Chapter 140: Heavenly Artisan God Stone!
After checking the attributes of his class talents, Su Yudiscovered a new attribute on his class panel.
[Life Level: 6.1]
With a thought, Su Yu immediately checked the detailed description regarding Life Level.
A moment later, Su Yu finally understood what Life Level actually was.
It turned out that Life Level represented the cap for each professional's total attributes; before level 10, each level of Life Level was equal to 100,000 points of total attributes.
Now his Life Level was 6.1, which meant his total attribute cap was 610,000.
However, one thing to note was that this total attribute cap did not refer to the sum of all attributes, but rather the cap for each individual attribute.
"I wonder if my initial Life Level is considered high or low?" Su Yu pondered.
Initial Life Level was mainly related to race and bloodline.
Su Yu, having promoted to a 2nd Class Transferprofessional with a rank of first on the hidden dragon ranking, could obtain an additional 5 levels of Life Level.
This meant his initial Life Level was 1.1.
"Forget it, no need to overthink it. At least for the short term, a Life Level of 6.1 is enough." Su Yu shook his head.
Whether his initial Life Level was high or low didn't matter; he would have plenty of opportunities to increase his Life Level in the future anyway.
Furthermore, for Su Yu, even if his attributes reached the cap, he could continue to increase his strength through various skill traits.
For example, focusing on upgrading skills that could increase percentage-based attributes like HP, critical hit rate, critical hit damage, final damage amplification, and final damage reduction.
As long as these percentage-based traits were high enough, even if his attribute caps were lower than others, he could still crush them.
"Right, there seem to be two more rewards in my backpack."
Thinking of this, Su Yu immediately opened his backpack and saw at a glance the two rewards just issued by the 2nd Class Transfer quest.
[2nd Class Transfer Voucher (Perfect): Special item, soul-bound to Yu Huang. Only professionals who complete the 2nd Class Transfer quest with a perfect rating can obtain it. It is the only voucher for entering certain special scenarios.]
"Eh? Certain special scenarios? How would I know what those special scenarios are?" Su Yu felt a bit helpless.
This 2nd Class Transfer Voucher (Perfect) seemed quite useful after all; it was, after all, the only voucher for entering certain special scenarios.
However, relying only on the simple description above, Su Yu had no idea how to use this item.
He could only leave it in his backpack to gather dust and deal with it when he had a chance later.
Subsequently, Su Yu checked the other item.
[Heavenly Artisan God Stone (God grade): Can upgrade the grade of any Legendary-Grade equipment to God grade.]
"Doesn't this mean one Heavenly Artisan God Stone is equivalent to one divine artifact?" A flash of joy crossed Su Yu's eyes.
He currently only had the qiankun ring, which was a divine artifact, and it was one that leaned towards support.
Now that he had the Heavenly Artisan God Stone, he could completely create another divine artifact.
However, the Heavenly Artisan God Stone could only be used on Legendary-Grade equipment, and he currently only had the badge of the brave legend as a piece of Legendary-Grade equipment.
This made him somewhat conflicted about whether to use this Heavenly Artisan God Stone on the badge of the brave legend.
Logically speaking, God grade badge equipment must be rarer than ordinary divine artifacts.
However, the badge of the brave legend didn't provide a significant boost to his normal combat power; it mostly provided burst capability and life-saving ability.
After all, whether it was the active skill or the passive skill of the badge of the brave legend, the cooldown times were not short.
If there were no special circumstances, he certainly wouldn't use it.
This meant the badge of the brave legend didn't provide much of a boost to his normal combat power.
A moment later.
"I'll just upgrade the badge of the brave legend." Su Yuquickly made his decision.
For him, wanting to increase normal combat power wasn't difficult; as long as he had time to harvest enough skill points, every skill upgrade could increase his normal combat power.
The badge of the brave legend could improve his burst capability and life-saving ability, which were his most core trump cards.
Trump cards can go unused, but they cannot be absent, nor can they be weak!
Furthermore, if he didn't use the Heavenly Artisan God Stone to upgrade the badge of the brave legend, he didn't have any other good options.
After he completed the first phase of the Shadow God Archer class advancement quest, he could obtain the exclusive weapon for the Shadow God Archer.
This meant he wouldn't lack weapons in the future.
As for armor, there were too many; the cost-effectiveness of upgrading armor wasn't very high.
What was truly worth upgrading were accessories and badge equipment; armor equipment had to be ranked behind them.
So, at the current stage, upgrading the badge of the brave legend could be said to be the optimal choice.
Moreover, for someone like Su Yu whose strength was still in a period of rapid growth, if he didn't convert the Heavenly Artisan God Stone into combat power as soon as possible, perhaps before long, God grade equipment would already be outdated.
Thinking of this, Su Yu no longer hesitated and directly used the Heavenly Artisan God Stone.
With a flash of light, the grade of the badge of the brave legend instantly increased from Legendary-Grade to God grade.
[badge of the brave legend (God grade)]
[Attributes: All attributes +20,000]
[Traits: Gain 1 Refresh Mark every hour, can store up to 48 Refresh Marks; each 1 Refresh Mark can immediately refresh one Power of the Brave (active effect), every 8 Refresh Marks can immediately refresh one Power of the Brave (passive effect).]
[Equipment Skill: Power of the Brave]
[Equipment Requirements: None, soul-bound to Yu Huang.]
[Power of the Brave (active effect): After use, enter the Brave State, all attributes increased by 500%; clear all negative statuses of God grade and below on self, and be immune to all negative statuses of God grade and below for the duration; duration 120 seconds, cooldown 1 hour.]
[Power of the Brave (passive effect): When receiving fatal damage, HP is forcibly retained at 1 point, and enter a 10-second invincibility state, while simultaneously gaining the Power of the Brave (active effect), cooldown 8 hours.]
"Hiss! What a terrifying boost; it directly underwent a qualitative change." A look of disbelief flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
He hadn't expected that after the badge of the brave legend was upgraded from Legendary-Grade to God grade, the boost would be so terrifying.
Besides the significant increase in attributes and skill effects, more importantly, it gained an ultra-strong trait.
This trait directly caused the badge of the brave legend to undergo a qualitative change.
Now Su Yu could completely treat the active skill of the badge of the brave legend as a regular skill, with absolutely no need to worry about skill cooldowns.
After storing 48 Refresh Marks, Su Yu could continuously use the active skill 49 times, or the passive skill 7 times.
Compared to before, this was a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering change, completely exceeding Su Yu's expectations.
Chapter 141: Sky Eagle Territory Retreat!
"If I were to encounter Ying Yang again with my current strength, I could probably finish him off within ten seconds," Su Yu sighed with emotion.
His increase in strength this time was truly massive.
The class talent unlocked after his second advancement caused his survival capabilities to skyrocket; even when facing Ying Yang's frenzied attacks, he could focus entirely on offense without needing to defend, unleashing his full output.
Furthermore, after the badge of the brave legend was upgraded to god-tier, the fixed all-attribute bonus alone increased by 15,000 points.
Combined with the active effect of the Power of the Brave, which had been boosted to 2.5 times its original value.
This allowed his total attributes after using the Power of the Brave to reach at least more than double their original amount.
Overall, Su Yu's combat power had increased by at least several times.
And what about Ying Yang? It was impossible for his strength to change significantly in the short term.
Even his trump card for survival had already been used up; in the short term, he might not even last one or two seconds against Su Yu.
It could be said that Su Yu's current strength could completely crush Ying Yang.
Swish!
With a thought, Su Yu activated the Thunder Wings on his back, his movement speed erupting to its limit as he continued to fly toward the Blood Altar of the Sky Eagle Territory.
Although he had paused for a moment, he hadn't delayed too long—only about a minute or two.
His movement speed was even faster than before now.
Perhaps he could reach the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar faster than before; there wasn't much time left for the Sky Eagle Territory to prepare.
...
Tianlong Continent, Sky Eagle Territory, inside Elder Ying Chou's palace.
"This... how is this possible?" Elder Ying Chou listened to Bai Yu's report, an expression of disbelief flashing in his eyes.
He even briefly doubted if he had misheard.
How could Yu Huang's strength be this powerful?
Divine Child Ying Yang, along with over a hundred core members of the Sky Eagle Territory, had gone to surround and attack a first-advancement professional, only to be wiped out entirely, with not a single survivor.
This was simply a fantasy.
In their peripheral star sector, far away from the Eternal Continent, how could such a terrifying first-advancement professional exist?
Even the Temple could not cultivate such a terrifying first-advancement professional.
Although the Temple was the nominal ruler of this star sector and possessed vast resources, compared to the major powers in the core region of the Eternal Continent, it was no different from a small fry.
