Chapter 1936

Most of the Demon Beasts had gone out to hunt, leaving the base camp to be guarded by Su Xiao and 25 elite Demon Beasts.

Su Xiao had nothing to do for the moment, so he simply studied his swordsmanship.

A gentle breeze blew, and several green leaves drifted near the wooden shed. Due to the biological energy emitted by the Zerg nest, a large patch of lush branches and leaves had already grown on the roof of the shed, giving it a very natural feel.

Su Xiao took a wooden plaque out of his storage space. The plaque looked old, and several fine cracks could be seen on it. It was yellowish-brown overall.

"Those who are greedy will surely fall into eternal silence."

Aside from this string of small characters carved on it, the plaque had nothing else special. Su Xiao had obtained it while in the Dead Silence City by trading a few bottles of wine with an old Saint Cultivator. The other party also used a blade, and his swordsmanship was far superior to Su Xiao's.

Su Xiao had previously tried various methods but could not uncover the secret of the plaque. However, as someone who also practiced swordsmanship, Su Xiao could feel that something was hidden within it.

"Those who are greedy? Will surely fall into eternal silence? Can't you just speak clearly instead of making these ambiguous things?"

Su Xiao muttered to himself and continued his research.

After studying it for several hours, Su Xiao really wanted to slash this broken piece of wood into pieces with a few strikes, but since this item was of Legendary quality, it would be a pity to destroy it.

Su Xiao's thumb brushed over the plaque. When he touched the crack in the upper diagonal corner, the crack became noticeably larger by a fraction. If Su Xiao's perception hadn't been sharp enough, he would never have discovered this.

His thumb exerted force, and with a crisp 'Crack!', the front of the plaque became covered in cracks. This was not damage; these cracks divided the ten characters "Those who are greedy will surely fall into eternal silence" into hundreds of pieces, which could be moved relative to each other along the cracks, though it was extremely tedious.

Soon, Su Xiao assembled a string of text that made no sense at all.

"Fall greedy those, will surely silence eternal at."

A strange combination appeared. Su Xiao felt this was wrong and began to change the order one by one, finally splicing it into:

"Those who fall into eternal silence will surely be greedy."

This content was practically describing that old Saint Cultivator from back then. The man had fallen into the Dead Silence City and been assimilated as a part of it, which was why he was willing to trade his life's insights for a few bottles of inferior wine he wouldn't have even deigned to look at before. How ironic.

Slap, slap...

One by one, the small characters crumbled, and a groove about a thumb's width and less than ten centimeters long appeared in the center of the plaque. A set of extremely complex patterns was carved inside the groove.

Su Xiao pressed his thumb onto it, but there was no change. He tried to channel his mental energy into his thumb, and the next moment, his vision plunged into darkness.

A deep blue light appeared, and Su Xiao felt a suction force. When his vision cleared, he was standing on a surface of darkness.

This was a space about a hundred square meters in size, surrounded by gray smoke. This smoke formed walls that gradually converged upward, finally closing together at the top.

Beneath Su Xiao's feet was hard darkness. It was impossible to tell what material it was; it had wood grain, but it was harder than metal.

Two blades were stuck into the black ground, one in front of Su Xiao and the other a few meters ahead of him.

The long blade was similar in length to Zhan Long Shan, and blue flames rose from the end of the hilt.

Su Xiao looked at his own hands. Without needing to perceive carefully, he judged that he was in a conscious state.

The surroundings were empty, and the light in this space was soft, not appearing dark.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao gripped the blade in front of him. As he held it, he knew the name of this blade: 'Blue Eater'.

As Su Xiao gripped the hilt, a figure gradually appeared behind the blade a few meters away. It was the old Saint Cultivator whose hair had all fallen out, who had no eyebrows or beard, and who wore loose, grayish-green clothing.

The old Saint Cultivator had a gaunt build with protruding collarbones, but after he gripped the hilt of the long blade with rising blue flames, his aura changed.

"Greedy... person."

The old Saint Cultivator spoke. He seemed to lack his own consciousness and was merely following some residual intent.

The situation at hand was already very clear: he had to kill this consciousness. The other party's momentum did not look like they wanted to negotiate.

Just as Su Xiao prepared to use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability to close the distance, he suddenly discovered that here, he could only use swordsmanship. Other abilities were sealed by this space. It wasn't that they couldn't be used at all; if any external energy invaded, this place would expel him.

Ding!

Sparks flew as a long blade had already slashed toward Su Xiao. The two blades crossed, and a crisp sound rang out.

"Blade Art · Time!"

The long blade in Su Xiao's hand shifted, and the tip of the blade pierced into the ground.

Bang.

The old Saint Cultivator stepped on the hilt of Su Xiao's blade. Although Blade Art · Time was successfully used, the old Saint Cultivator had already leaped more than ten meters away.

