Chapter 2000: Spirit and Soul

Su Xiao sat on the Soul Throne. At this moment, he seemed capable of doing many things beyond imagination. If he hadn't practiced blade technique, he might have been confused by the current feeling.

Su Xiao stood up from the Soul Throne, came before a giant dragon with black scales all over its body, and raised his right foot to step on the dragon's head.

*Crack*, the giant dragon was stepped into large bubbles by Su Xiao. The old demon, the two-headed giant, and others all turned into bubbles.

"You, are qualified."

Countless voices mixed together to form this sentence. This sound shook the soul.

Just as the soul-shaking sound disappeared, the giant dragon, the old demon, the two-headed giant, and others appeared again. This time, they weren't prostrate on the ground, but kneeling on one knee.

Su Xiao glanced at the giant dragon beside him. The giant dragon's brown-yellow vertical pupils were also looking at him. The surroundings became unusually quiet.

Su Xiao's hand reached toward the giant dragon's head. Magically, his hand passed directly through the giant dragon's body, grabbing a transparent gelatinous substance. This thing was both soft and tough.

*Rip*, Su Xiao tore off a large piece of the giant dragon's soul.

"Awoo!!"

The giant dragon howled to the sky. Just as it glared angrily at Su Xiao, the scene before its eyes calmed it down.

Su Xiao placed the mass of soul in his hand before his mouth and took a bite. This taste was something he would never forget.

*Boom! *

The Soul Throne shattered, forming a vortex starting from it, sucking everything in except Su Xiao.

Su Xiao didn't choose to become any Lord of Souls; that only looked glorious. He had two choices just now: one, to govern souls, which meant sitting on the Soul Throne forever. This ability was very strong and quick to master, but it would gradually strip away his consciousness.

Two was soul-devouring. This was relying on Su Xiao himself to become stronger, requiring long-term accumulation, but it had no side effects.

Su Xiao naturally chose the second one. His strength was earned by risking his life; that kind of suddenly obtained powerful strength would have very obvious weaknesses.

Pitch black, endless darkness. But when Su Xiao opened his eyes, he saw Bubu Wang holding the injection gun.

"Unexpectedly smooth."

Su Xiao looked at his hand; that mass of giant dragon soul had disappeared.

【Hint: Soul-Devourer talent has completed its second awakening.】

【Soul-Devourer】

Category: Killing Talent (Awakened twice)

Level: SSS

Talent Effect (Passive): After entering a world, upon killing a target for the first time, you can choose to strip its 'Spirit' or 'Soul'. After completing the choice, you must enter the next world before you can change it.

Hint: If you choose to strip 'Spirit', you can permanently seize 1-60 Mana points and restore the same amount of Health and Mana. Each world can permanently increase Mana by at most 500 points.

Hint: If you choose to strip 'Soul', you can strip out Soul Crystal Fragments, permanently increasing Soul Strength by 1-3 points. If the enemy is too weak, you will be unable to strip Soul Crystal Fragments. Each world can permanently increase Soul Strength by at most 30 points.

Talent Effect (Active): After killing an enemy, if the Hunter has not performed stripping of 'Spirit' or 'Soul', you can forcibly shatter the enemy's un-dissipated soul, obtaining partial techniques, knowledge, etc., through soul fragments. If the obtained techniques, knowledge, etc., do not match the Hunter's ability inclination, you can abandon this acquisition.

Hint: This ability can only be used three times per world.

After checking the changes to Soul-Devourer, Su Xiao's heartbeat couldn't help but accelerate. He had obtained an ability that could make him stronger faster.

First was the passive effect of Soul-Devourer. The difference from before wasn't actually large, but a choice needed to be made.

Su Xiao could now strip 'Spirit' or 'Soul' after killing an enemy. 'Spirit' was permanently increasing Mana and providing a recovery effect, which was the same as the previous Soul-Devourer, just with increased intensity.

As for stripping 'Soul', this was very interesting; it could permanently increase Su Xiao's Soul Strength. However, he had guessed this point long ago. What he hadn't expected was that he could increase Soul Strength by 30 points per world.

