Chapter 4: You May Select the "Special High-Level Facility" That Reincarnation Paradise Will Upgrade This Time (You may choose one from: Land of All Beings, Meditation Sanctuary, Death Tower, Trial Mind Mirror, Endless Arena, or Mist Dungeon).
Tip: True Power: Plunder has been activated, you will gain 1 to 3 Golden Skill Points.
Tip: You have gained 3 Golden Skill Points (determined by comprehensive evaluation).
Comprehensive Evaluation: Reincarnation Level (SSSS Level), Hunter's current brand level is Lv.95, brand level +8 (Task World Rank × Number of Tasks Completed + Comprehensive Evaluation - Task Completion Time...).
Tip: This is the maximum brand level obtainable when entering the Supreme Rank world for the first time.
Tip: Your brand level has reached Lv.100 (the highest level achievable at the Supreme Rank).
Tip: Your additional authority +Lv.3.1.
Settlement complete, rewards have been deposited into the Hunter's brand.
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The rewards were quite generous, after all, it was an SSSS-level evaluation. But even so, among the three special rewards obtained, "You May Select the Special High-Level Facility That Reincarnation Paradise Will Upgrade This Time" made Su Xiao feel that this wasn't something a Contractor or Hunter could normally gain. It was truly absurd.
The content of this reward was simple. For unknown reasons, Reincarnation Paradise had a batch of resources to upgrade a "Special High-Level Facility." Logically, Reincarnation Paradise should have made a judgment and chosen which "Special High-Level Facility" to upgrade based on maximizing benefits, rather than letting a Hunter decide.
Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of a possibility. If that were the case, then the situation would make sense. That is, the resources Reincarnation Paradise obtained this time to upgrade the "Special High-Level Facility" came from the previous world's Dawn Ruins: Paradise Battle.
If so, it was very reasonable. In that Paradise Battle, Su Xiao was the only participant on his side, and from the very beginning, his faction was destined to lose. Yet, he enabled Reincarnation Paradise to gain the most benefits among the several major Paradise factions participating in the battle, even several times more than the others.
Coupled with the fact that Su Xiao obtained a "Reincarnation Level" world evaluation this time, this reward was well-deserved. Or rather, the resources to upgrade this "Special High-Level Facility" were what Su Xiao had helped his side reclaim in the Paradise Battle.
Su Xiao immediately chose "Land of All Beings."
[Tip: You have selected "Land of All Beings" as the target for this upgrade.]
[Estimated upgrade time: 83 hours 27 minutes.]
[When the "Land of All Beings" completes this upgrade, you will automatically gain access to its current highest floor and permanent free usage rights.]
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Closing the related prompts, Su Xiao activated the newly obtained "Supreme Rank Deep Recovery Authority (One-time: Can be activated on a team scale)." Golden-white light particles gradually gathered around him.
Baha took out the life support device and skillfully opened it. Inside was Su Xiao's left arm, which had been eroded by darkness. His crystal left arm shattered, and his original arm flew over. The bones recovered first, followed by muscles, nervous system, etc. When the basic recovery was complete, the deep recovery function activated.
Su Xiao felt all kinds of injuries throughout his body rapidly healing. A sense of relief, combined with the drowsiness from relaxation, made him lean back on the single-seat sofa and doze off.
Beini lightly jumped onto Su Xiao's lap, curled up into a cat ball, and yawned. It seemed this trip had tired Beini out. She needed to rest quickly, as she would be busy later.
Bubu Wang and Baha had no injuries. This deep recovery was a huge win for Amu. Not long after the recovery began, Amu fell into a deep sleep, snoring loudly.
Soon, Bubu Wang and Baha also fell asleep under the healing effect of the recovery function. At this moment, the exclusive room had a quiet and warm atmosphere.
When Su Xiao woke up, he saw the email notifications had turned red. Opening them, he found they were mostly from Molei and Yueshitu.
Opening the first email from Molei, at this point, "Leg-Breaking" Molei was still maintaining some restraint, hoping to negotiate a lower price in the upcoming transaction. But finding no response, and judging by the email sending speed, the other party had already returned to the Paradise. This seemed like she was being ignored.
