Chapter 3578: Superposition

Great Gathering Place, behind the stall rented by Su Xiao.

After Saint Poetry expressed her "willingness" to assist Su Xiao in battle for a world progress as a healing type, she left with a complicated mood. In fact, this could also be understood. Anyone who signed 15 Reincarnation Paradise contracts would have a relatively complicated mood.

Crunch, crunch...

The chewing sounds echoed each other. Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha each held a small bag of crispy broad beans, sitting behind the stall eating. The broad beans tasted crispy, and the more they chewed, the more fragrant they became. They had been selling things for several hours, and they were really hungry.

There were still three items on the stall: 【???】, 【Technique Soul · Dark】, and 【Origin Stone · Chaos Fire】 which was only for exchange and not for sale.

Setting up the stall for these few hours, many people took a fancy to 【Origin Stone · Chaos Fire】. If they could exchange this fire-type Origin Stone for an Origin Stone that added to blade technique or technique type, it would be very profitable.

The former was precious, but the degree of acceptance was far less than fire-type. Several buyers had promised to get the type of Origin Stone Su Xiao needed as soon as possible and reach an exchange.

Just as Su Xiao was considering how to spend the existing Soul Coins, a black-robed figure walked past the stall and took away 【Technique Soul · Dark】.

【Technique Soul · Dark has been sold.】

【You have obtained 85,000 Soul Coins.】

Seeing this, Su Xiao prepared to withdraw the stall and return to Reincarnation Paradise. Although he didn't get any rare ingredients this time, he brought back some mushrooms, a specialty of High Wall City. Later, he would let Xia cook them.

Just as Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Benny, and Baha were arguing about whether to roast or stew the mushrooms, a man with a short ponytail and a leather jacket stopped at the stall. He picked up the charcoal box on the stall and said:

"4500, I want this thing."

The ponytail man looked at the thing in the charcoal box, seemingly very interested.

"5000, no bargaining."

Su Xiao's tone was calm but firm. It wasn't that he was short of those 500 Soul Coins. Selling the "Daddy-level" artifact on the stall was the result of mutual disgust between the two sides. As the saying goes, it's better to part on good terms. Even if they met in the future, there would be no hatred. But treating the other party as a commodity and bargaining was indeed not giving the other party face.

"5000..."

The ponytail man clicked his tongue, then smiled and continued: "Fine, who made me in a good mood today, I'll take it."

Having said that, the ponytail man paid 5000 Soul Coins. Almost instantly, the charcoal box in his hand disappeared, and a crown fell into his hand.

The ponytail man's face sank, and the smile on his face disappeared. He lowered his eyes and said: "Friend, this is not good."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak and put away the charcoal box. He relied on this charcoal box to sell the "Daddy-level" artifact. This was made by burning the branches produced by the Black Maple Tree at a stable temperature to ensure its characteristics, then crushing these branch charcoal and molding them into this sealing box.

When encountering weird things, Su Xiao used this sealing box, combined with leather cloth engraved with alchemy secret patterns, to seal them.

Even if he offered tens of thousands of Soul Coins, he wouldn't sell this charcoal box. This was made after saving branches of the Black Maple Tree for a long time, and he failed several times during the period. One could imagine the high cost.

The ponytail man was very knowledgeable and took a fancy to this charcoal box at a glance.

"Heh."

The ponytail man smiled. The reason was that he vaguely guessed the origin of this pitch-black crown. The reason he bought it was to give it to a "friend," a "friend" he thought about and wanted to die at any time.

Failing to pick up the charcoal box, the ponytail man wasn't too disappointed. The gloom on his face was swept away, and he left thoughtfully.

Looking at the ponytail man's back, for some reason, Su Xiao had a premonition that he might encounter that "Daddy-level" artifact again. To be precise, he would encounter the artifact named "Soul Crown" again.

Although this thing was called "Soul Crown," it was more suitable to call it "Dark Crown." Speaking of which, Su Xiao had some fate with this thing.

The "Dark Mask" he dealt with before was a lower-level derivative of the "Dark Crown." It was a tyrant bewitched by the "Dark Crown" who exhausted the resources of a world to create it. The tyrant always thought that just wearing the "Dark Crown" was not perfect enough, and he also had to wear a mask.

The creation of the "Dark Mask" deviated, and later it was lost.

Compared to the "Abyss Jar" and the "Book of Dead Spirits," the "Soul Crown" seemed not dangerous, but it was not.

For the strong, the "Soul Crown" was extremely dangerous. The moment they touched it, the stronger they were, the easier it was to be bewitched by it. **It was like a balloon being constantly blown up, until finally, the balloon popped with a bang. By then, the wearer of the crown would become a slave to the crown and be swayed by it.

This was the "Soul Crown," or the terrible thing about the "Dark Crown." Its lower-level "Dark Mask" would only stimulate others' desire for power, while the "Soul Crown" stimulated all the ** of the wearer.

It wasn't that no one had tried to destroy the "Dark Crown," but without exception, after obtaining the "Dark Crown," they all became its slaves.

