Chapter 3783: Ranking List

With 3 million Soul Coins in hand, this was undoubtedly a huge sum, but thinking of the upgrade cost for his high-tier passive ability "Technique Sublimation: Supreme Blade," he immediately knew how to spend these Soul Coins.

Not only that, an idea Su Xiao had previously could now be realized thanks to these Soul Coins: mastering the high-tier passives corresponding to "Melee Master" and "Blood Gun Master" respectively. In this way, he would certainly be able to accumulate even greater combat power.

Facts proved that among the known past Law-Breakers, Star-Swallowing Akas was still the most reliable, whether in the design of this treasury or the resources stored within.

Being able to come to the Eternal Light World to open this treasury meant one had at least the strength of a Supreme-tier. Therefore, Akas had not left behind basic resources. 3 million Soul Coins + 12 Primordial Fragments + 3 portions of Magic Spirit Essence + an Exclusive Awakening Stone—these items were both difficult to obtain and highly practical.

Besides these items, Su Xiao also saw a scroll at the bottom of the sealed box. After opening it, he saw the Void text on it:

100 Soul: 20 Magic Spirit.

200 Soul: 40 Magic Spirit.

300 Soul: 70 Magic Spirit.

400 Soul: 140 Magic Spirit.

500 Soul: 260 Magic Spirit (Qualitative change period, can control Magic Spirit more stably).

600 Soul: 300 Magic Spirit.

700 Soul: 350 Magic Spirit.

800 Soul: 400 Magic Spirit.

900 Soul: 450 Magic Spirit.

1000 Soul: 500 Magic Spirit.

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At first glance, the records here were puzzling, but if one considered that Star-Swallowing Akas was not half-digitized, then did this ratio represent how many points of Soul Strength could suppress how much Magic Spirit Strength?

Understood this way, once Soul Strength exceeded 500 points, it counted as passing the qualitative change period. Subsequently, 600 points of Soul Strength could suppress a Blade Magic Spirit with 300 Magic Spirit Strength, preventing it from backlashing.

Su Xiao's current Soul Strength was 860 points. He had previously always thought that his limit for controlling a Blade Magic Spirit with 300 Magic Spirit Strength was his maximum. Now it seemed that was clearly not the case; he could suppress a Blade Magic Spirit with over 400 points of Magic Spirit Strength.

Right now, his Blade Magic Spirit had 190 points of Magic Spirit Strength, so there was still plenty of room for improvement. The records on this scroll, while seemingly just a few dozen values, were of immense help to Su Xiao. However, in this regard, it wasn't that the old Law-Breakers and Ma Sitan didn't teach him; those two old guys were of the faction that devoured Magic Spirits, and their understanding in this area might not even be as good as Su Xiao's own.

As for Gillian, her way of controlling Magic Spirits was something others couldn't learn. That person had the strongest Magic Spirit and particularly enjoyed the stimulation of the Magic Spirit being faintly half-out-of-control, taking pleasure in it. Because of this long-term habit, her suppression power over Magic Spirits was strong to the point of being abnormal.

Su Xiao looked at the "Magic Spirit Essence" in his hand; he didn't need to think to know that this stuff could increase Magic Spirit Strength. Star-Swallowing Akas was somewhat worried that a junior coming here might get too excited and absorb the "Magic Spirit Essence," leading to the Magic Spirit going out of control, so he provided the most intuitive reference. Very reliable.

Confirming there was nothing else in the treasury, Su Xiao turned and walked to the exit. After opening the locked mechanism, he left the place via the Magic Spirit.

The scene before his eyes changed. Su Xiao returned to the great hall. After putting away the Magic Spirit, he saw Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looking up at the statue of the Moon Wolf, and then Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang tried to strike the same pose—not for anything else, mainly because the pose was quite cool.

"Let's go."

Su Xiao, the Dark Lady, Amu, and Baha walked toward the outside of the hall, but Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang remained there holding the pose. It wasn't until Su Xiao reached the doorway that he discovered Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was still beside the stone carving of the Moon Wolf, striking the same pose as the Moon Wolf. However, Xiang Bubu's eyes had changed; they weren't filled with fierce intent, but were panicked to the extreme. Those little eyes clearly said: 'Come save me, help!'

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao turned back. After observing for a moment around Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, he didn't find anything abnormal. But just then, the stone carving of the Moon Wolf gradually rose a bit, and a hidden compartment opened on the base below, inside of which was a silver necklace in the shape of a full moon.

