Chapter 3645: Extinguishing Law Fortune

Seeing this sudden prompt, Su Xiao did not choose to open the Abyss Shop immediately; paying 100 ounces of Space-Time Power to open it was not a low price.

After checking the relevant information and confirming that the Abyss Shop was not limited to exchanging for Original Sin items, Su Xiao became interested in opening it.

He wasn't too worried about it, not because he already had a significant amount of karma with three Original Sin items, but because the total quantity of Original Sin items was truly small; he just happened to have sufficient "Extinguishing Law Fortune" to possess three.

Weighing the pros and cons, Su Xiao decided to spend the 100 ounces of Space-Time Power. Not for anything else, but the line in the prompt stating "The Abyss Shop is one of the highest-tier facilities notarized by the Tree of the Void" made it worth the cost.

Not only that, but at the very bottom of the regulations related to the Abyss Shop, Su Xiao saw that opening this shop could increase his Tree of the Void reputation, which made him think that his Tree of the Void reputation might still be salvageable.

【You have paid 100 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【Your Tree of the Void reputation has increased...】

【Warning: It has been detected that the Hunter's Tree of the Void reputation is -???, this minor increase has failed.】

【Re-evaluating...】

【Due to this increase involving numerous judgments and notarization factors, and your Tree of the Void reputation being -???, this Tree of the Void reputation increase is cancelled; you will be compensated in another way.】

【You have obtained a five-star title: Lucky Traveler.】

【You have opened the Abyss Shop.】

【Current Abyss Sediment: 0 ounces.】

【Current Sediment Glaze: 1 piece.】

【Sediment Glaze】

Category: Abyss Oddity

Inventory:??? (Hunter's reputation is too low to view).

Exchange Price: 0.1 ounce of Abyss Sediment.

1. Collector.

Category: Original Sin Item (Sealed).

Karmic Trait: Upon acquisition, this Original Sin item will immediately fuse with the holder, achieving the "Perfect Collector."

Warning: After fusing with the Collector, the dominance of behavior, consciousness, and thought will belong to the Collector, not the original holder, who will enter a dormant state.

Negative Risk: The Collector possesses a dual nature, "Satisfaction" and "Desire." When the Collector's obsession is satisfied, it will not pose a threat to the surroundings. However, if the Collector enters a "Desire" state, it will continuously devour the World Power of the world it inhabits. It is estimated that within 20–50 natural days, the world will be severely depleted and on the verge of collapse, leading to the extinction of over 99% of its species.

Original Sin Trait: The Collector can hold and use other Original Sin items without cost.

Exchange Price: 9800 pieces of Sediment Glaze.

2. Origin Fruit.

Category:???

Inventory:??? (Hunter's reputation is too low to view).

Exchange Price: 7680 pieces of Sediment Glaze.

3. Origin Fragment.

Category:???

Inventory:??? (Hunter's reputation is too low to view).

Exchange Price: 3820 pieces of Sediment Glaze.

4. Bud of Original Sin.

Category: Original Sin Trait Oddity.

Inventory:??? (Hunter's reputation is too low to view).

Exchange Price: 1100 pieces of Sediment Glaze.

5. Inscription Base: God Sacrifice (Five Slots)

Category: Rare Item.

Inventory: 1.

Exchange Price: 128 pieces of Sediment Glaze.

6. Random Covenant Item.

Trait: After exchanging for this, you will randomly obtain a "Covenant Item."

Inventory:??? (Hunter's reputation is too low to view).

Exchange Price: 50 pieces of Sediment Glaze.

7. Greedy Money Bag

Effect: After opening, you can obtain -1 to 500,000 Soul Coins.

Inventory: — (No exchange limit).

Exchange Price: 0 pieces of Sediment Glaze (This is the first exchange; after completing the first exchange, the price will increase to 1 piece of Sediment Glaze, and each subsequent exchange will increase the required Sediment Glaze by 10 times).

Note: If the Abyss Shop refreshes, the price of the Greedy Money Bag will return to its initial value of 1 piece of Sediment Glaze.

【Note: Items in the Abyss Shop will refresh every 20–40 natural days. Each refresh will retain items with high exchange value.】

【Note: You can activate the Abyss Shop in any world or area notarized by the Tree of the Void.】

There are dozens of items in the Abyss Shop, but the good ones are in the top ten. It's not that the items later in the list have low value, but that they are too "Abyssal"—strong buffs, but also heavy debuffs.

