Chapter 60: Massive Gains and Secrets
From a total value perspective, choosing Reward 3 and Reward 4 was the best option. The problem was that Reward 4 gave 3 to 30 random secret treasures, which made one hesitate. Moreover, this was a Reincarnation Paradise mission reward, leaving no room for manipulation.
Su Xiao pondered for a few seconds, then opened the prompt record list to check the series of gains from opening treasure chests. He suddenly felt that his gains this time were far better than expected.
First, he opened the nurturing-type equipment [Lord's Pride], followed by a World-Class Chest yielding [Origin Stone: Starry Sky Cluster] + [Above Grandmaster (Complete)], a Sanctuary Chest yielding [Holy Angel Guardian], and an Abyss Chest yielding [Source of Malice Spread], exchanging for a total of 268 [Supreme Potential Points].
Combined with the current situation, this gave him a bold idea. He called over Bubu Wang, who was upgrading the little Bubu unit. Azure Crystal formed in his hand, constructing a die. He had Bubu Wang roll it, and the result was 5.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang smiled proudly, meaning, 'I am just this lucky.'
Su Xiao picked up the die and threw it purely by luck, resulting in the maximum of 6. This made Bubu Wang's dog eyes widen. Amu and Baha, who were watching nearby, immediately crowded around, and the four of them began competing.
The result was Su Xiao with 59 wins and 12 losses. Not extremely lucky, but still quite fortunate. In the past, with the Law-Destroying Fortune on him, this would have been impossible.
Now, during the promotion to Supreme Rank, climbing to the highest peak in the most critical promotion, was this special promotion temporarily suppressing the Law-Destroying Fortune? Or was it being suppressed by Reincarnation Paradise's exclusive Supreme promotion mission? Allowing Su Xiao's fortune to temporarily become normal?
Good news: his luck was normal during this period.
Bad news: Was the Law-Destroying Fortune also being promoted along with the Supreme promotion? If, after becoming Supreme, the Law-Destroying Fortune got a super boost, then that would be...
However, if the Law-Destroying Fortune really did get promoted, there would be one good and one bad piece of news.
Bad news: In the future, the lowest point of the 'Fortune ECG' might be much lower than before. If the previous lowest fortune was -42,000, then after the Law-Destroying Fortune's promotion, the lowest point might exceed -100,000.
Good news: The 'Fortune ECG' has an absolute characteristic: 'Low Equals High.' The so-called 'Low Equals High' means that if the lowest point of the 'Fortune ECG' is -10 fortune, then the ECG always has to jump. A fortune that doesn't jump is dead. When the 'Fortune ECG' jumps to its highest point, it can reach a positive fortune of 100,000 levels.
Having roughly confirmed this, Su Xiao made his choice.
[You have obtained Space-Time Stone Fragments × 5,180.]
[You have obtained Abyss Secret Treasure × 1.]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao's heart sank halfway.
[You have obtained Elemental Secret Treasure × 29.]
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Seeing this gain prompt, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: the random reward range of this mission had nothing to do with fortune, but depended on two other characteristics:
Abyss Favor.
Elemental Affinity.
The so-called 'Abyss Favor' is a notarized attribute that only appears after falling into the Abyss. Su Xiao's 'Abyss Favor' was obviously 0. Not only that, he also had 98 points of Abyss Resistance. Being able to randomly get one Abyss Secret Treasure was because this was the guaranteed minimum; it couldn't be less.
Conversely, his Elemental Affinity of 1,365 points—no, that was the amount before participating in the Paradise War. Recently, as he was about to be promoted to Supreme, his Elemental Affinity had surged, reaching 1,426 points. This attribute increased on its own. If magic-type users knew about this, they would be so angry they'd spit blood far away.
Not only that, he found that the Elemental Brew he had brewed was getting better in quality as it aged. Of course, this was due to the unique brewing method + Black Maple Tree wood brewing vat + Eternal Spring Water + Eternal Light World's absolute elemental environment + Time Crystallization catalyst + top-tier materials exchanged from Reincarnation Paradise using high-level Hunter authority, resulting in such Elemental Brew.