Su Xiao never thought he was a chosen person or a special existence, so he never thought that others would be bewitched after touching it, but he could ignore or overcome it, etc. So staying away from this thing was the best countermeasure.

Looking at the 390,000 Soul Coins displayed in the brand list, Su Xiao began to consider how to spend this wealth to achieve the greatest strength improvement.

Su Xiao was prepared to build a "Hunting List" with 800 ounces of time and space power. The combat intensity of the next world could be imagined.

With the current amount of Soul Coins, Su Xiao had three improvement strategies:

1. Upgrade Blade Master and Melee Master to the point where these two core abilities appear qualitative changes, in addition to upgrading the "Breath Release" ability.

2. Only upgrade Blade Master to the remaining Soul Coins, used to promote Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan to Origin-level, in addition to significantly upgrading "Basic Passive · Blood Su Xing."

3. Only upgrade Blade Master to try to use the remaining Soul Coins to push "Basic Passive · Spirit Toughness" to full level. If there is any left, upgrade "Basic Passive · Blood Su Xing."

First exclude the third one. "Basic Passive · Spirit Toughness" was enough for the current degree. After he was well-off in the future, he would push this ability to full level.

If it was the second one, Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan promoted to Origin-level, the slashing power, etc., would definitely have a very exaggerated improvement. But the problem was, the current Immortal-level +14, combined with blade weapon damage tier + 5, was enough to slash enemies of the intensity of the God of Immortality.

This also meant that with Su Xiao's current comprehensive strength, the sharpness of Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was temporarily enough. His current focus was to be able to slash first, and then consider others. When encountering enemies with tough defense, the double sharpness bonus of "Silver Moon Blade" + "Spirit Blade" was enough to deal with it.

Closing the stall, the stall rental refund hint of 12 Soul Coins appeared. Su Xiao walked toward the building with the ф mark, returned to Reincarnation Paradise through the transfer device.

With a flash of light in front of his eyes, Su Xiao had returned to the building at the end of the trading street. After leaving the trading street, he returned to the exclusive room. Benny took the 【Dark Matter Intake (Skill Scroll · Abyss Characteristic)】 to the agreed location to trade with the little black demon fat guy. The price had been negotiated in advance, and that side was willing to pay 11,000 Soul Coins.

This price was already very high. In the Great Gathering Place, this thing wouldn't sell for 6000.

Besides this, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was responsible for going to the enhancement hall to sell the 24 【Refined Immortal Stones】 to the merchants there. From the current situation, it was unlikely to strengthen Immortal-level weapons or Immortal-level · special equipment for the time being.

After returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao sat on the sofa. He estimated that upgrading Blade Master + Melee Master would require a total of 349,200 Soul Coins.

Except for this expenditure, he still had 71,620 Soul Coins left. This surplus was not enough for Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan's promotion. If it was used to upgrade "Basic Passive · Blood Su Xing," the risk was higher.

The reason why the risk of upgrading "Basic Passive · Blood Su Xing" in the near future was high was because Su Xiao was prepared to do something ruthless. He had accumulated for so long by improving his physique with various "Basic Passives," and the previous assumption finally had a chance to be tried.

Except for the dual masters, it was safest not to upgrade other abilities for the time being. In this way, this surplus of 70,000-plus could be used to open a certain item obtained before.

For this thing, Su Xiao had long wanted to open it, that is, the 【Steel Box】. This was a secret treasure once guarded by the Sun Bird · Taihakak. When the Sun Bird chased Su Xiao to the bottom of the sea, it was because of this 【Steel Box】.

Before buying two technique souls from the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, Su Xiao was prepared to open the 【Steel Box】 first. If he was lucky and opened "Blade Soul" or "Body Soul," he wouldn't need to buy them from the Goblin Chamber of Commerce at a high price.

Taking out the 【Steel Box】, this thing was about 1 meter high and 70 centimeters wide, divided into three layers as a whole, looking both ancient and sturdy.

【Whether to open the Steel Box? This item has a three-layer structure, totaling three openings. Each opening requires purifying the fate power on it, and one time requires consuming 20,000 Soul Coins.】

【This item was left by the God King · Os · Tobias, sealed by strong fate power. There might be secret treasures left by the God King inside, or, it might be empty.】

Su Xiao chose to open it. His Soul Coin holdings fell rapidly. After consuming 20,000, with a click and a crisp sound of mechanism retraction, the mechanism lock of the first layer of the Steel Box was released and unfolded by itself.

"..."

Su Xiao's hand reached into the Steel Box, knocked on the bottom of the box, and confirmed that the first layer of the 【Steel Box】 was empty.

Fortunately, he didn't open it before. In the late Eighth Tier, if 20,000 Soul Coins opened an empty box, the days for a long time afterward would not be good.

Su Xiao didn't believe the second layer was still empty. He opened it, and then...

"..."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette. Baha and Amu on the side pretended that nothing happened and didn't even dare to breathe. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who had just returned, leaned forward.