Perhaps only the major powers in the core region of the Eternal Continent could cultivate such a terrifying first-advancement professional.
"Yu Huang, what is your background, exactly?" Elder Ying Chou frowned, his mind racing with thoughts.
Suddenly, a woman in green rushed into the palace and arrived not far from Elder Ying Chou.
"Elder Ying Chou, news has just arrived; Yu Huang's name has disappeared from the hidden dragon ranking," the woman in green said in a deep voice.
"Not good! Ying Yang is in danger, the Sky Eagle Territoryis in danger!" Elder Ying Chou's expression changed drastically.
"Bai Yu, it is highly likely that Yu Huang has already advanced to a second-advancement professional. Quickly notify Ying Yang and have him lead the people of the Sky Eagle Territory to retreat."
"Tell him to survive first before considering the next steps," Elder Ying Chou sighed heavily.
"As you command!" Bai Yu said respectfully.
"You may both go now," Elder Ying Chou waved his hand.
Bai Yu and the woman in green suppressed the shock in their hearts, bowed, and withdrew.
After they left, Elder Ying Chou sat upright on his high seat, his fingers tapping lightly on the armrest as he considered the next arrangements.
"As an outsider, Yu Huang is the enemy of all native forces on the Tianlong Continent. Let's see if we can bring in a few allies first."
"Especially Longyuan Pavilion; as long as Longyuan can take action, presumably Yu Huang will not be his match."
Elder Ying Chou muttered to himself, his mind filled with thoughts.
...
Middle Layer of the Blood Altar, inside the Blood Altarcamp occupied by the Sky Eagle Territory.
Mo Ling found Ying Yang the moment he received the news.
"Ying Yang, news has come from the outside world that Yu Huang's name has disappeared from the hidden dragon ranking."
"He has likely already advanced to a second-advancement professional. Elder Ying Chou wants us to retreat first, and then consider the next arrangements," Mo Ling said, feeling somewhat unwilling.
He hadn't expected Yu Huang's strength to be this powerful, directly crippling their Sky Eagle Territory in one go.
Now that Yu Huang had advanced to a second-advancement professional, Ying Yang's trump card for survival was still recovering.
With one side gaining and the other losing, they had almost no chance of holding this place.
"Then let's retreat for now; I will definitely find a way to get back at him." Ying Yang's eyes were bloodshot.
This could be said to be the greatest setback he had ever experienced in his life.
Originally, he had been full of confidence about killing Yu Huang, thinking that a mere first-advancement professional, no matter how strong, couldn't be that powerful.
He hadn't expected that this one wrong decision would directly turn him into a stray dog, forcing him to abandon this Blood Altar and temporarily avoid Yu Huang's edge.
Mo Ling nodded upon hearing this, then quickly left to immediately start arranging the retreat for the Sky Eagle Territory.
At this moment, Yu Huang was less than a hundred kilometers away, and there wasn't much time left for them to retreat.
...
The speed at which news spread within the Blood Altarwas extremely fast; before long, shocking news began to spread.
"Ying Yang led over a hundred core members of the Sky Eagle Territory to surround and attack Yu Huang, only to be counter-killed and wiped out!"
"How terrifying! Yu Huang, as a first-advancement professional, forcefully suppressed Ying Yang and over a hundred core members of the Sky Eagle Territory; what kind of potential is this?"
"Yu Huang has broken through to a second-advancement professional while ranked first on the hidden dragon ranking; another peerless monster has been born!"
"According to analysis, Yu Huang's potential is even more terrifying than Longyuan's!"
"Yu Huang has already advanced to a second-advancement professional; he will become the only opponent for Longyuan to contend for first place in the Blood Trial."
"..."
One piece of news after another spread wildly; within a very short time, Yu Huang's terrifying strength had spread throughout the Blood Trial like a hurricane.
Almost everyone listed Yu Huang as an enemy that must not be provoked.
Even Longyuan Pavilion had to admit that Yu Huang was the only person qualified to compete with Longyuan for first place in the Blood Trial.
...
Middle Layer of the Blood Altar, inside a hidden cave.
"Sister Hua, we are really lucky to have survived at Yu Huang's hands," Xiaoyu patted her small chest, still feeling a bit of lingering fear.
She hadn't expected that the bad guy who robbed them of their blood crystal would be so terrifyingly strong.
Hua Qianyu was filled with mixed emotions and sighed: "Yes, we underestimated him."
"A solo player actually being able to contend against an entire faction—this is probably the first time this has ever happened in the history of the Blood Trial."
Xiaoyu nodded and said somewhat helplessly: "With this bad guy's strength being so high, it seems no one will be able to take all the blood crystal on him."
Hua Qianyu patted Xiaoyu's head and said dotingly: "Alright, let's rest for a while longer, then we will continue to hunt Blood Beasts and try to harvest more blood crystalto make up for our losses."
"Yu Huang will likely enter the Inner Layer soon, so we shouldn't encounter him again."
"Mm-hmm." Xiaoyu nodded heavily.
Chapter 142 Entering the Inner Layer!
In the Inner Layer of the Blood Trial, within a narrow and long canyon.
"Yu Huang has advanced to a Second-Turn professional? It seems he is indeed qualified to be my opponent."
"However... that is all he is, merely qualified." A smile curled at the corners of Longyuan's mouth.
Apart from his father, Long Zhan, no one else knew exactly how strong he was.
If it weren't for the reward for first place in the Blood Trial, he would have already broken through to a Second-Turn professional.
Although he might not have been as strong as Su Yu when he was at the First Turn, he had already stayed at the Second Turn for so long.
And Yu Huang had only just advanced to the Second Turn; he was confident that Yu Huang was absolutely not his match.
"There is no need to worry about Yu Huang for now. The most important thing for me right now is to uncover the secret here as soon as possible." Longyuan looked at the depths of the canyon with a solemn expression.
There were countless high-level BOSSes in this canyon. Just a short while ago, he had encountered an Epic-level Blood Beast BOSS in the depths of the canyon.
Moreover, that Epic-level Blood Beast BOSS had four Legendary-level BOSSes under its command.
Under the siege of the five Blood Beast BOSSes, he had to leave in a sorry state.
Those five Blood Beast BOSSes seemed to be guarding something important; they only chased him for less than five kilometers before they all turned back.
Otherwise, he might have had to use some of his minor trump cards to escape successfully.
Given his strength, if it were just one Epic-level Blood Beast BOSS, he would still be very confident in defeating it.
But with one Epic-level Blood Beast BOSS plus four Legendary-level Blood Beast BOSSes working in close coordination, he was completely outmatched.
"Once Pan Shi and Ling Shuang arrive, it will be the death date of these five little beasts." A sharp glint flashed in Longyuan's eyes.
Pan Shi was a tank, and Ling Shuang was an Ice-type mage. Both of them were God-level professionals and were the peerless geniuses of Longyuan Pavilion's generation, second only to him.
With their help, Longyuan was full of confidence in taking down these five Blood Beast BOSSes.
...
Middle Layer of the Blood Trial.
A dozen minutes later, Su Yu finally saw the location of the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar camp from afar.
This camp was surrounded by mountains, with only two entrances and exits.
However, it was empty at this moment, as if it had been ransacked by bandits; it was a mess everywhere.
"Have the people from the Sky Eagle Territory run away?" Su Yu thought to himself.
He didn't expect the people from the Sky Eagle Territory to be so cautious; they had all run away in just over ten minutes.
However, he also knew that the people from the Sky Eagle Territory shouldn't have run too far.
If he could know the retreat direction of the Sky Eagle Territory group, he might be able to catch up with them.
"Forget it, it's more important to take down the Blood Altarand enter the Inner Layer first." Su Yu shook his head.
Now, the people from the Sky Eagle Territory were just little ants in his eyes that could be crushed at will; there was no need to take them to heart.
If he could wipe them out along the way, that would naturally be the best result.
But if he had to waste his precious time chasing them down, then it was better to just forget it for now.
Not worth it!
Swish!
Su Yu's Thunder Wings flapped behind him, and he flew straight towards the Blood Altar.
Not long after, Su Yu landed steadily on the ground and carefully examined the Blood Altar in front of him.
The Blood Altar in the Middle Layer looked no different from the Blood Altar in the Outer Zone on the surface.
But in reality, the difference was quite significant.
The Blood Altar in the Outer Zone was truly public; no one could occupy it, they could only fence it off and charge a usage fee.
However, the Blood Altar in the Middle Layer had faction ownership; whoever occupied it, it belonged to them.
With a thought from Su Yu, the information about the Blood Altar appeared in his mind.
