Chapter 4: The Strategy of the Supreme Wise One (Passive): If this enhancement is chosen, you may select two of the above enhancements.
Hint: The "Supreme Wise One Trait · Extreme Realm Passive" cannot lock onto "Accumulated Strength for Burst," but "Accumulated Strength for Burst" can select the "Supreme Wise One Trait · Extreme Realm Passive."
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This newly appeared "Extreme Realm Passive" suddenly made Su Xiao see things clearly. His previous thinking had fallen into a misconception: that the Life Core could only be restored through his own recovery ability or the recovery granted by the Paradise after enhancing the Life Core.
Now it seemed, the Life Core could be restored through specific methods. As long as he figured out what this so-called "Star Realm Special Energy" was, Su Xiao was confident he could use it to concoct a recovery potion. This would give him a greater chance in the subsequent battle against the Lord of the Abyss.
Besides this, one of the Extreme Realm Passives this time was quite peculiar, actually bearing the "Rare" suffix.
If one only looked at "Accumulated Strength for Burst," they might hesitate. But since this trait could affect the "Supreme Wise One Trait · Extreme Realm Passive," did it mean that by giving up the current enhancement, at the crucial 50-point attribute gain, he could use this trait to select the "Supreme Wise One Trait · Extreme Realm Passive," and then through it, allow the two to three "Extreme Realm Passives" it selected to have their power skyrocket by three times?
Currently, forget a threefold increase in Extreme Realm Passives; even a onefold increase was already exaggerated, as the improvement amplitude was too great.
[You have chosen "Accumulated Strength for Burst."]
Leaving the rest area, Su Xiao descended to the first floor of the stronghold. Passing by the "Abyss Purification Device," he noticed many devices resembling vending machines. Stepping forward, he placed one hand on them and found they were "Merit Shops," just not yet officially activated.
Walking out of the main gate of the base camp, he leaped across the metal high walls of the defensive lines. Before long, Su Xiao arrived at the foremost No. 1 Vanguard Fortress. Standing on the platform at the very top of the fortress, he saw the Abyss Gate in the distance.
The sky above the Abyss Gate was pitch black, and the earth was also invaded by darkness, slowly writhing. Inside, meter-thick, root-like things swam. The ten-thousand-meter-tall Abyss Gate, even from afar, evoked a deep sense of awe. Even with Su Xiao's current strength, he felt this, let alone the contractors weaker than him.
The Abyss Gate had cracked open a gap, slowly oozing black liquid substance.
Dong~, dong~, dong~
It seemed like a distant ancient bell was being struck. The sky above was dark, the twilight on the horizon was yellow, as if all worlds in the Star Realm were about to welcome this doomsday twilight. A heavy and dark pressure weighed on the heart.
Clatter!!
The heavy sound of a massive door opening reached his ears. With a whoosh, a ten-thousand-meter-level colossal black dragon spread its wings and soared into the sky from the horizon. Its sky-covering wings had a somewhat tattered beauty, its tail resembled a cluster of tentacles, its body was covered in a layer of petroleum-like dragon hide, and its pitch-black dragon eyes exuded a powerful oppressive aura.
"Roar!!"
The Abyssal Dragon let out an angry roar. During its flight, it spewed black dragon flames, dissolving the structures along the way into magma.
With a thunderous boom, the Abyssal Dragon landed before the opened Abyss Gate, lowering its dragon head, its proud head bowed.
Inside the wide-open Abyss Gate, the darkness of the abyss gradually receded, allowing people to see the scene within.
Clatter, clatter~
The faint sound of armor colliding came. A figure over ten meters tall, clad in dark gold battle armor, with a head full of messy, woody horns and many eyes arranged in a V-shape, walked step by step from the dark abyss.
On both sides of the path it walked, abyss descendants and ancient abyss beings lay prostrate on the ground. The clan leaders of the four major abyss clans—the Fish Clan, the Bronze Clan, the Rune Clan, and the Collective—all knelt, lowering their heads. If one looked further to the sides, the dark abyss was filled with kneeling abyss-system powerhouses or abyssal creatures, stretching endlessly.
On their side's Vanguard Fortress, Su Xiao stood at the top, one hand resting on the hilt of his waist blade. Meanwhile, a group of their side's peak powerhouses were either standing or sitting on the viewing platform directly in front of the fortress.