Su Xiao knocked on the bottom of the second layer. This layer was actually empty too. He was a bit puzzled. Three layers and two were empty. What on earth was the Sun Bird · Taihakak guarding? He opened the last layer with 20,000 Soul Coins.

【You have obtained Fate Blood (World-class item).】

【You have obtained Drive Core · Storm Lord (Origin-level item).】

【You have obtained Brewing Method (Ancient Knowledge).】

【You have obtained God Source Blood (World Ink).】

【Fate Blood】

Origin: Painting World

Quality: World-class

Type: Rare item.

Usage effect: When in a native world (non-transcendent), this item can be implanted into a plot character's body. This plot character has a certain probability of becoming the World Child of this world.

Introduction: This was left by the God King · Os · Tobias, used for the continuation of the fire in the Painting World.

Selling price: World Power 150 ounces.

【Drive Core · Storm Lord】

Origin: Painting World/Second Era · Alchemy Era.

Quality: Origin-level

Category: Drive Core.

Durability: points.

Effect: This is the drive core of the Sky Giant Wing · Storm Lord.

Rating: 2359 points (Origin-level equipment rating is 1500 to 3000 points).

Hint: If this drive core is successfully repaired, the rating of this drive core will be restored to 3000 points.

Introduction: In the Second Era · Alchemy Era, alchemists' demands for drive cores reached a near-paranoid degree. Drive cores that did not reach perfection could not be sold or transferred. This also caused rare drive cores to be left behind. This precious drive core can be left until today, which is a miracle. If you want to use it, you must repair it first. Even for an alchemist, the difficulty of repairing it is very high. After all, it has been "repaired" many times by the craftsmen of the Painting World, and it was damaged to this degree.

Price: 5700 Soul Coins.

【Brewing Method】

Origin: Painting World.

Category: Knowledge record (cannot be used directly, can only master the recorded content through interpretation). 【3578-9

Prerequisite for learning: Elemental Affinity of 20 points or higher.

Content recorded: A marvelous secret method for brewing alcohol. After processing the raw materials for brewing through this secret method, natural elements are allowed to participate in the fermentation and brewing process. This secret method cannot forcibly control elemental power, so it requires a sufficiently high Elemental Affinity to allow elemental power to participate in the brewing process on its own. The higher the Elemental Affinity, the more elemental power is gathered, and the more mellow the brewed alcohol will be.

Hint: Long-term brewing using this method will gradually increase Elemental Affinity.

Warning: After mastering this method, do not use any means to drive, control, seal, or interfere with natural elements, otherwise it will lead to a decrease in Elemental Affinity.

Introduction: A secret technique once recognized by the Law Breakers. It is a pity that the God King, Os Tobias, regarded this as a treasure not to be passed on, willing only to leave this method to those who inherited his power.

……

Su Xiao flipped through the small booklet in his hand. After a moment, he roughly understood why this brewing method was recognized by the previous generation of Law Breakers. This brewing method had nothing to do with the abuse or devouring of elemental power. To be precise, many things in life involve the participation of elemental power; it is just that people cannot see elemental power and are unaware of it.

Coexisting with elements, and even absorbing a small amount of elemental power under natural circumstances, is something Law Breakers will not interfere with. Natural laws are just like that; there is no need to interfere. To be precise, this is called elemental circulation. After people absorb natural elements, they do not digest them away. After a period of time, this elemental power will leave the human body and return to nature.

This brewing method uses one's own Elemental Affinity to attract more natural elements, and then seals the wine jar. After brewing for a period of time, as the wine jar is opened, the elemental power inside will leave. Not only does it not consume elemental power, but it also makes the elemental power increase. After the elemental power leaves, what is obtained is a fine wine brewed with the participation of numerous elemental powers.

The so-called abuse and devouring of elemental power refers to the non-renewable consumption of elemental power. Once such a situation occurs, natural elements will become fewer and fewer, the environment of that world will become worse and worse, resource production will decrease, fresh water will become turbid, and so on, until it deteriorates to the point where the Abyss invades.

Curiously, this brewing method can increase Elemental Affinity, which shows that the process has a significant benefit to elemental power. It is no wonder that the previous generation of Law Breakers were interested in this brewing method. Brewing in worlds where elemental power is about to be exhausted might even make the elemental exhaustion there arrive later.

Although they were interested, the previous generation of Law Breakers could not do the act of open robbery. Of course, enemies were an exception. For enemies, it was not open robbery, but rather cutting them down first and then counting the spoils. In the Law Breaker formula, the simplest formula is: The enemy's = mine.

Su Xiao was very interested in this brewing method. Although he only drank occasionally, he had brewing conditions that others could not compare to.

First is this secret brewing method. From the description, the higher the brewer's Elemental Affinity, the better the wine produced. With his 983 points of Elemental Affinity, the bonus in this aspect would be unimaginably high.

Those ordinary elemental powers often gathered around him, and once they almost singed his hair. This time, there was a place for them to go.