[Blood Altar (Sky Eagle Territory)]
[HP: 1 billion / 1 billion]
"According to the rules, as long as this Blood Altar's HP is cleared, it will return to an unowned state." Su Yu thought to himself.
If the Blood Altar became unowned, then he could occupy it with just a thought.
Soul-Severing Arrow!
With a thought from Su Yu, a Soul-Severing Arrowconsuming a thousand times the mana burst through the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
-28.88 million! (Critical Hit) -43.32 million! (Critical Hit)
-28.88 million! (Critical Hit) -43.32 million! (Critical Hit)
...
In an instant, the Blood Altar's HP dropped significantly, leaving less than 60% of its HP.
With Su Yu's current attack power, a single Soul-Severing Arrow consuming a thousand times the mana could cumulatively deal over 170 million damage.
Plus, he was constantly in the state of Eternal Night Stealth, and his first attack could trigger 150% additional damage.
The Blood Altar had no final damage reduction attribute, nor any special mechanics.
1 billion HP looked like a lot, but in reality, it was as brittle as paper under Su Yu's arrows.
Blood Gods Eye!
-502 million! (Critical Hit)
A bloody glint flashed in the depths of Su Yu's eyes, and the Blood Altar's HP dropped significantly again.
Only less than 10% of its HP remained.
Su Yu stood on the spot, quietly waiting for the Soul-Severing Arrow's skill cooldown to recover.
His basic attack damage per second was around 10 million+, which was not worth mentioning compared to the damage of the Soul-Severing Arrow.
The Soul-Severing Arrow's skill cooldown was only 0.8 seconds; there was absolutely no need to use basic attacks to chip away at it.
Very quickly, the Soul-Severing Arrow's skill cooldown recovered.
Su Yu pulled the longbow in his hand into a full moon, and a Soul-Severing Arrow consuming a hundred times the mana burst through the air.
Instantly clearing the Blood Altar's HP to zero.
Seeing that the Blood Altar had become unowned, Su Yuhad a thought and instantly occupied it successfully.
[Congratulations on successfully occupying a Blood Altar, you have obtained 1 million Blood Trial points (First-time occupation reward).]
"Not bad, not bad, there was even an unexpected surprise." Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
He did not expect that there would be extra Blood Trialpoints as a reward for occupying a Blood Altar for the first time.
Su Yu glanced at the Blood Trial leaderboard; his ranking had improved by one, surpassing Ying Yang and reaching third place.
"It seems I will be able to take second place soon." A smile curled at the corners of Su Yu's mouth.
The 1 million Blood Trial points he just obtained could enjoy a point coefficient bonus, which instantly gave him an extra 5 million Blood Trial points.
The gap to the current second place, Jian Lingxiao, was only over 3 million Blood Trial points.
The value of the blood crystal on him now already exceeded 1 million Blood Trial points, and after calculating the point coefficient bonus, it was far more than 3 million.
Su Yu did not hesitate and took out all the blood crystalfrom his backpack.
Clatter!
The blood crystal immediately piled up into a small mountain not far from Su Yu; this was all his gains after entering the Middle Layer.
With a thought, he communicated directly with the Blood Altar and converted all the blood crystal into Blood Trialpoints.
[Blood Trial points + 1.22 million.]
After exchanging the Blood Trial points, Su Yu opened the Blood Trial leaderboard again to take a look.
[1st Place: Longyuan (Longyuan Pavilion), Current Points: 45.77 million.]
[2nd Place: Yu Huang (No Faction), Current Points: 34.65 million.]
[3rd Place: Jian Lingxiao (Wan Jian Sect), Current Points: 28.55 million.]
[4th Place: Ying Yang (Sky Eagle Territory), Current Points: 22.32 million.]
[5th Place: Xueli (Blood Demon Alliance), Current Points: 18.86 million.]
"It is time to enter the Inner Layer. With my current strength, surpassing Longyuan is just around the corner." A flash of confidence appeared in Su Yu's eyes.
Immediately after, a beam of blood-colored light descended from the sky, and Su Yu's figure instantly disappeared from where he stood.
Chapter 143: Poison of Reality!
Inner Layer of the Blood Trial.
Hum!
As space distorted, Su Yu's figure instantly appeared.
"It seems the environment of the Inner Layer is almost the same as the Middle Layer, there's no difference." Su Yucarefully examined the surrounding environment.
He was currently located on top of a towering peak, with an excellent view, able to see mountains, canyons, lakes, and more in the far distance.
Suddenly, a familiar system notification sounded in Su Yu's ears.
[Congratulations on entering the Inner Layer. You can return to the Middle Layer at any time (when not in combat). At the same time, the Inner Layer has the following additional rules, please review them.]
[1. The three additional rules of the Middle Layer still apply in the Inner Layer.]
[2. In the Inner Layer, you will gain one stack of Poison of Reality every ten minutes. There is no upper limit to the stacks of Poison of Reality, and it cannot be purified.
After leaving the Inner Layer, you will reduce your stacks of Poison of Reality by 1% every minute (calculated based on the maximum number of stacks).
Each stack of Poison of Reality will cause you to take 1000 points of true damage per second.]
"It seems the stronger the recovery ability, the longer one can stay in the Inner Layer each time." Su Yu thought thoughtfully.
The Inner Layer has a large area, high-grade Blood Beasts, and few people; it can be said to be a treasure trove for farming Blood Trial points.
The longer you stay in the Inner Layer, the greater your harvest will naturally be.
After all, no matter how many stacks of Poison of Reality you accumulated in the Inner Layer, after returning to the Middle Layer, the stacks are cleared by percentage.
It takes 100 minutes to clear all the Poison of Reality, and this point is the same for everyone.
People with strong recovery abilities can stay for five or six hours before returning to the Middle Layer, while those with weak recovery abilities might have to return after two or three hours.
Everyone's time to clear the Poison of Reality is 100 minutes; obviously, the former's efficiency is higher, and they get more harvest.
"With my recovery ability, as long as there are enough monsters, even staying for a full day is no problem." A smile curled at the corners of Su Yu's mouth.
His class talent can convert all the damage he deals into an equal amount of healing.
This means that as long as there are enough monsters for him to attack, he doesn't have to worry about his health points bottoming out.
"Let's hurry up and hunt."
Su Yu moved his mind, and a pair of Thunder Wingsquietly appeared.
Swish!
His Thunder Wings flapped, and his movement speed exploded to the limit as he flew forward.
Soon, one Blood Beast after another appeared in Su Yu's line of sight.
All Blood Beasts in the Inner Layer are level 60, and each level 60 blood crystal can be exchanged for 500 Blood Trial points.
After calculating the point coefficient bonus, it becomes 2500 Blood Trial points.
[Lv60 Iron-Faced Beast (Common Grade)]
[Health Points: 8 million / 8 million]
"It seems I can't mindlessly farm monsters with Lightning Domain like before." Su Yu looked at the Iron-Faced Beast's attributes and shook his head helplessly.
Although they are also level 60 normal Blood Beasts, the attributes of the Blood Beasts in the Inner Layer are higher, and the damage from Lightning Domain alone is no longer enough to kill them instantly.
Lightning Arrow!
As soon as Su Yu attacked, he unleashed a Lightning Arrow with a thousand-fold mana consumption.
A thick thunder arrow instantly tore through the air, emitting a rich aura of destruction.
Bang!
-17.24 million! (Critical Hit)
Crackle!
-17.24 million! (Critical Hit)
-17.24 million! (Critical Hit)
...
Arcs of electricity leaped wildly, and one level 60 Iron-Faced Beast after another lost their lives under the attack of the electric arcs.
[Successfully killed Lv60 Iron-Faced Beast (Common Grade), gained Experience +20,000, gained Experience +200,000 for killing higher-level monsters, Silver Coins +50, Skill Points +1.]
[Successfully killed Lv60 Iron-Faced Beast (Common Grade), gained Experience +20,000, gained Experience +200,000 for killing higher-level monsters, Skill Points +1.]
...
A golden light flashed across Su Yu's body instantly; his level finally broke through level 30 and entered level 31.
"At the current pace, I might already be level 60 when I leave the Blood Trial." Su Yu was somewhat helpless.
If his level leveled up a bit slower, he could have gotten more dungeon first-clear rewards after returning to Tianyuan City.
But now it seems there's probably no chance.
However, one cannot be too greedy. Compared to the dungeon first-clear rewards in Tianyuan City, taking first place in the Blood Trial and completing the Blood God Trial II is more important.
The dungeon first-clear rewards in Tianyuan City are nothing more than reputation and primary soul liquidbeing more important.
