Chapter 21: System Perfected
The faint light on the ascension formation diagram gradually faded. Su Xiao opened his eyes, finding himself in a dim room, yet the surroundings were bright—or rather, he had vaguely discerned some kind of power, but had yet to make his choice.
Among the three options, elemental power was unselectable, and abyssal power could not be chosen. The Abyss Campaign was currently underway, and selecting abyssal power might bring unknown hidden dangers.
This time, he would definitely choose "Stellar Power." The reason was that this option only appeared after completing the ascension through the "Peak Path" ascension technique, combined with the harmonized "Abyssal Heart" + "Elemental Eye." All four conditions were indispensable.
[You have chosen to obtain Stellar Power.]
[Stellar Power possesses multiple enhancement traits. Based on your power's causal connections, it will grant you a highly compatible enhancement. If Stellar Power has no compatible enhancement for you, you will receive a substantial physique boost.]
[You have obtained the Stellar Power enhancement: "Endless Primordial Force."]
[Endless Primordial Force (Stellar Passive): You may select one ability to be continuously enhanced by "Stellar Primordial Force" until it reaches its level cap. If this ability's level cap is later raised, you can again communicate with the Stellar Realm to use "Stellar Primordial Force" to further enhance this ability. There is no limit to the number of times this ability can be enhanced subsequently, provided the ability has available levels to be raised. "Stellar Primordial Force" cannot increase an ability's level cap.]
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Upon seeing this Stellar Power, Su Xiao knew his power system was fully formed. First and foremost, which ability should he select with "Endless Primordial Force"? Naturally, "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash," because the enhancement of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" had always relied on "Stellar Primordial Force."
To begin with, the current enhancement resources for "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" were Space-Time Power + Primordial Core + Primordial Source Matter. Among these, the consumption of "Primordial Core" was the greatest because "Primordial Core" was the main component among the three resources. "Primordial Source Matter" acted more like a qualitative change agent, while large amounts of Space-Time Power served as a catalyst.
How were "Primordial Cores" obtained? Previously, when Su Xiao acquired "Primordial Skill Points," he already understood that the so-called "Primordial Core" was the "Primordial Force" at the apex of the Stellar Realm shattering and scattering across various realms, subsequently losing activity and crystallizing into the "Primordial Cores" of today.
All along, enhancing "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" required "Primordial Force." However, since there was no direct way to obtain "Stellar Primordial Force," he had to settle for the next best thing—using deactivated "Primordial Force," i.e., "Primordial Cores," and through the "Primordial" trait in "Primordial Source Matter," reverse the "Primordial Cores" back to their original state, then harmonize them with Space-Time Power to achieve the enhancement of this technique ability, "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash."
Now, being able to obtain "Stellar Primordial Force" was a clear-cut method of enhancement with high activity, high enhancement magnitude, and low risk.
But that wasn't all. The characteristic of "Endless Primordial Force (Stellar Passive)" was that as long as Su Xiao activated this ability, it would immediately raise "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" to its current cap. Now, consider this:
[Extreme Shadow (Bai Ye's Original Creation · Law-Destroying Passive): Based on your main attribute strength, increases your core ability's level cap and, more importantly, breaks through the "Absolute Limit."]
An astonishing ability synergy thus emerged. In the future, Su Xiao only needed to convert all sorts of miscellaneous resources he obtained into Space-Time Power. During the Abyss Campaign, he had the "Fair Sale Authority," so he didn't have to worry about selling various miscellaneous resources.
Su Xiao only needed to raise all his Supreme main attributes. Then, through "Extreme Shadow," he could increase the level of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash." Subsequently, he would activate "Endless Primordial Force (Stellar Passive)" to once again fill "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" to its cap using "Stellar Primordial Force." He could then repeat this cycle.
This was the power enhancement cycle that appeared after ascending to the Supreme Realm.
Not to mention, this ascension to the Supreme Realm also granted Su Xiao a temporarily unused "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" Supreme-level advancement opportunity, as well as a "Supreme Force Condensation Droplet" that could enhance "Extreme Shadow."
Undoubtedly, the "Extreme Shadow" system was already the strongest among the four—Soul Severing Shadow, Sky-Rending Shadow, Demon-Devouring Shadow, and Extreme Shadow. However, later generations of Law Destroyers would discover that although "Extreme Shadow" had an invincible upper limit, by the super late game, the prerequisites for various abilities would be enough to make one weep.
