Chapter 21: Absolute
Although it was pitch black before his eyes, in Su Xiao's perception, his surroundings were exceptionally clear. This was because, in this brutal slaughter, his Instinct ability, which had been growing very slowly all along, had finally reached its limit. And due to the effect of [Hunting Heart], it broke through even further beyond that limit.
[Instinct: X (Passive)]
Skill Effect: Obtain a permanent 「Absolute Perception」 range with a 50-meter diameter.
Based on the user's adaptive traits: Gain 「Abyss Vision」 within the 「Absolute Perception」 range.
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There was no perception power bonus, no perception sensitivity bonus, and no perception judgment bonus. Just one 「Absolute Perception」. This was the simple yet pure power obtained after advancing to Supreme Rank. Because within the 「Absolute Perception」 circle, perception power, perception sensitivity, perception judgment, and all other perception-related traits were maxed out.
However, nothing in this world is absolutely perfect. As a Technique Supreme, Su Xiao's perception range would inevitably not be large. Rather than gaining a perception range of over a kilometer that only reached an upper-tier level, Su Xiao needed this kind of perception—limited in range, but incomparably powerful.
Su Xiao's perception suddenly expanded fully. He turned his head to look at an empty spot in the darkness. An instant of fluctuation appeared there, as if some extremely hidden existence was trying to slip away.
In just an instant, Su Xiao was beside this existence and grabbed it.
Squeal~!
A soul-shaking cry of pain spread out.
"Stop!"
Seeing this, the Abyss Princess spoke with an anxious tone, which made Delona feel puzzled.
Su Xiao naturally ignored the Abyss Princess, preparing to kill this unknown Abyss existence that had been secretly spying on him, lest it be a subordinate of the current Lord of the Abyss and tip him off.
"It's your sister, our younger sister."
The Abyss Princess knew her words were completely useless against that Law Destroyer, because that younger sister was already being squeezed until transparent blood spurted from her mouth. So she said this to Delona beside her.
Delona's eyes widened a few points. She made a move to speak but didn't know how to address her for a moment. Finally, she simply used her most habitual form of address:
"Big brother, that seems to be my sister... she seems to have come to pick me up?"
Delona turned her head to look at the Abyss Princess, who nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"..."
Su Xiao stopped applying force in his hand and examined this Abyss existence, which looked like a blue jellyfish but had a human-like face. After releasing his grip, this Abyss existence slid sloppily and softly from his hand. When it landed on the ground, it almost cried. Its only feeling was that the outside world was too scary, and it would never leave the Abyss again.
Su Xiao stepped down from the pile of Abyss Spawn heads stacked like stairs, walking down from the mountain of corpses. When he passed the Abyss Princess, he stopped and looked at her expressionlessly. The meaning was clear: if his old friend Lucius's sister came to any harm in the Abyss, then the Abyss Princess wouldn't need to exist anymore.
The Abyss Princess clearly understood. She immediately said, "We're going to see our mother. There's no danger."
"..."
Su Xiao didn't speak and walked out of the 「Absolute Dark Zone」. After he walked far away, the Abyss Princess looked at his back and said to Delona with envy:
"Having such a powerful big brother as a backer... it's really nice."
"Stop sighing. What's wrong with our sister? Why is she constantly spitting water?"
Delona supported the jellyfish sister, her expression somewhat anxious.
"That's not water, it's blood! Seriously, why did you get close to such a terrifying guy for no reason?"
The Abyss Princess's hand reached into a black hole that appeared out of nowhere and began fumbling inside.
"Sister, what are you looking for?"
"Potions. Sister is a living being; recovery potions will work on her. Damn, I'm not a living being, so I don't use potions. I don't keep them on hand. Those things are too expensive."
"I have some."
Delona took out a recovery potion and began feeding it to the jellyfish sister. Seeing this, the Abyss Princess became even more envious of this backer who was both powerful and a top-tier alchemist.
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Walking out of the 「Absolute Dark Zone」, Su Xiao felt that the originally dim outside was unexpectedly bright. This wasn't an illusion, but the result of his [Instinct] ability being pushed to its limit.
He didn't deliberately expand his perception, because the current 50-meter diameter perception circle was in a permanent state, as natural as a heartbeat.
The train started. Su Xiao leaned back on the comfortable single sofa. This battle, which seemed like a crushing massacre with [Azure Shadow King] + the enhanced [Blade Grandmaster], actually had no small amount of risk. As time passed, the Abyss Spawn rushing out from that Abyss Passage grew stronger and stronger.
Besides that, Su Xiao also discovered one thing: while accepting the [Abyss Task: Death's Grant], the probability of obtaining a treasure chest from killing 「Undying and Indestructible Abyss Spawn」 was extremely low. Apart from a certain amount of 「Hunter Gold Coins」 as a reward, there were no other kill rewards.
However, this time, he had devoured the 「Undying and Indestructible Abyss Spawn's Source Energy」 equivalent to two portions of 「Demon Spirit Source Matter」.
Previously, after killing the Beast Lord and devouring its 「Abyss Source Energy」, Su Xiao had increased his health by 600,000 points and his Abyss Resistance by 11 points, while 「Blade Demon Spirit」 had increased its Demon Spirit Strength by 240 points.
With the current Demon Spirit Strength of 「Blade Demon Spirit」 at 2164 points, Su Xiao's Soul Strength of 1500 points was insufficient to suppress it. However, since the last time his right arm absorbed part of the previous Lord of the Abyss's source power, he found that he could suppress a Demon Spirit Strength several times higher than the current one.
[Your maximum health has been permanently increased by 120,000 points.]
[Your Abyss Resistance has been permanently increased by 2 points.]
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It was still a 60-40 split. It seemed that the plan to obtain a massive amount of Golden Skill Points, completely fill the Blade Demon Spirit until it was stuffed, and then have it monopolize the 「Demon Spirit Source Matter」 to use for increasing 「Base Health」 needed to be accelerated.
After advancing to Supreme Rank, apart from increasing his True Stamina attribute and using the 「Demon Devouring Constitution」, Su Xiao no longer increased his health through other means. The reason was simple: advancing to Supreme Rank had purified his mixed health. This feeling of life force being completely unified was too good and too important.
Besides that, Su Xiao also discovered another thing. This time, by massacring in front of the Abyss Passage, he had directly maxed out the task completion of [Abyss Task: Death's Grant].
[Abyss Task: Death's Grant]
Difficulty Level: Lv.98~???
Task Submission Count: 1 time.
Task Brief: ...
Current Task Completion: 300%
Task Scope: Any world.
Task Penalty: None.
Note: This task can be abandoned at any time. Abandoning it will permanently forfeit the qualification to accept this task again.
...
Su Xiao attempted to submit this task.
[You have chosen to submit the Abyss Task: Death's Grant.]
[Current Task Completion: 300% (Single-time limit).]
[Because the task completion has reached the single-time limit, you may choose three types of rewards from the following task reward options.]