Chapter 152 – Five Hundred Million Energy, An Assassination From a Legendary! (5k)

Chapter 150: Five Hundred Million Energy, An Assassination From a Legendary! (5k)

But let us turn to the other side of things.

Meanwhile, after leaving the Baili estate, Su Xing galloped through the night without pause all the way to Fudong Province.

Once he confirmed that no one was tailing him, Su Xing decisively entered the Blessed Spirit Field.

Pulling out that large handful of storage rings, Su Xing whispered excitedly:

“With this many dungeon items, how much energy could they possibly be worth!?”

Su Xing took out one storage ring and silently thought:

“Convert to simulation energy!”

【Ding! Energy-containing materials detected, total value: 9.87 million energy points. Absorb?】

“Yes!”

Su Xing answered without hesitation, then pulled out another ring.

【Ding! Energy-containing materials detected, total value: 12.03 million energy points. Absorb?】

【Ding! Energy-containing… total value: 8.57 million energy points. Absorb?】

“Yes, yes, yes…”

Su Xing kept pulling out rings one after another, converting every last one—rings and dungeon items alike—into simulation energy.

“Hehe, yours truly even let you absorb the storage rings themselves. Good luck trying to track me down now!”

Su Xing chuckled. Over the next few minutes, he watched the energy on his simulation panel skyrocket.

“How much… how much energy is there exactly?”

After converting everything, Su Xing stared at the energy displayed on the simulation panel and began grinning like an idiot.

“Ones… tens… hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands… hundred millions!”

A total of 480 million energy points!

“Good heavens, with this much energy, it’s more than enough for me to advance my Qi Refinement cultivation all the way to Spirit Transformation Perfection!”

Su Xing’s eyes blazed with excitement.

Clearly, with this much energy in hand, he wouldn’t need to worry about running short for quite some time.

And with the support of so much energy, Su Xing’s strength would undoubtedly see tremendous improvement!

After finishing the conversion, Su Xing double- and triple-checked that he hadn’t been tracked and hadn’t left any loose ends, then caught an overnight flight from Fudong Province back to Capital City.

Only after arriving at the familiar Dormitory did Su Xing finally let out a sigh of relief.

He glanced at the time. The entire round trip had taken him roughly three days.

“Ah, even though I got rich overnight, yours truly can’t forget his roots!”

“Slow and steady wins the race—that’s the real truth!”

Su Xing transformed into a grinding machine. The moment he returned to the Dormitory, he dove straight into the Blessed Spirit Field to refine pills.

Several days flew by, and due to time constraints, Su Xing only managed to refine three thousand pills.

Jin Congxue didn’t return to Capital City this week. Su Xing picked up the new week’s goods and headed back into the Blessed Spirit Field, preparing to launch a new round of simulation.

On the afternoon of June 24th, New Era 2024, Su Xing punctually initiated his forty-second simulation.

“Begin simulation!”

【Ding! This simulation costs 4,200 energy points. Remaining energy: 510.86 million points. Remaining simulations: unlimited.】

【Simulation begins!】

【Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】

“The hell? Who do you think you’re looking down on? Yours truly has five hundred million energy now, and all you’re offering me is purple talents?”

Su Xing snorted coldly, putting on the air of a wealthy man.

However, reality dealt Su Xing a crushing blow.

【Ding! Unlocking the gold talent draw function requires a total energy balance of one billion, plus an additional one hundred million energy to unlock…】

Upon hearing the simulator’s notification, Su Xing’s face went dark on the spot.

“The hell? What kind of nonsense is this? Gold quality requires a total energy balance of one billion?”

Su Xing nearly fainted right then and there. One billion energy—how long would it take him to save up that much!?

A look of melancholy crossed his face as Su Xing muttered:

“Forget it. Suddenly I feel like purple talents are pretty great after all… Draw purple talent!”