This made Molei a bit panicked. As a shareholder of the "Underworld Bank," even a small one, she could get a lot of intelligence about major events in the Star Realm. Naturally, she knew something big was about to happen in the Star Realm. At this time, obtaining a Supreme Rank "Divine System: Profession Template" would be a dream come true.
Moreover, "Enlightened Divine Soul" really suited Molei perfectly. With her current profession system, she only needed to sacrifice a few skills that might cause system compatibility issues to inherit "Enlightened Divine Soul."
Under these circumstances, Molei felt more and more that the situation was bad. Because her archrival, another little rich girl from Apocalypse Paradise, a small shareholder of the "Giant Bank," had a profession template with different characteristics but the same major system. If Bai Ye had also contacted that little rich girl...
Just thinking about it made Molei a bit anxious. She knew very clearly that this opportunity was once-in-a-lifetime. She had already decided to sell her small stake in the "Underworld Bank" to a major shareholder who had contacted her before.
How Molei obtained that very small share of the "Underworld Bank" was unknown. Everyone has their own opportunities.
After Molei sent her second email, her wait became more agonizing. She simply sent a third one.
After that, Molei let herself go. Anyway, she felt she would definitely be heavily milked by that old yinbi this time, so she might as well let loose. She started sending emails to Su Xiao continuously, thinking, "If I'm waiting anxiously, your mailbox shouldn't be comfortable either."
Seeing this situation, Su Xiao replied to Molei with two words:
'Not sold.'
Then he continued to ignore Molei.
At this moment, in Molei's exclusive room in Apocalypse Paradise, she was eating ice-cold watermelon, her gaze vacant from waiting, when she suddenly received an email. She immediately opened it, and a smile gradually bloomed on her face.
"He replied."
As soon as Molei said this, Yueshitu immediately put down the game controller, still with a soft, sticky voice, and asked with hopeful eyes:
"What did he say?"
"My Enlightened Divine Soul is still there. Your Bright Moon Divine Soul has been sold."
"?"
Yueshitu was stunned for a moment, then laughed. For once, she dared to raise her slender middle finger at Molei: "Bai Ye is very trustworthy. He wouldn't."
"He never said he would definitely sell the 'Bright Moon Divine Soul' to you. He just sent it and asked us to bid. He sold it to the Witch of the Phantom Troupe. Bai Ye and the Tuanzhang are very close. From what I heard, the Tuanzhang paid for it to help the Witch buy it."
Hearing this, Yueshitu's smile instantly froze. She looked at Molei, then at Hao Mei, and suddenly thought that if only she didn't buy a Divine Soul, then in the future, the three of them wouldn't be able to adventure together anymore due to the huge gap in combat power. This made Yueshitu's eyes gradually moisten.
"Oh, damn it, Moon Rabbit, I was wrong. The Bright Moon Divine Soul is still there, it's still there."
Molei's words stopped Yueshitu's tears. She gradually looked at Molei with a puffed-up face. Molei shrugged and said:
"It's still there, but you can't afford it."
Hearing this, Yueshitu couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears on the spot.
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After taking a cold shower, Su Xiao felt relaxed from the inside out. This trip to the Ancient Dragon Kingdom had yielded huge gains, but the situation was also very dangerous. If he had truly treated the Council Leader as the final boss and the Ancestor as the hidden boss to deal with, he would have died for sure.
Opening the email list, Su Xiao opened an unsigned email. From the Law-Destroying Mark on the email, he could guess its origin. Previously, this email had been buried under Molei's emails, and now it saw the light of day again.
Su Xiao initially thought it was from the three old black-hearted grandpas, but it turned out to be from Green Gillian. This most heinous female Law Destroyer had truly fulfilled her previous promise. After Su Xiao advanced to Supreme Rank, she told him the secret about the Black Maple Tree.
It wasn't about the origin of the Black Maple Tree. It was simply a top-tier exotic item from the Abyss. Not all items produced by the Abyss are dark and dangerous; some are the most top-tier exotic items in the Star Realm.
