Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 653 It's time for 'values' [8.1k words]

Sanctuary Paradise, Academic Sect, Bloodline Research Department.

"Damn it, who put chopsticks and an unwashed blood drawer together again!!"

"What are you arguing about? Hurry up and bring something over here. This thing can't be suppressed anymore!"

"Haha, done... uh, wait, shit, everyone get down!"

In a messy-looking laboratory, there were more than a dozen figures in stained white coats gathered around a huge glass column that was more than 20 meters high. They were holding various instruments and shouting about something. When one of the figures operated something on the instrument, he suddenly shouted and then skillfully moved under the control console. The next second -

Bang!
There was a loud bang, and several sticky black tentacles suddenly rushed out from the glass column filled with light green solution, and raged wildly around the laboratory.

[Warning: Damage to the experimental chamber No. 79-23-189 has been detected, and repressive protection is about to be launched! ]

Wow——! !

"Manno, you *** (void curse), what the hell did you do?!"

"Don't ask me. I just gave it two injections of inhibitor. Who knows if this thing will suddenly... Hey, shit, how can this be an activator? Who the hell put this thing in the inhibitor?"

"I'll fuck you (empty curse)"

A sharp sound of breaking air rang out in the laboratory, followed by a series of bottles and jars breaking sounds, and various "cordial" greetings. The huge out-of-control tentacles were seen rampaging wildly in the laboratory, but they could only smash some unimportant bottles and instruments, and could not hurt the researchers whose bodies were protected by a layer of light golden light.

"Damn it, anyone can do it, just think of a way to fix this thing, Professor T.M. will come to inspect today, and if we're caught, all our experiment funds for this month will be deducted!"

"Stop complaining! I'm already thinking of a solution! Let me see, active killing agents, life inhibitors, blood decomposing agents... Never mind!"

Finally, accompanied by a cursing greeting, a researcher in tattered clothes suddenly pressed a button on the console. The next second, several mechanical tentacles rushed out from the surrounding walls and instantly inserted the needles at the end into the huge black tentacle that was wriggling wildly.

boom!
As various injections were injected, the black tentacle mass that was constantly regenerating and splitting suddenly stiffened, and then as if it had lost some kind of support, it suddenly fell to the ground, and the last section of the tentacles quickly withered and died.

"Phew, that should be enough. Let's clean up quickly. The professor will probably be here soon..."

[Warning: Experimental subject No. 79-23-189 has shown signs of secondary activation! The current danger level has risen to the absolute level! ! ]

Wow——! !

Before the leading researcher could finish his words, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded from the laboratory console. At the same time, a long and thin crack appeared on the main body of the tentacle group in full view of everyone, and finally quickly opened into a terrifying huge vertical eye.

"..."

"I say, what is the probability of this thing's immortality being triggered according to our data records?"

"0.039%."

"6."

“LAaaaa——!!!”

The next moment, an extremely huge mental wave rose from the tentacle with an extra vertical eye, and quickly rose in the face of the leading researcher who was already thinking about how to escape. Just when it was about to explode, the sound of a metal door opening automatically suddenly came from the entrance of the laboratory, and then...

"Well, I heard that An Wen and your research has made good progress, so I came to take a look, but now it seems that your progress is not so smooth?"

An old and hoarse voice full of kindness sounded, and an elderly man wearing a professor's robe, a pair of single-page glasses, with gray hair and wrinkles on his face walked slowly into the laboratory with his hands behind his back. He looked at the huge tentacle group that seemed to sense something and dared not move, and then looked at the leader researcher who looked as pale as death, and asked with a smile.

"Well, professor, um... our experiment had a small accident, but you see, we have already found some clues to reactivate the immortality property, so our research funds..."

The leading researcher looked at the kind-looking old professor in front of him, rubbed his hands guiltily, and asked tentatively with a smile.

"Haha, don't worry so much, Anwen. It's normal for young people to get into accidents occasionally. Although the accident rate here is slightly higher than others, it's precisely because of this that surprises are more likely to happen, isn't it?"

