Back at the ruined temple, Su Nian went straight to the altar of sacrifice to summon the sacrificial panel.

At this time, the backpack of the space bag was already full of things.

They are 6 Level 1 Spirit Plants, 7 Level 2 Spirit Plants, and the rest are high-quality equipment and jewelry ores with spiritual energy inside.

Under normal circumstances, Spirit Plants can be sold on the Market, and the price will be about 30% higher than if they were sacrificed directly to the Infernal God, and special Spirit Plants will also have a higher selling premium.

But no matter how much the premium is, it is not as high as the direct sacrifice to oneself.

Drag the spirit plant placed in the first grid with your consciousness, drag it to the dark green flame, and a streamer automatically shoots out from the ember fire above your head to hit the sacrificial flame on the altar, and suddenly the sacrificed spirit plant appears in the flame, quickly dissolving.

[Faction Hint (Shadow City): Complete the Spirit Plant Sacrifice Decomposition to gain 332 Corrosion Energy, which is converted to 232 Shadow Ember of Faction Energy. 】

Harvesting three times the price of the sacrifice made Su Nian happy.

Next, he threw all the items in his space bag into the sacrificial flame.

Among them, the 11 energy crystals obtained by killing the cursed corpse are stackable items, and the sacrifice decomposes to bring 338 ember benefits.

After completing the sacrifice, Su Nian summoned the panel, and his gaze swept to the ember balance.

The total gain from this sacrifice is 6934 Shadow Embers, plus the remaining 84 Shadow Embers, and 160 Shadow Embers produced by the Source of Corruption node for 2 hours, for a total of 7178 Shadow Embers on his body.

After completing the sacrifice, Su Nian subconsciously used his godhead consciousness to glance at the shadow song that was still in the Crypt Worm Valley.

In the picture, Ying Ge is crouching in a bush, her eyes fixed on the insect life in the distance.

He swept his mind over the insect life, and information came to his mind.

【Kekilisha Beetle (King of Worms)】:

Target Information: Alienated insect life after being eroded by corrosive forces, its strength and body surface defense have been greatly improved, and it is good at hunting prey in a simple and crude way.

Comprehensive strength evaluation: Blackstone 4-star (elite)

Target Value: Skill Mark (Life Core).

……

This insect king is one of the side quests of the scene in parsing information.

Under the erosion of corrosive power, the life form of the insect king changes, and the life core in his body can be dismantled, and a skill that can be included in the Shadow skill library can be obtained.

But Su Nian now doesn't want Ying Ge to take the risk of challenging the Insect King.

Shadow Song is not in good shape now, her body is already covered with scars, and her physical exertion is also very serious.

If he loses the battle, not to mention his investment, even the resources that Shadow Song has worked hard to collect in front of him will remain in the Crypt Worm Valley.

But for the choice of Ying Ge, he did not choose to block it.

No longer continuing to pay attention to the shadow song that is still looking for an opportunity to squat and hunt, Su Nian's consciousness returns to his body at this time.

Back to Purgatory City through the legendary point above the temple, Su Nian made a beeline for the Skill Tower.

After coming to the skill tower again, Ji Yun was still waiting.

"Got the skill?"

Faced with the inquiry, Ji Yun grinned:

I've just upgraded to level 10 and I'm about to face a decisive choice, and I want to wait for you to come back and give me a reference.

As he spoke, Ji Yun shared the skill panel with him.

Sweeping his gaze to the panel, Su Nian saw the skill panel that Ji Yun had chosen.

[Sacrifice Lv. 10]:

Skill Quality: Normal

Skill introduction: Burn your own qi and blood, and heal the target of the skill, and the healing effect is affected by your own qi and blood strength and qi and blood consumption.

Skill Path (to be selected):

【Qi and Blood Connection (Passive-Active)】:

Skill Quality: Normal

Active Effect: After being released on the target, it can establish a blood connection with the target.

Passive Effect: The skill connects to the target within 20 meters of itself, and any injury to the target will burn the skill holder's qi and blood to heal it.

[Shield Wall Guardian (Active Skill)]:

Skill Quality: Normal

Active Effect: After releasing the skill, establish a guardian connection with the locked target.

Skill effect: If the target is within 20 meters of the target, part of the damage taken by the target will be passed on to itself through the connection (Hint: If the target dies after taking lethal damage, the guardian connection will be interrupted, and the damage cannot be transferred.) ）

[Spirit Shield (Passive Skill)]:

Skill Quality: Normal

Skill Effect: When the skill effect changes, it will automatically activate the spiritual shield when it enters a serious injury or a serious deficit of qi and blood, and the subsequent damage will be borne by the shield formed by the mental power, and the strength of the spiritual shield is affected by the strength of the mental power, and the duration is affected by the remaining mental power.

……

The skills of Purgatory City are not skills in the game, and there is no concept of skill cooldown.

As long as you have enough qi and blood, or enough mental power, the energy required to release these two skills can release the corresponding skills infinitely.

But the spiritual power and qi and blood are obviously not unlimited, and the price of releasing them at will is very serious.

Excessive mental energy consumption can lead to dizziness and mental trance.

Excessive consumption of qi and blood will lead to a deficit in the body, black eyes, soreness and weakness, and inconvenience.

For example, Shadow City's rule skill "Invincible Tumbling Frame".

The release condition of the rule skill is to burn one-third of one's own qi and blood, and if you roll three times in a row, the blood bar will be directly emptied, and you will fly to heaven on the spot.

Therefore, when qi, blood and energy are limited, how to match skills is very important.

It can be seen that Ji Yun's upgrade of this skill seems to be planning to take the team route.

And it is the meat shield flow growth system, which bears damage for him and creates an output environment for him.

But he obviously didn't need Ji Yun's protection.

Not to mention that his physical fitness is stronger than Ji Yun, from the perspective of matching natural ability, Ji Yun needs more self-protection and damage-type skills.

Time control can allow Ji Yun to have a super high movement speed in a short period of time, and the assassination-type growth route is the most suitable choice for him.

Compared with the three promotion paths, the spiritual shield that can provide self-protection ability at a critical time is obviously more suitable for Ji Yun.

"Brother Nian, are you planning to let me go through the assassination flow system?"

"If you walk the flesh shield growth system, wouldn't it be a waste of your S-level extraordinary talent, and it's a pity that the speed given to you by time control doesn't go through the assassination stream."

"That makes sense...... Actually, I also thought about this question just now, but thinking that you have a soul weapon and take the output route, maybe I can use the meat shield flow system to create opportunities for you. ”

"No, my extraordinary talent is stronger than you think, and my defense is not weak at all."

"Listen to you."

This time, Ji Yun did not hesitate anymore and decisively chose the third promotion path.

Suddenly, a blood-colored streamer crossed the skill panel, and the original skill [Sacrifice Lv10] became [Spirit Shield Lv10].

Su Nian also summoned his skill panel at this time.

Now that he has 7178 Shadow Embers on his body, he may be able to try to bet on the promotion path of a skill.