First, Draw Ten Thousand Passive Value

As soon as the staff member left, Xu Xiaoshou immediately returned to the red interface.

"Sharpness (Acquired Lv. 9)."

"Sharpness (Acquired Lv. 10)."

"Sharpness (Innate Lv. 1)."

With a Spirit Crystal clenched between his teeth, Xu Xiaoshou took an occasional drag from it. His eyes were unfocused, and a blissful, foolish grin spread across his face.

Sure enough, when you had no money, you could never imagine just how happy having money could make you.

With Passive Value to spare, one grand sweep of his hand had only cost him three thousand. To someone with over forty thousand Passive Value, that was nothing more than shaving off the loose change.

After Sturdiness, Xu Xiaoshou had finally obtained his second Innate-level passive skill.

As Sharpness advanced to Innate level, streaks of transparent gleam began to roam across the surface of his body. They seemed capable of cleaving through all things, like a precious body glowing with mystical radiance.

With a thought from Xu Xiaoshou, the gleam gathered around his forearm and formed a hand blade. He swept it across the ground.

Screech! Like a sword edge passing over it, a deep gash appeared in the floor.

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes lit up. He gathered the gleam onto his toes and swept them across the ground again.

Screech! His shoe split apart.

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

Yet when he saw the sword-mark-like groove beneath his feet, he could not suppress his excitement.

"Sure enough, every passive skill undergoes an enormous transformation once it reaches Innate level."

He recalled Sturdiness. The moment it entered the Innate level, it had brought his physical body into the Innate realm as well. Now that Sharpness had entered the Innate level, this transparent gleam had appeared, giving every part of his body terrifying cutting power.

This was practically a divine artifact for assassins, impossible to guard against.

If he suddenly threw a low kick during a match, he could sweep his opponent cleanly in two...

As Xu Xiaoshou imagined it, he could not help shuddering. That's too terrifying, isn't it? Since it's a passive skill, there's no casting time and no prelude. If I just use it openly like this, how could you defend? You can't! Even if you can block a low kick, can you block my three thousand strands of black hair? A sudden idea struck Xu Xiaoshou. He condensed the transparent gleam onto his hair, then casually pulled out a Spirit Crystal and tossed it into the air.

Screech, screech!

His hair swept past it, and the rock-hard Spirit Crystal shattered into fragments that drifted down, pattering against the ground.

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned. The idea had merely flashed through his mind, yet it had actually worked?

Looking at the Spirit Crystal shards on the ground, his heart ached terribly. What a waste! He should have used a stone for the experiment.

Xu Xiaoshou finally realized the power of the Passive System. Every passive skill was equivalent to an upgradable spiritual skill, and one that did not even need to be cultivated.

At present, he possessed two Innate spiritual skills, with two more urgently awaiting advancement to Innate! But that was not even the most important part. The key was that if you used these passive skills well, they were absolutely instant-cast active skills! "Too terrifying..."

Still grinning foolishly, Xu Xiaoshou casually exchanged for ten Passive Keys. First, he would draw ten thousand Passive Value's worth. If that was not enough, he would go again!

His greatest trump card had originally been Leisurely White Clouds, but Wen Chong had forced him to reveal it ahead of time. Now, he had no ultimate move left up his sleeve.

Having all his trump cards exposed was extremely dangerous.

He had to get another passive skill with greater destructive power. Otherwise, if he encountered Mo Mo and Chao Qingteng, those two great Innates, in the battles ahead, he might truly be unable to defeat them.

Xu Xiaoshou could be said to be extremely swollen with confidence. At least, from his current perspective, only those two in the outer court could barely exchange blows with him.

And that was indeed the truth. Even people as strong as Wen Chong, Liu Zhen, and Zhang Fu had been cut down one by one by him. In the eyes of the audience, he had even gained the qualifications to contend for first place.

Xu Xiaoshou inserted the keys one after another, his heart brimming with beautiful hopes. If the screen could go black once more, that would be even better.