The old man called the professor smiled, walked forward, opened his narrowed eyes, reached out and touched the trembling tentacles in front of him, as if they were afraid of something, nodded slightly, and said:

"Well, very good results. The immortality of this child has been activated very well. Although it seems unstable, it is a very good progress for you. Next, let's focus on how to stabilize this process."

The old professor slowly withdrew his hand, looked at the leading researcher, and said in a kind old voice:
"However, don't be so reckless next time. After all, even for young people, there is a limit to the accidents that can be allowed. Do you understand?"

The old and kind voice fell, and the leading researcher was startled at first, then his eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, Professor!!!"

"Well, by the way, since everything needs to be sorted out, I'd like to trouble you, a young man, to take over the rejection procedures for this document. I've put the rejection materials and the invitation letter in it."

The old professor looked at the reaction of the leading researcher, smiled and nodded, then as if he remembered something, he took out a file bag from his arms and placed it on the console beside him.

"Invitation?! Professor, could it be that..."

Hearing the word "invitation", the leading researcher's eyes widened suddenly and his breathing became a little faster.

As the other party's student, he was very clear about what the person who sent the invitation letter meant. It was no exaggeration to say that any one of them would be a person that an ordinary researcher like him would never be able to reach in his lifetime.

"Don't think too much about it. It's just an interesting discovery. Unfortunately, the guy who wrote the document doesn't seem to have enough authority. He didn't know that his discovery overlapped with the content in the database, so he had to reject it."

"However, although I can't pass it, I am personally quite interested in the young man who wrote this. Unfortunately, his information level seems to be set very high by the park, and an old man like me can't send a message directly from the number, so I can only ask you young people to run errands and send the invitation letter to the teleportation station."

"If I'm lucky, maybe I, an old guy, can have another desirable student. Haha."

The old professor smiled kindly, and the researcher was shocked as he listened to the other party's story, as if he had heard something extraordinary, and asked in disbelief:
"Professor, are you serious? Are you really planning to accept students?!"

"Haha, I just feel like I've come across a good candidate. Whether it can be successful or not, I guess it depends on fate."

"Okay, it's almost time. I, an old guy, won't disturb you from working any more. I'll leave the mailing to you, Anwen."

The old professor chuckled, put his hands behind his back, and slowly turned and left the laboratory. Only the dark tentacle ball that dared not make a sound and the researcher who was taking deep breaths repeatedly were left behind.

Students who can satisfy professors...

The leading researcher looked at the information bag on the table, then looked at the tempting secondary activation experiment in front of him. After struggling for a while, he gritted his teeth and turned to the other researchers behind him and said:

"I'll leave the research to you guys first! I'll go deliver the professor's letter first!!"

Under normal circumstances, if he finally encountered an opportunity to make a breakthrough in his research, he would definitely stay in the laboratory with others for ten days or half a month without hesitation, and would not leave until the clothes piled in the corner were moldy.

But that person had said in person that he had found a suitable student candidate and had even prepared an invitation letter. Even though he was reluctant to give up his research, he did not dare to delay that person's business for his own momentary interest.

After all... the entire academic sect's bloodline research department can be said to exist because of the other party.

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At the same time, in the Sanctuary Paradise, the headquarters of the Lailai Cult.

[Tip: Transmission completed, destination reached]

Plop!
On the long corridor, Xin Lailai's figure fell from the teleportation light and stood steadily on the corridor leading to various areas of the Lailai Cult.

"Huh... I wonder how Bell will fare in the Church of Justice?"

Xin Lailai glanced at the names on the contact list, and looked at the changed "Cult" column in the other party's profile, with a complicated look in his eyes.

In fact, he originally wanted to bring Bell, who had become the Judge, into the Lailai Cult, but after a serious discussion with the other party, he finally gave up this plan.

Although the various benefits within the Lailai Cult are very good, they are too biased towards the strongest people in the top echelon, and the members tend to be solitary, which is not suitable for Bell who can only play his best role in a harmonious team.

