Chapter 2309

In the arena lounge, Su Xiao drank a glass of cold lemonade; the tart taste made him feel refreshed.

Su Xiao had just finished lunch. He had come to the arena originally intending to test the Blade King through actual combat, but after matching two consecutive games, he couldn't find an opponent; neither Nameless Saint nor Hugh would fight him.

Nameless Saint and Hugh occupied the first and second places in the arena, which was reasonable. Their strength was obvious to all; the former participated in the Strongest Contest representing Apocalypse Paradise, and the latter represented the Arcane Eternal Star.

It wasn't just these two; among the top ten, there were other acquaintances. The Devil race's Waldi was ranked sixth, and Sanctuary Paradise's Yamu was ranked ninth. As for the blockhead Monde, Su Xiao didn't see him in the top ten.

Su Xiao guessed that Monde didn't make the top ten likely because the Demon race and the Winged race were at war, and Monde had no time to fight in the arena.

The problem at hand was that after Su Xiao reached the top spot, he couldn't match with any opponents at all. Thinking about it, it made sense; both the second and third place players had blocked him, so it would be strange if he could match with an opponent.

Seeing this, Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baja and left the arena. Halfway there, Xiang Bubu and Baja didn't know where they had run off to play.

Returning to his exclusive room and sitting on the sofa, Su Xiao took out 30 Soul Crystals (Complete) from his storage space. After Blade Mastery reaches Lv. 40 or higher, every level increase requires 30 Soul Crystals (Complete).

Fighting with blade techniques is certainly enjoyable, but the cost of improvement is also high. Fortunately, this is a cumulative process.

【Yes/No to upgrade Blade Mastery to Lv. 40? Upgrading this ability requires consuming Soul Crystals (Complete) x30 + 700,000 Paradise Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to upgrade. The 30 Soul Crystals on the coffee table in front of him all shattered and surged toward him.

Su Xiao's vision turned black and white; black on the right, white on the left, the division between black and white was very clear. Suddenly, the black and white began to intersect at the dividing line, twisting into a sphere where black and white were intertwined.

"The world... begins and ends in a single thought."

With a boom, the sphere of intertwined black and white exploded. Transparent figures holding long blades rushed toward Su Xiao, blade light crisscrossing.

Su Xiao's vision returned to normal, and he was still sitting on the sofa in his exclusive room.

【Blade Mastery has been upgraded to Lv. 42.】

【Blade Mastery: Lv. 42 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect: Increases blade-type weapon attack power by 609% (increased by 10%), neural reflex speed +191% (increased by 6%), immune to mental control, immune to psychic bewitchment, induction, etc.

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Rhythm of All Things (Passive) ++++ (Exceeded the upper limit by four tiers)

Lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade (Passive)

Lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Extreme Blade (Passive/Active)

Lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Heart · Soul · Blade (Passive)

The Blade Mastery ability had undergone some changes. The original Lv. 10 ultimate ability was Shadow Flash, but after Su Xiao's refinement, Shadow Flash had been categorized into the blade techniques he developed himself.

The current Lv. 10 ultimate ability, Rhythm of All Things, was an initial auxiliary ability before Blade Mastery. Now, after breaking through the upper limit once more, it was promoted to a Lv. 10 ultimate ability.

As for the effect of Rhythm of All Things, this ability is to perceive nature and has a great bonus effect on meditation. It seems inconspicuous, but in reality, it is an indispensable aid on Su Xiao's path to becoming stronger.

His own improvement was roughly complete, and Su Xiao prepared to deal with alchemy; he had previously obtained a new formula.

Just as Su Xiao was about to get up and go to the alchemy laboratory, he received news from Benny. She had contacted the buyer for 【Sky Meteorite Disaster +14】. The bad news was that the other party was a member of a chamber of commerce, which made the transaction difficult.

One can imagine how ruthless chambers of commerce are when it comes to suppressing prices. If it were in the past, Benny could easily deal with members of a chamber of commerce, but now the other party had an item Su Xiao really needed, which put Benny in a passive position.

Upon learning this news, Su Xiao left his exclusive room and hurried to the trading market. The trading market covered a large area, and after wandering around the trading market a few times, Su Xiao finally found the stall where Benny was located.

This stall was located in the central area of the trading market. Although Su Xiao could use a stall in the trading market for free, he couldn't occupy it for a long time.

This stall was bought by Benny at a high price, and only it or Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, or Baja could use it.

This wasn't Benny spending money in vain; it had to help Su Xiao sell equipment, props, alchemical potions, etc., especially alchemical potions. Every time Su Xiao returned to Reincarnation Paradise, he had to concoct a dozen or so bottles.

Benny selling alchemical potions at the same stall for a long time could accumulate fame, and since the equipment and props it sold were all high-quality, the fame naturally grew even larger. The benefits of a fixed stall were reflected at this time.

