Chapter 1168

【Upgrade Close Quarters Combat Mastery to lv. 30, requires Soul Crystal (Medium) x1 + 50,000 Paradise Coins. Upgrade or not?】

"Upgrade 10 levels continuously."

Su Xiao had already vaguely discovered something: his Sword Master ability is very different from the basic abilities mastered through scrolls. Previously, when upgrading Firearms Mastery, Su Xiao did not notice this point because Firearms Mastery attached abilities at a very low level, but those abilities were very weak and basically had no development prospects.

After paying 10 Soul Crystals (Medium) + 500,000 Paradise Coins, light flashed before Su Xiao's eyes again, and he entered that damn dojo once more. Since coming here, it has been nothing but getting beaten up.

Over a dozen blurry figures were manifested. These people lunged at Su Xiao simultaneously, and Su Xiao leaned down and kicked sideways...

Ten hours later, a slightly dazed Su Xiao stood in the skill upgrade chamber. He had taken many beatings today. The way to upgrade "Close Quarters Combat Mastery" was too monotonous, which was completely different from upgrading sword techniques. When upgrading sword techniques, Su Xiao had seen an old man dancing with a blade under an ancient tree, and a powerhouse who shattered the world with a single slash, etc.

Although monotonous, it must be said that Su Xiao's close-quarters combat power had significantly improved. He clearly felt this. He opened the skill list to check the attributes of Close Quarters Combat Mastery lv. 40.

【Close Quarters Combat Mastery: lv. 40 (Passive)】

Skill Effect: Increases close-quarters combat attack power by 97%, and significantly improves close-quarters combat techniques and reaction speed.

Branch Ability: Close-Range Perception Enhancement (Ability activated at lv. 40).

Su Xiao checked the attributes of Sword Master lv. 40 again.

【Sword Master: lv. 40 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect: Increases attack power of sword-type weapons by 194%, and significantly improves sword techniques.

lv. 10 Attached Ability: Rhythm of All Things (Top Tier)

lv. 20 Attached Ability: Blade Ray

lv. 30 Attached Ability: Blade of the Soul

lv. 40 Attached Ability, Blade Ray Edge: Blade Ray flight speed +120%, Sharpness +15, Armor Penetration +20, Blade Ray promoted to semi-solid.

As basic abilities both at lv. 40, the two are completely incomparable. Although they are one tier apart, the gap between them is too large. By now, Su Xiao finally understood why the cost of upgrading Sword Master was so expensive, because the improvement of Sword Master is equally huge. High investment, high return; no Qiyuezhe would refuse it.

Su Xiao walked out of the Skill Enhancement Hall. He was very tired now; heaven knows how many punches and kicks he had taken earlier.

Returning to his exclusive room, Su Xiao prepared to sleep until he woke up naturally this time, but a certain "demolition squad" clearly disagreed.

Crack, crack...

Eight hours later, gnawing sounds came. Su Xiao sat up with a start, and with extremely practiced movements, he grabbed the size-70 giant slipper on the nightstand. Even if one said this thing was a relatively wide rubber whip, people would believe it.

The gnawing sound stopped. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, a few meters away, froze. It was biting a stool leg, and this miserable stool had already had two legs demolished.

Crunch, crunch...

Chewing sounds came. Su Xiao turned his head to look; it was Amu, who was holding a stool leg covered in tooth marks. This stool leg had already been two-thirds eaten by it.

Su Xiao sat on the bed, his mouth twitching twice. He never expected that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had actually learned to divide labor and cooperate in demolishing the house. It was responsible for gnawing to satisfy its cravings, while Amu was the "vacuum cleaner," responsible for "destroying the evidence."

"Finally, I've found the evidence. Today, we'll settle the account along with the 980 Paradise Coins worth of furniture from before. You've even learned to divide labor and cooperate."

Su Xiao, still a bit dazed from sleep, carried the slipper and walked toward Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang shirtless.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang retreated a few steps. That "innocent" little look in its eyes seemed to be saying: "Master, listen to this Wang explain, it really was the stool that struck first this time, really!"

"Awoo~"

"Moo~"

After Su Xiao washed up, he felt much more refreshed. If one were to describe how he felt now, it was powerful. Of course, this wasn't the power gained after beating up Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu; those two guys didn't have low stamina, and the slipper was more of a psychological deterrent.

Actually, the only one who could be deterred was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. It had been "educated" by Su Xiao with a slipper back when it was still a Teigu, and it had an instinctive "fear" of this thing.

As for Amu, it was purely scared. In front of Su Xiao, Amu's courage dropped by at least 99%. When Su Xiao picked up the slipper, Amu, who wouldn't even take a step back when burned by magma, trembled. Su Xiao didn't even hit it or Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang; that would simply be a waste of stamina.

Su Xiao went out after washing up. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked at Amu, meaning to continue, but Amu was so scared its bowels were almost cold, and it immediately shook its head.

Two minutes later, Su Xiao suddenly pushed open the door. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was lying lazily on the ground. It looked at Su Xiao, meaning: "Master, did you forget to take something?"

Su Xiao glanced at the furniture in the room, nodded in satisfaction, and left.

After Su Xiao left this time, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang sat up. The man and the dog engaged in their daily battle of wits; Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang won this round.

Su Xiao quickly arrived at the arena. He would spend his remaining stay time here fighting in the arena, striving to reach the top ten. If it were before, he wouldn't have this confidence, but now it was different; his strength had improved significantly in the recent period.

In fact, the arena ranking could intuitively reflect Su Xiao's current strength. His current ranking was 108th.

One match after another began. When Su Xiao was tired, he would sleep in the contestant lounge, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang would arrive on time to deliver food.

Clang.

Blade light flashed, and a female Qiyuezhe staggered back a few steps. She covered her throat with one hand, and fresh blood sprayed from between her fingers.

"You guy... where did you crawl out from."

The female Qiyuezhe's face was covered in tattoos. She was definitely no ordinary person; or rather, how could a Qiyuezhe ranked 12th in the Third Tier arena be an ordinary person?

Su Xiao flicked the long blade in his hand. His left arm had already disappeared; it had been stripped away by the opponent's death radiation. Before this match ended, his arm could not recover.

"Looks like there's no need to use that."

Su Xiao spoke, and the female Qiyuezhe's pupils shrank.

"Are you trying to challenge the Third Tier's number one, Mad Fox? Or Huang Fen? Give it up, those two guys are completely monster-level in the Third Tier."

The female Qiyuezhe staggered a few steps. She knew the situation clearly; with her current injuries, defeat was certain. The opponent's true damage was too terrifying, and her thought-net basically had no defensive effect, so she could only choose to surrender.

【276-match winning streak!】

Golden characters appeared above the arena, and the originally noisy auditorium instantly fell into dead silence. They had never seen such an exaggerated winning streak record.

"Damn."

The female Qiyuezhe's body disappeared, and Su Xiao disappeared as well.

Returning to the contestant lounge, Su Xiao leaned tiredly against the sofa. He didn't have much time left in the Reincarnation Paradise and didn't have time for the next match.

【Competitor: Su Xiao.】

【Status: Very tired.】

【Ranking: 11th (Third Tier).】

【Winning streak: 276 matches.】

【Top ten reward: Not obtained.】

He was only one step away from the top ten. The number one in the Third Tier arena was Mad Fox, the second was Huang Fen, and the third was a Qiyuezhe named White Crocodile.

【Prompt: The Hunter's stay time in the Reincarnation Paradise has reached its limit and is about to return to the real world.】