Chapter 2643: Recovery

Su Xiao of course could afford the 5000 Paradise Coins per level, and he chose to directly upgrade Basic Passive·Recovery to lv. 30.

【Prompt: Requires consuming 650000 Paradise Coins, upgrade?】

Su Xiao chose yes, and after converting 5 Soul Coins into Paradise Coins, the upgrade began.

The skill upgrade warehouse began operating, and a strong sensation appeared throughout Su Xiao's body, as a cool energy surged wildly inside him.

Half an hour later, the cool energy inside Su Xiao's body was absorbed by his body, and the prompt appeared.

【Upgrade Basic Passive·Recovery to lv. 30? This upgrade requires consuming 3 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to continue, still feeling the familiar sensation, though the cool energy inside his body increased and gradually spread toward his head.

Su Xiao became increasingly clear-headed, and everything around him seemed to slow down; noticing this, he knew Basic Passive·Recovery had not disappointed him.

【Upgrade Basic Passive·Recovery to lv. 40? This upgrade requires consuming 15 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao's expression remained unchanged as he chose to continue; he could feel a peak approaching, and after reaching that level, the upgrade cost for Basic Passive·Recovery would begin to become exaggerated.

Nearly an hour later, Su Xiao opened his eyes, his senses greatly amplified, but this feeling passed instantly, and the advantage of high stamina became apparent at this moment.

【Upgrade Basic Passive·Recovery to lv. 50? This upgrade requires consuming 130 Soul Coins.】

Seeing this nearly jump-like increase in upgrade cost, Su Xiao remained calm, as he knew even more exaggerated situations might arise later.

Continuing the upgrade, this time Su Xiao felt his chest instantly turn icy cold; after the 'cool energy' appeared, it was quickly devoured by the azure steel shadow energy inside his body.

This upgrade ended after just a few minutes, and Su Xiao even felt somewhat unsatisfied.

【Upgrade Basic Passive·Recovery to lv. 60? This upgrade requires consuming 600 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao glanced at his remaining Soul Coins; fortunately, he still had enough to upgrade 10 levels—this is the basic ability, relatively friendly to newcomers, but after advancing to higher levels, upgrade costs become unfriendly.

Su Xiao chose to pay 6000 Soul Coins; he had long discovered that Basic Passive·Recovery was not merely about increasing mana, as this basic ability, when enhancing true intelligence attribute-derived attributes, even improved some things originally impossible to upgrade.

With a splash, Su Xiao felt as if he were in the sea, slowly sinking downward—not into a pitch-black deep sea, but toward a place emitting a pale blue glow.

During the descent, strands of pale blue energy entered Su Xiao's body; as soon as this energy entered him, he felt the urge to absorb all the pale blue energy below, but unfortunately, he could not yet do so.

Not long after, Su Xiao, sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes; blue light appeared at the center of his pupils, but faded shortly afterward and eventually disappeared.

【Basic Passive·Recovery, lv. 70.】

Skill Effect 1: Total/Base Mana increased by 20% (already increased by 4650 Mana points).

Skill Effect 2: Mental Strength +52 points, Mental Toughness +56 points.

Skill Effect 3: Greatly enhances innate potential in meditation and bodily comprehension (such potential can only be enhanced through 'Basic Passive Ability').

Skill Upgrade Requirement: Intelligence attribute above 190 points.

……

Su Xiao's mana reached 27900 points; this amount of mana is enough to make a fellow mage of the same rank dizzy.

For a long time, Su Xiao will not upgrade Basic Passive·Recovery again, as the required resources are too many; he truly cannot afford it, and moreover, creating another basic passive and upgrading it to lv. 70 would be a better choice.

Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, and Charm each have corresponding basic passive abilities; Su Xiao still wants to obtain the basic passive abilities corresponding to Strength, Agility, and Stamina attributes.

If within the seventh rank, he could master these three basic passive abilities and upgrade them all to lv. 70, then he wouldn't need to advance to the eighth rank, nor even break through the small barrier of 200 attribute points—he could just hang and whip eighth-rank contractors; unfortunately, this is difficult, and even with sufficient Soul Coins, he might not be able to buy the scrolls for basic passive abilities.

It is said that the basic passive abilities for Strength and Agility greatly boost combat power, while Stamina's is for survivability; the basic passive abilities for Intelligence and Charm are more inclined toward auxiliary buffs.