Moreover, the eight [Time Crystallization] items roughly bound to the outside of the Black Maple Tree wood brewing vat increased the brewing process by more than a thousand times.
The fact that a traveling merchant who had lived for who knows how many years couldn't resist the Elemental Brew showed the quality of this fine wine. Later, he would go to the Star Giant Tree in Eternal Light World to collect some more Elemental Brew.
Various [Elemental Secret Treasures] appeared before him. Su Xiao didn't bother checking their attributes, to avoid affecting his mood when submitting them. Undoubtedly, [Supreme Skill Points] were now the absolute T0 priority.
Su Xiao estimated that the normal gain from this mission would be around 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power plus five [Elemental Secret Treasures]. One [Elemental Secret Treasure] was worth about 6,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. So, the 'Abyss Mission: Death's Grant' with 120% mission completion would yield roughly 80,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.
However, due to Su Xiao's extremely high Elemental Affinity, his gain this time was about 250,000 ounces of Space-Time Power—a full fourfold difference. He had successfully found another use for Elemental Affinity besides attracting World Thunder.
Unfortunately, 'Abyss Mission: Death's Grant' had already been submitted, so he couldn't continue accumulating mission completion. He tried to consult Reincarnation Paradise about whether there were other ways to accept this Abyss mission again.
[Detected your attempt to trigger Abyss Mission: Death's Grant. This is a permanent mission. Yes/No to accept this mission again?]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao immediately chose to accept.
[You have accepted Abyss Mission: Death's Grant.]
[Abyss Mission: Death's Grant.]
Difficulty Level: Lv.98～???
Mission Submission Count: 1 time.
Mission Brief: Eliminate 'Immortal Indestructible: Abyss Spawn' and 'Abyss Descendants.'
Mission Duration: No limit.
Mission Reward: Determined by the total number and comprehensive danger/combat strength of the 'Immortal Indestructible: Abyss Spawn' and 'Abyss Descendants' eliminated.
Hint: The mission completion calculation method is: after successfully killing a target unit, increase the 'mission completion corresponding to the target unit's danger level' + '45% of the current existing mission completion (10% increase from last time)' as the added mission completion for this time.
Hint: Due to the last submission having over 100% mission completion, the accumulation rate for this mission completion will be increased.
Current Mission Completion: 0%.
Mission Scope: Any world.
Mission Penalty: None.
Hint: This mission can be abandoned at any time. Abandoning it will permanently forfeit the qualification to accept this mission again.
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This long-term mission made Su Xiao realize one thing: the Paradise factions and the Abyss seemed to have a certain degree of hostile relationship; otherwise, they wouldn't issue such a high-reward mission. However, he soon found that wasn't the case, because the notarizing party for this mission was the Void Tree.
Contractors from several major Paradise factions, after successfully killing their first 'Immortal Indestructible: Abyss Spawn,' would unlock the unlimited qualification to accept this Abyss mission. The mission rewards were also provided by the Void Tree.
This made Su Xiao think about the current situation in the Void. The Abyss's invasion seemed calm on the surface, but the appearance of the Abyss Passage that couldn't be completely closed meant that, on a level people couldn't see, the Abyss had already begun slowly eroding the Void.
From the name 'Void Tree,' one could know that the Void was certainly very important to the Void Tree. Among all realms, the Void was at the very top of all realms, while the Present World was at the very bottom. Both were crucial. The collapse of the top layer was the beginning of the layers of all realms crumbling one by one, while the shattering of the bottom layer was the start of all realms overturning.
Therefore, the strongest Paradise faction, Reincarnation Paradise, notarized the Present World, while the Void Tree notarized the Void.
A more intuitive understanding was that all realms were layered, roughly corresponding to a contractor's First to Ninth Ranks, and the above Absolute Strength and Supreme.
