Chapter 1860

Su Xiao glanced at the surrounding notes, rotten wooden boards, metal fragments, etc. Studying sword arts was one of his hobbies, followed by concocting potions.

"It's about time to go say hello to that guy. These past two days, the old priest has been getting increasingly anxious."

During the two days Su Xiao was researching the remnants of the Extreme Cultivators, the old priest came over a dozen times. The first few times, he was still interested in researching with Su Xiao and offered his own opinions.

But in the later visits, the old priest began to earnestly advise him, for example, that seizing power was the serious business, and sword arts could be studied after becoming the king, and so on.

In the end, the old priest was so angry he was trembling, and he took the initiative to fight Queen Sayeto a few times. The result proved that he wasn't good at seizing power. Seeing this, Sayeto's confidence soared, and she took the initiative to come and trouble Su Xiao last night.

The result was that Sayeto was educated by Su Xiao in conjunction with Wu Fu and the Minister of Finance. She is currently hiding at home licking her wounds. If she hadn't seen the situation was bad and retreated quickly, she would have already been tied up by Zos.

The imperial officials were even more inclined to switch sides; they listened to everyone and tried not to offend anyone, because these people knew that their records were stained, and after a new king appeared, the Empire would definitely undergo a major reshuffle.

That day at noon, in the castle's restaurant.

Today, everyone was present: Su Xiao, Amu, the old priest, the Saber King, Princess Pedela, and Wu Fu were all there.

Nominally, Princess Pedela was the leader of this faction, so she sat in the main seat, but Pedela clearly didn't know what this represented and was currently tasting an exquisite cake.

Su Xiao sat on Pedela's right. Because the Saber King and Pedela had an excellent relationship, she sat on Pedela's left. As for the extent of their good relationship, Princess Pedela had even become somewhat dependent on the Saber King.

It was understandable; Su Xiao was covered in bloodlust, the old priest was muttering nonsense every day, Wu Fu was a famous iron-blooded commander of the Empire, and the Saber King, whose style of conduct was relatively warm, was naturally more easily accepted by Princess Pedela.

"I want to eat that."

Princess Pedela spoke timidly. From beginning to end, she had been somewhat afraid of Su Xiao. Seeing this, the Saber King stood up and brought over two portions of fruit milk salad, one for each of them.

"My lord, this is the shell tower that just arrived this morning, please have a taste."

Wu Fu brought over a plate of white, tender shrimp meat. The so-called shell tower was a type of large lobster.

"Pedela, did you leave the Right Imperial Estate last night?"

"What?"

Pedela looked at Su Xiao in confusion.

"You just said 'what', didn't you."

"Ah?"

Pedela was even more confused. The Saber King beside her stopped chewing.

"Is there... a problem?"

Pedela's body shrank backward, and soup dripped down from the dining knife in Su Xiao's hand.

Puchi!

Fresh blood splattered, and the dining knife stabbed into Pedela's neck. Warm, fresh blood splashed onto the Saber King's fair cheeks.

Danglang~

The silver dining fork slipped from the Saber King's hand, her pupils rapidly constricting as she looked at her friend Pedela, who was falling.

With a thud, Princess Pedela fell beside the chair, one hand covering her throat which was spurting blood, the other hand grabbing the Saber King's hem.

"Pedela never dared to ask me questions. Weak as a little rabbit, she would only answer yes or no to protect herself. This is the most basic survival rule for a princess in the struggle for power."

Su Xiao shook the fresh blood off his hand. At this moment, Zos had already jumped onto the dining table, his gaze fixed on Pedela. The old priest and Wu Fu were also filled with vigilance.

"Then you... didn't have to stab me, it hurts, hey."

'Pedela' slowly climbed up from the ground and pulled the dining knife out of her neck.

Without a doubt, the rule-breaker had shown her face. Princess Pedela wasn't replaced by the other party at the first opportunity; or rather, three days ago, the rule-breaker was still a distant relative of the Minister of Finance. After discovering Su Xiao's whereabouts, she immediately judged that Su Xiao was the Hunter.

Initially, the rule-breaker replaced Lena, a woman who had some power in the Duke's mansion but couldn't interfere with the royal power. This was the rule-breaker's habit; she had to first figure out the power system of this world before finding a suitable target. She had once suffered a great loss by rashly replacing a person in power and almost died.

The rule-breaker entered this world at the same time as Su Xiao. However, just as she was preparing to replace the young duke, Duke Silver Feather suddenly died, which made her very hesitant. Su Xiao had clearly set his sights on the power-seekers and had the ability to kill these people. If she replaced those people now, there was a high probability of exposure, causing her to lose her advantage in the shadows.

