Chapter 2404

Su Xiao locked the bedroom door, and the thick curtains blocked the light, leaving the room somewhat dim.

Xiang Bubu Wang was blending into the environment, guarding the doorway; Amu was on the first floor of the small building, and Bahar was on the roof. This tight security made Su Xiao feel much more at ease. Before thoroughly mastering the King of Qinggangying, if he were interrupted, the consequences would be very serious—not to mention dying on the spot, it would also leave hidden dangers, causing him to never be able to thoroughly master the King of Qinggangying.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed. He first entered a meditative state, adjusting his own state to the best.

The surrounding environment took on an ethereal feeling; the colors of all things faded, yet their existence became exceptionally vivid. Su Xiao could feel the wood grain on the wooden cabinet a few meters away, and the traces of insect damage were magnified by his perception.

Beneath the small building, various insects were waking up in early spring. A sparrow flew across the sky; the scarcity of food in winter made the sparrow's small body very weak, yet it was still chirping, as if celebrating the arrival of spring.

Everything was very natural and peaceful. Sword art was such a marvelous thing; when killing enemies, blood splattered and severed limbs flew, but when practicing, it was natural and peaceful, to be comprehended with the heart.

Su Xiao had absorbed the blood energy of ancient battlefields and had personally killed countless living beings. Even so, he had never developed inner demons or gone mad from killing. The reason was that he insisted on heart meditation every day. It didn't matter what he did when killing enemies, but after killing, he had to let his heart calm down. He only acted according to his own will, rather than being driven by inner demons or killing intent to go on a killing spree. In Su Xiao's view, that was no different from death.

"Hoo~"

Su Xiao slowly exhaled. Without realizing it, two hours had passed. This was the only drawback of meditation; when comprehending nature, one would unconsciously ignore the passage of time. Meditating in each world had unique experiences.

The Holy Grail World was "wailing," the Hia Continent was "light," the Dark Crow World was "muttering," like a witch with a dark and charming voice whispering in one's ear, the Ghost World was "distortion," the Black King World was "dead silence," and the Wizard World was "crying."

The Light and Dark World had no characteristics, at least Su Xiao hadn't felt them yet. This world seemed to be shrouded by something, which should be the influence of the Ancient God.

In fact, Su Xiao was still a bit timid about going deep into Doom Town. The Ancient God inside could be called the strongest Ancient God he had encountered so far. Even the Mage Sage Serphilia of the Arcane Eternal Star hadn't given Su Xiao this kind of pressure.

It could be said that this Ancient God meant death upon meeting. Even so, Su Xiao was still prepared to go to Doom Town to explore. He had a bold idea; if that conjecture was true, this Ancient God was an opportunity.

Not considering these for now, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed without moving, gradually activating the Qinggangying energy in his body. If he wasn't mistaken, this was his last Shadow Burning.

Shadow Burning was an "experience card," an "experience card" generated by the limit of Su Xiao's body's endurance. He had been wrong about one point before: this ability was not meant for fighting.

Su Xiao had also wondered why the consumption of the King of Qinggangying was so high, ridiculously high. That ability to recover 20% upon killing an enemy was useless against strong enemies, and while it was not bad in group battles, the problem was that he couldn't activate Shadow Burning at all during group battles. He would be exhausted in half an hour. No matter how much mana he had, it was useless. Was he supposed to take it to the grave?

For this reason, Su Xiao had even developed Blade Shadow Burning. Now it seemed that this had deviated from the right track. After all, there were no other Law-Breakers to guide him. The number of times the unscrupulous mentor Marvin Waltz had met Su Xiao didn't even add up to ten. Even if he wanted to guide him, he lacked the ability.

Only now did Su Xiao know that the role of Shadow Burning was to exercise himself, allowing his body to initially adapt to the King of Qinggangying, and the mana recovery derived from Shadow Burning was to avoid insufficient mana when practicing by killing enemies.

Distracting thoughts quickly faded, and the Qinggangying energy in Su Xiao's body was completely activated. Blue flames rose on his body surface, like drifting smoke.

Black-blue patterns appeared on both sides of Su Xiao's cheeks. Unlike before, this time the black-blue patterns began to spread under Su Xiao's ears, climbing along his neck toward his torso.

Before long, the black-blue patterns spread out from Su Xiao's cuffs and climbed onto his hands.

Su Xiao's body had completely adapted to Shadow Burning, and the Qinggangying energy in his body was active to the limit, flowing through his blood throughout his body.

Dong~

His heart beat like a drum, appearing with an exceptionally heavy thud. Pain, numbness, itchiness, swelling—several sensations echoed throughout his body. Su Xiao frowned tightly. He felt as if his body was being torn apart inch by inch, then healing, then tearing again.

The blue flames on his body surface rose more fiercely. Su Xiao tried his best to concentrate, avoiding passing out. There had never been a single pleasant experience when improving a Law-Breaker's abilities. Come to think of it, the past Law-Breakers pursued strength, and the abilities they developed only considered three points: 1. Is it strong enough? 2. Will I die after mastering it? 3. Will it damage my own origin?

If these three points were passed, the ability development was considered a success. As for the experience during mastery, if other Law-Breakers were still alive, they would only chuckle and say, "We all went through it; just endure it."

Contrary to meditation, Su Xiao felt that time became very long. Every minute and every second seemed to stop, and the tearing pain throughout his body became stronger and stronger.

Half an hour later, sweat dripped down Su Xiao's chin, and his health dropped to 42%. That's right, a Law-Breaker improving an ability would be exaggerated to the point of losing health.

In this half hour, Su Xiao had already forgotten how he got through it. After enduring it, he suddenly realized that the severe pain all over his body before didn't count for anything, because now… it hurt even more.

Only by enduring the suffering of practice could one achieve greatness. Su Xiao always firmly believed in this, so he chose to endure and carefully experience it. In this way, there wouldn't be such an experience in the future, because he was already used to it.

When Su Xiao fought enemies, he wouldn't even blink if his arm was cut off. It wasn't that it didn't hurt, or that he had no sensation. When an arm was severed, the stump would first go numb, and then severe pain would gradually emerge from the numbness. When his stamina attribute wasn't high enough, once this severe pain appeared, he would need to use all his strength and energy to fight it, leading to only being able to move slowly.

This was also why people often could only crawl on the ground when their waist was cut by a sharp weapon. One move affects the whole body; pain is the body's protective mechanism. Once it exceeds the limit, it becomes an enemy—an enemy that must be fought with all one's strength.

After being baptized by various Law-Breaker abilities, Su Xiao's pain tolerance was very strong, which was a great help in combat.

Without realizing it, the severe pain in Su Xiao's body subsided. He immediately felt his body lighten, and the Qinggangying energy in his body became more condensed. The quantity hadn't increased, but the density had at least doubled.

He could feel that his body had improved significantly in terms of speed. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as the improvement from Shadow Burning, this time it was a permanent improvement, not an "experience card."

【Hint: Your Qinggangying ability strength has increased, and enemy energy burning has increased by 260 points.】

【Your health has increased by 7500 points.】

【Your basic nerve reflex speed has permanently increased by 20 points.】

【Your basic dynamic vision has permanently increased by 17 points.】

【Hint: Basic nerve reflex speed and basic dynamic vision can only be improved when increasing the agility attribute or during the awakening of a very small number of abilities.】

……

Before Su Xiao could open the skill list of the King of Qinggangying to check, several hints appeared. This was not the ability of the King of Qinggangying, but the permanent gain his body received after thoroughly mastering the King of Qinggangying. Although the "Shadow Burning experience card" was gone, he had also become stronger during the experience.