Chapter 3726: Basic Passive

Su Xiao paused the random draw of Overlord Equipment. Just as he was about to contact Caesar, he suddenly thought of a problem: even if he avoided drawing 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 this time, what would he do when drawing Overlord Equipment in the future?

Su Xiao could be certain that the fact he drew 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 right now had absolutely nothing to do with luck. Drawing Overlord Equipment was indeed random, but it was also a random draw with priority. For example, out of a total of 10 pieces of equipment, the probability of him drawing a melee-type Overlord Equipment was definitely more than 10% higher than drawing an Overlord Bow or Overlord Staff.

The fact that he drew 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 twice in a row could only be because of one point: his compatibility with this Overlord Equipment was at least over 95%, which was why this situation occurred.

Under normal circumstances, with such high compatibility, choosing 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 seemed like the best choice. But Su Xiao had always had self-awareness. He had heard the Captain mention that in the era when the Captain was still growing stronger, this equipment was already very famous. Basically, whoever obtained it died. Don't ignore one very important point: the Captain said it was exchanged in the Honor Shop, which meant that those who had obtained this thing were all Hunters, but without exception, all the Hunters who obtained this equipment died.

Su Xiao estimated that it should be his own blood aura, as well as his -19 points of charm attribute, that led to his super-high compatibility with 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】. Because the compatibility was too high, this thing had always been refreshed in the Honor Shop.

Su Xiao had an idea. He activated the Honor Shop and did not check the item list but searched among various authorities. Very quickly, he found a function in the highest-level Honor Shop similar to a history list.

Flipping through it, he saw items that had appeared in the Honor Shop before, such as 【Black Maple Tree · Leaf】, etc. Not long after, he found 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 in the list and attempted to exchange for it.

Su Xiao first contacted Caesar, then exchanged for 3 Honor Medals in the Honor Shop with 30 ounces of Space-Time Power, and then used these 3 Honor Medals to exchange for the 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 in the multi-seal state from the history list.

Su Xiao hadn't exchanged for 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 with 10 largest-specification 【Overlord Spirits】 just now, which meant he hadn't helped it release its layers of seals. And the 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 with layers of seals only cost 3 Honor Medals to exchange because this was the strength of a third-tier Overlord Equipment...

A ring that looked as if it had been dyed red by blood appeared before Su Xiao. He slapped it into a sealing box, stood up, and went out. Just after leaving the exclusive room, he saw Caesar with a lecherous grin on his face.

"My dear friend, do you have something to give to Caesar?"

Caesar rubbed his hands with shifty eyes, looking very expectant.

"A ring. This ring is somewhat dangerous..."

Before Su Xiao could finish speaking, the sealing box was already in Caesar's hands. As Caesar opened the sealing box, the 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 inside actually flew up on its own, heading straight for Su Xiao.

With a crisp "ding," the 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 was covered by Caesar with an Abyss Jar, after which this fellow left, feeling very satisfied.

Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room, closed the door, sat on the sofa, and activated the last chance to draw Overlord Equipment. He could be 100% certain that he wouldn't draw 【Blood-Bathed Mad Demon】 this time.

【Randomly drawing...】

【Draw complete.】

【Have drawn full-rating · Overlord Equipment: Planet Destroyer.】

【Planet Destroyer】

Origin: Overlord Creature · Planet Destroyer.

Quality: Overlord-level.

Category: Combat Boots.

Durability: 580/580 points.

Equipment Requirement: Health points above 700,000.

Equipment Effect: Star Destroyer (Unique · Passive), uses your existing maximum health as the "Weight of Kicking Technique," increasing your kicking technique damage by a "super-massive amount."

Prompt: This passive can be triggered once every 30 seconds, but for every 10% of health lost, this effect refreshes once.

Rating: 6000 points (Overlord-level equipment rating is 1–6000 points).

Introduction: Equipment crafted from the soul of a giant beast that shattered stars. If you have the qualifications to wear it, you will fall in love with this equipment.

Price: Cannot be sold.

Su Xiao chose to put on the 【Planet Destroyer】. He didn't feel that these combat boots gave him a huge boost, or rather, top-tier equipment was all like this; it wouldn't give people a sudden, abrupt feeling of improvement.