【You have obtained Silver Moon Necklace (Unidentified).】

By this time, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang could finally move. It hurriedly ran outside and peered around the side of the main gate. Looking at those little eyes, it wouldn't dare to be mischievous for a while.

After exiting the great hall, the surrounding spatial seal disappeared. Su Xiao and the others first returned to the Gray Sanctuary using the Monitor Ring, and then arrived at their own base camp through the Gray Sanctuary's teleportation array.

The Dark Lady did not come along, but remained in the Gray Sanctuary, waiting for Su Xiao to prepare everything; she would then take Su Xiao to Skeleton Island again to battle the Scarlet Monarch.

Before everything was ready, Su Xiao would not conduct this decisive battle. Looking around, their base camp was now exceptionally spectacular, covering an area the size of a city. Various types of Zerg buildings stood tall, and millions of Demon Beasts, as well as hundreds of thousands of Demon Flame Dragons, were sleeping on the fungal mat to reduce biological energy consumption. Only a small number, about a thousand Demon Flame Dragons, occasionally flew overhead.

Located one kilometer away from the Mother Nest was the Star Giant Tree. At this moment, within a few kilometers around this giant tree, a total of ten thousand Brutal Turrets had been built. If the next Astral Swallower was still fierce and violent, then it wouldn't be able to leave here; it could directly wait for the next Astral Swallower.

Su Xiao came under the Star Giant Tree. This place was exceptionally cool, and combined with the elemental concentration here, it was simply the best place to brew elemental fine wine. Later, when he returned to his exclusive room, he must move the large wooden barrel dedicated to brewing elemental fine wine here; this would at least raise the quality of the elemental fine wine by one tier.

Sitting in the cool spot under the giant tree, Su Xiao checked his existing World Reputation, totaling 489,500 points. He prepared to exchange all these reputation points for title chests. His gains from opening reputation chests at this time were definitely not what they used to be. Previously, his Void Tree Credibility was -???, which resulted in him only being able to obtain one-star non-attribute titles when opening reputation chests.

At this moment, Su Xiao's Void Tree Credibility had reached 0 points. If the current Void Tree Credibility could really hold steady and bring high returns, he could also consider maintaining it.

【You have exchanged for 489,500 Title Chests.】

【Title Chest: After opening, you can obtain ★～★★★★★★★★★ titles.】

【You have opened 489,500 Title Chests.】

【You have obtained two-star non-attribute title × 6,510.】

【You have obtained one-star non-attribute title × 482,990.】

……

Seeing this opening result, Su Xiao checked his existing Void Tree Credibility again. After confirming it was 0 points, he suddenly felt that this thing didn't seem to have much difference from when it was -???. Not to mention anything else, if even a three-star title had appeared, he would have considered whether to maintain his current Void Tree Credibility and not perform any subsequent operations.

Now it seemed that if he didn't perform one ruthless operation, it wouldn't be worthy of the legendary mission reward. Su Xiao took out a Soul Coin, pressed his thumb against it, and flicked it with a 'ding'. As the Soul Coin spun and fell, a hand caught it.

"My dear friend, have you made your decision?"

Caesar, covered in all kinds of jewelry and carrying a large cloth bag in his hand, spoke. This guy had been quite busy lately, either looting long-existing treasuries or on the way to find one.

"Hmm."

Receiving Su Xiao's reply, Caesar looked around and felt the environment was suitable. He slapped the Abyss Jar onto his head, first formed a team, and then took out various props to start using them on himself.

After Caesar used at least dozens of strange and peculiar props, he finally stopped and calmed his breath. He took out the 【Deceiver's Head Wrap】 and put it on his head. This caused Caesar's aura to change abruptly, actually having a bit of the feeling of a member of the Lightless Temple.

The result of this was that their millions of Demon Beasts, hundreds of thousands of Demon Flame Dragons, and tens of thousands of Titan Beasts all woke up from their slumber. All Zerg buildings were highly activated, and one Brutal Turret after another was ready to launch living missiles at any time.

Extremely terrifying fluctuations dispersed within their base camp, especially the hundreds of thousands of Demon Flame Dragons that had dealt with the World-Eater. These were all Level 3 max-level Demon Flame Dragons, and their combat power could be imagined. At this moment, more than half flew up and circled at low altitude.

Caesar had hidden himself without a trace, but Su Xiao could be certain that Caesar was still nearby, just that this hiding method was beyond common sense and couldn't be perceived.

Just then, Su Xiao received a team recruitment message. It was Caesar inviting him to join a squad of the Lightless Temple faction. There was only one person in this squad, which was Caesar.

