Chapter 2602: Eradicating Evil

Tiger Bee Area, semi-open cave.

Su Xiao held an Essence in one hand—it was an Essence he had exchanged for in the Honor Shop. The energy inside had long been absorbed by him, leaving only the outer crystal shell.

Su Xiao activated the Devourer Core in his body. Life energy surged, and black-blue smoke clung to his left arm. Using this as a guide, he gathered the life energy in his body into his hand and then injected it into the Essence.

Containing a large amount of life energy in his body placed a heavy burden on Su Xiao. Life energy had to be absorbed bit by bit; absorbing too much at once could have counterproductive effects.

When the Essence in his hand was filled with life energy, Su Xiao stopped the transmission. The Devourer Core began to operate, starting to filter the remaining one-third of the life energy.

Filtering, purifying—finally, a colorless energy drifted out from the Devourer Core. As soon as this colorless energy appeared, it was absorbed by the Qing Gang Ying energy in Su Xiao's body.

At this time, Su Xiao's Qing Gang Ying ability was at lv. 59, just one step away from lv. 60. However, the biological energy required to upgrade to lv. 60 was more than double the total biological energy required for lv. 50 to lv. 59.

After absorbing the life energy in his body, Su Xiao began to absorb the energy in the Essence, then converted it to upgrade Qing Gang Ying.

One hour, two hours, three hours passed. The Qing Gang Ying energy in Su Xiao's body became active to the extreme. After consuming more than two-thirds of the obtained life energy, the Qing Gang Ying energy reached its peak.

【Qing Gang Ying skill has been upgraded to lv. 60.】

【Due to the significant increase in Qing Gang Ying energy, your maximum mana has been permanently increased by 10%.】

【Qing Gang Ying: External Release form has been separated into an independent ability, Energy Block (Active), this ability can only be upgraded by upgrading the Qing Gang Ying ability.】

【Qing Gang Ying: lv. 60 (Active/Passive skill)】

Usage condition: After activating Qing Gang Ying, consumes 190 mana points per minute (increased by 10 points).

Active effect: Each melee attack will burn 657 mana points of the enemy (increased by 30 points) and cause true damage equal to 1.6 times the burned mana (1051 true damage + 25% increase from Checking Zhan Long Shan = 1313 true damage). The enemy will suffer intense pain after mana burning.

Passive effect: When an enemy suffers mana burning, there is a 23% chance to trigger one of three abnormal states: paralysis, immobilization, or dizziness (trigger probability increased by 2%), with the abnormal state lasting 0.2 to 3 seconds.

Defensive form: Proud Song (Active), can generate crystal layers of any shape to defend against enemy attacks. The strength of the crystal layer is proportional to the mana consumed. The maximum mana consumption for a single use is 5200 points (increased by 1000 points due to the qualitative change in Qing Gang Ying energy).

Combat form: Absolute Shadow Blade (Passive), due to the qualitative change in Qing Gang Ying energy, after imbuing a weapon with Qing Gang Ying energy, it will increase the weapon's sharpness by 45% (currently increasing weapon sharpness by 206 points).

Note: This ability only takes effect on the exclusive weapon of the Law-Extinguishing Shadow (Checking Zhan Long Shan).

The Qing Gang Ying ability was successfully upgraded to lv. 60. The attack aspect was significantly improved. Now, Qing Gang Ying not only carried true damage but also made Checking Zhan Long Shan sharper.

Su Xiao drew Checking Zhan Long Shan from his waist. After imbuing it with Qing Gang Ying energy, he performed a virtual slash. At that moment, he felt as if he had slashed through something. If Checking Zhan Long Shan were even sharper, it felt as if he could briefly slash through space.

A thought can lead to enlightenment. Su Xiao had always been crafting Checking Zhan Long Shan toward sharpness. Now, it seemed an unexpected result had appeared. However, there was still a long way to go before he could slash through the space of a Tier 7 world with one strike. Although he had spatial abilities, he was not a spatial-type; penetrating space and relying on blade technique to slash through space were different concepts.

He put away the Essence. He was in no hurry to absorb the life energy inside. It wouldn't be too late to absorb it after the Qing Gang Ying energy in his body stabilized.

The first goal was achieved. As for the purple supply box on the seventh day, he was in no hurry. Although the items inside were more valuable than the Life Dragon Essence, it would be dropped in nearly four days. No one could say what would happen during this period; after all, there were still over two hundred survivors left.

Su Xiao did not intend to fight for the ordinary supply boxes dropped in the following days. Being besieged by Tier 7 contractors was very dangerous, especially with over two hundred people. If it weren't for that old man dressed as a Priest holding these contractors back for a while, this fight would have been even more tragic.

There was plenty of time now, and Su Xiao prepared to do one thing to prevent the worst-case scenario.

"Bai Ye, this temporary residence of yours is quite nice."

The Gourmet's voice came from behind the water curtain. Su Xiao frowned.

"I didn't track you. Your little follower's aura is too obvious; locking onto her is simple."

