Chapter 787: Lottery Time of the Mad Xu the Great Demon King

Passive Value: 1,069,462.

There's still a million left...

Xu Xiaoshou clenched his fist, feeling the latent power hidden within his body at that moment, stronger than before by an unknown factor.

During this enhancement process, he had only spent less than half of his Passive Value, leaving him with one million!

"Too strong."

"How are other Zongshi supposed to live?"

After a brief sigh, Xu Xiaoshou fell into thought.

With the remaining Passive Skills, he could easily upgrade them all to Wangzuo level if he wished.

But if he did that, the lottery and awakenings would likely be out of the question.

He scanned the major Passive Skills again; although his eyes burned with desire, he held back.

He took out the last batch of one hundred thousand Passive Value and allocated it to that ever-present status Passive Skill that helped him show off.

"Qi Tun Shan He (Zongshi Lv.1)."

"Qi Tun Shan He (Wangzuo Lv.1)."

Straight to Wangzuo level!

The change in his body wasn't significant, as it was a hidden Passive Skill.

All Xu Xiaoshou could sense was a shift in his emotions, as if he could subtly manipulate the surrounding forces of heaven and earth.

The effect was minimal.

But he knew that "Qi Tun Shan He" had already undergone a qualitative change.

Because this unique status Passive Skill required time to accumulate.

Reaching Wangzuo level meant that from now on, when he employed the Empty City Strategy, he could almost solely rely on momentum buildup to influence everything within the Wangzuo realm.

And "everything" naturally included Zhan Dao and Tai Xu.

One must remember that in the Wangcheng battle, he still needed to combine Sheng Li with "Qi Tun Shan He" to exert pressure on others.

But now, at Wangzuo level...

"Hehehe!"

Xu Xiaoshou chuckled wickedly, already imagining the even more realistic sense of oppression it would bring when he used "Changes" to disguise himself as others.

Unlike most Passive Skills that only worked against opponents of the same realm or one realm above, "Qi Tun Shan He" was something Xu Xiaoshou generally used to face big bosses.

Not for actual combat.

But sometimes, intimidation, pressure, deterrence, and sowing doubt could be even more effective at repelling enemies he couldn't defeat with raw strength.

To achieve that...

In the past, Xu Xiaoshou could only rely on his wits.

Now, he had his wits plus an even stronger "Empty City Strategy" for pressure!

"I can't upgrade it anymore, or I'll be broke..."

Glancing at the Passive Skill panel, Xu Xiaoshou resisted the temptation to get stronger immediately.

He had to start the lottery; if it gave him good stuff, he could use the remaining Passive Value to push straight to Wangzuo level.

If not, he could settle for upgrading his existing Passive Skills.

"This time, no more than five hundred thousand for the lottery—absolutely not!"

Xu Xiaoshou swore to himself.

Lotteries were too addictive; once the gambler's mindset kicked in, even he couldn't hold back.

With over nine hundred thousand Passive Value left, if he went all in and got nothing...

Xu Xiaoshou would cry on the spot!

So, he set his limit at five hundred thousand.

If nothing by three hundred thousand, he'd allow himself one crazy splurge up to five hundred thousand.

But if even five hundred thousand yielded nothing, he might not trust this unknown lottery system for a long time.

"The Passive Keys have gone up in price too—one thousand each, what a rip-off!"

Xu Xiaoshou looked at the shop, hesitated for a while, then stamped his foot, shook himself off, and perked up: "Let's go for a ten-pull... no, a single pull for a miracle—people need dreams!"

Maybe this time he'd get super lucky and hit it big in one go?

Clinging to that dream, Xu Xiaoshou gritted his teeth and spent one thousand Passive Value to exchange for his first Passive Key after breaking through to Dual King Zongshi.

"Heaven spirits, earth spirits, Taishang Laojun... Jade Emperor, Buddha, show yourselves!"

He clasped his hands together, utterly devout.

Then, he inserted the Passive Key and turned it.

"Ha!"

The view in front of him lit up.

Xu Xiaoshou was disappointed first; this meant it wasn't a high-level mastery or status Passive Skill.

But that was fine! There was still a 99 percent chance for other Passive Skills...

So, he turned to look at the info bar.

"Pfft..." Xu Xiaoshou spat out a mouthful of old blood.

This didn't feel right!

Was that possible?

This crappy system had just swallowed his one million Passive Value; it should at least gather some massive luck for the first pull and give something back, right?

That was what Xu Xiaoshou thought was only fair.

Of course, that was just human nature.

But...

Thanks for your patronage?

"Damn it, you scam system, you're not human—you're a real dog!"