Su Xiao walked into a trial room and stopped in front of a metal pile. He focused his energy and then kicked straight out.

Boom—!!

A loud noise came, and Su Xiao's ears buzzed briefly. He looked at the metal pile he had just kicked straight at. The metal pile had disappeared, and it wasn't on the opposite wall either, but he immediately discovered that the opposite wall had changed color, turning into the color of the metal pile.

Coming to this wall, after chipping off a piece of the metal wall skin, he discovered that the metal pile just now, because it had endured such terrifying kicking power, had crashed into this wall. Because the walls of the exclusive room were all notarized by Reincarnation Paradise and were in an indestructible state, this metal pile, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, was evenly distributed across this wall.

Su Xiao was quite satisfied with the power of this Overlord Equipment. As for its exaggerated increase in kicking technique attack power, this was a matter of course. This thing converted the user's total health into the "Weight of Kicking Technique." In layman's terms, the higher Su Xiao's maximum health, the stronger his kicking technique, and he had 860,000 health points.

From the life-and-death battle with the Old Beast King, where Su Xiao took so many hits and didn't die, and the Old Beast King's expression of "how is this Law-Breaker still not dead" when he slashed off Su Xiao's lower half, one could see the gold content of 860,000 health points.

Just after testing the 【Planet Destroyer】, Su Xiao left the trial room. He checked the supplies he had just exchanged for in the Honor Shop, totaling 2 【Primal Fragments】, 5 【Soul Supply Boxes (★★★)】, 1 【Basic Passive Skill Scroll Treasure Chest】, and one skill scroll 【Soul Blade · Sub-weapon】.

These cost a total of 1110 ounces of Space-Time Power. He directly opened the 5 【Soul Supply Boxes (★★★)】 and the 【Basic Passive Skill Scroll Treasure Chest (Untradeable)】.

【You have obtained Soul Crystal Core × 100.】

【You have obtained Basic Passive · Source of Power (corresponds to real strength attribute, this skill scroll can only be used by you).】

【Basic Passive · Source of Power, Lv. 1.】

Type: Basic · Passive Scroll.

Prerequisite: Strength attribute 5 points.

Skill Effect: Slashing force judgment tier +1.

The bonus of "Basic Passive · Source of Power" was very simple, but Su Xiao not only didn't feel disappointed at all, but instead hoped that during the process of upgrading this ability, no other bonuses would appear. It was best if all the upgrades and power of the "Basic Passive · Source of Power" from Lv. 1 to X were concentrated on the "slashing force judgment tier."

Why so? Because just over a dozen hours ago, Su Xiao had just experienced the Old Beast King's Sword Technique Master.

The Old Beast King's Sword Technique Master—the sourness of that slash was truly unforgettable. If Su Xiao didn't have the "Perfect Block" ability, he would have been unable to clash head-on with the Old Beast King at all.

However, although the Old Beast King's Sword Technique Master ability was focused on the "slashing force judgment tier," that level 78 Sword Technique Master didn't only have this bonus. The power of the opponent's Sword Technique Master was also shared among sword technique damage, technique ability bonuses, and strong super-armor, etc.

Of course, the Old Beast King's sword technique was so fierce, and the "slashing force judgment tier" was only one of the reasons. The opponent's strong super-armor was also one of the core reasons for the fierceness of the sword technique.

Su Xiao wanted to know if the slashing force judgment tier could reach +10 if the "Basic Passive · Source of Power" was upgraded to X.

Even if it couldn't reach +10, if it could reach +8, Su Xiao's sword technique would definitely be improved by a large margin in terms of fierceness and sense of power. In the future, when encountering power-type strong enemies, even if the "Undying Shadow" hadn't been triggered yet, he would still be able to hold the sword with one hand and clash head-on with them.

Su Xiao used the "Basic Passive · Source of Power" skill scroll. After mastering it, he took out the "Soul Blade · Sub-weapon" skill scroll and used it.

【You have mastered Soul Blade · Sub-weapon.】

【Soul Blade · Sub-weapon (Passive, X).】

Skill Effect 1: Your Aoge ability's overall strength is increased by 20%.

Skill Effect 2: You can form adaptive weapons through the crystals produced by the Aoge ability. The slashing force, blunt force, penetration force, etc., of this weapon will be determined according to your soul strength and physical energy limit.

