Chapter 3657: Improvement

In the Attribute Strengthening Hall, Su Xiao walked into the Attribute Strengthening Chamber, and the chamber door behind him closed.

【Welcome to use Attribute Strengthening Chamber No. 1278.】

【Current available true attribute points: 52 points.】

There were many true attribute points obtained this time. However, before improving, Su Xiao had to obtain the attribute reward corresponding to 50 points of luck.

【Prompt: Detected that your luck attribute has reached 50 points in naked gear. You can choose one of the following rewards.】

A. Goddess of Luck's Ultimate Blessing (Hunter's personal exclusive): Luck attribute +12 points.

B. Luck Sharing: You can share your luck with your friendly units.

C. Prophet (Rare Reward): Obtain a certain degree of prophecy ability.

D. Controller (Rare Reward): Because of your massive causality and luck, when your luck is overdrawn, you can pour the misfortune you bear into equipment/artifacts, thereby quickly relieving the luck overdraft (this ability can only be activated after luck is overdrawn, until luck reaches a normal level, this ability will enter an unactivatable state).

Among the four choices, Reward A was clearly related to the Goddess of Luck, but considering this was an increase of 1.2 points of luck attribute—no, wait, it was 12 points of luck attribute—he ignored it directly.

Reward B was more interesting. Was this thing truly a buff ability? If Su Xiao synchronized the luck of friendly forces to the same level as his own, no matter how one looked at it, it seemed like he was setting up his teammates.

Reward C was a bit intriguing, but he didn't consider it either. Without the prophecy-type basic ability, mastering this characteristic was just a castle in the air that looked good but was useless.

The final Reward D was more in line with Su Xiao's wishes. As a Law-Breaker, luck overdraft was a common occurrence. Before, he relied on 【Holy Snake Protection】, but as his strength became stronger and stronger, the role the Holy Snake could play was not that great. Usually, as soon as he took out 【Holy Snake Protection】, the Holy Snake inside would turn from a snake shape into a pufferfish shape, still a bloated pufferfish. If he didn't put it away quickly, it might explode like other lucky items.

With the "Controller," Su Xiao could pour his misfortune into equipment he didn't need after his luck was overdrawn. It was just that he didn't know whether this equipment would become a "Cursed Object" or something more dangerous after a long time.

Su Xiao chose Reward D. The Attribute Strengthening Chamber operated for a moment and then stopped. He didn't feel any improvement in himself. Improvements related to the luck attribute were like this, relatively elusive, and only had an obvious feeling when actually used.

Activating personal data, semi-transparent data floated in front. He began to ponder how to improve himself. The distribution method for the 52 true attribute points was: Strength +8, Agility +20, Stamina +6, Intelligence +18.

Hum~

The Attribute Strengthening Chamber was activated. Su Xiao sat on the ground. Because of the huge improvement this time, he vaguely felt slight tingling pain all over his body. Sweat beads seeped out at a speed that was not considered fast. When the Attribute Strengthening Chamber stopped operating, he checked his own data.

True Strength: 300 points

True Agility: 300 points

True Stamina: 300 points

True Intelligence: 297 points

Charm: -17 points

Luck: 62 points

Soul Strength: 680 points

True Willpower: 299 points

Su Xiao's Strength, Agility, and Stamina attributes all reached 300 points. If he wanted to improve further, he needed to pass the "Iron Trial." But thinking that the "Iron Trial" was in the Eternal Light World, this made one feel hesitant.

Not only the "Iron Trial" to break through the 300-point attribute barrier, but the corresponding location for the "Talent Su Xing Book: Law-Breaker" was also the Eternal Light World. This was the only way to awaken the Law-Breaker talent: Hunting Shadow for the second time.

For Su Xiao, the Eternal Light World couldn't be avoided. But unless his world progress for the next world was forced entry into the Eternal Light World, otherwise, at the current stage, he wouldn't enter there.

The defeat to the Shadow of the Abyss in the final showdown was a lesson. Su Xiao truly didn't believe that the extinction-level tribes in the Eternal Light World would be afraid to kill him because he was carrying three Original Sin Objects. The top few extinction-level tribes in the Eternal Light World were not necessarily inferior to Original Sin Objects.

