Chapter 11: Perfect Cycle
Wind Sea Continent, Allied Base Camp.
“Sigh~”
A sigh came from beneath the 「Abyss Purification Device」 at the center of the base camp. Moments later.
“Sigh~” ×3
Molei, Yueshitu, and Haomei all let out sighs. Originally, the three of them were handling logistics in the Void battlefield. In other aspects, their energy ore catalysis skills were top-tier. As for combat prowess, well, fighting was nowhere near as enjoyable as mining and identifying ores.
To put it simply, each energy ore has a unique energy field, requiring different frequencies for catalysis. If catalyzed at the same frequency, one unit of energy ore would yield about 3.5 units of energy output. However, if the Apocalypse Sisters handled the catalysis, they could achieve roughly 21 to 22 units of energy output.
Furthermore, every energy ore provided by Apocalypse Paradise was the highest grade in stock. Wasting even one would be a massive loss.
As for the Void Tree providing absolute catalysis, that was impossible. The Void Tree would not directly interfere with this Abyss war in any way. The establishment of the six war fortresses was the Void Tree’s greatest assistance to this war, and these fortresses were built before the official start of the battle.
Regarding the maintenance of the 「Abyss Purification Device」, this was a judgment already completed during the notarization of this round of the Abyss war. It was like a large program; once a certain step was reached, the corresponding notarization would automatically trigger.
In other words, the initial point of the Void Tree’s notarization was to ensure the continued existence of the Star Realm, but that was all. It was not mandatory to achieve anything specific. To put it more directly, the Void Tree gave all intelligent beings in the Star Realm more opportunities to maintain balance, whether facing the Abyss calamity or the Elemental disaster. The Void Tree would always provide such an opportunity.
Whether the final outcome was success or failure was not within the Void Tree’s notarization. Regardless of success or failure, the Void Tree would fall into a certain degree of dormancy, maintaining only about 20% of its notarization. It would not begin to gradually recover until time passed, the Abyss/Elemental balance was disrupted again, or the Star Realm faced other threats.
On the other hand, the various Paradise factions had very clear stances. Whether facing the Abyss calamity or the Elemental disaster, they would exhaust all their resources to quell it, even if it meant falling into dormancy afterward, like Watchful Paradise. Consequently, after the Abyss war, the 「Initial Regulations」 imposed stronger restrictions on the six Paradise factions, to the point where all notarizations for participating contractors were temporarily transferred to the Void Tree.
One speculation was that the 「Initial Regulations」 were actually ironclad laws formulated after comprehensive notarization between the Void Tree and the seven Paradise factions, preventing the emergence of a situation where the Void Tree or a Paradise faction achieved 「Absolute Dominance」.
This wasn’t hard to understand. For example, even if the currently weakest Apocalypse Paradise directly participated in the war, it could quickly crush the Abyss faction’s offensive. The problem lay here. If the notarization power of the Paradise factions was unbound, it would inevitably begin to spread deeply.
For instance, judgments like ‘how to completely curb the Abyss/Elemental power imbalance’ would emerge to ensure the stability of the Star Realm. Once this happened, various rule-level constraints would descend upon the Star Realm, even eradicating the unstable variable of living beings, replacing them with active life devices that could ensure the operation of causal cycles while being completely controllable.
If the situation began to develop in this direction, the current seven Paradise factions would inevitably experience intense conflicts of notarization, leading to Paradise-level confrontations and annexations. This would inevitably affect the Star Realm, the Abyss, the Elements, and even the more distant Chaos regions, causing everything to be devoured into nothingness.
But whether it was the Void Tree or the seven Paradises, their notarizations were all built upon the framework of the Star Realm, the Abyss, and the Elements.
Therefore, the 「Initial Regulations」, which seemed to bind many things and impose numerous restrictions on the Paradise factions, were actually the pinnacle achievement of the notarization between the Void Tree and the seven Paradise factions. The only thing the Void Tree and the seven Paradises needed to maintain was:
Maintaining the operation of the rules.
When one raised their perspective high enough, it would feel like their current actions were meaningless. In previous 「Abyss/Elemental Wars」, this might have been the feeling. But this 「Abyss War」 was different. If they lost this time, not only would the intelligent beings of the Star Realm in the current era suffer, but it could trigger even more severe malignant mutations.