The process of mastering "Soul Blade · Sub-weapon" was unimaginably smooth. The reason was that after mastering this ability, one had to first train physical energy to be semi-solidified—that is, to let the released physical energy form crystals. Su Xiao had already achieved this point. Not only that, he had even developed the ultimate advanced version of the Spirit Shadow Line.

Because of this, he mastered "Soul Blade · Sub-weapon" very smoothly, and he didn't even need too much adaptation and training to obtain the full bonus of this ability.

Because he had killed the Old Beast King earlier, the Blade Demon Spirit was currently in a dormant stage and could not be released, so he couldn't test "Soul Blade · Sub-weapon" for the time being. Just then, his contact list flickered. Seeing this, he let Baja go open the door.

Not long after, the Princess of the North, also known as Crystal Ji, wearing a feather garment, walked into the exclusive room. Hanging up the feather garment, she sat down opposite Su Xiao.

"Why didn't Alisa come?"

Su Xiao spoke. Every time someone came to deliver the Soul Coin savings card, it should be Alisa, also known as Boiling Red. Among Black A, Solar Apostle, Crystal Ji, and Boiling Red, the one Su Xiao trusted most was Boiling Red, or rather, Boiling Red was also trustworthy.

"She was injured. It's all my fault for performing poorly in the cooperation."

Crystal Ji's eyes revealed self-reproach, quite a "pity-inducing" feeling.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak.

"Come to think of it, I was injured too."

Crystal Ji spoke with a smile in her eyes.

"Hmm, thank you for your hard work."

Su Xiao took out a bottle of recovery potion and placed it on the table.

"The total value of that batch of minerals was 330,000 Soul Coins. I let the Shadow Chamber of Commerce sell them in the form of an auction, obtaining a total of 402,000 Soul Coins. After removing the 10% share for Alisa and the others, there are 361,800 Soul Coins left. They are all here."

Crystal Ji put down the Soul Coin savings card, still with a smile in her eyes. She didn't stay long before leaving. Apparently, she was very curious about the scenes inside Reincarnation Paradise. He didn't know what authority Caesar and the others had used to allow Crystal Ji and the others to stay in Reincarnation Paradise temporarily.

Su Xiao split the 361,800 Soul Coin savings card into four cards. For this profit, Caesar got 20%, the Toad got 10%, and the Violent Rat got 10%. All were sent via email.

Su Xiao took 50% of the profit, which was a total profit of 201,000 Soul Coins. The mining team's profit was quite considerable. Plus, Benny sold some of the profits Su Xiao didn't need, bringing his current Soul Coins to 586,418.

Su Xiao took out the 7 【God Bones (Origin-level)】 he had and synthesized 6 of them into two 【Miracles of God】.

【Miracle of God】

Quality: Origin-level.

Usage Effect: After using this item, you can promote Immortal-level equipment to Origin-level.

Prompt: Only some high-potential equipment can undergo this promotion.

The equipment that could be promoted included 【Heart of Berger】 and 【Killing Instinct】. After attempting to use 【Miracle of God】 on them, Su Xiao learned that promoting these two pieces of equipment to Origin-level was the limit.

After choosing to promote, the 【Miracle of God】, which looked like golden resin, wrapped these two pieces of equipment inside. Afterward, Su Xiao took out the 【Eternal Life Source】 obtained this time. A total of 12 【Eternal Life Sources】 were placed before him, of varying sizes.

"Eternal Life Source: Can be absorbed without risk, replenishing a large amount of source life force (if there is no life force loss, it can permanently increase health by 7500–9000 points. By absorbing Eternal Life Source, one can permanently increase health by a maximum of 42000–50000 points, depending on different physiques, the bonus obtained will vary)."

Su Xiao picked up 6 【Eternal Life Sources】. He didn't absorb them directly but went to the potion room. As a Potion Master, directly absorbing this treasure unique to the Wind Sea Continent was truly a waste of heaven's gifts.

An hour later, Su Xiao drank half a bottle of the potion in his hand, and poured the remaining half into a metal tank filled with high-temperature solution. Afterward, he soaked in it. The feeling of life force slowly increasing was very good. Not long after, he fell asleep.