Sitting cross-legged in the skill upgrade warehouse, Su Xiao took out 【Life Dragon Essence】; the life energy inside remains only 1/3, insufficient to upgrade lv. 60 Azure Qing Qing Gang Ying ability, but absorbing it still has benefits.

The Devouring Core activated; after ten or so minutes, the essence in Su Xiao's hand became semi-transparent, inside already empty; although Azure Qing Qing Gang Ying ability did not increase by one level, it would not last much longer either.

Su Xiao took out 100 Soul Crystals (complete), and again consumed 34 Soul Coins, converting them into 5,100,000 Paradise Coins.

【Upgrade Swordsmanship Master to lv. 50? This upgrade requires Soul Crystals (complete) x100 + 5,000,000 Paradise Coins.】

Improving swordsmanship is merely a continuous accumulation process; upgrading by only 1 or 2 levels shows little change, but in actual combat, even the slightest difference is the difference between life and death.

The Soul Crystals in Su Xiao's hand shattered, and he heard the rustling of leaves in his ears.

A breeze blew by, and Su Xiao was already sitting cross-legged under a very tall black maple tree, taller than the one at the bottom of the Black Abyss.

The world seemed to fall silent; under the black maple tree, Su Xiao entered a meditative state, this feeling wonderful, as if he had temporarily merged into this world; here, it seemed to represent origin and end.

Not knowing how long had passed, Su Xiao opened his eyes, stood up, and surveyed his surroundings, seeing no one else, so his gaze turned to the black maple tree, dozens of meters tall, its massive canopy blocking the faint light in the sky; otherwise, Su Xiao could not have stayed here.

Confirming no one was present, Su Xiao placed his hand on the crystalline layer on the tree, making his right hand resemble a claw, and he suddenly lunged to grab the tree trunk; there was already a small notch on the trunk, correct—this was the notch he had pulled out last time.

Bang.

Su Xiao felt a wave of dizziness, then he found himself back in the skill upgrade warehouse; just now, an energy had struck him, and the sensation was very familiar.

At the place of origin and end, a figure stood beneath the black maple tree, examining the trunk; after confirming no damage, this aged figure seemed to sigh in relief.

"This little brat, grabbing a piece isn't enough."

The aged figure was clearly angry, but after a moment, he couldn't help but show a smile, recalling his old friend's words: 'You magic destroyers are all bandits.'

……

In the skill upgrade warehouse, Su Xiao moved his left arm; having just been blasted back, he was unharmed.

【Swordsmanship Master has been upgraded to lv. 51.】

Su Xiao checked his available golden skill points, totaling 3 points, which could raise Azure Shadow King to lv. 11, but he wasn't in a hurry, as he had just upgraded too many abilities, and further upgrading Azure Shadow King would overload his body; at least 20–30 hours must pass before it's safe, and Azure Shadow King will undergo a qualitative change upon reaching lv. 10.

The door of the skill upgrade warehouse opened, and Su Xiao walked toward the skill upgrade hall outside; just after exiting the main gate, he saw a figure, the other person scanning the crowd coming and going.

"What a coincidence, you're here to upgrade abilities too."

A figure in a gothic dress, holding a lollipop in her mouth, Gululu walked over from ahead; as for her saying 'what a coincidence,' its credibility is low.

"What's up?"

"Naturally, it's the Night Walker set, Bai Ye—no wonder you're my close friend; you sent me the good gear right away, I'm almost moved to tears."

After Gululu said this, her heart felt as if being cut by a knife; she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, adjusted her expression, trying to show a 'sweet' smile, but unfortunately, her smile was not sweet at all, rather like a little madwoman.

"Eh? Where's the person?"

Gululu looked around, and after a moment, she was nearly driven to darkness.

……

In the private room, Su Xiao sat on the carpet, with Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Am, Bahar, and Benny beside him, forming a perfect circle, with several pieces of equipment placed in the center, including Am's 【Wolrus Shield】 and Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's 【Holy Traveler】, both among them.

Su Xiao wanted to try using the 【Radiant Charging Device】, by consuming holy spirit-tier equipment, to forcibly upgrade both the 【Wolrus Shield】 and the 【Holy Traveler】 to holy spirit tier.