Chapter 3475

Su Xiao put away the 【Sacred Oak】, preparing to greet the ancient consciousness, the Sacred Oak, later; for now, it was more important to improve his own abilities.

He took out a piece of equipment named 【Hunting Ring】, which could forcibly plunder gems already inlaid on other equipment and have them perfectly inlaid onto the Hunting Ring. Currently, there were four incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stones inlaid on it.

He took out the last piece of the incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stone, inlaid it onto the Hunting Ring as well, and then activated the five incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stones on it to perform synthesis.

Five crisp sounds followed one after another, and the incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stones on the Hunting Ring were all stripped off.

【Yes/No to synthesize the Soul-Severing Shadow Stone? After completing this synthesis, the Soul-Severing Shadow Stone will transform from an inlay-type gem into an Ability Inheritance Stone, and the inherited ability will be "Soul-Severing Shadow."】

【There are two methods for this synthesis: Free Synthesis / Paid Synthesis.】

【Hint: Free synthesis has a certain probability of failure, while paid synthesis is guaranteed to succeed.】

【If performing paid synthesis, you need to pay 5,790 Soul Coins.】

Having collected the Soul-Severing Shadow Stones for so long, Su Xiao was of course willing to spend these Soul Coins. Searching across several tiers, only to choose free synthesis out of greed for cheapness and then failing—if such a thing really happened, it would definitely make the "Apocalypse Paradise Top Ten Annual Brain Hemorrhage Events" list.

Please don't laugh; there really is such a list over there, and it's quite popular.

With the consumption of Soul Coins, the five incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stones were pieced together—not seamlessly, but into an irregular shape.

Su Xiao discovered that these five incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stones did not come from the same complete Soul-Severing Shadow Stone. Five pieces were needed to synthesize a complete one, mainly to ensure that the quality after synthesis could reach the level of a Power Inheritance Stone.

Su Xiao had guessed this earlier, which gave him a certain amount of confidence in collecting a complete Soul-Severing Shadow Stone; if there had only been one piece shattered into five, there would be no point in looking.

The five incomplete Soul-Severing Shadow Stones floated in mid-air, showing signs of dissolving and gradually merging together. This would take some time, so Su Xiao temporarily set them aside.

Su Xiao currently had 6 Golden Skill Points. Among the three abilities to be raised to EX rank, Dragon Shadow Flash was naturally the priority; every battle, this was his core life-saving ability + enemy-killing ability.

He attempted to upgrade the Dragon Shadow Flash ability with a Golden Skill Point. As 1 Golden Skill Point was consumed, he felt a thick energy, close to the origin, appear within his body and begin to provide extreme enhancement to Dragon Shadow Flash.

A few minutes later, Su Xiao's spatial sense stabilized, no longer inadvertently penetrating space as it had just moments before.

【Your Dragon Shadow Flash ability has been upgraded to Lv. EX.】

【Dragon Shadow Flash: Lv. EX (Active Ability).】

Skill Effect: Can penetrate space to move 50 meters (increased by 15 meters), with free choice between 0 meters and 50 meters.

Hint: Dragon Shadow Flash activation speed has been greatly increased (already raised to the limit).

Hint: Dragon Shadow Flash cooldown is 2 minutes (this is the most stable interval).

Hint: Each use of Dragon Shadow Flash requires the consumption of 500 points of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy.

Hint: If Dragon Shadow Flash (active) is in cooldown, it can be forcibly used. After use, the Dragon Shadow Flash cooldown will be temporarily increased to 5 minutes. If forcibly used again, it will place a huge burden on the body, and the cooldown will be temporarily increased to 20 minutes.

New Trait 1: This ability has high-priority judgment.

New Trait 2: The spatial penetration state can be maintained for 0.2 to 3 seconds (the duration of the spatial penetration state is determined by the user's will).