On the contrary, the Church of Justice, whether in terms of its philosophy of conduct or the compatibility of its development path, is obviously more suitable for Bell, who has just entered Paradise not long ago and has barely made it into the super top echelon relying on his original accumulation in the Earthly World + Paradise's certification of his certain abilities as the Son of the World.

Therefore, after much consideration, he finally introduced him to the Church of Justice. As for the assessments and procedures required to join one of the top ten cults in Paradise...it can only be said that the identity of the Arbiter + Bell's own character + his introduction as a pioneer destined Bell to be treated as a treasure by the members of the Church of Justice as soon as he entered.

Although she was a little reluctant, Xin Lailai's mouth would rise uncontrollably whenever she thought about the future when the other party would be naked and showing off muscles in a bathhouse with a group of eight-foot-tall strong men.

Zheng——! !

When I pushed open the door of the training ground, the first thing I heard was the sound of a blade being unsheathed, full of murderous intent.

Ding ding ding ding ding...!
In the battlefield shrouded by a white light curtain, the Death Bearer, who was wrapped in death energy, was holding a long sword and slashing at the White Night Contract, who was emitting a strong bloody aura, with a frequency like a storm. Every time the two collided, the speed of the slashing was so fast that even Xin Lailai's dynamic vision could barely keep up.

Unlike him who chose the route of blocking master, the fighting master of the Death Master chose the special route of kicking master who used kicking skills to greatly increase his instantaneous burst speed after advancing to the master. Therefore, every sword and every move of the opponent is aimed at the ultimate destructive power + ultimate speed, and the viewing experience of the battle is completely different from that of him who is a blocking master + heavy sword master.

"Have you been able to completely suppress the level 40 White Night Contract..."

Xin Lailai looked at the scene on the battlefield, and at the figure that was almost shrouded in death except for a pair of dark blue pupils, like an evil ghost walking out of the underworld, and a solemn look appeared in his eyes.

Clang——! !

Suddenly, there was a sharp explosion. After hundreds of rounds of high-speed fighting between the Death Bearer and the White Night Projection on the battlefield, the arms of the White Night Projection seemed to be unable to bear the burden anymore and suddenly bent down with a crisp sound. The Death Bearer, who had gained the advantage, did not hesitate at all. His figure instantly turned into a dark afterimage, passing through the chest of the White Night Projection, freezing his movements there for a moment, and finally disintegrated with a bang.

One knife nearly killed him, two knives killed him.

This is the battle between technical masters who have taken the extreme offensive route. The health bar and defense are just the capital to ensure that their bodies do not collapse prematurely in a collision. When it comes to actual combat, except for near-death protection and invincibility skills, nothing can provide a fault tolerance rate for the second sword. They are truly walking on the edge of life and death.

【Challenge successful, time 0＇54＂16】

A mechanical electronic sound rang out, announcing the outcome of the battle, and the death warrior on the battlefield calmly swung his sword, and with a crisp sound of it being sheathed, he used the death energy + special force-generating technique to accurately put the black broadsword, which was almost as tall as himself, into the scabbard at his waist.

"Wonderful."

Xin Lailai looked at this scene and applauded generously. At the same time, she decisively took out the [Soul Training Manual] to prevent herself from being forced into the competition by the opponent.

"..."

The Death Holder looked at Xin Lailai, his eyes lingering on the [Soul Training Manual] in his hand for a while, then he looked at his face and said:

"The last time you made something here, was it a calming rune?" "Uh, yeah."

"Fifty million Paradise Points, I want two."

"Deal, but I need some samples of your netherworld death energy and soul energy, as well as body cells."

"How much?"

"Uh, just fill these test tubes halfway. The labels are already on them."

As Xin Lailai spoke, he took out a row of test tubes that were extremely similar to the blood collection tubes used for blood tests, and handed them to the person who was executing the death using a magic chip.

He had naturally anticipated that the other party would ask him to make a calming rune. As for why he had to take samples of the other party's body cells and Netherworld death energy, it was naturally not to rely on his alchemy to do something boring, but he planned to study the death energy based on the other party's Netherworld death energy and body cells.

