Chapter 3424: Extreme Sharpness and Tree-Born (Revised)

Zhan Long Shan was successfully upgraded to +13, reaching the limit level for refinement with Refined Immortal Stones. For this, Su Xiao spent over 50,000 Soul Coins; it was quite costly.

Because Zhan Long Shan was upgraded to +13, Su Xiao received two rewards: 【Brilliant Immortal · Blade】 and 【Immortal Luck】.

Su Xiao decisively equipped the 【Immortal Luck】 title. Added to the 5% upgrade success rate boost from his current 【Honor Badge】, the effect was quite considerable.

As for 【Brilliant Immortal · Blade】, it was a crystal-textured miniature Zhan Long Shan, a souvenir. This item had no attribute description, so Su Xiao stored it in his storage space, keeping it as a memento.

Zhan Long Shan was successfully upgraded to +13, but Su Xiao's improvements to it were not over. After spending 8,680 Soul Coins to buy 14 Refined Immortal Stones, he returned to the No. 888 Equipment Reinforcement Machine.

He placed Zhan Long Shan back onto the tray of the equipment reinforcement machine; as expected, the prompt indicated that this weapon could not be reinforced further.

Su Xiao ignored this prompt. He also placed the 【Soul Gem Disk】 on the tray. After the reinforcement machine re-checked, the tray clicked and retracted. 14 slots appeared on the right side of the machine. He inserted the 14 Refined Immortal Stones into them from top to bottom and finally started the reinforcement machine.

Amidst the roaring sound inside the reinforcement machine, Su Xiao heard Caesar speak from not far behind him.

"My dear friend, shall we continue?"

"……"

Su Xiao didn't speak, simply tossing a small bottle to Caesar containing 10 ounces of Space-Time Power.

With the 【Soul Gem Disk】, upgrading Zhan Long Shan to +14 had a 100% success rate, but afterward, Su Xiao still had another piece of equipment to upgrade.

This reinforcement lasted nearly half an hour before ending. A large cloud of steam sprayed out from the reinforcement machine, and the metal tray popped out with a sound.

The Zhan Long Shan on it showed no changes in appearance. Overall, it didn't look flashy. Some parts of the hilt had subtle signs of wear from constant life-and-death battles against powerful enemies. On the whole, Zhan Long Shan didn't look brand new, but it possessed a beauty of time-tested accumulation and hard-fought battles; this was what a weapon should look like.

Su Xiao picked up Zhan Long Shan, the blade humming softly. Just one look at the edge gave one the feeling that there was nothing this blade couldn't cut.

【Zhan Long Shan +14 (Blade Value 0%)】

Origin: Shadow of the Law-Breaker

Quality: Immortal

Category: Long Blade

Durability: 370/370 (Increased by 45 points)

Attack Power: 464–590 (Increased by 47–52 points)

Equipment Requirement: Inheritor of the Shadow of the Law-Breaker.

Basic Bonus: When imbuing this weapon with Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy, the mana consumption is reduced by 93%, and the true damage caused by Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy is increased by 25%.

Supreme Blade Effect 1: Sharpness +185 points, Penetration increased by 30%.

Supreme Blade Effect 2: Weapon Toughness +65 points (This trait significantly strengthens the weapon's tolerance, resistance to slashing, resistance to blunt impact, corrosion resistance, etc.).

Supreme Blade Effect 3: Magic Blade (Core · Active), no changes.

Supreme Blade Effect 4: Shadow · Magic Blade (Core · Passive), no changes.

Reinforcement Effects:

+5 Additional Effect: Weapon penetration permanently increased by 20%.

+8 Additional Effect: High Armor Penetration trait.

+10 Additional Effect: Soul damage deepened.

+12 Additional Effect: Slashing trait high-tier amplification (significantly increases attack power during slashes).

+13 Additional Effect: Spatial Piercing Slash trait (can slash enemies located in different dimensions or during spatial movement, with high additional damage).

