Chapter 58: Harvest
Su Xiao did not plan to immediately head to the "Ancient Dragon Kingdom · Eberath." He intended to obtain as many resources as possible within the current time limit of his stay in Reincarnation Paradise. Moreover, the "Law-Destroyer Exclusive Secret Art" he used this time was theoretically feasible, but no previous Law Destroyer had ever succeeded… no, that was wrong, no previous Law Destroyer had ever attempted to advance to Supreme Rank using such an outrageous specification. If it weren't for the certification from Reincarnation Paradise confirming the secret art's feasibility, Su Xiao actually wouldn't have dared to use it either.
Fortunately, he succeeded. But he didn't attribute this to any exceptional talent on his part. It was due to the powerful certification of the Paradise. Some fatal attempts could yield 100% accurate results through sufficiently high authority levels.
Although the advancement secret art was successful, the next point to determine was which type of resource to submit to Reincarnation Paradise to obtain the most "Supreme Potential Points."
Su Xiao took out a piece of junk equipment from the team storage space, a low-level skill scroll that hadn't been sold for a long time, and a [Soul Crystal (Small)] from his storage space. This was a resource he had used back when he was a First Rank.
Besides these, he also took out an Origin Stone fragment, broke off a piece of "Primordial Fragment," and smashed it into even smaller pieces. Anyway, he could submit the remaining fragments to Reincarnation Paradise later through the Supreme Rank Advancement Mission.
He successively took out gem fragments, forging materials, and even fragments of authority-type items, materials needed for equipment enhancement, and props. As long as it was an existing resource, he took out a small amount. Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini also rummaged through their own little treasuries, taking out all sorts of strange and unusual items.
A dazzling array of objects was placed on the coffee table. Then, Beini appraised them, bringing the ratings of all these items to an equivalent level. Some item division work required Amu's assistance on the side.
After working for over three hours, Beini brought over a hundred types of items to a single rating, which was a rating of 10 points. Su Xiao picked up the first item, a very small piece of Soul Crystal. Through the "Supreme Rank Advancement Mission," he submitted it to Reincarnation Paradise. Although this was far from enough to accumulate one "Supreme Potential Point," it allowed him to check a very intuitive increase rate, even if it was many decimal places later.
Next was a white equipment with a rating of 10, then a trash skill scroll, and so on. After submitting items one by one, half an hour later, Su Xiao obtained the following data.
Submitting [Origin Stone] had the highest cost-performance ratio, being about 2.7 times higher than resources of equivalent value.
Next was submitting "Soul Stone" types. Soul Crystals, Soul Crystal Cores, and Soul Crystal Souls were all acceptable. The submission cost-performance ratio was the same as "Origin Stone." The problem was that "Origin Stone" was a universal resource, while Soul Crystals and the like were simply not sold by anyone. Even if high-rank contractors obtained low-grade Soul Stones like Soul Crystals, they wouldn't sell them. Who knows when they might be needed, let alone obtaining Soul Crystal Souls of the same tier specification.
The best plan now was to take all the materials that could be sold to the Great Gathering Place and sell them, then buy a massive amount of "Origin Stones."
The spoils from this battle royale were quite substantial. Su Xiao took out the following items and first had Beini go to the Great Gathering Place to sell them. The total included:
[Spiritual Fluid (Permanently increases Soul Strength by 30 points after use, usable when Soul Strength is below 100 points).]
[Ring of the Warlock (When worn, the release speed of all mastered Soul-type active abilities is increased by +95%, and total attack intensity is increased by +35%).]
[Secret Art of Ascension (After mastering, each Soul Sublimation will permanently increase Soul Strength by 15 points).]
[Ultimate Sublimation (After successfully opening a "Soul Pore," the comprehensive intensity of one's Soul-type abilities increases by 35%, including attack, function, support, and other characteristics. This increase applies, and for each subsequent "Soul Pore" opened, this bonus will multiply exponentially).]
