Chapter 4081

【Life Scepter: Midy】

Origin: Myriad Races World.

Quality: Reincarnation Tier.

Category: Scepter.

Durability: 350/1100 points.

Equipment Requirement: True Strength 1500 points, True Stamina 3000 points, True Intelligence 3000 points, obtain the "recognition" of "Midy."

Equipment Effect 1: Divinity Activation (Core/Active), can assimilate the surrounding area into "Activated Metal." The range is determined by your True Intelligence attribute. At most, it can allow the entire world you are in to enter the "Activated Metal" state, and you can freely control the activated metal area.

Inherent Ability 1: Metal Servant: You can erode living beings through activated metal, turning them into metal servants with no pain, low emotion, and forced loyalty. The maximum number of controlled servants is determined by your willpower (from 1 to millions of metal servants).

Inherent Ability 2: Giant Incarnation: Can use the "Activated Metal" assimilated to form a super-giant "Activated Metal Incarnation," with a body size between 30 and 5000 meters, determined by your Strength/Stamina/Intelligence attributes.

Ability to be developed: 3 (The Life Scepter can memorize a total of five abilities derived from "Divinity Activation," with two fixed inherent abilities; the subsequent three can be freely developed and created).

Equipment Effect 2: Life Nourishment (Core/Passive): Life Scepter: Midy will constantly nourish your "Origin Life Force," bringing you continuous/long-term permanent improvement of "Origin Life Force."

Introduction: Obviously, this artifact called the Life Scepter will not serve a Law-Breaker.

Rating: 16290 points (Reincarnation Tier equipment rating 15000-30000 points.)

Price: 37160 Soul Coins.

……

For Reincarnation Tier equipment, even if it was only mid-to-lower tier Reincarnation Tier equipment, its strength was very exaggerated. In contrast, the market price of this thing was also very expensive.

Because Su Xiao obtained the Reincarnation Tier equipment/item permission, Benny also had related permission unlocked. Information in the gathering place that was previously naturally shielded could now be seen.

The gathering place had dozens of stalls that collected Reincarnation Tier equipment all year round. The price was that even the trashiest Reincarnation Tier equipment had a minimum guarantee of 2 million Soul Coins, or 6600 ounces of Space-Time Power. Of course, the "equipment requirement" of this type of equipment must contain two words: obtain the "recognition" of this equipment. Seeing these two words, the price of the equipment would directly drop to 10%. If not, the lowest-rated Reincarnation Tier equipment would start at 60,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.

And these stalls collected "Space-Time Power" all year round, at 1 ounce = 300 Soul Coins. However, very few Strongest Tier contractors sold it. The reason was that once they reached the Strongest Tier, they would more or less need some Space-Time Power. Even if they didn't use it often, once they needed it, it was a very important matter, such as breaking through important ability levels, or activating some important permissions, etc.

And those willing to sell generally didn't have much Space-Time Power. Therefore, the price of "Space-Time Power" continued to rise from 1 ounce = 95 Soul Coins in the early years, and only stabilized at 1 ounce = 300 Soul Coins last year.

If we talk about the actual value of the two, this ratio was definitely wrong, but this was almost the market price maintained by the Strongest Tier, which had nothing to do with more than 90% of contractors. Therefore, it appeared that this price was obviously unreasonable, but if it wasn't raised to this price, "Space-Time Power" couldn't be collected.

Even so, some stall owners only collected a dozen thousand ounces of Space-Time Power during the rest period after each world progress ended, and then sold these Space-Time Power at a slightly higher price to the big shots of the same paradise camp who purchased Space-Time Power for a long time.

Speaking of which, Su Xiao's need for Soul Coins was obviously not as urgent as before. In the past, Blade Technique, Close Combat, and Blood Spear Grandmaster were all big consumers of Soul Coins, and improving various abilities consumed massive amounts of Soul Coins.

Currently, his Blade Technique, Close Combat, and Blood Spear were all maxed out, and "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" was an ability that was upgraded with Space-Time Power. Compared to other Strongest Tiers, breaking through important ability levels, such as every 10 levels, required some Space-Time Power. This "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" that treated Space-Time Power as a "staple food" was truly outrageous, but it was also truly strong.