And after all the effort to finally reach the Supreme Realm ascension, just as "Extreme Shadow" was about to be perfectly formed, one look at the Supreme ascension prerequisites would make the sky fall. Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence Supreme attributes at 80 points? Abyssal Heart, Elemental Eye, Peak Path, Ultimate Harmonization Stone? No, upon seeing these ascension conditions, it was likely that few in later generations would dare to choose the Extreme Shadow path.
Su Xiao temporarily did not select "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" as the enhanced ability for "Stellar Power," nor did he activate the enhancement that increased all attributes by 100%. After activating the Supreme-level enhancement of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash," he used the "Supreme Force Condensation Droplet" on "Extreme Shadow." The two abilities needed to resonate with each other, and enhancing them together at this moment would surely bring benefits.
In an instant, Su Xiao felt as if he had returned to the First Rank, the moment he had mastered "Blade Mastery: Lv.1." Time froze for a moment at that point, then gradually accelerated. Before his eyes, it was like a slideshow, rapidly playing through his journey in blade techniques: Blade Proficiency, Blade Master, Blade Grandmaster. The three Grandmaster abilities advanced upward, ultimately forming a single technique ability: Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash.
Su Xiao opened his eyes. Along the way, there had been slaughter and enemies slain, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but he had finally ascended to the Supreme Realm.
[Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash, Lv.169 (Extreme Realm Technique · Passive)]
Base Effect: Total technique ability comprehensive strength increased by 2135%.
Skill Effect: Extreme Blade (Exclusive Passive), no change.
Current Extreme Blade · Foundation Strength: 516 points (After this Supreme-level enhancement, and your blade technique level has reached the highest in history, through comprehending the natural Stellar Realm, there is no further room for improvement. Your subsequent enhancement of Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash will also bring growth to this trait).
Extreme Realm Effect 1: Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash (Extreme Realm · Exclusive Passive). Your blade technique ability will no longer be constrained by past blade technique forms. You can, based on different worlds, different environments, and different enemies, execute blade technique forms highly suited to the current battle and environment. You can temporarily harness the power of the current environment to further enhance the power of your blade technique forms. You can even, through your own "Stellar Power," temporarily command Stellar, Abyssal, and Elemental powers.
Tip: As you are a Law Destroyer, do not easily borrow Elemental Power. However, you can harness the most extreme intensity of "Stellar Thunder" in your current area, i.e., "Realm Thunder."
Extreme Realm Effect 2: Selfless Realm · My Supreme (Extreme Realm · Exclusive Passive). Enter the "Selfless Realm," lock onto the enemy's causal existence and everything about them. The next slash will be absolutely unavoidable. You will briefly forget all past blade technique forms, retaining only the single blade technique form currently in use, elevating it to its extreme.
Current Selfless Realm Enhancement Limit: 41.1 times technique power (This ability's achievable slash power cap has undergone a qualitative leap. Originally, 50 times technique power was the cap. The level cap is now ???).
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Su Xiao examined the similarly enhanced "Extreme Shadow."
[Extreme Shadow: Lv.EX (Passive)]
Skill Effect: Based on your main attribute strength, increases your core ability's level cap and, more importantly, breaks through the "Absolute Limit."
Currently enhanced core ability: Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash.
Number of times Absolute Limit has been broken: One time.
Current all Supreme main attributes: 80 points.
Current enhanced level cap: 85 levels.
Tip: The creator of this ability is Law-Destroying Shadow · Su Xiao.
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The enhancement brought by "Extreme Shadow" was very unique. This ability provided phased increases. Supreme attributes from 1 to 50 brought a level cap increase of +30 levels. However, the range of 50 to 60 points brought a cap increase of +35 levels. But after this enhancement, subsequent increases saw a cliff-like drop. The reason was that the level cap of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" had reached Lv.255, which was the absolute cap for this ability in the past.
The fact that "Extreme Shadow" could continue to raise this ability's level cap was already astonishing. However, the increase rate was: raising all Supreme main attributes by 10 points increased the level cap by +5 levels. This was after the enhanced "Extreme Shadow." Originally, 10 all Supreme main attributes corresponded to a level cap increase of +3 levels. With this, Su Xiao was confident that the Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash ability would soon break through 300 levels.