Originally, [Ultimate Sublimation] was not intended for sale. But after inquiring with the Tuanzhang earlier, he learned that this thing was the ultimate technique of the Arcane Eternal Star · Soul Faction. It was the kind of secret art that was never passed down externally. If any force was found to possess it, they would not hesitate to go to war to annihilate it, maintaining the monopoly on this secret art.
Su Xiao was already prepared. He planned to sell this thing to the Arcane Eternal Star · Soul Faction. Having Beini set up a stall in the Great Gathering Place was a blatant threat to the Soul Faction: if you don't buy it at a high price, it will be sold in the Great Gathering Place. It might not take too long before this secret art exists in more than one copy across several Paradise factions. Don't underestimate the ability of contractors to copy secret art scrolls.
If the Soul Faction had the ability, they could try to see if they could annihilate any Paradise faction to continue monopolizing this secret art.
Obviously, the Soul Faction had absolutely no possibility of achieving this. They could only solve the problem at the source. If the Soul Faction didn't bleed, they wouldn't be able to take this secret art scroll away.
Besides this, [Power Devour (Absolute Strong Rank · Passive Skill Scroll)], which he previously wasn't planning to sell, was now also for sale. Although obtaining this item would be like adding wings to a tiger for Hao Tiao, Su Xiao no longer cared about this now.
That old thing, Shenfu, had at least obtained three "Forbidden Marks." Although Su Xiao didn't know what scheme the old thing had, he could be sure that Shenfu would definitely not let go of the remaining "Soul Mark" and "Devour Mark." It seemed that reassembling the "Forbidden Mark" completely would be a qualitative change for Shenfu's scheme.
Then, Hao Tiao, the owner of the "Devour Mark," was equivalent to Shenfu's mortal enemy. Hao Tiao must have realized this too. Calculating this way, selling [Power Devour] to Hao Tiao was not only not aiding the enemy but was actually letting a mad dog hinder an old fox. No matter how you looked at it, it was beneficial and harmless to Su Xiao.
Su Xiao still had 6.63 million Soul Coins. Today's market price for Origin Stones was 5,100 Soul Coins each, just enough to buy 1,300. As for whether buying too many in a short time would cause the price of "Origin Stones" to skyrocket, there was no need to worry about that for now. The Origin Stone merchants from six… no, now five Paradise factions were all in the Great Gathering Place.
Before long, 663 "Origin Stones" appeared in the team storage space. Adding the remaining ones, the total was 693. Beini had purchased them from the Origin Stone vendors in the Great Gathering Place. Su Xiao took them all out and started submitting them one by one. When he submitted the 23rd one.
[You have obtained 1 Supreme Potential Point.]
23 "Origin Stones" equaled 1 Supreme Potential Point, meaning 117,300 Soul Coins could obtain 1 "Supreme Potential Point." If he directly submitted Soul Coins, he would need to submit an amount of 120,000 Soul Coins to obtain one point. Although Soul Coins were a universal currency, they themselves contained pure Soul Energy.
After submitting a large number of "Origin Stones" to Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao's "Supreme Potential Points" increased to 150.
He tried to consult the relevant information. The authority information on this aspect was free to view when he activated the advancement mission. After all, it was the highest specification advancement, so this privilege was still available.
The so-called "Supreme Potential Points" meant that the more absorbed during the advancement to Supreme Rank, the higher the potential after becoming a Supreme Being. The Supreme Rank level had a total of five potential caps, which were:
Newly Advanced Supreme Being, potential approximately equal to 5～12 "Supreme Potential Points."
Veteran Supreme Being, potential approximately equal to 13～39 "Supreme Potential Points."
Top-tier Supreme Being, potential approximately equal to 40～120 "Supreme Potential Points."
Super · Top-tier Supreme Being, potential approximately equal to 120～630 "Supreme Potential Points."
Supreme Peak, potential approximately equal to 630～5800 "Supreme Potential Points."
