Chapter 5: Void Tree Vault Application Permission??? (??? Off).
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[You obtained Complete Space-Time Stone ×1 piece.]
[You obtained Elemental Treasures ×80 pieces.]
[You obtained Abyss Treasure ×1 piece.]
[You obtained Elemental Treasures ×199 pieces.]
[You obtained Void Tree Vault Application Permission V (50% Off).]
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Su Xiao sold all the obtained gains for Space-Time Power, totaling 1.984 million ounces of Space-Time Power. Previously, completing one round yielded about 250,000 to 300,000 ounces. Now, he was just short of 2 million. A 300% task completion and 800% completion rate indeed had a different level of value.
Su Xiao deposited this Space-Time Power into the team storage space, letting Beini go purchase [Elemental Source Matter]. In the past, one portion of [Elemental Source Matter] was roughly 8 to 10 million Soul Coins, sometimes reaching 12 million.
Based on the previous exchange ratio of Space-Time Power to Soul Coins, which was 1:423, one portion of [Elemental Source Matter] required 23,640 ounces of Space-Time Power. Su Xiao planned to acquire 200 portions of [Elemental Source Matter]. In reality, a few dozen would suffice, but the problem was that the innate compatibility between Amu and the Gluttony Original Sin was extremely rare.
200 portions of [Elemental Source Matter] would require a total of 4.728 million ounces of Space-Time Power. However, times had changed. Now, everyone's life and death, as well as their future, depended on those [Abyss Purification Devices], and the only thing that could drive them was Space-Time Power.
Coupled with the Space-Time Power permissions opened by various Paradise factions, regardless of rank, contractors could directly exchange Space-Time Power for Free Attribute Points/True Free Attribute Points in their respective faction's Merit Shops, or for Skill Upgrade Pod usage permissions, and various other resources to enhance themselves.
This caused the exchange ratio between Space-Time Power and Soul Coins to no longer be 1:423, but rather an unstable 1:800 to 1,000. Even so, no one was willing to exchange Space-Time Power for Soul Coins. In this Abyss War, strength was the key to survival, and Space-Time Power was genuine strength.
As a result, the [Elemental Source Matter] that was once hoarded by major merchant guilds suddenly became abundant when Beini offered to buy it with Space-Time Power. A total of 219 portions of [Elemental Source Matter] cost 1.28 million ounces of Space-Time Power. As for the promotion assistance effect of [Elemental Source Matter], in the fair zone of the Void Tree, the Promotion Hall had opened early before the Abyss War began. There, as long as one had enough Space-Time Power, they could complete the promotion ceremony.
Overall, in this Abyss War, getting stronger wasn't difficult; the real challenge was how to survive. Not to mention Absolute Strength or Supreme rank, even those at the Peak Realm could die at any moment.
Carrying all the [Elemental Source Matter] and various materials needed for Elemental Secret Techniques and spells, Su Xiao activated the teleportation to the Eternal Light World.
Half an hour later, inside the Insect Race Mother Nest of the Eternal Light World, the bedchamber of Insect Race Dominator Jila.
Su Xiao activated the final node of the Elemental Secret Technique. Beside him, Insect Race Dominator Jila was peeking around curiously.
Although Jila seemed to have grown a bit, the comic books on the bed and the potato chips in her hand showed that Jila was still the same Jila. Those lively eyes had not been tainted by worldly... clear stupidity? Yes, in a non-war state, Jila was a bit adorably dumb, but when she commanded the Insect Nest to spawn troops, it was a different story.
All along, Jila's Insect Race had top-tier war capabilities. The reason they weren't deployed to fight the Abyss this time was that the Insect Race system's rank wasn't high enough against the Abyss's power. This meant that once Jila's Insect Race was eroded by the Abyss, at best, individual insects would go out of control; at worst, the erosion would directly reach Jila herself.
If that happened, not long after the Insect Race started spawning troops, Jila would be completely eroded by the Abyss, and Abyss Insects would descend, making the fight even more hopeless.