First and foremost, the current Lord of the Abyss occupied two shares of Abyss power. The previous Lord of the Abyss’s share and its own were both occupied by it, making it the strongest Lord of the Abyss in history.
What this strongest Lord of the Abyss wanted to do was break the current balance. It no longer needed the Abyss, the Star Realm, or the Elements. It wanted the Abyss to devour everything. But if this situation truly occurred, both the Void Tree and the seven Paradise factions would fall into dormancy. It would be countless trillions of years, or even longer, before a faint glimmer of Elemental light suddenly appeared in the darkness of the Abyss, marking the beginning of a new era. Only then would the Void Tree and the various Paradises gradually revive.
A bold speculation: the Void Tree and the seven Paradises were clearly not games of gods and demons, nor were they created by some ancient powerful being. If not mistaken, the Void Tree appeared first.
Its emergence was more like a certain highest-level rule system shared by the Star Realm, the Abyss, and the Elements. Over the passage of time, it underwent a form of evolution, became independent, and took root and sprouted from this seed. Hence, it was called the Void Tree.
Thinking this way, the earliest Void Tree might have had very crude rules, perhaps not even having notarization or judgment. It probably just selected a few people and used the power of the Star Realm’s rules to assign them some rough tasks. Of course, there would be no prompts or anything like that. It was likely that changes in the surroundings of the chosen ones formed text or other forms of information transmission.
This was just the beginning. As more and more people were chosen, the rules became more refined. Moreover, since the Void Tree itself was derived from rules, it possessed the strongest information-gathering ability. This meant the Void Tree would continuously improve and elevate the current framework, with subsequent notarizations, judgments, and contractor brands gradually emerging.
From this perspective, the earliest Void Tree was very much like a Paradise faction. In the judgment of the Void Tree’s rule system, this kind of monopoly was equivalent to instability. Therefore, the Void Tree underwent differentiation. It itself became the neutral core part, dividing its functions, such as the contractor brand, into seven. This was the prototype of the seven Paradises.
The Paradise factions also had the characteristics of evolution and refinement. As time passed, one era after another ended. When a great era ended and a new one began, the evolution of the Paradise factions continued steadily. Contractors, workers, Hunters, Battle Angels, Death Rangers—these were all gradually refined. By the ancient era, the Void Tree and the seven Paradise factions were likely already very complete, even evolved to near-perfection.
Therefore, by the current great era, the Void Tree and the seven Paradise factions had achieved a perfect cycle of being omnipotent yet strictly bound by the 「Initial Regulations」. Because of this, the Void Tree and the seven Paradises, originating from the highest rules of the Star Realm, the Abyss, and the Elements, had long successfully ascended above the rules of the Star Realm, the Abyss, and the Elements. 「Omnipotent yet bound by all」—this was the perfect rule ring, the 「Initial Regulations」.
The main trunk was the Void Tree, with its branches connecting to the various Paradise factions. Seen this way, it indeed resembled a massive tree. Of course, there should be some more detailed secrets. To know these ultimate secrets, there was only one method: to climb to the highest peak.
The spatial teleportation ended. Su Xiao returned to the base camp in Wind Sea Continent. Habitually looking around, his gaze fixed on three figures who had turned their backs and were tiptoeing away into the distance.
Zzzt~
The Spirit Shadow Threads retracted, pulling Molei in front of Su Xiao. He grabbed her by the back of her collar with one hand. This made the energetic Molei grin with her teeth bared, and she said firmly:
“I have no money.”
“I don’t want your money.”
Hearing this, the energetic Molei suddenly shivered. Being targeted by Bai Ye meant being looted was a low-risk scenario. When his goal was no longer money, that was the beginning of wearing the mask of pain.
“Name your price!”
Molei chose to proactively part with her wealth.
“……”
Su Xiao didn’t speak. Molei panicked and began to struggle wildly. Seeing this, Su Xiao released his grip. Without a second word, Molei turned and fled. But she hadn’t run a few steps before a seductive, devilishly tempting voice entered her ears. The words were:
‘At least several million units of Space-Time Power in profit. Join me, and you get ten percent.’