Each layer of all realms had its own sun, moon, and cosmic levels, just with different rules. For example, within a Third-Rank world's planet, no matter how far one explored into the universe, they wouldn't find a Fourth-Rank world. The reason was that it was in a higher dimension. One had to break through the world's dimension and enter the interface of a Fourth-Rank world to possibly find the realm they were seeking.
Of course, comparing all realms to layers was for easy understanding. In reality, the structure of all realms was more complex than this. Outside these layers of worlds was the wrapping of natural elemental power, and beyond the elemental power was the Abyss.
The Abyss was not a place; rather, outside all realms was the Abyss! Endless and infinite!
Imagine if the topmost layer, the Void, had its elemental membrane rupture and the Abyss spread in. Then, after completely eroding the Void, the Abyss power would certainly continue to erode downward. Layer by layer, the elemental membranes would be eroded, and all realms would welcome the eternal night of darkness.
Thinking about it this way, it was very reasonable for the Void Tree to issue this Abyss mission. Of course, if this were an era of rampant natural elemental power, the Void Tree would certainly issue elemental missions as well.
Su Xiao had previously been looking for a method to obtain a large amount of Space-Time Power long-term and stably. Now it seemed the method had been right in front of him all along.
Don't think this 'Abyss Mission' was a routine mission. The Witch World was one of the three major Transcendent Worlds of this era, and the strongest force in the Witch Realm couldn't kill a single 'Immortal Indestructible: Abyss Spawn.' It was only after Su Xiao went there, using his 'Demon Spirit Awakening' ability with Dragon-Slaying Flash to annihilate that Abyss Spawn, that the Witch Realm could only seal it, unable to completely kill it.
[You have submitted 51,800 ounces of Space-Time Power.]
[You have submitted Abyss Secret Treasure × 1.]
[You have submitted Elemental Secret Treasure × 29.]
[You have obtained 1,932 'Supreme Potential Points.']
...
Previously, from opening the Source Quality Chest, he had obtained [Divine Source Matter] and [Thunder Breath Source Matter], which he also sold, totaling 2,150 ounces of Space-Time Power. Recently, [Divine Source Matter] had depreciated severely, dropping from the original 1,200 ounces of Space-Time Power per unit to just over 1,000.
[You have submitted 2,150 ounces of Space-Time Power.]
[You have obtained 17 'Supreme Potential Points.']
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With a total of 5,994 'Supreme Potential Points' in hand, Su Xiao took out [Overlord Source Matter: Unique]. This unique Source Matter required a large amount of Space-Time Power for catalysis before it could be absorbed. Weighing the options, this Source Matter was too fitting for him, possibly even more so than the 'Supreme Life Source Matter' that had already increased his maximum health by 2 million points.
The opportunity to obtain 'Supreme Potential Points' was only this time, but wasn't the 'Overlord Source Matter' the same?
Su Xiao took out a skill scroll, which was:
[Heaven's Wrath: World Thunder Fall (Unique Trait: Skill Scroll).]
Type: Basic Passive Scroll
Corresponding Traits: Luck, Elemental Affinity.
Prerequisite 1: 120 Luck or 30+ Elemental Affinity.
Hint: This ability scroll has two systems. It can be mastered using your Luck attribute as the 'Base Attribute,' or using Elemental Affinity as the 'Base Attribute.'
Hint: Choose carefully. Once the choice is made, this 'Base Attribute' will directly affect the strength of this skill.
Prerequisite 2: 50+ Lightning Resistance.
Prerequisite 3: Master at least one Melee Combat Technique-type ability.
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Su Xiao met all these. He chose to master the 'Heaven's Wrath: World Thunder Fall' ability, as this was the most important basic ability in the Heaven's Wrath series. Previously, he had relied on the world equipment [Thunder Spirit] to attract World Thunder, which in the World Thunder system was clearly an unorthodox method, harming the enemy by 1,000 while self-damaging by 950.
'Heaven's Wrath: World Thunder Fall,' on the other hand, was the true ability to attract World Thunder. As he used the golden skill scroll in his hand, the scroll shattered, and a surge of golden World Thunder entered his arm.
[You need to choose the 'Base Attribute' for this ability.]