+14 Additional Effect: Extreme Blade (This trait brings huge gains to weapon slashes, such as cutting through enemy bodies, or cutting open Immortal-tier shields, Immortal-tier armor, etc. If an Immortal-tier shield does not reach +13 reinforcement under high rating conditions, and is not inlaid with multiple Immortal-tier gems, this shield will be cut open in a short time when facing this weapon).

Inlay Effect: 33 gems...

Rating: 1500++++++++ (Immortal-tier equipment rating is 1000–1500 points)

……

Zhan Long Shan's Magic Blade and Shadow · Magic Blade abilities were not upgraded; this was within Su Xiao's expectations. Upgrading Magic Blade requires a certain opportunity, and as for Shadow · Magic Blade, without an upgrade to Magic Blade, the probability of this ability improving is very small.

Zhan Long Shan's bonuses seem numerous, but in fact, this weapon's traits are very simple: it pursues extreme sharpness and possesses execution capability.

Su Xiao intentionally crafted Zhan Long Shan to be this pure. A weapon doesn't need to pursue too much; it is enough to push one sharpness trait to the limit.

The current Zhan Long Shan can cut open Immortal-tier strength shields. Of course, if it's that kind of Immortal-tier shield inlaid with three Immortal-tier gems and reinforced to +14 with Refined Immortal Stones, it can still block for a while, but how long it can block is unknown.

With Zhan Long Shan's current near-perverted sharpness, even that kind of Immortal-tier shield actually cannot block for too long, and for body armor with slightly inferior defense, in common terms: light armor is like a layer of paper, heavy armor is paper stacked, and plate armor is paper stacked with force.

Zhan Long Shan was sheathed. Su Xiao took out the 【Ancient Killing Ring】. He was also prepared to craft this extreme piece of equipment.

【Equipment checking...】

【Equipment check complete. Ancient Killing Ring (Saint Spirit-tier) is a special equipment. Its internal structure is extremely fragile. If you need to reinforce this equipment, you must pay an additional 150% Soul Coin fee to stabilize its internal structure.】

【To reinforce this equipment, you must pay 160 Soul Coins each time.】

Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao gave Caesar a look. Caesar made a move to walk toward the unlucky guy who had just failed twelve times at +12. Perhaps because the unlucky guy's expression was too rich at this moment, Caesar decided to change to a different batch of victims.

Before long, wails and howls began to come from the equipment reinforcement hall.

Two hours later.

Bang!

Caesar was ejected from the equipment reinforcement hall like a cannonball, flying all the way to the trading square and landing in the central fountain.

Su Xiao stood at the main entrance of the equipment reinforcement hall, watching Caesar fly away. This time, the Space-Time Power was truly not easy to earn, but this price was worth it.

While wearing 【Immortal Luck】 + 【Honor Badge】, plus Caesar's secret assistance, Su Xiao's process of upgrading the 【Ancient Killing Ring】 could be described as smooth sailing. Without using any protective items, he upgraded this equipment to +13.

When reinforced to +13, Caesar meant that it could still hold up, so continue. The problem was, the 【Ancient Killing Ring】 couldn't hold up anymore.

This equipment was too special. Even if Su Xiao continued to reinforce it, even if the success rate was 100%, after reaching +14, the Ancient Killing Ring had a high probability of exploding on its own because it couldn't withstand such powerful adaptive force.

Equipment like the 【Ancient Killing Ring】 has no reinforcement additional effects, but all the improvements brought by reinforcement are concentrated on its original abilities.

【Ancient Killing Ring +13】

Quality: Saint Spirit-tier

Category: Ring

Durability: 11 (The durability consumed by wearing and using is extremely low, but it is extremely fragile when taking attacks, weak against all trait attacks).

Equipment Requirement: None

Equipment Effect 1: Hills' Assassination Soul Mark (Passive), constructs a soul mark with powerful stealth. This mark can adhere to the target's body surface. After the mark is set, the wearer of this ring can sense the location of the soul mark from a long distance.

