Chapter 3599: Soul Library

Blood Gun Master successfully upgraded to Lv. 70. In addition to the overall improvement, the newly appeared ultimate ability: Blood Soul, was absolutely the core of Blood Gun Master.

Simply put, this ability had two effects: Explosion and Enhancement. In terms of explosion, Su Xiao didn't need it in most cases. The reason was, assuming the killing intensity of this ability was 3, then using it directly against a strong enemy was not as good as using it to buff the Blood Smoke Cannon. In that case, the killing intensity would become 10x3=30.

As for bullying the weak, it was even less necessary. One Blood Soul required consuming 20% of blood energy to form, which was not as good as forming a blood gun and killing an enemy with a strength gap in one shot.

Therefore, the essence of the Blood Soul ability was mainly in enhancement. This ability could enhance any blood-type ability. In Su Xiao's conception, there was a super big move, and the operation method was.

First, form a blood energy phantom and enhance the blood energy phantom with Blood Soul, then enhance yourself with Blood Soul, and finally, you control the blood energy phantom to blast out a Super Blood Smoke Cannon.

In this way, it was equivalent to the Super Blood Smoke Cannon enjoying the buff of two Blood Souls. Neither Su Xiao himself nor the blood energy phantom could independently cast the Super Blood Smoke Cannon. The principle of this ability was that Su Xiao served as the blood energy provider for the Blood Smoke Cannon, and the blood energy phantom was equivalent to the launcher. Only when both were present could the Super Blood Smoke Cannon be used.

Regarding why Su Xiao didn't develop it further, letting himself blast out a Super Blood Smoke Cannon with his index finger, in fact, he could do this from the very beginning, but he could use at most one Super Blood Smoke Cannon, and his right arm would be blasted into holes by the high-pressure blood energy. It was precisely because of this that he used the blood energy phantom as the launcher for the Super Blood Smoke Cannon.

The more Su Xiao develops the Blood Smoke Cannon ability, the more useful he finds it. When fighting strong enemies, he uses a Blood Smoke Cannon as an opener to suppress them, making it easier to charge in. When dealing with enemies skilled in mid-to-long-range combat, he can also trade blows with them.

Encountering enemies who were good at flying, blast them down with one shot. Encountering a tank, the opponent charged, and Su Xiao met the shield with a Blood Smoke Cannon. If the opponent's anti-knockback wasn't strong enough, they would be blasted onto the shield and blasted until they sat there.

Su Xiao even considered that, except for blood-type sword techniques, he would no longer develop other types of blood energy abilities, only retaining the Blood Smoke Cannon. Just focus on this one move, and even try to transform the talent ability: Blood Beast into a passive characteristic, thereby further enhancing the Blood Smoke Cannon.

A straight kick in close combat, a Blood Smoke Cannon at medium distance, it could be said that power was contained in this plainness.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged in the skill upgrade cabin to rest for a while and checked the skill list, finding that there was still 1 Golden Skill Point displayed in the upper right corner. He used it to upgrade the "Basic Passive: Awakening" ability, upgrading this ability to "Basic Passive: Awakening X+."

With about 2 more Golden Skill Points, he could push this ability to the upper limit of X. In this way, among the seven basic passives, the basic passives corresponding to his stamina and perception would all be upgraded to X.

There was another point: Su Xiao hadn't mastered the basic passive abilities corresponding to his two main attributes, strength and agility. These two types of basic passive scrolls were the fewest, and they also brought the greatest improvement to combat power.

For this, he could only wait for the inventory of 【Basic Passive Skill Scroll Treasure Chest】 in the Honor Store to refresh. After each world battle, the inventory of this thing would refresh some.

The problem was, the price of 【Basic Passive Skill Scroll Treasure Chest】 was 5 Honor Medals, and Su Xiao only had 1 Honor Medal in assets, destined to miss this round of refresh. He could only hope that there weren't many ninth-tier hunters who would sweep away the 【Basic Passive Skill Scroll Treasure Chest】 inventory that was refreshed.