——In fact, he was not only coveting the dead, but also Yamu's body cells and the pure elemental energy in his body. However, that thing was too difficult to get hold of, so he did not mention it to the other party for the time being.

- To be honest, he didn't feel that way at first, but when Xin Lailai upgraded his alchemy to LV.30 and above, and his understanding of spell master and mana master gradually deepened, now the more he looks at the Dead Man and Yamu, the more they look like a moving treasure mountain.

One is a user of Netherworld death energy, the only one in the entire star realm who has no record of him in the academic sect's database; the other is an elemental agent who can use body cells to carry world thunder and pure elemental energy and synthesize world thunder in the body. The bodies of these two are simply natural research materials for death energy and elemental energy, and they have extremely high upper limits.

"All right."

"It's troublesome."

Because only a small part of the body samples were taken, it only took a few minutes for the person in charge of death to fill all the test tubes provided by Xin Lailai. Seeing this, Xin Lailai nodded slightly, threw a life crystal at the other party's wound, and then carefully sealed the test tubes with a sealing technique and put them into the storage space like treasures.

"Ling Yuzi, let's get started."

'Um. ’

After finishing all this, Xin Lailai came to the corner of the training ground. The next second, Ling Yuzi, who had learned soul weapons and gained a thousand points of proficiency in the soul space, appeared and sat down with him with his eyes closed.

The next second, 20 soul crystals (large) engraved with strange runes appeared around the two people. Under the guidance of the two people, they quickly released a huge amount of soul energy and quickly condensed in front of them.

Although the introduction to the Anshen secret technique states that a Soul Crystal (complete) is required, the soul energy in the Soul Crystal (complete) and the Soul Crystal (large) only differs in quantity, with no quality difference. Therefore, he naturally prioritizes using the "Soul Storage Crystals (large)" that he made previously and can be reused to replace the consumption.

In other words, this is what the soul system does most of the time, transforming soul crystals into recyclable soul storage crystals to support the daily consumption of soul energy. Otherwise, when they really need to consume soul energy, they will destroy a batch of normal soul crystals, and no one can afford such expenses.

Om-! !

A few minutes later, two soul fluctuations containing strange powers that could calm the mind spread out, and two calming runes floated quietly in front of the two people. Under the effect of the surrounding sealing spells, they were sealed in small crystals formed by soul energy + magic power.

"Just touch it with soul energy normally, then stick it on the soul and it will fuse automatically."

After sending the soul rune to the Death Keeper via a spell chip, Xin Lailai spoke. Upon hearing this, the Death Keeper nodded slightly and did not say much. After putting away one of the calming runes, he reached out and grasped another one, and at the same time threw something at Xin Lailai with his other hand.

[Hint: Pioneer·Deathbringer has paid you Paradise Points*50000000]

[Hint: You have obtained the "Starlight Orb"]

"This is the divination tool I mentioned earlier. Luna suggests that you should not waste divination times in the next world. Your fate has been stable recently, but you are walking on an unpredictable dark road."

The unpredictable dark road...

Hearing the words of the Death Keeper, Xin Lailai's eyes moved slightly, and he lowered his head to look at the [Starlight Orb] in his hand, then raised his head and exchanged a glance with Ling Yuzi, then nodded slightly and thanked the Death Keeper:
"Thank you."

After saying that, he put away the things in his hands, sat down again with Ling Yuzi, took out more soul storage crystals, and started the next step.

After the brand is upgraded to LV.26, the time they can stay in the paradise they can transform is increased by 24 hours, so they still have seven days of stay.

And if they have already upgraded Soul Mysticism to LV.20, if they want to upgrade the remaining two LV.10 Soul Weaponry and Soul Runeology to LV.20, it will take at least five days. Considering the needs of spell research and technique development, these seven days are obviously not suitable for continuing to improve knowledge-based abilities.

Of course, before that, they also need to master the two "Soul Inscriptions" mastered after the Soul Weapon Learning is upgraded to LV.10, and the "Soul Destroying Secret Technique" unlocked after the Soul Secret Technique is upgraded to LV.20.