The current cap for Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash was Lv.275. Subsequently, the 100% increase in all attributes—an 80-point increase in all attributes—would immediately raise the cap of Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash by 40 levels, reaching an astonishing 315-level cap.
Apart from these two, Su Xiao's "Heart Meditation" had reached Lv.160. He did not slack off on this. He would still maintain daily meditation. Even if this ability reached its cap due to this Supreme enhancement, Su Xiao would still keep up his daily meditation.
After meditating for a while, Su Xiao clearly felt the difference from before. Besides these enhancements, he was not satisfied with the "Supreme Domain · Blade Mountain Blood Sea" he had obtained this time. The reason was that this ability encompassed too much.
The blade represented blade techniques, the mountain represented the Grandmaster position, the blood represented the Blood Spear system among the three techniques, and the sea represented his own vast blood energy. Encompassing everything meant clutter and a lack of specialization. He was not disappointed by this, however, because the "Supreme Domain" could be adjusted through specific resources. It was not that whatever it was initially would be permanently fixed.
This was the most fundamental difference between "Peak Domain" and "Supreme Domain." The former involved influencing the surrounding world environment with one's own existence. What kind of influence one could exert on the surrounding world depended entirely on one's own system and the feedback from the surrounding world. Conversely, the "Supreme Domain" was a Supreme powerhouse's mastery over the surrounding world. What one chose to master and what one chose not to master was, of course, controllable.
Su Xiao did not need the "Mountain," "Blood," or "Sea" in "Blade Mountain Blood Sea." He only needed the "Blade." A sufficiently pure, sufficiently large-scale, and sufficiently powerful "Supreme Domain" was the key to this Abyss Campaign, as well as a way to compensate for his shortcomings in mid-to-long-range attacks during battles against powerful enemies.
Su Xiao left his exclusive room. Not far out, he saw a "Merit Shop." The Merit Shops within various Paradise factions were different from those in the war zones. Merit Shops in war zones consumed Merit, while Merit Shops within Paradise factions used Space-Time Power as a means of payment. This was also related to the fact that the major Paradise factions invested large amounts of Space-Time Power on the battlefield to maintain those Abyss Purification Devices.
He placed one hand on the identification device of the "Merit Shop" and input the name of the required resource: "Fate Crystal Dust." He found that it cost 3.5 million ounces per standard unit.
Moreover, the notarization of this item was quite peculiar. He could not use the current "Fair Sale Authority" to sell this item to the Void Tree, because this item only had value and basically no liquidity. The "Fair Sale Authority" could not sell everything either.
Seeing this, Su Xiao took out a communicator and contacted the former Chairman of the Goblin Merchant Guild, Burge Gold Crown. The other party answered with a light cough and a tone of old-friend-like laughter:
"Mr. White Night, is there anything I can help you with? Of course, it would be my honor."
Burge Gold Crown's intelligence and emotional intelligence were particularly high. After all, he had been the chairman of the Goblin Merchant Guild. If not for Kaisa's mischief, he wouldn't have been in such a miserable state before.
"Fate Crystal Dust."
"This thing, well..."
Burge Gold Crown's tone became somewhat solemn.
"Name your price."
Su Xiao's initial concern was whether the Goblin Merchant Guild had this item. Now it seemed that, as a major power that had persisted since the ancient era, its foundation was deep.
"The market price for this thing is 4 million ounces of Space-Time Power per unit. I know, Mr. White Night, this price is very high. We actually determined the price through the Void Tree's notarization. But to be honest, in this era, we've only sold two units of 'Fate Crystal Dust.' It's a rare treasure, but, but, but~, no one really buys it. This time, it's your Reincarnation Paradise customer who's patronizing us."
The Burge Gold Crown on the other end was scratching his hair.
"How about this, Mr. White Night, you name a price?"
Hearing this, Su Xiao was silent for a few seconds, then said, "30,000."
"Uh~, well, hmm~"
Burge Gold Crown scratched his head again. To be honest, he personally was somewhat willing to sell for 30,000. If his guess was correct, this person had just ascended to the Supreme Realm and needed this item. Then, the one going to the Abyss for a decisive battle was most likely this person.
