Chapter 853: Suppression

【Aura Release lv. 18 (Passive/Active)】

Skill Effect 1 (Active): Can release your own aura to the surroundings at ultra-high speed, causing 100 points + Willpower x 5 damage to enemies within 30 meters. This damage ignores armor/magic resistance/shields/equipment defense.

Tip: The cooldown for this skill is 6 hours.

Tip: This skill has no consumption.

Skill Effect 2 (Passive): Can continuously release aura, range 30 meters (as the skill level increases, the range will increase). If the enemy's willpower is 2 points lower than your own, they will fall into a state of panic. The panic state can be removed using mind-purification skills.

Tip: If the enemy enters a state of panic, stamina consumption +27%, physical defense -15, and there is an 8% chance of skill release failure when casting skills.

Tip: As this skill is upgraded, it will increase aura intensity and slightly enhance willpower.

Tip: Due to absorbing a large amount of pure blood energy, Willpower +10.

Seeing the effect of Aura Release, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. He finally had a large-range, no-dead-angle damage skill. Although Ring Break was also a large-range damage ability and powerful, the starting posture of Ring Break was too obvious, and the attack range was a circular cross-section.

Although Aura Release's damage wasn't as good as Ring Break, it was activated instantly and could weaken enemies, accelerate their stamina consumption, reduce physical defense, and enemies might even fail to release skills. Skill release failure was a very fatal mistake in intense combat.

Su Xiao flipped through the skill list. He had many skills, but most were passive skills.

Passive skills included: Blade Master, Magic-Resistant Constitution, Mind's Eye, Shadow Spirit Constitution, Demon Seal, Heart Meditation, Firearms Mastery.

Active skills were relatively fewer: Qing Gang Ying, Supreme Blade, Razor, Aura Release.

The active skills he would use in battle were only Qing Gang Ying, Razor, and the newly mastered Aura Release. It didn't look like much, but in reality, these three abilities could be combined into various combat styles.

The rest of the abilities were skills attached to equipment. When Su Xiao chose equipment, he would also choose those that tended toward passive functional abilities.

Having too many active skills wasn't a good thing. He took Blade Technique as the core in battle, and other abilities were used for assistance. For example, the Aura Release he mastered this time was a great help to his Blade Technique, especially in reducing the enemy's physical defense.

The enemy's physical defense was reduced, plus the attack power of Zhan Long Shan + Blade Master—that was truly cutting into flesh with every strike. After a few strikes, the injuries caused by real damage + slashing damage would definitely make most enemies die quickly.

Moreover, at the moment Aura Release spread, the enemy would suffer significant damage and would definitely have a moment of distraction, which was his best opportunity to charge.

In fact, Su Xiao wanted to get a teleportation-type skill, but teleportation-type skills were mostly attached to bloodlines, so he could only settle for the next best thing and choose a charge-type skill, which was Razor.

Teleportation and charging were not on the same level at all. If Su Xiao mastered a teleportation-type skill, his combat power would increase exponentially.

However, teleportation-type skills couldn't even be described as rare. There were several known feasible methods, and the most reliable one was to obtain an eye—the Rinnegan of Er Zhuzi.

With Su Xiao's current strength, wanting to obtain that eye was thinking too much. He should just wash up and go to sleep. Besides, whether the Rinnegan would conflict with the Shadow of Extinguishing Law profession was unknown; the Rinnegan was, after all, a type of bloodline.

After thinking about it, Su Xiao couldn't think of a way to get a teleportation-type skill.

Walking out of the Skill Upgrade Hall, Su Xiao stretched and walked toward his exclusive room. Entering and exiting the ancient battlefield multiple times made him very tired, and he needed to rest.

After returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao entered the room for practicing blade techniques. He prepared to test the Aura Release skill.

Su Xiao first perceived his own aura; this was his first time using the active ability of Aura Release.

A pale red aura spread instantly. The room became so quiet that a pin drop could be heard, the dust in the air stopped, and fine cracks appeared on the walls.

Su Xiao was holding a test tube in his hand. With the attack intensity of Aura Release, this test tube should have shattered. However, the test tube in his hand remained intact; this was the result of his intentional control.

