Chapter 1663: Purity and Quality

When Su Xiao’s vision recovered, he was already inside the Skill Upgrading Warehouse, and Bubu Wang, who was resting in the corner, immediately sat up, with an expectant look in its eyes as if asking, “Master, can Bubu go out and have fun now?”

“Not for now.”

Su Xiao still had to manufacture Apollo, so this ‘Mobile Blue Buff’ Bubu Wang couldn’t leave.

The Release of Breath Ability couldn’t be improved further in the short term, but instead of checking the Release of Breath Ability, Su Xiao was more interested in how his Charm Attributes were doing. He opened his personal attributes and saw that only 16 points of Charm Attributes remained.

The Charm Attributes had dropped by 12 points, but compared to the improvement of the aura, this loss of 12 points in Charm Attributes was within the acceptable range.

Su Xiao pushed open the Skill Upgrading Warehouse and stepped out. Just as he was about to close the personal attributes list, the Charm Attributes suddenly glowed red, as if tainted by blood energy. Then, under Su Xiao’s gaze, the value of the Charm Attributes twisted from 16 points to 15 points.

Su Xiao halted his steps. He had just taken two steps, and his Charm Attributes dropped by 1 point, making him take a deep breath.

When Su Xiao left the Skill Upgrade Hall, his Charm Attributes had fallen to 11 points. By the time he returned to his exclusive room, the Charm Attributes had dropped from 11 points to 10 points.

Under Su Xiao’s watchful eyes, the red glow on the Charm Attributes faded, turning into a color similar to other attribute values.

Although Su Xiao had experienced the drop in Charm Attributes more than once or twice, it was the first time he witnessed it with his own eyes. Looking at the mere 10 points remaining in Charm Attributes, he let out a long breath, feeling at least relieved that it hadn’t dropped to a single digit.

However, there was still a pressing issue; each time the Release of Breath was enhanced and the ancient battlefield blood energy was absorbed, it would possibly cause the Charm Attributes to drop, leading to a long-term decline. Would the Charm Attributes drop to 0? Or even reach a negative value?

Closing his personal data, Su Xiao felt that the decline in Charm Attributes wasn’t too big of a problem. Firstly, his Charm Attributes were practically useless anyway; interactions with plot characters were mostly through physical means, so he just needed to make sure his Charm Attributes didn’t drop to 0. At most, he could convert 1 point of True Attributes into Ordinary Attributes to enhance the Charm Attributes.

With this thought, Su Xiao began to check the Release of Breath Ability.

[Release of Breath Lv.34 (Active/Passive)]

Skill Effect (Active/Passive): Can continuously release aura within a 49-meter range, and perform Willpower Determination on all enemy units within this area. If the enemy fails the determination, they fall into a State of Fear, which can be purified using Mind Purification skills.

Hint: If the enemy enters a State of Fear, stamina consumption speed +35%, body defense -27 points, and there is a 10% chance to fail when the enemy casts skills.

Hint: As this skill is enhanced, aura intensity will be increased, and Willpower will be slightly enhanced.

Hint: Due to absorbing a large amount of pure blood energy, Willpower +19 points.

Hint: Due to absorbing a large amount of pure blood energy, Willpower Determination Tier Position +1.

Hint: Due to absorbing a large amount of pure blood energy, aura can cause Willpower × 10 Soul Injury to alien-class enemies.

The weakening effect of Release of Breath on enemies was becoming more considerable, and not only that, but a new ability also appeared, allowing it to cause immense Soul Injury to alien-class enemies.

The so-called alien-class enemies generally refer to evils and energy state souls, or the rarely seen ghosts within Reincarnation Paradise.

In certain Derivative Worlds, there are indeed ghosts, but they are scarce. Because of this, Contractors find it very troublesome to deal with such enemies since they are so rare, it’s not worth developing abilities specifically to counter them.

And the new effect of Release of Breath acts as a sort of insurance, giving Su Xiao a means to deal with evil-class enemies. So far, however, he hasn’t encountered any souls or ghosts, though he has met a lot of undead.

Time passed slowly, and Su Xiao had 1.45 million Paradise coins left. Initially, he thought enhancing the Release of Breath Ability would consume a lot of Paradise coins, but that wasn’t the case.

With a sufficient amount of Paradise coins and 10 Soul Crystals (Medium) remaining, Su Xiao was a bit troubled because he didn’t have many places to use the Soul Crystals (Medium) at the moment, but he couldn’t be without them either.