If Su Xiao experienced dozens or even dozens of world progresses at the Strongest Tier, and various abilities were improved to the point where they couldn't be improved, leaving only core abilities that couldn't be improved due to a lack of "Space-Time Power," then he would definitely do the thing of buying Space-Time Power with Soul Coins.

Thinking about it this way, 1 ounce = 300 Soul Coins, and then reselling it to big shots at 1 ounce = 350 Soul Coins, was a reselling behavior that looked unreasonable but was very reasonable. It was not the market that determined the value of "Space-Time Power"; the tier of this thing was too high, and the market maintained by current contractors could not determine its value.

Discovering this situation, Su Xiao was in a very good mood. He had the exclusive passive "Power Origin," and he would always need Soul Coins. Even when his "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" couldn't be upgraded due to the lack of 【Origin Core】 and 【Initial Source Quality】, he could even sell his existing "Space-Time Power" for Soul Coins.

Then use these massive Soul Coins to purchase "Strongest Passive" abilities, and then use Soul Coins to max them out. Anyway, more than 90% of "Strongest Passives" only required Soul Coins to upgrade.

Then use the "Power Origin" ability to swallow and absorb these maxed-out "Strongest Passives" to improve his own strength. This was a very cost-effective way to improve during a strength bottleneck period.

【Life Scepter: Midy】 was not the equipment Su Xiao needed. Selling it would probably fetch more than 9000 ounces of Space-Time Power. In terms of buying Reincarnation Tier equipment, Strongest Tier contractors were still willing to spend Space-Time Power. One of the important reasons they saved Space-Time Power was to buy Reincarnation Tier equipment. However, the adaptability of 【Life Scepter: Midy】 was too poor. Among all equipment requirements, Reincarnation Tier equipment that required "recognition" could have its price discounted to 30%, and often to 10%. Except for the original owner, this type of equipment rarely recognized others. Therefore, the final fate of 【Life Scepter: Midy】 was to be smelted. 9000 ounces of Space-Time Power was basically its material value. If the equipment requirement didn't contain the words "obtain the recognition of this equipment," this Reincarnation Tier equipment would be worth at least 90,000 ounces of Space-Time Power. If a suitable buyer was encountered, it would start at 110,000+.

Next, Su Xiao had to mobilize all the resources he could currently mobilize. He opened the mission list and completed the "Abyss Mission: Death Endowment," which had full mission completion. This was the harvest from the abyss trip.

【You have chosen to submit Abyss Mission: Death Endowment.】

【Current mission completion: 300% (single-time limit).】

【Because the mission completion is the single-time limit, you can choose three reward types from the following mission rewards.】

1. Abyss Secret Treasure (9 pieces).

2. Elemental Secret Treasure (16 pieces).

3. Space-Time Stone Fragments (Super/Huge amount).

4. Random Secret Treasure (obtain 5-40 Abyss Secret Treasures or Elemental Secret Treasures).

5. Void Tree Treasury Application Permission II (20% off).

……

【You obtain Space-Time Stone Fragments x9580 pieces.】

【You obtain Elemental Secret Treasure x16 pieces.】

【You obtain Abyss Secret Treasure x1 piece.】

【You obtain Elemental Secret Treasure x39 pieces.】

……

Among the rewards for "Death Endowment," Reward 4/Random Secret Treasure was a must-choose. With Su Xiao's current elemental affinity of 1522 points, choosing Reward 4 would definitely be 39 Elemental Secret Treasures + 1 Abyss Secret Treasure. It had been this kind of gain several times.

Su Xiao chose to accept "Abyss Mission: Death Endowment" again and used the 【Mission Completion Voucher】 obtained this time to complete "Abyss Mission: Death Endowment."

"Mission Completion Voucher (After use, except for missions with extremely high exclusive characteristics such as Main Mission/World Mission/War Mission/Talent Awakening Mission, etc., you can immediately complete the currently accepted mission, and complete it at the highest mission completion degree)."

【You obtain Space-Time Stone Fragments x12390 pieces.】

【You obtain Elemental Secret Treasure x15 pieces.】

【You obtain Abyss Secret Treasure x1 piece.】

【You obtain Elemental Secret Treasure x39 pieces.】

……

Su Xiao repeated the operation just now again.

