Chapter 592

【Sublimation Successful】

【Life-Burning Sword Absolute (Shi Shi-Grade Top-Tier)】

【Even if the soul and life are precious, if there is something in one's heart, one will not retreat even in death; in front of what one truly needs to protect, what is life? Sacrificing 30 years of lifespan can release this sword move, striking with one sword to cause massive True Damage.】

【Affix · Life-Breaking Slash: After this sword hits, it can directly cause the enemy to lose ten years of lifespan.】

Seeing the information for this skill, Su Ming's face was horrified.

True Damage!?

This was an attack type with a higher priority than piercing damage.

It was almost the highest priority damage type in this world.

Generally, only skills of Ancient-Grade or higher could deal True Damage.

And this skill was only Shi Shi-Grade!

"This time, my luck is truly explosive…" Su Ming couldn't hide the joy on his face.

True Damage could ignore the opponent's armor, defense, skills, and barrier effects, directly causing damage.

Note, it was ignore, not pierce.

If it were piercing through, then no matter what, the damage of this move would be blocked or slowed down slightly.

But ignoring meant it was not affected by anything, equivalent to bypassing all intermediate steps and striking the opponent's origin directly!

In other words, for True Damage skills, as long as they could hit, then whatever the panel damage was, that was exactly what it would be.

The most terrifying thing was that True Damage could not be reduced.

This skill, based on its effect alone, was already terrifying enough.

Not to mention it also had an affix that caused the enemy to lose lifespan!

Su Ming directly crushed the scroll and learned this skill.

"I have the A-Grade bloodline, Ageless Body; my lifespan is slightly longer than ordinary people's, likely around 150 years."

"And I will never age."

"So using this skill, apart from reducing my lifespan, should have no other negative effects; after all, I won't become weaker due to old age and frailty."

"Roughly estimating, in this life, I can use this skill at most four times before basically reaching my limit lifespan."

"It seems I have to use it sparingly."

"Unless absolutely necessary, I don't want to grow old."

Su Ming said solemnly.

No matter how strong a job-changer is, they cannot defeat time.

Once the body grows old, their strength will be less than one-tenth of what it was.

At this time, a message suddenly popped up in his personal mail.

It was the Guild Leader of Black Kill, Jiang Tianchi.

"Su Ming, the tournament is about to begin; you're about ready, right?"

"Come to the guild to see me."

"Yes," Su Ming agreed.

Afterward, he teleported to the guild's territory immediately.

This was in a city in Annan Province.

The exterior looked like a large bookstore.

Only by going deep inside could one discover a secret stone passageway gate; by inserting the Black Kill ring into the groove, the stone gate opened.

Su Ming successfully entered the guild hall.

As soon as Su Ming entered, he saw several veterans of Black Kill, as well as the Guild Leader; they seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time.

"Su Ming, you're here," Fang Mifeng said, looking at Su Ming.

She had already heard the good news that Su Ming had promoted to the Fourth Turn.

This meant that it was almost certain they would get into the top three this year, and there was even a great possibility of competing for first place.

"It's a pity that our guild hall was originally in the Heavenly Tower Realm, but the Guild Leader said the rent there was too expensive, so he simply moved it back to Blue Star," she said, looking at Jiang Tianchi with annoyance.

"Heh, what do you know? The money saved can buy exploration rights for many dungeons," Jiang Tianchi said with a calm expression.

"The only purpose of the guild hall is to hold meetings and protect members; there is excellent concealment here, which is enough."

"Fine, fine, fine, you are the Guild Leader; you have the final say," Fang Mifeng pinched her brow and sighed.

At this time, a burly man stepped forward.

"Hahaha, newcomer. The Guild Leader and Sister Fang often bicker like this; don't be surprised, you'll get used to it."

"However, your strength is actually stronger than Little Shen's; this truly exceeded all our expectations."

"This year's competition quota is all up to you; we look forward to your results!"

His name was Wan Tie, and his strength had also reached the Fifth Turn.

"Alright, I will definitely not let you down," Su Ming said earnestly.

"Kid, the competition starts in the last thirty minutes; are you ready?" Jiang Tianchi stepped forward and smiled.

"Ready… perfectly."

"The rules for this tournament are still the same as in previous years, that Shi Shi-Grade equipment and above cannot be used, right?" Su Ming suddenly remembered this rule and asked.

"That's right; to ensure fairness and prevent the scions of those big forces from crushing the entire field, there is such a rule. It seems you are quite attentive," Jiang Tianchi nodded, satisfied.

Su Ming's expression was solemn.

Looking at it this way… he couldn't use his Ten Thousand Soul Condensing Fire Sword.

And other weapons had been seen by the Zhang family, making it easy to expose his identity, so he couldn't use those either.

"Whatever, just finding a tree branch to use as a sword for the competition is the same," Su Ming's mouth curled slightly, and he thought to himself.

This was not him being arrogant, but because he had the 40-fold power bonus of the Origin Sword Body, which gave him such confidence.

It was just as well to use a tree branch as a weapon to weaken the skill power; his performance in the competition would be more low-key and less likely to be targeted.

Suddenly, in the corner, an assassin with a lean figure and a face like a youth said:

"The Xuanjing Guild actually dared to take action against you and Shen Yixi; they really treat us as soft persimmons."

"Newcomer, don't worry; I will help you get revenge…"

He sneered.

His name was Zai Da, his profession was Blood Fiend Assassin, and he had also reached the Fifth Turn; his strength could not be underestimated.

Su Ming nodded and thanked him.

Having someone stand up for him was naturally a good thing.

"Zai Da, hold back during the competition; all plans will be discussed after the competition, understand?" Jiang Tianchi frowned and said.

"Yes, yes, yes," Zai Da said, pillowing his head with his hands, smiling, looking completely indifferent.

It seemed this guy's personality was the playful and irreverent type.

Suddenly, Su Ming's eyes brightened slightly.

What surprised him was that the female member he had saved in the dungeon back then was also here.

Bu Jue smiled sweetly, stepped forward, and bowed slightly, saying:

"Su Ming, thank you for saving me in the dungeon!"

"If it weren't for you… I might have really died," she said, a hint of lingering fear appearing in her eyes.

The dangerous scene at the time was still fresh in her memory.

"I almost couldn't even see my father again; I really have to thank you!"

She held Su Ming's hand, saying very gratefully, her eyes filled with tears.

Being saved at the most critical moment of danger, even if one's heart were as hard as stone, one would still be moved.

Afterward, she took out a stone-sealed brocade box and gave it to Su Ming.

Inside, it contained a simple sword embryo.

"This was personally selected by my father as a gift for you, to thank you for saving my life."

"He didn't send a finished sword because he didn't know what style of swordsman you were, so he chose to send a sword embryo, allowing you to find someone to forge it into the sword most suitable for you yourself."

Su Ming nodded inwardly.

This girl was quite sensible; not only did she report to the guild, letting Black Kill give him a reward.

She herself also gave him a gift.

That meant a total of two gift gains; saving her really wasn't a loss, and it was even a huge profit.