Chapter 10: Elemental Power
The elemental spell formation bloomed with multicolored light, and Jila at its center was enveloped by natural elements. As the power converged, it gradually formed a three-meter-tall elemental energy cocoon, which eventually stabilized.
Jila’s current advancement would surely succeed. After all, with 130,000 points of elemental affinity absorbing over two hundred portions of Elemental Source Matter, failure was actually quite difficult. However, there was a prerequisite: the covenant item known as the Oath of Granting had to withstand the strain.
Just moments ago, when Su Xiao chose to grant his own elemental affinity to Jila, he clearly heard a crisp cracking sound from within the badge-like covenant item, the Oath of Granting. This was evidently the Oath of Granting bearing a burden it was never meant to handle.
Elemental affinity was simply not something that should be measured in the tens of thousands. The reason was that even for powerful figures in the elemental system, by the late stages they would only have a few thousand points of elemental affinity. Reaching 8,000 points was already astonishing. Su Xiao having such high elemental affinity was the result of multiple coincidences combined with extreme physical attribute enhancement.
As a Shadow of Law Destruction, Su Xiao naturally had high elemental affinity, but even that had its limits, estimated to cap out at 2,000 to 3,500 points. The problem lay in one of his Supreme passive abilities.
[Supreme·Intelligence·Skill Effect 4: For every 1 point of Supreme Intelligence attribute increased, permanently raise elemental affinity by 30 points.]
Even with this Supreme passive, reaching 8,000+ points of elemental affinity would be the limit. The issue was that Su Xiao was a Law Destroyer. In the previous great era, Law Destroyers were even called Elemental Overseers, which on a causal level gave the Shadow of Law Destruction system a very high elemental affinity cap.
Yet even so, elemental affinity would only reach the level of 10,000 to 20,000 points. This involved another issue: as the sealer of multiple Daddy-level Original Sin objects, Su Xiao’s causal volume was enormous. Moreover, he was the last Law Destroyer of the current era, and the fortune of the Law Destruction faction all rested on him.
Causal fortune and Law Destruction fortune were essentially both Su Xiao’s fortune, with no clear separation between them. This resulted in Su Xiao, whose total fortune reached a staggering -20,000,000, having an astonishing expansion in his elemental affinity cap.
However, expansion alone meant little. Having only a cap without substance wouldn’t make elemental affinity absurdly high. But later, during the advancement to Supreme attributes, there was this enhancement:
[All passive/active skill bonuses related to your Supreme main attributes have been correspondingly upgraded due to this advancement (i.e., passive abilities that originally enhanced Supreme attributes now enhance Supreme attributes).]
This caused the Supreme·Intelligence corresponding to Intelligence attributes to change to:
[Supreme·Intelligence·Skill Effect 4: For every 1 point of Supreme Intelligence attribute increased, permanently raise elemental affinity by 3,000 points (1 point of Supreme Intelligence corresponds to 100 points of Supreme Intelligence attribute).]
Unprecedented, and 99.9% unlikely to ever be repeated, this vast fortune brought the elemental affinity cap.
Meanwhile, the Supreme·Supreme passive combined with the Supreme Intelligence attribute raised to 45 points brought the substantial bonus to elemental affinity.
This was the origin of 130,000 points of elemental affinity. At this moment, the Oath of Granting was bearing the load brought by elemental affinity, with cracks becoming increasingly dense. The only possible failure for this advancement was the Oath of Granting collapsing midway. Su Xiao was prepared for this; as long as the Oath of Granting could hold out for the first few seconds, that would be enough.
The Book of Original Sin appeared in his hand. It wasn’t to borrow the power of the Original Sin objects; he was sealing the Oath of Granting into the ninth page.
Ultimately, this covenant item didn’t first absorb Su Xiao’s elemental affinity and then transfer it to Jila. Its working principle was an exchange of power concepts, swapping his elemental affinity to Jila through a transfer method.