But compared to the rewards for taking first place in the Blood Trial and completing the Blood God Trial II, that is very insignificant.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, Su Yu had been in the Inner Layer for over six hours.
In these six hours, Su Yu also had a fruitful harvest.
Not only did he kill over three thousand Common GradeBlood Beasts and over one hundred elite grade Blood Beasts, but he even killed over a dozen BOSS grade Blood Beasts.
Among them, the highest-grade BOSS grade Blood Beasteven reached the legendary grade.
You must know that he didn't spend a short time in the Middle Layer, and besides the Blood Guardian and Blood Puppet, the highest-grade BOSS grade Blood Beast he had seen was only silver moon grade.
It can be said that the Blood Beast resources in the Inner Layer are far greater than in the Middle Layer.
The blood crystals he harvested in these short six hours, when added up, already have a value exceeding three million Blood Trial points.
After calculating the coefficient bonus, it has even exceeded eighteen million; if this were spread, it would probably shock countless people.
You must know that other people, even Long Yuan, could not hunt in the Inner Layer for such a long time without restraint like Su Yu.
For the sake of safety, they generally stay for at most two or three hours at a time.
After all, they cannot return to the Middle Layer while in combat state. If their own condition is not good, and they happen to encounter a high-level BOSS, it is very easy to suffer an unexpected defeat.
If they encounter a high-level Blood Beast BOSS, they might fight for half an hour; they simply cannot achieve such terrifying efficiency as Su Yu.
"Six hours have passed, and I haven't even encountered a single trial-taker. The area of this Inner Layer is just too big." Su Yu sighed with emotion.
However, thinking about it carefully, it is also normal.
After all, only the top one hundred can enter the Inner Layer. At any one time, it would be good if there are forty or fifty trial-takers in the whole Inner Layer.
With forty or fifty trial-takers scattered throughout the Inner Layer, it is very normal not to see other trial-takers even for a few hours.
Chapter 144: Dual-Blade Mantis King!
"Continue! I'll strive to farm for another three to four hours in one go." Su Yu was filled with motivation.
If he stayed in the Inner Layer for a full ten hours, the stacks of True Poison would reach 60, dealing 60,000 points of true damage per second.
Given Su Yu's current maximum health, he could easily hold out for a minute.
As long as he could find any monster within a minute, he wouldn't have to worry about his health being completely depleted.
"It would be great if I could maintain this farming efficiency all the time," Su Yu thought to himself.
At his current farming efficiency, he would soon gather 100 million Blood Trial points, and completing the Blood God Trial II quest was just around the corner.
However, Su Yu strongly suspected that his current location hadn't been explored by anyone else, which was why the Blood Beast resources were so abundant.
Further ahead, he might not necessarily maintain such high farming efficiency.
But no matter what, gathering 100 million Blood Trialpoints would still be a breeze.
About an hour later.
Su Yu suddenly sensed intense combat ripples coming from a canyon not far ahead.
"I've finally run into other testers. No wonder the Blood Beast resources nearby have decreased so much." Su Yushook his head.
If he had a choice, he wouldn't have to encounter other testers.
After all, encountering other testers meant that the Blood Beast resources in this area were very likely swept clean once already.
After being swept clean, the density of newly respawned Blood Beasts would definitely be extremely low.
Swish!
The wings behind Su Yu vibrated, and he flew straight toward the canyon not far ahead.
...
In the canyon.
A four-person team was struggling to deal with the legendary Blood Beast BOSS before them.
This legendary Blood Beast BOSS was fully seven to eight meters tall.
It possessed a pair of three-meter-long sickle-like forelimbs that exuded a metallic luster, looking extremely sharp at first glance.
"The attack power of this Dual-Blade Mantis King is so high. I feel like I can't hold out much longer. It would be great if Panshi were still here," said a young man wearing dark-colored armor with a solemn expression.
"Tie Yue, you must hold on. With Panshi absent, you're the only one among us who can tank the best," hurriedly said another woman wearing a blood-colored mage robe.
"Sister Chilian, I want to hold on too, but the attack of this Dual-Blade Mantis King is simply too high. How about we just retreat first?" Tie Yue said helplessly.
"Sigh, fine. Then get ready to retreat. Without Panshi, it's still too difficult for us to kill a legendary Blood BeastBOSS." Chilian let out a long sigh.
"Sister Chilian, why don't we go and rendezvous with the other team?" softly said a woman holding a spellbook beside Chilian.
"I heard that the Longyuan Divine Son not only transferred Panshi away, but also took Lingshuang with him."
"Now we lack a tank, and they lack output; it just so happens they can complement each other."
"That's all we can do for now. I estimate that the Longyuan Divine Son won't release people anytime soon." Chilianshook her head.
"You and Muxuan retreat first, Tie Yue and I will cover the rear."
Just at that moment, the health of the Dual-Blade Mantis King plummeted by a massive chunk, instantly triggering its second phase.
A dazzling blood-red light erupted from the body of the Dual-Blade Mantis King, and its two compound eyes also flashed with scarlet light, directly entering berserk mode.
In berserk mode, both the attack power and attack speed of the Dual-Blade Mantis King were greatly enhanced.
"Holy shit, this Dual-Blade Mantis King actually went berserk! Its damage is so high, I really can't hold out anymore."
Tie Yue looked as if he had seen a ghost; why did this Dual-Blade Mantis King suddenly go berserk?
"What the hell is this? The health of the Dual-Blade Mantis King actually evaporated by nearly 500 million directly?" Chilian was also dumbfounded.
The four of them had fought for so long, and they had only chipped away a little over 300 million of the Dual-Blade Mantis King's health.
As a result, in the blink of an eye just now, the health of the Dual-Blade Mantis King evaporated by nearly 500 million, dropping to less than 20% and triggering its second phase.
What kind of bizarre scene was this?
Could it be that the Dual-Blade Mantis King knew they were going to retreat, and thus entered the second phase on its own to kill them?
However, for so many years, she had never heard of a BOSS entering its second phase on its own.
Everything about this was simply too bizarre.
Suddenly, a flash of thunder cut through the air, and Su Yu's figure instantly appeared in everyone's line of sight.
"It's you? Yu Huang?"
"Was it you who made the Dual-Blade Mantis King go berserk just now?" Chilian's expression changed slightly.
After Su Yu wiped out everyone in the Sky Eagle Territory, core members of almost all major factions had obtained detailed intelligence on Su Yu.
Therefore, Chilian recognized Su Yu's identity at the very first moment.
"Oh? Since you know me, that makes things easy. Hand over all the blood crystals on your bodies, and I'll take care of this Dual-Blade Mantis King."
"Consider it your ransom money. After all, you don't want to be eliminated so quickly, right?" Su Yu smiled.
"Yu Huang, we are people from Longyuan Pavilion. Don't you know the consequences of offending our Longyuan Pavilion?" Chilian said in a deep voice.
"I really don't know the consequences of offending your Longyuan Pavilion. I'm saving your lives right now, and is this how you repay a life-saving grace?" Su Yu smiled.
Chilian's expression alternated between green and white.
After the Dual-Blade Mantis King entered berserk mode, they indeed were no longer a match for this Dual-Blade Mantis King.
She glanced at Tie Yue's status again. If this dragged on any longer, Tie Yue would soon be forced by the Dual-Blade Mantis King to use his life-saving trump card.
Once Tie Yue was forced to use his life-saving trump card, the fault tolerance of their team would decrease drastically.
She was well aware of Su Yu's strength.
The Divine Son Ying Yang and many core members of the Sky Eagle Territory joining forces were still no match for Su Yu.
Their four-person team absolutely had no chance of surviving when facing Su Yu.
"We can give you all the blood crystals on our bodies, but you must make a pact to guarantee that we can leave safely," Chilian said in a deep voice.
Su Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Of course. You must also make a pact and hand over all the blood crystals on your bodies."
"Deal!" Chilian said resolutely.
There wasn't much time left for her. Tie Yue over there was already barely hanging on, and if it dragged on any longer, his life-saving trump card would be wasted.
Soon, Su Yu and Chilian made a pact.
After making the pact, Chilian didn't hesitate anymore. She directly took out all the blood crystals in her backpack and piled them up on the ground.
Su Yu glanced at them; this pile of blood crystals on the ground was worth at least over a million Blood Trial points.
After calculating the point multiplier bonus, it came out to around six million, which could be considered a decent haul.
"Alright, you can go now." Su Yu collected all the blood crystals on the ground into his backpack with a single thought.
Afterward, the longbow in his hand was pulled into a full moon, and a Soul-Severing Arrow consuming a thousandfold of mana instantly pierced through the air.
The health of the Dual-Blade Mantis King instantly dropped by 5%.