【You obtain Space-Time Stone Fragments x15820 pieces.】

【You obtain Elemental Secret Treasure x14 pieces.】

【You obtain Abyss Secret Treasure x1 piece.】

【You obtain Elemental Secret Treasure x39 pieces.】

……

There was one more 【Mission Completion Voucher】. Su Xiao accepted "Death Endowment" again, but did not use the last 【Mission Completion Voucher】. If there was a gap of hundreds of thousands of Space-Time Power needed this time, he would have to use it painfully. If he could barely make it up, he would keep this 【Mission Completion Voucher】. If this thing could be used for "Hunter Bounty," that would be too interesting.

"Hunter Bounty/Fate Tyrant: Kill the Old Lady (Pay 20,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty, complete this bounty to obtain 300 times the bounty amount)."

"Hunter Bounty/Eye Butcher: Eliminate 'Eye of No Darkness' (Pay 20,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty, complete this bounty to obtain 320 times the bounty amount)."

"Hunter Bounty/Secret of Runes: Obtain 'Causality Rune' (Pay 20,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty, complete this bounty to obtain 300 times the bounty amount)."

This was a "Hunter Bounty" Su Xiao had triggered with an outrageous bounty amount. However, it was unclear whether the "Hunter Bounty" followed the mission characteristic notarization or other characteristics. If it was mission characteristic notarization, there would be a chance to use the 【Mission Completion Voucher】.

Even if it didn't work, keeping one 【Mission Completion Voucher】 was an extra layer of insurance.

That's right, Su Xiao wanted to promote to "Peak of the Strongest." The reason was that in the first world he promoted to Strongest, due to information asymmetry, the Arcane Eternal Star side couldn't know immediately. And for the second world, he was already prepared to face pursuit, completing the second world through behind-the-scenes manipulation. But luckily, he entered a world with "Causality Lock Ring," successfully avoiding pursuit from Soul Master.

Su Xiao didn't think he would have such good luck in his third Strongest world, so he had to complete this promotion before the third Strongest world.

For other Strongest Tiers, this was absolutely impossible, but he promoted to Strongest with the most extreme specifications. At that time, 120,000 points of "Supreme Potential Points" allowed him to be a steady promotion even if he promoted to Peak of the Strongest now, as long as he was well-prepared.

And "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" and "Body Attributes" were undoubtedly the most stable foundations. So this time, Su Xiao had to max out both. Of course, maxing out "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" was too much; the cap of this skill was at least Lv. 130. This time, at most, it would be improved until there were no related resources left in his hands.

But maxing out True Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes was still hopeful, especially since he now had four Power Source Qualities and 114 【Reincarnation Badges】.

Su Xiao sold all "Elemental Secret Treasures," "Abyss Secret Treasures," and "Space-Time Stone Fragments" to Reincarnation Paradise. With a large amount of Space-Time Power in hand, he opened the Honor Store.

【Welcome Hunter to use the Honor Store, you need to read the following regulations……】

【Your current Honor Store level is: 30.】

【Honor Store has been refreshed.】

【It is detected that you currently possess 114 Reincarnation Badges. Items in the Honor Store will have simplified introductions, meaning inventory and price will not be displayed. You can open the branch page to view normally.】

【You can perform the following exchanges.】

1. Power Source Quality (Strongest Tier/one standard unit).

2. Origin Core (Personal inventory: 21 pieces).

3. Initial Source Quality (Personal inventory: 0).

4. Soul Supply Box (★★★★★).

5. Supreme Treasure Box.

6. Overlord Badge Box (After opening, you can randomly obtain 1-100 Overlord Badges).

7. Equipment Treasure Box (After opening, you can randomly obtain equipment of random types from White Quality to Reincarnation Tier).

8. Black Maple Tree Output (0.1 standard unit, this material is only visible after the Honor Store reaches level 25)……

……

There were dozens of pages following, but they didn't have much attraction for Su Xiao. He was mainly here to buy 【Initial Source Quality】.

【You have paid 30 Reincarnation Badges.】

【You obtain Initial Source Quality x30 pieces.】

……

Closing the Honor Store, Su Xiao took out the 【Endless Ring】. Benny had already contacted the seller of "Dead Soul Source Quality" and was just waiting for Su Xiao's news.