In the past, the Law Destruction Faction also had a Black Maple Tree. In terms of understanding the Black Maple Tree, the current Arcane Eternal Star is far inferior to the Second Era's Law Destruction Faction. This wasn't because Arcane Eternal Star's research capabilities were lacking, but because of the different attitudes towards the Black Maple Tree.
The Black Maple Tree of Arcane Eternal Star was a treasure for everyone in the Spellcaster Faction. As long as one was a Spellcaster, they could, to some extent, benefit from that tree. Therefore, the Arcane School responsible for cultivating and distributing this Black Maple Tree was under immense pressure.
Consequently, all kinds of tests on the Black Maple Tree had to be extremely cautious. If this "Miss Black Maple Tree" had a single wilted leaf, the caretakers would lose sleep and appetite for days.
In contrast, the Black Maple Tree of the Second Era's Law Destruction Faction was treated differently. When a Law Destroyer needed the Black Maple Tree's yield, they would grab a hatchet, climb the tree, and chop wherever they wanted, as long as they didn't cut the main trunk.
This Black Maple Tree's style was: As long as you don't cut the main trunk, you can chop anywhere. Give me a drink of water, and I'm fine. My roots are deep! They've almost re-rooted into the shallow layers of the Abyss.
Comparing the two:
Arcane Eternal Star's Black Maple Tree: 'It rained today. Even though the rain didn't fall on me inside the barrier, the rain looks so cold. I think I'll wilt for a few days.'
Law Destruction Faction's Black Maple Tree: 'Hahahaha, it finally rained! The Law Destroyers are all out on long trips. No one has watered me for days. I'm really thirsty. You know what, this rainwater is actually a bit sweet.'
Because of this, the Law Destruction Faction's various tests on the Black Maple Tree completely surpassed those of Arcane Eternal Star. One test involved using the blood of Supreme Rank Abyss Spawn, transforming it through a conversion formula, then inscribing an absorption mark on the Black Maple Tree, allowing it to absorb this Abyss blood, thereby greatly accelerating its growth rate.
In the end, the Law Destroyers even established a rule: the amount of Supreme Abyss blood brought back determined how much Black Maple Tree could be harvested.
It could be said that Green Gillian rarely did something serious. She prevented Su Xiao from trying to obtain "Supreme: Abyss Blood" while he was still at the Absolute Strength rank. More accurately, she had done this herself in the past and paid a heavy price.
So she decided to tell Su Xiao about this after he advanced to Supreme Rank. Although it meant Su Xiao missed the opportunity to obtain Abyss Blood in the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, she had at least fulfilled her promise.
Su Xiao began studying the two formulas Green Gillian had sent. The first was a conversion formula, which he couldn't use for now. The second was an auxiliary absorption formula for the Black Maple Tree, allowing it to absorb nutrients more intensely, thereby promoting faster growth.
After studying for a while, Su Xiao felt the formula looked familiar. This thing... was very similar to the core structure of the "Devouring Core" ability. Looking at it this way, the previous Law Destroyers were truly bold. They had even installed a customized version of the Devouring Core on their own Black Maple Tree.
Since this formula was the core structure of the Devouring Core, could the Black Maple Tree absorb other things? Things that would be more beneficial for its growth and improve the quality of its yield?
Thinking about this, Su Xiao decided to hold off for now. This still carried some risk.
After breakfast, Su Xiao opened the authority list and activated the newly obtained "Team Advancement Authority."
[You have used the Team Advancement Authority.]
[The skill card slot limit for your current team "Dawn Team" has been permanently increased by +1. All current skill cards will be upgraded to ultra-limit strength.]
[You have obtained "Dawn Team: Adaptive Skill Card."]
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Su Xiao checked the current team information. The team data was completely refreshed. He inserted the newly obtained "Dawn Team: Adaptive Skill Card" into the new skill card slot to activate it.
[Dawn Team]
Member Count: 1/5.
Team Rank: SSS.