When Su Xiao woke up, the solution in the metal tank had cooled completely. After getting up from it and taking a shower in the planting area, he ate some breakfast Benny had left. While eating breakfast, he checked the prompts that appeared during his sleep.

【Prompt: Your health has permanently increased by 61,000 points.】

The feeling of life force increasing by a notch was very good. Su Xiao didn't plan to use the remaining 6 【Eternal Life Sources】 for the time being. He didn't have few ways to improve his Qing Gang Ying ability, and these 6 【Eternal Life Sources】 had other uses. Their value might be so high that it was hard to believe.

Su Xiao took out all the existing Soul Crystal Cores. One exquisite wooden box was returned by Saintess. Counting these Soul Crystal Cores, he had 760 Soul Crystal Cores.

It seemed like a lot, but for the promotion of Sword Technique Master, Melee Master, and Blood Gun Master, these 760 Soul Crystal Cores were far from enough. Although the Blood Gun Master could be improved by devouring aura ability, he was about to max out a "Basic Passive," and Su Xiao was very short of Soul Coins recently. Plus, Soul Crystal Cores were relatively abundant recently, so it was safer to use Soul Crystal Cores to improve.

Su Xiao consulted the cost of upgrading Sword Technique, Melee, and Blood Gun Master to Lv. 80 with authority. The result obtained was that promoting from Lv. 79 to Lv. 80 required Primal Fragment × 3 + Soul Crystal Core × 100 + 12,000 Soul Coins.

Calculated this way, upgrading Sword Technique, Melee, and Blood Gun Master to Lv. 80 required a total of 9 Primal Fragments, 1,900 Soul Crystal Cores, and 136,800 Soul Coins. This outrageous resource consumption—no matter how you looked at it, this was not something a ninth-tier should do.

In fact, Su Xiao guessed correctly. Upgrading technique ability to Lv. 80 was indeed not something a ninth-tier contractor should do. This was the resource consumption one would face after promoting to a Peerless Expert.

He was still short of more than 1,000 Soul Crystal Cores. Fortunately, Su Xiao had 32 【Soul Crystal Souls】 in hand, so this was not a problem. He contacted the Goblin Chamber of Commerce. When the other party learned that he was exchanging 【Soul Crystal Souls】 for Soul Crystal Cores, they immediately became exceptionally enthusiastic.

Finally, Su Xiao exchanged 10 【Soul Crystal Souls】 for 1,190 Soul Crystal Cores. The last exchange was at a ratio of 1 to 120; this time it dropped to 1 to 119. Su Xiao was not surprised by this. The Goblin Chamber of Commerce was always like this; they never hid their greed, and in contrast, they had very strong efficiency.

10 minutes later, members of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce found Benny at the Great Gathering Place and completed this transaction.

Su Xiao took out a sealing box from the team storage space. After opening it, inside were Soul Crystal Cores neatly arranged. It was time to improve the three technique abilities.

Su Xiao first improved the Blood Gun Master. He chose to directly upgrade the Blood Gun Master to Lv. 80.

【If you need to upgrade Blood Gun Master to Lv. 80, you need to consume Primal Fragment × 3 + Soul Crystal Core × 700 + 49,800 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to upgrade. The next second, the hundreds of Soul Crystal Cores and 3 "Primal Fragments" around him all shattered, turning into a large surge of pure soul power while, led by three small strands of primal power, surging into his body.

At this instant, Su Xiao felt that everything around him was pitch black. This darkness was so dense that he couldn't release his perception. Time passed minute by minute.

With a "plop," Su Xiao sank into the water. What was wonderful was that once in the water, he found that there was a bit of faint light around him, and in this water, he would not suffocate.

Sinking all the way to the bottom of the water, Su Xiao saw metal pillars in front of him, each as thick as a water bucket. This was a huge prison.

In the pitch-black prison ahead, a pair of beast pupils opened. Just looking at these eyes, one could imagine the enormous size of this giant beast. The next moment, a large amount of source blood aura was drawn out of the prison and merged into Su Xiao's left arm, being plundered by him. The blood beast in the prison did not roar, just stared at Su Xiao, and then grinned to reveal its sharp teeth.

Boom!

Everything around him quickly rolled backward. The water, the prison, etc., were all drawn away. In front were two blood-colored stone tablets.