Or rather, to the world, extinction-level tribes were more dangerous than Original Sin Objects. Original Sin Objects are: as long as you don't have itchy hands to use them, or are unlucky enough to find an Original Sin Object and be bewitched by it, most Original Sin Objects have no active risks.

Extinction-level tribes are different. This thing, even if you don't provoke it, as long as you can't drive them away in a short time, they will harm the world you are in until it is riddled with holes, and finally collapse. And these guys will change to another world and continue to harm, thereby growing the tribe without limit.

Not to mention, there were many Undying-characteristic Abyssal-eroded creatures in the Eternal Light World. These monsters were different from the ones he had encountered and devoured with the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. These monsters were those that the previous generation of Law-Breakers couldn't devour with the Blade Spirit, so they locked them into the Eternal Light World. From this, one could see how formidable these Abyssal-eroded creatures were.

Therefore, Su Xiao was not in a hurry to complete the "Iron Trial" for the time being. He had successfully obtained the Stele of Su Xing this time and already had a broad road to continue moving forward. His ideal state was to develop Sword Art, Close Combat, and Blood Spear Master to Lv. 80, and master all "Law-Breaker passives" currently masterable on the Law-Breaker Stele.

And to raise the seven types of "Basic Passives" corresponding to the attributes to Lv. EX, thereby awakening the eighth "Final Basic Passive."

Only in this state would he consider entering the Eternal Light World. Otherwise, he would never enter that world; that would be sending himself to death.

Su Xiao sat quietly in the Attribute Strengthening Chamber for a moment, and the discomfort of the significant physical improvement receded. The improvement this time gave him an unprecedented feeling, which was the balanced and powerful feeling of three main attributes reaching 300 points, allowing him to take a big step forward on the road to becoming stronger.

Besides several main attributes, the improvement of the Willpower attribute was also rapid. This was because of a characteristic of the Black King Armguard:

"Equipment Effect 3: Soul Nourishment (Core Passive): Your soul power will nourish your willpower at a slow speed, thereby permanently increasing your true Willpower."

"Prompt: The higher your soul strength, the stronger the nourishment for your true Willpower attribute."

Since this characteristic was very top-tier, and Su Xiao's soul strength was high, it could be said that the Black King Armguard was one of Su Xiao's most core equipment. This equipment exempts near-death, provides powerful long-range burst means, is invincible in group battles, and can continuously and permanently increase the Willpower attribute. It was not in vain that Su Xiao went through nine deaths and one life to the Origin: Dead Silence City. This was the reward.

Out of the strengthening chamber, when Su Xiao arrived outside the main entrance of the Attribute Strengthening Hall, he saw Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang waiting here. The "Potential Su Xing" permission obtained a long time ago allowed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, and Beini to perform one "Potential Su Xing" after each world progress ended.

Simply put, it was using the Attribute Strengthening Chamber for comprehensive improvement. The specific improvement magnitude was related to the comprehensive score Su Xiao obtained in this world progress.

Su Xiao returned to the exclusive room. When he pushed open the door to the planting area, he saw the silly mining duo sleeping soundly under the vine rack. Not far away was a large alloy box, which contained the resources they had obtained this time.

Su Xiao had left the silly mining duo on Nightmare Island before, and they had been mining until now before being transmitted back. Now it was time for the harvest. Su Xiao opened the alloy box, and a prompt appeared.

【You have obtained Dream Ore x893 pieces (Holy Spirit-level mineral resource).】

【You have obtained Nightmare Condensate x18 pieces (Immortal-level, unique resource of the Nightmare area).】

【You have obtained Necrotic Crystal x190 pieces (Holy Spirit-level, resource from deep underground).】

Besides these, there were dozens of scattered ores. The highest quality was Immortal-level, and the lowest was only Blue-quality. These scattered ores were estimated to be worth about 1,500 to 2,000 Soul Coins.

【Dream Ore】, 【Nightmare Condensate】, and 【Necrotic Crystal】 were the main bulk of the benefits this time. Su Xiao opened the auction platform notarized by the Void Tree and searched for the three resources with permission. He soon found the prices.

The price of 【Dream Ore】 was 78–83 Soul Coins per piece, with a median price of 80 Soul Coins. For 893 pieces, that was 71,440 Soul Coins.