Forget 30,000, Burge Gold Crown would even give it away for free. If they lost, it would be the Abyss Era, and everything the Goblin Merchant Guild had now would turn to ashes. The problem was that the greedy insects on the board wouldn't think that way.
"How about 300,000 ounces per unit?"
Hearing this, Su Xiao weighed it.
"Deal."
And so, under the premise that both parties were uncertain about the exact value of this item, and one needed it while the other urgently needed more Space-Time Power, the transaction was successfully completed.
A total of three units of "Fate Crystal Dust" were quickly delivered to the Great Gathering Place. Beini received them there and paid 900,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.
At Xia's restaurant, a steaming plate of teppanyaki squid rings was served. Only Su Xiao, as a Supreme Realm powerhouse, enjoyed it alone. He picked up a piece and savored it slowly.
Hmm, the deep-sea tentacles that grew from the source blood of the Old God, Deep Sea Sovereign · Ubo Sallaki, were indeed quite tasty. Su Xiao certainly wouldn't eat the body of this Old God. Although this Old God had nothing to do with humanoid forms, the tentacles born from its source blood were worth a try. Now that he tasted them, the texture was chewy, and after Xia's cooking, there was a wonderful, exotic fragrance. Paired with onions, it was even more peculiar.
A mouthful of Elemental Brew, a mouthful of teppanyaki squid rings. You have to say, you really have to say, it was absolutely fantastic. At this moment, Xia in the kitchen could never have dreamed that she had indirectly cooked the strongest Old God of the ancient era.
In fact, Xia had had a doubt for a long time. Before the Abyss Campaign began, she had once gone into a high-rank mission world and encountered an evil existence too powerful to resist.
She was about to use a life-saving item when the evil witch on the other side, her expression as if she had seen a ghost, let out a miserable shriek, turned around, and ran, even forgetting that she could fly. Even more absurdly, as soon as she turned to run, she hit a tree. The evil witch broke the tree and continued fleeing, leaving a trail of smelly, wet stains behind her.
Of course, the evil witch had to run. The wizard system had the clearest perception of cause and effect. In this evil witch's cognition, she was truly afraid that if she ran even a little slower, she would become the fish and meat on this terrifying existence's chopping board.
"Bai Ye, is the Abyss Campaign going smoothly?"
Xia, having finished cooking several dishes, sat across from him, resting her chin on her hands, experiencing the satisfaction of seeing the food she had cooked gradually being eaten.
"Smoothly."
"It's a pity I don't have permission for the campaign communication channel. You need to be at least Ninth Rank or a top-tier logistics worker. By the way, you must be a tough guy in your war zone."
"Supporting character."
Su Xiao continued to enjoy his meal.
"Is that so? That's still impressive. Oh, right, you just said your follower, Jila, is also fighting alongside you, right? I had a lot of baking inspiration this morning. Wait a moment, let me find them. Hmm~, these boxes are for Beini, these are for Bubu. Amu and Baha aren't too fond of my baking. These boxes are for Jila. I hope she'll like them."
"Oh."
Su Xiao was still enjoying his delicious meal. After eating and drinking his fill, he left the restaurant carrying several boxes of pastries. When he got near his exclusive room, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to pay.
Inside his exclusive room, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the carpet and took out three units of "Fate Crystal Dust." This item was used to "wash away" the unnecessary traits of the "Supreme Realm" from the perspective of fate and causality. In "Blade Mountain Blood Sea," apart from the "Blade," the other three traits would all be "washed away." Correspondingly, the power of the "Supreme Realm," originally divided into four parts, would be fully channeled into the "Blade" trait.
Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, Beini, and Jila formed a circle on the carpet. According to tradition, this unnamed ability needed a name through brainstorming. This time, the naming results were:
Bubu Wang: Infinite Blade Domain.
Baha: Powerful Domain.
Amu: Blade Edge Domain.
Beini: Reincarnation Deadlock.
Jila: World-Destroying Super Awesome Void Eternal Blade Realm.
Su Xiao: Blade Domain.
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After preliminary selection and voting, Su Xiao's "Blade Domain," with a total of one vote, successfully defeated Bubu Wang's "Infinite Blade Domain" with five votes. Well, okay, after giving each of them some pocket money, "Blade Domain"—a name that wasn't particularly pleasant to hear, nor unpleasant, but very fitting—successfully won six votes.
