Chapter 2043

Regarding the Old Saint Cultivator, Su Xiao's only impression was his exquisite sword technique. Of course, Su Xiao wouldn't miss the opportunity to strip away the opponent's soul memories.

A black, blue, and red crystal appeared above the Old Saint Cultivator. Su Xiao reached out with one hand, and the crystal shattered with a crack, three light orbs flying into his hand.

【You have obtained "Ascetic Memory · Saint Cultivator (Complete)".】

【You have obtained "Technique Memory · Sword Master (Incomplete)".】

【You have obtained "Killing Memory · Pure Fire Burning Blade (Incomplete)".】

【Prompt: Hunter can choose one to strip.】

The black, blue, and red light orbs floated in Su Xiao's palm. As for what to choose, there was no need to consider; it must be "Technique Memory · Sword Master."

Three blue energy threads appeared in Su Xiao's hand, two of which wrapped around the blue light orb, and the last one pierced into it.

A large number of images appeared before Su Xiao's eyes. These images flashed by, making his brain feel like it was about to explode.

A long time later, Su Xiao sat on the ground, covering his forehead with one hand. Technique memory was clearly different from ascetic memory. Ascetic memory was used for devouring, while technique memory was used for observation and realization. One could only watch it once, and these soul memories would dissipate.

Su Xiao subconsciously gripped the hilt of the Blue-Devouring sword. He felt that his sword technique had improved.

【Prompt: Sword Master has been upgraded to lv. 33.】

【Sword Master: lv. 33 (Passive Skill)】

Skill effect: Increases sword weapon attack power by 526% (increased by 9%), nerve reflex speed +144% (increased by 5%), immune to mental control...

Initial additional ability: Rhythm of All Things x

lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Shadow Flash...

lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade...

lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Blade Extremity...

Su Xiao's eyes opened. Sword Master had been upgraded by one level, which put him in a very good mood. The Soul Devourer talent was a qualitative change after its second awakening.

After the level of Sword Master exceeds lv. 30, every level up requires a significant price, and the technique memory obtained this time was equivalent to the gain of 15 Soul Crystals (Complete) + 500,000 Paradise Coins.

From the First Tier to the Fifth Tier, Su Xiao seemed to have mastered many abilities, but in fact, most of them were passive abilities. Excluding the abilities attached to equipment, the active abilities he used in combat were actually only a few.

Blood Beast, Blue Steel Shadow, Dragon Shadow Flash, Slaughter Shadow, and three of them were used with sword techniques as the core.

The only truly independent ability was Blood Beast; the rest were passive.

As for the Blade Dao Sword series, these were sword techniques developed by Su Xiao himself, all of which should be classified under sword techniques.

Su Xiao's ability to defeat the Old Saint Cultivator was not an accidental event, but one he had "died out" of. He had forgotten how many times he had "died" under this old guy's sword. In the end, whenever the Old Saint Cultivator leaned over, Su Xiao knew what move the opponent was going to use.

Successfully defeating the Old Saint Cultivator made Su Xiao feel very refreshed and greatly increased his confidence.

Su Xiao stood up from the ground. Having defeated the first soul incarnation, the second soul incarnation was about to appear.

The gray fog all around surged, and a tall figure walked out from the gray fog. He held a long-handled broadsword. This weapon was nearly three meters long in total, the handle alone was one meter long, the blade was nearly two meters long, and the edge was about four fingers wide. Overall, it didn't look clumsy; instead, it appeared sharp and unstoppable.

"Living Butcher · Punishment."

Blue flames formed these five characters, which soon dissipated.

The skin of the Living Butcher was dark red, and cracks could still be vaguely seen. The tattered clothes hung on him in strips.

Su Xiao held the Blue-Devouring long sword with one hand. The confidence he had just gained from defeating the Old Saint Cultivator suddenly wavered a bit.

"It's not... completely impossible to defeat."

Su Xiao stepped forward and rushed...