Prompt: The stealth tier of the soul mark will be determined by your soul strength and soul energy tier.

Prompt: The sensing distance of the soul mark will be determined by your soul strength.

Prompt: This ability can be used without wearing this equipment, but at least you must keep this ring in your pocket or hold it in your hand.

Equipment Effect 2: Hills' Power (Passive · Unique), when attacking enemies from a distance, it will trigger Hills' soul power to imbue the long-range attack (imbue bullets, arrows, etc.).

Prompt: If the long-range attack hits the enemy's vital point, the vital damage caused will be increased by 5.49–9.97 times (depending on the chosen vital point, the head is the highest priority, followed by the neck, heart, etc.).

Equipment Debuff: Extremely Fragile (Passive · Cannot be exempted), during wearing, any judgment deemed an attack, regardless of which part of the wearer's body it hits, will cause this equipment to shatter immediately. Once this equipment is damaged, it cannot be repaired by any means.

Equipment Debuff: Slow Movement (Passive · Cannot be exempted), after wearing this equipment, you can only move at a walking speed. Once the movement speed exceeds the predetermined value, there is a high probability of causing this equipment to shatter.

Equipment Debuff: Slow Removal (Passive · Cannot be exempted), if you want to remove this ring, you need to cut off the energy resonance with this equipment through willpower 5 seconds in advance. Only after the resonance is completely ended can you remove this equipment. If you forcibly remove this ring, it will be damaged immediately.

Equipment Debuff: Friendly Faction Hatred (Passive · Cannot be exempted), as an assassin, Hills hates the friendly faction, and the friendly faction cannot use this equipment.

Prompt: The Hunter has completely exempted the debuff effect of this equipment.

……

How strong the 【Ancient Killing Ring】 is, its weaknesses are just as obvious. But for a Saint Spirit-tier piece of equipment to be this perverted, having so many debuffs is something Su Xiao can accept. Regardless, nothing can hide the Ancient Ring's power in long-range sniping.

Su Xiao walked toward the direction of the room exclusive to the "Daimao Wang" (Saber). The treatment progress for her had reached the point of initial results.

Walking to an area with few human traces, passing through a half-kilometer-long alley, the front suddenly opened up. The "Toad" was already waiting on the steps.

"It's up to you here, I have other things to do."

"……"

Su Xiao stepped into a door that appeared out of thin air, entering Saber's exclusive room.

There were two people in the room. Besides Saber, there was a gentle woman with flaxen wavy long hair, possessing the charm of a mature woman. She was wearing a white lab coat, her temperament gentle, and she was chatting and laughing with Saber. It could be seen that Saber's demeanor was very relaxed at this time. Because she was facing away from Su Xiao's side, she didn't notice Su Xiao walking in.

Su Xiao estimated that this should be the psychologist found by "Rat" or "Toad". Saber's body was improving day by day, but psychologically she wasn't doing well, almost developing "Stockholm Syndrome". That's why Toad and Rat had spent a huge price to invite this psychologist. This psychologist also had another identity: an Arbiter.

When Su Xiao changed into his surgical gown, Saber finally noticed he had arrived. Saber, who had been chatting and laughing, had her pupils shrink slightly, her body subconsciously shrinking backward.

"You must maintain respect for your attending physician."

The female doctor spoke. Hearing her words, Saber seemed to think of something, nodded, and her expression improved a lot.

Professional doctors are indeed reliable. Previously, letting Sha feed Saber toxic chicken soup really didn't work.

The female doctor smiled and nodded at Su Xiao, then got up and left without much communication. She already knew who Su Xiao was and had heard how fierce Su Xiao was.

"I still have quite a few things waiting to be done. Lie down yourself, don't dawdle."

