Chapter 229: Death Dragon's Source Crystal

「Synthesis! 」

As Su Hao's thoughts turned, a golden light wrapped the crimson magic book and the incomplete monster compendium inside, forming a golden orb.

As time passed, this golden light grew increasingly bright, eventually bursting forth in brilliant golden light, completing this synthesis.

After the light faded, the crimson magic book and the incomplete monster compendium had vanished without a trace; on the ground remained only a book equally blood-red but somewhat thicker than the crimson magic book.

【Omniscient Magic Book】

Supernatural Grade: Tier 4

Effect 1—Crimson: Blood skills cast via the Omniscient Magic Book can exert a stronger effect.

Effect 2—Omniscient Compendium: By consuming mental power, it can be used on all species of Supernatural Grade not exceeding Tier 4 to obtain relevant information about that species.

The more times different individuals of the same species are used, the more detailed the information obtained becomes.

As the Omniscient Magic Book records more species information, its Supernatural Grade will also rise accordingly.

Effect 3—Wisdom Strike: Skills cast via the Omniscient Magic Book can deal extra damage to the races recorded within it; the more detailed the information on a race, the stronger the extra damage.

Moreover, the more races recorded in the Omniscient Magic Book, the greater the damage of skills associated with those attributes will become.

……

「Holy crap? There really is an effect that increases damage! 」

Looking at the information displayed in the appraisal result, Su Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Although he had indeed been thinking that if, after synthesis, he could obtain an effect similar to Weak Point Strike, that would be perfect.

But that was merely a wish; after all, the likelihood of synthesizing a Weak Point Strike from an incomplete monster compendium and the crimson magic book was not high.

Even Su Hao merely adopted a "give it a try" attitude, since the crimson magic book was unlikely to be lost, the monster compendium could keep being synthesized, and even if it failed there would be no loss.

Yet he never expected the synthesis result to be this good; it could be described as "thoughts become reality."

The Omniscient Magic Book not only retained the effect of enhancing blood skills, but also gained the ability to record species information.

The more times different individuals of the same species are used, the more detailed the record of that species becomes; the damage inflicted on that species via the Omniscient Magic Book will also grow stronger, and skills of the same lineage will become increasingly powerful.

The only shortcoming is that the crimson magic book's original effect of absorbing blood to raise its Supernatural Grade has disappeared.

Fortunately, the Omniscient Magic Book can raise its own Supernatural Grade through the recorded species information, likewise possessing growth potential.

Overall, the Omniscient Magic Book's effects are far superior to those of the crimson magic book, making it a very successful synthesis result.

Precisely because the synthesis result was too successful, Su Hao felt somewhat puzzled, feeling that this synthesis had gone too smoothly, so smoothly that it seemed unreal, as if thoughts had become reality.

「Could it be that... 」

「Because the Synthesis Heart's proficiency is about to reach perfection, could it be producing some kind of change? 」

「Perhaps after the Synthesis Star's proficiency truly reaches perfection, it might indeed allow synthesis results to manifest thoughts into reality to some extent? 」

Su Hao stroked his chin, forming a bold guess in his mind; however, whether it is truly so may only be known after proficiency improves.

Su Hao stopped pondering this and began a series of detailed tests on the Omniscient Magic Book.

After a round of testing, the Omniscient Magic Book's bonus to blood skills was not significantly different from that of the crimson magic book, and was even slightly weaker.

However, Su Hao did not feel disappointed; the growth potential of the Omniscient Magic Book lies in the species information it records.

Currently, the Omniscient Magic Book contains only partial information on the Crystal Stone Giant and the Bone Dragon, with everything else blank.

Consequently, the bonuses it can provide are naturally limited; matching the crimson magic book's bonus would already be quite good.

As long as the Omniscient Magic Book records more and more species, with increasingly detailed information, its bonus to blood skills will grow stronger.

Moreover, as the variety of recorded species increases, other types of skills can also receive bonuses.

For example, the more supernatural plants recorded, the stronger the bonus to grass-type skills will become.

