Chapter 3750: Promotion

Inside the secret room of the Gray Sanctuary, the space ripples gradually dissipated. After Su Xiao checked the damaged teleportation formation, he confirmed that Green Gillian had arrived at the Arcane Eternal Star.

He was only responsible for sending the other party there; he had no way of knowing how the other party would perform subsequently. However, the most ideal way was to not perform for the time being and hide completely.

If Green Gillian used this opportunity to kill a few spellcasters, then this plan would be more than worth the loss. Conversely, if Green Gillian hid without Green Wei noticing, only occasionally taking action, and then gave the Arcane Eternal Star a heavy blow at the most critical moment, that would be very worthwhile.

Not considering this matter for now, Su Xiao grabbed several inheritance crystals floating in front of him with one hand. This was one of Green Gillian's secret skills. There were a total of three inheritance crystals. The first one was how to reach the limit of twelve soul core slots for the Soul-Severing Shadow.

Su Xiao held this inheritance crystal with one hand. A moment later, he found that this method was not suitable for him. The reason was that this method required at least several years, or even more than ten years of training. Su Xiao could do this with 7–8 Golden Skill Points.

Holding the second inheritance crystal, this one was about the Soul Slash Soul Core. The Soul Slash Soul Core could occupy up to 10 soul core slots, but Green Gillian did not recommend doing so.

If the strength of Soul Slash was quantified, the Soul Slash Soul Core of one soul core slot had a Soul Slash intensity of 12–15. The Soul Slash Soul Core occupying eight soul core slots had a Soul Slash intensity of about 30–32, while occupying ten soul core slots had a Soul Slash intensity of 35–37. But the risk of mastering this soul core was too high, and it was highly likely to cause permanent damage to the Soul Slash Soul Core.

Did Green Gillian chicken out? Didn't choose to master the 10-soul-core-slot Soul Slash Soul Core? No, the 8-soul-core-slot Soul Slash Soul Core was just Green Gillian's transition. She was known as the Law-Extinguishing Shadow with the strongest Soul-Severing Shadow ability, and it wasn't because of this.

Su Xiao held the last inheritance crystal. What was recorded inside was a soul core secret technique called the Transcendence Realm. So far, only the developer, Green Gillian, had successfully mastered it.

This secret technique required the Soul-Severing Shadow ability to be upgraded to X and the number of soul core slots to reach 12 before the prerequisites for mastery could be met. First, one had to select three soul cores that one had already mastered. Once selected, the three soul cores could never be changed, and one could not master other abilities subsequently.

Among these three soul cores, two were mandatory: the Green Steel Soul Core and the Soul Slash Soul Core. The other soul core type could be chosen according to one's own situation; generally, the Speed Soul Core was chosen.

After completing these two steps, one then used a secret technique to strip these three soul cores from the soul core slots, embed them in the center of the soul disk, master a soul core called "Nourish/Strengthen" for all the 12 vacated soul core slots, and finally, perform the ultimate reshaping of the soul disk.

After completing this life-and-death reshaping, the Soul-Severing Shadow would only have three soul cores that could be switched: Green Steel Soul Core, Soul Slash Soul Core, and Speed Soul Core. No matter which soul core was switched to, under the amplification of the 12 strengthening soul cores in the surrounding slots, they were all ultimate soul cores with the strength of 12 soul core slots.

For example, the Soul Slash Soul Core, after reaching the limit intensity, would undergo a qualitative change, with the Soul Slash intensity reaching 50.

After achieving this secret technique, it was equivalent to having 36 soul core slots to gain such strong three soul cores. As for functionality, in the late stage, soul cores must pursue the ultimate.

Regarding this secret technique, Su Xiao was not in a hurry for the time being. His current six soul cores were working well, totaling: Green Steel, Speed, Soul Slash, Blade Spirit, Falling Thunder, and Darkness.

At the very least, wait until his own physical attribute reached 450–500 points before considering Green Gillian's secret technique. The reason was that the smile when the other party gathered this inheritance crystal was too strange.

After Su Xiao returned to the room where he lived, he picked up the wooden box on the bedside table and opened it. 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 came into view. Although it was still a long black leather coat, the embers patterns could be faintly seen on it. As he touched this equipment, the embers fire on it completely faded.

【Night of the Wild Hunt】

Origin: Dark Crow World.

Quality: Origin Level.

Category: Long leather coat.