Due to the advancement specification Su Xiao had prepared, he initially had 120 "Supreme Potential Points." This meant that even if he did nothing subsequently, his future combat power cap could reach Top-tier Supreme Being. Of course, given his advancement specification, the initial amount shouldn't be this low. His advancement specification was more used to activate the exclusive Supreme Rank Advancement Mission.
Only a very few people had advancement missions, and for the mission intensity to be this outrageous, judging from the series of prompts, Su Xiao was either the first in history or an extremely rare individual case.
Su Xiao's primary goal was the "Supreme Peak" specification of 5800 "Supreme Potential Points." After reaching this step, every additional point would be a sliver of opportunity to defeat the Supreme Being in the future.
Su Xiao had Beini put all the materials obtained from the Giant Bank up for sale at the stall, including those ten Eternal Rank equipment pieces. The Endless Ring could be upgraded at any time, but the opportunity to obtain "Supreme Potential Points" only came this once.
[Apocalypse · Glory Medal × 1] was directly sold to Reincarnation Paradise, immediately obtaining 5 million Soul Coins. Moments later, 980 "Origin Stones" were obtained. After submission, the "Supreme Potential Points" reached 192. Still far from 5800, but the main event hadn't arrived yet.
Su Xiao checked his storage space and started taking out items one by one for Beini to sell at the stall. The total included:
[Miracle of Birth (When used with an Equipment Enhancement Machine on an Origin Rank equipment, it can be enhanced to +15. When used on an Eternal Rank equipment, it can be enhanced to +12).]
[Reincarnation · World Medal (After use, immediately obtain 200 True Attribute Points. This item is tradable).]
[Strange Crystal (Title Enhancement type item).]
[Golden Resin 82 grams.]
[Goblin Merchant Guild 50% Discount Coupon.]
[Soul Weapon (Three Forms).]
[Ancient Dragon Core (Special Equipment).]
[Star Core Stone]
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Anything non-essential was sold off. Among them, [Star Core Stone] might not sell. No problem, it could be submitted directly to Reincarnation Paradise then. This item had exceptionally high value.
The items Su Xiao took out this time were quite sought after. Although the price was 20% higher than the market price, they still sold quickly. Good things were never hard to sell. Ten hours later, a total of 11,500 "Origin Stones" were deposited into the team storage space by Beini.
Among them, the Orc inheritance sold for a total of over 40 million Soul Coins. [Goblin Discount] sold for 1.5 million because the maximum discount of this item could offset 1.55 million Soul Coins. This was not unexpected. If there were no discount cap, it might cause trouble.
All the "Origin Stones" were submitted to Reincarnation Paradise. Su Xiao's "Supreme Potential Points" reached 692. Still far from the target. Fortunately, the Soul Faction had started to make moves.
This time, the representative sent by the Soul Faction to negotiate was actually Su Xiao's acquaintance, Black Flame · Hugh.
Bringing Bubu Wang, Baha, and Amu, Su Xiao left the room. Over ten minutes later, he stopped in front of a mist wall. Walking into it, he passed through the entire Trade Street and arrived in front of a somewhat old and dilapidated building. He stepped onto the teleportation platform inside, and teleportation light appeared.
[You have arrived at the Great Gathering Place.]
[Within the Great Gathering Place, you can rent stalls...]
Arriving beside Beini's stall, Su Xiao saw Hugh, clad in a dark gold mage robe, with a relaxed demeanor. Although sent to negotiate, Hugh still looked as laid-back as ever.
"Long time no see. No, wait, we just saw each other not long ago."
Hugh smiled and patted his own forehead.
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak. He sat down behind the stall.
"My master's meaning is, if the price is right, we'll buy it. If it's too high, I can't do anything about it and can only go back and report."
Hugh's master was Soul Venerable. Upon hearing this, Su Xiao just remained silent.
"Just name your price."
As Hugh spoke, he didn't notice that a strong man with a lion's mane of messy hair, bare-chested, was waiting diagonally behind him for his negotiation with Su Xiao to finish.
