Chapter 3840

The negotiations between the two sides went very smoothly. One side was wealthy and generous, while the other had extremely high work efficiency. The Moon Witch didn't speak at all throughout the process; instead, Lady Silver, as her confidante, chose the "Exterminate" package.

The difficulty of this package was relatively high. Not only did they have to eliminate the "Calamity" that had invaded this world, but they also had to counterattack the Corrupt Lord's lair, eliminate more than seventy percent of the Corrupted inside, and then kill the Corrupt Lord.

The difficulty of this commission was extremely high. If it were only Su Xiao's team, they couldn't accomplish this in a short time, and with the pressure of the main quest, it would be even less possible to achieve.

With the assistance of the three scumbags of the Arbitrators, this matter was very promising. The three of them were responsible for figuring out the location of the Corrupt Lord's lair and building a stable Boundary-tier teleportation array, while Su Xiao was only responsible for wiping out the enemies.

Regarding the remuneration, Lady Silver tactfully indicated that she would talk to Su Xiao and the other three separately, rather than taking out a sum of benefits for the four to split equally, euphemistically saying it was to avoid Su Xiao and the others having an uneven distribution and hurting their harmony.

Su Xiao knew this was the Moon Witch's intention. Nine times out of ten, there were rare materials needed by a Blade Master, prepared as remuneration for him. In this way, she not only paid the remuneration but also sent a favor, killing two birds with one stone.

Seeing the Old President's winking eyes, Su Xiao knew that was what the other party meant. Since the other party had such consideration, letting Caesar take the opportunity to fleece them would truly be a bit unreasonable.

After hearing Lady Silver's remuneration proposal, Caesar raised both hands in favor. This guy, who would pluck a feather from a passing wild goose, was just thinking about how to make a killing from the Witch faction, and now this opportunity had come knocking on his door.

*Ding~*

A Soul Coin was flicked out by Su Xiao. Caesar raised his hand without turning his head, catching the Soul Coin flying toward his side. His thumb rubbed the front of the Soul Coin, and the orange pupil light in his eyes converged. He wouldn't care about other people's face, but he would definitely give Su Xiao face. The two were old friends who cooperated together to "stock up," so Caesar restrained his original idea of cutting a big piece of meat from the Witch Guild.

Before long, Lady Silver had negotiated the remuneration with Caesar and the other two. From the fine beads of sweat on Lady Silver's forehead, one could see that even though Caesar had restrained his supernatural powers this time and hadn't used those shameless exclusive passive abilities in the transaction, Lady Silver still felt a bit of pressure. This was a psychological pressure that wealth would slip through her fingers at any moment.

A few minutes later, only Su Xiao was left in the inner hall. He opened the wooden box on the coffee table and found a 【Primordial Core】, a gemstone, and a bottle of potion inside.

【You have obtained Primordial Core × 1.】

【You have obtained Will Gemstone (Eternal-tier Gemstone · Unique · Highly Rare).】

【You have obtained??? Potion (Eternal-tier · Full Rating Potion).】

【Tip: Due to the special nature of this potion, it cannot be used before being catalyzed.】

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The importance of the 【Primordial Core】 goes without saying. To ascend to the Supreme level, one must prepare at least five 【Primordial Cores】. If one can prepare more and has enough courage, they can also be used. When ascending to the Absolute level, the high-risk secret method of over-using "Primordial Fragments" also has a Supreme version, but the risk is higher.

【Will Gemstone】

Origin: Death Paradise.

Quality: Eternal-tier · Unique.

Type: Gemstone/Equipment (Highly Rare).

Usage Requirement: Willpower of 500 points or more, and obtaining the recognition of this gemstone (Because your Charm attribute is below 0 points, this gemstone will never recognize you).

Gemstone Effect 1: Power of Will (Passive), gain "Trait Attribute Points" equal to the amount of the Willpower attribute. These attribute points can be temporarily added to Agility, Intelligence, Charm, Soul Strength, and Luck attributes.

Agility, Intelligence, and Charm bonus ratio: 1:1.

Luck attribute bonus ratio: 2:1 (2 "Trait Attribute Points" can increase 1 point of Luck attribute).

Soul Strength bonus ratio: 3:1 (3 "Trait Attribute Points" can increase 1 point of Soul Strength).