In the second phase, it would take at most 5% of its maximum health as damage per minute.
Roar!
After being attacked by Su Yu, the Dual-Blade Mantis Kingimmediately transferred its aggro onto him and lunged fiercely toward him.
Chapter 145: Deep in the Canyon!
Su Yu watched this scene with his heart remaining completely calm.
Although he didn't know the exact second-phase traits of this Dual-Blade Mantis King, he had a vague guess.
It was nothing more than berserk and phased damage capping.
Like the Legendary-Grade BOSS he had encountered before, its second-phase traits were berserk and single-hit damage capping.
Single-hit damage capping was similar to Ying Yang's life-saving trump card, where the maximum damage taken from a single hit was fixed.
As for phased damage capping, the maximum damage taken within a certain period of time was fixed.
The former could be resolved with high-frequency output, while the latter could only be dragged out and slowly worn down.
Judging from the damage dealt by the six Soul-Severing Arrows just now, the second-phase trait of this Dual-Blade Mantis King should be phased damage capping.
"It's a bit annoying, deliberately stalling for time." Su Yushook his head helplessly.
Swish!
With a quiver of the wings on his back, Su Yu immediately flew deep into the canyon.
Anyway, this Dual-Blade Mantis King had already locked onto him. As long as he controlled his flight speed and let it chase slowly from behind without losing its target, it would be fine.
He wanted to take advantage of this time to farm some more Blood Beasts deep in the canyon.
The canyon was filled with mist everywhere, thick in some places and shallow in others.
Before long, the figures of Su Yu and the Dual-Blade Mantis King completely disappeared from the sight of Chilian and her party.
"Sister Chilian, he went deep into the canyon. Do you think he'll run into Longyuan Divine Son and the others?" Tie Yuewalked over and whispered in Chilian's ear.
"Not necessarily. This canyon has countless fork roads. Didn't we also detour here from elsewhere?" Chilian shook her head and said.
Tie Yue fiercely punched the nearby rock wall, sending gravel rustling down.
"I'm really unreconciled. We managed to find a place with such abundant Blood Beast resources, but all the blood crystals we worked so hard to get were snatched away by him." Tie Yue felt quite unwilling in his heart.
The Blood Beast resources in this canyon were far greater than those outside.
Less than three hours after entering the Inner Layer this time, they had killed two radiant sun grade Blood BeastBOSSes and numerous lower-tier Blood Beast BOSSes.
It could be said that their luck had exploded, and their harvest was enormous.
Originally, they planned to take down this Dual-Blade Mantis King and immediately return to the Middle Layer.
As a result, they unexpectedly ran into Su Yu and were completely wiped out in one go.
"Sigh, perhaps this is fate. It all ended up making wedding robes for Yu Huang." Chilian sighed.
"Let's go, leave this place first. As soon as the combat state is lifted, we'll immediately return to the Middle Layer."
Immediately, the party walked toward the outside of the canyon.
...
Deep in the canyon.
A three-person team was resting.
Suddenly, a middle-aged brawny man stood up and walked toward a man not far away wearing luxurious black robes.
"Longyuan Divine Son, I just received news from Chilianthat they encountered Yu Huang at the outer fringe of the canyon."
"Yu Huang took away all the blood crystals on them and then came deep into the canyon."
A flash of coldness crossed Longyuan's eyes: "This Yu Huang seems quite bold, daring to offend even the people of my Longyuan Pavilion. He'd better pray he doesn't run into us here."
"Panshi, tell Chilian that I will avenge them if there's a chance."
Panshi nodded: "Mm, I'll tell her."
"However, this canyon is intricate and complex, with over a dozen entrances at the outer fringe. Yu Huang might not necessarily be able to make it inside here."
Longyuan smiled and said: "Once I unearth the secret here, it'll be the same if I actively go look for him then."
"Since Yu Huang dared to offend our Longyuan Pavilion, his fate is already sealed."
"No matter how high his Blood Trial score is, once he is eliminated, it will still all come to nothing."
Panshi nodded: "I heard that Sky Eagle Territory has already reached a strategic cooperation with the Myriad Sword Sect, saying they will join forces to deal with Yu Huang."
A sharp glint flashed in Longyuan's eyes: "More than just joining forces to deal with Yu Huang."
"Jian Lingxiao has long been unwilling to be suppressed by me."
"Originally, Ying Yang wanted to compete with Jian Lingxiao this time, but now, for the sake of revenge, he's probably prepared to assist Jian Lingxiao with all his might."
"Once they finish dealing with Yu Huang, the next one will naturally be me."
Panshi frowned deeply: "An enemy's enemy is a friend. Should we first join forces with Yu Huang to get rid of them, and then—"
Longyuan waved his hand to interrupt Panshi, saying coldly: "Just a bunch of clowns. When I have time to spare, I can suppress them at any time."
"Let's go. Now we'll go deal with the second epic grade Blood Beast BOSS. I really don't know what kind of secret is hidden here to actually have so many high-tier Blood Beast BOSSes."
Panshi nodded and said to Lingshuang not far away: "Lingshuang, it's time for us to go."
Soon, the three left the cave and galloped deep into the canyon.
...
On the other side, Su Yu kept moving deeper and found that there wasn't a single Blood Beast along the entire way.
This made him instantly realize one thing: the party from the Longyuan Pavilion team should have come out from inside.
And this Dual-Blade Mantis King should be the BOSS guarding the canyon entrance.
Since the Longyuan Pavilion team could come out from inside, it meant that they most likely detoured here from another entrance.
"There should be a secret inside this canyon." Su Yuthought to himself.
You must know that he had just harvested two level 60 radiant sun blood crystals from the Longyuan Pavilionteam, as well as numerous lower-tier BOSS blood crystals.
Coupled with the Legendary-Grade Blood Beast BOSS guarding the canyon entrance.
Su Yu instantly realized the extraordinary nature of this place.
There were far too many high-tier Blood Beast BOSSes here, far more than in the outside world.
This reminded him of when he triggered the Blood God Trial in the Outer Zone; the doorkeeper there was also a level 60 radiant sun grade Blood Beast BOSS.
You must know that was in the Outer Zone. A level 60 radiant sun grade Blood Beast BOSS could be said to be the absolute top-tier BOSS.
Under normal circumstances, there might not even be a gold grade Blood Beast BOSS in the Outer Zone.
Yet there was a level 60 radiant sun grade Blood BeastBOSS there.
Such unusual circumstances meant a great opportunity.
At this moment, Su Yu also sensed a trace of the aura of a great opportunity here.
Of course, all of this was still just his guess.
As long as he could encounter even higher-tier Blood Beast BOSSes here next, the probability of this guess coming true would greatly increase.
If he could encounter an epic grade Blood Beast BOSS here, the probability of a great opportunity being here was definitely not low.
If he could encounter a Legendary-Grade Blood BeastBOSS, needless to say, there was definitely a great opportunity here.
Chapter 146 Demon-Scale Giant Tiger!
A few minutes later.
Su Yu directly used Blood Gods Eye, instantly clearing out the last bit of health of the Dual-Blade Mantis King.
The Dual-Blade Mantis King dissipated into a beam of blood light, leaving behind a head-sized blood crystal in place.
"Not bad, not bad, another nearly two million Blood Trialpoints in the bag." Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
A level 60 legendary blood crystal could be exchanged for 384,000 Blood Trial points, and after calculating the point coefficient bonus, it reached as high as 1.92 million.
This was equivalent to killing four challengers with trial protection.
Swish!
After killing the Dual-Blade Mantis King, Su Yu no longer controlled his flight speed and flew straight toward the depths of the canyon.
Along the way, one or two normal grade Blood Beasts would occasionally appear, presumably newly refreshed Blood Beasts.
Upholding the principle of not wasting, Su Yu killed whatever tier of Blood Beast he encountered with a single arrow instantly.
Anyway, he didn't need to pick up the loot himself; it was just a matter of convenience.
About a dozen minutes later.
Several forks appeared ahead of Su Yu, and without hesitation, he casually chose one based on his feeling.
Anyway, his goal was to hunt Blood Beasts, and no matter which fork he chose, as long as he could encounter Blood Beasts, it would do.
If worse came to worst, he could turn back and choose another fork, which didn't matter to him at all.
As long as there were Blood Beasts, farming anywhere was farming.
Su Yu moved forward along the fork he randomly chose and found that the density of Blood Beasts in this fork was much higher than before.
It was most likely an unexplored fork.
This discovery made Su Yu somewhat delighted; in such unexplored places, Blood Beast resources were the most abundant.
Su Yu swept straight through; whether it was a normal grade Blood Beast or a Blood Beast BOSS, they were all as fragile as paper under his hands.