The more undead creatures recorded, the greater the bonus to bone skills and other undead skills will be.

「Huh? 」

At that moment, Su Hao let out a soft "huh" and thought of a possibility.

Theoretically, pale skeleton warriors, pale skeleton mages, and other pale undead creatures, although they are summoned entities conjured by Su Hao,

but they have no time limit on their summoning and can exist permanently in this world, so could they also be considered a special kind of undead creature?

Upon thinking this, Su Hao immediately summoned a pale skeleton warrior and used the Omniscient Magic Book's species recording function on it.

The next moment.

As Su Hao's mental power surged in, the Omniscient Magic Book automatically opened, generating a new page at the back of the book, on which appeared a passage recorded in special script.

This script is not any language on Earth; Su Hao had never seen it before, yet upon first sight he understood its meaning, as if it were his native tongue used daily.

【Pale Skeleton Warrior】

Introduction: Skeleton warriors are a superior variant of skeleton monsters, possessing stronger physiques and belonging to elite individuals.

Pale skeleton warriors are a special mutation of skeleton warriors caused by a special force, possessing even greater physiques and capable of using many skills.

Strictly speaking, pale skeleton warriors can no longer be considered skeleton monsters or skeleton warriors, but due to the scarcity of recorded individuals, they are temporarily classified as such.

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「Few individuals? It seems the All-job Skill Book cannot yet be considered omniscient for unrecorded species. 」

Su Hao nodded slightly and summoned another dozen or so pale skeleton warriors.

For the rigor of this experiment, Su Hao used a pale bone claw once after recording each pale skeleton warrior to test the skill's strength.

When Su Hao completed the tenth recording of a pale skeleton warrior, the All-job Skill Book's page on pale skeleton warriors gained an extra line at the bottom.

【Pale Skeleton Warrior temporarily recorded; if a new individual is encountered, the Omniscient Magic Book will automatically update.】

……

Thereafter, Su Hao summoned ten pale skeleton mages and a pale bone dragon, and after recording ten of each, the records were temporarily completed.

「It seems that recording ten different individuals is enough to temporarily complete the entry, which isn't too difficult. 」 Through recording the pale skeleton warrior, pale skeleton mage, and pale bone dragon, Su Hao gained a rough understanding of the Omniscient Magic Book.

Furthermore, after completing the records of these three species, the Omniscient Magic Book also gained a bonus to undead skills.

From now on, as long as the Omniscient Skill Master is used to cast Undead Skills, the power of those Undead Skills can be increased by about forty percent.

About ten percent of that comes from the bonuses granted by recording the Pale Skeleton Warrior and the Pale Skeleton Mage.

The remaining nearly thirty percent stems from the changes produced after recording the Pale Bone Dragon.

Even the bonus to Blood Skills has seen a slight increase, adding roughly another five to ten percent to their power.

Thus, the mightier the recorded species, the greater the boost to the Omniscient Magic Book, and any existing skill bonuses also improve as more new species are recorded.

However, such a large boost does not come without a cost.

From now on, whenever Su Hao uses the Omniscient Magic Book to cast a boosted skill, the mental power consumed will also become greater.

For example, when he now uses the Omniscient Magic Book to summon a Pale Bone Claw, the claw's hardness, sharpness, speed, and strength all increase by about forty percent, and the casting speed is faster as well.

But the mental power consumption has increased by seventy to eighty percent.

Compared to the increase in skill power, this rise in mental power consumption is entirely acceptable to Su Hao.

Unfortunately, Su Hao's current mental power is still not strong enough; some high-tier skills, such as the Supernatural Fourth Rank Crimson Touch and Bloodthirsty Soul Fire, would nearly exhaust him after a single use given his present mental power limit.

Therefore, before his mental power is increased, the Omniscient Magic Book must either be used to cast low-tier skills or kept solely as a trump card.

"I still need to find a way to quickly raise my mental power limit..."

Su Hao shook his head slightly in resignation and stored the Omniscient Magic Book in his Storage Bag.

Next, he again took out three Bone Dragon Crystals from his Storage Bag to synthesize them.

