Chapter 1253: Demon Energy Pollution

At first, when he saw his loot was only orange items, Su Sheng, through the earlier trade, also managed to obtain a Legend and a Three-color Myth, which really left Ai Chi Baicai feeling a bit unsatisfied.

After all, the original purpose of the trade was just a Myth material; although he could also obtain a Myth item, he still had to spend time doing quests.

As a result, now looking at it, that Divine Artifact is just a material of unknown use.

Materials from the Zhu Lu Game are the kind of thing that those who understand, understand.

Otherwise, Su Sheng wouldn't have just traded the Ten Thousand-Year Primordial Ice to himself.

As for the Ice Soul Sword Box, it is indeed a good item, but don't forget, Su Sheng's condition for stepping in to help defeat the boss was that he could prioritize choosing one piece of equipment.

Anyway, from Ai Chi Baicai's perspective, a 90‑level Red Legend with strong attributes and an unknown‑use Three-color Material—anyone knows which to pick.

Even without the Ten Thousand-Year Primordial Ice as a trade condition, that Red Sword Box would belong to them.

So by that calculation, Ai Chi Baicai actually feels that Su Sheng got the short end of the stick.

Moreover, in this boss battle, Su Sheng can be said to have played a decisive role in setting the world, and although others also contributed, they are not irreplaceable; swapping in someone else would make no difference, as long as they can deal damage.

Only Su Sheng is indispensable; without his strategy for this Snowman boss, the fight would be impossible.

Su Sheng is the core, the crucial person who sets the world.

Furthermore, later a traitor appeared on our side, and dealing with the traitor was also handled single‑handedly by Su Sheng, turning the tide.

In the end, it seemed that the other party didn't get much at all… If Su Sheng really got a great reward, she felt unsatisfied; now seeing that the other party got no extra reward, she felt a bit embarrassed.

So Ai Chi Baicai thought about offering Su Sheng some compensation.

"No need, that's it. Our trade and agreement are already fulfilled, I have nothing else, so I'll leave now." Su Sheng waved his hand; he was still eager to go back and process the Ice Soul Sword Box.

First, using Laru's hammer, replace the Falling Demon Body, then apply the Divine Craftsman Stone.

To others, Su Sheng indeed seemed to have taken a loss, but only he himself knows that he actually made a huge profit.

The Ice Soul Sword Box needs no further comment, nor does Fragment 33; just the experience provided by this boss is substantial, pushing Su Sheng closer to level 84.

A level‑90 lord‑tier boss distributes experience based on contribution; whether Su Sheng took damage or dealt damage, he was first, naturally scooping up the bulk of the experience.

"Ah…," Ai Chi Baicai hesitated. From his perspective, Mo Wen Qiancheng had helped so much, yet the compensation wasn't taken and he just left?

But Su Sheng had already taken out a Return Journey Scroll, crumpled it, and vanished in a flash of white light.

Watching the spot where Su Sheng disappeared, her eyes glimmered, and she remained stunned for a long time.

Strong and gentlemanly, such a fine man—how did he get taken down? What a pity.

Su Sheng refused Ai Chi Baicai's compensation; in Ai Chi Baicai's mind, that was another plus point—she thought Su Sheng was simply willing to gamble and accept defeat, upright and honorable, a truly gentlemanly act.

In fact… Su Sheng was just too embarrassed to ask for more; only he knows he practically hit the jackpot.

…

Returned to Huangcheng.

Su Sheng did not hesitate; taking advantage of the remaining game time—about an hour left—he rushed to the Teleport Array and returned to Yanhuang Town.

He went to the warehouse to get materials, then found Tie Chui Airen.

Tie Chui Airen naturally did not refuse, and easily processed the Ice Soul Sword Box for Su Sheng.

Divine Craftsman Stone, attached!

Falling Demon Body! Transfer!

Crack—

With the use of the Laru hammer, the transfer of the Falling Demon Body turned the honor‑symbol cloak that had accompanied Su Sheng through countless storms into powder.

It's a bit regrettable; the piece of equipment extracted by the Laru hammer will be completely destroyed, otherwise, even without the Falling Demon Body, that honor‑symbol cloak would still hold some value.

After all, equipment with special slots is truly scarce; even within the Yanhuang Guild, many members only carry low‑level green or even white special‑slot gear.

"Alright~ However, this is a Demon Energy attribute; the sword box did undergo some changes, but overall there's not much impact."

Tie Chui Airen returned the processed Ice Soul Sword Box to Su Sheng.

Ding—

Equipment: Ice Soul Sword Box has suffered Demon Energy Pollution, undergoing some unknown changes.

Su Sheng was startled; there's even such a description.

However, the Falling Demon Body… calling this Demon Energy Pollution isn't really a problem.

Su Sheng hurriedly checked the status of the Ice Soul Sword Box.

Name… still Ice Soul Sword Box, but now with an extra (Demon) bracket tag.

Attribute: the added 1,000+ strength has been replaced by the Falling Demon Body; nothing else changed.

The only change is to the Ice Soul Divine Sword skill.

Demon. Ice Soul Divine Sword (active): draw the sword from the sword box, swing to release ice blade sword energy, dealing sword energy over a 30‑meter radius and 1,000‑meter distance.

Sword energy damage: 100% of attack power.

Each point of sword energy increases by 1%.

Demon Energy effect: base sacrifice of 10% HP, increasing damage by 10%.

Up to a maximum sacrifice of 90% HP.

With the added Demon character in the name comes an additional Demon Energy effect; using it consumes HP, requiring at least a 10% HP sacrifice to activate the skill.

But it's not a pure restriction; it adds 10% power.

Tsk…

That counts as an upgrade, I guess.

If you stack a thousand layers of hidden blade sword energy and sacrifice 90% of HP, the power can rise to… 1,190%, a 11.9‑fold increase, which is quite good.

Moreover, it's a super‑long‑range AOE skill; although the radius is only 30 meters, the distance reaches a full 1,000 meters, even more exaggerated than Soaring Dragon Flame.

In a raid, this skill would be nothing short of world‑shattering.

Moreover, compared to other AOE skills, the CD is relatively short; although the Concealed Edge Belt brings only a slight negligible negative effect, a 1% damage reduction for Su Sheng is roughly equivalent to none.

Contentedly, he equipped the strengthened Ice Soul Sword Case.

Su Sheng checked his attributes; it was definitely a super huge increase.

After all, the Honor Symbol is merely a level 50 equipment, while the Ice Soul Sword Case is a level 90 Fourth Rebirth stage equipment, and it's even one tier higher as a Red Legend.

The base increase reduced strength by 200 points, but for Su Sheng, strength is only used to pull the rod when fishing; otherwise it basically has no use.

-Physical Defense: +2600

-Magic Defense: +1300

-Max HP: +35000

-Constitution Attribute: +1688

After overall calculation…

Su Sheng's attack and defense reached 24858! Simply heaven-defying!

Base HP also officially broke through the 200,000 mark!

217400!!