Chapter 2215

Five hours later, Su Xiao suddenly appeared in the training ground, with two long swords, a short battle spear, and a broken halberd still embedded in his body.

Su Xiao's sudden appearance genuinely startled the nearby contractors; while it was normal to be drenched in sweat from exhaustion in the training ground, being covered in fresh blood was extremely rare.

Su Xiao's aura was exceptionally sharp, his swordsmanship master breaking through a major barrier.

Crack crack crack...

The blood on Su Xiao's body began to freeze, this being the blood of soldiers from the extreme winter battlefield.

As soon as the blood froze, it gradually evaporated into a gaseous state; Su Xiao sat on the ground, panting heavily, having forgotten how many enemies he had slain in the previous five hours—proving that as long as the average soldier's strength is sufficient, the human sea tactic becomes terrifying even at high levels, with numbers actually being a manifestation of strength.

After resting a few minutes, Su Xiao stood up from the ground, shook off the bloodstains on his hands; being powerful sounded impressive, but being powerful required sweat, blood, and... possibly even one's life.

After returning to his private room, Su Xiao used park coins to recover from his injuries, but the fatigue from fighting extreme winter battlefield soldiers for five hours could not be erased by recovery functions and needed rest to recuperate.

After roughly calculating his remaining time, Su Xiao felt he couldn't participate in the arena this time; he needed proper rest, then go to the Land of All Beings to cultivate his swordsmanship.

Su Xiao lay on the bed|, opened his skill list, and checked his Swordsmanship Master ability; after using 【Bloodbath Trial】, his Swordsmanship Master had risen to lv. 41.

【Swordsmanship Master: lv. 41 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect: Increases bladed weapon attack power by 599% (increase of 28%), neural reflex speed +185% (increase of 16%), immune to mental control, immune to spiritual bewitchment, lure, etc.

Initial Additional Ability: Universal Rhythm x+++ (Breaking through upper limit by three tiers).

lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Shadow Flash (Under development...)

lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade (Passive)

lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Blade's Extremity (Passive/Active)

lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Heart-Soul Blade (Passive): When engaging enemies, the hunter can use the 'Heart's Eye' to lock onto possible enemy weaknesses; if successfully attacking the enemy's weakness, the enemy will be forced into an extremely short state of being unable to defend, unable to parry, or unable to move; during this period, the hunter's strikes will deal damage ignoring **defense power at 3~5 times normal strike intensity.

Note: This ability consumes nothing, has no cooldown, and can be used continuously.

Note: This ability is exclusive to hunters.

Seeing the effect of Heart-Soul Blade (Passive), Su Xiao was very satisfied; this ability was not about energy bombardment or wildly swinging a blade, but rather tested his swordsmanship and combat experience.

Once he successfully captured an enemy's opening in battle and attacked, the enemy would be completely immobilized in the subsequent extremely short time; though brief, it was sufficient for Su Xiao.

Actually capturing small enemy openings isn't difficult; when Su Xiao fought Iron Feather King, he at least successfully captured three small openings from the opponent, one of which nearly had Iron Feather King kicked down by Su Xiao's foot, but Su Xiao couldn't seize the initiative then, as it was a small opening Iron Feather King deliberately exposed, waiting for him to advance—once Su Xiao dared to step forward, Iron Feather King would immediately unleash a storm of gunfire.

Such small openings, Iron Feather King would actively expose, and Su Xiao would do the same; sometimes actively exposing a small opening, if handled properly afterward, it becomes an opportunity to defeat the enemy; after all, at Su Xiao and Iron Feather King's level, the chance of error is minuscule, but when an error occurs, death is certain; as for exposing a small opening, it's merely routine operation—this is a trap in combat, not a mistake.

Therefore, for Su Xiao, capturing an enemy's small opening in battle is something he must do and does most often; once gaining Heart-Soul Blade (Passive), if Su Xiao seizes an opening, the enemy can consider what coffin model to use—sliding lid or flip lid.

As Su Xiao guessed, each person's master-level ability derives unique ultimate abilities; if all were Swordsmanship Masters, their lv. 10 or lv. 20 ultimates might be similar, but by lv. 30 or lv. 40, they all become abilities with personal style.

Iron Feather King waged war his whole life, so his Spear Master lv. 40 ultimate is very suitable for battlefields; Su Xiao, however, excels at one-on-one duels against strong opponents, so his lv. 40 ultimate also leans toward that aspect.

