Chapter 2947: Difficulty Explosive Increase

The quality of the 【Fish Dragon Essence】 was as high as Immortal-grade, containing a large amount of life energy, which was an excellent choice for upgrading the Blue Steel Shadow ability.

Besides the Fish Dragon Essence, there was also a 【Sea Spirit Essence】. This essence was Holy Spirit-grade, and the life energy contained within was much worse compared to the Fish Dragon Essence.

Octopus Brother not only brought two essences, but it also brought other items. Su Xiao collected these items scattered on the deck one by one.

【You have obtained Shell Bone (Epic-grade material).】

【You have obtained Coral Fat (Holy Spirit-grade material).】

【You have obtained Condensed Grudge Blood (Holy Spirit-grade material/prop).】

【You have obtained Ice Obsidian (Epic-grade ore).】

Among the four items, except for 【Condensed Grudge Blood】, Su Xiao was prepared to sell the other three to Lide, and 【Condensed Grudge Blood】 was a rare good thing.

After dripping the blood of a living being onto 【Condensed Grudge Blood】, it would emit a unique smell. This smell could only be perceived by vengeful spirits, dark creatures, etc., and had an irresistible temptation to them, almost reaching the degree of mental confusion.

After vengeful spirits, dark creatures, etc., absorbed 【Condensed Grudge Blood】, they would fall into a berserk state of not distinguishing between friend and foe, and would ignore the burden on their spirits or bodies, forcibly overdrawing their potential and erupting with terrifying combat power in a period of time.

As long as it was used well, 【Condensed Grudge Blood】 could bring huge revenue. If Su Xiao dripped his own blood onto 【Condensed Grudge Blood】, then the units triggered into berserk by 【Condensed Grudge Blood】 would become Su Xiao's temporary summons.

When those temporary summons went on a killing spree, Su Xiao could obtain rewards such as soul coins, world source, treasure chests, etc., through the other party's killing of enemies.

"That's all. These are all my treasures."

Octopus Brother seemed a bit low. In fact, with its net worth, taking out these could at most be considered hurting its muscles and bones, not bankruptcy. In its underwater palace, there were treasures accumulated by its ancestors for many years.

Many adventurers had intended to solo that palace, but all were killed by Octopus Brother controlling other sea beasts. Octopus Brother's own combat power was not very powerful, but its mental power was extremely strong.

"Deal."

Su Xiao threw the Sea King horn to Octopus Brother. Octopus Brother caught it with a tentacle. Its body was trembling imperceptibly. The shame of it and its ancestors for generations would be washed away today.

Octopus Brother held the Sea King horn with two tentacles, aimed the horn tip at its head, and stabbed down with all its might.

Most of the Sea King horn sank into Octopus Brother's body. It was in a spasm and twist of pain, but it held on, gripped a Soul Arrow on its body, and pulled it outward with all its might.

The Soul Arrow was gradually pulled out, bringing up semi-transparent gelatinous material in Octopus Brother's body, and vaguely there were wails appearing around.

With a *swish*, the first Soul Arrow was pulled out of Octopus Brother's body. It collapsed to the ground and even spat ink.

"Help, help..."

Octopus Brother spoke tremblingly, and Baha understood.

"Amu, go."

"Moo."

Amu stepped forward, its height over three meters, stepped on Octopus Brother with one foot, held a Soul Arrow, and pulled it out with a *puchi*. Octopus Brother obviously shivered.

"Happy now? There's one left."

"Help..."

"I'm pulling it out for you. Amu, continue."

Puchi!

The Soul Arrow pulled out a wisp of azure blood. Octopus Brother almost said goodbye to this beautiful world.

"I mean, help me... pull out the horn."

The semi-comatose Octopus Brother muttered. Hearing this, a hint of admiration appeared in Baha's eyes. Amu pulled out the Sea King horn directly.

Octopus Brother twitched again, and then didn't move. It lay on the deck and buffered for more than half an hour before it barely buffered back.

"Almost died."

Octopus Brother had the appearance of a narrow escape. Overall, it was very satisfied with this transaction. A Soul Arrow that had been stuck in it was finally pulled out.

Although the Soul Arrow had been removed, Octopus Brother had no intention of leaving. This guy climbed under the main mast with its suckers and began to sleep soundly.

In fact, Octopus Brother's approach was very wise. If it returned to the sea now, it might face all kinds of unknown dangers. It was very weak now, weak to the point of being unable to control same-race sea beasts. Compared to the sea, it was safer on the *Doom* now. This was also the reason why it brought out a few more extraordinary items.

Su Xiao didn't pay attention to Octopus Brother. He picked up the Sea King horn and found that this thing could actually be put into the storage space. Its specific function was still unknown.

Putting away the Sea King horn, Su Xiao picked up the Soul Arrows on the deck. As soon as he touched the Soul Arrows, a notification appeared.