Su Xiao had eaten Soul Fruits and used massive amounts of Soul Crystals, but even so, his current Soul Strength was only 60 points.

And stripping 'Soul' could help Su Xiao permanently increase Soul Strength by 30 points per world. What kind of concept was this? The Soul Strength Su Xiao had obtained from fighting from Tier 1 to the top of Tier 5 would only take one world to obtain half that amount.

Stripping 'Spirit' and 'Soul' could only be one of two choices. To change, one needed to enter the next world and kill an enemy for the first time to change it.

The Soul Crystal Fragments mentioned in the talent made Su Xiao very interested. His equipment, Soul Lock Lamp, could also strip out Soul Crystal Fragments, just that they couldn't be absorbed directly.

Before the second awakening of Soul-Devourer, Su Xiao had been very eager for the Soul Crystal Fragments inside the Soul Lock Lamp. Now, he finally knew why: he could devour these pure Soul Crystal Fragments to increase his own Soul Strength.

This made Su Xiao have a thought: in the future, only strip 'Spirit' to increase Mana. As for increasing Soul Strength, do it through the Soul Crystal Fragments in the Soul Lock Lamp. Once successful, he could increase both the Mana cap and Soul Strength, which could be called a huge profit.

Whether the hypothesis could succeed, Su Xiao still needed to experiment. As for the active ability of Soul-Devourer, that was even more interesting.

The active ability was to shatter the enemy's soul without stripping, obtaining partial techniques, knowledge, etc., through the enemy's soul fragments. Undoubtedly, this greatly increased Su Xiao's speed of becoming stronger, although this acquisition had randomness and was only a part.

Even if the obtained techniques and knowledge were useless, Su Xiao could abandon them without consuming energy to accept them. He had never felt that he was omnipotent and could do everything perfectly.

Of course, if he could obtain techniques from blade technique or melee powerhouses, Su Xiao wouldn't refuse. This could improve his realization of blade technique and melee combat abilities.

Su Xiao felt that he wouldn't use the active effect of Soul-Devourer often, but every time he used it, there would be no small harvest. Three times per world was enough.

Thoughts stopped here. Su Xiao unhooked the Soul Lock Lamp from his sleeve. This piece of equipment, only half a pinky finger long, was very convenient to carry, which was one of its advantages.

The Soul Lock Lamp was a consumable piece of equipment. Every time it was used to synthesize Soul Crystals, it would consume durability until it was scrapped.

Su Xiao wouldn't use the Soul Lock Lamp to synthesize Soul Crystals at all; he only needed to obtain Soul Crystal Fragments through this equipment, which wouldn't consume durability.

Su Xiao took out a few Soul Crystal Fragments from the Soul Lock Lamp and held them in his hand. As his talent ability, he could naturally activate Soul-Devourer at will.

Strange fluctuations spread in Su Xiao's hand. A few seconds later, the Soul Crystal Fragments condensed together. Su Xiao could be certain that these Soul Crystal Fragments could no longer be synthesized into Soul Crystals, but they were purer.

【Hunter has devoured the Soul Crystal Fragments, Soul Strength permanently increased by 2 points. Because the Hunter is located within Reincarnation Paradise, this improvement will be calculated into the next world. Soul Strength can be increased in the next world: 28 points.】

Su Xiao loosened his hand, and a wisp of transparent dust slipped from his hand. Success. He skipped the choice of stripping 'Spirit' or 'Soul' and directly increased Soul Strength. That is to say, he didn't need to make a choice later; he only needed to permanently increase Mana by killing enemies and permanently increase Soul Strength through the Soul Lock Lamp.

For some reason, Su Xiao took out a Soul Crystal (Small) from his storage space on a whim. After hesitating for a moment, he tossed it into his mouth.

*Crack, crack... *

Su Xiao chewed the Soul Crystal (Small) in his mouth. It was crispier than expected, and because of Soul-Devourer, he had the texture of food when eating Soul Crystals, and... it was delicious!

A moment later, Su Xiao wanted to take out another Soul Crystal (Small), but considering the cost, he didn't do so. ===== CHAPTER 2001 =====