【You have joined Caesar's squad.】

【Due to Caesar's "Unique Ability: Faction Bully, Lv. EX", your current faction affiliation has been completely suppressed and reduced. You have temporarily lost your faction identity as a Demon Zerg leader. You have become a member of no faction.】

【The squad you are currently in has multiple survival day bonus effects.】

【Hint: This survival ranking list will use survival days as the ranking. Being in the Shelter City or Black Iron City will increase survival days at a 1:1 time flow rate. If in a dangerous environment outside the Shelter City, survival days will increase at a 1:1.5～50 time flow rate.】

【The current squad has the following total bonuses:】

【Old Resin Badge (Effect after use): Additionally increases the upper limit of survival day acquisition by 15% (from the highest 50 times, increased to a maximum of 57.5 times).】

【Void Tree Badge: Exemption (Effect after use): Additionally increases the upper limit of survival day acquisition by 300% (from the highest 57.5 times, increased to a maximum of 230 times).】

【Void Tree Badge: Extreme Medium (Effect after use): Additionally increases the upper limit of survival day acquisition by 500% (from the highest 230 times, increased to a maximum of 1380 times).】

【Void Tree Badge: Ultimate Amplification (Effect after use): Additionally increases the upper limit of survival day acquisition by 650% (from the highest 1380 times, increased to a maximum of 5000 times, this is the absolute upper limit!)】

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He didn't know where Caesar got these wonderful badges. Presumably, he must have completed missions issued by the Void Tree and done them exceptionally well for the Void Tree to give these rewards. Presumably, in the Void Tree's judgment, it must pay special attention to Caesar. This guy's efficiency was truly top-notch, yet he didn't care to what extent his Void Tree Reputation dropped.

As for why Caesar could obtain such outrageous badge-type items, this was not hard to understand. After completing ultra-high difficulty missions for the Void Tree, the rewards given by the Void Tree would always be highly compatible with the recipient.

Items highly compatible with Caesar's characteristics were exactly these kinds of things: on one hand, they were useless, and on the other hand, they were outrageously strong.

He didn't know how long Caesar had been saving up to accumulate so many gain props with ranking list characteristics. But the problem was, the squad's bonuses were up, but Su Xiao had previously cleared out all the dangerous areas in this world. In this way, no matter how high the survival day gain multiplier was, it was meaningless.

But could this problem stump Caesar? Of course not. This guy had long been prepared. Following Caesar's continued operations, Su Xiao received the following prompt.

【Hint: Due to Caesar's "Unique Ability: Collusion, Lv. EX", you have been forcibly pulled into the current squad's lineup. The current faction judgment is: Lightless Temple.】

【Warning: Your current faction is a mortal enemy of the Demon Zerg faction!】

【Warning: You are currently in the core area of the enemy's base camp.】

【Warning: You are attempting to approach the Demon Zerg faction's Zerg Overlord, Jila. This is an ultra-high danger behavior.】

【Hint: You have successfully captured the Demon Zerg faction's Zerg Overlord, Jila, in the core area of the enemy's base camp.】

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After these judgments ended, the Demon Flame Dragons in their base camp went berserk. They all felt that the Overlord was under a fatal threat. But whether in terms of sight or perception, Jila was standing beside the controller of the Demon Zerg. The brains of the Demon Flame Dragons, born for slaughter, fell into chaos, plus Jila didn't issue any mental commands to calm them down.

Su Xiao didn't care to what extent the Demon Flame Dragons were berserk. What he cared about at this moment was his soaring survival days and his continuously dropping Void Tree Credibility. The current survival ranking list was:

First place: Moon Witch (Holy Light Paradise), survived 1150 natural days.

Second place: Priest (Sanctuary Paradise), survived 1136 natural days.

Third place: Ruthless Brother (Reincarnation Paradise), survived 1025 natural days.

Fourth place: Magic Sickle, Tailide (Holy Light Paradise), survived 995 natural days.

Fifth place: Solomon (Reincarnation Paradise), survived 950 natural days.

Sixth place: Puppeteer (Reincarnation Paradise), survived 920 natural days.

Seventh place: Xier (Reincarnation Paradise), survived 916 natural days.

Eighth place: Antler Man (Death Paradise), survived 723 natural days.

Ninth place: Undead Sister (Reincarnation Paradise), survived 698 natural days.

Tenth place: Aige (Apocalypse Paradise), survived 529 natural days.

……

In the blink of an eye, a few hours passed. Su Xiao's ranking went from the fifties at the beginning to gradually breaking into the top thirty, and then headed straight for the top ten. After officially entering the top ten, the world channel became exceptionally lively.