The unactivated 【Endless Ring】 was a few sizes larger than a gold coin, and inside was a darkness that seemed to swallow everything. Su Xiao came to an empty room. The floor of the room was full of formation diagrams, which were prepared for trading with alien existences in the Star Realm. It just happened to be encountered now.

Bubu Wang, that idiot who was both weak and loved excitement, came in tremblingly. Because it was a bit scared, it also pulled Amu along.

Su Xiao activated the 【Endless Ring】 in his hand. With a hum, the "Endless Ring" floated up and fixed in mid-air. After it faced Su Xiao, the ring expanded, and the darkness inside spread, as if forming a mirror of darkness.

In the darkness ahead, there was a faint glimmer.

Woo~!

Like the whale song of the deep sea, this sound that seemed to come from the ancient times made people feel panicked and terrified. No, it wasn't "seemed," it was from the ancient times.

Tentacles with fine scales emerged from the darkness ahead, but under the wrapping of the darkness formed by the "Endless Ring," these tentacles did not pierce through.

Su Xiao took out a "Soul Crystal Essence." The crystal layer clung to his hand. Sensing its aura, the tentacles that spread over paused, and then a tentacle wrapped around the "Soul Crystal Essence" and swallowed it to the other side of the darkness.

A moment later, the dark tentacle probed again, but didn't hand over anything. This meant that this "Ancient Abyss Existence" was only prepared to obtain, not to pay.

Su Xiao took out a device and adjusted it with clicks. He was manually recording the aura traces of this "Ancient Abyss Existence." Later, when he could enter the abyss and be qualified to kill the "Ancient Abyss Existence," he would destroy this guy.

Su Xiao took out the "Original Sin Book" and tossed it to this "Ancient Abyss Existence." All the fine-scaled tentacles retracted, and the "Endless Ring" disconnected the sacrifice with this "Ancient Abyss Existence."

Activating the "Endless Ring" again, this time waiting for more than ten minutes, a claw with fine scales probed from the thin layer of darkness. Seeing this, Su Xiao still handed over a "Soul Crystal Essence."

The black-scaled claw retracted, and a moment later probed again. The claw was empty.

Very good, another one that couldn't be traded with. Su Xiao still recorded its aura traces. Speaking of which, if he sacrificed often, he might end up with a list of "Ancient Abyss Existences" to kill. However, that might require the strength of an Abyss Lord to achieve.

Su Xiao interrupted the sacrifice directly this time. After the "Endless Ring" went silent, he activated it again. Before long, an eyeball with scales squeezed out a shape from the twilight of darkness, forming a deformed claw.

It was still a "Soul Crystal Essence." With his current financial resources, this kind of trial and error could be fully borne. Plus, as long as he found an "Ancient Abyss Existence" willing to trade sincerely, this loss was not worth mentioning.

The deformed giant claw retracted, and a moment later probed again, still holding nothing. This allowed Su Xiao to confirm one thing through Abyss Studies: "Ancient Abyss Existences" with "Battle Scales" were generally warlike and aggressive. Obtaining resources was through swallowing, commonly known as being used to robbing, so of course, they couldn't be bothered to trade.

Su Xiao tried to control the twilight of darkness to directly blast this "Ancient Abyss Existence" back to the distant abyss, and it actually succeeded. It seemed that in the notarization of the "Endless Ring" by Reincarnation Paradise, there was a counterattack attached to the "Endless Ring" after notarizing the "Ancient Abyss Existence" for empty-handed white wolfing.

A roar that seemed to make people's souls collapse came from behind the twilight of darkness ahead. Su Xiao ended this sacrifice and started again.

After sacrifice after sacrifice, Su Xiao further verified his conjecture. "Ancient Abyss Existences" with "Battle Scales" were indeed unlikely to trade, but they were more fond of responding to the sacrifice of the "Endless Ring." When Su Xiao sacrificed for the ninth time, palms with three fingers left marks on the twilight of darkness.

These three arms were all very long, each with an average length of over three meters. Not only because of the size of their giant-like arms, but also because these arms had two elbows. Because each palm had only three fingers, let's call it...