Regarding how to get more Honor Medals, Su Xiao had just been promoted to the ninth tier. Except for hunting down violators and 【Emergency Assistance (Permission)】, he really didn't have any other acquisition channels.

No, there was one more. Su Xiao remembered the 【Original Sin Object (Fake)】 that could be exchanged in the Honor Store.

【Original Sin Object (Fake)】

Category: An "Original Sin Object" imitated by the Night Witch Guild. After exchanging this item, you will randomly draw an "Original Sin Object (Fake)."

Price: 5 Honor Medals.

Inventory: 65 items.

Tip: The price of an Original Sin Object (Fake) is between 1 and 45 Honor Medals. You can sell it to Reincarnation Paradise at any time to obtain the corresponding number of Honor Medals.

As the saying goes, a bicycle turns into a motorcycle. Su Xiao discovered when checking the Honor Store before that the inventory of "Original Sin Object (Fake)" had become 60+. This was clearly because some hunters on his side had reached some kind of deal with the Night Witch Guild, obtaining a few "Original Sin Object (Fake)" and selling them to the Honor Store.

As for doing something like single-handedly brushing the Night Witch Guild, theoretically, it was unlikely. Those extremely vengeful Night Witches rarely provoked others, but it was best not to provoke them either. That would really lead to being hunted down to the ends of the earth.

There was once an arrogant guy who offended a Night Witch. That Night Witch was very reasonable, meaning: apologize to her, and this matter would be over. She was a Night Witch and could lose some personal interests, but she couldn't let the reputation of the Night Witch be damaged.

That arrogant guy smiled slightly on the spot and shouted "Get lost." In the end, the little witch left aggrieved. The next day, a group of Night Witches came to the door and hunted down that arrogant guy for decades. This was the Night Witch Guild, not the most powerful force, but the most united force. Later, someone also compiled a ranking of those who must take revenge in the Void, as follows:

1. Night Witch.

2. Law-Breaker.

3. Spellcaster.

4. Abyss Dragon.

5. Deer God.

6. Soul Race.

7. Devil Race.

8. Demon Race.

9. Silintes Dwarf.

10. Feather Clan.

Walking out of the front door of the Skill Upgrade Hall, the scene in the Paradise was very different from the past. There used to be many people in the plaza here, but now only job-holders could be seen occasionally.

Returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao walked into the alchemy laboratory to check the situation of the Devourer: Crystal Ji. It was going quite smoothly. In the next world progress, the five-devourer melee should be settled.

In Su Xiao's view, as long as the next world was a world with civilization and a large population, it was very necessary to conduct a five-devourer melee. The reason was that he was going to hunt down traitors in the next world. The traitors were likely to be powerful and influential in the world they were in.

In this situation, once they sensed that Su Xiao was here for revenge, they would definitely keep a close eye on Su Xiao's side. And at this time, the five-devourer melee that Su Xiao deliberately set up would definitely attract a lot of the enemy's attention, and they would subconsciously think that this was a means to deal with them.

The result was destined to make the enemy confused. One could imagine that the enemy would guard against everything, but when they thought that Black A, Boiling Red, Dark Sun, Sun Apostle, and Crystal Ji gathered together to deal with them, the five devourers would start fighting each other.

The reason Su Xiao let the five devourers fight was very simple. Su Xiao knew enough about the combat data of Black A and Boiling Red, but the remaining three didn't have complete combat data. In this situation, he must not let the devourer team protect the two silly mining guys.

After consulting with his own permission, Su Xiao learned that this world progress would end in about 3 days. That is to say, he had to wait in Reincarnation Paradise or return to the real world for about a week before he could enter a new world.

Su Xiao came to an empty room, took out 3,354 soul residues and 332 soul residues (large pieces) from the storage space, and finally took out 【Will Crystal: Wild Hunt (Exclusive characteristic material)】, and used all soul residues to upgrade 【Will Crystal: Wild Hunt】.

