation Paradise at 99.99%. You only need to pay a total of 18.6 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this ??? high-level device.
Tip: Before the Hunter's Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes all reach 800 points, please do not go to the storage location of this ??? high-level device in Dawn Paradise · Dark Ruins.
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Now, after this World War has been arbitrated and Su Xiao has been designated as a participant, the information on this item has been further displayed as:
[Potential Transcendence Badge]
Origin: Dawn Paradise.
Quality: Paradise Level.
Category: Permanent Enhancement Type.
Effect: Permanent Boost/Authority Key.
Usage Prerequisite: Must be Absolute Strength rank, main attributes reach 800 points, Dawn Paradise contractor or violator (this prerequisite has been abolished, you can use this item normally).
Effect: Enter Dawn Paradise · Dark Ruins, arrive at the "Potential Transcendence Device," and use this badge to activate it within the device, thereby performing a potential transcendence boost on yourself, permanently increasing all your current main attributes by +100 points.
Tip: This is a unique device of Dawn Paradise. However, due to Dawn Paradise's current situation, you need to prepare 186,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to charge the "Potential Transcendence Device" to complete this enhancement.
Tip: Because you are a Hunter, when you successfully use the "Potential Transcendence Device" to complete the enhancement, the ownership of this device will change. Reincarnation Paradise has a 50.95% probability of successfully re-arbitrating this high-level device...
Tip: It has been inspected that the Hunter's use of this item has a probability of bringing benefits to Reincarnation Paradise. The 186,000 ounces of Space-Time Power you originally needed to pay will be borne by Reincarnation Paradise at 99.99%. You only need to pay a total of 18.6 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate the "Potential Transcendence Device."
Introduction: Death, transcendence, or... the ultimate one, the one who craves the limit, how can one refuse such a challenge and temptation.
Price: Non-tradeable, non-transferable, non-abandonable, cannot be stored in storage spaces below rank 10 (the Hunter can store this item in their storage space).
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Su Xiao finally understood why the Platinum Apostle went to such lengths to obtain this item and why he hadn't advanced to Supreme rank, remaining stuck between Absolute Strength and Supreme. He was waiting for this limit.
To achieve "All Potential Limit Ranks +45," one needed to raise their main attributes to 800 points. Su Xiao had already experienced the difficulty of raising "All Potential Limit Ranks." He previously thought that the 800-point attribute peak at Absolute Strength was the limit. Now it seemed that the true absolute limit was the 900-point attribute peak at Absolute Strength achieved through Dawn Paradise's exclusive enhancement device.
Don't think this only raised the main attribute cap by 100 points at Absolute Strength. Absolute Strength was about laying the foundation for the Supreme rank. The more solid this foundation, the higher the ceiling one could reach after advancing to Supreme.
Some powerhouses, after advancing to Supreme, found that the early Supreme stage was their absolute limit. Su Xiao estimated that to stably reach the "Supreme Peak" in strength, one probably needed to have main attributes at 800 points during Absolute Strength as a foundation. Therefore, Tuanzhang, who had taken another half-step on the Supreme path, had likely used the [Potential Transcendence Badge] before.
Don't find this unbelievable. Tuanzhang had led his Hunters and contractors to attack Dawn Paradise later on.
With such achievements, it wasn't hard to believe that he, as a Hunter of Reincarnation Paradise, had used the "Potential Transcendence Device" exclusive to Dawn Paradise before. Moreover, Tuanzhang didn't face Dawn Paradise alone; he had the arbitration of Reincarnation Paradise as support. The rest depended on individual ability.
For a long time, Su Xiao had felt that competing with the Supreme Being was something he wouldn't give up on, but he couldn't see the path ahead clearly. Now, this [Potential Transcendence Badge] made his path clear.
This trip to the Dawn Ruins was not only crucial for those few ultra-high-risk violators but also for Su Xiao. Since that was the case... let no one back down, and let the high-energy bloodbath begin.
Checking the remaining stay time in Reincarnation Paradise, there were a full 36 hours. This was one of the benefits of being the last to arrive at the Absolute Strength battlefield. However, some things needed to be dealt with quickly. In about five or six hours, there would be very few people left in Reincarnation Paradise or the Great Gathering Place.