"100 million Soul Coins."
Su Xiao named his price.
"Ah?"
Hugh nearly shattered on the spot. Of course, Arcane Eternal Star had Soul Coins, but 100 million Soul Coins was too outrageous.
Su Xiao glanced at Hugh, took out a bottle of Elemental Brew, tossed it to him, and then uncorked a bottle for himself, taking several big gulps. "There are many talented people in the Paradise factions. For example, copying and replicating the 'Ultimate Sublimation Secret Art.'"
Su Xiao's words caused the smile on Hugh's face to freeze for a moment. In the end, he sighed and said, "30 million at most. No way it can be higher."
Hearing this, Su Xiao's expression remained unchanged, but he gained a new understanding of Arcane Eternal Star's wealth. He originally planned to sell it for 15 to 20 million. If that wasn't possible, 12 million would also do. Actually, 10 million was negotiable too. After all, he was in the stage of advancing to Supreme Rank. Being able to sell it was better than having it stuck in his hands.
Su Xiao raised the price: "Plus 3000 Origin Stones."
"Deal."
Hugh's decisiveness plunged Su Xiao into silence again. He already understood Soul Venerable's intention. This was a sign that they didn't intend to let him survive the first world he experienced after advancing to Supreme Rank.
Soul Venerable's meaning was very clear. Even at an exorbitant price, they had to ensure that the "Ultimate Sublimation Secret Art" was not leaked. This, along with the secret art of devouring Elemental Power to enhance Soul Strength, were the two foundations of the Arcane Eternal Star · Soul Faction.
Not to mention it being obtained by someone from the Paradise factions. This was no longer a simple matter of secret art leakage. It could even lead to large-scale popularization. In the Paradise factions, this was not a low probability. Given the power of the "Ultimate Sublimation Secret Art," there was a 90% chance of such popularization occurring. After that, powerful individuals would inevitably research the flaws of the "Ultimate Sublimation Secret Art." By then, the loss would be incomparable to 30 million Soul Coins and a large number of Origin Stones. The loss would exceed this by a hundred times, or even more. Before the secret art leaked, retrieving the original scroll was the best choice.
After receiving a total of thirty Soul Coin savings cards, each with a face value of 1 million, Su Xiao directly handed them to Beini, telling her to go to the Origin Stone merchant she knew and buy all Origin Stones. It was fortunate that Beini had connections in this area.
Su Xiao glanced at Hao Tiao in front of the stall. Instead of directly negotiating the price with him, he took out [Power Devour (Absolute Strong Rank · Passive Skill Scroll)] and let the other party check the detailed information of the scroll.
The Beast God's ability system was simply too suitable for Hao Tiao. Pretending not to be very interested in this Absolute Strong Rank passive at this point would be an insult to the other person's intelligence. Hao Tiao certainly didn't do that. He pondered for a few seconds and said:
"I can offer at most 4.2 million Soul Coins."
"Oh, 8.4 million. A very fair price. I accept this price."
Su Xiao's words caused Hao Tiao's cheek to twitch. However, Hao Tiao was quite sure that if he bargained, given this Hunter's style of conduct, he would likely continue to raise the price.
"8 million. At most 8 million. Not a single coin more."
Hao Tiao put down the [Power Devour] scroll. Although reluctant, life was always full of choices and losses.
"Deal."
"Huh?"
Hao Tiao was quite surprised. He then gave a wry smile and said, "Forget it, I'm not buying this scroll."
Hao Tiao could see that Su Xiao was in urgent need of Soul Coins right now.
"Beini, sell this thing to the interested buyer from before. How much did he offer?"
"Meow."
"Mm, 6 million. Not bad."
"Damn it! You'd sell it for 6 million?!"
Hao Tiao immediately cursed.
"Yeah, I'm in urgent need of money."
Su Xiao's frankness choked back all of Hao Tiao's subsequent words.
"Then sell it to me for 6 million!"
"Selling to you costs 8 million."
