Chapter 2575

Su Xiao had accumulated for a long time before he could raise his Blade Technique to lv. 49, and now he could finally raise it to lv. 50.

Choosing to improve Blade Technique, the 100 Soul Crystals in the wooden box in front of Su Xiao shattered and merged into his body.

A roar sounded in his ears. Su Xiao felt as if he had fallen into the deep sea, and powerful pressure appeared around him. If his body hadn't been strong enough, he would have been crushed to death by the water pressure by now.

A feeling of falling appeared, and the squeezing sensation around him became more intense. After reaching a certain critical point, the heavy pressure around him suddenly disappeared. This seemed to be a test, a test of whether Su Xiao's body could withstand the lv. 50 Blade Technique Master.

The falling sensation stopped abruptly. Su Xiao opened his eyes, and a 'feeling of weakness' came from all over his body. His physical fitness had actually returned to the state before he entered Reincarnation Paradise, when he was still an ordinary person.

Heavy footsteps came from ahead, and a tall figure walked out of the darkness. His armor was tattered, and he held a long-handled giant blade; it was the Life Butcher.

The sound of wind breaking came from ahead. Su Xiao's hand raised at a speed completely inconsistent with his physical fitness, grabbing the decapitation giant blade that was slashing over.

With a crack, the Life Butcher's giant blade stopped and shattered suddenly. The invisible shackles on Su Xiao's body broke, and the feeling of weakness completely faded. His physical fitness recovered; everything just now was just an illusion. This time, it was a test of the mind.

The falling sensation appeared again. Just as Su Xiao's vision recovered, two large hands grabbed him, and a feeling of restraint from the soul appeared.

Click, click, click...

Everything around began to shatter again. With Su Xiao's soul strength, he passed this heavy test easily.

The three tests of body, mind, and soul ended, everything around Su Xiao cracked, and darkness shrouded him again.

Clang, clang, clang...

Hammering sounds came from the darkness ahead. Each time it hammered, large particles of light splashed in the darkness ahead, which was extraordinarily gorgeous.

The light particles illuminated the face of a strong old man. The skin on his face was rough, and the beard on his chin was braided into thick braids; it was the Forging Light Old Man. Su Xiao had seen him once before.

"The extremely evil blade wielder, you've come again. This time you must answer me: why did you pick up the blade in your hand?"

"To be stronger."

Su Xiao didn't hesitate at all to answer. He picked up the sharp blade in his hand precisely to pursue being stronger.

"Hmm, not bad, sounds better than those hypocritical lies. But you already have the Soul Blade, no need for me to help you forge it again."

The Forging Light Old Man continued to hammer the light blade on the forging table. A moment later.

"Take it. Since you already have the Soul Blade, your soul power is a weapon that can be attached to the blade."

The Forging Light Old Man waved his hand, and the light blade on the forging table flew up, heading straight for Su Xiao.

The scene in front of Su Xiao blurred. The next instant, he appeared in his exclusive room, still sitting on the sofa, and the spatial fluctuations slowly dissipated.

【Blade Technique Master has been improved to lv. 50.】

【Blade Technique Master ability is separating...】

【Your nerve reflex speed is permanently increased by 233%. This is the bonus from Blade Technique Master lv. 49. Now Blade Technique Master will improve basic nerve reflex speed.】

【Blade Technique Master lv. 10 ultimate ability: Rhythm of All Things (passive), has been converted into an independent ability (passive type), which can be viewed in the skill list.】

Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao knew that Blade Technique had undergone a qualitative change. The original bonus was stripped away separately, and Rhythm of All Things (passive) had now become a separate passive ability, which could be viewed in the skill list.

【Prompt: Because Blade Technique Master has reached lv. 50, you can choose one of the following two abilities as the ultimate ability of Blade Technique Master lv. 50.】

【Soul Sharp Blade (passive), when using blade-type weapons to attack, it will carry soul damage equal to 3.2 times your own soul strength (928 points of soul damage).】

【Soul Potential (passive), each time Blade Technique Master is raised by 1 level, it will increase 1 point of real Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Willpower attributes, as well as 800 HP and 600 Mana points.】

A difficult choice appeared: make the blade in his hand sharper, or choose Soul Potential.

After weighing it, Su Xiao decided to choose 'Soul Sharp Blade (passive)'. The reason was that Strength, Agility, Stamina, HP, Mana, etc., could be improved through other means, while for soul damage-type abilities, he had only seen this one that could be actively triggered. Soul Gaze needed to be controlled to be triggered, unlike Soul Sharp Blade (passive), which slashed the soul with every blade.