The blood-colored stone tablet on the left was covered with patterns. Su Xiao pressed his hand on it and found that this was a branch of the Blood Gun Master, which could improve all characteristics of the Blood Gun Master.

Su Xiao looked at the blood-colored stone tablet on the right. There were no gorgeous patterns on this stone tablet, only a vertical blood gun mark. He raised his hand and pressed it on it, feeling that this was also one of the branches of the Blood Gun Master, but it would make the Blood Gun Master stronger and more focused.

He didn't need the gorgeousness and diversity of the Blood Gun Master, so he decisively chose the blood-colored stone tablet on the right. A large surge of source blood aura rushed toward him.

Su Xiao opened his eyes, as if everything just now was an illusion, but he knew it wasn't, especially that blood beast. He had a faint premonition that in the future, he would definitely have a life-and-death battle with that blood beast.

【Blood Gun Master has been upgraded to Lv. 80.】

【Because the development direction of the Blood Gun Master you chose is "Focus," you can strip away three to four "passive" characteristics from the current Blood Gun Master ability, letting them become separate abilities and appear in your blood aura-type skill list (the number of strippable abilities depends on the strength of the chosen ability).】

【Prompt: Life from Death (Passive) has been stripped from the Blood Gun Master skill and appears as a separate ability characteristic in your blood aura-type skill list.】

【Prompt: Blood Soul Resonance (Passive) has been stripped from the Blood Gun Master skill and appears as a separate ability characteristic in your blood aura-type skill list.】

【Prompt: Blood Soul Cohesion (Passive) has been stripped from the Blood Gun Master skill and appears as a separate ability characteristic in your blood aura-type skill list.】

【Blood Gun Master has shifted toward a focus tendency.】

【Blood Gun Master has completed the upgrade.】

【Blood Gun Master: Lv. 80 (Passive)】

Skill Effect: Blood aura attack power increased by 827%, physical energy control degree significantly increased (Qing Gang Ying/blood aura).

Blood aura strength: 215 points.

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Killing Gun Blade (Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +0.5.

Lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Ruthless Gun Blade (Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +0.5.

Lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Iron Blood Gun Blade (Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +1.

Lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Blood Gun Blade (Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +1.

Lv. 50 Ultimate Ability: Judgment Gun Blade (Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +1.

Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Lone Shadow Gun Blade (Ultimate-level · Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +2.

Lv. 70 Ultimate Ability: Soul-Controlling Gun Blade (Ultimate-level · Passive), blood aura-type damage tier +3.

Lv. 80 Ultimate Ability: Scarlet Gun Blade (Ultimate-level · Passive), for every tier the blood aura-type damage increases, blood aura-type attacks will ignore 7%–8% of all enemy defense (currently can ignore 7%–80% of all enemy defense).

Many characteristics of the Blood Gun Master disappeared. The original characteristics were medium-intensity life force recovery containment, real bleeding, etc., and now they had become more focused and more powerful bonuses.

Su Xiao chose this way, not because those abilities were not easy to use. At the eighth tier, real bleeding and other abilities were all very easy to use and were a major help in his combat system.

The problem was that as his strength continued to improve, those ability characteristics gradually became less practical, or rather, the enemies he encountered now were becoming stronger and stronger, and those originally powerful abilities were not so good now.

However, among the original abilities of the Blood Gun Master, there were also very powerful ones, such as "Life from Death," "Blood Soul Resonance," and "Blood Soul Cohesion." Among these three, the first was one of Su Xiao's core combat abilities, another could reduce the difficulty of upgrading the Blood Gun Master, and the last one was blood soul strengthening. Practice proved that this ability was very top-tier.

Su Xiao checked these three separately separated abilities, all of which were X-level, in a situation where they could not be upgraded separately but would be improved due to the upgrade of the Blood Gun Master.

Meditating for a moment, waiting for his aura to stabilize, Su Xiao began to upgrade the Melee Master ability.

【If you need to upgrade Melee Master to Lv. 80, you need to consume Primal Fragment × 3 + Soul Crystal Core × 600 + 43,500 Soul Coins.】

Su Xiao chose to upgrade. The next second, the Primal Fragments and Soul Crystal Cores all shattered, turning into energy and merging into his body. This time he didn't see any strange phenomena but felt a faint tingling sensation coming from all over his body, and this tingling became stronger and stronger, and finally, the sharp pain struck.