His eyes red from the key's result, Xu Xiaoshou angrily... moved to a spot he thought had better feng shui, then lay down and secretly exchanged for ten Passive Keys, jamming them in while the Passive Wheel wasn't looking.

"Give me something good—ahhh!"

"Pfft, pfft, pfft..." At that moment, Xu Xiaoshou's vision didn't go dark; instead, he felt his head spinning.

This dog system only raised the price of Passive Keys, damn it—didn't it raise the odds?

This wasn't like the old one-thousand-per-key lottery.

This was post-breakthrough, one thousand per pull!

"Spitting blood..."

Xu Xiaoshou didn't get discouraged; he dug a pit, deliberately not using Ling Yuan, and dug it with full sincerity, then buried himself in it.

Then, underground, he exchanged for another ten keys.

"Don't give anything, don't give anything..."

Ten inserts!

"Obtained Extended Passive Skill: Zhuan Hua!"

With a bang, the ground completely shattered at that moment.

His Wangzuo body burst out of the pit; Xu Xiaoshou emerged like the Stone Monkey, his face flushed, holding his breath as he shot up into the clouds, then exploded into manic laughter in mid-air.

"Wa ha ha ha ha—"

"Yo ku ku ku ku—"

"Hee ha hee ha hee ha—"

"See! It's the Murphy's Law for sure, got to go against it! Ha ha ha ha..."

Gone mad?!

In the Yuanfu world, where Xu Xiaojiji and Tan Shen were desperately working, they both turned at the same time to see that manic figure in the sky.

What elegance, what refined demeanor...

At that moment, Xu Xiaojiji only saw a dirt-covered, ferocious madman.

If he didn't know that the Yuanfu world had nothing, he'd have thought this was some grave robber who found an emperor's tomb and went insane on the spot.

"It's normal..."

Soon, Xu Xiaojiji looked away and calmly continued tallying the boxes, not daring to glance more, just muttering in his heart: "This is Xu the Great Demon King; he goes crazy a few times a month—totally normal..."

Xu Xiaoshou was indeed going crazy.

He hadn't gotten anything for so long.

Two hundred thousand Passive Value, equivalent to forty pulls back in the day, yet it brought this Extended Passive Skill—could only say... it was a loss.

But that was okay!

As long as he got something, even a tiny Passive Skill, it would definitely bring a massive boost to his current combat power.

Besides, in Xu Xiaoshou's memory, not a single Passive Skill was weak.

"Zhuan Hua..."

Without hesitation, he threw ten first-tier skill points on it, upgrading "Zhuan Hua" to Xiantian level, then began sensing the changes in himself.

Extended Passive Skills only affected the body; he was familiar with that.

The power inside his body was transforming.

With "Perception" active, everything was clear.

It was a gradual dissipation of substantial forces like Qi Xue and Ling Yuan.

But at the same time, the mental power that had been depleted from his frenzy suddenly felt replenished.

In no time, Xu Xiaoshou felt his mental power, which hadn't been depleted much, become full again, reaching a delicate balance with Qi Xue, Ling Yuan, and the rest.

"Qi Xue, Ling Yuan, and others are being converted into the mental power I need most?!"

Xu Xiaoshou realized, his eyes bursting with light.

Zhuan Hua—this could convert other powers he possessed into the kind lost due to himself or external forces.

Ultimately, achieving balance among all energies?

"This is a divine skill!"

Xu Xiaoshou hugged his head, ecstatic in his heart.

What did he lack the most right now?

He lacked mental defense the most.

Because if hit by a mental attack, he'd either black out on the spot or be under continuous control.

But if Zhuan Hua worked as he thought, it could take part of his strongest advantages—life force and Ling Yuan—and patch up his weakest mental shortcoming!

The key was, he also had "Sheng Sheng Bu Xi" and "Yuan Qi Man Man".

That meant...

As long as enemies didn't kill or control him outright in the first strike, without a balanced attack on spirit, body, will, and Tian Dao to wipe him out,

Then any part of his Jing, Qi, and Shen lost due to the opponent's attack would quickly be supplemented by his other powers under Zhuan Hua's effect?

"Heavens!"

Xu Xiaoshou was shocked.

His physical body advantage was already ridiculously strong.

With "Zhuan Hua" appearing, who could stop him?

A mental attack comes, and Qi Xue and Ling Yuan convert to mental power to replenish.

A physical attack arrives, and mental power and Ling Yuan convert to Qi Xue for recovery.

Even if someone directly erased Ling Yuan power, Xu Xiaoshou could draw new energy from Qi Xue and mental power to use.

"This is insane! In this world, who can directly erase all of someone's power? That'd require Wangzuo Dao realm perfection, plus comprehending another three thousand Great Dao on top?"