The price of 【Nightmare Condensate】 was 950 Soul Coins per piece. The total price for 18 【Nightmare Condensate】 was 17,100 Soul Coins.

【Necrotic Crystal】 was much cheaper, with a single-piece price of 70 Soul Coins. For 190 pieces, the total price was 13,300 Soul Coins.

71,440 + 17,100 + 13,300 + 1,500 = 103,340 Soul Coins. This was the benefit this time.

As for the cost, the silly mining duo needed to consume "Liquid Gold." Over so many days, they consumed a total of 900 kilograms of "Liquid Gold." The market price of this thing was 50 Soul Coins per kilogram, which was a cost of 45,000 Soul Coins.

In reality, the high price of "Liquid Gold" was because the demand for this thing was very small, plus alchemy was declining, and the technology to manufacture "Liquid Gold" was rarely known. Most "Liquid Gold" circulated to the Paradise faction from the Void side.

Su Xiao naturally knew how to manufacture this thing. The cost of this thing was 3 Soul Coins per kilogram. He naturally considered selling this kind of profiteering profit, but after Beini sold it in the Trading Street and the large gathering place for a long time, only 0.2 kilograms were sold, so he decisively gave up.

Calculated at 3 Soul Coins per kilogram of "Liquid Gold," the total cost paid this time was 2,700 Soul Coins. After deducting the cost, Su Xiao made a net profit of 100,640 Soul Coins.

Obtaining this result, Su Xiao suddenly knew why the three sisters of Apocalypse were so willing to pay Soul Coins every time he kidnapped them. Mining was truly too profitable. Not to mention, those three, one had her own mine, one had multiple summons that could mine, and the last one established a chamber of commerce in this regard early on and was now a hands-off shopkeeper, sitting and waiting to collect money.

It is said that the three sisters of Apocalypse seemed to have been promoted to Tier 9. This was what Saint Poetry said. Saint Poetry's assessment for promotion to Tier 9 was in the same world as the three sisters of Apocalypse, which made Saint Poetry feel relieved. As a result, before she entered the mission world, she was dragged into the Gloom Continent to face the Dead Silence City.

Su Xiao stored all the ores in the team storage space and let Beini in the large gathering place take these materials out from the team storage space and sell them there. Although he could sell them to the Shadow Chamber of Commerce through the Northern Territory Princess's channel, the mining team was still in the planning stage, so it was faster to sell them in the large gathering place at the current stage.

Rare ores were always easy to sell. Not long after, the items on Beini's side were almost sold out, and she transferred a large sum of Soul Coins to Su Xiao, which made Su Xiao's storage space for coins become: 411,746 Soul Coins. This was still without selling 【Death Gem (Origin-level gem, unique, exclusive to Undead-type, highly rare)】.

Su Xiao arrived in the room where the Stele of Su Xing was stored. He sat cross-legged on the ground and took out the 718 Soul Crystals he had. The reason there were so many was both because he had visited many treasuries in the Shadow World and because he had sold two 【Soul Crystal Souls】.

The effect of one 【Soul Crystal Soul】 was equivalent to about 100 Soul Crystals. Su Xiao tested the Gnomish Chamber of Commerce, and the price they gave was one 【Soul Crystal Soul】 for 110 Soul Crystals.

Su Xiao raised the price to one 【Soul Crystal Soul】 for 150 Soul Crystals. The other side naturally disagreed. Finally, both sides agreed on one 【Soul Crystal Soul】 for 120 Soul Crystals. The Gnomish Chamber of Commerce was amazingly efficient and completed the subsequent transaction with Beini in the large gathering place an hour ago.

With a total of 700-plus Soul Crystals, Su Xiao pondered for a while and decided to upgrade Sword Art Master by 4 levels and Close Combat Master by 3 levels. Both sides were balanced. Mainly, upgrading Sword Art Master by 7 levels at once was indeed something he couldn't quite handle.

【If you need to upgrade Sword Art Master Lv. 70, you need to consume Soul Crystals x100 + 6,300 Soul Coins.】

400 Soul Crystals shattered around Su Xiao, plus 25,200 Soul Coins were consumed. This was the terrifying consumption of technique abilities in the later stages.