It could be said that this stall of Benny's was a place that many members of chambers of commerce were bound to visit after each world progression ended.

At this time, Benny was squatting behind the stall, and in front of the stall was a man wearing a top hat with a fake smile on his face.

"Meow."

Benny pointed at the fake-smiling man, meaning that this was the buyer for 【Sky Meteorite Disaster +14】.

"This gentleman, who are you?"

The fake-smiling man looked at Su Xiao, but didn't pay much attention in his heart. In his view, the truly troublesome one was that cat; it was an old rival.

"Barter?"

Su Xiao picked up the 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】 on the stall, his thumb stroking the three gems at the end of the gun handle.

"Of course not, sir, please don't misunderstand. The price I offered is already very fair. 'Hunting Ring' itself is Holy Spirit-grade, and the eight inlay slots on it are enough to demonstrate its value."

Speaking of this, the fake-smiling man's words paused, as if waiting for Su Xiao to respond to him. Unfortunately, Su Xiao didn't pay any attention to him at all.

"The value of Sky Meteorite Disaster is beyond doubt. According to market prices, the price of Holy Spirit-grade equipment is between 50 and 120 7th-tier Soul Coins. Of course, the enhancement level and inlay effects of Sky Meteorite Disaster need to be calculated separately. Assuming its initial price is 107 Soul Coins, the +14 enhancement level makes its value astonishing."

The fake-smiling man praised 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】 without reservation. As for the Holy Spirit-grade equipment price of 50–120 7th-tier Soul Coins he mentioned, it was indeed the case; almost all high-tier merchants traded using 7th-tier Soul Coins.

As a buyer, the fake-smiling man certainly wouldn't keep praising 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】. Sure enough, after a moment of silence, he began to disparage it.

"However, this gentleman, the inlay of Sky Meteorite Disaster is problematic. The price of gems already inlaid on a weapon will be discounted by 63.7%. Moreover, one of the three inlay effects is very unsatisfactory. This has nothing to do with combat; it tends toward resource searching. Plus, among the attributes of this weapon, one is for mining, so the total value of Sky Meteorite Disaster is 354 Soul Coins."

The fake-smiling man's opening price wasn't actually low; this was him laying the groundwork for the subsequent transaction, because he was prepared to use a special piece of equipment called 【Hunting Ring】 to exchange for 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】.

"If you convert 7th-tier Soul Coins into Paradise Coins, we also welcome it. The ratio in Reincarnation Paradise is 1 7th-tier Soul Coin equals 150,000 Paradise Coins. If you sell Soul Coins to us, the price is 1 7th-tier Soul Coin equals 151,370 Paradise Coins."

Just as the fake-smiling man finished speaking, he discovered that Su Xiao had already lit a cigarette.

"Wait a moment."

Su Xiao's fingers hooked onto the gems inlaid on 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】. 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】 was rather special. Judging from the current situation, selling it with the gems was a loss. Others weren't fools; they certainly wouldn't miss such a good opportunity to bargain.

"Friend, what are you doing?"

Crack~

Su Xiao pried a gem off 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】, a Holy Spirit-grade gem called 【Wealth Stone】.

Just as Su Xiao stripped this gem shining with golden light from 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】, the gem shattered into crystalline dust in Su Xiao's hand.

The fake-smiling man understood and turned to give a bitter smile. The other party was far more decisive than he had imagined, directly forcibly stripping the gems from 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】.

After gems are inlaid, no matter what weapon they are inlaid into, if sold together with the weapon, shrewd merchants will calculate the price of the weapon body and the gems separately and discount the gems by more than 60%.

Su Xiao wanted to forcibly strip the three gems from 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】. As long as he could safely strip 【Storm Tooth】 or 【Flowing God】 from it, he would make a huge profit. Dragon Flash really needed these two gems.

Storm Tooth (Holy Spirit-grade gem): When attacking, it adds ignore-defense damage equal to Agility attribute x2.7 and adds a continuous bleeding effect.

Flowing God (Holy Spirit-grade gem): Weapon sharpness +130 points, penetration +53 points.

With a crack, the 【Storm Tooth】 gem was forcibly stripped by Su Xiao and shattered in his hand in an instant. Even though he had the European Emperor status buff, the probability of forcibly stripping gems was very low. Two Holy Spirit-grade gems, gone just like that.

Crack.

The 【Flowing God】 gem was stripped. Su Xiao looked at the gem between his fingers; if even this one shattered, it would be a loss, but he could afford the loss.

【You have obtained 'Flowing God · Holy Spirit-grade' gem.】

After Su Xiao put away the 【Flowing God】 gem, he tossed the 【Sky Meteorite Disaster】 in his hand to the fake-smiling man.

"Name your price, there are no gems on it now."

"Very well, my offers are always fair."

After the fake-smiling man pondered for a moment, he first took out a metal bracelet and then took out a small cloth bag containing Soul Coins.