Chapter 3991: Refining

Closing the prompt, a cluster of orange-red flames sat before him; even with Su Xiao's physique, he could feel its scorching heat.

【Flame Core】

Origin: Sun Center · Drow.

Quality: World-class.

Category: Gift.

Usage Effect: Can be used to reignite a sun, or to provide 1.5 to 2 epochs of illumination.

Illumination Range: 200 to 600 kilometers in diameter (depending on the specifications of the Torch Tower).

Hint: When the "Flame Core" is installed on a Torch Tower of sufficient specifications, it can dispel all darkness.

Rating: 6000 points (World-class item ratings range from 10 to 6000 points).

Introduction: Only when one is in darkness that cannot be dispelled does one realize the preciousness of the flame's light.

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Seeing this item, Su Xiao's first thought was of worlds eroded by the abyss that still stubbornly existed; to the natives of such worlds, the 【Flame Core】 was a priceless treasure.

This time, he had obtained three "Reincarnation Notarization Permissions." After checking, he found they were far broader in scope than the temporary notarization rights previously given by the Void Tree. He first notarized the "Stele of Awakening."

【Yes/No to notarize this item? This notarization opportunity is extremely precious.】

Choosing to notarize, the "Stele of Awakening" in front of him emitted a blue glow. The mark of the Law-Breaking Faction gradually emerged on the surface of the Stele. A few minutes later, the notarization was complete.

【The Stele of Awakening has been fully notarized.】

【Detected that the Supreme-level ability inscribed on the Stele of Awakening has an excessively high mortality rate during mastery. This notarization will improve this characteristic to a certain extent.】

【The mortality rate for mastering abilities from the Stele of Awakening is reduced by 10%.】

【The Stele of Awakening has unlocked the corresponding ability: Refining.】

【Refining can be applied to mastered abilities or obtained Law-Breaking Skill Points.】

【The Law-Breaking Skill Points you obtain can be refined at the Stele of Awakening. By consuming a certain amount of Law-Breaking Skill Points, you can increase the enhancement magnitude of Law-Breaking Skill Points on abilities.】

【Currently refineable Law-Breaking Skill Points: 0 points.】

【Refining is: condensing 3 Law-Breaking Skill Points into 1 point, gaining a 4-fold enhancement effect.】

【Hint: Refined Law-Breaking Skill Points are in a highly active state and must be used within 20 hours, otherwise they will enter a state of source energy dissipation, leading to a decrease in enhancement magnitude.】

【Currently refineable abilities: Qing Gang Ying, Qing Ying Wang.】

【General passives mastered from the Stele of Awakening cannot be refined.】

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The choice to notarize the "Stele of Awakening" was wise. As for ability refining, he had experienced this long ago—or rather, he had refined the Qing Gang Ying ability time and time again in the past. Absorbing the "First Generation Finger Bone" was actually refining the Qing Gang Ying ability repeatedly, though this was now more formal and systematic.

With such a function, it was no wonder the "Stele of Awakening" was the treasure of the Law-Breaking Faction. Previously, this Stele had been too severely damaged; of the two core abilities, only one Law-Breaking system ability remained recorded.

Su Xiao pressed one hand onto the Stele of Awakening, attempting to refine the Qing Gang Ying ability. A stream of transparent energy flowed from the Stele into his body. This familiar feeling was exactly the same as absorbing the "Initial Finger Bone," except the volume of this transparent energy was much larger, and its purity and activity were incomparable to the "First Generation Finger Bone" preserved through crystallization.

This made Su Xiao realize why the previous generation of Law-Breakers could condense the "First Generation Finger Bone" before they died. They were simply using the "Refining" characteristic of the Stele of Awakening to refine the Qing Gang Ying ability. Before death, the source energy of Qing Gang Ying in their bodies dissipated, and what remained was the mottled refined energy. Crystallizing this refined energy using the Aoge ability resulted in the "First Generation Finger Bone."

This realization dawned on Su Xiao. He had previously wondered why, as a Law-Breaking Shadow, he never felt he could condense a "First Generation Finger Bone" when he was near death.