Team Skill Limit: 5/5.
Currently Shared Team Skills: 1.
Currently Activated Skill Cards: 4.
Team Skill 1: Leader's Power (Passive, X): Team members gain a bonus of 10% of the Captain's maximum health, and an all-attribute bonus equal to your current highest main attribute × 0.1.
Team Skill 2: Thunder Breath Blessing: Physique Nourishment (Passive, X): All attributes +10 points (this all-attribute bonus only covers Strength, Agility, Physique, Intelligence, and Charm attributes).
Team Skill 3: Will Resonance: Body Enhancement (Passive, X): All attributes +15 points (this all-attribute bonus only covers Strength, Agility, Physique, Intelligence, and Charm attributes).
Team Skill 4: Soul Awakening: Body-Soul Strengthening (Passive, X): All attributes +20 points (this all-attribute bonus only covers Strength, Agility, Physique, Intelligence, and Charm attributes).
Team Skill 5: Vitality Awakening (Rare: Team Passive, X): When a team member's health drops below 10%, this ability will activate, restoring 13,550 health points + 85% of maximum health within the next 3 seconds (this ability has a cooldown of 15 hours, and the cooldown is calculated separately for each team member).
Team Luck: F- ~ S+
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The team skills had changed significantly. Previously, "Leader's Power," "Thunder Breath Blessing," and "Will Rune Stone" provided no bonus to Su Xiao. Ultimately, team bonuses were meant to attract healing or other support types.
The current Dawn Team bonuses were still useless for Su Xiao. The reason was that team skill bonuses came from "External Skill Cards," which were essentially a type of equipment bonus.
Su Xiao's current four main attributes were all 1,056 points in their naked state. This 45-point bonus was somewhat attractive to him, but not enough to make him give up his naked bonus state.
Other systems might not feel this strongly, but for a Technique Type, the naked bonus state was a very good experience. So, after this bonus appeared, he chose to activate the authority to block this type of bonus.
Although this series of bonuses wasn't very attractive to Su Xiao himself, if a healing or other support type saw it, they would be hooked immediately.
Su Xiao was planning to raise all four attributes to 1,500 points or even higher. Then, his four attributes multiplied by 0.1 would be 150 points. Additionally, the 10% of Su Xiao's maximum health bonus was 943,000 points.
Combined with the 45-point bonus from the other three team skills, this resulted in nearly 1 million health points and 195 all-attribute points. Even if this was a temporary buff within the task world and an equipment-type buff, it still meant that a healing or support type's survivability would increase by at least 70%.
If such high attributes were stacked, a support type might even temporarily undergo a qualitative change, gaining strange combat power. Combined, this meant: a doubled or even several times increased safety within the world, and multiplied benefits. Who could resist this temptation?
Just like Xi Lin from the previous world. At first, Xi Lin agreed on the surface but resisted internally. Later, she became: "Captain, what should we do next? Don't hesitate to use me just because I'm a support type. I'm fine."
[Tip: You have received benefits from the Eternal Light World: Demon Insect Race.]
[You have obtained Abyss Weapon Fragments × 9.]
[Verification: You are a Shadow of Law Destruction. Unable to hold "Abyss Weapons"...]
[You have obtained 93.5% Demon Spirit Energy.]
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Adding the remaining amount, a complete "Demon Spirit Source Matter" was condensed. Su Xiao sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and began forcibly controlling the Demon Spirit to convert the "Primordial Abyss Energy" within Dragon-Slaying Flash into "Demon Spirit Source Matter." This was the "Primordial Abyss Energy" obtained from killing the Dukain Ancestor.
When the last trace of "Primordial Abyss Energy" was converted, Su Xiao held a total of 9 portions of "Demon Spirit Source Matter." The "Primordial Abyss Energy" obtained from killing the Dukain Ancestor wasn't as much as he had imagined. It seemed the other party's forced departure from the "Abyss Proximity Zone" had caused more damage than expected.
Following the same procedure as before, Su Xiao used the dual filtration and conversion of "Demon Spirit Devouring Constitution" + "Devouring Core" to obtain a permanent buff energy, which he then absorbed with his own physique. A few hours later, he opened his eyes.