For example, a pair of twin blades named "Thirsty." Holding these blades grants a 95% attack life-steal effect, high slashing intensity, and a 3.9x increase in attack speed. However, the debuff is too strong: holding them causes a real-time blood loss effect of 3.5% of maximum HP per second.

Not only that, but after holding these weapons, a new notarized value named "Madness Gauge" will appear below the HP and Mana bars, with a maximum of 100%. Slashing enemies with these blades will continuously increase madness. Every 1% of madness increases attack intensity by 1%. When madness reaches 100%, irreversible deformity occurs, the specific form of which varies from person to person.

Do these blades feel extreme? They aren't; there are many items in the Abyss Shop even more extreme than this.

The sorting of items in the Abyss Shop is based on the comprehensive evaluation of the viewer. In other words, among all those who have opened the Abyss Shop, many are interested in the 【Origin Fruit】, 【Origin Fragment】, 【Random Covenant Item】, etc., while the Original Sin item 【Collector】 ranks first purely out of curiosity, not because anyone wants to buy it.

Su Xiao naturally knows what "Sediment Glaze" is. Previously, he had a weapon with Abyssal traits named Dark Blade. Killing enemies with that weapon yielded a certain amount of "Sediment Glaze." However, the Dark Blade had already been devoured by the Bloodthirsty Armor. This wasn't worth regretting; not to mention the various debuffs that made it easy to capsize in the gutter, its efficiency in condensing "Sediment Glaze" was very low—killing enemies for an entire world progress wouldn't condense many pieces.

Among the many exchangeable items, Su Xiao is most interested in the 【Inscription Base: God Sacrifice】. Not only is it a five-slot inscription base, but its exchange price is also not very high.

Checking the five-star title he just obtained, this item is quite special. Although its bonuses aren't much, it has a trait that makes Su Xiao feel it has value.

【Lucky Traveler】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: ★★★★★

Category: Rare Title

Title Effect 1: Traveler (Passive), slightly increases luck, bringing good fortune to the wearer.

Price: Free trade status.

Su Xiao took out the 【Lucky Traveler】 title. It looked like a gold coin, felt slightly heavy, and could be worn as a pendant if threaded with a string.

Su Xiao had obtained two such tradable titles before, 【Holy Meal】 and 【Doomsday Monarch】, both of which he used himself. This one, however, clearly had no use for him. Forget about slightly increasing luck; even all of the Goddess of Luck's non-consumable luck-god-blood abilities couldn't boost his luck.

Su Xiao took out some Luck God Blood, poured out one drop, and dripped it onto the 【Lucky Traveler】. The next second, the drop was absorbed, and he could clearly feel the fluctuation of the title strengthen slightly.

Just as Su Xiao expected, upgrading a title doesn't necessarily have to be done through rigid title burning—this isn't a game. As long as the traits are sufficiently compatible, using other methods to upgrade a title is also possible. However, most title upgrades still rely on title burning. It's really hard to think of what resources would be highly compatible with eight-star titles like 【War Lord】 and 【Deep Blue Shadow】 to upgrade them.

The 【Lucky Traveler】's buff is indeed useless to Su Xiao, but for others in the Paradise faction, it's a rare good item. If it were upgraded to six stars with Luck Source Blood, it could be sold for a high price in major gathering places; contractors from Apocalypse Paradise are very fond of items with such traits.

After weighing it, Su Xiao took out 0.5 ounces of Luck God Blood and soaked the 【Lucky Traveler】 title in it. Although he still had 2.5 ounces left, he needed to save it for upgrading the Fate Dominator in the future.

The sudden Abyss Shop notarization interrupted what Su Xiao was about to do. He took out the 【Awakening Stone】 again. Among the four abilities that could be deeply enhanced—"Spirit Shadow Constitution, Lv. EX," "Dragon Shadow Flash, Lv. EX," "Slaughter Shadow, Lv. EX," and "Green Shadow King, Lv. 39"—he first excluded "Green Shadow King, Lv. 39" because this ultimate ability could still be upgraded with Extinguishing Law skill points, and he strongly suspected there was some ability that could qualitatively change "Green Shadow King" that he hadn't mastered yet.

He then excluded "Slaughter Shadow."