【Notification: The Hunter has obtained Soul Arrow x3.】

【Warning: The Hunter's attribute breakthrough barrier trial has officially started.】

【Warning: Because the Hunter chose four real attributes to break through the 200-point barrier, the trial difficulty has accumulated to 235%!】

【Warning: This trial is extremely dangerous!】

【Checking all combat power of the Hunter at the current stage, including the combat power bonus brought by the *Doom*.】

【Warning: Because the trial difficulty has accumulated to 235%, if you continue this trial, the Hunter will have a high probability of death!】

【Main Quest, Fifth Ring (completed), quest rewards have accumulated to the limit. Do you want to obtain this reward.】

【After the Hunter chooses to obtain the main quest reward, the trial quest of the final link will be activated.】

【Notification: The Hunter can choose not to receive this quest reward. If you choose not to receive this quest reward, the Sea King horn will be activated (the Sea King horn will play a huge role in the final link of the quest, and the quest difficulty can be significantly reduced through special methods).】

A choice was placed in front of Su Xiao: want the main quest reward, or upgrade the Sea King horn? This thing had great use later. What exactly it was used for was not yet clear, but the Reincarnation Paradise had already prompted it twice.

Su Xiao pondered for a moment and decided to give up receiving the quest rewards accumulated from the third to fifth rings of the main quest, and instead activate the Sea King horn.

A few days after entering the Magic Sea World, Su Xiao felt something was wrong. He had previously chosen the breakthrough trial for four real attributes, which led to a 235% increase in trial difficulty.

From entering the Magic Sea World until now, Su Xiao didn't feel that it was too dangerous here. Even with the help of the *Doom* and Cursed Ones, the danger level was too low. The 235% increase in trial difficulty was definitely a nightmare-level quest difficulty

Judging from the previous prompt, it is not that breaking through the four-attribute barrier is simple, but that Su Xiao has not yet triggered the trial mission; the previous several main story missions were merely preparation.

In fact, Su Xiao could also choose one or two real attributes to break through the 200-point barrier, for example, choosing only the real Strength attribute to break through.

Regardless of which attribute completes the breakthrough of the 200-point barrier, other attributes can also be raised above 200 points, but there is one point: the real attribute that breaks the barrier will be the primary attribute, and the remaining four attributes will degenerate into secondary attributes. Luck and Willpower attributes are not calculated in this; these special body attributes do not have attribute barriers.

If he only chooses the Strength attribute to break the barrier, then Su Xiao will still only need to consume 1 real attribute point to raise his real Strength attribute in the attribute enhancement chamber; this is the power of a primary attribute.

As for the real Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes that have degenerated into secondary attributes, each point raised will require at least 3–5 real attribute points, and the gap in growth speed is very large.

The breakthrough of the 200-point attribute barrier is to break the upper limit and shackles of the physical body. Su Xiao's current four primary attributes represent four adjacent circular barriers.

Breaking one of the barriers will cause cracks and openings to appear on the other three circular barriers, but they are not completely broken open, which is why more real attribute points are needed to improve physical fitness.

This means the speed of becoming stronger will be several times slower. Not only that, Su Xiao can only obtain the attribute bonuses derived from the Strength attribute reaching 200 points. This kind of attribute bonus is very precious, and Su Xiao's current strength is largely due to these permanent bonuses.

At the moment, Su Xiao has no secondary attributes; his real Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes are all primary attributes. The Charm attribute, having already become a negative number, has also left the ranks of secondary attributes.

As soon as Su Xiao made his choice, the Sea King's Horn located in his storage space gradually began to change, and subsequent prompts appeared.

【Prompt: The main mission has been fully completed, the trial mission has been activated, and the trial mission consists of two parts in total.】

【After completing the trial mission, the Hunter's four real attributes will be able to break through 200 points. After the four primary attributes reach 200 points, you will obtain the 200-point primary attribute derivative bonus.】

【After the Hunter completes the 200-point attribute barrier breakthrough, the physical potential of your followers, permanent summons, etc., will all be significantly improved.】

【Trial Mission: Island of Eternal Life (Part 1, total of two parts)】

Difficulty Level: lv. 78 (The Island of Eternal Life is an eighth-tier high-risk area; the danger level has exceeded the limit of this world).

Warning: The Island of Eternal Life is a sealed area. Because the Hunter has obtained the Soul Arrow, this area can now be unsealed.

Prompt: This high-risk area can be entered without 'shelter-type items'.

Prompt: The Hunter can abandon this mission. After leaving this world, the Hunter can re-select 1–4 real attributes to break through the 200-point barrier. At the same time, the fewer real attributes that break the barrier, the lower the difficulty of the trial mission will be.

Prompt: The base difficulty of the trial mission is lv. 72.

Prompt: The comprehensive difficulty is: Hunter's own combat power judgment x number of real attributes selected to break the barrier - Hunter's brand level + trial mission base difficulty.

Mission Information: Arrive at the Island of Eternal Life and obtain 1000 milliliters or more of Primordial Water.

Mission Deadline: 10 days.

Mission Reward: None

Mission Penalty: None

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