In an instant, everything around Su Xiao became quiet. He felt himself retreating rapidly in a sitting posture. More accurately, the world, space, and elements around him were surging forward. The next moment, he was sitting cross-legged on an endless expanse of water.

Boom!

A Dragon-Eyed Whale leaped out of the water behind him, bringing up large patches of crystal-clear water. Its mouth, full of jagged teeth, opened, trying to swallow Su Xiao in one bite.

Zing! Zing! Zing!

Sharp slashes swept past, and the Dragon-Eyed Whale fell into the water with a boom, causing the water surface to surge. Su Xiao was still sitting steadily on the water surface, but the water surface beneath him turned from clear to light red, until it was dyed dark red by the Dragon-Eyed Whale's blood.

With a snap, everything around shattered like a mirror. One thought, one world.

Su Xiao's eyes opened. He was still in his exclusive room, but the water droplets dripping from his hair seemed to indicate that everything just now wasn't just an illusion.

【Sword Art Master has been upgraded to Lv. 74.】

【Sword Art Master: Lv. 74 (Passive)】

Skill effect: Sword-type weapon attack power increased by 1,049% (increased by 80%), Basic Nerve Reflex Speed +235 points (increased by 60 points), damage rank caused by sword-type weapons +1.

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Soul Blade (Passive)...

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

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

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

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

Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Blade Domain (Ultimate-level Active)...

Lv. 70 Ultimate Ability: Blade World (Ultimate-level Passive)...

The further it went, the greater the improvement brought by technique abilities. Now, the bonus of Sword Art Master to Basic Nerve Reflex Speed alone was almost catching up to the bonus of 300 points of true Agility attribute in this aspect.

Su Xiao calmed his breath for a moment and continued to upgrade Close Combat Master.

【If you need to upgrade Close Combat Master Lv. 70, you need to consume Soul Crystals x100 + 6,300 Soul Coins.】

Choosing to upgrade, the Soul Crystals around him shattered, turning into the purest soul energy, entering Su Xiao's body. Soul Coins were also consumed rapidly, until more than an hour later, the upgrade was completed.

【Close Combat Master has been upgraded to Lv. 73.】

His condition was still good. Su Xiao simply came to the Stele of Su Xing, sat on the chair, and at the cost of 10 Law-Breaker skill points, mastered the "Demon Spirit Su Xing" ability.

A stream of dark blue energy surged out from the Stele of Su Xing. As soon as this energy entered Su Xiao's body, his whole body's muscles tightened, and he leaned back against the seat. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha on his left and right, one picked up an emergency potion, and the other activated emergency rescue facilities.

However, the danger he expected didn't come. Su Xiao felt that this dark blue energy that entered his body, although exceptionally overbearing, had no active destructive nature.

He tried to absorb it, and it was absorbed without any waves. A peculiar charm that was hard to describe in words appeared, as if he had gained an instinct similar to lifting his hand or blinking. This new instinct was to release the "Blade Spirit."

【You have mastered the new Law-Breaker passive: Demon Spirit Su Xing.】

【Demon Spirit Su Xing, Lv. MAX (Passive)】

Skill effect 1: Blade Spirit strength +15 points.

Skill effect 2: Can release the "Blade Spirit." The single release time is determined by the Blade Spirit strength.

Su Xiao pressed one hand on the hilt. Black-blue mist surged out from the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, and then gradually formed a human shape. Unfortunately, these black-blue mists surged a few times but couldn't form a human shape.

Regarding this, Su Xiao was not surprised. No one knows how to run as soon as they are born, especially for an ability with excellent development potential like "Blade Spirit." As long as combat intelligence is high enough, this ability is a divine skill.

One must eat one bite at a time. Su Xiao retracted the "Blade Spirit" into the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. According to the records on the Stele of Su Xing, when one just masters the "Demon Spirit Su Xing" ability, being able to release black-blue mist is passing. Don't operate too hastily.

This itself was an ability that could only be mastered in the late stages. The development cycle naturally wouldn't be short. At most half a month, it could be used to fight strong enemies.

The process of mastering "Demon Spirit Su Xing" was safer than expected. Su Xiao activated the Stele of Su Xing again. Originally, he wanted to master "Law-Breaker: Heavenly Thunder Fury," but for some reason, he suddenly felt a bit creepy, so he turned to master "Undying Constitution" first.