The Dragon Shadow Flash ability did not undergo a qualitative change, but was greatly enhanced on its original foundation. If nothing else, the increase in the duration of spatial penetration—that is, the "penetration state"—was crucial for Su Xiao.

Being able to maintain spatial penetration for 3 seconds was a huge combat power boost for Su Xiao, a Sword Art Master.

After Dragon Shadow Flash reached Lv. EX, its position in the skill list changed to the bottom, and there was one less ability waiting to be upgraded in the skill list.

Su Xiao immediately began to upgrade "Spirit Shadow Constitution," investing 2 Golden Skill Points. After the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy throughout his body became active to the limit, the upgrade of the "Spirit Shadow Constitution" ability was complete.

【Your Spirit Shadow Constitution ability has been upgraded to Lv. EX.】

【Spirit Shadow Constitution Lv. EX (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect 1: Mana and the body have merged to produce a wonderful resonance. Mana and Health form a good cycle, and Health is greatly enhanced, with the increase amount being 100% of total Mana.

Note: Current Mana is 43,372 points, increasing Health by 43,372 points.

Skill Effect 2: Movement speed +15%, dynamic perception +80%.

Skill Effect 3: Body perception potential limit +2.

Skill Effect 4: The body's adaptability to all Law-Exterminator energy is increased; when mastering new Law-Exterminator abilities, the mortality rate is reduced by 20%.

The boost brought by Spirit Shadow Constitution was not small. The so-called "body perception potential limit" was actually the upper limit of the level his own perception ability could reach.

Just like Su Xiao's Intuition ability, everyone had a different upper limit level they could reach after mastering this ability.

The last upgrade brought by Spirit Shadow Constitution didn't look very auspicious, but in Su Xiao's view, this effect was quite practical.

When the previous generation of Law-Exterminators created various Law-Exterminator abilities, they followed two rules: 1. You won't die during or after mastering them; 2. The ability must be strong enough.

This "won't die" didn't mean you definitely wouldn't die, but that you had a high probability of survival. When Su Xiao mastered Green Shadow King, he almost died.

Once, Su Xiao mentioned this to Ma Wen Waltz, asking him if his Green Shadow King ability had awakened incorrectly, as he had almost died from awakening an ultimate ability.

Ma Wen Waltz answered Su Xiao firmly, saying he hadn't awakened incorrectly, and finally smiled knowingly, adding: "Otherwise, why do you think our Law-Exterminator faction has so few people?"

The two entry-level foundation abilities, "Magic-Extinguishing Constitution" and "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying," were also two major thresholds. If you could master them, you were a new Law-Exterminator; if you failed, you were a new grave for a Law-Exterminator. Power never came without a price.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the carpet for a while. After his physical state stabilized, he began to upgrade the last ability he wanted to push to Lv. EX, "Shadow of Slaughter." Half an hour later, the Golden Skill Points he had obtained this time were completely exhausted.

【Your Shadow of Slaughter ability has been upgraded to Lv. EX.】

【Shadow of Slaughter Lv. EX (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect 1: Increases Pride Song state intensity by 350%, crystal formation and adhesion speed increased by 42%, and crystal stability greatly increased.

Skill Effect 2: The shaping and precise control characteristics of the crystals transformed from the Pride Song state are greatly increased.

Skill Effect 3: Can condense the crystals transformed from the Pride Song state to form a weapon that can exist stably for a long time. This object can be freely controlled within a range of 150 meters (if the weapon is too large, the control range will be reduced).

Constructed Weapon: Exile (Currently unavailable).

Hint: You can reshape Exile at any time, but you must break the connection with the originally constructed Exile. If you control two Exiles simultaneously, your control over Exile and the power of Exile will both decrease by 50% to 62%.

Su Xiao closed the skill list. After awakening the Law-Exterminator talent and no longer needing Golden Skill Points to upgrade Green Shadow King, he estimated that it wouldn't be long before the remaining Lv. MAX abilities could all be raised to the limit.

