Seeing the prompt about Dead Silence Annihilation, Su Xiao's gaze turned several degrees more solemn. Through the information on the Black King's Armguard, he had long known that Dead Silence Annihilation had a true form.
When he first obtained the Black King's Armguard, Su Xiao had only felt that the equipment was extremely powerful, especially the Descent of Dead Silence ability. It was practically a god-tier skill for group battles.
However, as his rank gradually rose, he slowly discovered that Descent of Dead Silence was not as impossible to counter as it seemed. Instead, Dead Silence Annihilation had become a major aid in his battles against powerful enemies. No matter how tyrannical an enemy's physique was, after taking several Annihilation Rounds from Dead Silence Annihilation, their defenses would definitely be corroded and rotted away by dead silence.
By the time he reached the ninth rank, Su Xiao had another realization: the manifested Dead Silence Annihilation was not actually outrageously powerful. Before he found its true form and absorbed the weapon with the Black King's Armguard, this move still fell short of the level of ultimate attacks like Extreme Blade: World, World Lightning, and Straight Kick.
Instead, it was the Black King's Armguard's immunity to the near-death state that felt increasingly useful to Su Xiao. Especially after reaching the higher ranks, it was only after he saw the attributes of an Eternal-grade ring that he truly realized the Black King's Armguard's strongest ability was its capacity to completely negate all debuffs caused by the near-death state.
There were actually two kinds of near-death states. The near-death state of contractors was an additional ability attached to their brands. It was not a weakening at all, but an extra enhancement, because the sliver of health remaining in the near-death state was additional health