A vast stream of azure energy surged out from the Stele of Su Xing, and then there was no then.

More than 9 hours later, Su Xiao sat up from the bed, dazed for a moment, and looked at the Stele of Su Xing exuding a light blue micro-glow in the room. The process of mastering this ability was somewhat hasty. He closed his eyes and opened them, and the mastering was completed.

【You have mastered the new Law-Breaker passive: Undying Constitution.】

【Undying Constitution, Lv. EX (Passive, can be awakened at most once)】

Skill effect: When your life value drops to 25%, your physical defense will be "massively" increased according to your true Strength, true Agility, true Stamina, and true Intelligence attributes.

The increase magnitude is: True Strength + True Agility + True Stamina + True Intelligence, total sum x 0.5 (that is, after the Hunter masters it, the sum of your Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes is 1,197 points x 0.5, increasing physical defense by 599 points).

Compared to "Perfect Constitution," "Undying Constitution," although it also cannot be upgraded with "Golden Skill Points," can be awakened with "Su Xing Stones."

But Su Xiao had a feeling that before the four attributes broke through the 300-point barrier and reached above 350 points, it was best not to do this. It seemed to be pursuing greater strength, but in reality, it was courting death. With his current physical fitness, mastering "Undying Constitution" was fine, but deep strengthening and awakening were absolutely something he couldn't withstand.

"Technique Resonance: Speed," "Law-Breaker: Heavenly Thunder Fury," and "Time Dominator" were three Law-Breaker passives not yet mastered, but Su Xiao didn't have this idea for the time being. He had to slow down.

Out of the small room, Su Xiao went to the planting area and saw the Eternal Spring hot spring rising with heat. He soaked in it, wanting to relieve his exhaustion.

As soon as he soaked in the Eternal Spring, he found that a trace of gentle fluorescent white energy slowly entered his body and was then absorbed by his exhausted body. That feeling of physical and mental exhaustion from just mastering "Undying Constitution" actually gradually receded.

Su Xiao used the Eternal Spring before, 1 was to use it as a hot spring, 2 was to take some cold spring water that had just surged from the spring source, boil it, and brew maple tea. He truly didn't know that the Eternal Spring had such a wonderful use.

Soaking in the Eternal hot spring for more than an hour, Su Xiao had the feeling that he could do it again. He walked out of the hot spring pool and walked toward the small room where the Stele of Su Xing was.

A few hours later, Amu pushed a wheelchair into the planting area. Su Xiao stood up from the wheelchair, originally intending to go down the steps, but ended up diving into the hot spring pool. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha were in a mess.

A moment later, Su Xiao soaked in the hot spring pool. He mastered another Law-Breaker passive, which made him look at everything around him, feeling that it was a bit slow. Baha spoke as if in slow motion, the sound so slow that it wasn't coherent, and he couldn't understand what it meant.

【You have mastered the new Law-Breaker passive: Technique Resonance: Speed.】

【Technique Resonance: Speed, Lv. EX (Passive).】

Skill effect: According to the total level of mastered technique-type abilities, increase one's own physical speed. The degree of increase is: Total Technique Level x 0.012 = the multiple of physical speed increased.

Prompt: Physical speed has been increased by 2.604 times (if subsequent technique ability levels increase, this bonus will also increase together).

Physical speed includes: movement speed, attack speed, nerve reflex speed, etc.

Subsequent two Law-Breaker passives, "Law-Breaker: Heavenly Thunder Fury" and "Time Dominator," Su Xiao had to wait for more than 12 hours before considering mastering them.

Undoubtedly, Su Xiao's strength had now appeared to have a significant improvement. Not to mention, he still had 360,000 Soul Coins unused.

Not long after, the feeling of everything around him being in slow motion disappeared, which meant that Su Xiao's senses and so on had completed this improvement.

After soaking in the hot spring, Su Xiao's condition recovered significantly. He wiped off the water and put on his clothes. Although he felt that he could do it again, his reason told him to stay away from the Stele of Su Xing for the time being and go to the Skill Upgrade Chamber to upgrade various "Basic Passives."

