Chapter 4036: Strength

Meditating for a moment, Su Xiao temporarily ended the enhancement of his technique abilities. The reason was that he currently lacked "Blood Source Essence" and could not raise "Blood Spear Master" to Lv. 95.

While he could immediately set off for the Ancient Battlefield, there was still significant room for combat power improvement. Su Xiao took out the 【Supreme Passive Scroll Chest (★★★)】. This item was obtained from being at the top of the prestige leaderboard in the previous world, and its most precious point was:

"Prompt: Opening this chest will definitely grant a Supreme Passive corresponding to a random physical attribute, and the quality of this Supreme Passive will be ★★★ (the highest level)."

Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, and Charisma—these five physical attributes all had their corresponding "Supreme Passives." The previous "Basic Passives" numbered seven, including Perception and Soul, but now "Supreme Passives" no longer included those two.

The five "Supreme Attribute Passives" were all acceptable, as long as it wasn't the Charisma attribute—no, even if it were the Charisma attribute, it would be acceptable; he could just find another Supreme Contractor to trade with. However, "Top-tier Supreme Attribute Passives" were very rare and depended on a certain amount of luck.

【You have opened the Supreme Passive Scroll Chest (★★★).】

【You have obtained Supreme·Intelligence (Skill Scroll).】

【Supreme·Intelligence. Lv. EX.】

Prompt: This is a "Supreme Passive" corresponding to the "Intelligence attribute." It starts at an absolutely maxed-out state and cannot be enhanced by any means.

Quality: ★★★ (This type of Supreme Passive ranges from ★ to ★★★).

Skill Requirement: Ascend to a Supreme, and have one empty "Supreme Passive·Skill Slot."

Skill Effect 1: After awakening and ascending to a Supreme, it awakens the potential power contained within the real Intelligence attribute, allowing every point of current real Intelligence attribute to gain 300 points of "Basic Mana" growth.

Highest Quality "Supreme Passive" Effect: When your real Intelligence attribute is higher than 1000 points, every point of real Intelligence attribute will gain 1000 points of "Basic Mana" growth.

Skill Effect 2: For every 1000 points of current real Intelligence attribute, you will gain one "Primary Equipment Slot."

Highest Quality "Supreme Passive" Effect: When your Intelligence attribute is higher than 1000 points, for every 1000 points of real Intelligence attribute you increase, you will gain an additional "Primary Equipment Slot."

Skill Effect 3: Every point of your real Intelligence attribute increases technique ability development speed by 1%.

Highest Quality "Supreme Passive" Effect: When your Intelligence attribute is higher than 1000 points, every point of your real Intelligence attribute increases technique ability development speed by 3%.

Skill Effect 4: You have not promoted your real Intelligence attribute to the final form "Supreme Intelligence Attribute," so this effect cannot be activated.

Highest Quality "Supreme Passive" Effect: You have not promoted your real Intelligence attribute to the final form "Supreme Intelligence Attribute," so this effect cannot be activated.

The strength of the "Supreme Passive" corresponding to the Intelligence attribute was unquestionable. Furthermore, its third effect led Su Xiao to discover something: he had originally thought that ascending to a Supreme would be a qualitative change brought about by long-term accumulation, but after truly ascending to a Supreme, the accumulation had indeed paid off, yet there was no qualitative change.

For example, in the first world after he just ascended to a Supreme, he had increased his physical attributes by over 600 points, raising Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence from just over 1000 points to 1700 points.

Now it seemed there was one final promotion for physical attributes. There was no need to guess; this must be the promotion corresponding to the "Supreme Peak." That should logically be the strongest, unless one counted the Leader and the Supreme Being—no, one should also add the current Lord of the Abyss.

From some clues, Su Xiao knew one thing: the original Leader was actually in this tier, but after a death match with the previous Lord of the Abyss, the previous Lord of the Abyss disappeared, and the Leader's strength slipped to the "Supreme Peak."