As for who is stronger, if on a battlefield, Su Xiao would be killed by Iron Feather King in a short time; but in one-on-one combat, once Swordsmanship Master reaches lv. 40, Su Xiao is stronger, able to gain the initiative in technique comparison; of course, technique comparison has many variables, which is also the danger and exhilaration of duels between technique experts.

Su Xiao soon fell into a deep sleep, this sleep being very comfortable; after all, the benefits gained in the Abyss World had basically all been converted into strength.

When Su Xiao woke up, his remaining time was still 10 hours; his first act upon rising was to configure permanent benefit potions and have Bennie take them to sell.

A few hours later, the materials for permanent benefit potions were exhausted, successfully producing 11 bottles; if all sold, net profit would be around 1.6 million park coins.

Su Xiao didn't wait for Bennie to finish selling the potions before leaving his private room, first going to Sha's side to help Sha treat her hidden ailment, then straight to the Land of All Beings to painstakingly cultivate swordsmanship—this is something he must do every time, rain or shine; only self-developed swordsmanship can unleash the Swordsmanship Master's power to its limit.

After painstaking cultivation, the nearly exhausted Su Xiao received a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise.

【Prompt: Stay time has reached the limit; hunters are about to return to the real world.】

Real world, accessory store, second floor.

Su Xiao dragged his fatigued body, opened the shop door after going downstairs, then leaned on the sofa; he didn't even want to move a finger, having trained too fiercely in the Land of All Beings, mainly perfecting 'Blade Dao Sword Absolute Seclusion,' which Iron Feather King shattered with a gun sweep, indicating the move wasn't perfected enough.

Of course, this also relates to Iron Feather King being too strong—he used a hook-bladed spear to fling the Green Ghost back; when Bubu Wang witnessed that scene earlier, it was dazed and stunned for a long time.

Real life is very peaceful; Su Xiao's state gradually adjusted to optimal; items he could sell in the short term were all converted by him into strength; as for whether he could win the top three in the Strongest Contention Battle, he still didn't know, after all, there are always people beyond people.

Time flew by; Su Xiao, immersed in gaming, received a summons from the Reincarnation Paradise.

The teleportation sensation struck; when Su Xiao's vision recovered, he was already inside his private room.

【Hunter is about to participate in the Strongest Contention Battle.】

【This participation in 'Strongest Contention Battle' Paradise: Reincarnation Paradise, Initiation Paradise, Holy Domain Paradise, Death Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Watch Paradise......】

【This participation in 'Strongest Contention Battle' Void Races: Feather Race, Demon Race, Arcane Eternal Star, Devil Race, Star Race......】

【This participation in 'Strongest Contention Battle' Transcendent Native World Representatives: Fallen Star, Wind Sea Continent, Night Delusion Witch Guild......】

【Reincarnation Paradise Quota: 3/3 (Hunter is within this quota).】

【Prompt: If encountering allied personnel, hunters are requested not to engage in conflict.】

【Teleportation is about to begin, first stop: Void Dusk Island.】

【Dusk Island is the Seventh Contention Zone, sharing the 'Contention Zone' camp with: Initiation Paradise, Feather Race (Void), Dream Spirit Race (Void), Mourning Sacrifice Race (Void), Baking Si Race (Void), Death Paradise, Reincarnation Paradise, Fallen Star (Transcendent Native World).......

【Prompt: A total of 56 camps are located in the Seventh Contention Zone's Dusk Island.】

Su Xiao looked at the prompt before him, showing no emotional change; but if one understood the Strongest Contention Battle, seeing the situation in the Seventh Contention Zone would absolutely leave them dumbfounded.

Reincarnation Paradise, Death Paradise, Feather Race, Fallen Star—the fiercest few—two-thirds are already here; as for Initiation Paradise or Dream Spirit Race, etc., not saying they hide in corners shivering, they're also not much better off.

The Strongest Contention Battle has just begun, and the nightmare-level 'Seventh Contention Zone' has appeared.

As teleportation was about to start, Su Xiao received another prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise.

【Prompt: The Seventh Contention Zone already has camps that have forfeited.】

【Baking Si Race (Void) has forfeited, giving up participation in this Strongest Contention Battle.】

【Mourning Sacrifice Race (Void) has forfeited, giving up participation in this Strongest Contention Battle.】

【Prompt: Only at this stage can participation be waived.】