"Hand of Darkness."

Okay, "Hand of Darkness" is not appropriate, let's call it "Three Fingers."

Su Xiao handed over a "Soul Crystal Essence." One of "Three Fingers'" hands lifted and grabbed this "Soul Crystal Essence." It seemed puzzled why this creature of the Star Realm would give it this kind of food. However, it was only slightly puzzled before accepting it. After all, it hadn't eaten such pure soul power for a long time.

A moment later, one of "Three Fingers'" hands probed again. In these hands, there were various items. When Su Xiao saw that section of carbonized Black Maple Tree branch, he knew that "Three Fingers" was an "Ancient Abyss Existence" that could be traded with.

Su Xiao took out an "Origin Core." All the arms of the Three Fingers opposite retracted. Before long, dozens of arms probed, each large hand holding an "Origin Core." Seeing this, Su Xiao took out a portion of "Dead Soul Source Quality" and handed it to Three Fingers.

After Three Fingers took the "Dead Soul Source Quality," it handed over three "Origin Cores." Don't talk about value equivalence with these "Ancient Abyss Existences"; they trade entirely based on their own needs and likes/dislikes.

Seeing this, Su Xiao had Benny purchase 50 portions of "Dead Soul Source Quality," 50 portions of "Resentment Source Quality," 50 portions of "Corruption Source Quality," as well as 1 portion of "Thunder Breath Source Quality," 1 portion of "Sacred Source Quality," 1 portion of "Fire Day Source Quality," and 1 portion of "Seeping Source Quality" from the source quality merchants in the gathering place.

Among all basic source qualities, "Dead Soul Source Quality," "Resentment Source Quality," and "Corruption Source Quality" were the least valuable. These 150 portions of source quality cost a total of 35,550 ounces of Space-Time Power, while "Thunder Breath Source Quality" and others cost over 1000 ounces of Space-Time Power each, totaling 4560 ounces of Space-Time Power.

This transaction could only be said to be a huge profit. Su Xiao purchased discounted "Origin Cores" in the Honor Store for 7500 ounces of Space-Time Power each, and "Origin Cores" had 0 public inventory all year round. Every time they were refreshed, they were instantly sold out by Hunters.

Currently, with over 40,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, purchasing more than 40 pieces was a huge profit to the extreme.

Su Xiao took out all the basic source qualities from the team storage space, released strands of spirit shadow lines, wrapped them around these source qualities in crystal sealed containers, and handed them to Three Fingers.

All of Three Fingers' arms changed from a limp, drooping appearance to lifting slightly. This "Ancient Abyss Existence" clearly didn't expect the traveler it encountered this time to be so generous. It piled up a total of 42 "Origin Cores" and put them down. Afterward, each large hand grabbed some basic source qualities.

After the hands of Three Fingers grabbing the source qualities retracted, only one hand remained, and it used its fingers to make a special symbol.

Su Xiao began to think about the Abyss Studies he had mastered. The basic meaning of this symbol was "friend." He lifted his right hand, palm forward, and Blue Steel Shadow energy formed a symbol in his palm. The meaning of this abyss symbol was:

"Friendship"

Three Fingers' hand clearly paused for a moment, then used its fingers to make the same symbol:

"Friendship"

Not only that, Three Fingers made the "friend" symbol again, then made the "wait" symbol, and its arms retracted. The sacrifice ritual did not stop.

After about an hour, Three Fingers' dozen arms pressed against the twilight of darkness again, probing out against the twilight of darkness, each hand grabbing an "Origin Core."

Su Xiao took out 154 portions of basic source quality again, which was basic source quality with a total value of about 40,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, to complete this transaction.

The darkness ahead became more and more intense, and flocculent darkness began to appear and adhere in the air, like dust webs in the corners, distributed on walls, ceilings, and other locations.

This meant that Three Fingers seemed to be an "Ancient Abyss Existence" that could be traded with, but if there was no interval in the sacrifice ritual of the "Endless Ring," daring to face it directly would lead to being eroded by the darkness it inadvertently spread before the trade even began, causing the mind to become chaotic, the body to begin dark deformity, and the soul to gradually turn into dark flocculence.

