Chapter 1834: High-Risk World

The Holy City was very prosperous. The streets were paved with neat square stones. It might have rained recently, and Su Xiao stepped on the square stones, feeling soft underneath. If he wasn't careful, he might step out a puddle of mud and splash it on innocent passersby.

Carefully observing the square stones on the street, one would find that these stones were of excellent quality and must have cost a great price when they were laid, but they hadn't been repaired for more than ten years. Some landmark buildings in the city were also like this. The water clock tower in the center of the city was somewhat green, clearly because the top was leaking, leading to the growth of moss.

Whether it was the attire of the commoners, the buildings on the street, or the talk of the commoners after meals, all indicated that this huge empire was going downhill, unless the next Black King could appear.

Reincarnation Paradise gave quite a bit of information. First, this world was still peaceful, and there was no racial war for the time being. As for the civil war, it wouldn't reach the Holy City in a short time. Those lords were all wary of one thing, which was whether the Black King was dead or not.

The Black King didn't die of old age in the Holy City. When he was old, this Black King left the Holy City. Not only did he not bring the guard army, but even the old servants who had protected him for decades were left in the Holy City. Alone, with one war beast, he left the Holy City. Half a month later, news of his death came. This strange process of passing away made many people suspect that the Black King wasn't dead.

Su Xiao could be sure of one point, which was that the Black King was definitely dead. This was the news he obtained when he first touched 【Black·Meteorite Sacrifice of the King】. The Black King was dead, so this arm bracer became a legendary-grade set.

Su Xiao followed behind the clergyman old man. The two entered the side road from the main street, passed through several alleys, and arrived before a church.

This church wasn't big, built from a kind of gray rock. At the top was a black metal ring, with a cross inside the metal ring.

Su Xiao looked at the metal symbol above the church. This thing was as big as a millstone, and a kind of energy that couldn't be distinguished in nature was sucked into it and poured into the church, giving people a sense of comfort and relaxation.

This energy was very difficult to capture, but what Su Xiao could be sure of was that this wasn't power from gods of the faith type. He had come into contact with some such gods, and their power would have spiritual imprints.

And the power poured into the church was a kind of non-attribute energy. As for what effect it finally achieved, it depended on how it was used. Used in a good aspect, it was bright and holy; used in an evil aspect, it could be infinitely evil and weird.

The beliefs of the users were different, so the abilities they obtained were different.

"Do you feel that eternal power?"

The clergyman old man also looked above the church, his gaze somewhat complicated. He was different from most clergy members. There was no firm faith in his eyes, but he was constantly praying for something, fearing the arrival of certain things.

"Eternal?"

Su Xiao basically determined that that kind of non-attribute energy was the extraordinary power of this world.

According to Su Xiao's observations along the way, even if there was no extraordinary power in this world, those humans with powerful physical fitness could make the martial power of this world reach the Fifth Tier.

The soldiers patrolling the street had melee attributes between 70–80 points. The squad leader level even reached over 80 points. As for the two soldiers wearing full-body armor who had been guarding in front of the stone platform, one of them had a real strength attribute as high as 89 points, and one had a real agility reaching 86 points. No need for too many, once the number of such elite soldiers exceeded 500, Su Xiao could only avoid their sharp edge. Such soldiers with comprehensive quality charging up were simply unstoppable.

Such soldiers, plus the users of extraordinary people, made the difficulty of this world reach the top of the Fifth Tier. If combined with a certain place, this place already counted as a native world with Sixth Tier difficulty.

Not only that, there was also the existence of extraordinary power in this world, which was a kind of energy called "Eternal."

"Eternal is both light and dark. The King chose dark, inherited..."

The clergyman old man's voice became lower and lower, finally sighing. He was worried and afraid of something.

Entering the church, this was different from any church Su Xiao had seen. There were no rows of seats. Inside, there were three stone platforms, on which were placed metal books, a crown, and a black sword twisted into a spiral shape.

Click-clack...

The church door gradually closed. A little sunlight passed through the skylight, making the church appear both peaceful and dim.

The clergyman old man knelt and prostrated under the crown, his hands crossed and folded on his chest.

"Lord Kukulin, is this your decision? Returning to this Holy City that is about to rot to the roots."

The clergyman old man spoke with his back to Su Xiao. Clearly, this was the identity arranged by Reincarnation Paradise for Su Xiao taking effect.

According to the information of the main mission and the hunting mission, Su Xiao needed to contact the rulers of the empire. Needless to say, the rule-breaker would definitely hide among these people. If it were Su Xiao who had the ability to replace key native figures, he would also do so. In this world, power = strength = ability to contact extraordinary power = more benefits.

If that rule-breaker was timid as a mouse, the other party couldn't have killed six Hunters, one Arbiter, and one Battle Angel. The reward of 25 Golden Honor Medals was very exaggerated, almost catching up to the benefits of Su Xiao executing four to five hunting missions.

"This is my decision, but... what can you do for me?"

Su Xiao felt that there were others inside the church before entering.

"I am already old, I can only ensure that those things don't walk out of the Dead City. The King paid too much for us. The Senate, the Princess, the Dukes don't know the price of becoming a King at all. They think it's a lucky thing that the King lived for more than 300 years. The King... what he most hopes for is liberation. Those stupid alien races think the King is a tyrant representing darkness, but they won't know what the King blocked for them. Lord Kukulin, do you know... what becoming the Black King represents."

The clergyman old man's voice was somewhat choked. He looked at the Black Wang Guan above the stone platform, wanting to touch it, but couldn't do so.

"Dead City?"

Su Xiao was about to participate in the struggle for royal power, but he more hoped to know what kind of place the Dead City was.

"That is the place where all hope is extinguished. The King sleeps there forever. Only by becoming the Black King can one have the qualification to enter there, otherwise one will be assimilated and infected by the residents there."

The clergyman old man only answered perfunctorily and didn't say the location of the Dead City, but the information he revealed was enough. The acquisition path of the Black King Soul set was very likely in the Dead City, and the key to entering there was related to becoming the Black King.

Su Xiao had three purposes in this world: first, to find the rule-breaker and clean it up; second, to complete the main mission; third, to find the Black King Soul set. This was the most important.

If he couldn't kill the rule-breaker, at most he would go to temporarily act as an Arbiter. At least Su Xiao had one hunting mission not completed, which was like this. Now, whether the hidden penalty mechanism had changed was unknown.

As for the main mission, it was naturally best if he could complete it. If he couldn't complete it, he would use the main mission failure exemption right to resist it.

The Black King Soul set was the most important. After all, this thing was too difficult to obtain. Like the super-high reward plot event of the Summit Battlefield, the highest reward was one-third of the Black King Soul set. Once he missed the current opportunity, it would be very difficult to obtain the Black King Soul set in the future, almost impossible. This kind of equipment, even if other contractors obtained it, wouldn't take it out to sell. ===== CHAPTER 1835 =====