The resources harvested this time were not small, but some couldn't be used for the time being, such as the 【Iron Smelting Invitation】.

Su Xiao pushed open the door and walked into the room where the Black Maple Tree was located. This room was several hundred square meters and over 20 meters high; it could be said that this place occupied nearly one-third of the area of his exclusive room.

Previously in the Soul Arena, Su Xiao had obtained a good thing: one of the sources of the Eternal Spring. This source had quite a few hot spring characteristics, and he planned to use this as a foundation to build a hot spring pool near the Black Maple Tree. In his spare time, he could soak in it, and the Black Maple Tree could also be nourished by the Eternal Spring, leading to better growth conditions.

The materials for the hot spring's stone surroundings were already selected. Su Xiao had previously dismantled the Soul Throne in the Soul Arena, and now it was just right to use as building material.

This matter was left to Baja. After Su Xiao finished giving instructions, he left the large room where the Black Maple Tree was located and saw Amu eating heartily. He took out the 【First King's Ice Soul】 and gave it to Amu; this was obtained in the Ghost Clan, and letting Amu absorb it to improve his ice ability was a good choice.

After leaving the exclusive room, Su Xiao first contacted Reed under the guise of selling forging materials. When he arrived at Reed's blacksmith shop, Su Xiao took off his equipment, such as Dragon Flash and the Black King Armguard, and left them there for maintenance or repair.

Taking advantage of Reed's inattention, Su Xiao took out the severely damaged 【Night of the Wild Hunt】, leaving behind a bewildered Reed, and strode away.

【Welcome to use Attribute Enhancement Chamber No. 1316.】

【Current available real attribute points: 40 points, which the Hunter can distribute freely.】

The chamber door closed, and Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground. His distribution method was: Strength +9, Agility +9, Stamina +10, Intelligence +12.

The attribute enhancement chamber began to operate. More than an hour later, the upgrade stopped. Su Xiao, whose upper body skin was hot and red and still steaming with white gas, opened his eyes. After exhaling a breath of hot air, he checked his physical attributes.

Real Strength: 252 points.

Real Agility: 252 points.

Real Stamina: 252 points.

Real Intelligence: 252 points.

Charisma: -12 points.

With his overall strength growing steadily, Su Xiao left the attribute enhancement chamber and walked toward the Skill Upgrade Hall. On the way, he encountered Chen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time; he was actually with the three members of the Gentleman Alliance.

The original Gentleman Alliance, which was now the "Behind-the-Scenes Shit-Cookers," had changed from a three-person team to four. Mad Doctor, Dean, and Mr. J were somewhat used to the team name "Behind-the-Scenes Shit-Cookers," so they simply joined back in, while the newly joined Chen was unwilling to acknowledge this team name.

Seeing Chen together with the former rule-breaker trio, Su Xiao had a feeling that Chen's days were numbered; after all, these three guys were once teammates of the Gray Gentleman.

Historically, those who cooperated with the Gray Gentleman generally didn't have a good end, such as Fairy Maiden, Dark Wolf, Beast Hero, etc., not to mention that Mad Doctor, Dean, and Mr. J had also left the Gray Gentleman's faction and were almost standing on the opposite side of him.

Chen's strength was unquestionable, but as for his future in the "old schemer" aspect, it was worrying.

10 minutes later, inside the Skill Upgrade Hall.

【Skill Upgrade Chamber No. 1012 has been activated. Please select the skill you wish to upgrade.】

Su Xiao didn't upgrade his abilities first, but took out two scrolls: "Shadow of Blood" and "Soul of Technique."

The prerequisite for "Shadow of Blood" was finally met. Su Xiao chose to use it. With a "pop," the scroll exploded in his hand, turning into a stream of blood energy that merged into his body.