Thunder Law God, Aige (Apocalypse Paradise): "What's the situation? Is my tenth place about to be gone?"

Thunder Law God, Aige (Apocalypse Paradise): "Hmm, in the time it took to speak, it's already gone."

Undead Sister (Reincarnation Paradise): "My ninth place! 30 Soul Crystals are about to become 20. Bai Ye, return my Soul Crystals. How can you rise so much?"

Antler Man (Death Paradise): "Uh~, my eighth place is also gone, becoming ninth."

Undead Sister (Reincarnation Paradise): "It's over, I'm ranked tenth."

Puppeteer (Reincarnation Paradise): "I, who was sixth, didn't even have time to speak before I lost the throne of sixth place."

Ruthless Brother (Reincarnation Paradise): "Done for, I've become fourth. It just crushed right over my face; it was too fast, I didn't see it clearly at all."

Moon Witch (Holy Light Paradise): "Painfully lost the top spot, but I have no complaints. How on earth... was it done?"

Wind Wolf (Apocalypse Paradise): "Look, this big boss has disappeared from the ranking list."

Witch, Lilia (Holy Light Paradise): "Cheating will definitely get you banned, hahaha."

Antler Man (Death Paradise): "I'm very curious, how exactly was it done?"

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Did Su Xiao and Caesar perform a fake operation? Of course not. At this moment, Su Xiao was receiving a large number of Void Tree warnings, almost flooding the screen. But the problem was, these warnings didn't actually punish him because he had never violated any of the Void Tree's rules from beginning to end.

Caesar's props were all from the Void Tree's origin, and those abilities were all notarized and had highly individual characteristics. In any part of these operations, nothing exceeded the scope of the Void Tree's notarization. But after being combined, he rushed straight to the top of the survival ranking list.

This was the wonderful thing about Caesar's operations; it made people feel surprised and confused, yet also feel a bit reasonable. If Caesar's methods were dismantled, every step was within the acceptable scope, but after being combined, it made people's heads buzz.

Therefore, Su Xiao's current state was not being cleared from the ranking list, but his ranking was locked, becoming the??? th place. Subsequently, before the settlement, he would still be re-categorized into the ranking list.

【Hint: It has been detected that the Hunter's ranking growth is too rapid, and the growth path exceeds the normal scope. You can choose one of the following options to proceed with subsequent judgments.】

1. Use the current authority to purchase the top-place reward 【Talent Badge】 in the inventory. After choosing this authority, your survival ranking list survival days will be immediately cleared.

2. Continue to participate in the survival ranking list with the current survival days.

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Between the two options, Su Xiao decisively chose the first one. It seemed the second one could maximize gains, but in fact, it touched upon a major taboo of Caesar's operations, which was not to covet the highest-risk gains. Caesar's operations themselves didn't possess absolute stability; quitting while ahead was the best policy.

【You have chosen to purchase the top-place reward "Talent Badge" in the inventory. Because the inventory quantity of "Talent Badge" is 8, it will not affect the normal acquisition of the "Talent Badge" for the top place. This type of related judgment has ended here.】

【The selling price of "Talent Badge" is: 10,000 ounces of Space-Time Power (this is the highest price standard).】

【Clearing your existing survival ranking list survival days. It has been detected that your existing survival days have been notarized, and corresponding compensation will be given. The price for you to purchase this "Talent Badge" will be discounted by 97%.】

【You have paid 300 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【You have obtained Talent Badge × 1.】

【Your Void Tree Credibility has slipped to -? points.】

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【Caesar has disbanded the current squad. Your faction has returned to normal, and all Caesar squad bonuses obtained have been removed.】

【You choose to pay Caesar 1,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

【Payment successful.】

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Caesar, who received 1,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, could be said to be smiling exceptionally brightly. The prior agreement was for 800 ounces of Space-Time Power, and now that he had 1,000 ounces in hand, he was naturally in a very good mood.

The berserk Demon Flame Dragons in the base camp had gradually calmed down and returned to the fungal mat to sleep. Jila sat sideways on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's back, eating potato chips, occasionally poking the floating natural elements with her finger.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Talent Badge】 in his hand. His goal was successfully achieved. He had never thought about taking this thing by becoming the top of the ranking list. The reason was that the time to rush for the ranking this time was too late. Rushing to the top in the final stage made it difficult to ensure that no problems would arise in the final settlement. The current result was different; the subsequent ranking list settlement was basically irrelevant to him.