With a hum, 【Will Crystal: Wild Hunt】 floated up, and the soul energy gathered from the soul residues below was all absorbed by it. Looking at it, it would take some time to upgrade 【Will Crystal: Wild Hunt】 to the limit.

By that time, Su Xiao would obtain another Origin grade defensive gear, providing the "Origin" unique to Origin grade equipment, combined with the effect of 【Will Crystal: Wild Hunt】, his 【Hunting Night】 long leather coat could be upgraded to Origin grade. I don't know if Reid would be happy enough to give Su Xiao a hammer on the head after knowing this good news, physically emphasizing his identity as a blacksmith.

The sound of mechanism operation came from both sides of the metal door. Then, eyes opened on the door. These vertical pupils turned their gaze, examining Su Xiao. After determining that Su Xiao was a guest already recorded by the Soul Library, these eyes closed, and the door to the top floor of the library opened with a click-clack.

Seeing this, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny both stepped forward. Baha, who was not interested in the Soul Library, continued to hold the terminal to supplement its vocabulary. Amu, who was sleeping soundly on the carpet, was even less interested in the library.

Just having a few days of free time, Su Xiao decided to go to the Soul Library to take a look. As soon as he activated the 【Soul Library Entry Certificate】, he felt a teleportation sensation that was both gentle and comfortable.

The light in front of him brightened a bit, and warm yellow light shone from above. Su Xiao looked around and found himself in a corridor. This corridor was about ten meters wide, and the walls were covered with complicated and ancient patterns.

"You're here again, welcome."

An old and gentle voice came. Su Xiao looked in the direction of the sound. At the end of the corridor more than ten meters away, an octopus-headed old man sat behind a wooden table, with books and pen holders on the table.

The octopus-headed old man's head was translucent and ghostly blue. It wore a large robe, and behind it were two ancient metal giant doors that opened to both sides.

"Show the certificate."

The octopus-headed old man, that is, the administrator of the Soul Library, spoke. Although its attitude was gentle, it didn't mean this was an existence that was easy to provoke.

"..."

Su Xiao handed over the 【Soul Library Entry Certificate】 with one hand. The administrator's eyes showed some surprise, and it said with a smile:

"It's been a long time since guests came here. Take this badge. As long as you are not in a very special place, it can bring you to the Soul Library. Of course, if you put yourself in danger, it cannot help you escape danger. You must remember this. If I'm not mistaken, these two are your followers. How many followers do you have?"

"Four."

"Um, that's good. This is their follower badge. As long as you are in the Soul Library, they can also read the books here."

The administrator placed a total of five badges on the table. One was a deep dark silver, and the other four were bright copper. Su Xiao picked up the dark silver badge.

【You have obtained Library Badge.】

【Library Badge】

Origin: Soul Library.

Category: Rare Badge.

Durability: 500/500 points

Equipment effect: You can arrive at the Soul Library with this badge, and after holding this badge, you will obtain knowledge trading rights from the Ancient One, and can conduct normal negotiations with Lady Spider, thereby not being attacked by Lady Spider.

Introduction: If the holder dies, this badge will be recovered by Lady Spider, and a simple but decent funeral will be held for you as a guest of the Soul Library.

"Guest, the Soul Library is open for you. Remember, only knowledge can exchange for knowledge."

As the administrator spoke, the two giant metal doors behind his seat opened.

Su Xiao walked into it, and the fog in front was hazy. When he heard the two giant metal doors behind him slam shut, the white fog in front dissipated in the air.

The scene that came into view was all giant bookshelves a hundred meters high. Beside the bookshelves were many quite steep wooden book ladders that could be pushed back and forth. Little elves flew between these giant bookshelves, either organizing books or doing cleaning work. Some lazy ones were even sleeping on top of the books.