After completing this power concept exchange, the Oath of Granting itself became more like an anchor point. Otherwise, it would shatter instantly upon completing this exchange. However, even as an anchor point, the Oath of Granting was still under high pressure, gradually breaking apart.
With a snap, the Book of Original Sin completed its seal and closed. The Oath of Granting’s shattering abruptly stopped, fixed at 28.56%. Su Xiao’s elemental affinity attribute became —. Upon checking the detailed attributes, he could see This Trait Being Granted.
Meanwhile, Jila’s elemental affinity remained at 129,982 points, indicating the operation was successful. Of course, this came at a cost. Once the Oath of Granting was removed from the Book of Original Sin, one of the strongest covenant items in the Star Realm would immediately shatter.
Furthermore, because the Oath of Granting, serving as the anchor, had long been unable to withstand this power granting, even though it could maintain the granting state for now, the return of the granted power would inevitably cause major problems.
That is, when this power granting was lifted, Su Xiao’s elemental affinity would likely suddenly and permanently decrease by over 50%, possibly even by 80% or 90%. The problem was, even if it decreased by 99%, he would still have 1,300 points of elemental affinity.
A more critical question was what use Su Xiao’s elemental affinity served. The answer was that during the battle against the Underworld God, it was likely the peak performance of the World Thunder. In the subsequent battle against the Lord of the Abyss, how could World Thunder be summoned within the Abyss? World Thunder existed as the strongest thunder power within the Star Realm. The Abyss not only wasn’t part of the Star Realm but even enveloped it.
However, as the benefit for elemental affinity dropping by a large margin, Jila, after completing this advancement, would also have up to 130,000 points of elemental affinity for a period of time. This obviously had… significant implications.
This was an unexpected bonus in the plan. With such high elemental affinity, Jila could gradually transform from a war force capable of breaking the situation in the Wind Sea Continent into the key to winning this main battlefield.
Su Xiao sensed the elemental cocoon and confirmed Jila’s condition was stable. He then summoned the Honor Shop list. Seeing the newly obtained 1 refresh opportunity, he used it. A few seconds later, the exchange list completed its refresh. Unfortunately, no Star Realm Curio appeared, but it wasn’t without gain.
[You have paid 1 Reincarnation Token.]
[You have obtained 1 Task Completion Certificate (After use, can immediately complete any currently accepted task except main tasks/world tasks/war tasks, and complete it at the highest task completion rate).]
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After the Honor Shop was upgraded to the highest level, it began to refresh various permission items. The Task Completion Certificate was a representative example. Su Xiao immediately used the Task Completion Certificate on the Campaign Side Mission: Wind Sea Battlefield. The item’s description stated it couldn’t be used on war tasks, and this was a campaign task. The result was:
He received several warning prompts from both Reincarnation Paradise and the Void Tree in succession. Clearly, campaign tasks couldn’t be completed with the Task Completion Certificate. Unfortunately, the bounty task wasn’t triggered either. The Hunt List: Blood Pact seemed to only activate when a main task was triggered. Therefore, whether going to Arcane Eternal Star or this Abyss campaign, the Hunt List: Blood Pact hadn’t stirred.
This needed some thought. The Hunt List: Blood Pact was a fair bounty from Reincarnation Paradise and certainly couldn’t be manipulated. Since that was the case, he would use a straightforward method.
[You have submitted a related application for the Hunt List: Blood Pact through your current permission level.]
[Verification: The Hunt List: Blood Pact has a problem where it cannot be triggered under the current notarization phase.]
[Current notarization phase: Final Campaign.]
[The Hunt List: Blood Pact requires triggering in a task world where a main task can be and has been triggered.]
[Due to the notarization attributes of the Hunt List: Blood Pact, it has a characteristic that prevents judgment changes. However, verification shows that the current Abyss Campaign can be classified as the most dangerous tier of main tasks. Therefore, the inability to trigger the Hunt List: Blood Pact indeed causes losses to the Hunter. Reincarnation Paradise will perform one of the following notarizations.]