However, compared to their calmness, on the defensive lines further back, some Supreme, Absolute Strength, and Ninth-Rank top-tier contractors felt immense inner pressure. Seeing the tall, majestic figure standing on the dragon's back from afar, a sense of dark despair began to well up in their hearts.
"Damn! Does it have to be this oppressive?"
Thunder Mage Lord · Aig couldn't help but curse, showing that panic was starting to set in.
The nearby Tough Guy was relatively calm, while a Ninth-Rank healer from Holy Light Paradise beside him was beginning to question life.
On the viewing platform at the front of the Vanguard Fortress, the strongest Necromancer Grand Mage · Seth looked grimly into the distance at the figure emerging from the Abyss Gate. As a peak-level powerhouse, he immediately confirmed that this being was not on the same tier as him.
Beside the strongest Necromancer Grand Mage · Seth stood a withered old man. Although he was also wary of the pressure from the Lord of the Abyss, as the current strongest Perception-type, he knew that the clan leaders and main members of the abyss clans were their real threat. They would inevitably clash with them later.
Behind the withered old man stood a beautiful woman named Red Countess, wearing a mask with a calm expression. She was a peak powerhouse from the Sanctuary Paradise's evil bloodline system.
Before the Abyss Gate.
Clatter, clatter, clatter~
With the faint sound of armor, the Lord of the Abyss stepped out of the Abyss Gate. He stopped in front of the Abyssal Dragon, just looking at it. The usually violent and arrogant Abyssal Dragon's breath hitched, lowering its head even further, its lower jaw pressing into the black soil. In the past, the Abyssal Dragon was the current Lord of the Abyss's war dragon. When it was still weak, the Lord of the Abyss had chosen it. Therefore, except for the Lord of the Abyss, no matter how powerful the opponent, it would not assume this posture. This secret was previously unknown to anyone.
Under the kneeling salute of countless abyss powerhouses.
Clatter~
The Lord of the Abyss's metal war boot stepped onto the Abyssal Dragon's head, walking step by step onto its back. Only then did the Abyssal Dragon dare to raise its head.
The sun above was eroded by the abyss into a dark red, with black liquid oozing from its bottom edge, leaving vertical black streaks in the sky. The twilight on the distant horizon was yellow. Against this backdrop, the Lord of the Abyss's overwhelming pressure, combined with the abyss faction's powerhouses behind him, created a scene that not only represented destruction and slaughter but also had a strong sense of dark epicness.
In fact, regardless of the outcome of this battle, it would undoubtedly be a major turning point for the Star Realm, concerning the fate of everyone in the future.
"Roar!!"
The Abyssal Dragon roared to the sky, layers of black air waves spreading outward. The clan leaders of the abyss clans, or the medium-to-small-sized ancient abyss beings, successively walked out of the Abyss Gate, standing or floating behind the Lord of the Abyss, not daring to take another step forward out of disrespect.
It could only be said that among the two highest-tier energies, the Abyss and the Elements, the Abyss clearly represented power.
Rumble~
The black clouds above grew denser, beginning to advance towards their base camp, pressing down like a black canopy.
The dark doomsday of the abyss had arrived!
The Lord of the Abyss, standing on the Abyssal Dragon's back, raised his gauntlet-covered hand and pointed at the distant base camp fortress.
"Pugu Yu (Abyss language: raze to the ground)."
At the Lord of the Abyss's command, all the ancient abyss beings behind him, along with numerous abyssal creatures, swarmed forward. The abyss clans, like personal guards, stood behind or on either side of the Lord of the Abyss.
At first, abyssal creatures only rushed out from the Abyss Gate. But just a few seconds later, they were simply squeezing and pouring out from inside, like a flood of black tide, exceptionally astonishing.
A massive number of abyssal creatures formed a wave, spreading continuously outward except where the Lord of the Abyss stood. In a very short time, the ground, low air, high air, and sky were all submerged by abyssal creatures, surging towards their base camp like a black tsunami.
If the Lord of the Abyss's entrance was full of epic war atmosphere, then now it was an insane life-and-death struggle to the extreme.
The Abyss Campaign began amidst this dark madness!
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