Last time, after drinking the 【Tree's Gift】, the Leader returned to his former height. As for who was stronger among the Leader, the current Lord of the Abyss, and the Supreme Being, Su Xiao leaned toward the Supreme Being.

The Supreme Being's purpose and actions were truly impossible to guess. He always calmly overlooked everything. Facing the surprise attack on the Arcane Eternal Star and the Black Maple Tree being affected by the Sun Saint Sword, he remained as calm as ever.

That feeling gave one a sense of powerlessness while looking up at the supreme, and the despair of being an ant. Gods often called others ants, but no matter how much stronger they were, they didn't have that calm, overlooking feeling of the Supreme Being—not despising, not angry, not disgusted, and not paying attention. It was a calm, overlooking gaze that made one's heart turn cold and one's soul tremble.

It was as if he were just watching the changes of history—no, he was very likely a part of the history of the Astral Realm, a part longer than people imagined, knew, or recognized.

Sometimes, Su Xiao even had the feeling that the Supreme Being was waiting for him at that highest point, at the peak he was pursuing, because he was too ancient and had even begun to hope that someone could reach the same height as him. He had overlooked all living beings and, in the long passage of time, had lost many things from his past. He needed an opponent qualified to look him in the eye.

Neither the Leader nor the Lord of the Abyss were good choices, and the combat power tiers of the three were still unknown. Su Xiao, who had shown unprecedented promotion potential, had undoubtedly been noticed by the Supreme Being.

People always had a misconception that the Supreme Being led the spellcasters to defeat the Law-Breaker faction. This was actually the most acceptable situation, because there was another possibility: the spellcasters were simply no match for the Law-Breakers in the Second Era, and it was the Supreme Being himself who nearly wiped out the previous generation of Law-Breakers of the Second Era.

The Supreme Being had a bone ring, and this bone ring had extremely powerful elemental affinity. The first impression upon seeing this item was that the Supreme Being was using it to obtain more powerful strength, but after ascending to a Supreme, Su Xiao didn't have this feeling at all.

The ring body of that circular bone ring was spliced together from three parts, with a few lines of very small Void script carved on it.

"Marvin Waltz."

"Grin Gillian."

"First Generation Law-Breaker."

Did the Supreme Being, who had always worn this bone ring, think that he shouldn't have killed Marvin Waltz and Grin Gillian so early? Because both of these people were Law-Breakers who had the chance to break through to the "Supreme Peak."

As for the finger bone of the "First Generation Law-Breaker," the best possibility was that the Supreme Being had chosen it at random; the bad possibility was that there was such a possibility that the Supreme Being was a person from the same era as the First Generation Law-Breaker, or even a former friend or nemesis.

It was too early to consider these things now. Su Xiao picked up the 【Supreme·Intelligence (Skill Scroll)】 and used it. The next second, he was successfully sent into a dream.

When Su Xiao woke up, it was over two hours later. He checked his newly mastered ability:

【Supreme·Intelligence. Lv. EX (Supreme-tier·Passive).】

Skill Effect 1: Permanently increases 300,000 points of "Basic Mana," and after the real Intelligence attribute is higher than 1000 points, the "Basic Mana growth" brought by the real Intelligence attribute is increased to 1000 points.

Prompt: Due to the large tier gap, the skill effect 1 of "Basic Passive·Recovery" has no bonus to this growth.

Skill Effect 2: "Primary Equipment Slot" +2, and for every subsequent 1000 points of real Intelligence attribute increased, you will gain an additional "Primary Equipment Slot."

Skill Effect 3: Increases technique ability development speed by 3100%.

Prompt: For every subsequent 1 point of real Intelligence attribute increased, technique ability development speed will increase by 3%.

Skill Effect 4: You have not promoted your real Intelligence attribute to the final form "Supreme Intelligence Attribute," so this effect cannot be activated.

One of Su Xiao's main attributes was Intelligence, which was an accident of the Law-Breaker system's inheritance. However, after this accident accumulated to a certain height, it was an inevitable result that it would transform into a powerful bonus.