Half an hour later, the chamber door behind Su Xiao closed. He activated the Skill Upgrade Chamber he was in and checked his skill list.

Among the six basic passives mastered, the "Basic Passive: Body Soul" corresponding to the Stamina attribute had reached Lv. EX, and no improvement was needed, nor could it be improved.

The "Basic Passive: Recovery" corresponding to the Intelligence attribute and the "Basic Passive: Su Xing" corresponding to perception were both Lv. MAX. Later, one only needed to consume Golden Skill Points to upgrade them to Lv. EX.

In this way, only the "Basic Passive: Swift Shadow" corresponding to the Agility attribute, the "Basic Passive: Soul Toughness" corresponding to Soul Strength, and the "Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing" corresponding to the Charm attribute needed to be upgraded by consuming Soul Coins.

Su Xiao first chose to upgrade "Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing."

【If you need to upgrade Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing Lv. 80, you need to consume 9,800 Soul Coins (already reduced by 20% with the Reincarnation Honor Medal).】

Su Xiao chose to upgrade and chose to upgrade it to full level. As soon as he made this decision, the blood qi in his body was released uncontrollably.

One hour later, Su Xiao's blood qi converged back into his body, much stronger than before.

【Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing has been upgraded to Lv. 90. This ability level has changed to Lv. MAX.】

【Basic Passive: Blood Su Xing, Lv. MAX.】

Skill effect 1: When killing enemies, there is a certain probability of causing a deterrent fear effect on surrounding enemies, and enemies in a fear state around will have their comprehensive defense reduced by 70%, movement speed reduced by 96.5%, and carry negative status states such as mental panic, movement imbalance, severe fear, probabilistic ability failure, soul trembling, etc.

Skill effect 2: Blood qi-type potential rank +10 (increased by 1 rank).

Skill effect 3: Blood qi penetration characteristic +540 points (increased by 100 points), blood qi-type damage caused increased by 365% (increased by 80%).

The investment of nearly 100,000 Soul Coins brought a considerable improvement. Su Xiao glanced at the remaining Soul Coins and changed to upgrading "Basic Passive: Soul Toughness."

Upgrading Soul Toughness was as expensive as ever. Fortunately, with Su Xiao's current physical fitness, he could push Basic Passive: Soul Toughness to full level.

The upgrade started. Su Xiao sat cross-legged in the Skill Upgrade Chamber, feeling a void around him. The feeling of upgrading Basic Passive: Soul Toughness was exceptionally comfortable, even making one forget the passage of time.

【This upgrade, you consumed a total of 205,000 Soul Coins (already reduced by 20% with the Reincarnation Honor Medal).】

【Basic Passive: Soul Toughness has been upgraded to Lv. 90. This ability level has changed to Lv. MAX.】

【Basic Passive: Soul Toughness, Lv. MAX.】 【3657-155

Skill Effect 1: Soul damage dealt increased by 95% (this is the maximum intensity this ability can reach).

Skill Effect 2: Soul energy rank +9 (increases by 2 ranks).

Skill Effect 3: Fearless of "Soul Reaper" soul execution (all soul-related basic passives will gain this ability after being raised to Lv. MAX).

Raising "Basic Passive: Soul Resilience" is not just to increase soul damage; more importantly, it is for the "Soul Energy Rank." If this aspect is not strong enough, he will not be qualified to use high-tier soul equipment obtained in the future. Additionally, to exchange for the "Soul Blade: Sub-weapon" in the Honor Store, this ability requires at least a soul energy rank of (8) to master.

Calming his aura for a moment, Su Xiao activated the 【Skill Upgrade Chamber Free Usage Permit (One-time)】 he had just obtained to upgrade the "Basic Passive: Shadow Speed, Lv. 1" corresponding to his Agility attribute. It can be said that he utilized the cost-effectiveness of this permit to the limit, as the upgrade cost for "Basic Passive: Shadow Speed" is more expensive than that of "Basic Passive: Soul Resilience."

As Su Xiao activated the permit, a cyan-blue energy surged out from the surroundings and submerged into every part of his body. Just as he gripped the emergency potion in his hand, he suddenly discovered that although intense pain came from within his body—as if every cell were being torn apart and then restored—compared to when he mastered the Mage-Killer passives, this upgrade, which seemed to carry life-threatening risks, didn't seem like much.