Jila was the happiest. In the Eternal Light World, she had never experienced such fun. As for naming an ability, compared to the final result, the interesting process was more important. For example, Bubu Wang and Beini, who had been allies just a moment ago, were now at a standoff. Amu and Baha quietly stepped back. Jila sneezed, sounding the horn for the cat-and-dog war to begin.
Jila stood dumbfounded to the side, meaning, shouldn't this be stopped? Baha, that troublemaker, handed over an oversized slipper. The problem was that this slipper was a unique weapon. Holding it would trigger Bubu Wang's subconscious counterattack, and he immediately bit Jila's calf. Jila, who had never experienced such treatment, swung the slipper, but missed, hitting Beini on the forehead.
Beini was stunned for a moment. Soon, Bubu Wang, Beini, and Jila were successfully fighting together. Ah, no, they were fighting in a ball. Baha laughed heartily on the sidelines, making sarcastic remarks. Amu obediently disassembled and polished his antique clock. Su Xiao poured himself a cup of Maple Tea and savored it.
Feeling the strength of "Blade Domain," he had an idea. After the Elemental Insect Race developed on Blazing Sun Star, he could go to the next main battlefield alone. As for Jila's safety, he would leave the Demon Spirit by her side. With the current Demon Spirit strength, as long as the two worlds weren't too far apart, it could complete an instant "Substitution" of positions. When the Demon Spirit strength was at 4500 points, it had already achieved a very long "Substitution" distance. Now, the Demon Spirit strength had reached 38,500 points.
The body energy consumption of activating "Blade Domain" was astonishing. However, after completing the subsequent enhancement, his "Azure Shadow King Energy" would reach over 500,000. This meant he could maintain "Blade Domain" for quite a while. Even so, the body energy consumption of the "Supreme Domain" was still too astonishing.
This was just a backup plan. He would have to act according to the plan later. Su Xiao came to the room where the Awakening Stele was stored, walked into the "Exclusive Attribute Enhancement Pod," and awakened the "100% All Supreme Attribute Increase" from this Supreme ascension.
The "Exclusive Attribute Enhancement Pod" started but didn't operate. Su Xiao felt a strange energy that had been dormant in his body being awakened. For this enhancement, he was quite calm. He had endured the Supreme Realm ascension. Now, a mere 80 points, a total of 320 Supreme attribute points increase, he...
Buzz~
When Su Xiao woke up again, it was already noon. It was just in time for lunch, and he was indeed very hungry. At the dining table, a pleasant and lively lunch began. Jila had discovered that if she was even a little slow, not only the soup but even the plate of a dish might be gone. Under Amu's gluttonous bull mouth, the dinner plates were like biscuits soaked in gravy.
After lunch, Su Xiao opened his personal information:
Name: Su Xiao (Hunter).
Level: LV.105.
Life Core: 1410/1410 units.
Azure Shadow King Energy: 538420/538420 points.
Supreme Strength: 160 points.
Supreme Agility: 160 points.
Supreme Stamina: 160 points.
Supreme Intelligence: 160 points.
True Charm: -140 points.
True Luck Attribute: -23 points (-13 points).
Fortune: -45,000,000 points.
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Feeling his own state, Su Xiao felt that even though he had just ascended to the Supreme Realm, saying he could now go fight the Lord of the Abyss was an exaggeration. This was, after all, the strongest Lord of the Abyss in history. However, he had no problem fighting the soon-to-awaken Daughter of the Bedchamber. Having ascended to the Supreme Realm, he could finally find an opponent and have a good fight.
Su Xiao tried to awaken the "Stellar Power." He concentrated and calmed his mind. The next second, he felt a kind of energy similar to when he had previously enhanced "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" appearing around him. Compared to the previous enhancement energy, this "Stellar Primordial Force" was more vibrant and felt much more... powerful.
At around eight o'clock that evening, Su Xiao woke up from his slumber. He checked the "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" ability, which had been raised to an astonishing Lv.315.
[Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash, Lv.315 (Extreme Realm Technique · Passive)]
Base Effect: Total technique ability comprehensive strength increased by 7975% (increase of 5840%).
Skill Effect: Extreme Blade (Exclusive Passive)...
Current Extreme Blade · Foundation Strength: 954 points (increase of 438 points).