"And if not, that means I might basically be unkillable!"

With his life now fully secured, Xu Xiaoshou was incredibly excited.

Since the Extended Passive Skill had no description, he had to test it himself.

So, he immediately upgraded "Zhuan Hua" from Xiantian level to Zongshi, and after thinking, decided to go all out again!

"Zhuan Hua (Wangzuo Lv.1)."

At Wangzuo level, the conversion power was very noticeable, almost like going from needing "Perception" as a microscope to seeing it with the naked eye in 3D.

Xu Xiaoshou trembled as he continuously outputted Bai Yan toward the chaotic mist in the Yuanfu space, consuming his own Ling Yuan.

Soon.

As his Qi Hai Ling Yuan was consumed, all the forces in his body stirred.

In the past, only "Yuan Qi Man Man" would activate.

Now, every module in his body was starting up.

Xu Xiaoshou felt his Qi Xue power beginning to decline, and his mental power starting to deplete, but "Sheng Sheng Bu Xi" activated just like "Yuan Qi Man Man", causing his Ling Yuan to surge at that moment.

A wildly surging surge!

In just a few breaths, Xu Xiaoshou stopped, and his Ling Yuan returned to its balanced peak.

And after recovery,

"Sheng Sheng Bu Xi" and "Yuan Qi Man Man" hadn't stopped yet; they were still working!

Until they fully replenished the depleted mental power, restoring Xu Xiaoshou to his prime state, he finally noticed that all the activity in his body had ceased.

"Giggle..."

His teeth chattered.

Without taking any drugs, in that instant, Xu Xiaoshou felt an almost euphoric rush of pleasure.

This was...

A miracle!

Utterly unbeatable!

With "Zhuan Hua", he truly wouldn't need to sleep anymore.

What war aftermath, what weakened state—it was impossible.

"Zhuan Hua"'s arrival was like turning those two foundational Passive Skills into power sources; wherever needed, it would replenish on the spot!

And at Wangzuo level, "Zhuan Hua" was almost instant.

Directly unbeatable!

"Too terrifying—a man who stays at peak condition all the time, against another who just gets more exhausted in battle... well, an enemy."

Xu Xiaoshou's lips twitched; he realized how dreadful this was.

At that moment, he dared to crown himself as the strongest in endurance, the strongest man!

No one else in the world could compare!

If "Zhuan Hua" had appeared earlier, its effect might not have been this terrifying.

But with his cultivation at Zongshi,

And Passive Skills' upper limit raised to Wangzuo,

This thing was basically infinite endurance for real!

Then, Xu Xiaoshou thought of something and suddenly flew to Xu Xiaojiji: "Xiaoji, give me a chance to let you hit me hard!"

"Ah?" Xu Xiaojiji was scared witless at the time, thinking: Is he testing me?

Then Xu Xiaojiji waved his hands frantically, terrified: "Shou Ye, I've never had the thought of beating you, never!"

Xu Xiaoshou: "If you don't hit me, I'll hit you."

Xu Xiaojiji: "???"

"Offending you..." Stepping back, Xu Xiaojiji suddenly clenched his fist, gathering a massive amount of void elements, his eyes gleaming with the excitement of finally getting what he sought, and threw a fierce punch.

This guy actually had Wangzuo-level combat power too.

"Bang!"

Ling Qi exploded.

Xu Xiaoshou stood firm, unmoved.

But Xu Xiaojiji was like he'd been stung by a hedgehog and shaken off; he was flung back into the air, his body tumbling, clutching his fist and curling up like a shrimp, before crashing heavily into the ground.

"As expected..."

After landing, Xu Xiaojiji wanted to cry but had no tears: "I knew it, I knew—even before, I had a chance, but now, really none. This guy, whether beating others or getting beaten, in the end, the one hurt is always someone else..."

Naturally, Xu the Great Demon King on the other side wouldn't press the advantage; he was already deep in shock again.

Wangzuo-level "Zhuan Hua" had given him a different feeling based on Zongshi and below, so Xu Xiaoshou wanted to test it.

And Xiaoji's punch perfectly confirmed his idea.

Zhuan Hua not only converted internal powers to balance,

But at Wangzuo level, it could also convert external powers!

Nearly half of Xiaoji's punch was swallowed by the "Zhuan Hua" ability, turning into nourishment for his body and Qi Hai.

The rest was the damage that affected Xu Xiaoshou.

But Xu Xiaoshou was already at peak condition.

So, the half-damage from Xiaoji was perfectly offset by the other half that had been converted.

It was as if...

"One punch on me, not only does it do no harm, but it might even get you shaken to death?" Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.