In addition to the advantages of the brewing method, the most important thing in brewing is water. Regarding this point, Su Xiao could not think of anything better than the water from the Eternal Spring.

The Black Maple Tree, which was already over 7 meters tall, often shed branches and the like. Some branches that did not meet the standard quality should be quite good as materials for making wine barrels.

The main materials needed for brewing can be exchanged for shares with materials, and exchanged within the Reincarnation Paradise with Soul Coins. In this aspect, it would definitely not be bad.

If there are no accidents, the final quality of the fine wine will definitely be shockingly high. This is a way to make a fortune.

Besides this brewing method, the value of 【Blood of Fate (World-class Item)】 and 【Source Blood of the Gods】 needs no words. The latter Su Xiao had obtained in the Painted World; it is a miracle object used for painting worlds.

And 【Drive Core: Storm Lord (Origin-class Item)】, just this thing alone means that opening the 【Iron Box】 this time was a huge profit.

Putting away all the obtained items, Su Xiao entered the single room used as a study and activated the 【Gnome Universal Trading Device】.

The 【Gnome Universal Trading Device】 turned into a cylinder less than 1 meter high. At the very top, a creature similar to a toad crawled out. It had more than a dozen legs and grabbed the top of the cylinder below. This big toad was covered with various coins; some were paper money, some were gold coins, and there were also Soul Coins.

The big toad said enthusiastically: "Welcome to use the No. 18 displacement machine, distinguished Law Breaker guest."

"Is the Technique Soul I ordered last time ready?"

"Blade Soul, Body Soul, both are in stock. Distinguished guest, to tell you the truth, someone wanted to buy the Blade Soul before, and they offered 160,000, but we didn't sell it. You see..."

The big toad smiled more and more enthusiastically. As for what it said about someone wanting to buy the "Technique Soul: Blade" before, it was nothing more than wanting to raise the price.

"Then forget it. I'll contact other vendors later."

"Don't, distinguished guest. I was just saying that casually."

The big toad changed the subject and began to talk about how excellent the "Technique Soul: Blade" they had in storage was.

After some negotiation, the price of the "Technique Soul: Blade" remained unchanged, while the "Technique Soul: Body" was 140,000 Soul Coins each. Although the selling price was not cheaper, the big toad took out a gift, which was the "Smoke Bomb" produced by the Gnome Company, with a selling price of 3,000 Soul Coins each, and the effect was outstanding. After the transaction ended, the big toad did not leave immediately, but asked Su Xiao if he had encountered Caesar recently. Only after learning that he definitely had not, did it leave with reluctance.

After coming out of the study, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the carpet and took out the two Technique Souls he had just obtained. One was faintly blue, and the other was light red.

【To upgrade Sword Technique Master, you need to consume "Technique Soul: Blade" and 27,000 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to upgrade. The next instant, he was enveloped in ten thousand rays of light. When his vision recovered, he had arrived at a place where clouds and mist drifted, as if he were at the peak of the clouds.

Su Xiao stepped forward. At first, he could roughly distinguish the direction, but after walking for a long time, the sense of direction began to become unclear, and the surrounding clouds and mist began to thin. He arrived at a desolate place.

Continuing to walk for an unknown amount of time, it seemed like only a few minutes, and it also seemed like years, or even longer. He seemed to have passed through ice fields, wildernesses, deserts, and underground molten caves. The surrounding scenery changed constantly. In the sky, one second it was a clear sky for ten thousand miles, and the next moment it became the setting sun, and in a flash, it was pouring rain.

Suddenly, everything around became still. Raindrops stood still in mid-air. The fresh smell of soil during rain still lingered in his sense of smell, so much so that the sound of earthworms pushing out of the moist soil was so clear and distinct.

Su Xiao looked at the high sky. He seemed to have realized something, but it was as if it were the same as before. He continued to move forward, and the raindrops that were still around him all retreated to the surroundings.

Three stone tablets stood in front. These three stone tablets were all several meters high. The first one appeared blood-colored and was still emitting wisps of blood smoke. The second one was transparent blue and covered with slash marks. The third stone tablet was pitch black, and a feeling of the Abyss rushed towards him.

Su Xiao knew that this was the choice he had to face after his Sword Technique Master reached Lv. 70. The first choice was to develop towards the pure blood-qi system, and all sword technique moves would be converted to the blood-qi system.

The second one was the sharpness tendency, which was the style Su Xiao had been insisting on.

The third one was the Abyss tendency. After choosing this tendency, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, even if he failed to obtain resources later, it would still be the case, but the price corresponding to it was too great to bear.

Su Xiao did not hesitate at all and raised his hand to press on the second stone tablet. With a crack, the surrounding world shattered, and the transparent blue stone tablet covered with slash marks also shattered. A blue energy inside merged into Su Xiao's chest.

In the exclusive room, Su Xiao's eyes opened. He was still sitting cross-legged on the carpet. Everything just now seemed like a delusion. He raised his hand, and water droplets dripped from his sleeves soaked by the heavy rain.