Su Xiao stood between rows of giant bookshelves a hundred meters high. He felt as if he had arrived in the kingdom of giants. How many civilizations had risen and fallen to have so many books recording knowledge stored here?

The entire Soul Library was divided into two floors, the first floor and the top floor. The spiral staircase in the center was the only path to the top floor. The difference between the first floor and the top floor was that all the books on the first floor, whether ancient books or secret books, could be borrowed. After learning the knowledge on them, one could completely not buy them.

The ancient books on the top floor were not for guests to borrow. If you want to see them, you can only buy them. The knowledge stored here was either dangerous to the extreme and needed to be sealed, or it no longer existed in the outside world. Only in the Soul Library could you buy these unique ancient books and see these long-lost knowledge or abilities.

The 【Soul Book: Soul Mark】 that Su Xiao obtained was once an ancient scroll stored on the top floor of the Soul Library. After he condensed the "Soul Mark" recorded on it, his meditation efficiency increased by more than a hundred times, allowing the improvement of his Heart Meditation ability to have a qualitative leap.

Because of this, Su Xiao developed blood energy abilities like this. He was not a blindly arrogant person. He had always known the impression of blood energy on the mind and suppressed it with the "Heart Meditation" ability. This was also why he had always been cautious about developing blood energy before.

Now with the "Soul Mark," the upgrade speed of his Heart Meditation ability increased by more than a hundred times, so naturally, he didn't need to worry about the side effects of developing blood energy anymore. Even if he upgraded "Basic Passive: Blood Awakening" to Lv. 80 and "Blood Gun Master" to Lv. 70 in a short period, Su Xiao could still handle it steadily.

Just a precious scroll from the top floor of the Soul Library had such a great improvement for Su Xiao. From this, one could see the profound foundation of this ancient force.

Between the giant bookshelves, little elves, after discovering Su Xiao, this guest, were a bit shy at first, flying around timidly. After a while, finding that Su Xiao didn't pay attention to them, they got closer.

"Hmph!"

An angry huffing sound came. Su Xiao looked toward the sound and saw a small sprite. The other party was hugging its shoulders with both hands, turning its head away with a pout, clearly meaning that it would not let other kin approach Su Xiao.

Seeing this little elf, Su Xiao remembered who the other party was. When he first saw the entrance to the Soul Library, he tentatively threw a few stones into it. When he entered, he saw this little elf with a bump on its forehead and tears in its eyes.

A soul coin appeared in Su Xiao's hand and flicked toward the little elf in mid-air.

"Yi!"

The little elf was hit by the soul coin and let out an "Yi," glaring at Su Xiao angrily. But after discovering that the thing that hit it was a soul coin, it dived and hugged the soul coin, satisfiedly rubbing its blue-skinned little face against the soul coin.

After Su Xiao threw out a few more soul coins, this little elf began to gesture something "Yi-Yi-Ya-Ya," but Su Xiao couldn't understand the little elf's language.

"Woof, woof woof..."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang barked a few times, and Su Xiao understood. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang could understand the little elf's language. The other party's meaning was to let Su Xiao go to see the Ancient One first, and then go to see Lady Spider. If the Soul Elder wasn't sleeping, it was best to go see him too. Also, don't trust a profiteer holding a large bag; that guy sometimes came to the Soul Library.

Seeing this, Su Xiao threw out a few more soul coins, which made the little elf in front look at him with kindness, and it began to say something "Yi-Yi-Ya-Ya" again. Through Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's translation, Su Xiao knew that this little elf was preparing to lead the way in front to go to the places where the Ancient One, Lady Spider, and the Soul Elder were.

After Su Xiao threw out a few more soul coins, the little elf landed directly on Xiang Bubu's head and tactfully expressed that as a guest of the Soul Library, it was best for Su Xiao to be on good terms with Lady Spider.

If the relationship with Lady Spider was average, you could at most go to Lady Spider to pay silver coins and obtain the borrowing time corresponding to the payment. But if you had a good personal friendship with Lady Spider, you could ask Lady Spider which area the knowledge you needed was in.

