Chapter 721

Inside the tunnel of the unknown space, Su Xiao's heartbeat began to accelerate. Generally, the experience of awakening any ability is not very pleasant, let alone the fact that the mortality rate for his talent awakening is as high as 29%! This is a terrifying probability.

With the arrow on the string, it had to be fired. If he chose a mage or magic tank type talent, Su Xiao's entire ability system would become deformed, which would be chronic suicide.

"Thump, thump, thump, thump-thump-thump..."

Su Xiao's heartbeat grew faster and faster; his rapidly beating heart seemed about to burst. He collapsed to the ground with a thud. Not only that, pain appeared all over his body. This pain was different from the pain of injury; it was pain coming from the deepest part of his cells.

Facing this kind of pain, the battle-hardened Su Xiao nearly fainted. Unfortunately, his hidden attribute, Willpower, was very high, so he did not faint and had to continue being tortured by the pain.

"Ah!!"

Light and shadows flickered before Su Xiao's eyes. He suddenly opened his eyes and shouted. At this moment, he was lying on the bed. He had been painfully jolted awake from his consciousness space, which shows how intense and terrifying this severe pain was.

The bedsheet under Su Xiao was soaked with sweat. The severe pain made his vision begin to blur. Some kind of ability was awakening within his body, and this awakening process placed a huge burden on his body.

With a thud, Su Xiao fell from the bed to the floor. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Matou Sakura, and Matou Kariya had already rushed over after hearing the sound earlier.

Seeing Su Xiao in this state, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was anxious and circled around him. Matou Sakura huddled in the corner, appearing very afraid.

Matou Kariya, whose entire body was emitting black smoke, looked at Su Xiao. Those blood-red eyes gave one a sense of madness.

"Roar!"

Matou Kariya let out an angry roar. Hearing Matou Kariya's roar, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's fur stood on end.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang blocked in front of Su Xiao. It bared its fangs, and its sharp claws pierced into the ground beneath its feet. As long as Matou Kariya made the slightest rash move, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang would immediately pounce to fight Matou Kariya to the death.

Su Xiao, in the midst of severe pain, raised his arm, his trembling finger pointing at Matou Kariya.

"Scram."

Zzzzz~

"Electric light" surged within Matou Kariya's body; it was Qing Gang Ying energy. Matou Kariya collapsed to the ground with a thud, twitching as if suffering an electric shock. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang rushed forward, bit Matou Kariya's neck, and dragged him out of the room.

Matou Sakura, huddled in the corner, looked timidly at Su Xiao. She took out a bottle of yogurt and inserted a straw.

"He... here, drink this."

Su Xiao was in no mood to drink yogurt now. He seriously suspected that if the pain in his body continued for a while longer, even if his consciousness could hold on, the cells in his body would collapse.

A minute passed, and the situation did not improve. That pain from deep within the cells came in waves, like a tide, sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

Su Xiao's eyes were bloodshot. Just as he felt his body was about to reach its limit, a warm current suddenly surged within him. Wherever this warm current passed, the feeling of severe pain was significantly relieved. It was a pale red energy, not Qing Gang Ying energy.

This energy did not appear out of thin air; it was produced by an ability Su Xiao had ignored for a long time.

x (Passive Skill)

Skill Effect 1: Transforms the body, dispersing the mana stored in the brain throughout the body.

Skill Effect 2: Mana and the body fuse to produce a wonderful change. Mana and Health form a good cycle, and Health is greatly enhanced, increasing by 30% of total mana.

Note: Current mana is 2233 points, increasing Health by 670 points.

Spirit Shadow Constitution and the talent that permanently increases mana are a perfect match. While the talent ability increases mana, Su Xiao's Health also increases somewhat, and Health is closely linked to vitality.

The two abilities unintentionally formed a symbiotic relationship, so when the talent ability awakened, the passive ability Spirit Shadow Constitution displayed a special effect; it was stabilizing Su Xiao's body.

The severe pain in his body was significantly relieved, and that feeling of being about to kick the bucket at any moment disappeared.

Ten minutes later, Su Xiao, drenched in sweat, sat up. His trembling hand took out a cigarette to light it, and he took a deep drag.

【Talent awakening successful. The Hunter can view relevant information themselves.】

"So, having a tough life has its benefits."

Su Xiao exhaled a puff of blue smoke, a smile appearing on his face.

"Drag him in."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, "Second Dog" Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang scrambled out of the room and dragged Matou Kariya back in.

At this moment, the Berserker Matou Kariya's body was twitching non-stop, seemingly enduring unimaginable severe pain.

Just now, this guy had signs of going berserk. Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before dispelling the activated Qing Gang Ying energy within Matou Kariya. The other party was still useful; if he created something uncontrollable, he would of course leave behind emergency control measures.

Just as Su Xiao dispelled the Qing Gang Ying energy, the Berserker Matou Kariya kicked his legs, his toes pointing straight, and he stopped moving.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang went up to check, then nodded at Su Xiao, meaning this guy wasn't dead yet.

Su Xiao leaned against the bedside, opened his personal information list, and scanned the attributes. He looked at the talent ability at the very bottom.

Soul Eater

Category: Killing Talent (Awakened once)

Grade: S (Highest grade for first awakening)

Talent Effect (Passive): After killing a target, permanently seize 1–30 mana points (cap increased by 15 points), and restore an equal amount of mana and Health (e. g., if 30 mana points are permanently gained after killing an enemy, 30 mana and Health will be restored).

Tip: A maximum of 200 mana points can be seized per derived world. If the seized mana reaches the cap, Soul Eater will be fully activated, and the restoration effect after killing an enemy will increase by 50% (e. g., if 200 mana points have been successfully seized, mana and Health will still be restored according to the enemy's strength after killing, with a 50% increase in restoration effect).

Seeing the attributes after the talent ability awakened, Su Xiao's already trembling hands trembled even more severely. He had paid a great price to complete the prerequisites for the talent awakening mission, then infiltrated Ryudoji Temple alone, leveled Ryudoji Temple by his own strength, and finally awakened his talent while risking a 29% mortality rate.

All of this was rewarded. The awakened talent ability was greatly enhanced, and more importantly, it solved Su Xiao's predicament of lacking mana when surrounded.

What does a lone wolf fear most? Powerful enemies? Dangerous places full of traps? Facts prove that it is neither.

When Su Xiao infiltrated Ryudoji Temple, it could be seen that he had the ability to fight the Orphan of Resentment, Sius, but when facing hundreds of ordinary Resentment Servants, he could only stay as far away as possible.

This is almost the weakness of all lone wolves: fear of human-wave tactics.

Facing human-wave tactics, Su Xiao could not continuously use Qing Gang Ying or energy shields; if he did, his combat power would drop by at least 40%.

Being surrounded for a short time was fine, but once surrounded for a long time and unable to break out, he would be dead for sure.

The awakened talent ability solved this problem well. When facing human-wave tactics, unless Su Xiao's stamina was exhausted, he would never fall. The more enemies he killed, the faster Su Xiao's mana and Health would restore, and then he wouldn't need to worry about injuries and lack of mana.