Chapter 4: Convenient Ability for Crushing Noobs (At most one, but except for being useless against those of the same rank, its effectiveness is generally extremely exaggerated).

Chapter 4: Convenient Ability for Crushing Noobs (At most one, but except for being useless against those of the same rank, its effectiveness is generally extremely exaggerated).

Therefore, after witnessing the peak ability of Scale-None Sea King·Nezmo being blown apart with a single slash by that Law Destroyer, Second Elder·Diknuja abandoned the idea of reinforcing. Moreover, after personally witnessing "Raging Sea Calming Waves" being shattered, the Second Elder’s eyes went wide with shock.

Although it was not from the ancient era—only the clan leader had survived that catastrophe—the records of the Extreme Realm system within the family seemed, perhaps, probably, not supposed to be this outrageous.

In reality, the "Extreme Realm system" wouldn’t be this outrageous. The problem is, the "Extreme Realm system" + "Technique Grandmaster" combining into the "Extreme Realm Grandmaster" is exactly this outrageous.

Did the "Extreme Realm system" of the ancient era not know these two perfectly complemented each other, even achieving 1+1 greater than 2? Of course they knew. The issue was, developing this way would bankrupt you.

The reason Su Xiao could develop like this was because he poured all the resources he obtained into the Extreme Realm system and the Technique Grandmaster system. Specifically, "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" was entirely upgraded using the yield from the Black Maple Tree.

[Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash, Lv.88 (Extreme Realm Technique·Passive)]
Basic Effect: Comprehensive intensity of all technique abilities increased by 431%...
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This is the basic effect of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash." At first glance, it’s just strong, not outrageous. But if you open the branch list, you’d see:
"Current boost to Blade Grandmaster: Blade weapon damage rank +19600, Blade weapon slashing force judgment rank +19600, Blade weapon armor-breaking judgment rank +19600, Soul severing intensity +1232 points."

For some reason, "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" provides no boost to "Extreme Realm·Star Realm." The upside is that the 431% boost is all piled onto aspects like "Blade weapon damage rank" and "Blade weapon slashing force judgment rank." The amplification factor isn’t 4.31 times—it’s 5.6 times. The portion originally belonging to "Extreme Realm·Star Realm" is redirected to enhance these characteristics.

This upgrade essentially pushed the "Blade Grandmaster" ability to its limit. Meanwhile, "Extreme Realm·Star Realm" felt like it was on the verge of being stripped away from the "Blade Grandmaster" ability, becoming a standalone capability.

This was the result Su Xiao most wanted to see. When "Extreme Realm·Star Realm" becomes a separate ability, as a Hunter of Reincarnation Paradise, he wouldn’t lack methods to upgrade this "Transcendent-level" ability.

Aside from the ridiculous boost to Blade Grandmaster, "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" also provided an equally ridiculous boost to Melee Grandmaster. For Melee Grandmaster’s "After your kick hits an enemy, the enemy will temporarily have their cause and effect, as well as fate, shattered," the "temporarily" part, after receiving the boost from "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash," ended up with Scale-None Sea King·Nezmo’s cause and effect and fate being shattered throughout the entire fight.

It’s undeniable that Blade Grandmaster, Melee Grandmaster, and Blood Spear Grandmaster had all reached a relative limit. Even if further improvements were made, they would only elevate from 99 points to 100 points—the absolute limit. Without the "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" ability, the technique abilities would have stopped here.

Su Xiao scanned his surroundings. Seeing that no figure had yet appeared, he extended a crystal layer beneath him, enveloping Scale-None Sea King·Nezmo and sinking it into the seabed below.

[You have killed Scale-None Sea King·Nezmo.]
[You have obtained Reincarnation-level Chest·Peak Collection (This is one of the guaranteed rewards for killing a peak powerhouse...]
[You have obtained 100 points of Peak Fate (Killing a peak powerhouse guarantees 100 points of Peak Fate). You can consume Peak Fate to exchange for the following items.]