Su Xiao had never considered himself a genius in sword arts; his sword art talent limit was built up bit by bit through passives. This time was the same. Now, with a 3100% technique ability development speed, combined with the "Land of All Living Beings" which was currently being enhanced and had not yet revealed its true form, he had some expectations for subsequent sword art development.

Checking his current mana, it had reached 1.56 million points, a full million-level increase. This made Su Xiao even more expectant of the other types of Supreme Passives.

Calculating it, his "Violent Boiling" of Qing Gang Ying had increased from being able to be opened for 3 seconds to 9 seconds. The real damage of this state was powerful, but the mana consumption was also too violent.

Besides that, the "Primary Equipment Slot" was also particularly important. Su Xiao previously had 12 "Primary Equipment Slots," and now he had reached 14. Did Su Xiao want to wear a pile of equipment? Of course not.

In the late stages, every piece of equipment was very powerful, and the possibility of resonance and influence between them was also greater, so it wasn't that the more equipment one wore, the better, but that it had to be sufficiently suitable for one's own ability system.

Seen this way, "Primary Equipment Slot" didn't seem very important, but there was a problem: some equipment, although particularly powerful, would occupy many "Primary Equipment Slots," such as the 【Blood Moon Queen】 obtained previously, which occupied four "Primary Equipment Slots."

What was certain was that 【Blood Moon Queen】 was definitely not the "Primary Equipment Slot" that occupied the most space. Su Xiao's Zhan Long Shan, Black King Armguard, Pride Ring, and Wild Hunt Coat could be called the four-piece set that must be worn for combat.

In case there was equipment later that occupied 10 "Primary Equipment Slots" but was extremely tyrannical, Su Xiao's current advantage of 14 "Primary Equipment Slots" would immediately convert into combat power.

After his own aura stabilized, he got up and went to the alchemy laboratory. The "Soul Secret Medicine" had completed its final cooling. Checking its attributes:

【Soul Secret Medicine (Peak)】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise·Saint Flame Pharmacist

Quality: Eternal-tier·Rare

Type: Recovery item.

Effect: After drinking, it can permanently increase your own soul strength by 130 points.

Peak Quality Bonus: Permanently increases current soul strength by 5%.

Score: 6000++++

Introduction: To be determined.

Price: To be determined.

Su Xiao sacrificed all other characteristics of the "Soul God Tree Fruit +13" except for increasing soul strength, and finally obtained this bottle of "Soul Secret Medicine." As for the medicine name not being crazy or cool enough, it wasn't a big problem.

Su Xiao's current soul strength was 1710 points. If he drank this bottle of medicine, he could reach 1925 points. Don't forget, he had already increased all four main attributes to 1700 points, which meant:

"Exclusive Supreme-tier Passive·Source of Strength (Sealed)."

Warning: Before your real Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes reach 1500 points, and your soul strength reaches 1800 points, you must never activate this ability in advance!"

Su Xiao temporarily resisted this temptation. He had previously obtained a soul wonder from the Magic Scythe·Aina, an item called 【Soul Holy Relic】.

【Soul Holy Relic】

Origin: First Era·Soul Land

Category: Proof/Key.

Durability: 50/50 points (This item can restore durability by absorbing soul energy).

Equipment Effect: Soul Trial (Active), teleport to the "Soul Land," accept the trial of the guardian. If you pass the trial, you can obtain the qualification to enter the "Holy Spring," thereby permanently increasing soul strength.

Prompt: The soul energy of the "Holy Spring" can permanently nourish and strengthen the soul, and is one of the best ways to increase soul power in the Astral Realm.

Current number of trials accepted: 0/0 times.

Number of trials acceptable: 3/3 times.

Introduction: Experience the weight of fate and the price of strengthening the soul.

Price: Cannot be traded, sold, or abandoned before being used three times.

From the reluctance of Magic Scythe·Aina previously, Su Xiao had already felt the value of this item. He tried to activate it.

Wave~

It was like a drop of sweet dew falling on the soul above his head, making him feel unprecedented relaxation, followed by a gentle teleportation array.