Su Xiao sat steadily without even frowning. After this feeling lasted for more than three hours, the upgrade ended. He opened his eyes; he had originally thought this upgrade would be exceptionally dangerous, but compared to mastering the Mage-Killer passives, it could not be called dangerous at all.

【Basic Passive: Shadow Speed has been raised to Lv. 90. This ability level has changed to Lv. MAX.】

【Basic Passive: Shadow Speed, Lv. MAX.】

Skill Effect 1: Your body speed +52 points.

Skill Effect 2: Damage rank dealt by blade-type weapons +5.

Skill Effect 3: True damage dealt by your technique-type abilities, body energy, and skills increased by 30%.

Skill Effect 4: When Agility attribute is above 300 points, the derived "Basic: Nerve Reflex Speed" and "Basic: Dynamic Vision" improvements increase from 1 point per Agility point to 2 points of Basic: Nerve Reflex Speed and Basic: Dynamic Vision for every 1 point of Agility attribute increased.

Tip: This trait can only be activated after the Hunter completes the 300-point attribute barrier trial.

The feeling of everything around him slowing down appeared again. After a long while, Su Xiao returned to a normal sensory state. He felt that this time, his survival ability and speed had improved the most.

After Su Xiao left the Skill Upgrade Hall, he decided to go to the Arena to find an opponent to test his current strength. He used his Brand authority to consult Reincarnation Paradise on whether there was a Ninth-Tier Arena. The result was yes, but the subsequent prompt made him dismiss the idea of going to the Ninth-Tier Arena.

【Tip: The Ninth-Tier Arena is notarized by the Tree of the Void and provides a place for combat/competition for all Ninth-Tier lower-stream, mid-stream, mid-lower-stream, and upper-stream combat-power contractors from Reincarnation Paradise, Death Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, and Watcher Paradise.】

【Checking Hunter's comprehensive combat power...】

【You no longer have the authority to enter the Ninth-Tier Arena.】

【Reason for loss of authority: Comprehensive combat power exceeds the specified upper limit of the Ninth-Tier Arena.】

【Detected that your Brand level is Lv. 84, and after promoting to the Ninth Tier, you have only experienced one mission world progress. This Brand level has the authority to enter the Ninth-Tier Arena.】

【Constantizing...】

【Constantization complete. You can be matched, but you cannot go to the Ninth-Tier Arena to actively match opponents.】

【The way you are matched is: Random matching.】

【When an opponent challenges you, you will receive a corresponding prompt, and as long as you are within Reincarnation Paradise, you can teleport to the arena from any location to complete this battle with the opponent.】

【Warning: Because your comprehensive combat power is too strong and your reputation is -???, please do not humiliate or ravage your opponents in the Ninth-Tier Arena. Please ensure the duel is in a normal combat state as much as possible.】

【Tip: Detected that you have four followers who will participate in the competition with you. Because your comprehensive combat power is too strong, the arena balance mechanism has been activated; your followers will only enter as spectators to cheer for you.】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao knew that his combat power had increased even more than he had estimated. This was still without any improvement in blood aura, without mastering two other Mage-Killer passives, and without using the three 【Primordial Finger Bones】 and two 【Su Xing Stones】.

If he were to complete these upgrades during the subsequent stay time, his strength would definitely reach the top tier of the Ninth Tier directly.

It seems like a surge in combat power, but in fact, this is normal. Technique abilities, blood aura-type abilities, and Mage-Killer-type abilities are all abilities that are strong in the late game. Not to mention that Su Xiao is a Mage-Killer with three grandmasteries; if he didn't have this comprehensive combat power after reaching the Ninth Tier, what would be the point of developing late-game abilities?

The plan to go to the Ninth-Tier Arena was forced to be aborted. The Tree of the Void forbids Su Xiao from going in to bully the weak, but he doesn't know which lucky person will be matched with him.

Su Xiao prepared to go back to sleep first. Once he wakes up, he will go to attend this Empty Seat Banquet. It just so happens that the elemental brew has been brewed quite well; this time he can bring some to the Empty Seat Banquet for the Leader, White Cow, Saintess, and others to taste.