The mechanical chariot sped along. Su Xiao sat in the back seat and raised his hand to press his neck. Just a moment ago, he had been slashed into six pieces by the Living Butcher, taking a total of 7 seconds.

The first slash, Blue-Devouring was severed; the second slash, one of Su Xiao's left arms was severed, but he threw the short sword in his hand, stabbing it into the Living Butcher's head. As for the opponent's injuries... it's better not to mention them.

As for after the third slash, Su Xiao was decapitated, and the subsequent scenes were selectively forgotten.

In terms of sword technique, the Living Butcher was at least more than half as strong as the Old Saint Cultivator. This wasn't the most frustrating part; the Living Butcher's strength, speed, and defense almost completely crushed Su Xiao.

Upon entering the 【Chapter of Greed】, Su Xiao's comprehensive attributes were constant, with strength, agility, and stamina all at 100 points. The Old Saint Cultivator had been the same before.

But when it came to the Living Butcher, the opponent's strength, agility, and stamina were at least above 140 points. What was even more unsolvable was that this wasn't a brute; although his sword strikes were open and close, there were no flaws. The sense of oppression was truly too strong.

Su Xiao seriously suspected that even if his Sword Master reached lv. 40, he might not necessarily be able to defeat the Living Butcher. One must know that this was only the second soul incarnation, and there were eight more behind, each stronger than the last.

Su Xiao put away the 【Chapter of Greed】. In terms of exercising combat experience, there was no place more suitable than the 【Chapter of Greed】.

If Su Xiao could defeat the Living Butcher, he would have the confidence to hang his former rival, the Moon God, up and beat him using only sword techniques, and without any passive skill/equipment bonuses.

Thinking of this, and his not-so-fatigued spirit, Su Xiao injected mana into the 【Chapter of Greed】 again.

After his soul became strong enough, when he died in battle in the 【Chapter of Greed】, even the mental fatigue was reduced by a large margin. He even suspected that if his soul were strong enough, he could use the 【Chapter of Greed】 without any restrictions.

10 seconds later...

Su Xiao touched his chin. This time he adopted a strategy of running away as soon as they met and frantically slashing out sword lights. The result was that he lived 3 seconds longer before being pinned to the ground by the Living Butcher with one slash.

"This is also... too unsolvable."

"Woof?"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao in confusion.

"Do you want to experience it?"

Su Xiao injected mana into the 【Chapter of Greed】 and signaled Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to press his dog paw on it.

"Woof? (Is it fun?)"

"In terms of practical combat value, it's very... interesting."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang pressed his dog paw on it. 1.2 seconds later.

"Woof?"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang regained consciousness, his dog face dazed. He had just felt something go "whoosh" past, and then his dog head fell to the ground. He hadn't even seen clearly what kind of thing the enemy was.

Su Xiao rubbed his slightly stinging forehead. Just now, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's mental power had only entered the 【Chapter of Greed】, and the burden borne after being "killed" was very small.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang successfully entered the 【Chapter of Greed】, which gave Su Xiao quite a bit of inspiration. He felt that this thing could be used as an "amulet."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's entry into the 【Chapter of Greed】 this time was Su Xiao "opening the way," pulling Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang in, and the burden borne was 90% by Su Xiao and 10% by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang.

But what if there was no Su Xiao "opening the way," and someone's consciousness was forcibly stuffed into the Chapter of Greed?

For example, if there was an extremely strong enemy who invaded Su Xiao's body with a consciousness body, he could completely pull the enemy into the Chapter of Greed, thereby letting the Living Butcher slash the enemy's consciousness body.

Even if the Living Butcher wasn't a match, Su Xiao still had eight other soul incarnations stronger than the Living Butcher!

Putting away the 【Chapter of Greed】, the magical aspects of this thing remained to be developed. Su Xiao suspected that the former holder, the Old Saint Cultivator, had only defeated the first soul incarnation.

Su Xiao looked out the chariot window. At some point, the emerald green scenery outside the window had disappeared, replaced by sandy yellow. They had entered the desert area Mogro had mentioned.