【Congratulations! You have obtained the purple talent: Blessed by Fortune!】

【Blessed by Fortune】: Your luck far surpasses that of ordinary people. You are a one-in-ten-thousand lucky soul. You don’t even need to check the almanac before going out. You frequently hit big windfalls, and if you buy lottery tickets, you’ll win eight out of ten times. Even if you do absolutely nothing and just idle your days away, the goddess of fortune will still smile upon you.

Su Xing’s eyes lit up when he saw the newly drawn talent.

Well now, another luck-type talent!

And compared to the blue talent Lucky Streak, this purple-quality luck talent was clearly far more powerful!

“Good heavens, am I really going all-in on the luck path!”

“I just wonder how much of an improvement Blessed by Fortune is compared to Lucky Streak?”

Su Xing’s eyes were filled with anticipation.

【In the Blessed Spirit Field, you become aware that you are in a simulation.】

【You’re in a good mood and decide to treat yourself to a plate of spirit egg fried rice.】

【Crack—you break open an egg. It’s a double-yolker!】

【Crack, crack crack… You break open seven eggs in a row, and every single one is a double-yolker. You know this is the miraculous effect of your new talent, and your grin nearly splits your face.】

【You continue refining pills in the Blessed Spirit Field. Your luck is exceptionally good—a full one-third of the pills you refine in a week turn out to be top-grade!】

【One week later, you meet with Jin Congxue.】

【Jin Congxue brings you good news. She tells you that she has successfully secured the contracting rights for a mining zone dungeon.】

【She is currently recruiting mining Class Users, and within a month at most, mining operations can officially begin. At that point, there will be a steady stream of exotic metal output.】

【You’re in high spirits after hearing this, so you head back to continue refining pills.】

Su Xing’s lips curled upward slightly as he watched.

“Tsk tsk, as expected of a purple talent!”

“This Blessed by Fortune is so much stronger than Lucky Streak! It can even influence business dealings?”

Su Xing clearly remembered that Jin Congxue had originally said it would take at least another month or two to secure the mining zone dungeon’s extraction rights. Yet now it had been handled in less than a month.

It had to be Blessed by Fortune at work.

“Tsk tsk, luck-type talents really are god-tier!”

Su Xing was looking forward to the rest of the simulation. His gaze returned to the simulation panel.

【Next, you proceed as always to join the Advent Cult and seize the Advent Cult’s treasury.】

【You travel to Shuangqing City. Your luck is excellent—it takes you only three days to encounter Old Dog Zong.】

【Afterward, you make a deal with Old Dog Zong and successfully join the Advent Cult.】

【Thanks to Old Dog Zong’s introduction and your strength, you are directly appointed as an Elder, and the Advent Cult promises to promote you to Protector as soon as possible.】

【But you couldn’t care less about any of that. As always, you act buddy-buddy with Old Dog Zong on the surface while secretly maintaining contact with Luo Shuying. With Luo Shuying’s help, you obtain large quantities of spirit herbs.】

【Over the next two years, you keep a low profile within the Advent Cult while steadily stockpiling pills.】

【Your luck is exceptional. The probability of refining top-grade pills has increased significantly—for pills like Essence Nurturing Pills and Organ Tempering Pills, you can maintain a thirty percent top-grade rate.】

【In the third year, you decide the time is ripe, and you defect from the Advent Cult together with Luo Shuying.】

【You flee to the Great Xia Military. The Advent Cult can only temporarily abandon its pursuit of you and redirect its attention toward Old Dog Zong.】

【And so Old Dog Zong finds himself on the run once again.】

【After joining the Great Xia Military, you present the pills you’ve accumulated over the years. Thanks to the high rate of top-grade pills, Great Xia gains over 70,000 additional Grandmaster-stage powerhouses, more than 800 Heavenly King-stage fighters, and even over 70 additional Martial Emperor-stage experts.】

【Afterward, you decide to head to Demon-Sealing Pass as soon as possible, using large quantities of Demon Emperor Blood Essence to boost your own strength.】

Seeing this, Su Xing nodded slightly and murmured:

“Now that I have enough simulation energy, the next step is to break through to Divine Power Realm Great Perfection as soon as possible!”

