Chapter 1259: Energy Interruption

Blue smoke drifted. The Resurrection Dragon Essence in Su Xiao's hand gradually turned gray-white, and the life energy inside vaguely had a trend of drying up.

Su Xiao absorbed about one-third of the energy in the Resurrection Dragon Essence last time, and the Green Steel Shadow ability upgraded from lv. 30 to lv. 39.

And this time, Su Xiao absorbed all the remaining two-thirds of the energy. As his strength improved, the maximum upper limit of energy he could absorb in a single time also significantly increased.

However, even after absorbing all the energy in the Resurrection Dragon Essence, the Green Steel Shadow ability didn't show too large a span of improvement, or rather, the Green Steel Shadow ability only upgraded by 1 level.

The energy required for Green Steel Shadow to upgrade from lv. 39 to lv. 40 was very exaggerated, even exceeding the total energy required to upgrade from lv. 30 to lv. 39.

*Crack. * With a crisp sound, the Resurrection Dragon Essence in Su Xiao's hand exploded, turning into a sky full of crystal fragments, gradually disappearing into the air.

Su Xiao closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the bed. The blue smoke on his arm dissipated, and the Grinning Skull that had expanded to the size of a basketball disappeared.

Green Steel Shadow energy surged in Su Xiao's body. He only had 2 points of mana left. The reason for this situation was that mana had been converted into Green Steel Shadow energy almost entirely.

He didn't feel any abnormalities in his body, but these Green Steel Shadow energies were continuously compressing. This was not a change in quantity, but a change in quality.

Su Xiao didn't feel any abnormalities in his body, so he chose to wait quietly for the changes in Green Steel Shadow energy.

A full hour later, the Green Steel Shadow energy in his body calmed down.

【Green Steel Shadow ability has been upgraded to lv. 40.】

Having completely absorbed the Resurrection Dragon Essence, the Green Steel Shadow ability only upgraded by one level, but Su Xiao didn't feel disappointed because he felt that the Green Steel Shadow ability had undergone not-so-small changes.

【Green Steel Shadow: lv. 40 (Active Skill)】

Usage condition: After opening (Green Steel Shadow), the Hunter consumes 120 points of mana per minute. It automatically closes after mana is lower than 1%.

Skill effect: After opening (Green Steel Shadow), each melee attack will burn 230 points of the enemy's mana and cause 1.6 times the burned mana as real damage (368 points of real damage). The enemy will bear intense pain after mana burning. While bearing intense pain, the enemy has an 18% chance to trigger one of three abnormal states: paralysis, immobilization, or dizziness. The abnormal state duration is 0.2~3 seconds.

Defense form: Pride Song (Active), can generate energy shields of any shape to defend against enemy attacks. The strength of the energy shield is proportional to the mana consumed. The single mana consumption upper limit is 700 points (increased by 100 points).

External form: Energy Interruption (Active), Green Steel Shadow energy intensity is insufficient, temporarily unable to use this ability.

Prompt: Green Steel Shadow skill reaching lv. 40 can awaken this ability, and it can be used after upgrading to lv. 50.

Consistent with what Su Xiao perceived before, the Green Steel Shadow ability showed not-so-small changes. Various values had improved, and it made him understand the Green Steel Shadow ability better.

First, the basic effects of Green Steel Shadow were three types: devouring the enemy's mana, causing real damage, and controlling the enemy with a certain probability.

As for the defense form's Pride Song ability, this was another way of running Green Steel Shadow energy, belonging to an advanced usage method.

As for the newly appeared "Energy Interruption," Su Xiao didn't know the effect of this ability for the time being. Nowadays, this ability had only reached the initial awakening degree. To use it freely, he still needed to upgrade the Green Steel Shadow ability to lv. 50.

Energy Interruption was an active ability, which was somewhat intriguing. From the name of this ability, one could see that its main role was to interrupt energy.