The experience of refining abilities was quite good, at least much gentler than upgrading abilities. A few hours later, Su Xiao, who had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes.

【Qing Gang Ying skill has been upgraded to Lv. 65.】

Usage condition: After activating the Qing Gang Ying ability, consume 6160 mana points per minute.

Active effect: Each melee attack will burn 8860 mana points from the enemy and deal true damage equal to the burned mana × 1.8 (Base 11268 points + 400 true damage + Zhan Long Shan enhancement 50% + Qing Ying Wang enhancement 30% + Ji Ying enhancement 40% = 35486 points of true damage). The enemy will suffer intense pain after the mana burn.

Defensive form: Aoge (Active), can generate crystal defenses of any shape to block enemy attacks. Crystal strength is directly proportional to the mana consumed. The single mana consumption limit is 19900 points, and the crystal layer defense tier is +22.

Combat form: None.

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The level of the Qing Gang Ying ability had been refined down by a full 82 levels, and this was without any decrease in strength. Such an increase in upper-limit strength was outrageous. One must know that the Qing Gang Ying ability already had an exceptionally high level cap and was the ability with the highest notarized level cap.

Besides this, Law-Breaking Skill Points were condensed at a 3-to-1 ratio, but after condensation, 1 point equaled the effect of the previous 4 points, plus there was a storage time limit. This was reasonable; making skill point energy active to this degree while still maintaining stability for a long time would be too unreasonable.

However, there was a problem. Su Xiao could currently obtain 80 Law-Breaking Skill Points per world. The reason was that the storage capacity of the 【Source Container】 was only this large, and this important artifact was starting to have problems because it was too ancient.

【Source Container】

Origin: Void · Law-Breaking Shadow.

Category: Container (Equip in a special equipment slot to take effect).

Durability: 295/850 points (Partial functions are damaged).

Equipment requirement: Law-Breaking Shadow, Silver · Moon Wolf.

Equipment effect: Absorption (Core · Passive), can automatically absorb source energy drifting within 1000 meters.

Hint: This effect can be activated briefly. After activation, the absorption range increases by 70 to 80 times. This state lasts for 30 seconds. It can only be activated once per natural day. Multiple activations will lead to a significant consumption of this equipment's durability.

Stored source energy: 0%.

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This was the origin of Law-Breaking Skill Points. After killing an enemy, use the 【Source Container】 to absorb and store the "source energy" drifting from the enemy, then use the "Law-Breaking Talent · Hunting Shadow" to convert it, and store it back into the 【Source Container】.

【Hunting Shadow】

Category: Law-Breaking Shadow · Unique Talent (Not yet awakened)

Level: S (After completing awakening, it can reach SSS level).

Talent effect (Passive): After killing an enemy, your Devouring Core will absorb the source energy that has not yet dissipated from the enemy, converting it into soul energy. When soul energy reaches 100%, you will obtain 1 Law-Breaking system skill point.

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The basic process was: Kill enemy → Source Container absorbs source energy → Law-Breaking Talent converts source energy into soul energy, soul energy reaches 100% and converts into Law-Breaking Skill Point → Use Source Container to store Law-Breaking Skill Point → Finally, activate Law-Breaking Skill Point at the skill upgrade bay or Stele of Awakening to upgrade Law-Breaking skill level.

When the 【Source Container】 stored 80 Law-Breaking Skill Points, its capacity was full. To ensure the storage time of soul energy, i. e., Law-Breaking Skill Points, the 【Source Container】 would automatically seal itself after reaching the limit, so it had to be completely emptied before it could be activated again.

How to increase the Law-Breaking Skill Point storage limit of the 【Source Container】 was the key to the subsequent progress of the Qing Gang Ying ability. Su Xiao took out an old communicator and tried to dial. Although this thing might not connect once in ten tries, it was worth a shot.

The hissing sound of signal interference came from the communicator. After waiting for two minutes, Su Xiao made a move to hang up. Just then, the other side connected. Because the distance was too far, the voice on the other side was distorted in a peculiar way.