When the teleportation subsided, Su Xiao was already in a soul forest. The plants here emitted a faint light, and fireflies danced in the night. Although it was night, there was a gentle light here, and combined with the various fluorescent lights emitted by various plants, it was like a dreamland. Located in front was a giant soul tree towering high.

This giant soul tree was a hundred meters high, with a thick trunk. Directly in front was a relatively flat area with a layer of translucent blue moss plants. Under the main trunk of this giant soul tree, there was a wooden door. It looked like someone had built a tree room relying on the heart of the giant soul tree.

"It's you again, you hateful brat. How many times are you going to cheat with Abyss fate? How are you just as shameless as that madwoman from the Second Era?"

An old man about 1.5 meters tall, with a large head, a fluorescent blue translucent back of the head, and a plant wreath on his head, walked over angrily, leaning on a strange wooden staff taller than himself. However, because his legs were not very nimble, his pace was fast, but his movement speed was not fast.

"Hmm?"

Discovering that it wasn't Magic Scythe·Aina who came, this old man, who was the guardian of this place, had a different look in his eyes. His originally turbid old eyes began to show burning dark green cracks. This was... the Devil's Eye.

An old devil of the soul system guarding the "Soul Land" here—this scene made one think at first glance that this was a big pit.

"Oh? A Law-Breaker who hasn't reached the peak yet. Truly, a long-lost visitor."

The pupils of the old devil's eyes had completely turned into dark green devil pupil flames, and the color of the translucent back of his head had also changed from soul translucent blue to devil dark green. At the top of the strange wooden staff in his hand, two dark green objects gradually appeared. Looking at it this way, the top of this strange wooden staff was clearly in the shape of a skull.

"Welcome, rare guest."

The old devil looked at Su Xiao with a smile.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He knew the devil race relatively well, after all, one of his good teammates was of the devil race.

"Everyone's fate has its own weight, Law-Breaker, and of course, the same is true for you."

As soon as the old devil's words fell, Su Xiao received a prompt from the Void Tree:

【Prompt (Void Tree): You have triggered the trial of the Soul Land.】

【Warning: If you cannot pass this trial, you will lose one-third of your soul power. If you pass the trial, you can obtain the qualification to enter the "Holy Spring."】

The old devil's malice had begun to be barely concealed. After all, the person who came was a Law-Breaker, and even if he hadn't grown to the peak, his knowledge was not something that those who stumbled into this place could compare to.

"Accept the trial of fate for you."

The old devil walked in front.

Zheng~

Su Xiao's long sword was unsheathed, which made the old devil's expression stiffen. The scene of a certain Law-Breaker being here in the past suddenly attacked his heart in his memory.

However, he soon revealed a smile. Since suffering a big loss that time, he had chosen to attach himself to the Void Tree. With the notarization of the Void Tree, that kind of situation would not happen again.

Su Xiao looked at the large number of warning prompts and the deduction of various Void Tree reputation points. He was not afraid, but being forced to take back the 【Soul Holy Relic】 and being immediately teleported away made him sheath his long sword.

Seeing this, the wrinkles on the old devil's face increased. He led the way in front, and before long, they arrived at a deep water swamp. Muddy water surged, and a giant toad with a body height of more than ten meters and full of bumps appeared. Its frog mouth opened, and its long tongue full of metal rune rivets licked its mouth. This swamp giant frog was longing for the taste of fate.

The swamp giant frog looked at Su Xiao, and before long, it bared its sharp teeth. On its back, which had several slash marks, the tumors under its skin surged. Now that it saw a Law-Breaker, the wounds on its body began to ache faintly. It had decided that it would devour the Law-Breaker's fate with all its strength within the scope permitted by the Void Tree to avenge its past hatred.

Discovering the gazes of the swamp giant frog and the old devil, Su Xiao basically determined that this was the "connection" Grin Gillian left for him.

"Law-Breaker, the trial here is very simple. Those with powerful fate can enjoy the "Holy Spring." If you are not strong enough, you become nutrients. This is very fair, right?"

"Hmm."

