Chapter 293: Chapter 25: Becoming Stronger and Even Stronger
Leaving the exclusive room, Su Xiao headed straight for Xia’s restaurant. He had only eaten lightly in the past 36 hours, and now he was famished, feeling as though he could devour an entire cow.
Familiar with the route, he arrived at Xia’s restaurant. Xia was lazily lying on a dining table, yawning.
"This shop is doomed~ (finished)."
Xia sat up lazily, had just taken out a tablet when Su Xiao walked into the restaurant.
"Hmm? You survived."
Xia looked at Su Xiao with surprise.
"Is surviving such a strange thing?"
Su Xiao picked up the menu on the table, ordered a dozen dishes, and tossed the menu to Bubute Ni.
Bubute Ni’s dog face showed a thoughtful expression, and a furry paw tapped repeatedly on the menu, indicating the selection of specific dishes.
Although it was a bit odd for a dog to order food, Xia still noted down the dishes Bubute Ni chose.
After Bubu Wang ordered dozens of dishes, Xia’s expression began to turn bitter. Having customers was a good thing, but this dog could really eat.
"Can you eat all that?"
Su Xiao looked at Bubute Ni.
"Woof."
"Suit yourself."
Su Xiao could already understand some Dog Language, around level 6, with level 10 being full level~.
"Um~, guest~."
Xia chuckled, interrupting Bubute Ni from continuing to order.
"We’re running out of ingredients, just these are left."
Xia looked a bit embarrassed; she didn’t store too many ingredients, as there usually weren’t many customers.
Bubute Ni looked at Xia, clearly expressing: ’What kind of lousy place is this.’
Xia was stunned, feeling like she was being looked down upon by a dog, although this dog looked mighty and quite intelligent.
Xia glanced at her slender arms and legs, then at Bubute Ni’s build, and decided to let it go.
Xia began busying herself in the kitchen, while Su Xiao and Bubute Ni feasted in the restaurant.
An hour later, Xia leaned against a chair, covered in sweat, motionless, with sweat trickling down her cheeks. It seemed as though she had been doing something indescribable with Su Xiao, but in fact, she had just been cooking.
"This isn’t dining; it’s exhausting... my waist."
Sweat made Xia’s hair stick to her face, but upon seeing the 100 Paradise coin savings card Su Xiao left on the table, she couldn’t help but smile.
"Generous guest."
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Su Xiao strolled through Reincarnation Paradise, patting his satisfied belly, heading straight to the Attribute Strengthening Hall.
His three main attributes were about to reach 30 points. Once they did, a new skill for Shadow of Annihilation Law would be unlocked.
This time, Su Xiao intended to properly enhance the Physical attributes, aiming for at least 20 points.
Arriving at the Attribute Strengthening Hall, he paid 100 Paradise coins to gain access to use an Enhancement Cabin.
[Welcome to the Attribute Enhancement Cabin. These are your base attributes.]
Strength: 29
Agility: 28
Stamina: 18
Intelligence: 28
Charm: 3
[Hunter can freely allocate 16 attribute points.]
[Beep, detected that Hunter’s main attributes are Strength, Agility, and Intelligence. Please prioritize enhancing these three attributes.]
With 16 points available for free distribution, Su Xiao decided on the following allocation: Strength +3, Agility +4, Intelligence +4, Stamina +5.
This time, he focused on strengthening the Stamina attribute. The Stamina attribute couldn’t be too low; Strength, Agility, and Intelligence needed to be supported by Stamina. If the three main attributes exceeded the Stamina too much, the body would face functional failures.
For example, using 50 points of Strength to punch, but the Stamina attribute was only 10 points, the arm would break during the punch, which was self-harm, not combat.
[Attributes distributed, enhancement beginning. The process involves significant pain. Would you like to use the anesthesia function? This feature is free.]
Su Xiao ignored the prompt and opted to start the enhancement.