Su Xiao had never thought of making Jila's Insect Race a superpower that could dominate a war zone; that was too difficult. However, making Jila's Insect Race a force capable of disrupting the current balance between the two sides was very feasible.
Therefore, Su Xiao's idea was to make Jila an Insect Race of the natural element system. Before Jila became the [Eternal Light Lord], this would have been absurd. But don't forget, what kind of place was the Eternal Light World? In the past, it only had natural elements, with no trace of Abyss energy.
And the previous prompts were:
[Insect Race Dominator Jila has mastered the Ultimate Ability: Eternal Light Lord.]
[Eternal Light Lord (Active Effect, X): After Jila establishes an Insect Nest in this world, that Insect Nest will be qualified to directly absorb the surplus [World Force] of this world. The Insect Nest can convert this [World Force] into the highest rank of Bio Energy. Demon Insects cultivated with this type of Bio Energy will have their overall combat power increased by 30% on the existing basis.]
[Warning: After the Insect Nest activates this ability, it will become the main Insect Nest of the Demon Insects. The main Insect Nest can never leave the Eternal Light World. This restriction does not include Insect Race Dominator Jila.]
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The [World Force] of this world naturally contained a considerable amount of elemental power. This had long given Jila a certain absorption resistance to natural elements, and this wasn't formed overnight. In fact, it had been some time since Jila became the Eternal Light Lord.
These factors only gave Jila the qualification to become an elemental system. But as long as she had the qualification, she could continue from there.
[Granting Oath]
Origin: Soul Great Library.
Category: Oath Object/Cursed Object.
Oath Effect: Grant (Passive): You can grant one of your strengths to an individual with a high causal connection to you.
Note: That is, you can bestow one of your current physical characteristics onto your follower or an ally with close ties to you.
Warning: If the ally cannot withstand this powerful physical characteristic of yours, that follower/ally target will die immediately.
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Su Xiao had originally considered granting Abyss Resistance to Jila, but after weighing the pros and cons, it felt inappropriate. Jila having high Abyss Resistance didn't mean she could continuously resist the invasion from the Abyss. However, becoming an elemental system Insect Race was different; Abyss/Element were powers of the same rank.
Therefore, what Su Xiao wanted to grant to Jila was his own Elemental Affinity.
And his current Elemental Affinity was: 129,982 points.
Yes, Su Xiao had nearly 130,000 points of Elemental Affinity. His only concern now was how long the [Granting Oath] oath object could hold up.
And with 130,000 points of Elemental Affinity, why couldn't Jila absorb over 200 portions of [Elemental Source Matter]? Once she could absorb that much [Elemental Source Matter], the success rate of promoting to an elemental system Insect Race through the [Elemental Secret Technique] would be 100%.
With a hum, the Elemental Secret Technique array on the ground activated. Jila sat in the center, and all the containers of [Elemental Source Matter] shattered. A large amount of [Elemental Source Matter], serving as the medium to outline the secret technique array, began to drive the technique's activation.
It was time to let the Abyss faction know that after the Abyss Gate on the Wind Sea Continent was worth one [Ultimate Harmonization Stone] + [30 million ounces of Space-Time Power], what methods a Hunter with a Void Tree Reputation of -???? would have.
As for the restriction that Jila's Insect Race couldn't leave the Eternal Light World, for Su Xiao, this wasn't difficult to solve. First of all, this world wasn't one of the main battlefields and hadn't been notarized and reinforced.
Su Xiao could cut down and annihilate both the Doom Star and Arcane Eternal Star. As a remnant world, with no causal connections to intelligent beings and only a Star Tree left, the Eternal Light World was certainly something he could cut down and annihilate.
Therefore, once Su Xiao cut down and annihilated the Eternal Light World, [Eternal Light Lord] would naturally become invalid, perfectly solving the notarization issue of Jila's Insect Race being unable to leave this world. As for this method being too crude, where was the crudeness? This was clearly wisdom and strategy.