Don't underestimate this point. The entire Soul Library seemed to be divided into only the first floor and the top floor, but this so-called first floor had a total of 98,570 sub-areas. Each sub-area had at least 30,000 giant bookshelves a hundred meters high. The number of books stored was more than one could imagine. This was still after screening; not all books could be stored in the Soul Library.

Don't talk about looking for the ancient books you need; just visiting 98,570 sub-areas would take a very long time. As for wanting to find the knowledge you need, that was even more complicated.

Lady Spider had two hobbies: reading books and delicious drinks. Tea, fine wines other than spirits, coffee, etc., could all be counted as her hobbies.

Lady Spider was originally a fierce and cruel powerhouse on the Wind Sea Continent. No, she was the strongest in the Transcendental Native World: Wind Sea Continent of that era. Even against the Immortal God at his peak, Lady Spider had a 50% win rate.

For special reasons, she was imprisoned in the Soul Library by the Soul Elder. Or rather, she was tricked into coming here and couldn't get out. In the Soul Library, the owner of the Soul Library, the Ancient One, was invincible. This was also the reason why Lady Spider was trapped here in the first place.

With Lady Spider's power and cruelty, after she mastered massive knowledge, she became unimaginably dangerous. If it weren't for the owner of the Soul Library, the Ancient One, she would have broken free and gone to the outside world to do evil.

But later, after many years, after tens of thousands of years, Lady Spider had no interest in going out. She saw through it. The grievances and love-hate in the world were not as interesting as reading books. The ultimate pleasure was still in knowledge. She was too lazy to go out.

If you had a good personal friendship with Lady Spider, then when you came here to master knowledge, you could ask Lady Spider which sub-area the knowledge you needed was in. In this way, you would save a lot of time.

The little elf pointed the way "Yi-Yi-Ya-Ya" in front. Su Xiao walked up a semi-circular staircase. After arriving in a separate compartment, he saw that the inside of the compartment was occupied by tree roots. In these messy tree roots, he could vaguely see a figure. The figure had five arms, and the skin on its body was dry but the texture was fine. The palms of the other party's five arms all had eyes. This was the owner of the Soul Library: the Ancient One.

The Ancient One had gray cloth wrapped around his head, revealing only his right eye. As if because of Su Xiao's arrival, this right eye opened a little, but closed again after a while.

The Ancient One rarely talked to others. His existence was so long that only the three Void alien existences—Lush Growth Disorder, Candle Woman, and Old Day Lord—were similar in age to him.

There was a saying that Lush Growth Disorder was the oldest, followed by Old Day Lord, then the Ancient One, and finally the Candle Woman.

There was also a rumor that the Ancient One was originally a Void alien existence, and later, for unknown reasons, he transformed into the ranks of living beings. He was cursed and bound by endless knowledge.

"Law... Breaker."

A voice so low that it didn't sound like a living being came from between the dry tree roots in front. The little elf who led the way here was stunned. It had been here for a long time and hadn't seen the Ancient One talk to a guest.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He didn't think it was because of him that this ancient existence, who had been silent for unknown how many years, opened his mouth. The other party opened his mouth because of the Law-Breaker camp, because of the previous Law-Breakers.

"The abyss's... invasion, you've worked... hard, Law-Breaker."

The Ancient One spoke again. This time Su Xiao knew that this was indeed said to him.