Extreme Realm Effect 1: Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash (Extreme Realm · Exclusive Passive)...
Extreme Realm Effect 2: Selfless Realm · My Supreme (Extreme Realm · Exclusive Passive). Enter the "Selfless Realm"...
Current Selfless Realm Enhancement Limit: 64.3 times technique power (After reaching the original limit of 50 times, subsequent enhancement difficulty will greatly increase).
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After meditating for a while, Su Xiao placed one hand on the longsword lying flat on his lap. A feeling that nothing could not be cut, that everything in the world could be severed, emerged.
The Selfless Realm of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash," before reaching the limit of 50 times, increased by about 0.5 times per level of Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash enhancement. After exceeding 50 times, the gain decreased to 0.1 per level, 0.4 less than before. However, as long as the subsequent level increases were substantial enough, this 0.1 per level increase was also very significant. The reason was that his current blade technique power was not comparable to before.
To make an assumption, multiplying 1000 by 64 times, and multiplying 50,000 by 64 times, that's the difference between 64,000 and 3.2 million. The power being leveraged during this process was not on the same level. Correspondingly, the current "Selfless Realm" slash consumed a great deal of stamina. If he didn't have 160 points of Supreme Stamina now, he really couldn't withstand it.
Also, with the current enhancement of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash," in terms of "Total technique ability comprehensive strength increase," it had grown from a previous 35% per level to the current 40% per level.
Feeling his own body, the abilities that could be awakened when Supreme attributes reached 100 points were still in a gradual awakening stage. This enhancement had increased many abilities, so this awakening was somewhat slow.
Su Xiao re-examined his ability system. The source of enhancement had become Supreme attributes. Then, after a series of ability enhancements, it spread to the core technique "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash."
This gave him a choice: whether to invest the resources originally used to enhance "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash" into his physique, changing from the original resource allocation of physique +1, Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash +1, to physique +2. Or, to master another ability that could be integrated into the current ability system, becoming physique +1, new ability +1.
There was one ability that was very good: "Realm Thunder." His current ability to summon Realm Thunder was no longer based on Elemental Affinity, but on the effect of "Heavenly Edge Shadow Slash," which allowed him to summon the strongest Realm Thunder of the current world. Moreover, his three Realm Thunder system abilities were actually at a very high level.
Heavenly Wrath · Realm Thunder Fall, Heavenly Wrath · Surge Flash, Heavenly Wrath · Surge Slash shared trait: The level of this ability will synchronize with Blade Grandmaster and will be enhanced as the level of Blade Grandmaster increases.
Su Xiao's Blade Grandmaster ability had been enhanced multiple times after reaching its cap. Correspondingly, the three Realm Thunder abilities had also been enhanced beyond their caps multiple times.
However, there was a problem. In the subsequent battle against the Lord of the Abyss, this entity's Supreme attributes should be very high. After all, this entity had occupied two portions of the Abyss's "Ultimate Nourishing Power," so its physique must be astonishingly strong.
Not to mention, the final decisive battle was to challenge the Supreme Being. The previously occupied "Elemental Power" was, without a doubt, occupied by this entity. Using reverse thinking to analyze, how could one occupy this Elemental Power?
The answer was to use both the Elemental Eye and the Abyssal Heart simultaneously, with the "Peak Path" as the method of ascension, to achieve this. As for the Harmonization Stone that Su Xiao had more of than the Supreme Being, he didn't think this could be an advantage. The reason was that the Supreme Being had become the strongest over a long, long time. Its power had likely reached its limit.
However, the fact that the Supreme Being had ascended to the Supreme Realm with the highest specifications also indicated one thing: even if this entity wasn't an Extreme Realm, it certainly possessed an extremely powerful physique. So, what was the current Supreme attribute of this entity? Perhaps it had already reached the maximum, or rather, the Supreme.
How could one be considered to have successfully caught up to this entity and have some chance of victory? At the very least, one's physique must reach the same level as the opponent's. To achieve this, one must continuously improve oneself until, one day, Reincarnation Paradise issued a prompt like this:
[Your Supreme Physique has reached its limit and cannot be further enhanced. If you choose to continue enhancing, it will lead to uncontrollable changes in your physique.]