"Stinky brat, why are you contacting me?"

On the other side was Ma Wen · Waltz. It could be seen that this unscrupulous old guy had much more vigor; it seemed there were signs of him reviving from his remnant soul state.

But whether it was him, the old Law-Breaker, or Green · Gillian, they could never truly come back to life. Even if they obtained a physical body again, they would no longer be the living powerhouses they once were. Their luck, fate, cause, and effect had all been killed by the Supreme One.

"The Source Container storage is not enough. Is there a way to increase it? Also, it has some problems."

Su Xiao went straight to the point. He was worried the communication would be interrupted by interference.

"Of course there is. You just need to... beep~, then... beep~, and you can increase the capacity of the Source Container. What is your capacity now?"

"..."

Su Xiao was silent for a moment. He even suspected that this unscrupulous old guy Ma Wen was doing it on purpose; whenever it reached a critical point, there would be beeping sounds of signal interference.

"80."

"That's indeed not enough. You need to increase it to at least 100 to be useful. Like this, go to... beep, then find... beep, and have him recast the Source Container for you."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He was certain this old thing was doing it on purpose.

Sure enough, after a while, the unscrupulous combined laughter of the three old guys came from the other side of the communicator: the black mist figure, the old Law-Breaker, and Ma Wen · Waltz.

Did you really think these previous generation spellcasters and Law-Breakers were serious people? Don't think that. The black mist figure was quite serious when alive, but one gets stained by what one is near; after death, he hung out with the other two unscrupulous old guys, and his bottom line continued to slide. These three old guys even did things like pretending to be power-up assisting grandpas, acting as black-hearted grandpas. What fun things didn't they do?

"Can you find the Molten Giant?"

The old Law-Breaker spoke.

"Yes."

"Oh? It seems your relationship is good. Pity, our Law-Breaking Faction has a 'Covenant Blood Seal' with him; he can't help us for no reason. Cough~, of course, this also prevents some bastards in our faction with no bottom line from using this old giant as a beast of burden. He is our ally, so we must give him enough respect."

Clearly, the "some people" the old Law-Breaker spoke of were just short of pointing directly at Green · Gillian.

"I remember before I died, I still had a 'Covenant Seal' on the Molten Giant. Ma Wen, what about you?"

"I have three."

"That's enough. To forge the 【Source Container】, two 'Covenant Seals' are enough. You go find the Molten Giant and explain the situation to him. He trusts us Law-Breakers very much, so don't lie to the old man, you brat."

Hearing this, Su Xiao asked: "How to obtain a 'Covenant Seal'?"

"Don't even think about it. Who knows where the Stele of Covenant went. You can only obtain 'Covenant Seals' by chance later on. By the way, the three of us are preparing to go to..."

Hissing noise came, and the communication was interrupted.

Su Xiao needed to go to the Eternal Light world, just in time to find the Molten Giant at the Gray Sanctuary, and also take some elemental wine from under the Star Tree nearby.

There were two Reincarnation Notarization Permissions left. After weighing it, although these permissions were precious, he was about to ascend to Supreme, so it was safer to maximize his combat power. He took out the 【Overlord Source · Unique】 and tried to see if he could perform an exclusive notarization on this item.

【Detected that this item has already been notarized.】

【You have applied for an exclusive notarization for this item. Detected that the compatibility between this source and you is 78.5%. If you perform this exclusive notarization, the compatibility will reach 100%, but it will consume this precious notarization opportunity.】

【Chosen to start notarization.】

【The compatibility between Overlord Source · Unique and you has reached 100%.】

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This source was very domineering. Even with 99.99% compatibility, once a rejection reaction occurred due to that less than 0.01% incompatibility, death was certain. Resurrection or death-immunity items could not reverse this kind of death.

A bottle of dark gold liquid source was sealed in a source container. Su Xiao opened the container and began to absorb this Overlord Source. As the Overlord Source gradually sank into his chest, he felt one of his abilities beginning to be gradually strengthened. This ability was "Ultimate · Basic Passive · Overlord Power."