The Lightning Arrow with a thousandfold mana consumption was the nightmare of normal grade Blood Beasts, clearing the field with a single shot.
As for Blood Beast BOSSes, as long as their tier was not higher than silver moon grade, there was basically none that could not be solved by a single Blood Gods Eye.
Only radiant sun grade Blood Beast BOSSes would be slightly more troublesome.
They required the Soul-Severing Arrow with a thousandfold mana consumption paired with Blood Gods Eye to be resolved.
However, it wouldn't take much time either.
Actually, the truly troublesome ones were legendary grade Blood Beast BOSSes, as Blood Gods Eye could not ignore the second phase of legendary grade Blood BeastBOSSes.
If he encountered disgusting second-phase characteristics similar to those of the Dual-Blade Mantis King, Su Yucould only slowly grind it out.
More than forty minutes of time passed in a flash.
Su Yu suddenly discovered that the canyon exit seemed to be ahead.
At the canyon exit, a strange beast covered in black scales, resembling a tiger, was sleeping deeply.
[ Lv60 Demon-Scale Giant Tiger (Legendary Grade BOSS) ]
[ Health: 1.08 Billion / 1.08 Billion ]
"As expected, every canyon exit location is guarded by a legendary grade BOSS!" A brilliant flash crossed Su Yu's eyes.
This canyon definitely had a big secret.
Legendary grade Blood Beast BOSSes were extremely rare even in the Inner Layer.
You must know that before entering the canyon, he had only encountered one legendary grade Blood Beast BOSS in six whole hours.
And that was still an unexplored area.
But now, he had only been in this canyon for a little over an hour, and he had already encountered two legendary grade Blood Beast BOSSes.
This probability was simply too high.
Furthermore, just on his way to this canyon exit just now, he had also killed two radiant sun grade Blood BeastBOSSes, as well as numerous lower-tier Blood BeastBOSSes.
This was enough to show how abundant the Blood Beastresources in this canyon were.
High-tier Blood Beast BOSSes, which were rarely seen outside, were not everywhere here, but the probability was at least much higher than outside.
Roar!
Perhaps sensing Su Yu's aura, the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger instantly woke up from its deep sleep, letting out a heaven-shaking roar.
It arched its back and stared fixedly at Su Yu, its eyes filled with murderous intent.
Its duty was to guard this area, and all challengers appearing here were its enemies.
Eternal Night Stealth!
Su Yu's figure instantly vanished, and then a Soul-Severing Arrow with a thousandfold mana consumption pierced through the air.
Su Yu had already become very proficient with this combo, which was currently his strongest single-target burst skill.
- 28.88 Million! (Critical Hit) - 43.32 Million! (Critical Hit)
- 28.88 Million! (Critical Hit) - 43.32 Million! (Critical Hit)
...
In an instant, a large chunk of the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's health vanished, leaving less than two-thirds of its health remaining.
Feeling the six thick layers of shields on his body, Su Yuimmediately felt a sense of security.
Among all the level 60 Blood Beast BOSSes he had encountered so far, even legendary grade Blood BeastBOSSes, none possessed means to deal true damage.
It could be said that his shields were completely equivalent to health at this moment.
Moreover, Su Yu had also discovered one thing: level 60 Blood Beast BOSSes had almost no special attributes.
Su Yu had never seen special attributes like final damage reduction or weakened critical damage.
He could always deal full damage every time.
It could be said that Blood Beast BOSSes at this stage only had numerical values, and apart from second-phase characteristics, they had almost no other mechanics.
Facing them with Su Yu's current strength was completely a dimensional reduction strike.
Roar!
The Demon-Scale Giant Tiger let out an angry roar, and an invisible energy wave swept toward Su Yu.
Blood Gods Eye!
A flash of red crossed the bottom of Su Yu's eyes, and the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's health instantly dropped to only 20%.
This triggered the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's health-locking mechanism.
If there were no health-locking mechanism, the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's health would have already dropped below 20% at this moment.
Bang!
The energy wave spat out by the Demon-Scale Giant Tigerslammed into Su Yu's shield, but it didn't even destroy one-fifth of his outermost shield.
"This attack is too weak!" Su Yu's gaze was cold.
He looked distantly at the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger not far away. After entering the second phase, the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger seemed to have been frozen in place, standing motionless.
Swish swish swish!
Su Yu casually fired a few Mana Arrows, finding that they couldn't cause any damage to the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger.
"It seems I have to wait for the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger to lift this state before I can continue attacking." Su Yuthought thoughtfully.
He carefully sensed the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's condition and suddenly discovered that a terrifying energy seemed to be gathering within its body.
"Not good, it's going to self-destruct!" This thought instantly flashed through Su Yu's mind.
Without any hesitation, he flew straight toward the depths of the canyon, preparing to widen the distance between himself and the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger.
He didn't know how powerful the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's self-destruction was, and now his shield value was only a little over 100 million; he didn't know if he could withstand it.
A few seconds later, the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's body swelled drastically, its skin cracking inch by inch, and dark red light leaked out from the cracks.
Boom!
The next second, the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger's body instantly exploded like fireworks.
A dark red energy wave centered on the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger violently expanded in all directions.
Wherever it passed, the rock walls were torn apart like paper, and chunks of rubble turned into powder in the air.
The trees, vines, and wild grass in the canyon were also uprooted and ground into flying ash in mid-air, and the ground was instantly smoothed out as if by an invisible palm.
Chapter 147: Returning to the Middle Layer!
Although Su Yu's movement speed had burst to its absolute limit, compared to the expansion speed of the dark red energy wave, it was completely incomparable.
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Boom!
The dark red energy wave caught up in the blink of an eye, striking Su Yu's back without reservation.
In an instant, Su Yu only felt as if a mountain had smashed down upon him, and the six layers of shields on his body were all shattered in the blink of an eye.
Immediately following that, Su Yu's body seemed to ignite with endless golden flames, resembling a god of war bathed in fire.
"Is this the first time I've triggered a life-saving trump card?" Su Yu helplessly shook his head.
This Demon-Scale Giant Tiger was simply playing dirty, actually choosing mutual destruction directly.
Without a life-saving trump card, I'm afraid no Tier 2 class holder could withstand the self-destruction damage of the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger.
The dark red energy wave continued to expand forward, and the roaring sound of rock walls being torn apart came from deep within the canyon from afar.
"That's not right, this Demon-Scale Giant Tiger isn't dead yet." Su Yu suddenly realized that he had not received a prompt that the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger had been killed.
Swish!
The Thunder Wings behind Su Yu shook, instantly speeding toward the location where the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger had self-destructed.
Right now, he still had about nine seconds of invulnerability time, so even if the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger could self-destruct once more, it wouldn't matter to him.
After a few breaths.
A huge black egg appeared within Su Yu's line of sight.
[Lv60 Demon-Scale Giant Tiger Egg (Legendary Grade BOSS)]
[Life Value: 100 million / 100 million]
(Prompt: 55 seconds later, the Demon-Scale Giant Tigerwill resurrect in its prime condition.)
Seeing the status of the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger Egg, Su Yu did not hesitate at all, pulling the longbow in his hand into a full moon.
Whoosh!
Six Soul-Severing Arrows consuming a thousandfold mana instantly pierced through the air.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The HP of the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger Egg was instantly emptied, and Su Yu's HP was instantly refilled.
Before long, the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger Egg turned into a bloody light and dissipated, and a head-sized blood crystal appeared in its original place.
"This should be the most disgusting Legendary Grade BOSS I've ever seen, right?" Su Yu sighed with some emotion.
Aside from being able to deal massive damage through self-destruction, this Demon-Scale Giant Tiger could actually resurrect, and furthermore, it resurrected in its prime condition.
Resurrecting in its prime condition meant that there was a high probability it could self-destruct once again.
What a disgusting mechanism this was.
"Now I can only return to the Middle Layer first." Su Yuhelplessly shook his head.
The Blood Beasts nearby had all been cleared out by the self-destruction of the Demon-Scale Giant Tiger.
Right now, he would suffer tens of thousands of points of True Poison damage every second. Without Blood Beasts to let him lifesteal, he wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
He could only return to the Middle Layer first, and re-enter the Inner Layer after the True Poison was completely cleared.
With a thought in Su Yu's mind, he immediately communicated with the rules of the Blood Trial, and his figure instantly vanished from the spot.
...
Meanwhile, deep within the canyon.
The three members of the Longyuan Team were resting in a cave on the rock wall when the ground suddenly began to tremble slightly.
"What's the situation? Is there an earthquake?" Panshiasked in surprise.