【Sword Technique Master has been upgraded to Sword Technique Master (Passive)】

Skill effect: Sword-type weapon attack power increased by 969% (increased by 20%), Basic Neural Reflex Speed +175 points (increased by 20 points), damage tier caused by sword-type weapons +1.

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Mind Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Blade Extreme (Passive)……

Lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Mind-Soul-Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 50 Ultimate Ability: Soul Sharp Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Blade Domain (Ultimate-class, Active), forms a 100-meter range Blade Domain. When you are in this domain, you will gain 10% total damage reduction, and can parry strong attacks not higher than your own Strength attribute by 25 points. After a successful parry, you can briefly and significantly increase anti-knockback and anti-knock-up characteristics.

Hint: After opening this domain, it consumes 1,500 mana points per second.

Hint: While in the Blade Domain, your slash damage is increased by 20%.

Hint: While in the Blade Domain, your Dragon Shadow Flash ability activation speed will be increased by 35%.

Hint: While in the Blade Domain, all your sword technique move abilities will be strengthened by the Blade Domain.

Lv. 70 Ultimate Ability: Blade World (Ultimate-class, Passive), damage tier caused by sword-type weapons +4.

……

Feeling the Sword Technique Master that had completed its transformation, Su Xiao was very gratified. The "Blade Domain" was finally no longer a scraping domain, but had become a master-level divine skill.

After opening the Blade Domain, not to mention the 10% comprehensive damage reduction, the ability to parry strong attacks not higher than his own Strength attribute by 25 points was an ability Su Xiao had always wanted to obtain.

Whether it was against the Old Knight, the Nether Emperor, or the previous Eternal God, Su Xiao had been blasted away by the enemy's strong attacks more than once.

Now that the "Blade Domain" had completed its transformation, this kind of thing would not happen easily again. Of course, the strength of the "Blade Domain" needs no words, and the consumption is also great. It consumes 1,500 points of body energy per second.

Fortunately, Su Xiao had 60,128 mana points and could open the "Blade Domain" for at most 40 seconds. This is a killing move that would only be opened when fighting to the end and battling enemies. It doesn't need 40 seconds; 20 seconds is enough.

The first awakened "Lv. 70 Ultimate Ability: Blade World", this ability carried through Su Xiao's consistent sword technique style: simple, pure, and powerful.

Su Xiao had accumulated for so long before letting the sword-type weapon damage tier reach +5. Now, it suddenly increased by +4, reaching a damage tier of +9 caused by sword-type weapons, which made him even less anxious to promote Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan.

Su Xiao even doubted whether an Origin-class shield with a rating below 2,300 points could block a slash from Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. I don't know if there are still tank-types holding shields at the ninth tier. If he encounters a hostile contractor holding a shield in the next world, he must find the other party to try it out.

After meditating for a while, he took out a large number of Soul Crystals and "Technique Soul: Body" and began to upgrade Close Combat Master.

In the past, he would definitely have upgraded level by level to seek stability, but at this time, he had just finished upgrading Sword Technique Master, and his state was unprecedentedly good, so he chose to upgrade significantly at one time.

A large number of Soul Crystals shattered, and "Technique Soul: Body" turned into energy and merged into Su Xiao's body.

Half an hour later, Su Xiao was floating with scorching white steam all over his body, and the scarlet red in his eyes faded. During this half hour, he felt as if the blood all over his body had turned into boiling magma, scouring inside his body.

【Close Combat Master has been upgraded to Close Combat Master (Passive)】

Skill effect: In close combat, kick technique attack power increased by 790% (increased by 18%), Basic Neural Reflex Speed +52 points (increased by 10 points), Basic Dynamic Vision +47 points (increased by 10 points), physical defense and physical toughness increased by 37%, immune to all physical control effects derived from attributes lower than one's own Strength and Agility (such as being frozen or bound, etc., can instantly break free).

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique Basic Strengthening (Passive)……

Lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique First Strengthening (Passive)……

Lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique Second Strengthening (Passive)……

Lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique Third Strengthening (Passive)……

Lv. 50 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique Fourth Strengthening (Passive)……

Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique Fifth Strengthening (Ultimate-class, Passive)……

Lv. 70 Ultimate Ability: Strength Penetration: Kick Technique Sixth Strengthening (Ultimate-class, Passive): Damage tier caused by kick technique +2, and the overall attack intensity of the kick technique is "massively" increased, and the judgment has been raised to "Destruction-class".

Destruction-class: You use pure explosive power to penetrate the enemy's body defense, so that 40% to 55% of your straight kick technique damage is true damage that cannot be reduced.

……

Before checking the skill effects, Su Xiao actually felt that his Close Combat Master ability was as dedicated as ever. All bonuses were accumulated on a single straight kick. The purer it was, the more powerful it was.

Facts have proven that Close Combat Master has never disappointed Su Xiao. His straight kick has kicked strong enemies such as the Iron Feather King, the Alien King, the Blood God, the Feather God, Rogues, the Nameless Captain, the Abyss Eldest Daughter, the Old Knight, the Nether Emperor, and the Eternal God to their knees with numb bodies.