Surging vitality was stimulated, followed by the enhancement of a defensive body energy. This enhancement ended after two hours. This Overlord Source did not give Su Xiao other abilities, but significantly strengthened the "Overlord Power" that had already been upgraded to the full level.

【Ultimate · Basic Passive · Overlord Power, Lv. EX.】

Skill effect 1: Increase 600,000 health points (increased by 350,000), all attributes +100 (increased by 60), exempt 20% of all damage, all potential upper-limit tiers +15 (overflow by 4 points, because all potential upper-limit tiers are already +48, no increase for the overflow 4 points), all technique ability level caps increased to Lv. 110.

Hint: The level cap for Grandmaster technique abilities is Lv. 110.

Skill effect 2: For every Overlord equipment worn, your main weapon attack power increases by 10%.

Hint: Each person can wear a maximum of five pieces of Overlord equipment.

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Su Xiao's health points successfully reached 8 million. He could feel that this was the absolute limit of the Absolute-Strong level, just like his current attributes, with all attributes at 900 points. The attribute bonus of Overlord Power would only take effect after Su Xiao broke through to Supreme.

Besides this, what truly satisfied Su Xiao was "exempt 20% of all damage." Even if the Overlord Source didn't improve anything else, just the appearance of this attribute made this upgrade worthwhile.

"Dark Devour · Soul Core (Passive): Exempt 30% of all damage."

Both were bonuses from passive abilities, plus the 10% from the Blade Domain, meaning he had a permanent 60% damage reduction. Coupled with the 8 million health points, his survivability was already very formidable. Plus his attack method where a normal slash was a big move, his formidable posture was beyond doubt.

This wasn't the most outrageous part. The most outrageous part was that for every Overlord equipment worn, the main weapon attack power increased by 10%, meaning a maximum increase of 50%.

One must know one thing: the foundation of the power of all Su Xiao's sword techniques was determined based on the attack power of Zhan Long Shan. Therefore, even though Zhan Long Shan had grown for so long, its weapon attack power was only 1000 to 1175 points.

In terms of increasing weapon attack power, there were very few channels. The skill effect of the main weapon itself was all occupied by the Magic Blade, and no other was allowed. Others were weapon reinforcement and gem inlaying. Gems were firmly occupied by "Soul Gems," and he couldn't change them even if he wanted to.

"Soul Gem" was not as simple as increasing soul-slashing strength; it was itself a soul-slashing judgment. Sword technique soul-slashing + Broken Soul Shadow soul-slashing + Soul Gem soul-slashing, the triple soul-slashing judgment was top-tier even in the Law-Breaking Faction.

Zhan Long Shan had reached the highest equipment level, Eternal level. Thus, he could only rely on reinforcing Zhan Long Shan to increase weapon attack power. The problem was that Zhan Long Shan was currently reinforced +13, and subsequent reinforcement required rare Origin Stones. He had already poured in quite a few rare Origin Stones, but apart from reinforcement failure, there were no other results.

Right now, Overlord Power could increase Zhan Long Shan's weapon attack power by 50%. It could only be said that it was worthy of being the "Supreme Source" most compatible with Su Xiao. However, he only had one piece of Overlord equipment right now.

A dozen minutes later, the door of the skill upgrade bay behind Su Xiao closed.

【Welcome to use the exclusive skill upgrade bay.】

【Please select the skill you need to upgrade.】

【Currently selected to consume the free usage permission of the skill upgrade bay (once).】

【Selected skill to upgrade: Burning Blood Ember Lv. 1.】

【This is an Absolute-Strong level · Passive. Upgrading not only requires Soul Coins, but also 1 Golden Skill Point per level. This permission only includes the exemption of Soul Coin usage; you need to pay the required Golden Skill Points yourself.】

【This upgrade requires consuming 90 Golden Skill Points.】

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Counting what he had saved before and what he obtained from winning the Paradise Contest, he had a total of 104 Golden Skill Points. The problem was whether he would be sent away directly by a single upgrade of this magnitude. Looking at his four attributes of 900 points and 8 million health points, he felt slightly settled and chose to upgrade.

