"Ultimate Secret Art: Crystal Blaze" had undergone a qualitative change. Although this was an ability he could only use temporarily in the Golden Arena, it could bring in an enormous amount of golden skill points.
Whether Su Xiao could become the strongest Transcendent would even depend on how this ability performed in the next few battles. The Origin Stone's +10 increase to the upper limit of all ability levels made golden skill points desperately necessary.
In the latter half of the night, a torrential rain fell over the abandoned city. The air was filled with a foul chemical-pollution stench. This place had probably once been a technologically prosperous city, but it had ultimately declined beneath the weight of excessive technology. After lying abandoned for many years, it had been selected by the Void Tree as one of the venues for the Golden Arena.
The rain outside gradually weakened. With no doors or windows to block it, the air inside the abandoned hotel was damp and cold. Su Xiao raised one hand, palm upward, and clenched it slightly. A mass of semiliquid crystal appeared in his hand. It flowed through his fingers, then landed with a splat. After wriggling like translucent-blue slime, it revealed its initial form, one that had yet to be decided.
As Su Xiao determined its shape with his mind, the semiliquid crystal surged rapidly. In the blink of an eye, a spider appeared. Including its eight armored legs, it was about half a meter wide. Liquid filled its abdomen, giving it a dangerous orange-yellow color. Its eight compound eyes were blue, indicating that it was stable. Once they turned red, however, it would mean that it had been activated and could explode at any moment.
Ding, ding, ding~
The spider easily climbed the wall and could even