Su Xiao looked at the 11,620 Soul Coins remaining. The feeling that no matter how many Soul Coins he had, it was not enough still existed after reaching the ninth tier. Perhaps, this thing would never be enough. It is precisely because of this that these coins condensed from soul energy are so tempting.

Su Xiao tried to upgrade Sword Technique Master; he wanted to try its upgrade cost.

【To upgrade Sword Technique Master, you need to consume Soul Crystal x 100 + 6,300 Soul Coins.】

Seeing this hint, Su Xiao's gaze gradually became solemn. He closed it and tried to upgrade Sword Technique Master again.

【To upgrade Sword Technique Master, you need to consume Soul Crystal x 100……】

Reality is sometimes so ruthless. After Sword Technique Master reaches Lv. 70, the upgrade cost for 1 level actually requires 100 Soul Crystals.

At this moment, Su Xiao suddenly remembered that at the previous Kongzuo Banquet, when he chatted with the leader, he mentioned that he was developing three master abilities. At that time, the leader's gaze seemed to be a bit surprised, and then he looked Su Xiao up and down with a gaze that was examining a brand-new species, and finally said: "As expected of a wealthy alchemist."

The good news is that Saintess Seat still owes him 250 Soul Crystals, and the other party will definitely pay them back.

The bad news is that Saintess Seat is in the Void faction. Although the output of Soul Crystals there is not small, there are too many people who need them, resulting in a miserable amount after being shared.

This time in the Gloom Continent, Su Xiao obtained a total of 9 Golden Skill Points. If it were before, he would definitely have used them to upgrade his abilities to the current level. He wanted to try using them to upgrade Sword Technique Master.

Su Xiao tried to activate the Golden Skill Points, but immediately, he gave up this method. It felt very wrong. The energy induced by the Golden Skill Points was full of "penetration", but it was not as thick as when consuming a large number of Soul Crystals.

Golden Skill Points can of course upgrade the level of Sword Technique Master, but although the level has been upgraded, the effect of the upgrade will not be as good as upgrading with Soul Crystals.

A simple analogy is that consuming a large number of Soul Crystals to upgrade Sword Technique Master is to nourish the growth of this ability with a majestic soul energy.

Upgrading with Golden Skill Points is to break the level barrier of the ability with a small amount of energy but an extremely powerful "piercing force". Although the level is upgraded, the effect is far less good than the upgrade brought by consuming a large number of Soul Crystals.

Conversely, even if you use thousands of Soul Crystals, you cannot upgrade an ability to the limit, but Golden Skill Points can do this, because the small amount of energy with powerful "piercing force" that it carries is specifically used to break the upper limit and let the ability reach a new height.

In the past, when the ability tier was not enough, Su Xiao also thought that Golden Skill Points could perfectly upgrade all skills. Now it seems that this is not the case. In the past, his abilities required less "nourishing energy", and Golden Skill Points gave him the illusion that they could upgrade everything.

Even so, Golden Skill Points are still exceptionally precious. Abilities such as 【Basic Passive: Su Xing】, 【Basic Passive: Recovery】, 【Soul Severing Shadow】, and 【Supreme Sharp Blade】 are all waiting to be upgraded with Golden Skill Points.

Or rather, Su Xiao only has Golden Skill Points as a means to upgrade these abilities.

In the future, after 【Basic Passive: Spirit Toughness】 and 【Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing】 reach the limit, they will also consume quite a few Golden Skill Points.

Su Xiao had previously always used Golden Skill Points to upgrade the "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying" ability. He was actually very puzzled as to why the passive effect of this ultimate move was so strong, and the active effect also looked very strong in the description, but after actually using it, he always felt that it lacked a bit of momentum, and it was not as solid as the Blood Beast pouncing.

Now it seems that Golden Skill Points are not meant to upgrade the ultimate move "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying" at all, but there is no way. In the past, there was really no means to upgrade "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying". Only the recently awakened Hunter Shadow talent gave him a suitable means to upgrade "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying".

Using Golden Skill Points to upgrade "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying" is not without benefits. The skill level has been supported first. At most, he can fill the gap of "Green Qing Qing Gang Ying" with a large number of Law Breaker Skill Points later. In this regard, Law Breaker Skill Points can fully do it. By then, even if the level of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying remains unchanged, its strength will have earth-shaking changes.

In this regard, it is impossible to get useful guidance from the unscrupulous mentor, Ma Wen Waltz. When this matter was mentioned last time, Ma Wen Waltz's answer was: 'Hmm, decide for yourself.'

In fact, Ma Wen Waltz's thought at the time was: 'What the hell is a Golden Skill Point? Never heard of it. Better not say too much, lest this kid develops a problem.'

At the moment, Su Xiao was prepared to invest the 9 Golden Skill Points he had obtained into "Supreme Sharp Blade". With the 【Demon Sealing】 scabbard, he could already safely and boldly upgrade this ability.