Tip: "Trait Attribute Points" can be reset once every 24 hours.

Gemstone Effect 2: Will Rune (Passive), can naturally generate three "Will Runes" every 48 hours. For every "Will Rune" consumed, within the next 10 minutes, 15% of the Will-characteristic damage you cause will be converted into True Damage.

Tip: If three "Will Runes" are used at the same time, within the next 30 minutes, 25% of the Will-characteristic damage you cause will be converted into True Damage.

Gemstone Effect 3: Will Ascension (Core · Active),???.

Tip: Only after achieving the usage prerequisites and obtaining the recognition of this gemstone can this ability be activated.

Inlay Requirement: This gemstone cannot be inlaid into any equipment.

Tip: This characteristic has priority.

Rating: 6000+++ points (Eternal-tier gemstone rating is 3000～6000 points).

Introduction: Will is the indestructible power.

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Seeing the 500-point Willpower attribute threshold, Su Xiao felt that this gemstone should be quite good. However, the subsequent gemstone attributes told him that he had no fate with this gemstone.

Su Xiao looked at the 【Will Gemstone】 in his hand. This gemstone did not possess wisdom or communicative characteristics, and that stubborn aura told him that even if he threw this thing into the "Book of Original Sin," it would rather crack or shatter than yield to him.

Even so, Su Xiao's mood was still good. The reason was that this thing was very valuable. If he encountered a buyer who could activate it, the other party would take it even if they had to sell everything they owned. This made Su Xiao feel that the sense of poverty derived from his three master abilities had eased quite a bit.

The third type of remuneration was a potion. Su Xiao estimated that this thing should be of a type that is extremely rare but has niche effects, counting as a bonus in this remuneration. To know the specific characteristics of this potion, he would have to wait until he returned to the Reincarnation Paradise, where he could use the alchemy laboratory in his exclusive room to meet the hardware conditions for activating this item.

Before even dealing with the "Calamity Legion," Moon Witch Cecilis had already prepaid these rewards, showing her sincerity. Su Xiao naturally wouldn't break his promise; he had high confidence in dealing with the "Calamity Legion."

To annihilate the "Calamity Legion," he naturally had to use the 【War Lord】 title to summon the Demon Zerg. The specific title characteristics are:

"Title Effect 1 · Lord's Authority (Active), can open a Void Gate connected to the Eternal Light World · Zerg Base, summoning a large number of Demon Zerg……

Tip: The upper limit of the number of Zerg that can be summoned will be determined according to your Soul Strength (the current limit is 2.18 million Demon Zerg)……"

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At first glance, the 2.18 million Demon Zerg summoned by this title are far fewer in number compared to the billions of Corrupted in the Calamity Legion. The problem is, not to mention the difference in individual combat power between the two, the 2.18 million Demon Zerg upper limit is not that the "Void Gate" can only summon these, but that there is a quantity limit.

A more intuitive understanding is that as long as the number of Demon Zerg in the Witch World hasn't reached 2.18 million, the Demon Zerg from the Eternal Light World can continuously rush through the Void Gate and enter this world.

Regarding whether the number of Demon Zerg in the Eternal Light World would be insufficient due to the death of Demon Zerg in battle, causing the summoning of the 【War Lord】 title to be weak, there is no need to worry. The current number of Demon Zerg in the Eternal Light World has reached a terrifying level. The reason for this is that Jira is now simply the "Super Invincible Enhanced Version of the World's Daughter" of the Eternal Light World.

"Jira · Ultimate-tier Ability · Eternal Light Lord (Active, Lv. EX): After Jira establishes a Zerg Nest in the Eternal Light World, the Zerg Nest will be qualified to directly absorb the surplus 'World Power' of this world. The Zerg Nest can convert this 'World Power' into the highest-tier biological energy. The Demon Zerg cultivated with this biological energy will have their overall combat power increased by 30% on the existing basis……"

Generally speaking, this ability would be rejected by the world it is in. Assuming the Eternal Light World needs to maintain 10 million points of World Power to function normally, then when the World Power in this world is only 10 million points, Jira cannot absorb any of it. When the World Power storage of this world reaches 15 million points, Jira can absorb 5 million points of it and convert it into the highest-tier biological energy.