In Su Xing’s previous simulation, he had failed to break through to Divine Power Realm Great Perfection due to insufficient time.

But this time, as long as he entered Demon-Sealing Pass early and killed the royal-clan Demon Emperors within the pass quickly enough, he could obtain higher-grade blood essences and break through to Divine Power Realm Great Perfection!

With that thought in mind, Su Xing turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【In the fourth year, you join Demon-Sealing Pass and make a name for yourself within just one year.】

【In one year’s time, you slay over a dozen Demon Emperors and several hundred Demon Kings. Your swordplay reaches the pinnacle of mastery, and you are hailed as the strongest person below Legendary-stage in all of Demon-Sealing Pass!】

【But you were still unsatisfied, for your reputation only resounded within Demon-Sealing Pass and had not yet spread to the demon tribes.】

【And so, you made no effort to conceal your true strength, performing ever more brilliantly on the battlefield.】

【In the fifth year, you slew nearly twenty Demon Emperors in a single year, with countless Demon Kings falling along the way.】

【The dense killing intent emanating from your body was so overwhelming that even low-rank demon beasts dared not approach, and even Demon Kings and Demon Emperors were reluctant to face you.】

【You successfully spread your reputation into the demon tribes.】

【That same year, you got your wish — you were challenged by a Demon Emperor of the Fierce Rhinoceros Tribe.】

【You deliberately concealed your strength, fighting him for an entire day and night before sparing his life.】

【You told him that royal-clan Demon Emperors were nothing but trash!】

【Your provocation successfully triggered an enormous uproar among the demon tribes.】

【In the following months, a full three royal-clan Demon Emperors challenged you, and you didn’t hold back — you accepted every single one and slaughtered them all.】

【In the sixth year, with an abundant supply of high-quality Demon Emperor Blood Essence, your strength improved rapidly, and your Body Tempering cultivation advanced with each passing day.】

【You didn’t drain the pond to catch all the fish. When facing royal-clan demon beasts, you didn’t kill every single one — instead, you chose to kill one and spare the next.】

【Because you knew that only this way would there be an endless stream of royal-clan demon beasts coming to challenge you.】

【In the seventh year, just as you predicted, royal-clan demon beasts came to challenge you in an unending procession.】

【Because quite a few royal-clan Demon Emperors had been lucky enough to escape with their lives, they believed that those who died at your hands simply weren’t strong enough.】

【This was exactly what you wanted. It was as though you were raising royal-clan Demon Emperors in a pen — whenever you ran low on Blood Essence, you’d simply go slaughter a couple.】

【In one year, you killed seven royal-clan Demon Emperors and obtained a massive haul of royal-clan Demon Emperor Blood Essence. You were no longer far from the eighth stage of the Divine Power Realm.】

【In the eighth year, more and more royal-clan Demon Emperors came to challenge you.】

【They even took pride in escaping from your grasp, as it proved their strength was formidable enough.】

【And you were happy to oblige, knowing that only this way could you maintain a steady harvest of Demon Emperor Blood Essence.】

【That same year, your cultivation finally broke through — you became an eighth-stage Divine Power Realm cultivator!】

Su Xing felt a surge of joy when he saw this.

Sure enough, just as he’d predicted, those royal-clan Demon Emperors had mysterious origins but were absolutely obsessed with battle.

Su Xing’s entrapment strategy had worked perfectly — a steady stream of Blood Essence delivered right to his doorstep.

“It’s only the eighth year and I’ve already broken through to the eighth stage of the Divine Power Realm… Looks like reaching Divine Power Realm Great Perfection this time won’t be difficult!”

Su Xing thought to himself, turning his gaze to the simulation panel.