With the investment of Golden Skill Points bit by bit, the level of "Supreme Sharp Blade" began to rise. After investing 7 points, this ability gave people the feeling of breaking out of a shell with a crack, and then it fell into a temporary silence. Through the skill list, it was impossible to view its attributes, only showing that this ability was transforming.

There were 2 Golden Skill Points left, and Su Xiao invested them into "Basic Passive: Su Xing" to further increase the upper limit of his perception strength.

This was not the end. Su Xiao still had 30 Law Breaker Skill Points. He activated the brand with his mind, and the Law Breaker Skill Points began to be consumed rapidly.

A roar sounded in Su Xiao's ears, and his vision fell into pitch black. When he woke up, he found that more than two hours had passed. Time really flies.

【Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability has reached Green Qing Qing Gang Ying (Active/Passive Skill)】

Usage condition: After opening the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability, it consumes 340 mana points per minute.

Active effect: Each close combat attack will burn 1,445 mana points of the enemy (increased by 450 points) and cause true damage equal to the burned mana x 1.8 times (2,601 points of true damage + 25% increase from Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan + 30% increase from Green Shadow King = 4,032 points of true damage). The enemy will suffer intense pain after the mana burn.

Defense form: Proud Song (Active)……

Combat form: Shock Blast (Active), immediately consumes 20% of maximum mana, causing a Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy shock blast effect centered on you, affecting all enemies within 1,000 meters around you, significantly reducing their success rate of resonance with magic energy and natural elements, and making them unable to devour elemental energy, causing the power of the enemy's magic-type abilities to be significantly reduced, or entering a "Silence" state where they cannot cast magic-type abilities.

Hint: This ability requires Elemental Affinity of 800 points or higher to be used.

Hint: The cooldown time of this ability is 5 hours.

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The upgrade of the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability by a full 30 levels naturally made the increase in true damage exaggerated, breaking the 4,000-point mark.

The new characteristics of Green Qing Qing Gang Ying are relatively extreme and very useful when dealing with magic-types. Originally, those spellcasters whose strength was similar to his were already scraping when attacking him with magic-type abilities. After having this ability, the techniques of those scraping technicians significantly declined, and it didn't even hurt when they scraped.

Su Xiao meditated for a while longer, then walked into the alchemy laboratory and began to prepare in a metal pool with a diameter of 5 meters.

First, he let Amu go to fetch water from the Eternal Spring. After filling the metal pool to half full, Su Xiao began to prepare various potions. He prepared them jar by jar, then poured various potions into the metal pool, and also added 32 ounces of World Power into it.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny both wilted. They hid under the bed, as if they had thought of what was about to happen.

In the alchemy laboratory, after preparing for several hours, Su Xiao, standing in front of the metal pool, was quite satisfied with the results this time. He took out an old-fashioned sealed container, opened it, and poured the 【Abyss Blood】 inside into the metal pool.

Clang, clang.

Su Xiao tapped the edge of the metal pool with his scabbard. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Benny were forced to stand in a row.

Amu was first. Su Xiao let it use 【Soul Blood of the Outlier Warrior】 + a 【Dark Stone】, and then it was the first to step into the dark red medicine pool, shivering all over while squatting in the medicinal liquid, only exposing its head. After a moment.

"Moo!!!"

Amu's miserable howl came out of the alchemy laboratory. The feeling of soaking in this dark red medicinal liquid was like sharp blades cutting, and it was from the inside out.

Not only Amu, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baja, and Benny all received a 【Dark Stone】.

Clang.

Beside the metal pool, Su Xiao tapped the edge of the metal pool with his scabbard again. Seeing this, Baja, who was second in line, stepped forward. It stood by the pool and first tentatively probed one of its eagle claws into the dark red medicinal liquid.

"Ah~! Damn it~, hiss~! Damn it!!"

Baja slid in bit by bit as if it were going into a pot. After soaking in completely, it 'enjoyed' it to the point of semi-coma and was even a bit in shock.

Seeing this, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog face turned blue. It looked at Su Xiao pitifully and shook its head.

Clang!

The scabbard in Su Xiao's hand tapped the edge of the metal pool. Seeing this, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang came to the edge of the metal pool and first probed with its hind legs. After letting out a burst of inexplicable howls, such as howling 'Grandpa', 'Oh my mom', and 'Two-hundred-fifty', it soaked completely in the dark red medicinal liquid.

Finally, it was Benny's turn. It stood by the metal pool with tears in its eyes, raised its cat head, and jumped in directly. After splashing a little water, Benny sank. A few seconds later, it floated up with only its back exposed.

Su Xiao also entered the metal pool, took a deep breath, and sat cross-legged, soaking his whole body in the dark red medicinal liquid. He had prepared this pool of medicinal liquid at a great cost to increase his Abyss Resistance.

Before obtaining 【Abyss Blood】, he had discovered the value of this thing.

After a long time, Su Xiao stood up in the metal pool. The originally dark red medicinal liquid had turned black.