The Gourmet walked through the water curtain and entered the semi-open cave. Just at this moment, Xibeier, who was in the corner thinking about life, stiffened. A mass of black-red tentacles grew wildly on her back, eventually wrapping most of her body.

"So, so disgusting, help me."

"Madam, calling others' abilities disgusting is very impolite."

The Gourmet raised his hand, and the black-red tentacles on Xibeier climbed down, forming a human shape before leaping toward the Gourmet and eventually merging into his body. Half of his face transformed into black-red tentacles, slowly surging—it was a visual feast for those with trypophobia.

"Are the abilities of people from your Reincarnation Paradise all so perverted?"

Xibeier felt her scalp tingle. The tentacles that had just clung to her had immense strength, and they were still surging, as if they would eat her until not even a residue was left in the next moment.

"Strong enough, and easy to use, that's enough."

The Gourmet said with a smile. When he was at a low tier, whether his ability was aesthetically pleasing was not the point at all. In the Reincarnation Paradise, surviving was everything. It was normal for lunatics to look at each other with displeasure in mission worlds and fight to the death.

This also led to the fact that in this trial world, the punishment for the Reincarnation Paradise side for killing their own contractors was very low. Not to mention here, sometimes in war worlds, after the Reincarnation Paradise contractors killed all the enemy contractors, they might even fight each other while bearing the punishment.

"I'll tell you a piece of bad news and a piece of good news."

The Gourmet sat in front of the water curtain. This position was convenient for retreat. In his view, negotiations evolving into fights was perfectly normal.

"Let's start with the good news: 207 survivors have united to form a force called the Survivor Alliance. Except for the Reincarnation Paradise contractors, they accept anyone."

"This is good news? Aren't you two both hunters?"

Xibeier really couldn't help it; she couldn't understand the Gourmet's thinking at all.

"Of course it's good news. It's easier to find them when they are gathered together."

"What if you get surrounded?"

Xibeier touched her forehead with one hand. She was certain she couldn't predict what a lunatic was thinking.

"What if I get surrounded? Then I die. What's the big deal? It's not like I haven't died before."

The Gourmet's tone was indifferent, as if he "died" often and was experienced in it.

"You are really... carefree."

After Xibeier squeezed out this sentence, she was speechless.

"What about the bad news?"

Su Xiao sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan. The appearance of the Survivor Alliance was within his expectations. The scene of several hunters fighting for the Life Dragon Essence today had clearly stimulated the survivors.

"The bad news is that the contractors on our side have also formed a temporary force called the Dark Force."

After speaking, the Gourmet clearly had a headache. He really couldn't think of any situation other than a World War that could unite the contractors on his side, or what kind of god-like person had done all this.

"Dark Force?"

Su Xiao frowned and pondered. For some reason, this name sounded familiar to him.

Water Source Area, a large number of Wangtian trees were cut down and piled together in a mess. On these broken logs, a figure holding a battle scythe and wearing a backless outfit stood, her breathing slightly rapid. It was Mu Xiao. She did not return directly to the Holy Light Paradise but chose to continue staying in this world.

Mu Xiao encountered three strong enemies. These three were clearly contractors who had just been promoted to Tier 7 not long ago. In terms of comprehensive strength, she should have been able to crush these three. However, the abilities of these three were extremely shameless, simply the bane of solo players, and their survivability was extremely tenacious. Plus, Mu Xiao's serious injuries had not yet healed.

The injuries on Mu Xiao's body had recovered, but for some reason, she often felt a dull pain where she had been slashed yesterday. It felt as if her soul had been injured, which greatly affected her state during combat.

What Mu Xiao didn't know was that the three people she was fighting had undergone hellish training. They gave up most of their stay time in the Paradise and the opportunity to return to the real world, relying solely on world key-type items. While ordinary contractors spent the time of one world progress, they could experience 3 to 5 mission worlds.

This was an innate talent, with nerves so thick they could relax anytime, anywhere.

"Are you guys sick in the head?"

Mu Xiao cursed under her breath, feeling exceptionally depressed. She had just been beaten up yesterday, and now she encountered these three again.

"Madam, you are possessed by evil. We three brothers are going to help you eradicate this evil."

A loud male voice came, his tone serious. Hearing the other party's words, Mu Xiao almost vomited blood from anger.

A moment later, the corners of Mu Xiao's mouth curled up, and she said, "Eradicate evil? Meaning kill me?"

"No! How could we do that? We just need to beat you up, the very ruthless kind."

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Even someone as strong as Mu Xiao was left speechless by what was said.

"We are the bane of justice! Ah, ptooey, the bane of evil!"

"The transmission of Holy Light... uh~, what was it? I forgot the lines. Anyway... Ura!"

"Ura!! x3"

Looking at the three people charging over, the expression on Mu Xiao's face was stunned. After all, facing three strong men holding energy battle hammers and shouting "Ura" while charging, anyone would be a bit dumbfounded. ===== CHAPTER 2603 =====