Between "Spirit Shadow Constitution" and "Dragon Shadow Flash," one corresponds to survival and the other to evasion. In Su Xiao's view, there were two more death battles ahead: one against the Abyss Leader Silvis and one against the Traitor.

He had a 60% chance of winning against Silvis. This wasn't arrogance, but rather that Extinguishing Law users have an advantage against strong enemies with Abyssal traits, at least not being easily corrupted by Abyssal energy.

To outsiders, Extinguishing Law users only specialize in dealing with spellcasters and just brute-force other enemies. This is actually a misconception. Besides specializing in spellcasters, they also specialize in dealing with Ancient Gods and strong enemies from the Abyss faction.

A long time ago, Su Xiao wondered why Ancient Gods didn't seem that unsolvable. Why did other technique-types have the risk of having their spirit, will, or soul corrupted when facing them? In contrast, he was also a technique-type, but he had never felt that way when dealing with Ancient Gods, not since the battle against the Moon God.

Su Xiao had been confused about this for a while and worried about suddenly crashing when facing an Ancient God later, so he discussed it with Solomon. Solomon stopped replying until later, when Su Xiao learned that being able to face Ancient Gods without any scruples was an initial passive ability of the Extinguishing Law, mastered permanently when inheriting the Extinguishing Law Shadow.

This didn't come without a price; the Extinguishing Law's mysterious fortune was slightly related to this. As the saying goes, while gaining something, one must also pay for it.

Su Xiao was not afraid of fighting Silvis, but he felt a strange palpitation when facing the Traitor. He even considered choosing to return to Reincarnation Paradise after defeating Silvis, since the main quest had no penalties.

The problem was that Su Xiao seemed to have a way out, but he didn't. He had two mortal enemies: 1. Spellcasters, 2. The God of the Underworld. Whether it was the Arcane Eternal Star or the Meteorite Star, they were getting closer to him because he had promoted to the Ninth Tier.

This was why, as soon as he promoted to the Ninth Tier, he activated the extremely dangerous "Hunter List: Blood Pact." He had to reach the peak Ninth Tier combat power as soon as possible and move toward "Absolute Strong" and "Supreme Strong."

After promoting to the Ninth Tier, his contact with the Arcane Eternal Star would become more frequent. The world-tier limit that had always kept the Arcane Eternal Star at bay was gone after promoting to the Ninth Tier, because the Ninth Tier was the highest-tier task world in the Paradise faction's notarization. Anything higher would be a Transcendent Origin World.

With strong enemies approaching, Su Xiao found that Extinguishing Law abilities didn't seem as top-tier anymore. After learning of the existence of the "Awakening Monument," he knew it wasn't that the Extinguishing Law Shadow inheritance was weak, but that he was currently in a state of not having learned subsequent skills.

In other words, the Extinguishing Law Shadow inheritance was actually ridiculously strong. Su Xiao had fought his way to the present having only mastered the initial Extinguishing Law skills, plus one ultimate move and one talent. Even now, his combat power was still at the top level of the world he entered. Of course, if he couldn't obtain the "Awakening Monument" later, it would be hard for his combat power to remain unstoppable.

With strong enemies approaching, obtaining the "Awakening Monument" as soon as possible was a must. The main quest having no penalties seemed like a way out, but Su Xiao knew he had no way out. Giving up this time would surely lead to his death by the encirclement of spellcasters. Rather than dying so stiflingly, why not fight to the death with the Traitor in this world?

Therefore, fighting to the death with the Traitor in this world, while seemingly reckless, was already the optimal choice.

Su Xiao didn't know what ability type the Traitor was, but from the title "Abyss Shadow," it was likely a technique-type. When dealing with technique-types, "Dragon Shadow Flash" seemed like showing off operations, but in actual combat, it really wasn't as good as "Spirit Shadow Constitution."

It's like the difference between dodging three attacks and tanking three attacks. The former leads to immediate death if there's the slightest mistake, while the latter has a very high tolerance for error. When tanking attacks, as long as you don't get your head chopped off, it's not a big problem. At critical moments, you can even sacrifice your left arm to protect your vitals—Su Xiao was very proficient at this.

Su Xiao went up to the second floor of the apartment, entered a bedroom, and sealed the window with crystal layers. Amu guarded the door, and Baham remained vigilant for spatial fluctuations.

After ensuring safety, Su Xiao activated the Awakening Stone in his hand to enhance his "Spirit Shadow Constitution" ability.