Su Xiao walked into the treatment room, putting on a mask full of catheters. He noticed Saber hesitating there, so he turned to adjust the instruments. Seeing this, Saber removed her clothing herself, lay on the operating table, and covered herself with a sterile cloth.

Everything was ready. Su Xiao stood beside the operating table, opened the recording device on the side, and said:

"Record 4, fourth time stripping dark matter, time..."

While Su Xiao was speaking, Saber began to tremble instinctively, the light in her eyes gradually dimming.

Three hours later, Saber was lying naked on the operating table, covered with a sterile cloth on her back. As the surgery ended, a full few minutes passed before her emerald-like eyes regained some light.

Seeing this, Su Xiao frowned. This time, the 【Dark Matter】 stripped was on the high side, plus a lot of 【Dark Sediment】 was also stripped. He had to let that female doctor give Saber a few more sessions of psychological counseling before the next treatment could be conducted.

Completing this treatment, Su Xiao left with several portions of 【Dark Matter】 and 【Dark Sediment】. These were excellent materials for cultivating the "Devourer".

Interestingly, Saber suffered huge psychological trauma on Su Xiao's side, while the female doctor helped her heal her mind. Repeating this, the slightly blackened Saber was forcibly corrected back. After all, she now only felt that being alive was really good.

Returning to his exclusive room, Su Xiao found Xiang Bubu Wang and Baja had gone out to roam, Amu was sleeping soundly, and Benny was playing with a Rubik's cube with two cat paws. Xiang Bubu was quite a pitfall for cats; it didn't recommend a 3rd-order Rubik's cube to Benny, but a 7th-order one.

Judging from the few small tooth marks on the Rubik's cube, Benny wasn't playing with this cube very smoothly.

Su Xiao walked into an empty room about 30 square meters in size, sat cross-legged in the center of the floor, and took out the 【First Generation Law-Breaker Relic Bone】 obtained this time.

This should be a ring finger bone. Su Xiao had conducted research and investigation on the first-generation relic bone. After asking Marvin Waltz and others, he learned one thing.

【First Generation Relic Bone】 is not necessarily the bone of a first-generation Law-Breaker. 【First Generation Relic Bone】 is a title and tribute to a resource exclusive to Law-Breakers.

This technique of using the source Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy in the body to construct a relic bone before death was created by the first-generation Law-Breaker. Therefore, regardless of any Law-Breaker who created this kind of "relic bone" later, they were all called 【First Generation Relic Bone】.

In the Void, except for the older generation, few people know about this. According to Marvin Waltz, 【First Generation Relic Bone】 is actually not a bone, but crystalized energy constructed with the skeleton as a carrier. Generally, they choose to use a finger bone as a carrier.

Every person with extraordinary power has source power in their body, such as magic power, mental power, Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy, etc. These energies will not be exhausted in battle. The so-called energy exhaustion is the exhaustion of energy that can be used for battle, not the exhaustion of source energy. Without source energy, one cannot recover energy through rest, just like without bone marrow, one cannot produce blood.

Some Law-Breakers who did not die in fierce battles, before they died, could use the technology left by the first-generation Law-Breaker to gather the source energy they had been nourishing in their bodies into a 【First Generation Relic Bone】.

The function of 【First Generation Relic Bone】 is that after using this thing, the first time will increase the strength and growth limit of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy, and the second and subsequent uses will only increase the ability limit.

Previously, Su Xiao once thought this thing was the relic bone of the first-generation Law-Breaker. He was also puzzled: this treasure that can increase the limit of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability, after so many years, could it still remain? The first-generation Law-Breaker's bones are also too many.

Now it seems that 【First Generation Relic Bone】 can remain, and except for him and the Blade Demon, no one can use this resource.

Holding the obtained 【First Generation Relic Bone】 in his hand, after being able to perceive every part of the first-generation relic bone in his hand, Su Xiao exerted force on his hand, crushing the first-generation relic bone in his hand with a crack. A vast energy erupted and rushed into his body along his arms.