[Your maximum health has been permanently increased by 900,000 points.]
[Your Abyss Resistance has been permanently increased by 18 points.]
Su Xiao's health reached an astonishing 10.33 million points. He clearly felt that his Primordial Life Force was about to undergo an important upgrade. The problem was that his current physique wasn't strong enough to withstand this upgrade.
Realizing this, Su Xiao stood up and walked out of his exclusive room. Ten-plus minutes later.
[Welcome to Attribute Enhancement Pod No. 1806.]
Su Xiao didn't activate the Attribute Enhancement Pod he was in for now. He sat cross-legged on the floor, took out the three existing portions of "Power Source Matter," and confirmed that using all of them would increase his enhanced body attributes by 10% each, rather than a single, loss-making 30% increase. Then, he opened the sealed containers of the three "Power Source Matter" portions and activated the Attribute Enhancement Pod.
After a brief silence, the Attribute Enhancement Pod he was in began to roar. A blood-red ф mark appeared on the metal wall in front. Last time, he felt this was the true activated state of the Attribute Enhancement Pod. Previously, using attribute points to enhance was more like a semi-activated state, where the pod easily completed the enhancement. Now, it was using all its power, making a huge commotion.
As the enhancement began, Su Xiao felt his cells reaching a boiling point. However, having undergone the baptism of mastering Law-Destroying skills, he was well-versed in this process.
Ten hours later, Su Xiao, with flushed skin and a noticeably stronger aura, opened his eyes. The three portions of "Power Source Matter" had brought a significant boost, but it wasn't enough. He took out another portion he had just exchanged using the [Reincarnation Token] and used it.
Three hours later, the enhancement was complete. He assessed himself and realized he had underestimated the 120 "Initial Skill Points." The improvement in Blade Grandmaster had left a gap in his physique that needed to be filled.
Previously, after enhancing his body attributes, he would feel that he couldn't enhance them further. He needed to further improve his basic technique abilities before his body could advance, maintaining a balance of power. Now, this balance was severely broken, leaning towards the technique side. His physique needed to continue improving.
Remotely activating the Honor Shop in his exclusive room, he quickly exchanged another portion of "Power Source Matter" using the [Reincarnation Token]. He opened its sealed container and continued the enhancement.
This time, it took only a little over two hours for Su Xiao to complete the enhancement. He pressed one hand to his chest, feeling his powerful physique while slowly exhaling, and checked his current body attributes.
Name: Su Xiao (Hunter)
Level: LV.100 (Supreme Rank).
Health: 100%.
Mana: 568,620 / 568,620 points.
True Strength: 1,700 points.
True Agility: 1,700 points.
True Stamina: 1,700 points.
True Intelligence: 1,700 points.
True Charm: -34 points.
True Luck: 28 points.
Soul Strength: 1,710 points.
Abyss Resistance: 213 points.
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Good news: All four attributes reached 1,700 points.
Bad news: Charm attribute dropped by 2 points consecutively, reaching -34 points.
This puzzled Su Xiao. In the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, he hadn't killed many friendly faction characters. As for killing Abyss-type creatures, wasn't it just blocking two Abyss passages and creating two mountains of corpses and seas of blood? How did that cause his Charm attribute to drop? That didn't seem reasonable.
However, there was another unreasonable thing. Su Xiao had increased his Stamina and Intelligence attributes by 644 points each, but he only gained 30,000 health points and 41,860 mana points.
Increasing 1 point of Intelligence attribute increased mana by 65 points. Before the Intelligence attribute reached 800 points, this was barely acceptable. But now, he urgently needed to master the "Supreme Passives" corresponding to the Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes.
After raising all four main attributes to 1,700 points, Su Xiao felt his Primordial Life Force beginning to undergo an upgrade. This upgrade was very rapid and gradually stabilized within less than an hour.
[Because your "Base Health" has reached 10 million points.]
[You may choose one of the following three Primordial Life Force traits to awaken.]