But after observing from the shadows, she found a target very suitable for her, Princess Dawn Pedela. She was a puppet, but could come into close contact with her enemies.

The only thing the rule-breaker worried about was whether this princess was that Hunter's R-BQ. She was also a woman and would never tolerate being pressed onto a bed and rubbed by Su Xiao.

After some investigation, the rule-breaker confirmed one thing: Pedela's situation was quite good, so she no longer hesitated. Now, what she wanted wasn't power; that thing didn't directly help in obtaining the World Core. She had been to the palace and hadn't even entered the door. Now her plan was to lurk near the Hunter, wait for the other party to obtain the World Core, and then replace an old man beside the other party to seize the World Core.

As for becoming the new king, the rule-breaker knew it was a super big pit. A certain place needed a new king to suppress it, and she didn't want to be imprisoned in this world forever.

The rule-breaker's goal from beginning to end was only one: to obtain the World Core and escape this ghost place, the Samsara Paradise. Here, everyone was a lunatic; the contractors were, the Hunters were, and even most of the Arbiters were abnormal.

The thing the rule-breaker regretted most in her life was believing the Samsara Paradise's evil, jumping from the Apocalypse Paradise to the Samsara Paradise; it was simply jumping from heaven to hell voluntarily.

And now, the rule-breaker had an opportunity: to use the World Core as a price to escape the Samsara Paradise. She didn't want to stay in this lunatic paradise for even a minute. She was used to bullying those miners in Apocalypse, but suddenly, everyone around her was a professional killer, which made her very uncomfortable. Although she had already killed a few, it seriously affected her progress in becoming stronger.

In the previous few worlds, besides using her own special abilities to deal with Hunters, she had no energy to do anything else. What was even more fatal was that the Hunters sent to clean her up were getting stronger and stronger. This time, they simply brought in a guy with powerful combat strength who was also proficient in seizing power.

"Give my best friend back!"

The Saber King shouted, golden energy suddenly appearing. The clothing on her body rapidly changed, becoming a blue battle skirt. The knight sword wreathed in golden light was held above her head, and her long golden hair fluttered.

"Ex... calibur!"

Boom!

Golden energy exploded in the restaurant. Zos on the dining table was directly sent flying, slapped against the wall, and vomited a large mouthful of blood with a wow.

The Saber King was very strong. Here, besides Su Xiao and the old priest, her combat strength was the strongest. Her former ultimate move was now used by her as a basic slash.

The upper part of the Right Imperial Castle shattered with a bang, stone fragments flying everywhere. Amidst the rubble, 'Pedela' stretched her body, her gaze fixed on Su Xiao not far away.

The crowd landed in the estate's courtyard. The elite soldiers stationed there quickly surrounded them. With an order from Wu Fu, they aimed their weapons at Princess Pedela, ready to charge at any time.

"I originally wanted to spend a few pleasant days with you, but you actually used the Sword of Promised Victory to slash at me. That's really too much. Does the boat of friendship capsize just like that? It's a pity that I'm also a woman, otherwise I would definitely take the opportunity to take advantage of you. You are the dream of otaku, don't be so rude."

The rule-breaker patted the rubble off her body, looking at the Saber King with a smile full of eyes.

"Villain."

"..."

Su Xiao shifted his gaze; he felt this title sounded familiar.

"That old schemer over there, that's right, I'm talking about you, the one with the sword hanging on your waist. Is your brain eight-core? How could I not out-calculate you? You Hunters of the Samsara Paradise are indeed all perverts. I really miss the Battle Angels from my hometown. At least they could talk to me. Compared to you Hunters, those are truly good people. I shouldn't have killed them."

The rule-breaker hugged her shoulders with both hands. Looking at that appearance, it was clear she wasn't prepared to make a move and was fearless.

The reckless Zos was just about to rush forward, but Su Xiao directly grabbed his back collar.

"This isn't your main body. If your ability is strong enough, even if the body you are residing in is destroyed, your consciousness won't be destroyed at the same time. In terms of distance, it must be at least one kilometer away."

Su Xiao also didn't make a move; he was probing.

"So what?"

The rule-breaker appeared as steady as an old dog, but in reality, her attention was always focused on Su Xiao's wrist. The World Core was right there.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak again, because there was no need to talk nonsense with the other party. Bubu Wang, in coordination with 8,000 frontline soldiers, had already found the location of this rule-breaker's main body. This matter had been secretly carried out since two days ago.

"Hey, you want to scheme against me again."

'Pedela' covered one of her ears with one hand. The fearless expression on her face disappeared. Her main body, several kilometers away, felt that something was wrong in the surroundings; it was too quiet.

"But, I won."

'Pedela' whispered, and suddenly collapsed to the ground.