After accepting 154 portions of basic source quality, a total of 16 "Origin Cores" were piled on the ground. Three Fingers made the abyss symbol again:

"Wait"

Su Xiao had 10 days of stay time in Reincarnation Paradise this time. A crystal chair was formed, and he sat down to wait. This time, after waiting for 2 hours, Three Fingers returned, and over a hundred arms probed against the twilight of darkness.

A total of 119 "Origin Cores" were piled on the ground. Su Xiao still took out 154 portions of basic source quality. This was the benefit of a fixed amount of source quality each time; he didn't reduce the amount of source quality just because the other party took out fewer "Origin Cores" in a single time. Currently, Three Fingers didn't ask for an increase in the amount of basic source quality because it took out more "Origin Cores."

In the final analysis, both sides were trading for what they needed. On Su Xiao's side, one "Origin Core" was worth dozens of portions of basic source quality. But in the distant unknown place of the abyss where Three Fingers was, one portion of basic source quality was more precious than dozens of "Origin Cores," because the power level there only had a very low probability of condensing basic source quality.

After trading three times, Su Xiao knew what Three Fingers was doing just now. The 45 "Origin Cores" it took out the first time should have been all its savings in this regard. The dozen or so the second time were very likely Three Fingers drifting near other "Ancient Abyss Existences" and exchanging them with the basic source qualities it had just obtained.

The 119 "Origin Cores" the third time were the same.

The luck of this abyss sacrifice was very good; he encountered an "Ancient Abyss Existence" like Three Fingers that was willing to think to a certain extent. In fact, powerful "Ancient Abyss Existences" were not without wisdom. Before reaching this level, they were also abyss existences that were either cruel, cunning, or wise.

The problem was that when they reached the peak they could reach, combined with having no natural enemies except their own kind, and in battles between their own kind, no schemes or calculations made any sense, they gradually stopped thinking. When wisdom is not used for an era, it is inevitably dull. If it is not used for two eras, it is as if it is rusted.

How many eras have passed since the ancient times? No one knows. It's like being in a dark environment for a long time, eyes will degenerate. Wisdom and thinking not used for several eras will naturally degenerate, or evolve in another direction, which is to use wisdom to store dark knowledge instead of thinking.

This is why when praying for dark knowledge from abyss existences through sacrifice rituals, there is a low probability of getting a response, and then the brain is polluted by dark knowledge.

Also, giving up thinking is a kind of great wisdom. The distant places of the abyss, that is, the unknown depths, are endless darkness and chaos. Drifting from the ancient times to the present in such a place, if there really was thinking ability, one would be severely manic due to long loneliness, or enter a state of complete dead silence. Conversely, stopping thinking means no longer having these weaknesses.

This is a choice made as an "Ancient Abyss Existence," as a high-dimensional life form.

After sacrifice after sacrifice, when the seventh time was carried out, Three Fingers made an abyss symbol, which was:

"Abort/Interrupt."

Su Xiao knew that this was Three Fingers temporarily unable to find other "Ancient Abyss Existences." Before ending this abyss sacrifice, he recorded the "Sacrifice Art Pattern" representing Three Fingers on the "Endless Ring."

"Equipment Effect 1: Abyss Sacrifice (Passive), you can use this equipment to conduct sacrifice-style communication, item trading, etc., with random 'Ancient Abyss Existences' far from the Star Realm.

Hint: After successfully communicating or trading with an 'Ancient Abyss Existence' through sacrifice, you can choose to fix the 'Sacrifice Art Pattern' of the 'Endless Ring,' and subsequently only communicate and trade items with this 'Ancient Abyss Existence'."

Continuing to try to sacrifice to other "Ancient Abyss Existences" would certainly have a probability of getting some "Origin Cores," but this probability was very low, especially since Three Fingers had already used itself as an intermediary channel to let other "Ancient Abyss Existences" that could be traded with complete "Origin Core" trades with Su Xiao.

Plus, if the "Sacrifice Art Pattern" of Three Fingers was not recorded, trying to contact Three Fingers again later would truly be looking for a needle in a haystack in the vast abyss. And the previous nearly ten failed trades showed how rare an "Ancient Abyss Existence" Three Fingers was.