Regarding this, Su Xiao was exceptionally calm. After being baptized by multiple Law-Breaker abilities, his resistance in this regard was exceptionally strong, so for the several hours of upgrading, he was meditating while stabilizing his physical state.

【Melee Master has been upgraded to Lv. 80.】

【Melee Master: Lv. 80 (Passive)】

Skill Effect: When melee, kicking technique attack power increased by 970% (increased by 18%), Basic · Nerve Reflex Speed +152 points (increased by 60 points), Basic · Dynamic Vision +147 points (increased by 60 points), physical defense and physical toughness increased by 45%, immune to all physical control effects derived from lower strength and agility attributes than one's own (such as being frozen or bound, etc., can instantly break free).

Lv. 10 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Basic Strengthening (Passive)...

Lv. 20 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Primary Strengthening (Passive)...

Lv. 30 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Secondary Strengthening (Passive)...

Lv. 40 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Tertiary Strengthening (Passive)...

Lv. 50 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Quaternary Strengthening (Passive)...

Lv. 60 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Quinary Strengthening (Ultimate-level · Passive)...

Lv. 70 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Senary Strengthening (Ultimate-level · Passive)...

Lv. 80 Ultimate Ability · Power Penetration · Kicking Technique Septenary Strengthening (Ultimate-level · Passive): Kicking technique attack judgment upgraded to "Ascension-level."

Ascension-level: Enough to frontally shatter any Origin-level defense-type equipment, enough to cause severe damage to more than half of Eternal-level defense-type equipment. This is the exclusive tier for blunt-type attack judgment.

Warning: The Hunter must not use "Ascension-level" attack judgment to attack any facilities within Reincarnation Paradise, otherwise you will be subjected to extremely severe punishment.

Compared with the many upgrades and ability retentions of the Blood Gun Master, the upgrade of the Melee Master seemed much simpler and more down-to-earth, but the warning at the bottom already explained how much the "Straight Kick" move had been improved.

It was a pity that he couldn't match any competitors in the arena now, otherwise he would definitely go and match an opponent to "straight kick" them and see how powerful this move was.

The remaining resources were enough to upgrade Sword Technique Master, but Su Xiao didn't choose to upgrade it now. Just after upgrading the two technique abilities to Lv. 80, the protective energy fluctuations derived from his technique abilities were intense, so he had to stabilize them.

As a gain, he could now block more powerful attacks when "Perfectly Blocking." In the final analysis, "Perfect Block" was a high-level application of protective energy.

Su Xiao came to the room where the "Awakening Monument" was located and pressed his hand on the "Awakening Monument." Yesterday, before drinking the Soul Life Potion, he had incidentally used a 【Soul of Vengeance】 on the "Awakening Monument" to upgrade it. Right now, it hadn't finished upgrading.

Discovering this, Su Xiao left the exclusive room and headed straight for the Attribute Strengthening Hall. Afterward, he found a familiar attribute strengthening warehouse and walked into it. The warehouse door behind him closed.

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

【Current available real attribute points: 65 points.】

The allocation method was very simple. Real intelligence attribute was still 3 points away from reaching 300 points. He consumed 2 attribute points to improve the real intelligence attribute, thereby triggering the "Perfect Physique" effect accumulated earlier, and then just happened to be able to improve the real intelligence attribute by 3 points.

Hum—

The attribute strengthening warehouse was activated. Su Xiao sat on the ground. This upgrade ended very quickly. He checked his own data.

Real Strength: 300 points

Real Agility: 300 points

Real Stamina: 300 points

Real Intelligence: 300 points

Charm: -19 points

Luck: 66 points

Soul Strength: 800 points

Real Willpower: 300 points

Among them, soul strength increased the most. It was the Soul Secret Potion he had drunk earlier, which had already exerted its full effect. Seeing that the time was ripe, Su Xiao chose to claim a reward he had obtained earlier.

【You have claimed the Soul Trial reward.】

【You have mastered a new ability: Soul Potential (Passive).】

【Soul Potential: X (Passive).】

Skill Effect: Each point of your soul strength can permanently increase health by 100 points and mana by 30 points (already permanently increased health by 80,000 points and mana by 24,000 points).