"You motherf*cker!"
Hao Tiao was furious. Su Xiao calmly looked at him: "Now it's 8.1 million."
"W-why?"
"You spoke vulgarly. 100,000 for mental compensation."
"I..."
Just as Hao Tiao was about to curse again, he suddenly saw that the Hunter's Demon Hawk was already raring to go. If it weren't for the big dog holding it back, it would have already torn him apart. He had experienced the attack power of that Demon Hawk during the battle royale.
"I'll go raise the money."
Hao Tiao turned and left. After taking a few steps, he slapped his own mouth. One sentence cost 100,000 Soul Coins. At the Absolute Strong Rank, the income from a world, at best, was only a few hundred thousand. That sentence was too expensive.
Su Xiao left the rest to Beini and returned to Reincarnation Paradise. The Soul Faction was eager to get the secret art back, and they were indeed wealthy. Before long, the subsequent 3000 Origin Stones were delivered.
As for Hao Tiao, he reportedly sold everything he had, even two pieces of equipment he was wearing, to scrape together 8.1 million Soul Coins. When Beini bought all the Soul Coins into Origin Stones, a total of 10,470 Origin Stones were obtained. All were submitted to Reincarnation Paradise. Su Xiao's "Supreme Potential Points" reached 1147.
The treasure chests obtained this time hadn't been opened yet. Returning to his Exclusive Room, Su Xiao sat on a single sofa and took out all the chests obtained this time. The total included:
[Secret Treasure Box]
[Eternal Rank Chest · Molten Iron]
[Eternal Rank Chest · The Last Lord]
[Aggregation Chest (Exclusive chest from the Paradise Battle Royale)]
[Apocalypse Supply Crate × 8]
[Sanctuary Chest (Upon opening, guaranteed to obtain the highest level Sanctuary-type prop exclusively produced by Apocalypse Paradise)]
[Abyss Chest (★★★★★)]
[World Chest (★★★★★) Note: This is the highest tier World Chest. This World Chest requires five World Keys to open.]
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Su Xiao took out the [Silver Moon Blade]. The blade cut across his palm. No blood appeared, but moonlight splattered everywhere. The result was a temporary increase in "Charm Attribute."
He slashed again with the Moon Blade. The result was a temporary increase in Health Points. Another slash resulted in a temporary increase in weapon sharpness. Good grief, a total of four types of buffs, and none of them were luck bonuses. He slashed his palm one more time and successfully obtained a luck blessing.
[Luck Attribute increased by 50 points, lasting 30 minutes (This is a Luck Blessing from Moonlight, possessing an 'Absolute Fortune' enhancement effect, which can take effect under the existence of Law-Destroyer Fortune).]
He took out the Fate Dominator. Two types of luck states were added. One was "Fortune Force," which increased his Luck Attribute to 205 points. The other gave him a chance to obtain the "Maximum Amplitude Gain" from the chest.
[Maximum Amplitude Gain: Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to trigger this gain level. It can only be triggered when the base Luck Attribute is higher than 300 points and the Luck-type Basic Ability has reached Lv.85 or above. Alternatively, extremely special Fortune-type equipment can trigger this gain level. When this gain level is triggered, there will be an intense flash phenomenon lasting more than 3 seconds after the chest is opened.]
Su Xiao first picked up the [Eternal Rank Chest · Molten Iron] and chose to open it.
[You have opened the Eternal Rank Chest · Molten Iron.]
[You have obtained Primordial Fragment × 1.]
[You have obtained Molten Iron Warhammer (Eternal Rank Weapon).]
[Molten Iron Warhammer]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise.
Quality: Eternal Rank
Category: Giant Warhammer.
Durability: 920/920 points.
Attack Power: 620～1020 points.
Equipment Requirements: True Strength 220 points, True Stamina 230 points, Flame Resistance above 450 points.
Equipment Effect 1: Earth's Fury (Active), smash the ground with full force, creating an initial 50-meter range of magma eruption. The specific range depends on the user's Strength and maximum Health Points.