He indeed had quite a few Soul Crystals (Large), but due to the difference in purity rather than size, Soul Crystals (Large) couldn’t be decomposed into Soul Crystals (Medium). The Soul Crystal (Small) and Soul Crystal (Medium) have the same quality but differ in volume, thus the Soul Crystal (Medium) can be decomposed into Soul Crystal (Small).

Soul Crystals (Large) have another kind of purity. Even if they are shattered, they become Soul Crystal (Large fragment), not convertible into Soul Crystals (Medium).

As hard currency in places like Reincarnation Paradise, Void, and original worlds, Soul Crystals (Large) are the basis, or rather, Soul Crystals (Small) and Soul Crystals (Medium) are special products of Reincarnation Paradise, diluted in concentration for Low-Tier Contractors. Soul Crystals (Small, Medium) and Soul Crystals (Large, Complete) do not belong to the same purchasing system.

As a result, Soul Crystals (Large) and Soul Crystals (Medium) do not have exchange relationships, with Soul Crystals (Large) being more valuable. Compared to the former two, the production of Soul Crystals (Large) is much less, and the formation conditions are more stringent. If the energy in a Soul Crystal (Medium) is 1 point, then a Soul Crystal (Large) is at least above 120.

But do not think that the value of a Soul Crystal (Large) is 120 times that of a Soul Crystal (Medium). Since they can neither be exchanged nor decomposed, there are many more Low-Tier Contractors than High-Tier Contractors in Reincarnation Paradise. Demand dictates the market and price. In the eyes of Tier 1-3 Contractors, Soul Crystals (Large) indeed require admiration as rare materials, but they cannot use these things. Without demand, the value decreases. Selling them for Paradise coins is no problem, but trying to exchange them for Soul Crystals (Medium) or (Small), that’s really dependent on luck. No one dares to create such a trading channel as it leads to bankruptcy.

Contractors truly needing Soul Crystals (Large) are at least Tier 4 or above, causing a situation where the reference price of a Soul Crystal (Small) is 10,000 Paradise coins, while the value of a Soul Crystal (Large) is not 12 million Paradise coins. Their target audiences are entirely different and cannot be mutually transformed, so their values are naturally different, and no association dares to set up a soul crystal trading platform.

Of course, nothing is absolute. Those fool merchants from Red Maple attempted similar exchanges, and after losing over 5 million Paradise coins in two hours, the platform closed.

The reference price of a Soul Crystal (Large) ranges between 300,000 to 400,000 Paradise coins. Because they can’t be circulated among Tier 1-3 Contractors, their actual transaction prices vary greatly. If a High-Tier Contractor urgently needs a Soul Crystal (Large) to upgrade their ability, even selling it for 1.3 million Paradise coins, the other party has no choice but to accept it.

If you try to exchange four Soul Crystals (Medium) with a High-Tier Contractor for one Soul Crystal (Large), the response will be unanimous: either scram, or sometimes equivalence doesn’t mean interchangeability. The dynamic price of Soul Crystals fluctuates too greatly.

These are consumable resources and hard currency, but unlike basic currencies that are constant. Conversely, the purchasing power of Paradise coins is very stable, unmovable by thunder.

Soul Crystals (Small) and Soul Crystals (Medium) have the same quality but different weights.

Soul Crystals (Medium) and Soul Crystals (Large) have the same weight but different quality.

Soul Crystals (Large) and Soul Crystals (Complete) have the same quality but different weights.

Soul Crystal (Small): Contains 1.2~1.3 Soul Energy.

Soul Crystal (Medium): Contains 11~12 Soul Energy.

Soul Crystal (Large): Contains about 1200~1300 Soul Energy (requires strong physical and soul strength to bear the high purity of soul energy inside).

Soul Crystal (Complete): Contains about 12500~13000 Soul Energy (requires strong physical and soul strength to bear the high purity of soul energy inside).

Soul Crystal (Small): Reference price 10,000 Paradise coins.

Soul Crystal (Medium): Reference price 100,000 Paradise coins.

Soul Crystal (Large): Reference price 300,000~400,000 Paradise coins (price fluctuates greatly).

Soul Crystal (Complete): Reference price 4 million~6 million Paradise coins.

When Su Xiao’s Mana Value recovered to around 1000 points, he began to work on manufacturing the first Apollo.