【Ability is synchronizing with the Hunter...】

【Synchronization complete. This ability's name has been changed according to the Hunter's personal characteristics.】

【You have mastered a new ability: Blood Extreme Shadow.】

【Your Aura Release ability level has increased by Lv. 5, and Aura Release has reached Lv. 55.】

【Your Aura Release ability level cap has increased by Lv. 12.】

【Due to the special nature of the Blood Extreme Shadow ability, this ability will not appear in the skill list and can be viewed in the branch list of your personal profile. This ability cannot be upgraded in any way after being mastered.】

【Blood Extreme Shadow (Passive Trait): The damage tier caused by blood energy attacks is +1.】

With a "boom," Su Xiao's blood energy erupted in a needle-like fashion. Although he controlled it in the next second, he still had to pay some Paradise Coins and received a warning hint.

His blood energy underwent a qualitative change, especially in terms of attacks. A strange thing happened: after this permanent boost appeared, the enhancement magnitude of the Blood Gun was far less than the three sword art abilities of "Blood Blade, Blood Shadow, and Slaughter." The gap between the two was exaggeratedly large.

This was to be expected. Su Xiao's sword art moves were already boosted by Sword Art and "Wolf Blood: Moon Ornament," totaling a damage tier +2 bonus. But compared to "Ring Break, Extreme, and Flow," the attack power of blood energy-based sword art moves was slightly weak.

Now that Blood Blade, Blood Shadow, and Slaughter had the damage tier +1 boost from "Blood Extreme Shadow," these three sword art moves finally stood up completely.

Su Xiao was quite satisfied with the "Blood Extreme Shadow" ability; mainly because it didn't consume resources and was strong. He looked at the "Soul of Technique" scroll in his hand and chose to use it.

【You have used the skill scroll: Soul of Technique.】

【Soul of Technique will undergo adaptive matching with Sword Art Master and transform into a passive ability that boosts this ability.】

【You have mastered a new ability: Soul of the Blade.】

【Soul of the Blade: Lv. 62 (Passive Skill)】

Skill Effect 1 (Core Passive): For every level Sword Art Master increases, this ability will automatically increase by 1 level.

Skill Effect 2 (Passive): Sword-type weapon attack power increased by 169%, Basic Neural Reflex Speed +17 points.

Lv. 10 Derivative Trait: Willpower +10 points.

Lv. 20 Derivative Trait: Willpower +20 points.

Lv. 30 Derivative Trait: Willpower +30 points.

Lv. 40 Derivative Ability: Your original hidden ability "Iron Will" is boosted.

Lv. 50 Derivative Trait: All sword-type move attack power increased by 20%.

Lv. 60 Derivative Trait: After attacking an enemy's flaw, you can enter a short-term super-burst state (the super-burst state lasts 0.5 seconds, during which dynamic vision and dynamic perception are super-greatly increased, and body speed will also have a short-term overdraft-type boost; you will have the combat sensation that everything around you has slowed down).

Hint: The super-burst state will consume a large amount of stamina; use with caution.

Seeing this skill effect, Su Xiao was quite surprised. He had originally thought this was another ability that would consume resources like crazy, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

Not only did this ability not consume resources, but its effects were also strong. Its bonus to sword-type weapon attack power and basic neural reflex speed was about 20% of the bonus Sword Art Master provided in this aspect.

In other words, with this ability, Su Xiao's Sword Art Master ability was naturally a cut above other Sword Art Masters of the same level.

Generally, such passive abilities were heartbreakingly expensive to upgrade, but "Soul of the Blade" would improve along with the upgrade of Sword Art Master without needing to invest resources. What a wonderful experience; other Sword Art Masters would want to hit someone after seeing this.

It could only be said that the reward for second place in the Tree-Born World was still very prestigious.

Su Xiao had originally prepared to face the high upgrade price of the new ability, but now he hadn't spent a single cent, and the 160,000 Soul Coins were still held in his hand.

Su Xiao pressed his hand onto the hilt of his blade. Even without drawing it, he could feel how great the boost he had received in terms of attack power was. This feeling of being able to cut through anything made him want to find a strong enemy to fight.