Hum~

The skill upgrade bay began to operate. Half a minute later, it sent Su Xiao into a dream. The sleep-aid effect of the skill upgrade bay was also quite good.

When Su Xiao woke up, he felt pain everywhere. Dragging his sore body back to his exclusive room, he leaned on the sofa to rest for more than half an hour before he caught his breath. However, what followed was the surging blood energy after the blood energy system ability was significantly improved.

【Burning Blood Ember: Lv. EX (Absolute-Strong level · Passive)】

Skill effect 1: Blood energy system abilities come with the Burning Blood Ember state, penetration +270%, explosive power +350%.

Skill effect 2: Each attack with the blood energy system · Burning Blood Ember hitting an enemy reduces the enemy's maximum health by 30%, stackable, reducing the enemy's maximum health by up to 150%.

Hint: This reduction characteristic will reduce the enemy's maximum health to a minimum of 1%. Once the enemy's health reaches 1%, this characteristic will become invalid.

Hint: This characteristic is not a temporary reduction, but permanent. Over 99.82% of methods cannot heal it; it is a deep permanent injury.

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A very powerful, even unreasonably strong ability. The problem was that this ability required a total of several million Soul Coins + 90 Golden Skill Points to be upgraded to this degree. Not to mention, this skill scroll was also particularly difficult to obtain. Most importantly, the abyss-type enemies Su Xiao dealt with were equally outrageous.

Without 300% maximum health, they wouldn't even count as a big boss among abyss types. Of course, there were exceptions, and these exceptions might be even harder to deal with. Not to mention 300% maximum health, Su Xiao had even dealt with enemies with 800% maximum health.

Arriving at the training room, Su Xiao activated the teleportation device here. This was the corresponding benefit given by the Reincarnation Paradise after the Demon Zerg occupied the Eternal Light world, which could be used to go directly to the Eternal Light world.

Po~

The teleportation sensation spread, and Su Xiao and Baja were enveloped in teleportation light. As for Bubu and Amu, they went out to roam, while Benny had booked grooming and cat claw maintenance.

The teleportation sensation was stable. Su Xiao arrived at the "Gray Sanctuary." Walking into the sanctuary, the first thing he saw was the old Tree Clan that had withered into a tree. On the steps in front of the old Tree Clan were many wildflowers, and the contours of the tree trunk's face were also wiped very clean. In a higher position, a wreath was tied, making the dead old Tree Clan look as kind as when it was alive.

It seemed that Yusha, the disciple of Thorns, had not gone out for training yet. Passing by the stone table where the Dark Girl often sat and stared blankly, Su Xiao saw a letter on the table, with "To Law-Breaking Lord" written on the envelope.

Opening the letter and seeing the delicate Void script, it could be seen that the Dark Girl's adaptation to the two Aoge crystal combat prosthetic limbs had reached an excellent state.

The first half of the letter said that the Dark Girl had gone to several worlds eroded by the abyss and fallen into darkness. She had defeated the strong enemies there, and her combat power had recovered quite a bit, probably at the top of Absolute-Strong, and it might not be long before she could recover to the Supreme level.

The Dark Girl was not getting stronger; she was recovering her strength. This generation of Dark Girl was not the strongest yet. The strongest Dark Girl in history could beat Green · Gillian into bed in close combat. Of course, this was also because Gillian teased her and was beaten up out of carelessness, but it also showed the strength of that Dark Girl.

The Dark Girl's power was inherited, generation after generation. This also led to the fact that after reaching the upper limit, it was difficult to advance even half a step further, which highlighted the uniqueness of that strongest Dark Girl.

During this period, the Dark Girl had obtained a lot of "source energy" from "Immortal Abyss Creatures." Although the Dark Girl could not kill such existences, her "Dark Domain" had this ability after reaching the Absolute-Strong level.