Molei’s brain was screaming warnings. Reason told her this was dangerous. Even if the profit was 1,000,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, her ten percent share would be 100,000 ounces. What kind of risk would such a terrifying sum correspond to?
The problem was, although her brain was frantically warning her, her body couldn’t move. That was at least 100,000 ounces of Space-Time Power! If they managed to get several hundred thousand ounces of Space-Time Power, with the current full-authority state of the Abyss war, this huge sum could be converted into personal strength at the fastest speed, and the conversion ratio could jump from the usual 85%–90% to an astonishing 150%–200%.
Although the power gained this way was far inferior to that of a powerhouse who fought their way up, Molei was never one to cause trouble. If she encountered an enemy in the future, she could just fight a Level 95 against a Level 80. She could always win. As the saying goes, although my skills are poor, my level is high. You might be more skilled, but you still can’t beat me. Annoying, isn’t it? This was the joy of paying to win. Ahahaha. Thinking of this scene, the dopamine secreted by Molei made it very difficult for her to suppress her smile.
Finally, her body and brain reached a consensus. This Abyss war was too dangerous. Don’t think that being a logistics personnel was safe. Whether in the Void base camp or the Wind Sea base camp, there was no notarization for a safe environment. This meant enemies could break into this place. At that time, even the Dark Beasts, serving as enemy cannon fodder, could kill a large number of logistics personnel in a short time.
Moments later, Yueshitu and Haomei both returned. Both were inwardly anxious. Yueshitu looked like she might cry at any moment. It was hard to imagine that this was the inheritor of the Summoning Moon System. What was the Moon Goddess thinking? That one had always been strong.
It was worth mentioning that about 80% of the friendly gods in the Star Realm chose to participate in this Abyss calamity. When allocating battlefields, the group of friendly gods requested from Tuanzhang that they be sent to the Void battlefield. If one were to talk about courage, these friendly gods certainly had plenty. However, Tuanzhang arranged for them to go to the Ancient Dragon Kingdom. With the Death Rangers around, these friendly gods would suffer far fewer casualties.
Friendly and principled Star Realm powerhouses were never disliked. Taking care of them a bit was only natural.
“So, what do we do next?”
Molei spoke.
“……”
Su Xiao didn’t say anything. He opened the team list of the Dawn Team and pulled the Apocalypse Sisters into it. Seeing another member in the team, namely Nicholas Kaisa, Molei felt terrible. Bai Ye + Kaisa was the stuff of Molei’s nightmares.
Just as Molei was still questioning her life, Su Xiao took out a fist-sized, pale golden insect egg and let it fall naturally to the ground. The thin membrane on the surface of the insect egg broke, and mucus splattered. The pale golden mucus that splashed around didn’t feel disgusting; instead, it had a fresh scent of grass and trees. Coupled with the emanating elemental fluctuations, it was even more relaxing.
The insect embryo inside the egg began to absorb nutrients, its size visibly growing. In just a few minutes, a worker scorpion with a pitch-black outer shell and pale golden patterns completed its growth, reaching full maturity.
The tail end of the worker scorpion unfolded, and it began to use the elemental energy stored in its body. Through the unique organ in its tail, it transformed the elemental energy into the basic tissue of the insect nest. A few seconds later, a pale golden biological tissue began to spread and expand.
A few minutes later, a first-rank insect nest several meters high was established. The nest squirmed for a moment, and a few worker scorpion eggs completed their initial incubation. Moments later, over a dozen worker scorpions were busy expanding the nest. Half an hour later, an insect nest over ten meters high stood beside the 「Abyss Purification Device」.
Spatial fluctuations emerged from within the nest. When the spatial wormhole completed this transmission, it signified the successful descent of the Elemental Insect Race Overlord, Jila, into this realm.
The allied insect nest didn’t start mass-producing troops. Instead, it continued to produce worker scorpions. The fungal carpet required worker scorpions for initial establishment and subsequent repairs. Two hours later, a transparent, lichen-like fungal carpet began to spread from the base of the insect nest, seemingly intending to gradually cover the entire allied battlefield.