"Talent Badge Effect 2: If the existing talent ability has reached SSS-level, after using this badge, it will undergo adaptive transformation based on the talent holder's own characteristics."

【Talent Badge】 successfully obtained. It was time to upgrade the "Blood Beast" talent ability. The strength of this talent had long been unable to keep up with Su Xiao's speed of becoming stronger.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged under the Star Giant Tree, inserting the sheathed Checking Zhan Long Shan in front of him, and then took out the Greed Chapter. Feeling the Nightmare Blood Shadow inside, he held the Greed Chapter with both hands, letting it float between his hands. The next second, blood smoke surged out from Checking Zhan Long Shan and merged into the Greed Chapter.

The Nightmare Blood Shadow, which had originally been split into two, returned to its complete state and was sealed into the Greed Chapter. This caused cracks to immediately appear on the Greed Chapter in Su Xiao's hand.

The Greed Chapter couldn't last long. Su Xiao immediately used the 【Talent Badge】 to start transforming the Blood Beast talent. A burst of blood energy erupted from his body, and the phantom of the Blood Beast appeared behind him.

Su Xiao held the Greed Chapter with both hands, and wisps of blood energy were extracted from it. This blood energy revealed a golden-red color; it was clearly the origin power of the Nightmare Blood Shadow. Because its origin power was taken away, the Nightmare Blood Shadow's destruction of the Greed Chapter stopped abruptly.

Half an hour later, the blood energy origin no longer drifted out from the Greed Chapter. But unlike what was expected, although the Nightmare Blood Shadow was weakened to the extreme, it was only because Su Xiao had taken away a large amount of origin energy. It looked like it wouldn't dissipate, nor would it be absorbed by Su Xiao because of this.

The Devouring Core emerged, and the surrounding blood energy origin energy merged into it. After being refined, filtered, and purified, these pure blood energy origin energies became a major help for the transformation of the talent ability.

All blood energy origin energy was absorbed by the upgrading Blood Beast talent ability. Su Xiao looked at the Greed Chapter floating in front. The Nightmare Blood Shadow inside had been weakened to the limit, and the Greed Chapter was enough to seal it. There was no need to split half of the Nightmare Blood Shadow and seal it into Checking Zhan Long Shan.

Su Xiao began to calm his breath, feeling the transformation of the talent ability. After a full dozen hours passed, this upgrade finally ended, and a prompt appeared.

【Hint: Due to awakening this talent ability, your total Blood Energy value has increased by 50%, but your Blood Energy value judgment method has changed. Your current 120% Blood Energy value upper limit has been re-categorized to a 100% upper limit.】

【You have awakened a new talent ability: Blood Beast (Fully transformed).】

Talent Ability: Blood Beast.

Category: Growth Talent.

Level: SSS

Talent Effect (Passive: Blood Nourishment): Permanently increases current health by 30%.

Talent Effect (Active: Blood Rage): Due to your unique way of using World Thunder, for a long time, it has allowed your own blood energy to also possess the characteristic of being able to attract World Thunder. After your blood energy-based attacks hit an enemy, there will be a 20% probability of forming a "Heavenly Wrath Mark" on the enemy with blood energy. This mark can be triggered instantly to call down World Thunder, causing powerful lightning strikes to the enemy. The basic generation probability of the "Heavenly Wrath Mark" is 20%. The more blood energy your blood energy-based abilities consume, the higher the generation probability of the "Heavenly Wrath Mark" will be.

The mark generation probability is: Basic 20% + current ability blood energy consumption percentage × 4.2 (e. g., Blood Smoke Cannon consumes 5% blood energy, which is (5% × 4.2) + 20% basic probability = 41% probability of forming a "Heavenly Wrath Mark" on the enemy).

Hint: The trigger probability of the "Heavenly Wrath Mark" is unrelated to Luck attribute, fortune, etc., and is an absolute constant mechanism probability.

Hint: After a "Heavenly Wrath Mark" is formed on an enemy, you can temporarily not activate it to call down World Thunder until two more "Heavenly Wrath Marks" are formed on the enemy. Three "Heavenly Wrath Marks" can be activated simultaneously to call down a stronger World Thunder.

Hint: The range specification of the called-down World Thunder is constant. The intensity of the World Thunder is determined by your own elemental affinity, which is 50%～70% of your own elemental affinity, and determined by the number of "Heavenly Wrath Mark" layers. Three layers is the maximum power (current own elemental affinity is 1052 points).

Hint: This talent ability will obtain a final transformation after you successfully defeat the "Fierce Beast: Fei".

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