"The controllability is very strong, and the speed is so fast that it's almost impossible to dodge."

After testing the new ability, Su Xiao went to bed and fell asleep.

Two days later, at Xia's restaurant.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's mouth was stuffed with food, while Su Xiao leaned on the seat, full. He had eaten too much; Xia's culinary skills were getting better and better.

"You still haven't said what the war world was like? It seems a lot of people died this time, and the number of newcomers in the Reincarnation Paradise has increased significantly."

Xia sat beside Su Xiao. She was a staff member and didn't need to participate in the World Contention War, so she was full of curiosity about it.

"I don't know how many died in other worlds, but in my world, counting the enemy Qiyuezhe, about a thousand Qiyuezhe died."

Su Xiao had a cigarette in his mouth, his tone calm.

"A... thousand Qiyuezhe?"

Hearing this number, Xia stuttered. This was explosive news for her.

"No wonder the number of items has decreased recently. So it turns out the casualties were so heavy. With so many Second Tier Qiyuezhe dying, the war world must have been very tragic. Sometimes being a salted fish has its benefits."

Xia didn't shy away from her own strength being that of a salted fish. After all, in Xia's view, even Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang couldn't beat her, so her strength shouldn't be that great.

"How long has it been since you entered a derived world?"

"Hmm~ about a month or so. The cycle for staff members to enter worlds is about two months."

"Is that so? In the First Tier, your comprehensive combat power is not bad."

Su Xiao exhaled a puff of blue smoke. After Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's sparring, Xia's strength had clearly improved. Although her attributes couldn't be improved, her combat experience had increased a lot.

"But then again, Bai Ye, your combat power should be very strong, at least at the upper-middle level of the Second Tier. 'Night of Decapitation', you even have a title."

Xia smiled, not knowing where she heard this title for Su Xiao.

"Who knows? Perhaps I'm at the top level of the Second Tier. I'm leaving."

Su Xiao stood up, ready to leave. Xia suddenly spoke.

"You really like to 'crunch' your enemies~"

Xia made a decapitation gesture.

"Pure rumor."

Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang left Xia's restaurant. As they walked, Su Xiao felt like he had forgotten something.

In the restaurant, Xia scratched her head, her smooth hair hanging down.

"Seems like I forgot something... Right! Didn't pay the bill!"

Xia ran out of the restaurant quickly, still holding a soup spoon in her hand.

"Eating without paying, and I'm a small business, almost on the verge of bankruptcy."

Xia hesitated for a moment and didn't contact Su Xiao, preparing to settle it next time Su Xiao came.

【The Hunter's stay time in the Reincarnation Paradise has reached its limit.】

【About to return to the real world. Please remember the Reincarnation Paradise regulations.】

Seeing the Reincarnation Paradise's prompt, Su Xiao immediately sent an application to the Reincarnation Paradise—an application to "break through physical limits." This time in the Reincarnation Paradise, he didn't go to the arena because he had been researching something in his exclusive room.

【Under review...】

【Review passed.】

【Tip: Hunter's physical fitness/passive skills will be suppressed. Five combat attributes will be suppressed to 5 points.】

【Suppressing...】

Shackles appeared on Su Xiao's arms, torso, legs, and other positions. At the same time as these shackles appeared, a sense of weakness struck, and his five attributes were suppressed to 5 points.

【Tip: Hunter's various passive skills have been suppressed to lv. 5 effect.】

In the real world, active skills were in an unusable state, so the Reincarnation Paradise only suppressed Su Xiao's passive skills.

Su Xiao wasn't surprised that passive skills were suppressed. Just taking his Blade Master lv. 39, even if his attributes were suppressed, the damage Blade Master could display would still be very strong.

【Teleportation starting. Location: Real World.】

【Tip: After the Hunter returns to the real world, you will receive the 'Break Through Physical Limits' mission. Completing the mission or abandoning the mission can remove the suppression effect.】

【Tip: The 'Break Through Physical Limits' mission can be issued up to three times. If all three times fail or are abandoned, the Hunter's breakthrough of the 80-point barrier will fail.】

【Judging... Hunter's 'Break Through Physical Limits' mission time limit is within 3-5 days, no need to extend the real world stay time.】 ===== CHAPTER 854 =====