【In the ninth year, you maintained your kill-one-spare-one strategy. Over the course of the year, you killed more than ten royal-clan Demon Emperors, reaping massive quantities of Blood Essence, and your Body Tempering strength rose steadily.】

【In the tenth year, as your fame grew ever greater, the royal-clan Demon Emperors who came to challenge you grew stronger and stronger.】

【But for you, it was merely a matter of expending a bit more effort. No matter how strong these royal-clan Demon Emperors were, they were still far beneath you.】

【Gradually, you discovered that the energy contained within royal-clan Demon Emperor Blood Essences varied.】

【Though the differences in energy weren’t enormous, you secretly speculated that it might be related to the purity of the demon tribe’s bloodline.】

【That year, you slew over ten royal-clan Demon Emperors, and your strength improved further.】

【In the thirteenth year, over the years, the number of royal-clan Demon Emperors who had fallen at your hands had already approached one hundred and eighty.】

【Gradually, fewer and fewer Demon Emperors came to challenge you. You knew it was because the death toll had grown too high — these royal-clan Demon Emperors had finally wised up.】

【But fortunately, every few days a couple of reckless young Demon Emperors would come to challenge you, keeping your Blood Essence supply adequate.】

【In the fourteenth year, your days consisted of nothing but fighting and cultivating. Though the routine was monotonous, the improvement in your strength was plainly visible.】

【Your Body Tempering cultivation grew ever higher, and you could feel that the ninth stage of the Divine Power Realm was no longer far away.】

【In the fifteenth year, with an abundant supply of Blood Essence to sustain you, you finally broke through to become a ninth-stage Divine Power Realm cultivator!】

【But what gave you a bit of a headache was that fewer and fewer royal-clan Demon Emperors were coming to challenge you, and the Blood Essence you’d stockpiled was already running low.】

【Left with no choice, you resorted to provocation. You declared that royal-clan Demon Emperors were nothing but weaklings, and that you could take on two of them at once without breaking a sweat!】

【Your provocation worked. The demon tribes, which had gone quiet, stirred once again — and this time they were absolutely furious.】

【You were placed on the demon tribes’ bounty list, and there were even Legendary-stage demons who wanted to assassinate you.】

【But you couldn’t have cared less. All you wanted was more Blood Essence so you could break through to Divine Power Realm Great Perfection as soon as possible.】

Su Xing chuckled and shook his head at this.

“Sigh, the me in the simulation really is reckless — truly not afraid of death!”

“Fighting two royal-clan Demon Emperors alone… an ordinary ninth-stage Divine Power Realm cultivator might not be able to pull it off, but I’ve comprehended Sword Momentum, so it shouldn’t be a problem!”

Su Xing somewhat envied his simulated self for being able to completely let loose.

Unlike the real Su Xing, who was clearly very powerful but could only choose to lay low.

“Sigh, once this young master’s strength is enough to suppress everything under heaven, I absolutely must show off in grand fashion!”

Su Xing thought to himself, then turned his gaze back to the simulation panel.

【In the sixteenth year, your provocation worked.】

【Within two months, two royal-clan Demon Emperors came to challenge you. You fought these two royal-clan Demon Emperors for an entire day and night, ultimately cutting them both down and reaping a massive haul of Blood Essence.】

【Afterward, you spread the word further, declaring that these royal-clan Demon Emperors weren’t nearly strong enough, and that you craved worthier opponents!】

【Your behavior thoroughly enraged the demon tribes. In short order, dozens of royal-clan Demon Emperors lined up to challenge you.】

【You could barely contain your glee, and without refusing a single one, you accepted them all!】

【That year, you slaughtered dozens of Demon Emperors and harvested a massive quantity of Blood Essence.】

【With an abundant supply of Blood Essence secured, you were in no rush to kill more royal-clan Demon Emperors. Instead, you devoted yourself entirely to cultivation each day.】