In Su Xiao's view, the battle with a strong enemy was actually very pure, with only four key points: attack, defense, combat experience, and combat IQ. The latter two couldn't be improved in the Skill Upgrade Chamber, but the former two could.

The two abilities "Blood Extreme Shadow" and "Soul of the Blade" just now had both greatly improved his attack capabilities, so now he should improve a defensive ability to balance things out.

However, compared to hard-tanking enemy attacks, Su Xiao preferred dodging and evasion. In this regard, Dragon Shadow Flash had just been upgraded.

Looking at it this way, upgrading "Basic Passive: Body Soul" was an excellent choice. Once this ability was upgraded, he could hard-tank some abilities he couldn't dodge. Plus, in the next world progress, or the one after that, Su Xiao planned to set off for the Dead Silence City, so the improvement in survivability could be said to be of paramount importance.

【Yes/No to upgrade Basic Passive: Body Soul Lv. 60? Upgrading this ability requires the consumption of 6,500 Soul Coins.】

Four hours later.

Su Xiao, who had regained the feeling of poverty as a technique-type, walked out of the Skill Upgrade Hall. When he arrived, he was carrying a huge sum of 163,590 Soul Coins, but when he came out, only 28,590 remained.

Just moments ago, Su Xiao had maxed out "Basic Passive: Body Soul." The reason was that in battles with strong enemies, high survivability was truly comfortable. He would never forget the look the Gray Gentleman gave him before: "You've taken so many attacks, why aren't you dead yet? You should have fallen and died already."

Paying a total of 135,000 Soul Coins, "Basic Passive: Body Soul" was pushed to Lv. 80, which was the maximum level this ability could reach in the Skill Upgrade Chamber. This basic passive ability with top-tier potential in terms of stamina was very expensive to upgrade because, under normal circumstances, this was an ability that could only be maxed out at the ninth tier.

【Basic Passive: Body Soul, Lv. MAX.】

Skill Effect 1: Total/Basic Health increased by 99%.

Skill Effect 2: Physical potential limit tier +10.

Skill Effect 3: Resistance to all abnormal attributes such as severe poison, erosion, paralysis, dizziness, etc., +138 points.

Skill Effect 4: Each point of your real stamina attribute will derive an additional 0.2 points of physical defense (already increased by 50 points of physical defense).

Skill Effect 5: Your maximum stamina limit increased by 35% (this is stamina value/endurance value, not stamina attribute).

Su Xiao tried to contact his investor, Yuyuan, but she was still in the mission world, and he didn't know if things were going smoothly over there.

Previously, Yuyuan said she had a chance to participate in the survival trial, but she didn't have full confidence, so she came to find her financier, Su Xiao, to apply for another investment.

As a return on investment, Yuyuan would take first place and offer the rewards she obtained. The reward for first place was a "Basic Passive Skill Scroll Treasure Chest."

This treasure chest could open seven types of basic passive scrolls, corresponding to Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, Charisma, Perception, and Soul. More importantly, the basic passive abilities opened from this chest all had top-tier potential.

Previously, Su Xiao invested 5 million Paradise Coins, a dozen permanent boost potions, 30 Soul Crystals (Medium), plus a dozen alchemy bombs and an old-model Apollo in Yuyuan.

At that time, seeing these things, Yuyuan's knees almost went weak, and she said, "Are you the father I've been separated from for many years?"

With Yuyuan's status as a second-tier contractor, after receiving these sponsorships, if she couldn't beat the contractors in the same field until they cried, then she would be hung up and whipped by Su Xiao until she cried when she returned.

Of the seven basic passives, Su Xiao had already mastered the basic passive abilities corresponding to Stamina, Intelligence, and Soul. As a melee-type, he had always wanted to get a basic passive ability with high potential in Strength or Agility characteristics.