Leaving his exclusive room, Su Xiao headed to Forging Street. Compared to when the world progress had just ended, there were far fewer people on Forging Street. Entering Lide's forge, he saw Lide frowning as he flipped through an ancient forging book. Seeing Su Xiao arrive, Lide fished a can of beer from the cooling liquid beside him. When Su Xiao declined, he opened it, took a big gulp, exhaled comfortably, and said:
"This time, you're the arbiter of the war zone, right?"
"No."
Hearing this, Lide was slightly surprised, then just nodded without asking further. He pointed his thumb at the storage cabinet in front of the back wall that was exclusively for Su Xiao, then continued frowning and flipping through the ancient book.
Opening the storage cabinet, inside were the already repaired [Wild Hunt Night] and [King's Crown]. Besides these, there was also the top-tier Overlord equipment [Soul Weapon] that had been identified.
[Soul Weapon]
Origin: Twin of the Overlord Creature · Star.
Quality: Overlord Level.
Category: Weapon (Three Forms)
Durability: 780/780 points.
Equipment Requirement: Soul Strength 950 points or above, and at least master three Grandmaster-level technique abilities at Lv.90 or above.
Equipment Effect: Soul Adaptation Power (Unique · Passive), this weapon has three forms: Longsword, Soul Bow, and Crystal Hammer. After the holder chooses to soul-bind this equipment, these three weapon forms will adapt corresponding weapon characteristics based on the equipment user's own technique ability type.
Rating: 6000 points (Overlord equipment rating is 1~6000 points).
Introduction: Gorgeous, elegant, lethal.
Price: 13,500 Soul Coins (non-sellable after soul binding).
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This weapon was very strong, but Su Xiao already had Dragon-Slaying Flash. Using this weapon would be putting the cart before the horse. However, he had an idea. He would choose to soul-bind this weapon and then give it to the Demon Spirit to use.
When fighting strong enemies, the Demon Spirit's main role was to activate Demon Spirit-type abilities like "Substitution" and "Dual Blades." Su Xiao couldn't afford to divert his focus to control the Demon Spirit in combat; it would only weaken his combat power.
But if he entered a region where entry meant certain death, or if he had a conflict of interest with high-ranking members of the same faction in a mission world and couldn't act personally, then controlling the Demon Spirit holding [Soul Weapon] to slaughter the enemy's lair would be a good choice. Even if everyone later knew it was him, as long as he didn't show up personally, there would be huge and efficient room for maneuvering.
Previously, Su Xiao had the ability [Soul Blade · Sub-Weapon (Passive, X)], which he planned to use to form a weapon for the Demon Spirit. Later, he found that this ability was excellent for boosting Ao Ge, but not so good as a weapon for the Demon Spirit.
Su Xiao chose to activate [Soul Weapon]. A few minutes later, he checked the equipment again.
[Soul Weapon]
Equipment Effect: Soul Adaptation Power (Unique · Passive)...
Longsword Form (Corresponds to Blade Grandmaster): Longsword attacks deal Soul Damage and 5% of the total attack as True Damage, and have the "Powerful Heavy Slash" characteristic.
Powerful Heavy Slash: Normal attacks default to super-powerful slashes. Even if the enemy successfully parries with a weapon, there is a 50% probability of stunning the enemy into body paralysis.
Crystal Hammer (Corresponds to Melee Grandmaster): Crystal Hammer attacks have the "Annihilation Strike" characteristic.
Annihilation Strike Characteristic: Absolutely knocks back the enemy while causing complete body paralysis in mid-air. During this time, the enemy's body defense is reduced by 35%, and Blood Qi damage resistance is reduced by -280%.
Soul Bow (Corresponds to Blood Spear Grandmaster): Soul Bow attacks deal Blood Qi damage and have the "Burst Volley" and "Raging Blood Beast" characteristics.
Burst Volley Effect: Each arrow fired increases the next arrow's firing speed by 65% (stackable). After a total of five shots, this state resets (this bonus can be triggered without cooldown, with every five arrows forming a boost cycle).
