"No, no, you promised me clearly—"
Before the man finished his words, Xiao Hei broke his neck, ending his life on the spot.
"I promised not to kill you, but I didn't say Xiao Hei wouldn't. I still keep my word, right, Xiao Hei?"
Xiao Hei tilted his head, trying to understand, but with his current IQ, he clearly couldn't.
Su Zhan had no mercy for these guys.
If he didn't have these cards, they would have broken his neck by now!
"There are... 105 spirit stones!"
"Count the 220 pieces I accumulated in the past two days. The fifth stage is within reach!"
Without hesitation, Su Zhan stretched out his right hand and began absorbing the spirit stones rapidly!
50.
100.
200.
240.
As the last three gradually melted, merging into the black mark…
"Come!"
In front of Su Zhan, black smoke emerged out of thin air, quickly forming an adult shape!
But this time, the number of black shadows was unexpected again.
"Four… Four?!"
Su Zhan's eyes were full of excitement, overflowing with joy.
The appearance of four black shadow avatars not only meant that his little black team had expanded again, their overall strength skyrocketed, and the daily mining output increased by 80 lower-grade spirit stones.
More importantly… in future stages, the number of four black shadow avatars would be increased!
"The feeling of this rising number is truly beautiful."
"But the number has increased. I wonder if there are any new features?"
Compared to the number, Su Zhan looked forward to the various new features of his skills even more.
Every new feature was a qualitative leap for Su Zhan!
Immediately, Su Zhan closed his eyes, and his consciousness quickly dived.
"Change."
"The dark fog has increased to ten."
"The black cube… seems to be a bit bigger?"
Drilling into the black cube.
Sure enough.
The original space of only 1 cubic meter has now risen to 2 cubic meters!
"No other new features have appeared."
"It seems that the change in the fifth stage is significantly increased, and the original function is upgraded to a certain extent. If I'm right, the intelligence of the little blacks will also increase slightly."
"In other words, according to the current pattern, if the number of avatars increases, other new functions won't appear."
The fifth stage is the same as the previous third stage.
Increasing quantity, Xiao Hei's intelligence improved, without new features.
"It should be right. There is an interval between each new function, which can also be called a cooling period… This cooling stage only increases the number and allows the existing functions to grow a bit, but it does not unlock anything new."
After many stages of improvement, Su Zhan gradually figured out the pattern. "It can be seen that unlocking new functions is not easy."
In Su Zhan's impression, the black mark aligns with the principle of equivalent exchange.
The better the function, the more spirit stones need to be absorbed, and the higher the stage required to unlock it!
The next new feature didn't appear.
It only explained that the number of spirit stones wasn't enough!
Only enough to give two more black shadow clones, double the clone space, and slightly improve intelligence… Want better new functions?
Continue to upgrade!
"If that's the case, then the next new function will be amazing…"
Su Zhan's eyes were full of expectations.
The appearance of the clone space made him realize the extraordinary nature of the black mark.
The surprises in the future will probably exceed his imagination!
"Keep going, I can't wait to know what the next new function will be."
"The next stage requires a full 729 spirit stones… At the current rate of 200 per day, it will only take four days."
"Little blacks, keep digging!"
Su Zhan raised his arm and called, and ten little blacks quickly swung their hoes and started working against the mine wall.
...
Three days later.
"Su Zhan, you have reached the target today. Here is your spirit stone."
In the exchange house, Su Zhan took a low-grade spirit stone thrown by the bald man as usual and turned around to leave.
"Your cultivation has improved a lot. You are almost at the second level of the mortal realm."
At this time, Zhou Yueshan, who had been drinking with his eyes closed, suddenly spoke.
Su Zhan paused.
He turned around and happened to meet Zhou Yueshan's eyes.
The other's seemingly lazy but actually sharp eyes that seemed to see through everything made Su Zhan feel uncomfortable.
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