Su Xiao leaned forward and charged. Just as the old Saint Cultivator landed, a long blade appeared before his neck.

With a 'Clang', the hilt in the old Saint Cultivator's hand knocked against Su Xiao's blade edge, slowing Su Xiao's strike.

Ding, ding, ding...

After a storm-like barrage of slashes, Su Xiao and the old Saint Cultivator leaped away simultaneously.

The next moment, Su Xiao felt a stinging pain coming from behind his heart.

Puchi!

The long blade pierced through Su Xiao's chest. The old Saint Cultivator stood behind Su Xiao; this strike had pierced directly through his heart.

"You... are not greedy enough..."

The old Saint Cultivator's voice grew more and more distant. Su Xiao felt his mind blur. 'He died.'

Su Xiao's eyes suddenly opened. He was still sitting in the wooden shed. The forest nearby rustled, 25 elite Demon Beasts were guarding near him, and Jila poked her head out from the Zerg nest, looking toward this side in confusion.

"12 seconds..."

Su Xiao looked at the wooden plaque in his hand. In just 12 seconds, he had been defeated. He didn't even know how the old Saint Cultivator had gotten behind him. It wasn't a space ability, nor was it by speed; he had appeared in a way that was both eerie and logical.

The 'death' just now had some effect on Su Xiao. He felt his mind was a bit fatigued, as if he had fought a fierce battle with a strong enemy and then hadn't slept for two or three days. Fortunately, his own consciousness and soul had not been damaged.

Su Xiao looked at the wooden plaque in his hand. Without a doubt, this was a good item.

That old Saint Cultivator, relying solely on swordsmanship without any other abilities, had combat power at the Sixth Tier. Being able to fight with such a swordsmanship expert was of no small benefit to practicing swordsmanship.

【Greed Chapter】

Origin: Black Throne Continent

Quality: Legendary ~ Epic (Incomplete activation state)

Type: Medal-type equipment /???

Usage effect: Consume 2000 points of mana or other types of basic energy to fight with a soul manifestation.

Soul manifestations defeated: 0.

Total soul manifestations: 10.

Challenged: Soul manifestation · Saint Cultivator (This is the 10th ranked soul manifestation, defeated!)

Rating: 530 ~ 700 points

Introduction: A strange object once eroded by the power of Dead Silence; the internal Dead Silence power has been cleared.

Sale price: Cannot be sold before the challenge is completed.

Su Xiao suddenly discovered that he had previously had a wrong perception of the 【Greed Chapter】. This was not something created by the old Saint Cultivator at all. The other party had also obtained it through some method, and later, the old Saint Cultivator was assimilated by the Dead Silence City, and the 【Greed Chapter】 was also assimilated.

The reason the 【Greed Chapter】 was judged as 【God Wood】 was because the previously broken "wood" character was actually God Wood; the old Saint Cultivator was concealing the value of the 【Greed Chapter】.

Given the old Saint Cultivator's situation at the time, the value of the 【Greed Chapter】 was really not as good as two bottles of inferior wine. He was too strong, so strong that the Dead Silence City focused its attention on him.

Su Xiao was wearing the Black King set, and the power of Dead Silence was his weapon, so he had inadvertently absorbed the Dead Silence power within the 【Greed Chapter】 into his metal bracers.

Now, experiencing the phrase "Those who are greedy will surely fall into eternal silence" had a different meaning.

Su Xiao didn't know what could be obtained by challenging the ten soul manifestations within the 【Greed Chapter】. The problem at hand was that he couldn't even beat the first one. The other party's Sword Master ability was likely above Lv. 40. If it weren't for the fact that the old Saint Cultivator's other transcendent abilities were too weak, the other party would never have been assimilated by the Dead Silence City.

Moreover, when Su Xiao had fought the Black King, he had noticed one thing: the Black King's shoulder armor and head armor were relatively fragile. This was one of the keys to Su Xiao being able to defeat the Black King. Obviously, the Black King's head armor and shoulder armor had been beaten or slashed through more than once, which was why the defense was relatively weak.

If he wasn't mistaken, that old Saint Cultivator had fought the Black King, but for some reason, after slashing off the Black King's arm multiple times, he had actually given up. Perhaps he knew that wasn't what he was pursuing.

When Su Xiao saw the old Saint Cultivator, the other party had no obvious external injuries; they were all symptoms of assimilation.

What was even more concerning was that the old Saint Cultivator had stayed in the Dead Silence City for many years, yet he hadn't been completely assimilated. If he had been completely assimilated, he might have been even harder to deal with than the Black King.

As for why the old Saint Cultivator's swordsmanship was so powerful, Su Xiao didn't believe it had nothing to do with the 【Greed Chapter】. Perhaps the greatest harvest from deep within the Dead Silence City wasn't just the Black King set, but also this 【Greed Chapter】 that he had been ignoring all along. After all, this item was obtained too easily, so carelessness was inevitable.