【Hint: Your Abyss Resistance has increased by 5 points!】

Abyss Resistance is harder to increase than imagined. Su Xiao fished out Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Benny, and after saying they were going to eat dinner, Amu stood up tenaciously.

Two hours later, in the Skill Upgrade Hall, in the skill upgrade chamber Su Xiao used most often.

The chamber door behind him closed. Su Xiao came this time to upgrade the "Breath Release" ability, and was prepared to risk filling this ability to the max. This was also the main reason why he had not yet upgraded "Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing".

The reason why he wanted to upgrade the "Breath Release" ability as soon as possible was to activate the ability derived from Blood Spear Master Lv. 60.

【Blood Spear Master (Passive)】

Skill effect……

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Killing Spear Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Ruthless Spear Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Iron Blood Spear Blade (Passive)……

Lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Life After Death (Passive)……

Lv. 50 Ultimate Ability: Blood Passing (Passive)……

Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Blood Soul Resonance (Ultimate-class, Passive), requires the Breath Release ability to be upgraded to or higher to completely awaken this ability.

Hint: If Blood Qi Resonance is completed, your Blood Qi Release ability will be merged into this ability.

……

Su Xiao activated the skill upgrade chamber and chose to upgrade "Breath Release". The next second, he disappeared from the skill upgrade chamber and headed to the Ancient Battlefield.

Time passed minute by minute.

Five minutes.

Ten minutes.

Twenty minutes.

One hour.

Bang!!

Su Xiao suddenly appeared, hitting the metal wall of the skill upgrade chamber, creating a dent, and blood splattered on the metal wall.

With a bang, blood-red crystal claws pressed against the chamber wall. At this moment, Su Xiao's eyes were crimson, but he was very calm. The meditation he had been doing, plus the Sword Technique Master that had reached Lv. 70, prevented him from being eroded and overwhelmed by blood qi.

【To remove the blood qi erosion of the Ancient Battlefield, you need to consume 2,250 Soul Coins.】

【To remove the blood qi residue in the breath, you need to pay 3,870 Soul Coins.】

【To restore body damage, you need to pay 392 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to pay everything. Starting from his elbow, the blood-colored crystal forearm and claws shattered, and the crimson in his eyes also faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

【Breath Release ability has been upgraded to... Su Xiao went to the Ancient Battlefield this time and absorbed a large amount of Ancient Battlefield blood qi. A large area was sucked dry by him. In return, the Breath Release ability reached Blood Spear Master Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Blood Soul Resonance (Passive) has been activated.】

【Blood Soul Resonance (Passive): Can merge breath-type abilities (requires breath-type abilities to reach or higher. After merging, the breath ability will be removed from the skill list, but it will not reduce your existing blood qi strength, blood qi total amount, etc. After completing this fusion, it will bring a certain degree of improvement to Blood Spear Master and make your blood qi quality further improved.】

……

Su Xiao knew why the "Blood Soul Resonance" ability would only be activated after Breath Release reached the level.

Simply put, it is at the cost of merging "Breath Release" to upgrade Blood Spear Master and further purify his own blood qi energy.

In this way, in the future, when upgrading Blood Spear Master, he can consider not using Soul Crystals, but purchasing breath-type skills. Although only one "breath-type skill" can be mastered at a time, Su Xiao's breath is blood qi. As long as he can go to the Ancient Battlefield, "breath-type skills" will improve very quickly.

If he absorbs Ancient Battlefield blood qi freely, Su Xiao can raise the newly mastered "breath-type skill" to the level in just one go, and then use "Blood Soul Resonance" to merge this ability, upgrade the level of Blood Spear Master, and make his own blood qi more pure.

In this way, upgrading Blood Spear Master is secondary. As long as he can absorb Ancient Battlefield blood qi, Su Xiao can continuously master new "breath-type skills", upgrade them to the max, and then use "Blood Soul Resonance" to merge them, making the skill slot of "breath-type skills" empty, and then master new "breath-type skills". In this cycle, he can continuously stack his own blood qi amount and blood qi strength.

The cost is mainly the acquisition of new "breath-type skills". It doesn't matter what type they are. Or rather, "breath-type skills" do not have a clear type. Su Xiao's breath is blood qi. If he masters a new "breath-type skill", this "breath-type skill" must be one that improves blood qi. This is the same principle as wearing shoes on your feet, which certainly won't turn your feet into claws.

"Breath-type skills" are generally a bit expensive, especially "breath-type skills" with high enough quality. Also, every time he returns from the Ancient Battlefield, removing the blood qi erosion of the Ancient Battlefield and removing the blood qi residue in the breath are not small expenses.

Compared to the gains, these are all worth it. When Blood Spear Master reaches the point where each level requires 100 Soul Crystals, this upgrade method will appear to be super value.

After stabilizing his breath for a moment, Su Xiao left the Skill Upgrade Hall and walked towards the agreed location. There was still one last treatment for the Hair-King that had not been completed. After completing this treatment, the treatment reward would be brought out.

【Hint: Your armguard-type equipment, Black: King's Reincarnation, has been upgraded to Origin-class.】