Su Xiao immediately went dark before his eyes. The experience of using 【First Generation Relic Bone】 is just this "good".

In a trance, Su Xiao felt himself falling in light blue water, but he couldn't move even a finger.

Below was pitch black, as if a giant mouth covered with sharp teeth was opened to the maximum below, just waiting for him to fall into it. As long as he fell to the very bottom, today would be his death date.

Everything has risks. This is the risk of using 【First Generation Relic Bone】, and this inability to move on the body is irresistible, but Su Xiao is sure he will not die here.

Just as Su Xiao was sinking, a translucent hand supported his back, his falling stopped. Immediately, translucent arms appeared, some grabbing Su Xiao's arms, some supporting him from behind.

"Restrain your Blade Spirit, it will become your most trusted weapon."

"Soul-Severing Shadow is powerful, but use it with caution."

"You found another First Generation Relic Bone, what good luck."

"Grow your Green Shadow King, perhaps you are not satisfied with it now, but in the future, it will be your strongest power."

Blurred voices came from around. Su Xiao couldn't open his eyes, and his hearing also became a bit blurred due to the existence of light blue water liquid.

After he heard many voices, he felt himself being pushed by many hands, rushing upward in the "water", and finally breaking through the water surface with a roar. Crystal clear water droplets splashed, sunlight shone down, and he could move.

Su Xiao opened his eyes and looked at the water surface below. Translucent arms sank. These are remnant souls, remnant souls without even consciousness. Some just have half a translucent forearm left. These are... the predecessors.

Everything around quickly pulled away. When the scene before Su Xiao's eyes recovered, he was already sitting cross-legged in the empty room. Light blue water droplets dripped along his hair tips. Before they landed, this water liquid dissipated into smoke.

Su Xiao checked the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy. The level had changed from Lv. 50 to Lv. 42, upgraded to:

"Basic Effect: When upgrading this skill level, energy absorption and conversion rate increased by 120% (This trait can only be upgraded by absorbing 'First Generation Law-Breaker Relic Bone')."

The true damage strength of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying is still 1976 points. Su Xiao does not plan to use 【Old Beast King's Essence】 to upgrade Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability for now. He will wait for the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability to stabilize before upgrading.

Su Xiao took out the 【Authority Box】 from the storage space. This is a treasure chest item. Although it can be opened, Su Xiao converted it into 【Heart of Power】.

The iron-black treasure chest gradually turned into a heart. After 【Heart of Power】 was activated, the wall in front was gradually invaded by black.

The black on the wall spread in a root-like shape, dyeing the entire wall black. With a roar, the wall and the black collapsed together, as if washed away by the power of time to decay, turning into fine residue and falling, revealing the iron bar structure like a prison cell behind.

Inside the iron bars was pitch black, with lanterns hanging on both sides. In the darkness at the very back, a figure walked out. It wore a purple-black slim-fit suit with a red rose pinned to its chest. Its head resembled a skull, but the eye, mouth, and nose positions were much denser than a skull. Green flames burned inside its head, causing light green cold mist to drift from the back of its head and top of its head.

This is the Deep Prison Warden. It walked over with its hands behind its back, stopped in front of the iron bars, and stood facing Su Xiao across the iron bars. In terms of height, it was a head taller than Su Xiao.

"Oh, oh~, I was actually summoned by a Law-Breaker. If it weren't for the notarization of the Reincarnation Paradise, I would never respond to the summons of a Law-Breaker. After so many years, those poor evil god seeds are still impressive."

The Deep Prison Warden spoke. Hearing his words, Su Xiao felt a bit surprised in his heart. So, fishing for evil gods was something the first-generation Law-Breakers had done too. This is the old tradition of Law-Breakers.

"Mr. Law-Breaker, what do you want to exchange with the Heart of Power?"

"An equivalent soul."

"As expected. What type do you want? At such a young and vigorous age, what type do you want? As long as it is the type you propose, the Deep Prison has it all. *** is also a manifestation of the Deep."

