Chapter 69: Drama Queen
Scrolling down the skill list, Su Xiao spotted a line of golden text below the exclusive skills of the Law-Destruction Faction.
In the exclusive skill list of the Law-Destruction Faction, two skills were originally in golden font: Azure Steel Shadow and Blade Master. However, the golden tint of these two abilities was quite faint.
Now, at the very bottom of the skill list, Su Xiao saw a line of text shining with golden brilliance.
Skill Nine
Azure Shadow King: Not Awakened (Ultimate Skill)
Awakening Progress: 9%
Awakening Condition: ???
...
Upon seeing the Azure Shadow King ability, Su Xiao thought to himself, "As expected." He had previously guessed that the Azure Shadow King ability was the ultimate move of the Law-Destruction Faction, and now it seemed he was right. Not only was Azure Shadow King an independent skill, but it was also marked as an "Ultimate Skill."
Su Xiao was curious: what type of ability would this be once awakened? Offensive? Defensive? Or perhaps auxiliary combat?
Although the awakening conditions for Azure Shadow King were unknown, this ability was awakening at a steady pace as Su Xiao grew stronger.
Su Xiao had a feeling that it wasn't that Azure Shadow King couldn't awaken now, but rather that his current body couldn't yet bear such an ability.
Closing the skill list, Su Xiao's injuries had healed, but his weary mind couldn't recover so easily.
His combat intensity in the Holy Grail World had been high. All told, he hadn't slept for a day and a night.
Given his physical condition, going without rest for a day and a night wasn't a big deal. However, during that time, he had engaged in several high-intensity battles. Not only did he have no chance to rest, but even drinking water had to be done while on the move.
Now that he had returned to the absolute safety of his exclusive room, Su Xiao relaxed his mind, and a wave of drowsiness washed over him.
Without even taking off his clothes, Su Xiao collapsed onto the soft big bed. Within ten seconds of closing his eyes, he was fast asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Xiao opened his eyes in a daze. A few seconds later, his consciousness cleared a bit, and he groggily got up to head toward the bathroom.
"Oww!"
A miserable howl rang out, startling Su Xiao into sidestepping. He felt like he had stepped on something furry.
Looking down, the groggy Su Xiao was standing on Bubu Wang's tail. Bubu Wang wore a look of utter exasperation. If a photo of this were posted online, it would definitely become a meme.
After washing up, Su Xiao walked out of the bathroom, water droplets still dripping from the tips of his hair.
"How long was I asleep?"
He grabbed the timer on the bedside table. He had slept for twelve hours. Although staying in Reincarnation Paradise was precious time, given Su Xiao's level of fatigue before, attempting to enhance his physical attributes or upgrade his skills would have surely led to mistakes.
"No dismantling the house, or this slipper will be your dinner."
Su Xiao left the custom-made oversized slipper in the exclusive room as a "guardian talisman" and headed straight for the Skill Upgrade Hall after stepping out.
Bubu Wang stared at that slipper, gulping nervously. To be honest, he was a bit scared.
...
Attribute Enhancement Hall, inside the Attribute Enhancement Pod, Su Xiao skillfully operated the screen in front of him.
[Welcome to the Attribute Enhancement Pod. Your unarmored attributes are as follows.]
Strength: 62
Agility: 62
Stamina: 62
Intelligence: 60
Charm: 6
[Hunter can freely allocate attribute points: 30 points.]
[Ding, detected that the Hunter's main attributes are Strength, Agility, and Intelligence. Please prioritize enhancing these three main attributes.]
This time, he had gained a lot of attribute points—a full 30 points. This was despite the task rewards having relatively few attribute points. Most of these 30 points came from World Source rewards.
Su Xiao pondered for a moment. Since he had already chosen to develop four attributes simultaneously, he had to stick with it. As for the Charm attribute, he would just let it be.
Developing four attributes at once was already putting pressure on Su Xiao. As for developing all five simultaneously, that was simply impossible. Even if he tried, he would be "dragged down" alive.
The allocation of the 30 attribute points was: Strength +7, Agility +7, Stamina +7, Intelligence +9, using up all the attribute points.
[Attribute allocation complete. Enhancement begins.]
Hum~
The Attribute Enhancement Pod started operating. With such a significant boost to his physical attributes, as soon as the enhancement began, Su Xiao's face twisted. The "refreshing" sensation was indescribable.
The feelings of intense pain, heat, and soreness intermingled. As the enhancement neared its end, the discomfort faded, replaced by a sensation of overall ease.
"Hoo."
Su Xiao let out a long breath. A grip strength measuring device appeared in his hand. As he exerted force, the numbers on the device climbed rapidly.
150, 700, 1843, 11354...
Crack!
The grip strength measuring device broke. Su Xiao was somewhat surprised. A difference of 7 points in Strength had allowed him to crush this thing with his bare hands. After all, this item was of Green quality, with durability comparable to Blue-quality weapons.
In other words, Su Xiao could now snap a Blue-quality weapon with his bare hands without even using full force. Saying he could break it easily might be an exaggeration, but he wouldn't need to put in much effort—just a moderate amount.
Checking his current attributes, his unarmored stats were now:
Strength: 69
Agility: 69
Stamina: 69
Intelligence: 69
Charm: 6
...
His four main attributes were about to reach 70 points. Su Xiao had heard a saying from an information broker before: 80 points was a threshold. After that, enhancing each attribute point wouldn't be as simple as it was now. The specifics were unclear even to the information broker; only those who reached that level would know.
Now, with 70 points not yet broken through, reaching 80 points would take 2-3 derivative worlds if things went smoothly, or 3-5 if they didn't. After all, Su Xiao wasn't an invincible general; he would encounter unbeatable enemies in derivative worlds too.
Su Xiao walked out of the Attribute Enhancement Hall. Contractors were coming and going at the hall's entrance, all with happy expressions. After all, they were here to get stronger, so no one would be unhappy.
Because his Agility attribute had increased by a full 7 points, Su Xiao's steps were noticeably lighter, as if he were a feather.
This was a normal reaction to a sharp short-term increase in physical fitness. Once he adapted to his current physique, this feeling would disappear.
Out of habit, Su Xiao headed to Xia's restaurant. Unfortunately, Xia wasn't there, so he had to find another restaurant. As for Bubu Wang, that lazy dog was having a "lazy attack" and was "sleeping in" in the exclusive room.
Su Xiao felt something was off, but he didn't dwell on it.
After eating, Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room. He carefully observed the room—nothing unusual. It seemed the slipper "guardian" was somewhat effective.
Sitting on the bed, Su Xiao suddenly had a strange feeling.
"Come here."
Su Xiao held the large slipper and slapped it against his palm, making a smacking sound. Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao, his eyes full of confusion, but his expression was unusually calm.
Don't be fooled by Bubu Wang's calm expression. Inside, he was panicking like crazy, his eyes occasionally darting to the bed under Su Xiao.
"Did you dismantle the house while I was out? You didn't even have time to eat when I called you. You, a glutton, have no time for food? Compared to that excuse, I'd rather believe Reincarnation Paradise is a charity organization."
The drama queen Bubu Wang tilted his head, his eyes filled with "wronged" tears.
Su Xiao knew this guy too well. From that wronged expression, he could tell that Bubu Wang had definitely done something guilty. But without direct evidence, he couldn't resort to slipper discipline. The matter had to be dropped. Bubu Wang secretly made a peace sign—heaven knows how he managed that with his paws.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Su Xiao took out two Heroic Spirit Boxes. One was dark purple, the other gold. These were the Heroic Spirit Boxes of Hundred-Faced and Heroic King, respectively.