Durability: 210/210 points (increased by 25 points).

Base Defense: 30 points (increased by 5 points).

Origin-level leather armor base bonus: 10% physical/energy damage reduction.

Equipment requirements: True Stamina 320 points, True Intelligence 320 points, hunted more than 8 divine units (achieved).

Equipment Effect 1: Spirit Armor (Core/Passive), for every 1000 points of mana, the wearer will additionally increase this equipment's defense by 10 points, penetration resistance by 1 point, high-temperature reduction by 1 point, and erosion reduction by 1 point.

Already increased: 320 points of equipment defense (the upper limit of increase is 320 points).

Already increased: 80 points of penetration resistance (the upper limit of increase is 80 points).

Already increased: 80 points of high-temperature reduction (the upper limit of increase is 80 points).

Already increased: 80 points of erosion reduction (the upper limit of increase is 80 points).

Equipment Effect 2: Indomitable (Core/Passive), in battles with enemies of the same tier, when this equipment is damaged due to being attacked, it will trigger the "Embers Fire" hidden within this equipment, permanently increasing the strength limit of this equipment.

Embers Power absorption: 0% (after reaching 100%, this equipment will be promoted to Eternal Level).

Hint: Only life-and-death battles can make the "Embers Fire" within this equipment ignite slightly, thereby triggering this characteristic. Sparring or non-lethal contests will not be recognized by the "Embers Fire" and cannot trigger this characteristic.

Hint: Because of this characteristic, the repair difficulty of this equipment is increased by 40%.

Introduction: This is a piece of equipment created by a certain blacksmith after going through many hardships. Interestingly, this is not a metal armor. Truly an all-around blacksmith, but for some reason, this blacksmith always refused to have his name written in the introduction of this equipment.

Price: Cannot be traded.

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The attributes of 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 had changed. The original soul plating ability disappeared. The shield provided by this ability was indeed very thick, but the enemies Su Xiao encountered were too outrageous. As long as the shield could withstand one blow, he would find a way to keep this ability. Unfortunately, this shield couldn't even withstand one blow.

Thinking about it, Su Xiao, who had millions of HP, could only withstand three or four hits from a strong enemy, so this shield naturally shattered at a touch. The new ability that appeared on 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 was very practical. When this armor was subjected to an attack sufficient to damage it, it would grow. When its absorption of Embers Power reached 100%, it would be the time to be promoted to Eternal Level.

This time, there were at least four ultimate bosses to deal with. Thinking about it, 【Night of the Wild Hunt】 could gain quite a bit of growth. As for subsequent repairs, he would naturally go to Reed. It was estimated that even if the repair difficulty increased by 40%, Reed would have a way to handle it.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed, calmed his breath through meditation for a moment, and prepared to use 2 Primordial Skill Points on the Close Combat Master ability. This thing had another name, which was Primordial Core. Generally, the Void or Transcendence/Native Worlds called Primordial Skill Points this way.

What was the weight of 1 Primordial Skill Point? In terms of technique-type abilities, the strength increase of 2 Primordial Skill Points was equivalent to the leap from lv. 79 to lv. 80 as a core technique ability.

Using the most ordinary method to promote to a supreme powerhouse, one could only obtain 1 Primordial Skill Point, while relying on five "Primordial Fragments," one could obtain 5 points. Both were very cautious about the allocation of Primordial Skill Points, especially the former, which could only add 1 point to the most core ability.

Like Su Xiao, who added 6 Primordial Skill Points to Blade Master, it was extremely rare. Precisely because of this, when he faced the powerful male boss Scarlet Guard Chief of the Scarlet Castle, he could slash him to his knees with one slash upon meeting. Facing a boss like the City Lord's wife, who required others to cooperate, plus special props, and advance preparation for a clever win, he ignored these cumbersome steps and killed this boss on the spot with one person and one blade.

Although Close Combat Master and Blood Gun Master couldn't replicate the power of Blade Master, both had their own characteristics. In terms of extreme attack, it was definitely the straight kick. The 80-level Close Combat Master was all added to this straight kick.

Why didn't Su Xiao face the City Lord's wife's lunging slash head-on with a straight kick before? He could be certain that he could kick the lunging City Lord's wife away with one kick and kill this boss instantly on the spot, but he would also need to pay the price of one right leg, one entire right arm, and part of his shoulder and torso.