Then, he combined this newly synthesized crystal with the two other crystals he had synthesized yesterday, performing today's final synthesis.

Accompanied by a flash of blinding golden light, the golden orb enveloping the three crystals dissipated; the three crystals lost only a trace, leaving a single black crystal that exuded a rich deathly aura.

【Death Dragon's Source Crystal】

Supernatural Grade: Fourth Rank

Effect: After consumption by undead creatures, it can greatly increase mental power and physique.

And there is a high probability of evolving into a Death Dragon (the strongest bone dragon formed from the corpse of a dragon clan after death, the royal lineage among bone dragons, and one of the strongest undead races).

The stronger the consumer, the higher the evolution probability.

If evolution is refused, it can further increase mental power and physique, and grant the Death Dragon's exclusive skill—Death Dragon Breath.

If a non-undead creature uses it rashly, it will be eroded by deathly power, gaining no improvement and instead completely degenerating into an undead creature devoid of self-awareness.

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"High probability? That's as good as guaranteed!"

Looking at the appraisal result displayed, Su Hao's face showed a hint of joy, and he nodded satisfiedly.

If it were a minuscule probability, the success rate would basically be negligible.

But if it is a high probability, the failure rate is basically negligible, and the success rate is essentially 100%.

In that case, there's nothing to hesitate about; Su Hao immediately picked up the Death Dragon's Source Crystal and swallowed it in one gulp.

The next moment.

A surging deathly energy burst forth from the Death Dragon Source Crystal.

Under the erosion of this deathly energy, the flesh on Su Hao's body instantly withered away, leaving only a black skeleton.

If it were an ordinary person, at this point even their soul would be eroded by this deathly power, completely turning into an undead creature.

Fortunately, Su Hao is a Crimson Bone Demon, a special kind of undead creature.

His soul, under the erosion of this deathly energy, not only did not undergo any aberration, but after absorbing this energy, his mental power surged at a visibly rapid pace.

At the same time, his black bones throughout his body, after absorbing this energy, became stronger, his physique rapidly increased, and his strength grew swiftly.

But soon, Su Hao faintly felt that his bones were undergoing a mutation, shifting toward the form of a giant dragon.

Being able to transform into a giant dragon is indeed a very cool thing.

But permanently turning into a giant dragon is something Su Hao cannot accept.

After all, he is a human, long accustomed to living as a human; unless forced, he does not wish to lose his human identity.

As Su Hao's desire to keep his human body arose, his body stopped undergoing further mutation.

Instead, a stronger energy surged, granting Su Hao's physique and mental power a greater increase.

In just a moment, his mental power and physique broke through the third-rank limit, reaching Supernatural Fourth Rank.

A Supernatural Second Rank actually managed to have mental power and physique reach Supernatural Fourth Rank.

Moreover, this does not count any Supernatural gear or skill bonuses; just the base mental power and physique already reached Supernatural Fourth Rank.

If we don't factor in the unique abilities of a Supernatural Fourth Rank, Su Hao's current state can barely be considered a Supernatural Fourth Rank.

Such a thing, even if spoken aloud, nobody would believe; even if witnessed firsthand, they'd likely think it's an illusion.

Even a Supernatural Second Rank possessing Supernatural Third Rank mental and physical strength would be unimaginable, already beyond anyone's cognition, let alone Supernatural Fourth Rank.

But this wasn't the end; when Su Hao's mental power and physique reached fourth rank, this power surged into the depths of his soul, forming a brand-new skill rune there.

This skill rune is entirely black, shaped like a soaring giant dragon, causing the ground to exhale a black breath.

Even just looking at this skill rune, one can clearly sense its terrifying aura.

"Could this be another Supernatural Fourth Rank skill…?"

A Supernatural Second Rank with Supernatural Fourth Rank mental power and physique, possessing several fourth- to fifth-rank Supernatural weapons, and having several skills also reach Supernatural Fourth Rank.

Even Su Hao feels he's become a bit of a monster…

(End of Chapter)