The White Cloud Illusion brought by Sword Mastery last time had increased his strength by more than double. Naturally, he longed to go even further.

As the final key vanished, Xu Xiaoshou followed his usual routine and shouted, "Ha! Luck Emperor, possess me!"

After saying that, he looked expectantly toward the information panel.

"Thank you for your patronage!"

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"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

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"Thank you for your patronage!"

This...

Thud! Xu Xiaoshou landed face-first on the ground, rolled his eyes back, and fainted.

The other staff member in the waiting area found this rather strange. He had been watching Xu Xiaoshou go mad the entire time, cutting the floor one moment and whipping his hair around the next, entertaining himself with great delight like one of the children back home.

But why had he suddenly collapsed?

This was a serious matter.

He hurried over and shook Xu Xiaoshou awake. Once awake, Xu Xiaoshou stared blankly for a moment, glanced at the information panel, and fainted again.

"Damn!"

"The referee was right after all. Is Xu Xiaoshou cursed or something?"

As a qualified staff member, he had some medical experience. He could tell that Xu Xiaoshou had merely fainted because his mind had suffered an enormous shock all at once.

But...

He whipped his hair around until he knocked himself unconscious? This is the first time I've ever seen that!

Smack, smack, smack! The staff member repeatedly slapped Xu Xiaoshou's cheeks with spiritual energy, finally waking him again. When Xu Xiaoshou regained consciousness, he looked up at him pitifully, and two streams of clear tears flowed down his face.

The staff member panicked. What the hell is going on? I didn't do anything improper to you while you were unconscious!

"Go away. I don't want to see you. Let me be alone for a while!" Xu Xiaoshou cried.

The staff member: ??? He turned around and left without hesitation.

Xu Xiaoshou was suffering inside. He had imagined the most terrifying outcome, but he had never expected it to actually happen.

That was ten thousand Passive Value!

It had vanished into thin air just like that. Were they playing him for a fool? There was not even a single One More Key. You were cruel, heartless, and utterly unreasonable!

Xu Xiaoshou felt as though his body had been hollowed out. He no longer had the strength to climb up from the floor. He wondered whether he should use the remaining thirty thousand to force Breathing Method and Sword Mastery upward.

"No, I refuse to believe it. Another ten draws!"

Xu Xiaoshou was someone who never admitted defeat, or at least that was what he believed. So he exchanged for another ten keys.

"If I get jack shit this time, then I'll..."

"I'll..."

"Hah!" He let out a breath. In the end, he still chickened out and silently inserted the keys until the final one disappeared.

"Ha! Luck..."

Xu Xiaoshou instinctively started to speak, but his voice gradually faded away. He stared speechlessly at the sky.

Forget it. He could not afford to be reckless. No jinxing it.

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"One More Key!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"One More Key!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Obtained basic passive skill: Endless Vitality!"

"One More Key!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

"Thank you for your patronage!"

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes instantly shone green, and he sprang up so excitedly that he practically took flight.

Just look at that utterly out-of-place length!

The goods had finally dropped!

"Hahahahaha!"

He threw back his head and laughed madly. Twenty keys meant two Innate levels. Was it worth trading all that for a single passive skill?

Worth it! Xu Xiaoshou declared that it was more than worth it! Levels could be accumulated slowly later and forced upward whenever he pleased, but if he had no skills, what the hell was there to force upward?

He hugged a pillar and hopped up and down like a madman, his mouth stretched nearly to the back of his head. Wild laughter immediately echoed through the waiting area.

"He's gone mad, gone mad!"

Watching Xu Xiaoshou continuously rub himself against the pillar, the staff member felt as though a door to a new world had been opened before him.

Could one person's carnival truly be this joyful?

"Am I falling behind the tide of the times?"

He sighed faintly, staring at the pillar Xu Xiaoshou was hugging with deep concern.

Every time Xu Xiaoshou jumped, the pillar melted a little thinner. What a terrifying thing that was!