The Enhancement Cabin started operating while Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the ground, jaw muscles tense, and skin gradually turning red.
Just as Su Xiao braced for the impending intense pain, the unbearable agony he imagined didn’t arrive.
Though enhancing attributes was still no easy task, it was far better than the previous feeling of being worse than dead.
Su Xiao was a bit puzzled, then realized it might be due to enhancing the Stamina.
After a long while, the Enhancement Cabin halted, the redness fading from Su Xiao’s skin. He took a deep breath and clenched his fists.
Kaka~.
Boundless strength welled up within, and exceeding 20 base points in Stamina didn’t yield a reward, which was reserved for having three main attributes reach that tier.
Now, Su Xiao’s attributes had become.
Strength: 32
Agility: 32
Stamina: 23
Intelligence: 32
Charm: 3
The bare 3 points in the Charm attribute were a bit of an eyesore, but the other attributes were strong.
A base Stamina of 23 points, counting the King of Arena bonus, reached 25 points, elevating survival ability a notch, but caution was still advised; it couldn’t solve the issue of being instantly overwhelmed by focus fire.
With all three main attributes exceeding 30 points, Su Xiao inquired with Reincarnation Paradise how many points would be needed for the next reward after the 20-point bonus.
The answer was that raising the three main attributes to 50 points would grant a reward vastly different from the 20-point ones, with each attribute’s bonus significantly enhancing combat strength.
Su Xiao checked the skill list for Shadow of Annihilation Law and, as expected, a new skill was ready to unlock, requiring a Soul Crystal (Medium) + 5000 Paradise coins.
He didn’t immediately unlock the new ability but left the Attribute Strengthening Hall, returning to the exclusive room.
Back in the exclusive room, Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the bed.
At this time, Bubute Ni was full of energy, a pair of large black eyes scanning about. The dumbbell had already been destroyed, not even the grip remained. It walked to the sofa, staring blankly at it, seemingly intrigued, the sofa felt hopeless, valued at 15 Paradise coins.
Su Xiao paid no attention to Bubute Ni. He aimed to enhance the Shadow of Annihilation Law skills, with several abilities needing improvement.
Taking out all the obtained Soul Crystals, he also laid the [Golden Honor Scroll] in front.
Soul Crystal (Small) ×2, Soul Crystal (Medium) ×1.
Su Xiao picked up the two Soul Crystals (Small), intending to first enhance the Blue Steel Shadow Ability, currently at Lv.7, already quite powerful.
Consuming two Soul Crystals (Small) + 2000 Paradise coins, the Blue Steel Shadow Skill advanced two levels.
[Blue Steel Shadow has been enhanced to Lv.8.]
[Blue Steel Shadow has been enhanced to Lv.9.]
A unique energy in Su Xiao’s body grew, vaguely feeling that reaching Lv.10 would bring a qualitative transformation.
Blue Steel Shadow: LV.9 (Active skills)
Usage Condition: Upon activating (Blue Steel Shadow), Hunter consumes 5 Mana points per minute, and if Mana falls below 1% it automatically deactivates.
Skill Effect: When (Blue Steel Shadow) is activated, each close combat attack removes 34 Mana points from the enemy and deals the same amount in True Damage, with the enemy suffering severe pain from Mana burn.
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The damage of Blue Steel Shadow was becoming fearsomely high; 34 points of True Damage was a significant figure.
However, the 5 points per minute Mana consumption was also troubling. If Su Xiao had no Talent Ability, his current Mana Value would be only 320 points, making Blue Steel Shadow last merely an hour at most.
After enhancing Blue Steel Shadow, Su Xiao picked up the [Golden Honor Scroll], which could elevate his Swordsmanship Expertise to Sword Technique Master.
Sword Technique was Su Xiao’s core ability, each upgrade would enhance combat power, especially moving up a tier.
Calming his mind, Su Xiao used the [Golden Honor Scroll].