"It doesn't look like it, I can sense that it seems to be a fluctuation of combat energy." Lingshuang said in a deep voice.
She was a Mage-type divine-class professional, inherently extremely sensitive to energy fluctuations, and quickly denied Panshi's guess.
"The energy fluctuation came from the northwest direction. Could this be a commotion created by Yu Huang?" Lingshuang guessed.
Panshi nodded thoughtfully: "It's possible. Chilian and I parted ways at the fork in the road to the west."
"Since Yu Huang was able to run into Chilian and the others before, after so much time has passed, it's also very normal for him to have arrived in the northwest direction."
Longyuan said in a deep voice: "I can feel the terror of this energy fluctuation. If it were me, without using a life-saving trump card, I probably wouldn't be able to withstand it."
"If this is a commotion caused by Yu Huang, then there is a high probability he was the one forced to endure it. Right now, he might already be missing a life-saving trump card."
Hearing this, Panshi felt a surge of joy in his heart, and said excitedly: "Should we go over there and take a look now, striking while he's down?"
Longyuan was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "No need to bother with him for now. Life-saving trump cards don't recover that quickly; our priority right now is to conquer the second Epic-grade Blood BeastBOSS as soon as possible."
"I have a premonition that as long as we kill the second Epic-grade BOSS, the secrets within this canyon will surface."
"Later we'll go try it again. If it still doesn't work, we'll return to the Middle Layer to rest and regroup first, and then transfer Chilian, Youyu, and the others over."
Panshi and Lingshuang nodded. The three of them had already joined forces to kill the first Epic-grade BOSS earlier.
But the strength of this second Epic-grade BOSS was far higher than the first, and they might still need more manpower.
...
Blood Trial Middle Layer.
Hum!
With a distortion of space, Su Yu's figure quietly emerged within the Blood Altar.
He looked around at the surrounding environment and found it almost identical to when he entered the Inner Layer.
The only difference was that there were dozens of Blood Beasts of varying levels around the Blood Altar.
Thump thump thump!
The dozens of surrounding Blood Beasts all charged toward him the moment they saw Su Yu, making dull footsteps.
Eternal Night Stealth!
Su Yu's figure instantly vanished from the spot.
After discovering that Su Yu's figure had disappeared, those dozens of Blood Beasts also immediately stopped their charging actions.
They stood in place and silently observed for a while, then slowly walked back toward their original positions.
Su Yu casually found a large rock and sat down.
He didn't plan to clear out these Blood Beasts immediately; he wanted to keep these Blood Beasts to restore his HP.
Although he had already returned to the Middle Layer, the status of True Poison had not yet disappeared, and his HP would still continuously decrease.
He needed to keep these Blood Beasts to lifesteal.
Su Yu didn't plan to go out hunting Blood Beasts temporarily either; the Blood Beasts nearby had long been swept through countless times by Sky Eagle Territory.
The Blood Beast density was extremely low, so he might as well stay here to rest for a while, easing his mental exhaustion and physical consumption.
Especially the mental exhaustion.
Long periods of combat and decision-making consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy, and at this time, it was best to take a nap.
However, Su Yu had to kill a Blood Beast every once in a while to restore his HP.
Therefore, he could only sit on the ground and close his eyes to rest, simply recovering his state.
Soon, one hundred minutes later, the True Poison on Su Yu's body was finally completely cleared.
Chapter 148: Blood Shadow Wolf King!
"It's time to enter the Inner Layer again," a flash of anticipation crossed Su Yu's eyes.
Last time he entered the Inner Layer, he harvested a total of over 33 million Blood Trial points, directly propelling him to first place on the Blood Trial leaderboard. It was a massive harvest.
Now his Blood Trial points had just exceeded 64 million. Entering the Inner Layer this time, he was very likely to directly complete the Blood God Trial II mission.
Last time he entered the Inner Layer, he wandered outside the canyon for six or seven hours and only harvested less than 20 million Blood Trial points.
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After entering the canyon, it took him just over an hour to harvest more than 13 million Blood Trial points.
Even after deducting the more than 6 million Blood Trialpoints harvested from Longyuan Pavilion's team, there were still over 7 million Blood Trial points left.
Harvesting over 7 million Blood Trial points in just over an hour, this efficiency was much higher than outside the canyon.
If he could maintain this efficiency, entering the Inner Layerthis time would definitely allow him to directly complete the Blood God Trial II mission.
"I hope the mission rewards can bring me some surprises," Su Yu secretly prayed.
The reward for completing the Blood God Trial II mission was unlocking the second seal of the Blood Gods Eye, as well as unlocking the special physique 'Blood Gods Body'.
As for the Blood Gods Eye, Su Yu felt that after unlocking the second seal, the changes shouldn't be big.
It was highly probable that it would continue to strengthen the burst capability of the Blood Gods Eye.
As for the Blood Gods Body, Su Yu was very full of anticipation; after all, the four words'special physique' sounded very high-end.
Perhaps it could greatly enhance his strength.
Thinking of this, Su Yu directly communicated with the Blood Altar, a beam of blood light descended from the sky, and his figure instantly disappeared in place.
...
In the Middle Layer of the Blood Trial, the Blood Altarcamp occupied by Longyuan Pavilion.
Inside a huge tent.
Longyuan sat upright in the main seat, with Panshi, Lingshuang, and eight other core members of Longyuan Pavilion lined up on both sides.
They were all existences ranked in the top one hundred of the Blood Trial leaderboard, possessing the qualification to enter the Inner Layer.
"Everyone should be clear about the tactical arrangements by now, right?" Longyuan said in a deep voice.
The people on both sides nodded one after another without any objection.
"Then that's it," Longyuan nodded: "One hour later, everyone gather near the Blood Altar."
"Remember to prepare all the potions that need to be prepared. Let's strive to take down that Blood Shadow Wolf King in one go."
"Yes," Panshi, Lingshuang, and the others said in unison.
Not only was Longyuan stronger than them, but he was also the Young Pavilion Master of Longyuan Pavilion; his arrangements were ironclad orders.
After finishing the tactical arrangements, the other ten people filed out, leaving only Longyuan in the large tent.
Longyuan gently tapped the armrest and whispered to himself: "There shouldn't be any accidents this time, right?"
Last time, he, Panshi, and Lingshuang went to deal with that Blood Shadow Wolf King, and they were already close to seeing the hope of killing the Blood Shadow Wolf King.
As a result, they didn't expect that Blood Shadow Wolf King to actually have a third phase.
Under the third phase, the Blood Shadow Wolf King directly entered an invincible state, and at the same time began to continuously summon Blood Shadow Wolves.
It could summon one hundred Blood Shadow Wolves at a time, ten times a second.
If the Blood Shadow Wolves summoned by the Blood Shadow Wolf King could not be killed within three seconds, then the surviving Blood Shadow Wolves would turn into blood light and merge into the body of the Blood Shadow Wolf King.
This would comprehensively enhance the attributes of the Blood Shadow Wolf King and restore its health points.
The Blood Shadow Wolf King summoned for a full minute, a full 60,000 Blood Shadow Wolves.
Although the mob-clearing efficiency of him and Lingshuang was not bad, Panshi's mob-clearing efficiency was no good, and in the end, over a thousand fish that slipped through the net were not killed.
These thousands of fish that slipped through the net not only refilled the health points of the Blood Shadow Wolf King, but also strengthened its attributes to a terrifying degree.
Just a single move forced out Lingshuang's life-saving trump card, forcing them to retreat quickly.
Now he had transferred all the core members of Longyuan Pavilion in the Inner Layer, making them responsible for clearing the Blood Shadow Wolves summoned by the Blood Shadow Wolf King. Presumably, they would not repeat the same mistake.
They had already gathered in advance before returning to the Middle Layer.
As long as the True Poison on them was completely cleared, they could immediately return to the Inner Layerand challenge the Blood Shadow Wolf King.
"I really hope time can go faster," a flash of anticipation crossed Longyuan's eyes, and he couldn't wait to enter the Inner Layer.
...
In the Inner Layer of the Blood Trial, in the Misty Canyon.
Hum!
Along with a distortion of space, Su Yu's figure instantly emerged.
"Sure enough, it's still the same location as when I left last time," Su Yu looked at the surrounding environment and quickly came to a conclusion.
This was his second time entering the Inner Layer, and he finally verified this rule.
Eternal Night Stealth!
Swish!
The Thunder Wings behind Su Yu instantly unfolded, his movement speed soared to the extreme, and he flew straight towards the depths of the canyon.
This time his goal was very clear, which was to explore other unexplored branch roads.
Therefore, the first moment he entered the Inner Layer, he activated Eternal Night Stealth.