In seven trades, Su Xiao paid a total of 280,770 ounces of Space-Time Power to buy basic source quality, and the harvest was a total of 370 "Origin Cores." However, this was not a stable acquisition channel.

He might be the first to trade with an "Ancient Abyss Existence" from the first era to the third era, so the first reward was naturally particularly generous. Subsequent gains would continue to decrease, eventually fixing in a stable but small range.

With 424 "Origin Cores" currently, this was already a particularly astonishing amount, but it hadn't reached the amount needed to promote to "Peak of the Strongest."

Leaving the room full of art formation diagrams, Su Xiao came to the planting area and stopped in front of the Black Maple Tree. With the experience from last time, he began to release the existing Space-Time Power. Accompanied by the release of Space-Time Power, the "Swallow Art Pattern" under the Black Maple Tree was activated.

The roots of the Black Maple Tree connected to the "Swallow Art Pattern" seemed to come alive, absorbing the Space-Time Power. This caused the leaves on the Black Maple Tree to wither and fall rapidly, turning into powder, but soon, new branches and leaves grew.

A total of 400,000 ounces of Space-Time Power were invested, and the growth rate of the Black Maple Tree climbed to the highest ever. More precious was that this was not forced growth, but accelerated growth. The time field near the Black Maple Tree changed, which showed this was definitely not a conjecture.

The Black Maple Tree, which was already 15 meters tall, headed straight for the 20-meter level. After absorbing 400,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, the Black Maple Tree reached the 20-meter level, and the thickness of the main trunk reached a diameter of 1.2 meters. At this time, the Black Maple Tree already had the style of the mother tree he had seen in the past.

Su Xiao took out the crystal object sealing the "Black Tiger Bee." This object had already been reactivated through the first member of the Phantom Troupe. Coming to the door of the planting area leading to the alchemy laboratory, he came to the alchemy laboratory, sat in front of the metal operation table of the Eye Ritual, and began to form an ultra-small time field art pattern through the Eye Ritual.

In the time field art pattern, the crystal object sealing the "Black Tiger Bee" gradually dissolved, and the Black Tiger Bee Queen inside began to show signs of waking up.

Seeing this, Su Xiao slowly took it out of the time field. When the Black Tiger Bee Queen touched the current time, it showed signs of aging to a certain extent, but the signs of aging gradually disappeared as it molted.

After all, the Black Tiger Bee Queen was a fierce extraordinary creature with relatively tenacious vitality. Su Xiao returned to the planting area. Just as he opened the stripping container, the Black Tiger Bee Queen, which was a few sizes larger than a thumb, flew out with a buzz. The Black Tiger Bee Queen vibrated its wings and flew, circled a few times in the surroundings, and landed on the branches of the Black Maple Tree, its mouth and jaws moving rapidly.

It seemed to be starving, and was swallowing the resin secreted by the Black Maple Tree to replenish its weak insect body.

【Hint: Your Black Maple Tree has entered the harvestable stage.】

The Black Maple Tree's absorption of Space-Time Power was faster than last time. Su Xiao chose to harvest.

【You obtain Black Maple Tree Output x6.1 standard units.】

Storing the packaged Black Maple Tree output into the team storage space, over at the gathering place, the general manager of the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, Jinguwo, had long been waiting near Benny's stall.

This time there were 6.1 standard units. Su Xiao had Benny quote 160 "Origin Cores" and 10 portions of "Initial Source Quality." It was a pity that even for the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, the inventory of "Initial Source Quality" was in short supply all year round. The highest they could offer was 180 "Origin Cores."

General Manager Jinguwo was actually almost crying. This Law-Breaker didn't consider other resources at all, and just plucked their Goblin Chamber of Commerce's "Origin Cores" to death. Recently, their Goblin Chamber of Commerce had been trying their best to acquire "Origin Cores" on the market, which had stabilized the price of Strongest Tier resources for half an era, and had driven the price up.

The Goblin Chamber of Commerce didn't have "Initial Source Quality" inventory, which was within Su Xiao's expectations. Or rather, the Goblin Chamber of Commerce couldn't move the resources in the "Main Treasury," which was the foundation for the Goblin Chamber of Commerce to be brilliant to this day. The Goblin Chamber of Commerce would rather give up this Black Maple Tree business than move any resources in the "Main Treasury."