【Prompt: Your health has exceeded 1,000,000 points.】

【Because you have not yet consumed 5 "Primal Fragments" for Peerless Expert promotion, your health cannot exceed 1,000,000 points for the time being. After completing this promotion method, this barrier will automatically be lifted.】

Su Xiao encountered a problem that most ninth-tier contractors would not encounter: his health reached over 1,000,000 points before he was promoted to a Peerless Expert. Right now, the health limit was stuck at this barrier. Fortunately, the problem was not big; his health only exceeded the 1,000,000 barrier by 1,000 points.

Leaving the Attribute Strengthening Hall, Su Xiao walked toward the Skill Upgrade Hall. He strolled around the Trading Street on the way but didn't find any items he was interested in.

Half an hour later, the warehouse door behind Su Xiao closed. He activated the skill upgrade warehouse he was in and checked his skill list. This time, the ability to be upgraded was very clear: "Basic Passive · Source of Power."

【Upgrading Basic Passive · Source of Power Lv. 1 requires consuming 1,000 Soul Coins (already reduced by 20% through Reincarnation · Honor Badge).】

The upgrade cost was very expensive. Regarding this, Su Xiao was not surprised. "Basic Passive · Source of Power" could improve the "slashing force judgment tier."

And this was the last of the seven basic passives, so of course it was expensive. When this ability was upgraded to X, Su Xiao would be able to master the final basic passive.

Su Xiao chose to upgrade "Basic Passive · Source of Power" directly from Lv. 1 to full level. With his current physique, this was of course no problem. As his Soul Coins were consumed rapidly, the level of "Basic Passive · Source of Power" continued to climb until he only had 19,618 Soul Coins left. This last type of basic passive was truly too expensive to upgrade, but fortunately, he had two more Soul Coins about to be in hand.

【Basic Passive · Source of Power, X.】

Skill Effect: Slashing force judgment tier +8.

Seeing this skill data, Su Xiao was in a very good mood. The situation he was worried about didn't happen. All the power of "Basic Passive · Source of Power" was improved on the "slashing force judgment tier."

A skill was like a bottle of water. How many bonuses it had was equivalent to how many cups it had, and one had to relatively evenly pour all the water into each cup. When there was only one cup, naturally, all the water could be poured into it.

Su Xiao had 9 Golden Skill Points. He used them to upgrade "Basic Passive · Source of Power." After consuming a total of 7 Golden Skill Points, the upgrade was completed.

【Basic Passive · Source of Power, X.】

Skill Effect: Slashing force judgment tier +10.

Just as Su Xiao upgraded "Basic Passive · Source of Power" to full level, there was a change in his basic passive skill list. The seven basic passives were lined up side by side below, each extending a golden thread upward, and finally, the seven golden energy threads were all coiled at the very top—that is, the final basic passive.

【Prompt: Your seven basic passive abilities have all reached X. Your "Ultimate · Basic Passive" is about to awaken.】

【Before the "Ultimate · Basic Passive" awakens, you can decide the awakening direction of this ability according to your choice. You can choose one from the following "Ultimate · Basic Passives" as your "Ultimate · Basic Passive."】

1. Power of Omnipotence (Passive): All attributes significantly increased, all abnormal resistance increased, number of active skill slots increased, active skill level limit increased.

2. Power of Divinity (Passive): "Super-massive amount" increase in self-healing effect, gain healing, light attribute affinity, and self-healing, healing-system ability level limit increased.

3. Power of World Destruction (Active): Can temporarily increase all attributes by continuously absorbing World Power, and significantly strengthen all active skill effects, as well as held weapons, equipment, etc.

4. Power of Overlord (Passive): "Super-massive amount" increase in health, all attributes increased, physical damage partially reduced, energy damage partially reduced, all potential increased, technique ability level limit increased.

Prompt: All "Ultimate · Basic Passives" have an initial level of Lv. 1, and the level limit is Lv. 30. This ability can only be upgraded with Golden Skill Points.

PS: (Happy New Year to all readers. It's Chinese New Year, so Fei Wen will rest for a few days. Updates will resume on the 3rd.)

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