One slash carried 928 points of soul damage, and its lethality was considerable. Combined with the 1254 points of real damage per slash from Green Qing Qing Gang Ying, the effect of slashing on the enemy could be imagined.

【Prompt: You have chosen 'Soul Sharp Blade (passive)' as the ultimate ability of Blade Technique Master lv. 50.】

【Blade Technique Master: lv. 50 (passive skill)】

Skill effect: Blade-type weapon attack power increased by 691% (increased by 12%), basic nerve reflex speed +10 points, damage tier caused by blade-type weapons +1.

lv. 10 ultimate ability: Mind Blade (passive), immune to mental control, immune to psychic bewitchment, induction, etc.

lv. 20 ultimate ability: Soul Blade (passive)

lv. 30 ultimate ability: Blade Extreme (passive/active)

lv. 40 ultimate ability: Mind-Soul-Blade (passive)

lv. 50 ultimate ability: Soul Sharp Blade (passive), when using blade-type weapons to attack, it will carry soul damage equal to 3.2 times your own soul strength (928 points of soul damage).

Su Xiao tried to improve Blade Technique Master lv. 50, and a prompt appeared: 100 Soul Crystals (complete) + 500 Paradise Coins per level.

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao felt relieved. He wasn't afraid of high consumption; he was afraid that Blade Technique Master couldn't be improved.

As for Soul Crystals (complete), he could exchange more from the Leader next time. After all, the other party took out 300 Soul Crystals (complete) without even blinking.

There were 200 Soul Crystals (complete) left. Su Xiao was prepared to use these Soul Crystals to improve his Close Combat Master ability, so as to cultivate a combat system with Blade Technique as the main and Close Combat Master as the auxiliary. After becoming a member of the Starry Sky Seat, he already had the resources to develop dual masters.

【Yes/No to improve Close Combat Master lv. 36, improving this ability requires Soul Crystal (complete) x15 + 500,000 Paradise Coins.】

Su Xiao didn't hesitate. He consumed 60 Soul Crystals (complete) and 2 million Paradise Coins to improve Close Combat Master by 4 levels.

Soul Crystals shattered one by one. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the carpet after getting up, carefully sensing the changes in his body and the various techniques that flashed through his mind.

【Prompt: It is detected that the Close Combat Master ability mastered by the Hunter is special. This ability does not have branch techniques such as grappling, close-quarters entanglement, etc. This ability has undergone a transformation.】

【Close Combat Master has transformed into Close Combat Master.】

Su Xiao checked the improvement cost. lv. 40 Close Combat Master required 30 Soul Crystals (complete) and 700,000 Paradise Coins per level.

Choosing to continue improving Close Combat Master, this ability was different from Blade Technique. There was much less insight involved, and it was more focused on the 'instant capture ability' during combat.

Nearly two hours later, Close Combat Master finished improving, reaching lv. 44. Only 20 of the 300 Soul Crystals (complete) remained.

【Close Combat Master: lv. 44 (passive skill)】

Skill effect: In close combat, kick attack power increased by 608% (increased by 64%), nerve reflex speed +99% (increased by 20%), dynamic vision +99% (increased by 20%), close combat skills and reaction ability, etc., greatly improved.

Initial additional ability: Physical defense increased by 25%, immune to all physical control effects derived from attributes lower than one's own Strength and Agility. When forcibly breaking free from physical control effects, judgment correction increased by 30 points.

lv. 10 ultimate ability: Power Penetration - Kick Technique Basic Enhancement (passive)...

lv. 20 ultimate ability: Power Penetration - Kick Technique Primary Enhancement (passive)...

lv. 30 ultimate ability: Power Penetration - Kick Technique Secondary Enhancement (passive)...

lv. 40 ultimate ability: Power Penetration - Kick Technique Tertiary Enhancement (passive): When using kick techniques for armor breaking or shield breaking, power is increased by 3~5 times (e. g., performing the most powerful straight kick can instantly shatter Holy Spirit-level quality shields and armor; the degree of shattering will depend on the enemy item's rating, whether it is reinforced, and whether it is inlaid with defense gems).