A warm and long-lasting energy poured into his palm, entering his torso through his arm and wandering between his organs. This feeling was so comfortable it made him drowsy, but the next second, this strange energy revealed its true face, enhancing his "Spirit Shadow Constitution" in a barbaric way that would shock other profession inheritors.

Su Xiao went blacked out. It could be said that in the later stages, there was no pain in enhancing Extinguishing Law abilities; he just fainted at the beginning and couldn't feel any pain at all.

When Su Xiao woke up, the severe pain all over his body almost made him black out again. He took out a bottle of 【Vitality Origin Liquid】, uncorked it, and drank a few mouthfuls. His HP, which had dropped to 19.3%, began to recover rapidly, reaching over 80% in no time.

After his condition improved, Su Xiao checked the "Spirit Shadow Constitution" ability he had just enhanced. It still showed Lv. EX, but the bonuses were completely different. His most direct feeling was that his origin vitality had increased by at least one-fifth.

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

Skill Effect 1: Mana and the body have resonated wonderfully, forming a good cycle between Mana and HP. HP is significantly enhanced, increasing by 100% of total Mana.

Note: Current Mana is 60,778 points, increasing HP by 60,778 points.

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

Skill Effect 3: Body perception potential cap +4 (increased by 2).

Skill Effect 4: Current total HP increased by 20% (New effect).

Skill Effect 5: Body's adaptability to all Extinguishing Law energy increased; death rate when mastering new Extinguishing Law abilities reduced by 45% (increased by 25%).

The enhancement of "Spirit Shadow Constitution" was huge. With Su Xiao's 600,000+ HP, a 20% increase was already very exaggerated. As for trying to stack his own defense, that was impossible. As a Blade Master, wearing heavy armor wasn't realistic, and the heavy armor that could give him this level of security was so heavy it was shocking.

However, compared to the 20% HP increase, Su Xiao felt that "death rate when mastering new Extinguishing Law abilities reduced by 45%" was the bigger gain from this ability enhancement.

"What time is it tonight?"

Su Xiao sat up on the bed. Hearing this, Baham touched his head with his wing, then pulled open the curtains. The bright morning sun shone into the room. Well, it was already the next morning. The contest would officially start at noon today. Time passed really fast; he closed his eyes to enhance his ability, and when he opened them, the night had passed.

Although the contest hadn't started yet, Su Xiao had already obtained a lot of intelligence from the announcements and prompts. The area for this contest, while having two regions, "Family Mansion" and "Ancestral Dungeon," could be viewed more intuitively as one large area, then divided into three parts: Courtyard, Mansion, and Dungeon.

According to the rough information Su Xiao obtained, these three regions weren't just a matter of having a few boss units, but a whole group of them.

Small boss-level units included: Gathered Skeletons (Courtyard), Blood-Sucking Crow Swarm (Courtyard), Thirsty Butler (Mansion), Frenzied Troll (Dungeon), Thirsty Insect Agglomeration (Dungeon), Brain Eater (Dungeon), Fallen Hunter (Dungeon).

Large bosses included: Countess (Mansion), Family Ancestor (Dungeon).

Glancing at the time, it was still too early to set off. The "Family Mansion" of the Yoge family was still shrouded in mist, and he would have to wait until noon today for the mist to dissipate before he could enter.

With nothing to do, Su Xiao took out the 【Greedy Money Bag】 he had obtained yesterday. He had just finished enhancing his Extinguishing Law ability, which was equivalent to undergoing a high-risk test. Under such circumstances, his luck would likely improve. If not now, when?

【You have opened the Greedy Money Bag.】

【You have lost 1 Soul Coin.】

The big bosses are: Countess (Big boss of the mansion area), Family Ancestor (Big boss of the palace area).

Looking at the time, it was too early to set off now. The Yuge Family's "Family Mansion" was still shrouded in fog, and it would have to wait until the fog dissipated a bit at noon today before entering that area.

With nothing to do, Su Xiao took out the 【Greed Money Bag】 obtained yesterday. He had just finished improving his Shadow of Law abilities, and the risk was equivalent to undergoing a high-risk test. Under such circumstances, his luck would likely improve. If he didn't open the 【Greed Money Bag】 now, when would he?

【You have opened the Greed Money Bag.】

【You lost 1 Soul