Note: Strength determines the upper limit of magma temperature.
Note: Maximum Health Points determine the range of magma eruption.
Note: This ability has no cooldown. The frequency of use depends on the user's own physical tolerance.
Equipment Effect 2: Violent Eruption (Active), after activating this weapon's 'Earth's Fury · Active,' this ability can be chained, causing a magma eruption. The damage intensity is 1.6 to 2.8 times that of 'Earth's Fury · Active' (depending on the actual situation).
Equipment Effect 3: Molten Iron Judgment (Active), after successfully chaining the use of 'Violent Eruption · Active,' this ability can be immediately chained, attaching the summoned magma to this weapon. Wielding this weapon, deal a devastating blow to the enemy. The intensity of this attack is 3.2 to 5.6 times that of 'Violent Eruption · Active' (depending on the actual situation).
Rating: 5870 points (Eternal Rank equipment rating 3000～6000 points.)
Introduction: Awaken, the power of Molten Iron!
Price: 9890 Soul Coins.
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This thing looked very strong, but in reality, it wasn't that great. Contractors who could use Eternal Rank weapons all had their own systems. So at this stage, the more passive traits a weapon had, the better. The weapon should adapt to the user, not the user being forced to adapt to the weapon.
Estimated value: 200,000 Soul Coins. Beini should be able to sell it for between 220,000 and 250,000. It was directly deposited into the team storage space.
Su Xiao picked up the [Eternal Rank Chest · The Last Lord] and chose to open it.
[You have opened the Eternal Rank Chest · The Last Lord.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal Soul × 10.]
[You have obtained Lord's Pride (Eternal Rank · Nurturing Equipment).]
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Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao was in an excellent mood. He checked the attributes of [Lord's Pride], and the result showed that this equipment was unidentified and could not be viewed. However, the Nurturing characteristic of this equipment could be seen. It was... Charm Attribute.
Trash. But it was very valuable trash. He estimated that selling it for 800,000 to 900,000 Soul Coins should be no problem. Although it wasn't as valuable as "Life Characteristic · Nurturing Type Equipment," it was still quite good.
[You have opened the Secret Treasure Box.]
[You have obtained Dawn Fragment (External defense fragment of Dawn Paradise, high judgment value, no practical use value, precious, high-priced, but useless souvenir).]
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Very good. Amu's Dawn Shield had increased in size somewhat.
[You have opened the Aggregation Chest (Exclusive chest from the Paradise Battle Royale).]
[You have obtained Devouring Annihilation Ray (Absolute Strong Rank · Active Skill Scroll).]
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[Devouring Annihilation Ray, Lv.1.]
Type: Skill Scroll · Active.
Prerequisite Requirements: True Strength 800 points, True Agility 800 points, True Intelligence 800 points.
Skill Effect: Fire a Devouring Annihilation Ray with a base duration of 3 seconds.
Note: The diameter of the Devouring Annihilation Ray depends on your Strength.
Note: The speed of the Devouring Annihilation Ray depends on your Agility attribute.
Note: The duration of the Devouring Annihilation Ray depends on your Intelligence attribute.
Note: Due to the 'Devouring Annihilation Characteristic,' the attack starts at full attack power. Use with caution!
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This skill was very strong. However, it was also very difficult to sell. Su Xiao estimated that selling it for 500,000 would be lucky. If not, 300,000 would also do. It was too hard to find a suitable buyer.
Su Xiao picked up the [World Chest (★★★★★)]. This was a top-tier World Chest. Without hesitation, he directly opened it.
[You have consumed World Keys × 5.]
[Successfully opened World Chest (★★★★★).]
Golden light burst forth. It flashed!
1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds! It was the Maximum Amplitude Gain! And it was the Maximum Amplitude Gain of a top-tier World Chest!
[You have obtained Origin Stone · Star Realm Stars.]
[You have obtained Above Grandmaster (Complete).]
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