【In the seventeenth year, your actions had earned you the deep hatred of the demon tribes. That year, you suffered multiple assassination attempts from human spies and Advent Cult traitors.】

【Fortunately, your strength was exceptional, and with Luo Shuying guarding you at all times, you emerged unscathed.】

【After that, you kept a lower profile over the following years, spending your days doing nothing but cultivating and killing enemies from atop the walls of Demon-Sealing Pass, accelerating the digestion of Blood Essence.】

【In the twentieth year, after three years of quiet, something unexpected happened — a Legendary-stage demon beast set its sights on you!】

【That day, you stood atop the walls of Demon-Sealing Pass fighting enemies as usual. Just as you’d cut down a Demon King with a single sword strike, a dark shadow burst forth from the darkness.】

【The shadow moved with terrifying speed — you had no time to react at all. Razor-sharp claws raked across your chest, and in an instant, flesh and blood flew as a wound deep enough to expose bone was torn open.】

【Seeing that its first strike had failed to finish you, the Legendary-stage demon beast was somewhat surprised, then immediately lashed out with its claws once more.】

【In that critical moment, you could only grit your teeth and unleash a burst of Sword Momentum, barely managing to force back the Legendary-stage powerhouse.】

【Just as you prepared to flee, you discovered that the wound was rapidly rotting, and a wave of dizziness nearly made it impossible to stand.】

【Before you blacked out, you saw the desperate look on Luo Shuying’s face.】

【When you next awoke, you were lying on a hospital bed, with Jin Congxue and Luo Shuying standing at your side.】

【You weren’t in great shape, but at least your life wasn’t in danger.】

【Luo Shuying told you that you’d been unconscious for over a month, and that the Legendary-stage demon beast that had ambushed you was from the Shadow Tribe!】

【Luo Shuying explained that the Shadow Tribe was one of the ten great imperial clans among the demon tribes, specializing in assassination and concealment, possessing the ability to travel through shadows.】

【Moreover, the claws of the Shadow Tribe carried a deadly venom — ordinary Martial Emperors would die almost instantly upon contact.】

【But you had miraculously survived.】

【Luo Shuying then handed you a ring. She told you that the Legendary Shadow Tribe member had been killed by her and the other Legendary-stage powerhouses stationed at Demon-Sealing Pass.】

【And knowing that you needed Blood Essence, Luo Shuying had frozen the Legendary Shadow Tribe member’s Blood Essence and sealed it inside this ring.】

Su Xing frowned deeply when he saw this, but his brow quickly relaxed.

“The demon tribes… above the hundred royal clans, there are actually imperial clans?”

“I’m afraid those imperial clans are the true powerhouses and elites of the demon tribes!”

Su Xing understood clearly — that Legendary Shadow Tribe member was absolutely powerful.

And the reason Su Xing had been able to withstand the Shadow Tribe’s assassination wasn’t solely because of the formidable physique of a Body Tempering cultivator.

More importantly, it was Su Xing’s talent — Descendant of Shennong!

Descendant of Shennong — a farming talent that happened to possess a rare poison resistance effect. It was likely this precious toxin resistance that had saved Su Xing’s life!

“Sigh, as expected, one really shouldn’t be too arrogant!”

Su Xing let out a sigh and said:

“Even though I’m already at the ninth stage of the Divine Power Realm in the simulation — truly unrivaled beneath the Legendary stage — if I encounter a Legendary-stage demon beast on a suicide mission to assassinate me, it’s still a matter of life and death!”

“I was lucky it was the Shadow Tribe. If it had been some other Legendary demon beast that simply tore me apart, I’d have been well and truly dead!”

Su Xing shook his head slightly, but then the corner of his mouth curved upward.

“Still, the bigger the storm, the more valuable the catch!”

“Blood Essence from a Legendary-stage demon beast… hiss, that should be enough for me to break through to Divine Power Realm Great Perfection, right?”