Chapter 1944: Gradually Autistic
Seeing the recruitment conditions given by the three paradises, it would be a lie to say Su Xiao wasn't tempted. However, even without the Reincarnation Paradise blocking the recruitment, he wouldn't accept the recruitment of other paradises. Back in the Black King world, a traitor who was still warm in the grave proved that jumping ship wouldn't have a good ending.
That traitor was named Di Ya. Su Xiao didn't know what she had done, but she proved with her personal experience that a two-faced person wouldn't die well, whether it was a rule-breaker or a hunter.
Just like this world contention war, if Su Xiao jumped ship to other paradises, other paradises might not allow him to refuse the summons, while the Reincarnation Paradise was different. Su Xiao had participated in world contention wars many times and had made no small contribution.
Added to the Old Hunter title, etc., the Reincarnation Paradise helped Su Xiao block this forced summons, so he had time to accumulate the Zerg army.
The war ended. One Demon Beast after another patrolled the altar, and if they saw contractors with suspicious death appearances, they would make a few more stabs, lest someone suddenly "faked death."
The contractors of the Three Paradise Alliance were basically left here by Su Xiao forever. The remaining small part were those with spatial abilities who escaped as soon as the battle started. According to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's statistics, there were 11 people.
In fact, Yakluo and Mu Yushi had escape abilities, but they were the key focus of the Demon Beasts and Titans, so they had no chance to escape.
Even if there were a few fish that slipped through the net, the defeat of the Three Paradise Alliance was an indisputable fact. Even if they learned from Su Xiao to develop the Zerg, it was already too late.
Because of the existence of these fish that slipped through the net, the world coordinate needed 10 days to form. In these 10 days, Su Xiao wouldn't relax his vigilance; he would continue to develop the Zerg.
Wiping out the Three Paradise Alliance allowed Su Xiao to obtain a large amount of Reincarnation Paradise merit. In the first melee, Su Xiao obtained hundreds of points
If the rewards for these merits were increased by another 300%, the benefits obtained would absolutely be the highest in history.
The risks of a World Conquest Battle are high, but the gains are also astonishing. Thinking of the rewards after the world coordinates are formed, even Su Xiao cannot help but feel a burning sensation in his heart. As long as he can convert the benefits obtained this time into strength, he will definitely be able to become part of the highest tier of combat power at the Fifth Tier.
In fact, improving oneself is also a snowballing process; the stronger one's strength, the more resources one obtains, which in turn makes one stronger, creating a continuous virtuous cycle.
Of course, in this process, it is also very likely to encounter opponents that cannot be resisted, ultimately leading to death in battle and the loss of everything.
But if one is greedy for life and afraid of death, one will never obtain the resources to become stronger while weak, leading to remaining a "salted fish" forever.
Having resolved the major threat of the Three Paradise Alliance, the heavy burden on Su Xiao's shoulders was lifted, and he felt very relaxed in his heart.
The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and a ray of sunlight shone down from the gaps in the clouds, projecting onto the altar.
At this time, only bloodstains remained on the altar; the corpses of the contractors and Demon Beasts had been transported away and buried. Although the corpses of contractors could be converted into a large amount of biological energy, Su Xiao had previously tried letting the brood consume the corpses of the Totem Tribe members. Initially, there was nothing, but after the number exceeded 10, Jila's loyalty dropped slightly.
Jila was confused; she wondered if human corpses could also be consumed? Yet the man who had cultivated her to this day was a human.
To be safe, Su Xiao did not let his brood consume these contractors' corpses. If Jila's loyalty dropped too low, he would have to use Demon Power to forcibly control her, at which point the flexibility of the Demon Beasts would be greatly reduced.
Having resolved the major threat, Su Xiao stood before the world coordinates and let out a long breath; next, he would execute the follow-up plan.
First is to deal with the God-Sacrificing Bull. After dealing with the Three Paradise Alliance, 27,230 of the 30,519 Demon Beasts remained.
Even though the contractors' firepower was strong and their various abilities emerged one after another, and they had 3,000 Blazing Sun Warriors assisting, large-scale warfare is not a one-on-one duel. With dense swarms of insects attacking from all directions, it was already impressive combat power for them to kill over 2,000 Demon Beasts; after all, they were being besieged.
In reality, among the dead Demon Beasts, many were blasted to death by Titans. As for the Titans on the edge of the ancient ruins, not a single one died; the contractors couldn't even see them.
Su Xiao left 7,000 Demon Beasts and 300 Titans inside the ancient ruins. The Titans were located in the center, and the Demon Beasts were distributed within one kilometer around them, forming six layers of defense.
As for the remaining Demon Beasts, Baja, Amu, and Benny took them back to the main base to continue developing.
With the main base developed to this extent, it no longer required Su Xiao to guard it. What needed to be done next was to develop with full force, advancing toward the inner side of the main base forest, supporting war with war. After having Titans, fighting against wild broods was significantly easier.
First, over 700 Titans fired a long-range volley, followed by a charge of Demon Beasts. After five minutes of slaughter, a second volley followed; most third-stage broods could not withstand the second volley.