After completing this promotion, the level of the fungal carpet was Lv.75. However, because Jila had absorbed over two hundred 「Elemental Source Matters」, the insect race had 40 「Elemental Potential Points」 immediately after the promotion. These 「Elemental Potential Points」 had all been dumped into the fungal carpet. The current fungal carpet was:
「Active Fungal Carpet, Lv.115: This is an insect race fungal carpet that has achieved a delicate balance with the elemental power of the Star Realm. After the fungal carpet is formed, it will attract natural elements from a vast surrounding area, causing them to attach to the fungal carpet. This allows the fungal carpet to gain the characteristic of assimilating 「Abyss Energy」 and converting this 「Abyss Energy」 into elemental energy. However, due to the inherent characteristics of the fungal carpet, it can only assimilate 「Second Generation Abyss Energy」 that has been activated by life force characteristics, thereby converting it into 「Secondary Elemental Energy」. While performing this conversion, the fungal carpet will also absorb and store life force, converting it into bio-energy stored within the nest.」
Simply put, the fungal carpet wasn’t as strong as imagined. It couldn’t use the Star Realm’s natural elements to directly pry at Abyss Energy. It could only assimilate 「Second Generation Abyss Energy」. In plain terms, 「Second Generation Abyss Energy」 was the Abyss Energy within the bodies of Abyssal creatures on the battlefield.
Again, as long as it could absorb 「Abyss Energy」, that was enough. Even if the result was 「Secondary Elemental Energy」, this fine resource was more than enough to upgrade the insect nest’s base camp. Using it to cultivate insect race combat units was far beyond expectations.
Take a worker scorpion as an example. Cultivating it consumed 0.05 units of 「Secondary Elemental Energy」. Maintaining it afterward would certainly not use 「Secondary Elemental Energy」—that would be too extravagant. Instead, it would use insect race life force converted from bio-energy.
Now, they just needed to wait. The sounds of battle and beastly roars were deafening outside the base camp. In this situation, there was no shortage of Abyssal creature corpses.
Su Xiao pressed his hand against an empty space beside him. A summoning array appeared. After about half a minute, a golden pupa the size of a chicken egg appeared. This was the top-tier lucky item 【Wriggling Egg】 obtained earlier.
At first glance, this item seemed like a harmless lucky charm that could absorb bad luck. However, Su Xiao had 「Absolute Perception」 and could clearly sense the evil malice at its core, which was extreme to the point of being evil.
If Su Xiao were still at the Absolute Strength or Supreme stage, he would certainly play along with this thing, using it to absorb bad luck a few more times. Now that he was at the final battlefield, it was time to let this item play a key role.
Su Xiao grasped the 【Wriggling Egg】 with one hand. The 【Wriggling Egg】 displayed a sacred aura, trying hard to suppress its excitement at devouring a large amount of bad luck and nourishing the hidden evil within.
Su Xiao had accumulated a lot of bad luck over a long period. For example, the bad luck backlash corresponding to the lucky draw of the 【Perfect Talisman】, and the enhancement of the Dragon-Slaying Flash through the 「Fate Reversal」 bonus. He had accumulated a massive amount of bad luck.
His luck attribute was -20,000,000 points, with an extremely high baseline. This prevented the bad luck from easily erupting. But if it truly accumulated to the point of eruption, even with his current powerful strength, he would still suffer. The amount of bad luck was too astonishing.
After Su Xiao grasped the 【Wriggling Egg】, he could clearly feel his own bad luck aura. After taking out the 「Fate Reversal」, he could control this bad luck aura to a certain extent.
At first, when absorbing bad luck, the 【Wriggling Egg】 showed a restrained, excited state. But after absorbing for a while, discovering that the holder’s bad luck was astonishing, the 【Wriggling Egg】 stopped pretending. With an invisible seal on its surface, it couldn’t immediately perceive the holder’s strength. It was more wary of the holder’s caution. Even when using it as a ‘harmless lucky charm,’ the holder was still this cautious.
As for the risk from the holder, the 【Wriggling Egg】 didn’t really care. It had already devoured many holders, including Absolute Strength powerhouses and even an old, aged Supreme.