There is nothing much to say about the "Soul Destroying Secret Technique", it is just an attack-type soul secret technique. As for the "Soul Inscription"...

……

[Elementary Soul Weaponry: LV.10]

Proficiency: 1058/1000
1. Native soul weapon: You can select materials with soul characteristics and forge them into natal soul weapons. The strength of this soul weapon will increase as the user's soul strength increases.

2. Soul Inscription·Sharpness: It can consume 10000 soul energy or 1 soul crystal (complete) to engrave the "Soul Inscription·Sharpness" on the "Nativity Soul Soldier" of the attack characteristic. After engraving, when the current "Nativity Soul Soldier" is in a passive state, it can increase the sharpness of the weapon by an additional 15 points (Soul engraving increases by 50%).

3. Soul Inscription·Strong: It can consume 10000 soul energy or 1 soul crystal (complete) to engrave the "Soul Inscription·Strong" on the "Nativity Soul Soldier" with defensive characteristics. After engraving, when the current "Nativity Soul Soldier" is in a passive state, it can increase the body defense value by an additional 45 points (Soul engraving increases by 50%).

Upgrade cost: 3 soul coin

……

15 points of sharpness and 45 points of body defense value bonus.

The former, combined with Yuan Mo's "Homologous" passive, can make Yuan Mo's weapon sharpness reach 60 points. Although it cannot be compared with Bai Ye's projection's Blade of Destruction with a sharpness of over 200 points, for him as a master of heavy swords, Yuan Mo's advantage has always been its basic attack power, which is the highest among weapons of the same quality, as well as its extremely balanced and not low sharpness and durability, and the independent damage bonus that has reached 60% since his return from Bai Chui Star.

In other words, this extremely high basic value is Yuan Mo's biggest confidence in clashing with those +13 legendary weapons when he cannot afford the enhancement costs.

You should know that Yuan Mo is still in the state of 0 enhancement level. But even so, he has never suffered any loss in the confrontation with the fully enhanced Blade of Destruction in the hand of Bai Ye's projection. From this, you can imagine how outrageous Yuan Mo's basic white value is.

As for what would happen if Yuan Mo was strengthened? Just think about it.

It can be said that even though his assets have increased more than a hundred times since he first obtained Yuan Mo, he still dares not take a second look at the cost of Yuan Mo's enhancement. Although both are world-class equipment, the enhancement cost of "Pale Redemption" is expensive, but it is still in the equipment range of 500~700 points. However, the enhancement cost of "Yuan Mo" is so high that the "Starry Sky Crystal Fat (Level )" that can be used on world-class equipment is directly ineffective.

Although he understood that this was related to the special nature of "Yuan Mo" itself, such a high cost of strengthening often made Xin Lailai wonder whether he was holding a heavy sword in his hand or a complete world in his arms.

Of course, this has nothing to do with the current "Soul Inscription" condensation, but at least, judging from Yuan Mo's current situation, the attack characteristic "Soul Inscription" provided by Soul Weaponry may become their only way to improve Yuan Mo's panel when they are unable to strengthen and inlay Yuan Mo.

As for the defensive "Soul Inscription", the 45 points of physical defense value is indeed not high compared to their total physical defense value of 598.78 points when wearing a full set of equipment (about 74.7 points of physical defense), but it is one of the extremely rare means to continue to increase their physical defense when it has reached such a limit.

And it's just thrown at them. If these 45 points of body defense value are thrown to those second-tier contractors who have just broken through the real barrier and whose body defense is still around 40, they can immediately get a huge 76.5% increase in body defense value, instead of just barely increasing from 74.7 points of body defense to around 76.3 points like they are now, with a defense value increase of less than 7.52%.

[Tip: Due to the effect of "Soul Inscription·Blade", the basic effect of "Birth Soul Weapon·Sword" has changed to a certain extent]

[Tip: Due to the effect of "Soul Inscription·Strong", the basic effect of "Nativity Soul Soldier·Shield" has changed to a certain extent]

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[Born Soul Weapon·Sword: LV.MAX (Soul System·Passive/Active)]

Skill Effect: A huge soul sword formed from the essence of the soul, with two forms, "passive" and "active", which can give the user powerful destructive power.