Raging Blood Beast Effect: Each time the Soul Bow arrow attacks and reduces the enemy, it accumulates 1 layer of "Blood Erosion" effect. When stacked to 5 layers, the enemy will suffer "ultra-high" "Rage Snow Instant Burst" damage, and this "Rage Blood Instant Burst" will determine the attack multiplier based on the enemy's current Blood Qi damage resistance.
Tip: If the enemy's Blood Qi damage resistance is below 50 points, they will suffer double "Rage Blood Instant Burst" damage.
Tip: If the enemy's Blood Qi damage resistance is below 20 points, they will suffer triple "Rage Blood Instant Burst" damage.
Tip: If the enemy's Blood Qi damage resistance is below 0 points, they will suffer five times "Rage Blood Instant Burst" damage.
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Seeing these weapon characteristics, Su Xiao had already thought of a combo for the Demon Spirit: surprise attack, one slash to stun, transform the weapon into Crystal Hammer, one hammer to smash the enemy away, causing mid-air body paralysis and defense reduction, and finally, five arrows in a row. A mini-boss hit by such a combo would be instantly killed by "Rage Blood Instant Burst."
If there were other enemies, the Demon Spirit could pick them off one by one from within the blood smoke. Due to Su Xiao's absurdly high Soul Strength, the Soul Bow's initial attack power was exceptionally high.
Putting away [Soul Weapon], Su Xiao walked out of the forge. Just then, Lide said, "Take this."
Su Xiao caught the thrown item, and a prompt appeared.
[You have obtained Essence Quenching Substance (One-time Item): After use, it can restore 25% durability of metal-type equipment. However, this can only be used as a temporary repair. The repaired durability consumption rate increases by 50%. Subsequent repairs require a skilled blacksmith for complete and fine restoration.]
Su Xiao didn't bother with polite talk about paying. He tossed back a bottle of Elemental Brew and left the forge. It turned out that Lide, who pulled out the stopper and took a big, satisfying gulp, was in a much better mood than if he had received some Soul Coins.
Returning to his exclusive room, Su Xiao activated the Title Burning Disc. In the previous world, he still had dozens of nine-star attribute-less titles left. Don't think it was easy to get nine-star attribute-less titles on Blazing Sun Star; it was a special case of Void Tree arbitration. Fortunately, Su Xiao seized this opportunity to upgrade the [Abyssal Shadow] title to "Limit Burn · 5 Times."
He had 57 nine-star attribute-less titles left, enough to upgrade one existing nine-star title to "Limit Burn · 1 Time" and another to "Limit Burn · 2 Times." The candidate titles for upgrade were [Mysterious Scholar] and [Old Hunter].
No need to think twice; the main upgrade would be [Old Hunter], which was the exclusive title for a Hunter. Su Xiao set [Old Hunter] in the center of the Burning Disc, embedded five sub-titles around it, and started the burning.
Just then, an email appeared, showing it was from the Star Realm force "Gilurius Family," with Void Tree as the arbitrator. Opening it, it was indeed from Saintess Seat.
The email content totaled over 5,000 words, but it boiled down to one paragraph: 'I've been working very hard, thank me quickly, and give me some nice, detailed compliments.'
Seeing this, Su Xiao opened the adventure group's data storage authority, found a photo from Bubu Wang's photo category taken at Starry Sky Seat, where Saintess Seat was drunk and biting his palm, and sent it over. After a brief silence, Saintess Seat's emails started flooding in. Look how 'happy' Saintess Seat was, with a continuous stream of witty remarks.
Opening the attachment of the first email, it was the customized professional treatment tool. Su Xiao took it out and unrolled the thick cloth tool kit. Amu, who was eating at the small table, saw the sun treatment mark on the rolled tool kit and froze, even dropping his oversized chopsticks.
This was a professional treatment tool made by Tree Sage. However, Saintess Seat had left a message saying that since Tree Sage hadn't made such professional treatment tools for a long time, his skills were inevitably rusty. Classifying this treatment tool, it would be ordinary quality, good quality, fine quality, and top quality. This set reached the level of good quality.