Su Xiao and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang remained at the ancient ruins. For the next few days, Su Xiao did not intend to leave this area unless his brood developed to the point where it could confront the Marge Brood head-on.
The God-Sacrificing Bull is not easy to deal with, and when dealing with it, it will definitely alert the Marge Brood on the edge of the grassland.
On the altar, Su Xiao used timber cut down by Demon Beasts to build a wooden shed. He leaned back inside the shed, while Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang lay on top of it, bathing in the sunlight.
Su Xiao took the 【Greed Chapter】 out of his storage space. Over the next few days, he intended to conquer this item.
Su Xiao pressed his thumb onto the patterns in the center of the 【Greed Chapter】. As his mental energy spread, he arrived once again in that consciousness space with walls of gray fog on four sides and a pitch-black ground.
Looking at the "Blue-Devouring" long blade before him, Su Xiao gripped the hilt, and the Old Saint appeared opposite him.
"Greedy... person."
The Old Saint was still as sharp as ever. Su Xiao took a stance; this time, he had to hold out for at least five minutes.
20 seconds later.
Su Xiao sat in the wooden shed, raising his hand to touch his head. Just now, he had been pierced through the head by the Old Saint's blade.
After using the 【Greed Chapter】 for the second time, Su Xiao discovered one thing: the side effects of this item were not small. It was only because his soul strength had increased significantly after eating the Soul Fruit that he was able to exempt himself from the side effects of the 【Greed Chapter】.
It wasn't just eating the Soul Fruit; his sword technique had improved to its current level, and he didn't know how many Soul Crystals he had used. Although the soul strength increased when using Soul Crystals was minimal, the sheer quantity was overwhelming.
After closing his eyes for a half-hour nap, Su Xiao continued to go "die," no... to temper his sword technique skills.
Time flowed away like fine sand between his fingertips.
Su Xiao chewed on nuts picked by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. He had forgotten how many times he had challenged the Old Saint, from being pierced through the heart and dying in the first 12 seconds to now being able to hold out for about 3 minutes.
Su Xiao now felt pain all over his body whenever he saw the Old Saint; this was from being slashed. Hundreds of challenges and hundreds of "deaths in battle" not only improved his sword technique skills but also significantly increased Su Xiao's reaction speed in close-quarters combat.
Now, even if someone were to stab a sharp weapon into Su Xiao's heart, his first reaction would never be to retreat or strike the enemy; instead, he would use his arm in coordination with his long blade to block the enemy's weapon, then slice off the enemy's head with a single strike. The Old Saint had nearly been slashed by Su Xiao using this move several times.
"Woof."
Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, beside Su Xiao, barked, meaning: "Master, stop challenging. It's been 7 days already. Your eyes glow red whenever you look at living things now; it's terrifying."
"Seven days have already passed?"
Su Xiao was somewhat surprised; in his perception, only a day or two had passed.
"Woof."
Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked utterly hopeless. In the last few days, enemy contractors had occasionally appeared nearby, but those contractors felt their legs go weak after seeing over 7,000 Demon Beasts and 300 Titans.
There were only 11 of them. Winning wasn't entirely impossible; each person just needed to duel 636 Demon Beasts and 27 Titans. This had much better odds than when Su Xiao alone faced over 900 contractors.
For seven days, Su Xiao was addicted to "dying," unable to extricate himself. He hadn't even paid attention to how much his brood had developed.
【Brood (Belonging to Jila).】
【Tier: Third Stage.】
【Biological Energy Reserve: 50,000/50,000 points.】
【Total Demon Beasts: 278,500 (including 4,157 elite individuals).】
【Total Titans: 14,523 (including 2,310 elite individuals).】
Su Xiao checked the number of Demon Beasts again. This time he confirmed it was 270,000. He hadn't paid attention to Jila's brood for seven days, and it had actually developed to this extent.
"Xiang Bubu, are the resources in the main base forest enough to develop so many Demon Beasts?"
"Woof?"
Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang looked at Su Xiao in astonishment, meaning: "Master, the main base forest was leveled by us five days ago. Now, there are no resources to be found in the swamp area, Gobi area, Cold Wind area, Southwest mountains, or Falling Stone Valley."
"Has it developed to this extent? It's no wonder the Demon race became one of the overlords of the Void."
Su Xiao indeed hadn't expected his brood to develop to this scale in a few days. Originally, he had wanted to capture an enemy contractor, have them touch the World Core to reset the world coordinates, and then reset it himself to restore the formation time to 10 days.
As long as the world coordinates are formed within 30 days of entering this world, there will be no problems.
Now it seems there is no need. According to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's description, just two days ago, the Marge Brood discovered their main base and declared war, but they didn't send any Zerg.
The nearby Sun Tribe was also on high alert. Currently, the Jila Brood has become the sixth-largest force in the nearby area, stronger than the Yawa Tribe (Poison) and the Hong'e Brood, but weaker than the Marge Brood, the Sun Tribe, and the Hasaro Tribe (Predatory).
Now the nearby Sun Tribe is terrified every day, not knowing if the two large broods will unite to deal with them. It is said that the Sun Tribe is already considering an alliance with the Yawa Tribe (Poison).
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