"……"

Su Xiao didn't speak. He was here to exchange for a soul, not to visit a brothel.

"Just a joke. What kind of soul do you need?"

"A charlatan."

"Hmm, the Deep Prison has quite a few of these souls. Do you want pious, cunning, or proficient in deception?"

The Deep Prison Warden raised his hand, and a thick register appeared in his hand.

"The one most proficient in preaching."

"Let me find it, wait a moment."

The register in the Deep Prison Warden's hand flipped on its own. After flipping through hundreds of pages, one of the pages floated over. The record on it was:

"Biche · Moche, Demon race, age 209, once established an informal religious institution, recruited a total of 170 million believers, once secretly subverted the internal affairs and systems of 16 countries, possesses the power to change others' thinking through language."

"Are you satisfied with this soul?"

The Deep Prison Warden's finger raised, and the paper recording Biche · Moche floated to Su Xiao.

"Need one more upright, preferably a charlatan who believes in the sun."

"?"

The Deep Prison Warden looked at Su Xiao suspiciously. It understood the literal meaning, but it had lived for so many years and had never heard that the Sun Faction was an upright faction. In the most prosperous era of the Sun God descendants, people called them Sun Maniacs.

"Cough~, let me consider it."

The Deep Prison Warden pondered for a while, then thought of someone. A piece of paper floated out from the register. The content on it was:

"Walker · Berhan, Human race, age 82, a pious and gentle Sun believer, traveled everywhere before his death, persuading people to believe in the sun, using the power of the sun to overcome diseases in the body, living an optimistic and positive life. Walker · Berhan eventually died of old age."

No matter how you look at it, this life was too ordinary. A spirit shouldn't enter the Deep Prison. Su Xiao looked at the Deep Prison Warden. The Deep Prison Warden said:

"At first I also thought he... it was just a normal Sun believer, so I arranged it in a normal prison. One day later, the cellmates in the left and right cells disappeared. According to the images traced back by the Lamp Snake, it was Walker · Berhan persuading the cellmates in the left and right cells to let them tear off their souls piece by piece and throw them to Walker · Berhan. Simply put, Walker · Berhan induced two cellmates to be eaten through language.

At first I felt this was very interesting, so I arranged new cellmates for Walker · Berhan. Later, I went out for a period of time due to something. When I came back, I found that of the 395 spirits in the 'Third Prison', only Walker · Berhan remained. Even the Lamp Snake was eaten by it. To this day, I haven't found out how Walker · Berhan did these things."

In the words of the Deep Prison Warden, there was quite a bit of salesmanship. In fact, it also had a headache about Walker · Berhan. Locked in the Black Prison, spirits are prone to darkening, but locked in the normal prison area, Walker · Berhan eats cellmates.

In this era, the world is going downhill, and the Deep Prison is often full. It is impossible to lock up Walker · Berhan alone, and destroying it, the Deep Prison Warden can indeed do it, but it feels it is a pity.

"Just it."

"Deal, looking forward to our next transaction."

The Deep Prison Warden threw a lamp, inside which Walker · Berhan was imprisoned.

The iron bars, darkness, etc., on the wall in front quickly disappeared. A few seconds later, it recovered to its original appearance, as if the Deep Prison Warden had never been here.

Su Xiao walked out of the empty room, controlling the 【Star Fall Melting Furnace】 to float near him. This furnace shattered with a pop, and the fragments dissipated in the air, leaving only a long leather coat floating in mid-air.

【Wild Hunt Night】 successfully upgraded to Immortal-tier. As Su Xiao expected, this equipment was indeed not afraid of fire.

Considering the combat intensity of the next world, as well as Reid's blood pressure, Su Xiao took out the 【Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Piece】. There was only one piece left, and he used it on 【Wild Hunt Night】.