In an ordinary world, if Jira dared to do this, she would either be expelled, or the world would use all means to deal with her until she exhausted the resources, eventually collapsing.

The reason why the Eternal Light World doesn't reject Jira and lets her absorb the World Power is that before Jira came, the Eternal Light World was exploited for various energies by the Four Giants and numerous World-Extinguishing groups. They didn't even care about the most basic balance, causing the stability system of the Eternal Light World to collapse completely. Not only were the elemental forces extreme, but other material systems were also unstable.

Looking at it now, Jira not only actively leaves behind the most basic World Power storage but also retains an amount dozens of times the basic storage for the Eternal Light World on this basis, allowing the Eternal Light World to quickly regain its vitality.

Simply put, Jira absorbs one-third of the surplus World Power and leaves two-thirds for the Eternal Light World.

An even more important point is that Jira previously wiped out all the World-Extinguishing groups in this world, and with her presence, no World-Extinguishing groups or other monsters dare to come to the Eternal Light World to extract World Power.

Because of this, although Jira hasn't developed in the Eternal Light World for long, the number of Elite Demon Beasts has already reached 15 million, with 1 million Demon Flame Dragons and 120,000 Titan Beasts. This number is simply shocking. It is only because the Eternal Light World has a massive amount of World Power that it can support so many Demon Zerg.

Even if the Calamity Legion guards its base and survives for five hours, and the Void Gate opened by the 【War Lord】 title disappears, Su Xiao has other ways to deal with the Calamity Legion.

Putting away the 【War Lord】 title, Su Xiao opened his skill list. Just now, because of the arrival of the Moon Witch and others, he hadn't been able to check the upgraded "Heavenly Wrath: Torrent Slash" ability.

【Heavenly Wrath: Torrent Slash: Lv. 87 (Absolute-tier · Active)】

Skill Effect (Active): After drawing down Boundary Thunder for 5～8 seconds, you can gather all the drawn Boundary Thunder onto the weapon you are holding, then perform an ultra-high-speed, unstoppable charge. Furthermore, your next weapon attack will carry 92% lightning damage of this Boundary Thunder (increased by 7%), as well as your slash damage (including blade damage, soul damage, etc.). If the enemy blocks with a weapon, this attack will carry a "Break-Limit Effect," thereby causing the enemy's weapon to be destroyed.

Skill Effect (Passive): Every time your weapon, Dragon Flash, receives the drawn Boundary Thunder, there is an 85% probability of triggering the "Boundary Thunder Tempering" effect, permanently increasing this weapon's attack power by 20～30 points and sharpness by 45 points (this increase can be triggered multiple times).

Skill Effect (Passive): After you gather all the drawn Boundary Thunder onto the weapon you are holding, you can, within the next 3 seconds, rely on the Blood Gun Master ability characteristics to strip this "massive" Boundary Thunder power from the weapon and convert it into a "Wrath Thunder Blood Gun" for long-range attacks.

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The core characteristics of "Heavenly Wrath: Torrent Slash" haven't changed; it is still the slash after the Boundary Thunder strikes. It's just that two new passive characteristics have been added. The first one is very powerful, and the second one reminds Su Xiao of a combination.

First, lock onto the enemy's position, then activate the Luck power of 【Fate Sovereign】 from a very far distance to make his own Luck attribute reach 116 points. Afterward, draw thunder with the Luck attribute and, relying on the second passive of "Heavenly Wrath: Torrent Slash," convert it into a "Wrath Thunder Blood Gun."

Using the soul giant bow of the Blood Qi phantom as a weapon, with this "Wrath Thunder Blood Gun" as a giant arrow, after the Blood Qi phantom behind him draws the bow and nocks the arrow, Su Xiao wears the 【Calamity Ancient Ring】, which has just been significantly enhanced, thereby massively increasing the intensity of this long-range attack, and then activates 【Origin Stone · Slow Motion】.

"Slow Release (Passive), when releasing an ability, it requires a longer time to accumulate power to complete the release, but it will 'super-massively' increase the power, maximum range, flight speed, etc., of the released ability."