After absorbing bad luck for half an hour, the 【Wriggling Egg】 expanded to the size of a soccer ball. At this point, it simply stopped pretending. The intensity of its bad luck absorption skyrocketed, changing from passive consumption to active absorption and devouring.
Su Xiao ignored this. But when the 【Wriggling Egg】 expanded to half a meter in diameter, translucent tentacles extended from its surface, wrapping around his left hand and forearm. The three girls, Molei, Yueshitu, and Haomei, silently backed away. In their eyes, this giant egg was practically asking for trouble in the most creative way.
An hour later, the 【Wriggling Egg】 had transformed into a two-meter diameter size. Most of its body hung down to the ground. Countless translucent tentacles tightly bound Su Xiao’s left arm. The greed and evil were no longer concealed. This was clearly dropping the act and showing its true colors.
Seeing this, Su Xiao felt the timing was about right. He began to control his bad luck, infusing it into the 【Wriggling Egg】 at a rate of 1% of his total bad luck per second.
After the first second of bad luck infusion, the 【Wriggling Egg】 suddenly expanded dozens of times, turning into a bloated, mountain-like mass. The 【Wriggling Egg】 seemed to pause for a moment, then let out a painful, formless roar.
2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds, 5 seconds. By the fifth second, the 【Wriggling Egg】 had surged to the western exit of the base camp, growing and squeezing outside.
A minute later, a colossal entity comparable to the allied base camp appeared. This giant creature roared in agony. What baffled the allied personnel even more was that this was supposedly an ally? It didn’t look friendly at all.
Approaching 100 seconds, the 【Wriggling Egg】 was about twice the size of the allied base camp. A massive, bloated face emerged on this giant meat mountain. It had ugly features. Tears flowed from its numerous malformed eyes. Mouths full of sharp fangs wailed and begged for mercy in various languages it knew.
Bang!
The 【Wriggling Egg】 exploded. Its scattered body parts turned into golden particles that drifted everywhere. In the end, the 【Wriggling Egg】 was a lucky item. Even if its essence was evil, that didn’t change the fact that it was a lucky item.
The basic characteristic of the 【Wriggling Egg】 was to absorb bad luck and strengthen its own lucky mass. Therefore, the exploded 【Wriggling Egg】 turned into a large-area luck buff, providing all allied forces in Wind Sea Continent with a 48-hour lucky enhancement state. This meant a 100-point increase in Luck/True Luck attributes.
What was even more peculiar was that the Hunter who brought this luck buff, Kukulin Bai Ye, couldn’t gain this benefit himself due to his current True Luck attribute of -10 points.
Inside the base camp, amidst the drifting golden particles, Su Xiao held a bloody, flesh-like snake monster in one hand. This thing looked like a snake and a lizard, very ugly. This was the true body of the 【Wriggling Egg】, the Evil Apostle.
“My master… will not… let you go.”
The dying Evil Apostle spoke in the Star Realm language, its shattered pupils full of resentment.
With a pop, the invisible seal shattered. Su Xiao raised his hand, looking at the Cursed Apostle in his hand, a smile appearing on his face. He was very interested in the master of this thing.
As for fighting here, it might affect the 「Abyss Purification Device」. The sturdiness of this device was such that even after the Wind Sea base camp was breached and all allied combatants were dead, the Abyss faction would still need to besiege it for a while before they could destroy it.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao pulled his longsword from the head of a twisted giant snake dozens of meters long. This was the master of the Evil Apostle, a type of evil god called the Evil Curse. The Evil Curse God’s entire experience was basically: first, being summoned by a powerful spatial force, experiencing a summoning technique that went ‘dong’, and then… nothing. Before it could see what was happening, its long life of evil deeds came to an abrupt end.
Under Su Xiao’s control, the dead Evil Curse God was compressed by blood energy to the size of a marble until it was completely annihilated. Su Xiao crouched down, looking at the dying, twitching Evil Apostle. His tone was surprisingly sincere as he asked:
“Do you have any other leaders or masters?”
Su Xiao’s words caused the already dying Evil Apostle to kick its four legs, dying of fright before its life force had even depleted. The Evil Apostle probably never imagined in its life that it would be scared to death.