Yes, this was actually the threshold for challenging the Supreme Being. Some of the past challengers felt invincible during the Supreme Realm stage, while others reached the limit of a certain ability and felt they had a chance of victory.
In reality, the threshold for challenging the Supreme Being was: the duration of "Extreme Realm · Stellar" raised to its limit, the physique raised to its limit, and one's core ability raised to its limit. Only then would one be qualified to stand opposite the Supreme Being and have a chance of winning this battle.
His thoughts gradually became clear. Su Xiao decided not to allocate resources to mastering new abilities. All subsequent resources would be used to enhance his own physique. Only in this way could he have the confidence to defeat the Lord of the Abyss in this Abyss Campaign. He must not think that this campaign was already a sure victory. In the assessment of the core battlefield, their side was still at a disadvantage. If, in the mid-to-late stages of the campaign, multiple Abyss Gates were truly opened in the Void Battlefield, their side's defeats would become more and more numerous.
The only good news was that the trump card in Tuanzhang's hand was still held very firmly. With Tuanzhang's experience, he must have prepared for the situation of multiple Abyss Gates appearing in the Void Battlefield.
Su Xiao gathered Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Jila. At this time, Beini, who was lying on his head, was still sleeping soundly. Beini didn't need to go to the war zone. He put Beini back into its new pumpkin-shaped cat nest. The Dawn Team set off. Target: Blazing Sun Battlefield.
The spatial transmission gradually subsided. The scene of the Blazing Sun Base Camp came into view. Everywhere he looked, there were wounded soldiers, or dead bodies already packed into body bags. One good news and two bad news.
Good news: The "Elemental Crystals" stored in the Mother Nest were sufficient to begin mass-producing troops.
Bad news: The Abyss Invasion Degree of Blazing Sun Star had reached 85.66%.
Even worse news: The Abyss Invasion Degree of the Witch Realm had reached 95.86%.
The situation on Blazing Sun Star was already dire. The Abyss Invasion Degree reaching 85.66% was within expectations. At this moment, the First Legion of the Abyss Army was in this realm. The Abyss Governor · Moyam was, of course, also here. That towering crimson fortress was the symbol of this entity.
Among the Legion Commanders of the Abyss Army, the Abyss Governor · Moyam ranked first, followed by the Dark Domain Commander · Alva Erso, and then the Legion Commander of the Third Legion.
This Legion Commander had once disguised herself as a Sun Clan member and fought against the High Lords. Not to mention anything else, she was the person the High Lords most wanted to kill during the First Era. The legion under her command possessed the strongest breakthrough capability to date.
Su Xiao opened the campaign communication platform of the Witch Realm. It was already very lively. The Third Legion of the Abyss Army was in the Witch Realm and had launched a swift offensive, breaking into the Witch Realm Base Camp. The Holy Light Paradise contractors responsible for this side were clearly reminding a certain Hunter of one thing: in past world conquest battles, which side was often at the bottom.
As for saying that the Holy Light faction contractors were weak, without the healers of Holy Light Paradise, the number of casualties among the current participants would be several times higher.
Su Xiao closed the communication list and decided to go to the Witch Realm once the situation on the Blazing Sun Battlefield stabilized.
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At this moment, in an unknown gap.
A figure with graying hair lay in a slowly flowing dark liquid. Its soul power was gradually dissipating, indicating that this figure was originally a remnant soul. If not for its past strength, it would have completely dissipated by now.
Suddenly, the figure opened its eyes. It stood up from the dark liquid and pulled a branch from its bosom. This looked very much like a branch of the Black Maple Tree, but its color was a bit deeper and richer. It muttered with emotion:
"The traces of the Mother Tree are harder to find. Last time, the master found it but couldn't drag it back to the Stellar Void. After all, it no longer belongs to anyone, any faction. But it's also strange. That kid, with the help of the Paradise's power, managed to tear off a piece and even grow a sapling. Strange."
Mawen Hua'erzi gripped the branch in his hand. He was a somewhat unreliable guide. However, in this final stretch of his existence, he wanted to give the guided junior one last secret treasure—a rare treasure that could help him challenge the Supreme Being and even gain some chance of victory.
Mawen Hua'erzi stepped forward into the flowing dark liquid ahead. Just looking at it made one feel great terror and one's scalp tingle. This journey was certain death, but as a remnant soul, what fear was there of life or death?