"Solidified Sun Blood Crystal · Extra Large Piece: Can upgrade the reinforcement level of Immortal-tier equipment to +10 (except for Immortal-tier weapons, and a small number of special Immortal-tier equipment)."

Presumably, after completing this upgrade, the 【Wild Hunt Night】 long leather coat would not be so easily damaged. Anyway, Reid is a blacksmith. Letting the other party often do tailor work is really not good. If Reid knew this statement, presumably he would definitely say: 'I thank you, you actually still remember that I am a blacksmith.'

Su Xiao activated the team list. There were still 20 team skill points unused. Of the three team abilities, one had been upgraded to full level. The remaining abilities to be upgraded were:

"Team Skill 1: Hunting Group (Passive Lv. 1): During world settlement, can increase one's own body attribute by 1 point (randomly increase one of the three attributes: Charm, Luck, Willpower)."

"Team Skill 3: Vitality Su Xing (Rare · Team Passive Lv. 18), when a team member's health drops below 10%, this ability will be activated, recovering 630 health points + 20% maximum health points in the subsequent 3 seconds."

Of the two abilities, "Vitality Su Xing" is upgraded by 1 level for 3 team skill points. After upgrading it by six levels, there were still 2 team skill points left. Because of the performance of the "Hunting Group" ability before, Su Xiao decided to test whether there would be any changes if he upgraded this ability by 1 level.

【Prompt: Team Skill · Hunting Group has been upgraded to Lv. 2.】

【Prompt: After this ability reaches level 10, it will reach full level.】

【Prompt: After each world progress ends, you can only upgrade the Hunting Group ability by 1 level.】

……

Su Xiao understood the traits of the Hunting Group ability. He obtained this ability a bit late. The earlier this ability is obtained, the greater the benefit. But there is no way. It was only after the last world ended that he upgraded the adventure group to SSS-tier. He couldn't invest too many rewards in the rank upgrade of the adventure group.

Previously, because "Hunting Group" upgraded the Charm attribute, Su Xiao originally didn't plan to upgrade this ability. In fact, even if he wanted to upgrade it at that time, he couldn't.

Su Xiao checked the upgraded Hunting Group ability.

"Hunting Group (Passive Lv. 2): During world settlement, can increase one's own body attribute by 1 point (randomly increase one of the four attributes: Stamina, Charm, Luck, Willpower)."

Although the upgraded attribute is still 1 point, the lottery range has increased from three items to four. This is a good thing for Su Xiao. He used the remaining team skill points to upgrade "Vitality Su Xing", upgrading this ability from Lv. 18 to Lv. 24.

Su Xiao still had 24,829 Soul Coins left. He first exchanged all the material quotas, and after preparing various permanent alchemy gain potions in the alchemy laboratory, he let Benny go sell them. This is risk-free income.

More than two hours later, in the alchemy laboratory, Su Xiao closed the alchemy secret code in his hand. The interpretation progress of the sixth page was: 9,251,057. After the next interpretation, he could open the sixth page and check the formula or drawing recorded on the back of this page.

After reading 【Coin's Alchemy Notes】 for a while, Su Xiao's brain, which had become heavy due to interpreting the alchemy secret code, felt much lighter.

As a mentor-level figure in the second-era alchemy, the pharmacy notes left by Coin, just reading the first few pages, made Su Xiao benefit a lot.

These experiences and tips polished by time seem to have little impact, but 3% purity of a potion is enough to make the effect of this potion differ by more than 20%. The difference between a master and a mediocre person in preparing potions is perhaps that 3% gap.

Unknowingly, Su Xiao was immersed in it. When the timer rang, he put away 【Coin's Alchemy Notes】 with unfinished thoughts and walked toward the skill upgrade hall.

After Su Xiao returned to the skill upgrade hall, upgrading Basic Passive · Soul Toughness went very smoothly. 25,000 Soul Coins were poured in, and Basic Passive · Soul Toughness was upgraded from Lv. 30 to Lv. 35. The bonus to soul damage reached 31%, which is quite formidable. But soul-type abilities, like technique-type abilities, are particularly expensive to upgrade.