Seeing this, Su Xiao felt a bit of regret. The Apocalypse Sisters, who had witnessed the entire process, were almost scared into becoming a meme of hugging each other, forcing smiles while crying. Although they knew the two beings that were eliminated were evil, the scene was still very frightening.
The situation outside the base camp was not optimistic, but Su Xiao didn’t plan to go out and repel the Abyss beast tide. He had already fought to the first line of defense earlier. Unfortunately, the contractors of the Apocalypse faction couldn’t hold it. Moreover, the allied insect nest had just been established and was in a fragile state. It was best for him not to leave this place.
“Baha.”
Su Xiao said, then drew his sword and raised his left arm. Seeing this, Baha had already taken out a life support device from the team storage space.
The longsword was pressed against his armpit.
Clang~!
His left arm was severed. Before it could hit the ground, it was placed into the life support device. Su Xiao did this because he had an idea.
Dark blue smoke surged from the Dragon-Slaying Flash, forming a tall figure composed of dark blue smoke. Its long hair flowed without wind. Its azure eyes looked at Su Xiao with an ancient, calm expression. It was the Blade Demon Spirit.
Su Xiao swung his longsword upward. The Demon Spirit’s left arm was severed. Spirit Shadow Threads pulled, dragging the Demon Spirit’s dark blue smoke arm to Su Xiao’s severed arm.
Crack, crack, crack~
Aoge crystals spread, temporarily making this dark blue smoke arm Su Xiao’s left arm. At the spot where the Demon Spirit had lost its arm, Aoge crystals spread, gradually forming a combat prosthetic. When the entire combat prosthetic was formed, the Demon Spirit raised its translucent blue crystal left arm, trying to move its fingers. Its ancient, calm eyes seemed to hold a hint of… satisfaction?
Su Xiao didn’t pay attention. His current situation was that every increase in Supreme Intelligence would continuously increase his Soul Strength. Therefore, his current Soul Strength was 9900 points, higher than the Demon Spirit’s strength. The current Demon Spirit strength was 6605 points. The previous ratio of Soul Strength suppressing Demon Spirit strength was:
2300 Soul, 5000 Demon Spirit.
2400 Soul, 5500 Demon Spirit.
2500 Soul, 6000 Demon Spirit.
2600 Soul, 6500 Demon Spirit.
As for what Demon Spirit strength corresponded to 9900 Soul Strength, no one knew for now. Let’s tentatively calculate it as 100 Soul Strength suppressing 500 Demon Spirit strength, meaning 1 Soul suppresses 5 Demon Spirit. 9900 Soul Strength would correspond to 49,500 Demon Spirit strength. The Demon Spirit’s potential for growth was enormous.
Su Xiao tossed the Dragon-Slashing Flash in his hand to the Demon Spirit. The Demon Spirit was the only being in the Star Realm, besides himself, who could use the Dragon-Slashing Flash.
Although the Demon Spirit’s face couldn’t be seen clearly, its form was originally constructed based on Tide Hunter. As for Tide Hunter’s appearance and figure, to be honest, Tide Hunter’s strength was indeed average, but in terms of looks and figure, she was in the top tier.
The former Tide Hunter was the most beautiful woman in the Tianba Clan. That was because the Tianba Clan had no contact with the outside world. If the Tianba Clan had contact with the outside world, they would find that… well, the young lady of their clan was still the most beautiful.
The Demon Spirit walked towards the main entrance of the base camp. The Demon Spirit’s combat power had always been overlooked, giving people the illusion that it wasn’t strong. That was because when Su Xiao fought powerful enemies, the Demon Spirit would at most exchange one slash with the enemy before dispersing into dark blue smoke and then reforming nearby.
The key issue was that the powerful enemies Su Xiao dealt with were all exceptionally strong. As long as it wasn’t fighting an enemy of the same rank as Su Xiao, the Demon Spirit wasn’t weak at all; in fact, it was very strong.