"Oh? Since you agreed, let's start. First, we need to sign a contract."

"..."

Su Xiao's expression was calm. He never thought that his contract ability would be known to everyone, let alone in a place isolated from the world like the "Soul Land."

"What? Worried about our devil race's contract? Don't worry, young man, this contract comes from the Void Tree."

"..."

Su Xiao took the contract and signed the name Hunter·Kukulin·Bai Ye on it. Seeing this, the old devil nodded with satisfaction.

"Good, you can start your fate trial. Be swallowed by it. If you can withstand the rotation of fate, you are the winner."

The old devil pointed to the swamp giant frog.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but calmly took out the "Book of Original Sin," preparing to 'welcome' the so-called trial of fate.

The swamp giant frog opposite opened its mouth to the maximum, just about to lean forward and swallow the Law-Breaker in one fierce gulp, when suddenly, it froze in place. Its racial talent allowed it to receive the fate warning of its ancestors, commonly known as suddenly seeing its great-grandmother.

The swamp giant frog's movements stopped. After a moment, it closed its big mouth. The fierce gaze from just a moment ago now had a bit of clear rationality.

"Congratulations, Mr. Law-Breaker, you have passed my trial."

The swamp giant frog spoke in a muffled voice. After saying this, it didn't turn around as it used to, but reversed in the mud on the shore, and finally bubbled and sank into the muddy water.

Seeing this scene, the corner of the old devil's eye twitched. He looked at Su Xiao meaningfully and said:

"Since you passed the trial, then come with me."

After saying that, the old devil glanced at the "Book of Original Sin." The looming original sin aura of this ancient book-like item made the old devil guess what was going on.

After going hundreds of meters deep into the Soul Forest, the old devil arrived at an ancient ruin. In the center of this ruin was a white stone goddess sculpture. The goddess held a stone cup. As the old devil triggered the mechanism, golden spring water gushed out from the stone cup. These golden spring waters did not fall to the ground, but formed a fist-sized ball, floating in mid-air.

"Immerse your soul into it."

The old devil's strange wooden cane waved lightly, and this ball of "Holy Spring Water" flew in front of Su Xiao.

"Soul Holy Relic·Equipment Effect: Soul Trial (Active), teleport to the "Soul Land," accept the trial of the guardian. If you pass the trial, you can obtain the qualification to enter the "Holy Spring," thereby permanently increasing soul strength."

This equipment introduction was very high-level. As for saying that this was set by the Void Tree, Su Xiao didn't believe it. This must have been drafted by the old devil and the swamp giant frog, and then they tried again and again to apply to the Void Tree to notarize this equipment. Finally, after the equipment description matched the actual situation to a certain extent, the notarization was passed.

As for why Su Xiao knew so clearly, of course it was because this was something he and Caesar had conspired to play with... cough~, such matters only happened occasionally.

Seeing this equipment effect, the understanding must be that after passing the trial, one could immerse the whole person in the holy spring water. The actual situation was that after passing the trial, one obtained such a little holy spring water. The so-called "can obtain the qualification to enter the "Holy Spring"" was to let one's soul spread out in this special ruin and sink into this ball of "Holy Spring Water."

"Mr. Devil."

Su Xiao spoke. Even at this point, Su Xiao was still so polite, which really surprised the old devil.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Mr. Law-Breaker? Oh, I know, you feel that the "Holy Spring Water" is too little? This is your ignorance."

"Is that so?"

Su Xiao raised his hand and handed the "Book of Original Sin" to the old devil, which made the old devil smile:

"Mr. Law-Breaker, holding an original sin doesn't mean everyone will fear you. Moreover, I know original sin quite well. As long as I don't agree, I won't be contaminated by the cause and effect of original sin..."

Just as the old devil said this, a "contract" he had just signed suddenly appeared. This was the "Mirror Contract" caused by the contract he signed with Su Xiao. Things in the mirror were reversed, such as left and right in the mirror.