The "Immortal Abyss Creature" that was constantly absorbing source energy would definitely flee that world and return to the abyss after finding that it could not kill the Dark Girl.

However, the Dark Girl could only store these source energies in her own "Dark Domain" and had to wait until the next meeting to give these source energies to Su Xiao. The Blade Magic Spirit could devour these source energies.

Besides this, the Dark Girl had recently gone to the Wind Sea Continent, saying that it was more severely eroded by the abyss, and she had discovered that there were powerful abyss existences there, suspected to be abyss descendants, and had discovered a clan emblem.

After reading this letter, Su Xiao took out paper and pen and left a short message for the Dark Girl, telling her that the Wind Sea Continent side was the "Azuguk" clan among the abyss descendants, and the clan emblem she saw represented "Azuguk." Don't provoke them. Not to mention Absolute-Strong, even Supreme powerhouses were not the opponents of the "Azuguk" clan before reaching their peak.

Besides the Wind Sea Continent, don't go to the Ancient Dragon Kingdom either. The abyss descendant "Dukain" was sealed in that world.

Leaving the letter on the stone table, Su Xiao walked toward the forging room at the innermost part of the sanctuary. Walking into the forging room, he heard snoring like thunder. The furnace fire of the forging furnace was half-extinguished, and the Molten Giant was sleeping soundly. This old giant might sleep for hundreds of years at a time, but judging from the aura fluctuations, this was not a deep sleep, but a sound sleep, and he would wake up in a few days at most.

Not disturbing the Molten Giant's sound sleep, Su Xiao left a note explaining the situation, then placed the 【Source Container】 on the forging table, and left several large barrels of elemental wine for the Molten Giant. He left the Gray Sanctuary and walked toward the Star Tree.

The Star Tree here was already over 100,000 meters high. This was one of the landmark landscapes of this world. Located under the shade of the giant tree's canopy, it was very cool here. Dotted micro-lights fell on the bacterial blanket. Strange insects often flew by, birds chirped, and the nearby wetlands attracted many waterfowl. The ecology nearby was getting better and better.

Su Xiao walked while raising his hand to drive away the fire-type natural elements flying over. They were too scorching. These enthusiastic little guys might burn his eyebrows or hair if he wasn't careful. Don't ask Su Xiao why he knew.

Arriving at the densest area of the bacterial blanket, in the center was a large wine barrel several meters high, with various vine plants that liked elemental environments climbing on it. Arriving in front of the large wine barrel, Su Xiao took out a container, cleaned it, and opened the bottom valve. After discarding a small part of the wine, the large wine container was soon full.

This batch of elemental wine smelled even more mellow just by its scent. Su Xiao patted the large wooden barrel, estimating that there was still more than half a barrel left. In this environment, the more mellow it was brewed, the better it tasted, and the less there was to drink.

Su Xiao discovered a wonderful use of elemental wine. Although there were no natural elements in this wine, it was full of elemental aura. When the elemental aura was concentrated to a certain degree and completely integrated into the wine, when the body was eroded by the abyss, drinking a mouthful of elemental wine could not dispel the abyss erosion, but it could significantly alleviate the pain caused by abyss erosion for a period of time.

Looking at the time, it was not long before the Honor Store refreshed. Although he had the 【Reincarnation Badge】 in hand, if it was a single piece of Overlord equipment or other rare treasures, once bought, this item would not be displayed in the Honor Store. At that time, having the 【Reincarnation Badge】 would be useless.

One must know that every time the Honor Store refreshed, there were 6 to 10 top-tier secret treasures, which were taken away as soon as they refreshed.

Activating the teleportation permission, after Su Xiao returned to his exclusive room, he leaned on the sofa to take a nap and recharge his energy.

【Hint: The Honor Store has refreshed.】

Almost at the same time the Honor Store refreshed, Su Xiao had already opened the Honor Store and, with lightning speed, took the four items at the bottom with four 【Reincarnation Badges】. His reaction was so fast that some Hunters had just opened the Honor Store and found that the eight secret treasures sold publicly below had all disappeared. ===== CHAPTER 3992 =====