Blade auras flashed across the chaotic battlefield. The Demon Spirit’s back view was full of power and aesthetics. Its long hair, reaching past its waist, seemed both real and smoky, flowing without wind. Its translucent blue crystal arm held the sword with one hand. The blood-stained longsword in its hand pointed diagonally at the ground. It slightly tilted its head, revealing a faint red glint in the center of its azure eyes.
If a peak-strength Abyss descendant or an ancient Abyss being tried to eliminate the Demon Spirit, then the next second, they would face not the Demon Spirit, but Su Xiao, who had instantly 「Swapped」 positions with the Demon Spirit. Sometimes, surprises came this suddenly.
It was worth mentioning that the current leaders of the four major Abyss clans had all instructed their clansmen on one matter: if they encountered the Law Destroyer Kukulin Bai Ye on the battlefield, they were allowed to abandon their clan’s objectives and flee immediately. They would not be punished by the 「Origin Clan Emblem」 for this.
Because the current situation was that, although they seemed to be on the same peak level of powerhouses, the Law Destroyer Kukulin Bai Ye was very likely the strongest peak in history. Logically, such a strong peak realm should have long attempted to break through to the Supreme realm. Not only did this person have no such intention, but he also wanted to continue improving. It seemed he wanted to know the limit of the peak realm.
Inside the base camp, Su Xiao sat on a metal bench near the insect nest. Checking the prompts, he found that when the Demon Spirit killed enemies, he not only gained progress on the 「Abyss Mission: Guardian」, but even the 「Law Destruction Talent: Shadow Hunt」 ability was taking effect. Streams of Soul Energy floated towards him, which he absorbed using the 「Devouring Core」.
This created a perfect cycle. The Demon Spirit killed enemies to accumulate 「Soul Energy」. Su Xiao could use this to form 「Soul Energy Crystals」, and then use the 「Soul Energy Crystals」 to enhance the 「Demon Spirit Awakening」 ability.
【Demon Spirit Awakening, X.】
Skill Effect 1: Blade Demon Spirit Strength +4500 points.
Skill Effect 2: Swap (Passive), instantly 「Swap」 positions with the Blade Demon Spirit. No activation delay, usage process, etc. This characteristic cannot be interrupted, sealed, blocked, etc., by any means. It can be 「Guaranteed to Complete」.
Usage Count: 5/5.
Law Destroyer Bai Ye Exclusive Characteristic: Instant Return: Within 3 seconds of using 「Swap」 to exchange positions with the Demon Spirit, you can choose to 「Swap」 positions with the Demon Spirit again. Even if the Demon Spirit is in a dispersed state, this ability is still usable. 「Instant Return」 has the same level of immunity to being interrupted, sealed, blocked, etc., by any means as 「Swap」. It can be 「Guaranteed to Complete」.
Usage Distance: Unlimited within the current world.
Skill Effect 3: Causal Tear (Passive)…
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Increasing 「Demon Spirit Awakening」 brought higher Demon Spirit strength. A stronger Demon Spirit could kill enemies more efficiently, thus obtaining more 「Soul Energy Crystals」, and then continue this snowball effect.
This was actually only natural. Every Shadow of Law Destruction must have a Demon Spirit. Therefore, in the judgment, kills by the Demon Spirit were considered a higher judgment level than kills by clones or avatars. There was basically no judgment difference between this and killing enemies personally.
But the next second, a kill prompt appeared.
【Your Demon Spirit has killed an Abyss Rage Beast. This kill has triggered an extremely low-probability lucky event. Obtaining the following kill rewards.】
【You have obtained an Abyss Chest (★★★★★).】
…
Alright, the previous statement was incorrect. There was still a big difference between the Demon Spirit killing enemies and Su Xiao killing them personally. That was, it was absolutely impossible for Su Xiao to trigger such an extremely low-probability lucky event when killing enemies.
Su Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, weighing the matter. The enemies who were good at scheming behind the scenes had all been dealt with by him. It shouldn’t be possible for someone to secretly boost his luck. It might be the effect of clearing out the bad luck just now, or the positive chain reaction brought about by strengthening the seal of the 「Fate Coin」.
Just then, Su Xiao received a prompt.
【Prompt (Void Tree): Your 「Hunt List: Blood Pact」 is about to be activated. You can choose from the following three bounties, or accept all of them.】