With these bonuses stacked, shooting a "Wrath Thunder Blood Gun" at an enemy from an ultra-long distance—just thinking about the power, *hiss*……

Regarding the accuracy of ultra-long-range attacks, as a Blood Gun Master, as long as he can lock onto the enemy's aura, not to mention ten-plus kilometers, even a hundred kilometers away, he has the confidence to hit the enemy and shoot them dead. Don't forget what the predecessor of Blood Gun Master was—it was Gun Master, and a Gun Master with long-range sniping characteristics.

Gun Master developed to the later stage is either a supernatural mechanical system or an energy control system. Su Xiao's Blood Gun Master is clearly the latter. This technique ability developed to Lv. 85 is not just about increasing Blood Qi intensity; ultra-long-range locking and sniping are also within its scope of improvement.

Thinking this set of long-range sniping is strong enough? Of course not. If he wants to be even more unreasonable, he can start by drawing thunder with elemental affinity, resist with "Scarlet Attire" to form the highest-intensity "Super Wrath Thunder Blood Gun," then Super Wrath Thunder Blood Gun + Soul Giant Bow + Calamity Ancient Ring + Origin Stone · Slow Motion.

Of course, when the Calamity Ancient Ring and Origin Stone · Slow Motion add to the "Super Wrath Thunder Blood Gun," they definitely won't reach the exaggerated multiplier bonus on the equipment information. The power of the "Super Wrath Thunder Blood Gun" is equal to 92% of the Boundary Thunder drawn by elemental affinity, which is very terrifying.

The problem is, even if the power of the "Super Wrath Thunder Blood Gun" is only increased by 1～2 times, this thing is already terrifying enough to make one's hair stand on end, not to mention that the attack multiplier bonus of the Calamity Ancient Ring + Origin Stone · Slow Motion is definitely more than that.

Don't think this unreasonable stacking can only be used as a sniping method. If Su Xiao is in a life-and-death battle with a strong enemy at a critical moment, and Su Xiao draws Boundary Thunder with elemental affinity that covers a range of over a hundred kilometers, but the enemy uses their trump card to instantly appear over a hundred kilometers away—once this situation occurs, Su Xiao's choice to draw Boundary Thunder will only hurt himself, and he might even lose the subsequent battle because of this foreshadowing.

But with the "Super Wrath Thunder Blood Gun" and that unreasonable attack stacking, Su Xiao, as a melee master, will snipe the strong enemy from a distance of over a hundred kilometers away. At that time, it would be: the enemy just dodged the Boundary Thunder, but suddenly discovered that something even more terrifying than Boundary Thunder was flying toward them.

Suddenly, Su Xiao thought of another problem: the development of liquid Apollo is already very mature, so could he use liquid Apollo to form a "Blazing Sun Blood Gun"? Then, with the blessing of the Soul Giant Bow + Calamity Ancient Ring + Origin Stone · Slow Motion, shoot it out.

Su Xiao felt this plan was feasible. He contacted Lady Silver and asked her to help prepare the materials needed for liquid Apollo. In the last few days, he had no other important matters, so going to Sky City—no, it should be Death Defeat City—to bombard Elite Corrupted with the "Blazing Sun Blood Gun" was clearly a good channel for gains.

Afterward, when the Demon Zerg enters the field, there's no need to think about kill rewards, and the only title slot must be occupied by "War Lord," so he can't wear the "Old Hunter" title that maximizes gains.

"Old Hunter · 5-layer Hunting Effect · Spoils (Passive): After wearing this title and successfully hunting and killing an enemy, there is a 20% probability of seizing one of the enemy's abilities (randomly seized) and converting it into a skill scroll through the notarization of the Reincarnation Paradise."

Taking advantage of the free time now, riding the Storm Flame Dragon, wearing the "Old Hunter" title, and sniping Elite Corrupted or the many small bosses of the enemy side from a distance with the "Blazing Sun Blood Gun"—after this round of grinding, there might be unexpected gains.

As for Su Xiao approaching Death Defeat City, whether the Calamity Legion can keep him there with human-sea tactics—don't joke around. When the time comes, who is surrounding whom is really not certain.

I came back late today and wrote 4,600 words, and my eyes are dry from sleepiness. I shouldn't need to go to the hospital tomorrow. I'll write more tomorrow. Good night, dear readers.