Under the state of Eternal Night Stealth, his movement speed was the fastest.
He did not plan to clear those Common Grade Blood Beasts along the way.
After all, he had just cleaned out all the Blood Beasts along this path less than two hours ago, and the number of Blood Beasts currently refreshed was not many.
Unless he encountered a Blood Beast boss, otherwise he would not make a move.
What he needed to do now was to seize the time and explore those unexplored branch roads.
After all, a full one hundred people could enter the Inner Layer. If he didn't seize the time and others cleaned them out, it would be a huge loss.
In just twenty minutes, Su Yu arrived at the previous fork in the road.
There were a total of five branch roads at this fork, two of which Su Yu had already explored.
"Let's choose this one," Su Yu randomly chose one based on his feeling.
Swish!
The Thunder Wings behind Su Yu vibrated, and he immediately flew towards the newly chosen branch road.
However, after two minutes.
Su Yu returned to the fork in the road again.
The Blood Beast resources on the branch road he just chose were not much; it was highly likely that it had already been cleaned by someone.
He prepared to try the other two branch roads.
Su Yu didn't stay at all, and directly chose the branch road closest to him.
Two minutes later, he returned to the fork in the road again.
"If the Blood Beast density of the last branch road is still low, then whatever," Su Yu shook his head.
Of these five branch roads, currently he only knew that two branch roads led to the outside world.
As for the other three branch roads, Su Yu didn't know where they ultimately led, so he could only leave everything to fate.
Swish!
The Thunder Wings behind Su Yu vibrated, flying towards the last unexplored branch road.
Chapter 149 Earth Vein Stone Giant!
Su Yu followed the last fork in the road and pushed forward all the way.
He discovered that the density of Blood Beasts on this fork road was still not high, clearly indicating that this fork road had already been explored by someone.
Since all three fork roads had already been explored by someone, it didn't matter to Su Yu which one he took.
The main point was to see what was actually at the end of the fork road.
If the end of the fork road was the exit of the canyon, it could only be considered his bad luck, wasting time in vain.
Only by entering the depths of the canyon could he explore more unexplored areas.
After about ten-odd minutes.
Another fork in the road appeared before Su Yu.
This fork had three paths, and Su Yu directly chose the rightmost path.
Soon, dozens of Blood Beasts appeared in his line of sight.
" Good luck, this is an unexplored fork road. " A hint of joy flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
Swish!
With a thought from Su Yu, a Lightning Arrow consuming a thousandfold of mana values instantly pierced through the air and shot away.
Bang!
Crackle!
Streaks of electric arcs leaped wildly, killing all the nearby Blood Beasts in the blink of an eye.
blood crystals scattered all over the ground, and finally all of them were automatically picked up by the qiankun ringinto his inventory.
" It is time to upgrade the Life-Devouring Body and Spirit-Devouring Body a bit. " Su Yu thought to himself.
Currently, his Life-Devouring Body level was 50, and his Spirit-Devouring Body level was 40.
After entering the Blood Trial, he had killed a total of about six thousand plus Blood Beasts, and both marks were almost fully stacked.
If he didn't upgrade these two skills any further, the marks would soon overflow.
With a thought from Su Yu, he immediately consumed 3,270 skill points, raising the Life-Devouring Body from level 50 to level 60.
[ Lv60 Trait: When the number of Life-Devouring Markstacks reaches 60,000 layers, each layer of Life-Devouring Mark can permanently and additionally increase one's own maximum health by 7 points; at the same time, permanently increase one's own final damage reduction by 10%. ]
" Not bad, not bad. " Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
After the Life-Devouring Mark was stacked to 60,000 layers, each layer of Life-Devouring Mark could increase maximum health by 37 points.
The Life-Devouring Mark alone could provide Su Yu with 2.22 million maximum health.
At this rate, when the Life-Devouring Body was upgraded to level 100 and the Life-Devouring Mark was fully stacked, it was estimated to provide over seven million maximum health, as well as 100% final damage reduction.
This was a rather terrifying value.
Of course, all of this was inseparable from Su Yu's Super-God Level Talent.
The Life-Devouring Body was a Legendary-grade skill. Normally, its level cap was 60, and providing 2.22 million maximum health along with 60% final damage reduction was its limit.
After checking the latest traits of the Life-Devouring Body, Su Yu struck while the iron was hot and consumed another 3,115 skill points, raising the level of the Spirit-Devouring Body from level 40 to level 50.
[ Lv50 Trait: When the number of Spirit-Devouring Markstacks reaches 50,000 layers, each layer of Spirit-Devouring Mark can permanently and additionally increase one's own maximum mana value by 13 points; at the same time, permanently increase one's own maximum mana value by 70%. ]
" Alas, these skill points run out way too fast. " Su Yusighed helplessly.
After working hard for so long and saving up more than 7,000 skill points, they were used up just by upgrading two skills casually.
Chances were that next, between the two skills Life-Devouring Body and Spirit-Devouring Body, he would temporarily have to choose one out of two and focus on upgrading one primarily.
If he could only choose one out of two, Su Yu would definitely choose to mindlessly upgrade the Life-Devouring Body.
The Life-Devouring Body could increase maximum health and final damage reduction, whereas the Spirit-Devouring Body could only increase maximum mana.
Which one had a higher priority was self-evident.
" Time! What I lack the most is still time! "
" As long as you give me enough time and let me farm enough skill points, my strength can definitely rise to an unimaginable level. " A sharp glint flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
According to Lao Wang's previous statement, the Blood Trial was only open for seven days each time.
However, this referred to external time; the flow of time within the Blood Trial was faster than the outside world, being three times that of the outside world.
That is to say, one could actually stay in the Blood Trial for twenty-one days.
Now, with about ten days left until the end of the Blood Trial, he could completely utilize these ten days to fiercely farm a wave of skill points.
When he returned to the Initial Continent, in reality, only about four days would have passed.
To other players of the Blue Star Civilization, Su Yu's strength already far exceeded theirs, and now he even had about eight more days of development time.
If they found out, everyone would probably despair; this was someone they could never surpass.
About an hour later.
Su Yu looked at the blood crystals harvested in his inventory, a smile curving the corners of his mouth.
Along the way, he would encounter a fork in the road almost every ten-odd minutes.
Perhaps having entered the depths of the canyon, the forks in the road here were even denser.
Every time, Su Yu was able to find an unexplored fork road within three attempts.
In this short hour, Su Yu directly harvested over 12 million Blood Trial points.
It could be said that his efficiency was maxed out, far exceeding his efficiency when he entered the Inner Layerlast time.
This canyon was definitely a treasure land; although many branch paths within it had already been explored by people, there were still a large number of unexplored branch paths.
One could only say that Su Yu's timing in arriving at the Inner Layer was just right; this place had not yet been discovered by too many people.
Suddenly, Su Yu abruptly halted his figure.
At a location about a dozen kilometers ahead of him, an extremely wide space appeared, which was dozens of times the width of a normal canyon.
In the center of this wide space, five colossal beasts were lying on the ground, fast asleep.
With a thought from Su Yu, the information of the colossal beast right in the center emerged before his eyes.
[ Lv60 Earth Vein Stone Giant (Epic-grade BOSS) ]
[ Health Points: 2.5 billion / 2.5 billion ]
" Epic-grade BOSS? " A hint of joy flashed through Su Yu's eyes.
There was actually an Epic-grade BOSS in this canyon.
This meant that his previous guess was probably true; there was definitely a great opportunity here.
Su Yu hadn't expected that there would still be so many extra opportunities in the Blood Trial; this was simply a huge treasure land.
Now it seemed that the reward for the first place in the Blood Trial was just a baseline reward, and the real great opportunities all required one to dig them up themselves.
He had obtained the Blood God Trial series of quests in the Outer Zone, so what could he obtain in the Inner Layer?
Suppressing his excited feelings, Su Yu checked the information of the other four colossal beasts.
" One Epic-grade BOSS plus four Legendary-grade BOSSes, this combination has very strong strength. " Su Yuwas lost in thought.
These four Legendary-grade BOSSes were respectively the Fire Guardian Stone Giant, Ice Guardian Stone Giant, Wind Guardian Stone Giant, and Wood Guardian Stone Giant.
Their health points were uniformly all 1.2 billion.
Eternal Night Stealth!
Su Yu's figure instantly vanished from where he was, speeding towards the five Stone Giant BOSSes.
For him, the current optimal attack distance was around one to two kilometers.
If the distance was too close, it wouldn't be easy to dodge the enemy's attacks.
If the distance was too far, it would not only easily lead to a drop in his own attack power, but it would also be easily dodged by the enemy.