Interrupt Su Xiao's energy? The possibility was not high, so it only remained to interrupt the enemy's energy. As for in what form it interrupted, whether it needed melee or long-range, these were all unknown. 【1

If this were a long-range ability, then this ability would be extremely powerful, blocking the enemy's energy, especially for mages, which would be equivalent to a magic-sealing ability.

A mage who has been magic-sealed—no, even if a grand mage were magic-sealed, Su Xiao could still hack them to death within a few seconds, unless the opponent's melee ability could block Su Xiao.

It is still too early to imagine these things now; it is very difficult to upgrade the Qing Gang Ying ability to Lv. 50. Given the energy currently required for the Qing Gang Ying ability, even if Su Xiao were given a dozen or so essences of the Rebirth Dragon, it might not be enough to upgrade the Qing Gang Ying ability to Lv. 50.

As the level gradually increases, the energy required for Qing Gang Ying increases incrementally. The energy required to upgrade from Lv. 40 to Lv. 41 even exceeds the sum of the energy required for Lv. 30 to Lv. 40. That's right, it's that exaggerated.

It's no wonder the Shadow of the Law-Breaker developed such a dangerous ability as the "Devouring Core." Thinking about it, with such a massive energy demand, if one only relied on soul crystals to obtain energy, no one could afford it.

With the Devouring Core, it's different. In times of crisis, the Devouring Core can not only devour energy, but it is also a sharp weapon for killing enemies.

Su Xiao let out a long breath. Overall, his current strength is a cut above what it was when he just left the original world. If he wants to continue improving his strength, it is unlikely in the near future. The resources he obtained have basically been converted into strength, and the remaining resources are either of unknown use or not very easy to sell.

【Legendary Medal x1】

【Moon God Silver Ring (Set 1/2)】

【???】

There are still three items remaining. Su Xiao does not intend to sell the Legendary Medal; this thing will have great use in the future. After all, every time he experiences a world now, he can forge one piece of equipment for free (Brother Reid).

As for the 【Moon God Silver Ring】, this thing can just be thrown onto the trading market for consignment, and as for the final 【???】, Su Xiao gets a headache just looking at it.

Su Xiao is a senior hunter within Reincarnation Paradise, but from the time he entered Reincarnation Paradise until now, he has truly never seen such a bizarre thing.

This thing doesn't even have a name. Its overall shape is an irregular crystal, and the inside of the crystal is filled with crystal-clear smoke. These smoke clouds occasionally form the shape of a crown, and sometimes they form a throne; the shape changes incessantly.

When he first returned to Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao tried to identify this thing. After all, there was the precedent of the 【World Tree Ring】, so he was full of expectations for this thing.

The identification result was "Failed." It wasn't that Reincarnation Paradise couldn't identify it, but that Su Xiao couldn't afford the identification fee.

【To fully identify "???", it requires 600,000 Paradise Coins, Soul Crystal (Large) x10, Wang Zuo Gas Source, Crown Water Crimson, and Wang Quan Cold Relic.】

With Su Xiao's financial resources, 600,000 Paradise Coins + ten Soul Crystals (Large) is something he could scrape together if he gritted his teeth. As for the Wang Zuo Gas Source, Crown Water Crimson, and Wang Quan Cold Relic—these three items, no, they should be these three pieces of equipment—Su Xiao has absolutely no channel to obtain them.

He has heard of these three pieces of equipment. This is a gold-tier set, no less famous than the Hunter Demon Set, known as the Ice King Set. For an ice-type grand mage, the value of the Ice King Set even exceeds that of three high-rating legendary-tier equipment.

Of course, this is only the value for ice-type grand mages. In the eyes of those skill-based ice mages, the Ice King Set is trash, or rather, the set ability of the Ice King Set is too high-end, and those skill-based ice mages cannot reach such high-end things. In the eyes of the ignorant, gold worth 100,000 is higher than rare minerals worth 10 million; that is the principle.