He had encountered these two types of basic passive abilities before, but unfortunately, their potential wasn't good enough, so he had to endure it for now.

Su Xiao walked slowly, adapting to his newly upgraded body and abilities. This time in the Skill Upgrade Chamber, he made a decision: to spend 300 Soul Coins to strip away the "Demon Mark."

He had mastered this ability a long time ago. Because it could carry real damage, although the damage intensity was low, he had kept it all along.

The reason he removed it this time was that when he activated Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy or formed a crystal layer on his body surface, the upper arm where the "Demon Mark" was located would occasionally sting. When forming a crystal layer on it, there would also be a very short sense of stagnation, so this time he simply discarded it.

In the final analysis, this was an external system ability that didn't match Su Xiao's development direction. The power of the Demon Clan all had explosive characteristics, that is, transformation-type effects.

Su Xiao didn't like this aspect. His normal state was his peak combat state. He could welcome fierce assassinations or earth-shattering changes anytime, anywhere. A casual strike could be his strongest strike.

A moment later, inside Reed's blacksmith shop.

Reed, with a full beard, threw the tailoring book in his hand onto the table and said, "What's the matter? Speak."

Su Xiao took out a piece of metal used for forging and placed it on the table. Seeing this immortal-grade material, the sullenness Reed had from repairing leather clothes was swept away. He picked up the metal blank to observe it, and the more he looked, the more he loved it.

"What weapon do you want to forge? You already have a main weapon. This time, do you want to make a short blade? Your current Saint-Spirit-grade short blade isn't of much use to you anymore, right?"

Reed was very clear about Su Xiao's weapon configuration, after all, Su Xiao's weapon maintenance and repairs were all handled by him.

Su Xiao was indeed planning to forge a short blade. He wasn't satisfied with the few short blades he had obtained before, including 【Soul Whisper】 or the 【Bloodletter】 obtained in the Painting World.

In Su Xiao's view, the role of a short blade wasn't for head-on combat, but for assassination. Sometimes in some dangerous places or special occasions, such an assassination blade was needed.

The problem was that although Su Xiao's Sword Art Master ability could boost short blades, the head-on combat ability of Sword Art Master wasn't that kind of explosive ability.

If he made up for it with abilities, it would destroy his own ability development system, so he needed to make up for it with equipment, at least to the point where he could quickly assassinate enemies that must be eliminated on the occasions Su Xiao needed.

Su Xiao roughly described his requirements, and Reed shook his head, saying it was impossible. He could forge assassination blades, but to achieve the effect Su Xiao mentioned, he would need an assassination short blade + matching assassination-type ability boosts.

Regarding this, Su Xiao was well prepared. After he got this metal blank from the Soul Lord, he had already decided that to achieve that effect, he had to use Abyss power as the core to forge the weapon.

Su Xiao wouldn't absorb Abyss power, but he wouldn't be hostile to this power either. In his view, Abyss power was very fair; while gaining something, one also had to pay something. The stronger the boost in one aspect, the harsher the penalty in another.

Su Xiao took out 127 【Abyssal Distorted Crystals】. Seeing these things, Reed's expression changed slightly, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning.

Immediately after, Su Xiao took out the 【Heart of Extreme Darkness】 gifted by the Old Elf King, the 【Precipitated Glaze】 obtained from Aiduoer, the 【Aquatic Object】 obtained after killing the Water Mother, and a section of the Abyss Guardian's arm, which contained a special kind of Abyss power.

With the five-piece Abyss set laid out on the forging table, Reed's face turned almost blue. He almost said, "Good guy, you're not here to forge; you're here to kill me."

"Can you forge it?"

Su Xiao teased Wowo with a "Soul Candy." Wowo was so greedy she was almost drooling, grabbing Su Xiao's hem tightly with both hands.

"I dare to forge it, but do you dare to use it?"

Reed also went all out; he really wanted to see what could be forged from this top-tier immortal-grade forging blank plus the five-piece Abyss set.