Tree Sage would make several more sets until he produced a top-quality set of professional treatment tools, which would then be sent to Saintess Seat. The reason for this treatment was that an old immortal in Saintess Seat's family had saved Tree Sage in the early years and later protected him under considerable pressure. At that time, Tree Sage wasn't yet a master of Alchemy.
Su Xiao edited an email and sent over a dozen bottles of nourishing secret medicine to Saintess Seat. The raw materials for these secret medicines were discovered by Beini in a secret realm environment on Blazing Sun Star. These secret medicines mainly nourished the skin, commonly known as beauty and skincare, and had very limited effect on strength enhancement, so he kept them as reserve gifts.
This gift was very effective. Saintess Seat, who had been sending a continuous stream of witty emails, immediately stopped. Finally, she sent one saying: 'You have a conscience,' and ended this greeting with satisfaction.
Su Xiao took out [Corrupted God Blood Stone (Filth Source/Sealed Object)]. He planned to use this item. Although it would attract the "Lord of the Old Days," he had already thought of what to sacrifice: the "Greedy Life Tree." This tree could indeed bear "Life Fruits," but its tree spirit had perfected the art of being lazy and cunning.
Since that was the case, let the "Greedy Life Tree" experience the fear of the old days—the most primitive, instinctive, and profound fear and despair. Su Xiao prepared to activate [Corrupted God Blood Stone], and a prompt appeared.
[Prompt (Apocalypse Paradise): In approximately 34 hours, the Hunter will enter the Dawn Paradise Ruins (Dark Ruins). It has been inspected that your current participating squad only has you as a member. As the captain, you have the right to recruit team members.]
[Prompt (Apocalypse Paradise): It has been inspected that the Hunter cannot complete this team member recruitment within Reincarnation Paradise (this squad can only have one Reincarnation Paradise Hunter/contractor, which is you). You will be teleported to Apocalypse Paradise's Absolute Strength Battle Angel/Contractor selection waiting area for this war in 10 seconds to recruit team members there.]
[Prompt (Apocalypse Paradise): After successfully arriving at Apocalypse Paradise, you can activate this "War Absolute Strength Level · Contact Channel." In this channel, you can recruit team members in text form.]
[Prompt (Apocalypse Paradise): Given that this is the Hunter's first visit to Apocalypse Paradise, you have received a map of Apocalypse Paradise. This map has recorded most of the basic facilities below Authority 9, as well as the locations of shops opened by contractors.]
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There were quite a few prompts. Su Xiao could see that Apocalypse Paradise not only provided meticulous mission information but was also relatively gentle in other aspects. It seemed that Molei, Yueshitu, and Hao Mei all advancing to ninth-rank strength and having such good personalities was no accident.
However, Su Xiao also noticed one thing: Apocalypse Paradise's prompts were really long. In contrast, Reincarnation Paradise's prompts for the same content were much shorter.
The core content of these prompts was to recruit teammates. Because Su Xiao was covered in blood energy, it was easy for Apocalypse Paradise contractors to be afraid to join his team. Fortunately, there was the "War Absolute Strength Level · Contact Channel." Su Xiao didn't care about other types of team members, but he definitely needed to find a powerful healer.
If he recruited in text form, the Dawn Team had a huge advantage. The four powerful and tempting team abilities—"Leader's Power," "Thunder Breath Protection," "Will Rune," and "Vitality Awakening"—would definitely be able to trick a powerful healer... ahem, recruit a powerful healing-type teammate.
Rest early
Not staying up late to write today. Resting early. Going to the Chinese medicine hospital tomorrow morning. Reporting to the readers about the waste mosquito's situation: Heart (took medicine for half a month a few months ago, now cured), Dizziness (mostly relieved, but still a bit dizzy when cervical spondylosis acts up), Blood pressure (recovered to 125/80 without medication, previously spiked to 159/101, now recovered), Anxiety (took medication from a neurologist for a month, plus crazy leave and rest, self-feels cured). Now only cervical spondylosis remains. Tomorrow, I'll try the massage department at the Chinese medicine hospital to see if it can improve. Readers, please rest early too. Good night.
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