*Passive form: The soul sword will be integrated into one's own soul, during which time the weapon sharpness will be increased by an additional 15 points (newly added), and all melee slashing attacks will have a "soul-chopping" effect. The specific soul-chopping strength is determined by the current soul strength. The current soul-chopping strength is: 0.5 points.

*Active form: Unleash the power of the Soul Sword, increase the weapon's sharpness by 5% within 50 seconds, all melee slash damage caused during this period will be accompanied by 500 points of soul damage, and the weapon's sharpness bonus will be increased to 30 points (newly added), and the soul-slashing strength attached to the attack will be increased to 1.0 point.

*Tip: The cooldown period for the "active form" is 7 days, and the bonus effect of the "passive form" cannot be obtained before the cooldown ends.

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[Natural Soul Soldier·Shield: LV.MAX (Soul System·Passive/Active)]

Skill Effect: A huge soul shield formed by the essence of the soul, with both "passive" and "active" forms, which can give the user powerful defensive capabilities.

*Passive form: The soul shield will be integrated into one's own soul, during which time the body's defense value will be increased by an additional 45 points (newly added), and the "soul-severing resistance" will be greatly improved. The specific soul-severing resistance is determined by the current soul strength. The current soul-severing resistance is: 0.5 points.

*Active form: Unleash the power of soul shield, increase body defense value by 5% within 50 seconds, reduce all soul damage received during this period by 500 points, and increase body defense value bonus to 90 points (newly added), and soul-slashing resistance to 1.0 point.

*Tip: The cooldown period for the "active form" is 7 days, and the bonus effect of the "passive form" cannot be obtained before the cooldown ends.

……

After they broke through the barrier of reality and brought their soul strength to 100 points, their "natal soul soldiers" abilities had actually been significantly enhanced, providing 25% more soul-severing strength and soul-severing resistance than before. And now with two types of "Soul Inscriptions", the strength of the "natal soul soldiers" has obviously improved a little bit.

This is the strength of the soul system. It may not be obvious in the early stage when the soul strength is low and the soul science level is not enough, but as the soul strength increases and more and more soul system secrets, mystical arts, and inscriptions are unlocked, the strength of the soul system will quickly climb up at an extremely obvious speed.

Although strictly speaking they can only be considered half-soul system, they can still enjoy part of this gradually increasing intensity of treatment.

"All that remains is to complete the construction of the Soul-Exterminating Technique."

After the noise in the soul space calmed down, Xin Lailai let out a long sigh, lowered his head and felt his body that had become a little stronger. He nodded slightly and glanced at the introduction of the "Secret Method of Destroying the Soul" at the edge of his sight, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

In fact, if it was just a "secret method of destroying souls", they wouldn't be looking forward to it so much. After all, the upper limit of the use of the "secret method of destroying souls" is there. It is limited to a maximum of 3 times in a short period of time. Although this secret method has the reputation of "whoever you stare at will die", it also has many flaws and prevention methods.

——But all this is based on the fact that they can only construct a "Soul-Destroying Technique".

[*Tip: The Soul-Destroying Technique has a heavy load on the soul space. According to the current soul space strength of the pioneer, only 3 techniques of the current strength can be constructed (the normal "delusional state" soul space corresponding to 100 points of soul strength is 1 type. Because the pioneer soul space is promoted to the "fantasy state", the upper limit is increased to 3 types). ]

The strength of one "Soul-Destroying Ritual" might not be enough, but... what if there are four, or even six?

He believed that there must be quite a few Third Order Outer Level warriors who could block three "Soul Destroying Gaze" and still be alive and well, but he didn't think there was anyone else who could block 3 "Soul Destroying Gaze" and still be safe and sound, except Yan Yi.

Simply put, after careful consideration, this time, Xin Lailai decided to give the outer-level contractors of the upcoming Samsara Paradise and Death Paradise...

——A little "numerical shock".

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(End of this chapter)