"I dare. Forge it."

After saying this, Su Xiao gave Wowo the candy and left the blacksmith shop.

After returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao originally thought Xiang Bubu, Amu, Baja, and Beini were all gone, but before long, sounds came from the large room where the Black Maple Tree was located. The four of them were arranging the construction of the hot spring, which would be completed soon.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Su Xiao took out the treasure chests he had obtained this time, starting with the Gray Gentleman's Scarlet Card.

Regarding this item, Su Xiao was hesitant about whether to use the "Directional Acquisition" permission to see what was in the Gray Gentleman's storage space and then choose one item.

Considering that "Directional Acquisition" was a life-saving permission, Su Xiao decided to keep it. In case he had to compete for some mission-essential item in the future and the enemy contractor put it into their storage space before dying, he could then use "Directional Acquisition" to get it out.

Even so, Su Xiao chose to keep the Gray Gentleman's Scarlet Card unopened for now.

There were seven treasure chests remaining. After the European Emperor state was added, Su Xiao chose to open the immortal-grade treasure chest with the lowest gold content.

【You have opened an immortal-grade treasure chest (3%).】

【You have obtained Row Omen (Saint-Spirit-grade ring).】

Su Xiao checked the attributes of the 【Row Omen】 ring. This thing was not only Saint-Spirit-grade but also Charisma-type. Opening this from an immortal-grade treasure chest was simply a race of trash, with the trash reaching the finish line.

He picked up the 【Abyss Treasure Chest】. As a treasure chest dropped by the Ghost Queen, Su Xiao's expectations for it were not low.

【You have opened the Abyss Treasure Chest.】

【You have obtained Abyss Blood (Abyssal product).】

【You have obtained Light: Extreme Radiance (Active skill scroll; due to the loss of Abyssal characteristics, this skill scroll will undergo a certain degree of qualitative change).】

Su Xiao edited an email and sent the "Abyss Blood" to Reed. The five-piece Abyss set for forging the short blade became a six-piece Abyss set. Now he didn't know what kind of fierce blade would be forged over there.

He sold the obtained skill scroll. Although this was a castrated version of the skill, it was produced by a big boss and could sell for a good price.

Su Xiao picked up the third treasure chest, which was the treasure chest of the four people in the fishing village.

【You have opened the immortal-grade treasure chest: Angry Shark.】

【You have obtained Angry Shark (Active skill scroll).】

【You have obtained Ghost's Hatred (Immortal-grade gem).】

The skill scroll and gem were both good, but unfortunately, they weren't suitable for Su Xiao. After putting them away, he opened a set treasure chest.

【You have opened the Saint-Spirit-grade set treasure chest: 6/6 set.】

【You have obtained Black Armored Knight: Greatsword.】

【You have obtained Black Armored Knight: Armor.】

【You have obtained Black Armored Knight: Armguards (Pair).】

【You have obtained Black Armored Knight: Headgear.】

【You have obtained Black Armored Knight: Skirt Armor.】

【You have obtained Black Armored Knight: Greaves.】

【Set 6/6 has been collected, triggering the following set effects.】

【Set Effect 1: Kingdom Knight (Passive): Those with Strength attribute higher than 30 points, Agility attribute higher than 27 points, and Stamina attribute higher than 50 points can wear this set.】

【Set Effect 2: Strength (Active/Unique): Body speed is reduced by 47% overall, Strength attribute increased by 12 points, and attacks carry Strength attribute × 2.4 Power Crushing damage.】

【Set Effect 3: Speed (Active/Unique): Stamina consumption increased by 66%, Agility attribute increased by 12 points, and attacks carry Agility attribute × 2.7 Defense-Ignoring damage.】

【Set Effect 4: Defense (Active/Unique): Intelligence attribute reduced by 20 points, Charisma attribute reduced by 20 points, all equipment defense increased by 75%, Defense tier +1.】

Hint: Set Effect 2, Set Effect 3, and Set Effect 4 can only trigger one at a time.