Now, he wanted to raise the straight kick to another height, and only then could he possibly clash with the four giants of the Lightless Temple.

Su Xiao chose to use 2 Primordial Skill Points to upgrade Close Combat Master. Two energies hidden in his body surged, and the next second, his eyes went black.

When Su Xiao woke up, he was already lying on the stone platform of the recovery point, with the black cloak that the Dark Lady would only wear when going out as a pillow. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the Dark Lady's faint gaze, and she seemed to sigh imperceptibly. Presumably, encountering a Law-Extinguishing Shadow adult who improved his abilities so amazingly, the Dark Lady had a lot to say, but her quiet and gentle style destined that she would not say it out loud.

【Mastery Power (Passive): During close combat, kick technique attack power increased by 1000% (this is the limit gain that Close Combat Master can reach in terms of kick technique attack power amplification).】

【Ultimate Reflex (Passive): Basic Nerve Reflex Speed +160 points, Basic Dynamic Vision +160 points (this is the limit gain that Close Combat Master can reach in terms of Basic Nerve Reflex Speed and Basic Dynamic Vision).】

【Close Combat Master: lv. 80 (Technique/Passive)】

Skill Effect: Kick technique damage tier +10, physical toughness increased by 48%.

lv. 10 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Basic Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 20 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique First Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 30 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Second Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 40 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Third Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 50 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Fourth Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 60 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Fifth Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 70 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Sixth Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive)……

lv. 80 Ultimate Ability: Power Penetration/Kick Technique Seventh Strengthening (Ultimate/Passive): Kick technique attack judgment upgraded to "Ascension Level," and there is a probability of making the enemy trigger the "Death Retrospection" effect, thereby reducing the enemy's avoidance probability.

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What was the "Death Retrospection" effect? It was that Su Xiao kicked the enemy with a straight kick. Because the enemy faced death, they retrospected their life in a short time. Although it was only for a moment, it could be considered a control effect.

Not only that, various abilities of Close Combat Master, just like when Blade Master was chosen as the core technique before, were all advanced to the Ultimate level. This was the improvement brought by 2 Primordial Skill Points. Of course, this required the foundation of Close Combat Master to be good enough, otherwise, having Primordial Skill Points would be useless.

After upgrading Close Combat Master, Su Xiao's state was quite good. He decisively upgraded Blood Gun Master as well, and then his eyes went black.

The Dark Lady on the side had faint eyes, was silent for a moment, took the folded cloak, used it as a pillow for Su Xiao, and continued to sit on the side quietly.

When Su Xiao sat up from the stone platform less than half a meter high, he looked at the time; it was almost evening.

【Mastery Breath (Passive): Blood Qi attack power increased by 900% (this is the limit gain that Blood Gun Master can reach in terms of attack power amplification).】

【Blood Gun Master: lv. 80 (Passive)】

Skill Effect: Blood Qi attack tier +18, any Blood Qi attack will reduce the enemy's total defense by 18%.

Blood Qi Intensity: 260 points.

lv. 80 Ultimate Ability: Blood Controller (Ultimate/Passive): When your HP is only 1%, all your remaining soul energy, mental energy, and 80% of your body energy will all be instantly transformed into Blood Qi power through the Devouring Core, and with this massive amount of Blood Qi power, protect your "Life Origin" for 6 seconds. During these 6 seconds, if your Life Origin (heart) and the human body's largest vital point (head) are not highly damaged, even if you suffer high-intensity attacks, your HP will not drop to 0%, thereby leading to death. After 6 seconds, the Blood Qi power protecting your "Life Origin" will be exhausted.

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The newly appeared Blood Controller became the only characteristic of Blood Gun Master. The level of this characteristic would increase with the level of Blood Gun Master. Its strength was obvious. Simply put, when Su Xiao was about to die and his HP reached 1%, he could pseudo-lock his HP for 6 seconds.

The reason it was called pseudo-locking HP was because during this period, he was not invincible. Invincible abilities only appeared in two situations: 1. Paradise notarization mechanism (such as equipment, props, etc.) 2. The ultimate ultimate ability of the Paladin profession.

Even so, Blood Controller could not be underestimated. During these 6 seconds of entering "Blood-Controlled Near-Death," as long as Su Xiao's body was not shattered, his heart and head were not severely damaged, and he was not killed by abilities, he could fight to the death with strong enemies in his peak state for 6 seconds. A three-technique master who no longer cared about injuries, even if the time limit was only 6 seconds, was equally terrifying.