The so-called "Mirror Contract" would also make the two signing parties opposite. Simply understood, under the effect of this contract, when Su Xiao signed a contract with the old devil, it was equivalent to the old devil signing a contract with Su Xiao, replicating the identities of both parties after swapping them, just like the reflection in a mirror.

After obtaining the first contract through the "Mirror Contract," this contract began to spawn. First, it was divided into a total of 80 layers, and each layer was associated with 30 branch contracts, for a total of 2400 contracts, which were gradually drafted.

At this moment, the contents of these contracts began to gradually appear. They were all the same content: Su Xiao would temporarily give the "Book of Original Sin" to the old devil.

Such contract content caused the branch contracts, which were not strong to begin with, to burn and collapse one by one. Each could only last 0.15 seconds, but the total was 360 seconds. These contracts seemed to be broken, but before the last branch contract was burned out, the contract effect would continue to take effect.

With a full 6 minutes of time, it was of course enough for Su Xiao to hand the "Book of Original Sin" to the old devil opposite.

At this moment, under the shroud of contract power, the old devil's teeth chattered and clicked. His originally smiling expression was now distorted beyond recognition. The contract power made him gradually raise his hand.

A few seconds later, the old devil was controlled by the contract to grasp the "Book of Original Sin."

Clatter~

Golden spring water flowed down. This was a spring pool deep in the Soul Forest. This place was not deep, only a few meters in the center. Near the edge, when a person sat in the spring water, it slightly submerged the chest.

Su Xiao played with the devil skull in his hand, which was like the old devil's crystal, and glanced sideways at the swamp giant frog beside him that was controlling itself to shrink and was now about the size of a bullfrog.

"So, there are three managers here in total, you and the old devil, and the Death Soul Princess who ran away quietly?"

Su Xiao threw the crystal skull in his hand to Amu, and Amu threw it directly into his mouth, chewing it with a crunch. This scene made the forest giant frog's body tremble.

"Yes yes yes, it is indeed like this, Lord Law-Breaker, I am just a small character, coerced by the two of them..."

Just as the forest giant frog said this, it found that Su Xiao was looking at it with his head tilted. That calm gaze made its body tremble. The next second, it was grabbed by a big hand, and while it was lifted by one of its hind legs, the other party looked up and opened his mouth.

At this moment, the forest giant frog felt as if it was about to be swallowed by the Abyss darkness it had once seen, which scared it so much that its blood almost turned cold, and a miserable howl of unknown meaning came from its mouth.

"I I I, I know how to take out the source of the "Holy Spring," I am sure I can take it out completely!"

When the forest giant frog's words reached this point, Amu's movements stopped. Seeing that Su Xiao didn't let it continue, Amu threw the forest giant frog aside. Amu didn't want to eat this live bullfrog; he preferred the cooked spicy flavor.

Half an hour later, the water level of the spring pool where Su Xiao was located dropped and finally dried up completely. The forest giant frog crawled out from the rock cave above, holding it with both claws, and offered the "Source of the Holy Spring" that emitted golden light and was temporarily suppressing the overflow of spring water.

Picking up this "Source of the Holy Spring" and confirming there was no problem, Su Xiao took Amu and returned to the Reincarnation Paradise.

In the exclusive room, planting area, because he had the experience of laying out the source of the Eternal Spring, this time laying out the "Source of the Holy Spring" didn't take much trouble. It was still laying out the "Source" above to avoid polluting the source when using the spring water.

First was the flowing water area, where the spring water was very clean and could be collected for drinking. When it flowed to the hot spring pool below, it could not be drunk. The hot spring pool had drainage channels, and when changing the water, it could be placed in the planting area of the Black Maple Tree.

Su Xiao picked up a cup of maple tea brewed after boiling the holy spring water and tasted it. Compared with the dew-like cleansing of using "Eternal Spring Water," the maple tea brewed with "Holy Spring Water" had a soul-moistening experience and aftertaste. After drinking the first sip, when he came back to his senses, the teacup in his hand was already empty, leaving only the most unique tea fragrance of the maple tea in his mouth.