Su Xiao's Close Combat Master ability was all concentrated on one kick. This almost insane accumulation made his kick technique reach a somewhat terrifying level. With one kick, ordinary Holy Spirit-level shields would shatter directly. Even reinforced Holy Spirit-level shields would be kicked until they were covered in cracks, and then shattered with one blade.

The ability improvement was completed. Su Xiao began to wait for the stay time limit to arrive, and then enter the new world. After waiting for less than an hour, a large number of prompts appeared.

【Prompt: The Hunter is about to enter a new world. Because the Hunter chose to delay entry, the number of worlds that can be matched this time is greatly reduced.】

【Screening successful. Yes/No to voluntarily participate in the Paradise Trial (can be refused).】

【Participants in this survival trial: Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Death Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Watcher Paradise, notarized by the Tree of the Void.】

【Opening time of this world: 1 hour and 05 minutes later.】

【Total number of participants from the five parties: 324 Seventh Tier Contractors (including Battle Angels, Pioneers, etc.).】

【In this world, all contractors will be divided into two factions: Hunters and Survivors.】

【Survivors need to survive for 15 days, or kill 1 Hunter, or complete more than 3 side quests to pass the survival assessment.】

【Hunters need to kill at least 5 Survivors from other Paradise factions to complete the trial.】

【The identities of Survivors and Hunters will not be public, and cannot be detected by any equipment or abilities. Faction identity has absolute priority.】

【Number of Survivors: 300.】

【Number of Hunters: 24 (If the Hunter chooses to enter this world, due to the Hunter's own combat power, there will be no lottery opportunity, and they will be forced to become a Hunter.】

【Warning: Survivors can unite to counter-hunt Hunters.】

【Warning: Hunters can mix into the Survivors' teams and carry out slaughter in secret.】

Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao had many thoughts about the two identities of 'Survivor' and 'Hunter'. It was difficult for Survivors to form teams, as there was a high probability of Hunters mixing in, and the result could be imagined, but the number of Survivors was large.

As for Hunters, once their identity was exposed, they would be hunted immediately. Of course, if one was strong enough, one could silence them.

Acting, courage, strength, and other factors were all included. If it was an old schemer with strong combat power, mixing into a dozen Survivors, they could potentially kill these Survivors one by one.

【Prompt: In past survival trials, the survival rate of Survivors was 11.5%, and the survival rate of Hunters was 10.7%.】

【Prompt: During the survival trial, the Hunter has no reward for killing contractors from their own side, and will reduce the drop rate of Scarlet Cards, and receive a small penalty.】

【Prompt: During the survival trial, the Hunter has a 52.7% probability of obtaining a Scarlet Card for killing contractors from other factions.】

【Warning: Due to the Hunter's past behavior, the penalty intensity for killing contractors from their own side will be increased by 3 times!】

【In the survival trial, the basic reward for all contractors is: 10 real attribute points, Holy Spirit-level treasure chest (30%) x1 (successfully survive to obtain this reward).】

【The only reward in this world: Life Dragon Essence (this is a??? quality item).】

【Prompt: Life Dragon Essence has been deployed. After holding it for 48 hours, you can permanently obtain this item.】

As Su Xiao imagined, after reaching a high tier, Reincarnation Paradise did not encourage contractors or Hunters on their own side to kill each other, but it was very encouraging to kill contractors from other Paradises, even giving Scarlet Card rewards. Other Paradises should be similar, after all, there was the saying of World Contention.

After all, when contending for the World Core, except for contractors on their own side, contractors from other Paradises were all enemies.

Su Xiao was very interested in the only reward 【Life Dragon Essence】. Essence was a good thing for improving Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability.

【Prompt: The Hunter can choose not to participate in this survival trial. After waiting in the real world for 7~15 days, you can enter a new world in the next world progress.】

【Prompt: If the Hunter chooses to wait to enter, because one world progress is missed, the gains obtained in the next world's comprehensive settlement will be reduced by 50%.】

【There are two conditions for participating in this survival trial, and you can participate if you satisfy one of them.】

【1. Only those who have accumulated three S- ratings or three S- or higher ratings (already achieved).】

【2. Top 10,000 in the Tree Arena can participate in this survival trial (not achieved).】

【Location of this survival trial: Primitive Continent - Hunting Ground (primitive forest climate, high-intensity extraordinary area - habitat of multiple overlord creatures).】

【In this world, you can obtain World Source, obtain treasure chests, trigger side, hidden, and achievement quests, etc. When the trial ends, you can perform world settlement.】

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