【Tip: You are negotiating with the absolute neutral existence: Ancient One.】

【Warning: This is one of the absolute neutral existences notarized by the Void Tree. The hunter must not attempt to fight with him. Such self-destructive behavior will be recognized by the Void Tree as voluntarily giving up the notarization right.】

【Warning: "Absolute neutral existence" and "absolute neutral unit" are only similar in literal meaning. Please do not confuse the two.】

【You are currently in the Soul Library.】

【You have met the Ancient One.】

【Your knowledge transaction with the owner of the Soul Library, the Ancient One, will be notarized.】

【You can use all knowledge-type records you possess, such as books, ancient books, etc., to exchange for "Library Silver Coins." Holding this silver coin, you can buy borrowing time for the first floor of the library (5 Library Silver Coins per day), or you can use the "Library Silver Coins" you hold to exchange for ancient books, scrolls, pledge objects, abyss: original sin objects, etc., on the top floor of the Soul Library.】

【Warning: Without absolute certainty, please do not exchange for the three abyss: original sin objects sealed on the top floor of the Soul Library at will. This is notarized by the Void Tree/Reincarnation Paradise/Death Paradise/Holy Domain Paradise with??? as collateral, and successfully sealed in this place. The reason for the seal has nothing to do with personal grievances, etc., only for collection.】

【Tip: Due to special reasons, abyss: original sin objects will not be purchased, but transferred to the person who pays the corresponding "Library Coins."】

【Tip: The transfer price of abyss: original sin objects is high, requiring at least 500 Library Silver Coins.】

【Tip: Abyss: original sin objects cannot be destroyed by any means. Even the Ancient One can only seal them and cannot destroy them. Therefore, before exchanging for abyss: original sin objects with "Library Silver Coins," you need to consider carefully.】

【Library Silver Coin: This is a coin notarized by the Void Tree/Reincarnation Paradise/Death Paradise with??? as collateral by the Ancient One, which can only be used in the Soul Library and cannot be circulated to the outside world.】

【Tip: The ancient books, scrolls, and pledge objects you purchase, if not consumed, can all be sold back to the Soul Library at the original price, obtaining the same amount of Library Silver Coins as when purchased.】

Su Xiao checked the items in the storage space and found that there were many things that could be sold. For example, the 【Soul Book: Soul Mark】 obtained before was worth 20 "Library Silver Coins." The various forging books obtained in the White Town were worth 33 "Library Silver Coins," mainly because of the large quantity.

When Su Xiao sold all the ancient books he had read or didn't need, he obtained a total of 315 "Library Silver Coins."

Reading books here costs 5 "Library Silver Coins" a day. Su Xiao wearing the seven-star title: Ancient Scholar, borrowing books here was definitely very profitable.

In addition, he could also use "Library Silver Coins" to go to the top floor to buy ancient books, scrolls, pledge objects, abyss: original sin objects, etc.

【Original Sin Object (Fake)】, Su Xiao knew what it was. It was made by the Night Witch Guild. It was said that these 【Original Sin Object (Fake)】 were far from the real original sin objects. In essence, the two couldn't be considered the same thing. Even if this was made by a transcendental world, it was the same.

But 【Original Sin Object (Fake)】 still couldn't be underestimated. They were famous for their strong power and huge side effects. As for the real original sin objects, Su Xiao didn't know much about them. He tried to consult the content of abyss: original sin objects with his own permission, and the data obtained was:

Abyss: original sin objects are extremely dangerous and should not be contacted. But there is no need to worry too much. Most powerhouses will not easily have intersections with them in their lifetime. Abyss: original sin objects have a characteristic. First, they can do some incredible things, but every time they are used, they have to pay a huge price. Second, once held, it is very difficult to get rid of the connection with them...

The more Su Xiao looked, the more familiar he felt. He suddenly thought, isn't this a "Dad-level" object?

Su Xiao suddenly realized. He had felt a bit familiar when he heard about original sin objects before. After hearing about 【Original Sin Object (Fake)】, he didn't think about it in this direction anymore. But right now, after seeing the full name of abyss: original sin objects, he realized that this feeling was becoming more and more familiar.

Su Xiao thought of another question. Like the Necronomicon, this kind of abyss: original sin object, there were three sealed on the top floor of the Soul Library.

PS: Recommend a friend's book, title "Unscientific Beast Taming." ===== CHAPTER 3600 =====