This time the Leader summoned the Empty Seat Banquet, so he would let the members of the Empty Seat Banquet taste this new flavor of maple tea.

As for the nourishment of the soul by the "Holy Spring," this was indeed true, and this was the gentlest way to increase soul strength that Su Xiao had experienced. Compared with the gentleness, the increase was not as high as expected. He had soaked in the holy spring for a hot spring, and a total of 92 points of soul strength were increased. This kind of increase was actually not low.

Soaking in the holy spring water later would of course also increase a certain soul strength, but the increase would be very small. In contrast, the gentle nourishment of the holy spring water to the soul gave Su Xiao, who was often in contact with Abyss power, a refreshing cleansing feeling. After a while, he found that this was not an illusion; the holy spring water beside him had really turned light black.

The deep treatment effect was indeed to treat hidden injuries and illnesses of the body, but this kind of soul being lightly infected by Abyss power due to long-term contact with Abyss power was not within the scope of injury. Now that the holy spring water had this cleansing effect, it was undoubtedly an unexpected joy.

Su Xiao's soul strength reached 1802 points. He gave instructions to the little Bu number. The silly little Bu number came close to identify Su Xiao's pupils before going to get the "Soul Secret Medicine." It could only be said that the artificial intelligence mechanical dog made by the idiot was a bit silly.

Taking the soul secret medicine brought by the little Bu number, Su Xiao drank it in one gulp. Because he had just received the gentle nourishment of the "Holy Spring Water," this increase in soul power could be called rough. For this, Su Xiao was very calm and even took the opportunity to take a nap.

When Su Xiao woke up, it was three hours later. He checked his current soul strength, which had reached 2022 points. Seeing this, he opened the skill list and changed the "Exclusive Supreme-tier Passive·Source of Strength," which had been in a dormant state, to an activated state. However, before that, he chose to be safe.

Getting up and walking out of the holy spring pool, wiping himself dry, he came to the wooden bed where Amu usually took a nap, sat down, and then activated the "Exclusive Supreme-tier Passive·Source of Strength."

Boom!

Su Xiao felt as if he had been hit by a hammer, or more accurately, a giant hammer like a mountain peak, which smashed him away.

When he woke up again, he was already lying in the rescue facility of the alchemy laboratory. He got up from the translucent viscous liquid, tore off the dense small biological gel suction cups on his chest, and felt his own state. It was still okay, at least much better than after a death match with a strong enemy.

Thump~ Thump! Thump~ Thump!

Su Xiao's heart beat fiercely twice. He pressed one hand on his heart and could clearly feel that his heart had changed. Its appearance was the same as before, but now his heart was like a power furnace made of flesh and blood, capable of feeding back more things while swallowing something.

【Source of Strength: Lv. EX (Supreme-tier·Exclusive Passive)】

Skill Effect: Heart Furnace (Passive), you can swallow any "passive characteristic" skill you currently master through the "Heart Furnace," and swallow all the bonuses of that skill into your own physique (e. g., swallowing a passive skill that increases 500 points of mana means that while losing that passive ability, your physique initially has 500 points of mana). After completing this swallowing, you will awaken a certain degree of "Source of Strength" excitation according to the strength of the swallowed passive, thereby absorbing an equal amount of "Astral Source Power" with the "Heart Furnace," bringing you bonuses.

Current Source of Strength bonus is: Strength, Agility, Stamina, Intelligence, and Technique Potential Limit.

Prompt: Every time you excite a "Source of Strength" by swallowing a "Passive Skill," the above physical attributes will all gain an increase corresponding to the strength of the swallowed "Passive Skill."

Prompt: Because of the tier of this ability, it is qualified to swallow most "Supreme Passives."

Prompt: If you successfully ascend to the "Supreme Peak" tier, this ability will gain a qualitative enhancement.

Skill Introduction: Obviously, you are already qualified to obtain "Astral Source Power" and use it to strengthen yourself.

PS: (Tomorrow is Sunday, take a day off, please forgive me, dear readers.) ===== CHAPTER 4037 =====