A total of 180 "Origin Cores" were obtained. Su Xiao's "Origin Cores" now reached 604.

Removing his clothes, Su Xiao came to the Holy Spring and soaked in it. Feeling the pure soul power brought by the Holy Spring reaching his chest, as well as the nourishment to his body, he began to improve the "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" ability.

【If you need to improve Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow, Lv. 1, you need to consume 1000 ounces of Space-Time Power, 10 "Origin Cores," and one portion of "Initial Source Quality."】

A total of 9000 ounces of Space-Time Power plus 90 "Origin Cores," as well as nine portions of "Initial Source Quality," the first improvement of "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" began.

One "Origin Core" after another shattered, and under the reconciliation of 9000 ounces of Space-Time Power, mixed with "Initial Source Quality," it finally turned into a strange energy and merged into Su Xiao's body. He immediately fell into a meditative state. This was his first time passively falling into meditation.

I don't know how long it took, Su Xiao woke up. He felt himself. The improvement of "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" gave him the most intuitive feeling: not only a further sublimation of his blade technique, but his physique could already be improved to be stronger.

After checking the remaining 514 "Origin Cores," he exchanged 16 "Reincarnation Badges" for 16 portions of "Initial Source Quality" and chose to improve "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow."

【If you want to perform this improvement, a total of 580,000 ounces of Space-Time Power, 510 "Origin Cores," and 51 portions of "Initial Source Quality" will be consumed.】

When all the "Origin Cores" shattered, under the reconciliation of hundreds of thousands of ounces of Space-Time Power, and fused with more than 50 portions of "Initial Source Quality," a large amount of pale golden energy surged into Su Xiao's chest. The next instant.

A roar sounded in Su Xiao's ears. He seemed to have come to a pure black domain. Then, with him as the center, the surrounding world gradually had color, plants grew, streams flowed slowly, and the sky was blue with white clouds. The world seemed to be between his fingers and palms. He could even feel the world power flowing slowly and being absorbed in small amounts by things along the way.

Su Xiao lifted his hand, his fingers slashed obliquely upward, and the world along the way was cut open by him at will, revealing the mysteries hidden beneath the world.

Suddenly opening his eyes, slow white heat rose. Su Xiao was still sitting cross-legged in the Holy Spring. Everything just now seemed to let him understand a bit of the essence of the Star Realm, but he couldn't quite comprehend what it was.

【Your "Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow" ability has been improved to Lv. 61.】

【Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow, Lv. 61 (Extreme Technique/Passive)】

Basic Effect: Overall strength of all technique abilities increased by 152% (including Blade Technique Grandmaster, Close Combat Grandmaster, Blood Spear Grandmaster) (this improvement 150.5%).

Skill Effect: Extreme Blade (Exclusive Passive), this characteristic is the "move cornerstone" of current technique abilities. All technique move abilities you use with the long blade in your hand will be based on this ability to stabilize its overall power (overall power includes proficiency, development degree, move power, move range, move activation speed, etc., all characteristics related to technique moves).

Current Extreme Blade/Cornerstone Strength: 108 points.

Extreme Effect 1: Heaven Sharp Slash Shadow (Extreme/Exclusive Passive), your blade technique ability will no longer be confined to the blade moves of the past. You can perform blade moves that are highly compatible with the current battle and environment according to the different worlds you are in, different environments, and different enemies you face.

Extreme Effect 2: Realm of No-Self (Extreme/Exclusive Passive), enter the "Realm of No-Self," briefly forget other blade moves, and only retain the blade move currently being used, thereby elevating it to the extreme.

Current Realm of No-Self improvement limit: 3.2 times move power (this is the final settlement improvement after including all gains).

Warning: After entering the "Realm of No-Self," it will consume a large amount of your stamina and health (estimated consumption of current 65% stamina, and over 20 million health. If stamina is insufficient, it will be forcibly overdrawn; if health is insufficient, you will die immediately).

Warning: Your health has not reached 20 million points. If you forcibly use this ability, there is a 60% probability of failure and a 40% probability of death as a result.

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