It was a very extreme set, not suitable for personal use, but more suitable for an adventure team. Su Xiao planned to sell it to the God Emperor Adventure Team.

【You have started the Soul Banquet Box: Ten Thousand Faces.】

【You have obtained Faceless (This is a Soul Fusion, which can be used on high-level soul equipment in an empty shell state to make it complete).】

【You have opened the World Treasure Chest (Consumes World Key).】

【You have obtained World Core Fragment × 4.】

【You have obtained Space-Time Power (109 ounces).】

【You have obtained Bud of Creation.】

【Bud of Creation】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Category: Special (No need to wear directly; it takes effect when stored in the storage space).

Durability: 1/1

Effect 1: Memory Space (Passive): A bud encapsulated by World Tree amber, can be used to memorize life marks.

Memorizable times: 8/8 times.

Hint: The same unit can be memorized at most once.

Effect 2: Tree's Protection (Passive): When the health of the memorized life mark holder drops below 0.5%, this item will be activated immediately, granting the user a high-level invincible shield. The shield lasts for 2 seconds, during which the user will recover 50% health and 50% mana, and gain a large movement speed boost.

Introduction: Sometimes whether you can survive depends on how fast you run.

Price: Cannot be sold after memorizing a life mark.

There was one treasure chest left, which was Pig Brother's treasure chest. Su Xiao decided not to open it. Pig Brother might have died too unjustly, and the treasure chest produced after death had the risk of opening negative effects. It was better to sell it and give someone else a stroke of fortune, which was more practical.

Su Xiao stored the items to be sold in the team storage space, then pushed open the door of the large room and saw the hot spring that had already been built, as well as the Black Maple Tree, which was even more lush due to the large intake of Eternal Spring.

Originally, Su Xiao was worried that placing this spring eye of the Eternal Spring next to the Black Maple Tree would waterlog the tree to death. After observation, he found that the Eternal Spring didn't seep into the soil, and the Black Maple Tree grew over to "drink" on its own. If it weren't for Xiang Bubu controlling it, the current gushing volume of the spring eye wouldn't be enough for the Black Maple Tree to absorb, so there was no need to worry about waterlogging or water vapor issues.

The little water vapor drifting from the hot spring was greedily absorbed by the Black Maple Tree. Even so, the bark of the Black Maple Tree still looked a bit dry.

The depth of the hot spring pool varied in different locations. After all, Su Xiao, Amu, Xiang Bubu, and Baja had different body sizes. The surroundings were built with a circle of large stones, and there were various landscapes nearby, which looked pleasant.

Su Xiao took off his clothes and soaked in the hot spring with Xiang Bubu Wang, Baja, Amu, and Beini. He sat down in the hot spring, leaning his back against the warm, smooth large stone, his body soaked in the hot spring water. He could feel the slight water pressure, as well as the warmth and refreshing feeling brought by the hot spring water. The fatigue of fighting for a whole world was washed away bit by bit by the hot spring water.

After soaking for a while, Su Xiao felt that a certain physical trait of his was improving, though he didn't know exactly what it was. The benefits of soaking in the Eternal Spring frequently were definitely numerous.

While soaking in the hot spring pleasantly, Su Xiao took out a crystal card. This was a spatial prop sent by a client from White Cow's side. The Empty Seat Banquet was about to be held, tomorrow.

This time Su Xiao had a lot of things to do. The alchemy items and potions ordered by the Tuan Zhang, Immortal Old Man, Saintess Seat, and others were all ready. He also had to discuss the price of the "Star Inscription" he had obtained with the Saintess Seat.

PS: (This chapter includes a photo of Su Xiao's team in the hot spring. You can see it by flipping to the back. Remember to post more barrage comments in the easter egg section to encourage the creative enthusiasm for easter egg chapters.)