A moment later, on the ancient battlefield where blood energy was dispersed, several simple devouring cores floated above Su Xiao. This time he didn't plan to be greedy, stopping while he was ahead.

Time passed second by second. Suddenly, a sound of breaking wind came. Su Xiao chose to leave the ancient battlefield.

The scene around changed, and Su Xiao had returned to the skill upgrade cabin.

【Breath Release has been upgraded to Lv. 50.】

This time it was upgraded by 6 levels, which is not bad. Su Xiao, whose face was covered with high-temperature blood patterns, exhaled a breath of blood.

【Prompt: If you need to clear the ancient battlefield blood energy erosion, you need to pay 105 Soul Coins.】

【Prompt: If you need to remove the blood energy residue in the breath, you need to pay 328 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to pay. As the skill upgrade cabin operated, the blood patterns on his face and neck dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he recovered his original appearance.

Checking the remaining stay time, Su Xiao headed to the trial field. This time, in the seventh layer of the "Land of All Living Things", he would focus on upgrading "Ring Break", wanting to give "Ring Break" a reborn upgrade.

After arriving at the trial field, Su Xiao used all his remaining Soul Coins to purchase 31 hours of stay time in the seventh layer of the Land of All Living Things.

The teleportation array under his feet lit up. When the teleportation ended, Su Xiao was already standing on a water surface. Stepping on this felt like walking on a rock layer. No matter how many times he came, seeing those extra-large soul crystals below, he felt greedy.

Su Xiao made a posture of drawing a blade and slashing. Thousands of soul clones appeared around him, making the same posture with him. This is a thousand-fold practice efficiency.

The cost of practicing here is indeed expensive, but the effect of 31 hours of practice is no worse than the results obtained from years of bitter practice in the outside world.

In fact, not all contractors can come to the seventh layer of the Land of All Living Things to practice. This has nothing to do with authority, but soul strength.

The clones composed of thousands of soul energies, after Su Xiao slashed out Ring Break each time, the insights of Ring Break slashed out in thousands of slightly different ways, would sink into his body in the form of soul energy as these soul incarnations shattered. If there was no powerful soul strength, this process alone would be unbearable.

Fundamentally speaking, the seventh layer of the Land of All Living Things is not used like this. Generally, staying here for a few hours is considered a long time. Among the same tier, no one is like Su Xiao, coming here to practice for more than 30 hours at a time.

This is also why Su Xiao's blade technique is powerful, because he has sufficient time to perfect the blade technique moves he developed.

31 hours later, on the flat water surface, Su Xiao was maintaining the posture of drawing a blade and slashing, but around him, no soul clones were generated, only him alone.

Su Xiao's physical state had been adjusted to the best. He was looking for the feeling of Ring Break at its peak. He had slashed out once before, and he carefully recalled that feeling.

The sound of airflow being gathered appeared around. The air around was sucked in by the unsheathed blade in his hand, causing many fine black marks and wind marks to appear in the air.

"Draw blade."

"Ring Break."

Whoosh!

A black ring-shaped blade light slashed out. If viewed from above, one could see that around Su Xiao was a perfect circular black disk, covering several tens of meters around him. The Ring Break slash marks in this area were like elegant black flames, and inside and at the edges, white wind marks were mixed in.

The stay time in the seventh layer of the Land of All Living Things reached the limit, and the stay time limit in the Reincarnation Paradise also just reached. Su Xiao was directly teleported back to the real world.

【Prompt: You have returned to the real world.】

【Because in the last world progress, more than 65% of participants chose to delay the opening of the Tree-Born World, in this world progress, all participants must enter the Tree-Born World and cannot be delayed by any means.】

【It is expected that the Tree-Born World will open in 3 natural days. The Hunter needs to be prepared.】 ===== CHAPTER 3425 =====