Chapter 1877

Su Xiao's foot stepped on the black-armored guard's shoulder, and he slowly pulled Checking Zhan Long Shan out of the enemy's head.

With a "swish," drops of black blood splashed, and the black-armored guard's corpse fell to the ground.

Su Xiao dared to enter a Tier 6 area like the Dead Silence City because he was confident enough in Checking Zhan Long Shan's sharpness and his blade technique. If it were a competition of attributes or active abilities, Su Xiao clearly wasn't as good as the small bosses of the Dead Silence City, but if it were a competition of techniques, he wasn't afraid of the enemies here at all.

Su Xiao had once encountered a Tier 6 contractor named Yin Luo, whose strength within Tier 6 wasn't weak. But even a Tier 6 contractor with not-weak strength didn't necessarily master a Grandmaster-level ability, let alone consuming dozens of Soul Crystals (Complete) to raise Blade Technique Grandmaster to Lv. 26.

Su Xiao's comprehensive combat power didn't reach Tier 6, but if it were a competition of attack ability, blade-type weapons definitely ranked in the top three among all types of weapons, because blade technique pursues the ultimate slashing power, abandoning defense and large-scale lethality, only pursuing the strongest slash. Su Xiao had once witnessed someone slash the world they were in until it collapsed and shattered while improving his blade technique.

The slashing power derived from a pure Blade Technique Grandmaster wasn't terrifying, but if combined with various self-developed abilities, killing an enemy really only required one opportunity.

【You have killed Black Armor: Wolian.】

【You have obtained an Epic-grade treasure chest (50%).】

【You have obtained 1.2% of the Dark Source.】

【Hint: The Hunter has obtained the Dark Source for the first time; this is an exclusive reward for the Dead Silence City.】

【After the Hunter obtains more than 5% of the Dark Source, you can go to the 'Sacrificial Altar' to perform a ritual to improve your existing talent ability.】

【Hint: Talent ability can only be improved after awakening once. This improvement will affect the strength of the talent after the second awakening.】

Seeing the hint about the Dark Source, Su Xiao's heart gradually became hot. There is no doubt that if he could improve his talent, he would definitely improve the auxiliary growth talent, Soul Eater.

Clearly, the Dark Source is a reward unique to the Dead Silence City, or a unique kind of energy. It can improve a talent that has awakened once, but it is not a second-awakening talent.

However, this also has a prerequisite: one must obtain at least 5% of the Dark Source and reach the 'Sacrificial Altar' in the central area of the Dead Silence City to improve the talent.

Excluding the Dark Source reward, the treasure chest gain was also quite amazing. Black Armor: Wolian could at most be considered a small boss with top-tier strength. Such an enemy actually allowed Su Xiao to obtain an Epic-grade treasure chest (50%) reward.

When killing Akainu in the Pirate World, Su Xiao only obtained an Epic-grade treasure chest (47%), and that was with Akainu having multiple halos such as Admiral.

But Black Armor: Wolian could at most be considered an elite unit in the Dead Silence City. If he killed Prisoner: Hera or even stronger existences, the rewards would definitely be even more amazing.

The benefits were indeed generous, but Su Xiao wasn't dazzled by these benefits. A Black Armor: Wolian was already so tricky. If he faced Prisoner: Hera, he would have to use all his abilities to have a glimmer of hope of winning, and the probability of being killed in the Dead Silence City was over 80%.

After simply treating the wounds on his body, Su Xiao took out the Ancient Secret Medicine and drank it, and the stinging pain in his shoulder gradually subsided.

Still with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang clearing the way, the team continued to move forward. This time, Veronique was clearly much more cooperative. This girl knew clearly that only by cooperating with Su Xiao would she have a chance to survive in the Dead Silence City.

Passing through the stone sculpture square, Su Xiao entered a housing area again. This time, the surrounding houses were clearly taller, but much sparser.

Every time Su Xiao walked a distance, he had to lean against the wall to rest for a while. Black Armor: Wolian's hook blade was very special, not only slowing down Su Xiao's speed but also causing his stamina to drain much faster. Even after Black Armor: Wolian died, this effect didn't disappear immediately, and it only showed signs of fading after lasting for nearly half an hour.

A vulture with grey-white feathers all over its body, two sizes larger than an ostrich, landed on a building. This was the most common animal in the Dead Silence City, with no aggressiveness, but it would be attracted by corpses.

Su Xiao hid in a low stone hut. The roof of the stone hut had collapsed, and wind was leaking from all four sides.

Just a hundred meters in front of the stone hut, there was an artificial river nearly five meters wide. The stone walls on the riverbank were neat, and this river separated the central area of the Dead Silence City from the periphery.

The river was filled with turbid dead water, and on the other side of the river were tall buildings. In front of these buildings stood a row of Tree-Eaters.

That's right, a row. Just within Su Xiao's line of sight, there were more than a hundred Tree-Eaters.

After waiting for about five minutes, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang returned.

"Woof~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang let out a low bark. According to its observation, it was impossible for Su Xiao to sneak into the central area of the Dead Silence City. This artificial river was ring-shaped, surrounding the central area of the Dead Silence City. And by the river, it was full of Tree-Eaters; conservatively estimated, there were thousands, and Xiang Bubu also saw stronger residents of the Dead Silence City among them.

"If we can't sneak in, then we'll break in."

Su Xiao pressed the wound on his shoulder. It didn't hurt much anymore; a puncture wound was one of the easier wounds to treat.

"Woof?"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao in confusion, meaning: "Master, we must be calm. Breaking in will get us hammered into pancakes by the Tree-Eaters."

An apple-sized, light-red gelatinous substance appeared in Su Xiao's hand. If he couldn't kill his way through, then he would blow his way through. But this required a bait.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang immediately understood Su Xiao's meaning. Almost at the same time, the man and the dog looked at Veronique.

"Uh~ what are you guys..."

Veronique suddenly felt something was wrong.

"There's something not too dangerous for you to do."

Su Xiao tossed the Apollo in his hand. There were two Apollos kept in his storage space.

"I'm very useless, I definitely won't do it well, yeah, that's it."

Ten minutes later, Veronique stood on a building at least thirty meters high. A vulture landed near her, and after discovering she wasn't a corpse, it flew away somewhat disappointed.

"You can do it, Veronique, absolutely no problem."

Veronique took a deep breath, gathering her energy.

"AH!!"

A female scream filled with fear and grievance spread out. The scream was exceptionally harsh in the Dead Silence City.

RUMBLE, a slight vibration appeared on the ground. Veronique, standing on the roof, jumped down immediately. With Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's guidance, she rushed into a wooden house.

Inside the wooden house, a man with half his face weathered into white bone raised his head. After just glancing at Veronique, he lowered his head. This was a Saint Cultivator, belonging to the neutral residents, but he was somewhat poor and unable to communicate.

Half a minute after the shouting ended, several figures stood on the roof where Veronique had been before. Some of them still maintained human form, while others were covered in tree bark.

At the same time, two kilometers away from the artificial river, Su Xiao activated the Apollo in his hand. A feeling of terrifying crisis spread. The residents of the Dead Silence City weren't without wisdom. Some guys were very smart, and there might even be old schemers. With Apollo's activation speed, to bomb those Tree-Eaters by the river, he could only activate it remotely and then throw it over.

Apollo's activation didn't attract the attention of the residents of the Dead Silence City, because Veronique's shout just now had already attracted the residents of the Dead Silence City in this area. With such a good effect, Veronique clearly used all her strength.