Therefore, this was Su Xiao's fourth stage, a stage where his combat power was fully opened, enough to turn the tide in a desperate situation.

Regarding the changes in Blood Gun Master, it was actually within Su Xiao's expectations. In the final analysis, Blood Gun Master was an energy-type technique ability. For this large category of technique abilities, there were actually only three types of ultimate moves in the end.

1. Absorb the power of the surrounding world within a certain period of time, thereby continuously and massively restoring body energy for a period of time. This could allow all energy-type abilities to fire at full power and blast the enemy to death. Because it was absorbing the power of the world, during this period, all abilities could cause 1–12 times the damage, depending on one's luck.

It is worth mentioning that this ability is Morey's dream.

2. Aggregate one to three of one's own energies to form a protective energy to protect the "Life Origin," lasting for a few seconds of super-strong survival time.

3. Can slowly absorb the power of the world, thereby permanently increasing one's own body energy limit.

With Su Xiao's ability system, awakening the "Blood Controller" ability was truly normal.

After his breath stabilized, Su Xiao got up and came to an unoccupied single room. This place had been set up as a potion preparation room by Bubu Wang and Bahar. Although they wouldn't prepare potions, they had been with Su Xiao for so long that they had quite a bit of experience in setting up preparation rooms.

Su Xiao took out various materials and finally took out the Origin Fruit. Whether he could prepare a "Miracle" quality one depended on this time.

Assuming his current ability foundation was rock-like, drinking an ordinary one would upgrade it to iron-stone-like. As for drinking a "Miracle" quality one, the foundation would turn into gold and iron. Whether it was the extreme combat power he could reach among supreme powerhouses or the success rate of future promotion to supreme, he would have all the advantages.

Su Xiao didn't deliberately adjust his state; he just calmed his mindset and then began to prepare. Although this was one of the most important preparations since he mastered pharmacology, his state was unprecedentedly relaxed. This was a resilient mindset honed by fighting various strong enemies.

A few hours later, the preparation process ended. What remained was to let the potion catalyze itself. After about ten-plus hours, the finished potion could be obtained.

Putting down the preparation utensils, Su Xiao began to think about subsequent plans. Although the Monarch's Treasure was key, he was not in a hurry to find it, but was prepared to let the Lightless Temple find where the entrance to that treasure was first. It could be said that in this world, except for the Lightless Temple and the Black Iron City, basically no one could find that entrance in the Wet Salt Zone. Not only were there no clues, but there wasn't even a hint.

It was true that there was a key to leave the Eternal Light World inside the Monarch's Treasure, but Su Xiao had the key to the Monarch's Treasure. The probability of not using this key to enter that treasury was minimal.

Just as Su Xiao was considering whether to directly find one of the four giants of the Lightless Temple to fight, the communicator rang. Because he was in the Gray Sanctuary, he couldn't talk directly and could only judge that it was a contact from the irritable little elf Diagu.

Seeing this, Su Xiao set up a summoning formation and summoned the irritable little elf. Space fluctuations appeared with a boom. After the irritable little elf sat on the ground and was stunned for a while, he shook his head. He was a bit used to Su Xiao's summoning formation. At first, he was very repulsed by this summoning formation, but after getting used to it, he felt more and more that this summoning formation was exciting.

"Agreement reached, save the reward for now."

The irritable little elf Diagu jumped onto the table and pointed his 30-plus-centimeter-long cone spear at an area on the map. This was the location where the Silver Queen was, and the other party was developing the Zerg there.

According to the investigation of the irritable little elf Diagu, because of the activation of the "Super-World-Level Confinement Technique," the Silver Queen, who had a cooperative relationship with the Lightless Temple, had already learned that Su Xiao had come to this world. The Silver Queen had already begun to cultivate powerful Zerg individuals, preparing to come to Su Xiao to snatch the "Blade of Sealing" to escape the Eternal Light World.

The combat power the Silver Queen had accumulated now, even with Su Xiao's current strength, could not be clashed with head-on. Fortunately, Su Xiao already had a way to deal with the Silver Queen. The Zerg's group combat ability was indeed strong, but Su Xiao wanted to know, if he suddenly appeared two meters in front of the Silver Queen, how should the Silver Queen respond? ===== CHAPTER 3751 =====